Collier’s Weekly
Collier’s Weekly: Pittsburgh Loves Bands From Back Then
There’s almost certainly a band playing nearby this summer that brought you joy in high school — whenever you graduated.
Collier's Weekly: 20 Better Names for PRT
You won’t be hailing a PAT bus anymore, as the public transportation service announced a new name last week. Respectfully: We can do better than PRT.
Collier’s Weekly: Wrestling with Pride
An inclusive pro-wrestling show provides a reminder that living with acceptance and kindness makes for a better environment.
Collier’s Weekly: As Uvalde Calls Up Memories of Tree of Life, Inaction Is Unthinkable
Division over the best path forward on gun safety cannot continue to prevent any and all attempts to stop future tragedies
Collier's Weekly: It’s Time to Start Planning the New Penguins Statues
We love monuments to sports heroes around here — and, in the long history of Pittsburgh sports, no central trio of players has ever had a more dominant run.
Collier's Weekly: In Pittsburgh – Air Conditioning Shouldn’t Be a Luxury
Summers are hot, and they’re getting hotter. It’s past time that air conditioning, like heating, was considered a requirement for Pittsburgh housing.
Collier's Weekly: Why Political Ads on TV Are a Waste of Your Time
No one among us — from endlessly informed political wonks to steadfastly uninterested social ostriches — is dumb enough to actually be convinced by these ads.
Kenny Pickett to Steelers: Can It Get More Pittsburgh than That?
We’re trying to conceive of a more Pittsburgh moment than the Steelers’ first-round draft selection.
Collier's Weekly: The Pennsylvania Turnpike's Next Big Problem
Within a decade or so, the Turnpike will face an existential problem: It won’t be necessary. (It barely is now.)
Collier’s Weekly: Book Bans Are Back, and as Backwards as Ever
Pittsburgher Jesse Andrews’ young-adult novel “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” has made the ALA’s top 10 list of most challenged books, as part of an embarrassing new censorship movement.
Andy Warhol’s Back in Court, Reminding Us That Creation Is Often Reinvention
Recontextualizing to create new art is a proud Pittsburgh tradition.
Collier's Weekly: The Next-to-Last Sam Goody Location
Pittsburgh is a short drive away from one of only two remaining outposts of the once-ubiquitous record-store chain.
Collier's Weekly: Surprisingly, Pittsburgh-Area Movie Theaters Are Doing Great
After cinemas were placed on the endangered-species list in the early days of the pandemic, multiplexes and specialty theaters alike have recovered in vibrant fashion.
Spin Aside, Baseball’s Current Woes Fall Squarely on the Owners
In locking out the players, Major League Baseball’s owners are failing in their chief duty: Keeping the game popular and relevant.
Collier’s Weekly: As Spring Arrives, Why You Should Hit the Road — By Yourself
Traveling with others is great, but there’s nothing quite like getting out and exploring on your own.
Collier's Weekly: There’s a Problem on the North Shore – Partisan Politics Gone Mad
The failure to redevelop the former Western Penitentiary — or even to sell a nearby house — is the result of politicians misunderstanding their jobs.
Collier’s Weekly: The Super Bowl Ads Were Dull — Let’s ’Burgh Them Up
We can do a lot better than LeBron James shilling for crypto.
Collier’s Weekly: Pittsburgh and Cleveland Are the Same Place
We’ve let a silly football rivalry cloud our opinion of a neighboring city that is, essentially, just more Pittsburgh
Collier's Weekly: Who Gets the Ticket When Police Pull Over a Driverless Car?
An effort in Harrisburg to speed up the process of getting autonomous vehicles declared road-worthy is a mistake.
Collier's Weekly: A List of Things You Could Do While Snowbound
And now, eight suggestions for what you might do with the 24-48 hours before you can safely leave the house.
Collier's Weekly: John Wayne Plays Pittsburgh
In a little-remembered 1942 film, Wayne starred as rags-to-riches steel baron Charles “Pittsburgh” Markham.
Collier's Weekly: New Year, New Variant, Same Frustration
We knew that COVID wasn’t going anywhere. The mental impact as we enter a third calendar year is still hard to handle.
