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WDVE’s Sean McDowell set to host final show
The voice of a local legend leaves the airwaves at 7 p.m. Wednesday. WDVE disc jockey Sean McDowell will host his final show after more than 40 years in radio, 25 of them at WDVE, Pittsburgh’s preeminent classic rock station. He announced his retirement May 14 on the station’s morning...
Powerboat community stalled after cancellation of Three Rivers Regatta
The cancellation of the EQT Pittsburgh Three Rivers Regatta sent waves of disappointment throughout the powerboat community Tuesday. A staple of the annual event, powerboat racers flock to the city to race along the Allegheny River at speeds of up to 100 mph. As many as 40 teams were expected...
Mac Miller tribute planned at Blue Slide Park on 1-year anniversary of his death
On the one-year anniversary of Mac Miller’s death, fans will gather at a place the late Pittsburgh rapper felt safe and at home — Blue Slide Park in Squirrel Hill’s Frick Park. Miller named his 2011 debut studio album “Blue Slide Park.” From noon to 9 p.m. on Sept. 7,...
Kennywood hiring for Phantom Fright Nights
If you like to scare people, Kennywood needs your help. The West Mifflin amusement park is “recruiting for new creatures of the night to deliver frights to visiting guests” for Phantom Fright Nights this fall. Kennywood is looking to hire roughly 200 seasonal team members for its rides, food and...
New Kensington Festa Italiana is about much more than foodVideo
The New Kensington church basement is filled with the sounds of people talking and laughing and working. There is flour on the floor. There’s more on the hands and aprons of those who have gathered in the heat of a summer July morning. They are here baking homemade cookies for...
Schenley Plaza closed this weekend for private wedding
Schenley Plaza in Oakland is closed this weekend for a private wedding. But no one wants to identify the happy couple. The space is cordoned off. Several signs read: “THE PLAZA IS RESERVED FOR A PRIVATE EVENT.” The Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy, which runs and maintains the park, wrote on Facebook...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: July 26-28
It’s the final weekend of July. Here are a few suggestions of how to spend it in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh becomes Picklesburgh Get pickled all weekend! Cue the pickle puns. Picklesburgh, the No. 1 specialty food festival in America as voted by a USA Today readers’ poll, will have more of...
With No. 1 ranking, 2019 Picklesburgh will be biggest yet
Picklesburgh is even more of a “big dill” this year. The No. 1 specialty food festival in America as voted by a USA Today readers’ poll will have more of just about everything, said Russell Howard, vice president of special events for Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership, which produces the event. It...
Watch how Triangle Bar’s Battleship sub is builtVideo
The rule at the Triangle Bar & Grill in Swissvale is this: “If you wouldn’t serve it to your mom, don’t serve it to anyone else.” Owner Tom Crombie repeated those words Tuesday as he discarded a few rogue tomato slices while creating the famous “Battleship” sandwich. What’s inside this...
Barb Feige named executive director at Tree of Life
Barb Feige is the new executive director at Tree of Life * Or L’Simcha Congregation in Squirrel Hill. She was chosen this month to help guide the synagogue, the site of the tragedy in October where 11 people were killed, into the future. Feige has more than two decades of...
The Clarks to perform at Freedom Farms summer ‘hootenanny’
The Clarks are going down on the farm. Freedom Farms in Butler County will host the popular band on July 20 to celebrate Pittsburgh’s small businesses with a “Husks and Hops Hootenanny,” an event that will feature more than 20 locally owned breweries, three local bands and food straight from...
Sandcastle’s Lazy River, Cliffhangers openVideo
Sandcastle’s Lazy River is flowing again. The popular attraction, along with the park’s Cliffhangers water slides, hadn’t been open yet this season because flooding, and then freezing, cracked the Lazy River’s fiberglass, officials said. Tyler Saxon, sales and marketing director for the park, told the Tribune-Review earlier this month. It...
Baker parlays pizza experience into new Squirrel Hill bagel shopVideo
The idea to open a bagel store in Squirrel Hill came from the inner workings of a pizza shop. Gab Taube was baking bagels in the middle of the night at A’Pizza Badamo in Mt. Lebanon to sell at various pop-up sites and farmers markets when she decided she needed...
