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Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s 2023-24 season to celebrate ‘Power of NOW’
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s 128th season will include programs across diverse genres, from rock ’n’ roll, soul and R&B to the Great American Songbook, holiday favorites and movie themes. Kicking off in September, it also will include new and returning guest conductors and soloists, new recordings, the Pittsburgh debuts of five...
Ritual House opens in Downtown Pittsburgh’s Union Trust Building
Rituals mark special moments in life that are worth celebrating — a birthday or anniversary dinner, retirement, a new baby, a business deal. Being able to gather for such happy times for a drink or meal in a place that feels like home is the inspiration behind the name of...
Medical examiner: BB gun victim died from accidental drug overdose
A man who police said was repeatedly shot with a BB gun by four city teens while he was unconscious in a Downtown alley in November died from a drug overdose, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office said Friday. Christopher Gaylor, 50, of Cadiz, Ohio, died Dec. 1 at UPMC...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Feb. 24-26
It’s the weekend. Here are some ways to spend it. Beer here The Pittsburgh Winter Beerfest is Friday and Saturday at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Downtown. Approximately 400 local, regional and hard-to-find craft beers from more than 130 breweries will be available. There will be live music, a...
Nearly $300K worth of fentanyl seized at Pittsburgh Greyhound station
More than 960 bricks of suspected fentanyl that were intended to land in McKeesport were seized Tuesday at the Greyhound bus station in Downtown Pittsburgh, law enforcement officials said. The Allegheny County District Attorney’s Narcotics Enforcement Team (DANET), along with the Pittsburgh Regional Transit police and the Attorney General’s task...
Attempted homicide charges dropped in BB gun shooting case in Pittsburgh
A Pittsburgh district judge on Wednesday dropped attempted homicide charges against four city teens accused of shooting an unconscious man with a BB gun multiple times as he was lying in a Downtown alley in late November. The man, identified as Christopher Gaylor, 50, of Cadiz, Ohio, later died of...
Committee to study opening resource centers for youth, families in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh officials on Monday announced members of a new committee that will study curbing youth violence in the city and launching resource centers geared toward youth and families. Pittsburgh City Council President Theresa Kail-Smith and Mayor Ed Gainey teamed up to form the new Advisory Committee for Youth and Family...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Feb. 17-19
It’s a long holiday weekend for some with Presidents Day on Monday. Here are some ways to spend it. Auto Show The Pittsburgh International Auto Show is Friday through Monday at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Downtown. There will be a wide variety of vehicles in a non-sales atmosphere....
Inbound Armstrong Tunnel to close for nearly 2 years for rehab
The inbound Armstrong Tunnel is scheduled to close for a $13.1 million rehabilitation project. The closure is expected to start at 6 a.m. March 4, according to county officials. It’s not expected to reopen again until winter 2024. The right lane for inbound traffic on Second Avenue also will close...
Puttery Pittsburgh brings ‘chic’ mini golf to the Strip District
It’s certainly not your parent’s mini golf course. Heck, it’s not even been your mini-golf course. Until now. The high-concept Puttery Pittsburgh opens its doors Friday in the Strip District. And it greatly expands the experience of miniature golfing. The venue’s three courses — The Lodge, The Library and The...
4 Pittsburgh teens used BB gun to shoot unconscious man who later died, police say
Pittsburgh police on Friday charged four city teens with shooting an unconscious man with a BB gun multiple times while he lay in a Downtown alley in late November. The man later died from an unknown cause. Karmelo Harshey, 18; Isaiah Johnson, 16; Desmond Robinson, 15; and Lee Wilson, 16,...
Allegheny County Jail drops vaccine rules for social visits
Visitation has reopened at the Allegheny County Jail regardless of the visitor’s or incarcerated person’s covid-19 vaccination status. Allegheny County Jail Warden Orlando Harper announced Monday the jail would be fully reopened for visitations. In a release, he said the decision was made after consulting with the county health department...
Be my Valentine: Cancer Bridges hosts dinner for cancer patients, loved ones
When Naomi Howard was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009, she wanted to give up. It was listening to the loving words of her Valentine that she took to heart. “I said, ‘If you won’t fight for yourself, please fight for me,’” said her husband of 42 years, John Howard....
