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Author of ‘Fine Young People,’ a Sewickley-set novel, to visit Penguin Bookshop
In the pages of the book “Fine Young People,” readers meet Frankie, who is a good daughter, a loyal best friend and a model student in her final semester at an elite Catholic prep school. Frankie’s hockey player classmate Kyle Murphy takes his life after posting a cryptic message about...
Whiskey history tour premieres at West Overton
Whiskey lovers have the opportunity to register for an intimate, immersive history and tasting tour Saturday at West Overton Village. The “From Grain to Glass” tour includes a visit to the museum, rye field and current West Overton distillery. Each stop on the tour includes a pour of West Overton...
Overly’s Country Christmas selling off unused items at auction
An assortment of unique, vintage items will be sold at auction Monday by Overly’s Country Christmas at the Westmoreland Fairgrounds. Among them are a set of blacksmith’s tools and farm equipment that have not seen the light of day for 30 years. “You don’t see this kind of a sale...
Toto, Christopher Cross, Men At Work supply the love at Star Lake
On one of the summer’s hottest evenings, three musical acts came together to heat up the Pavilion at Star Lake even more. Men at Work, Christopher Cross and Toto all lit up the stage with great music. All three had hits in the late 1970s or early 1980s, and all...
Comic-Con 2025 kicks off with new ‘Freddy’s,’ ‘Toxic Avenger’ and thousands of costume-clad fans
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Tens of thousands of fans — many in costumes — descended Thursday on Comic-Con International, the four-day pop culture spectacle that will feature updates on the new “Predator” movie, “Alien” series and a special appearance by George Lucas. Fans packed into the convention’s famed Hall H...
Lori Falce: The difference between debate and argument
Put your hands up! You’re “Surrounded.” No, you aren’t a bank robber being confronted on all sides by police. In this case, you would be on a YouTube video by Jubilee Media, a content producer with 10.2 million subscribers. “Surrounded” is a series that debuted in the lead-up to the...
5 things to do in Westmoreland this weekend: July 25-27
Welcome to the weekend. There are plenty of fun things to do around Westmoreland County. From grain to glass Whiskey lovers will be entranced by this informational experience. Explore whiskey artifacts of the past and the grain that will make this delicious spirit in the future — all in one...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: July 25-27
Festival season is in full swing! You can find an outdoor party to fit any mood or interest in our fair city. Get some fresh air and enjoy some tunes, food and fun with these events. Blues and Roots Festival Head over to Cheswick for this weekend of great music...
Photo gallery: Steelers fans descend on training camp
Fans descend on Saint Vincent College in Latrobe for the opening day of Pittsburgh Steelers training camp despite the high July temperatures. The advantage of arriving early is that you can get a close parking spot. Steelers fans congregating would not be complete without a discussion — or is it...
Pitt dining hall named best in nation. Do students agree?
The University of Pittsburgh was recently recognized for having the best dining hall food in the country — but do students agree? The National Association of College and University Food Services awarded The Eatery, Pitt’s largest dining facility, the Loyal E. Horton grand prize, naming it the best residential dining...
Jazz trumpeter Chuck Mangione of ‘Feels So Good’ fame dead at 84Video
NEW YORK — Chuck Mangione, the Rochester-born jazz trumpeter who rocketed to worldwide fame with his 1978 album “Feels So Good,” has died. He was 84. Mangione died from natural causes on Tuesday at his home in Rochester, his family told the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle. Though “Feels So Good”...
Hulk Hogan, icon in professional wrestling, dies at age 71Video
CLEARWATER, Fla. — Hulk Hogan, the mustachioed, headscarf-wearing icon in the world of professional wrestling, has died at the age of 71, Florida police and WWE said Thursday. In Clearwater, Florida, authorities responded to a call Thursday morning about a cardiac arrest. Hogan was pronounced dead at a hospital, police...
AMC tells moviegoers to expect lots of trailers and commercials
Late for the movies? You’ll probably still make it if you’re headed to an AMC movie theater. AMC Theatres announced this month it would be putting more regular advertisements ahead of movie screenings alongside regular movie trailers, according to The Hollywood Reporter. It’s typical for patrons to show up at...
