Here are 5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: June 6-8
If you’re in search of a more lowkey day out and want to avoid the Arts Festival crowds, there’s still plenty to do around town this weekend. Here are five events to check out instead. ‘The Shark is Broken’ at barebones productions “Jaws” was the original blockbuster film in the...
Hallelujah! Sister is heavenly in ‘Late Nite Catechism 2’ at City Theatre
“If nuns ran the world, it would be better,” one audience member declared at Thursday night’s performance of “Sister Strikes Again! Late Nite Catechism 2” at City Theatre on the South Side. Now, those of us who attended CCD — as yours truly did — or Catholic school may not...
Vendors, visitors embrace change as Three Rivers Arts Festival begins
The Dollar Bank Pittsburgh Three Rivers Arts Festival may have shifted its point of view, but that doesn’t mean it’s lost its color or long-time contributors and attendees. Set up along the riverfront lots at the 15th Street Plaza in the Strip District, the annual celebration of art and music...
TV Talk: Golf gets pop culture moments with ‘Stick,’ ‘Happy Gilmore 2,’ ‘Steel Links’
With the 2025 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club coming up June 12-15, golf is in the zeitgeist locally — but there are also multiple national programs with golf themes coming this summer, beginning this week with Apple TV+’s “Stick” and continuing in July with Netflix’s “Happy Gilmore 2.” Invariably,...
2 Western Pa. recovery nonprofits seek donations to continue sober space at Stage AE
Janice Olson considers herself living proof that it’s possible to have fun at a concert while sober. But for people in substance-use-disorder recovery, the heavy presence of drugs and alcohol can take the focus away from enjoying performances by a favorite musician. Olson, director of operations at Hempfield-based recovery nonprofit...
Shorter, smaller Three Rivers Arts Festival doesn’t dampen spirits of artists, visitors
Early June in Pittsburgh traditionally finds thousands of people heading to the Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival. But the annual event looks a little bit different this year. From June 5-8, the Arts Festival, a production of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, will brighten the Strip District with creative spaces,...
TV Q&A: Why do the same sitcoms rerun most often?
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: Reruns like “The Big Bang Theory” and “Friends” are constantly on TV. Why are these on so often? I would love to watch reruns of...
‘King of the Hill’ voice actor Jonathan Joss fatally shot outside his Texas home
HOUSTON — Jonathan Joss, a voice actor best known for his work on the animated television series “King of the Hill,” was fatally shot near his Texas home, authorities said Monday. Police were dispatched to a home in south San Antonio about 7 p.m. Sunday on a shooting in progress...
Pittsburgh local music spotlight: Nowhere Wolves
Two bandmates in Pittsburgh’s Nowhere Wolves are organizing the second annual Loud & Proud Music Festival, a grassroots LGBTQ+ music event. The festival, set to run from noon to 8 p.m. June 8 at Allegheny City Brewing, will benefit the Hugh Lane Wellness Foundation, which helps to improve the health...
CMU grads help Universal Orlando one-up Disney with Epic Universe
In an era when filmed entertainment is fragmented among thousands of choices — TV, streaming, cable, gaming, YouTube, TikTok — experiences offer a differentiator, a business where media companies don’t have to worry about ratings, ad sales, time-shifted viewing and the nonstop fight for eyeballs. Disney now leans more heavily...
George Strait and Chris Stapleton put on a Texas-sized show at Acrisure Stadium
First and foremost, I have a bone to pick with Mother Nature. As one very talented man asked onstage at Acrisure Stadium on Saturday night, “Why you gotta be so cold?” This often being the time of year when the region’s country fans flock to the North Shore for a...
Pop the cork: Pittsburgh CLO’s ‘Madame Clicquot’ is a revolutionary revelation
Even in some of history’s darkest moments, there were still reasons to drink champagne. This is a fact proven by the world premiere show “Madame Clicquot: A Revolutionary Musical.” In association with 42nd Parallel Productions, Pittsburgh CLO is bringing the story of one of history’s greatest businesspeople to the Byham...
Peter Hook & the Light shine brightly with Joy Division, New Order songs in Pittsburgh show
Forgive New Order fans if they took the lyric “I used to think that the day would never come” from 1987’s “True Faith” and applied it to the chances of the band ever playing Pittsburgh again. It has been almost 38 years and counting since the seminal post-punk/dance rock band...
