Opening Pita My Shawarma The Middle Eastern food truck is getting ready to open a brick-and-mortar spot in Lawrenceville. Pita My Shawarma is currently still slinging food from the truck, and its patio is open...

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Self-isolation to relax and improve your mood can lead to alcohol addiction and the risk of drinking. In addition, drinking alcohol during treatment for coronavirus infection can lead to complications of the disease...

In the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, several states implemented voting by mail for the first time for the primary election. For the most part, it went OK. Vote by mail contributed to significant turnout gains in Allegheny County, though other parts of Pennsylvania experienced some significant delays in counting ballots...

Open marriages, Afrofuturism, true crime, gender identity, and more

1. Luster by Raven Leilani, out August 4, via Farrar, Straus and Giroux20-something Edie is a struggling young artist in New York City who finds herself participating in an open marriage and then suddenly living in the couple's home after becoming unemployed...

UPDATE — 12:10 p.m., Wed., Aug. 5: Number of today's new confirmed positive cases in Allegheny County: 70* Number of today's new hospitalizations in Allegheny County: 9 Number of today's new confirmed coronavirus deaths in Allegheny County: 5 Number of today's total coronavirus tests in Allegheny County: 1,216...

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Video Archive Lynn is marking the passing of journalist Pete Hamill...

On July 28, Pittsburgh Police were seeking help from the public in identifying two suspects for a crime relating to a Black Lives Matter protest that had occurred two months prior. The police even solicited local media to help bring in these suspected criminals...

A few weeks ago, People’s Indian Restaurant added pizza to its menu. This fusion of Italian and Indian cuisine from the Penn Avenue restaurant makes immediate sense; Indian dishes are often paired with naan, a flatbread comparable to the crust of a thin pizza...

Adam Valen, the marketing manager for local concert promotions company Drusky Entertainment, had to get honest with himself about the state of the live music scene. “The reality of it is that we’re not going to have full-scale shows until at least next year,” he says...

Interstellar tunes, a 17 year old's wild guitar playing, protest songs, and more

Thu., Aug. 6 (IRL) Laser Galactic Odyssey. 2:30 p.m...

10-minute Zoom plays, a digital Black beer festival, your own private movie theater, and more

Thu., Aug. 6 Zoom Theater City Theatre and Pittsburgh Playhouse are coming together for a night of digital theater, as part of City of Asylum's series, The Show Must Go On(line). The evening features a collection of 10-minute Zoom plays that respond to the current climate...

Black Pittsburghers have been protesting in the streets for months, demanding the city’s police and politicians do better for their communities. Yet in the middle of the largest civil rights battle of the 21st century, Gina Range chose to make the move across the state from Philadelphia, taking on a new role at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center and calling Pittsburgh her new home...

Everybody is dealing with COVID-19 quarantines and restrictions in different ways. You can contact your loved ones on your own, but you might also be curious how your favorite strangers in Pittsburgh are coping, so Pittsburgh City Paper is reaching out to artists, activists, workers, and makers to see how they're doing...

Since the beginning of the pandemic, designers, artists, and sewing hobbyists have taken to their sewing machines to fill the demand of masks for the public to wear. Pittsburgh City Paper is taking a look behind the scenes and highlighting local mask makers...

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): At times in our lives, it's impractical to be innocent and curious and blank and receptive. So many tasks require us to be knowledgeable and self-assured and forceful and in control...

Through rain and shine, nearly 300 Pittsburghers took to the streets to continue protesting the future reopening of a police station in East Liberty. Starting at the fire station, the group marched to Target before continuing down Centre Avenue, turning on to Negley Avenue and circling up again at the intersection of Negley and Penn Avenues to listen to the personal experiences of those who lived in East Liberty, specifically Penn Plaza, and how the neighborhood has come to be as gentrified as it is today...

A Wilkinsburg mural honoring Romir Talley, a Black man killed by police in December 2019, was recently painted over, prompting outcry from Talley's family and community members. The mural, on Penn Avenue in Wilkinsburg, depicted a painting of Talley, surrounded by purple roses, with his name in large letters and the years of his birth and death...

Pennsylvania will pay the postage fee to return every mail-in or absentee ballot it sends to voters for November’s presidential election. Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar said the change would make voting “accessible, safe, and easy” in a statement released Friday by her office...

Stuff can be complicated, especially when trying to get rid of it. The process can remind us that our things can have worth that's hard to put a dollar amount on; they can call to mind other people from our lives; they can bring up memories of what they were (or weren't) used for...

Last week, the U.S. House passed an amendment that would prohibit the Department of Justice from interfering with state and tribal cannabis programs. This means that federal law enforcement can’t impede efforts by states or U.S. territories to pass legal marijuana programs...