Critics’ Picks, Feb. 11-17
Performances by Priests, Hatcha, Keeps and Chuck Ragan, plus Pandemic and Raya Brass Band provide music for the Carnegie Museum of Art’s FEAST [PUNK] + THU., FEB. 11 Although Detroit’s Protomartyr is...
View ArticleValentine's Day 2-for-1 deal for Pittsburgh's Bike Share coming up
Sure the Valentine's Day forecast is for a brisk 21 degrees, but Healthy Ride, Pittsburgh's bike share platform, is offering some incentive to brave the chills and take a ride with someone special. On...
View ArticleAuthor Jelani Cobb speaks tomorrow on “Race and Justice”
Cobb, one of our top public intellectuals on race, is the featured Martin Luther King speaker at Carnegie Mellon University. The associate professor of history at the University of Connecticut (and...
View ArticlePittsburgh's National Aviary gets baby sloth
On Monday, the North Side received a new resident: a baby Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth. The National Aviary’s newest, distinctly flightless tenant is expected to be a boon for the Aviary.…
View ArticleListen Up! Feb. 10
Every Wednesday, we make a Spotify playlist containing tracks from artists mentioned in the current music section. Listen while you read!…
View ArticleFinal Weekend for "Some Brighter Distance" at City Theatre
Five performances remain of this world-premiere production of a play by Keith Reddin about a disturbing corner of 20th-century American history. The story centers on Arthur Rudolph, one of the...
View ArticleTwo unconventional car-themed openings tomorrow for Pittsburgh artist Jason...
Jason Sauer, Pittsburgh’s best-known artist who’s also a demolition-derby driver, debuts two shows drawing on his automotive interests, both at nontraditional venues. And they’re timed so you can catch...
View ArticlePittsburgh City Council approves resolution to change property assessment...
Yesterday, Pittsburgh City Council gave preliminary approval to a measure that would change the city's property-assessment appeals process. The goal of the measure, according to its sponsor, District...
View ArticleNew members of Allegheny County Jail Oversight Board nominated
It’s no secret that last year was a bad year for the Allegheny County Jail. Two deaths in one day in May (the culmination of 11 deaths over less than two years) led Allegheny County Chief Executive...
View ArticleApp developed in Pittsburgh facilitates conversations with a "synthetic"...
Today is Charles Darwin's 207th birthday, and while there aren't any birthday bashes happening in Pittsburgh today, it's worth noting that local scientists have developed an app that facilitates a...
View ArticleReview: Jelani Cobb at Carnegie Mellon University
Black history, we’re often reminded during Black History Month, is simply American history. But as Cobb noted in his great talk yesterday, the reverse is also true: You can’t grasp American history...
View ArticleUnited Steelworkers endorse Zappala for attorney general, local officials...
Yesterday, the United Steelworkers announced their endorsement for Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala in the upcoming April primary election for Pennsylvania Attorney General. “Many...
View ArticleWhat you need to know about Pittsburgh news this week
Here's what went down in Pittsburgh this week and what's going on this weekend: 1. The National Aviary, located on Pittsburgh's North Side, welcomed a new creature: a baby two-toed Linnaeus sloth....
View ArticleCity Paper obtains latest house-written amendments to Pennsylvania Senate's...
A newly proposed piece of medical-marijuana legislation authored by Dauphin County Republican Ron Marsico would limit the amount of THC that can be present in medication and would require physicians...
View ArticlePinball Wizards Visit Tomorrow for the Third Annual IFPA State Championship...
Tomorrow, pinballers extraordinaire from across the country will compete in a test of skill and endurance for a chance to title in the third annual International Flipper Pinball Association State...
View ArticleCampaign 2016's Silly Season: A Weekly Tweet Roundup Feb. 12
We slog through the twitter streams of the 2016 Presidential candidates and give you a weekly round-up of the more entertaining ones. New Hampshire has spoken! And so we say goodbye to Carly Fiorina,...
View ArticleMP3 Monday: The Freedom Band
This week’s MP3 comes from Pittsburgh’s long-running reggae outfit The Freedom Band. Stream or download “No Confederate Nation” from the group's new record of original material, Higher, below.…
View ArticleState House candidate criticizes Allegheny County Democrats' endorsement process
At the Allegheny County Democratic Committee endorsement proceedings on Feb. 14, incumbent state House Rep. Jake Wheatley easily received the party's endorsement over his three challengers in the...
View ArticleKathleen Kane announces she won't be running for re-election
Earlier today, embattled Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane announced she would not be running to retain her position in the upcoming April primary election. "This was not an easy decision,...
View ArticleThe Witch
In 17th-century New England, a Puritan family falls apart and a witch may be to blame Writer-director Robert Eggers’ psychological horror film The Witch takes place in 1630, among the earliest...
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