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Out & About: Candlelit ‘Dinner for 8’ thanks Hanna’s Town volunteers
A group of people who usually serve others were thanked for their efforts during Westmoreland Historical Society’s annual Dinner for Eight, held Dec. 3 in the tavern at Historic Hanna’s Town in Hempfield. Dinners were a core group of volunteers who assist in various ways at the ever-expanding complex, which...
Out & About: Westmoreland Society chooses 2 pieces for the museum
The permanent collection of The Westmoreland Museum of American Art is increasing by two pieces, courtesy of the Westmoreland Society. During their annual dinner Dec. 6 in the Greensburg facility, members voted to purchase “Divine Plan,” a 2003 mixed-media piece by Tina Williams Brewer, and “Flourish,” an oil on canvas...
Out & About: New Excela hospice program helps kids deal with grief
“What do I do with the sad that I feel?” Excela Health Hospice is helping children deal with that question through its Neighborhood Kids grief support program. Attendees at the hospice Neighborhood Christmas event, held Dec. 5 at Rizzo’s Banquet Facility in Crabtree, were given an introduction to the program....
Out & About: Saint Vincent College presents Handel’s ‘Messiah’
It’s customary to stand for the “Hallelujah Chorus,” which concludes George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah.” Conventional wisdom says that Great Britain’s King George II stood in awe during the 1743 London premiere of the work. And when the king stands, everybody stands. Though the chorus is only 4 to 5 minutes...
Out & About: ACS ‘Real Men’ celebrate successful fundraising effort
The American Cancer Society’s 2019 Real Men Wear Pink campaign in Westmoreland and Fayette counties kicked off Aug. 22, with 12 area men each vowing to raise $2,500 by the end of October for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. On Dec. 2, some of the group and other campaign supporters gathered...
Out & About: Hospital auxiliary members enjoy annual holiday fete
Members of the Westmoreland Hospital Auxiliary gathered Dec. 3 at the Unity home of Ann Albanesi for their annual holiday auction and cocktail party. Guests arrived with arms full of items for the auction and children’s books for Books for Babies, a program that provides a book for siblings of...
Out & About: Festival of Lights reflects beloved holiday poem 
Visit the Ligonier Town Hall community room through Dec. 10 and you’ll be walking in a winter wonderland. The Ligonier Valley Historical Society has taken over the space for its 37th Festival of Lights, which opened Dec. 6 with a “Toast the Trees” reception. Guests descending the steps to the...
Out & About: Trees turn DAR headquarters into holiday wonderland
What exactly do you do with an ugly yellow, 8-foot artificial Christmas tree? Members of the Braddock Trail Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution weren’t sure after they bought it several years ago at a summer clearance sale at Brilhart Ace Hardware in Scottdale. “It really is an...
Out & About: Annual Christmas Market draws shoppers to Ligonier
Even when nothing special is going on, downtown Ligonier has the aspect of a quaint little movie set. Add holiday decorations, music wafting from the gazebo on the Diamond and shoppers strolling the streets, and it’s picture-perfect — as it was on Nov. 30 as crowds took advantage of free...
Out & About: Compass Inn Museum hosts holiday candlelight tours
Early American Christmas traditions varied from place to place and among various religious denominations. For some, it was a solemn observance of the birth of Christ. Others made it a time of celebration. Still others saw it as just another day. Many European immigrants carried their Old World holiday customs...
Out & About: Annual Wind Up/Wine Down benefits Norwin musicians
What’s a good way to spend a Saturday night? Some folks like to Wind Up/Wine Down. That’s the name of the signature fundraiser for the Norwin Play It Forward Fund, which helps fund private lessons and music camps for Norwin School District students in grades 4-12 who participate in instrumental...
Out & About: Redstone Highlands gala sets sail on the Love Boat
More than 200 “passengers” set sail on the Love Boat for this year’s Redstone Highlands Fling. The 17th annual gala with a nautical 1970s theme, held Nov. 23 at Stratigos Banquet Centre in North Huntingdon, raised funds for the benevolent care fund of the senior care organization with campuses in...
