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Arlo Guthrie to have Pittsburgh show for 50th anniversary of ‘Alice’s Restaurant’
Tickets go on sale to the general public Friday for a performance from Arlo Guthrie, who is celebrating 50 years of the movie “Alice’s Restaurant.” Guthrie will perform Nov. 16 at Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall with special guest Sarah Lee Guthrie, his daughter, according to an announcement. The folk...
Clemente Museum plans outdoor mural painting weekend
A larger-than-life-size mural of Pirate’s great Roberto Clemente will soon grace the side of the Clemente Museum in Lawrenceville. The museum has partnered with local mural artist Kyle Holbrook on the project. “Holbrook’s mural painting style encourages community members to participate in the painting process with him. In conjunction with...
Latrobe summer art camps feature aquatic theme
Latrobe Art Center’s summer camps for kids will focus on water as a unifying theme. The camps, which begin in June, are for children ages 3-13 of all artistic levels and will allow young participants to explore water-based art techniques and create pieces depicting ocean scenes. Each camp runs from...
Westmoreland County Airshow set to take flightVideo
It’s not easy for Gabe Monzo to choose which one of the featured aircraft at the Shop ‘n Save Westmoreland County Airshow May 25-26 is the main attraction. “The main attraction is aviation,” says Monzo, executive director of the Westmoreland County Airport Authority, which operates the Unity airport and stages...
‘Game of Thrones’ finale brings a record 19.3 million viewers to HBOVideo
HBO’s highly anticipated finale of “Game of Thrones” on Sunday was the most watched program in the premium cable network’s history, with 19.3 million viewers. Citing Nielsen data, HBO said 13.6 million viewers watched the final TV chapter of the Stark family saga on television, surpassing the 13.4 million viewers...
Writers to collaborate with musicians at Hampton’s Steamworks Creative
Six writers and musicians will take the stage Friday at Steamworks Creative in Hampton to perform works based on each other’s work. “Words and Music – An evening of writers collaborating with musicians,” will be held from 8 to 10:30 p.m. at Steamworks, 4967 Route 8, Suite 6. Tickets are...
Murrysville teen pens play emphasizing importance of arts and humanities
Ariel Rockman, 18, of Murrysville thinks people should place more value on the arts and humanities. It led her to pen her first play, “The Intervention,” staged in late April as part of the Shady Side Academy Senior School’s Original Works Theatre Festival. The play tells the story of Harry,...
Ready to see Whitney Houston perform ‘live’? Her hologram is coming
The Whitney Houston revival is well underway. The pop titan’s estate is planning a resurgence for the late stinger that includes a new album of unreleased tracks, a touring hologram, a potential Broadway musical and other branding deals. The Grammy-winning megastar, who died in 2012 from a combination of heart...
Tickets on sale for Pittsburgh’s ‘Lion King’ run
Tickets are on sale now for the September run of Disney’s “The Lion King” at the Benedum Center in Pittsburgh. Tickets are available at 412-456-6666, trustarts.org and at the Box Office at Theater Square in downtown Pittsburgh. VIP ticket packages, including prime seat location, commemorative souvenir program and exclusive merchandise...
Sci-fi films inspire new installation at the Mattress Factory
The newest installation at the Mattress Factory, opening May 23, takes on the form of a science fiction film set. A free opening reception for the artwork, Patte Loper’s “Laboratory for Other Worlds,” is set for 6-8 p.m. May 23, in the museum’s Monterey Annex, 1414 Monterey St., in Pittsburgh’s...
‘Game of Thrones’ finale leaves fans burned out, disappointed
Be advised — there will be spoilers. “Game of Thrones” came to the end of the line with Sunday’s series finale — enter into the unending winter of discontent. Longtime fans have been beset with goofs, gaffes and disappointment this season and the finale was no exception. From the Washington...
James Holzhauer returns to ‘Jeopardy!’: Here’s what he’s done so far
The two-week teacher’s tournament was a short distraction. The real chase resumes Monday when “Jeopardy!” champion James Holzhauer returns to face two new opponents vying to stop his historic run on the show. Holzhauer, a professional sports gambler from Las Vegas, has taken the show by storm, becoming a national...
George Thorogood set to rock The Palace Theater
George Thorogood and the Destroyers will bring their “Good to Be Bad Tour: 45 Years of Rock” show to The Palace Theater in Greensburg on Oct. 10. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday. The band has been performing since the 1970s with notable bluesy rock hits...
Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost are engaged
Wedding bells are in the future for actress Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost of “Saturday Night Live.” Johansson’s publicist Marcel Pariseau tells The Associated Press Sunday that the private couple is officially engaged after two years of dating. Pariseau says no date has been set for the nuptials. Johansson, 34,...
‘American Idol’ finale ends in an upsetVideo
Throughout the “American Idol” Season 17 finale Sunday night, the winner seemed almost too obvious; especially when Alejandro Aranda, the 24-year-old singer-songwriter from Pomona, California, performed an original track called “Out Loud.” At the end, the studio audience screamed and cheered so loudly that it nearly drowned out the judges....
‘Game of Thrones’: Series finale goes back to where things began
***WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD THROUGH THE SERIES FINALE OF ‘GAME OF THRONES’*** ***SERIOUSLY, LIKE THE WHOLE WAY THROUGH*** ***TO THE VERY END*** In the end, it was all about the Starks. This series began and ended with the members of House Stark. Sure, the prologue introduced the Night’s Watch and what...
‘John Wick 3’ dethrones ‘Avengers: Endgame’ with $57 million
LOS ANGELES — The box office has a new king and his name is John Wick. The third installment of the hyper violent Keanu Reeves franchise has taken the top spot at the North American box office and ended the three-week reign of “Avengers: Endgame.” Studios on Sunday say “John...
Leslie Jones, ‘SNL’ take on Alabama’s abortion ban in season finaleVideo
Though the “Saturday Night Live” season finale opened with members of the Trump administration singing a corruption-themed parody of Queen’s “Don’t Stop Me Now,” the episode’s most heated political moment arrived during the “Weekend Update” segment. Cast member Leslie Jones rolled in wearing a red cloak and white bonnet recognizable...
Garth Brooks thanks Pittsburgh and Steeler NationVideo
Garth Brooks thanked Pittsburgh and Steeler Nation Sunday morning shortly after his record-breaking show at Heinz Field. On social media the country superstar posted a video from the show fully embracing the city and its sports teams: He’s sporting a Pirates jersey with No. 7 Roethlisberger and waving a terrible...
Blame it on Bieber: Iceland canyon too popular with visitorsVideo
FJADRÁRGLJÚFUR, Iceland— A large sign warns motorists that Iceland’s Fjadrárgljúfur canyon is closed to visitors but drivers keep on coming down the narrow gravel road. A ranger at a roadblock has to explain why no one can pass: The vulnerable landscape cannot sustain more visitors. Blame Justin Bieber, the Canadian...
Garth Brooks lights it up in record-breaking Pittsburgh show
A Pirates jersey-clad Garth Brooks performed for a record-breaking audience Saturday night at Heinz Field on Pittsburgh’s North Shore. The concert was delayed slightly because of weather concerns, but the crowd — expected to top 75,000 for a Heinz Field record — was allowed to resume entering the stadium shortly...
Watch Heinz Field crowd sing Garth Brooks’ ‘Friends in Low Places’
Everyone knew this was coming, but it doesn’t make the moment any less special. Fans attending the Garth Brooks show Saturday night at Heinz Field took over when Brooks played fan-favorite “Friends in Low Places.” At his preshow news conference Friday, Brooks cracked that he hasn’t actually sung “Friends in...
‘Satan and Adam’: Mt. Pleasant native films unlikely blues duoVideo
A filmmaker from small-town Western Pennsylvania makes a movie about an unlikely blues duo busking on the streets of New York City. It sounds like a movie in itself — especially because it was 30 years in the making. That’s the story behind “Satan and Adam,” a documentary directed by...
Disney Junior ready for holiday party in Pittsburgh
The all-new “Disney Junior Holiday Party! On Tour,” presented by Pull-Ups, will get the Christmas season started with a 6 p.m. Nov. 7 appearance at Pittsburgh’s Heinz Hall. An extension of the popular Pollstar-nominated “Disney Junior Dance Party On Tour,” the 46-date interactive show features favorite Disney Junior characters, including...
‘Caine Mutiny,’ ‘Winds of War’ author Herman Wouk has died
Herman Wouk, the versatile, Pulitzer Prize winning author of such million-selling novels as “The Caine Mutiny” and “The Winds of War” whose steady Jewish faith inspired his stories of religious values and secular success, died on Friday at 103. Wouk was just 10 days shy of his 104th birthday and...
