CitiParks is poised to open 15 public pools next week around Pittsburgh as the mid-summer heat sets in.

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Thursday's Jail Oversight Board meeting unraveled before business got underway after protesters began singing, prompting board members and jail administrators to walk out.

Stephanie Flom looks back on nine years of bringing literary greats to Pittsburgh audiences, even through the pandemic.

Frustrated Beaver County residents are asking their local representatives to take a greater stand against the Shell petrochemical complex that's been slapped with a series of emissions violations since operations begun last fall.

Lynn is talking about the death of Pat Robertson, who was a smarmy jerk and just an awful human being. She also talks about homofobia in this country; a mass at Duquesne University was to be celebrated as part of Pride month welcoming catholic gays but some right wingers, mainly the Daily Signal protested and they ended up cancelling the event...

Dance the weekend away at these Pittsburgh parties playing everything from Motown to synthpop.

Allegheny County employees will be making at least $20 per hour by 2026 if a bill passed on Tuesday survives a possible challenge from the executive.

Lynn talks about the PGA and LIV Golf merger, CNN's CEO Chris Licht stepping down, and she shares some details about a book whose author she will be speaking with on the show tomorrow. Audio Only Archive...

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Pittsburgh Botanic Garden expresses its commitment to environmental conservation through creative ways including this summer’s three art exhibits running July 1st through October 31.

Activists piled into the county courthouse last night, criticizing plans to abruptly close a temporary overnight shelter in downtown Pittsburgh.

Plan your week with a little help from this week's Free Will Astrology, a forecast filled with the wisdom of painters, Jungian analysis, continual creative growth and rearrangement, novelist Denis Johnson, and more.

We talked to the organizers of Pittsburgh’s pop-up Queer Craft Market about running the market, making a space for queer artists, the future of Pride in the city, and more.

Dr. Kimberly Ellis has made championing Pittsburgh’s Hill District her life’s work.

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“Volunteering for the Alzheimer's Association has been important to me because this disease affects women of color more than any other demographic,” said Sophia Duck, a volunteer for the Alzheimer’s Association Greater Pennsylvania Chapter.

With violence erupting in their home country, Pittsburgh’s Sudanese community is coming together to cope.

Looking for something to do in Pittsburgh this week? From the Mattress Factory's Trash Bash to vintage crawls to night markets, we've got a list of this week's top happenings in the Steel City.

The legal battle, two state officials privately acknowledged, carries one of the highest price tags for outside lawyers in decades.

Lynn and Susan are talking about the Texas sheriff who recommended criminal charges be brought against those who organized flights of immigrants from San Antonio to Martha’s Vineyard last fall. Plus they discuss a couple of presidential candidates - Cornell West said Biden is a milk toast neo-liberal and Trump a neo-fascist, and Robert Kennedy Jr. running as a democrat who is so far right that everything that comes out of his mouth sounds like it is coming out of Tucker Carlson's mouth...

This week's Pittsburgh food news includes updates on Millvale Market, Inner Groove Brewing, Primanti Bros., Nine O'Clock Wines, Swissvale Dari Delite, and Margaux, as well as a pizza festival, coffee deals, and more.

Lynn talks about living in somewhat of a "local news desert," military propaganda in Russian schools, protesting school book bans by contesting the bible, and a drag ban getting shot down by a federal judge as unconstitutional. Audio Only Archive...