Here is a listing of area live music and online music happenings for the weekend and week of Friday, January 3 through Thursday, January 9. While New Year's Eve is still considered one of the busiest nights of the year for live music, the weekend following the New Year's holiday often turns ...
Here is a listing of area live music and online music happenings for the weekend and week of Friday, December 6 through Thursday, December 12. SUPPORT LIVE MUSIC! (Listings in chronological order by event start time.) FRIDAY 12/6: "Tyrone Yuletyme Celebration with Altoona Brass Collective ...
Here is a listing of area live music and online music happenings for the weekend and week of Friday, November 22 through Thursday, November 28. The weekend before - and the night before - the Thanksgiving holiday always provide a wide variety of Thanksgiving-themed live music parties and ...
Here is a listing of area live music and online music happenings for the weekend and week of Friday, November 15 through Thursday, November 21. Tribute shows provide some highlights this weekend. McGarvey's in Altoona is hosting the "Amp Up to Eleven: A Tribute to 90s Grunge Icons" event on ...
Tens of thousands of people gathered at Rose Bowl Stadium and nearby Brookside Golf Course last weekend in Pasadena, Calif., with their phones in their hands and eyes on their screens for a fun event full of surprises. Among them were five trainers from Altoona who flew out of the Pittsburgh ...
The first-ever remote trades are finally happening in Pokemon Go after some trainers were able to achieve forever friends together. Although there was initially a problem reported with the feature, the issue has been resolved, and people can now trade Pokemon with others they may never meet ...
After hearing YouTuber Poke Daxi talk about how he’s burnt out from playing Pokemon Go, I wanted to address why I haven’t written a column in months. I stepped away from writing about Pokemon Go after feeling a similar burnout to what Poke Daxi and other content creators are ...
You can’t always make everyone happy, but most Pokemon Go trainers would probably agree that Scopely, which acquired the game from Niantic earlier this year, could make the Go Pass and Go Pass Deluxe better than it is currently. The Go Pass is a free progression track in Pokemon Go ...
What says winter more clearly than the delicate imprints left behind in fresh snow? As I arrived home one cold evening, the air sharp and quiet, I glanced down and noticed the ground softly stitched with tiny tracks. Little bird feet had danced across the snow, crisscrossing and looping in ...
One of the simple pleasures of fall is watching the leaves shift into their brilliant colors as the air cools and the days grow shorter. I’ve always had a soft spot for the ginkgo tree. The ginkgo’s fan-shaped leaves seem to lift toward the sky before turning a luminous golden yellow. This ...
Changing of Seasons It’s beginning to feel like autumn—maybe a little too quickly for my liking. This summer passed in a blur, with too many sweltering days that kept me indoors, wishing for cooler air. Something about the weather feels different, unsettled, and worrisome. And as often ...
As summer winds down and we head into Labor Day weekend, it’s a good moment to pause and remember the people who fought for the rights many of us now take for granted—safer workplaces, fair hours, and the dignity of a living wage. A visiting minister at church this morning reminded us how ...
A bitterly cold breeze swirled around outside an Upper West Side restaurant while my boyfriend and I sat inside eating dinner. He was smiling more than usual, and I knew why. Like any other type A person, I had my dream engagement planned out for years — a weekend getaway to the Big Apple ...
Emily Bronte’s novel, “Wuthering Heights,” is classified as a Gothic fiction piece that warns readers about the unknown powers that exist within an unchecked obsession, specifically through Heathcliff’s complex relationship with Catherine Earnshaw. I didn’t see any of those themes ...
When I wake up in the morning, I reach for my iPhone 15 resting on my nightstand and scroll through various social media apps, wasting around 30 minutes of my morning. Unfortunately, I consider myself to be a morning person, so it’s frustrating to watch the first couple of minutes of my day ...
Stop me if you heard this one before. You know what … don’t because I’m in a bad mood and this is going to be me venting. A pastor at my church in Duncansville once said to me that God doesn’t give you more than you can handle. Well you know what … God must think the world of ...
Starting now, my columns will be renamed “The Getting Old Chronicles,” with this being Chapter 1 titled “One of my kids is getting married!” That’s right, the first of four dominos fell recently when my 22-year-old son, Vincent, asked his girlfriend of seven years, Brooke Maines, to ...
Fans of the “Dragon Ball” series have been left in a bit of a lull since the end of the most recent series, “Daima,” which aired in 2025. While Son Goku and his friends’ trip to the demon realm was an enjoyable side story experience, set between the end of “Dragon Ball Z” and the ...
The Mirror and the local sports community mourned one of its pillars in the wake of former sports editor Jim Lane’s passing Monday at age 85 (see obituary here). Jim was long retired by the time I joined the sports desk as a part-timer nearly 10 years ago, but he was still a regular in the ...
The last time is now. Dec. 13 marks the end of the line in the career of one of the best professional wrestling has ever had to offer. John Cena will enter a WWE ring one final time Saturday night to take on Gunther, winner of “The Last Time is Now” Tournament, at Capital One Arena in ...
John Cena’s WWE career retirement tour is winding down with only four more in-ring appearances left for one of professional wrestling’s GOATs. It wasn’t very surprising when fans learned that Cena would face AJ Styles at last weekend’s premium live event, Crown Jewel, in Perth, ...