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What to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Nov. 8-10
Check out the PGH Vintage Mixer, take a Pittsburgh Potters Tour or enjoy “Cavalleria Rusticana” at the Pittsburgh Opera — here’s what to do in the city this weekend.
Visual Art
In the new show at Silver Eye Center for Photography, two acclaimed artists draw on their families’ photographic archives to explore themes like migration and the complex legacies of maternal lineages. “Passages” features work by Missouri-based Priya Suresh Kambli and Cambridge, Mass.-based Vivian Poey, who use techniques like layering and mark-making to alter existing photos. The opening reception is Thu., Nov. 7.
Dance
Did you know Madonna once studied with dance pioneer Martha Graham? And that the Allegheny City-born Graham (d. 1991) was a fan of the Material Girl? Now Pittsburgh-based choreographer and dancer Jesse Factor asks what if Graham had choreographed the Blond Ambition tour, applying her movement style to Madonna’s hits? Factor’s “The Marthaodyssey” debuts this week at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater, with performances Fri., Nov. 8, and Sat., Nov. 9.
Opera
Ruggero Leoncavallo’s tragic “Pagliacci” is among the world’s best-known operas; with just two acts, it’s often produced alongside another tale of adultery, Pietro Mascagni’s one-act “Cavalleria Rusticana.” So it is this weekend at Pittsburgh Opera, with key roles for soprano Caitlin Gotimer, mezzo-soprano Eve Gigliotti and baritone Sebastian Catana. The double-bill gets four performances at the Benedum Center, Sat., Nov. 9, Tue., Nov. 12, and Nov. 15 and 17.
Marketplace
The PGH Vintage Mixer returns with its first in-person event since 2021. The marketplace for vintage fashion, vinyl, comics, toys, mid-century-modern stuff and more will set up shop in the David L. Lawrence Convention Center all day Sat., Nov. 9. The ticketed event features some 100 vendors and more nostalgia than you can shake a Herb Albert album at.
Visual Art
The Pittsburgh Potters Tour returns. This installment offers free self-guided tours of 18 local pottery studios, from Sewickley to Homestead, Carnegie to Wilkinsburg, and a dozen points in between, and work by dozens of guest artists as well. It’s organized by the South Side’s venerable Fireborn Studios, it’s a great way to see what local ceramic artists are doing with vases, mugs, teapots, decorative objects and more. The tour runs Sat., Nov. 9, and Sun., Nov. 10.
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Gas prices continue to sit near the $5 mark for the better part of the Pittsburgh region. Not only is it impacting people’s wallets, but it’s also hitting the bottom lines of first responders’ operations.
While gas prices are not impacting day-to-day operations, budgets are always tight, and if prices stay high, it could have some long-term impacts. First responders say they’ll still come when you call 911, so there’s no need to panic, but there is some concern behind the scenes.
“We can’t charge more for our services. The only way to weather the storm is to become more efficient,” Regional Emergency Support Quick Response Service director Mike Gallagher said.
RESQRS said gas is normally about $2,500 to $3,000 a month. From March to April, it was $5,500. The ambulance they wanted to get this year is now on hold as costs go up.
“It definitely has affected other parts of the business and how we operate,” Gallagher said over Zoom.
It’s the same for volunteer firefighters. Southern Allegheny Valley Emergency Services had its bill go from $300 to $400, up to $1,000 last month. This price spike was, of course, never anticipated when making the budget last year.
“It absolutely wasn’t. We just have to take money from other things and reprioritize,” SAVES fire chief Mike Daniher said.
Medic Rescue in Bridgewater, Beaver County, covers that county and takes patients to Wexford and Pittsburgh hospitals. They easily rack up hundreds of miles a day driving. Insurance doesn’t cover gas spikes, and fuel reimbursements are set from the prior year.
“I don’t see how it would be sustainable in the long term without some changes in financing,” Medic Rescue director of operations Bill Pasquale said.
An immediate impact for many services is putting new equipment on the back burner. While grants can be used for that, there’s no guarantee it’s accepted.
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Pittsburgh will have afternoon storm chances on Wednesday with gusty winds and lightning
It will be stormy this afternoon, and then cooler for the rest of the work week.
Temperatures then warm up with record-setting temperatures possible early next week. It’s going to be a busy stretch of weather. Let’s get right into it.
Rain chances today are low overall. The headline is the storm chance that occurs this afternoon. Gusty winds, frequent lightning, and isolated but intense downpours are expected as a narrow line of storms develops and rolls through Western Pennsylvania. The line of storms will be intensifying as it moves from the west to the east.
Right now, it looks like the storms will roll through between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.
By the time you see this blog, our best chance for morning rain should have come and gone. Rain totals will not be very impressive today; most will see less than 0.05 inches of rain.
That excludes rain coming from afternoon storms.
Afternoon storms could add another fifth of an inch of rain for those who see the most ‘intense’ cells sliding through their areas. Temperatures in the morning are in the 50s. We will quickly rise up to the mid-60s for temperatures this afternoon ahead of storms. Temperatures will then dip back down to the 50s for the rest of the day, with brisk winds coming in from the northwest at around 15 mph.
Thursday highs will only hit the mid-50s.
We stay cool through Friday morning. We’d have to worry about frost on Friday if it wasn’t for the cloud cover that’s expected. Friday highs will be near 70°. Saturday and Sunday highs are expected to hit the low 80s both days.
A perfect ‘storm’ of low humidity levels, plenty of sunshine, and a strengthening sun angle will allow us to potentially see record highs early next week. I have high temperatures in the 90s on both Monday and Tuesday next week.
The record high for Monday is 91°, and that is what I am forecasting for a high.
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