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Busy as bees: ‘We need them a lot more than they need us’
Thursday was a busy day for beekeepers, and not just because it was World Bee Day, when people should reflect on the importance of bees and their role as pollinators supporting our food crops and environment. Bill Kopar of Fawn Township, owner of the Kopar Honey Farm, recently has been...
Fayette man’s rapid control of robotic arm at Pitt lab detailed in ‘Science’
Having the sensation of touch makes quite a difference for Nathan Copeland. The 35-year-old man from Dunbar, Fayette County, lost the sensation and most of the motion in his limbs at 18 when he broke his neck in a car crash. Since 2014, he’s been participating in a study at...
Pittsburgh theater professional rolls dice on role-playing game business
Like so many other theater professionals, Tyler Crumrine of Millvale found himself without income as theaters went dark during the pandemic. “All of my theater work was gone, and all the momentum that went with it was gone,” he said. “I had to look at what my options were.” Fortunately,...
Signature Dishes: Pistachio-crusted salmon at Luke & Mike’s Frontporch in AspinwallVideo
This is part of an ongoing series highlighting Signature Dishes at locally owned restaurants in the region. See Trib Total Media’s new online directory of restaurants, Dine Local, at dinelocal.triblive.com. A signature fish dish created during covid conditions has evolved into a menu staple at Luke & Mike’s Frontporch Grille...
Celebrity guest and artist changes announced for Steel City Con in Monroeville
Organizers of Steel City Con, a pop culture convention at the Monroeville Convention Center, announced new celebrity guests and artists for its upcoming show. Hollywood legend William Shatner tops the list of more than 25 guests scheduled for June 11-13 at 209 Mall Plaza Blvd. The Emmy award-winning actor, writer...
TV Talk: Broadcast networks announce fall schedulesVideo
Stability is the strategy most broadcast networks are using for fall, adding just a few new shows and keeping their prime-time lineups largely intact. ABC Aside from “Big Sky” moving to 10 p.m. Thursday and “Celebrity Wheel of Fortune” joining “Supermarket Sweep” on Sunday, ABC’s prime-time schedule will look largely...
5 memorable Charles Grodin movie performances
He was a Pittsburgher born and raised in Highland Park and a Peabody High School graduate. Though not as famous as fellow Peabody grad Gene Kelly, Charles Grodin also made many great movies. Pittsburghers knew Grodin was from the Steel City because he kept a touch of his Yinzer accent...
Leechburg paramedic for Allegheny Health Network featured in Marvel comic bookVideo
If you ask Gary Cockroft, he’s about as far from a superhero as you could get. “I’m really quiet. I don’t like the camera; I like to stay in the background,” said Cockroft, 64, a Leechburg resident and paramedic with A-K Pulser. Marvel Comics and the Allegheny Health Network, however,...
Freaked by cicada swarms? Here’s how to make a tasty dish out of them
NEW YORK — Cicadas are poised to infest whole swaths of American backyards this summer. Maybe it’s time they invaded your kitchen. Swarms of the red-eyed bugs, which are reemerging after 17 years below ground, offer a chance for home cooks to turn the tables and make them into snacks....
Summer Concert Series returns to South Park, Hartwood Acres
After a year’s absence due to the pandemic, Allegheny County’s popular Summer Concert Series is back with live performances throughout the summer months. Among the bigger names scheduled to perform are the Indigo Girls, Average White Band, The Spinners, The Jayhawks and The Spin Doctors. The Friday night South Park...
TV Talk: Pittsburgh native, ‘Pose’ star Billy Porter reveals he’s HIV-positiveVideo
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Pittsburgh native Billy Porter revealed he was diagnosed as HIV-positive in 2007. It’s one reason why his HIV-positive character, Pray Tell, on FX’s “Pose” meant so much to him. “I was able to say everything that I wanted to say through a surrogate,”...
The Carlton Restaurant in Downtown Pittsburgh to close
After nearly four decades, The Carlton Restaurant in Downtown Pittsburgh will close. “I offer my deepest and most heartful appreciation to the city of Pittsburgh, and the patrons who made the last 37 years so memorable,” owner Kevin Joyce said in a statement. “Our customers are our family, and we...
