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How to make Caramelized Shallot-Cheese Fondue while camping

This recipe for Instant Caramelized Shallot-Cheese Fondue by Chris Nuttall-Smith is exactly the dish you pull from your pack at 7,500 feet as a pre-winter storm blows past. It’s also exactly the dish you want while car camping on a crisp fall day when everybody’s got rosy cheeks and ridiculous...
On Memorial Day, will you eat like a king or go camping?

NEW YORK — If your idea of a meal while camping is something quick and bland — maybe a power bar, a can of beans or some instant noodles — food writer and critic Chris Nuttall-Smith suggests something else, just as quick but also tasty. An avid backpacker, hunter, skier...
Out & About: 2 artist groups join forces for ‘Art Neighbors’ show

Automotive pioneer Henry Ford once said, “Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” The notion is reflected in “Art Neighbors,” a joint exhibit presented by the Greensburg and Latrobe art centers. The fifth annual show opened May 4 at Latrobe Art Center, featuring 133...
Out & About: The Westmoreland’s happy hour goes ‘off to the races’

And they were “Off to the Races” at a May 12 Kentucky Derby-themed Art on Tap happy hour at The Westmoreland Museum of American Art. Guests were invited to come in haute hippodrome couture, and they obliged with summer frocks, fascinators and chapeaus for the ladies and fedoras and sport...
Out & About: SAMA-Ligonier Valley exhibit is all in the family

It’s a family affair. “In Our Elements: Works in Wood, Glass and Painting,” the current exhibit at the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Ligonier Valley, features work by noted local artists Paul and Mandy Sirofchuck and their daughter, Clair Maier. Paul is an award-winning woodworker for his contemporary furniture...
Out & About: Bushy Run Battlefield tea offers bonus history lessons

Finger sandwiches, scones, strawberry soup, salad and orange fluff were on the menu for the annual Spring Tea, held May 12 at Bushy Run Battlefield in Penn Township. A sell-out crowd of 69 gathered in the stone room at the visitor center around tables set with white linens, china and...
Out & About: Derby Day for Charity sprints to strong finish

The 149th running of the Kentucky Derby was plagued with issues, but not so the 9th annual Derby Day for Charity. Hosted by the Laurel Ridge Foundation, the event went off without a hitch on May 6 at Latrobe Country Club in Unity. The signature event of the Ligonier-based private...
Out & About: Afternoon tea benefits Ligonier Valley Education Trust

Nothing feels quite as fancy as sitting down to afternoon tea, at a table set with crisp linens, fine china and an array of dainty sweets and savories. The Ligonier Valley Education Trust provided the elegant tradition at three seatings on April 30 at Connections Cafe in Ligonier. Guests sipped...
Out & About: Greensburg Art Center presents ‘Biennial 2023’

As an art exhibit juror, Clayton Merrell said his fundamental approach is to look for work that “causes me to feel something or think something or see something in a new way. A painter and associate professor of art at Carnegie Mellon University, Merrell put that aesthetic to work as...
Out & About: Fort Ligonier hosts art conservator at annual meeting

Fort Ligonier welcomed artist and painting conservator Michael Mosorjak of Johnstown as speaker at the annual meeting and member reception on April 28. Mosorjak discussed the conservation techniques of British paintings, which comprise most of Fort Ligonier’s collection — many of which he has conserved. When asked if he had...
Out & About: The Westmoreland bids farewell to portrait exhibit

As a Black, gay, immigrant artist living in the Rust Belt, Gavin Benjamin has contemplated themes of isolation, both personal and for the wider communities of which he is part. The impetus behind his recent exhibit at The Westmoreland Museum of American Art, “Break Down and Let It All Out,”...
Out & About: Westmoreland Chamber thanks workers at annual luncheon

Talk about work these days, and you’re likely to hear discouraging words like “quiet quitting” and “bare minimum Monday.” “It’s a tough world out there, especially post-covid,” said Westmoreland Chamber of Commerce President/CEO Dan DeBone. He and co-workers offered a warm welcome to upward of 230 attendees from area businesses...
Out & About: Lamp Theatre gala boogies back to the disco era

It was a boogie wonderland at Stratigos Banquet Center in North Huntingdon on April 29, as guests shook their groove things at The Lamp Theatre’s Disco Ball Gala. They took a trip back to the ’70s, clad in glitter and gold chains, polyester shirts and platform boots, miniskirts and mustaches....
Out & About: CASA of Westmoreland recognizes special advocates

Leadership is more than just talking, it’s doing. That was the message Executive Director Mitchell Samick gave to attendees at the 14th annual CASA of Westmoreland Leadership Breakfast, held April 28 at Word of Life Church in Hempfield. For CASA, that means providing court-appointed advocates to be a voice in...
Out & About: Mental health advocates honored at ‘Innovations’ dinner

Dr. Lisa Issac said she was “honored, humbled, shocked and overjoyed” to receive the 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award from Mental Health America of Southwestern PA, but her resume speaks for itself. A Monroeville resident and former chief of medical services at Torrance State Hospital, Issac continues to serve various organizations...
Out & About: Westmoreland Walks in the pink for annual fashion show

Westmoreland Walks board members and supporters are passionate about two things, fighting breast cancer — and fashion. The two seemingly disparate interests came together for the organization’s annual Passionately Pink Fashion Show, on April 22 at Westmoreland County Community College in Hempfield. Guests were treated to a parade of the...

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