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📜 Our ‘yinz’ was almost ‘y’all?’
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What Pittsburgh is talking about
Can you imagine trading our “yinz” for “y’all?”
It could’ve happened, as Pittsburgh, Pa. was almost Pittsburgh, Va. A new exhibit at the Fort Pitt Museum called “Pittsburgh, Virginia” explores this turbulent time in our city’s history.
From the 17th century through the American Revolution, Pennsylvania and Virginia had overlapping claims to much of present-day Western Pa., the Fort Pitt Museum explains.
The exhibit includes rare artifacts, like a carved powder horn, likely made within days of the British capturing Fort Duquesne. The powder horn (used by soldiers to carry gunpowder) is believed to be one of the earliest objects made in Pittsburgh.
Before you check out the exhibit, brush up on your local history with our round-up of “50 fascinating facts about Fort Pitt.” It’s full of surprises.
In other news …
“Remember, repair, together” will be the theme of the events to mark one year since the mass shooting at Tree of Life–Or L’Simcha synagogue. Events on Oct. 27 include community service opportunities, a Torah study, and community commemoration ceremony. (KDKA-TV)
“There are black people in the future.” Alisha Wormsley’s message may have been removed from an East Liberty billboard, but that only spurred the artist to get louder. She formed an artwork-in-residence program giving microgrants to creators in East Liberty, Bloomfield, Garfield, Larimer, and Homewood. Their work, covering gentrification and displacement, will debut Oct. 24 at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh’s Homewood branch. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Apparently we’re not partying hard in PPG Paints Arena anymore. The Penguins changed their goal song from the Andrew W.K. banger “Party Hard” to the classic “Jump Around” by House of Pain. Pens fans are predictably salty. (TribLive)
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Our partner events
💃 Thursday: Tour Pittsburgh’s neighborhoods, explore an interactive summit, and celebrate at a block party with music, artists, and food during the three-day All for All Summit on immigrant inclusion — through Oct. 12 (East Liberty)
Around town
Today
📚 Meet bestselling author Stephen Chbosky (Oakland)
🇷🇸 Eat lunch while you learn with this Interdisciplinary Arts Team from Serbia (Downtown)
Tomorrow
🎷 Groove during the free jazz series JazzLive (Downtown)
💕 Try speed dating for single professionals (North Shore)
🚼 Volunteer with the diaper bank at this Alternative Happy Hour (Hill District)
Wednesday
🌿 Celebrate two years of Grlpwrpgh (Bloomfield)
🖼️ Meet artists leveraging technology to grow brands (Allegheny West)
Thursday
🍴 Eat food truck fare in support of Revival Chili (Wilkinsburg)
🍅 Learn about the man behind a food empire, H.J. Heinz (Sharpsburg)
🎶 Celebrate soul on the Hill (Hill District)
🚶 Explore Troy Hill with an audio walk and temporary installation — through Saturday (Troy Hill)
💡 Tear apart products and pitch improvements — also on Oct. 15 (East Liberty)
🗳 Learn about voting barriers and solutions at “We Count: Pennsylvanians with Disabilities and the Right to Vote” (Strip District)
Friday
🎮 Game all night during a museum sleepover (North Shore)
👯 Support SisterFriend at this In Bed by Ten dance party (Lawrenceville)
👵 Call your golden girls for this puppet parody (Downtown)
👑 Join Queen of the Arcade Schwa de Vivre for a musical viewing party of Chopped (Downtown)
🎭 Wear your finest mask to support the American Cancer Society benefit masquerade ball (North Shore)
Saturday
🍎 Play games, build-your-own caramel apple, and decorate a pumpkin at Threadbare Cider’s family-friendly fall festival (Spring Garden)
🍔 Sample and judge the city’s best burger and craft cocktail recipes at the Pittsburgher Burger Bash (Homestead)
📜 Explore historic churches and a mansion on this architectural tour (Wilkinsburg)
⚡️ Don your robes and ready your broomsticks for a magical Sharpsmeade Festival (Sharpsburg)
✍️ Join a writers workshop to meet adult queer writers (Bloomfield)
🍲 Sample some of Pittsburgh’s best restaurants with Best Bites Pittsburgh Restaurant Crawl (Downtown)
Sunday
👩🍳 Meet award-winning cookbook author Katie Parla and sample Southern Italian cuisine (Strip District)
🎺 Listen to River City Brass Band at the Maxo Vanka murals at St. Nicholas Croatian Church (Millvale)
🖼 Discover vintage shops, makers, and artists at the Made & Found Festival (East Liberty)
🛍️ Find some gems at the last Neighborhood Flea marketplace of the 2019 season (Strip District)
💰 Score free admission to Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History for RADical Days (Oakland)
🍬 Bring the kiddos in their Halloween costumes for Trunk or Treat (North Shore)
One more thing ...
Get out and play on your lunch break today. Take a spin on Downtown’s new Trust Oasis carousels, a public art project courtesy of the Cultural Trust. It’s pictured in our Instagram of the Day up above.
Make it a masterpiece of a week, Pittsburgh (and tag us at #theinclinepgh in all your beautiful adventures).