Prohibition Pastries has mastered the Gingerbread cookie
It wouldn’t be a Pittsburgh wedding without a cookie table. But why keep the tradition exclusive to happy couples? In the spirit of the season, Pittsburgh City Paper is celebrating the holiday cookie table. We’re reviewing bakery favorites, family recipes, and grocery store staples until the table is full. Nothing says happy holidays like biting…
Pittsburgh Grooveline: Dance parties at Brillobox, Cake, and more (Dec. 5-Dec. 11)
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.) This month, Grooveline is making it easier to get funky and festive by highlighting the best…
An appreciation of Prantl’s Thumbprint cookie
It wouldn’t be a Pittsburgh wedding without a cookie table. But why keep the tradition exclusive to happy couples? In the spirit of the season, Pittsburgh City Paper is celebrating the holiday cookie table. We’re reviewing bakery favorites, family recipes, and grocery store staples until the table is full. Two inches of icing top every…
Pittsburgh filmmaker needs your Roberto Clemente stories, memorabilia, and photos for a new documentary on the iconic Pirate
With a new documentary in the works on the life, activism, and career of Roberto Clemente, its filmmakers are soliciting help from Pittsburghers. Director David Altrogge, of Vinegar Hill Productions, is looking for anyone in the city who has stories, memorabilia, photos, or anything else worth sharing about the Pirates player. The documentary, slated for…
First Night announces 2019 lineup, including a live game show with physical challenges, audience participation, and team play
A small crowd of politicians, media, artists, and giant puppets gathered on the fourth floor of the Trust Arts Education Center for the big reveal of this year’s Highmark First Night festivities. The annual New Year’s Eve celebration promises over 100 events and activities, including live music, magic acts, visual art, and other surprises spread…
Pennsylvanians really love mini bottles of Fireball whiskey
According to the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, more than 5.5 million mini-bottles of Fireball Cinnamon Whisky were bought last year at state liquor stores. With a drinking-age population of about 9.5 million, that’s enough mini bottles of Fireball for every drinking-age Pennsylvanian to split a shot of spiced whiskey with a friend. The 99-cent bottles…
No one plans a vacation to the bathroom, but here we are
I typically use this column for levity: hyperbolic stories about things most people don’t concern themselves with that I use in an attempt to brighten your day. Selfless, I am, in trying to make you feel better about whatever bad situation you might be experiencing. Well, this is not a typical column. There’s no happy…
Concert Announcements: Reba, Cheap Trick, Five Finger Death Punch, and more
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. Rock Chicago, Rick Springfield. Sat., July 25. KeyBank Pavillion, Burgettstown. Cheap Trick. Sun., Feb. 9. Palace Theatre, Greensburg. Standard Broadcast. Thu., Feb. 6. Thunderbird Café…
Weekly Food Truck Schedule: Dec. 4-10
Are you tired of tracking down food trucks? Welcome to the Pittsburgh City Paper food truck roundup, where we do the hard work for you. Each week, we’re compiling a list of city trucks and their schedules. (For the most up-to-date schedule, visit each truck’s website.) AFRICAN Kilimanjaro Flavour @kilimanjaro_flavour Friday: Apis Mead & Winery.…
Pittsburgh to host a racial justice town hall next week in East Liberty
While racial justice issues have existed in Pittsburgh since its earliest days, it’s been a particularly stark problem this year. A recently released report showed that Pittsburgh is one of the worst and most unhealthy regions in the country for Black people to live. The trial of former police officer Michael Rosfeld, who shot and…
Lynn Cullen Live – 12/3/19
Video Archive Lynn and Susan are discussing various topics today including the America’s Got Talent firings of Gabrielle Union and Julianne Hough, and the canceling of the Victoria’s Secrets’ annual fashion show. On a more serious note, they are talking about the longevity of life, and how we deal with living longer. The Stanford Center…
New Black-owned CBD store aims to dispel its placebo myth
Women of color account for just 5% of senior roles in the cannabis industry, according to a 2017 study by Marijuana Business Daily, which is why I was excited to see a Black-owned CBD store open here in Pittsburgh. Total Peace & Wellness, which had its official grand opening in Lawrenceville on Oct. 25, has…
