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Out & About: The Westmoreland’s Big Art Party rocks a ’60s vibe 
The Westmoreland Museum of American Art has been grooving to a ’60s vibe since the pop art exhibition, “Era of Cool: The Art of John Van Hamersveld,” opened July 20. All that grooviness exploded Oct. 5 in a riot of psychedelic sights and sounds during the annual Big Art Party....
Out & About: Westmoreland Walks paints Twin Lakes Park pink 
Riffing on an old Rod Stewart song, Westmoreland Walks chose “Every Ribbon Tells a Story” for the theme of its 18th annual Pink Ribbon Walk, held Oct. 5 in Twin Lakes Park. The ribbon symbolized Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, and the walk raises funds for the grassroots organization...
Out & About: Women artists shine in Seton Hill University exhibit
Art exhibition jurors often say how difficult it is to choose pieces for a show, not to mention the added difficulty of choosing those deserving of awards. Imagine the difficulty, then, of having multiple jurors come to a meeting of the minds. That was the scenario for Seton Hill University’s...
Out & About: ‘Kecksburg’ movie makes Westmoreland County premiere
Following its Sept. 12 world premiere in Uniontown, “Kecksburg” finally made its Westmoreland County debut. Westmoreland Historical Society hosted a Sept. 28 showing of the new movie in the Westmoreland History Education Center at Historic Hanna’s Town. Director/producer Cody Knotts was on hand to introduce his take on the infamous...
Out & About: Twilight Wish treats seniors to a ‘Royal Nite Out’ 
A prom wasn’t always a 24-hour affair — with all-day primping, a limo, dinner, grand march and overnight after-party. Once upon a time, kids dressed in the best they had and danced the night away in a high school gym decorated with streamers and tissue paper flowers. On Sept. 28,...
Out & About: WSO supporters are ‘Cheap ‘N Chic’ after shopping spree
The Cheap ‘N Chic shopping benefit, held Sept. 26 in the Greensburg Garden and Civic Center, accomplished two purposes. First, it raised money for the Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra. Second (some might put this first), it helped a roomful of thrifty fashionistas to look good on a budget. “This is the...
Brackenridge’s Infuzed Bistro offers an infusion of the not-so-ordinary 
A new bistro is open in Brackenridge. Infuzed Bistro is next to Prospect Cemetery along Freeport Road. Focusing on American-infused fare with freshly sourced ingredients, Infuzed Bistro aims to offer unique flavor combinations — witness the farro with bacon and peach or the spicy Gouda Alfredo pasta. Co-owned by chef...
Out & About: Blues, Brews & BBQ kicks off Greensburg Craft Beer Week
What better way to kick off Greensburg Craft Beer Week than with Blues, Brews & BBQ? Held Sept. 20 in the downtown Helman-Ghrist Parking Lot, the event was hosted by Westmoreland Cultural Trust and organized by Kelli Brisbane, the trust’s director of corporate engagement and events. The blues came courtesy...
Out & About: Fort Ligonier Cannon Ball guest wins rare rye whiskey
Organizers did a bang-up job with Fort Ligonier’s Cannon Ball, securing 450 RSVPs for the annual fundraiser. There was plenty to draw a crowd to the Sept. 20 event, not least the prospect of bidding on a rare 1911 bottle of Old Overholt Rye during the live auction. For those...
Out & About: ‘Diet for a Small Planet’ author visits The Westmoreland
The Westmoreland Museum of American Art will have a part in an upcoming segment of the PBS news magazine series “Retro Report.” “Retro Report” is doing a piece on Frances Moore Lappé, author of “Diet for a Small Planet,” a pioneering 1971 book on the global impact of meat production...
Out & About: Reception welcomes PSO, Mendelssohn Choir to campus
The Fred Rogers Center at Saint Vincent College was the setting for a Sept. 21 reception prior to a concert by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh in Saint Vincent Basilica. Reception attendees gave a warm welcome to Manfred Honeck, PSO musical director and renowned conductor,...
Out & About: Dinner theater guests reach the stars with ‘Galileo’
Around these parts, re-enactors are usually portraying figures from the French and Indian or Revolutionary wars. For the first installment of the 2019-20 History Dinner Theater Series, the Foster and Muriel McCarl Coverlet Gallery at Saint Vincent College ventured a little further back in time. On Sept. 14 in the...
