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F YOU ASK Uber drivers, most of whom
prefer not to be identified for fear of being deactivated, their views on the company vary depending how long they’ve been at it. Newer drivers like all the things Uber touts as plusses: flexible working conditions, steady income, the chance to meet new people and explore unfamiliar parts of the city. But longer-term drivers for Uber Pittsburgh have less rosy opinions of the San Francisco-based ride-hailing (also known as ride-sharing) behemoth. The company has cut rates and raised fees so much, these disgruntled drivers say, that it’s become almost impossible to earn a living. “It was like being [an] ambassador for Pittsburgh,” says former Uber driver Luke Snatchko. “No matter how many times I
came through the Fort Pitt Tunnel, it was cool every time. And I got to see neighborhoods I never would have seen otherwise.” But Snatchko says that after Uber cut its fares in July, he went from making
Uber just celebrated its second anniversary in Pittsburgh, but drivers say working for the company is no party {BY KIM LYONS} close to $30 for a trip from Pittsburgh International Airport to Downtown to making $ 17 for the same trip. “It felt like a bait-and-switch.”
Two years after it rolled into Pittsburgh with its image as the ultimate disruptor of outdated urban transit systems, including what CEO Travis Kalanick famously referred to as “an asshole called ‘taxi,’” Uber has grown exponentially: The company is now valued at $ 68 billion. It’s expanded into 300 cities around the world, and by all measures of success within the Silicon Valley tech scene, it’s achieved unicorn status. But critics, including many of its own drivers, say the company’s business model is decidedly old-school: reaping the rewards of its lowest-ranking workers while doing little to share the wealth. UBER CAME to Pittsburgh in February 2014,
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Pittsburgh was, ďŹ ttingly, a Steeler: Pittsburgh native Cam Heyward. The companies offered an alternative to Pittsburgh’s notoriously spotty taxi service, with easyto-use apps that summoned drivers in their own vehicles for cashless transactions. It was hailed as a win for Pittsburghers who needed to get around the city more easily, and for its drivers, independent contractors whom Uber refers to as “partners.â€? But the Pittsburgh launch marked the beginning of a lengthy battle with state regulators, since neither company had obtained licenses from the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission before beginning operations. It’s worth noting that this is how Uber has traditionally done business wherever it’s entered a new market: asking for forgiveness from regulators rather than permission. Under current Pennsylvania law, offering transportation for hire requires a certiďŹ cate of public convenience from the PUC, except in Philadelphia, where the Philadelphia Parking Authority oversees taxis and ridehailing companies. Pittsburgh taxi companies cried foul, and the PUC’s administrative-law judges levied ďŹ nes against both Lyft and Uber before imposing a cease-and-desist order on each on July 1, 2014. The companies continued to operate, and the PUC’s enforcement arm levied ďŹ nes against individual drivers in Pittsburgh. Part of the problem was that the PUC had never encountered an entity like Uber, which insists it’s a technology company, not a transportation company. After months of legal back-and-forth, Uber and Lyft both applied for and received two-year experimental licenses from the PUC. Those will expire this December, however, and the only way Uber and Lyft can become permanently legal al in Pennsylvania is if the state legislature islature enacts a new law.
State Sen. Wayne Fontana was the ďŹ rst to introduce a bill creating a new “transportation network companyâ€? category for such companies. It would have required background checks and training programs for drivers. Last February, Fontana’s bill stalled in the Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure committee. What happens to the ride-hailing companies if the PUC licenses expire before the legislature takes action? It’s not totally clear, but PUC spokeswoman Robin Tilley says it’s likely the licenses could be extended. But while all this is going on — or not going on — in Harrisburg, Uber has increased its presence in Pittsburgh and furthered its agenda of evolving past the point where it needs any drivers. Pittsburgh welcomed Uber with open arms, but what has Uber done to deserve so much love? It depends whom you ask.
“THEY HAVE CUT THE FARES TWICE AND NOW TAKE 28 PERCENT.�
LAST FEBRUARY, Uber partnered with
Carnegie Mellon University’s National Robotics Engineering Center to produce driverless cars. It announced it would locate its Advanced Technologies Center here. Not long afterward, reports surfaced that Uber had in fact hired away some of the NREC’s top talent, enticing the personnel with large salaries. Rather than work with the NREC, Uber had in effect set up as a competitor. Whether or not it’s fair to classify what Uber did as talent-poaching, it didn’t do much to soften its image as an aggressive, no-holds-barred disruptor. Was its $5.5 million gift to CMU in September, to endow a robotics faculty chair and three fellowships, an attempt to make amends? Possibly. Uber simply cast the gift as part of the “partnership� with the university. It now looks like Uber wants to put a test track for its still-in-progress driverless site, a mixed-use decars at the Almono Alm velopment site located on the former LTV Steel property, in Hazelwood. The company outlined tthe plans at a Feb. 23 community meeti meeting. (Information on that meeting can be found online at www. pghcitypaper.com.) pghcitypape Pittsburgh City Councilor Corey Pittsbu O’Connor, who represents Hazelwood, says having a worldwide s company like Uber invest in the comp site was an attractive option. But he adds that the city B wants to ensure that any w company moving in there would be a responsible tenant. He hopes to see CONTINUES ON PG. 10
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specifics for what Uber plans at the site, but also for what happens with any test track after Uber is finished with it. “We want companies who are loyal to their employees, and loyal to the city of Pittsburgh,” O’Connor says. And the company has continued its exponential growth around the world. CEO Travis Kalanick said recently that while the company was losing money in China, it’s now profitable in the U.S. It’s widely expected that the company will go public sometime in 2016. However, until its driverless cars are ready to roll, it’s not clear how Uber can continue to grow with an ever-more disgruntled pool of drivers. Snatchko says a blitz last year to bring on more drivers, coupled with two rate cuts over the past six months, was more than his bottom line could handle. The way Uber’s service is set up, when there are fewer drivers than there are customers, its algorithm goes into surge mode, raising fares exponentially. Because drivers make more money when surge pricing is in effect, the practice is intended as an incentive to get more drivers on the road. (Among Uber’s critics, surge pricing has also raised calls of price-gouging.) But more drivers means fewer surges, and less money to be made. So in several cities, including Pittsburgh, drivers have taken it upon themselves to attempt work stoppages, urging drivers to choose peak times to shut off the app and not be available, essentially disrupting the disruptor. Uber driver Sandra Speicher tried to organize drivers in Pittsburgh over Valentine’s Day weekend, a typically busy time for the company. She says several dozen drivers took part. But for those who did not, the resulting shortage of drivers led to surge pricing, which meant they were able to take in more money than they would have without any work action. So with approximately 4,000 Uber drivers in the Pittsburgh area, any action would require a great deal of solidarity to be effective. According to Uber spokesman Craig Ewer, the impact on Uber was minimal. “Drivers did substantially more trips per hour last week, which means less time wasted without a rider in the backseat,” he said in an email statement. “As a result, hourly earnings in fares were up 20 percent compared to pre-price cut levels.” Would the company consider reverting to pre-price cut levels? Ewer says maybe. “If, for whatever reason, individual drivers are making less money, we’ve instituted hourly fare guarantees as high as $ 25 per hour in fares during peak times. Price cuts
need to work for drivers, so if there is an impact on earnings in the long run, we’ll consider reversing the price cuts as we’ve done in other cities,” he says. Speicher says that Uber rolling back fares would be nice, but would be akin to putting a Band-Aid on a serious wound. “When we all signed on we were told, ‘This is the price you are going to get, and we will take 20 percent,’” she says. “They have cut the fares twice and now take 28 percent.” Before the cuts, Speicher says, she could make $ 400 to $ 500 per week just driving on Fridays and Saturdays, when demand is highest. But now she says those same shifts net her less than $160 per week. Another work stoppage is planned soon, she adds, and a committee of nine current drivers has been formed to act as representatives for driver issues. She says she’s been approached by established labor unions with offers of assistance, but declined to name them. And, Speicher says, there are plans to seek reparations for wages lost over the past year. Speicher adds that she knows that not every Uber driver can afford to participate in a work stoppage. “If they need to drive to feed their family, I understand. And I’ve told people that there are alternative ways they can help the movement, whether it’s passing out fliers or talking to passengers about how drivers are treated,” Speicher says. “Anonymity is a big thing for a lot of these people because they need the job.” That anonymity makes it hard to quantify the level of discontent among drivers. A driver survey Uber released in December (which was conducted before the fare cuts) found that 81 percent were “satisfied overall” with working for the company. Ewer says Uber is available to hear any concerns that its “partners” have. “In Pittsburgh, we have an in-person support center that’s open seven days a week, and
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Uber drivers. “The business model is highly successful; it’s a multibillion dollar company,” Peduto said. “But the sharing economy should include sharing that wealth with workers and, in this case, drivers.” Uber should provide a living wage for drivers, Peduto added, along with the “safe, reliable transportation” of their motto. “They need to allow drivers to be part of their success, and treat them like they are part of the team.” But is the team worth playing for under the current conditions? Snatchko, who now has another job, says he feels bad for ever referring anyone to be a driver for Uber. (The company awards bonuses for referrals who take a certain number of trips.) Anyone considering signing up for Uber now, he says, should be wary. “I would tell them, ‘Buy a car that doesn’t have any equity in it, and get one that can do XL trips,’” he says. UberXL is the company’s larger-sized vehicle offering, which costs more for passengers. UberXL drivers can also do regular UberX trips. “Don’t take any trips or turn on the app unless the surge is 2.5 or better,” he says. “And don’t expect to make the same money over the long term.” I N F O@ P G H C I T Y PA P E R. C OM
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our email support staff is also working 24/7 to respond to any issues that drivers report,” he says. For his part, Mayor Bill Peduto was an early supporter of Lyft and Uber in Pittsburgh, and one of the biggest, going so far as to criticize the PUC in its attempts to get the companies to comply with existing law. When the agency issued its cease-and-desist orders in July 2014, Peduto responded with a strongly worded statement: “Technologies like ride sharing evolve with the times, and state regulators must, too. While the commission may wish for Pennsylvania to cling to a Jurassic Age of transportation options, people in Pittsburgh and other communities know our state must adapt or die in the global marketplace.” Peduto said last week that he believes ride-hailing has been a “game changer” for Pittsburgh, providing an entirely new transportation option, reducing the need to own a car, and pushing Yellow Cab and other taxi companies to be more customerfriendly and competitive. However, Peduto said he’s concerned about the effects of the recent fare reductions, which equate to pay cuts for
