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TV Talk: ‘American Rust’ season 2 set largely in PittsburghVideo

For its second season, the filmed-in-Pittsburgh drama “American Rust” moves from Showtime to Amazon’s Prime Video. The show’s setting also shifts. In its first season “American Rust” was set almost entirely in fictional Buell, Fayette County, but for the second season, the show splits its time between Buell and Pittsburgh,...
Country singer Jay Allen brings Night of Hope tour to Jergel’s in Warrendale

Country rock singer Jay Allen has seen the power of music first-hand. When the Iowa native’s mother was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s, he said one thing that could bring back the woman who raised him was country music. The genre was a constant fixture in her pickup truck when Allen...
Did UK hospital staff try to snoop on Princess Kate’s medical records? Privacy watchdog investigates

LONDON — A British privacy watchdog said Wednesday it is looking into a report that staff at a private London hospital tried to snoop on the Princess of Wales ’ medical records while she was a patient for abdominal surgery. The Information Commissioner’s Office said: “We can confirm that we...
Tom McGreevy interview: Ducks Ltd. singer/guitarist on new ‘Harm’s Way’ album, jangle pop, nostalgiaVideo

Ducks Ltd., a jangle pop duo out of Toronto, recently released its second album, “Harm’s Way,” with the nine songs clocking in around a concise 27 minutes. The way Tom McGreevy sees it, keeping Ducks Ltd.’s songs to around three minutes puts the band in “good company” in a broad...
A newspaper says video of Prince William and Kate should halt royal rumor mill

LONDON — The late Queen Elizabeth II used to say that the royal family has to be seen to be believed. That became glaringly evident as the absence of Kate, the Princess of Wales, from public view unleashed an escalating frenzy of wild speculation, skepticism and flat-out conspiracy theories fueled...
A new Banksy mural sprouts beside a cropped tree in London. Many see an environmental messageVideo

LONDON — A new Banksy mural drew crowds to a London street on Monday, even before the elusive graffiti artist confirmed that the work was his. The artwork in the Finsbury Park neighborhood covers the wall of a four-story building and shows a small figure holding a pressure hose beside...
Jeff Lynne’s ELO farewell tour hitting Pittsburgh in SeptemberVideo

Jeff Lynne’s ELO is embarking on its final tour, which includes a stop in Pittsburgh. The classic rock band’s Over and Out tour will visit PPG Paints Arena on Sept. 10. Originally founded in 1970 as Electric Light Orchestra, the band has sold more than 50 million records worldwide on...
Cockney Rebel singer Steve Harley, who had a hit with ‘Make Me Smile,’ dies at 73Video

LONDON — British musician Steve Harley, whose glam-rock band Cockney Rebel had an enduring hit with the song “Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me),” has died. He was 73. Harley’s family said Sunday he had “passed away peacefully at home, with his family by his side.” Harley said...
Review: Pittsburgh Opera’s ‘La traviata’ is a party and everyone is invited

Dancing. Drinking. Drama. Matadors. Pittsburgh Opera’s production of “La traviata,” which opened Saturday night at the Benedum Center, has something for everyone to enjoy. Composed by Giuseppe Verdi, “La traviata,” which translates in English into “The Fallen Woman,” premiered in 1853 and is one of the world’s most popular operas....
‘Luck of the Iris’: Donnie Iris and the Cruisers still know how to rockVideo

Attending a Rolling Stones concert is somewhat akin to looking through an ultra-powerful telescope and seeing light that has been traveling this direction practically since time began. In the context of rock ’n’ roll, Mick, Keith and company started wowing audiences just a few years after the genre’s advent. For...
Bryan Adams gives a performance ‘straight from the heart’ at PPG Paints Arena

Canadian rock singer Bryan Adams remembers the first time he ever played in Pittsburgh. “The first time I ever played in America properly, I opened for The Kinks here,” he recounted to the audience during his show Friday night at PPG Paints Arena. “I started when I was 15 but...
Get your St. Patrick’s Day playlist readyVideo

Grab your best green hat and pour a Guinness — although, were it me, we’d be pouring a Murphy’s Irish Stout, but I digress — and let’s put together an appropriate playlist for St. Patrick’s Day. Being that the holiday falls on a Sunday this year, let’s start the occasion...
Michelle Gainey, Fantasy Zellars curate ‘Resilience and revolution’ exhibit

First Lady of Pittsburgh Michelle Gainey is creating spaces for Black and brown artists to showcase their work. A recently opened exhibition, “Resilience and revolution: Honoring Black History and Women’s History through art” at the Dentons Cohen & Grigsby Gallery Downtown, honors Black history and women’s history through art. It...
Nonprofit acting troupe will hold auditions in Unity

Storyz Studios, a nonprofit theater company, will host auditions for its upcoming production of a murder mystery, “Whispers in a Dark Manor: A Whodunnit.” Auditions will take place March 21 from 7-8:30 p.m. and March 23 from 2-4 p.m. at the SpringHill Suites, 115 Arnold Palmer Drive in Unity. Auditions...
Irish heritage is part of the fabric of Pittsburgh

They left Ireland for greener pastures. By 1850, 10,000 Irish immigrants were living in Pittsburgh. They settled in three neighborhoods — Downtown, the Strip District and the Hill District — according to Anne Madarasz, chief historian for the Senator John Heinz History Center. Many were Catholic and drawn to what...
Pittsburgh’s Low Kings bring Celtic rock to town — and not just on St. Patrick’s Day

March is the busiest time of year for Pittsburgh-based Celtic rock band The Low Kings — St. Patrick’s Day is prime time for their style of music. “We get to feel like the special person at the prom, which is awesome,” said Shawn Melvin, lead singer, guitarist and founding member...

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