Art attracts for a variety of reasons, for its use of color, its subject matter, its texture. To honor the Halloween season, a local curiosity shop will appeal to fans of spooky art with a new show and sale...

Allegheny County COVID-19 information as of Oct. 20 Number of new positive cases in Allegheny County: 276 Number of today's new coronavirus deaths in Allegheny County: 1...

Con Alma, the popular Shadyside jazz lounge and restaurant, has changed its menu, going entirely vegetarian at the Ellsworth Avenue location. After opening in 2019 with menu items like ceviche, Ropa Vieja (braised and shredded short rib served with rice and black beans), and the Cuban chicken dish, Arroz Con Pollo, the decision to go completely vegetarian at this location comes as a surprise, but one that isn’t unwelcome...

Pittsburgh has a thriving community of artists and creatives, and New Hazlett Theater will highlight five of these artists in its ninth season of Community Supported Art. The five shows represent a variety of media, from improvised music to an interactive game show, created by emerging artists who call Pittsburgh home...

This weekend, 32 teams representing 32 countries will gather in Pittsburgh to celebrate the city’s many multicultural communities through one of the world’s most popular sports. After being canceled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Steel City World Cup tournament returns to the Montour Junction Sports Complex in Coraopolis on Sat., Oct. 23-Sun., Oct. 24...

Video Archive Lynn is updating about her mothers health and it leads to our Public Health Care System and how the Republicans are tearing things apart...

This spring's primary took many political forecasters by surprise: Pa. State Rep. Ed Gainey (D-Lincoln-Lemington) won the race over Mayor Bill Peduto, the first time in modern history that a Pittsburgh incumbent mayor was defeated. The win came against considerable odds, seeing as how Peduto had no apparent challengers as late as September 2020...

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is the state’s highest court and has made many important decisions over the last several years. A ruling by the court in 2018 struck down the state’s partisan-gerrymandered Congressional districts...

Pittsburgh City Council District 4 represents the South Hills neighborhoods of Beechview, Bon Air, Brookline, Carrick, and Overbrook, as well as parts of Mount Washington. It is represented by incumbent Councilor Anthony Coghill (D-Beechview).

Allegheny County Council District 8 consists of Braddock, Braddock Hills, Chalfant, East McKeesport, East Pittsburgh, Edgewood, Monroeville, North Braddock, Pitcairn, Plum, Rankin, Swissvale, Trafford, Turtle Creek, Wall, Whitaker, and Wilmerding. Incumbent councilor Paul Zavarella (D-Plum) is not seeking re-election...

Allegheny County Council District 1 covers sections of Western Allegheny County, and some northern suburbs close to the city. Includes Findlay, North Fayette, Moon, Coraopolis, Glen Osborne, Aleppo, Haysville, Glenfield, Kilbuck, Ben Avon, Ben Avon Heights, Emsworth, Ross, and West View...

With 18 candidates running for 10 open seats on the Common Pleas Court of Allegheny County, this election cycle offers a paramount opportunity to remake the county’s criminal justice system. Common Pleas Judges are responsible for overseeing trials for criminal, civil, and family cases and delivering sentencing...

Allegheny County Council District 3 emcompasses some North Hills suburbs and Allegheny River towns including Reserve, Millvale, Shaler, Etna, Sharpsburg, Aspinwall, O’Hara, Fox Chapel, Hampton, Indiana, and West Deer. Councilor Anita Prizio is the incumbent...

The July 4 holiday has historically turned violent in some parts of Pittsburgh, but in a year of increased violence in the city and nationwide, one community group saw a breakthrough that day. MAD DADS, a group focused on street outreach, presided over a more or less nonviolent scene Downtown that night...

The question of human cruelty is one that Christiane Dolores has explored through much of her art over the years, utilizing different mediums to really get at the root of societal ills like racism and white supremacy. And these questions have been a part of Dolores’ personal narrative since she was a young child...

There’s a demand for locally made gifts in Pittsburgh. This becomes more than apparent as I sit with Kelly Sanders and Monica Yope of love, Pittsburgh in their new Strip District location at 1728 Penn Ave. In the short time I spent with them in the then unopened store, several passersby yanked at the front locked door, then eyed the hand-poured candles and other enticing items displayed in the window...

This week’s must-see arts and cultural events

Thu., Oct. 21 ART • IRL Contemplate space and solitude with Defying Dimension and Seeing in Solitude, a dual set of exhibits at the James Gallery. Defying Dimensions artist Dan Droz uses sculpture to create and explore negative space and gaps in people’s perception through novel folding techniques with metal, glass, and mesh wire...

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Self-help author James Clear describes a scenario I urge you to keep in mind. He speaks of "a stonecutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it...

“I'm not the president of Black America. I'm the president of the United States of America,” so said former President Barack Obama in 2012...

After years of organizing efforts, faculty members at the University of Pittsburgh have voted overwhelmingly in favor of unionizing. On Tue., Oct. 19, The Pitt News reported that, out of the 2,203 faculty members who voted in the election, 1,511 voted to become members of the United Steelworkers union...