Tricks & Treats for Your Pittsburgh Halloween
It’s the Friday news roundup! If you’re scrambling to come up with a last-minute Halloween costume and plans, we’ve got you covered. The team has everything you need for a scary weekend, from pumpkin carving tips to Pittsburgh-centric costume ideas to bone-chilling events and parties for all ages.
Check out the Halloween activities we mentioned in the show:
- Brendan Conaway aka Pittsburgh Pumpkin Guy will be live carving pumpkins all around tahn. You can get the full rundown of events on his Facebook page.
- Buffalo Bill’s House is holding guided tours on Halloween weekend.
- Check out our episode all about the “cinematic destination” where some of the most iconic scenes from Silence of Lambs were shot: https://pod.link/citycastpittsburgh/episode/bbbec4bcf6f7f7c1fe50d6ad47c25a94
- Southside Works and Fred Rogers Productions are hosting a full day of free family fun with pumpkin carving and painting, a Great Pumpkin Patch, and an outdoor screening of new Halloween programming on 10/22.
- The event will also celebrate the 10th anniversary of “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood.” Check out our episode all about that: https://pod.link/citycastpittsburgh/episode/ed8fef927fb61a930d76a6745e00fc4f
- POGOH is hosting a Bike or Treat Halloween Scavenger Hunt on 10/29.
- Beers of the Burgh and Brew Gentleman are throwing a Scary Furnace Halloween Party at Carrie Blast Furnaces on 10/22.
- Arie Cole will be DJ-ing at Zombie Prom on 10/28 and Slappers N Bangers on 10/29.
- Cobra is hosting a Halloween party on 10/29.
- Pittsburgh’s ultimate haunted house, ScareHouse, is open Friday-Sunday through early November.
And here's Lisa Cunningham's statement on her departure from Pittsburgh City Paper: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TZQI5gNB5l3bANdsTwBWIJwNll0wKXG7nTNyVmm11o8/edit
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