Pittsburgh City Paper

The Pittsburgh City Paper stands as the top alternative weekly publication in Pittsburgh, emphasizing local news, opinions, and coverage of arts and entertainment. It acquired In Pittsburgh Weekly back in 2001. According to the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, as of September 28, 2001, City Paper ranks as the 14th largest alternative weekly newspaper in the United States.

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Lynn Cullen Live: Lynn talks about the Ukrainian drone attack inside Russia, and the terrorist attack in Boulder, CO (06-02-25)

6 days ago | pghcitypaper.com | Lynn Cullen

The astonishing, game-changing, audacious Ukrainian drone attack inside Russia that destroyed scores of their fighter jets is being heralded as something that will change the very nature of warfare. And the disgusting terrorist attack on old Jews in Boulder, CO will remind us all of the never-changing allure of antisemitism. Audio Only Archive Stream or download the last 5 shows on the MP3 downloads page.
Jasmine Cho isn’t doing cookie-cutter activism

1 week ago | pghcitypaper.com | Aakanksha Agarwal

A sugar cookie changed everything in Jasmine Cho’s life. It was simple — its surface covered in smooth white icing, and a portrait of a protestor piped with a delicate tip. She’d been making portrait cookies for a while: figures like Grace Lee Boggs, Yuri Kochiyama, astronauts, authors, changemakers she’d admired from afar. She even hand-delivered a cookie to Hines Ward, the Korean American NFL star celebrated on and off the field.“That was fun,” Cho tells Pittsburgh City Paper.
Ballroom and vogue dancers strike a pose in the ’Burgh

1 week ago | pghcitypaper.com | Amanda Waltz

It all started with the Harlem Renaissance — at least, that’swhat the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington,D.C., saysaboutvogueandballroom. As the Museum points out, between1920 and 1935, the Harlem Renaissance saw Black intellectuals, authors,artists, and musicians flourish. Many of these figures were openly gay or queerand influenced what would become a starting point for this aspect of LGBTQculture.
Lynn Cullen Live: This is not what our brave men and women in uniform fought and died for.. (05-27-25)

1 week ago | pghcitypaper.com | Lynn Cullen

Trump's breathtaking corruption, his vile, meandering graduation speech at West Point, his unpresidential remarks at Arlington National Cemetery, the Bitcoin grift and graft openly selling his presidential influence for his private gain....all were on display this Memorial Day weekend. Sickening. This is not what our brave men and women in uniform fought and died for. Audio Only Archive Stream or download the last 5 shows on the MP3 downloads page.
PizzaFest!, Beers of the Burgh, poolside cocktails, and more Pittsburgh food news

1 week ago | pghcitypaper.com | Rachel Wilkinson

Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy x Eleventh Hour Brewing Co. 101 Panther Hollow Rd., Oakland. pittsburghparks.org Grab a beer at a city park when the Parks on Tap series returns. Starting Fri., May 30, Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy teams up with Eleventh Hour Brewing to transform the Schenley Park Visitors Center into a beer garden. Visitors enjoy sanctioned brews, local food from a rotating line-up of food trucks, and access to wooded trails in Schenley Park.
Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books takes Oakland with Judy Collins and other guests

1 week ago | pghcitypaper.com | Rege Behe

The Carnegie Library in Oakland occasionally hosts big events, but taking on the Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books and the 4,000 enthusiasts expected to attend posed a challenge for the event organizers. “It's the biggest building in the world, and there's still no room in it,” Mary Monaghan, director of public services with Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, tells Pittsburgh City Paper.
Affordable-ish Housing in Pittsburgh: Growth spurt edition

2 weeks ago | pghcitypaper.com | Michael Machosky

The city of Pittsburgh added nearly 3,000 people in 2024. The city of Pittsburgh had “the greatest population increase by total number of people among all municipalities in Pennsylvania, according to an analysis of the data from the Pennsylvania State Data Center.” This is pretty remarkable. Aside from a few tiny blips here and there, Pittsburgh (the city and region) has been losing population for more than 50 years, as the steel industry’s postwar boom faded. Why are people moving here?
Lynn Cullen Live: The abysmal voter turnout in Tuesday's mayoral primary election. (05-22-25)

2 weeks ago | pghcitypaper.com | Lynn Cullen

Lynn railed at the abyssmal voter turnout in Tuesday's mayoral primary election that saw incumbent Mayor Gainey ousted. 74% of elegible voters didn't vote. And we're surprised our democracy is dying? Also, the budget bill passed the House by one vote and will enrich the rich and plague the poor, growing the deficit and throwing millions of Medicaid. Gotta love Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill." Audio Only Archive Stream or download the last 5 shows on the MP3 downloads page.
Local wine lovers face a looming challenge - Trump’s tariffs

2 weeks ago | pghcitypaper.com | Emma Riva

You’ve probably heard that Champagne can only be Champagne if it’s from the Champagne region of France — the words “American Champagne” send shivers down the spine of any wine snob.
Arts Landing wants to be Pittsburgh’s cultural front yard

2 weeks ago | pghcitypaper.com | Aakanksha Agarwal

The strip of land between Penn Avenue and Fort Duquesne Boulevard has been a no-man’s-land, more concrete cut-through than community hangout. But next year, Pittsburghers might start planning picnics there. Construction began on Arts Landing, a four-acre public space in the Cultural District set to transform Downtown’s Eighth Street block. Arts Landing marks one of the Cultural District’s most ambitious projects in 25 years.