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Hang on tight for Picklesburgh’s dill-icious new mechanical challengeVideo
Each year, Picklesburgh fanfare grows. Western Pennsylvanians commit to downing pickle beer, puckering up for pickle ice cream, or bobbing for pickles. A new challenge has arrived for the Picklesburgh fan base — riding a mechanical pickle. Pickle Riding is ringing in the 10th anniversary of the festival. For $12...
Here are 5 things to do in Westmoreland this weekend: July 11-13
Has this week felt extra long? Spend your Friday daydreaming about some of the ways you can savor your weekend with these five things happening throughout Westmoreland: Derry celebrates 250th Derry Township is 250 years old this year, and that’s certainly a cause for celebration. This Saturday, come out for...
Pittsburgh local music spotlight: Arden WebsterVideo
Written over the past three years, Arden Webster’s debut album “Flight Risk” encapsulates her “journey into young adulthood through my own heartbreak and healing” in a mix of country, folk and indie music. “The album is largely a journey of self-discovery,” she said, “of getting so lost you in turn...
Mattel launches new Barbie with Type 1 diabetes
Barbie’s latest look includes a glucose monitor — Mattel’s newest doll is living with Type 1 diabetes. Mattel, Inc. said this week in the announcement that the new Barbie, which is part of the Barbie Fashionistas line, will enable more kids to see themselves reflected in Barbie, as well as...
Paul McCartney’s Got Back tour includes Pittsburgh date this fall
Paul McCartney is getting back to Pittsburgh for the first time in more than 10 years. The Beatles icon announced his national Got Back tour on Thursday, including a Nov. 11 stop at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. Tickets will go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m....
The Lumineers brighten up Star Lake with career-spanning set
In a field of flowing skirts and flower crowns, Wesley Schultz and Jeremiah Fraites, the two-man group that is The Lumineers, lit up the night sky at the Pavilion at Star Lake during their Automatic World Tour performance Wednesday night. As the sun set on the audience, The Lumineers started...
TV Talk: WQED settles lawsuit; ‘Too Much’ on Netflix is just rightVideo
In January, veteran Emmy-winning design director Paula Zetter filed an age discrimination lawsuit against WQED after the public broadcaster eliminated her position in 2024. The case settled late last month. Sam Cordes, Zetter’s attorney, declined to comment, but the court docket shows the case was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it...
‘Superman’ brings a message of hope to a cynical worldVideo
LOS ANGELES — Superman might do more than just save Metropolis — filmmaker James Gunn hopes the beloved superhero will bring hope to a cynical world. “Everybody’s gotten so cynical and ironic,” said Gunn. “Everybody’s ironic about everything all the time. And he (Superman) is a good-natured guy who wants...
Livvy Dunne, girlfriend of Pirates’ Paul Skenes, denied purchase of Babe Ruth’s apartmentVideo
Gymnast and social media influencer Livvy Dunne was all set to buy her first home. And it wasn’t just any home. Dunne, the girlfriend of Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes, had a contract in place to buy a $1.6-million apartment that was once owned by baseball great Babe Ruth on...
Furries at Anthrocon raise over $89K for McDonald-based cat rescue
Sandi Eaton had long admired Anthrocon from a distance — but this year, she got to experience the furry convention up close and benefit from it firsthand. As the director of the McDonald-based Nose 2 Tail Cat Rescue, which was the official charity of this year’s Anthrocon, she witnessed the...
Chuck E. Cheese launches adult arcade locations
The Chuck E. Cheese family entertainment chain is rebranding as a new arcade for adults. Titled “Chuck’s Arcade,” the new iteration features nostalgic games and current favorites, alongside its animatronic characters, with the hope of attracting more teens and adults. Games will include retro favorites like Ms. Pac-Man, Mortal Kombat...
Movie Review: A weird ‘Superman’ is better than a boring oneVideo
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a … a purple and orange shape-shifting chemical compound? Writer-director James Gunn’s “Superman” was always going to be a strange chemistry of filmmaker and material. Gunn, the mind behind “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “The Suicide Squad,” has reliably drifted toward a B-movie...
TV Q&A: Will ‘Deadliest Catch’ air new episodes this year?
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: Do you have any info on whether “Deadliest Catch” will be on this year? — Deb via Facebook Rob: I hadn’t realized “Deadliest Catch” did...
