I got a canopy and umbrellas ☂️

Pittonkatonk is an all weather event. Get your rain boots and a poncho and come down to the park for live music, great food, and community.

. pittonkatonk is underway. If you're waiting for the rain to clear before heading to Schenley Park, why not read up on the no-cost international music festival's origins in our 2022 interview w/ founder, Pandemic Pete: pghindependent.com/post/the-indep…

Spring intern Ryleigh Lord, a University of Pittsburgh student, profiles Blue Moon, a Lawrenceville bar that is a staple for Pittsburgh's queer community. (Photo by K. Gerard Painter Jr.) qburgh.com/our-gay-church…

Tom Morello has spoken.
cc: Pittsburgh Union Progress 📰

For #EarthDay , we share @nickkeppler's Golden Quill nominated coverage of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ and US Steel’s hollow environmental pledge.
#sportswashing #greenwashing

pghindependent.com/post/penguins-…

return of the yawp

so close.
Omg! #FeddTheGood SPIN

Full lineup released for @slt_Fest in #Pittsburgh Sept. 7-8 at Hazelwood Green. Day one headliner - The Killers; Day two - SZA, w/ support from Wiz Khalifa. Other performers include Girl Talk, feeble little horse, St. Vincent + more. #suddenlittlethrills #SLTfest

the The Roboto Project + Bunker Projects campaign marks a collaborative effort between the punk/DIY music scene and a fine arts venue, as well as an example of how direct community engagement helps keep an arts culture alive.

by Emma Riva.

pghindependent.com/post/we-bought…

Tranq hits Pittsburgh: why experts aren’t panicking over Xylazine’s emergence bit.ly/3VMZhps from @PghIndependent

Xylazine, known as #tranq , is becoming prevalent in #Pittsburgh street drugs.

Here’s why local experts aren’t panicking.

Coverage by Ryleigh Lord via Pittsburgh Media Partnership.

pghindependent.com/post/tranq-hit…

Last week’s #Pittsburgh news, today #35

THIS WEEK:

- Nippon Steel’s Pittsburgh pledge
- The Warhol ‘loses its way’
- Fetterman loses top comms staffers
- Alma Speed Fox commemorated
- Gov. Shapiro's mystery mansion makeover

+ much more!

pghindependent.com/post/last-week…

Three #Pittsburgh -area investors are pursuing IK Start, a second-tier soccer team from Kristiansand, Norway, much to the confusion of the 119-year-old team’s fans.

Nick Keppler reports on this potential Norwegian #Wrexham

pghindependent.com/post/what-do-t…

#IKstart #Eliteserien #futbol

While Xylazine has been seen in around 30% of overdoses in Allegheny County, it’s not necessarily causing death.

“There has not been a death that has included Xylazine that has not also included fentanyl,” said one expert.

pghindependent.com/post/tranq-hit…

A #Pittsburgh artist faces felony burglary and criminal trespass charges over an alleged act of civil disobedience in which a #Google flag that flew above the company’s Larimer headquarters went missing, and a Palestinian flag appeared in its place. pghindependent.com/post/pittsburg…

Xylazine, known as tranq, is increasingly prevalent in #Pittsburgh street drugs.

Story by Ryleigh Lord.

pghindependent.com/post/tranq-hit…

A Pittsburgh Police detective said to run Bakery Square’s police detail led the investigation and arrest of the suspect based on intel Walnut Capital’s CEO personally collected and conveyed.

pghindependent.com/post/pittsburg…

'Transatlantic Soccer Beat' could be, but is not, a band name. That we know of.

“Why did three Americans from #Pittsburgh want to invest in our club?” Kai Rune Karlsen, head of IK Start’s fan club, told the Pittsburgh Independent.

Nick Keppler on the transatlantic soccer beat.

pghindependent.com/post/what-do-t…

#IKstart #Eliteserien