Out & About: Greensburg Art Center exhibition covers the 3 ‘P’s’ 
The Greensburg Art Center has the natural world covered in its current exhibition, “People, Places and Plants … OH MY!” Featuring 70 artists, the exhibition opened with a reception Sept. 14 and continues through Oct. 18. Each of three walls in the center’s Rowe Gallery is devoted to one “P”...
Out & About: Greensburg exhibit puts new twist on traditional ‘womanly arts’
An art show that is “a testimony to the strength, work, voice and beauty of all women” is on display through Sept. 30 in the Greensburg Garden and Civic Center. Appropriately titled “The Art of Woman,” the exhibition features 35 pieces by Mary Ellen Raneri of Latrobe and Raven Cintron...
Out & About: ‘Kecksburg’ movie cast and crew visit with fans 
Interest in the 1965 Kecksburg UFO incident, though steady throughout the years, spiked with the Sept. 12 premiere of the movie “Kecksburg,” complete with red carpet at the State Theatre Center for the Arts in Uniontown. In the run-up to the premiere, filmmaker Cody Knotts, cast and crew members had...
Out & About: WCCC art students start semester with new exhibit
Students at the Westmoreland County Community College Youngwood campus can see what their artistic peers are up to by popping into the art gallery in the Science Innovation Center. A new show of student art opened with a Sept. 4 reception and continues through Sept. 20. And it’s not just...
Out & About: GOAL Magazine gala provides support for Our Clubhouse
A group of sharp-dressed men and women gathered Sept. 7 in the Greensburg Country Club to lend support to Our Clubhouse, a Pittsburgh- and Greensburg-based nonprofit that provides support to lives touched by cancer, via the third annual GOAL Magazine Gala. You may have seen a complimentary copy of Latrobe-based...
Out & About: Westmoreland Historical Society party ‘toasts’ annual home tour 
The Steel House bridges a physical gap at Historic Hanna’s Town, sitting between the original log buildings and the recently constructed History Education Center. It bridges a chronological gap between the old and the new, with construction dating to 1910-12. The Irish immigrant Steel family acquired land on the site...
Out & About: Talent abounds in annual ‘Mister Fred Rogers’ exhibit 
Anne Kraybill, the Richard M. Scaife Director/CEO of The Westmoreland Museum of American Art, says that judging the Latrobe Art Center’s Ninth Annual Mister Fred Rogers Fine Arts Exhibition was “one of the most challenging exercises I’ve experienced since moving here.” (Kraybill came to The Westmoreland with her impressive resume...
Out & About: SummerSounds wraps up 20th concert series season 
Another successful SummerSounds concert season is in the books. The 20th year of Greensburg’s weekly free summer music series wrapped with an Aug. 30 performance by SHEL, a Colorado-based indie-folk group comprised of four talented sisters. Sisters Eva, Hannah, Sarah and Liza Holbrook were “born in a five-year span and...
Out & About: Free summer music continues at The Palace Theatre
The nights are getting a little cooler and darkness is coming a little earlier, but summer isn’t over quite yet. There’s still one more chance to say “Thank Goodness It’s Summer,” at the final installment of the Westmoreland Cultural Trust’s free TGIS summer concert series on Sept. 5. Jeff Perigo...
Out & About: Young artists show a hit at Greensburg Art Center
Greensburg Art Center’s inaugural Young Artists Show was hung on the walls of the center’s all-purpose kitchen-classroom. Next year, it might have to take over the main gallery. The one-afternoon show took place Aug. 25, highlighting the work of children ages 3 to 18 who took summer art classes or...
Farmer x Baker in Aspinwall gives different meaning to ‘food from a box’
A unique waterside dining option is open inside Aspinwall Riverfront Park. Farmer x Baker, a repurposed shipping container-turned-cafe nestled along the Allegheny River in the scenic 10-acre park, is the first of its kind in Pittsburgh. All 160 square feet of it. The eco-friendly creation of owner Jennifer Urich, Farmer...
Out & About: ‘Dark Planet’ glows on SAMA-Ligonier Valley grounds
Nighttime drivers on Route 711 south of Ligonier will see a glowing orb as they pass the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Ligonier Valley. It’s “Dark Planet,” a newly installed sculpture by artist David Harber of Oxfordshire, England, donated to the museum by Donald Green, in memory of his...
Out & About: Latrobe Art Center gala guests paint the town yellow 
Historically, being called yellow hasn’t been a good thing. But yellow was exactly what you wanted to be at Latrobe Art Center’s seventh annual Yellow Tie Gala. The event was held Aug. 23 in conjunction with the Great American Banana Split Celebration, commemorating Latrobe as the birthplace of the decadent...


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