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Lawrenceville’s Row House Cinema to host drive-in movies at The Strip District Terminal
Make it a movie night. Row House Cinema announced Friday that its drive-in film experience is back, starting Oct. 1 in the Strip District. The theater is collaborating with The Terminal in the Strip District for a second year of outdoor viewing. Doors open at 6:30 pm. Films begin around...
Oregon man canoeing across country makes a stop in PittsburghVideo
Neal Moore is traveling 7,500 miles from Oregon to New York City — in a canoe. He will cross 22 bodies of water, two of those in Pittsburgh — the Ohio and the Allegheny rivers. As of Thursday, he had traveled 6,600 miles to date. His goal is to document...
Allegheny County’s RADical Days back, bigger than ever
People looking to expand their civic, cultural and educational horizons by trying something new have the perfect opportunity during upcoming RADical Days. RADical Days began in 2002 as a “thank you” to Allegheny County taxpayers with a weekend of free events from organizations that received support from the Allegheny Regional...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Aug. 20-22
The weekend has arrived. Here are five ways to spend it in Pittsburgh. All things pickle Picklesburgh is back after being canceled last year because of the pandemic. The three-day outdoor event will be Downtown Friday through Sunday on the Andy Warhol Bridge and Allegheny Overlook along Fort Duquesne Boulevard....
Pogopalooza comes to Pittsburgh this weekendVideo
When Dalton Smith was 13, he broke both kneecaps. “I was attempting a double back flip on a pogo stick,” said Smith, now 21, of Franklin, Tenn., outside Nashville. “I basically did a belly-flop knees-first on the concrete. I got up and walked, but the next day I was in...
Pittsburgh Labor Day Parade canceled, other service events on
The annual Labor Day parade in Pittsburgh has been canceled. With the covid cases rising, organizers decided to wait until 2022, said Darrin Kelly, Allegheny-Fayette Central Labor Council president. “Our first commitment is to keep everyone safe,” said Kelly. “We want to protect our members and the community as a...
4 people arrested for drugs, guns at Pittsburgh hotel
Six guns, 12 bricks of heroin and $900 were recovered by Pittsburgh police during a raid on Friday at the Double Tree Hotel at Bigelow Square. Just after 1 a.m., officers executed a search warrant at a room on the 10th floor of the Downtown hotel after “an ongoing investigation...
Pittsburgh Allegheny County Thermal building hits the market
A hot market is anticipated for a Downtown building where the steam heat for many office buildings has been generated for decades. The Pittsburgh Allegheny County Thermal building on Fort Duquesne Boulevard between Sixth and Stanwix streets is on the market. “We’re excited about the opportunity,” said Gregg Broujos, regional...
2 arrested in fatal Downtown Pittsburgh shooting
Two men were arrested Thursday in connection with the fatal shooting of a man in Downtown Pittsburgh earlier in the day, according to Pittsburgh police. Taylor Wible, 21, of Pittsburgh was charged by police with criminal homicide and carrying a firearm, while Ela N. Aydin, 18, of Oakdale, was charged...
Grammy-winning singer Jason Mraz inspired by Pittsburgh’s favorite neighbor
Grammy-winning musician Jason Mraz’s latest album design was inspired by one of Pittsburgh’s beloved neighbors. The cover has an image of a mirror surrounded by a rainbow. “Mister Rogers was definitely the inspiration,” Mraz, who will be performing here at the end of the month, told the Tribune-Review. “Mister Rogers...
Pittsburgh Monster Pumpkins Festival moving from the North Shore to the Strip District
Pittsburgh Monster Pumpkins Festival is carving out a new space. After three years on the North Shore, the two-day event in October has found a new home in the Strip District. The new location will be on Railroad Street between 28th Street and 29th Street. The free event is scheduled...
Free ‘Lights On!’ events to celebrate Pittsburgh’s Cultural District
Pittsburgh’s Cultural District will celebrate the return of live programming with a three-day “Lights On!” event from Sept. 9-11. The special celebration of the arts will be the official kick-off to RADical Days, an annual thank-you to the public with free admission, tours, performances and family activities offered by organizations...
