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Pittsburgh City Paper
12h ago
The Return of Benjamin Lay depicts the life and times of a Quaker dwarf from Pennsylvania who, in the 18th century, opposed slavery as an early abolitionist. A breathless three-story climb up the winding stairs of the Braddock Library transports audiences to The Return of Benjamin Lay, Quantum Theater's exploration of an 18th-century anti-slavery activist ..read more
Pittsburgh City Paper
12h ago
If you’re unhappy about the cost of housing, you need to build more of it. Well, not you personally. But someone does. Just build housing ..read more
Pittsburgh City Paper
1d ago
For an amazing last-minute Valentine’s Day gift, you can make these easy and delicious chocolate truffles with just a few simple ingredients. Ah, Valentine’s Day — the magical time of year when love is measured in overpriced roses, awkward dinner reservations, and, of course, chocolates that cost more per ounce than gold ..read more
Pittsburgh City Paper
1d ago
Play coats aren't just for kids anymore. Adults should adopt this seasonal staple to save their best outerwear from Pittsburgh's slushy, sloppy, dirty winters. Winters in Pittsburgh can be beautiful, producing idyllic scenes of snowball fights, sledding down the city's many hills, and snow falling as skaters circle the rink at PPG Place. However, in a city with as much air pollution and traffic as Pittsburgh, that crisp white powder usually turns to grey slush in a matter of days ..read more
Pittsburgh City Paper
3d ago
One new resource coming to Pittsburgh’s queer elder community this year is Mosaic Apartments, an LGBTQ-friendly senior living center, set to open in October. LGBTQ older adults navigate life with multiple marginalized identities and unique challenges ..read more
Pittsburgh City Paper
3d ago
As the romance industry grows, so do the pearl-clutching tactics of publishers and booksellers to impede the voices of writers in the genre. In the pre-digital publishing era, paperback romance novels lured readers with the same kind of titillating cover art: a woman in period clothing swooning in the arms of a bare-chested hunk — perhaps a lusty pirate, brooding noble, or mighty warrior — his hair flowing, his muscles rippling ..read more
Pittsburgh City Paper
3d ago
What's in store for your astrological sign this Valentine's season? ARIES (March 21-April 19): Love requires stability and steadiness to thrive ..read more
Pittsburgh City Paper
3d ago
Pittsburgh City Paper compiled a list of Valentine’s events for lovers, friends, gal pals, squads, those flying solo, and people who just want to dance to ’90s music. Valentine’s Day used to be all about romance, a lovey-dovey holiday for the coupled-up ..read more
Pittsburgh City Paper
4d ago
The former ER actor is back in scrubs 15 years later for a heart-pounding drama set in an emergency room loosely based on AGH. Actor Noah Wyle’s parents met in Pittsburgh when they were college students decades ago. His mother attended Chatham University, and his dad went to Carnegie Mellon ..read more
Pittsburgh City Paper
4d ago
This week's food news includes updates on Layne’s Chicken Fingers, East End Brewing Company, Strip District Terminal, Turkish Cultural Center Pittsburgh, and Cinderlands Beer Co., as well as a soup-er cook-off, another Valentine's Day roundup, and a local moonshiner making waves. Cinderlands Beer Co. Multiple locations. cinderlands.com Nothing says love like beer ..read more