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5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Jan. 5-7
It’s the first full weekend of January. Here are some ways to spend it. PiratesFest In a little over a month, Pirates pitchers and catchers will report to spring training for the 2024 Major League Baseball season. Some of the current and former players will be at PiratesFest from 10...
New Year’s Eve celebration on North Side ends with fight, fatal stabbing
A small New Year’s Eve gathering in Pittsburgh ended in tragedy late Sunday when a North Side man fatally stabbed his roommate during a fight that escalated after several hours of drinking, authorities said. The victim, Luis Soto, 35, was identified Wednesday by the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. Martin...
GetGo looks to open gas station, cafe on Pittsburgh’s North Side
GetGo is looking to open a gas station and cafe on Pittsburgh’s North Side. The proposed location would be on Western Avenue near the West End Bridge in the city’s Chateau neighborhood. GetGo, a subsidiary of regional grocery store chain Giant Eagle, declined to discuss additional details, including the project’s...
Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy wraps up 1st project funded by parks tax
The Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy is completing its first project partially funded by the city’s controversial park taxes, with four more projects in the works for the new year. The 0.5-mill parks tax — or $50 per every $100,000 of a property’s assessed value — was first collected in 2021 after...
Pittsburgh Museum of Illusions offers exhibits that challenge the eye
Walking through this museum may cause you to look twice and think, “Did I just see what I thought I saw?” The Museum of Illusions, which opens Thursday on Pittsburgh’s North Side, offers various optical illusion experiences. “Optical illusions have been around forever,” said Stacy Stec, director of sales and...
Prantl’s Terrible Torte — what it is and how you can get one
Prantl’s Bakery has created a version of its popular burnt almond torte inspired by Pittsburgh’s black and gold. This newest flavor is the Terrible Torte, which will be available by pre-order only for a limited time starting Friday. “It’s called the Terrible Torte, but it’s actually delicious,” said Prantl’s president...
2 girls hit by vehicle on the North Side; 1 in critical condition
Two 11-year-old girls are hospitalized after being hit by a vehicle Wednesday afternoon in the North Side neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Allegheny County dispatchers confirmed that two people were hit and taken by medics to the hospital after the incident, which was reported shortly after 4:30 pm. Police said one girl...
3-month-old boy dies in Brighton Heights, police investigating
A 3-month-old boy died Monday at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh after first responders were notified that the infant was in distress in Brighton Heights. Kyrie Robert Mitchell was unresponsive when first responders arrived at the infant’s Davis Avenue home around 8:20 p.m., city police said. Detectives are investigating. The...
Pittsburgh fuzz-rockers Melt to host live set Friday to celebrate vinyl debut
Ask 10 people for the best way to describe fuzz-rock band Melt and nine of them likely will talk about the Pittsburgh trio’s thunderous volume. Just ask Jacob Gardner. Earlier this summer, the South Side resident and part-time punk bassist discovered Melt while scrolling through websites, searching for concerts to...
North Side man sexually assaulted girl over 4 years, impregnating her at 13, police say
A Pittsburgh man is accused of sexually assaulting the daughter of a woman he knew over four years, starting when the girl was 10 and impregnating her at 13. Todd Keith Summers, 30, of Northview Heights, was arraigned early Friday and taken to Allegheny County Jail after being denied bail,...
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...
