From Staff Reports
PITTSBURGH Starting May 6, Carnegie Museum of Art visitors can experience the site’s vast art collection and distinct architecture in a new way by booking a Date with a Docent on Thursday evenings.
Led by one of the museum’s trained guides, these physically distant, one-to-one and small group personalized mini tours offer visitors an in-depth look at a specific area of the museum’s collection, exhibitions or architecture.
Tours are free with museum admission. In May, museum admission will be free on Thursday evenings from 3 to 8 p.m. Following May, museum admission is half-off on Thursday evenings from 3 to 8 p.m.
R&B/pop singer Samuel Mancini made his live radio debut Thursday, performing three songs on Beaver County s WBVP/WMBA-FM (99.3).
The Patterson Township native s Feed The Fire mixtape debuted Feb. 26, reaching No. 58 on the Billboard sales chart, and the Top-20 of the iTunes Pop Chart.
Mancini mixes blissful melodies with a dazzling vocal range, particularly on Reckless, a song about moving on from an unfulfilling relationship.
Electropop flourishes abound on Who s Gonna Be There, which has logged 3 million Spotify streams.
The Blackhawk grad, and son of Beaver County Judge Richard Mancini, told WBVP-WMBA listeners he s Influenced by early 1990s vocal acts like Boyz II Men and George Michael.
PITTSBURGH You ll need reservations to gain free access to the limited-capacity concerts and Artists Market at this year s Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival, June 4-13.
A mix of in-person and virtual events will happen for the 62nd installment of one of downtown Pittsburgh s biggest events, temporarily moved this year from Point State Park and Gateway Center to limited-capacity venues in the city s Cultural District.
The biggest change for the 2021 festival is the layout and footprint, said director Sarah Aziz, noting the festival showcases facilities closed much of the last 13 months. The Cultural Trust’s galleries, theaters, and arts venues will have their doors open for the first time in more than a year, Aziz said. We could not be more excited.”
“Our customers are streaming more content than ever on our entertainment platforms – up 73% year over year – and this year’s Watchathon is a great opportunity to highlight the breadth and depth of everything we offer across both X1 and Flex,” said Rebecca Heap, senior vice president, video & entertainment for Comcast.
Additionally, customers also can sample full catalogs from Acorn TV, History Vault, Lifetime Movie Club, Hallmark Movies Now, Here TV and Kidstream.
This year’s event offers thousands of hours of multicultural content with access to services such as KOCOWA, the video streaming platform that specializes in delivering mainstream Korean TV dramas, variety shows and K-Pop shows; Brown Sugar, featuring one of the largest collections of African American movies; and Pantaya, which features one of the largest and most varied selections of Spanish-language movies on a single service.