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Stage Right Pittsburgh has an idea for Valentine’s Day weekend that will combine seats to a stage show, complimentary bubbly, chocolate strawberries and a rose for that special someone. Does it get any better than that? Or theatergoers can forego the VIP package and just enjoy the first adult performance...

For Marina Stefano of Bullskin, Fayette County, performing in “A Chorus Line” at Geyer Performing Arts Center is a real test of her stamina. In addition to choreographing the musical, she also plays Diana, whom she describes as “a fun-loving and sarcastic character,” a part that requires her, among other...

Smart concert programming always takes the audience into account. That’s what Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra music director Daniel Meyer did when planning the special nature of the ensemble’s next concert. “We wanted a program that is immediately accessible, straight up the middle, because we know we get a lot of first-time...

Cupid, the Roman child god of love, is older than Valentine’s Day. He’s a renamed and modified version of a Greek god – Eros. His mother was Venus and his father was either Mercury or Mars (the god of war) according to different accounts. Although we think of Cupid’s arrows...

NEW YORK — A New York Times report says seven women have claimed singer-songwriter Ryan Adams offered to help them with their music careers but then turned things sexual, and he sometimes became emotional and verbally abusive. In the story published Wednesday, a 20-year-old female musician said Adams, 44, had...

A curated selection of Pittsburgh area music will be available for free streaming and downloading with just a library card. The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is launching their STACKS digital music service Friday. A library card is all it takes to gain streaming and downloading access to the music. Your...

Ah, the infancy of the internet. Do you even remember how cheesy those websites were? Well, Marvel does. And it’s made the most of it when it came time to launch the official website for its latest super hero flick, “Captain Marvel.” In case you’ve been under a rock lately,...

Is it that time already? Time to head back to Arendelle? Disney released a teaser trailer for “Frozen 2” on Wednesday. Perhaps you’ve heard the original. (Heard it over and over and over and …) The teaser opens with Elsa on a black sand beach, eying the waves as they...

Carnegie Mellon University will host the orchestral debut of “Unburied, Unmourned, Unmarked: Requiem for Rice,” a classical music piece focusing on Africans who were enslaved on Lowcountry South Carolina and Georgia rice plantations, at 7 p.m. today in the Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland. The requiem is “a modern and...

Hip-hop star 21 Savage has been released from ICE detention nine days after he was taken into custody. The British-born rapper — real name She’yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph — was arrested Feb. 3 for allegedly being in the United States after his visa expired. “Today, 21 Savage was granted a release...

LAS VEGAS — Perhaps you weren’t sure — or didn’t care — if Gisele Bundchen’s husband and the New England Patriots won the Super Bowl this month. But you know why “The Favourite” is a favorite to win an Oscar for best costume design and you’re willing to bet on...

The award-winning Argus Quartet will perform Feb. 23 as part of the 47th season of the Saint Vincent College Concert Series. The performance will begin at 7 p.m. in Saint Vincent Archabbey Basilica in Unity. Comprised of violinists Clara Kim and Jason Issokson, cellist Joann Whang and violist Dana Kelley,...

Latrobe Art Center will host Taste of the Neighborhood from 5:30-8 p.m. March 1. The event in the center at 819 Ligonier St. will feature pizza and appetizers from a variety of area restaurants, along with libations from area breweries and wineries. The Heavenly Biscuits singing duo will entertain. Food...

A Cafe Art open house is planned for 2-4 p.m. Feb. 17 in the Greensburg Art Center, 230 Todd School Road, Hempfield. The free event will feature “Mosaics With Rose,” with member artist Rosemary Sovyak demonstrating how to make colorful mosaic pieces such as suncatchers, decorative mirrors and hanging wall...

You Are Here, a nonprofit art center at 406 Clay Ave., Jeannette, will host “Disconnections,” with an opening reception at 6 p.m. March 9. The event is free and open to the public. The exhibition is curated by Dan Overdorff and features work by Pati Beachley, Kathleen Dlugos, Samantha Lantz,...

PASADENA, Calif. — Resistance is the theme when “The Handmaid’s Tale” returns this summer with 13 episodes for its third season, but the Hulu drama is avoiding a collision with the final season of HBO’s “Game of Thrones.” The dystopian drama will debut three new episodes on Wednesday, June 5,...

Internationally renowned soprano Shana Mashego will present a concert featuring Negro spirituals, Christian hymns and art songs during her Feb. 15 performance for the Joan Chambers Concert Series at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg. Nationally recognized pianist Jee Sook Cha, a long-time Mashego collaborator, will accompany her during the...

So maybe he does wash his hands after all. On Sunday “Fox and Friends” host Pete Hegseth said he’ll eat day-old pizza, but won’t wash his hands. During some on-air banter with co-hosts Ed Henry and Jedediah Bila, Hegseth said that while eating pizza that has sat out is ok,...