Pittsburgh City Paper

Hearing music from your favorite artists in concert is incredible, but there's nothing like that feeling when the sounds of live unreleased tracks hit your eardrums for the first time. Below are four release shows happening in the city this weekend, so you can hear new music from Pittsburgh […]

Artists auction off miniature version of Carrie Deer to benefit Hazelwood youth center When local sculptor Tim Kaulen and a group of fellow artists built a sculpture of a giant deer head at the former Carrie Furnace facility in Swissvale two decades ago, they had no […]

Today, just before noon, Winghart's in Market Square caught on fire, with visible flames coming out of the roof and dark smoke billowing from the popular whiskey bar in Downtown Pittsburgh.…

Things don't always happen according to plan, and sometimes that works out for the better. In Pittsburgh-native Joy Ike's case, fallen communication led to the delayed release of her "Won't You Be My Neighbor?" cover and accompanying music video, which dropped Wed., Nov. 20, two days before the new […]

This week, two bills passed through Pennsylvania legislature that, if signed into law, would further restrict abortion and could create undue stress on families and providers. On Nov. 20, the Pennsylvania Senate passed a bill that would ban abortion procedures after a prenatal Down syndrome […]

Over the last couple decades, Pittsburgh has recovered economically from the collapse of the regional steel industry. Cities like Pittsburgh have moved out of financial bankruptcy, and the region has seen significant growth in the tech industry and corporate headquarter jobs.…

The Carnegie Science Center Miniature Railroad re-opens to the public on Nov. 21 with its newest model This year is the 100th anniversary of the Miniature Railroad & Village at Carnegie Science Center. And to commemorate this milestone, County Executive […]

This musical could have been “one of the great ones,” but a predictable plotline and a lackluster soundtrack hold A Bronx Tale back from being as good as one would expect a touring Broadway show of its caliber to be. There is, however, a silver lining: There are plenty of great […]

Module, a local housing startup, will move into one Pittsburgh neighborhood with a new four-unit mixed-income development. The company, which specializes in houses designed to “grow” with its buyers, closed on land and financing for a housing development in Garfield.…

Next year, 20 Buck Spin, a Pittsburgh-based record label, along with Gilead Media, a label based in Oshkosh, Wisc., will host the third edition of Migration Fest, a biennial music festival focused on music in the darker/heavy spectrum and underground metal. The festival will take place […]

Happy Holidays, Pittsburgh!…

During the weekends at AK Valley Research Park in New Kensington, music can be heard floating up through the rafters at one of the massive campus’ three under-construction buildings.…

Talking to moudebabe on the phone is a lot like seeing him perform.…

Two Pittsburgh writers focused on racism and xenophobia in America are receiving grants to help them complete their current projects, courtesy of the Carol R. Brown Achievement Awards.…

If the proliferation of craft beer culture over the past decade has taught us anything, it's that anything wine can do, beer can do better.…

Joseph Marinello is the last of his family left in Larimer.…

The Pretzel Shop in South Side has been slinging its signature twists since 1927, but these days, the menu is a bit more robust.…

The holidays are approaching, and while planning all the trappings of a jolly Yule is festive and exciting, there are also some unappealing tasks that attach themselves to the season like a suckerfish.…

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): …

Metaphysical Milkshake, Reza Aslan's podcast with actor Rainn Wilson, might seem like an unlikely outlet for a scholar of religious studies whose works include God: A Human History and Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth. …

When local fashion entrepreneur Adrienne Guariglia had to come up with a name for her new leather goods business, she drew from an unlikely source: her Catholic school days growing up in Chicago.…

The increasing number of streaming services feels like the battle scene in a movie where the gang defeats the first crop of soldiers and breathe a sigh of relief, only to turn around see an even bigger mass of soldiers coming over the hill.…

At my husband’s appointment last week, his doctor turned to us and said, “Do you plan on having any more kids?”…

There are three meanings to the word "current" and Zynka Gallery, a new art space in Sharpsburg, employs them all in its opening exhibit, Current: The Art of Now in Pittsburgh.…

Name: Nicole Capozzi, Bloomfield Work: Owner and director of BoxHeart Gallery…