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At the movies — Jan. 9-11

PITT THEATRE Avatar: Fire and Ash (PG-13) Friday — 7 p.m. Saturday — 7 p.m. AMC ALTOONA 12 Greenland 2: Migration (PG-13) Friday — 1:30, 4:10, 7, 10:20 p.m. Saturday — 1:30, 4:10, 7, 9:45 p.m. Sunday — 1:30, 4:10, 7, 9:45 p.m. I Was A Stranger (PG-13) Friday — ...

Spiritual notes — January 9

Clothing giveaway planned Grace’s Closet at Grace Lutheran Church, 1114 N. Cambria St., Bellwood, will host a clothing giveaway from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 10. Winter clothing is available. Masks are optional. For more information, call the church at 814-742-7501 or ...

Broadway director achieves a rare feat

NEW YORK — Fifteen years ago, rising theater director Alex Timbers achieved a remarkable feat: Still only in his early 30s, he had two shows running simultaneously on Broadway. As 2026 dawns, Timbers has now eclipsed that mark — he has four. Timbers’ latest, “All Out: Comedy About ...

New pipe organ signals rebirth for Episcopal parish

NEW YORK — The organ arrived from Utah on a warm August morning. Greeted by holy water, incense and slide whistles, it came in a 53-foot-long truck that was double-parked on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The Church of the Epiphany’s priests clambered up on the truck’s loading dock, ...

Hollywood starts 2026 with ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ No. 1

NEW YORK — Hollywood kicked off 2026 with “Avatar: Fire and Ash” atop the box office for the third straight week and with hopes for a blockbuster-filled year after a disappointing 2025. In three weeks of release, “Fire and Ash” has cleared $1 billion worldwide. The third chapter in James Cameron’s Pandora epic collected $40 million over its third weekend in North American theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday. “Fire and Ash” is doing its biggest business overseas; it’s grossed $777.1 million internationally thus far. The Walt Disney Co. on Sunday trumped ...

Pope sets new governing style with annual cardinal meetings

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV said Thursday he intended to bring the world’s Catholic cardinals together annually, indicating a new governing style for the church that cardinals welcomed as a chance to get to know themselves and the pope better and be of greater service to the church. At ...