Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto and Karina Ricks, director of the city’s Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, announced a 50-year Mobility Vision Plan on Thu., Sept. 23, sharing the city of Pittsburgh's ambitious transit goals. The long-term transportation plan includes ideas for a central terminal location, a hyperloop system, an aerial tram system connecting neighborhoods, and new bridges that allow vehicles to cross the Monongahela River from Hazelwood to the Hill Top neighborhoods...
In a lawsuit filed on the afternoon of Sept. 23, Pennsylvania’s top prosecutor challenged 17 subpoenas issued by Senate Republicans, for voter’s identifying information, as part of the GOP-backed investigation into the 2020 general and 2021 primary elections. In a 76-page suit, filed in Commonwealth Court, Attorney General Josh Shapiro argues that the subpoenas issued in a party-line vote by the Senate Intergovernmental Operations Committee last week, threaten Pennsylvanians’ rights to “free and fair elections and to the protection of their personal information.”
Jim Daniels has published or collaborated on approximately 41 books since his debut poetry collection Places/Everyone won the Brittingham Prize in 1985. The recently retired Carnegie Mellon University creative writing professor’s bibliography includes poetry chapbooks and collections, books of short fiction, and edited anthologies...
Fried chicken sandwiches are everywhere right now. After a well-publicized battle starting in 2019 between Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen and Chick-Fil-A over who had the best fast-food chicken sandwich, just about every other franchise and food joint has introduced their own Southern-style fried chicken sandwich...
Allegheny County COVID-19 information as of Sept. 23
Number of new positive cases in Allegheny County: 513 Number of today's new coronavirus deaths in Allegheny County: 0...
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced on Sept. 20 that Port Authority of Allegheny County would be awarded $216.9 million in grant funds from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA). The grant funds are intended to aid transit agencies with maintaining their services, pay transit employees, and also help in recovering agencies from COVID-19 pandemic losses...
Reel Q is bringing back its popular Pittsburgh LGBTQ+ Film Festival for its 36th year, highlighting 14 features, over 60 short films, and four in-person screening events. This year’s programming will be a hybrid of in-person and online screenings, so you can watch in a crowd or from the comfort of your own home...
National Coffee Day is on Sept. 29, and coffee-lovers and dog-lovers alike can celebrate, while also helping out some pups, with Grounds & Hounds coffee. Grounds & Hounds Coffee Co. is a California-based company with a mission to donate a portion of their profits made from coffee, drinkware, home and living, and apparel to support animal rescue organizations...
Thu., Sept. 23
hyperBOP
Spirit
10 p.m. - 2 a.m.
hyperBOP is a dance night completely dedicated to hyperpop, synth, experimental pop and hip hop, electronic, trance, and rave. If you like SOPHIE, Crystal Castles, and Caroline Polachek, you’ll want to be there to join dj handsome boy, dj gummy, and dj pink diamond...
Horror movies are a staple of the fall season, as viewers indulge in slashers, monster flicks, ghost stories, and other offerings from the genre as a way to build up to Halloween. Now, Pittsburgh Film Kitchen and Jump Cut Theater want local filmmakers to contribute to this tradition by submitting to a Halloween-themed short film showcase...
Since the Pennsylvania Turnpike converted to all-electronic tolling in June 2020, nearly $105 million in fees went uncollected. On Sept. 22, the 14-member Senate Transportation Committee launched an inquiry to find out why, and to evaluate ways to avoid revenue “leakage” — unpaid tolls...
Code Orange has made its hometown of Pittsburgh proud, continuously delivering its own brand of hardcore punk to fans with Grammy-nominated albums. Now the band returns to live touring, and will belatedly celebrate the March 2020 release of its album Underneath, which has been lauded by the Guardian as a "thrilling new form of molten metal."
Pennsylvania House Republicans promised they’d start an internal conversation on Sept. 20 about how to best roll back Gov. Tom Wolf’s school mask mandate. As some areas of Pennsylvania struggle with COVID-19 case spikes, House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff (R-Centre) said at a press conference that Republicans “believe that those school boards, in conjunction with their parents, should be making decisions that are best for them.”
Live shows have been returning to Pittsburgh venues, and no matter what genre you find yourself drawn toward, there’s probably a show for you on the horizon. Here are a few happening in October...
Video Archive Lynn is talking with Pennsylvania Capital Star reporter Steven Caruso about Senate Republicans voting to request identifying information from Pennsylvania’s roughly 9 million registered voters including their social security numbers...
On Dec. 24, 2018, part of Clairton Coke Works caught fire and knocked out the pollution controls at the U.S. Steel facility, causing the surrounding Mon Valley’s air quality to plummet to dangerous levels. Studies have shown the pollution from the fire led to exacerbated asthma rates among residents, including increasing the number of hospital emergency department visits by asthma sufferers in the Clairton area to nearly double following the fire...
Thu., Sept. 23
STAGE • IRL Take your little duckling to Little Lake Theatre Company’s production of Honk!, a family-friendly tale about accepting yourself. Based on a popular children’s book, the stage musical focuses on a baby fowl who feels different from his mom and feathered siblings...
