Editor's Picks category, Page 38
Q&A: My Mom Is Here vocalist Sam Seiff on band’s name, live show and more ahead of Pittsburgh show
With a name like My Mom Is Here, it seems only natural to wonder which band member’s mother has seen the five-piece rock-fusion band from New York City the most. “Nick’s mom takes the crown!” singer Sam Seiff said. “She’s NYC-based and rolls up with her crew to nearly every...
Better-Maid Donut closes Crafton Heights spot, preparing to reopen nearby
A popular Pittsburgh doughnut shop has shut down its current location, but has plans to open a new storefront. Better-Maid Donut, in a social media post Tuesday, said the business could not come to an agreement with its landlord to purchase the Crafton Heights shop it now operates along Steuben...
TV Q&A: Where did WPXI reporter Jillian Hartmann go?
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: Can you tell us what happened to Jillian Hartmann on WPXI’s news team? — Jim, Uniontown Rob: In April, we reported that Hartmann exited Channel...
Pittsburgh-based Evolve Coaching named Champion in Action by Citizens Bank and Trib Total Media
Evolve Coaching is a champion. The organization provides neurodivergent individuals with personalized coaching, social groups, and mentorship that support independent living, college success, and career readiness. It has been recognized with the Citizens’ Champions in Action award. The award is given to support nonprofit organizations that address social challenges facing...
Who wants to be a millionaire? 1 in 10 Americans already is but the status loses its luster
NEW YORK — As a child, Heidi Barley watched her family pay for groceries with food stamps. As a college student, she dropped out because she couldn’t afford tuition. In her twenties, already scraping by, she was forced to take a pay cut that shrunk her salary to just $34,000...
From detention to distortion: Beauty School Dropout hits the road with ‘Baby Warped’ tour including Pittsburgh stopVideo
Brent “Beepus” Burdett, the bassist for Los Angeles’ pop-punk band Beauty School Dropout, believes his time in summer school this year will be “way cooler” than his previous stint during middle school. “I was in seventh grade, and I didn’t do my biggest project and so I was ‘sick’ before...
TV Talk: Jason Momoa’s ‘Chief of War’ recounts Hawaiian historyVideo
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. The opening scene of Apple TV+’s Jason Momoa-starring “Chief of War” brings to mind Momoa’s “Aquaman” as he lassoes a shark. After that, this nine-episode historical fiction drama most resembles FX’s “Shogun.” “Chief of War”...
Back-to-school season kicks off with donation drives for students
The back-to-school season is approaching as summer heat still lingers. As students transition from July to August, many families are still struggling to secure the supplies needed for a successful school year. Here are some ways you can help support students as they head back to the classroom for another...
Southmoreland High graduate battling cancer adds scholarship to foundation efforts
A Southmoreland High School graduate who is battling cancer has joined in the fight against the disease and now wants to inspire a younger generation of students to make a difference in the lives of others. Corey Rhodes of East Huntingdon, through his Rhodes Cancer Foundation, has established a $2,500...
Pittcon, among world’s largest science conferences, will return home in 2027
One of the world’s premier laboratory science conferences is named for the Steel City — and it’s coming home for the first time in more than a half-century. The Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry & Spectroscopy is organized almost entirely by volunteers from the region and an office staff in...
Pittsburgh local music spotlight: Mark MicchelliVideo
Mark Micchelli considers his new album “Glitched-On Bop” to be a spiritual successor to “Switched-On Bach,” a 1968 album by Wendy Carlos that was the first to use synthesizers to create classical music. “‘Glitched-On Bop’ is a jazz piano record with layers of electronic processing piled on top. All of...
‘Validity’ to be screened as part of Lindsay Theater’s Emerging Filmmakers seriesVideo
As part of its Emerging Filmmakers series, The Lindsay Theater and Cultural Center is preparing to screen a film that will both thrill and challenge its audience. In “Validity,” a doctor working on research regarding treatment practices for hypothermia unearths studies that could cause a breakthrough in the field —...
