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Knoxville’s Black Lilies grow through misfortune
“There was no crying.” Cruz Contreras couldn’t wait for 2016 to arrive. Last year proved to be a challenging one for the Black Lillies, the Knoxville, Tenn.-based alt-country band that Contreras...
View ArticleA new Lawrenceville joint focuses on shots and beers
“I want this to be a neighborhood bar that regular people can afford to come to a few times a week.” A few months after opening, The Goldmark is hitting its stride. The Lawrenceville...
View ArticleU.S. Senate candidates talk fracking in Pennsylvania
While the Democrats vying to face Pat Toomey share similar views, there are some differences The race to see which Democratic challenger will take on Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey in November is...
View ArticleSavage Love
Meth addicts aren’t known for sleeping 15 hours a day Gay, thirtysomething male in D.C. My boyfriend of three years has been acting strange — not taking his antidepression meds, says he’s feeling...
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A Seat at the Table
Because of a 25-year-old drug conviction, whether McKeesport council-member elect Corry Sanders can serve on council is being determined in court and by PA's Board of Pardons. Read the full version here…
View ArticleOn Steps
I visit my mother at her new house after dinner and we wait for the harvest moon on her porch steps. In the suburbs, the ferns are fresh and fragrant, the wind...
View ArticleFlorida is poster child for the effects of climate change — and for denial of it
The problem’s worse than mere obliviousness In mid-January, plenty of Pennsylvanians would rather visit Florida. But this is 2016.…
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Pittsburgh nonprofits team up to provide computers to Latino families
“The people who we are giving computers to, they don’t have access to the Internet.” In a 3,000-square-foot space behind Construction Junction, in North Point Breeze, volunteers sit among boxed-up...
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Della Terra Italian Bistro
Dignified enough for a family celebration and kick-back comfortable enough for a round of appetizers and drinks with friends A couple of years ago, having worked up a hunger on the trails at...
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Uber just celebrated its second anniversary in Pittsburgh, but drivers say...
“The sharing economy should include sharing that wealth with workers.” If you ask Uber drivers, most of whom prefer not to be identified for fear of being deactivated, their views on the company vary...
View ArticleCheese balls top the menu at the new Carmody’s Grille on Neville Island
The tasty bites are from old family recipes from the former Carmody’s Restaurant in Franklin Park Anyone who has ever visited Carmody’s Restaurant in Franklin Park will remember two things right away...
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Wysocki on what you can do to secure hockey’s future
Mario was so good that we all wanted to produce little “Les Magnifiques” A lot of people may not know it, but 1984 was the year everything changed in Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh Penguins were a mess.…
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Shakespeare Monologue & Scene Contest at Pittsburgh Public Theater
The winners of the 22nd annual contest, which involved about 1,300 students from more than 80 area schools, grades 4 and up, were announced last week. This year's competition, actually a two-week...
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Jessica Wolfe campaign buys up old Jake Wheatley campaign websites to post...
Editor's Note: The statements below were received after the original story was posted Wheatley’s campaign responded to the websites in a statement from campaign manager Brandi Taylor: “It is truly...
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Uber expanding into Pittsburgh's Hazelwood neighborhood, some question...
Hold on to your steering wheels everyone — the ride-hailing company Uber is expanding into Hazelwood to further test its driverless-car technology. At a Feb. 23 meeting in front of more than 100...
View ArticleListen Up! Feb. 24
Every Wednesday, we make a Spotify playlist containing tracks from artists mentioned in the current music section. Listen below!…
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TEDxPittsburgh Issues Call for Speakers for May Event
TEDxPittsburgh, a locally organized series meant to spark discussion and change, is seeking nominations for speakers for its next event. The event will be held Sun., May 22, at Soldiers and Sailors...
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U.S. Senate candidate Joe Sestak discusses link between climate change and...
There is little question that the U.S.’s and the world’s military attention is currently heavily concentrated in the Middle East. But Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Joe Sestak brought up another...
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A conversation with this week’s Pittsburgh City Paper cover artist Pat Lewis
Pat Lewis is a local freelance cartoonist and illustrator from the North Side who I’ve had the pleasure of working with on Pittsburgh City Paper cover illustrations for the past five years. He’s one...
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What you need to know about Pittsburgh news this week
Here's what's going down in Pittsburgh: 1. (T)ERROR, a documentary about an counterterrorism investigation in Pittsburgh aired Monday night on PBS' Independent Lens. In (T)ERROR, Saeed “Shariff”...
View ArticleLouise LeCavalier dance performance tonight cancelled
A sudden illness has caused the cancellation of what was to be the Pittsburgh premiere for this internationally acclaimed Canadian choreographer and dancer Louise LeCavalier. The Pittsburgh Dance...
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Report says oil-train routes contribute to 'environmental racism' in...
Activist groups released a report this week, finding that a disproportionate number of low-income minority communities live within one-mile evacuation zones, or "blast zones," of oil-train routes. The...
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Pittsburgh officials and newly formed pedestrian-advocacy group looking to...
Pittsburgh has more than 700 publicly owned steps and if you have been paying attention to them, you know many are in bad shape. But city officials are trying to change that, and it appears they are...
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Campaign 2016's Silly Season: A Weekly Tweet Roundup Feb. 26
We slog through the Twitter streams of the 2016 Presidential candidates and give you a weekly roundup of the more entertaining ones. Another head-spinning week, as Trump racked up victories in South...
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