Franco Harris, Steelers prepare to mark 50th anniversary of Immaculate Reception
This year will mark 50 years since Steelers fans witnessed the play that changed the franchise forever: The Immaculate Reception! With training camp underway for the Steelers, Pittsburgh's Action News 4 anchor Andrew Stockey caught up with the man who made the immaculate reception happen, Franco Harris. Half a century after making one of the most u...
One-woman, off-Broadway comedy "Italian Bred" to play Robinson Grand Performing Arts Center in Clarksburg
The Robinson Grand Performing Arts Center is excited to announce that the hilarious one-woman off-Broadway comedy “Italian Bred,” starring Candice Guardino, is coming to downtown Clarksburg on Saturday, August 20, 2022, at the historic Robinson Grand Performing Arts Center, located at 444 W. Pike St. in Clarksburg. Writer, actress, and storyteller...
11th Annual Bocce Tournament & Festival in Pittsburgh
Saturday, August 20, 2022, 10:00 am - 5:30 pm. Acrisure Stadium, South Endzone Gate A (100 Art Rooney Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA). Come throw out the pallino and throw down for a worthy cause! The 11th Annual Bocce Tournament & Festival invites up to 46 sponsors to play in teams of four in a double-elimination tournament. The event will feature delicio...
Help Bring Sammy Nestico's Story to Life
Sammy Nestico is one of the greatest contributors to the field of music of the last century, working in classical, jazz and big band. Born in Pittsburgh, he worked as a composer, orchestrator, writer, arranger, and last but not least, as an educator. Maestro Sammy Nestico fulfilled his lifetime dream. For the first time, check out this new document...
Former PSU boxer to join list of PA greats in the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame
Jim Restauri is an Altoona native, a former State College resident, a former walk-on for Penn State football and a past national boxing champion. Now, the fourth generation Italian American is set to be inducted into the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame, Pittsburgh Chapter, on Aug. 4 at the LeMont Restaurant in Pittsburgh. “It means a...
When Somerset Patriots have Yogi Berra Day, take it
Yankees fans who want to enjoy a Double-A game Friday night on Aug. 5 need to head to TD Bank Ballpark. The Somerset Patriots are holding Yogi Berra Day. The first thousand fans receive a Yogi Berra Bobblehead. Gates at 6:00. Around 6:40, a pre-game ceremony will have Berra family members including his sons Dale and Larry and his granddaughter Lind...
Calamari Sisters cook up quite a show
The Calamari Sisters will bring comedy, cooking, dancing and singing to Bucks County for their new show, “A Musical Cooking Lesson with The Calamari Sisters.” The Bucks County Center for the Performing Arts production, runs through July 31, at Delaware Valley University in Doylestown. BCCPA’s production of the musical “Sweet Charity” follows, Aug....
The Theater Project presents "A Jersey Cantata"
The Theater Project presents A Jersey Cantata, a comedy about four longtime ‘Jersey guys’. This is the second live, in-person show in The Theater Project’s Three Plays in Three Months summer season at the Maplewood Burgdorff Cultural Center, 10 Durand Road. The play by Bill Mesce, Jr. will be presented from August 18-28. It looks at the life of...
Bloomfield Little Italy Days 2022
Little Italy Days is an annual heritage festival running in the heart of Bloomfield, known as Pittsburgh's Little Italy. Experience this colorful celebration on Liberty Ave between Ella St and Gross St over a long weekend in August. The avenue offers three stages of live music, dozens of vendors selling delicious Italian foods, games, a kid's zone,...
La Festa Italiana Returns August 10
La Festa Italiana at Holy Rosary Church, the century old tradition that celebrates Italian heritage, food and faith will take place from Aug. 10 to 14. The event will run from 5:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m. each night. The festival – with the exception of 2020 – is held every year near Holy Rosary Church in downtown Jersey City on Sixth Street between...
Hunterdon Italian groups to join Somerset Patriots to honor Yogi Berra on Aug. 5
The Somerset Patriots, the New York Yankees Double-A affiliate, will be honoring Major League Baseball legend the late Yogi Berra at TD Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater on Friday night, Aug. 5. The first 1,000 fans in attendance will receive a Yogi Berra bobblehead doll courtesy of Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey.
New Jersey Devils acquire John Marino, 'a competitive, highly mobile defenseman,' through trade
New Jersey Devils general manager Tom Fitzgerald, in a free agency news conference announcing several acquisitions on Friday, told reporters he was still in the market for a veteran defenseman. On Saturday, he cashed in on that quest, dealing a 2023 third-round draft choice along with Ty Smith to the Pittsburgh Penguins for John Marino. Marino, 25,...