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🥧 Your Thanksgiving takeout guide
November 8, 2024 · — Francesca Dabecco
Happy (finally) Friday, Pittsburgh. The U.S. Senate and last few U.S. House races have been called for Pennsylvania. Scroll for that and election analysis on the City Cast Pittsburgh podcast ⬇️ Then stick around for your tasty Thanksgiving takeout guide 🥧 🦃

What's CITY Talking About?
🔴 The Red Wave Continues in PA
- 🗳️ Dave McCormick won Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate seat in a close race against incumbent Democrat Bob Casey. [Associated Press]
- 🗳️ Republicans flipped two seats in the U.S. House of Representatives thanks to two contested races in eastern Pennsylvania. It's not clear yet which party will have the majority. [Associated Press]
- ➡️ What does this mean for Pittsburgh? Host Megan Harris is talking with 1Hood’s Miracle Jones and City Cast Pittsburgh contributor Natalie Bencivenga on today’s City Cast Pittsburgh podcast 🎧

📽️ August Wilson Film Premiere
Producer Denzel Washington’s adaptation of August Wilson’s play “The Piano Lesson” will debut at Waterworks Cinema today and stream on Netflix starting Nov. 22. The movie, set in the Hill District in the 1930s, “uses the supernatural to explore themes of legacy and cultural heritage,” as ghosts begin to appear when a family member wants to sell their heirloom piano. [TribLIVE]
🚀 CCAC Students Launch Space Experiment
Students are testing how microgravity affects fungus’ ability to break down common plastics. People create more than 400 million tons of plastic waste every year, and research shows that certain fungi can disintegrate plastic so it’s more recyclable. [90.5 WESA]
- 🌕 ⬅️ Throwback to when Astrobotic launched its doomed lunar lander earlier this year! Did you know that Pittsburgh has a long legacy of space exploration? [🎧 City Cast Pittsburgh]
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Your Pittsburgh Thanksgiving Takeout Guide

Pane è Pronto
Order the ultimate Italian-American mealkit at Pane è Pronto in the Strip District, ready to reheat and enjoy. It includes porchetta and gravy; cacio e pepe mashed potatoes; sausage, spinach, apple, and pine nut stuffing; cauliflower casserole; cranberry and fennel sauce; and Italian cookies. Feed two for $74 or four for $140. Orders will go until sellout. Pick up your meal kit on Nov. 27 from 12-6 p.m.
Zenith
The “No Turkey Vegan Holiday Rescue Kit” has seitan, stuffing, mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans, cranberry sauce, curry yam soup, and pumpkin spice cake for $21. Call the No Turkey Hotline at (412) 481-4833 by Nov. 20 for pick up Nov. 27 in the South Side.
Sprezzatura
The Millvale caterer and cafe is serving wild rice, sausage and mushroom stuffing; turkey, walnut, and cranberry meatballs; stuffed squash; sesame glazed carrots; and more. Don’t skip dessert! Try the pumpkin chocolate chip bundt cake. Order by Nov. 24 to pick up Thanksgiving morning.
Allegro Bakery
Need more vegan options? Order apple and pumpkin pies, apple cinnamon coffee cake, potato garlic herb focaccia, and more for pick up in Squirrel Hill, and watch for Thanksgiving order deadlines.

What To Do
Friday, Nov. 8
- 🏳️⚧️ 2024 TransPride YOUniting Health & Wellness Conference | 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. — through Nov. 9 | $0-300 | virtual
- 🔭 Moon Watch | dusk — through Nov. 15 | free | Mt. Washington
- 🎶 NoCofest at COVE Art Center | various times — through Nov. 9 | $5 donation | Avalon
- 🐶 Pittsburgh Pet Expo at the Convention Center | various times — through Nov. 10 | $7+| Downtown
- 🚀 21+ Night: Mars Party at Carnegie Science Center | 6-10 p.m. | $20-25 | Chateau
- 👀 Now You (don’t) See Me at MuseumLab | 6:30-9 p.m. | $5 | North Side
- 💋Vintage Variety Show at Love, Katie Distillery | 7-10 p.m. | $24-50 | Sharpsburg
- 🎭 Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations | 7:30 p.m. — through Nov. 10 | pay what you can | North Side
- 🪩 Jesse Factor: The Marthaodyssey at Kelly Strayhorn Theater | 7:30 p.m. — through Nov. 9 | $20+ | East Liberty
- 🥀 Beauty and the Beast at Byham Theater | 7:30 p.m. — through Nov. 10 | $18+ | Downtown
- 🪩 Open House at Spirit | 9 p.m. | $10 | Lawrenceville
- 🎭 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari from Quantum Theatre | various times — through Nov. 24 | various prices | Downtown
Saturday, Nov. 9
- 🧘♀️ Taste of Yoga at the Maverick Hotel | 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. | $30 | East Liberty
- 🛢️ Household Chemical Collection | 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. | various prices | Hazelwood
- 🎩 PGH Vintage Mixer at David L Lawrence Convention Center | 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. | $0-10 | Downtown
- 🎄 Holiday House Tour & Craft Fair at Glenshaw Century Club | 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. | $30 | Glenshaw
- 🍁 Autumn Art & Maker Mart at Tree Pittsburgh | 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. | free | Upper Lawrenceville
- 🌌 Dark Sky Chapter Meeting at Allegheny Observatory | 7-9 p.m. | free | Riverview Park
- 🎼 Pittsburgh Opera Double Feature at Benedum Center | 8 p.m. — through Nov. 17 | $15+ | Downtown
Sunday, Nov. 10
- 🌈 Pride Outside Hike at Duff Park | 10-11:30 a.m. | pay what you can | Murrysville
- 💄 Drag Brunch at Trace Brewing | 11 a.m. | $10+ | Bloomfield
- 🌀 Chakra Cleanse Workshop at Pop District Print Lounge | 2-5 p.m. | $20 donation | North Shore
- 🍝 Spaghetti Dinner with Bitter Ends & Nine O'Clock Wines | 5-9 p.m. | $30 | Bloomfield
- 🎶 Kristallnacht at Rodef Shalom Congregation | 5:30 p.m. | free | Oakland
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Before you go! Not many of yinz submitted a guess for this week’s Where Is It? game — I know I know, the election was pretty important. Want to give it another try?
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