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DIGGING IN U.S. Senate candidates talk fracking in Pennsylvania {BY RYAN DETO} tax of 5 to 7 percent. He believes the revchallenger will take on Republican U.S. enue generated by this tax should go toSen. Pat Toomey in November is getting ward funding public education. The Mon Valley mayor says he also wants to see an fracking exciting. During a debate at Carnegie Mellon increase in the number of state enforceUniversity a few weeks ago, former state ment officers. “We need to have a department that Department of Environmental Protection secretary Katie McGinty denied receiving has enough inspectors,” says Fetterman. campaign dollars from the fossil-fuel “Pennsylvania has had enough leaks, industry. Days later, Braddock Mayor John enough contaminations and enough acciFetterman released an ad claiming that dents for me to know that we are not getting it right. … It wasn’t that long ago McGinty received around $ 200,000 that they were dropping [fracking from that industry. waste] in the Monongahela.” A few days after that, forart This is p nal Fetterman also proposes a mer U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak reo si a cc of an o e th moratorium on fracking in the leased an ad reminding voters n o series ate state until these conditions that he has been calling for a U.S. Sen c ti Democra are met. He believes fracking fracking moratorium since he primary should be “restricted to areas ran against Toomey in 2010. that aren’t parks and recreation With all this commotion over centers, or areas that could contamiunconventional natural-gas drilling, City Paper decided to get the candidates’ nate our drinking water.” Fetterman says his opponent McGinty detailed positions on fracking, which entails shooting chemical-laced water into the has some conflicting interests in dealings earth to extract natural gas. Environmental with the natural-gas industry because of activists are generally opposed to fracking business connections to the shale gas indusin the state, but others say it creates jobs try she made after her term as DEP secretary. “Katie is trying to position herself as and revenue. Unlike the fight between environmen- the green fracker, and that just doesn’t fly,” talists and oil companies, the four Demo- he says. “That is like being a vegan rancher. cratic candidates for U.S. Senate (including It’s a paradox.” McGinty, however, asserts that her time Findlay Township small-business owner Joe Vodvarka, who is on the ballot but has yet with the DEP dealing with energy compato hold a public event) share similar stances nies puts her ahead of her opponents on on fracking. All believe we should do away environmental issues. “I am proud to take the slings and arwith the “Halliburton Rule,” which exempts fracking from federal oversight under the rows because I have been a fighter in the Safe Water Drinking Act. No candidate is arena of protecting the environment and for an outright ban on fracking, but all call creating renewable-energy jobs my entire for increased regulations on the industry, career,” says McGinty. “And that is someespecially in Pennsylvania, which is cur- thing no one else in this race can say.” As a member of former Gov. Ed Renrently the largest natural-gas producing state without a direct tax on gas extraction, dell’s cabinet, she says, she reinstated a fracking ban in state parks, proposed very known as a severance tax. Fetterman is calling for a severance strict regulations to cut methane emis-
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sions, and empowered DEP staff to carry out enforcement on the spot. If she were elected to the U.S. Senate, McGinty says, she would work to ban the practice of reusing fracking wastewater in new wells. McGinty also backs a severance tax, citing the proposal she worked on as chief of staff for Gov. Tom Wolf, which called for a 5 percent tax and an additional 4.7 cents per 1,000 cubic feet of natural gas. She says the money raised from the taxes should go toward funding public education. She is not calling for a fracking moratorium. McGinty says her opponents lack her consistency on policies and have modified their opinions on fracking. But while it appears that Fetterman has only recently called for a fracking moratorium, retired Navy Admiral Joe Sestak has indeed been calling for a moratorium since he first ran for U.S. Senate in 2010. Sestak says he supports a moratorium until protections for the environment and people’s public health are established; oversight agencies are properly staffed; and a severance tax of 4.5 percent to 5 percent is put in place. He says tax revenue should go toward infrastructure, education and capital investments that move small businesses into areas of job growth, like renewable energy. And he notes that this is the best time to institute a moratorium, due to the low price of gas and a resulting standstill on drilling. “This is the right time to do it,” says Sestak. “We can’t pump any more natural gas out of Pennsylvania anyway. In fact, I think one company has about 70 wells sitting there, not fracking because there is no point to it.” Sestak says Pennsylvania governors to date have not ensured that the DEP was sufficiently prepared before supporting fracking in the state. He says fracking should not occur on public land and that children “should not see [drilling rigs] as they walk out of school.” Allegheny County small-businessman Joe Vodvarka did not specify whether he is in favor of a severance tax, a moratorium or increased enforcement. However, he did mention a “concern for our watershed” should be kept in mind. He says that if fracking is to occur on public land, then citizens should benefit from “preferential rates for natural gas” to lower their gas bills. Vodvarka also believes we should not be exporting our natural gas, as gas companies seek to do. “We should definitely not be tapping into our reserves and risking our environment to export those resources at giveaway prices,” says Vodvarka. “What’s drilled here should stay here.” RYA N D E TO@ P G HC I T Y PA P E R. C OM
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MAKING CONNECTIONS Pittsburgh nonprofits team up to provide computers to Latino families {BY ASHLEY MURRAY} IN A 3,000-square-foot space behind Construction Junction, in North Point Breeze, volunteers sit among boxed-up computers on old Home Depot shelving, and they split duties between disassembling and refurbishing Macs and PCs. “We only want computers that work. Then we erase them and put educational software on them,” says Dave Sevik, executive director of Computer Reach, a nonprofit that refurbishes computers for nonprofits that serve low-income individuals in the U.S. and worldwide. In another room, volunteers are stationed at 10 work benches equipped with monitors and ethernet cords. “These computers were just donated from a local business, and we’ve immediately erased all of the software and put free Linux on it,” Sevik says. This Sat., Feb. 27, Computer Reach will donate 250 refurbished machines, equipped
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Kevin Driscoll, of Computer Reach, and volunteer Pietro Curigliano work on refurbishing computers.
with software in Spanish — iMac G-3s, “the give computers to, they don’t have access colorful ones that look like candy,” he says to the Internet.” Many of the families migrating to Pitts— to Colombia en Pittsburgh, a nonprofit serving Latinos in Pittsburgh that will dis- burgh now are coming from Mexico and tribute them to low-income families. The Central America. Pittsburgh used to see a lot of immigrants from South America — initiative is called the Good Home Project. Once the computer reaches a family’s and educated professionals, like doctors home, Sevik and his team will begin and professors, says Rosamaria Cristello, follow-up calls, asking whether the family of the Latino Family Center in Hazelwood, was able to set up the computer and connect which connects immigrants to services. (Though the Latino community is it to the Internet. “They have to agree to be in our roughly 2 percent of Allegheny County’s population, Cristello says it grew 71 study,” says Sevik. “We call it a lending percent between 2000 and 2010.) library,where they don’t own the She says mainly these immicomputer. But as long as they’re Go to grants are working in construcgoing to use it and be in our h g .p w w w tion, restaurant service and user study and it makes a difr.com citypape housekeeping. ference in their lives, they can to hear le ic rt a “There’s definitely a need. have it as long as they want. is th h. The cost of a computer, it’s a in Spanis When they don’t want it anylot,” she says. “In this case, the more, they have to give it back computers that Colombia en Pittsand [we] give it to someone else.” burgh [is distributing], the software is Sevik says the user study about how the families use the computer will help his or- in Spanish.” Unlike in other cities, Pittsburgh’s Latiganization apply for future funding. “[Our organization] tries to provide no population hasn’t built one central cominformation online, and they respond munity, and Cristello says this causes isolato us that they don’t have a computer at tion and language-barrier issues. “We’re all home,” says Ella Serrato of Colombia en over the county, from Robinson to MonroPittsburgh, which does educational and eville, obviously Beechview and Brookline, philanthropic work in Colombia and for and Squirrel Hill, Highland Park, and East Colombians in the city. She’s leading the Liberty and North Side,” she says. But Serrato says that word has gotten distribution effort. Originally, Serrato was working with around about the program. “We are receiving a lot of calls, and the Computer Reach to ship the machines to poor families in Colombia, but she ran into main question is, ‘Do I have to sign something?’ No, we are just going to make a call issues with customs. “So now we are trying to donate them and ask how having a computer at home here in the Latino community,” Serrato is changing your life,” Serrato says. “Is it says. “The people who we are going to working? That is the main goal.” A M URRAY @ P G HC I T Y PA P E R. C OM
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STATE OF DENIAL {BY BILL O’DRISCOLL} IN MID-JANUARY, plenty of Pennsylvanians would rather visit Florida. But this is 2016. A few decades from now, Florida will be a very different place — somewhat smaller, and much wetter and saltier. And nobody seems to have a real plan to cope. I just spent 10 days in Florida, a state some call a poster child for the effects of climate change. Most worrisome is sealevel rise. Oceans fed by melting glaciers and ice sheets, and expanding as they absorb more heat, are rising at more than an inch per decade. Florida has 1,350 miles of coastline, second-most of any state, and the second-lowest mean elevation of any state. In Miami-Dade County, home to 2.7 million, the average elevation is 6 feet above sea level. Six feet versus one inch per decade might not sound too scary. But globally, sea-level rise is accelerating. And in Miami, according to University of Miami figures, the high-water mark in recent years has been (for reasons unknown) shooting up even faster, by nearly an inch a year. In areas including Miami Beach, flooded streets no longer require a big storm; all that’s necessary is an especially high tide. “Year by year, flooding due to heavy rain, storm surge and high tides will become more frequent and more severe,” Brian McNoldy, a researcher at UM’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, has written. “Water tables will continue to rise, and saltwater intrusion will continue to contaminate freshwater supplies.” Of the 10 cities globally with the most assets at risk from rising seas, according to one 2008 report, four occupy coastal Florida. Further inland, even a sea-level rise of 3 feet by 2100 could threaten the Everglades’ unique freshwater ecosystem with inundation by saltwater. And 3 feet is the most optimistic prediction: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration projects a rise of up to 6-and-ahalf feet. So Florida’s collective hair must be on fire, right? It’s ready to relocate vulnerable populations, provide drinking water for millions and go all-in for renewable energy to cut emissions of the greenhouse gasses driving such changes? Sorry, no. Tidewater is lapping at gated, multimillion-dollar homes and Porsche chassis, writes Elizabeth Kol-
bert in “The Siege of Miami,” her article in the Dec. 21 New Yorker — but people, too, continue flooding south Florida and buying expensive oceanfront real estate. How long until insurers and mortgage lenders start backing out? The only plan, Kolbert writes, seems to be installing more pumps and vaguely hoping for some yet-unknown technological fix. Elsewhere, off Key Largo, I took a two-hour glass-bottomed boat tour of a coral reef; our guides noted such environmental concerns as invasive fish species and discarded plastic bags; they never once mentioned climate change, which is expected to devastate reefs worldwide. B u t t h e p r o b l e m ’s worse than mere obliviousness. In October, Florida was among the states that sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over the federal Clean Power Plan, meant to curb carbon emissions. Last March, the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting reported that Gov. Rick Scott had barred state employees, contractors and volunteers from using the terms “climate change” and “global warming” in official communications. Meanwhile, the two Republican presidential hopefuls from Florida, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio and former Gov. Jeb Bush — both Miami residents — have been so blasé about climate change that in January, 15 south Florida mayors felt compelled to write the two to request a meeting to “help us chart a path forward to protect our state and the entire United States.” Pennsylvania, too, faces risks from climate change, including more extreme weather and the dangers associated with higher peak summer temperatures (like deadly heat waves). Unlike Florida’s, these risks are not existential. But remember: Just 13 months ago our traditionally fossil-fuel producing commonwealth had a governor who was himself never known to utter the words “climate change.” Even now, Pennsylvania’s Republican legislature wouldn’t mind crippling our own approach to complying with the Clean Power Plan. A few years back, a Union of Concerned Scientists report predicted that by 2050, climate change might give Pennsylvania a climate more like that of Alabama. And that, after all, is right next door to Florida.
