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5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Nov. 17-19
It’s one of the biggest event weekends of the year in Pittsburgh: the Downtown Partnership’s Light Up Night. But there are things to do beyond the season lights. Here are five fun ideas for you. Holiday happenings This weekend is the unofficial start of the holiday season with the city’s...
Astrobotic expansion could spur creation of ‘space district’ in Pittsburgh, officials say
Pittsburgh’s leading space company said Tuesday it plans to move some of its operations into a $20 million office building on the North Side and more than double its workforce. Astrobotic, a Manchester-based company that builds equipment to send to the moon, said it has bought a five-story building on...
Allegheny General Hospital receives approval for long-range development plan
Pittsburgh City Council on Monday approved an institutional master plan that lays out Allegheny General Hospital’s development goals over the next decade. Under the 10-year plan, all patient rooms at the North Side hospital will be converted to private rooms. The plan indicates the hospital also is considering constructing new...
Lego-themed Brick Burger pop-up finds new last-minute home at Penn Brewery
The Brick Burger pop-up establishment is popping up in a new location. A Lego-themed restaurant that was supposed to be at R Wine Cellar in Downtown Pittsburgh on Saturday and Sunday had to scramble to find a new spot. Members of Hidden Media Network, the company bringing Brick Burger to...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Nov. 10-12
It’s the weekend with Veterans Day on Saturday. Here are some ways to spend it. Parade The annual Veterans Day parade is at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Downtown. It starts at the corner of 10th Street and Liberty Avenue and continues down Liberty Avenue. Fighter jets from Langley Air Force Base...
Pittsburgh City Council advances new master plan for Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburgh City Council is poised to approve a 10-year institutional master plan for Allegheny General Hospital. This comes after council members in September heard mixed opinions from North Side residents about the plan, which includes potential developments on the hospital’s site. The master plan lays out a plan to convert...
Man arrested after rampage at North Side convenience store
A 29-year-old man was arraigned in court Monday after police say he attacked several people a day earlier at a 7-Eleven in the North Side. Tyler Vick entered the Western Avenue convenience store at about 11:55 a.m. on Sunday and, after trying to pay for several items with just a...
Andy Warhol Museum unveils some of pop artist’s ‘Unseen’ works
Despite an entire museum dedicated to the work of Andy Warhol, there is a collection of 10,000 works by the native Pittsburgh pop artist that have never been in the public eye. People can now see more than 60 of those pieces in “Unseen: Permanent Collection Works” at The Andy...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Nov. 3-5
It’s the first weekend of November. Here are some ways to spend it. Pet expo Organizers call it the “largest pet expo in the U.S.” It is happening from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at the David...
Warhol Museum set to move ahead with $45 million North Shore entertainment venue
Pittsburgh’s Planning Commission on Tuesday approved The Andy Warhol Museum’s new $45 million entertainment venue in the city’s North Shore. The 57,776-square-foot entertainment venue on Sandusky Street is slated to include a first-floor concert venue with standing room for up to 1,000 people. Plans presented to the commission also showed...
Amazon discriminated against Muslim women at Pittsburgh distribution center, lawsuit says
Three Muslim women who wear hijabs are suing Amazon saying that they were subjected to religious discrimination while working at a Pittsburgh distribution center last year. Yvette Smith and her two daughters, Tiara Smith and Sadaira Smith, of Pittsburgh’s Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood. filed the federal complaint on Monday alleging religious, race...
Man wanted for August Perry South shooting arrested
A man who was wanted in connection with a shooting in August in Pittsburgh’s Perry South neighborhood was arrested Monday. Sheridan Marsh, 33, was arrested by Pittsburgh Police and U.S. Marshals in the 2700 block of Stafford Street near Sheraden. He was wanted for an Aug. 19 shooting incident in...
Police say North Side man confessed to killing former neighbor
It took three tries this week for Joshua James Short to kill his former neighbor, Pittsburgh police said. The 21-year-old North Side man tried breaking into Joseph Sees Jr.’s Manchester home at about 1 a.m. Saturday, Short told police in what they called a full confession to the murder. When...
