Shirley McMarlin stories, Page 75

Unleash your inner lumberjack Sept. 12-15 at the Chainsaw Carvers’ Round-Up. The Cook Forest Sawmill Center for the Arts will be buzzing (literally) with the sound of 16 carvers transforming logs into surprisingly detailed works of art. Live carving will be featured each day, along with auctions of the newly...

An art show that is “a testimony to the strength, work, voice and beauty of all women” is on display through Sept. 30 in the Greensburg Garden and Civic Center. Appropriately titled “The Art of Woman,” the exhibition features 35 pieces by Mary Ellen Raneri of Latrobe and Raven Cintron...

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh will perform Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 9 on Sept. 21 in Saint Vincent Basilica, Unity. The performance will begin at 7:30 p.m. with PSO music director Manfred Honeck conducting. A pre-concert benefit reception is set for 5:30 p.m. in the nearby...

Thursday Sept. 12 Westmoreland Diversity Coalition Summer Film Festival, University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg. wdcoalition.org Friday Sept. 13 “21+ Night: Stranger Science,” adults-only activities and cash bar, Carnegie Science Center, Pittsburgh North Shore. 412-237-3400 or carnegiesciencecenter.org Boney James, Byham Theater, Pittsburgh. 412-456-6666 or trustarts.org “Doubt: A Parable,” staged by Ghost...

Young crooners will compete for scholarships during the second annual Battle of the Sinatras from 7-9 p.m. Sept. 21 at Greensburg Salem Middle School in Greensburg. Hosted by GCSB Arts, Education and Wellness, the event will feature Westmoreland County high school students and recent graduates interpreting Frank Sinatra songs, with...

Latrobe Art Center will provide a taste of what various local restaurants have to offer at Taste of the Neighborhood, set for 5:30-8 p.m. Sept. 20. The aptly named Heavenly Biscuits will provide music. Pizza and appetizers will be provided by Chef Dato’s Table, Hotel Loyal, Michelle’s Lair, Palombo’s Italian...

The third annual Westmoreland County Food Truck Festival should have something for every palate — include some dishes that might be new to Westmoreland County foodies. “I can’t imagine somebody coming out and not finding something they like,” says event organizer Kelly Simon, of Simon Event Management in Greensburg. Along...

Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer have released new singles to give fans a taste of what to expect on their joint 2020 Hella Mega Tour, coming to PNC Park in Pittsburgh on Aug. 15. Each band also will perform its new single this week on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,”...

Handbag designer Patricia Nash travels the world, gaining inspiration for her extensive line of handcrafted bags and accessories, but she says she has a special place in her heart for Southwestern Pennsylvania. “There are certain pockets where we have a very strong following and Pennsylvania is one of them,” she...

Students at the Westmoreland County Community College Youngwood campus can see what their artistic peers are up to by popping into the art gallery in the Science Innovation Center. A new show of student art opened with a Sept. 4 reception and continues through Sept. 20. And it’s not just...

A group of sharp-dressed men and women gathered Sept. 7 in the Greensburg Country Club to lend support to Our Clubhouse, a Pittsburgh- and Greensburg-based nonprofit that provides support to lives touched by cancer, via the third annual GOAL Magazine Gala. You may have seen a complimentary copy of Latrobe-based...

Are you really in such a hurry? The latest AAA Foundation Traffic Safety Culture Index says about a third of drivers surveyed said they blew through a red light in the past 30 days. Recent data shows that more than two people are killed every day in the U.S. by...

Organizers of Westmoreland Historical Society’s annual historic house tour don’t plan the featured sites around a theme, but somehow, one usually seems to emerge. “When we start asking the homeowners, very frequently one falls into place,” says Lisa Hays, the society’s executive director. “I don’t know how it happens.” This...

Are you an Eastern European-looking man who wears a size 40 suit and a size 10 shoe? If so, you could be cast as a military guard in “Untitled Pickle Project,” a Seth Rogen movie filming this weekend in Pittsburgh. Based on a Simon Rich novella, the movie “stars Rogen...

Thursday Sept. 5 Max Weinberg’s Jukebox, Roxian Theatre, McKees Rocks. 412-331-1050 or roxianlive.com Ninth Annual Mister Fred Rogers Fine Arts Juried Exhibition, opening reception, Latrobe Art Center. Through Sept. 30. 724-537-7011 or latrobeartcenter.org Friday Sept. 6 Judah and the Lion, Stage AE, Pittsburgh North Shore. 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com KEM, Heinz...

Winners in Latrobe Art Center’s ninth annual Mister Fred Rogers Fine Arts Juried Exhibition will be revealed during a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 5. As juror, Anne Kraybill, the Richard M. Scaife Director/CEO of The Westmoreland Museum of American Art, selected 71 pieces to be displayed in...

There’s a festival for just about everything, including the humble-but-hearty bowl of bean soup. The 128th McClure Bean Soup Festival and Fair is set for Sept. 8-14 in the Snyder County community of about 900. The festival has its roots in an 1883 gathering of local Civil War veterans, who...

The nights are getting a little cooler and darkness is coming a little earlier, but summer isn’t over quite yet. There’s still one more chance to say “Thank Goodness It’s Summer,” at the final installment of the Westmoreland Cultural Trust’s free TGIS summer concert series on Sept. 5. Jeff Perigo...