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FUTURES GAME {BY MIKE WYSOCKI}
A LOT OF people may not know it, but 1984 was the year everything changed in Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh Penguins were a mess. In fact, they routinely had smaller crowds than the local indoor-soccer team and were still several years away from their first Stanley Cup. But that year marked the arrival of Mario Lemieux, a man who would not only turn the team around, but would inspire Pittsburghers to start producing hockey players. Before that you either played football or waited for your uncle to get you a union job. Nowadays, we are like Canada South: We pronounce the word “out” differently than the rest of the world, we wear mullets, we have bad weather and we make great hockey players. Mario was so good that we all wanted to produce little “Les Magnifiques.” Currently Pittsburgh has six players in the NHL. R.J. Umberger was the most recognized thing about Plum High School before the recent — well, let’s just call them scandals — made the news. He was just the second Western Pennsylvania-born NHL player after Ryan “Bugsy” Malone. In 1998, Umberger led the Plum Mustangs to a Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League AAA league championship against Central Catholic. In that season, Umberger scored 116 points in just 26 games. Unfortunately for Pens fans, he dons the black and orange of the hated Philadelphia Flyers, which means there’s a chance that some of his family members don’t root for his team. Brandon Saad was born in 1992, the year the Penguins hoisted Lord Stanley for the second time. Twenty-four years later he has two Cups of his own. The Pine-Richland graduate won both of them with the Chicago Blackhawks, in 2013 and 2015. Saad established himself as a clutch prime-time player when he had eight goals, including two game-winners, in the post-season. As a reward, the Blackhawks shipped him off to Ohio to play for the less prestigious Columbus Blue Jackets. A $36 million contract helped ease the pain. John Gibson is straight outta Whitehall; he’s the only goaltender on the list, and a good one. He made the NHL All-Star game this season as a member of the Anaheim Ducks. That’s the team Emilio Estevez used to coach, if the movies are to be believed.
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After a storied career with the USA National team, Gibson made his pro debut at the age of 20. Not only that, he had a shutout in his first playoff game. He’s only 22 now and has a chance to be the best of the bunch. Vincent Trocheck is also only 22 and already a starter for the Florida Panthers. His teammate Jaromir Jagr had two Stanley Cups under his belt when Trocheck was born. Trocheck was born in Upper St. Clair but his family moved to Detroit when he was 13. He had 22 points last year in Miami and has already surpassed that total this season. Mike Weber is a Seneca Valley native who has had a solid NHL career as a defenseman. Weber played for the Pittsburgh Junior B Penguins and wound up being drafted by the Buffalo Sabres in 2006. He is Pittsburghtough for sure. In a game against the Rangers, Weber was on the receiving end of a cheap shot by Tanner Glass. Weber lifted Glass by the scruff of his neck and put him into the penalty box. Don’t mess with a Seneca Valley Raider. Matt Bartkowski shunned the golfers and water polo players of Mount Lebanon to play hockey. Now in Vancouver, Bartkowski played several seasons with the wicked Boston Bruins. As a defenseman, he doesn’t score much, but really makes it count when he does. His first-ever NHL goal came in the playoffs, in Game 7 versus Toronto. In all, 15 players from Western Pennsylvania have cashed a check earned playing pro hockey. That’s pretty good for a football town. So when you’re trapped in the house on those cold nights with nothing to do, get busy making those future hockey players.
MARIO WAS SO GOOD THAT WE ALL WANTED TO PRODUCE LITTLE “LES MAGNIFIQUES.”
What does your child buy at convenience stores? The RAND Corporation, in Pittsburgh, is conducting a research study to learn about what children, ages 11-17, purchase at convenience stores. Participation requires completion of a 20 minute phone or web survey and one 90 minute visit to the RAND study center. Children who complete the study will be compensated for their time and effort with $50 in gift certificates. Parking and travel compensation is provided. If you are interested and want to find out more, please call 412-545-3005 or c-storestudy@rand.org or http://www.rand.org/storestudy. The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decision making through research and analysis.
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JENNIFER KOH, VIOLINIST • WILLIAM D. CABALLERO, HORN GEORGE VOSBURGH, TRUMPET • CRAIG KNOX, TUBA In 1896, Grover Cleveland had settled into his second term. The Dow Jones Average was established. F. Scott Fitzgerald was born. John Philip Sousa penned “The Stars and Stripes Forever.”
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Do you have a wild child that would enjoy exploring all that the great outdoors has to offer? Sign them up for Wildlife Fun Camp! They will get a chance to meet native Pennsylvania wildlife, create animal themed crafts, make new friends, and so much more! This year, each of our sessions has its own unique theme. It is sure to be a wild time.
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operated traditional summer day camp for boys and girls ages 4 - 15. Our 18 acre layout allows plenty of room for our activities that include swimming in ourheated pool, horseback riding, zip lines, rope courses, nature, archery, crafts, music, drama and field games. We also provide transportation from many areas and lunch.
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Chatham Music and Arts Day Camp The Chatham Music and Arts Day Camp, offers programs in Shadyside and the North Hills for campers en-
JUNE 13–AUGUST 26 Original art and architecture, dinosaurs, ecology, biodiversity, ancient civilizations, and scientific mysteries inspire fun-filled and creative full- and half-day experiences.
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Doodlebugs Your child can spend one week or the entire summer participating in our exciting summer camp. Doodle Bugs! provides a safe, supervised environment that keeps children active through creative learning and fun activities. We offer camps geared
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Gemini Theater Gemini Theater Summer Acting Camps are fun and creative workshops that help unlock and cultivate your child's imagination. Our 5-day camps provide hands-on experience in a real theater and under the guidance of theater professionals, each group creates, writes, produces, and performs their show on the last day of camp.
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GirlGov WGF’s GirlGov program kicks off with a trip to Harrisburg June 12th – June 16th. Girls entering 9th -12th grade in SW PA will learn about government, advocacy, and women’s history. They will meet women who help run the state and shadow their state legislator. Visit GirlGov.org for details & applications.
Hatch Art Studio Transform ideas into works of art this sum-
mer at Hatch, a new children's art studio in Point Breeze. We'll explore a new theme each week, emphasizing creativity and trying new techniques like fabric dyeing, printmaking, and build-
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Jewish Community Center There’s something special about JCC Day Camps, where summer is for kids! Campers ages 2 to 16 will swim, climb, explore nature and science, shoot hoops, kick a ball, stage a musical, join the circus, take trips. Programs include traditional day camps and performing arts and specialty camps at our 100acre Family Park in Monroeville and in Squirrel Hill and the South Hills.
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on the stage. Working with a Director, Music Director and Choreographer, students will create their own exciting musical theater experience! Camps end in a performance at the CLO Academy.
Pittsburgh Glass Center SiO2 Teen Boot Camp at Pittsburgh Glass Center. A formula shattering the notion of glass, SiO2 Boot Camp is a one-week hands-on glass program for high school students taught in one of the top glass studios in the U.S. Learn the science and art of glass including glassblowing, flameworking, kilnforming, and coldworking.
CAMP SPIRIT OF THE GAME Camp Spirit is Pittsburgh’s premier ultimate frisbee summer camp for boys and girls ages 7-14. Campers develop sportsmanship, teamwork, and conflict resolution skills. June 13 - 17
North (North Park)
June 20 - 24
City (Schenley Park)
June 27 - July 1
City (Schenley Park)
July 4 - 8
South (Moore Park)
July 11 - 15
North (North Park)
July 18 - 22
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Each camp is 5 full days: 9:30am– 3:30pm
Camp Deer Creek . . .since 1933
Pittsburgh’s Oldest & “Funnest” Family Owned & Operated Children’s Day Camp
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TECHSHOP PGH DESIGN & BUILD SUMMER CAMP
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Rodef Shalom Rodef Shalom Preschool & Summer Camp - 4905 Fifth Avenue, Shadyside. Flexible camp registration lets you sign up for only the weeks that work for your family’s schedule. Developmentally appropriate program integrates Reform Jewish values in curriculum. Outdoor/Indoor play area. All children welcome. Now accepting applications for 2016-2017 school year. Contact Mimsie Leyton 412-6216566 x127 leyton@rodefshalom.org.
The Frick Summer Camps at The Frick Pittsburgh: Passport to Imagination Discover the wonders of history, explore
Is your tinkerer interested in how things work? These hands-on, project-based day camps are geared to intrigue and fire up the curiosity of kids ages 8-17. Camps run Monday - Friday from 9:30am - 3:30pm starting June 13th. Call 412-345-7182 or email info.pgh@techshop.com for more information.
vintage automobiles, create amazing art, and play in the best backyard in town! Racers and Rumbleseats: June 27–July 1 OR Museum Mysteries Aug. 15–19. Register before April 30 and save 10%. Call 412-371-0600.
