The band's debut LP is a study in the bleakness of contemporary life. Ritual Mass isn’t here to have fun…| Pittsburgh City Paper
You don’t have to do much, and Pittsburgh will claim you as one of their own. So, you know how to navigate a cookie table and a zipper merge on a bridge, and you think that makes you a real Pittsburgher…| Pittsburgh City Paper
Art installations greet travelers everywhere from the parking garage to the bathrooms. Pittsburgh is getting a new museum — the airport. While that’s not literally true, Pittsburgh International Airport’s new terminal already feels like a gallery…| Pittsburgh City Paper
After a day meeting some of Bigfoot's biggest fans at a festival in Farmington, Pa., it's difficult to avoid philosophizing about what the creature represents, and exploring what, exactly, drives people to spend their time and money on proving the unprovable.| Pittsburgh City Paper
This week's Free Will Astrology encourages some to become wayfinders in their own lives (you're welcome). ARIES (March 21-April 19): Austin Curtis was a prominent Black scientist whose work had spectacularly practical applications…| Pittsburgh City Paper
Pittsburgh-based author Tyler McAndrew explores the facets of working-class life in his new collection. Anyone looking for the “real America” is more likely to find it in scrubby backyards, litter-strewn parks, and inner-city blocks than Times Square or the National Mall…| Pittsburgh City Paper
“Unpaid parental leave at the abortion clinic — that sounds like an Onion headline, but it’s real.” “Unpaid parental leave at the abortion clinic — that sounds like an Onion headline, but it’s real,” shares Emily Quinn, a counselor at Allegheny Reproductive Health Center and a member of the newly-formed bargaining committee…| Pittsburgh City Paper
After an extensive, two-year renovation, the Hollywood Theater in Dormont is slated to reopen this fall. After an extensive, two-year renovation, the Hollywood Theater in Dormont is slated to reopen this fall…| Pittsburgh City Paper
There are clear connections between early 20th-century jitneys and present-day ride-hailing services. High-tech ride-hailing arrived in Pittsburgh in 2014 when Lyft rolled into town…| Pittsburgh City Paper
Looking for a new job? We searched through local employment guides to curate a list of the best job openings around Pittsburgh this week, including ice cream-loving ice cream workers, a costume designer, a couple of VP positions, and more. Nonprofit…| Pittsburgh City Paper
This week's food news includes updates on the Pittsburgh Lebanese Festival, Comfort and Spice, Smoothie King, Wings Over Pittsburgh, Threadbare, Bruster's, and Salem's Market, as well as an upcoming Sheetz in the city and a farewell to the Millvale Hardee’s.| Pittsburgh City Paper
The meaty, multi-day event marks its 35th year, making it one of the region’s longest-running food festivals and among the oldest competitive rib fests in the country. While the jury is still out on Pittsburgh becoming a barbecue destination, for one weekend each year, the city nabs this particular spotlight. The Kickoff and Rib Festival has returned to Acrisure Stadium through Labor Day, bringing a dozen nationally recognized rib vendors, free concerts, and football to the North Shore…| Pittsburgh City Paper
The 31st Street Pub served as a hub for those seeking good music and rowdy times.| Pittsburgh City Paper
If this column comes across as a bit judgy at times, sorry about that.| Pittsburgh City Paper
City Paper with UPMC employees, patients, and local leadership to get a clearer sense of the disconnect between UPMC’s jetsetting executives and recently laid-off workers.| Pittsburgh City Paper
The Abolitionist Law Center alleges a "systemic culture of violence" at the facility. A man currently incarcerated at the Allegheny County Jail has filed suit in federal court over two alleged assaults by correctional officers that his legal complaint describes as “brutal” and “vicious.”…| Pittsburgh City Paper
This week's Free Will Astrology prompts us to ask real experts for advice. ARIES (March 21-April 19): In some Buddhist mandalas, the outer circle depicts a wall of fire…| Pittsburgh City Paper
After a June 11 hearing at which a judge dropped the charges against Palmer, his family was expecting his release within 72 hours. Instead, they didn’t hear from him for a week. When Dejour Palmer was hospitalized during his recent incarceration at the Allegheny County Jail, his lawyer and family were left in the dark…| Pittsburgh City Paper
At Pittsburgh International Airport, the loudest buzz doesn’t always come from the planes. At Pittsburgh International Airport, the loudest buzz doesn’t always come from the planes…| Pittsburgh City Paper
Letting cyclists roll stop signs when the intersection is clear codifies what many people already do. A few months ago, a police officer yelled at me over his loudspeaker for rolling a stop sign on my bike. The street was empty…| Pittsburgh City Paper
This week's food news includes updates on Jeni's, SumFest, Pittsburgh Soul Food Festival, Britsburgh, PNC Park, Moochi and You, Lucky Bites, and Smile Thai and Sushi, as well as a benefit for Bantha Tea Bar and a new face for the historic Duquesne Brewery clock. Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams 173 Bakery Square Blvd., East Liberty and 447 Cinema Dr., South Side. jenis.com Jeni’s wants to “redefine the sensory experience of ice cream” with a new jet-black scoop…| Pittsburgh City Paper
Looking for a new job? We searched through local employment guides to curate a list of the best job openings around Pittsburgh this week, including for a mobile personal trainer, a visual communications manager, a cake decorator, and more. Nonprofit…| Pittsburgh City Paper
Things aren’t trending in the right direction, but there are still good spots in this town at good prices. First, the good news: a new study from InvestorsObserver notes that Pittsburgh is the eighth most affordable U.S. city, ranked by number of “unaffordable neighborhoods.”…| Pittsburgh City Paper
The annual gathering visits multiple U.S. cities and comes to Pittsburgh Aug. 23. Most days, if you walk by Allegheny Commons Park, you can observe a chess match, the farmer’s market, or even yoga. On Aug. 23, if you’re in proximity to Allegheny Commons Park during an event when Pittsburghers are being encouraged to come together, reflect, and make wishes, you could see Lake Elizabeth full of light at the Pittsburgh Water Lantern Festival…| Pittsburgh City Paper
Tucked along Delaware Avenue in Oakmont, the Kerr Memorial Museum is not a reconstruction or a decorator’s vision of the Gilded Age, but the preserved home of one middle-class family. Just before dawn near the turn of the 19th century, when Oakmont was little more than a grid of muddy streets and tidy front porches, Dr. Thomas R. Kerr returned home on horseback…| Pittsburgh City Paper
Within a year of opening, vendors at both Novo and Lawrence Hall exited, and management at each food hall now faces legal disputes. This year marks a decade since Pittsburgh received its first food hall…| Pittsburgh City Paper
We Magee nurses want more time with our patients, and they want more time with us — that’s why we’re fighting for a union.| Pittsburgh City Paper
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Shoegaze, the fuzzy, ethereal rock genre typified by U.K. pioneers My Bloody Valentine and Slowdive, has a new home base: the Keystone State.| Pittsburgh City Paper