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Building the Valley: Cindy’s Hometown Restaurant finds new home in Brackenridge
Bob Hatajik has a good feeling about closing his Tarentum diner. That’s because in less than two months, Cindy’s Hometown Restaurant will reopen in what Hatajik feels will be its forever home — the former Parkview bar along First Avenue in Brackenridge. “God opened the door and we jumped in,”...
Daycation Destination: Fly high with a helicopter tour above Pittsburgh
Burrell High School junior Billy Kowalkowski had a sky-high experience for his 17th birthday. He took a private helicopter tour of Pittsburgh last month with veteran pilot Ron Spiker of Zelienople and his mom, Danielle Kowalkowski. Danielle Kowalkowski booked a mother-son sunset tour in February with Spiker Helicopters, which has...
Latrobe Presbyterians mark 250th anniversary of Unity Cemetery
Those who have found a final resting place at Unity Cemetery range from veterans of the Revolutionary War to iconic children’s television host Fred Rogers, who grew up just a few miles away in Latrobe. “A walk through Unity Cemetery is a walk through history, not only the history of...
‘We’re not leaving the community’: Manor Bar & Grille to close doors, reopen in Irwin
Derek and Megan Gutkowski’s three children grew up at Manor Bar & Grille. Howie, 14, cleaned dishes, and Julia, 17, and Madison, 19, helped serve customers. The family’s lives were dedicated to the Manor restaurant, Derek said. “At Manor Grille, if you go in there in our dining room, we...
Urban Air Adventure Park banks on attracting youngsters, adults to North Huntingdon site
Mary Ann Brown of Adamsburg got a sneak peak Friday at an indoor entertainment venue in North Huntingdon replete with a zip line hanging from the ceiling, a double-layer 1,000-foot electric go-kart track, four 30-foot-high climbing walls, a battle beam and a sea of 200,000 plastic balls for youngsters to...
Marc Broussard interview: ‘Bayou soul’ singer/songwriter celebrating with 20th anniversary tour of ‘Carencro’ albumVideo
Louisiana singer/songwriter Marc Broussard looks back at 2004 as a great time for music. At the time, he was signed to Island Def Jam records, which released his major-label debut, “Carencro,” that year, and he opened for Maroon 5 and the Dave Matthews Band. Now 20 years later, the Bayou...
Pittsburgh man charged in group assault of homeless man in Market Square
A Pittsburgh man who, police said, was part of a group of attackers who pummeled and kicked a homeless man during a weekday afternoon last month in Market Square remained in jail Saturday. David Rivera, 18, of the city’s Windgap neighborhood, was one of several men who swarmed Dajuan Davis...
‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ still going strong in Pittsburgh after decades
“The Rocky Horror Picture Show” was released almost 50 years ago, but the cult classic film still draws fans in Pittsburgh to interactive late-night showings. One such showing, this Saturday night at Lawrenceville’s Row House Cinema, will feature plenty of yelling at the screen, throwing of toast and playing cards,...
They are TV’s ghosts — networks that somehow survive with little reason to watch them anymore
NEW YORK — The list of memorable characters and personalities who entered popular culture through cable television is long: Honey Boo Boo. Tony Soprano. Lizzie McGuire. Don Draper. Jon Stewart. Beavis and Butt-Head. Chip and Joanna Gaines. SpongeBob SquarePants. Pick your own favorites. Chances are there won’t be many more...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: March 1-3
It’s the first weekend in March. Here are some ways to spend it. Disney on Ice Disney on Ice presents “Find Your Hero” at 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday at PPG Paints Arena, Uptown. An immersive experience includes...
Babies leap into Leap Year birthdays
Ben and Lindsey Ereditario were expecting their first child to arrive on Sunday, but little Louis waited until Thursday to make his appearance at Independence Health System Westmoreland Hospital in Greensburg. He’s among several newborns in the region who joined the ranks of Leap Year babies that day. There are...
5 things to do in Westmoreland County: March 1-3
Folks seem to have taken Punxsutawney Phil seriously when he declared an early spring. With the arrival of March, there are a few Easter activities to get in a festive mood, along with art, wine and music events. Easter Bunny at Westmoreland Mall Shoppers at the Westmoreland Mall on Route...
Kacey Musgraves bringing Deeper Well tour to Pittsburgh in NovemberVideo
Country singer Kacey Musgraves is launching the biggest tour of her career, and it includes a stop in Pittsburgh this fall. Musgraves, the seven-time Grammy Award winner, will play PPG Paints Arena on Nov. 10 as a part of the Deeper Well world tour. Indie rockers Lord Huron and bluegrass...