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Feb. 10-12
It’s Super Bowl weekend! Even though the Steelers are not in the big game this year, there are plenty of super things going on in Pittsburgh this weekend. ‘Dracula’ Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s much anticipated premiere of Michael Pink’s “Dracula” opens Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the Benedum Center. There are...
2nd teen charged in deadly Downtown Pittsburgh shooting
A second teenager charged in connection with a deadly shooting in Downtown Pittsburgh last month shut off the GPS-enabled ankle monitor he wore as part of his probation about two weeks before the shooting, police said Thursday. Jayshon Martin, 18, of the city’s Knoxville neighborhood, was charged with criminal homicide,...
Gainey expands on plan to boost Downtown police presence
Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey said Thursday that by the end of March he will boost the police presence Downtown, increasing the number of officers patrolling the Central Business District from as few as 3 to a total of 18, plus supervising officers. The mayor also expanded on plans to open...
Pittsburgh to use grant money for citywide trail condition study
Pittsburgh officials are planning to launch a comprehensive study to analyze the condition of walking and biking trails throughout the city. The city is poised to accept a $73,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ Community Conservation Partnerships Program to fund the trail condition study. Jeff...
Crisis training to prepare Pittsburgh retail, restaurant workers to deal with overdose, mental health issues
Pittsburgh City Council on Tuesday unanimously voted to create a training program catered to restaurant and retail workers who want to learn how to handle people experiencing crises. Introduced by Councilwoman Deb Gross, D-Highland Park, the measure will create a training program through the city’s Office of Community Health and...
‘Wheel of Yinzer’ game show to feature ‘YaJagoff!’ and ‘Pittsburgh Today Live’
Sarah Aziz promises not to tell anyone. “I am good at keeping a secret,” said Aziz, director of festival management for the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, who was invited to host “Wheel of Yinzer,” a live game show modeled on what Pat Sajak and Vanna White have been doing for decades...
Allegheny County Police assisting Pittsburgh officers in patrolling Downtown
The Allegheny County Police Department is sending officers into Downtown Pittsburgh to assist an understaffed Pittsburgh Bureau of Police. Officials with the county police and Pittsburgh’s public safety department confirmed that county police began assisting in the Downtown area Monday. Allegheny County uniformed police officers in marked cars will be...
Pittsburgh opens warming shelters Friday amid cold temperatures
Pittsburgh officials announced Friday that warming centers will be available throughout the city as temperatures drop. The city is opening Beechview Healthy Active Living Community Center, Brighton Heights Healthy Active Living Community Center, Greenfield Healthy Active Living Community Center, Homewood Healthy Active Living Community Center, Sheraden Healthy Active Living Community...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Feb. 3-5
From Beethoven to the Bucs, there is a wide variety of exciting things to do in the next few days. Here are five things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend. Beethoven’s Fifth at Heinz Hall Maestro Manfred Honeck leads the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in a performance of the symphony that...
Gainey wants to triple number of police in Downtown Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey wants to triple the number of city police officers patrolling Downtown and open a new public safety center there, according to city officials and a letter obtained by the Tribune-Review. Gainey spokeswoman Maria Montano said the mayor’s Downtown Public Safety Initiative has been in the works...
Pittsburgh police staffing shortage at ‘tipping point,’ officials say
Pittsburgh police ranks could drop below 700 officers by the start of 2025, leaving the bureau depleted and with low morale, officials said during a wide-ranging, three-hour city council meeting Tuesday on the state of policing in the city. Thirty-five Pittsburgh police officers retired in 2022; another 39 resigned last...
Pittsburgh’s Klavon’s Ice Cream Parlor celebrates its 1923 founding
Here are two scoops. Klavon’s Ice Cream Parlor in Pittsburgh’s Strip District is marking the 100th year of its founding. And it’s also no longer for sale. “Klavon’s is a piece of Pittsburgh history, and I feel like not enough people know about it,” said Desiree Hanchar, of Fox Chapel,...
