A new report from the Journal of Urban Affairs addresses prevalent narratives around Pittsburgh's economic rebound, and provides data to detail just exactly how the Steel City has bounced back. Written by Colby King (assistant professor of sociology at the University of South Carolina-Upstate) and Laura Crommelin (research lecturer at the City University of New South Wales Sydney in Australia), the paper is titled, “A different perspective on post-industrial labor market restructuring in Detroit and Pittsburgh," offering a deep dive into the employment figures of Pittsburgh since the Great Recession of 2008...
On Fri., Nov. 15, Pittsburgh punk band Plasmid is set to drop a delectable new EP. Consisting of six bite-size energetic and catchy tracks, it depicts what it’s like to raise three "insane" kids...
On Wednesday, Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale published a report documenting the financial costs in the state brought on by the effects of climate change. The report found that in 2018, Pennsylvania spent $261 million on climate-related costs, $125.7 million of which was spent on repairing infrastructure damaged by severe weather like floods and landslides...
Yesterday broke records in Pittsburgh for the coldest Nov. 13 since 1911. But that didn't stop Ellen Kempner, lead singer of Palehound, from warming up Club Cafe with her '90s-inspired, lo-fi sound...
Each week, the Pittsburgh City Paper compiles a list of Pittsburgh dance parties for you and your crew to bust loose to the best bangers, EDM, pop hits, and more. (All events are 21 and over unless otherwise stated.)
Imagine a device that could allow you to hear crystal clear sound at a concert anywhere in the venue, even in a stadium or large sports complex. The creators of PEEX are making that possible with their wearable PEEX rX, a controllable device that is synchronized to a stage's sound, giving users options in their live music experience with volume levels, instrument isolation, vocal boosting, and more...
When Adil Mansoor first moved to Pittsburgh in 2010, he wanted to find a vibrant queer community on par with the one he experienced in Chicago. He was drawn to events at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater, where he met long-term friends and began attending My People, a yearly arts festival centering the experience of queer and trans people of color...
During a wild storm on the evening of Halloween, a tree snapped in half in my front yard and fell on my house, taking out my electrical meter and box, my awning, roof shingles, the gutter, and a few other things. The fact that we were displaced from our house for four days was somewhat annoying, but fortunately we have family in the area, so that part wasn’t too much of an issue...
No matter how ingrained you are in the Pittsburgh music scene, you still might not know just how many record labels are operating locally. Many of them fly under the radar, but they're worth knowing...
Technically speaking, Fish Nor Fowl is an "American eatery," but in practice that just means they're not beholden to any particular cuisine. Nothing is set in stone, global influences abound, and the website boasts that the Garfield restaurant's identity can't be "defined nor classified."
For its 25th anniversary, Attack Theatre wanted to do something special. The local modern dance company looked to the avant-garde world of filmmaker David Lynch, specifically to Rebekah Del Rio, the Mexican-American singer/songwriter noted for her Spanish rendition of Roy Orbison's song "Crying" in Lynch’s 2001 film Mulholland Drive...
As the effects of climate change become more extreme, so does the activism fighting against it. In the fall of 2016, Mark Baumer, a Rhode Island artist and activist, began walking across the country barefoot to raise awareness about climate change and to raise money for a local environmental organization...
Can a novel about a college professor have a working-class theme? Yes, if the professor is a former welder/wrestler who teaches creative writing at a community college, as in Dave Newman’s East Pittsburgh Downlow (J. New Books).
Katharine Hepburn — the late actor noted for her independent spirit, patrician features, and much-impersonated Mid-Atlantic accent — was not a typical Hollywood fashion icon. She existed between two Hollywood ideals, too tomboyish to emulate someone like Grace Kelly, who could wear a gown like nobody’s business, and too outspoken to match the seductive mystique of her contemporary Marlene Dietrich, who embraced androgyny and defied gender norms by dressing in both tailored tuxedos and women’s wear...
In 2017, Kheir Mugwaneza, then director of refugee resettlement at Northern Area Multi Service Center (NAMS) in Sharpsburg told Pittsburgh City Paper that “we can use as much support as we can [get]” in terms of supplying assimilation assistance to area refugees. About 19 months later, NAMS’ resettlement division closed down...