Trib Lunch Box: Bill Hillgrove retires, bad scanners, Sen. Casey questions Wendy’s, wedding venue closure
Here are some noon headlines from TribLive, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024: • Bill Hillgrove retires from Steelers Hillgrove made the announcement during an appearance Thursday morning on the Steelers’ radio network flagship, WDVE. “There’s a new chapter in my life coming up.” • These people check to help...
What will win at the Oscars? AP’s film writers set their predictions
Ahead of the 96th Academy Awards on March 10, Associated Press Film Writers Jake Coyle and Lindsey Bahr share their predictions. Best picture Nominees: “American Fiction”; “Anatomy of a Fall”; “Barbie”; “The Holdovers”; “Killers of the Flower Moon”; “Maestro”; “Oppenheimer”; “Past Lives”; “Poor Things”; “The Zone of Interest.” BAHR: It...
A blender from the 1960s, a restored 1936 piano. What I learned from clearing out my childhood home
NEW YORK — It’s been eight months since I closed the door for the last time to my childhood home in suburban New Jersey and said goodbye to more than a half century of memories. I sometimes still struggle to let it go. Mom passed away in February 2023 after...
Cage the Elephant, with new album coming soon, announce Pittsburgh tour stop
Cage the Elephant announced a new album and tour, which includes a stop in Pittsburgh later this year. The Grammy Award-winning rock band will visit the Pavilion at Star Lake on Aug. 29, with special guests Young The Giant and Bakar. Their sixth album, “Neon Pill,” is scheduled for a...
TV Talk: ‘Dick Turpin,’ ‘Regime’ employ different styles of humorVideo
British-accented humor comes in two distinct forms this weekend with the debuts of Apple TV+’s “The Completely Made-up Adventures of Dick Turpin” (streaming March 1) and HBO’s “The Regime” (9 p.m. Sunday, HBO; streams on Max). ‘Dick Turpin’ Fans of “Monty Python” or “Blackadder” are the ideal audience for “The...
‘Black Firsts’ program highlights African American pioneers
People might not know that Phillis Wheatley was the first African American author of a published book of poetry in 1773. Or that Mary Fields was the first African American female mail carrier in 1895. Retired Penn State professor Anthony Mitchell highlighted the work of these women and other African...
Primanti Bros. offering free beer to mark Leap Day
“Free Beer Tomorrow” is a sign inside many Primanti Bros. Restaurant and Bars. Well, tomorrow has finally come. The business is giving beer away to celebrate Leap Day, Feb. 29, at all of its 34 Pennsylvania locations. Guests can get one 12-ounce domestic bottle. This is not the first time...
Humorously morose comedian Richard Lewis, who recently starred on ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm,’ dies at 76
NEW YORK — Richard Lewis, an acclaimed comedian known for exploring his neuroses in frantic, stream-of-consciousness diatribes while dressed in all-black, leading to his nickname “The Prince of Pain,” has died. He was 76. Lewis, who revealed he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2023, died at his home...
Christopher’s Kitchen open at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital in Oakland
Imagine that it’s 2 a.m. and you are a parent, grandparent, aunt or uncle — a caregiver for a child in the hospital. You haven’t eaten all day. “I talked to parents and families who were waiting with their sick children in the hospital, and they were hungry,” Joan “Joni”...
Novo Asian Food Hall set to open at Terminal in the Strip District
The Novo Asian Food Hall, featuring seven authentic dining concepts, opens at 4 p.m. Friday. Located in the Terminal in Pittsburgh’s Strip District, the 8,600-square-foot space will offer dishes from Korean delicacies to Vietnamese street food. “We are thrilled to introduce Novo Food Hall to the vibrant dining and cultural...
Our ancient animal ancestors had tails. Why don’t we?
WASHINGTON — Our very ancient animal ancestors had tails. Why don’t we? Somewhere around 20 million or 25 million years ago, when apes diverged from monkeys, our branch of the tree of life shed its tail. From Darwin’s time, scientists have wondered why — and how — this happened. Now,...
JP Saxe interview: Singer/songwriter on internet conspiracy theories, new music and oversharing ahead of Pittsburgh showVideo
For Canadian singer-songwriter JP Saxe, a role in an internet conspiracy theory is just a rite of passage in media nowadays. That happened with his song, “If the World Was Ending,” released in October 2019, or just a few months before the coronavirus pandemic rattled the world. Featuring Julia Michaels,...
