On Thursday, an estimated 30 people gathered in Downtown Pittsburgh, blocking off Grant Street in front of the City-County Building for the last Trans Visibility protest of the fall. “This is the last [protest] to be outside, but it’s not going to stop any work that’s being done,” said Dena Stanley, founder of trans nonprofit organization Trans YOUniting, which has organized the weekly marches since August...

President Donald Trump's efforts to win over the LGBTQ community are well documented, as images of him holding rainbow flags and applauding LGBTQ supporters have spread online in the media. With the election just days away, Trump is trying to woo LGBTQ voters in Southwestern Pennsylvania, a move that local LGBTQ organizations and individuals see as antithetical to his administration's efforts to whittle away their civil rights...

UPDATE — 4:15 p.m., Fri., Oct. 30: Number of today's new confirmed positive cases in Allegheny County: 173* Number of today's new confirmed coronavirus deaths in Allegheny County: 7...

After the eruption of Black Lives Matter protests over the summer, organizations have been faced with how to tackle systemic racism within their own industries. Today, the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy announced that it will be placing welcoming signs in several of its parks across the city, to "promote equity throughout the city’s shared outdoor spaces."

Openings and Re-openings Brick Shop After closing due to the pandemic, Brick Shop is reopening Tue., Nov. 3...

All This Time by Mikki Daughtry and Rachael Lippincott Released Sept. 29 via Simon & Schuster Books for Young ReadersTeen Fiction/Contemporary Romance, 336 pages The authors of No. 1 New York Times bestseller Five Feet Apart are back, this time with a teen romance novel that wonders if true love can be found after everything else is lost. On the night of high school sweethearts Kyle and Kimberly's graduation party, Kimberly breaks up with Kyle...

This election is unusual, to say the least. Everything about voting in 2020, from the physical voting process to the chaos from the campaigns, is different...

One industry majorly impacted by the pandemic is air travel, and the Pittsburgh International Airport is no exception. Due to a drastic decline in business, the airport has had to make sacrifices, including putting its Art in the Airport program, which introduces local artists and performers to international passengers, on hold...

Pittsburgh City Photos: An exploration of the city through photographs

The soccer community has been one of my favorite parts of Pittsburgh during my time here. I've always played in multiple leagues and, along the way, met one of the good ones in Justin Forzano...

Last summer, Pittsburgh erupted into protest in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. Soon after, a string of violent incidents called into question the practices of the Pittsburgh police...

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Video Archive A supervisor of elections in Florida has stated that all this year is missing is an asteroid, and zombies to be complete...

It's a cold, rainy Wednesday afternoon at Wightman Park, but the weather did little to stop about 100 people from gathering at the site to mark its big reopening after four years of renovation. Adults wearing face masks chatted or walked their dogs, while children played on the new playground equipment, or coasted into the park on a new entrance slide going down the embankment from Solway Street...

Fall is here, meaning winter is basically also here (because we're in Pittsburgh), and it's time to get back in touch with hot beverages. If you're a tea drinker, check out these local spots to grab a to-go cup, or a bag of loose leaf tea to make your own at home...

Pittsburgh City Councilor Bobby Wilson is encouraging Pittsburghers to vote early by allowing voters to utilize his downtown parking space for free. To help spread this message, Wilson released a short sepia-tone video in the style of a Charlie Chaplin silent film...

Pablito Uri, aka Pablo Uribasterra, has been chosen as Pioneer Records' ninth Pioneer Star. A native of Miami, Fla., the 21-year-old singer-songwriter is currently studying theatre arts at Point Park University...

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Video Archive The commodification of everything in our culture is something Lynn has been thinking about recently...

Anthology collects Pittsburghers’ reflections on the Tree of Life shooting

Two years after the shooting at the Tree of Life building, Bound in the Bond of Life: Pittsburgh Writers Reflect on the Tree of Life Tragedy collects essays from 24 writers as they attempt to make sense of the Oct. 27, 2018 tragedy. The Pittsburgh journalists, spiritual leaders, historians, writers, poets, and academics presented in the collection share their pain, fear, confusion, and anger in writings that are scholarly and personal, raw and profound...

Pittsburgh has a storied past, with its origins as an established city dating back a few hundred years. With that age comes a spooky reputation, and those looking for Halloween activities that also allow for COVID-19 precautions might want to check out some reportedly haunted sites in the region...

In the years that I’ve been eating in Pittsburgh, I’ve been lucky to experience plenty of banh mi-style sandwiches. But somehow I’ve never made it to Banh Mi & Ti, a restaurant named after the Vietnamese dish, until now...

Seven months have passed since I’ve last been in a theater, and if missing a good production is painful for your humble reviewer, I cannot imagine the anguish that comes for the actors, technicians, and artists behind the scenes who are waiting for the curtains to open once again. Fortunately, PICT Classic Theatre announced last month that they were the first to receive approval to resume full-contract work with the Actors’ Equity Association during the pandemic, beginning with The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll...