📖 Can you learn Pittsburghese? We find out.

AGH Nurses Get New Contract

Unionized nurses at Allegheny General Hospital avoided a strike with a “historic agreement” that will ease some stress from the staffing crisis. The 1,200 registered nurses and nurse practitioners organized under SEIU Healthcare will get an average 23% pay increase, and employees with a BA in nursing will start at $40 per hour by the end of the contract. The contract also improves nurse-to-patient ratios with 70 new per diem pool nurses, as well as workplace safety improvements with more weapon detection and panic alarms. [Pittsburgh Union Progress / 90.5 WESA]

Frick Reschedules Islamic Art Show

“Treasured Ornament: 10 Centuries of Islamic Art” was originally set to open Saturday, Nov. 4 at the Frick Pittsburgh, but the museum announced it has been rescheduled for August 2024. The Frick earlier said it would postpone the exhibition indefinitely because of concerns about potentially offending some community members amidst the Israel-Hamas war. The move drew criticism from advocacy groups like the Pittsburgh chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, which deemed it unnecessary and said conflating Islamic tradition and art with terrorism is “just disheartening.” [WESA]

Effort To Pay Incarcerated Workers Fails

Jail Oversight Board member Bethany Hallam proposed a motion to compensate incarcerated people $10 a day for labor performed in the jail, but most members abstained from voting, saying it wasn’t clear how the mandate would be funded. Hallam plans to reintroduce the motion. [TribLIVE]

Unseen Warhol Works On Display

There are nearly 10,000 works by native Pittsburgh pop artist Andy Warhol that have never been seen by the public, and now you can get a glimpse of more than 60 of those pieces at “Unseen: Permanent Collection Works” through March 4. “Some represent riffs on or experiments with well-known Warhol images. Others are previously unshown examples of larger series depicting images that were of importance to Warhol,” according to the museum. [The Warhol]

Let’s play a game! Tell me where you can find the sidewalk mural above 👀 The more you read this newsletter, the more likely you are able to spot these locations — especially in the neighborhood guides.

🌟 Shout out to yinz who correctly guessed last week’s challenge: Casey H., Nicole P., Doug R., Bonnie N., Christine W., Carla C., Gardenia S., Cari S., Ed K., Lynn B., and Chris C.

Want a quick getaway from the city? You can sip on a North Country Brewing Company beer at this 1856 Italianate-style home in Harmony’s National Historic District. Get your holiday shopping started this Saturday and Sunday at the town’s German Christmas Market.

🎥 Three Rivers Film Festival | Wednesday - Nov. 19 | Various Times

Watch 22 indie features at the Harris, Pittsburgh Playhouse, Lindsay Theater and Waterworks Cinemas over eight days. [$225 for festival pass / $18 individual tickets, various locations]

🍻 City Cast Pittsburgh Happy Hour | Thursday | 5-7 p.m.

Cheers with us at Trace Brewing. The first 20 guests get a free drink on us. [free, Bloomfield]

🍫 Flight Night: Wine & Chocolate | Thursday | 7-8 p.m.

Enjoy four gourmet Fat Cat Chocolates paired with four-ounce pours of wine at Bierport. [$25, Lawrenceville]

🛍️ CRAFTED | Friday | 5:30 - 8 p.m.

Sip festive cocktails while you start the gift-giving season with Contemporary Craft’s annual market featuring 30 artists. [$15, Lawrenceville]

Your Guide to Speaking Perfect Pittsburghese

To celebrate her ten-year anniversary in Pittsburgh, host Megan Harris is giving herself a challenge: learn how to say one sentence in a convincing Pittsburgh accent. Actor, voice coach, and speech teacher Don Wadsworth is here to give us a Pittsburghese lesson and break down what exactly makes the dialect so distinct