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Tickets on sale for annual Steel City Big Pour

The annual Steel City Big Pour beer, food, art and music festival returns this year with new times. The event offers guests an opportunity to sample varieties of craft beer and food on Sept. 28 at Construction Junction in Pittsburgh’s East End. Some of the brewers include All Saints Brewing...
‘Benevolent bash’ benefits Beverly’s Birthdays

Sweet treats and beverages will be on the menu when North Huntingdon nonprofit Beverly’s Birthdays teams up with Wigle Whiskey and Level 7 for a fundraising “Birthday Benevolence Bash.” The 5-8 p.m. June 21 event at Level 7 lounge at the AC Hotel Pittsburgh, 1126 Smallman St., Pittsburgh, will benefit...
Out & About: Penn State New Ken goes ‘off the wall’ to support arts

Arts and culture are alive and well at Penn State New Kensington, evidenced by the third annual Off the Wall pARTy on June 14. Party-goers found themselves immersed in art, and the proceeds will benefit the cultural arts fund “to enhance arts and humanities programming and education,” according to Kary...
Out & About: Diners flock to summer’s first SupperMarketVideo

Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow said, “Into each life some rain must fall.” Especially, it seems, if you live in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Well, it fell June 5, delaying opening day for the Lincoln Highway SupperMarket at the Lincoln Highway Experience museum in Unity. June 12 was a better day, and a...
A guide to a winning wedding gift

I have always appreciated the one-year rule of wedding gifting; etiquette dictates that you have 365 days from the wedding date to send the couple a present. (If only more items on my to-do list had as much leeway.) Such temporal luxury means you can save and budget for the...
O&A: Latrobe Art Center Open Show has artists of all ages

One of the best things about the annual Latrobe Art Center Open Show, center director Lauren Buches says, is the opportunity it provides for young artists to show their work. And when they say young, they mean young. The show is open to artists beginning at age 3. Seeing a...
Living with Children: Son’s new friends worry mom

Question: Our 14-year-old (he’s going into the ninth grade at a public high school) has taken up with a bunch of kids that we don’t exactly approve of. They have reputations as troublemakers and at least one has already been arrested for shoplifting and had to do some community service....
No matter how many marriages, don’t stay in an abusive relationship

Dear Carolyn: I was married to my ex for 20 years when we divorced. I wasn’t attractive to him anymore since I gained weight with our three children — his exact words. I am now married to a woman. I have found myself on the receiving end of punches from...
Travel tip: Calling all Chevys for car gathering in Carlisle

If names like Nomad, Bel Air, Corvette and Camaro make your heart beat a little faster, we have just the thing for you. The Carlisle Chevrolet Nationals, set for June 21-22 at the Carlisle Fairgrounds in Cumberland County, will welcome all Chevys, old and new, and other vehicles under the...
Just 1 bowl to wash: How to simplify your baking, cleanup

Many of us love preparing a homemade treat, even on a weeknight, but aren’t crazy about baking projects (the kinds that call for running to two grocery stores for hard-to-source ingredients and tackling several components over several hours — if not days). Nor are we fond of doing dishes. I...
Kentuck Knob offering farm-to-table dinners

Kentuck Knob is offering three summer, al fresco dinners at the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home in Chalk Hill, Fayette County. The dinner series includes an optional house tour and a multi-course farm-to-table meal, says MaryAnn Perkins, manager of operations. Dinners are sourced from local producers, and the meals are BYOB,...
Common yarrow is a great addition to Pa. gardens

Common yarrow (Achillea millefolium ) is one of my favorite garden perennials. It’s a North American native plant that’s quite commonly found in the wild in its straight species form, which produces white, flat-topped clusters of flowers atop feathery foliage. In fact, the straight species is so common that in...
Bluegrass, history, pollination on tap at Ligonier Country Market

Those attending Ligonier Country Market on June 15 will see previews of some coming area attractions. A sampling of the musicians who will perform at the 17th annual Laurel Highlands Bluegrass Festival the weekend of June 21-22 in nearby Waterford will be on hand to share festival information. In addition,...
California valedictorian burns school in ‘scorched earth’ speech

Tell us how you really feel, Nataly. At California’s San Ysidro High School, valedictorian Nataly Buhr started her graduation speech the way those speeches usually go. She thanked friends, family and teachers at the San Diego school who helped her along her way. Then the speech veered into what the...
The best advice comes from dadsVideo

“Father knows best.” Members of the Greatest Generation and older Baby Boomers probably remember the phrase as the title of a sitcom that aired from 1954 to 1960. “Father” was mild-mannered insurance salesman Jim Anderson, played by Robert Young, who offered advice whenever one of his children — nicknamed Princess,...
How crevice gardens can act as models of urban sustainability

Ecologically minded gardens are in vogue, which is all to the good. One of the hallmarks of a successful landscape is that it is in harmony with its place, in its flora, planting aesthetic and general mood. But it is worth knowing that the contemporary broad interest in plant naturalism...

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