Out & About category, Page 7
Out & About: Habitat for Humanity brings it on home with revived gala
Central Westmoreland Habitat for Humanity had to cancel its 2020 gala at the last minute, due to the pandemic. Work on its projects also shut down. “It’s been a tough couple of years,” board President Chad Warhold told about 160 attendees at the revived gala, held Saturday evening at Stratigos...
Out & About: Greensburg-Jeannette NAACP hosts annual human rights banquet
The theme of the Greensburg-Jeannette NAACP Annual Human Rights Banquet was “Together We Can Make a Difference.” In terms of politics, education, social and economic inequalities, there’s a lot of work to be done, said President Ruth Tolbert at the Saturday evening event at Greensburg Country Club. “Why are so...
Out & About: The Westmoreland gives curator Barbara Jones diner-style send-off
In museum circles, Barbara Jones is known for her curatorial expertise in the areas of 19th- and 20th-century art. Less well-known is her interest in a niche area of popular culture — diner food. That interest was celebrated at a retirement luncheon in Jones’ honor on Friday, the end of...
Out & About: Bands booked for Greensburg’s SummerSounds concerts
Fans of SummerSounds will be happy to know that Greensburg’s free Friday night concert series is on track for a full 14-week season starting June 3. Nine bands are under contract already. That was the good news for attendees at the annual SummerSounds sponsor and volunteer appreciation party, held Tuesday...
Out & About: Latrobe BPW tags club president as Woman of the Year
Latrobe Business and Professional Women’s Club members and guests gathered Saturday for a Spring Tea at St. Bartholomew Parish Marian Hall in Crabtree. On the agenda for the annual event is the presentation of the club’s Woman of the Year and New Member of the Year. President Deborah Bowman noted...
Out & About: Greensburg Garden Center spring tea defies last wintry blast
Winter tried to make a last stand, but flowers were blooming as the Greensburg Garden Center hosted its annual Spring Tea. Back from a two-year pandemic hiatus, the event was held Saturday at Maplewood Presbyterian Church in Hempfield. “There’s a snowstorm outside, but the atmosphere in here is spring,” said...
Out & About: Roaring 20s live again for Lamp Theatre gala
A century later, the Roaring 20s still have plenty of allure. On Saturday night, guys and dolls put on their glad rags, hopped in their jalopies and headed for Stratigos Banquet Centre for The Lamp Theatre’s fifth annual gala. The theme was Black Tie & Pearls: A Roaring 2os Affair,...
Out & About: Westmoreland Museum toasts tenure of curator Barbara Jones
Friends, relatives, colleagues, artists and admirers gathered Saturday at The Westmoreland Museum of American Art to celebrate the career of Chief Curator Barbara Jones. More than 250 strong, they raised a Cosmopolitan — Jones’s favorite libation — or other glass to toast her 26-year career at the Greensburg museum, which...
Out & About: Mother-daughter artists show work at Latrobe Art Center
Mother and daughter artists from Indiana County are showing their work in “A Little Bit of Everything,” a joint exhibition that opened Friday at the Latrobe Art Center. The title reflects the content she supplied, said Jolene Joyner of Clymer, who is showing with her daughter, Jonelle Summerfield of Indiana....
Out & About: Party at The Palace Theatre a winter wonderland of fun
The Palace Theatre in Greensburg was transformed into a winter wonderland for the annual Party at The Palace on Saturday night. About 250 revelers flocked to the event, happy to be partying in person after the signature fundraiser went virtual in 2020. Planners went all out with food, fun and...
Out & About: Weekend kicks off with Westmoreland Museum’s Art After Hours
The Westmoreland Museum of American Art stayed open late on Friday for Art After Hours, a happy hour-style event that offered a little something for a variety of tastes and interests. Pittsburgh fiber artist Tina Williams Brewer was on hand to talk with guests about her artistic process and the...
Resident twin felines earn their keep at garden center in Allegheny Township
Two cats are earning their keep in Allegheny Township. Mary-Kate and Ashley are 15-year-old twins living permanently at the Kiski Garden Center. The cats originally were brought to a former New Kensington store, Arnold Feed and Garden, by store manager Linda Ban when they were 6 weeks old. Ban brought...
Out & About: Members’ ‘Ah-Ha!’ show opens at Greensburg Art Center
The day’s arctic chill was no deterrent to attendance at Saturday’s opening reception for “Ah-Ha!”, a members’ exhibition at Greensburg Art Center. With the center’s parking lot full, attendees had to trek to the gallery after finding spaces in the surrounding neighborhood. The draw was the opportunity to view works...
