Costumes come off, but Halloween flash tattoos are forever. If you prefer to wear your love for the holiday on your sleeve (or chest, or legs, or any other part of your body), Pittsburgh tattoo shops have plenty of designs inspired by traditional Halloween imagery, horror movies, the occult, and more...

Pennsylvania’s redistricting will begin in earnest this week, after lawmakers approved the population data that will decide the shape of 203 state House and 50 state Senate districts. How those maps are drawn will heavily influence which party controls the legislative majority in Harrisburg for the next decade, and can set the state’s policy agenda...

Whether you are staying home and watching horror movies or going out to a party with friends, it's good to have a great playlist to listen to when you're trying to get in the Halloween mood. What constitutes a Halloween playlist?

Advocates for undocumented Pennsylvanians rallied at the state Capitol on Monday, where they called on state lawmakers to pass legislation that would allow those individuals to pay in-state tuition rates at state colleges and universities, and qualify for aid from the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency. The proposal sponsored by Democratic Reps. Peter Schweyer (Lehigh County), Danilo Burgos (Philadelphia), and Manuel Guzman Jr...

Allegheny County COVID-19 information as of Oct. 25 Number of new positive cases in Allegheny County: 989 (3-day total) Number of today's new coronavirus deaths in Allegheny County: 11 (3-day total)

Video Archive Lynn goes off regarding China's first woman to spacewalk: "This poor woman is supposed to do all the things astronauts are supposed to do… She’s expected to wear makeup!"

Sylvan Esso, a pop duo composed of Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn, is playing a show in Pittsburgh at Stage AE on Fri., Nov. 5. The North Carolina band’s most recent album, Free Love, was released in 2020 to much acclaim from fans and critics...

We searched the web, and asked our readers to help us find some of Pittsburgh's best job openings this week. If your company or business is hiring, or you spot a cool job you think is worth highlighting next week, send it our way at jobs@pghcitypaper.com...

The Pittsburgh arts coalition known as VACE, or Visual Arts Coalition for Equity, started in 2020 as a response to the pandemic. But the program seeks to address equity issues in art beyond the struggles of COVID-19...

The Office of Congressional Ethics is recommending that a congressional panel subpoena U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Butler) and his wife as it investigates whether a stock purchase she made was the result of confidential information Kelly received in his role as a public official. The recommendation was part of a report released Thu., Oct. 21, which concluded that there is “substantial reason” to believe that Kelly, a six-term Republican lawmaker from Butler County, and his wife, Victoria, violated House ethics rules...

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The spooky season is upon us and with only a short time left to stuff all of your favorite Halloween festivities into the end of the month, here is one you definitely don't want to miss: The Downtown Halloween Night Market and Cocktail Crawl on Sat., Oct. 30, sponsored by Bacardi. The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership and Pittsburgh City Paper have partnered up for a Downtown Halloween experience sure to excite and appeal to the masses!

In Pittsburgh, locals call being nosy and gossipy “nebby” and Pittsburghers looooove to be nebby. And while nebbiness used to be confined to water coolers, neighborhood meetings, or chats on the porch, modern-day nebbiness can now be found online...

Pittsburgh’s zombie scene is well established, from being the home base for George A. Romero’s zombie movies to the annual Zombie Fest, but arborists are concerned with a different type of zombie hiding among us in Pittsburgh. Zombie trees are trees that are still standing and look alive but are dead or dangerous in some way...

Pittsburgh has, once again, been listed as one of the Most Livable cities in the country, according to a study from a website called — no joke — Livability. But what about the most dead-able city?

Marijuana legalization may hit partisan stumbling blocks in Harrisburg, but lawmakers in both parties have united around a new drug policy — letting Pennsylvania researchers look into how to use magic mushrooms to address mental health issues. In a rare show of cross-party support, 10 Republicans and 10 Democrats have thrown their support behind the proposal sponsored by Rep. Tracy Pennycuick (R-Montgomery).

Pittsburgh street photographer Shaun Sweeney, aka Sootz, says his images usually focus on “human connection and the gentle moments between us.” “I roam the streets with my camera looking to capture moments that pull at heartstrings,” he says...

Bill Shannon has built a career as a renowned dancer, despite using crutches due to a medical condition. Now CRUTCH, a new documentary streaming exclusively on discovery+, covers the Pittsburgh native's life and passion for dance...

Thu., Oct. 21 DJ Nights Fl. 2 7-10 p.m...

Video Archive Susan has joined Lynn today and they are discussing the Protest outside of Netflix, which included employees, over the Dave Chappelle Netflix stand-up special "The Closer"

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...