Podcast: How Medicaid cuts could affect nursing homes
Medicaid cuts may be on the horizon after President Donald Trump signed the controversial “Big Bill,” legislation aimed at eliminating fraud, waste and abuse across various government and bureaucratic systems. Many Americans are concerned about potential ripple effects on publicly funded programs. It will take time to assess how the...
‘Buckingham Nicks’ was a record store holy grail for decades. It’s finally getting reissued
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — They were in love once. Four years before Fleetwood Mac’s “Rumours” became one of the best breakup records of the 1970s — and, many might say, all time — Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham were relative unknowns, a young couple putting out their own album, posing nude...
diVino Wine Bar a step closer to opening in Leetsdale
A push to turn a former Leetsdale church into a wine bar has led to a change in the borough’s zoning ordinance that could make it easier for future building use changes. Nate and Valeriya Harsch of Harmony Township plan to open diVino Wine Bar & Retail at 126 Broad...
TV Talk: ‘Watson’ season 2 expands; ‘Gilded Age’ offers late-season twists
Earlier this month we learned that CBS’s medical drama “Watson,” which CBS announced in May would not return until midway through the 2025-26 TV season, was moving up to a fall launch as CBS’s new “FBI” spinoff, “CIA,” originally announced for fall, changed showrunners and moved to midseason. With that...
‘It was an impossibility’: Penn Township couple completes 500-mile Camino de Santiago pilgrimage
Penn Township couple Cheryl and Larry Sturm don’t consider themselves hikers. That’s an ironic statement for a pair who traversed a 500-mile trail from France to Spain in just 40 days. Cheryl, 70, and Larry, 73, are lifelong Penn Township residents. Larry started Sturm Plumbing along Harrison City’s Route 130...
Forward Township sunflower farm serves as great setting for photosVideo
The Schwirian Farm Sunflower Festival in Forward Township returned this year after drought conditions and hungry deer wiped out the sunflower blossoms, forcing a cancellation in 2024. The event runs from rom 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily through July 31. Admission is free. Parking is $5. A section of...
Summer sounds for the dog days as Pittsburgh’s weather heats back up
Should we talk about the weather? Fans of alternative rock pioneers REM might smile at the oblique reference to “Pop Song 89,” opener to the band’s major label debut “Green.” Others might sigh, get up or stand as they sip a tall glass of Turner’s tea from a glass dripping...
Review: Villains steal the show in ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’Video
More than six decades after Jack Kirby and Stan Lee created a superhero team to rival the Justice League, the Fantastic Four finally get a worthy big-screen adaption in a spiffy ’60s-era romp, bathed in retrofuturism and bygone American optimism. Though the Fantastic Four go to the very origins of...
Tributes flood in for Ozzy Osbourne
The music world and Hollywood are mourning Ozzy Osbourne, the Black Sabbath lead singer known as the “Prince of Darkness,” who died just weeks after his farewell concert. Yungblud, the English singer, songwriter and actor, who had joined Osbourne for his final live performance at the charity concert Back to...
TV Q&A: How will CBS fill Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ time slot?
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: How will CBS fill the “Late Show” time slot now that they’re ending the show and sending Stephen Colbert packing next May? — Laura, via...
Toto co-founder bemused by yacht rock revival, enduring power of ‘Africa’
ATLANTA — Toto had a handful of hits in the 1970s and 1980s but was never considered among the top echelon of arena rock acts of that era along the lines of Journey, Styx and Foreigner. Yet two factors have brought the band into the 2020s with greater prominence and...
‘Superman’ movie and new canine sidekick cause surge in dog adoption inquiries
Interest in dog adoptions has soared nationally and locally following the release of the “Superman” summer blockbuster. ”Superman,” directed by James Gunn, was released July 8 and introduced a new relationship between the superhero, played by actor David Corenswet, and Krypto, the red-caped schnauzer and terrier mutt mix, with a...
