My granddaughter had a birthday this weekend. She turned eight. My lovely wife and I asked her what she wanted for her birthday and without hesitation, she said, “I want a Bitzee.” Neither my wife nor ...

LANCASTER — Pet Rock Fest recently announced the awarding of thousands of dollars in donations to numerous animal welfare charities across New England. These funds, raised primarily through the 26th ...

Houston – 50 years after it first became a quirky cultural sensation, the Pet Rock is back—but this time, it’s live on stage. A Rock Story, a new play written and directed by Davis Gordon Gilbert, ...

After a search for a new venue, the organizers of the annual Pet Rock Fest have announced that this year's event will take place Oct. 6 at Lancaster Fairgrounds, home of the Bolton Fair in Lancaster. ...

For those too young to remember, there was once an entrepreneur who actually got more than a million consumers to pay $3.95 for a “pedigreed” Pet Rock. Gary Ross Dahl, who created the Pet Rock in 1975 ...

David Cook, winner of Season 7 (2008) of "American Idol," will headline the 27th annual Pet Rock Festival in Lancaster, according to a community announcement. The festival runs from noon to 5 p.m. on ...

Gary Dahl, the mastermind who invented the Pet Rock, has died. His wife told The New York Times that Dahl died from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on March 28 in Jacksonville, Ore. He was 78.

Are you in the market for a luxury pet rock this holiday season? Tough luck. Nordstrom was offering an $85 “hand-made” stone, before it sold out on Wednesday on its online store. More frugal shoppers ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Abraham's pet rocks, next to stickers of protestors and dissenters made by his mother, Gabriella ...

Growing up is difficult. We all reach adulthood at different points. For me personally, a lot of my friendships started to change at that awkward age where my friends settled down with their pet rocks ...

The versatile Brooklyn artist L’Rain is back with a new song, “Pet Rock,” which will appear on her next album, I Killed Your Dog, out Oct. 13 via Mexican Summer. “Pet Rock” is a hazy bit of alt-rock ...