Mary Pickels stories, Page 27
Guided by the moon, Keystone State Park hosts lunar hike
Keystone State Park will host a “full moon hike” from 7-9 p.m. March 22 at the Westmoreland County site, 1150 Keystone Park Road, Derry Township. Participants should meet in the James Kell Center parking lot, arriving shortly before 7 p.m. As hikers follow the multi-use trail, which is about 2.2...
Emerald Isle descendants can learn more in Irish genealogy workshop
Irish genealogy experts Fintan Mullan and Gillian Hunt from the Ulster Historical Foundation in Belfast will host the Senator John Heinz History Center’s fifth annual Irish Genealogy Workshop from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. March 18. The workshop is offered in partnership with the Westmoreland County Historical Society. This in-depth, day-long workshop...
Oscars, selfies, stars converge for Carnegie Science Center watch party
If you failed to receive a nomination from the Academy, you can cheer and jeer in comfort as the Carnegie Science Center hosts the “Rangos Red Carpet Watch Party” from 7 p.m. to midnight on Feb. 24. Join hosts Pittsburgh drag queens Alora Chateaux and Friends to predict Academy Award...
Latrobe among 50 small towns Travel Channel dubs ‘most charming’
It likely comes as no surprise to those who claim bragging rights to Latrobe as their hometown, adopted or otherwise. Travel Channel includes the Westmoreland County town as among “50 of the Most Charming Small Towns in America.” The city gave birth to Fred Rogers, the banana split and Rolling...
Bayer grant helps shelter residents keep beloved pets
Women’s Center & Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh is among 13 national shelters receiving a $10,000 donation from Bayer U.S. through its new program, Grants Fur Families. The funds are intended to help support shelters providing safe harbor for women and children fleeing physical, mental and emotional abuse with their pets,...
Project Prom offers free dresses, accessories to Allegheny County teens
The Allegheny County Department of Human Services and partner National Council of Jewish Women will kick off the annual Project Prom from 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. March 9 at the council’s Thriftique shop, 125 51st St. in Lawrenceville. The giveaway of prom attire for eligible high school students will continue from...
Students, artists craft bowls for regional Empty Bowls fundraisersVideo
On a recent rainy, chilly morning, Hempfield Area High School art students fashion ceramic bowls to fill with warming soup to benefit the area’s hungry. Students in instructors Ed Lasko and Hillary Haponski’s art classes are once again preparing vessels for an upcoming Empty Bowls event. Held annually by food...
GoFundMe effort wants to send female fans to see ‘Captain Marvel’Video
As part of an endeavor to help young girls and women see the new female super hero movie Captain Marvel, starring actress Brie Larson, the initiative #CaptainMarvelChallenge has launched on GoFundMe.com. A Pittsburgh effort, GoFundMe: Pittsburgh#CaptainMarvelChallenge, is one of 25 campaigns to receive a $100 donation, says GoFundMe’s Meghan Scripture....
Pittsburghers vote to send Kennywood token to the moon
A tiny piece of Kennywood Park may soon blast its way into space. A token from the West Mifflin amusement park is the voters’ choice to represent Pittsburgh culture in the first commercial moon landing in 2021. More than 20,000 votes from Western Pennsylvania (and beyond) were cast as part...
Pittsburgh Glass Center’s tableware gets Architectural Digest shout out
Pittsburgh Glass Center’s line of tableware, Penn + Fairmount, is barely 2 years old. And for the (at least) second time, it has been singled out and earned high marks from design industry giants. During the recent NY NOW winter market, it caught the attention of Architectural Digest and was...
Pittsburgh Musical Theater brings mega laughs to West End with ‘Nunsense the Mega-Musical’
Pittsburgh Musical Theater continues the 2018-2019 Seize the Stage Season and Rockin’ West End Series with “Nunsense the Mega-Musical,” at the Gargaro Theater, 327 S. Main St. in the city’s West End. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. March 21-23, 28-30 and at 2 p.m. March 24 and 31. The show...
Three Rivers Depression Era Glass Society includes Ohio exhibit in show
The Three Rivers Depression Era Glass Society will feature regional and tri-state area glass/pottery dealers in its 42nd annual show and sale, set for March 2-3 at the Quality Inn in New Kensington, 300 Tarentum Bridge Road. Included will be American glassware from the 1880s to Art Deco to the...
Daffodil Days return as American Cancer Society spring fundraiser
The American Cancer Society has announced its annual spring fundraiser, Daffodil Days. The colorful first flower of spring represents a campaign to bring hope to cancer patients and those affected by the disease, the nonprofit states. Funds raised through sales help support groundbreaking research, patient services and other cancer society...
