Moe’s Brewery Tour returns, pairing live musicians with local breweries
After a successful inaugural year, local Tex-Mex chain Moe’s Southwest Grille has announced its Moe’s Brewery Tour will return in 2022. The dates for the tour, produced in collaboration with Easy Street Promotions, will extend throughout the summer and into the fall, with each stop featuring a different local brewery paired with a Pittsburgh band.…
How to celebrate Pride in Pittsburgh all month long
Pride has returned to Pittsburgh, and various local neighborhoods, businesses, and organizations are pulling out all the stops to celebrate. Whether you’re looking for LGBTQ marches, music, comedy, or markets, Pittsburgh City Paper has everything you need, and more, to make the most of this month. THU., JUNE 2 Pride Party. 4-9 p.m. Allegheny City…
Riverhounds defender leaves town to represent his national side
Riverhounds defender Mekeil Williams will miss his next two fixtures with the Pittsburgh soccer club while he represents Trinidad and Tobago’s national side in the CONCACAF nations league. Williams, 31, has been a regular of the Caribbean team throughout his tenure with the Riverhounds, and wore the captain’s armband for the first time during a…
Mother of man who died in jail requests investigation into judge’s alleged misconduct
The mother of a man who recently died in Allegheny County Jail has filed a complaint against the judge who sent him there, citing “rude, arrogant, and racist” behavior and “racially charged language” at a February 2022 hearing. Juana Saunders tells Pittsburgh City Paper she was immediately struck by Judge Anthony Mariani’s unprofessional demeanor and…
Vigilance rethinks immersive theater, returns with slasher-inspired Blood Moon
Blood Moon, the latest production from the Vigilance Theater Group, bears some resemblance to their previous shows. For one, the venue is not disclosed until guests buy their tickets. It also invites audiences to an immersive theater experience defined by a decidedly spooky or unsettling tone. The similarities end there, however, as the show, now…
Vegan eats, strawberry treats, and more Pittsburgh food news
Plant Based Junk Food 507 Foreland St., North Side. alleghenycitybrewing.com Vegan and looking to indulge? Try the Plant Based Junk Food event on Mon., June 6 from 4-9 p.m. at Allegheny City Brewing. This event will feature the very popular Crispy Chik’n Sandwiches and Loaded Fries, among other satisfying eats. 27th Strawberry Festival 5121 Westminster Place,…
Pittsburgh’s top concerts: May 30-June 5
Three Rivers Arts Festival. Fri., June 3-Sun., June 12. Multiple times. Cultural District. Free. TrustArts.org/TRAF. Taking place for the first time in the heart of the Cultural District, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust says that the featured music lineup of this year’s Three Rivers Arts Festival “is among the most diverse ever assembled in the festival’s…
“Granny Guns” goes viral documenting journey competing for Ms. Health & Fitness
Marlene Flowers believes that it is “never too late” to change your life. “Granny Guns,” as she goes by on social media, is a 65-year-old auto shop owner and bodybuilder who says she had a wake-up call seven years ago. “I had eating disorders and health issues. When I was 58, I had to get…
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There are many different reasons why all of us here in “The Keystone State” would be better off for sampling tasty CBD infused edibles. Watching the Phillies lose another one to the Dodgers stressing you out? That double dose of cheese on the Philly Cheesesteak upset your stomach for the 5th time this month? Maybe…
Pittsburgh company helps artists get into gaming with Forethought Initiative
Tabletop gaming has become more popular, resulting in a long list of mainstream and indie titles suited for a wide variety of tastes. In an effort to continue expanding the field, a local tabletop roleplaying game company has helped create a new initiative. Possible Worlds Games, a Pittsburgh-based company, announced a collaboration with Afterthought Committee…
North Side family alleges transphobic harassment from neighbor
On May 8, 2022, Sean O’Donnell and his husband Todd Collar returned home from an outing with their four kids to find a large sign in their neighbor’s backyard. “It was about nine feet tall,” O’Donnell tells Pittsburgh City Paper. “It was angled into our backyard. So, not the alleyway where whoever walks their dog…
RRR brings Tollywood, dudes rock-style to the Harris Theater
Are we still having fun at the movies? In times like these, this seems like one of the more salient questions when writing about entertainment. And the answer, more often than not, is no. Marvel movies were fun at one point but now seem almost interminably stodgy with their long runtimes and desaturated color palette…
Human operators still essential in autonomous vehicles, says new CMU report
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University’s Traffic21, a transportation research institute, urge the use of human operators on automated transit vehicles in a recent policy brief released by the institution. “Robotic buses, no matter the level of automation achieved, cannot replace skilled operators who are there to keep our passengers safe during the challenging and unpredictable…
Pittsburgh Pirates and 1Hood Media sponsor Juneteenth call for artists
