TV Talk: ‘Star City’ debuts with Monroeville native working on visual effectsVideo
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. A spin-off from Apple TV’s “For All Mankind” that doesn’t require having seen “FAMK” to understand, Apple TV’s “Star City” goes back to the beginning of human space flight in the 1960s to tell an...
Jeannette graduate returns to Westmoreland County, opens cafe in Penn Township
Justin Stull aims to provide a new breakfast and lunch option to residents of Penn Township’s Harrison City neighborhood. Stull, 42, of Delmont, opened Cafe Somore on March 3 in a building along Walnut Street that formerly housed Hometown Pizzeria & Eatery and Aiello’s Pizzeria. He considered following in the...
You should be dancing, yeah. Moving to music offers all kinds of benefits as you age
TUCSON, Ariz. — Carol Ross can’t stop smiling at dance practice as she shouts out the steps of a routine to members of her tap and jazz troupe for women age 50 and older. “I’ve been dancing my whole life, it’s the best,” said Ross, who founded the Rodeo City...
America’s schools face a backlash on digital devices as screens saturate classrooms
Just a few years ago, America’s public schools were rushing to get every child a laptop. Los Angeles middle school teacher Anna Soffer remembers it well: “The idea was that technology is the future, so we need to put tech in every child’s hands.” Now, the conversation has flipped. After...
Zeppelin out, Skynyrd in: ‘Free Bird’ soars to No. 1 spot on the Memorial Day 500
This year, 102.5 WDVE listeners said, “Won’t you fly high, ‘Free Bird’?” For the first time since the countdown returned in 2019, the 1973 Lynyrd Skynyrd tune “Free Bird” sat atop the radio station’s Memorial Day 500. The countdown of the top 500 rock songs of all time deviated from...
Mt. Pleasant community recognizes sacrifices of veterans, military on Memorial DayVideo
Thomas Dix was instantly a celebrity of sorts after Mt. Pleasant’s annual Memorial Day ceremony. Maybe it was the ball cap on his head proclaiming him a World War II veteran that drew others over. The 101-year-old Donegal Township man shook hands, hugged and smiled. “I like that they still...
Military sacrifices honored on Memorial Day with ceremonies in Brackenridge, Lower Burrell
Patriotism was on full-display Monday during the annual Memorial Day parade in Lower Burrell. Carla McMeans volunteers year-round as coordinator of the annual parade, which draws thousands of participants and parade watchers. McMeans, a member of the American Legion Post 868 auxiliary, said the organization depends on the tireless efforts...
The origins of Memorial Day and how it has evolved
Memorial Day is a U.S. holiday that is officially about mourning the nation’s fallen service members, but it has come to signal the unofficial start of summer and a long weekend of travel, as well as discounts on anything from mattresses to lawn mowers. This year, the occasion comes amid...
Taking Back Sunday performing at Stage AE June 1
It’s fitting that Taking Back Sunday will spend one night of its tour reclaiming its glory days in Pittsburgh. With a newly installed lineup straight out of fan fiction, they’ll revisit a city that hosted a huge moment in the band’s early career. But much has changed. Taking Back Sunday...
Norway-set drama about political polarization ‘Fjord’ wins Palme d’Or at Cannes
Cristian Mungiu’s Norway-set drama about political polarization, “Fjord,” has won the Palme d’Or, handing the Cannes Film Festival ‘s top honor for the second time to Mungiu, the Romanian director of “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days.” At a 79th Cannes Film Festival that saw few films cause a...
Oldest Pearl Harbor survivor is keeping the memory of the surprise bombing alive at 106Video
CENTERVILLE, Mass. — On the day of the Pearl Harbor attack, the country’s oldest living survivor of the Japanese bombing was far below deck helping repair one of the boilers of the USS St. Louis. Freeman Johnson, who turned 106 in March, never witnessed the surprise attack. He never heard...
Oldest Pearl Harbor survivor is keeping memory of the surprise bombing alive at 106
CENTERVILLE, Mass. — On the day of the Pearl Harbor attack, the country’s oldest living survivor of the Japanese bombing was far below deck helping repair one the boilers of the USS St. Louis. Freeman Johnson, who turned 106 in March, never witnessed the surprise attack. He never heard his...