Shady Side Academy Shady Side Academy offers affordable, fun summer programs for kids ages 3-18 on its three campuses in Fox Chapel and Point Breeze. Offerings include day camps, sports and specialty camps, and summer school. Lunch provided, before and after care available. Busing from the North Hills and East End available. www. shadysideacademy.org/summer
Sunburst School of Music Camp at Sunburst School of Music is a fun and creative week-long experience for any young musician. Campers will write their own Rock Opera, create Bowie’s next persona, jam in Schenley Park, produce an album and more. For aspiring guitarists, bassists, keyboardists, vocalists and producers 6-17. See sunburstmusic.com/ camps for dates.
Saint Vincent Challenge
Weekly, half-day, and full day summer camps are available!
The Galaxy at Saint Vincent College June 26-July1, 2016. The Challenge Program at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe is a theme based, week long, overnight summer opportunity
Sweetwater Center for the Arts ®
Where Creativity Flows
Call Lewis to hear about all of our great JCC camps
J&R Day Camp • Performing Arts • Travel • Specialties • 412-697-3537
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TEEN BOOT CAMP JULY 11 - 15, 2016
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Sweetwater Center for the Arts Sweetwater Center for the Arts offers weekly, half-day and full-day summer camps for children ages 4-17. Students will explore visual, performing, and culinary arts. Summer camps are from June 6 to August 12. Register for classes through May 31 and receive 10% off tuition.
When registering online, use coupon code summer16early10.
TechShop Design and Build Camp introduces young innovators to software and provides a chance to bring creations to life using TechShop’s laser cutters and 3D printers! Projects are defined by the imagination of the child and can be made from a variety of materials, including wood, cardboard, acrylic, and plastic. Students who take and successfully pass this course will be certified to use the Laser Cutters, Printerbot 3D printers, and the Heat Press and Vinyl Cutters at TechShop.
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The Challenge Program is a week long summer program that provides students in grades K-12 with an innovative academic experience. The Summer 2016 Challenge Program at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, has a unique galaxy and space theme adventure incorporated into fun events, academic courses, activities and even campus housing!
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Anyone who has ever visited Carmody’s Restaurant in Franklin Park will remember two things right away — the late-’70s/ early-’80s décor and the cheese balls. The latter was a thick warm ball of provolone, breaded ever so slightly, and paired with a great marinara. The cheesey-tomatoey combo was one of the best bites I’ve ever had in my life. Alas, my cheese-based world came crashing down when the place was closed to make room for a hotel. But last week, I heard about the new Carmody’s Grille in the old Neville Island Hotel, on Neville Island. The Grille was opened by Paul Carmody and his brother, who are grandsons of the owners of the former venue. Carmody says that he, his father and sister all worked at the Franklin Park restaurant for years, before their father died, about 15 years ago. Carmody said he and his brother decided to move forward with the new restaurant — buying and renovating the new location, and serving what he calls “upscale pub style.” The Grille, just recently opened, has a more contemporary feel, but some old favorites — like the cheese balls — remain. The kitchen is using the same recipes. Carmody says, “We only use fresh ingredients and we bread them and make them here on site, nothing frozen. That’s why they’re so good.” And so worth the quick drive up Route 65.
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of appetizers and drinks with friends. The menu is in line with the decor, ranging from simple snacks like fried chick peas or baked olives to formal entrees like roasted duck. In between are salads, pizzas and cal-
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CP APPROVED zones from that enticing oven, and half-adozen pastas. Indications of authenticity are everywhere: The equivalent of pepperoni pizza is made with house-cured soppres-
sata, and the only red sauce is Amatriciana, spicy and studded with succulent bits of house-made guanciale (cured pork jowl) where others might use bacon. We were intrigued by the fried chick peas, an item you don’t see on every Italian menu. Served in a paper cone, they had been flash-fried together with aromatic herbs, including whole sage leaves. The effect was warm, creamy interiors with thin, flavorful skin that crisped when it pulled away. The order was more than generous, a good thing since we kept reaching back for more. More traditional Italian appetizers include meatballs and beans and greens. The meatballs were served atop polenta described on the menu as “creamy,” but which we found more rustic, though in a pleasing way that matched the hearty beef and pork meatballs. Made with a bread-and dairy CONTINUES ON PG. 28
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panade for tenderness, these were richly flavored, with visible bits of bread breaking up the meat. Beans and greens is a ubiquitous dish that usually satisfies, but rarely stands out. Here the savory, chili-spiked broth had a velvety texture and a deeply layered umami flavor, despite this recipe including no meat. There was plenty of escarole and creamy cannellini, plus the surprising addition of barley, which worked by broadening the dish’s earthy flavor notes and bringing smaller but firmer grains to its texture. Della Terra’s pizza dough was good enough to form the basis of a great pizzeria — a perfect blend of crisp and chew. But more importantly, it had a yeasty flavor so well developed that the crust, far from being left on the plate, became a reward for finishing the toppings. Not that the toppings weren’t their own reward: The soppressata, sliced paper-thin, was packed with flavor, and thicker, fat-marbled porchetta — slowroasted strips of pork belly, reminiscent of rosemary-scented, chewy-tender bacon — made a substantial, unusual and delicious meal out of a zesty pesto pie, dolloped with sweet, creamy lumps of ricotta. Even aside from the guanciale, we were impressed that Della Terra’s pasta all’Amatriciana was made with bucatini, a long, hollow, tube-like noodle with a pleasingly resilient texture, and Locatelli, one of the finest brands of Pecorino Romano cheese. The combination of ingredients added up to a superb rendition of this classic Roman dish — robust and complex, yet balanced among sweet, salty, savory and bright, tomatoey notes. Jason was sorely tempted by another pasta, carrot gnocchi cacciatore, with rabbit, tomatoes, peppers, onions and mushrooms, but others must have felt the same way, since it was out before we could order. He defaulted to pork loin gorgonzola. The meat was a gorgeous hunk from the shoulder end of the loin, meaning it was marbled and rectangular, rather than circular, with a luscious fat cap atop. It was well seared and served in slices over a red-pea risotto. This contained no rice, just tiny red peas in a sauce made slightly creamy by the gorgonzola; it served beautifully as both side and sauce for the pork. In fact, the ends of the loin had been seared a touch too aggressively, but the rich meat remained moist, and the luscious sauce pretty well hid any imperfection. Our previous meal at Burgh’ers had given us high hopes for Della Terra, which exceeded them at every turn. In fact, Della Terra is among our favorite Italian restaurants in and around Pittsburgh, and in a region with as much Italian food as ours, that is high praise indeed. INF O @PGH C IT YPAPE R . C O M
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{BY CELINE ROBERTS}
HITTING THE MARK A new bar focuses on shots and beers A few months after opening, The Goldmark is hitting its stride. The Lawrenceville bar-meets-music-venue — named for Peter Goldmark, inventor of the vinyl record — is bro-chic. A small fridge of Red Bull sits atop an original, carved wooden bar surrounded by exposed brick walls, hung with art and hiding the occasional candle-lit nook. Red light emanates from the bar lamps onto a menu that lists both curated cocktails and beer-and-shot pairings.
“I WANT THIS TO BE A NEIGHBORHOOD BAR.” Cocktails are priced at a reasonable $8. Beers and shots come at three price tiers, from $5-12: “Ballin’ on a Budget,” “Ball So Hard” and, finally, “That Sh!t Cray.” Respectively, this means pairings like Tecate and tequila, Guinness and Jameson or Golden Monkey and Bookers. A separate beer list hosts domestics like Miller Lite and craft beers, side by side. “I’m personally not a huge craft-beer fan,” admits co-owner Adam Kulik, “but there’s a demand for it. We’re learning as we go.” Even wine drinkers are accommodated with a short list. The menu’s diversity is part of Kulik and co-owner Nicole Billitto’s mission to provide a welcoming and affordable bar in Lawrenceville. “I want this to be a neighborhood bar that regular people can afford to come to a few times a week. I don’t want to pay $14 for a drink,” says Kulik. The Goldmark’s pursuit of diversity extends to its function as a venue for DJs of different styles to play their music, meet each other and try new things. Kulik, a.k.a. DJ Nugget, has been spinning records for 20 years, so filling the bar with music every night, Tuesday through Saturday, is close to his heart. Tuesdays are dominated by guest DJs while Wednesdays and Thursdays will feature monthly parties. If a stiff drink and a tune aren’t enough to convince you, The Goldmark hopes to begin offering late-night food from take-out windows at the back of the bar. CELINE@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
4517 Butler St. www.thegoldmark.com
Wine Down Wednesdays All Wine is Half Price! Dining Room and Bar, Bottles and Glasses 5 to 9 p.m.
