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Local Lagniappe: Happy Thanksgiving, ya’ll! 🦃

By Clint Durrett | November 28, 2019

Today, we’re all living that life of pie … and turkey.

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. 

Six of our favorite Pittsburgh Thanksgiving Beers

By Aadam Soorma | November 26, 2019

Looking to snag some local beer to take home for Turkey Day? We rounded up our favorite Pittsburgh carry-out options into a handy guide.

Shopping for unique NOLA Christmas gifts? Geaux local!

By Mary Staes | November 26, 2019

We know it’s tempting to go to big box retailers and sites for your gifts, but there are plenty of amazing gift ideas from local shops and entrepreneurs.

Now Open: Bar Botanico in Lawrenceville

By Aadam Soorma | November 25, 2019

The 45-seat restaurant offers thoughtful craft cocktails and unique (family-style) takes on contemporary American cuisine. Their grand opening is set for December 1.

📰 Life After The Weekend: Nov. 25

By Clint Durrett | November 25, 2019

With the holidays approaching and the hustle and bustle of eating, buying, wrapping, packing and shipping almost at its zenith for 2019, we cooked up this feast of headlines from around the city to keep your noggin fed and stuffed with the information you should know about.

For the first time in decades, Chocolate Santa not taking photos for 2019 Christmas

By Mary Staes | November 25, 2019

Fred Parker, known to many across New Orleans as Chocolate Santa or the 7th Ward Santa, has been posing for photos for generations.

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. 

How you can hear all the New Orleans artists nominated for the 2020 Grammys

By Mary Staes | November 21, 2019

Here’s a list of our artists nominated and a sampling of their music.

Becoming Professor X: Mia Young takes hip-hop to a new degree

By James Cullen | November 21, 2019

Mia Young is a superhero. Known by most as Mia X, her origin story isn’t rooted in one cataclysmic event, but a lifetime of breaking and remaking the rules and doing the improbable.