Pittsburgh jazz musicians to perform Herbie Hancock retrospective
Herbie Hancock has arguably been one of the most influential artists in the history of modern jazz music. On May 29, a group of longtime Pittsburgh jazz players will be paying tribute to Hancock’s wide and varied repertoire with a live retrospective performance at Con Alma, a Downtown Pittsburgh jazz...
Editorial: Sealed records, closed doors, unanswered questions
When government acts on behalf of the people, it is supposed to be clear. That’s why meetings are open. It’s why records are searchable. It’s why the Sixth Amendment guarantees a public trial. So why is Armstrong County conducting business in the dark? Niki’s Quick Six in Parks Township closed...
Life of a Basketball Fan: Taylor Swift attends Cavs-Knicks in Cleveland with fiance Travis Kelce
CLEVELAND — Turns out, Taylor Swift likes basketball, too. The global music superstar sat courtside at Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals Saturday night along with fiance and Cleveland native Travis Kelce as the Cavaliers hosted the New York Knicks, desperately needing a win in the series. Swift and...
Dozens turn out to dress Prospect Cemetery in Brackenridge for Memorial Day
Soldiers who fought for America’s freedoms likely faced harsher conditions than heavy rain and blustery winds. That was the thought of David Mainhart, commander of the Brackenridge American Legion Post 226, who braved the weather Saturday to trudge through Prospect Cemetery and help erect more than 950 flags on the...
Get a rare look inside the Old Allegheny County Jail MuseumVideo
For just three hours each month, the doors of the Old Allegheny County Jail Museum swing open. Every first and third Monday, visitors can pass under a granite archway on Ross Street — part of the original 1880s prison complex — then through security at Allegheny County’s family court building....
Western Pennsylvania couples share their stories of marrying young
Pittsburgh Pirates rookie Konnor Griffin met his wife, the former Dendy Hogan, when he was 14. The two were high school sweethearts. Dendy has been a steady “steady” of the young star player throughout his path leading to the majors. Griffin was just 19 when they got married Jan. 17...
Check out 6 rooftop spots for bites and drinks in Pittsburgh
As warmer weather arrives, Pittsburghers don’t have to dream about dining al fresco. For those looking for extra ambiance, the region is home to a number of rooftop bars and restaurants offering panoramic city views, elevated food and drinks, and a chance to snap golden hour photos. We’ve rounded up...
Kennywood Bites and Pints festival opens with new French and German menus
Following its season opening last month, Kennywood is bringing back its popular Bites and Pints Food & Drink Festival. Beginning Friday, the event will offer visitors international cuisine across eight tasting stations around the park’s lagoon. The festival returns this year with two new countries, France and Germany, joining returning...
The game’s afoot as armchair detectives mark Sherlock Holmes DayVideo
SCHATTENHALB, Switzerland — From 221B Baker Street in central London to a cliffside waterfall in the Swiss Alps, generations of armchair detectives are celebrating International Sherlock Holmes Day on Friday. Fans will mark Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ‘s birthday in tribute to the author and his most famous character whose...
Matthew Perry’s family trusted his assistant to help keep him sober. He instead helped him overdose
LOS ANGELES — Matthew Perry paid Kenneth Iwamasa $150,000 a year to be his live-in personal assistant. His role for the “Friends” star would expand to drug messenger, addiction enabler and de facto doctor, according to court filings. Iwamasa injected Perry with the doses of ketamine that would prove fatal...
State-of-the-art parking, ‘elevated’ living touted at new Strip District apartment complex
A new upscale apartment building is now leasing units and offering state-of-the-art parking options in the Strip District. The Stanza has 84 units and 24 unique floor plans on seven floors at 2930 Smallman St. It’s the latest development project from The AM Group, a private construction, development and real...
A proposed additive ban could change New York’s pizza and bagels, some say for the better
NEW YORK — After more than a decade of mixing and kneading dough in his family’s Brooklyn pizzeria, Salvatore Lo Duca recently made a distressing discovery: A key component of their thin-crust pies, bromated flour, contained a suspected carcinogen already banned in much of the world. So, in the back...
Toadies drummer Mark Reznicek on working with Steve Albini on ‘The Charmer’ with Pittsburgh show on tapVideo
Texas alternative rock veterans Toadies achieved a longtime goal with “The Charmer,” the band’s seventh studio album. Released May 1, the Toadies’ first album in nine years came in collaboration with Steve Albini, a recording engineer who gained acclaim in the 1980s and ’90s alternative music scene for his raw,...
