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N DEC. 31, 2014, newly confirmed Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Chief Cameron McLay walked into the Crazy Mocha coffee shop on Liberty Avenue. It was New Year’s Eve in Pittsburgh and Downtown was bustling with First Night celebrations. But the conversation among one group in the coffee shop was less festive.

In the wake of recent police-brutality incidents across the country, members of the activism organization What’s Up?!

Pittsburgh were talking about racial bias among police officers. McLay began talking with the activists and concluded the chat by posing with a sign that would launch him into an international conversation on police brutality and racism.

“I resolve to challenge racism @ work. #endwhitesilence,” it read.

“I can’t be certain. I haven’t done a na-

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tionwide survey. But I just can’t believe that many police chiefs spent last New Year’s Eve in a coffee shop in dialogue with other patrons about unconscious bias,” says Susan Yohe, an attorney who serves as chief diversity and inclusion officer for Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney. “When the controversy erupted, Chief McLay did not back

Cameron McLay getting high marks after first year as Pittsburgh police chief down. He did not go into appeasement mode, but said if he had to do it all over, he would allow himself to be photographed with the sign again.”

The incident was a defining moment in McLay’s first year as Pittsburgh police chief and was referenced by Yohe when

she introduced the chief at the University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work’s Center on Race and Social Problems speaker series on Sept. 17.

The chief’s appearance at Pitt, where he spoke on the subject of “policing reform, community, and ethical leadership,” was one of several stops last week on an anniversary tour of sorts. On Sept. 15, he celebrated his one-year anniversary with the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police.

Since nearly the first day of his tenure, McLay has received rave reviews for his work to improve police-community relations and restore integrity to a police bureau that has been plagued by scandal and multiple allegations of excessive violence used against its citizenry.

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moment when we just might have a shot at getting it right. Right here in Pittsburgh, getting the job of policing right, getting police-community relations right, getting accountability right and getting the demographics of the police department right.”

But despite the high praise, problems in Pittsburgh law enforcement persist. The city is currently being rocked by a violent crimewave, the bureau is understaffed and it continues to lack diversity in its ranks.

Some have blamed the chief for these issues, while others say they represent areas that are simply out of his control.

But either way, at more than 365 days in, McLay’s cheerleaders are drowning out the quiet complaints of his naysayers.

“I think what we’ve seen in the last year that he’s been here has been extraordinary,” says Beth Pittinger, executive director of the Citizens Police Review Board.

“In terms of reorganization, creating a new identity in the public perspective and keeping everyone safe, cops as well as the community, all of these things in the short time of a year are truly remarkable.”

IT’S NOT AN exaggeration to say that when McLay talks about some of the new initiatives he’s brought to Pittsburgh he gets a gleam in his eye. During a Press Club of Western Pennsylvania breakfast appearance last week, he resembled a child on Christmas morning when recalling his efforts to get the bureau admitted into a federal community-policing initiative.

“It connects so strongly to most of the things I need to accomplish here,” McLay says. “There’s a lot of resources that have been brought to bear as a result of us being accepted. And what’s gratifying about it is it’s not something that was given. It’s something the community and we earned together. It was the recognition that we were making progress that garnered us the recognition.”

In March, as a result of McLay’s effort, Pittsburgh was selected as one of six cities to join a pilot program on improving police-community relations.

And that’s not the only national initiative McLay is engaging his officers in. Under his directive, plans are also underway to implement the nationally recognized violence-reduction model, which first came to Pittsburgh in 2008, under the name The Pittsburgh Initiative to Reduce Crime.

“Before I even walked in the door, I looked at the pattern of violence here and I was absolutely convinced that that methodology was what was needed here,” says McLay. “And as I got in here and on the

McLay posing with an activist’s sign on New Year’s Eve

ground, that just simply reinforced my conviction that that’s the right thing to do. It’s worked for city after city that’s implemented it well.”

Over the next two years, as part of the national initiatives, Pittsburgh police officers will be trained in the area of implicit bias. This training has been proposed as a method for reducing racial profiling and police brutality.

“Am I claiming that there is no conscious racism in American policing today?

No, I am not. I know it’s there. I do believe however that is not the predominant driver of our problem,” McLay said at Pitt last week. “All human beings create cognizant shortcuts. If a police officer works in a predominantly AfricanAmerican neighborhood and everyone they arrest are young African-American males, after a while, bias will develop when they see a young African-American male.”

But despite the high-profile incidents of police brutality across the country this year, the chief’s tenure in Pittsburgh has been relatively quiet, leaving some to wonder how McLay will handle such incidents if they arrive.

“It’s inevitable. Even properly performed police work is ugly,” says McLay. “What I will do is make sure there is a fair, thorough and timely investigation. I will make sure I am as transparent with that process as the law and the union contract allows. And what I will hope is that we will have garnered enough trust in one another here in Pittsburgh that people will be willing to press ‘pause’ on judgment, and will give me the benefit of the doubt to let the investigation run its course.”

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Chief Cameron McLay at the Reclaim MLK march in January

But some have worried whether discipline coming from McLay will stick in the face of the city’s arbitration process, which allows officers to appeal disciplinary actions. For the most part, McLay said he would reserve judgment on the process until he has a case go through it.

“The arbitrations process has certainly in the past made it difficult to take meaningful disciplinary action against people who do not deserve to be police officers.

People who have been guilty of misconduct at times have found themselves being brought back by arbitrators,” says McLay. “I’m trying to make sure we are very good at our investigations and are handling those serious discipline cases with the goal that when I fire somebody, they stay fired.”

CRITICAL COMPLAINTS of the chief center around two issues: staffing and morale.

And now these issues are having a direct impact on each other, critics say. The number of officers on the force today is approximately 840, or 60 fewer than the 900 that officials say is optimal.

“My concern has always been the number of officers on the police force and morale,” says Pittsburgh City Councilor Theresa Kail-Smith. “I think it’s difficult to maintain morale when you’re making a lot of changes, and when officers are working 15-hour days and going from call to call.”

“We’re down police officers and there’s only one class of officers coming on,” says City Councilor Darlene Harris. “We’re going to start the year with a lot of officers retiring in January and February, and we’re really going to see our numbers go down.”

Concerns about staffing were echoed

by Howard McQuillan, a Zone 4 police officer and the president of the Fraternal

Order of Police. Like Kail-Smith and Harris, McQuillan praised McLay’s community involvement, but says low morale among rank-and-file officers remains a problem.

“We have people in the academy, but they’re not in the streets,” McQuillan says.

“We have more people doing communityoriented things now, but this is a time when we have fewer officers than ever before.”

McQuillan was complimentary of some of the changes McLay is making, like instituting career tracks for new recruits coming into the bureau, but he said his members expected the chief to address some of the internal leadership issues that have plagued the bureau in the past.

“He’s promoted some good people.

We’re being offered training in different areas,” McQuillan says. “But I’m hoping over time we can start working on the internal issues.”

Despite McLay’s presence in the media and in the community, McQuillan says the chief also needs to increase his presence in front of officers, especially when it comes to communicating his vision for community policing.

“The complaints that I get are that he’s not out in front of the membership that much,” says McQuillan. “He has a vision but it hasn’t been communicated with the rank-and-file. We needed to have someone come in and work on their behalf for morale. They were hoping someone would come in and work on a lot of the internal issues we have, but with a chief coming in from the outside, it can be a challenge.”

For his part, when it comes to staffing, McLay says the bureau is working to increase capacity at its training facilities in an effort to run more concurrent recruit classes through the program.

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African-American community and others from anti-violence and social-services organizations gathered in the Hill District to address the recent spate of shootings throughout the city. The room at Freedom Unlimited Inc. on Wylie Avenue was packed wall-to-wall with activists, members of the media and the loved ones of shooting victims.

Many had gathered in the same space in years past to address violence in their communities, but this time the rhetoric was different. Instead of placing blame on the police force, several speakers at the press conference expressed a new sense of solidarity with the city’s officers.

“As many of us in this room move to ensure that the rights of our citizens are protected,” said Tim Stevens, chairman of the Black Political Empowerment Project, “and that the relationship, particularly between the police and the African-American community and communities of color is improved, we must be diligent to also foster both respect from the police to our community and to foster respect from our community to the police.”

Stevens was one of the first to meet with McLay when he arrived in Pittsburgh.

And actions like that are part of the reason for the community’s new attitude toward the police force, Stevens says.

“I think he was consciously sending a signal —‘I want to reach out to people in the community,’” says Stevens. “The best PR pill that has been delivered to Pittsburgh in some time has been the appointment of Cameron McLay as police chief. This chief came in at a time when we needed an uplifting of our spirit, both locally in terms of negative things that happened within our bureau, and the national stories of police brutality that were in our face on a daily basis.”

One of McLay’s first steps as the new chief was to face a local high-profile incident of alleged police brutality. In December, McLay put officer David Derbish, who shot and paralyzed 21-year-old Leon Ford during a 2012 traffic stop, on desk duty while the U.S. Justice Department reviewed the shooting. Ford was acquitted of criminal charges.

“From our point of view and the work we do, the chief has been responsive,” says Citizens Police Review Board’s Pittinger, whose organization recommended the action. “He’s treated the board’s findings and recommendations in cases with respect.

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much more relaxed.”

Initiatives to improve police community relations have included increased transparency, a stronger presence on social media and community-engagement activities, such as “Coffee with a Cop” which have given city residents a chance to meet and talk with the commander of their zone at local coffee shops.

“I think we’ve seen officers being much more spontaneous in engaging with people in their patrol sectors. The way they’re using social media has certainly changed their approachability. It’s generally speaking just become a much more relaxed and more approachable bureau of police,” says Pittinger. “Community-oriented policing has to be an agency-wide philosophy. It has to be embraced in practice by everybody. It doesn’t work in isolation. I think we’re seeing it becoming rooted in Pittsburgh and it’s been a long time coming.”

Pittinger says the chief has also helped restore faith in the police bureau that was destroyed after several scandals like that of former police chief Nathan Harper, who was indicted by a federal grand jury, and in October 2013, pled guilty to directing more than $70,000 in public funds to an unau-

thorized credit-union account.

“It wasn’t a healthy situation for years.

You had the handful of officers who probably shouldn’t have been there in the first place, and [who] kept repeating the same misconduct over and over again, and it was OK because somebody liked them,” says Pittinger. “This guy comes in without favoritism to let everyone know that this is a bureau of police in service to the entire city of Pittsburgh, not just [for] some and not targeting some, they’re here for everyone.”

And changes are occurring in the racial makeup of the police force itself, an area that has long troubled the black community. The latest recruit class to enter the academy has six African-American cadets.

But McLay doesn’t take credit for the new recruits and cautions that the gains in diversity aren’t enough.

“We’ve seen modest improvements in the recruiting numbers for this latest hiring surge, but quite honestly not enough to make me smile,” McLay says. “It’s a modest improvement at best that has me banging the drum internally saying we have to do something different. And do something different we shall.”

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“We spent the last decade cutting service, now we have the luxury to invest back into service,” says PAT spokesperson Jim Ritchie.

These investments are already paying off with new service extensions for Baldwin and Groveton. And now the authority wants to make sure future changes are made equitably and openly. At a Sept. 17 meeting, PAT presented its new plan to include an “equity score” in the decisionmaking process for new service additions.

The decision to include equity as a factor was made to ensure that service additions would not bypass communities that need public transit service more than others, says PAT senior analyst Amy Silbermann.

At the meeting, Port Authority CEO Ellen McLean said the process details “what components of equity will go into requests for new service and service extensions.” This will be accomplished by analyzing data compiled by the PAT staff, which in turn, will inform the board on its decisions regarding new service.

Each neighborhood’s equity score is determined through the number of residents that fall under five classifications: seniors, low-income residents, minorities, persons with disabilities and persons who do not have access to a vehicle. Silbermann says that some of the neighborhoods with the highest equity scores are Perry South, the Hill District, Larimer and McKeesport.

“Equity helps us to weigh our decisions against the other, more pragmatic qualifiers of cost and effectiveness,” says Silbermann.

Once a neighborhood’s equity score is determined, it is factored equally together with the service change’s efficiency (cost and ridership) and its effectiveness (logistics of where the route is placed and its design) for an overall score.

For example, the popular idea of adding light-rail service to the North Hills would score high on effectiveness because of light rail’s potential to move a large number of people over long distances, in a short amount of time. However, with northern county townships, such as Pine and Marshall, having very low equity scores, that proposal might seem less appealing to the Authority board.

PAT Board chairman Robert Hurley said at the meeting that a service extension to the Mon Valley might be a plan to look at, considering the region’s high equity score. And while these scores are important considerations, Ritchie says that they are not the be-all-end-all for OK’ing new service changes.

“They are intended to give staff and board members a lot of information to decide how to apply budget dollars through the fiscal year,” says Ritchie. “We are not necessarily bound by the score.”

But a deciding factor will also be whether a proposal can fit into the budget.

“If you don’t have the capital, then [a proposal] will have to wait to be considered down the line,” says Ritchie.

In addition to the new equity formula, new service proposals will also be affected by public input, which now can be added through a form on the Port Authority’s website.

On Sept. 15, PAT started an online (and mail-in) survey, requesting ideas on how to change their system “for the better.” According to Silbermann, the first two days of the survey brought in 14 responses and the authority will be collecting forms through the end of November.

Ritchie says the surveys help to “formalize” the request process and increase accountability. Citizens will be able to see how many requests were considered and how many fell under the same topic when the board releases its annual service report next May. Ritchie also encourages that submitted requests fit into the scope of what can be accomplished this fiscal year (i.e. no big picture projects like light-rail service to the airport), since service changes must fit into this year’s budget.

“This process is more focused on the year coming up,” says Ritchie. “We do have a limited budget, and we want to focus on what we can accomplish with in this budget.”

And this transparency shift has not gone unnoticed, or unappreciated. Molly Nichols, of Pittsburghers for Public Transportation, a transit advocacy group, commended the staff at the meeting for making the process transparent.

“We have been asking for more transparent processes for years, so it was great to see,” says Nichols. “It was definitely a step in the right the direction.”

“THIS PROCESS IS MORE FOCUSED ON THE YEAR COMING UP.”

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MOBILIZING {BY BILL O’DRISCOLL} IF WE’RE HEADED in the wrong direction environmentally, one big reason is how we travel: mostly in cars and trucks, alone, through heavy traffic. Transportation accounts for 28 percent of total U.S. energy use, and a similar percentage of the emissions that cause climate change — not to mention its share of pollutants that make air unhealthy to breathe. Roadways and vast parking lots gobble valuable downtown real estate, pave countryside and let stormwater wash pollutants into our waters, even as the ease of travel they’re designed for dwindles, and congestion keeps rising.

For instance, while Pittsburgh isn’t unusually congested for a big city, according to Texas A&M University’s annual “Urban Mobility Scorecard,” commuters here spend an average of 39 hours a year stuck in traffic, costing each of them $889 in fuel and time. Nationally, we average 42 hours of staring at brake lights. That’s more than doubled since 1982, when the figure was just 18 hours.

“Congestion,” the report notes, “is also a type of tax.”

A new initiative here addresses the problem.

The online survey Make My Trip Count focuses on commuters, particularly those in the employment centers of Downtown and Oakland. The joint effort of Mayor Peduto’s office and groups, including the Green Building Alliance, the Pittsburgh 2030 District and Envision Downtown, launched last week. One goal is to help Downtown and Oakland employers and building owners participating in the 2030 District cut energy and water use by half by the year 2030. A complementary goal, says Envision Pittsburgh’s Sean Luther, is to improve mobility and livability Downtown, with its growing residential population. Longerterm, says Green Building Alliance’s Aurora Sharrard, survey results could help policy-makers answer the question “How can we serve most people better?”

The question is somewhat urgent. According to a 2012 Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership survey, some 126,000 people commute to Downtown daily, and just over half of them take public transit.

U.S. Census estimates indicate that Pittsburgh also has a pretty high percentage of commuters on foot (11 percent) and by

bike (2 percent). But if you think congestion is bad now, wait until 2035: Business as usual, projects the GBA, would bring a 60 percent increase of vehicle-hours of delay over 2013 levels, to 5.1 million hours a year.

The survey, at www.makemytripcount.org, is up until Oct. 16 and takes about 10 minutes to complete. It asks how commuters travel, but also questions like, “What is the primary reason you would avoid driving?” Convenience?

Cost? The survey also asks what would make commuters more likely to bike or take public transit to work.

Most observers would love to see more commuters leaving their cars home, and Make My Trip Count might improve things in Downtown and Oakland. But what if the root of our larger transportation problem isn’t so much about type of vehicle as it is about lifestyle?

Thank decades of surburban sprawl.

According to a 2015 report by the nonprofit Brookings Institution, the average commute in most major metro areas is more than 7 miles.

(In Pittsburgh, it’s 8.1 miles.) That’s further than most people care to walk or bike. And the figure suggests a populace so spread out that public transit will struggle to serve it. Indeed, nationally, according to Census estimates, only 5.2 percent of workers commute by transit. (The Pittsburgh metro proportion is 17.5 percent.) What’s more, says Brookings, our workplaces are continuing to suburbanize, and to get further from workers. And as noted in the Urban Mobility Scorecard, traffic in many places is congested almost around the clock, not just at rush hour.

What’s the solution? Public transit, biking and walking are all both most feasible and most widely used when people and their jobs (and other destinations) are closest together. A real transportation solution must curb sprawl and encourage denser development. Researchers like Fred Ducca, of the National Center for Smart Growth, in College Park, Md., say denser development means less congestion for all trips, not just for commuting.

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FILM SCREENING: SAVING! ROMARE BEARDEN’S PITTSBURGH RECOLLECTIONS RACHEL KLIPA OFFICE OF PUBLIC ART Romare Bearden’s Pittsburgh Recollections in the Gateway Center T Station had to be moved during the station’s relocation. The Office of Public Art worked with the Port Authority of Allegheny County to conserve the ceramic tile mural and have it placed in the new T Station.

Saving! Romare Bearden’s Pittsburgh Recollections by McKay Lodge, the conservation lab that performed the work, documents the intense process of conserving the artwork.

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AFTER A 2-0 START for the first time in five years, the Duquesne Dukes football team is hot.

It’s also pretty classy. “Duquesne” has the distinction of being one of the few words of French origin that we here in Pittsburgh grant actual French pronunciation (Chartiers and Versailles have not been given the same fate). Duquesne also has the super-classy Sportexe Momentum — the latest in AstroTurf innovation — covering the Arthur J. Rooney Athletic Field. This unique football stadium rests high on the Bluff, with views of Downtown, the Mon and the Allegheny County Jail. (See? Classy.)

The stadium has been there since 1993, when they actually paved a parking lot and put up a football paradise. Well, maybe “paradise” is a bit of an exaggeration, but it is a pretty cool place to see a game.

The 2011 and 2013 Northeast Conference co-champions are poised for another every-other-year title. Head coach Jerry Schmitt has a lifetime 62-47 record and is bringing back some recognition to the little-noticed Duquesne football program.

Really-old-timers will tell you that Duquesne was once one of the premier colleges for football. That crazy old man is correct: During Franklin Roosevelt’s first three terms, the Dukes had a 71-22 record. The only colleges with more wins during that span were Alabama, Duke, Fordham, Tennessee and Notre Dame.

Duquesne even won the Orange Bowl in 1937.

The university also led in game innovations: Former head coach Elmer Layden was the first to use hand signals in a football game. These are the very same hand signals that the New England Patriots steal today. Also, coach Layden was the first to have different jerseys for home and away games. This led to the tradition of Steelers fans getting a home Steelers jersey for Christmas and an away jersey for their birthdays.

The 2015 Dukes have gotten off to a scorching start. First they dismantled those holier-than-thou jerks at Kentucky Christian in a devilish 47-7 romp. In week two, the Bucknell Bison put down their dukes and promptly received a 26-7 pummeling.

Junior quarterback Dillon Buechel has a rifle of an arm to go with an outstanding receiving corps including Chris King, Dave

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Thomas, Wayne Capers and Dominique Terrell. If that’s not enough offense, two running backs each rushed for 100 yards in the opener. Klartel Claridy and freshman PJ Fulmore pulled off the feat, and they aren’t even the best backs on the team. Zach DeNardo and Rafiq Douglas went into the season with that title. Nathan Stone, Abner Roberts and Sam Martello, who had 15 tackles against Bucknell, lead the smothering defense. It was the first time Duquesne ever won on Bucknell’s campus.

So come out to 2,200seat Art Rooney field to see the Duquesne Dukes play some football this season.

That early success proves that just because it’s a small school doesn’t mean it’s short on talent.

Upcoming games include a showdown with the hated Alderson Broaddus Battlers from West Virginia, who come into town on Oct. 10 for the homecoming game. On Halloween night, the Wagner Seahawks visit the campus.

That college is in New York City, so clearly those guys think they are better than us.

The fact that the School of Rock movie was filmed there is its only redeeming quality.

