The Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) is primed to become the first major U.S. airport to be completely powered by its own microgrid with a new project. PIT recently announced plans to build a first-of-its-kind microgrid that would use on-site natural gas wells and solar panels to generate power for the entire airport, including the airfield, and the adjoining Hyatt hotel and Sunoco gas station...

In honor of Romero Lives!, the city's month-long George A. Romero tribute, Pittsburgh City Paper presents 31 Days of the Undead, a series of reviews and essays about zombie media. Look for new posts going up every day from now through Oct. 31...

On Nov. 5, Pennsylvanians will vote on a ballot referendum known as Marsy’s Law, which proponents deem a crime-victim rights amendment to the Pennsylvania state constitution. The referendum states the amendment would “grant certain rights to crime victims, including to be treated with fairness, respect, and dignity.”

On Oct. 18, two state representatives introduced a restrictive abortion bill at the Capitol in Harrisburg. House Bill No. 1977, nicknamed the "heartbeat bill," is being spearheaded by state Rep. Stephanie Borowicz (R-Clinton/Centre) and Sen. Doug Mastriano (R-Adams/Franklin), and would effectively ban abortions after a heartbeat can be detected...

Is your dial always pre-set to talk radio? Always asking how you can make a difference in the world?

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Video Archive Lynn welcomes Susan to talk about snot, Trump's incoherent cabinet meetings, and failure of our education system to teach applicable history...

In honor of Romero Lives!, the city's month-long George A. Romero tribute, Pittsburgh City Paper presents 31 Days of the Undead, a series of reviews and essays about zombie media. Look for new posts going up every day from now through Oct. 31...

After a series of delays, ScareHouse's new 2019 Strip District haunted house has been canceled for the time being. The opening of the "Scream District" was first postponed on Oct. 1, then again on Oct. 10...

President Donald Trump will visit Pittsburgh on Wed., Oct. 23 to give a keynote address at a Shale Insight conference taking place at the David Lawrence Convention Center Downtown. Trump will be speaking about natural-gas drilling (aka fracking) and plans to laud some of the growth the industry has experienced in Southwestern Pennsylvania...

There is plenty of notable street art around Pittsburgh, but few works have a political or social message. A new collaborative mural project will change that...

An important asset to Pittsburghers with disabilities will get a major upgrade thanks to a state grant. It was recently announced that the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (CLP-LBPH) received $750,000 through the state Department of Education’s Keystone Library Grant program...

What a historic time the year 1969 was. In that summer alone, the first human walked on the moon, members of the gay community rebelled against a police raid at the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village, and over 300,000 music fans gathered in upstate New York for Woodstock...

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Video Archive Lynn discusses the work ethic and courage of Nancy Pelosi and Elijah Cummings; how if democrats don't win the 2020 election, there will be no recovery for our democracy; and superhuman contributions of Dr. Bernard Fisher...

In honor of Romero Lives!, the city's month-long George A. Romero tribute, Pittsburgh City Paper presents 31 Days of the Undead, a series of reviews and essays about zombie media. Look for new posts going up every day from now through Oct. 31...

In honor of Romero Lives!, the city's month-long George A. Romero tribute, Pittsburgh City Paper presents 31 Days of the Undead, a series of reviews and essays about zombie media. Look for new posts going up every day from now through Oct. 31...

Tomorrow, three great Pittsburgh acts playing Brillobox. Dream-pop band Flower Crown and basement rock group Paddy the Wanderer are both performing, along with a DJ set from Jonathan Chamberlain of Chariot Fade...

On Oct. 18, the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh unveiled Lest We Forget, an outdoor art installation by German-Italian artist Luigi Toscano. On view outside the Cathedral of Learning on Pitt’s campus, the public installation is presented as part of Toscano's traveling art exhibit featuring more than 200 large, high-resolution portraits of Holocaust survivors from around the world...

After the Tree of Life mass shooting last year, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported on the extensive social media use of the alleged shooter Robert Bowers, and the extreme anti-Semitic, anti-immigrant rhetoric he spread. The vast majority of Bowers' posts were done on a social media site called Gab, which is based in Lackawanna County, Pa., and is popular among white nationalists, the alt-right, and white supremacists...

When C. Scott announced his new album, Phase Shifting, as his "debut," it sounded like he might have misspoken, or possibly forgotten the past 10 years of his life. Anybody half paying attention to Pittsburgh music in the past few years has seen his name pop up in production credits and liner notes, DJing around town, or playing bass with Clara Kent in Tribe Eternal...

Every Friday, Pittsburgh City Paper compiles a round-up of new releases and second-run films playing around the city. This only covers films that are new to theaters this week; check out what movies opened last week here...