One of the original members of The Vogues is bringing his latest version of traditional pop music, including the hit “You’re the One,” to the Duncansville Community Days 2017 later this month. Chuck Blasko and The Vogues will headline the 35th annual event on July 20 to 22 that ...
At the exact midpoint of the 500th anniversary year of Martin Luther’s initiation of the 16th Century Reformation, two American theological seminaries with deep roots in Pennsylvania became one school. At the stroke of midnight, July 1, Gettysburg Seminary and The Lutheran Theological ...
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — A quiet, unsmiling little girl with big brown eyes crawls inside a carpeted cubicle, hugs a stuffed teddy bear tight and turns her head away from the noisy classroom. The safe spaces, quiet times and breathing exercises for her and the other preschoolers at the Verner ...
‘Big Bang’ star pregnant LOS ANGELES — “Big Bang Theory” star Melissa Rauch is expecting her first child with her husband, screenwriter Winston Beigel. Rauch has revealed her pregnancy in an essay for Glamour magazine in which she also opens up about a miscarriage she suffered. ...
HUNTINGDON — Debra Tumlin just wanted a place to display and sell her mosaics and other stained-glass creations. So, she and her partner opened a small gallery downtown here in 2011 that co-existed very nicely with an adjacent cafe. But after the cafe closed and their list of affiliated ...
Yamoussa Camara rapidly tapped the hacksaw blades with the fingers of his right hand and, with his left hand, rhythmically rapped the back of the instrument fashioned from huge gourds. It almost resembles a guitar or a mandolin, but it is much bigger and played very differently. Called a ...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The church where John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier wed is inviting visitors in to kneel where the couple knelt, listen to the music that played and imagine the day. St. Mary’s Church, in Newport, Rhode Island, was the site of the wedding on Sept. 12, 1953, when ...
It’s gotten easier to have a house full of pets without sacrificing the home decor you want. Interior designer Vern Yip, a judge on HGTV’s “Design Star” and a dog person, says new technology has led to a variety of stylish and pet-friendly home-furnishing options. “The furniture ...
LOS ANGELES — Director Luc Besson says getting Rihanna’s team on board for her role in the sci-fi epic “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets” was a little painful at first. Rihanna’s manager Jay Brown was a fan of Besson’s films like “The Professional” and “La Femme ...
STACYVILLE, Maine — In a rural corner of Maine that’s so remote even Mainers call it “the willy-wags,” there’s a new place for camping, hiking and birding. But it comes with a dash of political intrigue. Maine’s new Katahdin Woods and Waters Nation-al Monument is now welcoming ...
NEW YORK — International travel to the U.S. grew by more than 5 percent in May compared with data for May 2016, according to the Travel Trends Index report released Wednesday by the U.S. Travel Association. The strong showing contradicted fears that tourism from abroad would slow in ...
New York Replicas of Columbus’ ships heading up New York river NEWBURGH — Replicas of two of Christopher Columbus’ ships are sailing up New York’s Hudson River and will be open to public tours this month. The Nina and Pinta will be docked Thursday afternoon at Newburgh and will be ...
There’s a certain stillness in State College during the summer. Students have gone home for break, leaving the town quieter and the streets slower. Things pick up pace in mid-summer, though, with a homecoming of sorts. Avenues and lawns are transformed into displays of art and music platforms ...
HOLLIDAYSBURG — Inspired by family and life experiences, Hollidaysburg writers Tom Catalano and daughter, Emma, find that putting pen to paper is a great creative outlet, a way to express their emotions and record life’s events. And, along the way, they’ve discovered their shared passion ...
Huntingdon Presbyterian calls the Rev. Hoover The Huntingdon Presbyterian Church welcomed the Rev. Brett D. Hoover as the 16th called pastor in its 228-year history. Hoover, most recently the pastor of Trinity Presbyterian Church in Indiana County, hails from Bedford and is a graduate of ...
50 YEARS AGO: July 7, 1967 A Blair County Mental Health and Mental Retardation Board was organized yesterday in Hollidaysburg with 13 board members and Rabbi Herbert G. Panitch, spiritual leader of Agudath Achim Congregation in Altoona as chairman. Rabbi Panitch received an award last year ...
There’s a new favorite TV detective in the Smith house, and he’s surprisingly similar to our old favorite. The fellow in question is a Roman Catholic priest named Father Brown, which is also the name of the series set in the early 1950s. Based on the books of G. K. Chesterton, the ...
Cathedral prayer group Bob Sutton, Campus Minister and theology teacher at Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High School, will present, “The Eucharist and the Holy Spirit,” at the gathering of the Cathedral Prayer Group on Monday. The evening will begin at 7 p.m. with Spirit-filled praise and ...
The dreams, aspirations and affinities of youth are often left behind for the pragmatism of adulthood. When I was in ninth grade, I affirmed my goals and interests in an interview with the Hilltopper, the student newspaper of Keith Junior High School. In the interview, I said I wanted to ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The first time a new country songwriter named Kacey Musgraves saw one of her songwriting heroes, John Prine, she had an unusual proposition when she approached. “I said, ‘Hey, my name is Kacey and I am a really big fan. I don’t want to offend you or anything, but is ...