The 2015 home schedule winds up Nov. 21 with a matchup against St. Francis of Pennsylvania — they’re not even the best college named St. Francis. Sure, the Dukes don’t get the coverage of most of the other football teams in town, but that is just another reason to like them. General admission tickets are $10, so all the seats at the stadium are cheap seats. That is my kind of place.

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PIZZA OASIS {BY MARGARET WELSH} It’s no surprise that Spirit has become a popular spot since opening in April. Not only does it offer dance parties and live bands, but it has great pizza, courtesy of Slice Island.

This isn’t some slap-dash, foodfor-drunks setup. The venue in the wood-paneled former Lawrenceville Moose Lodge was opened by Jeff Ryan and Tom Barr, the former being the man behind Pizza Boat, a food truck with its own wood-fired oven. “One hope I’d had was to eventually morph [Pizza Boat] into a brick-and-mortar business,” Ryan says. But he wanted it to be a creative and communal space as well. “So,” he says, “we banished the Pizza Boat to Slice Island, changed up the pizza to try something new, and built the rest of Spirit around that concept.”

The menu changes every Tuesday, and always includes meat, veggie and cheese options. But this is atypical fare: One recent veggie offering included mozzarella, kale, roasted garlic, lemon and ricotta. Everything is made from scratch, and selections are based on seasonal and locally sourced ingredients available that week.

While much of the business comes from bar-goers, Slice Island gets its share of take-out orders and sit-down diners, especially during the Sunday pizza brunch. “We get all kinds of people coming through Spirit, because the programming is pretty diverse, and pizza is the perfect food for that,” Ryan says.

“Everyone likes pizza.”

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T THIS POINT, Pittsburgh’s had so many accolades we’re almost ready to say, “We don’t care if you really, really like us.” But we can’t deny a certain pleasure in seeing that a newcomer from out of town has three locations: Manhattan, Atlantic City and … here.

We guess the location scouts for Bill’s Bar & Burger detected a niche in Downtown Pittsburgh, whose dining scene provides ample options for lunch and nighton-the-town dinners, but little in between.

Bill’s interior, off of the swanky, recently redone Westin Hotel lobby, is well appointed enough — subway tile, original art — to host business meetings and dates, while its menu of upscale comfort foods allows diners to indulge their foodie tendencies, or just chill with nachos and a burger.

Interestingly, each Bill’s location has its own menu, influenced by local favorites and customs. It’s inevitable, then, that the Pittsburgh Bill’s would feature pierogies and kielbasa. And then there’s Bill’s epony-

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mous burger. There are several burgers on offer, including turkey and veggie versions, but we went with the burger that has made Bill’s famous: a just-right six-ounce patty of Bill’s secret custom blend, ground fresh and shipped in daily from famous New York City butcher Pat LaFrieda. The patty is then

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CP APPROVED smashed to an irregular shape, rather than carefully hand-formed, and griddled, not grilled, to develop a savory crust to complement the rich, juicy meat. Finally, it is served between the halves of a toasted English muffin, whose faintly sourdoughy notes made this bun much more than a burger mitt.

The menu version of Bill’s burger is pretty elemental, with just American cheese, lettuce, tomato and pickle, but any burger can be dressed up with a la carte toppings and sauces. We didn’t go too crazy, preferring to experience our burger as Bill intended it, but we did sub cheddar for American cheese and add a squirt of mustard aioli, to delectable effect.

Nothing says comfort food like grilled cheese and tomato soup, and Bill’s is on it with “tomato pizza soup,” served with a mini grilled-cheese sandwich. The soup had a deeper russet color and more intense, roasted flavor than standard tomato soup, evoking the astringent strength of pizza sauce without mimicking it too closely. A dollop of molten parmesan floated in the middle. The genius of this dish was that it did echo the components of pizza when the grilled cheese — two triangles smashed flat and crispy with American cheese oozing out the middle — were dipped in the bowl.

The most expensive item on Bill’s menu,

which we found generally quite reasonable, is steak frites, so we tried a junior version in the form of that same breed and cut — Wagyu beef skirt steak — atop a salad of mixed greens with a grape-tomato medley and crispy shallots. The whole-grain-dijon vinaigrette was nicely muscular, a good match for the steak, which was tender and packed with flavor, with baby arugula and the shallots keeping pace. This may have been the best dish of the night.

Other Bill’s locations include hotdog options. Here they’re limited to the kids’ menu, which is too bad, since the kids’ dog was an outstanding Silver Star wiener, juicy and boldly flavored.

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The newest venture is yoga, with brewpubs like East End Brewery, Copper Kettle Brewing Company and Brew Gentleman Beer Company hosting classes. A quick Google search for “beer and yoga” brings up hundreds of hits nationally, most with topical names like “Hoppy Yoga,” “Bendy Boozy Yoga” or, a personal favorite, “Suds and Salutations.” So what’s the deal?

IT’S MORE THAN DRINKING BEER IN HOT PANTS.

Bill’s answer to poutine is called Hot Mess and features pot-roast gravy and mozzarella curds. With no pot roast on the menu, the gravy’s source was unclear, but it had a silky mouthfeel and good, beefy flavor. It was a bit thin, though, and it soaked too quickly into the potatoes, which were decent, mid-sized fries on their own.

The mozzarella curds reappeared on Momma’s Classic Meatballs, served in a mini skillet with tomato sauce, the cheese broiled on top. The meatballs were the classic blend of beef, pork and veal but, as is all too often the case, they were too firm. They might have been too salty as well, but the chunky tomato sauce balanced the flavor without veering into actual sweetness. We really loved the accompanying grilled country bread, big slices toasted but still tender and golden with olive oil.

Bill’s is far from the only tasty burger joint in town, but it’s not too late to join the party. Bill’s stands out with its excellent trademark burger and other items so good that there are plenty of reasons to go.

Community-building seems to be the first answer. Brew Gentlemen co-founder Matt Katase says that the idea for yoga at the Braddock brewpub was suggested by a regular (and yoga teacher) and has grown into a fun, healthy way to invite the community into the space. Hallie Stotsky, of South Hills Power Yoga and the Yoga Hive, taught weekly spring and summer sessions. Her fall sessions will continue until Thanksgiving. Each class is an hour of yoga for 20 students, followed by 5-ounce beer tasters. Local food truck Driftwood Oven often joins in. As far as local business supported, the count is already at three. With classes set at an affordable $5 and selling out in under 10 minutes, it’s clear to the Gents that they’re providing a space that people appreciate.

Just in case anyone thinks this is only about drinking beer in hot pants, Brew Gentlemen’s beer-and-yoga summer blowout in August donated 50 percent of the proceeds to Pittsburgh Yoga Collective, a nonprofit that “aims to bring the practice of yoga and mindfulness to underserved and at-risk populations in Pittsburgh.” With craft beer and yoga both in vogue, it’s logical to combine their powers for charity, the greater good, and a cold one.

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BADO’S CUCINA. 3825 Washington Road, Peters Township. 724-942-3904. The menu at this cozy venue is a focused exploration of authentic Italian cuisine: homemade pasta and sauces, pizza and, instead of full-on entrées, tapas-size portions of heartier fare such as lamb chops and spareribs.

Almost everything is cooked in a 625-degree wood-fired oven in the open cucina. JF BIG JIM’S. 201 Saline St., Greenfield. 412-421-0532.

Pittsburgh has seen a massive expansion of high-end dining.

This cozy eatery — with bar and separate dining area — isn’t part of that trend. It’s old-school Pittsburgh: good food in huge portions, with waitresses who call you “hon.” The place you go to remember where you’re from. JE BURGATORY. Multiple locations. www.burgatorybar.com.

Nestled in an off-the-path corner of The Waterworks strip mall, Burgatory is in the running for best burgers in town. It starts with its own blend of ground sirloin, chuck, brisket and short rib, and buttery buns — then piles on the toppings. (There are prefab combinations and checklists for custom orders.)

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Red Orchid {PHOTO BY HEATHER MULL} cocktails. The focus is on local and sustainable, with meats, veg and grains from nearby sources. JE GIA VISTO. 4366 Old William Penn Highway, Monroeville.

412-374-1800. The menu at this welcoming Italian restaurant ranges from simple classics to elegant inventions. Whether it’s a fried risotto appetizer enlivened with a elemental but sublime red sauce, or a perfectly cooked salmon on a Mediterraneaninspired bed of beans and vegetables, the fare exhibits the kitchen’s attention to detail. KF

THE CAPITAL GRILLE. 301 Fifth Ave., Downtown. 412-338-9100.

This dark, clubby restaurant excels at VIP service, and offers a menu highlighted by steaks, chops and seafood, with sophisticated but straightforward preparations such as crab cakes with added lobster, or steak encrusted in Kona coffee beans. Also, the Grille employs its own butcher (for cutting and dry-aging), and desserts are made on site. LE CORNERSTONE. 301 Freeport Road, Aspinwall. 412-408-3258.

The contemporary American fare at this warm and welcoming venue offers a creative take on a traditional menu. Every dish is served with a twist, but none — such as fancified mac-n-cheese, slow-roasted brisket sliders, grilled lamb burger or pulled-pork nachos — is too twisted. KE FRANKTUARY. 3810 Butler St., Lawrenceville. 412-586-7224. The longtime Downtown hot-doggery expands its menu here in an attractive sit-down space, with creatively dressed hot dogs, a variety of poutines (loaded French fries) and hand-crafted

wine bar and tapas restaurant, Ibiza is the sister restaurant to its next-door favorite, Mallorca.

Ibiza’s menu starts in Spain but includes delicacies from Portugal, Argentina and other countries.

Accompanied by a wide international selection of wines, Ibiza offers a transportive dining experience. KE IL PIZZAIOLI. 703 Washington Road, Mount Lebanon.

412-344-4123. This popular neighborhood café serves Neapolitan-style pasta and pizza, including the scandalously cheesy quattro formaggi pizza. The front room overlooks bustling Washington Avenue; in season, lucky diners can enjoy the rear garden courtyard. KE KAVSAR. 16 Southern Ave., Mount Washington. 412-488-8708 or 412-488-8709. The varied cuisine of the old Silk Road is available at this Uzbekistan restaurant. The menu reflects the country’s time as a Soviet Socialist republic, with beef stroganoff and blini-like crepes rolled around savory fillings, and its proximity to China, evident in many dishes based upon noodles and dumplings. K

Paris 66 {PHOTO BY HEATHER MULL} HABITAT. 510 Market St., Downtown. 412-773-8800.

Located in the handsome Fairmont Hotel, this restaurant — with a marvelously open kitchen — utilizes local and seasonal ingredients. The emphasis is on the kitchen’s ability to adapt and update traditional dishes from around the world, such as tandoori chicken tacos and rare-tuna-and-avocado spring rolls. LE IBIZA. 2224 E. Carson St., South Side. 412-325-2227. An urbane

LADLES. 516 Pittsburgh St., Springdale. 724-274-5230. This cozy eatery in the Allegheny Valley offers superb soups and Italian-American favorites. Soups are homemade, as is much of the pasta (served with a variety of red sauces). A standout item is the “raviogie,” a mash-up of meat ravioli and potato/cheese pierogie, available with butter and onions or marinara sauce. KE MEDITERRANO. 2193 Babcock Blvd., North Hills. 412-822-8888.

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NEW HOW LEE. 5888 Forbes Ave., Squirrel Hill. 412-422-1888.

It’s an oddly signed storefront restaurant, but this is Sichuan cuisine that rises above its peers with food that’s well cooked, expertly seasoned and fearlessly spicy. The less-typical entrees include cumin mutton, dan dan noodles, tea-smoked duck and Chendu fried dry hot chicken. JF

spacious, with a handsome fieldstone bar. The fare is contemporary American cuisine, with a thoughtful selection of internationally inflected classics like chipotle barbecue pork tenderloin and blackened chicken alfredo. Artisanal touches like a side dish of “chef’s grains” complete the picture. KE SEWICKLEY HOTEL. 509 Beaver St., Sewickley. 412-741-9457. At this revamped hotel, the offerings reflect a balance between timehonored dishes such as turtle soup and more modern fare, like a crabmeat-stuffed quesadilla.

Steak-lovers will be pleased, but adventurous burger fans should check out the Light Up Night burger, topped with blue crabmeat, bacon, avocado and pepper-jack cheese. LE

PARIS 66. 6018 Centre Ave., East Liberty. 412-404-8166. This charming bistro is both less pretentious and every bit as impressive as the frou-frou French fine dining of yore, offering both light lunch fare (croques and THAI GOURMET. 4505 Liberty crepes) and serious dinners.

Ave., Bloomfield. 412-681Expects classics such as 4373. Located in a narrow salade Niçoise, frog former lunchroom, Thai legs and exquisitely Gourmet is the casual, prepared meats, plus no-nonsense and . www per a cocktail list. KF no-frills member of a p ty pghci m Pittsburgh’s Thai .co POINT BRUGGE CAFÉ. restaurant club. The 401 Hastings St., Point prices are on the low end, Breeze. 412-441-3334. This cozy but the food quality is high and neighborhood bistro reflects a the portions are huge. The decor concerted effort to translate the mixes Asian themes with diner European neighborhood café — kitsch in a delightful way. JF warm, welcoming, unpretentious yet delicious — to Pittsburgh.

UNION PIG AND CHICKEN. Despite bits of Asian fusion, the 220 N. Highland Ave., East Liberty. selections are classic Low Country 412-363-7675. This lively familyfare such as Belgian beef stewed style BBQ venue hews closely with beer, and Italian influences in to tradition. The smoked meats risotto, sausage and polenta. KE (ribs, brisket, pork shoulder and chicken) are “dry” (with sauces RED ORCHID. 5439 Babcock Blvd., at table), and the sides are West View. 412-837-2527. This well-prepared classics: mac-andcozy, family-run Thai restaurant cheese, baked beans, collard offers a selection of mostly greens and coleslaw. Prices are tried-and-true cuisine (salads, rice higher than a roadside stand, and noodle dishes, and curries), but the quality is top-notch. KE as well as chef’s specials, many involving tilapia filets. “Tulip VALLOZZI’S PITTSBURGH. dumplings” and Thai toast make 220 Fifth Ave., Downtown. for excellent starters, and the 412-394-3400. The venerable kitchen shows skill in balancing Italian restaurant from Greensburg the flavors of more complex now has a Downtown outpost. curries and meat entrees. KF In this elegant space, some classic dishes are updated; a few favorites, THE RED RING. 1015 Forbes like turtle soup are retained; and Ave., Uptown. 412-396-3550. the fresh mozzarella bar deserves This Duquesne University venue to become a classic. Try the is a decided cut above student distinctive pizza, with a layered, dining. The dining room is cracker-like crust. LE

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Conversations about gender in the musicproduction industry often boil down to the question: Why aren’t there more women in sound? To Madeleine Campbell, a Pittsburgh-based audio engineer, a better question would be: Why aren’t you paying attention to the ones who are?

Women In Sound, a new print zine created by Campbell — with illustrations

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by Maggie Negrete — aims to shift that conversation and highlight experiences of women working in the industry. Launching on Oct. 2 with a release party coordinated with VIA Festival, the first issue of Women In Sound features interviews with a dozen subjects, ranging from composers like Holly Hendron and engineers like Catherine Vericolli to educators like the staff of Women’s Audio Mission in San Francisco.

“So much media that talks about women in any creative field is really focused around ‘what’s it like being a woman that does this thing?’ Which is ridiculous,” says Campbell, 23, who works at Treelady Studios. (She is also an occasional City Paper contributor.) “Sometimes it’s great, sometimes it sucks, just like when you’re a man.

So I made sure to not focus on that.”

Though the conversations don’t shy away from the challenges and casual misogyny facing women in the field, Women In Sound is closer to a description of whom she’s talking to, rather than what they’re talking about.

“I think the zine’s goal is the goal of a lot of women in sound: increased visibility,” Jenn Gooch, a local artist and musician performing at the release show, wrote via email. “It’s an important conversation, and one we need to have until the day there’s even close to equal representation on stage, behind the board, in the booth, etc ...”

Joining Gooch on the all female-identified VIA lineup are Molly Soda, Eartheater, Moor Mother Goddess, Lex Brown, Audra Wist and Pittsburgh’s Submistress.

“This lineup focuses on the autonomous female,” says Campbell. “Every one of these performers is a solo woman who is self-sufficient and loud and, in some ways, making a spectacle of themselves, which I fully support. I think women should do that more.”

HREE SEPTEMBERS ago, Thrival took over a stretch of land along Penn Avenue where a middle school once stood. The festival site was a raw construction zone, dusty and wild, filled with craft beer, food trucks and a lineup of the kind of hip-hop that suburban white boys are comfortable blasting when they move to liberal-arts dorms in the city.

Across the street from the Nabisco Factory, which is now the Bakery Square development, the school that was once Reizenstein smelled of shortbread and No. 2 pencil erasers — relics of a youth never to be lived by those kids whose parents work and play in the corner of Larimer that’s now nearly nameless as a neighborhood. Is it still Larimer? Shadyside? Close enough to “East Side” to be considered synonymous with that big-box anonymity?

Thrival, a music and innovation festival now in its third year, was created by the Thrill Mill, a startup accelerator once known for its Hustle Den and Baller BBQs. Now, the Thrill Mill is a little more serious. Its leaders talk about mentorship, strategic partnerships and a “team-centric” philosophy. They’ve brought on fulltime staff to focus on Thrival. The event has grown from a one-day festival with four bands to a weekend of nearly 30 acts across two stages, preceded by a week of more than two dozen speakers grouped by themes such as “Creative Reuse, Sustainability & the Arts” and “Health & Wellness Revolution” — “things that play into Pittsburgh’s 21st-century socio-

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The biggest difference for 2015’s Thrival, says Law, is “scope and substance.”

“We’ve taken a hard look at how we can be good stewards of Pittsburgh’s innovation story,” he says.

THRIVAL FESTIVAL Innovation: Mon., Sept. 21, through Fri., Sept. 25. Music: Fri., Sept. 25, through Sat., Sept. 26. Innovation events are free.

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And after two years at Bakery Square, Thrival is moving.

This year, the music relocates to Hazelwood’s Almono development site, a 178acre remediated brownfield previously home to the LTV Coke Works, Pittsburgh’s last operating steel-industry plant, which closed in 1998. The largest tract of undeveloped post-industrial property in the city, the riverfront site is set to be transformed into housing, commerce and industry in the coming years — a boon for Hazelwood, where about 25 percent of its 5,000 residents live below the poverty line.

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Allentown, the Hill District and the South Side — neighborhoods not necessarily “associated with innovation or entrepreneurship,” says Law. The first Thrival was conceptualized and executed in just three weeks; this year’s festival has been in the works since the moment last year’s wrapped.

“It’s more than just identifying bands you think are cool. We’re looking at curating a show that the Pittsburgh market can really embrace and support. We turned it from an art form to more of a science,” says Law, who looked to data rather than just intuition to come up with this year’s 26-artist lineup.

In its first year, De La Soul, RJD2, Formula 412 and Frightened Rabbit played Thrival. It was a hip-hop-heavy bill, with no women performers. Last year’s expanded lineup shifted to more electronic sounds (Moby headlined, and Green Velvet, Z-Trip, and Mayer Hawthorn played), with just two female voices out of 15 acts.

This year’s lineup returns to the festival’s hip-hop roots — why compete with VIA for an EDM audience? — with strides toward opening the floor to types of artists probably never heard of at a Hustle Den Baller BBQ bro-down.

“We knew last year that the lineup wasn’t as diverse as it needed to be,” says Law. “We’re going to chalk that up to rookie mistakes. But this year we said, ‘Let’s stop this trend.’ One of our big-time goals is that we’ve never had a female headliner, and that’s something Thrival should aspire to do in 2016.”

Wu-Tang Clan’s Raekwon and Ghostface Killah are, of course, the biggest draw, playing prime-time Saturday night. Besides that highlight, go for the synthy femalefronted pop of Cathedrals and VÉRITÉ, who should hold us over until Ryn Weaver or Zella Day decide to grace Pittsburgh with their presence. Oh Honey brings the folky boygirl harmonies, and San Fermin brings the indie baroque cred. And then there’s Adia Victoria, described by Rolling Stone as “PJ Harvey covering Loretta Lynn at a haunted debutante ball.” She’s released very little beyond her swampy, show-stopping “Stuck in the South” (produced by longtime Yo La Tengo collaborator Roger Moutenot), which is why it’ll be so exciting to hear what she brings to the stage on Friday afternoon.

In addition to music performances, the weekend festival includes 15 food trucks, a “craft beer village,” and hard-hat tours of the former coke-works site that runs along the western portion of the concert site — Pittsburgh’s last smoking furnace, with the power to turn noontime skies to midnight, now an attraction to bide time while the gourmet hot-dog line dies down.

