Two weeks ago, following statements against future development of cracker plants made by Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto, Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald went on KDKA radio and gave an interview full of boosterism for natural-gas drilling, aka fracking, and of potential future cracker plants. Petrochemical plants, aka cracker plants, refine natural gas into plastic pellets...

In 2014, filmmaker Ted Haynes began working on a script about mental illness that he thought was too ambitious to bring to reality. When his friend, the actor Jack Erdie (who has previously appeared in Mindhunter, Banshee, and other productions), made a Facebook post about wanting heartier roles, he thought it might be a good time to bring the script back...

LumberjAxes has provided a way for people to bond and try to outdo their peers with its axe-throwing business. Now LumberjAxes has moved from its indoor throwing range to the brisk outdoors with Sliders Curling, touted as the city's first competitive, bar-style ice curling rink...

Are you tired of tracking down food trucks? Welcome to the Pittsburgh City Paper food truck roundup, where we do the hard work for you...

In June, NPR asked its writers to name their favorite album of 2019 thus far. Found alongside popular entries like Solange's When I Get Home and Weyes Blood's Titanic Rising was Black Friday by Palehound...

Forever Plaid is cheesy as hell. We’re talking grilled cheese sandwich on white bread, dipped in white cheddar cheese fondue, with a slice of cheesecake for dessert...

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Video Archive Before all the focus is on the public hearings that start tomorrow Lynn and Susan are discussing what else is happening in the world...

On Nov. 5, more than 300 union members were elected to office nationwide, adding to the 984 who were elected in last year’s midterm elections, according to the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO). And in response to the growing support of labor candidates, the AFL-CIO has launched a new website highlighting union members running for or already elected to office...

Right as I sat down to write this review, I received an email with the subject line "New Book Explores Early Shakespeare Authorship Doubts." My first thought was, "Jesus, what is it now?"

While winter is still a month away, temperatures are already dropping, and the first snow of the season is expected to hit Pittsburgh this week. It's important to stay warm in the cold, which is easy to do if you have the proper clothing, but many in the city are not so fortunate...

What do you do when you have too much money? In the case of Pittsburgh television and music personality T.J. Lubinsky you build the largest, most preposterously gaudy mansion ever...

It’s not all waffles and pancakes at Lola’s Eatery, a new brunch spot opening Wednesday in the Engine House 25 tasting room. Owners Max Becerra and Zoe Rieder are drawing on Becerra's Mexican and Filipino heritage to deliver new and unexpected flavors to Lawrenceville's brunch scene...

Stay up-to-date with your favorite artists and musicians coming to Pittsburgh. Each week, Pittsburgh City Paper will bring you the most recent concert announcements so you never miss a show...

According to a new report from the National Transportation Safety Board, Uber’s autonomous vehicles, aka driverless cars, were not designed to detect pedestrians who cross the street outside of crosswalks. Most state laws require pedestrians to only cross at intersections and marked crosswalks, but that doesn't necessarily mean they're always followed...

Pittsburghers take a lot of pride in the authenticity of our region. Whether it’s local mythology or something deservedly unique, we celebrate our foods, culture, and sports teams as if no one else in America can match our fervor — a not uncommon trait for a city...

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Video Archive It's Veterans Day...

Are your piles of discarded cardboard, old Rite Aid circulars, and empty La Croix cans getting out of hand? Or am I just outing myself?

The first thing I saw upon entering the Tool show last night was a meal deal for chicken strips and waffle fries. No matter how much you prepare yourself for seeing a prog/art/alt rock show at a sporting venue, it's still hard to reconcile a band with a song called "Prison Sex" being in the same building as ICEEs and a T.G.I. Fridays...

Two Pittsburgh-based, veteran-owned breweries — Burgh’ers Brewing and Couch Brewery — are collaborating with First Sip Brew Box (another local, veteran-owned business), on a limited-edition brew created to benefit the Veteran Leadership Program on Veterans Day.  The brew, which First Sip Brew Box CEO Dennis Guy assures will be “a deliciously crisp beer that all veterans can stand behind,” is an American lager, fittingly named Esprit De Corps...

Glo Phase - All That's Happened Joseph Rusnak, aka Glo Phase, is returning to his downtempo, instrumental roots with his latest release, All That's Happened, a four-track album set to drop on vinyl via Stasis Recordings Nov. 29. The songs are already available to listen to on Bandcamp, and marks a clear shift from his last album, Fall Deep, which featured vocals from Pittsburgh-based singer, Jocelyn Rent, and leaned more towards chillwave R&B. Tribe Eternal and NVSV - Mysterious ShitReleased on Halloween, Mysterious Shit is a collaboration from well-known Pittsburgh hip hop and R&B artists Clara Kent, Bilal Abbey, Pharaoh Lum — who make up Tribe Eternal — and NVSV...