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Dessert Bar Banquets of 20-200 Guests Minutes from Downtown, Close to the Liberty Tunnel Next to the Red, White & Blue Store
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AMEL’S. 435 McNeilly Road, Baldwin. 412-563-3466. This South Hills institution serves up a broad selection of Mediterranean favorites, from kabobs and pilafs to lemony salads, as well as staples of the American and Italian comfort cuisine. Amel’s atmosphere is lively with seating in the restaurant’s amusing and lavishly decorated warrens. KE
BISTRO 9101. 9101 Perry Highway, McCandless. 412-318-4871. This North Hills bistro offers a fresh take on familiar fare, in a white-tablecloth-casual setting, such as: pig wings,” salmon cakes, a brisket burger on a pretzel bun and “Jambalini” — a riff on jambalya in which shrimp, mussels and scallops were served over fetticini in a “spicy” tomato broth. LE
Bistro 9101 {CP FILE PHOTO BY HEATHER MULL} 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
BZ BAR AND GRILL. 140 Federal St., North Side. 412-323-2924. This sports bar offers thoughtfully conceived and better-than-average fare. Lively sandwiches include brisket sliders and a Cuban, with pickled red onions. Or try the pearand-bleu-cheese pizza, or the “turducken burger”: a turkey burger with duck confit, sage aioli, fried egg and arugula. KE CAFÉ NOTTE. 8070 Ohio River Blvd., Emsworth. 412-761-2233. Tapas from around the globe are on the menu at this charmingly converted old gas station. The small-plate preparations are sophisticated, and the presentations are uniformly lovely. Flavors range from Asian-style crispy duck wings and scallops-three-ways to roasted peppers stuffed with ricotta. KE
gathering places. Try the “Super Bowl” omelet. J DOUBLE WIDE GRILL. 2339 E. Carson St., South Side (412-390-1111) and 100 Adams Shoppes, Route 288, Mars (724-553-5212). You may cringe at the “white trash” theme, or feel bemused at ordering sautéed shrimp and woodgrilled portabella on a faux TVdinner tray. But there’s plenty of good vegan fare, beer and a fun filling-station-turnedrestaurant ambience. KE D’S SIX PAX & DOGZ. 1118 S. Braddock Ave., Regent Square. 412-241-4666. This established venue is known for its revered pub fries and the classic wiener with kraut (plus plenty of beer to wash it down). But don’t miss the pizza, with a top-notch crust. D’s continues to raise the preparation of salty, cheesy, fatty comfort food to an art. JE
BLUE. Duncan Manor Plaza, McCandless. 412-369-9050. Blue may be located in a strip mall, but it makes up points with an urbane, lively, clublike interior and a sophisticated, contemporary menu that runs the gamut from the de rigueur (chicken satay) to the refreshing (gorgonzola hummus). And that’s just the appetizers. LE
China Palace Shadyside Peking, Hunan, Szechuan and Mandarin
DINING LISTINGS KEY J = Cheap K = Night Out L = Splurge E = Alcohol Served F = BYOB
BIGELOW GRILLE: REGIONAL COOKING AND BAR. Doubletree Hotel, One Bigelow Square, Downtown. 412-281-5013. This upscale restaurant offers fine foods with Steeltown flair, like “Pittsburgh rare” seared tuna (an innovation borrowed from steelworkers cooking meat on a blast furnace). The menu is loaded with similar ingenious combinations and preparations. KE
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412- 481-1118 860 Saw Mill Run Blvd. ( Rte. 51S)
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THE CHELSEA GRILLE. 515 Allegheny Ave., Oakmont. 412-828-0570. The menu here covers mostly familiar ground, with red-sauce pasta, chops and an unusual predilection for Mornay sauce. But that’s not to say that dinner here is rote. From the fritto baguette to the rarebit-ish Chicken Wisconsin, the classics prove quite surprising. JE DELUCA’S. 2015 Penn Ave., Strip District. 412-566-2195. DeLuca’s doesn’t have the White House cachet of Pamela’s, but the portions are large and the quarters are close. On weekends, it’s one of Pittsburgh’s great
EGGS N’AT. 8556 University Blvd., Moon Township. 412-2622920. This stylish and cheery diner offers a variety of pancakes, as well as sandwiches and combo platters of breakfast foods. The “Mama Evans” pancakes are filled with blueberries and bacon, a combination that is smoky, sweet and savory all at once. Also on offer: muffuleta, a New Orleans-style multi-layered and pressed sandwich. J GAUCHO PARRILLA. 1607 Penn Ave., Strip District. 412-709-6622. Wood-fired meat and vegetables, paired with delectable sauces, make this Argentine-barbecue eatery worth stopping at. The beef, chicken, sausage and seafood is all infused with flavor from the wood grill. Add-on sauces include: chimichurri; ajo (garlic and herbs in olive oil); cebolla, with caramelized
Pino’s Contemporary Italian {CP FILE PHOTO BY HEATHER MULL} onions; and the charredpepper pimenton. KF JG’S TARENTUM STATION GRILLE. 101 Station Drive, Tarentum. 724-226-3301. An old-school continental menu and a well-restored train station make this restaurant a destination. The menu leans toward Italian fine dining, plus steaks and chops. But well-charred chicken Louisiana and dishes featuring habañero and poblano peppers denote some contemporary American updating. LE
to its pizzeria days, through pastas of varying sophistication, to inventive, modern entrees. Some dishes pull out the stops, including seafood Newburg lasagna and veal with artichokes, peppers, olives and wild mushrooms over risotto. But don’t forgo the flatbread pizzas, many with gourmet options. KE
ROOT 174. 1113 S. Braddock Ave., Regent Square. 412-243-4348. The foundation of the menu is also a basic formula: fresh, local and seasonal ingredients. To this, add an adventurous selection of meat products, such as bone-marrow brûlée and smoked salmon sausage. Dishes have lengthy ingredient lists, but it www. per a p all comes together pghcitym o .c in satisfying and surprising ways. LE
LA PALAPA. 1925 E. Carson St., South Side. 412-586-7015 or 412-586-4943. Among the basic offerings at this bright, colorful storefront Mexican restaurant — tamales, nachos, tacos, enchiladas — there is other less familiar fare, such as a squid and shrimp salad. And the staple dishes excel with the inclusion of expertly cooked meats, which are moist and flavorful. KF
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LULA. 515 Broad St., Sewickley. 412-749-1200. Seating at this informal tapas bar is lounge-style indoors, and in warm weather, along the sidewalk at café tables. The menu, which also offers a few entrees, is eclectic, and suggestive of Mediterranean cafés, with plenty of seafood, cured meats, cheeses and seasonal produce. Portions are adequate for sharing, if you can bear to part with, say, asparagus spears wrapped in ham. KE PAPAYA. 210 McHolme Drive, Robinson. 412-494-3366. Papaya offers a fairly typical Thai menu — from pad Thai to panang curry — augmented by sushi and a few generic Chinese dishes. The selection may have erred more on the side of reliability than excitement, but the presentations show that the kitchen is making an impression. KE PINO’S CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN. 6738 Reynolds St., Point Breeze. 412-361-1336. The menu at this Italian eatery spans from sandwiches that hearken back
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Arlo Aldo (David Manchester, left) {PHOTO BY SARAH WILSON}
“In order for loss or death or a separation to have any kind of importance, you have to love it,” Arlo Aldo’s David Manchester says, his insouciance giving way to a wistful tone and a fierce gaze. “You have to really love and cherish what you’re losing.” House and Home, the local alt-folk group’s follow up to 2013’s Zelie, explores the sentimentality of love and loss while embracing deeper musical textures as a five-piece band. Arlo Aldo began when frontman Manchester and organist Ariel NielandForbes found each other on Craigslist, where they were the only two non-metal musicians looking to form a band. NielandForbes brought in (now husband) Brandon Forbes on drums, and the three went into the studio to record Zelie. Quickly realizing they needed a bass player, Susanna Meyer (ex-Boca Chica) joined the group, followed by Jessica Hoffman, who came on board to play viola for the recording of House and Home. That record will be released on local label Future Oak Record Co. on Feb. 26. Befitting Manchester’s hauntingly romantic style, the band’s name itself is a nod to birth and death. Manchester wanted to name his son Arlo — an idea that was quickly shut down. It stuck with him, though. He also knew of an Italian architect, Aldo Rossi, who was known for his philosophy of designing cemeteries as a meeting place for the dead: a community of those who have passed. “So this idea of Arlo being tied with birth and Aldo being tied to cherishing death,” Manchester says, “it’s sort of a weird juxtaposition that just fit.” Arlo Aldo has found a home not only with Future Oak Record Co., but also at J. Vega’s Wilderness Recording Studio, where the members recorded Zelie, the three-song EP Spin the Twine and House and Home. “A house and a home are very different things,” says Manchester. “Having a house is just where you keep things, it’s where you sleep. It’s where you eat. But having a home, that’s where you put down roots, somewhere that has meaning, importance, memories.”
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jazz musicians hit Pittsburgh independently during the same week. This triumvirate of music gets even more unusual because several of their performances overlap this weekend. All three of them maintain the foundation of jazz in their approach, but they head in vastly different directions, while also continuing to maintain communication with their fellow musicians and audience. The Associated for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) came to life half a century ago in Chicago to encourage new directions in jazz, specifically in the realm of composition. Trombonist George Lewis was barely out of high school when he got involved with the organization. Since then, he has recorded numerous albums as a leader and sideman, but he has also become prominent as an academic scholar. Currently sitting as an Edward H. Case Professor of American Music at Columbia University, Lewis has been a pioneer in computer music and software that enables musicians to perform simultane-
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ously with players in different cities. As Lewis talks about improvisation, he expounds in ways that go beyond the idea of musicians simply playing together. “Over the years, I began to start hearing music in terms of, not emotional expression, but
GEORGE LEWIS Feb. 25-27, various times, locations and prices. www.music.pitt.edu.
JACK DEJOHNETTE & SAVION GLOVER 7 and 9 p.m. Fri., Feb. 26. Manchester Craftmen’s Guild, 1815 Metropolitan St, North Side. $27-52.50. 412-322-1773 or www.mcgjazz.org.
JEFF “TAIN” WATTS 8 p.m. Sat., Feb. 27. Kelly-Strayhorn Theater, 5941 Penn Ave., East Liberty. $30-40. 412-363-3000 or www.kelly-strayhorn.org
certain kinds of negotiations and positiontaking and advocacy and desire,” he says. “You could tell how people would like the music to go, or what they felt about the
current situation. … These [personal expressions] are being carried by sound.” The idea for Lewis’ Voyager Interactive music software dates back to the late ’70s, when he discovered microcomputers that could interact with the environment and create music in a life-like manner. “There was a sense of agency. You could hear the computer[s] taking these positions, clearly responding to some input,” he recalls. “You could even tell when they were deliberately not paying attention. It was fascinating. I decided I wanted to do that.” For Spooky Interaction, pianist Geri Allen (and director of Jazz Studies at Pitt) and Lewis will perform in Pittsburgh while flutist Nicole Mitchell, trombonist Michael Dessen and saxophonist Francis Wong make up the rest of the group in California. Two local ensembles will perform Lewis’ compositions on separate nights, at Pitt and The Andy Warhol Museum. Drummer Jack DeJohnette left Chicago before the official inception of the AACM. But prior to his departure he went to college and played music with several of the
key members, like pianist Muhal Richard Abrams and saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell, later of the Art Ensemble of Chicago. Since then he has achieved recognition for his own groups and with people like Miles Davis, Charles Lloyd and Keith Jarrett. As a guest of honor at the 2013 Chicago Jazz Festival, DeJohnette chose to reunite his longtime friends for a summit performance. Along with Abrams and Mitchell, the quintet included saxophonist Henry Threadgill and bassist Larry Gray. “We just started where we left off,” says the NEA Jazz Master. “These are all legends, these guys. You don’t have to worry! I always try to surround myself with musicians that I can trust [and who are] qualified enough to interpret the music and also add their own personal vibration to the music.” This Friday, his performance at the Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild goes in another direction. DeJohnette’s trio will be joined by tap dancer Savion Glover, whose skills make him “the Coltrane of tap,” according to the drummer. “Tap and drums are the same,” DeJohnette says to explain the teaming of him, Glover and second dancer Marshall Davis Jr. “They use the same rudiments. The sound is just different. But rhythmically, it’s two drummers playing together, rhythm with subtle
movements of the body.” Unlike the other two musicians, Jeff “Tain” Watts did not grow up in Chicago or have connections to the AACM. Instead, the drummer grew up in the Hill District, and later North Versailles, before attending Duquesne University. Originally a classical percussionist who studied tympani, he eventually decided to devote his time to the trap kit and headed to Boston’s Berklee School (now College) of Music. It was there that he caught the attention of fellow student Branford Marsalis, who introduced him to his brother Wynton. They immediately hit it off, and Watts played on the trumpeter’s noteworthy ’80s albums like Black Codes (For the Underground). In a recent cover story on Watts in JazzTimes, Marsalis described his former bandmate as “an absolute, thorough, complete, once-inan-epoch master of form. In the six years I played with him, I never heard him get off the form, ever.” The article reveals that Watts has become a gale-force drummer in the tradition of players like Elvin Jones or DeJohnette, as well as a prolific composer. 2015’s Blue Vol. 1 and Blue Vol. 2 were his first new releases in four years, and they featured his longtime pianist and fellow Pittsburgh native David Budway, who returns with Watts this week. I NF O @PGH C IT YPAPE R . C O M
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Each Wednesday, music editor Margaret Welsh crafts a Spotify playlist with tracks from artists featured in the music section, and other artists playing around town in the coming days.
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BIG IDEAS, SMALL TOWNS {BY ANDY MULKERIN} IT’S NOT that Jason Isbell wasn’t a great songwriter five years ago. Isbell spent his twenties as one of the platoon of songwriters in alt-country band DriveBy Truckers, and by 2011, he’d released three records under his own name. That year’s entry, Here We Rest, showcased glimmers of brilliance. Then something happened: Isbell faced down his problem with alcohol, married for a second time and, in 2013, gave the world his breakout album, Southeastern. It all came quickly: the handful of Americana Music Awards, the New York Times Magazine profile, the TV appearances. Southeastern, for all the praise it garnered, still wavered at times. The starkly beautiful, personal moments, like the hit “Cover Me Up,” were countered by tunes like the single “Stockholm,” which, while catchy, felt a little contrived. Southeastern was another glimpse of what Jason Isbell was capable of: At age 34, he was at last rolling up his sleeves and getting down to work. So it wasn’t a surprise when, in 2015, Isbell issued an instant classic. Something More Than Free, for which Isbell picked up his first (and second) Grammy, finds the singer in his comfort zone, wrestling with big ideas as they manifest in small towns.
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one thing, and in the end reveals something completely different. It happens on “The Life You Chose,” one of the album’s hookiest offerings. At first, the firstperson narrator seems to be taking an ex to task — “Where’s the Jesus that you swore you’d find after running the last line? Are you living the life you chose? / Or are you living the life that chose you?” But in fact our narrator is also examining his own life, and the tone isn’t so much accusatory as curious: He’s trying to get her back after all these years. “Just tonight I realized I am still in your backseat / Nothing I’ve had since has meant a thing to me.” Time after time on Something More Than Free, Isbell creates characters who are stopping to take stock, not necessarily at a milestone, but at an in-between occasion. Rather than a character whose father has died, he brings us a character whose father is hanging on interminably on life support. Rather than a character who rejoices in religion (or renounces it completely), he offers one who is “too tired to go to church” but will “thank God for the work.” While the sameness of Isbell’s characters has been the source of some sparing criticism, it’s precisely what makes Something More Than Free a complete album, and a great one. While Jason Isbell was a pretty great songwriter five years ago, he’s proven himself a master of his art since.
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The album’s lead single, “24 Frames” (the source of one of Isbell’s Grammys), could read as an elegy. It’s full of loss, and presents the album’s first questions regarding fate: “You thought God was an architect, now you know / He’s something like a pipe bomb ready to blow.” But far from resignation, the tenor is defiant. Congratulations: You’ve begun to recognize that life might just be a series of non sequiturs. This is how you move on anyway. That’s a trick that recurs throughout Something, but doesn’t get old: The song that appears from the outset to mean
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ROUGH ROADS {BY CHARLIE DEITCH} CRUZ CONTRERAS couldn’t wait for 2016 to arrive. Last year proved to be a challenging one for the Black Lillies, the Knoxville, Tenn.based alt-country band that Contreras fronts. Last February the band got off the Cayamo Cruise — a cruise-ship music festival featuring singer-songwriter acts like John Prine, Lucinda Williams and John Hiatt. It was a nice respite before the band went into the studio to work on a new record. Except two things happened that threw a monkey wrench into the works.
THE BLACK LILIES 8 p.m. Thu., Feb. 25. Jergel’s Rhythm Grille, 103 Slade Lane, Warrendale. $18-21. 724-799-8333 or www.jergels.com
“My two most veteran members were leaving the band; the cruise was their last show,” Contreras told City Paper on a drive back from Houston to Knoxville (more on that in a minute). “Right after that, we were scheduled to go into the studio to make this record with producer Ryan Hewitt, and I lost two of my players and I didn’t have the songs ready to record. We were supposed to start preproduction, and I told Ryan what happened and he just sort of laughed.” But a conversation with Contreras’ 11-year-old son turned things around. “He told me to go write this record and then let’s go buy a farm. My boy was counting on me, so I called Ryan and told him we’d be ready.” That record, Hard to Please, was released in October and offers listeners the perfect
mix of country, blues, rock and bluegrass for a distinct sound. So as they headed out on tour, Contreras says he knew 2016 “would be smooth sailing.” Then on the morning of Jan. 26, the band were leaving their Houston hotel when they noticed their van and instrument trailer were gone. “My first thought was, hmm, I must have gotten X-ray vision overnight because I can see right through our van,” Contreras laughs now. In addition to the vehicle, the band members lost all of their instruments, from custom-made mandolins to Contreras’ 1952 Gibson J-45 guitar. “The minute I picked it up, I knew it was my lifetime guitar,” Contreras says. “I had plans for that to be the one. I’m still holding out hope that it will come back around to me. Somebody somewhere is going to see that guitar and realize that it just looks like it’s being missed. “People asked us why I don’t take a junk guitar on the road, but we travel with our good instruments because those vintage instruments are part of who we are and how we get our sound.” But the band members didn’t flinch. They know how to handle adversity. “There was no crying,” Contreras says. “We rented some cars to get back home for a show, we borrowed instruments and we got on the stage. Then we went on the cruise again this year. We definitely needed that time.” Things are already looking up for the band. While the instruments are still missing, the van was found and Contreras was driving it back home during this interview. “The music business is tough; touring is tough, but we’ve developed the ability to deal with the challenges no matter how difficult they are,” Contreras says. And what if 2016 decides to remain rocky? “Bring it on, we’ll deal with it.” CDEI TCH @PGH C IT YPAPE R . C O M
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Different Park — is just trying to make the rest of us feel better about ourselves. Relateability is key to country stardom, and Musgraves (appearing tonight at Stage AE) has that down. But she also writes damn catchy songs, making her one of those rare artists whose fans include both pop-country radio listeners and oldcountry purists. MW 6:30 p.m. 400 North Shore Drive, North Side. $30-35. 412-229-5483 or www.stageae.com
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Northampto Mass.’s sassy trio Northampton, Potty Mouth has punk elements: the fuzzed-out bass; the guitar moves that lie ssomewhere between Nada Surf and Nirvana; and an attitude tthat brings to mind MTV’s cartoon heroine Daria. But vocalist Abby Daria Weems sounds a little Wee too Alanis Morissette to truly tru receive the punk qualifier. That’s not a qu bad b thing, though, and a Potty Mouth carries the alternative c banner quite handily. ba See the band tonight at The T Smiling Moose with wit Stove and The Lopez. AW 6:30 p.m. Lope E. Carson St., South 1306 E Side. $10. 412-431-4668 or 4 www.smiling-moose.com www.smilin
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ROCK/POP THU 25 CLUB CAFE. El Ten Eleven w/ Shallou. South Side. 412-431-4950. JERGEL’S RHYTHM GRILLE. The Black Lillies, Molly Alphabet. Warrendale. 724-799-8333. LAVA LOUNGE. AMRCNDREAMING, Marrshun, Bindley Hardware Co., Minooka Wainwright. South Side. 412-431-5282. LINDEN GROVE. U.R.B. Castle Shannon. 412-882-8687. PITTSBURGH WINERY. Megan Slankard, Alex Wong, Korby Lenker. The Doers & Dreamers Tour. Strip District. 412-566-1000.
FRI 26 CLUB CAFE. The Weeks w/ Tristen. South Side. 412-431-4950. JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. A Tribute to David Bowie w/ Wreckloose, Badcuster, Morgan Erina & more. North Side. 412-904-3335.
JERGEL’S RHYTHM GRILLE. Six Year Stretch. Warrendale. 724-799-8333. LINDEN GROVE. Dancing Queen. Castle Shannon. 412-882-8687. THE MR. ROBOTO PROJECT. Meridian, Barons, Chattel Tail, Swampwalk. Bloomfield. 412-706-1643. PARK HOUSE. Joel Lindsey Trio. North Side. 412-224-2273. PITTSBURGH WINERY. The Six. Strip District. 412-566-1000. SPIRIT HALL & LOUNGE. Black Bear Combo, Pandemic. Lawrenceville. 412-251-6058. THUNDERBIRD CAFE. Meeting of Important People, Molly Alphabet, Paul Luc. Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177.
SAT 27 CATTIVO. Volcano Dogs, Love Dumpster, Bloated Sluts, Murder for Girls, The Hillbilly Varmints. Trashplosion Music & Film Event. Lawrenceville. 412-687-2157. CLUB CAFE. Marshall Crenshaw. Early. Julia Holter w/ Circuit
Des Jeux. Late. South Side. 412-431-4950. CORAOPOLIS VFW POST 402. Eagles Tribute. Coraopolis. DOWNEY’S HOUSE. Gone South. Robinson. 412-489-5631. THE FALLOUT SHELTER. Argyle Goolsby & the Roving Midnight, the Anti-Psychotics, Mindless Chaos, Brazilian Wax, 99 GUNS. Aliquippa. 740-424-0302. HOWLERS. After The Fall, Big House Pete & Through These Walls. Bloomfield. 412-682-0320. JERGEL’S RHYTHM GRILLE. Bon Journey Revival. Warrendale. 724-799-8333. KOPPER KETTLE. King’s Ransom. Washington. 724-225-5221. MEADOWS CASINO. Street Level. Washington. 724-503-1200. MOONDOG’S. theCAUSE. Blawnox. 412-828-2040. SPIRIT HALL & LOUNGE. Shade, Shaky Shrines, Pet Clinic. Lawrenceville. 412-586-4441. THUNDERBIRD CAFE. Meeting of Important People w/ Mystic Seers. Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177.
SUN 28 ALTAR BAR. Anders Osborne, Amy Helm. Strip District. 412-206-9719. HOWLERS. Turpentiners & Daryll Flemming. Bloomfield. 412-682-0320. THE R BAR. Midnite Horns. Dormont. 412-942-0882. ROCKS LANDING BAR & GRILLE. Tony Campbell & the Jazz Surgery. McKees Rocks. 412-875-5809. SMILING MOOSE. Frameworks, Donovan Wolfington, The Incandescents, Curse Words. South Side. 412-431-4668. STAGE AE. Neko Case w/ Jennifer O’Connor. North Side. 412-229-5483.
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MON 29 GOOSKI’S. Beech Creeps, Terry & the Cops. Polish Hill. 412-681-1658. THUNDERBIRD CAFE. Butler Street Sessions. Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177.
TUE 01 CLUB CAFE. Bell Witch, Wrekmeister Harmonies w/ Taphos Nomos. South Side. 412-431-4950. SMILING MOOSE. Potty Mouth. South Side. 412-431-4668. STAGE AE. I the Mighty, Coheed & Cambria, Glassjaw, Silver Snakes. North Side. 412-229-5483.
Each week we bring you a song from a local artist. This week’s offering comes from Brewer’s Row, a band that recently celebrated the 10-year anniversary of its first show. Stream or download “First Snow,” from the new record, There Was a Time We Were Kids, for free at FFW>>, our music blog at www.pghcitypaper.com.
WED 02 ARSENAL BOWLING LANES. Still Not Sober. Lawrenceville. 412-683-5992. CONTINUES ON PG. 38
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GRILLE ON SEVENTH. Tony Campbell & Howie Alexander. Downtown. 412-391-1004. JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & 1LIVE STUDIO. DJ Goodnight: SPEAKEASY. Lou Stellute Duo. Open Elements. Avalon. North Side. 412-904-3335. 412-424-9254. MANCHESTER CRAFTSMEN’S GUILD. Savion Glover & Jack DeJohnette. North Side. 1LIVE STUDIO. DJ Goodnight: 412-322-1773. Open Elements. Avalon. ST. ROSALIA’S CHURCH. 412-424-9254. Roger Barbour Jazz Trio. Greenfield. 412-421-5766. SWEETWATER CENTER www. per pa FOR THE ARTS. The pghcitym COOL SPRINGS GOLD .co Boilermaker Jazz Band. & FAMILY RECREATION Sewickley. 412-741-4405. CENTER. The Witchdoctors.
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FRI 26 ANDYS WINE BAR. DJ Malls Spins Vinyl. Downtown. 412-773-8884. ONE 10 LOUNGE. DJ Goodnight, DJ Rojo. Downtown. 412-874-4582. RIVERS CASINO. DJ NIN. 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.
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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. DJ NIN. North Side. 412-231-7777. ROWDY BUCK. Top 40 Dance. South Side. 412-431-2825. STAGE AE. RJD2 w/ Badboxes, Chalk Dinosaur. North Side. 412-229-5483.
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Bethel Park. 412-831-5080. THE R BAR. Cosmic Attack Blues Band. Dormont. 412-942-0882. SPEAL’S TAVERN. Jim Adler. New Alexandria. 724-433-1322.
JAZZ THU 25 ANDYS WINE BAR. Clare Ascani. Downtown. 412-773-8800. CITY OF ASYLUM. Ches Smith, Craig Taborn & Mat Maneri Ches Smith w/ Craig Taborn & Mat Maneri. North Side. 412-323-0278.
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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. Tania Grubbs. Downtown. 412-773-8800. BREW ON BROADWAY. Carl King & Ublai Bey. Beechview. 412-437-8676.
! P U N E T S LI You read City Paper’s music coverage every week, but why not listen to it too? Each Wednesday, music editor Margaret Welsh crafts a Spotify playlist with tracks from artists featured in the music section, and other artists playing around town in the coming days.
SAT 27 ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM. Sound Series: George Lewis. North Side. 412-624-7529. ANDYS WINE BAR. Mark Pipas. Downtown. 412-773-8800. THE CLUB BAR & GRILL. Teresa Hawthorne Band. Monroeville. 724-307-8688. KELLY-STRAYHORN THEATER. Jeff “Tain” Watts Quartet. East Liberty. 412-363-3000. THE MONROEVILLE RACQUET CLUB. Jazz Bean Live. Every Saturday, a different band. Monroeville. 412-728-4155. PARLAY LOUNGE. RML Jazz. Washington. 412-370-9621. WIGHTMAN SCHOOL. Boilermaker Jazz Band. Squirrel Hill. 412-421-0300.
SUN 28 JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. Richie Cole’s Alto Madness. CD release. North Side. 412-904-3335. JERGEL’S RHYTHM GRILLE. Keely Singer. Warrendale. 724-799-8333.
THE BLIND PIG SALOON. Erin Burkett & Virgil Walters. w/ Eric Susoeff & Jeff Bush. New Kensington. 724-337-7008. NOLA ON THE SQUARE. Rick Matt. Downtown. 412-471-9100.
THU 25 ACOUSTIC MUSIC WORKS. Glenn Roth w/ Daryl Shawn & Scott Reeves. Squirrel Hill. 412-422-0710. DOWNEY’S HOUSE. Aaron from The Lava Game. Robinson. 412-489-5631. ELWOOD’S PUB. Samantha Sears. Rural Ridge. 724-265-1181. HOP FARM BREWING. The Shameless Hex. Lawrenceville. 412-726-7912.
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“Never My Love”
Motorhead
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FRI 26 SPACE. The Armadillos, The Hills & The Rivers. Downtown. 412-325-7723.
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SAT 27 BIDDLE’S ESCAPE. Brad Yoder. Regent Square. 412-999-9009. ELWOOD’S PUB. Mike Huston & Friends. Rural Ridge. 724-265-1181. TAVERN IN THE WALL. Tim & John. Aspinwall. 412-782-6542.
WED 02 ALLEGHENY ELKS LODGE #339. Pittsburgh Banjo Club. Wednesdays. North Side. 412-321-1834. PARK HOUSE. Shelf Life String Band. North Side. 412-224-2273.
REGGAE THU 25 ATRIA’S RESTAURANT & TAVERN. The Flow Band Reggae Rockers. North Side. 412-322-1850.
FRI 26 CAPRI PIZZA AND BAR. Bombo Claat w/ VYBZ Machine Intl Sound System. East Liberty. 412-362-1250.
STAGE AE. Kacey Musgraves Country & Western Rhinestone Revue. North Side. 412-229-5483.
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SAT 27 PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. Celebrating 120 Years of PSO, w/ music from Andre Previn, Beethoven & Leonard Bernstein, among others. Carnegie Music Hall, Oakland. 412-392-4830. RESONANCE WORKS: BON APPETIT. Fundraising event w/ two musical performance vignettes: Bach’s hilarious Coffee Cantata, about a young lady whose father
disapproves of her obsession w/ drinking coffee; & Lee Hoiby’s Bon Appetit! - a one-woman opera based on an episode of Julia Child’s cooking show. Clear Story Studio, South Side. 412-956-6033.
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NUIKO WADDEN. Old St. Luke’s, Scott. 412-969-7072. PITTSBURGH CIVIC ORCHESTRA. St. Bernard Catholic Church, Mt. Lebanon. 412-854-1389. U.S. NAVY CONCERT BAND. Butler Intermediate High School, Butler. 724-283-1500.
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THE CELTIC TENORS. Strand Theater, Zelienople. 724-742-0400.
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THE CELTIC TENORS. Strand Theater, Zelienople. 724-742-0400. STAR TREK: THE ULTIMATE VOYAGE. A live symphony performance. Benedum Center, Downtown. 412-456-6666.
WED 02 PITT’S SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA & GERI ALLEN. Performing Mary Lou Williams. www.music.pitt.edu. Bellefield Auditorium, Oakland.
OTHER MUSIC THU 25 CHATHAM UNIVERSITY EDEN HALL CAMPUS. Eden Hall Bluegrass Jam. All acoustic instruments and ability levels
welcome. Eden Hall Lodge dining area. Gibsonia. 412-365-1450. RIVERS CASINO. Mike Medved Duo. North Side. 412-231-7777. THUNDERBIRD CAFE. The Burnt Sugar Arkestra. Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177.
FRI 26 BELLEFIELD HALL. Spooky Interaction. A live performance features George Lewis’ Voyager interactive music-performance software. Oakland. 412-624-4266. OAKS THEATER. Corned Beef & Curry. Oakmont. 412-828-6322. RIVERS CASINO. Hewlett Anderson Duo. North Side. 412-231-7777.
SAT 27 CARNEGIE LECTURE HALL. De Temps Antan. Oakland. 412-361-1915. PITTSBURGH WINERY. Jimbo & the Soupbones w/ Trio & Anqwenique. Strip District. 412-566-1000. RIVERS CASINO. The Hobbs Sisters. North Side. 412-231-7777. THE SPACE UPSTAIRS. The Ellipses Condition w/ Dubravka Bencic. Point Breeze. 412-225-9269.
SUN 28 CARNEGIE LIBRARY, OAKLAND. Aidana Yntykbayeva. Oakland. 412-622-3114. CLUB CAFE. Buckwheat Zydeco. South Side. 412-431-4950. PITTSBURGH WINERY. Alba Flamenca. Strip District. 412-566-1000.
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WEDNESDAY 24 Dryjacket
SMILING MOOSE South Side. 412-431-4668. All ages show. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 6p.m.
Tyler Perry’s Madea On The Run
BENEDUM CENTER Downtown. 412-456-6666. Tickets: trustarts.org. Through Feb. 27.
Bullet for My Valentine with Asking Alexandria STAGE AE North Side. Tickets: ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000. Doors open at 6:30p.m.
I See Stars
ALTAR BAR Strip District. 412-263-2877. All ages show. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 6:30p.m.
Sister’s Easter Catechism
LESTER HAMBURG STUDIO, CITY THEATRE South Side. Tickets: citytheatrecompany.org. Through March 20.
Nightwish
CARNEGIE OF HOMESTEAD MUSIC HALL Munhall. All ages show. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 8p.m.
THURSDAY 25 The Vagina Monologues
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412-621-4900. $10 at the door. 7:30p.m.
Burnt Sugar Arkestra
THUNDERBIRD CAFE Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177. Over 21 show. Tickets: greyareaprod.com. 8p.m.
