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Paris’ Louvre museum to increase ticket price for visitors from outside European Union
PARIS — Paris’ Louvre museum has approved a ticket hike from 22 to 32 euros ($25 to 37) for non-European visitors from January to help finance an overhaul of the building whose degradation has been exposed by the Oct. 19 crown jewels heist. The measure was announced by French President...
Top December concerts for Pittsburgh: Trisha Yearwood, Trans-Siberian Orchestra and more
It’s the season of light, and that will be nowhere more evident than with a pair of shows this month at PPG Paints Arena with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, while country music star Trisha Yearwood will be celebrating the holidays with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Here’s a look at those and...
Here are 5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Nov. 28-30
The leftovers are packed in the fridge and the family is still hanging around for a couple more days. What to do? You can show them how fun and bright Pittsburgh is with these events. Enjoy! Beers of the Burgh’s Winter Warmer Get ready for some fancy holiday cheer and...
A welcome form of inflation: Balloons take shape for Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
NEW YORK — Giant balloons got into shape Wednesday for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade as crews inflated the giant characters on the streets of New York City. The parade kicks off Thursday morning, with dozens of huge balloons set to take to the skies. Floats, entertainers, marching bands and...
TV Talk: ‘Stranger Things’ begins its end run; ‘Rivalry’ heats up; KDKA-TV reunionVideo
The first thing viewers will notice about the new season of “Stranger Things” is that the show’s kid characters are no longer teens and try as they might, producers cannot hide this fact, especially when it comes to Will (Noah Schnapp), Lucas (Caleb MacLaughlin) and Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo). Because of...
TV Talk: How Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade evolved through the decades (and how it stayed the same)Video
“Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade” (8:30 a.m. Thursday, WPXI) has always been an inherent promotional opportunity for its namesake department store, an effort to jump-start the holiday shopping season. But as TV evolved over the decades, so has NBC’s parade telecast. A static camera trained on a parade may have been...
Q&A: Johnnyswim husband-and-wife duo on Christmas show in Pittsburgh, deluxe album and moreVideo
In the 20 years since Abner Ramirez and Amanda Sudano formed the pop/soul/R&B duo Johnnyswim, the now-married couple has played plenty of holiday concerts. “We’ve cut our teeth touring a lot with Christmas shows,” Ramirez said. But an early New York City show still stands out. The duo recorded the...
‘Stranger Things’ season 5 debuts tonight; here’s a recap of what has happenedVideo
It’s been more than three years since viewers had the opportunity to see a new episode of Netflix’s “Stranger Things.” The last new episode streamed in July 2022. That all changes tonight at 5 p.m. when the first batch of episodes in the final season drops. Since it’s been a...
‘Les Misérables’ is an epic tale of revolution at the Benedum Center
Other than “Wicked” (at the moment) and a handful of others, “Les Misérables” has to be one of the most well-known musicals in the modern canon. It’s the longest-running musical in the history of London’s West End, has won eight Tony Awards for its Broadway production — including Best Musical...
5th Ukraine benefit concert to be held Dec. 17
While organizers of the Benefit Concert for Ukraine chamber music series are thrilled with its success, they are dismayed that the concerts are still necessary. The Dec. 17 concert at Sewickley Methodist Church will be the fifth concert in the series, which began in December 2022 after the war in...
Fox Chapel Garden Club artists donate skills to boost horticulture projects across Allegheny County
Cece Miller has a passion for needlepoint. A 40-year hobby, it nurtures her creativity through an endless choice of stitches and threads. “I find it relaxing and I love the finished product,” she said. And at least one of those products goes a long way to help others. Miller is...
Your guide to Western Pa. holiday performances this season
It’s Christmastime in the city! The holidays are upon us, and the streets are bright with colorful lights and alive with festive music. While family visits, gift shopping and weekend afternoons of baking are filling up the calendar for the next few weeks, the holidays wouldn’t be quite as special...
TV Q&A: Where did a KDKA-TV forecaster go?
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: I noticed KDKA hired a new weatherman, Rob Wilson, in place of the retired Kristin Emery. I saw him once and haven’t seen him since....
