Shirley McMarlin stories, Page 31

JoAnne Barclay hit the jackpot a Greensburg Art Center’s annual Art of Gifting holiday show and sale. Her purchases included a “gorgeous” set of coasters made of cotton-wrapped cord, a mug with a multicolored glaze and a set of miniature wood-framed paintings depicting the four seasons. The Herminie resident was...

Somebody get me a doctor We ain’t talkin’ about love, we’re talking about runnin’ with the devil. We’re talking about Completely Unchained, the Van Halen tribute band coming to Irwin’s Lamp Theatre for a show at 8 p.m. Friday. From “Jump” to “Panama” to “The Cradle Will Rock,” the four-piece...

Penn-Trafford High School Drama Guild is going a little batty with a humorous take on the Dracula story. “Dracula: A Comic Thriller Starring Shirley Holmes and Jennie Watson” will be staged at 3 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the high school in Harrison City. Tickets for each performance are $5...

After more than a year of virtual rehearsing and performing, Pitt-Greensburg Theatre Company will sprint back to the stage for the rollicking British farce, “See How They Run.” The 1944 Philip King play finds the actors galloping in and out of the four doors of an English vicarage. The madcap...

Breweries across Pennsylvania are offering patrons a way to help feed the hungry through the inaugural Hops for Hunger campaign taking place during November. “Pennsylvania is one of the preeminent brewing states in the nation, boasting over 400 breweries — and the number is growing. But just as our brewery...

Renowned dancer and choreographer Kyle Abraham is returning to his hometown for Kelly Strayhorn Theater’s My People: A QTPOC Festival of the Arts, running Nov. 10-13. The annual multi-disciplinary festival was created in honor of the theater’s namesake, Billy Strayhorn, and showcases the work of queer and transgender artists of...

A meeting of two literary giants is the subject of Kinetic Theatre Company’s return to live performances, with the American premiere of Donald Steven Olson’s award-winning play, “Oscar & Walt.” Oscar Wilde encounters Walt Whitman in the production running through Nov 20 at City Theatre’s Lester Hamburg Studio Theatre, 1300...

The play title invokes the name of Justin Timberlake — but will the pop superstar actually be there on stage? Playwright Matt Schatz isn’t telling. Audiences will find out as City Theatre premieres Schatz’s “An Untitled New Play by Justin Timberlake,” in a co-production with Pittsburgh CLO. The piece will...

The Latshaw Pops Orchestra will continue its long tradition of annual Christmas concerts with a Dec. 9 performance in The Oaks Theater in Oakmont. The 22-piece orchestra will be joined by singers and dancers for the 7:30 show in the theater at 310 Allegheny River Blvd. Bruce Lauffer will conduct...

Halloween may be over, but Prime Stage Theatre aims to entertain horror fans with “Karloff: The Man and the Monster,” a one-actor play exploring the life of renowned movie monster Boris Karloff. Opening Nov. 5 in the New Hazlett Theater in Pittsburgh’s North Side, the production explores the 60-year career...

Is there a Western Pennsylvanian who hasn’t eaten Isaly’s chipped chopped ham or sung along to the advertising jingle, “What would you do for a Klondike bar?” Now they can learn how Isaly’s grew from horse-drawn milk wagons to become the world’s largest dairy storechain in the Senator John Heinz...

Holiday happenings at the Carnegie Museum of Art include the return of two visitor favorites, along with activities and events presented for the first time this year. The Neapolitan Presepio, first presented in 1957, will have a new home this year in the Scaife galleries, while the Carnegie Trees, commemorating...

How funny is “Whose Live Anyway?” Some of that depends on the audience in the city where the cast lands on any given night. “You do a little bit of research to find out what’s going on and get a feel for the place before you get there, but it’s...

Faux Fieris Hey, dudes with the spiky silver hair, goatee, mirror sunglasses and flame shirts — now is your chance to be named the local mayor of Flavortown. Guy’s Kitchen & Bar Westmoreland at Live! Casino Pittsburgh in Hempfield is hosting a Guy Fieri look-alike contest from 9 a.m. to...

Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh aims to expand access to its four museums via a group of new Community Access Memberships. The program includes a free teen membership, a $20 family access membership and a complimentary organizational access membership available to eligible community-based nonprofits. The free teen membership, open to young...

After an 18-month pandemic intermission, PICT Classic Theatre will return to live, in-person performances with William Shakespeare’s “As You Like It.” “As our opening production, we wanted to give our audience something to lift the spirits, and ‘As You Like It’ fits the bill perfectly,” said Alan Stanford, PICT artistic...

On opening day at El Diablo Brewing Co. & Wood-Fired Kitchen in Greensburg, Sierra Barner had a build-your-own pizza with white sauce, pineapple and sausage. She proclaimed it “fantastic.” The Greensburg resident had been watching signs of progress at the site for months when she visited the nearby Aerobic Center...

The band visited once before, and now it’s coming back again. “The Band’s Visit,” a Tony Award-winning musical, was in the midst of a PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh run when the pandemic shut down the entertainment industry in March 2020. “We had done three performances when we left on March...

Scary side of town Explore the dark history of West Newton during “Nightmare in West Newton” guided walking tours at 6, 7:30 and 9 p.m. Friday. Tours begin and end at Simeral Square and will feature chilling stories about Rebecca Greenawalt, John C. Plumer and more, all based on real...

From Aluminum City Terrace to Yellow Dog Village, there’s a story behind every little town in the Alle-Kiski Valley. Writer George Guido of Lower Burrell has collected many of them in his new book, “Neighborhoods of the Alle-Kiski Valley: 30 Communities Full of Unique History.” He’ll be selling copies from...

During the idealized Eisenhower era of the 1950s, 12-year-old Rudy Pazinski starts to question his family’s values and the tenets of the Roman Catholic Church to which they belong. That’s the set-up for “Over the Tavern,” the Tom Dudzick play that opens Greensburg Civic Theatre’s 70th season. The production will...

The YWCA Westmoreland County’s annual Girls in Pearls fashion show was subtitled “An Amaizeing Gala.” The name was a nod to the harvest season and to the looks that graced the runway. Held Monday at Rizzo’s Banquet Hall in Crabtree, the 18th annual show featured trendy fashions to be had...

An attitude of gratitude prevailed at the Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra’s Autumn Rhapsody gala. There was gratitude for the opportunity to gather again with friends, gratitude for business and community support for the symphony during the pandemic, and gratitude that the symphony will return to Oct. 23 to the stage of...