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🍍 PA cracks new canned cocktail law
August 28, 2024 · — Francesca Dabecco
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What's CITY Talking About?
🍍PA Cracks Open Canned Cocktail Law
Restaurants, hotels, grocery stores, and convenience stores are now able to apply for ready-to-drink cocktail permits through the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board. Look for hard seltzers stocked outside Fine Wine and Good Spirits stores starting Sept. 16! [KDKA]
📣 CMU Limits Student Protests
Per Carnegie Mellon University’s new policy, protests and rallies with 25+ participants must be registered in advance or face potential discipline. Students protested earlier this year in opposition to the war in Gaza. [TribLive]
❌ RFK Jr. Cut From PA’s November Ballot
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will no longer appear as a third-party presidential candidate. A judge approved his request to be removed as he suspended his campaign and endorsed Donald Trump. [SpotlightPA]
🦟 Can Mosquito Spray Hurt Our Habitat?
Public health workers routinely spray for mosquitos in the summer to prevent the spread of West Nile virus — and local experts say this is one of the worst years they’ve seen for virus contraction. But conservation advocates are concerned with how insecticides impact the local ecosystem, from monarch butterflies to pollinators. [PublicSource]
What To Do
Wednesday, Aug. 28
- ✨ Lunch Break Yoga with All Bodies Welcome Yoga | 12 p.m. | free | Millvale
- 🥂 Shiftworks Field Session & Social Mixer at Emerald City | 5:30-7:30 p.m. | free | Downtown
- 📚 Bookbinding Workshop at Center for Creative Reuse | 5:30-7:30 p.m. | free | Point Breeze
- 🎶 Just Summer Live Music Series at The Highline | 7:30 p.m. | free | South Side
Thursday, Aug. 29
- 🏴 North American Festival of Wales | 8:30 a.m. - 9 p.m. — through Sept. 3 | various prices | Downtown
- 🇬🇷 Taste of Greece Festival at Holy Trinity | 11 a.m. - 9 p.m. — through Sept. 1 | free | McCandless
- 🔥 Kickoff & Rib Festival at Acrisure Stadium | various times — through Sept. 2 | pay as you go | North Shore
- 🧶 Stitch & Bitch at Abeille Voyante Tea | 5-7 p.m. | free | Millvale
- 🥃 Bourbon Pairing Series at Revel | 6-8 p.m. | $49 | Downtown
- 🪨 Climbing Meetup at ASCEND | 6:30-8:30 p.m. | $15 | Point Breeze
- 🎶 Broadway at the Overlook with PMT | 7 p.m. — through Sept. 1 | free | West End
- 🚲 Pittsburgh Underwear Ride on 46th & Butler Streets | 8 p.m. | free | Lawrenceville
Friday, Aug. 30
- 🥏 3ROC Disc Golf Party at Schenley Park | 4-8 p.m. | free | Oakland
- 🎤 All Ages Celebration of Mac Miller at Velum Fermentation | 4 p.m. - 12 a.m. | free | South Side
- 📚 Booze & Books at Beyond Bedtime Books | 5-8 p.m. | free | Dormont
- 🥂 Final Friday Happy Hour at Forage Vintage and Goods | 5-8 p.m. | free | Dormont
- 🎉 Final Fridays at The Andy Warhol Museum | 5-10 p.m. | free | North Shore
- 😋 Soul Food Festival in Market Square | various times — through Sept. 1 | free | Downtown
- 🎢 21+ Night at Kennywood | 8 p.m. | $24.99 | West Mifflin
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