Pittsburgh City Paper

12/04/2025

This week's Free Will Astrology asks: Is more always better?

12/04/2025

Looking for a holiday shopping experience that’s creative, local, and totally unique? Handmade Arcade to the David L. Lawrence Convention Center on December 5–6 for its 21st annual Holiday Market, featuring 290+ artists, crafters, and makers, live demos, hands-on activities, and birthday-themed surprises (including a raffle!).
Support local, shop handmade, and discover one-of-a-kind gifts while celebrating 21 years of Pittsburgh’s most beloved holiday market. Mark your calendars: Friday & Saturday
Tickets available now at handmadearcade.org

12/04/2025

Emma Honcharski is a classic multihyphenate: an artist, writer, event producer, and self-described “food person” whose time working in the service industry informs all of the above...

Emma Honcharski is a classic multihyphenate: an artist, writer, event producer, and self-described “food person” whose time working in the service industry informs all of the above. But perhaps her most significant descriptor is collaborator. “For me, it’s the only way things can happen,” ...

12/04/2025

We have a print issue dropping this Friday! Thanks for your patience, since this issue was supposed to be on newsstands this Thursday, but due to a printing issue, it is running late. In the meantime, you can check out our new mega-issue online at pghcitypaper.com.

12/04/2025

Pittsburgh has something big to celebrate! 🎉⚽️

�For the first time in club history, the Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC are USL Championship winners! Capping an incredible season with an Eastern Conference Final victory and a dramatic shootout win over Tulsa.

To honor this historic achievement, the City of Pittsburgh is hosting a community celebration Thursday, December 4th at noon on Grant Street in Downtown. Join us for a championship rally, remarks, and a chance to meet the team and snap photos with both the USL Championship Trophy and the Eastern Conference Trophy.

📣 Event Details:�
Championship Rally & Program: 12–1 PM�
Photo opportunities with the team, coaches, and trophies: 1–2 PM

When: Thursday, December 4 at 12 PM�
Where: 414 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219

Let’s pack Grant Street and celebrate a milestone moment for the Hounds and the city! 🙌🐾

The City of Pittsburgh has announced several road closures to accommodate the celebration:

•Grant Street will be closed between Fourth Avenue and Forbes Avenue from approximately 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
•Traffic will be detoured off Grant Street at both Boulevard of the Allies and Third Avenue to help reduce congestion on Fourth Avenue.
•Fourth Avenue will remain open, allowing cross traffic to continue toward Ross Street or make a right turn onto Grant Street.

Drivers are encouraged to plan ahead and expect delays in the area during these times.

📸: Club Eleven

12/04/2025

Brave the cold for these live performances, art exhibitions, markets, pop culture conventions, and other events in Pittsburgh...

A baseball-inspired ballet, a night with John Cusack, a tribute to Ozzy Osbourne, and so much more in this Pittsburgh winter events guide.

12/04/2025

For over a decade, Harrison Apple has worked to preserve the city’s q***r past. This year, Apple continued their efforts as co-founder of the Pittsburgh Q***r History Project (PQHP)...

Q***r history has undergone more than its fair share of erasure, including in Pittsburgh. Local bars, clubs, and other spaces that, over the decades, served as safe havens for the city’s LGBTQ populations have been torn down or repurposed. Important q***r figures who, out of necessity, existed in ...

12/04/2025

Whether we're aware of it or not, each gift we receive requires our reciprocation, and so it can be a fraught human interaction...

William Miller, Lynn's brother and professor of law, talks about the obligations of gift-giving... How whether we're aware of it or not, each gift we receive requires our reciprocation and so it can be a fraught human interaction. He also describes the time Chief Jusice John Roberts came to his clas...

12/03/2025

The automated rideshare service will begin driving in Downtown Pittsburgh soon...

Pittsburgh’s roads have proved challenging for previous autonomous vehicle companies. However, Waymo’s vast experience could mean smoother going this time around.

12/03/2025

Discover how the world's largest museum system preserves America’s comedy legacy with Smithsonian entertainment curator Ryan Lintelman at the Heinz History Center's Smithsonian Lecture Series program. Lintelman, whose exhibitions have spotlighted iconic artifacts from Jim Henson and the Muppets, The Wizard of Oz, and the golden age of children’s television, will share stories and behind-the-scenes insights from his forthcoming book, “Funny Stuff: How Comedy Shaped American History.”

Tickets available now!
https://www.heinzhistorycenter.org/event/smithsonian-lecture-series-how-comedy-shapes-american-history/

12/03/2025

Over the past decade, Taylor has been one of the loudest voices calling for safeguards on affordability and a multi-pronged approach to housing justice...

Over the past decade, Taylor has been one of the loudest voices calling for safeguards on affordability and a multi-pronged approach to housing justice.