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COLLECTIVE EFFORTS {BY MIKE SHANLEY} The music of Ethiopia has received increased recognition in the current millennium. The Ethiopiques CD series has released 24 discs since 1997 that celebrate the music of the country, which includes both traditional music and jazz that merges cultural sounds with American influences. Some Ethiopian-born musicians have either collaborated with Western players or traveled west themselves, bringing their songs with them.

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Krar Collective

The instrument known as the krar resembles an ancient lyre, or an oversized guitar without a neck. Acoustic with six strings, it was often associated with azmari minstrel shows in Ethiopia. But in London, a group of Ethiopian expatriates has pushed the krar into the modern age, electrifying and running it through wah-wah pedals and other effects. While these efforts can potentially strip the instrument of its appeal, musician Temesgen Zeleke uses them to his advantage and creates a sound that doesn’t sacrifice its unique tone. He learned to play by studying with jazz maestro Mulatu Astatke, one of the biggest performers of Ethiopian jazz.

Despite the name, the Krar Collective is actually a trio, with Zeleke’s strings joined by traditional kebero drummer Grum Bogashaw and dancer/vocalist Genet Assefa, they create spellbinding music that has layers of vocals and rhythms that overlap carefully. They don’t play Western jazz, nor does it come strictly sounding like traditional music. The results fall somewhere in the middle, with energy flowing from the first ecstatic whoop. In light of the group’s basic instrumentation, perhaps, and its intense delivery, it has been dubbed “the Ethiopian White Stripes.”

The Collective’s performance marks several firsts in Pittsburgh. For starters, they are reportedly the first group of Ethiopian musicians to ever perform in the city. It also marks the first time that Tana, the Ethiopian restaurant in East Liberty, will host a live touring band. Considering the music, it marks a welcome confluence of events.

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FRESH VOICES {BY SHAWN COOKE} FIVE YEARS AFTER its inaugural event, VIA is preparing for something of a full-circle moment. In the festival’s first year, it hosted an event at the Moose Lodge which featured !!!, Fol Chen, Majeure and others. Now, after a rapid transitory period in Lawrenceville, that event hall goes by a new name — Spirit — and looks to be the first-ever established venue to host a VIA Festival main event.

Serving as a focal point across the festival’s expanded, two-weekend slate of programming, Spirit will welcome headliners MC Lyte, XXYYXX, Jessy Lanza and Lower Dens for its main event on Oct. 3, but will also host a massive outdoor block party during its first weekend, featuring Ikonika, Sheer Mag, Princess Nokia and a vast spread of local artists. In the tradition of VIA, most every performance will be paired with an audio-visual component or interactive art.

The two Spirit-centric shows serve as musical bookends to a week full of art lectures, partner-curated showcases, video games and zine releases.

VIA co-founders Lauren Goshinski and Quinn Leonowicz, along with a team of roughly 20 organizers and curators, like to get a serious head start on constructing a

Princess Nokia, MC Lyte amd Ikonika

lineup, now that VIA’s deeply entrenched in the festival landscape. “I can say that I already booked the first artist for 2016, so that’s how far out it goes,” Leonowicz says.

“We already have a showcase set up with [The Andy Warhol Museum] for next year.”

In addition to the annual festival, VIA curates and co-presents events throughout the year, and occasionally these can inform the festival’s programming. Lower Dens was initially slated to perform at #NowSeeThis, an event co-presented with the

Carnegie Museum of Art, earlier this year, but Belle and Sebastian recruited the band for an opening gig in Europe that same day.

After the cancelation, Leonowicz grabbed Lower Dens for VIA, in what he dubbed as the easiest booking of this year’s fest.

Jana Hunter, Lower Dens’ gender-fluid frontperson, joins a bill that contains 70 percent female-identified artists, LGBTQ artists and artists of color. There’s lately been a broad conversation about representing and protecting marginalized groups in music spaces, from Pitchfork editor Jessica Hopper’s tweet that yielded hundreds of poignant anecdotes about industry sexism and misogyny to various festival bills appearing online with the male artist names blocked out. But Goshinski says that the lineup’s diversity is serendipitous. “It’s just a natural reflection of who we work with … we’re booking to represent the people that we’re surrounded by and the people that we’re having conversations with on the other side of the world,” she says.

Events throughout the week include a panel about female-identified moments in music (co-moderated — full disclosure —

by City Paper music editor Margaret Welsh)

and the Women in Sound zine release. But Goshinski stresses that the most effective way to empower female artists is simple: Put them at the top of a lineup. “There’s definitely this huge push of like, ‘Women in music go up to the front, pay attention to this,’ which is really serious. But at the same time, a lot of the women I talk to are like, ‘I don’t want to be tokenized — I just want to headline a bill,’” she says.

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But once VIA ends, its local partners will curate, book and continue establishing the scene until next year’s festival. In follow-up email, Goshinski highlighted the importance of VIA’s partners — including Detour, Honcho, TCRPS and more — who make the showcases possible and carry on similar ventures throughout the year. “In a way, VIA is an ongoing Venn diagram/coming together of Pittsburgh’s various scenes leading this city towards adventurous sound,” Goshinski said.

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[HICK HOP] + THU., SEPT. 24 You’ve heard him on the radio, and perhaps even seen him on his A&E television series, where he and his family work hard on the family farm in Tennessee. John Smith, a.k.a. Big Smo, grew up in the South as a fan of hip hop, rock and country music; he now blends all three into what has been dubbed “Hick Hop.” Big Smo brings his big sound and bigger personality to the Altar Bar for an all ages show tonight with Michael Christopher and Mad Dog Rodeo. Troy Michael 7 p.m.

1620 Penn Ave., Strip District. $20-23. {PHOTO COURTESY OF ANDREW PICCONE} All ages. 412-2069719 or www. thealtarbar.com

[ROCK] + FRI., SEPT. 25 Local hard-rock group Chip DiMonick — whose recent record, Uncaged, is full of hair metal-esque charisma — is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the band’s first show, tonight at the Smiling Moose. The aptly named Decade of DiMonick concert and party will feature a variety of supporting acts, including The Cathy Stewart Band, Fatality Risen, the YJJ’s and Kevin Belonzi. Why the big party? Titular lead singer and guitarist Chip DiMonick explains: “Leaving our slug-like trail all over the Pittsburgh music scene for ten years feels like a big deal.” Andrew Woehrel 8:30 p.m. 1306 E. Carson St., South Side. $5-6.

412-431-4668 or www.smiling-moose.com

[POP PUNK] + SUN., SEPT. 27 The New Paltz, N.Y., twee-pop outfit Diet Cig is a very young and precious band. Guitarist and vocalist Alex Luciano hadn’t ever played an electric guitar before she first practiced with drummer Noah Bowman. Diet Cig has a playful

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and ramshackle sound that owes a bit to Beat Happening, or — for a more current reference point — could be a pared-down version of Swearin’. Catch Diet Cig tonight at Spirit, with opening acts Cotopaxi and Yrs Sun. AW 9:30 p.m. 242 51st St., Lawrenceville. $8-10.

412-586-4441 or www.spiritpgh.com

[INDIE ROCK] + TUE., SEPT. 29 You may have heard of Hoboken, NJ’s indie-rock darlings Yo La Tengo, often a favorite of rock critics, pop-music nerds and other unsightly characters. Tonight, the band will play an intimate acoustic set at Mr. Small’s Theatre, which is sure to include both original songs and cover material. YLT has been at it for over 30 years now, which is longer than some rock stars’ entire lives, so you know the band has some tricks up its collective sleeve.

Diet Cig Guitarist Dave Schramm opens.

AW 8 p.m. 400 Lincoln Ave., Millvale. $22-25. 412-821-4447 or www.mrsmalls.com

[BLUES] + WED., SEPT. 30 In the final years of his life, Texas blues guitarist Johnny Copeland toured with his 16-year-old daughter, Shemekia, as his opening act. Eighteen years after Johnny’s death, Shemekia Copeland has become a star in the blues world, and she’s performed with the biggest names in the business, including B.B. King (R.I.P.), Buddy Guy, Bonnie Raitt and more. She’s even sung with Mick Jagger at the White House for the Obamas.

Tonight you can see her at Club Café, with support from the Accelerators. AW 8 p.m.

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Panic At The Disco, Raekwon & Ghostface Killah, Lights, Manchester Orchestra, Wale, Andrew McMahon, & more. Hazelwood. www.thrivalfestival.com.

CLUB CAFE. TeamMate, Donora, The Color Fleet. South Side.

412-431-4950.

GOOSKI’S. Anicon, Forrest of Tygers, Wrought Iron, Taphos Nomos. Polish Hill.

412-681-1658.

STAGE AE. Purity Ring w/ HANA. North Side. 412-229-5483.

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Panic At The Disco, Raekwon & Ghostface Killah, Lights, Manchester Orchestra, Wale, Andrew McMahon, & more. Hazelwood. www.thrivalfestival.com.

STAGE AE. Ghost BC w/ Purson.

BEE’Z BISTRO & PUB. North Side. 412-229-5483.

The Dave Iglar Trio. Bridgeville.

THUNDERBIRD CAFE. Sherik’s 412-257-9877.

Bandalabra Skerik’s Bandalabra.

BRILLOBOX. The Mobros, Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177.

Triggers, The Hi-Frequencies.

Bloomfield. 412-621-4900.

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Television. Oakland. 412-622-3131.

Panic At The Disco, Raekwon CATTIVO. Ondo, & Ghostface Killah, Lights, Tom McConnell, Ivies.

Manchester Orchestra, VIA 2015 kickoff party.

Wale, Andrew McMahon, Lawrenceville. & more. Hazelwood.

412-687-2157. www.thrivalfestival.

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The Soulville Horns LINDEN GROVE. Dancing w/ Paul Luc. South Side.

Queen. Castle Shannon.

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DOWNEY’S HOUSE. Finally PARK HOUSE. Nightly Standard.

Free. Robinson. 412-489-5631.

North Side. 412-224-2273.

ELWOOD’S PUB. The Agway THE R BAR. 3 Car Garage.

Shoplifters. Rural Ridge.

Dormont. 412-445-5279.

724-265-1181.

REX THEATER. Ekoostik Hookah GRIST HOUSE BREWING. w/ Derek Woodz Band. South Side.

Brash Teeth. Millvale.

412-381-6811.

SMILING MOOSE. Chip DiMonick. 412-447-1442.

HOWLERS COYOTE CAFE. By South Side. 412-431-4668.

Light We Loom, Alex & the XOs, Scott Fry Experience. Bloomfield.

412-682-0320.

THE MEADOWS. Turnstiles.

Billy Joel Tribute Band.

West Mifflin. 412-650-9000.

MILLERSTOWN INN. The Dave Iglar Band. Chicora.

724-445-2157.

MOONDOG’S. Giornesto.

Blawnox. 412-828-2040.

NIED’S HOTEL. The Mavens, The Beagles Brothers, The Stillhouse Pickers, Alana Stewart Slim Forsythe, The Mavens, The Beagles Brothers, The Stillhouse Pickers, Alana Stewart.

Lawrenceville. 412-781-9853.

PARK HOUSE. Rat Tits & the Best Evers. North Side.

412-224-2273.

SKYLARK MOTOR INN. King’s Ransom. Moon.

412-329-7450.

SMILING MOOSE. Horrid Ordeal, Skinbound, Burning Sin. South Side. 412-431-4668.

THUNDERBIRD CAFE. King Fez, Ishtar. Lawrenceville.

412-682-0177.

WESTWOOD GOLF CLUB. EZ Action. West Mifflin.

412-462-9555.

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Each week, we bring you a new song by a local artist. This week’s track comes from Jennifer Baron’s project, The Garment District.

Stream or download “The Feral Surfers” from the new record Luminous Toxin, for free on FFW>>, our music blog at www.pghcitypaper.com.

5118 PENN AVE. Rp Boo, Qualiatik, Salon and Cough, Treatment, Baby Teeth. Garfield. www.via-2015.com.

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Wale, Andrew McMahon, & more. Hazelwood. www.thrivalfestival.com.

BYHAM THEATER. Patty Griffin w/ Sam Lee. Downtown.

412-456-6666.

MR. SMALLS THEATER. Chris Robinson Brotherhood. Millvale.

412-821-4447.

THE R BAR. Midnite Horns.

Dormont. 412-942-0882.

SPIRIT. Diet Cig. Lawrenceville.

412-586-4441.

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HOWLERS COYOTE CAFE. Author & Punisher, Muscle & Marrow, Hexweapon, Boxed Warning, O Heidrun. Bloomfield.

412-682-0320.

PALACE THEATRE. Michael W. Smith w/ Phillips, Craig & Dean. Greensburg.

724-836-8000.

THUNDERBIRD CAFE. Butler St. Sessions: SGDB & Zoob play Paul Simon. Lawrenceville.

412-682-0177.

TUE 29 ALTAR BAR. Gang of Four w/ The New Regime. Strip District.

412-263-2877.

CLUB CAFE. Electric Six w/ Yip Deceiver. South Side.

412-431-4950.

HOWLERS COYOTE CAFE. GGOOLLDD, No/No, Middle Children. Bloomfield.

412-682-0320.

BRILLOBOX. Cuntz, Obnox, Salad Boys, Salome. Part of VIA festival.

Bloomfield. 412-621-4900.

CLUB CAFE. Shemekia Copeland w/ The Accelerators. South Side.

412-431-4950.

STAGE AE. Warren Haynes.

North Side. 412-229-5483.

THUNDERBIRD CAFE. The Vibrators, The Anti-Psychotics, Under A Nightmare. Lawrenceville.

412-391-8334.

FRI 25 ONE 10 LOUNGE. DJ Goodnight, DJ Rojo. Downtown. 412-874-4582.

RIVERS CASINO. DJ Digital Dave.

North Side. 412-231-7777.

ROWDY BUCK. Top 40 Dance.

South Side. 412-431-2825.

RUGGER’S PUB. 80s Night w/ DJ Connor. South Side.

412-381-1330.

SMILING MOOSE. DJ Midas.

South Side. 412-431-4668.

SAT 26 DIESEL. DJ CK. South Side.

412-431-8800.

LAVA LOUNGE. Top 40 Dance Party. South Side. 412-431-5282.

REMEDY. Dance Crush.

Lawrenceville. 412-781-6771.

RIVERS CASINO. VDJ Jack Millz.

North Side. 412-231-7777.

ROWDY BUCK. Top 40 Dance.

South Side. 412-431-2825.

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SMILING MOOSE. DJ Adam Social. Pop Punk night.

412-431-4668.

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MOONDOG’S. Ron Yarosz & the Vehicle. Blawnox. 412-828-2040.

SHELBY’S STATION. Anderson-Vosel. Bridgeville.

412-319-7938.

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FESTIVAL PARK. Jimmy Adler Band. Headlining Brews & Blues Festival. Johnstown.

814-467-6765.

JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. Sweaty Betty.

North Side. 412-904-3335.

Spirit Caravan 31st St. Pub, 3101 Penn Ave., Strip District {THU., OCT. 29}

Chubby Checker & the Wildcats

JAZZ ANDYS WINE BAR. Maria Beycoates-Bey. Downtown.

412-773-8884.

JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. Roger Humphries Jam Session. Ballroom. North Side.

412-904-3335.

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Todd Rundgren Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall, 510 E. 10th St., Munhall

FRI 25

ANDYS WINE BAR. Kenia.

Downtown. 412-773-8884.

LEMONT. Groove Doctors.

Mt. Washington.

412-431-3100.

WICKED FOX. Eric Johnson & Dan Wasson. Fox Chapel.

412-794-8255.

WIGHTMAN SCHOOL. Boilermaker Jazz Band.

Squirrel Hill. 412-361-6610.

ANDYS WINE BAR. Tania Grubbs.

Downtown. 412-773-8884.

RIVERS CLUB. Jessica Lee & Friends. Downtown. 412-391-5227.

ACOUSTIC THU 24 DOWNEY’S HOUSE. Aaron from The Lava Game. Robinson.

412-489-5631.

SUCCOP CONSERVANCY. Jake Rubenstein Band. Butler.

412-963-6100.

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STONE VILLA WINE CELLARS. Erin Burkett & Virgil Walters w/ Eric Susoeff & Max Leake. Acme.

724-423-5604.

MON 28 ECLIPSE LOUNGE. Open Jazz Night w/ the Howie Alexander Trio. Lawrenceville.

412-251-0097.

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THUNDERBIRD CAFE. Space Exchange w/ John Petrucelli.

Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177.

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FRI 25 PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. Works from the three Bs: Bach, Brahms, & Beethoven. Heinz Hall, Downtown. 412-392-4900.

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SMILING MOOSE. Rock Star Karaoke w/ T-MONEY. South Side. 412-431-4668.

SPOON. Spoon Fed. East Liberty.

412-362-6001.

ANDYS WINE BAR. Spanky Wilson. Downtown. 412-773-8884.

LEMONT. Dr. Zoot.

Mt. Washington. 412-431-3100.

MT. PLEASANT GLASS & ETHNIC FESTIVAL. Southside Jerry’s Strolling Solo Sax. Mount Pleasant.

724-532-4711.

NOLA ON THE SQUARE. Roger Barbour Jazz Quartet.

Downtown. 412-471-9100.

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HARVEY WILNER’S. The Fabulous Gunslingers. West Mifflin.

412-466-1331.

Shawn, Pairdown.

Squirrel Hill.

412-422-0710.

CLADDAGH IRISH PUB. Weekend at Blarneys.

South Side. 412-381-4800.

ELWOOD’S PUB. Marshall Street ‘Rents. Rural Ridge. 724-265-1181.

SAT 26 CARNEGIE LECTURE HALL. Eliza Gilkyson, Gretchen Peters & Mary Gauthier. Oakland. www.calliopehouse.org.

FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH. John Gorka. Shadyside.

412-621-8008.

TUE 29 MR. SMALLS THEATER. Yo La Tengo w/ Dave Schramm. Acoustic

night. Millvale. 412-821-4447.

THE R BAR. Tom & Katie Show.

Dormont. 412-942-0882.

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FRANK FERGUSON & GEORGE PECORARO. Music of the Baroque era, featuring Vitali’s Chaconne, & J.S. Bach’s Air on G String. St. Mary of Czestochowa Church, New Kensington. 724-337-1030.

HECTOR OLIVERA. Keystone Oaks High School, Dormont.

724-446-9744.

PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. Works from the three Bs: Bach, Brahms, & Beethoven. Heinz Hall, Downtown.

412-392-4900.

RUPERT BOYD. Classical guitarist.

Mary Pappert School of Music, Uptown. 412-225-4101.

SUN 27 LYRIC FEST. Shadyside Presbyterian Church, Shadyside.

412-682-4300.

PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. Works from the three Bs: Bach, Brahms, & Beethoven. Heinz Hall, Downtown.

412-392-4900.

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ALLEGHENY ELKS LODGE #339. Pittsburgh Banjo Club.

Wednesdays. North Side.

412-321-1834.

BACKSTAGE BAR AT THEATRE SQUARE. Ian McFeron.

Downtown. 412-325-6769.

PARK HOUSE. Shelf Life String Band. North Side. 412-224-2273.

BENEDUM CENTER. Josh Groban.

Downtown. 412-456-6666.

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FRI 25 RIVERS CASINO. Shelley Duff Duo. North Side. 412-231-7777.

SCHENLEY PLAZA. The Districts & Ryley Walker. Oakland.

412-682-7275.

CAPRI PIZZA AND BAR. Bombo Claat w/ VYBZ Machine Intl Sound System. East Liberty. 412-362-1250.

RIVERS CASINO. Artistree.

North Side. 412-231-7777.

SPIRIT. Ikonika, Sheer Mag, Princes Nokia. Lawrenceville.

412-586-4441.

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THU 24 ELWOOD’S PUB. Midnight Rooster. Rural Ridge. 724-265-1181.

FRI 25 CLUB CAFE. The Steel Wheels.

South Side. 412-431-4950.

THE MEADOWS. Savannah Jack.

West Mifflin. 412-650-9000.

PITTSBURGH WINERY. Molly Alphabet, The Early Mays & Arlo Aldo. Strip District. 412-566-1000.

SAT 26 FIRST NIAGARA PAVILION. Toby Keith, Eli Young Band & Chris Janson. Burgettstown.

724-947-7400.

CARNEGIE LIBRARY, OAKLAND. Chuck Owston. Oakland.

412-622-3116.

CLUB CAFE. Marty WillsonPiper’s Acres Of Space.

South Side. 412-431-4950.

MON 28 CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY. Marina Rosenfeld.

Part of VIA Music Festival. College of Fine Arts, Great Hall. Oakland.

412-268-2000.

WED 30 KELLY-STRAYHORN THEATER. Vieux Farka Touré & Julia Easterlin.

East Liberty. 412-363-3000.

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Tickets: kelly-strayhorn.org or 412-363-3000. Through Sept. 26.

SEPTEMBER 23 BYHAM THEATER, DOWNTOWN

BYHAM THEATER Downtown.

412-456-6666.

