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Kennywood is open, and it might be in legal trouble. We’re digging into the new lawsuit from a disgruntled season passholder. Host Megan Harris explains why we don’t need to worry about trillions of cicadas – or their zombies – in our area, but we do need to watch for lanternflies. Plus, producer Sophia Lo shares fun new ways to enjoy a bunch of shows and museums for free all summer long.

We always cite our sources:

• The NFL Draft always features fun videos of students celebrating, and occasionally lamenting, their new employers. Philly’s WTTW Podcast shared a particularly funny one this year.
• Someone’s suing Kennywood over the Steel Curtain’s closure, and his lawyer argues that people aren’t getting their season pass value if this major roller coaster isn’t running.
• Two broods of periodic cicadas are coming above ground this year, but you won’t see them in Pittsburgh. 
• Learn more about a fungus affecting periodical cicada broods all over the nation. Scientists from our region were hopeful some of that fungus could be useful for pharmaceuticals someday!
• Them reported it like this: “A Sexually Transmitted Fungus Is Making Trillions of Cicadas Hypersexual and Gay”
• It’s almost spotted lanternfly season, but you can squash egg masses before the bugs hatch.
• RAD is launching a summer staycation program where you can book free tickets to some of Pittsburgh’s museums starting May 1.
• Pittsburgh CLO’s summer shows and schedules have been announced.
• The student-led Gaza solidarity encampment is coming to a close, but organizers still plan to pressure the university to divest from Israel.

Learn more about our sponsor, the Pittsburgh Opera. They’re presenting The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson, April 27 through May 5, at the Byham Theater.

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