Pittsburgh City Guide 2018
What’s going on this week? This question comes up a lot at City Paper HQ. The answer is always cause for alarm. A downside to living in Pittsburgh — or anywhere throughout Western Pennsylvania, really — is never having enough free time to get in on all the fun stuff. There is always a wedding to…
Eat Me: Sushi Burrito
Location: Pittsburgh Poke, 500 Liberty Ave., Downtown Ambiance: Imagine a Subway restaurant with a dive-bar interior, a less corporate lunch crowd (not a business suit in sight) and better food. What we ate: Sushi burrito Cost: $11.76 Hot Take: I imagine this thing might look like a regular sushi roll to, say, John Fetterman, but…
Lynn Cullen Live – 7/3/18
Video Archive t’s a family affair this week for Lynn. Yesterday we had her brother on the show, and today it’s her sister Susan. They are covering a bunch of topics today including Trump’s shortlist for the Supreme Court, the missing kids in Thailand found alive in a cave, and an Esquire article in response…
Pittsburgh state Sen. Jay Costa to introduce police-training bills
A Pittsburgh state senator’s bills look to increase transparency when hiring police and enact uniform training standards across Pennsylvania municipalities.
Quick List: Pirates Fans’ Lousiest Moments
The Pirates lost, 17-1, to the Dodgers in Los Angeles on Monday night. Was it the lousiest time to be a Pirates fan?
Fallout from NHL Free Agency
One way to cool the heated Penguins-Blue Jackets rivalry is to shut down the NHL. Our editor, Rob Rossi, sees cold days approaching for hockey fans after watching what happened in NHL Free Agency.
10 Fourth of July Essentials in Pittsburgh
Pittsburghers are pretty patriotic. It was the Steel City that produced slabs of metal for tanks, planes, and boats during World War II. Patriotism is in our city’s roots, too. Lewis and Clark’s mission west started right here at the Point. So, it’s no surprise that Pittsburghers go hard on the Fourth of July. This is our…
Weekend Pittsburgh protests focus on Antwon Rose Jr. and immigration reform
The faith community gathered to encourage parishioners to advocate for Rose and hundreds protested Trump’s immigration polices.
Lynn Cullen Live – 6/29/18
Video Archive Lynn has a special guest to kick off the week; her brother Bill. They are attempting to have a lighter show, and avoid all the depressing news out there today. Audio Only Archive Stream or download the last 5 shows on the MP3 downloads page.
Pittsburgh and Allegheny County officials to state and feds: Pass universal health care
Both chambers recently passed resolutions calling federal and state government to create a single-payer health care system.
Lynn Cullen Live – 6/28/18
Video Archive Lynn is starting off the show discussing Justice Kennedy’s retirement announcement. “To say I despair is an understatement.” She is also talking about the death of Daisy Kadibil, the inspiration for the film “Rabbit-Proof Fence.” Audio Only Archive Stream or download the last 5 shows on the MP3 downloads page.
