New Westmoreland Museum curator hails from Southern California
The Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg announced on Tuesday that it has named Nicole Lampl as its new curator of American art. “We’re excited to welcome Nicole to The Westmoreland in this lead curatorial role,” Richard M. Scaife Director/CEO Silvia Filippini-Fantoni, PhD., said in a news release. “She...
TV Q&A: Do NWS cuts impact TV meteorologists?
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen answers reader questions every Wednesday at TribLive.com in a column that also appears in the Sunday Tribune-Review. Q: I know this might be difficult — or downright impossible considering potential political implications — to get an answer to: Have our three local weather...
Review: Pantera opens Heaviest Tour of the Summer in Pittsburgh
Touted as the Heaviest Tour of the Summer, Tuesday night’s Pantera/Amon Amarth/SNAFU show at the Pavilion at Star Lake more than lived up to the billing. Pantera opened their tour at Star Lake, getting in several days of rehearsals at the venue after earlier opening shows for Metallica, festival appearances...
Unreleased Beyoncé music stolen during ‘Cowboy Carter’ tour
Unreleased music by Beyoncé along with footage, show plans and concert set lists were stolen from a car in Atlanta rented by the singer’s choreographer and one of her dancers, according to a police incident report. The theft of the materials, stored on five thumb drives, happened on July 8,...
The Head and the Heart guitarist Matty Gervais on band’s ‘new beginning’ ahead of Aperture tour stop in Pittsburgh
Just as The Head and the Heart guitarist Matty Gervais started talking about the influence having a new child had on the band’s latest album, who should crawl on to his left shoulder but his older daughter, 4-year-old Franny? The indie folk rock band’s sixth album, “Aperture,” came together as...
Emmy nominations: ‘The Pitt’ lands 13, ‘Severance’ leads all with 27
Given the critical acclaim and buzz, the question going into the 2025 Emmy nominations wasn’t if the ER drama “The Pitt” would get nominated, it was how many noms would the HBO Max series take home. Turns out the answer is 13, including best drama, lead actor in a drama...
Northside Music Festival returns to rock this weekend
The Northside Music Festival has become a mainstay of local music lovers’ summer calendars after just two years. Now in its third year, the festival boasts around 100 musical acts over three days, in the Deutschtown neighborhood of the North Side. Festival organizer Ben Soltesz also helped to organize the...
Greensburg Salem students help decorate CD Warehouse’s vinyl section
Mike Casper always has some vinyl records lying around. “We get a lot of vinyl donated, and a lot of times people will bring things in they don’t have the (record) sleeves for anymore and we can’t do much with those,” said Casper, an employee at CD Warehouse in Hempfield....
The 25 best movies of the 21st century, so far, from Spike Lee to ‘Spider-Man’
A quarter of the way into the new century and we’ve seen triumphant artistic highs from filmmakers both new and old. Our 20th-century masters — Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee, Quentin Tarantino — continue to work at a very high level, while mixing with filmmakers who got their start around the...
‘Love Island USA’ crowns Amaya and Bryan as winning couple of show’s tumultuous 7th season
A public vote (spoilers ahead) crowned Amaya Espinal, 25, and Bryan Arenales, 28, as the winning couple of its seventh season. The Peacock reality series has had a chart-topping run since the season premiered on June 3. “Love Island” brings young singles together in a remote villa in Fiji to...
TV Talk: Pittsburghers on Hallmark cruise show; locally shot indie on Prime
For its annual “Christmas in July” programming event, Hallmark Channel created “Christmas at Sea,” a docuseries about last November’s four-night Hallmark Christmas Cruise that features two Pittsburgh grandmothers and their Hallmark Christmas movie-loving 16-year-old grandson. Airing its second episode tonight at 8 (streaming tomorrow on Hallmark+), this week’s installment spends...
Pittsburgh local music spotlight: The Long Hunt
The Long Hunt, a heavy instrumental band based in Pittsburgh, are releasing their next album “Natural Order” on July 18 — “a labor of love and an artifact of where we are musically at the present moment,” according to guitarist Trevor Richards. “To me, it’s very evocative,” said bassist Allison...
Spin Doctors, Gin Blossoms and Blues Traveler rock it old school at Pittsburgh Brewing Co.