Loretta Swit, Emmy winner who played Houlihan on ‘M.A.S.H.,’ dies at 87
NEW YORK — Loretta Swit, who won two Emmy Awards playing Major Margaret Houlihan, the demanding head nurse of a behind-the-lines surgical unit during the Korean War on the pioneering hit TV series “M.A.S.H.,” has died. She was 87. Publicist Harlan Boll says Swit died Friday at her home in...
Taylor Swift has regained control of her music, buys back first 6 albums
NEW YORK — Taylor Swift has regained control over her entire body of work. In a lengthy note posted to her official website on Friday, Swift announced: “All of the music I’ve ever made now belongs to me.” “I can’t thank you enough for helping to reunite me with this...
Pat McAfee praises ‘phenomenal’ Jelly Roll, Post Malone show in Pittsburgh
Pat McAfee had a blast in the ’Burgh last night. The Plum native and wildly popular ESPN talk show host introduced Jelly Roll Thursday during the Big Ass Stadium Tour at PNC Park. McAfee then stuck around to watch Post Malone perform. “It was an honor of a lifetime,” McAfee...
Post Malone and Jelly Roll fire up PNC Park
In the past few years, the Billboard charts have seen a new — or maybe old — phenomenon that’s changed things up. Where hip-hop and electropop once hung around the top 10, country has begun a steady campaign of domination. Acts like Morgan Wallen, Zach Bryan and Shaboozey have broken...
TV Talk: Apple TV+ series, Amazon movie to film in Pittsburgh
In addition to “Mayor of Kingstown,” currently filming its fourth season locally, and the movie “Hershey,” also now in production, Pittsburgh will soon see the arrival of an Apple TV+ series and an Amazon MGM Studios film. Pete Davidson (“Saturday Night Live”), Zoe Kravitz (“The Studio”), Nicholas Hoult (“Nosferatu”), Anna...
Special Tony for educators goes to NYC high school teacher who urges students to ‘step out the box’
NEW YORK — The special Tony Award that honors educators is going to a New York public high school teacher who shows how theater skills can apply to a career in the arts — and also far away from it. “My platform is career focused,” says Gary Edwin Robinson. “So,...
Lindsay Theater to show Pittsburgh-based U.S. Open documentary ‘Steel Links’
As Oakmont Country Club prepares for the 2025 U.S. Open, all eyes in the golf world are on Southwestern Pennsylvania. WQED has produced new documentary, “Steel Links,” to bring together Pittsburgh’s industrial history, its legacy of golf and some of the city’s most iconic faces. Brad Turkel, the creator and...
Dark pop singer Ellise on ‘Pretty Evil’ album, Pittsburgh connections
Dark pop singer Ellise is going out on her first headlining tour this summer, and she couldn’t have been happier when she learned where it would be starting. Her Pretty Evil tour kicks off in Pittsburgh — July 31 at Thunderbird Music Hall in Lawrenceville, to be precise — bringing...
TV Talk: ‘Succession’ writer depicts tech bros behaving badly in HBO’s ‘Mountainhead’
“Succession” writer/creator Jesse Armstrong returns well to the lifestyles of the rich and semi-famous with the new satirical HBO movie “Mountainhead” (8 p.m. Saturday, HBO and Max), the story of four awful billionaire tech bro friends on a weekend retreat. For “Succession” fans, it’s easiest to imagine “Mountainhead” as a...
Halsey, Billy Corgan, Phish highlight June’s top concerts in Pittsburgh
Concert season is in full swing in Pittsburgh, with pop stars, alternative rockers and jam bands alike playing big shows this month, in addition to free concerts (Three Rivers Arts Festival, the WYEP Summer Music Festival and the Allegheny County concert series) and more. Here’s a look at the top...
Movie Review: Mr. Miyagi’s absence is felt in ‘Karate Kid: Legends’
Mr. Miyagi was known for waxing poetic. So the fact that “Karate Kid: Legends” has nothing to say is all the more disappointing. One of the most interesting aspects of the original “The Karate Kid” and its early sequels is Mr. Miyagi’s radical proclivity for mercy, often mistaken for cowardice...
Rick Derringer, who had a hit with ‘Hang On Sloopy’ and produced ‘Weird Al,’ dies at 77
Guitarist and singer Rick Derringer, who shot to fame at 17 when his band The McCoys recorded “Hang On Sloopy,” had a hit with “Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo” and earned a Grammy Award for producing “Weird Al ” Yankovic’s debut album, has died. He was 77. Derringer died Monday...
