VATICAN CITY — Bob Dylan came knockin’ on Pope Leo XIV’ s door Wednesday, as the American singer-songwriter and poet visited with the American pope at the Vatican during a break between concert dates in Italy. The Vatican said the encounter…
Layla Clark was up late Friday night when she started getting messages on her phone. Around 3 a.m., she sent her mother a text: “Mom, I’m...
Lightning struck twice for the University of Pittsburgh in the 1970s: It found not only an archaeological site with potential evidence of early inhabitants...
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen answers reader questions every Wednesday at TribLive.com in a column that also appears in the Saturday Tribune-Review. Q: On “Wheel of Fortune” late last month, Ryan Seacrest and Vanna White called Jimmy McGuire…
“You’re never too old to learn some of the magic that happens when you paint.” Those are words of advice from the late Harry W. Lindsey. His art reflects that magic and will live on through the latest display inside…
"Lincoln at Gettysburg: Shall Not Perish" will mark the 250th anniversary of American independence with a reenactment of the president's historic speech.
Fans of William Steig’s Shrek and Roald Dahl’s Matilda characters can view the musical versions of their stories this month at North Allegheny Senior High School. First on stage will be “Shrek the Musical,” with performances at 7 p.m. Nov.
For musician N8NOFACE, classifying his music doesn’t come easy, but he has boiled it down to a digestible description. “To put it really fast, I just tell people it’s synthpunk,” said Nathan Hose, who performs as N8NOFACE. “I do so many different…
One of Western Pennsylvania’s oldest bridges is nearing reopening after a two-year restoration hampered by delays. Dunlap’s Creek Bridge, in Brownsville, Fayette County, debuted in 1839 as the first cast-iron bridge in the United States. It has been listed on the…
Even Godzilla can be felled by an old hazard: the sophomore slump. Though Godzilla has been stomping around for more than half a century, “Godzilla Minus Zero” is a sequel. It follows the quite excellent, Oscar-winning “Godzilla Minus One,” a…
Historical features, archives, and heritage-site coverage tied to Pennsylvania's long and varied past.