Tickets: trustarts.org. 8p.m.

Oktoberfest PENN BREWERY North Side.

Over 21 event. No cover charge.

Through Sept. 27.

Blacklist Royals SMILING MOOSE South Side.

412-431-4668. Over 21 show.

Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 7p.m.

ALTAR BAR Strip District.

412-263-2877. All ages show. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 8:30p.m.

FIRST NIAGARA PAVILION Burgettstown. Tickets: ticketmaster.com, livenation.com or 800-745-3000. 7p.m.

Gallery Crawl MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, Downtown. Free. For more info visit trustarts.org. 5:30p.m.

Bach, Beethoven and Brahms HEINZ HALL Downtown.

412-392-4900. Tickets: pittsburghsymphony.org/classics.

Through Sept. 27.

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CARNEGIE MUSIC HALL Oakland. Tickets: warhol.org.

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NEW HAZLETT THEATER North Side. Tickets: textureballet.org.

Through Sept. 27.

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Tickets: wilkinsburgcdc.org. 10a.m.

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BYHAM THEATER Downtown.

412-456-6666.

Tickets: trustarts.org. 8p.m.

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Toby Keith: Good Times and Pick Up Lines Tour

STAGE AE North Side.

Tickets: ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000.

Doors open at 7p.m.

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Purity Ring: Another Eternity Tour

THE PITTSBURGH WINERY Strip District. Over 21 show. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 9p.m.

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BACKSTAGE BAR/THEATER SQUARE Downtown.

412-456-6666. Free show. 5p.m.

Michael W. Smith THE PALACE THEATRE Greensburg. 724-836-8000.

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TOPPING OUT {BY BILL O’DRISCOLL} Everest is a well-acted and briskly told film about a catastrophic real-life 1996 climb up that famed Himalayan peak. Director Baltasár Kormakur offers stunning vistas, harrowing action and well-delineated characters, including famed guide Rob Hall (Jason Clarke), Jake Gyllenhaal as another guide, and climbers played by Josh Brolin and John Hawkes. Another character is Jon Krakauer (Michael Kelly), whose best-selling book Into Thin Air covered the same events.

On ice: Jake Gyllenhaal

The story plays partly as running inquest into a disaster in progress: Equipment is improperly deployed, the weather turns, and decisions are made based on factors other than safety. The film emphasizes that some questionable calls were swayed by commercial considerations — not summiting is bad for business — and in the context of narrow passes logjammed by climbers lured by the color brochures of the then-fledgling “adventure” industry.

Ultimately, however, Everest asks not just our attention, which it earns, but our sympathy, which it doesn’t. While these mountaineers are in peril, they’re not aid workers, let alone, say, political refugees; they’re people who paid large sums to voluntarily court mortal danger. (At extremely high altitudes, the film notes, human bodies literally begin to die.) Though a couple climbers offer poetic justifications for their passion, in the annals of evitable suffering, little surmounts recreational mountainclimbing. In 3-D, in select theaters D R I S C OLL@ PGHC ITY PA PE R.CO M

HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2 Genndy Tartakovsky’s animated comedy tracks the further goings-on at the hotel for spooky people.

Adam Sandler and Selena Gomez provide voices. Starts Fri., Sept. 25

Hometown hardass: Johnny Depp as Boston’s Whitey Bulger

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ward Scissorhands, Johnny Depp has been a tabula rasa of film acting: With each performance, he becomes something unrecognizably strange and elusive, and I’ve always wondered whether there’s a whole person behind the masks, or if the performances complete him.

In Black Mass, Depp portrays the sanguinary Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger, who got away with his crimes (drugs, extortion, murder) for so long because he was also an FBI informant. Once the jig was up, he vanished for more than 15 years, only to be found four years ago in his dotage in California. He’s now in prison for what’s left of his life.

Depp’s performance is the most compelling thing in director Scott Cooper’s well-made and thoroughly superfluous story about “Southie” (South Boston) and its paradoxical mix of lovable Irish Catholics and incomprehensible crime and brutality. But we want to comprehend, and

by telling the story of this particular part of Bulger’s life, Cooper teaches us nothing new about anything.

How did Bulger get this way? His brother (a miscast Benedict Cumberbatch) became a state senator and university chancellor. Black Mass compels only when we see Bulger kill people at point-blank range with a gun or (twice)

BLACK MASS DIRECTED BY: Scott Cooper STARRING: Johnny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson

with his bare hands. How can this man exist — and exist for so long? We’re accustomed to seeing Depp and his delicate face in a state of flamboyance. In Black Mass, he’s coarse, vigilant and penetrating. When he talks, it’s a voice like any other (albeit with an accent), and not a put-on, like Jack Sparrow, Mad Hat-

ter or Willy Wonka. It’s technically perfect, but there’s nothing to understand about Bulger because the script never lets us inside.

Bulger got away with his crimes for year because his FBI handler was a childhood friend (now in prison for his coverup), and so of course, the story explores the Southie meaning of values like blood, honor and loyalty. But in The Departed, Martin Scorsese adapted a Hong Kong crime drama to an American context with more originality and operatic effect than Cooper achieves in his all-American story.

In his previous film, the rather overthe-top Out of the Furnace, Cooper displayed a knack for melancholic brutality.

He could have furthered that project here in a more realistic milieu, showing us how such a person as Bulger emerges from such a place as Boston. Instead, we get a routine neo-cops-’n’-robbers procedural, with a masterful chameleon as its reptilian monster.

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NEW THIS WEEK ATTACK ON TITAN: PART I. Shinji Higuchi’s live action film is adapted from Hajime Isayama’s manga. In it, a young man may be the only hope to fight back against giant humanoid Titans that are preying on humans. (Part 2 screens later in October.)

7:30 p.m. nightly, Wed., Sept. 30, Thu., Oct. 1, and Wed., Oct. 7. Hollywood GOODNIGHT MOMMY. This Austrian psychological thriller from Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz uncovers the dread and horror that springs up in a seemingly carefree relationship between a mother and her 10-year-old identical-twin sons, Lukas and Elias (Lucas and Elias Schwarz). Momma (Susanne Wuest) has returned from some undefined medical event, with her face completely bandaged. And she acts differently — colder, remote, even violent. “She’s not our mom,” the boys whisper to each other.

In time, their reaction slides from bewilderment to troubling actions, as the lads decide to find out the truth. Or perhaps, more accurately, the “truth,” since the film shifts in its later acts, re-aligning both our sympathies and knowledge.

This all takes place in a secluded home, surrounded by idyllic countryside and filled with sleek modern furniture (and notably, a huge out-of-focus portrait of “momma’).

The film is well shot, and is European arthouse in execution (unfolds slowly, with seemingly disconnected scenes) and tone (a spacey sense of a suspended time and place). Its quiet horror is mostly of the psychological variety, interspersed with the occasional bit of grotesquery, and quite effective — though the final reel may divide some viewers. In German, with subtitles.

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observations that will resonate with other children of immigrants and amusing animated sequences — but mostly because Ravi’s parents are a hoot: There’s no end to their passive-aggressive nagging (a.k.a. “helpful loving advice”), facemugging and deadpan asides. But they care, and Ravi cares, and quickly, you too will care how it all works out. In English, and Gujarati, with subtitles.

Starts Fri., Sept. 25. AMC Waterfront (AH) PAWN SACRIFICE. Edward Zwick’s new bio-pic recounts the first decades in the life of Bobby Fischer — from Brooklyn child prodigy to global chess superstar in the early 1970s. His comingof-age, already tinged with narcissism, anger and mental-health issues that would plague him for a lifetime, segues into the lead up to a series of significant chess matches with the reigning Russian champs. The Soviet Union has Boris Spassky (Liev Schrieber), so the U.S. backs Fischer (Tobey Maguire).

It all winds up at the much-hyped 1972 World Chess Championship between Spassky and Fischer, which to the public is less a battle for chess supremacy than another hot skirmish in the Cold War. This event featured crazy behavior from both contestants as well as the fabled “Game 6,” considered by some as the greatest chess game ever played. That may be — and general interest around the event was real — but alas, chess-playing just never pops off the screen (even when covered, as it was then, by ABC’s Wide World of Sports). But the film keeps actual play to a minimum, and non-chess players can follow along easily enough through spectator reactions.

Maguire brings his nervous tics and crazy eyes and this, along with his always-slightly-startled baby face, serves him well as the troubled Fischer.

But in this straightforward re-telling, the whowhat-why of Fischer remains elusive, his maddening and often offensive behavior dismissed as the standard trappings of a genius. After the 1972 match, Fischer’s life truly turned bizarre, but this is only noted in a few on-screen sentences and a bit of archival footage. In English, and Russian, with subtitles. Starts Fri., Sept. 25 (AH)

the advances in LGBT rights since then, a new version of the story, from the German-American director Roland Emmerich — known for muscular action movies like Independence Day — has a much more dismal demeanor. In fact, apart from a few moments of tenderness (i.e., sentimentality), this Stonewall is a joyless film, and decidedly sexophobic. Penned by the playwright Jon Robin Baitz, it seems to embrace the aphorism that if you begin with a stereotype, a full-bodied

contrivance. The protagonist — a naïf from Indiana, thrown out by his coach-father for being gay, now in Manhattan to attend Columbia — is charming, though largely because actor Jeremy Irvine is. The result is a movie that you want but don’t need to be better because, in real life, things are. Starts Fri., Sept. 25 (Harry Kloman) THE WALK. Robert Zemeckis’ film recounts the dramatic events in 1974, when French high-wire artist Philippe Petit (Joseph GordonLevitt) walked between the two World Trade Center Towers. This same feat was recounted in the award-winning 2008 documentary, Man on Wire. Starts Wed., Sept. 30. In 3-D, in select theaters

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character will emerge. But with its underdeveloped and occasionally distasteful panoply of hustlers, drag queens and closeted pervs — created, nobly enough, to show the consequences of oppression, rejection and the closet — it lands far from paradise.

Emmerich cast recognizable actors — Matt Craven, Ron Perlman, Jonathan Rhys Meyers — as historic figures who never once seem real (Perlman’s villain especially so). Baitz’s tinnycum-edifying script trades in melodrama and

ROW HOUSE CINEMA. Made in Pittsburgh series. Flashdance (the 1983 tale of the plucky welder-exotic dancer who dreams of being a ballerina), Sept. Sept. 23-24. The Wonder Boys (Michael Douglas struggles with writer’s block in this 2000 dramedy), Sept. 23-24. Slap Shot (1977 Paul Newman comedy features rough-andtumble hockey in a struggling steel town), Sept.

23-24. The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979 comedy about a basketball team and an astrologer), Sept. 24. Japanese Animation. Akira (it’s bikers to the rescue in this 1988 cyberpunk actioner), Sept.

25-27 and Sept 29-Oct. 1. Ghost in the Shell (1995 drama about the search for a mysterious hacker), Sept. 25-28, Sept. 30 and Oct. 1. Perfect Blue (a retired actress is troubled by a stalker fan and CONTINUES ON PG. 34

STONEWALL. In 1995, British director Nigel Finch told a story of the 1969 Stonewall riots with high spirits and low-keyed drama. Yet despite

THE INTERN. A hip New York fashion website gets a new intern, an elderly gentleman who turns out to be just the ticket. Anne Hathaway and Robert DeNiro star in this comedy from Nancy Meyers. Starts Fri., Sept. 25.

MEET THE PATELS. Ravi Patel, the grown child of Indian immigrants, finds himself at the center of his parents’ obsessive need to find him a bride — preferably Indian, also a Patel and a hundred other important/not-important qualifications. So Ravi enlists his filmmaker sister, Geeta (also “tragically” unmarried), to document his search, which spans the globe — from his parents’ town in India to arranged dates in Canada — as well as a never-ending series of old and new match-making methods (friends of family, Patel conferences, speed dating, websites). Throughout Ravi searches himself, trying to determine his own commitment to marriage, while trying to find a balance between his modern, Americanized self and the traditional obligations to family. The film is quite funny — with wry

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Call or see website for times and complete listings. 4115 Butler St., Lawrenceville. 412-904-3225 or www.rowhousecinema.com. $5-9 REFLEKTOR TAPES. Kahlil Joseph’s new documentary goes behind the scenes at the making of Canadian band Arcade Fire’s Reflektor album.

7:30 p.m. Wed., Sept. 23 (Hollywood) and 7:30 p.m. Wed., Sept. 30 (Manor) GALAXY QUEST. The aging, bickering stars of TV space drama Galaxy Quest find themselves whisked into outer space by their adoring fans from planet Thermia, in Dean Parisot’s 1999 comedy. Screens as part of the Brew Cinema series.

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by Mike Budai ($30). 6:30 p.m. Thu., Sept. 24.

Hollywood. $10 (all ages) (AH) MODERN TIMES. Unlike most of his earlier features, Charlie Chaplin’s 1937 film has a clear message to impart, but it’s still remarkable how seldom this classic strains for effect.

The Tramp is enmeshed (often literally) in the machinery of the industrial world — on an assembly line, in jail and inadvertently leading a labor march — along the way making cause with a fellow outcast (Paulette Goddard). The screening continues a monthly series of films about labor and social justice presented by the Battle of Homestead Foundation. 7:30 p.m. Thu., Sept. 24.

Pump House, 880 E. Waterfront Drive, Munhall.

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And Wan, who also gave us Saw, deserves credit for turning in a mostly old-fashioned, leisurely paced, things-that-go-bump-in-the-night thriller, without much gore or modern shock tactics. It’s easily 20 minutes too long, and the story grows less satisfying toward the conclusion, but if you need a few chills, it should suffice. Midnight, Sat., Sept. 26. Manor (AH) ERASERHEAD. “Mother, they’re still not sure it is a baby!” There’s much that sticks in one’s head after seeing Eraserhead, even if it was more than 30 years ago. For me, it’s that immortal line, which sums up how funny, unnerving, twisted and inexplicable David Lynch’s 1976 film is. Beautifully shot in black and white, and with an inventive score, the work features, without much narrative explication: a depressed man (Jack Nance), his girlfriend, their newborn offspring, a mysterious radiator and chickens. This mystifying but strangely compelling art-house favorite concludes a month-long, Sunday-night series, “What Were They Thinking?” Screens in a 35 mm print.

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SALVATION ARMY. Openly gay Moroccan author and filmmaker Abdellah Taia presents his 2013 drama, a coming-of age story about gay teenager in Casablanca who must navigate the strictures placed on him culturally, and within his large family. The screening is followed by a discussion moderated by Randall Halle of University of Pittsburgh German department. 7 p.m. Tue., Sept. 29. Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Pitt campus, Oakland. Free. 412-624-7232 KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE. Really what more to you need to know? Aliens who look like clowns terrorize a small American town, in this 1988 cult classic from Stephen Chiodo. 7:30 p.m. Wed., Sept. 30. AMC Waterfront. $5 THE GOLEM. Paul Wegener’s 1920 silent German classic depicts a fearsome giant made of clay, created to protect a Jewish community in Prague.

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Choreographer Olivier Tarpaga calls his latest dance-theater work, Declassified Memory Fragment, “an open letter on African society.” Tarpaga, 37, has witnessed five coups d’etat, including one in 1987, when he was 8, in his home city of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, that nearly took his life. For him, this letter is personal.

Declassified Memory Fragment at once admonishes the Africa of violence, corruption and genocide, and celebrates the continent’s humanity and beauty, all through the lens of Tarpaga’s “fragmented memories.” The work’s title, he says, refers to his exposure of images of everyday life that certain African governments treated as classified, such as the places he visited and the people he interacted with.

Tarpaga’s Philadelphia/ Burkina Faso-based Baker & Tarpaga Dance Project will perform the world premiere of the hourlong Declassified Memory Fragment this weekend at East Liberty’s Kelly-Strayhorn Theater as part of the theater’s World Stage Series.

Begun in 2010 with major support from the Kelly-Strayhorn and residency support from Ohio’s Denison University and Kenyon College, Declassified Memory Fragment is the company’s third appearance in Pittsburgh. The previous was in 2014, when the company performed Beautiful Struggle at KST. Declassified Memory Fragment is set to original music by Tarpaga, played live, and is performed by an all-male cast of African dancers using a mix of styles. Parts of the show are inspired by political situations in Kenya, Zimbabwe and the Ivory Coast.

These include a scene where two dancers struggle to occupy the same suit coat — a reference to dysfunctional power-sharing relationships that have cropped up after recent national elections, in which the loser is welcomed into the winner’s administration in order to quell post-election violence.

But equally represented in the work are Tarpaga’s happier memories of growing up in Ouagadougou. In a video excerpt of the work on the company’s website, one such memory was recreated in a humorous scene where three dancers piled onto an imaginary motorcycle for a joyride.

“Africa is not just about violence, Ebola and AIDS,” says Tarpaga. “It’s about music, festivals, happiness and welcoming families. I want people to not only see the complicated Africa, but the beautiful and intelligent one as well.”

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Spice rink: Sarika Goulatia’s A Million Marks of Home incorporates a bed of red chili powder.

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India and settled in Pittsburgh. In India, Goulatia had worked with textiles, but here she studied art at Carnegie Mellon University, and she’s since had more than a dozen solo and group shows at area galleries.

However, though some of her textile work had involved reviving threatened weaving traditions in Indian villages, her own art was distinctly non-traditional. “I have always been told, ‘Your work’s becoming Americanized,’ but my work has never been Indian,” says Goulatia. She’s more likely to employ reclaimed or found objects, as in the installation “Im … Marcos,” a critique of consumer excess consisting of discarded shoeboxes.

In part, Goulatia is the victim of expectations about what an “Indian artist” should do. “I would love to change my name to ‘Dave Smith’ and see what the reaction would be,” she quips.

Nonetheless, Goulatia acknowledges the cultural “push-pull” felt by expatriate artists. And indeed, the interplay between Indian’s powerful, millennia-old cultural

traditions and newer and different cultures informs the visual-art exhibits that kick off the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s India in Focus festival.

The six-week festival includes performers and artists from India and the Indian diaspora. It begins Sept. 25, at the Trust’s quarterly Gallery Crawl, with five new exhibits and a street party on Liberty Avenue featuring DJ Rekha — a Britishborn, New York City-based pioneer in blending electronic dance music to the sounds drawn from bhangra and Bollywood.

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The dance, musical and theatrical offerings begin in October. The festival’s visualart curator, Wood Street Galleries’ Murray Horne, says he sought work with both traditional Indian components and an “international” aspect to address a wider audience.

Goulatia’s installation at 709 Penn, A Million Marks of Home, comprises a 6-footby-8-foot bed of red chili powder on the bare floor, while the small gallery’s walls are lined with long pine boards propped vertically. Each of the 281 boards has been multiply marked by a power drill — “drawn on,” says Goulatia, the holes and indentations sometimes forming lace-like patterns.

While Goulatia says that the stark simplicity of the bed of powder “deconstructs” the ornateness of much traditional Indian art, the chili powder’s sight and smell are meant to recall her home territory in Dehli.

The drilled-on boards, meanwhile, suggest the passage of time.

Goulatia, who lives in Squirrel Hill with her husband and two daughters and has a studio in Point Breeze’s Mine Factory, visits India annually. “You always think of India as home,” she says. “But whenever you go back, it’s not really home, because you left it.”

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images from her series Definitive Reincarnate, in which a model painted blue and elaborately costumed as Krishna appears in such modern settings as a hotel room or swimming pool. “Contemporary Indian art is about this juxtaposition of [the] modern, which at times seems unreal, and the traditional, which is our heritage,” writes Muthiah via email from her home in Chennai. “Most of us straddle the world of modernity and tradition with ease and unease. Modernity in our clothes, technology and, to an extent, ideas. Food is traditional, clothes are traditional, religion and its beliefs [are] also traditional.”

In Plus One, at SPACE gallery, four artists use contemporary technology in multimedia works that nonetheless summon traditional culture. For instance, says Horne, an installation by Sumakshi Singh incorporates three large vertical panels on which is projected video that animates embroidered figures from traditional textiles.

Other artists in Plus One are Shilpa Gupta, Sarabhi Saraf and Avinash Veeraraghavan.

Additionally, Wood Street Galleries hosts the North American debut of Londonbased Hetain Patel, who uses media including video and photography in his conceptual, performance-based work.

Despite India’s reputation as “the call center of the world,” Horne also wanted to represent other sides of India, including rural village life. Gauri Gill’s Birth Series, at 707 Penn, documents the work of Kasumbi Dai, a midwife in remote Motasar, Ghafan, who invited Gill to photograph her delivering her granddaughter. (Gill assisted with the birth.)

Horne notes that women dominate the visual arts in India. That’s reflected in India in Focus, seven of whose nine visual artists are women.

Muthiaah says that to the extent that traditional culture survives in contemporary Indian life, it will be reflected in Indian art. Indians “are definitely adapting to the modern world yet retaining and holding on very strongly to their culture and tradition,” she writes. “Tradition is what gives them, us, an identity. I can’t ever imagine us losing it.”

