If you have visited The University of Pittburgh’s campus in the past week, you’ve likely noticed the cute, six wheeled Starship Technologies food delivery robots rolling about Oakland. The innocent-looking robots, however, are proving more dangerous and inconvenient for people with disabilities than proponents thought...

Paranormal tours, African drum lessons and video-game tournaments that have kids leaping from their seats with shouts of victory may not seem like typical library activities. Yet they’re all happening in Pittsburgh-area libraries...

Photographer Jared Wickerham documented Benji.'s return to Pittsburgh where he performed at Spirit in Lawrenceville as part of EarthGang's Welcome to Mirrorland tour.

The dance-focused Glue Factory Projects may come off as tongue-in-cheek, as the name draws a parallel between seasoned, mature dancers in a youth-obsessed field and the unfortunate fate of retired racehorses. But after a few minutes of talking with Beth Corning, the creator of Glue Factory and the modern dance theater company CorningWorks, the name makes more sense, as her dark, candid sense of humor shines through...

The first painting you'll see on Elicia Donze's website is of Josie Packard, actor Joan Chen's character from David Lynch's Twin Peaks. She's sitting on a couch wearing a pout and hugging a book like it's the first time she's ever held a book...

It can be comforting to ascribe as much of the world's evils as possible to one man. It allows others to feel less complicit and focus their anger on a single villain. In the wake of the 2016 election, there has been a slew of films in this fashion that attempt to understand how we got here, like Get Me Roger Stone, about the controversial conservative political consultant...

There are thousands of letters, hundreds of memorial objects, and 70 GB worth of internet archives

If you were in Pittsburgh on Oct. 27, the day of the shooting at Tree of Life * Or L'Simcha Congregation, you probably felt some combination of anguish, sadness, heartbreak, fear, anger, numbness. How would you explain the feeling to those who weren't there, or to future generations, of tragedies that always happen in other people's cities until they happen in your own?

There have been times during guitarist Emilio Rizzo’s sets when he’s caught tender moments in the crowd. Audience members close their eyes and slowly nod along to his music, similar to a trance-like state of meditation...

In the late 1970s, architectural historian Jamie Van Trump went up to the outdoor terrace of Oakland’s University Club to write a series of essays. For at least one of them, he unapologetically downed a couple of martinis so he could bang out an overdue commentary...

Halloween season is upon us. Children across America will be yet again begging for candy in preparation for the inevitable collapse of the global economy and food supply due to untaxed corporate dollars being spent on space tourism...

You can smell Madeleine Bistro & Bakery before you see it. Without the scent of freshly baked baguettes and warm croissants, the bakery might go unnoticed among rows of Regent Square homes...

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):  "Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it," writes computer engineer Bill Joy...

Name: Russ Loyd, South Hills Work: Director of Technology, Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting (WYEP & WESA) What does a Director of Technology do?

Doris Kearns Goodwin is one of the most accomplished historians working today. Her books, including her most recent, Leadership in Turbulent Times (Simon & Schuster), and Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, have established Goodwin as an authoritative and reasoned voice on talk shows and discussion panels...

A few years ago, after a well-attended academic talk on the porn industry at the Adult Video Network Convention in Las Vegas, I was chit-chatting with several porn scholars. One said, with a great deal of confidence, “The phone sex industry died because of free porn.” This was shocking on two levels...

Grappa is misunderstood. The Italian “firewater,” brought overseas by Italian immigrants after World War II, historically has a bad reputation among U.S. drinkers who deem it too bitter and abrasive to be enjoyable...

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...