Positively Pittsburgh Live News
12-10-12
PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA INVITES PUBLIC TO ENJOY CHRISTMAS TREE, MENORAH AT HEINZ HALL
The Pittsburgh Symphony
Orchestra (PSO) invites the public to enjoy this holiday season by visiting
Heinz Hall to view a majestic Christmas tree and Hanukkah menorah.
The tree and menorah are
displayed in the Grand Lobby and will be open to be viewed by the public from
11 a.m. to 2 p.m., starting Wednesday, Dec. 12. People of all faiths are
invited to visit Heinz Hall and take photos of the tree and menorah, which will
be lit during Hanukkah.
Read the entire release
here.
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From Positive
Pittsburghers at Pittsburgh Today
In public safety indicators, Pittsburgh
continues to be among the safest of the benchmark regions. Please click
on the links to see rates for burglary, murder, robbery, and a variety of other crimes. In 2011, the Pittsburgh region had
the lowest motor vehicle theft rate compared to its
benchmark regions.
Pittsburgh held the highest hotel occupancy rate year-to-date through September 2012
with a rate of 69.4 percent, outpacing destinations such as Philadelphia with
67.6 percent, Baltimore with 66.8 percent, and Charlotte, where the 2012
Democratic National Convention was held, with 65.1 percent.
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Help rescue missing children
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| Annual Parade of Trees |
The
Ramada Inn of Greensburg is hosting its 29th annual parade of trees. This is a
festive opportunity for the community to support local charities. Local
organizations each decorate a Christmas tree to be displayed at the hotel until
January 3, and patrons and guests have the opportunity to vote for their
favorite by making a donation. American Association For Lost Children, Inc.
(AAFLC) would like you to consider voting for their tree.
We need your help to make this a success. Anyone who would like to ‘vote’ for our tree may do so by making a donation in any of the following ways:
1. Of course the best way would be to visit the Ramada Inn and see the tree in person.
2. If visiting isn’t possible, you could send a donation by check through the mail to AAFLC, 539 Fred Rogers Drive, Latrobe, PA 15650. Simply put Christmas tree in the memo.
3. Donate online through our website with Paypal or credit card. Simply put Christmas tree in the comment section.
We need your help to make this a success. Anyone who would like to ‘vote’ for our tree may do so by making a donation in any of the following ways:
1. Of course the best way would be to visit the Ramada Inn and see the tree in person.
2. If visiting isn’t possible, you could send a donation by check through the mail to AAFLC, 539 Fred Rogers Drive, Latrobe, PA 15650. Simply put Christmas tree in the memo.
3. Donate online through our website with Paypal or credit card. Simply put Christmas tree in the comment section.
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Brit
Floyd, March
1, 2013, Benedum Center
Having performed to over a half a million fans
around the world since it's first show in Liverpool, England in January 201, The
World's Greatest Pink Floyd Show, Brit Floyd, returns to the USA in
February, March & April 2013 to present P-U-L-S-E 2013, The Pink
Floyd Ultimate Light & Sound Experience, a stunning new three hour
show featuring note-for-note performances of five full album sides,
including 'Wish You Were Here', 'Animals', 'The Wall', 'The Division Bell',
and, in celebration of the 40th anniversary, Pink Floyd's classic defining
album, 'The Dark Side of The Moon'.
Inspired by the record breaking 1994 'Division
Bell' Tour and including the trademark Pink Floyd arch and circle light show,
and brand new Floydian animation and projection, P-U-L-S-E 2013 will be Brit Floyd's biggest show yet!
Read
the entire release here.
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| Heinz Hall |
PSO CONTINUES SEASON’S
GRAND TRADITION – POPULAR HIGHMARK HOLIDAY POPS CONCERTS RETURN TO HEINZ HALL
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO) continues its grand seasonal tradition when the hugely popular Highmark Holiday Pops concerts return to Heinz Hall this month.
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO) continues its grand seasonal tradition when the hugely popular Highmark Holiday Pops concerts return to Heinz Hall this month.
This year’s concerts
begin at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 20; 8 p.m., Friday, Dec. 21; 2:30 & 8
p.m., Saturday, Dec. 22; and 2:30 & 7:30 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 23. Tickets,
ranging from $20 - $98, can be purchased by calling the Heinz Hall box office
at 412.392.4900, or visiting the PSO online at www.pittsburghsymphony.org.
