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Silent films to live on in movie theater lobby card project

CONCORD, N.H. — “Missing Millions” is a 1922 silent film with a darkly prescient title — like the vast majority from that era, the movie all but vanished in the ensuing century, survived mostly by lobby cards. The cards, scarcely bigger than letter paper, promoted the cinematic romances, comedies and...
Grain bin rescue: Westmoreland firefighters get training to save trapped farmers

If a farmer falls into a bin with flowing shelled corn, wheat, oats, sunflower seeds or barley, they might sink to their knees and be unable to free themselves in the time it took to read this sentence. In as little as 20 seconds, an adult can be buried in...
5 things to do in Westmoreland County this weekend: Oct. 7-9

Rockin’ at The Lamp It’s all rock ’n’ roll all weekend at The Lamp Theatre, 222 Main St., Irwin: • Rattle and Hum: A Tribute to U2, 8 p.m. Friday. Based in Charlotte, N.C., the group has been playing the greatest hits of Bono and company for more than 14...
TV Talk: Western Pa. natives behind live-action ‘Monster High’Video

Now streaming on Paramount+ and premiering at 7 p.m. Oct. 6 on Nickelodeon, “Monster High The Movie” takes the 12-year-old Mattel fashion doll franchise, already adapted into an animated series, and brings it to live-action life as a movie musical directed by TV veteran Todd Holland (“Wonderfalls”), a Kittanning native...
Largest North American catfish to be brought back to Pennsylvania rivers

With blue catfish — the largest catfish species in North America — beginning to show up in the Ohio River in southwestern Pennsylvania after an absence of about a century, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission this week launches restoration efforts for the fish in rivers in the state. The...
Longtime Pittsburgh ‘Soul Show’ returns to airwaves this weekend

WYEP’s loss is WZUM’s gain. WZUM, an independent nonprofit jazz radio station, announced it will begin airing the “Soul Show,” with its longtime host Mike Canton returning to the airwaves and producing the show as well. The “Soul Show” will be broadcast Saturdays from 2-5 p.m., after the MCG Jazz...
In Loretta Lynn’s voice, the unflinching truth about love, motherhood and women’s livesVideo

Loretta Lynn had a voice made for telling the truth. High and flinty, with a bone-deep coal-country drawl that refused to fade even as she ascended to a queenly position in the Nashville star system, her singing sliced through polished arrangements like a sharpened blade. It could embody both the...
‘Best Before’ labels scrutinized as food waste concerns grow

As awareness grows around the world about the problem of food waste, one culprit in particular is drawing scrutiny: “best before” labels. Manufacturers have used the labels for decades to estimate peak freshness. Unlike “use by” labels, which are found on perishable foods like meat and dairy, “best before” labels...
TV Q&A: Did ‘Curse of Oak Island’ get cursed again by a hurricane?

Q: I was wondering how Hurricane Fiona impacted this year’s search on “The Curse of Oak Island”? News reports say Nova Scotia was hammered, so one would have to assume that Oak Island, just offshore, got it as bad if not worse than the coastline. Has this year’s search season...
Oscar winners chop off their hair for protesters in IranVideo

PARIS — Oscar-winning actors Marion Cotillard and Juliette Binoche, as well as other French stars of screen and music, filmed themselves chopping off locks of their hair in a video posted Wednesday in support of protesters in Iran. “For freedom,” Binoche said as she hacked a large handful of hair...
‘Health issues’ prompt postponement of Alan Jackson concert at PPG Paints Arena

The Alan Jackson concert scheduled for Saturday at PPG Paints Arena has been postponed. According to a statement from show organizers, the country music star has been dealing with “health issues” stemming from Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease for the past decade. The genetic condition causes nerve damage and has affected Jackson’s balance...
Iconic Goodwill gets serious with online for thrifters

NEW YORK — Thrifters who flock to Goodwill stores will now be able to do more of their treasure hunting online. The 120-year-old nonprofit organization on Tuesday launched GoodwillFinds, a newly incorporated shopping venture that is making roughly 100,000 donated items available for purchase online and expanding Goodwill’s internet presence...
Pittsburgh accepting gingerbread house entries for annual holiday display

Pittsburgh’s annual Gingerbread House Display and Competition will return to a fully in-person event this winter, after two years of online and hybrid activities because of the covid-19 pandemic. Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the event is open to individuals, schools, communities, nonprofits and professionals. Online registration opened Saturday and will...
Loretta Lynn, coal miner’s daughter and country queen, dies at 90Video

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Loretta Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner’s daughter whose frank songs about life and love as a woman in Appalachia pulled her out of poverty and made her a pillar of country music, has died. She was 90. In a statement provided to the Associated Press, Lynn’s family...
Free college? Some Allegheny College students won’t pay tuition anymore

Some Allegheny College students don’t have to worry about tuition bills anymore. The Meadville college announced it is introducing a Commitment to Access Program that will cover all tuition costs for in-state students whose family income is $50,000 or less. The program, which will kick off in fall 2023, will...
TV Talk: CMU grad scrubs in as new ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ cast memberVideo

Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. Carnegie Mellon University musical theater grad Alexis Floyd is making her mark in Shondaland, the production company founded by “Grey’s Anatomy” creator Shonda Rhimes. First, Floyd was cast in Shondaland’s Netflix series, “Inventing Anna,” playing...

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