Photographer J.D. Cavrich captures UPMC Healthcare Honors Award recipient Neil Port, who poses with his family, from left: daughter Lisa White, wife Mickey, sister-in-law Phyllis Port and daughter Sue Port. More than 600 attended UPMC’s annual Winter Splendor at the Blair County Convention Center.
The hospital now known as UPMC Altoona has been conducting menorah lighting ceremonies for 35 years, but this year’s event on Friday was different, given the Oct. 7 Hamas attack against Israel, its response and the worldwide reaction. For Bill Wallen of the Greater Altoona Jewish Federation, the Oct. 7 attack and the antisemitism it […]
Tickets are selling fast for the final on-the-road performance for Ornament, a Trans Siberian Orchestra tribute band that’s been wowing local audiences since 2018. Chris Nunes, Ornament assistant director since 2004 and producer since 2006, promises Altoona fans a night to remember at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 16 at the Mishler Theatre. The Boston-area rock orchestra […]
Neil Port vividly recollects the first time he stepped onto the Mishler Theatre stage as a 5-year-old tap dancer with the Ruth Barnes School of Dance. The
P&J Productions brings Mel Brooks’ musical comedy “The Producers!” to the Mishler Theatre at 7:30 p.m. June 9 and 10 and at 2 p.m. June 11. The Broadway