Aliquippa teen’s 2019 shooting death was a homicide, medical examiner rules
An 18-year-old Aliquippa man who died in May as a result of being shot in the head in Pittsburgh after a July 4 fireworks display was a homicide victim, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner said Sunday. Keyari A. Wynn died May 14 in Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh as a result...
Heinz launches campaign targeting hot dog, bun mismatched packaging
Heinz has had it. Tired of seeing hot dogs and buns sold in mismatched quantities — wieners in packages of 10, buns in packs of eight — the world-famous condiment maker launched a campaign Tuesday to encourage manufacturers to finally get on the same page. The ketchup king started a...
Pittsburgh celebrates Fourth of July with huge fireworks display
Fireworks returned to Pittsburgh on Sunday night to celebrate the Fourth of July. A huge display was put on from Point State Park in Downtown. The celebration included patriotic music and food vendors, and was followed by fireworks presented by Pyrotecnico. Pittsburgh Police spokesperson Cara Cruz said she estimated the...
Raise it: Pittsburgh Fort Pitt Museum hosting ‘Fourth at the Fort’ flag ceremony
The flag is so massive that drivers can see it as they exit the Fort Pitt Tunnel cruising into the city of Pittsburgh. Look for it on Sunday. The 20-by-36 Garrison flag is the largest one flown by the U.S. Army. It’s displayed on holidays and at special events. The...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: July 2-5
It’s the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Here are some ideas of how to spend it in Pittsburgh. Downtown Pittsburgh Pittsburgh’s Independence Day celebration returns this year. The traditional gathering at Point State Park will include patriotic music and food vendors from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., with the fireworks...
Council, business leaders say Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership’s work is needed amid pandemic recovery
The shutdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic proved the importance of the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership to the city’s business district, its members and administrators told city council members Tuesday. “Everything came crashing down,” said Casey Henderlong, describing how it hurt businesses like the Richard Deshantz Restaurant Group, where Henderlong is...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: June 25-27
It’s the final weekend of June. Here are some ideas on how to spend it. Carrie Blast Drive-in Carrie Carpool Cinema at the Carrie Blast Furnaces will host baseball films this weekend. “A League of Their Own,” about women’s professional baseball, is being shown at 9:30 p.m. on Friday. “The...
Pittsburgh Symphony plans return to Heinz Hall live audiences
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra will return to Heinz Hall in September with a full orchestra in front of live audiences. “When we return in September, it will have been a shocking drought of 18 months since we’ve all been together at Heinz Hall,” said Melia Tourangeau, PSO president and CEO....
Cultural Trust JazzLive series returns to in-person performances
A popular staple of the summer arts scene in Pittsburgh is returning to the Cultural District next month. The BNY Mellon Presents JazzLive program is bringing jazz musicians back for a 10-week series of live concerts Downtown. This year, they will be performed at the new Allegheny Overlook Pop-Up Park,...
Juneteenth celebrations roll right into Black Music Festival this week in Pittsburgh
For hip-hop music fans who have been around since the genre first got its start in the late 1970s, the WPA Juneteenth concert on June 19 was quite the event. The evening saw two icons of early hip-hop — Rakim and Big Daddy Kane — taking the same Steel City...
Residential, retail space to connect 4 Pittsburgh neighborhoods in Brewers Block
Pittsburgh’s Polish Hill, Lawrenceville, Strip District and Bloomfield neighborhoods are converging into a residential/retail development that will be known as Brewers Block. The development is located on Liberty Avenue between 32nd and 33rd streets, just down the street from the former Iron City brewery, as well as the Church Brew...
Pittsburgh officials to phase-in return to in-person operations; meetings to remain virtual
After more than a year of doing business remotely, Pittsburgh’s city employees will be returning to work in upcoming weeks. But council meetings and similar meetings of the city’s boards and commissions will continue to be virtual until further notice, the city said Tuesday. “We are starting to see the...
Feds award $19.3M to rapid bus line project linking Downtown Pittsburgh to Oakland
A rapid bus line linking Downtown Pittsburgh to its Oakland neighborhood will receive another $19.3 million in federal funding. The allocation was announced last week by the U.S. Department of Transportation to the Port Authority of Allegheny County as part of $250 million in funding made available under the American...
