“The Vic Cianca of Street Sweepers” at the Pittsburgh Marathon

A volunteer at the Homewood fluid station cleans up behind – and between – runners in the Pittsburgh Marathon, with style.

The uploader of the video says this is the Vic Cianca of street sweepers (or street rakers). For the Boring Pittsburgh readers who haven’t heard of Vic Cianca, read this and watch this to catch up on your Burgh culture. You never know when we’ll be giving yinz a pop-quiz!

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2012 Pittsburgh Marathon

2012 Pittsburgh Marathon "Runner of Steel"

2012 Pittsburgh Marathon "Runner of Steel"

Around 25,000 people ran through the streets of Pittsburgh on Sunday, and they invited 50,000 of their friends to spectate from the sidelines with their Big Gulp cups full of Mountain Dew. Were you among them? Or, were you one of the suckers stuck in traffic because of the 2012 Pittsburgh Marathon?
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Supermoon Over Pittsburgh

Supermoon in Pittsburgh among the clouds

Supermoon in Pittsburgh among the clouds over South Side by RJ Schmidt

Oh c’mon, this is Pittsburgh! Did you really think you could snap some photos of the Supermoon without the Burgh’s ubiquitous clouds creeping into the shot? The picture above is what most Pittsburghers saw just before heading to the bars for the night. Thankfully there were a few folks patiently waiting for the skies to clear up, so the rest of us could experience the largest and brightest moon of the year…
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New Batman Dark Knight Rises Trailer

Batman: The Dark Knight Rises won’t hit theaters until July 20th, but at least you get this epic trailer to tide you over. Recognize anything from the Steel City? Point it out in the comments below…

The Dark Knight himself Christian Bale recently returned to the Burgh (currently in Braddock, PA – the fire hall to be exact) for the filming of Out of the Furnace. The whole Batman thing was Anne Hathaway’s second big trip to Pittsburgh. Boring Pittsburgh captured loads of pics and videos from the making of this movie, but Morgan Freeman was nowhere in sight. If you catch a Hollywood celebrity on film, send it to us and we’ll post it here for everyone to gawk at.
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POP! BANG! POP! Who Shot Andy Warhol?

Are you in love with all things fabulous? Then you’ll love City Theatre’s new rock musical about Andy Warhol. Anthony Rapp (Rent, Without You) will star as the legend himself in POP! right here in the Burgh…
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