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Plus, how to play it safe during peak tick season and a weekend guide for Incline Insiders.
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♻️ How to dump the stuff garbage trucks won’t take

Plus, how to play it safe during peak tick season and a weekend guide for Incline Insiders.

By Francesca Dabecco

Happy Friday, Pittsburgh.

It looks like we’re going to have some beautiful weather this weekend. ☀️ But before you go out and enjoy the great outdoors, I wanted to share this article with you (because I care about yinz) about how to tell the difference between COVID-19 and Lyme disease symptoms. Pennsylvania is hitting peak tick season, and in the past, there wasn’t much confusion between tick-borne illnesses and other viruses because the flu doesn’t typically circulate in the summer.

“The symptoms do overlap,” said Leah Lind in the WESA article linked above. And she would know: Lind is the Lyme and tick-borne disease coordinator with the state’s Bureau of Epidemiology. “Where they start to differ, of course, is COVID you’re going to start seeing those respiratory symptoms — shortness of breath, coughing, things like that.”

If you’re itching for more information, here’s a complete guide by The New York Times on identifying ticks and how to protect yourself from them.

Now that we all know how to steer clear of these bloodsuckers, let’s finish the week off strong with a news roundup. And if you haven’t already, be sure to vote your favorite brewery through to the final matchup in the Ultimate Pittsburgh Brewery Bracket.

What Pittsburgh is talking about

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4 things to know today

🌽Four Pittsburgh urban farms were featured for Pennsylvania’s Urban Agriculture Week. Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding toured the Hilltop Urban Farm in St. Clair Village, Garden Dreams in Wilkinsburg, Freeman Family Farms in Manchester, and Sankofa Village Community Garden in Homewood. (TribLIVE)

  • Quotable: “Food production in our urban spaces – from rooftops or vacant lots, to vertical or indoor farming – plays a critical role in advancing food and nutritional security... [and dismantling] “the hold of systemic discrimination that has created cases of the ‘haves and have-nots’ for low-income communities whose residents are predominantly Black and people of color.” — Russell Redding
  • Related: Grow Pittsburgh just opened a new solar-powered community greenhouse to operate alongside Garden Dreams Urban Farm & Nursery on Holland Avenue. (90.5 WESA)

📃 Pittsburgh City Council advanced a bill this week that would keep paid sick leave requirements for city businesses for another year. The legislation is an extension of a bill passed last year that granted 80 hours of paid sick leave to employees who contracted COVID-19 if they worked full-time for an employer with at least 50 workers. The measure is scheduled for a final vote next week. (90.5 WESA)

  • Quotable: “As we move into the school year, we don’t want a parent to have to decide between whether to take care of their child or a paycheck. We want to make sure that we keep the economy going.” — Councilor Bobby Wilson

🎨 You can admire artwork at the Pittsburgh Center for Arts and Media’s Annual Student and Member Exhibition during their opening reception today in the lobby of the Scaife building. The exhibition features work from 45 students and members. There are a variety of mediums on display, encompassing everything from drawings and paintings to ceramics, metalsmithing, printmaking, photography, and fiber arts. The exhibition runs until Aug. 31. (Pittsburgh City Paper)

♻️ Dump the stuff that garbage trucks won’t take at the Pennsylvania Resource Council’s hard-to-recycle drop offs. The first event is this Saturday at Freeport Middle School: Be aware that household chemicals are accepted and advanced registration is required. Other events will dispose of things like televisions, computer monitors, printers, microwave ovens, video game consoles, and other items that aren’t quite trash but aren’t conventional recyclables either. See the full schedule at the link. (Pittsburgh Magazine)

4 things to make you smile

Pittsburgh Hall of Famer Josh Gibson will be memorialized in Monessen. The Pittsburgh native played for the Homestead Grays and the Pittsburgh Crawfords in the Negro League. Tragically, he died before the color barrier was broken in the MLB. Gibson is considered one of the best athletes to play for the Negro League in addition to being argulably the greatest hitter in baseball history. Monessen is dedicating a plaque and historical marker to honor Gibson’s 538-foot homerun. (Pittsburgh City Paper)

💃 Dance the night away, but be sure to get to bed by 10! The popular Pittsburgh party that promises to end at a decent hour has returned: The In Bed by Ten event series will host a variety of DJs and take place at various locations across the city throughout the summer. Check out the schedule at the link. (Pittsburgh City Paper)

