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Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh puppet karaoke jam to spotlight homemade videosVideo
What do you get when you combine puppets and karaoke? The BOOM Jam Puppet Slam, of course. The Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh invites kids of all ages to tune in to the Nov. 14 celebration of puppets and the ways in which they can inspire us to tell stories and...
TV Talk: Election ‘map guys’ win TV’s coverage
he election may go to Joe Biden, but the winner of TV’s election coverage became clear well before any tipping point vote totals: The “map guys” or as at least one Twitter post described them, “the chartthrobs.” Please, if you decide to profess your love for map kings John King,...
Al Roker to take time off work to battle prostate cancer
NEW YORK — Weatherman and morning TV co-host Al Roker has revealed that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and will be undergoing surgery to have his prostate removed. “It’s a good news-bad news kind of thing,” Roker said Friday on NBC’s “Today.” “Good news is we caught it...
Steel City Con reschedules December event for April
The Steel City Con planned for December has been rescheduled for April at the Monroeville Convention Center. “Steel City Con has decided it is in the best interests for the health and safety our vendors, staff, celebrities and fans to postpone our December event until April 9-11, 2021,” according to...
‘Tenet’ to head to home release in Dec. after theatrical run
After several months in pandemic-altered theaters, Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” will head to home release on Dec. 15, Warner Bros. said Thursday. “Tenet” will be available digitally as well as on Blu-ray, DVD and 4K just before the holidays, potentially bringing an end to its turbulent but singular run in theaters....
Prime Stage production explores private side of Albert Einstein
The personal, private side of Albert Einstein, the genius who developed the theory of relativity, is the subject of an upcoming Prime Stage Theatre online production. Matt Henderson will portray Einstein in the award-winning dramalogue, “Einstein, A Stage Portrait,” streaming at 8 p.m. Nov. 13. The one-man play first developed...
New kids’ series ‘Pikwik Pack’ puts spotlight on deliveries
The studio behind the kids’ mega-hit TV show “Paw Patrol” has a new animated series that arrives timed perfectly for a global pandemic: It celebrates delivery people. “Pikwik Pack,” which airs on Disney Junior and DisneyNOW, stars four animal friends working together to deliver packages in their community. In the...
Carnegie Museum’s latest show honors Pittsburgh’s maker tradition
Pittsburgh’s long tradition of artisans and industry is the inspiration for “Locally Sourced,” an exhibition opening Nov. 20 at the Carnegie Museum of Art in the city’s Oakland neighborhood. Featured artists and makers “are the faces of the next revolution in making,” according to the museum. With new work by...
‘The Mandalorian’ returns with same Western flair, same tantalizing teaser at the end
**SPOILER ALERT: Spoilers ahead up through the second-season premiere of “The Mandalorian”** “The Mandalorian,” the Disney+ series set in the “Star Wars” universe, has returned for its second season. And while the season-two trailer teased a journey that could bring the title character into contact with a Jedi or two,...
TV Talk: As ‘Supernatural’ ends, star Jensen Ackles recalls filming in Pittsburgh
The CW’s “Supernatural” was one of the first American scripted drama series to resume production after the pandemic began with just two episodes left to be filmed, including the show’s series finale, slated for 9 p.m. Nov. 19 on WPCW-TV, Channel 19, following a series retrospective at 8 p.m. After...
Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine’s kidnapper is sentenced to 24 years
NEW YORK — A man convicted in the kidnapping of rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine was sentenced to 24 years in prison Wednesday by a judge who cited his leadership role in a gang active nationwide. U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer announced the sentence for Anthony Ellison, 33, who has been...
The Westmoreland’s film series celebrates African American movie pioneersVideo
The Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg is screening a series of films online celebrating unsung pioneers of African American cinema. As part of “Pioneers of African American Cinema,” the 1946 film, “Dirty Gertie From Harlem U.S.A.,” will be streamed at 7 p.m. Nov. 18. Francine Everett stars in...
TV Q & A: How is the daughter of KDKA-TV’s Pam Surano doing?
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: How is the daughter of KDKA-TV reporter Pam Surano doing after that scary trampoline accident? And how did Surano feel being on the other...
