What do you get when a classically-trained soprano is mixed with shredding guitar riffs, pounding drums and lyrics that tell the tale of an alleged serial killer during the early modern period? Local rock band The Fall of Me released its debut LP, “Báthory,” earlier this month. The ...
“Strike Up the Band” is a glorious celebration of Little Feat’s musical influence over the last five decades. My oldest brother was a faithful follower of the California band fronted by vocalist and guitarist Lowell George. As a result of my brother’s urging, I became a ...
It’s that time again – the Greater Pittsburgh Food Truck Festival is rolling back into the region. An Observer-Reporter event, it will happen at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows in North Strabane, kicking off on Friday and continuing until 7 p.m. on Sunday. The ninth year of the ...
The original “Night of the Living Dead” is a cult classic that arguably gave rise to modern zombie culture. Composer Aaron Gandy, whose new production, “Romero and Juliet,” is coming to Saint Vincent College in Latrobe on Saturday, says that a friend’s misspelling of the ...
National Road Festival to stretch through Washington, Fayette counties It’s been billed as the “world’s largest festival,” and it will stretch through Somerset, Washington and Fayette counties this weekend. The National Road Festival will get underway Saturday with activities planned ...
PITTSBURGH–Walk into the exhibit “Pittsburgh’s Hidden History” and you feel like you’ve stumbled into one of the world’s coolest indoor flea markets. Look on a wall and there’s a movie theater lobby card from the 1930s. Not far away, there’s a Napoleon death mask, a 1910 ...