GASP and Patagonia use mural to urge action on curbing air pollution
The Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) and Patagonia are taking advantage of the holiday season foot traffic to raise awareness of air pollution in the region. GASP partnered with the socially conscious, California-based outdoor clothing company to help obtain signatures for a petition encouraging the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) to curb industrial emissions…
The Santaland Diaries at City Theatre cuts through the corniness of the holiday, with an added Pittsburgh twist
The Christmas season is jam-packed with corny, saccharine media beating its audience into holiday cheer submission. Even the most festive people could use a respite from the relentless positivity of it all. Enter, City Theatre’s production of The Santaland Diaries, a one-actor show based on David Sedaris’ essay of the same name, first read on…
CP celebrates Pittsburgh’s best cookies this holiday season
It wouldn’t be a Pittsburgh wedding without a cookie table. But why keep the tradition exclusive to happy couples? In the spirit of the season, Pittsburgh City Paper is celebrating the holiday cookie table. We’re reviewing bakery favorites, family recipes, and grocery store staples until the table is full. Chocolate chip cookies from Nancy B’s…
Lynn Cullen Live – 12/2/19
Video Archive Lynn is starting off the week discussing her feelings towards the 2020 Democratic candidates. Joe Sestak and Steve Bullock have both dropped out of the race, and it was hard to remember they were even in it to begin with. She is also talking about a recent poll of Republicans about who was…
Artists and poets take on nature’s role in human progress, and destruction, in When the Bough Breaks
A gigantic forest stands out from across the room, painted in deep blues and grays on a canvas created from 20 wooden panels. Tree branches are highlighted by streaks of light coming in from holes in the rafters. Wait, rafters? Upon closer inspection, one of the branches is actually a desk light; wildlife below, hiding…
Pylon Pics: ‘Duck’ called up in win over Browns
Steelers continue to hold onto Wild Card position, defeating Cleveland 20-13 at Heinz Field.
A dozen Pittsburgh museums offer discounts and deals this weekend for Museum Store Sunday
Have you ever spent almost as much time visiting a museum’s store as you did perusing the artwork and collections inside the actual museum? Whether you tend to gravitate towards miniature replicas of a piece of artwork you admired or a souvenir Pittsburgh item created by a local artisan, there’s no denying that museum shops…
Pittsburgh’s free holiday parking policy may not be as great as it seems
Tomorrow, on Small Business Saturday, the city of Pittsburgh is hoping to provide a boost to local businesses by offering customers free parking at all metered spots throughout the city. It’s part of a four-day long free parking stretch that includes the Thanksgiving holiday, free parking Friday, and then Sunday, when parking is always free.…
Lynn Cullen Live – 11/27/19
Video Archive The confusion over the sex of the Conan the hero dog honored at the White House yesterday is the first story Lynn is covering today. She is also talking about the death of Barbara Hillary, the first black woman to reach the North Pole. Then there is the scary report saying that the…
Meet the chef/owner of Leo. a public house Michael Barnhouse
Name: Michael Barnhouse Work: Chef, owner, and proprietor at Leo. a public house 1207 Allegheny Ave., North Side. leopgh.com How’d you end up in this location? When I first moved to Pittsburgh, I was driving around, just exploring the city, and came over to the North Side. Mexican War Streets, Allegheny West. I loved the architecture…
Celebrate Giving Tuesday by supporting one of these local organizations
Every year, there are stories about aggressive, sometimes deadly stampedes on Black Friday. Thanksgiving is theoretically a holiday about being thankful for what you have, but it’s also tied to rabid consumerism, with Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday constantly promoting shopping. After Thanksgiving and after all the sales, celebrate Giving Tuesday on…
Community cookbooks define holiday dinner tables and so much more in Pittsburgh and beyond