Man shot on North Side
A man was hospitalized after a North Side shooting Tuesday morning. Pittsburgh police responded to the intersection of Geyer and Shadeland avenues for ShotSpotter alerts of eight rounds of gunfire at about 10 a.m., police spokeswoman Cara Cruz said. First responders found the man, who was not identified, “in the...
Former attorney works to bring resources to those with rare genetic disease
Mark Christman had people around him, but he still felt lonely. “When you have a rare disease, it makes you feel alone,” said Christman, who was diagnosed in 1977 with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy, or FSHD, a genetic disorder that causes weakening of the skeletal muscles. “I had never met another...
Titanic exhibit opening at Carnegie Science Center
Howard Irwin packed a trunk that made it on the Titanic, but he never boarded the ship. The Buffalo, N.Y., resident’s belongings were found on the ocean floor, including one item with a Pittsburgh connection. “That is a Pittsburgh postcard,” said James Penca, a historian and consultant for RMS Titanic...
Heart’s Ann Wilson headlines Women Who Rock at Stage AE
Being successful for a woman in the music industry is about refusing to take “no” for an answer. Someone who knows that firsthand is Ann Wilson from Heart. “You have to be pushy, and you will have to sacrifice everything, if you are serious about your career,” said Wilson, who...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Oct. 20-23
It’s finally the weekend. And it looks packed with pumpkins, circus performers, coffee, chocolate, and some “Boo-tiful Music.” ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’ Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey will be at PPG Paints Arena at 7 p.m. on Friday, 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday and...
Warhol Museum proposes $45M entertainment venue on Pittsburgh’s North Shore
The Andy Warhol Museum is looking to expand with a new, $45 million entertainment venue in Pittsburgh’s North Shore. Dan Law, the museum’s associate director, said the proposed Pop District Entertainment Venue is part of the Andy Warhol Museum’s Pop District initiative, which aims to include “physical and programmatic expansion...
Local noise-rock trio Mirakler steals spotlight in 3-band bill
Talk about cutting to the chase. Pittsburgh noise-rock trio Mirakler kicked off a blistering, 22-minute set Monday night at The Government Center on the North Side with a raucous take on its bonafide crowd-pleaser: the vicious “Instant Drugs.” When played live, the song erupts around its edges and borders on...
Family inspired love of the Pitt Panthers for this ultimate fan
Pitt is definitely it for Luciana “Miss Lu” Bair. She claims to be the biggest Panthers fan, and she’s got a pretty solid case. Let’s start with the vehicle she drives. It’s a 2023 Dodge Durango with custom seating in the school’s colors of blue and gold. Her tires have...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Oct. 13-15
Don’t let the rainy forecast dampen your weekend plans. There are plenty of fun things to do around the Pittsburgh area. Let’s take a look at just five highlights. Night market The Allentown Night Market is from 7 to 11 p.m. on Saturday along Warrington Avenue in Allentown. There will...
Pittsburgh man pleads guilty to killing Oliver Citywide student
A Pittsburgh man pleaded guilty Wednesday to third-degree murder in connection with last year’s fatal shooting of an Oliver Citywide Academy student at the North Side school. Eugene Watson, 19, of Crafton Heights, also pleaded guilty to criminal conspiracy to commit third-degree murder and two firearms charges. Watson, 17 at...
Bidwell Training Center preparing Thanksgiving meal kits as fundraiserVideo
This meal kit delivers thankfulness. Prepared by culinary students at Bidwell Training Center on Pittsburgh’s North Side, a “ready-to-serve” Thanksgiving dinner will be available for people to buy for themselves or donate to someone in need. The Thanksgiving Feast package will include 14-16 pounds of oven-ready deboned and brined turkey,...
Judge blocks zoning variance for affordable housing project in Pittsburgh
A zoning variance for an affordable housing project in Pittsburgh’s Fineview neighborhood has been overturned by a judge, forcing the project back to square one. Earlier this month, Common Pleas Judge Mary McGinley ruled that a variance should not have been granted to the community group the Fineview Citizens Council...
