Pittsburg, PA
On Tap: Auditions in Brentwood soon for comedy about the Bard’s plays
BRENTWOOD
In collaboration with the Pittsburg Theatre Firm, Ghostlight Theatre Ensemble will current an irreverent, fast-paced romp by the Bard’s performs, “The Full Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged),” London’s longest-running comedy!
The present has since been completely revised to convey it updated for twenty first century audiences, incorporating a few of the funniest materials from the quite a few novice {and professional} productions which have been carried out world wide. Performances are deliberate for the weekends of Jan. 20 and Feb. 24 in Brentwood and Pittsburg respectively.
The cultural touchstone that’s “The Full Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)” was born when three impressed, charismatic comics, having honed their pass-the-hat act at Renaissance festivals, premiered their preposterous masterwork on the Edinburgh Competition Fringe in 1987. The present options all 37 of Shakespeare’s performs carried out in simply 97 minutes by three actors. Quick-paced, witty and bodily, it’s filled with laughter for Shakespeare lovers and haters alike.
Auditions might be held within the Ghostlight Theatre Ensemble Rehearsal House at 400 Guthrie Lane in Brentwood at 7 p.m. Nov. 6-7, with potential callbacks on Nov. 13. Female and male performers of all ethnicities and backgrounds are inspired to audition for this comedy that includes a small solid of simply three actors. Auditions will encompass chilly reads and sides from the script in a gaggle format. Full audition particulars are on-line at ghostlightte.org/shakespeare.html.
— Ghostlight Theatre Ensemble
PITTSBURG
Leisure & Arts Corridor of Fame to honor inductees
The Pittsburg Leisure & Arts Corridor of Fame will honor its 2022 inductees at a pair of ceremonies Nov. 5 and Nov. 9.
On Nov. 5, Betty Gregg, Dianna Schepers, Brian Villanueva and LaTonya Watts might be honored proper earlier than the two p.m. Pittsburg Theatre Firm efficiency of “The Addams Household” on the California Theatre. Following the present, a reception might be held of their honor.
Gregg was one of many founders of the Pittsburg Theatre Firm, a group theater group that has introduced performs for six a long time. Schepers is without doubt one of the firm’s leaders and has directed and carried out in a variety of exhibits. Villanueva is a long-time performer, who teamed with Gregory Brown within the manufacturing of “Larger Tuna,” which was the primary present the corporate carried out at different venues. Watts, an award-winning director, has directed “Raisin within the Solar,” “Fences” and “Dreamgirls” for the theater firm.
At 6:30 p.m Nov. 9, Rob Dehlinger, Kevin Galloway, Dan Hanel, Makaela Huntsinger, Diane Klaczynski, Fernando Lozano, Jennifer Martinez and Larry Widener might be honored in the course of the Pittsburg Unified College District assembly on the district’s workplaces.
Dehlinger, a Pittsburg Excessive College graduate, served because the PHS band director earlier than embarking on a performing profession with the Alpha Rhythm Kings. Rancho Medanos band director Galloway has taught within the district since 1991 and has carried out with many high artists.
Hanel, a longtime educator, is an award-winning thriller author specializing in a collection of tales set in East Contra Costa County. Huntsinger has overseen manufacturing of greater than 60 performs and musicals in her 25 years of educating drama at PHS. Klaczynski has directed the Hillview Band for 22 years and has additionally directed the Pittsburg Neighborhood Band and Pittsburg Jazz Band.
Lozano has carried out with a variety of bands and labored with bands at PHS and Los Medanos Faculty and is the Artistic Arts Constructing’s supervisor. Martinez is a PHS graduate and present director of the PHS Marching Present Band, which has carried out within the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade in New York and can carry out in Spain this 12 months after beforehand performing in England and Italy. PHS graduate Widener has carried out with a variety of bands in addition to directing the Deer Valley Excessive College Band and educating at San Joaquin Delta Faculty.
— Pittsburg Leisure & Arts Corridor of Fame
ANTIOCH
‘Putnam County Spelling Bee’ to open at El Campanil
Contra Costa Musical Theatre, in its first musical manufacturing in over two years, will open “The twenty fifth Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” on Friday in El Campanil Theatre at 602 W. Second St. in Antioch.
This present is a riotous trip, full with viewers participation. Winner of the Tony and the Drama Desk Awards for Greatest E book, this fabulous musical includes a fast-paced, wildly humorous and touching e book by Rachel Sheinkin and a really recent and vibrant rating by William Finn for a spelling bee that’s one unforgettable expertise.
Because the story goes, an eclectic group of six youths vie for the spelling championship of a lifetime. Whereas candidly disclosing hilarious and touching tales from their house lives, the tweens spell their means by a collection of (probably made-up) phrases, hoping by no means to listen to the soul-crushing, pout-inducing, life-unaffirming “ding” of the bell that alerts a spelling mistake. Six spellers enter; one speller leaves! At the very least the losers get a juice field. For tickets, go to elcampaniltheatre.com. The present will run by Nov. 20.
— El Campanil Theatre
CLAYTON
Nov. 5 vogue sale to learn Diablo Girls’s Chorale
Diablo Girls’s Chorale will host a “Grand Sale Fundraiser’” from 10 a.m. to three p.m. Nov. 5 at 10 Mount Eden Place in Clayton. The fundraiser sale will characteristic ladies’s very gently used garments and equipment, new designer jewellery and different bargains. For extra data, electronic mail Jennifer at twothemacks@gmail.com.
