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January 13, 2025 · — Francesca Dabecco
Today is the start of Pittsburgh Restaurant Week, where 40 restaurants around the city feature prix fixe lunches and dinners. Check out what’s new this year. Or if you’re craving something else, don’t forget: we have your guide for what to eat in Pittsburgh in 2025 🍜
What's CITY Talking About?
⚖️ What’s Happening at Our Juvenile Detention Center?
It’s been six months since the Highland Detention at Shuman Center reopened, under a new name and new private nonprofit management. Shuman was shut down in 2021 for “gross incompetence, negligence and misconduct.” We’re talking to its leader about how it’s going so far, the reporting requirements since they reopened, and why Adelphoi wanted to be involved with Shuman in the first place. [🎧City Cast Pittsburgh]
🕳️ Infamous Potholes at Pittsburgh Mills
A Facebook page chronicling infrastructure frustrations at Pittsburgh Mills mall, called “Pittsburgh Mills Mess,” is gaining traction among Frazer residents. The roads are so bad that township officials filed a $4.5 million lawsuit against the owners of the mall back in September. “Driving there is like a real-life Mario Kart,” one Reddit user posted. [TribLive]
- The mall opened almost 20 years ago and is 75% empty. Is it doomed like Century III? [City Cast Pittsburgh]
🎨 Warhol Museum Gets New Director
Mario R. Rossero, executive director of the National Art Education Association, is coming home to Pittsburgh to be the new director of The Warhol and vice president of Carnegie Museums. Rossero says he’s excited to “share lessons learned from a national lens.”
- More arts news: Marya Sea Kaminski, artistic director of Pittsburgh Public Theater, is leaving after seven years. She was the first woman to lead the company. [Pittsburgh Magazine]
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What To Do
Monday, Jan. 13
- 🍲 Pittsburgh Restaurant Week | varies — through Jan 19 | pay as you go | multiple locations
- 🎉 Mod Monday + Open Road’s 5th Birthday at Two Frays | 4-9 p.m. | free | Garfield
- ✍️ Q Writers Roundtable with Write Pittsburgh | 6 p.m. | free | Edgewood
- ✨ Yoga with 3 Rivers Outdoors Co at WSCC | 7-8 p.m. | $5+ donation | Wilkinsburg
- 🛼 Derby 101 with Steel City Roller Derby | 7:15-9:30 p.m. | $10 | Homewood
Tuesday, Jan. 14
- 🎧 DJ Summit at Sheraton Hotel | 8 a.m. — through Jan. 15 | $34+ | Station Square
- 💪 Real Men, Real Talk at the August Wilson Center | 6-8 p.m. | free | Downtown
- 📚 “Once Smitten, Twice Shy” at White Whale | 7-8 p.m. | free | Bloomfield
- 🎤 Story Club Story Slam at City of Asylum | 7-8:30 p.m. | free | North Side
- 💡 Not Your Mom + Dad’s Trivia at the Government Center | 8 p.m. | free | East Allegheny
Wednesday, Jan. 15
- 🧵 Clothing Repair Workshop at CLP | 5-8 p.m. | free | Homewood
- 📚 3ROC Book Club | 6:30-7:30 p.m. | free | Regent Square
- 🍷 New Year Wine Class at PA Market | 6:30-8 p.m. | $45 | Strip District
- 💃 Malpaso Dance Company at Byham Theater | 7:30 p.m. | $23+ | Downtown
Bummer about the lackluster end to our Steelers season. (It's even worse tanking to Baltimore in the playoffs!) 😭Meanwhile the Penguins can’t find their stride either, and Pirates spring training kicks off in Florida next month.
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