That’s also true, it seems, for Indian emigrants. “You leave your country, but your country never leaves you,” says Goulatia, who’s now spent 13 years in Pittsburgh.

“You’re always identified with that.”

As with most things Pittsburgh, I learn about the Littsburgh website through word of mouth. I expect a glorified literary calendar.

What I find is an online hub of literary resources. Not only does it dedicate an entire page to events, it showcases local author bios. Another page lists the city’s extensive literary organizations, and a third catalogs bookstores. There is a page solely for literary Pittsburgh in the news.

The site impresses me so thoroughly that I immediately e-mail to get my own author bio posted. A week later, in a coffeeshop, I meet Littsburgh’s three creators: Rachel Ekstrom Courage, Nick Courage and Katie Kurtzman.

All three work in publishing, and moved to Pittsburgh from New York City within the last year. Nick and Rachel Courage, spouses, work as a book-marketing consultant and a literary agent, respectively. Kurtzman runs her own publicity business.

Littsburgh is a passion project. “We felt there was a need, since there’s so much going on here,” says Rachel Courage.

“And being in the industry — as well as being writers and readers and lovers of literature — we wanted to see all of that in one place.”

The idea, born from late-night conversations, is still very new. Nick Courage, the website’s developer, intended to do a soft launch, but Google picked it up unexpectedly. “We had like 3,000 unique hits in two days and realized we weren’t soft-launching anymore,” he says.

Littsburgh officially went live Aug. 19, and the three creators are visibly thrilled at its success thus far. “I could’ve used something like this when I was new to the city,” says Kurtzman, a University of Pittsburgh alum.

The page’s roster has expanded tremendously. Before launch, a half-dozen people were listed; now there are 84. “This is a rolling process,” says Nick Courage.

“We are updating it every day.”

At the moment, its founders maintain Littsburgh pro bono. While they don’t run advertisements, they are not opposed to ads promoting the literary scene.

Littsburgh also hopes to market that scene to the national literary circuit. “A lot of people here know how awesome Pittsburgh is and how awesome the writing scene is,” says Rachel Courage. “But we wanted the world to know.”

“It’s our personal goal to rebrand Pittsburgh as Littsburgh — to have us seen as a national literary city,” adds Nick Courage.

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The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership presents Night Market featuring Pittsburgh’s most creative independent vendors.

Formula 412 Live performance by five-piece hip-hop band, Formula 412.

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At Home | Hetain Patel In Hetain Patel’s North American debut “At Home”, Wood Street Galleries presents a selection of works from the London based artist including videos, the photographic series ‘Eva’ and a newly commissioned video work specifically for the INDIA IN FOCUS exhibition, “Jump.”

Nandini Valli Muthiah Nandini Valli Muthiah has rapidly emerged as a central figure in Indian photography. Nandini’s images incorporate traditional ideas of popular Indian art by capturing them in contemporary everyday environments. Her images of Krishna, from the Definitive Reincarnate series, portrays a tired-looking Krishna sitting on the edge of a bed in a luxury hotel room, highlighting the gap in India culture between historic value systems and rapid modernization.

Fritz Keck: New Work of Old Pittsburgh Oil paintings of vintage Pittsburgh scenes by Fritz Keck.

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Plus One Using contemporary technology and methods of art production across large scale video installations, sound works, prints and installations, the artists in “Plus One” also invoke the repetition and pattern making of traditional Indian visual culture.

Participating artists: Shilpa Gupta, Surabhi Saraf, Avinash Veeraghavan, Sumakshi Singh. window SPACE MIXTAPE: GOD BLESS THE CHILD THAT’S GOT HIS OWN | Paul Zelevansky Combines video footage, animation, graphics, text, sound effects, and music samples to create a narrative exploring the intersections of everyday life, pop culture, and various questions about knowledge and belief.

Millcraft Table Visit the Millcraft table located in front of SPACE Gallery and learn more about the Upscale Downtown experience and register to win tickets to see Stars in concert on October 9th at Mr. Smalls Theater.

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Kadambari Arts & Mehndi By Soma Experience an India-inspired oasis and receive a custom henna tattoo by international henna artist, Kadambari Patil and Mehndi Artist, Soma Chatterji.

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Design Pittsburgh 2015: AIA Pittsburgh’s Annual Design Exhibition View the works of talented Pittsburgh architects, designers and photographers.

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Temple Architecture and Archaic Knowledge in South Asia A lecture by Dr. Madhuri Desai, Associate Professor of Art History and Asian Studies at The Pennsylvania State University. 5:30–6:30pm

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CMU Bhangra Dance Group Watch and learn as students from Carnegie Mellon University perform the traditional dance of Bhangra, starting at 8pm.

DJ Rekha DJ Rekha is a British-born and New York City-based DJ, curator, record label owner, and educator. Called the “Ambassador of Bhangra” by the New York Times, Rekha is among the first DJs to merge classic Bhangra and Bollywood sounds into the language of contemporary electronic dance music. Performance at 9pm!

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Live music featuring Johnathan Dull.

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The Art Institute of Pittsburgh Alumni and Student Show

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Sweet Dream Bombyx Collective dancers and aerialists move through a surreal dreamscape. Performance at 8:30pm.

Pittsburgh CAPA 6–12 Gallery Back to the Studio Fall Exhibition

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2015 SECAC Annual Juried Show A Juried Show curated by Jessica Beck, Assistant Curator at the Andy Warhol Museum.

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Chimera | Women and the Grotesque

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Stop in for some Downtown Dog! Free mini classes from 5:30–6 and 6–6:30: Pre-register at info@bendyoga.com.

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A Million Marks of Home | Sarika Goulatia Local artist of Indian decent, Sarika Goulatia’s work is a ‘feast for the senses’ incorporating traditional powdered pigments and spices within the context of contemporary installation art.

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Cabaret at Theater Square

Kick-off dance for Pittsburgh’s “For the Love of Bachata” Fall Festival featuring four world-renowned instructors that specialize in traditional bachata history and dance.

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Trust Arts Education Center, Peirce Studio 805-807 Liberty Avenue

Grains by Surabhi Saraf weaves a rich tapestry of sounds, multiplied and fragmented, creating dynamic textures and immersive architectural soundscapes.

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This Bombyx Collective performance includes more adult themes in a beautiful nightmare of the erotic and uncanny.

Birth Series | Gauri Gill The set of photographs was made when Gill lived some days with a midwife in a remote village in Motasar, Ghafan.

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WINTER SONGS {BY MICHELLE PILECKI} HOW TIME DOES fly when you’re having fun. Quantum Theatre celebrates its 25th anniversary — as does Chatham Baroque — with a new collaborative multimedia adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale. Also count in Attack Theatre (20th anniversary).

One of the Bard’s lesser works, Winter provides a classic (if unrealistic) tragedy in its first act, and an unabashed comedy in its second. An apparently insecure king upends his family and friends, only to enjoy an unlikely happy ending.

directed by Quantum founder/ director Karla Boos, is exquisite.

The title stems from Shakespeare’s line “a sad tale’s best for winter: I have one of sprites and goblins.” The spirit group is most ably, if silently personified by Attack dancers Kaitlin Dann, Dane Toney, Anthony Williams and Ashley Williams. In the voicing of the action, we are treated to an indomitable line-up of Raquel Winnica Young as the wronged queen; Eugene Perry as the faithful courtier suffering an ignominious end; and David Newman and Robert Frankenberry as the life-long friends gone awry

looks from the Shakespearean era to the Savoyards, from Susan Tsu (assisted by Sophie Hood); the versatile set design of Tony Ferrieri; and the sensitive light de-

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sign of C. Todd Brown. The show is an intensive Quantum collaboration with music director and conductor Andres Cladera, Baroque’s Andrew Fouts, Patricia Halverson and Scott Pauley, and Attack’s Michele de la Reza and Peter Kope.

Winter’s Tale is a massive enterprise that succeeds on many levels. Sorry, I can no longer resist the pun: Quantum et al. go for Baroque — beautifully.

WINTER’S TALE IS A MASSIVE ENTERPRISE THAT SUCCEEDS ON MANY LEVELS. It’s a perfect structure for opera: lots of rich characters, edge-of-your-seat situations, and an adaptation of Baroque (plus) secular and sacred music from Bach, Handel, Vivaldi and others of your favorite hits. Is it great, or even acceptable “opera”?

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REPRISALS {BY TED HOOVER} ONE OF THE surprising things we learned

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Composer Eric Rockwell and lyricist Joanne Bogart (both of whom contributed the book) are very aware of musical theater’s sometimes silly plots, cardboard characters and ridiculous resolutions. They gleefully lampoon those elements, but at the same time salute them. This show could have been written only by people who’ve spent their entire lives immersed in musical theater.

It’s also true, however, that if you’ve passed your time in less neurotic pursuits, a lot of Musical of Musicals will probably pass you by. The show’s a treasure trove of inside jokes. How many musical-comedy insiders remain, however, is another matter.

DIRECTOR NICK MITCHELL’S ASSEMBLED A FUN CAST WITH TERRIFIC VOICES. Directing this Theatre Factory production, Nick Mitchell’s assembled a fun cast with terriďŹ c voices; Alexander Slaughter, Brittany Tague, Jeremy Kuharcik and Kathy Hawk. Everyone’s having a good time, and I especially enjoyed the manner in which they adapted their playing style to suit the particular world of each composer.

The pace is considerably slower than it should be, which kills some of the jokes, and the physical production is woefully threadbare. I know sets and costumes cost money, but this is one musical that demands that ol’ razzle-dazzle. After all, that’s what show biz is all about.

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{BY BILL O’DRISCOLL} While Pittsburgh’s VIA Festival might be best known for its music offerings, it also presents provocative arts programming.

This year, highlights include the VIA Games Salon, at Garfield’s BOOM Concepts during Oct. 2’s Unblurred gallery crawl.

Artists deconstructing games of all sorts for amusement and edification include Angela Washko, who’ll perform “Free Will Mode,� her breakdown of the hit PC “life-simulation� game The Sims.

Sims players create virtual people (“Sims�) and select or build the houses in which they’ll live their everyday lives: preparing food, going to work, buying stuff. To critique the game’s cultural biases, Washko alters the architecture so Sims can’t do certain things like, for instance, leave their houses or interact with other Sims. “Free Will Mode� is an option for players who don’t wish to guide the Sims themselves; Washko discovered that with the basic premises of their environment confounded, Sims, left on their own, sort of went bonkers. “I always find they’re not designed for resourcefulness,� says Washko, a visiting professor of electronic time-based art at Carnegie Mellon University. The games became “six hours of watching things fall apart.� She adds, “Some of them die.�

Washko’s Sims videos — which she hopes encourage viewers to question how architecture guides our behavior — have screened at venues including New York’s Bitforms Gallery; the VIA show will be her first real-time performance of the series.

Washko specializes in exploring feminism in the context of gaming, in video games and online. Through her Council on Gender Sensitivity and Behavioral Awareness in World of Warcraft, for instance, she has pursued conversations about feminism in that male-dominated role-playing game. She’s also known for BANGED, her long-form Skype interview with a notorious pickup artist and blogger.

(See www.angelawashko.com.)

The VIA Games Salon, which is free, also includes work, some of it interactive for visitors, by visiting artists Daryl Kamen, Soha Kareema and Isla Hansen, and locally based Hannah Epstein and Dadpranks.

Elsewhere, VIA offers two lecture/ workshop combos. What is #Additivism? includes a Sept. 24 lecture and an all-day Sept. 25 workshop on the potential of 3D printing to facilitate radical social change.

And Aftersound, an exhibition on sound art, opens at CMU’s Miller Gallery with a Sept. 25 reception, followed by a Sept. 28 performance and Sept. 29 lecture, both by New York-based composer and experimental turntablist Marina Rosenfeld.

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are a relatively new breed of show that comments on itself as well on musicals in general — think Drowsy Chaperone, Urinetown, [title of show] and Bat Boy. Sondheim believes such work ridicules and diminishes the art form. Far be it from me to contradict His Holiness, but I think metamusicals can be created only by people who love musical theater.

Take, for example, the latest show at Theatre Factory — The Musical of Musicals: The Musical. Its two acts are made up of ďŹ ve skits, each parodying the work of different legends: Rodgers & Hammerstein, Sondheim, Jerry Herman, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Kander & Ebb.

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{MUSIC} What do you get when you mix two time-traveling DJs and a classical string quartet?

Find out at tonight’s opening of Chamber Music Pittsburgh’s new concert series, Pittsburgh Performs, which aims to highlight Pittsburgh’s multi-faceted musical talents.

Tonight’s show features the futuristic hip-hop DJ duo Tracksploitation in collaboration with a string quartet at BOOM Concepts artspace. Guests can pay what they wish for entry. Seating for this event is limited.

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Gibson. This Caravan Theatre production’s first performance in the Hill House Association auditorium, is tonight. Bill O’Driscoll 8 p.m. Continues through Oct. 4. 1825 Centre Ave., Hill District. $15-20. 412392-4400 or www.showclix.com

{STAGE} It’s Pittsburgh’s latest production of a work by one of the

{STAGE} Pittsburgh Public Theater’s season begins with The Diary of Anne Frank. This Tony and Pulitzer-prize winning 1955 play, written by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, is based on Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, the true story of a Jewish girl who, with her family and four others, hid from the Nazis in a house in Amsterdam. Remy Zaken, of Broadway’s original production of Spring Awakening, plays Anne. Pamela Berlin directs the production at the O’Reilly Theater. KU 8 p.m. Continues through Oct. 25. 621 Penn Ave., Downtown. $15.75-60.

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{STAGE} In 2007, future House of Cards creator Beau Willimon premiered Lower Ninth, his play about two men and a corpse whom Hurricane Katrina has trapped on a rooftop in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward. Katrina’s tenth anniversary is the occasion for the play’s Pittsburgh premiere, which stars Jomo Ray, Maurice Redwood and Sam Lothard, directed by Obie-winner Edwin Lee

nation’s most celebrated young playwrights. Choir Boy, by MacArthur “genius grant” recipient Tarell Alvin McCraney (Marcus; Or the Secret of Sweet), follows a boy whose ambitions and emerging sexuality stir up his boys’ prep school, where he also leads the choir. Hence this 2013 play’s contemporary a capella arrangements of gospel music.

A new staging by the REP, Point Park University’s professional theater company, is directed

by Tomé Cousin, the veteran Broadway and Off-Broadway performer and acclaimed director and choreographer.

The first performance is tonight.

BO 8 p.m. ($15). Continues through Oct. 11 ($25-30).

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The Pittsburgh Writer Series’ season kicks off with a lecture

by Michael Paterniti, a GQ correspondent and the latest recipient of the William Block Sr. Award. Paterniti is best known for his New York Times bestseller The Telling Room: A Tale of Love, Betrayal, Revenge, and the World’s Greatest Piece of Cheese (The Dial Press). The series is presented by the University of Pittsburgh Writing Program and the University Store on Fifth. Tonight’s event, at the Frick Fine Arts Auditorium,

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“Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend,” said the ancient Greek philosopher Theophrastus. With Texture Contemporary Ballet’s latest work, Timescape, the company invites local audiences to spend some time contemplating time via a trio of ballets.

Choreographers Kelsey Bartman and Alexandra Tiso’s ballet “The Weight of Living” is a premiere set to music by English pop group Bastille. The duo, along with eight other dancers, explore life’s struggles as expressed in such Bastille songs as “Oblivion,” “Things We Lost in the Fire” and “The Weight of Living” (parts 1 and 2). With the premiere of artistic director Alan Obuzor’s latest ballet, “Concerto in D,” set to and inspired by Bach’s composition of the same name, the choreographer says he is returning to both his and ballet’s classical roots. The 21-minute ballet for eight dancers (including Obuzor) will be in stark stylistic contrast to the program’s closing work, “Infinity” (2012). Last performed in 2013, the Bartman/Obuzor-choreographed contemporary ballet for eight dancers, set to music by OvreArts founder Blake Ragghianti, explores the concept of passing time. Steve Sucato 8 p.m., Fri., Sept. 25; 8 p.m. Sat., Sept. 26; and 2 p.m., Sun., Sept. 27. (Free abbreviated children’s performance: 3 p.m., Sat., Sept. 26.) New Hazlett Theater, 6 Allegheny Square East, North Side. $20. 412-320-4610 or www.textureballet.org org

is free. KU 8:30 p.m. Schenley Drive, Oakland. Free.

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Williams Brewer creates quilts that enlighten viewers about

blends of its steelmaking heritage and the arts. For Alloy PGH, Sean Derry and Chris McGinnis ask 15 area artists to create temporary, site-specific works at the now-iconic Carrie Furnace National Historic Landmark, a preserved former mill site. This year’s artists include Rose Clancy, Oreen Cohen, Sarika Goulatia, Nick Liadis and Scott Turri. Today’s the opening reception for this Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area event, but look for tours and other events during the exhibit’s five-week run. BO 1-5 p.m. ($20; free

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the Mine Factory, curated by Adam Welch. The opening reception is tonight. BO 6-9 p.m. 201 N. Braddock Ave., Point Breeze. Free. www.aapgh.org

+ SUN., SEPT. 27 {WORDS} Homosexuality is a crime in Morocco, but that didn’t stop author and filmmaker Abdellah Taia from living publicly as a gay man. Taia, exiled from his home country and now living in Paris, talks about his book and film of the same name, Salvation Army, a memoir of his childhood in the poor city of Salé and his adulthood in Geneva. Today’s event at East End Book Exchange is sponsored by the Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Program at University of Pittsburgh. KU 3-5 p.m.

4754 Liberty Ave., Bloomfield.

Free. 412-224-2847 or www. eastendbookexchange.com

SEPT. 24 Michael Paterniti hosted at the Byham Theater by author and New Yorker staff writer Adam Gopnik.

Tackling the “Tangled Up” theme are: Kate Braestrup, an author who serves as chaplain to Maine’s game-warden service; best-selling novelist (and frequent Moth Radio Hour contributor) Matthew Dicks, of Connecticut; repeat Pittsburgh Moth StorySLAM

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The seventh annual evening of storytelling, presented by Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures, is

the meanings and aesthetics of ancestral African culture.

Her quilts will be combined with photographs from oral historian John Brewer and world traveler Bill Double.

KU 6-9 p.m. Exhibit continues through Nov. 6. 200 Broad St., Sewickley. Free. 412-741-4405 or www.sweetwaterartcenter.org

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{ART} Landscapes are usually pretty concrete, often literally so. But the artists in The Landscape Problem tackle the concept with abstraction. Akiko Kotani, Lenore Thomas, Kara Skylling, Matthew Conboy and Blaine Siegel are among the 10 artists in this Associated Artists of Pittsburgh group show at

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Millions of us weren’t yet born when the last supermoon blood moon hit, in 1982, and who knows how many of us will see the next one, in 2033?

So tonight, starting around 9 p.m., look up to catch a moon that will seem especially huge and bright (because it’s so close to earth), and also red (because physics), and also getting gradually eaten by the earth’s shadow. You can take in the highly visible spectacle from your backyard or the sidewalk.

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champ David Montgomery; New York-based actress and playwright Danusia Trevino; and Detroit-based educator and performer Dameon Wilburn. BO 7:30 p.m.

101 Sixth St., Downtown. $20-45. 412-622-8866 or www.pittsburghlectures.org

Why are humans attracted to fear? Learn more at the spooky launch party for Margee Kerr’s SCREAM: Chilling Adventures in the Science of Fear (PublicAffairs Books). It takes place at Etna’s The Scarehouse, where Kerr helps decide what’s scary. In SCREAM, Kerr, a sociologist who teaches at local universities, visits scary attractions like Japan’s “suicide forest” to explore why we seek out fear. Entertainment Weekly calls SCREAM a “riveting” must-read. Tonight’s free event is co-hosted by East End Book Exchange, and features a reading, book-signing and social hour with refreshments. KU 6-9 p.m. 118 Locust Ave., Etna. Free. 412-781-5885 or www.margeekerr.com

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Pharus, the enthusiastic leader of the Charles R. Drew Prep School choir, whose ambitions & emerging sexuality place him at odds w/ his classmates & the school’s longstanding code of honor. Sun, 2 p.m. and ThuSat, 8 p.m. Thru Oct. 11.

Pittsburgh Playhouse, Oakland.

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DEAD ACCOUNTS. $27 million dollars & ice cream.

Fri, Sat, 8 p.m. Thru Sept. 26.

Little Lake Theatre, Canonsburg.

724-745-6300.

THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK. A play based on the diaries of a teenage girl during WWII. Sun, 2 & 7 p.m., Wed-Sat, 8 p.m., Tue, 7 p.m. and Sun., Oct. 25, 2 p.m. Pittsburgh Public Theater, Downtown.