Sports, activism, and art will combine to create an initiative supporting Black artists in Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh Pirates, 1Hood Media, Mikael Owunna Studios, and The Redd Studio collaborated to create Art as Liberation: Celebrating Black Art in Pittsburgh, an outdoor celebration in honor of Juneteenth. The event is currently seeking 20 Black visual artists whose art will…
Beers of the Burgh returns, and it’s bigger than ever
This summer marks the return of many events that Pittsburghers have grown to know and love. And for beer lovers, one of those is Beers of the Burgh, and it’s making its full-throated return this year. For the first time, the city’s premier beer fest will happen over two separate days, Sat., June 4 and Sat.,…
Bestselling author Don Winslow on ditching book writing for activism
With the publication of his latest novel City on Fire (William Morrow), Don Winslow’s writing career has come full circle. The first of three books featuring Irish and Italian characters involved in organized crime, the stories are set in Rhode Island, where Winslow was born. That circle, at least for now, is closed. In April,…
What to know about the Pa. GOP U.S. Senate race recount
Pennsylvania’s top election official announced this week that the Republican U.S. Senate primary race is in for a recount. “The recount will be conducted transparently as dictated by law,” acting Secretary of State Leigh Chapman told reporters during a press conference on May 25. “The affected candidates or their attorney representatives are entitled to be…
On the Tahn: Dance parties at Cattivo, Cobra, and more (May 26-28)
Thu., May 26 BRUTALISM Belvedere’s Ultra Dive 9 p.m.-2 a.m. DJs Rachel Ruckus and Bedlam Boy present another edition of this post-punk meets synthwave night. 4016 Butler St., Lawrenceville. $5. 21 and over. belvederesultradive.com The Trap House Mad Bar 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Join four DJs as they perform sets dedicated to all things bass and trap at…
Lynn Cullen Live: Margo Lovelace Puppeteer (05/26/22)
Lynn is talking about a couple of obits, one is Margo Lovelace, a local shop owner and puppeteer and the other is Joe Pignatano who was a MLB bullpen manager who grew a garden out in the bullpen. Audio Only Archive Stream or download the last 5 shows on the MP3 downloads page.
Lynn Cullen Live: Uvalde Elementary School shooting (05/25/22)
“You are living in a country that has lost its fucking mind.” On today’s episode, Lynn is grieving yet another mass shooting at Uvalde Elementary School in Texas. Audio Only Archive Stream or download the last 5 shows on the MP3 downloads page.
Gordon Parks in Pittsburgh provides much-needed look at Black workers behind WW2-era industries
A photo on display at the Carnegie Museum of Art shows a dozen workmen looking out from a dingy freight elevator, their eyes trained directly at the camera. Their faces show resolve. The year is 1944 and these men work in the Pittsburgh Grease Works, a hulking operation that took up two whole blocks in…
ShadoBeni pleases with a sweet and spicy vegan menu
Pittsburghers first got a taste of Ulric Joseph’s vegan Trinidadian food in local farmers markets. Now, after years of selling his plant-based menu at pop-up stands, there’s good news for anyone craving his unique offerings more often. Joseph’s new restaurant, ShadoBeni, is bringing delicious Caribbean flavors to Pittsburgh any time and any season at his…
That Summer Feelin’
If someone had told me that within a span of one year, I’d be able to vote for the first Black mayor of Pittsburgh, the first Black congresswoman from Pennsylvania, and the first openly LGBTQ Black man for U.S. Senate, I would have said, “Get outta tahn!” (Actually, I would have used more colorful language…
FREE WILL ASTROLOGY: May 26-June 1
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “Reality is not simply there; it does not simply exist,” claimed author Paul Celan. “It must be sought out and won.” I think that is excellent advice for you right now. But what does it mean in practical terms? How can you seek out and win reality? My first suggestion is…
‘90s hip-hop artists to perform concert benefitting young Black scientists
Dr. Andre Samuel, founder, president, and CEO of Pittsburgh’s first community life sciences laboratory, The Citizen Science Lab, was watching reruns of The Jeffersons, What’s Happening!!, and Sanford and Son when he noticed a theme emerge. When someone in their community needed financial help, the characters in the show came together to put on a…
Brandon Getz delivers twisted collection of short stories
These are not Aesop’s Fables. There are creatures to be found in Stop Me if You’ve Heard This One Before (2022, Six Gallery Press), Brandon Getz’s debut collection of 12 short stories, and Pittsburgh City Paper’s May Book Club section, but they aren’t the cute and cuddly kind. Contained within are taxidermied rodents, ghosts with…
Pittsburgh’s top events: May 26-June 1
Thu., May 26 LIT • IRL Pittsburgh fantasy fans will hear from one of the genre’s most successful and celebrated authors when Neil Gaiman presents a talk at Carnegie Music Hall of Oakland. For decades, Gaiman has entranced readers with his imaginative, award-winning tales, many of which have been adapted into film and television shows,…
Rural Pennsylvania training program helps fill dire volunteer firefighter, EMS shortage
For the most part, Pennsylvania’s firefighter and emergency medical technician shortages have become more dire each year. Almost all (96.8%) of the commonwealth’s firefighters are volunteers, and their numbers have been dwindling for decades. But about an hour south of Pittsburgh in Fayette County, a training program is working to help fill the gap. Public…