— Diablo Girls’s Chorale
BYRON
Italian dinner homicide thriller at St. Anne Catholic Church
The St. Anne Council Knights of Columbus will host an Italian dinner, a couple of drinks and an evening of leisure by award-winning actors performing onstage Nov. 11 at St. Anne Catholic Church.
The homicide thriller takes place in the course of the Roaring ’20s in Ruby’s Place, a gangster hangout the place thirsty individuals go for some enjoyable and leisure. Somebody goes to get whacked. Who carried out it? That’s the query you and your tablemates will attempt to resolve. Go to www.anne.church for all the main points. For questions name Mike Stoiber at 925-759-4669 or Greg Moran at 925-642-2307.
— St. Anne Catholic Church
PITTSBURG
Black Diamond Ballet’s traditional ‘Nutcracker’ tickets on sale
Reservations are being taken now for the Black Diamond Ballet Firm’s tenth anniversary manufacturing of “The Nutcracker,” being carried out Dec. 10-11 and Dec. 16-18 in El Campanil Theatre at 602 W. Second St. in Antioch.
A sensory-friendly efficiency is ready for Dec. 17, whereas a particular “Tea with Clara” occasion might be on Dec. 18. Tickets are $20 to $35. For extra data, name 925-318-5333 or go to BlackDiamondBallet.org.
— Black Diamond Ballet Firm
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Having a baby is a life-changing experience and can come with parenting advice from just about everyone, even on how to best get your baby to sleep. There’s one subject few should be talking about but should.
“Truly, the most dangerous thing your baby does during its first year of life is sleep,” said Devon George, the program officer for Cribs for Kids, a nonprofit that educates about the dangers of unsafe sleep environments for babies.
If your baby is not sleeping in a safe space, you could be putting them at risk.
“It is a death that we don’t talk about, so people don’t think it’s gonna happen, but it is happening,” George said.
UPMC Magee has been a part of the program for about 10 years, and over that time has helped parents learn the ABCDs of safe sleep: Baby is “alone,” on its “back,” in a “clean” crib, away from “danger.”
“Parents need to know that an adult bed is always too soft and a baby should never be placed on an adult bed,” said Vivian Petticord, the director of Women’s Health Service Line at UPMC.
The thing is, despite the guidelines, George says we’re seeing an increase of newborns suffocating while sleeping nationally and locally.
“Our numbers in Allegheny County are looking like they did like 20 years ago,” George said.
Those numbers, according to the Allegheny County Health Department in 2008, were around 13 deaths a year. Social media, George says, is one reason why we’re seeing the numbers go up.
“Images that show unsafe sleep and encourage that behavior, right? Like if you find your right page and group to follow, then it gives you permission to do that,” he says.
“And I think it’s really important to have that conversation with your pediatrician. You know, they can be helpful,” Petticord said.
Because nothing is more important than the health and safety of your baby.
Mason Rudolph will be getting his old number back with the Pittsburgh Steelers in his second stint with the team. Since Justin Fields left for the New York Jets, Rudolph’s number was open, and he has reclaimed it.
Rudolph wore No. 2 from the time he was drafted with the Steelers to his departure for the Tennessee Titans a season ago. His roster page lists his number as being his old number, No. 2.
Rudolph had other options but chose to return to the Steelers over any other destination. A return to the Titans was on the table for Rudolph.
Rudolph went 1-4 in his starts in 2024, throwing nine touchdowns and nine intercpetions while amassing 1530 over the year. Now, Rudolph is back on the market and the Steelers could be one of his landing spots.
Rudolph’s breakout three games came at the end of the 2023 season, where he led the Steelers from 7-7 to 10-7 and a playoff berth, where they would lose to the Buffalo Bills.
The Steelers drafted Rudolph in the third round of the 2018 NFL Draft. He stayed with the team through the 2023 season after a second lease on his NFL life
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Just when it looked like the Penguins were throwing in the towel and looking ahead to next season, they go ahead and post four straight wins. Thanks to the Eastern Conference being so tight, at the time of their fourth consecutive win, the Penguins were just four points back of the second wild card spot.
The New York Rangers defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets, pushing the Penguins to six points back, but being that close to a playoff spot is a sharp contrast to where they were at the trade deadline.
I can’t believe I’m typing this and everyone has games in hand on them, but the Penguins are four points out of a playoff spot.
— Josh Yohe (@JoshYohe_PGH) March 15, 2025
Upon returning from the 4 Nations Face-Off break, the Penguins went 1-6-1 and found themselves in the basement of the Metropolitan Division. Landing the first overall pick at the upcoming NHL Draft seemed more likely than fighting for a spot in the postseason, but things can swing quickly in the East this year.
The Penguins lost 4-0 to the Vegas Golden Knights on deadline day, but haven’t been back to the win column since. Since their loss in Vegas, the Penguins have gone on to beat the Minnesota Wild, squeak out an overtime win over the Golden Knights, defeat the St. Louis Blues, then thump the New Jersey Devils.
Outscoring their opponents 18-9 in the last four outings, the Penguins are crawling their way out of the bottom of the league. Their playoff odds are still well under 1% according to moneypuck.com, but they aren’t dead yet.
An unexpected common denominator in the Penguins’ winning streak is the return of struggling goalie Tristan Jarry. After being recalled from a stint in the American Hockey League, Jarry has made 120 saves during this four-game win streak with a .930 save percentage.
It’s usually hard to bet against the likes of Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, but most of the 2024-25 season has been rough for the Penguins. With less than 20 games remaining, though, they may keep things interesting.
No team in the NHL has played more games than the Penguins, so everyone has games in hand. The odds are still very much stacked against them, but one thing is certain: the Penguins will always be entertaining, one way or another.
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