Out & About category, Page 19
Out & About: Saint Vincent College ushers in Chinese New YearVideo
Maybe we should reconsider the lowly image we have of the pig. That was one takeaway from the 2019 Chinese New Year Party at Saint Vincent College in Unity. The event was held Feb. 5 in conjunction with the holiday that ushers in the Lunar New Year in China. This...
Out & About: West Overton exhibit says ‘We Can Do It!’
Judging from the Feb. 9 opening reception crowd, “We Can Do It! WWII” is going to be a big draw at the West Overton Distillery Museum. The crowd was wall-to-wall, vying for a look at the traveling exhibition from the Senator John Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh that gives an...
Out & About: Pitt-Greensburg welcomes St. Clair Lecture speaker
Historian Susan Sommers visited the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg on Feb. 5 to delve into the life of a local Revolutionary War figure. The Saint Vincent College professor of history discussed “Arthur St. Clair: Myth and History” as the 2019 St. Clair Lecture at the Hempfield campus. The lecture...
Out & About: Country stars bring ‘Roots & Boots Tour’ to The Palace
Who needs the Grand Ole Opry when you’ve got the Palace Theatre and the Roots & Boots Tour? Greensburg’s grand dame of entertainment venues had a honky-tonk feel Feb. 2 as country music icons Sammy Kershaw, Aaron Tippin and Collin Raye shared the stage for an acoustic evening of classic...
Out & About: Students take the lead at county prayer breakfastVideo
Students were in the spotlight for the 44th annual Westmoreland County Prayer Breakfast, held Jan. 25 in the Ramada Greensburg Hotel and Conference Center. The breakfast brings together community members from area business, education, government and labor, and each year focuses on one of those sectors. For the first time,...
Out & About: ‘As I See It’ offers glimpse of artists’ vision
Artists have the ability to see and interpret the world in unusual ways. Greensburg Art Center is giving those of us who don’t have such abilities to see through those special eyes via “As I See It,” a member exhibition running through March 1 in the Hempfield gallery and workshop...
Out & About: Ruffed Grouse Society banquet aids feathered friends
Forget the black tie, here come the denim and flannel. The banquet facility at Rizzo’s Malabar Inn in Crabtree became a sportsmen’s paradise on Jan. 25 for the 28th annual Conservation and Sportsmen’s Banquet hosted by the Ruffed Grouse Society Western Allegheny Chapter. A large part of the event is...
Out & About: Trolley ride connects 2 Saint Vincent gallery shows
The Neighborhood Trolley trundled around Saint Vincent College on Jan. 24, carrying visitors between openings in two campus galleries. In the Saint Vincent Gallery, they found “a visual reminder to slow down, linger over and reflect upon the world as it exists around us,” according to curator Andrew Julo, in...
Out & About: Portrait artist dishes on clients at SAMA luncheon
Portrait artist Lisa Bane shared a little gossip about her clients during the Jan. 17 Lunch a l’Art program at the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Ligonier Valley. It seems that some of them aren’t opposed to a touch-up. “They’ll say, ‘Can you take off 10 pounds?’ or ‘Can...
Out & About: Guest bartender event goes to the dogs … and cats
You don’t expect to be greeted by a dog when you go to J. Corks, but Jan. 17 was a special occasion at the upscale Greensburg eatery. It was guest bartender night to benefit the Humane Society of Westmoreland County, and the canine concierge was Mickey, an enthusiastic black-and-white pup...
Out & About: You Are Here Gallery reception is ‘snow’ problemVideo
Sometimes the best-laid plans of mice and men fall prey to a snowstorm. Such was the case for the Jan. 12 opening of “Stitches” in You Are Here Gallery in Jeannette, the evening that Winter Storm Gia blew through. Unlike previous openings in the new downtown art space, where guests...
Out & About: Art on Tap warms up a cold January night
It was cold outside, but warm and friendly inside The Westmoreland Museum of American Art for the Jan. 11 Art on Tap happy hour. The monthly gathering in the Greensburg museum features live music, an art scavenger hunt, light bites from Elegant Catering and beer from All Saints Brewing Co....
Out & About: Urban fantasy author visits Seton Hill writing group
A man walks into the Philadelphia airport and buys a Pittsburgh Pirates cap. It sounds like the beginning of a joke — or maybe a tragedy, given what we hear about Philadelphia sports fans. But that’s what urban fantasy novelist Kevin Hearne did on his way from his Arizona home...
Out & About: Fort’s Twelfth Night guests party like it’s 1776
Fort Ligonier’s second annual Twelfth Night Celebration was a blast from the past, with guests in their Colonial best dress partying like it was 1776. The Jan. 5 soiree in the fort’s Center for History Education laid the holiday season to rest, after one last hurrah including food, drink, music...