Sewickley prepares for Light Up Night
Sewickley’s most wonderful time of the year is fast approaching. Light Up Night is set for 5-8:30 p.m. Dec. 5. Thousands are expected to pack the borough’s business district for the holiday extravaganza, complete with live music, ice sculpting, horse-drawn carriage rides, food trucks, crafts, games and an expanded kids...
Court order prevents L.A. coroner from releasing details of teen’s body found in singer d4vd’s Tesla
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles police have blocked the county coroner’s office from releasing details about the death of a teen girl whose body was found in the trunk of a car registered to the singer d4vd, the medical examiner’s office said Monday. Celeste Rivas Hernandez was found dead on...
Pittsburgh local music spotlight: Jade EyeVideo
“INITIALS,” the first EP from Pittsburgh’s Jade Eye, is “about beginning something,” according to guitarist/vocalist Justin Ingala. “It may not always be perfect at the get go, but making steps in the direction you’re heading for is what it’s all about,” he said. “We have tons more finished songs and...
Jimmy Cliff, reggae giant and star of landmark film ‘The Harder They Come,’ dead at 81
NEW YORK — Jimmy Cliff, the charismatic reggae pioneer and actor who preached joy, defiance and resilience in such classics as “Many Rivers to Cross,” “You Can Get it If You Really Want” and “Vietnam” and starred in the landmark movie “The Harder They Come,” has died at 81. His...
TV Talk: WTAE’s ‘Project Bundle-Up’ holiday tradition turns 40Video
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers local viewing tips for the coming holiday season. Since it began in 1986, Channel 4’s “Project Bundle-Up Telethon” (7-8 p.m. Dec. 5, WTAE) and the Salvation Army of Western Pa. have raised a cumulative $17.5 million over 40 years and served 310,000...
‘Wicked: For Good’ is even more popular than the first, soaring to a $226 million global debut
Universal Pictures’ two-part “Wicked” gamble continues to defy gravity at the box office. Just a year after part one brought droves of audiences to movie theaters around the country, even more people bought opening weekend tickets to see the epic conclusion, “Wicked: For Good.” According to studio estimates on Sunday,...
Pittsburgh musicians rock Mr. Smalls with ‘The Smalls Waltz’
Nearly 50 years ago, the legendary group The Band — along with many of their famous friends — played their last concert. Held in San Francisco on Nov. 25, 1976, it was called “The Last Waltz” and was also filmed as a concert movie and documentary by another legend, Martin...
Fátima Bosch’s Miss Universe 2025 win echoes in Mexico where women fight for equality
MEXICO CITY — Fátima Bosch Fernández’s Miss Universe victory resounded across Mexico on Friday, framed as the vindication of a disrespected contestant from a country where women have pushed their way into positions of power and are increasingly calling out traditional chauvinism. The 25-year-old from the Gulf coast state of...
$54.7M sale of Frida Kahlo self-portrait shatters auction record for female artists
A 1940 self-portrait by famed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold Thursday for $54.7 million at a New York art auction and became the top sale price for a work by any female artist. The painting of Kahlo asleep in a bed — titled “El sueño (La cama)” or in English,...
Here are 5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Nov. 21-23
If Light Up Night isn’t your jam, that doesn’t mean having to hide in the house all weekend! Here are some other events to attend, sans twinkly trees and super-cold temps. Record Convention Fall Show Music collectors of Pittsburgh, here’s your chance to shop and meet like-minded people. The Record...
The Weeknd’s ‘After Hours ‘Til Dawn’ Tour grosses over $1 billion, Live Nation says
NEW YORK — The Weeknd’s After Hours ‘Til Dawn Tour has officially crossed the $1 billion mark, according to Live Nation. The lengthy tour, which launched in Philadelphia in July 2022 and runs through September 2026, has officially grossed $1.004 billion with approximately 7.55 million tickets sold across 153 tour...
TV Talk: CMU grad Ted Danson talks ‘Man on the Inside’Video
From CBS’s “Becker” and “CSI” to NBC’s “The Good Place” to “A Man on the Inside,” which is now streaming its eight-episode second season on Netflix, 1972 Carnegie Mellon grad Ted Danson continues to be a reliable presence on American TV screens 32 years after his first hit, NBC’s “Cheers,”...
