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April 18, 2024
It’s Black Maternal Health Week, neighbors. Did you know Black birthing people in Pittsburgh experience a significantly higher mortality rate than their white counterparts? Read on to learn more about the issue, proposed policy changes, and local orgs trying to make a difference.
Plus, we’re going mushroom foraging on today’s City Cast Pittsburgh podcast 🍄
What's CITY Talking About?
Biden Talks Steel, Manufacturing in Pittsburgh
President Joe Biden stopped at the United Steelworkers union headquarters Downtown yesterday to talk about his proposals to increase tariffs on Chinese-made steel and champion the investments made in steel and manufacturing through a $1.2 trillion infrastructure law. [TribLIVE]
- 🇺🇸 Biden says he wants to keep U.S. Steel here. Company shareholders approved the $14.1 billion sale to Japan’s Nippon Steel last week, but it was a formality. The sale still faces regulatory reviews and opposition from the United Steelworkers union and members of Congress. [Wall Street Journal]
Penguins Miss the Playoffs Again
The Pens were officially eliminated Tuesday from the Stanley Cup Playoffs race. In team captain Sidney Crosby’s 19-year career, he has never missed the playoffs twice in a row before — last year was the first time the Pens missed the playoffs since 2006. [KDKA-TV]
‘Sudden Little Thrills’ Comes to Hazelwood
The new two-day music festival will bring national and local acts to Hazelwood Green on September 7 and 8, including chart-topping R&B singer-songwriter SZA and rock band The Killers. Wiz Khalifa will do a hometown birthday set, and Pittsburgh-based artists like Girl Talk and Feeble Little Horse will take the stage.
- 🎸 Yinz ready? Ticket pre-sales start at 10 a.m. today. [Sudden Little Thrills]
What To Do
Thursday, April 18
- 🎉 Pittsburgh Fringe Festival | various times | various prices | all over Pittsburgh — through April 27
- 🌸 Spring Farmers Market in Market Square | 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. | pay as you go | Downtown
- ♻️ The Refillery’s Neighbors Night with Three Rivers Waterkeeper | 5:30-7:30 p.m. | pay as you go | Downtown
- 🎂 Grounded Birthday Happy Hour at Trace Brewing | 6-8 p.m. | pay as you go | Bloomfield
- 🍽️ Dinner with the Queen of Crime fundraiser at Revival on Lincoln | 6 p.m. | $130 | Bellevue
- 🎨 Queer Craft Night at Assemble | 7-9 p.m. | $20 or free for Garfield residents | Garfield
Friday, April 19
- 🥣 Let Them Cook at Sweetwater Center for the Arts | various times | $10-$50 | Sewickley
- 🪡 North Pittsburgh Quilters Guild Show at the Community Center | various times | $10 | Ross Township — through Sunday
- 🎶 Record Store Night at Preserving Records | 7-11 p.m. | pay as you go | New Kensington
- 🪕 “Bloomfield Sound” Album Release at Honky-Tonk Jukebox | 7-11 p.m. | $20 | Bloomfield
- 👠 Velvet Vice! at The Storyville Lounge at Dr. Tumblety's | 8-11 p.m. | $70-$110 | Allentown
Today on City Cast
How and Where to Forage Mushrooms in Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania is the No. 1 cultivator of mushrooms in the country, but you can also find all sorts of fungi foraging in the woods. Spring and summer are a great time to look for mushrooms, and Esperanzo Wilcox, founder of the PA Mushroom Company, is here to share his tips for finding and identifying a few more coveted edible delicacies.
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Until tomorrow,
Francesca Dabecco
City Cast Pittsburgh’s Megan Harris edited this newsletter.
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