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5 things to do in Westmoreland County this weekend: Nov. 18-20
Here comes Santa Claus Special holiday entertainment will begin at 5 p.m. Friday at Westmoreland Mall, leading up to Santa’s arrival. The Hempfield High School Marching Band will escort the jolly old elf around the mall in a parade starting at 6 p.m. at the entrance on the lower level...
‘Like it was a video game’: Students try their hands at medical robots during Westmoreland Mall event
Textbooks and tests can help students understand the medical field only to a certain extent. On Thursday, Excela Health put surgical equipment into students’ hands. Dozens of high school and middle school students piled into the Westmoreland Mallin Hempfield to test out medical robots and learn about the dangers of...
Holiday festivities kick off the season in Irwin
Area residents braved temperatures in the 30s to ring in the holiday season during the Light Up Norwin event Thursday night in downtown Irwin. Sponsored by the Norwin Rotary Club, the festivities included food, music and a tree-lighting ceremony. A parade along Main Street featured about 70 units. Kids were...
Tom Hanks’ curated playlist to hit Pittsburgh’s WYEP radio on Thanksgiving
Get ready for “Hanks Giving” Pittsburgh. Thanksgiving Day on Pittsburgh’s radio station 91.3-FM WYEP will be extra special as Academy Award-winning movie star Tom Hanks curates a full day of music. From 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Nov. 24, WYEP will be playing songs chosen by Hanks exclusively for...
‘A Christmas Story’ home for sale in Cleveland
One of the most recognizable homes in holiday cinematic history is for sale. The iconic house from “A Christmas Story,” watched by millions every yuletide, was listed Monday. Vandergrift resident Lisa Dormire took a day trip last December to tour the home with a group of senior citizens from Redstone...
Pittsburgh’s rock royalty releases ‘A Very Yinzer Christmas’ to benefit people with autism
Legendary Steel City musicians will release a holiday album Friday that might be the ’Burgh-iest musical compilation to ever hit the airwaves. “A Very Yinzer Christmas” features holiday tracks by more than 25 Pittsburgh music icons, including Donnie Iris, The Skyliners, Johnny Angel & the Halos, Bill Deasy and Joe...
Expect more drivers on the road this Thanksgiving despite record gas prices
Motorists can expect record high gas prices when they hit the road for Thanksgiving next week. The national average fuel price is expected be $3.68 on Thanksgiving Day, almost 30 cents higher than last year and more than 20 cents above the previous record of $3.44 set in 2012. Despite...
TV Talk: Pittsburghers compete on Best in Snow;’ ‘Christmas Story’ sequel debuts on HBO MaxVideo
Four friends who met working at the Pittsburgh Glass Center formed a team competing on Disney+’s snow-carving special “Best in Snow,” streaming Nov. 18. It’s unlike other crafts competitions – Netflix’s “Blown Away,” “Drink Masters” – because while those series rely on competitors’ experience and skill, “Best in Snow” pairs...
Shake it off? Parents come up short for Taylor Swift tickets
NEW YORK — They were supposed to be birthday presents. They were supposed to be Christmas presents. They were supposed to be the most special of special treats for young fans of Taylor Swift. Instead, for many parents, the hours-long Ticketmaster debacle they endured Tuesday trying to score concert seats...
Happy hygge! Scrabble dictionary adds hundreds of words
NEW YORK — Here’s the sitch, Scrabble stans. Your convos around the board are about to get more interesting with about 500 new words and variations added to the game’s official dictionary: stan, sitch, convo, zedonk, dox and fauxhawk among them. Out this month, the add-ons in the seventh edition...
The busiest days to fly during the winter holidays
Most weeks of the year, Fridays are the busiest days to fly, and Tuesdays are the least busy. But during the holidays, that trend doesn’t necessarily hold true. In most years, the Sunday after Thanksgiving is actually the busiest travel day for U.S. airports, according to the Transportation Security Administration,...
Kraft Heinz explores stunts like Stuffing Pants, Velveeta martini to revitalize brands
Pittsburgh-based Kraft Heinz may be best known for the iconic ketchup, but the food giant is hoping that a series of offbeat items and recipes can revive some of the company’s other well-known brands. Stove Top, a Kraft Heinz Company brand, is bringing back its Stuffing Pants, a pair of...
New documentary shows ex-Steelers player Carlton Haselrig’s battle with football-related brain injuries
JOHNSTOWN — Frail, angry, confused and dying, Carlton Haselrig rolled around on his bed, twisting in the blankets and sheets, screaming profanities, before sitting up and crying out a desperate plea: “Help me, Dad! Father!” But it was in vain. His father was not there to help. Fred Haselrig had...
