Controversial Diorama Gone, Columbus Statue in Limbo & Downtown Cineplex Cut

It’s the Friday news roundup! A controversial diorama at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History is being removed after a new decision about displaying human remains. But questions remain about the fate of the Christopher Columbus statue in Schenley Park. Plus, Downtown isn’t getting its long-awaited movie theater after all.

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•  TribLive reported on the fate of the diorama at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History
• Listen to our previous conversation about “Lion Attacking a Dromedary” with museum director Gretchen Baker 
• We also looked into why it’s so complicated for the museum to return human remains
• WESA and The Pitt News covered the decision to remove the Columbus statue in 2020
• TribLive and WESA reported on Wednesday’s court hearing over the future of the Columbus statue
• Pittsburgh City Paper asked two Indigenous women for their perspectives on the Columbus statue
• We talked with Hamza Walker of LAXART about the future of Pittsburgh’s Stephen Foster statue
• The plans for the cineplex Downtown got canceled, but smaller theaters are making a comeback in Mt. Lebanon and Dormont
• Francesca shared all the details on where to watch Halloween movies this year

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