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Dry January

This Weekend in Pittsburgh: Dry January & Brunch is Back

By Lindsay Patross | January 9, 2020

Convive Coffee opens in Lawrenceville, Mad Friday reading series at Delanie’s, Thai Me Up offers a cooking class, a new video about Pigeon Bagels, and a shout out to Staghorn Cafe in our podcast.

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Cure for cabin fever: H Lane Coffee in Swissvale // Pho @ Two Sisters

By Lindsay Patross | January 2, 2020

Welcome to 2020! A new podcast interview with Ben Wong, all the ways to stay warm this weekend and all the food highlight you might have missed from last year.

Phipps Holiday Light Show 2019

This weekend: Handmade Arcade Winter Market, NYE Parties & a new event

By Lindsay Patross | December 27, 2019

We’ve got a new podcast episode about puppets and Pittsburgh 80s history. Still need plans for 12/31? Check out our guide to all of the New Year’s Eve (and Noon Year’s Eve) parties in town.

‘Twas the Weekend Before Christmas

By Lindsay Patross | December 19, 2019

Everything you need to know for last-minute shopping, charitable giving, packing and picking up beer before the big day. 

This Weekend: 15 years & 15 beers, Holiday Markets & Yinzer Yuletide

By Lindsay Patross | December 12, 2019

This week we’re celebrating good beer and talking to brewers in Pittsburgh. We’ve also got all the details on the last few holiday markets and all of the holiday performances. 

schitt's creek drag show

This weekend: 7 holiday markets, Santarchy & Schitt’s Creek Drag Show

By Lindsay Patross | December 5, 2019

This weekend is peak holiday in Pittsburgh. We’ve got the scoop on The Holiday House, a new pop-up above Market Street Grocery. There are 7 holiday markets happening around town this weekend. In addition to Santarchy you can celebrate the season with a Schitt’s Creek drag show and A Christmas Story pop-up.

Thanksgiving Pittsburgh

This weekend: Thanksgiving beers, Chrismakkuh Galley & Bar Botanico

By Lindsay Patross | November 27, 2019

Everything you need to know to survive Thanksgiving in Pittsburgh this week. Headed out of town? Download our podcast and take Very Local on the road with you. 

Light Up Night

This Weekend in Pittsburgh: Oakmont Brewery Beer, Shop Dogs, 3 New Cocktail Spots & Civil War Sites

By Lindsay Patross | November 21, 2019

Headed to Light Up Night? We’ve got the details on two new spots to sip a cocktail downtown. Say hello to the shop dogs of Pittsburgh. Inner Groove Brewing is collaborating with Oakmont bakery on a holiday beer. Learn about the Civil War sites in your neighborhood. And, Monday is Taco Night at Cinderland’s Warehouse. 

This weekend in Pittsburgh: November 15-18

By Lindsay Patross | November 14, 2019

Food stylists, sustainable salons, the ‘Sound of Music’ and stouts.

This weekend: Startup Weekend, speakeasy sneak peek, surfing in Pgh

By Lindsay Patross | November 7, 2019

A new Pittsburgh podcast, Hitchhiker pop-ups in Allentown, the oldest farmers market in town & surfing in Pittsburgh