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Pittsburgh’s Columbus Day Parade scheduled for Oct. 9

The Pittsburgh Columbus Day Parade is back.Beginning at 11 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 9, more than 100 bands, floats, organizations and businesses will recognize the contributions of the regionĢƵ Italian population. Pittsburgh Steelers’ great and NFL Hall of Fame running back, Franco Harris, will ...

Carnegie Science Center hosts lecture on dark matter

Carnegie Science Center's Virtual Cafe Sci will be looking at theories surrounding dark matter and how scientists search for a substance that is virtually undetectable Monday starting at 7 p.m.Dr. Alex Moskowitz will be giving the lecture. Moskowitz recently earned his Ph.D in astrophysics from ...

Fun, shopping, and history at Springs Folk Festival

The 63rd annual Springs Folk Festival of Springs in Somerset County returns Friday and Saturday Oct. 1-2, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.Over 100 skilled craftsmen and vendors will reenact the skills of forefathers and offer craft items for purchase. There will be new demonstrations this year, ...

Something to celebrate

With her gravelly voice and soulful blues and rock tunes, Janis Joplin is a musical icon.But did you know that Joplin is also a one-hit wonder?The strict definition of a one-hit wonder is an artist or band who only has one song make the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.Shockingly, ...

National Silent Movie Day to be celebrated next week

In April of this year, Mount Lebanon resident Chad Hunter announced a new project called National Silent Movie Day, an annual event on Wednesday, Sept. 29 celebrating silent film history and raising awareness about the race to preserve surviving silent films.Since then, more than 30 theaters ...

SAMA Ligonier holding October events

Have some old seaters lying around?A class at the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Ligonier Valley will teach participants how to turn those sweaters into pumpkins just in time for fall decorating.On Oct. 2 from 2 to 4 p.m., the museum will host a “sweater pumpkin-making party.” ...