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🎤 Inside Pgh’s first mayoral debate
February 4, 2025 · — Francesca Dabecco
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What's CITY Talking About?
🎤 Gainey, O’Connor Debate for Mayoral Race
In their first mayoral debate on Sunday, Mayor Ed Gainey and County Controller Corey O’Connor discussed issues related to Pittsburgh’s budget, city services, and housing policy. [TribLive]
- 💸 Gainey and O’Connor are neck-and-neck in fundraising, according to campaign finance data. [PublicSource]
- 🗳️ The winner will face a Republican challenger in November. Police veteran Tony Moreno and businessman Thomas West are competing in the GOP primary. [🎧 City Cast Pittsburgh]
- 👋 More in local politics: Mayor Gainey’s chief of staff Jake Wheatley resigned over the weekend. A statement from the mayor’s office didn’t include a reason for his departure. [TribLive]
💸 State Health Insurance Costs Could Surge
If Congress allows federal tax credits to expire, Pennsylvanians enrolled in Pennie (the state’s Affordable Care Act program) could see their monthly premiums go up dramatically — by 81% on average. [90.5 WESA]
🎉 Jenny Lee Bakery Celebrates 150 Years
The baking empire is honoring its milestone birthday with new dry mixes based on old recipes and a chain of Jenny Lee Breakfast Nooks (locations to be announced!). Check your local grocery for their yellow cake, chocolate chip cookie, sweet dough, and classic muffin mixes.
- 🍰 A sweet match: they’re also planning a collab with Mancini’s Bakery this year! [Pittsburgh Magazine]
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Where Is It?
Let’s play a game! Where in Pittsburgh can you find the “1914” sign in the photo above? 👀
🌟 Congrats to Al H. who correctly guessed the last “Where Is It?” challenge! ⬇️
The next time you go to a performance or see an art show at Kelly Strayhorn Theater, take a peek at the stone mosaic at the entrance. Production Manager J.R. Shaw says the building was originally a movie house called Regent Theater, built in 1914. (Hey, there’s that year again!) Back then, this mosaic design sat right next to the box office and below a two-story light up marque. Regent Theater wasn’t the first “picture house” in Pittsburgh, but it was still one of the earliest in the country, Shaw says.
📸 I’m excited for Njaimeh Njie’s “Lifting Liberty” exhibit on the legacy of Black cultural spaces in East Liberty starting Feb. 27.
👀 Looking for more to see and do?
- 💕 Make plans with our guide to February and Valentine’s event roundup
- 🍜 Keep celebrating Lunar New Year at our favorite food spots
- ♻️ Declutter and donate or recycle with these orgs
- ☕ Warm up with a cup of tea from Pittsburgh’s best shops
- 💡 Try your luck with our latest Pittsburgh Pop Quiz
- ❤️ Get plugged in and find ways to support your neighbors
What To Do
Tuesday, Feb. 4
- 🧶 Fiber Arts Club at Prototype PGH | 6-8 p.m. | free | Oakland
- 🍕 Benefit Dinner for Grow Pittsburgh at Alta Via Pizzeria | 6-8 p.m. | $109 | Larimer
- 📖 Story Club PGH at City of Asylum | 7-8:30 p.m. | free | North Side, virtual
Wednesday, Feb. 5
- ❄️ Winter Yoga at the Roundhouse | 12-12:45 p.m. | free | Hazelwood
- 👖 Denim Repair Workshop with Old Flame Mending | 6-8 p.m. | $45 | virtual
- 🍷 Winter Red Wines at The PA Market | 6:30-8 p.m. | $45 | Strip District
- 🏅 PGH Girls & Women in Sports Day at YMCA | 6:30-8:30 p.m. | free | Homewood
- 🥘 Cookbook Club at Riverstone Books | 7-8 p.m. | free | Squirrel Hill
Thursday, Feb. 6
- 👯 Galentine's Day at Lane 51 Showroom | 6-9 p.m. | pay as you go | Wexford
- 🎂 Cake & Floral Class at Lea’s Floral Shop | 6:30-8:30 p.m. | $50 | McKeesport
- 👠 Drag Bingo at Space Bar | 6:30-9 p.m. | $10+ | Market Square
- 📖 Smutty Fanfic Open Mic at Poetry Lounge | 7:30 p.m. | free | Millvale
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