Here are some Amazon Prime Day deals for the week
Break out those credit cards — Amazon Prime Day has returned. The longest Prime Day to date, sales begin Tuesday and last through 11:59 p.m. Friday. This year marks the 11th Prime Day, and historically, Amazon has dropped deals on popular products like Apple AirPods, Dyson cordless vacuums, the Laneige...
Podcast: Inside Pittsburgh’s friendship with the furries
Summer events are well underway in the steel city, and Anthrocon — a perennial Pittsburgh staple — retuned last weekend for a four-day event at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. Organizers projected a record 19,000 attendees, the highest amount since the event debuted in 1997. Megan Swift joins Anna...
PICT Theatre’s popular ‘Bards from the Burgh’ staged reading series is back
For its third year, PICT Classic Theatre will bring back its “Bards from the Burgh” staged reading series at Carnegie Stage in Carnegie. The series will allow theater enthusiasts to hear four never-before-seen plays read onstage by actors. All four playwrights have connections to Pittsburgh. PICT artistic director Elizabeth Elias...
Chihuahua helps Swiss rescuers find a man who fell into a glacier
GENEVA — Rescuers are hailing as a “four-legged hero” a furry Chihuahua whose pacing atop an Alpine rock helped a helicopter crew find its owner, who had fallen into a crevasse on a Swiss glacier nearby. The man, who was not identified, was exploring the Fee Glacier in southern Switzerland...
Gin Blossoms singer Robin Wilson talks collabs with Blues Traveler, Spin Doctors ahead of Pittsburgh tour stop
Over the course of their almost 40-year career, Arizona alternative rockers Gin Blossoms have hit the road extensively with Spin Doctors, but they’ve never toured with Blues Traveler. Until now. The trio of bands, which all scored huge radio hits in the 1990s, is together for a summer tour, which...
Ozzy Osbourne says farewell to live performance with a hometown show for 40,000 fans
LONDON — Hard-rock royalty and some 40,000 fans gathered for an ear-splitting tribute to Ozzy Osbourne at what the heavy metal icon says was his last live performance. The original lineup of Osbourne’s band Black Sabbath performed at Villa Park soccer stadium in their home city of Birmingham, central England,...
Peckish prior to Picklesburgh? Pick a peck of pickle snacks
There’s nothing quite like a pickle. A brine of vinegar, water, sugar, salt, herbs and spices is a magic potion that turns a fresh veggie into something else entirely. It works with onions, olives, carrots, green beans, cauliflower, peppers and more. But the word “pickle” and the puckery pop synonymous...
Pittsburgh local music spotlight: The ZellsVideo
The Zells released a pair of singles — “Dog’s Night” and “You Are Not the Moon” — on July 1 as the band looks forward to even more new music down the road. “The plan is to start recording our third full length album in early 2026,” bassist Roman Benty...
TV Talk: 25 years after PBS’s living history series, Magnolia goes ‘Back to the Frontier’Video
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. It’s been more than two decades since the advent of PBS’s living history series that began with 1999’s “The 1900 House” and 2002’s “Frontier House.” These quasi-social experiment series took a diverse array of everyday...
Daredevils run with charging bulls at Pamplona’s famous San Fermín festival
PAMPLONA, Spain — Thousands of daredevils ran, skidded and tumbled out of the way of a stampeding group of bulls at the opening run of the San Fermín festival Monday. It was the first of nine morning runs or “encierros” during the famous celebrations held in the northern Spanish city...
2 Pittsburgh bridges close Monday to make way for Picklesburgh
Picklesburgh, the briny three-day festival marking its 10th anniversary, returns to the city this week, commanding the closure of two Downtown bridges. The Roberto Clemente Bridge (Sixth Street) will shut down at 9 a.m. Monday through 4 p.m. July 14. The Andy Warhol Bridge (Seventh Street) will close at the...
Pittsburgh region ‘staycation’ suggestions offer alternatives to traditional summer vacations
While a record number of people are traveling this Fourth of July holiday weekend — and travel appears to be increasing in general, year over year — costs have also increased. “Drivable beach locations have been strong,” said Ian Petrulli, vice president of Holiday Travel International in North Huntingdon. “Most...
