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Sam Sieber, owner of Sam’s Tavern in the Wall in Aspinwall, said he’s been trying to hire a full staff for months. He blamed additional unemployment payments for people being unwilling to return to work. “It’s nice, except you can’t find anyone to work,” he said of Wolf’s announcement. “So it doesn’t help me at all until they get rid of this extra money they’re giving everybody.” Despite a staffing shortage, Sieber said he believes customers are ready and willing to return to restaurants at maximum capacity. “With the vaccines and everything else, they’re ready to get out,” he said. ....
Courtesy of Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra Pianist Maxim Lando is featured in Westmoreland Symphony’s May 1 season finale concert.
TribLIVE s Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. There’s a special energy on stage when piano virtuoso Maxim Lando sits in with the Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra. “He’s a talented young musician and a great complement to our orchestra,” said WSO Executive Director Endy Reindl. “He’s a delight and a fun person to be around, just a ball of energy.” Lando, 18, will make his third appearance with WSO for the aptly named “Maxim Returns.” The finale of the symphony’s Front Row concert season will livestream at 7:30 p.m. May 1 from The Palace Theatre in Greensburg. ....
TribLIVE s Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra’s upcoming performance will offer the audience a rare treat, adding to the pleasure of hearing one of the most beloved pieces in the classical canon. Guest violinist Bella Hristova will join the orchestra for Antonio Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons,” playing an instrument made in 1655 by Italian artisan Nicolò Amati. The virtual concert will livestream from The Palace Theatre in Greensburg at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. “What’s surprising is that a good number of these ancient instruments are still being played,” said WSO Artistic Director Daniel Meyer, who will conduct. “The violin hasn’t really improved in technology in over 400 years. What other technology is there that can claim that? ....
Shirley McMarlin | Tribune-Review Westmoreland Cultural Trust Arts in the Alley project will use mini-grant funds for an interactive video introducing featured artists.
TribLIVE s Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Art and music along the Lincoln Highway are getting a boost, thanks to mini-grants funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ Bureau of Recreation and Conservation and administered by the Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor. Westmoreland Cultural Trust received $675 toward creating an interactive video tour of its Art in the Alley project in downtown Greensburg, along with placing plaques referring to the LHHC in the alley itself. ....
Courtesy of Ligonier Valley Historical Society Two signed Penguins hockey sticks and a book about the team are included in one of the packages that will be up for bid in Ligonier Valley Historical Society’s online auction, “Spread the Love.”
TribLIVE s Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Staff at the Ligonier Valley Historical Society are hoping bidders will love the organization’s “Spread the Love” online auction. The society’s first venture into online bidding, the Valentine’s Day-themed auction will run Jan. 30 to Feb. 13 and is meant to help make up for a traditional in-person Christmas fundraising event canceled because of a staff member’s potential covid-19 exposure. ....