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At the southern edge of Allegheny County, drivers are greeted with some odd signs as they exit the county. According to a story posted on July 5 by local blog Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents, a series of signs adorn the fence of Elizabeth Equipment Services on Route 51.…

UPDATE — 12:45 p.m., Sat., July 11: […]

New releases to get you through the weekend.…

Pittsburgh City Paper and PA Beef Council are looking for the city’s best burgers. And this year, in lieu of our typical in-person, month-long burger contest, we’re launching a socially-distant version — a Burgher Battle — open to anyone with a grill and a spatula.…

Activist, musician, and Army veteran Brittney Chantele led a group of protesters through Downtown Pittsburgh on Thursday evening, marching in the name of Vanessa Guillen, a Fort Hood soldier who was allegedly killed by a fellow service member, following Guillen's reported accusations of sexual […]

Last year, Gov. Tom Wolf (D-York) announced Pennsylvania would be joining 10 other northeastern states in an environmental program called the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. This program, which was created in 2009, includes a rule that would place a price on each ton of carbon released into the […]

Pittsburgh-based queer pop and experimental electronic artist 2020k's "b" music video opens with a shot of what looks like litter against a tree.…

Stuff can be complicated, especially when trying to get rid of it. The process can remind us that our things can have worth that's hard to put a dollar amount on; they can call to mind other people from our lives; they can bring up memories of what they were (or weren't) used for.…

Since the beginning of the pandemic, designers, artists, and sewing hobbyists have taken to their sewing machines to fill the demand of masks for the public to wear. Pittsburgh City Paper is taking a look behind the scenes and highlighting local mask makers.…

The day before his previous order was set to expire, Gov. Tom Wolf (D-York) signed an executive order protecting renters and homeowners from receiving eviction orders or foreclosures until Aug. 31. Wolf had previously ordered a moratorium on evictions and foreclosures that was set to expire on […]

UPDATE - 1:05 p.m., July 9: In a tweet thread released today, Delta Foundation interim president Jim Sheppard announced that four board positions would be opening up at the foundation, which is Pittsburgh's largest LGBTQ group. Sheppard wrote the foundation is specifically seeking candidates who […]

A huge congrats to the artists who have been selected to join the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh's living music collection, STACKS. Twice a year, the digital music platform, which debuted in 2018, selects a batch of Pittsburgh bands and musicians to feature in its exclusive streaming […]

After Allegheny County experienced a spike in coronavirus cases over the last two weeks that were partially linked to people visiting bars and restaurants, county officials closed bars, prohibited on-site alcohol consumption, and eventually closed down all indoor dining for a week. Today, Allegheny […]

UPDATE - 12:15 p.m. July 9: Carnegie Mellon University President Farnam Jahanian announced Thursday morning that CMU is filing an amicus brief in the lawsuit that Harvard and MIT brought against federal immigration officials on July 7.…

At 12:16 a.m. on Wed., July 8, Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto responded to a tweet asking him to post a photo of his feet in exchange for voting in November. Peduto replied saying he would show his "ten toes" in exchange for 10 voting receipts.  When you're in the middle of cooking a nice […]

Jordan Montgomery got the idea for his latest album three years ago. He noticed how America’s Black culture — the music, the entertainment, the dance — is embraced by so many, but the same affection isn’t often applied directly to the people creating that culture.…

On July 1, the Persad Center in Lawrenceville lost funding for its LGBTQ youth programs, spelling an uncertain future for the region’s LGBTQ young people. The program at Persad, which provides resources and services for LGBTQ people, gave a space for youth in the community to congregate in an […]

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Cancerian author Mary McCarthy provides you with a challenge you'll be wise to relish during the rest of 2020.…

When dining rooms closed in March, Pittsburgh chefs had to rethink the restaurant experience.…

In Zoje Stage’s debut novel, Baby Teeth, the Squirrel Hill resident wrote about a seven-year-old mute girl, Hanna, who tries to kill her mother. In her second book, Wonderland (Mulholland), a nine-year-old girl, Eleanor Queen, communicates with a voice from the past.…

Since the beginning of the pandemic, designers, artists, and sewing hobbyists have taken to their sewing machines to fill the demand of masks for the public to wear. Pittsburgh City Paper is taking a look behind the scenes and highlighting local mask makers.…

Across the country, Black and Latino people have been hit particularly hard by the coronavirus pandemic. Since May, both Black and Latino people have been twice as likely to contract COVID-19 compared to white people in America, according to CDC data unearthed by the New York Times.…

If you’ve ever walked across the Roberto Clemente Bridge on the way to a Pittsburgh Pirates game, it’s likely you’ve heard Reggie Howze playing tunes on his saxophone.…

COVID-19 cases are going up dramatically in Allegheny County. Prior to last week, new daily cases in the county had been hovering in the single digits and teens for weeks.…

Get your $5 t-shirts, loose cans of pop, and kielbasa while you still can. After months of speculation about if and when the Shursave grocery store in Bloomfield would close, the time has finally come.…