On Nov. 5, more than 300 union members were elected to office nationwide, adding to the 984 who were elected in last year’s midterm elections, according to the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO). And in response to the growing support of labor candidates, the AFL-CIO has launched a new website highlighting union members running for or already elected to office...

Right as I sat down to write this review, I received an email with the subject line "New Book Explores Early Shakespeare Authorship Doubts." My first thought was, "Jesus, what is it now?"

While winter is still a month away, temperatures are already dropping, and the first snow of the season is expected to hit Pittsburgh this week. It's important to stay warm in the cold, which is easy to do if you have the proper clothing, but many in the city are not so fortunate...

What do you do when you have too much money? In the case of Pittsburgh television and music personality T.J. Lubinsky you build the largest, most preposterously gaudy mansion ever...

It’s not all waffles and pancakes at Lola’s Eatery, a new brunch spot opening Wednesday in the Engine House 25 tasting room. Owners Max Becerra and Zoe Rieder are drawing on Becerra's Mexican and Filipino heritage to deliver new and unexpected flavors to Lawrenceville's brunch scene...

Stay up-to-date with your favorite artists and musicians coming to Pittsburgh. Each week, Pittsburgh City Paper will bring you the most recent concert announcements so you never miss a show...

According to a new report from the National Transportation Safety Board, Uber’s autonomous vehicles, aka driverless cars, were not designed to detect pedestrians who cross the street outside of crosswalks. Most state laws require pedestrians to only cross at intersections and marked crosswalks, but that doesn't necessarily mean they're always followed...

Pittsburghers take a lot of pride in the authenticity of our region. Whether it’s local mythology or something deservedly unique, we celebrate our foods, culture, and sports teams as if no one else in America can match our fervor — a not uncommon trait for a city...

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Are your piles of discarded cardboard, old Rite Aid circulars, and empty La Croix cans getting out of hand? Or am I just outing myself?

The first thing I saw upon entering the Tool show last night was a meal deal for chicken strips and waffle fries. No matter how much you prepare yourself for seeing a prog/art/alt rock show at a sporting venue, it's still hard to reconcile a band with a song called "Prison Sex" being in the same building as ICEEs and a T.G.I. Fridays...

Two Pittsburgh-based, veteran-owned breweries — Burgh’ers Brewing and Couch Brewery — are collaborating with First Sip Brew Box (another local, veteran-owned business), on a limited-edition brew created to benefit the Veteran Leadership Program on Veterans Day.  The brew, which First Sip Brew Box CEO Dennis Guy assures will be “a deliciously crisp beer that all veterans can stand behind,” is an American lager, fittingly named Esprit De Corps...

Glo Phase - All That's Happened Joseph Rusnak, aka Glo Phase, is returning to his downtempo, instrumental roots with his latest release, All That's Happened, a four-track album set to drop on vinyl via Stasis Recordings Nov. 29. The songs are already available to listen to on Bandcamp, and marks a clear shift from his last album, Fall Deep, which featured vocals from Pittsburgh-based singer, Jocelyn Rent, and leaned more towards chillwave R&B. Tribe Eternal and NVSV - Mysterious ShitReleased on Halloween, Mysterious Shit is a collaboration from well-known Pittsburgh hip hop and R&B artists Clara Kent, Bilal Abbey, Pharaoh Lum — who make up Tribe Eternal — and NVSV...

On Tuesday evening, Wilson’s Bar-B-Q on the North Side was gutted by fire. The flames ripped through the restaurant’s 59 year legacy, leaving owner George A. Wilson Jr.'s business in ruins...

Every fall and spring, The Mr. Roboto Project holds elections for its board of directors. The next election is set for Mon., Nov. 11 at 7 p.m...

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 last week here...

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Video Archive City Paper Live welcomes City Paper Managing Editor Alex Gordon and host of WYEP's Morning Mix Joey Spehar to discuss music, gardening, concert merch, and much more...

Today, Pittsburgh hosted a high-profile member of the Trump administration, and a small group of Carnegie Mellon University students were not pleased. At the Traffic21 summit, an event highlighting the work of CMU’s transit research organization, U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao gave a keynote address...

ANTIfest, Pittsburgh-based label A-F Records' traveling music festival, comes back to the U.S. next year with a stop at the Roxian Theatre. The 2020 event will mark its second time in Pittsburgh, after the first one in 2017 at Mr. Smalls Theatre. ANTIfest was started in the UK in 2012 by Anti-Flag (the founders of A-F Records) and featured the Bouncing Souls and The Menzingers...

Until now, the only options in Pittsburgh for long-distance ground transportation besides cars have been Greyhound bus, MegaBus, and the sporadic Amtrak train. FlixBus, a bus service originating in Germany, will expand its U.S. service to Pittsburgh starting Thu., Nov. 14...