Community cookbooks bear little resemblance to celebrity chef vanity projects or neatly packaged recipes dedicated to one type of cuisine or another. With round, plastic binding holding together page upon page of what looks like hand-typed recipes, these collections of donated recipes tend to have more personality than their glossier, professional peers. In the Pittsburgh…
How dialect coach Nancy McNulty assures accuracy of place and authenticity of sound
Name: Nancy McNulty McGeever, Forest Hills Work: Dialect Coach for Pittsburgh Public Theater, Front Porch Theatricals, barebones productions, Kinetic Theatre, and City Theatre What does a dialect coach do? Help shape two major things about an accent: accuracy of place and authenticity of sound. I structure a dialect that will bring everyone together to sound…
Doug Cooper’s art captures a true portrait of the city and region
Sit on the mezzanine of the Jaren Cohon Student Center at Carnegie Mellon University, and you are in the thick of the Oakland Squirrel Hill Cultural district and a quintessential Pittsburgh locale. Sure, there are the distinctive cultural buildings for universities and museums. But perhaps even better are the nearby rolling hills and precipitous overlooks,…
Free Will Astrology (11/27-12/4)
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarian composer Ludwig van Beethoven was inclined to get deeply absorbed in his work. Even when he took time to attend to the details of daily necessity, he allowed himself to be spontaneously responsive to compelling musical inspirations that suddenly welled up in him. On more than a few occasions, he…
My strategy for surviving Black Friday: Don’t go to Black Friday
Thanksgiving is tomorrow. Many of us will celebrate our blessings with friends and family, share a meal, and enjoy a card game we just learned to play and are terrible at because we were getting another squirt of Black Box wine instead of listening to the instructions. It is truly the perfect season to give…
Have you locked down your partner this cuffing season?
With the season changing and the temperatures dropping, many of us find ourselves changing our habits. We pull out the warm clothes, start to eat comfort foods, and prepare for the holidays. But do our habits or attitudes around sex and dating also change? Many folks have suggested that, in fact, they change so drastically…
tina’s (holiday) pop-up is a hospitality-driven experience featuring stirred, punch, spritz, and after dinner cocktails
The newest seasonal pop-up in Downtown Pittsburgh is not what it sounds like: tina’s (holiday) gives Pittsburghers what owner Sarah Shaffer calls a “new sense of holiday magic.” It’s a respite from holiday fanfare, not another celebration of it. Shaffer, in partnership with skilled florist and event designer Tommy Conroy of 4121 Main, has created…
Our wary critic dissects the ‘white, grey-ish white, or brown’ Mad-Mex Gobblerito
It’s Thanksgiving season, which means restaurants everywhere are engineering ways to get the most shelf life out of America’s ultimate meal. At Mad Mex, this means Gobblerito season, the restaurant’s signature “funky fresh Cal-Mex” cuisine with a holiday spin. To the surprise of no one, the Gobblerito is not a Mexican or Cal-Mex dish. It’s…
Winnie Frolik’s main character in debut novel Sarah Crow gives a voice to the outsider
The protagonist of Winnie Frolik’s debut novel, Sarah Crow (One Idea Press), is something of an homage to the characters of the author’s literary heroines of the 1800s. Sarah is a governess in 19th-century England struggling with bleak romantic and financial prospects, mental health issues, and loneliness. “I love books from that era: the Brontes, Jane…
Pittsburgh’s Black Friday Circular: This year’s hottest gifts for your favorite Yinzer
Welcome to Pittsburgh’s Black Friday Circular, where you’ll find the perfect local gifts for your favorite yinzers. From this year’s hottest accessories (know anyone in need of a sinkhole repair?) to the season’s hardest-to-find items (a daily newspaper, for one!), we found the best deals a mid-sized city can offer … whether you want them…
Grammy-nominated native aspires to build up Pittsburgh’s music and arts community
It’s been six years since Pittsburgh City Paper last spoke with singer, songwriter, and producer Kevin Garrett. Since then, the Point Breeze native opened for X Ambassadors, Alessia Cara, James Bay, and Mumford & Sons, among others, worked on tracks for Banks’ III, Rudimental’s Toast to Our Differences, and Beyoncé’s 2016 Lemonade — the latter…