Touring Leonardo da Vinci exhibition heads to Carnegie Science CenterVideo
Carnegie Science Center, One Allegheny Avenue, Pittsburgh, will host the touring “Da Vinci The Exhibition” at its PPG Science Pavilion beginning Feb. 16. The exhibition examines the “original Renaissance man’s” life and his achievements as an artist, scientist, engineer, researcher and inventor. Included will be 60 life-size reproductions of da...
Shake things up with these Valentine’s Day cocktails
It doesn’t matter if it’s surf and turf, a heart-shaped pizza or death by chocolate, Valentine’s Day meals should be chased with a special libation or two. Soft drinks and tap water just won’t do. If you are looking to capture your loved one’s, or your intended’s eye, along with...
Heart-shaped pies turn pizza into romantic Valentine’s Day fareVideo
Making dinner reservations or preparing a home-cooked meal for Valentine’s Day can be stressful. No worries. Numerous area pizzerias will play Cupid for you, rolling out a heart-shaped pie that you can share with your sweetheart. And as Feb. 14 approaches, their phones start ringing. Holiday pizzas popular Area pizzerias’...
Jeannette’s You Are Here gallery explores ‘Disconnections’
You Are Here, a nonprofit art center at 406 Clay Ave., Jeannette, will host “Disconnections,” with an opening reception at 6 p.m. March 9. The event is free and open to the public. The exhibition is curated by Dan Overdorff and features work by Pati Beachley, Kathleen Dlugos, Samantha Lantz,...
Vocalist, pianist, perform at University of Pittsburgh concert series
Internationally renowned soprano Shana Mashego will present a concert featuring Negro spirituals, Christian hymns and art songs during her Feb. 15 performance for the Joan Chambers Concert Series at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg. Nationally recognized pianist Jee Sook Cha, a long-time Mashego collaborator, will accompany her during the...
Check out these Valentine dining deals
From romantic meals to schussing with your sweetheart, celebrating with your gal pals or putting your romantic thoughts on paper, regional Valentine’s Day deals abound. Breakfast in bed Spoil your sleepy sweetie on Valentine’s Day with the hot or cold beverage of their choice and a heart-shaped bagel from Bruegger’s...
Heart brings summer ‘Love Alive’ tour to PittsburghVideo
Sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson, better known as the musical duo Heart, will be “comin’ straight on to you,” when their summer tour “Love Alive” makes a stop at KeyBank Pavilion in Burgettstown on Aug. 1. The two have entertained listeners for decades, beginning with the 1976 release of “Dreamboat...
‘Winter Magic’ returns to Pittsburgh’s Waterfront
The Waterfront in Homestead will hold its annual “Winter Magic” outdoor festival from 1-4 p.m. Feb. 17. The event is free and open to the public. Activities will include singing “Trolls” movie characters, balloon twisting and penguin painting with Paint Monkey, free hot chocolate, horse and carriage rides and Weird...
Can this Hempfield couple ‘Bake It Like Buddy?’ Tune in and find outVideo
Some husbands and wives might throw in the (dish) towel if asked to enter a test kitchen and make a technically difficult cake from scratch in four hours. While being filmed. And while competing against another couple. And being judged by television’s Cake Boss, Buddy Valastro. Hempfield’s Gabrielle “Gigi,” 57,...
1 ticket, 4 rock shows at KeyBank Pavilion summer line-up
Live Nation’s 2019 “Ticket to Rock” one-ticket deal gives purchasers admission to a four-show summer concert package at KeyBank Pavilion in Burgettstown. Artists who will perform as part of this year’s package include Alice in Chains, Breaking Benjamin, Behemoth, Chevelle, Gojira, Korn, Skipknot, Underoath, Volbeat and more. Shinedown will be...
Valentine’s chocolate bars may hold ‘golden tickets’ for Westmoreland Cultural Trust partyVideo
The Westmoreland Cultural Trust and McFeely’s Gourmet Chocolate in Greensburg are partnering for a Valentine’s sweet treat, offering milk and dark chocolate replicas of the Palace Theatre’s marquee. The bars’ edible gold dusting emulates the downtown Greensburg theater’s glowing lights. Bars are priced at $6, with $2 from each purchase...
Collaboration gives Valentine’s Day truffles a Pittsburgh flavor
A collaboration between Good Food Pittsburgh and Millvale’s a519 Chocolate makes for a “hometown” Valentine’s Day chocolate box of truffles featuring some flavorful Pittsburgh businesses. The 15-piece edition includes the following flavors, among what might best be described as decadent: • Burnt Almond Torte, inspired by Pittsburgh’s (and Greensburg’s) Prantl’s...
