Pittsburgh artists and businesses to support this holiday season

Supporting local artists and businesses is a good practice to have year-round, but it's especially relevant during the holiday season. Why buy a discounted hunk of plastic as a gift when you can instead give a thoughtful and handmade piece of art, all while supporting your community?

As winter nears and temperatures drop, the question of how to serve vulnerable populations experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity is once again posed. This is especially dire now, as COVID-19 has drastically changed how shelters operate...

UPDATE —  12:33 p.m., Mon., Nov. 30: Number of today's new confirmed positive cases in Allegheny County: 920* (two-day total) Number of today's new confirmed coronavirus deaths in Allegheny County: 4...

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Video Archive Lynn is back after three weeks away, and she has a lot to discuss...

Republican state Senate candidate Nicole Ziccarelli trails incumbent Democrat Jim Brewster by 91 votes in Pennsylvania's 45th state Senate District, but she is still fighting over whether hundreds of mail-in ballots should be counted. About 300 mail-in ballots from Allegheny County, which were turned in on time and filled out properly except were missing hand-written dates on their outer envelopes, were recently counted thanks to a Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision...

Dealing them their second legal defeat of the weekend, Pennsylvania’s highest court has thrown out a Trump campaign-aligned challenge to the state’s effort to certify mail-in ballots, according to a published report. On Saturday, the state Supreme Court unanimously overruled a lower court’s order blocking the certification, arguing that the underlying lawsuit was filed months after the law allowed for the Keystone State’s mail-in balloting statute, the Guardian reported...

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Pittsburgh has a deep history of immigrants, and a corresponding love of foods from other countries, mostly from Eastern Europe, Italy, and Germany. But Pittsburgh doesn’t have an extensive history of Mexican immigrants in the area, which means authentic Mexican food is a bit harder to find...

At a press conference outside Spirit in Lawrenceville today, politicians, service industry workers, and venue owners gathered to plead for relief from the state legislature during the ongoing struggle of the pandemic. Hundreds of restaurants have closed permanently in Pennsylvania during the pandemic, and hundreds of thousands of service workers are out of jobs...

This holiday season is certain to be bleak. Coronavirus deaths are increasing rapidly, winter is setting in, and we are still somehow dealing with an election that ended weeks ago...

Openings Jingle Bar 20 Market Square, Downtown Joining the ranks of this year’s holiday pop-ups is Jingle Bar in Market Square...

Circles of Greater Pittsburgh is a longstanding organization that has been fighting poverty throughout the city for years. This hasn’t been easy, as the poverty rate within the city of Pittsburgh is over 21%, according to 2019 U.S. Census data...

An art exhibit featuring local legends, virtual holiday markets from regional makers, a program dedicated to a beloved friend, and more events this week in Pittsburgh

Thu., Nov. 26 ART • IRL Multimedia artist Gavin Benjamin combines his own photography with everything from paint to Swarovski crystals to make eye-catching collages of regal figures and local legends like Roberto Clemente and Josh Gibson. His exhibit Heads of State is now on display at Boxheart Gallery...

Despite knowing that facts don’t change people’s minds, I still use them all the time, especially when I’m talking to my family about politics: “Joe Biden is a Catholic, not a Scientologist,” or “The government isn’t hoarding a secret coronavirus vaccine,” knowing full well that my claims are not persuasive. Mostly, this is OK. Except this election year, when I wanted to persuade my working-class, Western Pennsylvania family to vote for Joe Biden...

Compared to many groups, arts nonprofits and organizations face more difficulties finding the time and money to dedicate to marketing and communications. Emily Willson and Jackie Baker, the co-founders of Workhorse Collaborative, a local boutique consulting firm specializing in arts marketing and organizational strategy for the arts, are more than aware of these challenges...

For Pittsburgh City Paper staffers Jordan Snowden and Abbie Adams, nothing says cozy winter like the sweet and gentle taste of a London Fog latte. A London Fog is simply a fancy name for an Earl Grey tea latte, but it’s the perfect pick-me-up on a dreary Pittsburgh day, of which there are so many...

Last week, Spak Brothers Pizza in Garfield brought their pickle pizza out of retirement. Pickle pizzas have been around for ages, but blew up when the internet discovered (and immediately hated) the dill-ridden slices, making pickle pies almost as divisive as the ongoing pineapple pizza debate...

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With COVID-19 cases at record-breaking levels, help ensure that your family and friends are here to see the holidays next year

Last week, after both the county and state hit their highest number of COVID-19 cases, the Allegheny County Department of Health advised residents to stay home for the holidays to help slow the spread. It seems like common sense, right?

Local comedians offer one-liners for surviving a Zoom Thanksgiving with MAGA-loving relatives

You’ve suffered through four years of your conservative uncle talking about building the wall and locking her up. Now that Trump has lost the election — yes, he really did lose, people!