Pittsburgh City Paper

Plan your week with a little help from this week's Free Will Astrology, offering insights into love, money, and spiritual well-being. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Have you ever gotten your mind, heart, and soul in sweet alignment with the spiritual beauty of money? An […]

Pittsburgh City Paper mapped every street tree planted and managed by the City of Pittsburgh as of 2014 and overlaid them on a map of neighborhoods and their median household incomes recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2022. The results show that 37% of all 33,071 city-planted street trees line […]

Masloff entered politics at a time when racketeers had unfettered access to the highest city and county offices. One man claimed that Masloff had helped to fix gambling cases while she worked as a court clerk, and Pittsburgh City Paper had to ask, “Did Sophie Masloff have criminal […]

Convicted murderers, the Biddle brothers, sprung themselves from Allegheny County Jail, aided by a love-struck Kate Soffel. Today, her ghost is rumored to haunt The Shiloh Gastro, once owned by the Soffel family, inviting a steady stream of curious visitors and ghost tour stops. […]

Baseball aside, which Buccos have the bangers? We're ranking all 26 of the Pirates' walkup songs for pitchers and batters in 2024. The Pirates are back. PNC Park is once again reverberating with cheers and heckling…

This week's Pittsburgh food news includes updates on Cafe Agnes' pupusas popping up at Duo's Tacqueria, a sad goodbye to Dave and Andy's, and a good reason to run to Aslin Beer. Mancini’s Bakery x Pittsburgh Brewing Company 601 Woodward Ave., McKees […]

Looking for a new job? We searched through local employment guides to curate a list of the best job openings around Pittsburgh, including avian research field assistant, marketing manager, digital content producer, and more. Nonprofit Operations Coordinator for […]

The Pittsburgh nonprofit organization plans to make the art of pottery available to everyone with access to studio space, kilns, and more. Pottery had a moment over the pandemic, as celebrities like actor Seth Rogen proudly posted their creations on Instagram, […]

If you’re hungry, but want to leave as little trace as possible, here is a guide to Pittsburgh's blossoming eco-friendly restaurant scene. Sure, April brings May flowers or whatever, but it also brings Earth Day, which in recent years has bloomed into Earth Month […]

Ahead of Record Store Day, local music shops and record labels say demand for tapes is rising fast. Years before he was a music store clerk at Millvale’s legendary Attic Records, cassettes were a vital part of discovering music for Tony Theil. But recently, […]

After overcoming childhood challenges and setting lofty goals, Bradford-Grey is hoping to become the first Black attorney general in Pa. history. With the Primary Election ahead on April 23, Keir Bradford-Grey's candidacy for Pennsylvania attorney general is rooted in […]

Not every change is gentrification. Some of it is, though! The average home price in San Francisco is $1.4 million dollars…

A new EP from the elusive band may be their heaviest to date, but don't expect a concert any time soon. Pittsburgh has always been a fertile breeding ground for absurdly heavy hardcore bands, from teeth-knocking progenitors like No Retreat and Built Upon Frustration to […]

Jessie Sage writes: "As I watched Stormy Daniels tell her story throughout the documentary, I stopped watching it through the lens of a sex worker and saw myself watching it as the young girl who didn’t have any power against the brutality of the adult men in my life." […]

Organic Remedies medical marijuana cultivation and research organization officially receives carbon neutral status; employees and consumers rejoice. First in the Industry Carbon Neutral Certification…

Plan your week with a little help from this week's Free Will Astrology, a forecast that challenges you to consider the messages in the stars. ARIES (March 21-April 19): I suspect two notable phenomena will coalesce in your sphere sometime soon. The first is a […]

Pittsburgh City Paper uncovers advise on creating healthy relationships with cannabis, whether smokers are using it for medical reasons or recreation. For every cannabis user, there, perhaps, comes a breaking point, a moment where euphoria, relaxation, or other […]

Want to roll the perfect joint? Here's a how-to for rolling the joint of your dreams, whether you prefer a fat spliff, a pinner, or a sweet doobie. The joint is many cannabis users' favorite format of smokable…

In honor of 420, Pittsburgh Sound + Image will present a screening of Reefer Madness at the Harris Theater on Sat., April 20 at 7:30 p.m. Watching Reefer Madness, the anti-drug film turned camp classic, I was unsure, beyond comedy, what it held for a modern […]

Looking to catch a contact buzz at some 420-themed events in Pittsburgh? We've got you covered. From drag shows to comedy to a tribute to Willie Nelson, these are the best weed-fueled shows around the 'Burgh. MUSIC • STRIP DISTRICT…

In Catherine Gammon's new collection, The Gunman & the Carnival, characters echo and reverberate in absence, even when they disappear from a story, or when a story ends. Many of the stories in Catherine Gammon’s latest collection, The Gunman & the […]

This week's Pittsburgh food news includes updates on East End Brewing Company, Two Frays Brewery, Bitty & Beau’s Coffee, Sweet Alchemy Bake Shop, and Le Mardi Gras, as well as a special Barbie-themed Heinz sauce and David Bednar can design. East End […]

Looking for a new job? We searched through local employment guides to curate a list of the best job openings around Pittsburgh, including camp director, tattoo artist, talent agent, and more. Nonprofit…

These vintage Pittsburgh cookbooks from the past 140 years may be worth a look for the local epicurean. Pittsburgh is unique in its culinary history, not because of Yinzer favorites like pierogies, halušky, and (arguably) Primanti Bros. […]

A year after its founding, CGWW Pittsburgh regularly sees dozens of walkers gather for brisk walks through different parts of the city. Already a New York City sensation, City Girls Who Walk (CGWW) opened an official chapter in Pittsburgh last year, and the group is […]