TV Q&A: What is going on at KDKA-TV?
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: What is going on with KDKA-TV? All these young women newscasters — and a few young men, too. There are so many. The good ones...
Film version of ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ trailer debuts onlineVideo
One of Broadway’s biggest hit musicals in recent years, “Dear Evan Hansen,” is headed to the big screen. And the first-look trailer debuted Tuesday. Tony-award winner Ben Platt reprises his role as an introverted teen who finds friends and fame through a lie. Despite now being 27, Platt’s casting as...
Airline passengers may soon get weighed before boarding flight
Passengers boarding an airplane may soon be asked to step on a scale to measure their weight before the flight, according to a report by View from the Wing. The preboarding weight check would come in order to comply with FAA rules. According to the report, the calculations airlines have...
TV Talk: ‘American Rust’ showrunner talks filming in and around Pittsburgh
Dan Futterman, writer, executive producer and showrunner on Showtime’s “American Rust,” currently filming around the region, first came to appreciate Western Pennsylvania when he shot a small role in the locally-filmed 1992 movie comedy “Passed Away.” “It’s not a great movie but I had a lot of time on my...
‘Free Shot, Free Beer’ covid vaccine incentive offered in Shadyside
Doses of Pfizer vaccines will be offered during a festival on Walnut Street in Shadyside this weekend, and William Penn Tavern will offer free beer to anyone who gets their shot during the event. The event called “Shadyside … The Other Art Festival on Walnut Street” will take place May...
Charles Grodin, Pittsburgh native and star of ‘Midnight Run,’ dies at 86
Charles Grodin, the Pittsburgh-born actor and writer whose offbeat style scored as a newlywed cad in “The Heartbreak Kid” and the father in the “Beethoven” comedies, has died. He was 86. Grodin’s son Nicholas said his father died Tuesday at his home in Wilton, Conn., from bone marrow cancer. Grodin...
The blockbuster movie makes a comeback this summer
After more than a year of benching its biggest spectacles, Hollywood is ready to dazzle again. From “F9” and “In the Heights” to “The Suicide Squad” and “Black Widow,” there will be a steady stream of blockbusters populating multiplexes for the first time since March 2020. For streaming-weary audiences, the...
Newborn fawn chills on deck while awaiting reunion with motherVideo
A newborn fawn that appeared to have been abandoned Sunday in a patch of grass along Woodbine Street in Stanton Heights drew plenty of interest from residents out for a walk. After several hours of barely moving, the tiny, fragile deer limped to a nearby deck where it waited patiently...
TV Talk: Wilkinsburg native says goodbye to ‘Last Man Standing’Video
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. Actors know they’ve signed up for an itinerant career, moving from one role to the next, but even by Hollywood standards the 2011-21 run of sitcom “Last Man Standing” has been a roller coaster for...
Trib Total Media names Luis Fabregas as next executive editor
A veteran, award-winning journalist and longtime Trib Total Media editor has been named the company’s next executive editor. Luis Fabregas will assume the role Sept. 16, succeeding Executive Editor Susan McFarland, who announced she will retire in the fall. “I am so pleased that we have someone with Luis’ talent,...
Bald eagle chicks thrive along Monongahela and Youghiogheny rivers
All three bald eagle nests along the Monongahela River and Youghiogheny River near McKeesport in Allegheny County have chicks this spring, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission. At the Youghiogheny River nest, near McKeesport, there is at least one young bird on private property, said Douglas Bergman, a game warden...
Woman says $26M California lottery ticket destroyed in wash
The winner of a $26 million California Lottery prize may have literally washed the chance of a fortune down the drain. The winning SuperLotto Plus ticket for the Nov. 14 drawing was sold at an Arco AM/PM convenience store in the Los Angeles suburb of Norwalk. Thursday was the last...
Free offices with a view: 4 lighthouses, courtesy of feds
Dreading your eventual return to the office? The federal government is making available — for free — some waterfront workspaces with killer views that are sure to entice. But there’s a catch. The General Services Administration says the U.S. Coast Guard has decided it no longer needs four of the...