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DULCY. Though she has good intentions, calamity follows Dulcy wherever she goes. Sat, Sun, 3 p.m. and Thu, Fri, Sun, 8 p.m. Thru Oct. 11. Pittsburgh

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LOWER NINTH. A play dealing w/ Playwrights Theatre, Downtown. what happened after the levees www.pittsburghclo.org. broke during Hurricane Katrina.

FOREVER PLAID. A musical Sun, 4 p.m. and Thu-Sat, 8 p.m. review that pays homage to Thru Oct. 4. Hill House, Hill District. the close-harmony male 412-392-4400. singers of the 1950’s. The MACHENATION “Plaids” are four young, eager, STORYTELLING. September’s male singers who never made theme: Ghosts & Goblins. Sat., it to their first big gig due to Sept. 26, 8 p.m. The Maker Theater, a fatal car crash. Returning from Shadyside. 412-404-2695. the afterlife, they are given THE MUSIC MAN. a chance to fulfill their A con man comes to dreams. Sun, 2 p.m. and a Midwestern town Thu-Sat, 7:30 p.m. Thru w/ a scam using a Oct. 10. South Park boy’s marching band Theatre, Bethel Park. www. per a p program, but things pghcitym 412-831-8552. .co don’t go according to JERRY’S GIRLS. plan. Sept. 25-Oct. 4, Broadway hit w/ some of 2 p.m. and Thu-Sat, 8 p.m. the most memorable songs for Thru Oct. 4. Strand Theater, women from the songbook of Zelienople. 724-742-0400. acclaimed composer Jerry Herman.

PIRATES OF THE MON 2015.

Wed-Sat, 8 p.m. Thru Oct. 4.

Presented by the Gemini Theater Red Barn Theater, Allison Park.

Company. Sun, 1-3:30 p.m. Thru 724-773-7150.

Sept. 27. Thornburg Community KING LEAR. Shakespeare’s classic Center, Crafton. 412-243-6464. presented by Shakespeare in PITTSBURGH NEW WORKS the Parks. Various locations.

FESTIVAL. A festival of one acts Sat, Sun, 2 p.m. Thru Sept. 27. from playwrights across the www.pittsburghshakespeare.com.

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COMEDY FRI 25 THE DRAFT IMPROV. 8 p.m.

The Maker Theater, Shadyside.

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THE DUO SHOW IMPROV. 9 p.m.

The Maker Theater, Shadyside.

412-404-2695.

EXPANSION PACK. Short Form Improv. 10 p.m. The Maker Theater, Shadyside. 412-404-2695.

UP ALL NIGHT OPEN MIC. 10:30 p.m. The Maker Theater, Shadyside. 412-404-2695.

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country. For a full schedule, www.pittsburghnewworks.org.

Sun, 2 p.m., Sat, 4 p.m. and Thu-Sat, 8 p.m. Thru Sept. 27.

Carnegie Stage, Carnegie.

TINK! A musical telling the origin story of Tinkerbell, Captain Hook & Peter Pan. Presented by Stage Right.

Sept. 25-26, 7:30 p.m. and Sun., Sept. 27, 2 p.m. Palace Theatre, Greensburg. 724-836-8000.

URINETOWN THE MUSICAL. Presented by Mon River Arts.

Fri, Sat, 7:30 p.m. and Sun, 2 p.m.

Thru Sept. 27. Grand Theatre, Elizabeth. 412-405-8425.

THE WINTER’S TALE. Attack Theatre, Chatham Baroque & Quantum Theatre join forces to present Shakespeare’s “A Winter’s Tale”. Wed, Thu, Sat, 8 p.m. and Sun, 7 p.m. Thru Oct. 3. Union Trust Building, Downtown.

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Peek through someone’s windows … ethically. The Friendship House and Architecture Tour gives ticketholders entrance to seven historical homes. Each home has been lovingly cared for by its owners, who have preserved many of the original architectural elements. While in the neighborhood, drop by Latham Street Commons, the Octopus Garden and Baum Grove to see more of what Friendship has to offer. 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Sun., Sept. 27. Friendship and South Pacific avenues, Friendship. $15-20. www.new.friendship-pgh.org

JOHN KNIGHT, RAY ZAWODNI. 7 p.m.

The Rose Bar, McKeesport.

LAUGH & LYRICS. Live comedy & R&B vocalists. Last Sat of every month James Street Gastropub & Speakeasy, North Side. 412-904-3335.

MAKE NICE BOOM. A team improv competition presented by Unplanned Comedy. Fourth Sat of every month, 8 p.m. Cattivo, Lawrenceville. 412-687-2157.

OPEN STAGE COMEDY NIGHT. Fourth Sat of every month Eclipse Lounge, Lawrenceville.

412-251-0097.

TOM ANZALONE, MATT STANTON, DAVID KAYE. 8 p.m. South Strabane Social Hall, Washington. 412-920-5653.

UNDER THE BRIDGE SHOW. 10 p.m. The Maker Theater, Shadyside. 412-404-2695.

MON 28 COMEDY SAUCE SHOWCASE. Local & out-of-town comedians.

Mon, 9 p.m. Pleasure Bar, Bloomfield. 412-682-9603.

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VISUALART “For every strong woman, there are strong men — Khumbula” (photograph, 2014), by Harness Hamese.

Image courtesy of the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago. From the exhibition Dandy Lion: (Re)Articulating Black Masculine Identity, at Silver Eye Center for Photography, South Side.

NEW THIS WEEK 28 WEST SECOND GALLERY & STUDIO SPACE. Business As Usual. An evening of art, tattoo & the love of both. Works by Toby Rager. September 26, 7p.m.

Greensburg. 724-205-9033.

AUGUST WILSON CENTER. Humanae/I AM AUGUST. A series of photographs of everyday Pittsburghers

by Angelica Dass. Opening September 25. Downtown.

412-338-8742.

BOXWOOD BOUTIQUE. Between the Lines. New & recent works by Jerome D’Angelo. Opening reception Sept. 25, 6-8 p.m. East Liberty.

412-363-2993.

CULTURAL TRUST GALLERY. Design Pittsburgh: Drawn to Inspire. View works by Pittsburgh architects, designers & photographers, featuring 2015 Design Award Competition Entries, Young Architects Studio Competition & ‘Places That Inspire’ photo exhibit.

September 25, 5:30 p.m.

Downtown. 412-471-9548.

SWEETWATER CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Coding: We Are Always There.

Exhibition of fiber art by Tina Williams Brewer.

Opening reception September 25, 6 - 9 p.m.

Sewickley. 412-741-4405.

ONGOING ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM. Exposures 4: Travis K. Schwab: Lost and Found. Three new paintings, large portraits of Warhol, flanked by a variety of smaller canvases painted from the lost photobooth strips & books. Glycerine & Rosewater. A site specific artwork by the German/ Dutch artist Stefan Hoffmann, using his unique process

of vertical silkscreen printing.

Andy’s Toybox. A playful installation of Warhol’s paintings, prints, & photographs from the late 1970s & 1980s.

Permanent collection. Artwork & artifacts by the famed Pop Artist.

North Side. 412-237-8300.

ARTDFACT. Artdfact Gallery.

The works of Timothy Kelley & other regional & US artists on display. Sculpture, oil & acrylic paintings, mixed media, found objects, more. North Side.

724-797-3302.

ASSEMBLE. Dashain.

Dashain is the kite flying & fighting celebration related to harvest time in Nepal.

Katy DeMent, will be displaying the kites she made throughout the year while working w/ Nepalese refugees at Brashear High School, the Larimer Community Garden & the Mt. Oliver Community Garden.

Garfield. 412-432-9127.

BACKSTAGE BAR AT THEATRE SQUARE. Mosiac Works. Works by Stevo.

Downtown. 412-325-6766.

BARCO LAW LIBRARY. Panoptica. Photos by Jessica Kalmar. Oakland. 412-648-1376.

BOULEVARD GALLERY. Donald Wonderling & Mara Rago.

Works in acrylics & photography.

Verona. 412-828-1031.

BOXHEART GALLERY. Brenda Stumpf & Daria Sandburg.

Multimedia works by the artists.

Bloomfield. 412-687-8858.

CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART. CMOA Collects Edward Hopper.

Collected works of Edward Hopper & prints by Rembrandt & Charles Meryron, Hopper’s influences. HACLab Pittsburgh: Imagining the Modern. An exhibition of over, under architecture highlighting successive histories of pioneering architectural successes, disrupted neighborhoods & the utopian

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aspirations & ideals of public officials & business leaders.

Jacqueline Humphries.

Comprised of entirely new works, the artist’s first solo museum exhibition in nearly a decade of her silver & black-light paintings. She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World. The work of 12 leading women photographers who have tackled the notion of representation w/ passion & power, questioning tradition & challenging perceptions of Middle Eastern identity.

Oakland. 412-622-3131.

EAST OF EASTSIDE GALLERY. Figurative 3.

Featuring work by Steven Boksenbaum, Patricia Barefoot & Mary Weidner.

Forest Hills. 412-465-0140.

ECLECTIC ART & OBJECTS GALLERY. 19th century American & European paintings combined w/ contemporary artists & their artwork. The Hidden Collection. Watercolors

by Robert N. Blair (1912- 2003).

Hiromi Traditional Japanese Oil Paintings The Lost Artists of the 1893 Chicago Exhibition.

Collectors Showcase. Emsworth.

412-734-2099.

FRAMEHOUSE. As Good As the Guys: Women Photographers in Pittsburgh.

15 local artists practicing photography in the region w/ a small group of their forebears in the city, at a time when the medium was dominated by men.

Lawrenceville. 412-586-4559.

FRICK ART & HISTORICAL CENTER. Permanent collection of European Art. Point Breeze. 412-371-0600.

GALLERIE CHIZ. Behind the Curtain. Work by Elizabeth Fortunato & Susan Middleman.

Shadyside. 412-441-6005.

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Americans. Using documentary evidence from 18th & early 19th century sources, period imagery, & artifacts from public & private collections in the U.S. and Canada, the exhibit examines the practice of captivity from its prehistoric roots to its reverberations in modern Native-, African- & Euro-American communities. Reconstructed fort ANDREW CARNEGIE FREE houses museum of Pittsburgh LIBRARY MUSIC HALL. Capt. history circa French & Indian War & Thomas Espy Room Tour. The Capt. American Revolution. Downtown.

Thomas Espy Post 153 of the Grand 412-281-9285.

Army of the Republic served local FRICK ART & HISTORICAL Civil War veterans for over 54 years CENTER. Ongoing: tours of & is the best preserved & most inClayton, the Frick estate, w/ classes tact GAR post in the United States. & programs for all ages. Point Carnegie. 412-276-3456.

Breeze. 412-371-0600.

BAYERNHOF MUSEUM. Large HARTWOOD ACRES. Tour this collection of automatic roll-played Tudor mansion & stable complex. musical instruments & music boxes Enjoy hikes & outdoor activities in in a mansion setting. Call for apthe surrounding park. Allison Park. pointment. O’Hara. 412-782-4231.

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CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF HUNT INSTITUTE FOR NATURAL HISTORY. Animal BOTANICAL DOCUMENTATION. Secrets. Learn about the hidden The Mysterious Nature of Fungi. lives of ants, bats, chipmunks, racAn overview of these mysterious coons & more. Out of This World! organisms that are found almost Jewelry in the Space Age. A fine everywhere on this planet & are jewelry exhibition that brings tothe cause of both bliss & blight. gether scientific fact & pop culture Oakland. 412-268-2434. in a showcase of wearable & decoKENTUCK KNOB. Tour the other rative arts related to outer space, Frank Lloyd Wright house. Mill space travel, the space age, & the Run. 724-329-8501. powerful influence these topics MARIDON MUSEUM. Collection have had on human civilization. includes jade & ivory statues from Dinosaurs in Their Time. Displaying China & Japan, as well as Meissen immersive environments spanning porcelain. Butler. 724-282-0123. the Mesozoic Era & original fossil MOUNT PLEASANT GLASS specimens. Permanent. Hall of MUSEUM. L E Smith & the Spence Minerals & Gems. Crystal, gems & Family: Four Generations Isabella precious stones from all over the D. Stoker Graham Collection. world. Population Impact. How Heritage glass from her estate. humans are affecting the environMount Pleasant. 724-547-5929. ment. Oakland. 412-622-3131.

NATIONAL AVIARY. Masters CARNEGIE SCIENCE CENTER. of the Sky. Explore the power & H2Oh! Experience kinetic watergrace of the birds who rule the driven motion & discover the sky. Majestic eagles, impressive relations between water, land & condors, stealthy falcons and their habitat. How do everyday decisions friends take center stage! Home to impact water supply & the environ- more than 600 birds from over 200 ment? Ongoing: Buhl Digital Dome species. W/ classes, lectures, demos (planetarium), Miniature Railroad & more. North Side. 412-323-7235. & Village, USS Requin submarine & NATIONALITY ROOMS. 29 more. North Side. 412-237-3400. rooms helping to tell the story of CARRIE FURNACE. Carrie Pittsburgh’s immigrant past.

Blast Furnace. Built in University of Pittsburgh.

1907, Carrie Furnaces 6 Oakland. 412-624-6000. & 7 are extremely rare OLD ST. LUKE’S. examples of pre World Pioneer church War II iron-making features 1823 pipe www. per a p technology. Rankin. organ, Revolutionary pghcitym o .c 412-464-4020 x 21.

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POSTNATURAL OLIVER MILLER HISTORY. Explore the complex HOMESTEAD. This pioneer/ interplay between culture, nature Whiskey Rebellion site features log & biotechnology. Sundays 12-4. house, blacksmith shop & gardens.

Garfield. 412-223-7698.

South Park. 412-835-1554.

DEPRECIATION LANDS PENNSYLVANIA TROLLEY MUSEUM. Small living history MUSEUM. Trolley rides & exhibits. museum celebrating the settleIncludes displays, walking tours, ment & history of the Depreciation gift shop, picnic area & Trolley TheLands. Allison Park. 412-486-0563. atre. Washington. 724-228-9256.

FALLINGWATER. Tour the famed PHIPPS CONSERVATORY & Frank Lloyd Wright house. Mill BOTANICAL GARDEN. Summer Flower Show. Watch as model Run. 724-329-8501.

FORT PITT MUSEUM. Captured by trains chug through living landIndians: Warfare & Assimilation on scapes & displays of lush foliage & the 18th Century Frontier. During vibrant blooms. 14 indoor rooms the mid-18th century, thousands & 3 outdoor gardens feature of settlers of European & African exotic plants & floral displays from descent were captured by Native around the world. Tropical Forest

OPEN MIC COMEDY NIGHT. Mon, 10 p.m. Lava Lounge, South Side. 412-431-5282.

TOTALLY FUN MONDAYS. SCIT resident house teams perform their brand of long form improv comedy. Mon, 8 p.m. The Maker Theater, Shadyside. 412-404-2695.

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THE GALLERY 4. Stranded in the Underworld. New works by Brian Holderman & Jeremy Beightol. Shadyside.

412-363-5050.

GALLERY ON 43RD STREET. Collections. Painting by Mike McSorely. Lawrenceville.

412-683-6488.

GLENN GREENE STAINED GLASS STUDIO INC. Original Glass Art by Glenn Greene.

Exhibition of new work, recent work & older work. Regent Square. 412-243-2772.

IRMA FREEMAN CENTER FOR IMAGINATION. Art & Soul. An exhibit of spiritual & socially conscious art by Benjamin Creme, artist, author & founder of Share International. Garfield.

412-952-7974.

JAMES GALLERY. Second Nature. Works based on based on an organic realityplants, pods, shells & cells

by Eileen Braun, Carla Ciuffo, David Henderson, Pam Longobardi & Carrie Seid.

West End. 412-922-9800.

JOHN HERMANN JR. MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM. Germany in War Time - What an American Girl Saw & Heard. Ten paintings

by Mary Ethel McAuley. 100 years ago, in October 1915, Mary Ethel McAuley & her mother arrived in Berlin. For two years, the younger McAuley, at age 19, painted scenes & wrote about the lives she observed in war-torn Berlin for the Pittsburg Dispatch.

Bellevue. 412-761-8008.

MATTRESS FACTORY. Factory Installed. Artists Anne Lindberg, John Morris, Julie Schenkelberg, Jacob Douenias, Ethan Frier, Rob Voerman, Bill Smith, Lisa Sigal & Marnie Weber created new room-sized installations that demonstrate a uniquely different approach to the creative process. Ongoing Installations.

Works by Turrell, Lutz, Shiota, Kusama, Anastasi, Highstein, Wexler & Woodrow. North Side.

412-231-3169.

MERRICK ART GALLERY. The Beaver Art Group Exhibition. 20 local artists showing their work.

New Brighton. 724-846-1130.

MORGAN CONTEMPORARY GLASS GALLERY. glassweekend ‘15. Work by Japanese Master Hiroshi Yamano, Robert Bender, Jeremy Lepisto, Chad Holliday, Matthew Day Perez, Wesley Rasko, Nathan Sandberg, Dolores Barrett, Lucy Bergamini, Jen Blazina, Jane Bruce, Melanie Feerst, Erica Rosenfeld, Melissa Schmidt & Beth Williams.

Shadyside. 412-441-5200.

NEMACOLIN GALLERY. A Midsummers Night. A solo exhibition w/ work by Paul McMillan.

Farmington. 412-337-4976.

NEU KIRCHE CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER. In the Making.

An exhibition highlighting the creative processes used by ten local, national & international artists participating in Neu Kirche’s public art programs.

North Side. 412-322-2224.

NORTH HILLS ART CENTER. Annual Members Show. Feat. juried works created by North Hills Art Center members in oil, watercolor, acrylic, pastel, pottery & mixed media. Ross.

412-364-3622.

PANZA GALLERY. Pittsburgh 10. New work from Zivi Aviraz, Lila Hirsch-Brody, Kathy DePasse, Joel Kranich, Lilli Nieland, Phiris Sickels, David Sparks, Susan Sparks, Dirk VandenBerg & Francine VandenBerg. Millvale.

412-821-0959.

PHOTO ANTIQUITIES. Pittsburgh’s Point. Showing the first photo of Pittsburgh’s “Point” taken from atop Mt. Washington in 1896.

See the low level city, antique bridges & river commerce. Many other historic photos & cameras.

Spirits, Good & Evil: Post Mortem Photographs & Vintage Mug Shots. From the Victorian Era. North Side. 412-231-7881.

PITTSBURGH CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Age-Specific. An exhibit by the Artist of the Year showing the aging of the 1960s generation. Printmaking 2015.

An exhibit of new work by regional artists represents a wide variety of printmaking processes including intaglio, photogravure, wood cut, linoleum cut relief, silkscreen, collagraph & monotype. Shadyside. 412-361-0873.

PITTSBURGH FILMMAKERS. In the Air: Visualizing what we breath. Photographs that show the effects of western PA’s air quality. PhAb Now!

Congo. An exhibit highlighting some of Africa’s lushest landscapes.

Oakland. 412-622-6914.

PITTSBURGH ZOO & PPG AQUARIUM. Home to 4,000 animals, including many endangered species. Highland Park. 412-665-3639.

RACHEL CARSON HOMESTEAD. A Reverence for Life. Photos & artifacts of her life & work. Springdale. 724-274-5459.

RIVERS OF STEEL NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA. Exhibits on the Homestead Mill. Steel industry & community artifacts from 18811986. Homestead. 412-464-4020.

SENATOR JOHN HEINZ HISTORY CENTER. We Can Do It!: WWII. Discover how Pittsburgh affected World War II & the war affected our region.

Explore the development of the Jeep, produced in Butler, PA & the stories behind real-life “Rosie the Riveters” & local Tuskegee Airmen whose contributions made an unquestionable impact on the war effort. From Slavery to Freedom. Highlight’s Pittsburgh’s role in the anti-slavery movement.

Ongoing: Western PA Sports Museum, Clash of Empires, & exhibits

on local history, more. Strip District.

412-454-6000.

SOLDIERS & SAILORS MEMORIAL HALL. War in the Pacific 1941-1945. Feat. a collection of military artifacts showcasing photographs, uniforms, shells & other related items. Military museum dedicated to honoring military service members since the Civil War through artifacts & personal mementos. Oakland.

412-621-4253.

ST. ANTHONY’S CHAPEL. Features 5,000 relics of Catholic saints. North Side. 412-323-9504.

ST. NICHOLAS CROATIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. Maxo Vanka Murals. Mid-20th century murals depicting war, social justice & the immigrant experience in America.

Millvale. 412-407-2570.

WEST OVERTON MUSEUMS. Learn about distilling & coke-making in this pre-Civil War industrial village. West Overton.

724-887-7910.

newest work pulses w/ the beauty & complexities of contemporary African society, featuring an ensemble of dancers & musicians from Burkina Faso.

8 p.m. and Sat., Sept. 26, 8 p.m.

Kelly-Strayhorn Theater, East Liberty. 412-363-3000.

