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Several couples get engaged at Steel City Con
Steel City Con at the Monroeville Convention Center is known for providing people an opportunity to meet celebrities, get autographs and find comic and pop culture memorabilia of all sorts. Within the past year, it has been a place for something else for at least three couples: romance. Shawn Savage,...
New August Wilson Center exhibition reveals playwright's work, life
The August Wilson African American Cultural Center finally has a permanent exhibition dedicated to the life and work of its Pulitzer Prize-winning namesake. “August Wilson: The Writer’s Landscape” opens to the public at noon Saturday. Covering 3,600 square feet of gallery space in the downtown Pittsburgh facility at 980 Liberty...
TV Q&A: Is there a Pittsburgh connection on ‘NCIS: Hawaii’?
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: In two recent episodes of “NCIS: Hawaii” Pittsburgh was mentioned. Both were in relation to someone’s history that was connected to the crime being solved....
Gus & Yiayia's opens for the season on Pittsburgh's North Side
The Pittsburgh Pirates aren’t the only ones celebrating an opening day on the North Side. Gus & Yiayia’s ice ball stand opened on Tuesday for the season. Ice balls were served from the bright orange cart under the rainbow-colored umbrella near West Park, a few blocks away from PNC Park....
TV Talk: Season 2 of ‘Mayor of Kingstown’ to film in Pittsburgh
Steeltown will become Kingstown when season two of Paramount+’s “Mayor of Kingstown” films in Western Pennsylvania later this year. The show’s first season, set in Michigan, was shot in Hamilton, Burlington, and Kingston, Ontario. “Mayor of Kingstown” executive producer Hugh Dillon posted images of the shuttered SCI Pittsburgh (aka Western...
'American Pickers' returning to Pennsylvania for new episodes
The popular television reality series “American Pickers” wants you. And your antiques. The History Channel’s hit series is returning to Pennsylvania in June to record new episodes and its staff is putting out the word that it’s in search of unique collections of relics. “American Pickers” is a documentary series...
Week in pictures: April 4-10
A selection of the best photos from Tribune-Review photographers from around the Pittsburgh region from the week of April 4-10....
Kiski Area winter guard team captures gold medal at world championships
A Kiski Area School District color guard team struck gold during a recent international competition last weekend in Ohio. The 18-member Kiski Area Scholastic Open Winter Guard made history, winning a gold medal in the 2022 WGI (Winter Guard International) World Championships. “We could not be more proud of the...
Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band returns to Pittsburgh in June 
Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band will play PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh on June 18, as part of the second leg of tour dates initially planned for 2020. The former Beatle and his supergroup originally were scheduled for a June 20, 2020, date in Pittsburgh that was canceled because...
TV Talk: Conventional wisdom said ‘Ghosts’ was too much of an outlier; now it’s a hit
With all the attention on streaming series and viewers’ migration to Netflix, Disney+ and other direct-to-consumer services, it’s somewhat remarkable that the 2021-22 TV season produced two comedy hits — CBS’s “Ghosts” and ABC’s “Abbott Elementary.” “Abbott,” already renewed for a second season, has its first-season finale at 9 p.m....
'Year of the Cat' singer-songwriter Al Stewart performs Saturday at the Palace Theatre
Folk rock singer and guitarist Al Stewart remembers driving down Sunset Strip decades ago in the bright sunshine of West Hollywood, Calif., in a yellow Karmann Ghia. The year was 1976 and Stewart had a hit song called “Year of the Cat” — but he wasn’t fully aware of just...
New dinosaur species named for Indiana University of Pennsylvania alumnus
An Indiana University of Pennsylvania graduate now shares his name with a new species of dinosaur, discovered in 2017 in China’s Yunnan province. Molecular biologist John J. Kopchick is now the namesake of Yuxisaurus kopchicki, an armored dinosaur that is a distant cousin of the Stegosaurus. It lived between 174...
Clairton High, Pitt and Bengals football star Tyler Boyd attends fundraiser at South Allegheny High School
Anthony Isaac “Tony” Cook loved basketball. He was working on his game so he could try out for the South Allegheny High School boys’ basketball team this past winter. As a child, he always had to put in extra time to be able to dribble and shoot because of weakness...