‘The Lion King’ hits a key milestone in its circle of life
NEW YORK — In the summer of 1997, audiences in Minneapolis at the Orpheum Theatre saw something no one had ever seen before: leaping antelopes, fluttering birds and elephants lumbering through the orchestra seats. “The audience started screaming so early. When the animals came down the aisle everybody shot up,”...
TV Q&A: Which Penguins games will air on WTAE-TV?
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen answers reader questions every Wednesday at TribLive.com in a column that also appears in the Sunday Tribune-Review. Q: In a TV spot, WTAE general manager Mr. Wolfertz said Channel 4 will carry four Penguins games this year, but he didn’t say which ones...
TV Talk: Ryan Houston will leave WPXI-TV; more ‘Cartoon Academy’ on WQED-TV
Ryan Houston, who joined WPXI-TV as weekend evening and night anchor in December 2019, will depart the station Nov. 28. He’s returning home to his native Pine Bluff, Ark., to help care for an ailing family member. “My stepfather has colon cancer and my mother told me she needs some...
New Spinvasion ride coming to Kennywood next spring
Kennywood is getting a new ride next year, and it promises to be out of this world. The amusement park announced Tuesday an intergalactic multi-action spin ride called Spinvasion will become the centerpiece of the park’s new alien-inspired Area 412 section. According to a press release, Spinvasion will provide an...
PLCB opens lotteries to purchase more than 1,500 rare whiskeys
Whiskey connoisseurs in Pennsylvania can enter lotteries this week to purchase rare bottles that have skyrocketed in demand in recent years. The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board on Monday announced its Limited-Release Lotteries for the highly sought-after products. Of 1,590 bottles up for grabs, 1,440 are made by Kentucky-based Old Rip...
David DePape’s dark journey from Obama backer to QAnon extremist accused in Pelosi attack
RICHMOND, Calif. — To co-workers who knew David DePape a few years ago, he was a gentle, quiet carpenter who liked to watch “Game of Thrones” and “Stranger Things” and brought sunflower seeds to his worksite to feed birds and squirrels. “Everybody liked him,” said Frank Ciccarelli, 76, a carpenter...
Guy Fieri’s Chicken Guy! restaurant opens in Pittsburgh
There are plenty of chicken restaurants in Pittsburgh, but the first of Guy Fieri’s chicken eateries known as Chicken Guy! opened Monday in PPG Place adjacent to the iconic ice skating rink Downtown. The opening had been anticipated with word spreading last week, and the food appeared to be worth...
Concert trifecta: Pink, Lizzo, Foreigner announce Pittsburgh stopsVideo
Two pop music superstars and an arena rock band will be making their way to Pittsburgh in 2023 for concerts announced Monday. Pink’s Summer Carnival is visiting 21 cities, including PNC Park on Aug. 5. She will be joined by Brandi Carlile, Grouplove and KidCutUp. Tickets for the three-time Grammy...
Pittsburgh Pop podcast: Talking ‘SNL,’ Steelers time slot change, ‘Tulsa King,’ ‘Virulent,’ ‘American Rust’ needs extras
In this episode of the “Pittsburgh Pop” podcast, host Tim Benz and TV Talk columnist Rob Owen discuss Pittsburgh pop culture news of the moment, including the Steelers game on Nov. 20 getting downgraded from prime time to a late afternoon starting time, a call for extras on season two...
T-Rex skull could garner $20 million in auction, says report
Sotheby’s auction house in New York is reporting that a Tyrannosaurus rex skull is likely to sell for up to $20 million at auction next month, according to CNN. The skull weighs more than 200 pounds and is over 6 feet tall. Named Maximus, the skull is one of the...
Joni Mitchell tells Elton John what fans have hoped for: A new album might be comingVideo
We might be able to expect a new release from Joni Mitchell soon in the wake of her surprise summer appearance at the Newport Folk Festival. The “Both Sides Now” artist shared the news in a new interview on Apple Music 1’s “Elton John’s Rocket Hour.” “I’ve seen you through...
The ultimate guide to Chicago’s Italian beef
CHICAGO — At last, the Italian beef is having a moment. While deep-dish and Chicago-style hot dogs long ago achieved national fame, the Italian beef was one of those dishes with only limited appeal outside of Chicagoland. But now publications like The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times...