The concerts will
feature holiday favorites, including music by John Williams, Here Comes
Santa Claus, A Holly Jolly Christmas, O Holy Night, Silent Night, We Wish You a
Merry Christmas, as well as music from The Nutcracker, and a
Christmas sing-along. Read the entire release here.
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This delicious new documentary premieres Christmas night, Tuesday, December 25, 2012 at 8 p.m. on WQED-TV.
Read the entire release here.
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***************WIN FREE PASSES TO OVERLY'S!!!!***********
Share your Christmas Decoration pictures and have a chance to get one of ten passes for a carload to Overly Country Christmas at Westmoreland Fairgrounds. Send your pictures of your home or office decorations to: info@pplmag.com
Jpeg's only please. Also need: full name, address, email, and phone number
The best ten pictures will be chosen to receive the Carload Passes for Overly but all pictures will be posted in a video with Christmas music with your name so we all know how wonderful your lights are. The video will be posted between Christmas and New Year's on the front page of: http://pplmag.com
Last date to send in your pictures so that you can get and use your passes: December 20, 2012 at Midnight. Overly's runs through January 5.
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Roving Pittsburgher Report
Shakespeare
Meets the Stooges in The School for Lies
Reviewed by Joyce Kane, owner of Cybertary Pittsburgh
The Pittsburgh and Irish
Classical Theatre's production of David Ives' School for Lies melds the
elegance of language with the comedic tour de force of slapstick. Ives
renders Moliere's original dialogue in over the top rhyme, blending
contemporary themes with 17th Century cultural ennui.
PICT's production, mixing the classy and the crass in somewhat balanced proportions, stars Leo Marks as Moliere's truth-telling society hater, Frank. An unlikely name for a Frenchman of 1666, true, but Ives takes lavish liberties with his model. He adds farcical fanfare to The Misanthrope plot and blends generous helpings of current vulgarity into verse that mimics the simpering style of the Paris salon aristocrats. Read the full review here.
PICT's production, mixing the classy and the crass in somewhat balanced proportions, stars Leo Marks as Moliere's truth-telling society hater, Frank. An unlikely name for a Frenchman of 1666, true, but Ives takes lavish liberties with his model. He adds farcical fanfare to The Misanthrope plot and blends generous helpings of current vulgarity into verse that mimics the simpering style of the Paris salon aristocrats. Read the full review here.
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Review of The Nutcracker Ballet
by Good News Reporter, Joanne Quinn-Smith
by Good News Reporter, Joanne Quinn-Smith
Sugar plum fairies, toys coming to life, magicians, a man
walking on stilts, oh my! What a fantasy performance The Nutcracker is for both children and adults. This was my four year old granddaughter’s
second year to see it but it was the sixty something previous date who
suggested we should go ahead.
If the truth were to be known he knows all
the songs and starts to hum them as soon as they begin. What a family
tradition if you haven’t started it, START NOW. Read the full review here.
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Shatner's World, We Just Live in
It: Review of a Legendary Raconteur
by Good News Reporter, Joanne Quinn-Smith
Even if you are not, as one of my associates
said to me on an encounter on the way out of the theater, a Shatner Geek, you at
least have seen him on the Priceline Commercials as the Negotiator. It is
obvious in Shatner's World: We Just Live in It that he has navigated life with as much gusto as he navigates
these commercials. In his show, he describes his life growing up
in Montreal and reflects on his many acting roles using an assortment of photos
and video clips.
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| William Shatner |
He tells many memorable stories and talks a great
deal about the effect his role in Star Trek had on his life and career. His
presentation runs a gamut of theatrical talents from corny vaudeville jokes to
theatrical pathos and laugh out loud slapstick.
His only prop, his
co-chair, he wields a rolling office chair to wend his way through an
interesting life story. A multi-media presentation with music and video
and Star Trek Sound Bites make the show both fast paced and believable, truly
drawing you into the world of William Shatner. Read the full review here.
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Entrepreneurial Thursdays-Funny Business
Great panel at Entrepreneurial Thursdays, but TechnoGranny was outshone by British/American Comedienne Sally Chopping who regaled the panel audience with her rendition of not understanding that Britts and Americans do not speak the same language.
Great panel at Entrepreneurial Thursdays, but TechnoGranny was outshone by British/American Comedienne Sally Chopping who regaled the panel audience with her rendition of not understanding that Britts and Americans do not speak the same language.
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