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💥 Who run the world? Squirrels.
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What Pittsburgh is smiling about
Health
❤️ “God was on my side. That’s all I can say.” That’s what a local 62-year-old COVID-19 patient is saying after seven weeks in the hospital. (WTAE)
🍼 Pitt students formed a band of babysitters to help health care workers who need childcare. (Pittwire)
Inspiration
😻 The heartwarming “tail” of two cats and a “Wulf” who were reunited after a truck crash in Greene County. (Observer-Reporter)
🐶 Pittsburghers stopped traffic to help this lost dog. (Pittsburgh Reddit)
🔭 Carnegie Science Center staffers on why they miss you so much. (Carnegie Science Center on YouTube)
🖼 The art project that’s brightening an entire Squirrel Hill street. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
🚘 Pittsburgh potholes: Annoyance or art? (Pittsburgh Reddit)
Food and drink
🍺 Think beer in milk jugs is only for Oktoberfest? Think again, thanks to Penn Brewery. (Penn Brewery on Twitter)
👩🍳 Pick up some cooking tips from celebrity chefs in this new video series from Giant Eagle. (TribLIVE)
🍎 Shaler Area High School seniors collected donations for local food banks to give back to their community. (KDKA-TV)
Things to do
👀 Follow along with the adventures of these squirrels who are modeling the work-from-home life for a CMU art project. (CNN)
⚡️ Rock out to new music from local band Chip & The Charge Ups. (Chip & The Charge Ups on Facebook)
🎨 Pick up a free art kit on Fridays at the Mattress Factory. (Mattress Factory on Facebook)
🌉 Watch this 15-minute documentary about the Fort Pitt Tunnel. It’s not new, but it’s still fascinating. (PennDOT on YouTube)
🏢 Love Pittsburgh architecture? Then check out this newsletter. (My City Anthem)
😴 Lull yourself to sleep with the sweet sounds of Mayor Peduto’s bedtime stories. And say hello to former council member and mayoral nemesis Darlene Harris in the photo behind him. (City of Pittsburgh on YouTube)
💥 Smash to smithereens a coronavirus piñata (a.k.a. coroñata). (The New York Times)
Meet an Incline member: Cristy Ariel
Supporting members make The Incline possible, so we wanted to put them in the spotlight with this series.
Meet member Cristy Ariel, a Homestead resident who’s new in town but has already found her favorite spot. Welcome to Pittsburgh, Cristy!
Where in town might people run into you?
Any indie bookstore!
What’s something you’re working on — in big ways or small — that you could use help with?
I guess more of an emphasis on community (I’m new to town and all my friends are across the country).
What made you decide to become a member of The Incline?
The events y’all host (in a simpler time). (Editor’s note: We miss those events, too!)
What local business do you think deserves a shoutout (and why)?
White Whale Bookstore! They’re just so incredible.
Join Cristy and 350+ other members who make The Incline possible by subscribing for $8/month. Or support us with any amount that works for your budget here.
I Spy Pittsburgh
Have you ever seen this mural?
We bet you have because it’s on a busy street in a place where creativity gets an A+ (hint, hint).
Know where it is? Hit reply to let us know. The first person with the correct answer gets bragging rights in Monday’s newsletter.
Today’s COVID-19 briefing
The big story
📊 By the numbers — as of Thursday:
- 1,551 COVID-19 cases in Allegheny County so far, up 6 from Wednesday (more data and demographics here)
- 283 hospitalizations in Allegheny County
- 139 deaths in Allegheny County
- 59,636 cases with 4,218 deaths in Pennsylvania (more data and demographics here)
- 1.4 million cases with 85,000+ deaths in the U.S. (more data and demographics here)
⚠️ And it was all yellow — the yellow phase, that is. Today’s the first day of our region’s switch from “red” to “yellow” in the state’s reopening plan. What does that mean? Here you go. (Pittsburgh City Paper)
✅ Do this, not that. An easy-to-follow guide to limiting your chances of COVID-19 exposure. (Gov. Tom Wolf on Twitter)
Today
🐼 See zoo babies in Cincinnati from the comfort of your own home (Online — multiple dates)
💡 Watch Penn Hills students give “Shark Tank”-style pitches for a chance to win cash prizes in the 3rd Annual Soaring Shark Tank Virtual Pitch Competition (Online)
📢 Join Repair The World Pittsburgh for another Social Justice Media Club event focused on social justice in the arts (Online — multiple dates)
Tomorrow
📜 Learn about the history and genealogy of African and Native American peoples from a genealogical expert and history professor from Pitt (Online)
🖌 Follow along with two of the world’s top paleoartists as they teach you how to sketch your own dinosaur drawings in this webinar from the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History (Online)
🖼 Experience an all-night art show in your pajamas with Art All Night's virtual version (Online)
Sunday
🕍 Share your memories of the Hebrew Institute, the first community-wide Jewish educational institution in Western Pennsylvania, at an online reunion hosted by The Rauh Jewish Archives (Online)
👂 Relax with the sounds of singing bowls, didgeridoos, and harmonium at this Yoga Factory PGH virtual event (Online)
🎵 Help create a Google Doc Musical with Pittsburgh CLO for the org’s first-ever community writing project (Online — multiple dates)
💪 Stretch it out at Pilates Day Pittsburgh (Online)
Monday
📝 Get inspired with a daily writing prompt from the Millvale Community Library (Online)
🌬 Call in for this moment of Monday mindfulness (Online)
Tuesday
🎟 "Go" to a museum with the Pittsburgh Poetry Collective (Online)
🔍 Shrink down into a local collector's world of miniatures and learn how he set up a British toy soldier display (Online)
Wednesday
🖌 Explore the history, culture, and science of Mehndi (henna art) with local artist Soma Chatterji (Online)
😂 Join Arcade Comedy Theater for Live from the Lounge: A Quarantine Quiz Show (Online)
Thursday
📚 Hear Pittsburgh author Damon Young discuss his memoir "What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker" (Online)
That’s all for today
Enjoy the weekend, be safe, and see you back here on Monday!