Lynn Cullen Live – 6/27/18
Video Archive There’s a lot of local news to talk about today. The Allegheny County DA will have a news conference at 11am giving details on the criminal homicide charges brought against East Pittsburgh Police Office Michael Rosfeld. Also, charges are expected today in the drive by shooting that happened the same day Antwon Rose…
Top 5 Sexy Summer Reads
Made for Love by Alissa Nutting A woman escapes her deranged tech mogul husband to live in a trailer park for the elderly with her father and his sex dolls. This storyline intertwines with a man and his overwhelming lust for dolphins. Dropped Names by Frank Langella This memoir of the actor’s long career features…
Add Antwon Rose Jr. to list of Black Americans fatally shot by police
AS YOUNG AS 16. As old as 72. Those were the ages of some Black Americans fatally shot by police since June 2017. These were some of the names: Marc Brandon Davis, Rodney L. Cole, Aaron Bailey, Joel Gatu Muturi, Dejuan Guillory, Brian Easley, Aries Clark, Isaiah Tucker, Dwayne Jeune, Herbert Gilbert, Charles David Robinson,…
Yes, Antwon Rose Jr. was a Pittsburgher
If you live in Wilkinsburg, you probably say you’re from Pittsburgh. If you live in McKees Rocks, you probably say you’re from Pittsburgh. If you live in Rankin, you probably say you’re from Pittsburgh. Antwon Rose Jr., only 17 when he was shot and killed by East Pittsburgh police, lived in Rankin. But he was…
With The Art of the Brick, Legos take over new Science Center expansion
The construction of the T’s North Shore Connector took four years, cost $523 million and stirred considerable controversy. It demolished Carnegie Science Center’s annex, which housed the original SportsWorks and traveling exhibitions such as Bodies … The Exhibition and Titanic: The Artifact. That was 2008. Almost 10 years later, the Science Center unveiled its new…
A conversation with Dan Savage
Dan Savage’s visits to Pittsburgh are rare. He has been here “a few times, never more than 36 hours” before captivating a packed house at New Hazlett Theater with a live performance of Savage Love on June 21. (The engagement was co-sponsored by AIDS Free Pittsburgh and City Paper.) Before he took the stage, Savage…
Eat Me: Fancy Burger
Location: Butterjoint, 214 N. Craig St., Oakland Ambiance: Butterjoint is a quaint little bar where you can hole up with a friend or two to drink fancy wine, microbrews and cocktails. What we ate: “Fancy burger of the day” Cost: $16 Hot Take: Butterjoint releases a new menu every day to keep ingredients fresh and…
Art project hopes to inspire scores of civic scientists
Amphibians breathe air and water, so they register changes to the climate quicker and more acutely than other living creatures. An example: Panamanian golden frogs, with a glow of fluorescent yellow and black spots, is now critically endangered and there have been no reported sightings of the frog since 2009. The disappearance of this frog…
Lightning round Q&A with bartender Hannah Morris, of Maggie’s Farm and Smallman Galley
How well do you know your local bartender? Probably not as well as you think. This week, we ask Hannah Morris (from Maggie’s Farm and Smallman Galley) a few getting-to-know-you questions. If you could bring back something from childhood, what would it be? Fearlessness. What place do you wish more people knew about? Soju…
Free Will Astrology
CANCER (June 21-July 22): In the coming weeks, you will have an excellent chance to dramatically decrease your Wimp Quotient. As the perilously passive parts of your niceness toughen up, I bet you will encounter brisk possibilities that were previously off-limits or invisible to you. To ensure you remain in top shape for this delightful…
Savage Love
When I started dating my husband, he told me he had a low libido. I said I could deal with that. We waited several months before having sex, and then after we started, it was infrequent and impersonal. There was some slow improvement over the three years we dated. Then we got married, and suddenly…
They were forced to flee their native Bangladesh, but Ali Asgar and Tuhin Das will not be silenced
Ali Asgar left Bangladesh after two friends were murdered by Islamic terrorists, finding shelter in the U.S. embassy in the capital of Dhaka. Tuhin Das was named an “enemy of Islam” by al-Qaida and fled when the Bangladeshi government would not offer him security. Both Asgar and Das departed their native Bangladesh for the U.S.,…
Enix brewpub to bring beer, bowling and Spanish flavor to Homestead
Beer, bowling and Spanish flavor are coming to Homestead this summer. Enix Brewing Company, born out of a Spanish craft beer company, is renovating an old hardware store into a restaurant, brewery, bowling alley, and outdoor music venue. “This is one of the [best] kept secrets in Homestead, most people don’t know about it,” says…
KeyCon 2018 heads to the Ace Hotel
A keyboard is an everyday tool most people use without giving second thought. Of course it’s shaped like a rectangle. Of course keys are laid out in this order. Of course it’s black or gray or white. But for a certain group of keyboard enthusiasts, there is a world beyond the generic typing device that…
Criminal charges in the death of Antwon Rose Jr.
Soon after Stephen Zappala announced criminal charges following the death of Antwon Rose Jr., Allegheny County released video evidence. Jared Wickerham was on the scene.
