Out & About category, Page 19

Artists have the ability to see and interpret the world in unusual ways. Greensburg Art Center is giving those of us who don’t have such abilities to see through those special eyes via “As I See It,” a member exhibition running through March 1 in the Hempfield gallery and workshop...

Forget the black tie, here come the denim and flannel. The banquet facility at Rizzo’s Malabar Inn in Crabtree became a sportsmen’s paradise on Jan. 25 for the 28th annual Conservation and Sportsmen’s Banquet hosted by the Ruffed Grouse Society Western Allegheny Chapter. A large part of the event is...

The Neighborhood Trolley trundled around Saint Vincent College on Jan. 24, carrying visitors between openings in two campus galleries. In the Saint Vincent Gallery, they found “a visual reminder to slow down, linger over and reflect upon the world as it exists around us,” according to curator Andrew Julo, in...

Portrait artist Lisa Bane shared a little gossip about her clients during the Jan. 17 Lunch a l’Art program at the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Ligonier Valley. It seems that some of them aren’t opposed to a touch-up. “They’ll say, ‘Can you take off 10 pounds?’ or ‘Can...

You don’t expect to be greeted by a dog when you go to J. Corks, but Jan. 17 was a special occasion at the upscale Greensburg eatery. It was guest bartender night to benefit the Humane Society of Westmoreland County, and the canine concierge was Mickey, an enthusiastic black-and-white pup...

It was cold outside, but warm and friendly inside The Westmoreland Museum of American Art for the Jan. 11 Art on Tap happy hour. The monthly gathering in the Greensburg museum features live music, an art scavenger hunt, light bites from Elegant Catering and beer from All Saints Brewing Co....

A man walks into the Philadelphia airport and buys a Pittsburgh Pirates cap. It sounds like the beginning of a joke — or maybe a tragedy, given what we hear about Philadelphia sports fans. But that’s what urban fantasy novelist Kevin Hearne did on his way from his Arizona home...

Fort Ligonier’s second annual Twelfth Night Celebration was a blast from the past, with guests in their Colonial best dress partying like it was 1776. The Jan. 5 soiree in the fort’s Center for History Education laid the holiday season to rest, after one last hurrah including food, drink, music...