JoAnne Klimovich Harrop stories, Page 82

JoAnne Klimovich Harrop

Jeremy Piven to perform Pittsburgh Improv, visit at Tree of Life

Actor Jeremy Piven asked his mother Joyce to help him rehearse lines for his unforgettable role as Ari Gold in the hit HBO series “Entourage.” “It was a racy scene, but my mother is a professional,” said Piven. “She knew it was just a character.” Piven didn’t hesitate in asking...
Pitt adds Philippine Nationality Room to collectionVideo

Room 313 is number 31. The Philippine Nationality Room is the 31st addition to the Nationality Rooms inside the University of Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning. Twenty years in the making, the room will be dedicated on Sunday. There will be a cultural festival with traditional food, music, dance performances and...
Donate blood at Hotel Monaco in Pittsburgh

Donate blood and enjoy a mocktail afterwards. The Kimpton Hotel Monaco Pittsburgh, Downtown, is hosting a blood drive through Vitalant, a nonprofit transfusion medicine organization that comprises a network of nearly a dozen community blood centers, from noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday. The event is to help with the current...
Pittsburgh wine professional vying for national title

A Pittsburgh guy will compete against Californians for a wine title. Adam Knoerzer, dean of drinking and head of educational programming at Palate Partners & Dreadnought Wines in Lawrenceville, has earned a spot in the national finals in the “Wines of South Africa Sommelier Cup 2019.” A sommelier is a...
Pittsburgh Symphony extends Andres Franco’s contract

Associate conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Andrés Franco’s contract has been extended through the 2021-2022 season. Franco is in his fourth season with the symphony. As resident conductor, Franco will continue to assist music director Manfred Honeck and the orchestra’s guest conductors, while also leading education, outreach and other...
Steel Chef Challenge features local cooks

See what’s cooking at the Wyndham Grand Hotel and Ballroom in Pittsburgh on Sunday. That’s the site of the sixth annual Steel Chef Challenge Culinary Gala. The gala begins at 5:30 p.m. This event spotlights 20 of Pittsburgh’s premier chefs preparing their creations. The format is similar to the Food...
McKees Rocks’ Eat’n Park to close after 53 years

There will be a few less smiles in McKees Rocks. Eat’n Park, known for its signature Smiley Cookies, will close its Chartiers Avenue location on June 16 after 53 years. “ We are disappointed we won’t be able to serve the McKees Rocks community for another 50 years, but our...
Down on the Rivendale Farm with state-of-art ice cream productionVideo

Summer is the perfect time for ice cream. There’s nothing better on a hot day than a cool treat made from fresh, creamy milk. There’s a local company whose ice cream is made from only the freshest milk from its own cows. Rivendale Farms in Bulger, Washington County, uses a...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: May 31-June 2

There’s plenty to do in Pittsburgh this first weekend of June. Play catch Bring your glove for some baseball on the field at PNC Park. The annual Catch for Cancer event is from 8:30 a.m. to noon on Saturday. The Pittsburgh Pirates and Allegheny Health Network will host a baseball...
East End Brewing’s YOU ARE HERE now planning 92 neighborhood beers

Next up in the “YOU ARE HERE” beer series by East End Brewing Co. is … Overbrook. “We have been bombarded with press inquiries and social media responses from people wondering about this project,” Scott Smith, owner of East End Brewing told the Tribune-Review on Thursday, referring to the launch...
East End Brewing to launch beers named after Pittsburgh neighborhoods

Pittsburghers are deeply loyal to the neighborhood they grew up in … Greenfield, Bloomfield, Highland Park, Oakland and beyond. Pittsburgh’s East End Brewing certainly knows that. On Saturday, the company will launch the “YOU ARE HERE” program designed to introduce a beer named after each of Pittsburgh’s 90 neighborhoods. The...
Pittsburgh art to be showcased in London

Pittsburgh artists are being showcased across the pond. “Pittsburgh Art on the Bank” opens Sunday and runs through June 9 in London’s South Bank neighborhood. The exhibition will include tapestry pieces, digital installations, visual poems on acrylic, canvas oil paintings and archived photography from a dozen Pittsburgh artists. The exhibit...
Homestead’s Enix Brewing to pair drinks with cigars

Have a drink and a smoke at Enix Brewing in Homestead. The brewery and restaurant will introduce the Enix Cigar Club with the assistance of cigar expert Josh Mills of the Tobacconist. “There are so many different flavors of cigars from spicy to sweet,” Mills told the Tribune-Review. “And there...
Benefit headliner Sheila E. says Pittsburghers are ‘so cordial’

When drummer Sheila E. was 15 years old, her father’s band needed a percussionist. One of the members was ill and not able to perform at the show in San Francisco, Calif. Sheila E. told her dad she could step in. “He wasn’t for that, but when my mom told...
Finale for Renaissance City Choir artistic director Jeffry Blake Johnson

Jeffry Blake Johnson will soon take a final bow. His last performances as artistic director for the Renaissance City Choir are 4 p.m. June 1-2 at East Liberty Presbyterian Church’s Courtyard. He’s been with the group for seven seasons. A search for his replacement has begun. “It’s time,” he says....
Schiller’s Pharmacy has a new owner, will provide the same neighborhood service

A Shadyside neighborhood pharmacy that’s been around for over 100 years will remain, with a slightly different name and some new products. Schiller’s Pharmacy has become Schiller’s Apothecary. The business on the corner of South Aiken Avenue and Walnut Street was purchased in April by New Jersey-based Apotheco Pharmacy. Over...

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