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April 12, 2024
Happy 412 Day, neighbor! 💛 We love an excuse to celebrate the Burgh. Need ideas? ⬇️ Scroll for a packed weekend calendar with plant sales, Three Rivers Beer Week festivities, vintage markets, and more!
What's CITY Talking About?
Pittsburgh Public Sues Allegheny County
Pittsburgh Public Schools officially filed a lawsuit seeking a countywide property reassessment. The move comes one month after the school board voted unanimously to authorize legal action. Why? The county assigns tax values to properties — which influence the amount of funding the school district receives — but hasn’t conducted a countywide tax reassessment in more than a decade. District solicitor Ira Weiss says this has “created a situation where the lower valued properties are over-assessed, and higher valued properties are under-assessed.” [PublicSource]
- 💰 Confused about how it works? We break it down in today's Friday news roundup. [🎧 City Cast Pittsburgh]
Post-Gazette Settles Strike With Teamsters
After an 18-month long strike, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette settled with Teamsters Local 211/205, the union representing the paper’s truck drivers. The union voted to accept a severance pay and dissolve itself, but details on the payout have not been finalized. The Pittsburgh Newspaper Guild — representing reporters, photographers, and other editorial personnel — is still on strike, along with three other unions representing mailers, advertising workers, and press personnel.
- 📣 The other unions on strike didn’t know this was coming; the Teamsters negotiated in secret by request of the Post-Gazette. Some union representatives worry this damages the credibility of the Teamsters and puts the possibility of a fair settlement for others at risk. [WESA]
CLO Launches Discounts & Child Care
Need a cheap night out? The CLO is now offering discounted tickets for children, a trolley shuttle Downtown from suburban shopping centers, and free child care at Saturday matinees. The offers apply to select shows at the Benedum Center for the Performing Arts, Byham Theater, and Greer Cabaret Theater.
- 🎭 What a deal! The CLO joins other Downtown groups offering discounts like the Pittsburgh Opera, the Pittsburgh Symphony, and the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. [90.5 WESA]
What To Do
Friday, April 12
- 🍻 Three Rivers Beer Week at Bay 41, Inner Groove Brewing, Spoonwood Brewing Co., and Dancing Gnome | various times | pay as you go | Lawrenceville, Verona, Bethel Park, and Sharpsburg
- 🦸 Steel City Con at Monroeville Convention | 10:00 a.m. - 8 p.m. | $36+ | Monroeville
- 🛍️ Rhythm and Threads on South Craig Street | 12-6 p.m. | pay as you go | Oakland
- 🧡 412 Fest at Bakery Square | 4-10 p.m. | free | Larimer
- 🕯️ Wicks and Sips at Strange Roots | 6:30-8:30 p.m. | $45 | Millvale
- 😘 Meet Cute: Yinz In Love N'at at Bottlerocket Social Hall | 8 p.m. | free | Allentown
Saturday, April 13
- 🍻 Three Rivers Beer Week at Lolev Beer, Old Thunder Brewing Company, Eleventh Hour Brewing Company, and more | various times | pay as you go | Blawnox, Lower Lawrenceville, and Lawrenceville
- 🦸 Steel City Con at Monroeville Convention | 10:00 a.m. - 8 p.m. | $55+ | Monroeville
- 🚮 Garden Workshop at Construction Junction | 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. | $20/class or $70/class and bin | Point Breeze
- 🤎 Dirt Day at East End Food Co-op | 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. | free | Point Breeze
- 🌈 Holi Festival of Colors with Level Up Studios | 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. | free with RSVP | Garfield
- 👚 Pitt Vintage Clothing Palooza in Schenley Plaza | 12-6 p.m. | free admission | Oakland
- 🍵 Spill the Tea: Drag Brunch at Pittsburgh Public Theater | 12:30 p.m. | pay what you can | Strip District
- 🕯️ Candle Refill at The Refillery | 1-4 p.m. | $1.85 per ounce | Downtown
- 🎉 135th Birthday Bash at Braddock Carnegie Library | 1-4 p.m. | $5-$135 donation | Braddock
- 🌷 Spring Social at Velum Fermentation | 5-9 p.m. | $10 | South Side
- 📽️ CICADA: A Night of Pittsburgh Premieres at The Oaks Theater | 8 p.m. | $10 | Oakmont
- 🪩 Dance Through the Decades Prom Night at Bottlerocket Social Hall | 9 p.m. | $10 | Allentown
Sunday, April 14
- 🍻 Three Rivers Beer Week at Acrospire Brewing Co., Grist House Craft Brewery & Trace Brewing | various times | pay as you go | Glenshaw, Millvale & Bloomfield
- 🦸 Steel City Con at Monroeville Convention | 10:00 a.m. - 5 p.m. | $39+ | Monroeville
- 🐾 Pawsitively Wonderful Adoption Event | 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. | free | O’Hara Township
- 🪴 Plant Sale & Indie Mart at WorkshopPGH | 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. | free | Wilkinsburg
- 🗑️ Trash Clean Up under the Bloomfield Bridge | 12-3 p.m. | volunteer | Bloomfield
- 🎤 Sharing Experiences of Black Creatives at Bitz Opera Factory | 2-3:30 p.m. | free | Strip District
- 🪩 Disco Sunday Disco at Trace Brewing | 3-9 p.m. | free | Bloomfield
Today on City Cast
Bowhunting, Bathtub Cleanup & A New PPS Lawsuit
Pittsburgh Public Schools is suing Allegheny County to try and force a countywide property reassessment, the city’s expanding its deer management program (so look out for a call for more archers), and the team is talking about all the effort that goes into flood clean-up. Plus, it’s 412 Day! We’re sharing a couple ways to celebrate.
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Francesca Dabecco
City Cast Pittsburgh’s Mallory Falk edited this newsletter.
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