DANCE FRI 25 - SAT 26 DECLASSIFIED MEMORY FRAGMENT. Olivier Tarpaga’s

FUNDRAISERS THU 24 HAPPY HOUR FUNDRAISER. Door prizes, silent auction, libations, food, & music by Maura Minteer & Jeff Lashway. Fundraiser for Prime Stage Theatre. 5:30 p.m.

Wigle Whiskey Barrel House, North Side. 724-773-0700.

PRIME STAGE BENEFIT. Live music, door prizes, silent auction, food & whiskey. 5:30-8:30 p.m.

Wigle Whiskey Barrel House, North Side. 412-773-0700.

SAT 26 2015 GENIE A COREY MEMORIAL GOLF OUTING. Benefits the Apollo Library, “Genie A. Corey Children’s Reading Room”. 1:30 p.m.

Hillcrest Country Club, New Kensington. 724-337-6361.

Photography by Corey Escoto, April Friges, Lori Hepner, Jesse Kauppila, Todd Keyser & Barbara Weissberger.

Oakland. 412-681-5449.

REVISION SPACE. Les Fleurs du Mâle. Photography & film

by Steven Miller that pay homage to the French writer & political activist, Jean Genet.

Lawrenceville. 412-735-3201.

ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY MEDIA ARTS GALLERY. Selections 2015. A media arts faculty exhibition w/ work

by Christine Holtz, Cigdem Slankard, Jessica Kalmar & Lauren Zito. Downtown.

412-397-3813.

SILVER EYE CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY. Dandy Lion: (Re)Articulating Black Masculine Identity. An exhibition distinguishing the historical & contemporary expressions of the Black Dandy phenomenon in popular culture. South Side.

412-431-1810.

THE SOCIETY FOR CONTEMPORARY CRAFT. Mindful: Exploring Mental Health Through Art. More than 30 works created by 14 contemporary artists explore the impact that mental illness is having on society & the role the arts can play in helping to address these issues. Strip District. 412-261-7003.

TUGBOAT PRINT SHOP. Tugboat Printshop Showroom.

Open showroom w/ the artists.

Fridays 10 a.m.-4 p.m. & by appt. only. Lawrenceville.

412-980-0884.

CRAFTIN’ 2 END TRAFFICKING. Learn & make crafts, to benefit a local charity called The Project to End Human Trafficking. 2 p.m. St. Mary Parish Hall, Glenshaw.

724-664-1354.

PENNIES FROM HEAVEN OKTOBERFEST. Food, classic rock & blues music, prizes & a live auction. 6 p.m. Elias Fry Barn, Wexford. 412-281-4200.

SCHENLEY SHUFFLE 5K. Raising money for Open Your Heart to a Senior, a division of Family Services in Allegheny County, which helps older individuals in our communities remain independent & safe in their homes. 8 a.m. Schenley Park, Oakland. 412-307-0071.

SEARCH & SIP IN THE STRIP. 2 mile challenge course benefiting Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council.

1-6 p.m. Bayardstown Social Club, Strip District.

ST. JUDE WALK TO END CHILDHOOD CANCER. Help to raise money for the hospital during this family friendly walk.

9 a.m. Frick Park, Regent Square.

412-695-8402.

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SEP 25 – NOV 8 For six weeks this fall, through more than a dozen arts experiences, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust brings into regional focus a selection of art and culture from the Republic of India.

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India in Focus kicks off with a street party, free and open to o the public, during the Gallery Crawl - a quarterly showcase of art and entertainment in the 14-block Cultural District. Discover a rich, deep, and beautiful world of art in downtown Pittsburgh.

DJ Rekha Liberty Ave, Main Stage | 9–10 pm DJ Rekha is British-born and New York City-based DJ, curator, record label owner, and educator. Called the “Ambassador bassador of Bhangra” by the New York Times and named one of the most influential South Asians by Newsweek, Rekha is among mong the first DJs to merge classic Bhangra and Bollywood sounds nds into the language of contemporary electronic dance music. c.

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THU 24 THE HOUR AFTER HAPPY HOUR WRITER’S WORKSHOP. Young writers & recent graduates looking for additional feedback on their work. thehourafterhappyhour. wordpress.com Thu, 7-9 p.m. Lot 17, Bloomfield. 412-687-8117.

TOM MCMILLAN. Discussing his book, “Flight 93”. Village Hall 118. 7 p.m. University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, Greensburg.

724-836-7741.

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at The Andy Warhol Museum, North Side

CRITIC: Mistura Olaoye, a student and poet from Oakland WHEN: Fri.,

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High School Volleyball and Soccer If you’re a fan of WPIAL sports, there’s more for you to follow than football. Almost every night of the week you can find soccer or volleyball games at area stadiums or gyms. A lot of them offer free admission, and these hard-working athletes would love more fans in the stands. www.wpial.org

Sunday-night programming on 91.3 WYEP

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Wind down with Bluegrass Jam Session.

Then, get ready for bed with the traditional Celtic music on NPR’s The Thistle & Shamrock playing in the background. www.wyep.org

MEET THE AUTHOR: PHILIP BEARD. Registration required.

6:30 p.m. Shaler North Hills Library, Glenshaw. 412-486-0211.

SAT 26 MEET THE AUTHOR: LILLIE LEONARDI. Lillie Leonardi will read from her book “In the Shadow of a Badge” & will discuss her experience as a first responder to the Flight 93 crash.

2:30-4:30 p.m. Carnegie Library, Downtown. 412-281-7141.

TAPROOT WRITER’S WORKSHOP READING. Poets, creative writers, musicians, more.

12 p.m. Laughlin Memorial Library, Ambridge. 724-266-3857.

TUE 29 MEET THE AUTHOR: DR. ROSEMARY HANRAHAN EDWARDS. Registration required.

6:30 p.m. Shaler North Hills Library, Glenshaw. 412-486-0211.

STEEL CITY SLAM. Open mic poets & slam poets. 3 rounds of 3 minute poems. Tue, 7:45 p.m.

Capri Pizza and Bar, East Liberty.

412-362-1250.

STORYTELLING @ RILEY’S. Story telling on a theme every month.

Last Tue of every month, 8 p.m.

Riley’s Pour House, Carnegie.

412-279-0770.

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Spring Chicken Sauvignon Blanc This dapper egg holds a really drinkable Sauvignon Blanc that will hold up as the weather changes.

Plus, it retails for about $13 a bottle.

An American Childhood Annie Dillard’s lovely account of growing up in Point Breeze is required reading for Pittsburghers.

Sept. 18 I heard about Trans-Q Live! through a newsletter that was sent to my email. I just showed up and it was so much fun!

My favorite performance was the poet Bekezela Mguni.

She was amazing. I liked that she raised awareness of issues that are going on, and I liked her creativity. Her poetry was just so detailed and good. I feel like a lot of poetry can be very limp and avoidant of topics, but [Mguni] kind of hits it and puts her own spin on it so that it’s not just about the issue, it’s about her, too. As a whole, the event was so weird, and I love weird stuff. It’s just different — you don’t see stuff like this day to day. There was porn, there was poetry, abstract dancing and comedy.

It was great. I can’t even describe it really, because you had to be there.

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SUN 27 WAXING POETIC. Poetry reading, art viewing & musical premiere. 3 p.m. Shadyside Presbyterian Church, Shadyside.

412-682-4300.

LYNN EMANUEL. “The Nerve of It” book launch. 6:30 p.m. The University Store on Fifth, Oakland.

412-648-1455.

THE MOTH MAINSTAGE. A story-telling night on the theme of “All Tangled Up”. 7:30 p.m.

Byham Theater, Downtown.

412-456-6666.

KIDSTUFF SAT 26 IMAGINE THAT! In Between Theatre &the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh present a new collaborative series of theatrical pop-ups where kids can contribute their idea to create a play. Generate ideas for costumes, choreography &

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characters. Come back to watch the play on September 26.

Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, North Side. 412-322-5058.

SATURDAY CRAFTERNOONS! Crafting for grades 1 - 8.

1-4 p.m. Assemble, Garfield.

412-432-9127.

MON 28 MAKER STORY TIME. Explore tools, materials & processes inspired by books. Listen to stories read by librarian-turnedTeaching Artist Molly. Mon, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, North Side. 412-322-5058.

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the Library. Fri. Carnegie Library, Oakland. 412-622-3151.

SAT 26 5K RUN, WALK, DOGGIE DASH. 1 mile walk. Proceeds benefit the Bark Park community events, the Bark Park facility & local therapy dogs. 8:30 a.m.

Conneaut Lake Bark Park, Conneaut. 814-382-2478.

FALL NATURE WALK. 10 a.m.

Bushy Run Battlefield, Jeannette.

724-527-5584.

TEAM ADVENTURE HIKE. A team based race. Pre-registration recommended at www.alleghenycounty.us/ parks. 2-5 p.m. Settler’s Cabin Park, Robinson.

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KEVIN KIRKLAND. Discussing his new w paper children’s book “Lucky pghcitym .co FALL FOLIAGE Bats” about Elijah Miller, HIKE. Pre-registration a bat boy w/ Pittsburgh’s recommended at www.

Negro League’s in the 1920s. alleghenycounty.us/parks. Ice rink 7 p.m. Mount Lebanon Public parking lot. 10 a.m.-12 p.m. & Library, Mt. Lebanon.

2-4 p.m. South Park.

412-531-1912.

MINGO CREEK STAR PARTY. Observe the skies & stars w/ the Amateur Astronomers Association.

6:30 p.m. Mingo Creek Park ObserINTRO TO DISC GOLF. vatory, Finleyville. 724-348-6150.

WAGMAN STAR PARTY. Join a Ranger & learn Observe the stars & galaxies. how to play the game. PreBring your own telescope or registration recommended at use one from the Amateur www.alleghenycounty.us/parks.

Astronomers Association.

5:30-7:30 p.m. Deer Lakes Park, 7:10 p.m. Wagman Observatory, Tarentum. 724-265-3520.

Tarentum. 724-224-2510.

WISE WALKS. 1-2 mile walk WILDBIRD RECOVERY FALL around the neighborhood and MIGRATION FESTIVAL. Meet learn a little about Oakland, &

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the rehabilitator & volunteers, tour the facility, & learn how to make your yard more wildlife friendly. 12 p.m. Wildbird Recovery Facilities, Valencia.

724-898-1788.

TUE 29 WISE WALKS. 30 to 45 minute walks to enjoy fall. Water & snack provided. Meet at the Pie Traynor Field in North Park. Tue, 9:30 p.m.

Northland Public Library, McCandless. 412-366-8100.

WED 30 FARMERS AT PHIPPS. Shop for local, organic & Certified Naturally Grown on Phipps front lawn. Wed, 2:30-6:30 p.m. Thru Oct. 28 Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Garden, Oakland.

412-622-6914.

WEDNESDAY MORNING WALK. Naturalist-led, rain or shine. Wed Beechwood Farms, Fox Chapel.

412-963-6100.

OTHER STUFF THU 24 3D ADDITIVISM MANIFESTO. Speakers Morehshin Allahyari & Daniel Rourke will lecture about the Manifesto, Cookbook & the artists’ own work. Studio for Creative Inquiry. 5-6:30 p.m.

Carnegie Mellon University, Oakland. 412-268-2000.

A SOTO ZEN BUDDHIST SITTING GROUP. http://citydharma.wordpress.com/ schedule/ Tue, Thu Church of the Redeemer, Squirrel Hill.

412-965-9903.

ADVENTURE BINGO! W/ ALEXI MORRISSEY. Artist & entertainer Alexi Morrissey returns to CMOA w/ his own brand of old-school Bingo-meets-pub-quiz.

7 p.m. Carnegie Museum of Art, Oakland. 412-622-3316.

BOARD GAMES NIGHT. Fourth Thu of every month, 6 p.m. Carnegie Library, Oakland, Oakland. 412-622-3151.

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF PITTSBURGH. Social, cultural club of American/ international women. Thu First Baptist Church, Oakland. iwap. pittsburgh@gmail.com.

MEET THE PATENTS & TRADEMARK RESOURCE CENTER. Learn about free library resources, how to file a patent, & get tips for efficiently searching the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office website.

12:15 p.m. Carnegie Library, Downtown. 412-281-7141.

WILL THE NEXT WORLD WAR START IN CYBER SPACE. P.W. Singer will be speaking on cyber security. 6:30-8 p.m.

Carnegie Science Center, North Side. 412-237-3400.

THU 24 - SUN 27 PITTSBURGH FASHION WEEK. Fashion events at various locations. Thru Sept. 27 Highmark Stadium, Station Square. www.pittsburghfashionweek.com.

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FREE ADMISSION FAMILY FUN FOR ALL AGES!

A celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month

PERFORMANCES BY:

Machete Kisumontao

Hosted by Cindy Fernandez-Nixon

Los Sabrosos Dance Co., Gavas Latin Band, Latin Ballet Performances by Latina Productions, DJ Mateo

Arts & Crafts vendors, children’s activities & Authentic food & drink specials exclusively by Emiliano’s Mexican Restaurant.

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THU 24 - WED 30 THE AMAZING ACRO-CATS. Samantha Martin & her Amazing Acro-Cats perform their feats of agility. Thu, 8 p.m., Fri, 8 p.m., Sat, 5 & 8 p.m. and Sun, 2 & 8 p.m.

Thru Sept. 30 937 Liberty Ave, Downtown. 512-378-3952.

FRI 25 AFRICAN DANCE CLASS. Second and Third Fri of every month and Fourth and Last Fri of every month Irma Freeman Center for Imagination, Garfield. 412-924-0634.

FRIDAY NIGHT CONTRA DANCE. A social, traditional American dance. No partner needed, beginners welcome, lesson at 7:30. Fri, 8 p.m. Swisshelm Park Community Center, Swissvale. 412-945-0554.

GALLERY CRAWL. 5:30-10 p.m.

Cultural District, Downtown.

412-456-6666.

WHAT IS ADDITIVISM? A workshop on additive manufacturing.

Studio for Creative Inquiry. http://via-2015.com/pittsburgh/a/ september-25-3d-workshop/.

10 a.m.-5 p.m. Carnegie Mellon University, Oakland. 412-268-2000.

SAT 26 8TH ANNUAL WOMEN’S WALK FOR PEACE. An opportunity for community dialogue around the issues that plague women & their families. Information booths, live music from Jasiri X, Dewayne Dolphin, Flo Wilson, The House

of Soul Band, more, a variety of Auction & concession stand. 9 a.m. vendors & activities for kids.

East Union Presbyterian Church, 10 a.m. 412-321-5527.

Cheswick. 412-767-5750.

ALLEGHENY GREEN & FRIENDS OF THE RIVERFRONT INNOVATION FESTIVAL. More TRAIL MAINTENANCE. Join than 100 exhibitors, vendors Friends of the Riverfront & Avere & non-profit organizations.

Systems clean up the North Shore.

Learn how to conserve water & 8 a.m. North Shore Trail, North energy while reducing carbon Side. 412-488-0212. footprints through hands-on JDRF ONE WALK demonstrations. I Made It! WESTMORELAND. 10 a.m. UniMarket w/ handmade crafts versity of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, for sale. For more information, Greensburg. 412-471-1414. visit www.alleghenycounty.us/ LAWRENCEVILLE FARMERS’ greenfestival. 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

MARKET. Near Allegheny Hartwood Acres, Allison Valley Bank. Sat, 1-4 p.m.

Park. 412-767-9200.

412-802-7220.

BEGINNER TAI CHI LIGONIER HIGHLAND CLASSES. Sat, 9 a.m.

GAMES. Traditional Friends Meeting House, storytelling, Celtic www. per a p Oakland. 412-683-2669. music, athletic events, pghcitym o .c THE BREWS & THE dance competitions, BEES TOUR. Tours at demonstrations of Hitchhiker Brewing Company military life & Scottish performing arts. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. in Mt. Lebanon, then Apis Mead Idlewild & Soak Zone, Ligonier. & Winery in Carnegie. 11:30 a.m.

814-931-4714.

Hard Rock Cafe, Station Square.

MEET, LEARN, PLAY: A 412-323-4709.

GAMING MEET UP. All-ages ETNA ART TOUR. Local art & live board gaming session, playing & bands. 6-10 p.m. 448 Studios, Etna. learning about new games w/ an 412-782-5625. instructor. Quiet Reading Room.

FALL FEST. Performances by Josh Second and Fourth Sat of every & Gab, & House oF Soul, painting month, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Carnegie w/ Paint Monkey, arts, crafts, giveLibrary, Oakland. 412-622-3151. aways, & the Annual Running of NIGHT MARKET. Local artisans, the Wieners. Benefits the Western food trucks, live music, more.

Pennsylvania Humane Society.

On Murray Ave. between Forbes 1 p.m. Waterfront Town Center, Ave. & Bartlett St, Squirrel Hill.

Homestead. 412-874-0272.

6-10 p.m. www.jccpgh.org.

FALL CRAFT SHOW. HandPSYCHIC FAIR. Last Sat of every crafted items, a very large Chinese month, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Chapel of Oneness, West Mifflin.

412-770-4961.

RUST BELT CULINARY TOUR. Visit a renovated church hall, a modernized mill bar, & other revamped treasures that reflect the region’s rich heritage as well as its now trendy rustbelt cuisine.

10:30 a.m. Station Square, Station Square. 412-323-4709.

SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING. Lessons 7-8 p.m., social dancing follows. No partner needed.

Mon, 7 p.m. and Sat, 7 p.m. Grace Episcopal Church, Mt. Washington.

412-683-5670.

SOUTH HILLS SCRABBLE CLUB. Free Scrabble games, all levels.

Sat, 1-3 p.m. Mount Lebanon Public Library, Mt. Lebanon.

412-531-1912.

SPECIMEN ID DAY. Visitors will have a chance to speak w/ the museum’s knowledgeable experts on their rock, fossil, plant, insect, mammal, bird, mollusk & anthropological finds. 12-4 p.m. Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Oakland. 412-622-3131.

SWING CITY. Learn & practice swing dancing skills w/ the Jim Adler Band. Sat, 8 p.m.

Wightman School, Squirrel Hill.

412-759-1569.

TROPICAL FOREST CONGO FESTIVAL. Family-friendly activities, entertainment, food & more inspired by the African rainforest. 11 a.m. Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Garden, Oakland. 412-622-6914.

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WIGLE WHISKEY BARRELHOUSE TOURS. Sat, 12:30 & 2 p.m. Wigle Whiskey Barrel House, North Side.

412-224-2827.

SAT 26 - SUN 27 37TH ANNUAL NATIVE AMERICAN POW WOW. Native American Singing, Drumming, Arts, Crafts & Native Foods.

12 p.m. and Sun., Sept. 27, 12 p.m. Council of Three Rivers American Indian Center, Fox Chapel. 412-782-4457.

PENN’S COLONY. Craftsmen & artisans showcase a variety of quality, handmade contemporary & traditional works. Plus horse-drawn surrey rides, food booths, sing-a-longs, & demonstrations of various trade. Sat, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sun, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Thru Sept. 27 Saxonburg.

724-352-9922.

SUN 27 BRADDOCK FEAST. Local chefs, event producers, food purveyors and creatives bring their talents to the table to celebrate an emerging community. Includes chef tastings, local libations, music, merriment & more. 12 p.m. Braddock Ave., Braddock. 412-874-0272.

social dancing follows. No partner needed. Mon, 7 p.m. and Sat, 7 p.m. Grace Episcopal Church, Mt. Washington. 412-683-5670.

TAI CHI. Please register. Mon, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Thru Nov. 16 Northland Public Library, McCandless. 412-366-8100.

no preparation needed. Roles available for 2 women & 6 men.

An audition form will be filled out on site. Resume & headshot appreciated. September 25, 7-8:30 p.m. & September 26, 6-7:30 p.m. Rochester.

724-775-6844.

TUE 29

SUBMISSIONS BOULEVARD GALLERY &

A SOTO ZEN BUDDHIST SITTING GROUP. http://citydharma. wordpress.com/schedule/ Tue, Thu Church of the Redeemer, Squirrel Hill. 412-965-9903.

CAPOEIRA ANGOLA. Tue, 6:30-8 p.m. Thru Oct. 6 Irma Freeman Center for Imagination, Garfield. 412-924-0634.

CLIMATE ACTION: CREATING BRIDGES TO CLEAN AIR. An evening exploring the intersection between artistry & environmental activism through selected film episodes. 7 p.m.

Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Oakland.

631-521-1541.

COLD WAR SURVEILLANCE & RECONNAISSANCE. David Assard will discuss world-wide reconnaissance, mostly by aircraft & hot incidents during the Cold War, including his personal experience. 7 p.m. Westmoreland County Historical Society, Greensburg. 724-532-1935.

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PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is seeking volunteers for a variety of community and outdoor projects. Volunteer opportunities include: trail maintenance, waterway clean-up, campground hosting, environmental education and geological mapping, among others. For more information, visit www.volunteers.dcnr.state.pa.us.