Review: Quantum Theatre’s ‘Seagull’ is a dreamy drama at Chatham University
In the midst of the second act of Quantum Theatre’s “Seagull” on Sunday night, I was reminded of the first half of the Langston Hughes poem “Dreams”: “Hold fast to dreams / For if dreams die / Life is a broken-winged bird / That cannot fly.” In the case of...
Tom Lehrer, song satirist and mathematician, dies at 97
LOS ANGELES — Tom Lehrer, the popular song satirist who lampooned marriage, politics, racism and the Cold War, then largely abandoned his music career to return to teaching math at Harvard and other universities, has died. He was 97. Longtime friend David Herder said Lehrer died Saturday at his home...
Daycation Destination: A trip to historic Franklin, Pa.
Dine, sip, shop and stroll the day away with a Daycation Destination road trip to historic Franklin in Venango County. Named for Benjamin Franklin and laid out in 1775, Franklin is a small city nestled at the confluence of the French Creek and Allegheny River about 85 miles north of...
Waterfront log cabin offers nature-inspired living in Parks Township
A rural residence big on rustic charm and log cabin living is on the market in Parks Township. The custom three-story spruce log cabin home at 1255 Stitts Run Road on 2 acres along Carnahan Run Stream is listed for $525,000. Howard Hanna Kiski Valley Realtor Denise Lewandowski said listings...
Nas flexes his legend status with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Nas is a legendary rapper for a reason. The New York-born MC has been rocking the mic for more than 30 years, easily cementing his place as one of the best rappers of all time. His first album, “Illmatic,” earned its spot at No. 44 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest...
The Tea app was intended to help women date safely. Then it got hacked
Tea, a provocative dating app designed to let women anonymously ask or warn each other about men they’d encountered, rocketed to the top spot on the U.S. Apple App Store this week. On Friday, the company behind the app confirmed it had been hacked: Thousands of images, including selfies, were...
Soldiers & Sailors architect designed home for sale in Monroeville
There are quite a few surprises inside the stately Monroeville house at 1397 Abers Creek Road. First is the stark contrast of the early-20th-century exterior with the thoroughly modern trappings on the interior. But the 3,450-square-foot house, which sits on just over 11 acres, also has an architectural pedigree. The...
Q&A: Mike Campbell brings The Dirty Knobs to Pittsburgh, reflects on time with Tom PettyVideo
After spending more than 40 years riding shotgun alongside Tom Petty with the Heartbreakers, guitarist Mike Campbell is feeling more and more comfortable as the frontman of his own band. And his time leading Mike Campbell & the Dirty Knobs has him appreciating what he didn’t have to do in...
Editorial: Canceled town halls, shrugged-off support staff disrespect value of Pittsburgh VA
The Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Health System is dealing with deep losses to its workforce. In an exclusive interview with TribLive, Pittsburgh VA director Donald Koenig spoke about the reductions. Since January, 238 employees have been lost. Another 87 will be gone by the end of the year. There are 151...
Review: Rock band Live thunders through decades of discography at Rivers Casino
The past month has given the Pittsburgh area a chance to rock out with a whole buffet of 1990s bands. Lucky us. The latest entry in this summer of late-20th-century rock was Live, a band from York, Pa., with a handful of enigmatic alternative radio hits, many from their 1994...
Pop-Tarts drop new flavored ice cream sandwiches, pints
Pop-Tarts are a household name — but have you heard of the Pop-Tarts ice cream sandwich? This summer, Kellanova announced its Pop-Tarts were being made into ice cream sandwiches and ice cream pints to help people cool off amid the heat. Kellanova, the parent company of popular brands like Pringles,...
Sheetz unleashes chainsaw on MTO sandwiches to customers’ delight
Getting a Sheetz sandwich sliced in half by a real chainsaw was a once-in-a-lifetime experience for Sean Starr. Starr, 36, of Bloomfield, drove to the Sheetz gas station in Seven Fields Friday to participate in the Sheetz x Liquid Death Chainsaw-Sliced Sandwich Experience, where people got to have their Made-to-Order...
Take the TribLive weekly news quiz: July 25
Back from hiatus, the following is a feature from TribLive: A weekly news quiz: 1. An Ivy League school reached a deal this week with the Trump administration to pay more than $220 million to the federal government to restore federal research money that was canceled in the name of...