Out & About: Fort Ligonier 12th Night gala has air of historical authenticity
The holiday season was officially laid to rest on Saturday evening at Fort Ligonier with the fourth annual Twelfth Night Celebration. The event offers modern-day revelers a taste of an 18th-century wintertime gala: Period music by the classically trained Wayward Companions? Check. English country dancing? Check. A Twelfth Night fruit-and-nut...
Out & About: There’s no place like WSO’s ‘Home for the Holidays’
Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra’s “Home for the Holidays” concert is an annual tradition for many people. Ron and Kathy Brown had their first date at the concert 14 years ago, and they’ve been returning ever since. “We come every year,” Ron Brown said. “We have to.” They make it a double...
Out & About: Greensburg Rotary honors 2 members’ wives at holiday party
Amidst their Christmas revelry, Rotary Club of Greensburg members took time to give special recognition to the wives of two members. The group gathered for a party on Dec. 14 in the YWCA Westmoreland County’s Huff Mansion headquarters in Greensburg. Honorees were Janet James and Barbara Bloom, who were named...
Out & About: The Westmoreland’s revised happy hour puts regional artist in focus
The Art on Tap happy hour at The Westmoreland Museum of American Art has been reimagined as Art After Hours. While retaining popular elements such as an art scavenger hunt, musical entertainment, light refreshments and libations, the event now has an added emphasis on the artist whose work is showing...
Out & About: Westmoreland Society votes to purchase 1891 ‘Still Life with Apples’
The permanent collection of The Westmoreland Museum of American Art will be one work richer following the annual dinner meeting of the Westmoreland Society. The ardent group of supporters met Dec. 3 at the Greensburg museum to break bread and to vote on two oil paintings put forth for members’...
Out & About: St. Anne Home supporters count blessings at annual gala
An old hymn says, “Count your blessings, name them one by one.” Supporters of the St. Anne Home are accustomed to doing that yearly at the Harvest of Blessings gala. They were especially grateful to gather Nov. 6 in the Fred Rogers Center at Saint Vincent College for the 25th...
Out & About: Greensburg Art Center’s holiday show/sale runs through Dec. 22
JoAnne Barclay hit the jackpot a Greensburg Art Center’s annual Art of Gifting holiday show and sale. Her purchases included a “gorgeous” set of coasters made of cotton-wrapped cord, a mug with a multicolored glaze and a set of miniature wood-framed paintings depicting the four seasons. The Herminie resident was...
Out & About: YWCA Westmoreland fashion show touts ‘Amaizeing’ thrift shop looks
The YWCA Westmoreland County’s annual Girls in Pearls fashion show was subtitled “An Amaizeing Gala.” The name was a nod to the harvest season and to the looks that graced the runway. Held Monday at Rizzo’s Banquet Hall in Crabtree, the 18th annual show featured trendy fashions to be had...
Out & About: Gratitude flows at Westmoreland Symphony’s Autumn Rhapsody gala
An attitude of gratitude prevailed at the Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra’s Autumn Rhapsody gala. There was gratitude for the opportunity to gather again with friends, gratitude for business and community support for the symphony during the pandemic, and gratitude that the symphony will return to Oct. 23 to the stage of...
Out & About: Big Brothers Big Sisters go big for circus-themed gala
When it’s your first major in-person fundraiser after the pandemic intermission, you want to go big — especially if “big” is part of your organization’s name. So that’s what Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Laurel Region did, presenting a Big Night Out Gala on Friday at Antonelli Event Center...
Pennsylvania Arts & Crafts Labor Day Festival returns to Mt. Pleasant TownshipVideo
Traveling the region selling beef jerky is turning into a fine retirement for Greg and Gayle Tompkins. The husband and wife take Ohio-based Tommy’s Jerky to fairs and food festivals, including the 28th annual Pennsylvania Arts & Crafts Labor Day Festival, taking place through Monday at the Westmoreland Fairgrounds in...
Out & About: Westmoreland Hospital Auxiliary hosts French-themed dinner
Guests received a “bienvenue” as they arrived at the Greensburg Garden and Civic Center on Saturday to dine in white at an outdoor dinner hosted by the Westmoreland Hospital Auxiliary. Chairwoman Darlene Delaini, a former French teacher, was inspired to model the event after the Diner en Blanc, first hosted...
