UPDATE —  3:08 p.m., Sat., Jan. 23: Number of today's new positive cases in Allegheny County: 464 Number of today's new coronavirus deaths in Allegheny County: 1...

Laurie Halse Anderson’s Shout (Penguin) is not a typical young adult novel. A memoir composed of a series of poems, it’s a stunning, heartbreaking, and ultimately affirming story that recounts the author’s experiences as a victim of sexual assault...

Two Lawrenceville businesses, Bar Botanico and Red Fish Bowl, are offering Pittsburghers a new way to support the bar industry and local artists: cocktails. The limited-edition artist collaboration bottles feature a label created by a local artist and contain one of two cocktails courtesy of Bar Botanico, the Quiet Shire Martini or the Cafe Manhattan...

In October 2019, a year after Robert Bowers allegedly went on a hate-fueled, killing spree at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue, the security director for the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh told the Capital-Star that he couldn’t turn a blind eye to any sign of hate, the price was too dear. Days later, with much fanfare, lawmakers in the Pennsylvania House and Senate, surrounded by stakeholders from a constellation of advocacy groups, would roll out a hate crimes bill, saying they hoped for swift action on the legislation...

Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald is well known around Southwestern Pennsylvania for his impeccable Pittsburgh accent and his long time in county government. But after a video of him criticizing Ted Cruz went viral, he has a new distinction and nickname: yinzer Jeff Daniels...

Following the death of George Floyd in 2020, thousands of Pittsburghers took to the streets to protest an all-too familiar occurrence in recent years: another Black person killed at the hands of the police. This was particularly meaningful in Pittsburgh as the city has a history of police using violence against its Black citizens: Jordan Miles, Jonny Gammage, Leon Ford, Romir Talley, Antwon Rose II (“Say...

A number of museums and galleries closed their doors once again as COVID-19 cases spiked and heightened concerns about spreading the potentially deadly virus. Now, some Pittsburgh-area venues have reopened to bring unique and dynamic shows to the public...

Openings Ski Lodge 435 Market St., Downtown...

Yesterday was a strange day, as we saw one era of terrible presidency end, and another, slightly less stressful era begin. People disagree on whether President Joe Biden is the right man for the job, whether he's not progressive enough, or too progressive, or too old...

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Right after President Joe Biden was inaugurated, he started to rescind a lot of former President Donald Trump’s executives orders. One of those was moving the U.S. back into the Paris Climate Agreement, an international collaboration to reduce global carbon emissions...

Last year, Pittsburgh took steps to combat a growing problem in popular row house neighborhoods: newly constructed driveways for private garages that cut into public curbs. These curb cuts, which are becoming prevalent in Lawrenceville, take away on-street parking spots, remove places to plant trees and vegetation, and make sidewalks more dangerous for pedestrians and people with disabilities...

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No one gets into art for the money, and no one gets into the art gallery business with the guarantee that their gallery will have a long and fruitful career. But with hard work, cheap rent, and trust from the local arts community, BoxHeart Gallery in Bloomfield has stuck around for two decades, celebrating its 20th anniversary with a new exhibit, BoxHeart Turns 20!, which opens Wed., Jan. 20...

Lea and Bill Bickerton, the husband and wife team behind The Tiny Bookstore in Pittsburgh’s North Hills, have a running joke that the store is Lea’s baby. Bill is just the hired help...

Criminal justice advocacy can be a long slog in Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania. There have been some statewide successes recently, like Pennsylvania's new law to expand access to clearing criminal records, but there have been setbacks too, like the failure to address Pennsylvania’s high probation and parole rates...

Music, art, lit, comedy, and more virtual and in-person events this week in Pittsburgh

Thu., Jan. 21 MUSIC • VIRTUAL Zoom concerts might be a relatively new event, but The Olga Watkins Band has been performing together for nearly 20 years, so the members know how to put on a show under any circumstance. The group’s music combines several genres, including jazz, blues, funk, and rock...

For someone with such a soft, gentle demeanor, Pittsburgh-based artist Dafna Rehavia has a penchant for sharp edges. This becomes apparent while exploring Binds & Bonds, her in-progress, site-specific installation on view as part of a two-month residency at BOOM Concepts in Garfield...

There are two restaurants on the South Side dedicated to classic British fare: The Pub Chip Shop and Piper’s Pub. Piper’s Pub serves up a more formal taste of the British Isles — along with a devotion to football, aka soccer — while The Pub Chip Shop, its sister restaurant, focuses on British street food...

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): "My business is circumference," wrote poet Emily Dickinson in a letter to her mentor. What did she mean by that?