FRIENDSHIP HOUSE & ARCHITECTURE TOUR. Tour the unique houses on the tour, as well as neighborhood gems such as the Octopus Garden, Latham Commons, & Baum Grove.

11 a.m. Baum Grove, Friendship.

201-892-2637.

RADICAL TRIVIA. Trivia game hosted by DJ Jared Evans. Come alone or bring a team. Sun, 7 p.m. Oaks Theater, Oakmont.

412-828-6322.

SUNDAY MARKET. A gathering of local crafters & dealers selling unique items, from home made foodstuffs to art. Sun, 6-10 p.m.

The Night Gallery, Lawrenceville.

724-417-0223.

MON 28 GARY EBERLE. Meet the winemaker. Pre-paid reservation required. 6 p.m. Dreadnought Wines, Lawrenceville.

412-391-8502.

SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING. Lessons 7-8 p.m.,

WED 30 FREADOM. Pittsburgh personalities & performers will read from their favorite banned or challenged works. 7 p.m.

Carnegie Museum of Art, Oakland. 412-622-3131.

THE PITTSBURGH SHOW OFFS. A meeting of jugglers & spinners.

All levels welcome. Wed, 7:30 p.m.

Union Project, Highland Park.

412-363-4550.

AUDITIONS BAPTIST TEMPLE CHURCH. Auditions for vocalists. Sep. 19 & 26 at 10 a.m. Thru Sept. 26, 10 a.m.

Homewood. 412-612-0977.

CARNEGIE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. Auditions for dancers, boys & girls, for the Nutcracker.

Audition slots on September 26 at for 5-12 year olds at 1 p.m. & 13 years old + at 2 p.m. Thru Sept. 26.

Carnegie. 412-279-8887.

R-ACT THEATRE PRODUCTIONS. Cold readings from the script,

DIFFERENT STROKES GALLERY. Searching for glass artists, fiber artists, potters, etc. to compliment the exhibits for 2015 & 2016.

Booking for both galleries for 2017. Exhibits run from 1 to 2 months. Ongoing. 412-721-0943.

CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD PARADE. Float entries are being accepted in the categories of commerical, non-profit & open. Thru Oct. 30.

For more information, visit InsideButlerCounty.com.

CRANBERRY ARTIST’S NETWORK. All regional artists are invited to enter up to two pieces of original art that answer the question: “What are you thankful for?” This can be anything from loved ones or possessions to more abstract concepts like nature or health. Thru Sept. 30.

For more information, visit www.cranberryartistsnetwork.com.

FELLOWSHIP 16 INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION. Call for submissions of photography from any eligible local photographers. For more information & to submit, visit www.silvereye.org/fellowship16.

Thru Oct. 26. Silver Eye Center for Photography, South Side.

412-431-1810.

THE HOUR AFTER HAPPY HOUR REVIEW. Seeking submissions in all genres for fledgling literary magazine curated by members of the Hour After Happy Hour Writing Workshop. afterhappyhourreview.com Ongoing.

INDEPENDENT FILM NIGHT. Submit your film, 10 minutes or less. Screenings held on the second Thursday of every month. Ongoing. DV8 Espresso Bar & Gallery, Greensburg.

724-219-0804.

MARKET SQUARE PUBLIC ART PROGRAM. A call to artists to submit new or already assembled artworks to the Market Square Public Art Program. Information session on September 10, 6-7 p.m. at the Greater Arts Council, at 810 Penn Ave., 7th Floor.

Submissions are due October 5. www.marketsquarepublicart.com.

THE NEW YINZER. Seeking original essays about literature, music, TV or film, & also essays generally about Pittsburgh. To see some examples, visit www.newyinzer.com & view the current issue. Email all pitches, submissions & inquiries to newyinzer@gmail.com. Ongoing.

THE POET BAND COMPANY. Seeking various types of poetry.

Contact wewuvpoetry@hotmail. com Ongoing.

Savage Love {BY DAN SAVAGE}

I’m a 26-year-old single bi woman.

Sometimes my roommate/best friend and I have drunken threesomes with men. We’ve had some great one-night stands (less scary with a friend!), but recently we slept with a man I’ve been (drunkenly) sleeping with over a period of months, my “friend with benefits.”

I shared my FWB with my roommate because she wanted to have sex, and I shared my roommate with my FWB because he wanted to experience a threesome. I told my roommate afterward that I wouldn’t like it if she slept with my FWB on her own, and I told my FWB that we should have discussed having a threesome before it happened. We went out drinking another night, I left early, and they wound up sleeping together. I was upset with my roommate, because she knew how I felt. But I am disgusted and angry with my FWB because he had to “work” to convince my roommate to get her into bed. I have forgiven my roommate — she says she is mad at herself and at him — but it’s hard to blame these two friends for hurting me because people make mistakes when they’re drunk. Still, this whole ordeal has made me reconsider my friendship with my FWB. He thinks we’re just friends, but I have now realized that I have deeper feelings for him. I feel very close to him, and we do a lot of fun things together. I’ve been pretty open with him about my feelings, but he hasn’t shared how he feels. Can I continue being friends with my FWB? Or do I need to break off my friendship with my FWB because I actually want something more with him? What can my FWB do to mend this? What can I do?

es that you wouldn’t mind, then, yeah, you can continue to be friends with your FWB. People have managed to salvage friendships out of relationships that imploded much more spectacularly, BFF. If someone can get past an infidelity or a betrayal or a child conceived with a piece-on-the-side and remain on friendly terms with their cheating, lying, breeding ex, you should be able to work through this. But if what your roommate means by “work” is that your FWB coerced her into having sex, you shouldn’t want to salvage a friendship with that rapey POS. Do you need to break off your friendship with your FWB because you’ve realized you want something more from him, i.e., a committed relationship? Someone in an FWB arrangement wanting to be more than friends — boyfriend or girlfriend or nonbinaryfriend — is the leading cause of death for FWB arrangements. And while normally the friend who wants to keep things casual is the one who ends the arrangement, BFF, if you want more and you know he can’t give it to you, or if you fear you can’t trust him around current and future roommates, then feel free to end it. But if you really like him — despite the violation and, emphasizing this again, only if the “work” he did on your roommate wasn’t coercive or rapey — then go ahead and ask him to upgrade your FWB arrangement to GF/BF relationship.

What can your FWB do to mend this? He can apologize to you and your roommate and toss his dick around more considerately in the future.

What can you do? You can try to see this for what it was: Two people who’d already fucked — two people who fucked in front of you at your invitation — got drunk and fucked again. You can choose to see that encounter as a violation that requires drastic retaliatory measures (friendships ended, leases broken), BFF, or you can choose to see it as the messy denouement of an illadvised/rushed threesome that you set in motion.

“WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN YOU FIND A PAIR OF TIT CLAMPS IN YOUR ‘VANILLA’ BOYFRIEND’S DRESSER?”

BEST FRIEND FUCKER

I had to read your letter three times to figure out who did what — and I had to shorten it considerably (and edit for clarity) — and honestly, BFF, I’m still a little fuzzy on the violations. But I think it goes like this: You asked your roommate not to fuck your FWB in your absence despite having already invited her to fuck him in your presence and your roommate went ahead and fucked your FWB anyway (violation #1), and you told your FWB that a threesome with your roommate without prior discussion was a misdemeanor so he should’ve known that initiating a twosome with your roommate would be a felony, but he went ahead and twosomed the shit out of your roommate anyway (violation #2).

Taking your questions one at a time: Can you continue being friends with your FWB? That depends on what your roommate means by “work.” If she means your FWB overcame her initial reluctance to fuck him solo with some flirty talk and assuranc-

What does it mean when you find a pair of tit clamps in your “vanilla” boyfriend’s dresser?

TOLD HIM I’M NOT KINKY

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It means he’s the pope — what the fuck do you think it means? It means he owns a pair of tit clamps. It could mean he’s slightly less vanilla than he’s let on, THINK, or it could mean he has a kinky ex who left a pair of tit clamps behind, or it could mean he got a pair of tit clamps as a dirty Secret Santa gift and isn’t phobic about being perceived as even slightly kinky so he tossed them in a drawer without a second thought.

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{BY ROB BREZSNY}

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “I feel like a wet seed wild in the hot blind earth,” wrote author William Faulkner. Some astrologers would say that it’s unlikely a Libra would ever say such a thing — that it’s too primal a feeling for your refined, dignified tribe; too lush and unruly. But I disagree with that view. Faulkner himself was a Libra! And I am quite sure that you are now or will soon be like a wet seed in the hot blind earth — fierce to sprout and grow with almost feral abandon.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You and I both know that you can heal the sick and raise the dead and turn water into wine — or at least perform the metaphorical equivalent of those magical acts. Especially when the pressure is on, you have the power to attract the help of mysterious forces and unexpected interventions.

I love that about you! When people around you are rendered fuzzy and inert by life’s puzzling riddles, you are often the best hope for activating constructive responses. According to my analysis of upcoming cosmic trends, these skills will be in high demand during the coming weeks.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Some astrologers regard the planet Saturn as a sour tyrant that cramps our style and squelches our freedom. But here’s my hypothesis: Behind Saturn’s austere mask is a benevolent teacher and guide. She pressures us to focus and concentrate. She pushes us to harness and discipline our unique gifts. It’s true that some people resist these cosmic nudges. They prefer to meander all over the place, trying out roles they’re not suited

for and indulging in the perverse luxury of neglecting their deepest desires. For them Saturn seems like a dour taskmaster, spoiling their lazy fun. I trust that you Sagittarians will develop a dynamic relationship with Saturn as she cruises through your sign for the next 26 months. With her help, you can deepen your devotion to your life’s most crucial goals.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The coming weeks will be a favorable time to break a spell you’ve been under, or shatter an illusion you have been caught up in, or burst free from a trance you have felt powerless to escape.

If you are moved to seek help from a shaman, witch or therapist, please do so. But I bet you could accomplish the feat all by yourself. Trust your hunches! Here’s one approach you could try: Tap into both your primal anger and your primal joy. In your mind’s eye, envision situations that tempt you to hate life and envision situations that inspire you love life. With this volatile blend as your fuel, you can explode the hold of the spell, illusion or trance.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Go to the edge of the cliff and jump off. Build your wings on the way down.” So advised author Ray Bradbury. That strategy is too nerve-wracking for a cautious person like me. I prefer to meticulously build and thoroughly test my wings before trying a quantum leap. But I have observed that Aquarius is one of the three signs of the zodiac most likely to succeed with this approach. And according to my astrological calculations, the coming weeks will be a time when your talent for building robust wings in mid-air will be even more effective than usual.

national kissing contest. After evaluating the participants’ efforts, the panel of judges declared that Spanish kisses were “vampiric,” while those of Italians were “burning,” English were “tepid,” Russians were “eruptive,” French were “chaste” and Americans were “flaccid.” Whatever nationality you are, Gemini, I hope you will eschew those paradigms — and all other paradigms, as well. Now is an excellent time to experiment with and hone your own unique style of kissing. I’m tempted to suggest that you raise your levels of tenderness and wildness, but I’d rather you ignore all advice and trust your intuition.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):

CANCER (June 21-July 22):

You are being tempted to make deeper commitments and to give more of yourself. Should you?

Is it in your interests to mingle your destiny more thoroughly with the destinies of others? Will you benefit from trying to cultivate more engaged forms of intimacy? As is true for most big questions, there are no neat, simple answers. Exploring stronger connections would ultimately be both messy and rewarding. Here’s an inquiry that might bring clarity as you ponder the possibility of merging your fortunes more closely with allies or potential allies: Will deeper commitments with them inspire you to love yourself dearly, treat yourself with impeccable kindness, and be a superb ally to yourself?

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You are destined to become a master of fire. It’s your birthright to become skilled in the arts of kindling and warming and illuminating and energizing. Eventually you will develop a fine knack for knowing when it’s appropriate to turn the heat up high, and when it’s right to simmer with a slow, steady glow. You will wield your flames with discernment and compassion, rarely or never with prideful rage. You will have a special power to accomplish creative destruction and avoid harmful destruction. I’m pleased at the progress you are making toward these noble goals, but there’s room for improvement. During the next eight weeks, you can speed up your evolution.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus-born physicist Wolfgang Pauli won a Nobel Prize for his research. His accomplishment?

The Nobel Committee said he discovered “a new law of nature,” and named it after him: the Pauli Principle. And yet when he was a younger man, he testified, “Physics is much too difficult for me, and I wish I were a film comedian or something like that and that I had never heard anything about physics!” I imagine you might now be feeling a comparable frustration about something for which you have substantial potential, Taurus. In the spirit of Pauli’s perseverance, I urge you to keep at it.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In 1921, the French city of Biarritz hosted an inter-

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The astrological omens suggest you could get caught up in dreaming about what might have been. I’m afraid you might cling to outworn traditions and resuscitate wistful wishes that have little relevance for the future. You may even be tempted to wander through the labyrinth of your memories, hoping to steep yourself in old feelings that weren’t even good medicine for you when you first experienced them. But I hope you will override these inclinations, and instead act on the aphorism, “If you don’t study the past, you will probably repeat it.” Right now, the best reason to remember the old days is to rebel against them and prevent them from draining your energy.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You may laugh more in the next 14 days than you have during any comparable 14-day period since you were 5 years old. At least I hope you will. It will be the best possible tonic for your physical and mental health. Even more than usual, laughter has the power to heal your wounds, alert you to secrets hiding in plain sight, and awaken your dormant potentials. Luckily, I suspect that life will conspire to bring about this happy development. A steady stream of antics and whimsies and amusing paradoxes is headed your way. Be alert for the opportunities.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): It’s a favorable time to fantasize about how to suck more cash into your life. You have entered a phase when economic mojo is easier to conjure than usual. Are you ready to engage in some practical measures to take advantage of the cosmic trend? And by that I don’t mean playing the lottery or stealing strangers’ wallets or scanning the sidewalk for fallen money as you stroll.

Get intensely real and serious about enhancing your financial fortunes. What are three specific ways you’re ignorant about getting and handling money? Educate yourself.

Formulate your game plan for hunting down happiness during the last three months of 2015.

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NON-DAILY SMOKERS NEEDED Do you smoke cigarettes but only on some days?

PICKING UP SOME LUNCH {BY BRENDAN EMMETT QUIGLEY / WWW.BRENDANEMMETTQUIGLEY.COM}

You may be eligible to participate in a research study for non-daily smokers.

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ACROSS 1. Old boy king 4. Scratch 9. Utter nonsense 14. Dallas-toLubbock dir.

15. Caper in a screwball comedy 16. Japanese canine 17. Austrian horse on the sea?

20. Stag 21. “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg” director Jacques 22. Chess go 23. Name the Beatles rhymed with “meter” 24. Newspaper that finally started running daily crosswords, briefly 27. “Shoo, household allergen!”?

32. Archaeologist’s discovery 33. Dent Blanche and Finsteraarhorn’s range 34. Dismally low search engine result for a population count?

40. Roasted asparagus, e.g.

41. Biblical character whose name means “hairy” 42. Two things in a door?

49. Fake ones are from out of state 50. Canceled check word 51. “Avatar” actor Stephen

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53. “New ___” (Fox sitcom) 54. Give, as a free dinner 57. Tea that gives you drive?

61. Violin worth around $600,000 62. The Super Bowl, e.g.

63. Thanksgiving veggie 64. Hypercompetitive and impatient 65. Cleans up the lawn 66. Jane Goodall’s subject

DOWN 1. Graveyard shift time 2. Use some Liquid-Plumr 3. Tom Brady’s number 4. Burrito holder?

5. “The one the ___” 6. Big name in lifting cars 7. Attitude 8. Bitter tasting 9. Dangerous cargo 10. Doing fine 11. Some holiday guests 12. Vehicle with tons of sports equipment 13. Scratch the surface?

18. Disable the alarm, say 19. Letter between epsilon and eta 23. Healthy bread bit 24. Drug kingpin White

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You’re placing your trust in “The Irish Writer.” Who recently wrote a story about the worst tragedies that happened in “the Burgh,” and the first item on the list was “Duffy’s Cut,” an incident that, while tragic, happened 30 miles west of Philly.

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THIS JUST IN

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A “journalist” gets $10-15 dollars for hundreds of shares, and only $25-30 for hundreds of thousands of shares.

NewsCastic doesn’t list who it is. Granted, it was an easy Google search, but still.

Ortiz told me, “We don’t have our team contact specifically listed. That’s an oversight.” I suppose we’ll have to settle for “unspecifically listed.”

{BY FRANCIS RUPP}

Its motto is “stories connect us.” Unfortunately, that lofty mission statement doesn’t align with what the site actually does, which is providing lists for you to share ad nauseam so that it can make money. That’s probably its most grievous offense. If NewsCastic would just be honest about why it’s doing this … but who needs honesty, when you can have LISTS?

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Editor’s Note: Years ago, City Paper readers were kept abreast of local broadcast-news happenings (mainly the screw-ups and questionable news judgment) in a column called This Just In. As the face of news dissemination changed, CP dropped the column.

In hindsight, the column should have changed with it, because there’s still a need to cover media in this region. So we’re bringing it back on a monthly basis. And while we’ll still be looking at TV news, we’ll also be critiquing and reporting on news covered in online formats like blogs, podcasts and social media.

Five Reasons Why Pitt NewsCastic is Not News Of all the listicle sites based either in Pittsburgh or with Pittsburgh outlets, NewsCastic has the distinction of being the most heinous. The national brand, headquartered in Albuquerque, N.M., distributes “news” almost exclusively through social media. Its Pittsburgh page, Pitt NewsCastic, has almost 10K “likes.”

“You like awesome stories about Pittsburgh? So do we.” I’m taking that as an admission the NewsCastic reads CP. Enjoy this piece of pie in the sky from its website: Our goal at NewsCastic is to redefine the economics of local news. Stories about our neighbors, our kids’ schools, our town halls connect us as a community and we’re losing the storytellers of our communities with every journalist who exits the industry.

We know that’s a huge undertaking but we’re confident we can make local news better for everyone — users, businesses and advertisers, and journalists. We know journalists are passionate about telling the stories of their communities and so are we.

The three founders hope to save journalism by posting “stories” with epic headlines like “9 Pittsburgh Restaurants You Would Order From When You’re Hungover.” You can almost smell the passion the writer most assuredly sweats as his or her fingertips dances on the keyboard by starlight to create lyrical, inspirational, community-building passages like, “Hungover? why not head over to Big Jim’s and order a big tasty burger to help sober you up.” [sic] Also, “Chicken and Waffles are my go to meal before and after a day of drinking.” [sic] I asked Christopher Ortiz, one of the site’s fabled founders, why its writers don’t use names (just “handles”) or publish contact information. “We have a policy of not giving out our writer information.

If you’d like to contact an individual writer, we can forward your information to that writer.”

Can you forward them a style guide while you’re at it?

So, why should you not bother reading Pitt NewsCastic? Here’s a list.

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Lists are not stories. These lists are also worn like brake pads on a car owned by someone who lives on Rialto Street, after a long winter.

Will Reynolds Young, a Pittsburgh social-media professional and co-founder of Pittsburgh Tweetup, said, “Their model isn’t a reasonable pay scale at all for writers.

It needs to be a win-win-win for site, advertiser, writer. It’s not.”

Remember, only YOU can prevent listicles. So STOP SHARING THEM!

“ONLY ON (FILL IN YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL TV NEWS CHANNEL HERE)!”

One of the boldest maneuvers of the local TV reporter is when they go all Kolchak, The Porch Stalker and knock on the doors of people who’ve allegedly committed a crime to ask for their side of the story. I often wonder why anyone — especially someone who is proven guilty later —would answer that door. A recent WPXI story featured door-knocking. Joe Holden approached the now-erstwhile mayor of Avonmore, who was accused of stealing $50 from a man’s wallet in a Dollar General store. (According to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, she resigned a few days later, citing “family health issues.”)

I wanted to give a local TV reporter an opportunity to tell his side of the story. So I contacted Holden, who remarked candidly that while this is not the favorite part of this job, he considers it an important part of newsgathering, and emphasized that he follows an ethical process. “I’ve seen a lot of valid criticism of this practice, and admittedly, a lot of reporters do it for fanfare and for sparks,” he said. “This portrays all of us in an unflattering light.”

“Despite what many assume, a door-knock is not an ambush attempt. When I’m at somebody’s door, my [microphone] is visible, my photographer is with me, and I’m wearing my station identification. It is a genuine attempt to speak with that person and get their side of the story. As a rule, I rarely knock on the door of a grieving family.

We realize that we have to approach people who may be at their lowest moment and we — myself and the photographer — want to do that respectfully,” said Holden. He admits it can also be risky business: “My pulse is racing in the moments before I knock.

You never know what’s on the other side of that door.”

He’s right. Last year, a Houston TV station created a no-door-knocking policy after a gun was pulled on a reporter. The bottom line, Holden iterated, is that “it’s someone’s right not to answer. If people don’t want to talk, we leave.”

Remember that, folks.

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