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Here’s a list of restaurants doing take out on Easter Sunday

By Marielle Songy | April 8, 2020

While we might not be gathering around the family table for a traditional Easter meal, we can still enjoy some good food thanks to some restaurants doing delivery and carry-out for Easter.

Moment of Meditation: Jackson Square

By Very Local Staff | April 7, 2020

We invite you to reflect on this peaceful New Orleans scene.

10 things you want if you love crawfish as much as we do

By Keisha Lee | April 7, 2020

So we might be quarantined, but if you’re like us, you never want to be socially distant from crawfish. 

Ep. 22 East End Brewing’s Scott Smith on the state of Pittsburgh craft beer during the coronavirus pandemic

By Lindsay Patross | April 7, 2020

Ep. 22. Scott Smith East End Brewing: On this episode of The Slaw, we talk about the transformation from taprooms to take-out.

What’s happening (virtually) this week! (Apr. 6-10)

By Matt Haines | April 6, 2020

As we move into our “new normal” for the next few weeks, we’re going to highlight some of the best virtual happenings!

A different kind of masking: how residents are coming together to make homemade masks

By Marielle Songy | April 6, 2020

They say charity begins at home and local crafters have taken to their sewing machines to sew handmade cloth masks for people hoping to add an extra barrier of protection from COVID-19, as well as those on the frontlines of the pandemic.

Reinventing a Tradition: Dooky Chase’s Restaurant and Holy Thursday during COVID-19

By James Cullen | April 6, 2020

Holy Thursday 2020 was going to be different for Stella Chase Reese and Dooky Chase’s Restaurant, but she never anticipated how different. It was a change that, in some regards, started on Holy Thursday the year before.

Club Couch: How DJ Raj Smoove brings the beats during the quarantine

By Mary Staes | April 4, 2020

In the times of the quarantine, when we’re confined to our homes, a local DJ is spinning up experiences to bring virtual vibes to the public.

Pittsburgh Coronavirus Signs

Signage & Sidewalk Chalk: How Pittsburgh is responding to coronavirus

By Lindsay Patross | April 2, 2020

A look at some of our favorite Pittsburgh coronavirus signs and how you can share your coronavirus stories with the History Center.

Experience NOLA’s charm, history through these 13 albums

By Matt Haines | April 2, 2020

Just because you’re at home acclimating to this new life of social distancing doesn’t mean you can’t go on a journey. These 13 albums will take you on a trip through the very best of the last 120 years of New Orleans music.