Shirley McMarlin stories, Page 7

The diversity of the local arts scene will be displayed during the annual Greensburg ArtsWalk, set for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at various venues throughout the downtown area. “Greensburg is an art city with arts schools and a major museum. ArtsWalk showcases this,” said Pati Beachley, Seton Hill...

Strawberry Pie Forever sour ale, a collaboration between Eat’n Park and the Grist House in Millvale, returns Wednesday for its second annual limited run. “We were blown away by the incredible response to Strawberry Pie Forever last year,” said Grist House marketing manager Bailey Allegretti, noting it sold out in...

In Steven Dietz’s 2004 drama, “Last of the Boys,” the main character is a veteran still haunted 30 years later by his experiences in Vietnam. The play itself has had something of a haunting effect on Sue Kurey of North Versailles, who will direct a Greensburg Civic Theater production as...

A valuable painting has been stolen, and the artist is dead. Who dunnit? Amateur sleuths can trek the streets of Greensburg and solve the crime during Westmoreland Community Action’s second annual “WHO DUNNIT?” event Saturday. The story will unfold beginning at 11 a.m. at the scene of the crime —...

There’s a proverb that says if you want to be blessed, be a blessing to someone else. Volunteers with the Kentucky Project at St. Barbara Catholic Church in Harrison City have proven that to be true. Since 2006, the group has assisted poor rural families in eastern Kentucky by providing...

Offer a group of people a dozen things to eat and everyone will have a different favorite. So it was at the annual Taste of the Neighborhood: Pizza, Brews & More, on April 14 at Latrobe Art Center. The overflow crowd spilled out of the center onto Ligonier Street with...

Recipients of this year’s Communities of Salt and Light Awards, bestowed by Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Greensburg, are “folks who have really lived the mission of Catholic Charities, the diocese and the Catholic Church itself,” said Bishop Larry Kulick. Presented for the 23rd year, the awards recognize individuals...

Chinese musicians “A Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix,” a free concert of traditional Chinese music, will begin at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Robert S. Carey Performing Arts Center at Saint Vincent College in Unity. Featured musicians will be Yazhi Guo on the suona and Zhou Yi on...

The Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra’s season-ending concert will juxtapose the sacred with the secular. It also might take a bit of divine intervention to pull off, said Artist Director Daniel Meyer, who will conduct the program beginning at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at The Palace Theatre in Greensburg. The program opens with...

The showtime and ticket price have been finalized for Westmoreland Night of the Stars, after the annual showcase of area high school musicals was in peril of being discontinued earlier this year. The show will go on at 6:30 p.m. May 3 at The Palace Theatre in Greensburg. Tickets will...

Aquinas Academy fifth graders rocked a message of love and acceptance during the kickoff of the 2023 YWCA Stand Against Racism Challenge at the YWCA Westmoreland County in Greensburg. The students were invited to paint inspirational messages on rocks to be placed on the Y grounds as reminders of the...

Visitors to the Greensburg Art Center will encounter a large sculpture depicting a color wheel to the right of the street-side door. The metal-and-mosaic piece is a memorial to the late Cathy Rosensteel, a longtime member artist and popular teacher who died of covid-related complications on Nov. 1, 2020. “Everyone...

It’s good to be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, but there’s an even higher hall of fame to aspire to. That was the message from guest speaker David Baker to attendees at the Good Friday Prayer Breakfast, hosted by the Greensburg Christian Business Men’s Connection on April 7...

Renowned choreographer Twyla Tharp will discuss her six-decade career during an audience participation talk on April 23 at Point Park University’s Pittsburgh Playhouse. “An Evening With Twyla Tharp” will begin at 7 p.m. with the Point Park University Conservatory Dance Co.’s spring concert, a presentation of Tharp’s “Sweet Fields.” Made...

Music for a new day The Pitt-Greensburg Chorale and Chamber Singers will present a spring concert, “One Day, A New Day,” at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Campana Chapel at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, 150 Finoli Drive, Hempfield. The Chorale will sing music by various composers, including Elton...

Even though it’s set in the 1980s, “Footloose” has a message for today’s audiences. So says Christopher McAllister, executive director of Stage Right, which will present the musical Friday and Saturday at The Palace Theatre in Greensburg. The story, familiar from the 1984 movie starring Kevin Bacon and the 2011...

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra will disrupt audience expectations of a typical night at the symphony with a new event series. “PSO Disrupt” will include pre- and post-concert activities and themed beverages, along with a classical music experience including commentary, visual projections and custom lighting. The first installment, titled “Persist,” will begin...

The invitation said, “Come to Paris with us,” as Greensburg Art Center created a Moulin Rouge theme for its April 1 Art on the Vine fundraiser. The trip was a long time coming, with the party originally planned for 2020 and put on hold by the pandemic. A papier mache...

A pair of Broadway veterans entertained guests at the Saint Vincent Summer Theatre Gala, in the return of the signature fundraiser after a three-year hiatus. Held March 31 in the Fred Rogers Center at Saint Vincent College, the event featured a program Broadway songs and stories by actors — and...

Central Westmoreland Habitat for Humanity is in the midst of two housing projects, a new build in Greensburg and a property rehab in Lowber. Families already are waiting to move in, said Executive Director Courtney Guerrieri at the organization’s Home Is Where the Heart Is Gala, on April 1 at...

At 99, Nina Stahlberg leads a weekly drop-in painting class at Greensburg Art Center and also monitors the gallery. The oldest and longest- tenured member of the center, Stahlberg also is the subject of an oil painting that hangs permanently in the center’s classroom. The portrait was dashed off one evening...

Not only was George Edward Barbour a pioneering Black journalist, he also was a civil rights activist, involved community member, stalwart church member and dedicated family man. After stints at the Pittsburgh Courier and other Black newspapers, Barbour was hired in 1964 as the first Black reporter at NewsRadio KDKA...

Hard rock It’s another rockin’ weekend, thanks to two shows at The Lamp Theatre, 222 Main St., Irwin: • Beyond Purple, 8 p.m. Friday. The tribute act performs the high-energy hits of Deep Purple and Whitesnake, and their offshoots Dio and Rainbow. A ticket is $27. • Molly Hatchet, 8...

Owners of a 57-acre property in East Huntingdon call it their little “Piece of Heaven,” but now they’re ready to pass their idyllic retreat to someone else. Featuring a brick farmhouse and wooden barn dating to 1856, the property just south of Scottdale is listed for $639,900. “It’s close to...

The owners of Ferrante’s Lakeview don’t want clients to panic when they hear that the longstanding wedding and banquet facility in Hempfield is for sale. “We do want to retire, but it might take a year or two to sell,” said Susan Domasky of Greensburg, president of the family-owned business....