News+Features
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- News
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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.”
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- News
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Pittsburgh nonprofits working to reduce transmission of HIV
“PrEP is for women, men, people of all genders and trans folks.”
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- News
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Backyard Bioluminescence
It’s nearly firefly season in Western Pennsylvania
Food+Drink
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- Dining
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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
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- Dining
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Wheel and Wedge opens a new artisanal cheese shop in Lawrenceville
“I view it like the craft-beer movement 10 or 15 years ago.”
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- On The Rocks
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The Nonino family is distilling tradition
“She can only achieve this result with the help of other women in the wineries.”
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- Personal Chef
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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
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- Personal Chef
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Love is warm, spicy chickpeas
We shared everything and managed to do so with relative grace
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- Booze Battles
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Pittsburgh City Paper Booze Battles: Spork vs. Apteka
Flowers and Tequila
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- Sound Bite
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Clo-pening with Rafael Vencio
A conversation with an inaugural cohort chef at Smallman Galley
Music
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- Music Features
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Documentaries on jazz legends John Coltrane and Lee Morgan
In the jazz canon, few musicians are as highly regarded as tenor saxophonist John Coltrane
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- Music Features
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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.”
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- Critics' Picks
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Critics' Picks, May 25-31
Check out shows this week from Cayetana, Old Crow Medicine Show, ’68 and more
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- Local Beat
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Pittsburgh’s Spectres having success doing more with less
“I just want to make rock ’n’ roll music that makes people dance.”
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New Releases
Serpentine's 'criminal hymnal'
Screen
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- Movie Reviews + Features
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Everything, Everything
Teen rom-com between a cute boy and a cute girl, who can’t go outside
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- Movie Reviews + Features
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The Wedding Plan
An Israeli dramedy about a wedding that goes awry
Arts
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- Art Reviews + Features
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Using human hair and other unconventional materials, Sonya Clark explores family, cultural resilience and the slave trade
It’s an unsettling and invigorating collection
Sports
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- Sports News
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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
- Sports News
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This week in Pittsburgh Sports History
A look back at events that you’ve either forgotten about or never heard of in the first place
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- Sports News
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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
Views
- Lynn Cullen Live
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Lynn Cullen Live 05/24/17
Audio & Video Archive
- Lynn Cullen Live
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Lynn Cullen Live 05/25/17
Audio & Video Archive
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- Pittsburgh Left
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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.
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Savage Love
“It was a pretty hard hit for us sexually and emotionally.”
Books
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- Book Reviews + Features
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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
Stage
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- Theater Reviews + Features
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Violet at Front Porch Theatricals
Front Porch has managed to summon the perfect person for every role
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- Theater Reviews + Features
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Ironbound at City Theatre
Rebecca Harris dominates the play as Darja
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- Dance + Live Performance
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KG Dynasty premieres its debut showcase
Hip-hop dance troupe performs Infinity
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- Dance + Live Performance
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ABBEY: In the Red honors the legacy of jazz great Abbey Lincoln
Production by SPdp and Soy Sos combines dance and live music
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- Comedy
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A Conversation with Jim Breuer
The comic talks chemo, the Mets and online video
Listings
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- Featured Events
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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
