You thought we were dead and gone, didn’t you? So did I. But to be honest, only very, very briefly. When it was announced over New Year’s that Pittsburgh City Paper was shuttering, it took no time at ...

One of the great pleasures of my work — as both a sex writer and a sex worker — has been the close proximity I’ve been granted to other peoples’ desires, things that I would have never thought to ...

In 2020-21, after losing my full-time job and facing the pandemic mid-divorce, my family needed SNAP assistance to survive. While I continued working a part-time freelancing gig while searching ...

Amanda Barnes of the Steel City Ratting Coalition hunts for rats in a barn in Canfield, Ohio. Credit: Mars Johnson The pitch for the Steel City Ratting Coalition couldn’t be any clearer. “Yinz got ...

Head brewer Matt Moninger describes his encounter with a spirit at Church Brew Works. Credit: CP Photo: Mars Johnson / CP Illustration: Jeff Schreckengost Fall has arrived, and that means it’s spooky ...

Manchester neighborhood area in 1957 and 1993 Credit: Photo: Courtesy of Historic Pittsburgh Buying a home in the Manchester neighborhood of Pittsburgh during the 1960s posed particular challenges to ...

An Oakland institution has closed up shop, with no plans of reopening after the coronavirus closures are lifted. The Original Hot Dog Shop, known affectionately as “The O,” has cleared out the ...

One night in the mid-1980s, Scott* tells me, his roommate went to the Fruit Loop — a secluded stretch of roadway in the southwest corner of Schenley Park — hoping to catch some dick. When the roommate ...

I’ve got some good news and some bad news this Transit Talk Tuesday. As constructed, Allegheny station is basically pointed at Pa. Route 65, the elevated highway that essentially severed these two ...

A larger-than-life statue of Fred Rogers, perhaps as large as his magnetic personality, stands watch over the confluence of our three rivers from its North Shore location. Pittsburgh is, and always ...

Almost 50 years after his presumed death in Idi Amin’s Uganda, Pittsburgh basketball icon John Brisker remains a legend for his fiery character on and off the court. Brisker’s willingness to take ...

Greater Pittsburgh Arts and Crafts Holiday Spectacular. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Continues through Sun., Nov. 24. Monroeville Convention Center. 209 Mall Blvd., Monroeville. $3 ...