🎄 Ho, Ho, Ho… Merry Christmas in July. A lot of holiday time has been lost to the pandemic. But to make up for it, Pittsburgh is hosting multiple Christmas in July events, including the Nutcracker Crawl at the Mall at Robinson and Christmas in July Drag Dinner. (Pittsburgh City Paper / NEXTPittsburgh)

😱 Have some horrific fun with ScareHouse’s 20 Years of Fears anniversary celebration. The frightful festivities start on Saturday, Sept. 18 inside the Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills in Tarentum. ScareHouse has made Pittsburgh a popular destination for horror fans over the years with its ambitious haunted attractions, and it’s celebrating two decades of terror with old classics and new spine-chilling sets. Limited tickets are now on sale at scarehouse.com/tickets. (Pittsburgh City Paper)

Help us help you

Today our members — a.k.a. Incline Insiders — are getting a weekend guide specially curated by us! It includes tips on where to get some of the best homemade biscuits in town, the most artsy event of the year, a moonlight summer adventure, and where you can shop locally made goods. Don’t miss out on next week’s edition.

Get in on the fun by becoming an Incline Insider today.

Today

👟 Take your place for the Fleet Feet Liberty Mile, Pittsburgh’s only night time road race (Downtown)

🎵 Enjoy local music from Joe Keyes and the Late Bloomers, Byron Nash, and Buscratesl at Music on the Mon (South Side)

⭐ Celebrate the Pittsburgh CLO’s 75th Anniversary Gala at Heinz Field with cocktails, dinner, and a show (North Side)

🎤 Experience the emerging talent of the Hans and Leslie Fleischner Young Artists Program at Piazza in the Park, the first of their three series outdoor performances (La Roche University)

Tomorrow

🌳 Help “redd up” city parks with the Pittsburgh Street Stewards (Highland Park)

🏁Attend the country’s only vintage race held on city streets at the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix Saturday and Sunday (Schenley Park)

🌊 Discover the science behind Pittsburgh’s three rivers at H2Oh! River Weekend at Carnegie Science Center (North Shore)

🌱 Experience Pittsburgh's largest, longest-running vegan event with vegan food, desserts, products, cultural entertainment, and more at Pittsburgh Vegan Expo (Monroeville)

♻️ Drop off any household chemicals for recycling at the Pennsylvania Resource Council’s recycling event (Freeport Middle School)

🎨 Explore over 20 artists with live music, a food truck, and beer at the Pittsburgh Art Jam/Full Moon Summer Celebration (Wilkinsburg)

🖍️ Join other makers, creators, and social change agents for auctions, activities, performances, and more at Make It Mythical at MakerDate (Bloomfield)

🎤 Make a day of the outdoor concert series, Jam on Walnut with live music, shopping, and food (Shadyside)

💛 Browse local makers, artists, and small businesses while enjoying good eats and drinks at the Lawrenceville Pop Up Market (Lawrenceville)

Sunday

🛍️ Shop from more than 20 local vendors at the Pittsburgh Pickers Vintage Market hosted by Spirit (Lawrenceville)

🌻 Walk through the blooms at the Wilkinsburg Garden Tour, featuring free seeds, refreshments, and activities (Wilkinsburg)

🇮🇹Celebrate Christmas in July at the Feast of the Seven Fishes with DiAnoia's Eatery (Strip District)

👟 Exercise around the streets of Hazelwood at OpenStreetsPGH’s mini event with live music, great food, beer garden, and more (Hazelwood)

Tuesday

🎨 Experiment with the ancient art of painting on water with Paper Marbling at the Hillman Library (Oakland)

🌱 Cleanup the Three Rivers Heritage Trail by working on invasive plant management, litter clean up, and more (Lawrenceville)

Wednesday

💐 Stop and smell the roses at Bouquet Building with Blooms PGH by building flower arrangements and enjoying wine flights (Strip District)

🖼️ Learn how public memorials can become a vehicle for a more just future at The Warhol’s Art in Context: Reconstructing Monuments virtual discussion with different artists and scholars (Virtual)

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One more thing …

Do you have an ear for good tunes? Do you love coastal cuisine? Chef Jamilka Borges of the soon-to-open Wild Child restaurant in Etna is hosting a jammin’ giveaway on Instagram. In anticipation of its opening, Wild Child is running a playlist contest and asking folks to send a two-hour playlist that they’d like to enjoy alongside a meal for a chance to win dinner for two (This means two apps, two entrees, two desserts, and special house mixers). The contest ends Aug. 6, so check out the post for more details on how to submit a beachy-inspired mix of your own.

Have a good weekend, readers! See you back here on Tuesday.

— Francesca and Zoey at The Incline

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