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BOSTON — A young man who says Kevin Spacey groped him in a Nantucket bar in 2016 has dropped his lawsuit against the Oscar-winning actor. Mitchell Garabedian, an attorney for the man, announced in an email Friday that the suit filed June 26 in Nantucket Superior Court has been voluntarily...

Thursday July 4 EQT Celebrate America, Point State Park, Pittsburgh. celebrateamericapgh.com Independence Day Celebration, Historic Hanna’s Town, Hempfield. 724-532-1935 or westmorelandhistory.com Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival, Twin Lakes Park, Unity. Through July 7. artsandheritage.com Saturday July 6 “Outlaw Hippie Showdown,” Mr. Smalls Theatre, Millvale. 866-468-3401 or ticketweb.com/mrsmalls Ninth Annual Classic...

Apple Hill Playhouse will stage “Let Your Hair Down, Rapunzel” at 11 a.m. July 9, 11-13, 16-17 and 19 as part of the Delmont theater’s Johnny Appleseed Children’s Theatre. The musical adaptation of the classic fairytale revisits Rapunzel on her 18th birthday, when the villain, Witch Izwitch, follows through with...

Getting older is no fun, but as they say, it sure beats the alternative. Apple Hill Playhouse will confront the agony of aging head on when it presents Michael and Susan Parker’s saucy senior comedy, “Sex Please, We’re Sixty,” July 4-14 at the Delmont theater. Ron Ferrara of Vandergrift directs...

“Heathers the Musical” could be the equivalent of “Mean Girls” times three — where each of the three snobbiest teens at Westerberg High School is named Heather. Matt Mlynarski of Lower Burrell is directing The Theatre Factory’s production of the dark comedy based on the classic 1989 film, which he...

A journey down the rabbit hole is planned for this year’s Garden Party at the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Ligonier Valley. Guests are invited to get as mad as a hatter for the 18th annual fundraiser on July 27, this year with an “Alice in Wonderland” theme. The...

PICT Classic Theatre’s 2019-20 season will begin in November and include three productions: a ghost story play written by Stephen Mallatratt; an adaptation of a Shakespeare classic; and an Irish play by Hugh Leonard. The performances will be staged at WQED’s Fred Rogers Studio, 4802 Fifth Ave., Oakland. “This season,...

Members of Latrobe Art Center and Greensburg Art Center are planning their first-ever collaborative exhibition. “Art Neighbors: Latrobe Art Center/Greensburg Art Center Joint Exhibition” will run from July 5 through Aug. 25 in the Latrobe facility, 819 Ligonier St. A free public reception is planned for 6-8 p.m. July 18....

Saudi Arabia said Wednesday that hip-hop star Nicki Minaj will perform in the ultraconservative kingdom as it sheds decades of restrictions on entertainment. The female rapper is known for her outlandish, provocative style and hits like “Anaconda,” where she raps about her “big fat” backside. Her lyrics are often laced...

Farewell tours are all the rage in the pop music world these days as aging rock musicians try to squeeze every dollar they can from new audiences excited about their music, or old ones who have never tired of it. Kiss, The Who (both of whom played PPG Paints Arena...

The end has finally come for “The Walking Dead.” And no one saw it coming. Entertainment Weekly reports writer Robert Kirkman broke the news on the last page of the latest issue — No. 193 — of the long-running horror comic. “This is the end of The Walking Dead,” Kirkman...

Admission will be free on July 4 at Historic Hanna’s Town, 809 Forbes Trail Road, Hempfield. In celebration of Independence day, the site will offer hourly tours, with the first one leaving at 11 a.m. and the final one at 3 p.m. Readings of the Declaration of Independence are scheduled...

In celebration of Barbershop Music Appreciation Day, the Laurel Harmony chapter of Sweet Adelines will hold an open house to share its singing style with the public. The Greensburg-based group’s members will demonstrate their a cappella four-part harmony of barbershop-style singing from 7:30-9 p.m. July 11 at Trinity United Church...

Music from Schubert to John Williams will be included in the Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra Academy of Music’s free summer philharmonic concert. The program will be performed at 8 p.m. July 16 in Seton Hill University’s Performing Arts Center, 100 Harrison Ave., Greensburg. Music director Morrie Brand conducts the concert that...

NEW YORK— Andy Warhol transcended a photographer’s copyright by transforming a picture of a vulnerable and uncomfortable Prince into an artwork that made the singer an “iconic, larger-than-life figure,” a judge ruled Monday. U.S. District Judge John G. Koeltl in Manhattan sided with the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual...

Carnegie Science Center will celebrate the 50th anniversary of mankind’s “giant leap” — the Apollo 11 moon landing on July 20, 1969 — with a summer of special programming. A new exhibition, “Sun, Earth, Universe,” features interactive exhibits and imagery to “connect visitors with current NASA science research and launch...

The Westmoreland Historical Society’s history book club will hold an open discussion in the newly opened Westmoreland History Education Center at Historic Hanna’s Town. The noon-2 p.m. July 16 program in the Education Room at 809 Forbes Trail Road, Hempfield, will focus on “Washington’s General.” According to education coordinator Pam...

Proving the enduring appeal of the slap-you-silly comedy style of the Three Stooges, a recent auction of items from head Stooge Moe Howard’s personal collection raked in more than $1 million. The June 24-28 online auction, by Nate D. Sanders Auctions, resulted in the sale of more than 1,100 pieces...