If one of your resolutions is to become more creative this year, join Pittsburgh City Paper in kicking off 2020 by making something new every day this month. We've signed up for Fun A Day Pittsburgh where participants spend every day in January working on a project for the month — some make something new for 31 days, others pick one big project and work on it a little each day...

Supporters' groups are an important part of a soccer team's ecosystem. Iron City Front, a new independent fan club for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds, formed as a group of friends and like-minded people with anti-fascist beliefs...

Controversy surrounding elephants at the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium has been ongoing for several years, and it doesn’t appear to be fading. Last week, the national animal-rights group In Defense of Animals (IDA) ranked the Pittsburgh Zoo the worst zoo in the country for elephants on its annual list of the 10 worst zoos for elephants...

Audio & Video Archive

Video Archive Lynn and Susan are covering a lot of topics today including the Impeachment trial, an article in New York Magazine on the possibility of Bernie Sanders being the Democratic candidate, the crash that killed Kobe Bryant, his 13 year old daughter, and seven others, and the complicated nature of people...

For a second year, Devil Inside Records is hosting Music Mania, a contest for bands and musicians looking to get ahead in the music industry. And this time, every accepted entry will walk away with something...

There is nothing new about a mayor struggling to run a declining Rust Belt town like Monessen. The city of 7,700 people in the Mon Valley, about 28 miles southeast of Downtown Pittsburgh, hasn’t had a mayor win re-election since 1994...

Pittsburgh City Paper is seeking the best (and worst!) tales of online dating in Pittsburgh...

Arnold’s Tea is still open and looking for a boost. The North Side cafe has been besieged by financial issues over the last several months and was issued an eviction notice in November, but chef Claudy Pierre recently told the New Pittsburgh Courier that he signed a consent agreement with the building’s owner to keep the business open...

From new albums to one-off covers, here are a few releases from Pittsburgh musicians and bands that City Paper is totally digging. Feralcat - "Ain't it Fun" (Paramore cover)

On Sunday, around 80 people gathered at the Frick Fine Arts fountain in Oakland for a rally against religious and cultural oppression in India. The protest, which coincided with India's Republic Day, was part of a day of action in India and around the world...

Last week Code Orange announced the dates and locations for its Underneaththeskin_ Tour, yet Pittsburgh, the band's hometown, was noticeably absent. It was odd, considering the hardcore punk would be hitting cities all over the country such as Philadephia, Boston, San Fransico, and Portland...

Cirque du Soleil OVO and its fleet of multicolored insects landed in Pittsburgh this weekend, with multiple shows at PPG Paints Arena through Sun., Jan. 26. This production from the Montreal touring circus company takes viewers into the world of bugs and their fascination with a found egg ("ovo" means "egg" in Portuguese).

This month, President Donald Trump’s landmark trade agreement passed through Congress with bipartisan support. Only Congress' most progressive, or most pro-free market, members opposed it, but they represented a small minority...

As Australia struggles to contain its massive wildfires, reports estimate that a billion animals could already be lost the blaze. Now organizations around the world are rushing to help surviving wildlife, including Pittsburgh’s own National Aviary...

Pittsburgh weekly film roundup, Jan. 24-30

Every Friday, Pittsburgh City Paper compiles a round-up of new releases and second-run films playing around the city. This only covers films that are new to theaters this week; check out what movies opened previously here...

“Lavenderesque,” the opening track to Music For The Film I’m a Stranger Here Myself, is the musical equivalent of the ice bucket challenge, or so I would imagine. Opening with cold, jangly guitar panned left, the song quickly splashes the same cold jangle to the right speaker...

On this rainy, gloomy day in Pittsburgh, Bindley Hardware Co. fittingly dropped Solitaire, a slow-paced three-track EP that mixes country and folk elements in a soothing but dreary package. From "Future Tripping" which evokes feelings of a cowboy in solitude, to "Lonely Ride," which could actually be about a lonely cowboy, Solitaire's sparse arrangements paired with Jon Bindley's harrowing vocals create a mood any listener can relate to...

On Thursday, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection issued its first Code Orange air quality alert of 2020 for the Liberty-Clairton area of Allegheny County. The alert warned of a temperature inversion, which occurs when warm air sitting above cooler air traps pollutant particles on the surface. A Code Orange alert means that the air quality may be unhealthy for sensitive groups, which includes children, elderly people, and people with respiratory problems...

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Video Archive Ryan and Amanda talk about best Chinese restaurants for celebrating the Lunar New Year and close it out with the retirement of Pennsylvania House of Representatives Speaker of the House Mike Turzai...

Sometimes without any real reason, a song just hits the right note, key, or beat, and gets stuck on a loop in your head. Listening to the track can help alleviate this problem, and so can sharing the tune with a friend...