On Sunday night, Pittsburgh Brewing Co. in Creighton got a lineup that would’ve completely packed Star Lake in 1995. You can just imagine a sea of tie-dye-clad hacky-sackers rocking out to three of the moment’s hottest bands. Considering it’s 30 years later, the bill of Spin Doctors, Gin Blossoms and...
London music festival cancels its final night after ELO’s Jeff Lynne pulls out
LONDON — A two-week-long music festival in central London has canceled its final night after Jeff Lynne’s Electric Light Orchestra pulled out of the headline slot on Sunday. Lynne, 77, who was billed to play alongside his band Sunday at the The BST Hyde Park festival, withdrew on Saturday on...
Review: Pop-soul singer Teddy Swims’ career keeps getting bigger, just like his Pittsburgh crowds
The career of pop-soul singer Teddy Swims has come a long way in five years, going from posting YouTube covers in 2019 and 2020 to a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist this year. At Pittsburgh’s Stage AE, those achievements can be measured in feet. Swims played the Club at...
Historic buildings vie for spot in Carnegie Science Center miniature village
Sometimes the smallest things can have a huge impact — just ask the people whose buildings were nominated for inclusion in the Carnegie Science Center’s Miniature Railroad and Village model. Voting is open once again as the science center looks to add another model to its collection of iconic Pittsburgh...
Justin Bieber releases ‘Swag,’ his long-awaited 7th album
NEW YORK — Never say never! Justin Bieber surprised fans Friday by releasing “Swag,” his seventh studio album, hours after he teased it on billboards and social media posts. It is his first album since 2021’s “Justice” and his first since becoming a father last year. “Inspired by his devotion...
TV Talk: Dexter lives in ‘Resurrection,’ but should he?
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. Maybe Dexter shoulda stayed dead. Alas, you can’t keep popular IP down. Despite serial killer Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall) dying at the end of 2021’s “Dexter: New Blood,” Showtime reanimates him in “Dexter: Resurrection,”...
Here are 5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: July 11-13
If you’re intimidated by the cucumber-hungry crowds of Picklesburgh and you’re looking for something else to do this weekend, don’t worry! There’s still plenty going on around Pittsburgh (outside of Downtown). At least five things, in fact! Swissvale Edible Garden Tour Right at the height of the growing season, Swissvale...
Pittsburgh local music spotlight: Arden Webster
Written over the past three years, Arden Webster’s debut album “Flight Risk” encapsulates her “journey into young adulthood through my own heartbreak and healing” in a mix of country, folk and indie music. “The album is largely a journey of self-discovery,” she said, “of getting so lost you in turn...
Paul McCartney’s Got Back tour includes Pittsburgh date this fall
Paul McCartney is getting back to Pittsburgh for the first time in more than 10 years. The Beatles icon announced his national Got Back tour on Thursday, including a Nov. 11 stop at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. Tickets will go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m....
The Lumineers brighten up Star Lake with career-spanning set
In a field of flowing skirts and flower crowns, Wesley Schultz and Jeremiah Fraites, the two-man group that is The Lumineers, lit up the night sky at the Pavilion at Star Lake during their Automatic World Tour performance Wednesday night. As the sun set on the audience, The Lumineers started...
TV Talk: WQED settles lawsuit; ‘Too Much’ on Netflix is just right
In January, veteran Emmy-winning design director Paula Zetter filed an age discrimination lawsuit against WQED after the public broadcaster eliminated her position in 2024. The case settled late last month. Sam Cordes, Zetter’s attorney, declined to comment, but the court docket shows the case was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it...
‘Superman’ brings a message of hope to a cynical world
LOS ANGELES — Superman might do more than just save Metropolis — filmmaker James Gunn hopes the beloved superhero will bring hope to a cynical world. “Everybody’s gotten so cynical and ironic,” said Gunn. “Everybody’s ironic about everything all the time. And he (Superman) is a good-natured guy who wants...
Chuck E. Cheese launches adult arcade locations
The Chuck E. Cheese family entertainment chain is rebranding as a new arcade for adults. Titled “Chuck’s Arcade,” the new iteration features nostalgic games and current favorites, alongside its animatronic characters, with the hope of attracting more teens and adults. Games will include retro favorites like Ms. Pac-Man, Mortal Kombat...
