Pittsburgh stakeholders disagree on how to fund affordable-housing programs

“At some point, you have to take action if you honestly say you believe in this.”

Pittsburgh nonprofits working to reduce transmission of HIV

“PrEP is for women, men, people of all genders and trans folks.”

Backyard Bioluminescence

It’s nearly firefly season in Western Pennsylvania

The Colombian Spot, on the South Side, offers the fare of this South American country

On the menu: arepas, corncakes stuffed with various fillings including, meats, cheese, beans and even fries

Wheel and Wedge opens a new artisanal cheese shop in Lawrenceville

“I view it like the craft-beer movement 10 or 15 years ago.”

Substitute Cool Whip for Sweet-Tooth Cravings

For someone who is overweight, can’t swim and is as pale as a pile of snow, the beach has never been my scene

The Nonino family is distilling tradition

“She can only achieve this result with the help of other women in the wineries.”

Love is warm, spicy chickpeas

We shared everything and managed to do so with relative grace

Pittsburgh City Paper Booze Battles: Spork vs. Apteka

Flowers and Tequila

Chateau D’Esclans Whispering Angel Rosé 2016

$21.99/750ml

Documentaries on jazz legends John Coltrane and Lee Morgan

In the jazz canon, few musicians are as highly regarded as tenor saxophonist John Coltrane

Baltimore’s Wildhoney hits Pittsburgh with a new record and a poppier sound.

“While we like guitars, and pedals are fun, it’s ultimately about the song.”

Pittsburgh’s Spectres having success doing more with less

“I just want to make rock ’n’ roll music that makes people dance.”

Critics' Picks, May 25-31

Check out shows this week from Cayetana, Old Crow Medicine Show, ’68 and more

New Releases

Serpentine's 'criminal hymnal'

Everything, Everything

Teen rom-com between a cute boy and a cute girl, who can’t go outside

Chuck

The Wedding Plan

An Israeli dramedy about a wedding that goes awry

Using human hair and other unconventional materials, Sonya Clark explores family, cultural resilience and the slave trade

It’s an unsettling and invigorating collection

Cheap Seats: Grading the Pittsburgh Pirates through their first 40 games

Gerrit Cole gets less support than a single mother who married a deadbeat dad

The Bandwagon Jumper’s Guide to Pittsburgh Penguins Hockey

Here are a few tips to get through the remainder of the postseason with some degree of authenticity and dignity

The loss of Pittsburgh’s residency requirement for police officers could have a big impact on improved police-community relations

In 2013, more than 80 percent of city voters approved a measure making residency for police and fire personnel mandatory.

Savage Love

“It was a pretty hard hit for us sexually and emotionally.”

The state of American magazines and more at Creative Nonfiction’s Writers’ Conference

We check in with editors at The New Yorker and Harper’s

Violet at Front Porch Theatricals

Front Porch has managed to summon the perfect person for every role

Ironbound at City Theatre

Rebecca Harris dominates the play as Darja

KG Dynasty premieres its debut showcase

Hip-hop dance troupe performs Infinity

ABBEY: In the Red honors the legacy of jazz great Abbey Lincoln

Production by SPdp and Soy Sos combines dance and live music

A Conversation with Jim Breuer

The comic talks chemo, the Mets and online video

Short List: May 25-June 1

SuicideGirls Blackheart Burlesque; Carnegie Museum of Natural History explores The Power of Poison; OpenStreetsPGH is back; City Theatre cultivates Momentum