Out & About category, Page 16

Tea was spilled, darlings, as a Greensburg audience heard behind-the-scenes tidbits about the planning of the Met Gala from Clyde Jones III, senior vice president for institutional advancement at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Jones was the VIP guest at the black-tie Art as Fashion gala...

West Overton Museum’s World War II Victory Ball covered a lot of territory. Aaron Hollis, event organizer and director of education at the East Huntingdon historical complex, said the Memorial Day weekend event was held to honor local military heroes, to sustain the legacy of the music and dance of...

A brief afternoon downpour couldn’t dampen spirits at Action for Animals Humane Society’s annual Walk for the Animals, on May 19 at Twin Lakes Park in Unity. Participants came on two feet and four to enjoy a walk around the lakes, a pet blessing, food and vendor sales, basket raffles,...

Breaking bread with friends is one of life’s great pleasures. Participants in the St. Anne Home’s 16th Annual Progressive Dinner were able to double, or even triple, that pleasure. Select guests traveled to select homes for their first courses, then made their way to another location for their entrees. All...

The Boy Scouts of America mission is to help young men (and now young women) develop self-confidence, a sense of ethics and academic, leadership and citizenship skills to carry into adulthood. Some attendees at the Westmoreland-Fayette Council’s 61st Eagle Scout Recognition Dinner, held May 16 at Stratigos Banquet Centre in...

The Spring Rhapsody Gala was like icing on the cake of the Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra’s triumphal 50th anniversary season. Held May 18 at a private club near Ligonier, the black-tie gala came a week after the symphony’s season-ending concert, featuring the blockbuster movie music of composer John Williams and conducted...

“Achievement in the Arts is Westmoreland County’s sports award for creatives,” says Kelli Brisbane, Westmoreland Cultural Trust’s director of corporate engagement and events. The trust presented its 21st annual arts awards to seniors from 18 county high schools May 15 at The Palace Theatre in Greensburg. Categories include theater, visual...

“Los gatos sin hogar necesitan tu ayuda.” That translates from the Spanish as “The homeless cats need your help,” according to Google. It also was the message of the annual Cinco de Meowo party held, appropriately, on Cinco de Mayo (or May 5) in the Youngwood Fire Hall. Hosts were...

Welcoming guests to the annual Feeding the Spirit fundraiser, founder and board president Deborah Thackrah said when the group served its first free community meal in 2011, “People didn’t know that we would be around in a year, but here we are in our eighth year.” The event was held...

Supporters of Irwin’s Lamp Theatre have dubbed it “the little theater that could.” The historic theater opened in 1937 as a movie house. After closing in 2005, it changed hands several times until the borough of Irwin bought it in 2013. With lots of volunteer help, it reopened as a...

Friends and colleagues of Sharon Smith, retiring president of the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, won’t just let her slip away quietly. Accolades and appreciation were bestowed during a surprise celebration April 16, and a celebratory open house followed May 7. Traveling from the university’s main Oakland campus for the...

At times, the Butler- Freeport Community Trail seems to be a mere ribbon of pathway cutting through a landscape so large. Steep, rocky hillsides loom within a matter of miles of calmer and drier terrain of rolling farm fields, accounting for the trail’s variety and charm. Then there’s the lack...

Derby Day for Charity started promptly at 3 p.m. May 4 at Oak Lodge near Stahlstown. With almost four hours to kill before the main event, live streaming of the Kentucky Derby from Churchill Downs, there was plenty of time for cigar smoking, mint julep drinking and betting on a...

It was like old home week in Jeannette’s You Are Here Gallery during the May 4 opening reception for “Trances,” a solo retrospective exhibition by local artist Larry Beaver. Mike Zvara of Jeannette said he and the artist were in the same Boy Scout troop back in the early 1960s....

Laurel Faith in Action celebrated community connections during a Neighborhood Block Party on May 3 in the Fred Rogers Center at Saint Vincent College in Unity. More than 160 attendees were treated to a bountiful spread of picnic foods, including hot dogs, hamburgers, potato and pasta salads, fruit and dessert....

Mental Health America of Southwestern PA hosted its 17th annual Innovations Awards dinner and program May 2 in the Ramada Greensburg Hotel and Conference Center. The awards recognize community members and organizations that help make a difference in the lives of people experiencing mental health and substance use issues. Honorees...

The Order Italian Sons and Daughters of America was organized in 1930 by a small community of Italian immigrants in Pittsburgh. Members became active in the politics and society of their adopted city and country, but still worked to preserve a cultural link with their Italian heritage. Nowadays, the organization...

At the Westmoreland Chamber of Commerce, they know it’s not just the CEOs and CFOs who make a business go. Every single employee has a hand in the company’s success. In that vein, the chamber hosts an annual staff appreciation luncheon where those contributions are recognized. This year, employees of...

“In the spring,” said Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.” A woman’s fancy? Well, let’s say it’s just as likely to turn to thoughts of new clothes. A look at what’s new in warm weather togs came courtesy of the Jeannette Business Association’s...

After David Kindl retired from 30 years as a special-needs vocational instructor at Central Westmoreland Career and Technology Center, he said, he missed the advocacy part of his job. Kindl heard about CASA of Westmoreland and decided to volunteer as a court-appointed special advocate supporting children involved in family court...

Outside the Greensburg Art Center, it was gray and damp, but inside, there was a warm South Seas vibe. Tiki torches lit the path, leading guests to Art on the Vine: Tahiti, the center’s signature fundraiser, held this year on April 26. The theme was inspired by French post-Impressionist painter...