Art project in Northview Heights helping children express themselves
The pillows are more than blue fabric decorated and stuffed with foam. They say something about the young person who made them. One says “Jesus Loves You.” Another reads “#RIP.” A third has the number “187” on it, a three-digit synonymous with murder, crime and police. Another read “Gang, Gang.”...
Pittsburgh cartoonist collaborates on comic book series
Joe Wos often takes photos of paper napkins when he’s having a meal. He saves the pictures on his smartphone. Why? “Some of the best ideas are drawn on a napkin,” says Wos, an acclaimed cartoonist and founder of Pittsburgh’s Toonseum, a museum devoted to the cartoon arts. “If you...
Macy’s Ross Park Mall hosts a family-friendly event
Macy’s in Ross Park Mall is one of 36 stores to have “Outdoor STORY,” a collaboration between Dick’s Sporting Goods and Miracle-Gro. This venture, which runs through September, offers an outdoor-inspired playground that places a focus on entertaining, bringing the outside indoors, as well as recreational activities, according to a...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: July 12-14
Temperatures are expected to be in the low to mid-80s, so get out and enjoy this weekend. There’s plenty to do. Cheers! The Pittsburgh Summer Beerfest is Friday and Saturday at Stage AE on the North Shore. Guests will enjoy an unlimited sampling of hundreds of craft beers. Selections include...
Pittsburgh actress to play Wendy in ‘Peter Pan’ at the Benedum
Lori Eve Marinacci’s career is taking flight, literally. The Bridgeville native who lives in New York has been cast at Wendy Darling in Pittsburgh CLO’s “Peter Pan,” which comes to the Benedum Center in Pittsburgh July 12-21. “I am so excited to fly,” she told the Tribune-Review. “We have the...
Armstrong Community Theater’s ‘Mamma Mia’ is a family affair
This performance of the musical “Mamma Mia,” definitely has a mamma’s influence. Three mothers who introduced their daughters to the theater will be part of the production of the Armstrong Community Theater July 12-14 at the Casino Theatre in Vandergrift. “It’s a family affair,” says Hannah Younkins of Worthington, where...
Dusty Slay brings down-home comedy to perform at Pittsburgh Improv
Dusty Slay tells the story of the custody battle between his parents. “I was 2 years old, and my mom lost,” the comedian told the Tribune-Review. “So I had to go and live with her.” That’s the type of joke he will tell when he visits Pittsburgh July 18-21 at...
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust to host Summer Gallery Crawl
Experience Pittsburgh’s Cultural District during the Summer Gallery Crawl from 5:30 to 10 p.m. on July 12. Sponsored by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, the evening features stops at indoor and outdoor locations and public art places. There is also a “Crawl After Dark” event which begins at 9 p.m. and...
Goo Goo Dolls to join Train at KeyBank Pavilion
The Goo Goo Dolls will join Train at the KeyBank Pavilion in Burgettstown on Aug. 7. Train, a multi-platinum selling band, and the Grammy-nominated Goo Goo Dolls are two of the biggest pop rock acts from the 1990s and 2000s. Fans will be treated to hits such as the Goo...
Strap on your head lamp and ‘Race To The Moon’ along Kiski River
Roaring Run Watershed closes at dusk, but not on July 13. On this day, the darkness is when things get going. The seventh annual Roaring Run Race To The Moon 5K Run/Walk begins at 9 p.m. Held along the Kiski River in Apollo, it is a major fundraiser for the...
Furries feel the love from Pittsburghers as Anthrocon beginsVideo
A 6-foot-8-inch Asian Black Bear was spotted in Downtown Pittsburgh on Friday, which is not considered unusual in early July. Similar animal sightings will be predominant all weekend long as the annual Anthrocon Convention invades Pittsburgh through Sunday at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. The adult costumed furries have...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: July 5-7
Many fireworks displays are over, but there are still plenty of things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend. Furry friends Here come the furries. The Anthrocon Convention — a gathering of adults dressed up as animals — invades Pittsburgh from Friday through Sunday at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center,...