Out & About: Ligonier Y supporters look back at ‘how we got here’
Supporters of the Ligonier Valley YMCA took a look at “how we got here” at the Y’s third annual Legacy Dinner, held Nov. 22 at Laurel Mountain Ski Resort in Ligonier Township. The program included a short history of the Y, the year in review and testimonials on the organization’s...
Out & About: Greensburg store hosts WSO shopping spree benefit
Time is at a premium during this busy season. It’s good when you can kill two birds (or maybe three) with one stone, so to speak. Teri Bowes of Hempfield invited a group of friends to do just that on Nov. 18. She was the winner of a shopping party...
Eccentric millionaire’s O’Hara mansion leaves lasting legacy as Bayernhof Music Museum 
This isn’t your typical mansion-turned-museum. On high ground overlooking Sharpsburg and the Allegheny River in O’Hara sits the Bayernhof Music Museum, the former 19,000-square-foot residence of Pittsburgh millionaire Charles Boyd Brown III, known simply as “Chuck” to his friends. Often referred to as one of the area’s best-kept secrets, the...
Out & About: Regional juried art show opens at Ligonier museum
There’s a good working relationship between the Southwestern Pennsylvania Council for the Arts and the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Ligonier Valley. This is the 16th consecutive year that the museum has hosted the council’s Annual Regional Juried Exhibition, now in its 24th year. At a Nov. 16 opening...
Out & About: ‘Polka dots & plaid’ event benefits Latrobe Art Center
Pattern mixing has been a fashion “do” for a while now, and Latrobe Art Center got in on the trend with its annual auction fundraiser. “Polka Dots & Plaid” was the dress code for An Evening in the Neighborhood XII, held Nov. 13 at Latrobe Country Club, and guests happily...
Out & About: Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Laurel Region celebrates dreams come true
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Laurel Region held its annual Celebration of Mentoring on Nov. 13 at Antonelli Event Center in Irwin. The program offered this invitation: “Let’s celebrate the lives being changed, the dreams coming true and those who are making it happen” — which, of course, refers...
Out & About: Annual Stage Right gala gets to the heart of the arts 
When you go to a Stage Right party, you know you won’t just be eating, drinking and schmoozing — you know you’ll also be entertained. There was plenty of entertainment at the Greensburg organization’s seventh annual Heart of the Arts Gala, held Saturday at Rizzo’s Banquet Hall in Crabtree. What...
Out & About: West Overton Whiskey Smash gets bigger every year
No wonder the folks at West Overton Village call their annual whiskey (and other spirits) tasting event the Whiskey Smash. It’s been a smashing hit that keeps getting bigger each year. The fifth annual event was held Nov. 16 at the East Huntingdon historical complex that has its roots in...
Out & About: Westmoreland Historical Society christens new education center
Though it was founded in 1908, the Westmoreland Historical Society never had a permanent home until this year, when it moved into the new Westmoreland History Education Center at Historic Hanna’s Town. Fundraising started a little more recently — during the George W. Bush presidential era. That tidbit was shared...
Out & About: Action for Animals bash in Latrobe provides holiday cash
A simple scroll through your Facebook news feed will remind you of how many lost, abused, abandoned and surrendered animals are out there. Some of the lucky ones will end up at Action for Animals Humane Society in Derry Township, a no-kill shelter that — according to its website —...
Out & About: Seton Hill reception welcomes Pittsburgh Ballet
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre dancers delighted a Greensburg audience on Nov. 8 with their “Classical Romance” program in the Seton Hill University Performing Arts Center. The performance was the culmination of a residency of PBT dancers at the university, working with dance students in six sessions over several weeks. It also...
Out & About: Greensburg Art Center has unique gifts for everyone
That one-of-a-kind person deserves a one-of-a-kind holiday gift — and the Greensburg Art Center has just the thing. “When mall shopping just won’t do,” the center says, visit The Art of Gifting, the Hempfield center’s annual holiday show and sale of artisan gift items from about 30 area artists. The...
Deer Lakes Middle School to showcase ‘The Lion King Jr.’
You don’t need to go to Broadway to see “The Lion King.” Just head on over to Deer Lakes High School. A cast and stage crew of 90 students in grades 3 through 8 will perform “The Lion King Jr.” Nov. 22-24 in the Deer Lakes High School auditorium. Tickets...


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