Environmentalist’s barefoot walk across U.S. inspires Pittsburgh filmmakerVideo
One day, a friend of Pittsburgh filmmaker Julie Sokolow turned her on to a unique man she’d met while attending Brown University. He was a poet and author named Mark Baumer. Sokolow became an instant fan. “I’d see her posting about his barefoot journey across the country and immediately his...
Drake bests Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder to set Billboard record
Earning his 21st No. 1 hit on Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop songs chart, Drake has bested a record previously held by icons Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder. Drake’s “Laugh Now Cry Later,” featuring rapper Lil Durk, reached the No. 1 spot on the chart this week. Wonder and Franklin, who died in...
Senator John Heinz History Center offers free kids’ admission in November
Admission is free during November for kids ages 17 and younger at the Senator John Heinz History Center and Fort Pitt Museum in Pittsburgh. “Thanks to the generosity of our partner, Howard Hanna Real Estate Services, we’re able to make our museums more accessible to families who are struggling after...
The Westmoreland’s Holiday Mart plans artist meet-and-greet, live music
The Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg will usher in the holiday season with its annual Holiday Mart from Friday through Sunday. The Museum Shop will offer 10% savings on all regularly priced items, a Maker Meet and Greet, a curated selection of merchandise from the featured makers, live...
Duquesne and National Museum of Broadcasting commemorate 1st KDKA broadcast
A two-day celebration commemorating the 100th anniversary of KDKA’s first radio broadcast is being held tonight and Tuesday nights. It was on Nov. 2, 1920, that KDKA made the world’s first commercial radio broadcast when it reported the returns of the Harding/Cox presidential election. Duquesne University and the National Museum...
Pittsburgh’s Row House Cinema seeks ‘weird, off-kilter’ films for festival
With many movie theaters still closed and few new releases right now, Row House Cinema in Lawrenceville is calling for entries for Rowhouse Online’s Sweded Film Festival for Creative Re-Creations, a feature-length compilation of homemade films. “ ‘Sweded’ films have nothing to do with Sweden and everything to do with...
Chef Marcus Samuelsson celebrates the variety of Black food
If anyone asks chef Marcus Samuelsson what African food taste like, he has a ready answer: Have you ever had barbeque? Rice? Collard greens? Okra? Coffee? “All of that food comes from Africa, has its roots in Africa,” says the Ethiopian Swedish writer and restaurateur. “Everyone has had African American...
Police: Actor Eddie Hassell, 30, killed in Texas shooting
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas — The actor Eddie Hassell, known for his roles in the NBC show “Surface” and the 2010 film “The Kids Are All Right,” has died after a shooting in Texas, police said. He was 30. The shooting happened early Sunday in the Dallas suburb of Grand Prairie,...
TV Talk: CBS sitcom ‘B Positive’ rates a C+
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. ^ The 2020-21 TV season’s first new scripted comedy, CBS’s “B Positive,” debuts this week and it’s very much a CBS comedy. Created by Marco Pennette (“Caroline in the City,” “Mom”) and executive produced by...
Dancer takes steps to open The Movement Factory on Pittsburgh’s North Side
Dancer Maria Caruso is taking steps to reach beyond the performance stage. The founder of Bodiography Contemporary Ballet in Squirrel Hill, a performance space for ballet dancers, Caruso is turning a renovated warehouse on the Ohio River on Pittsburgh’s North Side into Maria Caruso’s The Movement Factory. “I had been...
Carnegie Mellon University’s Exploded Ensemble hosts virtual, interactive concert
Audience participation from afar is highly suggested for this performance. Carnegie Mellon University’s Exploded Ensemble will play a live concert at 7 p.m. Sunday on Twitch.tv, a livestreaming platform for gamers that has become a virtual vehicle for other interactive events. According to its website, Exploded Ensemble is the university’s...
Actor Sean Connery, the ‘original’ James Bond, dies at 90
LONDON — Sean Connery, the charismatic Scottish actor who rose to international superstardom as suave, fearless secret agent James Bond and then abandoned the role to carve out an equally successful, Oscar-winning career playing a variety of leading and character roles, has died. He was 90. Bond producers EON Productions...