Greensburg Salem High's Critter Cruise helps kids get to know diverse species 
An albino axolotl piqued the curiosity of many a fourth-grader Friday as it rested enigmatically in its tank at Greensburg Salem High School. A type of salamander that originated in Mexico, it was among 20 species of amphibians, reptiles, arachnids, insects, birds, fish and mammals displayed for fourth-graders from adjacent...
Latrobe banana split fest set to return to 3-day format; pageant contestants sought
Organizers of Latrobe’s Great American Banana Split Celebration plan to return to a three-day format this year as they seek entrants for the annual Banana Split Princess Pageant. “We want to bring back everything we had from 2019,” said Briana Tomack, president of the Greater Latrobe-Laurel Valley Regional Chamber of...
5 things to do in Westmoreland County: April 8-10
Get your Kix The hard-rock, glam-metal band Kix will take the stage at 8 p.m. Friday at The Lamp Theatre, 222 Main St., Irwin. The band’s 1988 release, “Blow My Fuse,” went platinum, with the power ballad “Don’t Close Your Eyes” peaking at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100....
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: April 8-10
It’s the weekend. Here are some ways to spend it. Spring carnival Carnegie Mellon University’s annual Spring Carnival is back after being held virtually the past two years because of the pandemic. The event on the Oakland campus continues Friday through Sunday. A committee of students coordinates with other groups...
Unique art installation 'People We Love' opens in Downtown Pittsburgh
Imagine sitting at the opposite end of a video camera lens as an image of someone you love is reflected on a piece of glass in front of the lens. As you stare at the photo of your loved one, you’re given various prompts by a recorded voice and your...
TV Talk: ‘Portals to Hell’ visits Western Pa.; Hugh Laurie adapts Agatha Christie 
Regardless of whether you believe in ghosts, there’s no denying the popularity of ghost-hunting shows on cable. Travel Channel would be more accurately named if it were called Supernatural Channel, given its current programming. From “Destination Fear” at the Green County Almshouse to “Ghost Hunters” at Pittsburgh’s Church Brew Works,...
Pink Floyd members reunite to record song for Ukraine
LONDON — Pink Floyd is releasing its first new music in almost three decades to raise money for the people of Ukraine, the band announced Thursday. “Hey Hey Rise Up” features Pink Floyd members David Gilmour and Nick Mason, with vocals from Ukrainian singer Andriy Khlyvnyuk of the band BoomBox....
Jazz musician Bill Heid to perform at Joey's in Export 
Bill Heid can remember being in his father’s studio, George Heid Productions, and seeing famous musicians like Billy Strayhorn, Henry Mancini and George Benson walk through its doors to record. “A lot of the Pittsburgh jazz greats recorded their first demo at my dad’s studio,” said Heid, who has been...
Large bobbleheads give Pirates pause before unveiling at PNC Park
Pittsburgh Pirates management is mulling a lineup change to a set of large bobbleheads that are expected to be featured in PNC Park’s expanded kids area after officials said two of the life-size figurines did not meet their expectations. “We ordered a total of five life-sized, fun, vintage replica-style bobbleheads...
Yellow Bridge Brewing in Delmont plans new Greensburg taproom
Craft beer fans soon will have a new option for wetting their whistles in downtown Greensburg. Yellow Bridge Brewing Co. of Delmont is working on a taproom at 33 E. Pittsburgh St., next door to Sittay’s Mediterranean Kitchen. While the opening date is not set, it probably will be early...
Trib Total Media to co-host political debates ahead of Pa. primary election
Trib Total Media, in partnership with Spotlight PA and its founding members, will co-host debates this month featuring candidates for Pennsylvania governor and the state’s open U.S. Senate seat ahead of the spring primary. The gubernatorial debate features Republican candidates Joe Gale, Charlie Gerow, Melissa Hart and Nche Zama. It...
TV Q&A: What’s up with TV weather forecast ‘impact days’?
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: Recently KDKA-TV joined in on the latest weather gimmick: “first alert weather days.” WTAE offers the equally cringey “impact days.” Why do the local stations...


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