Satisfaction - A Rolling Stones Tribute Band
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MONDAY 29 NO XCUSES vs. ENORMOUS TUNES Bus Tour ft. EDX
ALTAR BAR Strip District. 412-263-2877. All ages show. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 8p.m.
TUESDAY 1 Leon Russell
ALTAR BAR Strip District. 412-263-2877. All ages show. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 8p.m.
Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage BENEDUM CENTER Downtown. 412-456-6666. Tickets: trustarts.org. 8p.m.
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“WERE IT NOT FOR LAUGHING I SHOULD PITY HIM.”
LAW AND ORDER: JERUSALEM {BY AL HOFF}
I have to respect Risen for finding a new angle on an oft-told tale, namely the events during and after the crucifixion of Jesus. Kevin Reynolds has taken the Easter story, expanded it into Pentecost and re-positioned the narrative as a police procedural told from the perspective of a Roman tribune.
I, Clavius: Joseph Fiennes
For political reasons, Clavius (Joseph Fienne) is tasked by Pontius Pilate (Peter Firth) to properly entomb Jesus and make sure his body isn’t stolen by his cult-like followers. But Sunday morning the tomb is empty save for the burial wrappings (an early cameo for future star The Shroud of Turin). So Clavius and his junior partner, Lucius (Tom Felton), scour Jerusalem, kicking in doors, interrogating witnesses and running down sightings of the dead man walking. Most of you know how this story plays out, but in case you don’t, you won’t believe how it ends! Or, maybe you will. That’s the film’s true central narrative — the gradual conversion of the weary, cynical Mars-worshipping Clavius into a thoughtful man, ready to forgo all he has held important to follow a new path of faith (a.k.a. an early adopter of Christianity). Reynold’s law-and-order take does make it more accessible to the layman, though Risen is absolutely marketed to the faithful. Just don’t take the whole family to this PG-13-rated Bible story without noting that the first third is pretty violent and bloody. AHOFF@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
2016 OSCARS: THE BIG THREE
WILL WIN: The Big Short, Leonardo DiCaprio, Brie Larson AL HOFF’S VOTES: Mad Max: Fury Road, Michael Fassbender, Charlotte Rampling Find out Sun., Feb. 28.
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RSON WELLES’ masterpiece Chimes at Midnight first screened in 1966, at Cannes; an astonishing half-century later, its long-delayed U.S. theatrical release is a cinematic event of the first order. Welles was a giant of 20th-century film. But you don’t just owe it to him to see the newly restored Chimes on the big screen; you owe it to yourself. Like Citizen Kane, released 25 years earlier, Chimes at Midnight is a trove of cinematic riches — apparently Welles’ own favorite among his films, and hailed by some as the finest Shakespeare on screen. It’s also arguably the most poignant film of Welles’ remarkable career. Welles’ script collates five Shakespeare plays (largely Henry IV, parts one and two) to highlight Falstaff, the aging, dissolute and famously rotund aristocrat. The story includes a 15th-century British war of succession, but turns on Falstaff’s relationship with young Prince Hal, the future king who eventually casts off his old friend. Welles plays Falstaff, a character that had fascinated him since his youth. It’s
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easy to imagine this expatriate and Hollywood exile — Chimes was a Spanish-Swiss production, shot in Spain on a shoestring budget — fancying himself the target of Shakespearean japes directed Falstaffward. “You live in great infamy,” goes one. “Your means are very slender and your waist is great.” “Were it not for laughing I should pity him,” goes another.
CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT DIRECTED BY: Orson Welles STARRING: Orson Welles, Keith Baxter, John Gielgud 7 p.m. nightly Fri., Feb. 26, and 7 p.m. Sat., Feb. 27. 7:30 p.m. nightly Mon., Feb. 29; Wed., March 2; and Thu., March 3. Hollywood
CP APPROVED Falstaff is often considered comic relief, but Welles found him tragic as well as Rabelaisian. It’s a great performance, deeply human behind the lurching and bellowing, and the strong cast includes Keith Baxter,
as Hal; John Gielgud, as Henry IV; and Jeanne Moreau as Doll Tearsheet. The action is full of humor, with antic physical comedy alongside Shakespeare’s verbal wit. But perhaps Chimes’ greatest glory is Welles’ masterful style. The characteristic deep-focus black-and-white cinematography is gorgeous, whether in the wonderfully grotty Boar’s Head Tavern or Henry IV’s austere, light-stabbed throne room. The scenes are long and vibrant, the editing musically precise. The film’s visual centerpiece is the Battle of Shrewsbury, which Welles renders brilliantly with a darting, documentary-style camera, close and harrowing — scant glory, just a brutal slog in the mud. In 1966, after Chimes premiered at Cannes, a few negative reviews prevented its wide release in the U.S; decades of rights disputes kept it off home video and out of repertory theaters. In 1966, Welles turned 51; though he’d live another two decades, he’d never complete another narrative theatrical feature.
zism. Stephen Hopkins’ bio-pic fleshes out the story, beginning at Ohio State, where Owens (Stephan James) comes under the guidance of coach Larry Snyder (Jason Sudeikis). The track victories come easy; living as a black man in America is harder. Hopkins also dips into Owens’ family life, but these sections, while well-meaning, feel underserved and sporadic. Of more dramatic interest are the political machinations within the U.S. Olympic Committee as it decides whether to participate in the 1936 games, and on what terms. (Besides Owens, there are also Jewish American Olympic athletes.) The re-creation of the games is quite thrilling, despite the known outcomes. (The presence of German filmmaker Leni Reifenstahl as a relatively sympathetic character here made me want to seek out her film essay Olympia again.) And Race doesn’t shy away from race — the ironies of an institutionally segregated America taking umbrage at the Nazi’s racial exclusions are obvious — but it makes for a rather clunky film at times. The film’s first instinct is toward inspirational sports movie, and it’s a fair and satisfying example of that. (Many films in this genre already have an overcoming-racism component.) But the rote uplift undercuts what might have been a much sharper cultural critique. (AH)
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AFERIM! A shorthand pitch might be: a road trip with 19th-century Romanians yelling profane things at one another. But Radu Jude’s handsomely produced dramedy is more than that. It’s shot in black and white, and recalls 1960s arthouse cinema, with earthy language. (“Aferim” means “bravo,” and is frequently uttered ironically.) A constable and his son set out on horseback to retrieve a runaway gypsy slave for their town’s nobleman. Along the way, the pair encounters various other folks — most as raggedy and aggrieved as themselves — and there is among all a good deal of blather about what’s wrong with the world and who is to blame. It’s a bleak, feudal land, where allegiances shift as necessary and shit always rolls downhill. The constable considers gypsies to be low people, but then agrees with a gypsy that the Turks are the worst. And don’t get him started on “men in skirts,” or priests. (Aspects of the story and some of the colorful dialogue and aphorisms are drawn from real period accounts.) It is funny, occasionally shocking, and fascinating throughout. It’s not a work of vérité cinema, but you’ll leave Aferim as if having been on a strange and enlightening journey through another time and place, complete with a crusty old trash-talking guide. In Romanian, with subtitles. Starts Fri., Feb. 26. Harris (Al Hoff) EDDIE THE EAGLE. It’s an inspirational comedy about one rather offbeat real-life Olympic competitor. Eddie Edwards (Taron Egerton) is an ordinary British guy who decides to compete for a medal in ski-jumping. So he heads off to Germany to learn how to ski-jump and from there, hopefully, to sail into the 1988 Calgary Games. As luck would have it, a former ski-jump champion and current drunk (Hugh Jackman) is hanging around the facility, and grudgingly agrees to train Eddie. You can bang out the rest of the story yourself. Dexter Fletcher’s film is an odd egg: It’s got a low-budget feel and an A-list star; it’s poorly written and paced, but amusing enough; there’s a crappy 1980s-style synth-heavy score; Christopher Walken stops by for the most lifeless cameo of his five-decade career; and it’s a good bet you have neither heard of Eddie the Eagle nor care about ski-jumping. But some folks love those plucky underdog stories; see it only if you’re one of them. Starts Fri., Feb. 26 (AH)
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GODS OF EGYPT. It’s god vs. god in ancient Egypt, and the sand is gonna fly! Gerard Butler is the dark god Set, and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is Horus; Alex Proyas directs this fantasy actioner. In 3-D, in select theaters. Starts Fri. Feb. 26 JACK OF THE RED HEARTS. Janet Grillo’s dramedy is a low-key domestic affair in which a troubled young woman nicknamed Jack (AnnaSophia Robb) lies her way into a job as an assistant to a lively autistic girl named Glory (Taylor Richardson). And not surprisingly, through her subterfuge, Jack discovers the importance of caring for other people, and takes a few steps toward getting her act together. Jack has the sanitized vibe of a Lifetime movie, particularly in depicting Jack’s “bad girl” background. But it’s more clear-eyed in depicting Glory, who is largely nonverbal and low-functioning, and in the ways that the everyday care of an autistic child can impact a family. The film’s resolution is pat in some ways, but leaves space for a continuing story that isn’t always going to be easy or satisfactory. Starts Fri., Feb. 26. AMC Loews (AH)
start of a trilogy about a high school student and vampires. In Japanese, with subtitles. 3 p.m. Sat., Feb. 27; 2 p.m. Sun., Feb. 28; and 7:30 p.m. Tue., March 1. Hollywood. $12 RACE. Track athlete Jesse Owens is rightly well known for winning four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, which were presided over by Adolf Hitler. A double victory — over competitors and over the white-supremacist ethos that fueled Na-
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We walk along the South Side Soup Contest route and talk current events with our City Paper panel.
(2016) - 2/27 @ 3pm, 2/28 @ 2pm, 3/1 @ 7pm New feature based on the popular Japanese vampire anime series.
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Rocky Horror Picture Show 2/27 @ Midnight - With live shadowcast by the JCCP!
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Red Carpet Awards Party 2/28 @ 7pm Watch the Academy Awards on our big screen, and enjoy games, contests and prizes all night.
HOMESTEAD STARTS FRIDAY, AMC300WEST LOEWS WATERFRONT 22 West Waterfront Dr FEBRUARY 26 amctheatres.com
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KIZUMONOGATARI PART 1: TEKKETSU. This new Japanese anime from Akiyuki Shimbou is the
Chimes At Midnight (1965) 2/26 @ 7pm, 2/27 @ 7pm, 2/29 @ 7:30pm, 3/2 @
“ALL HEART raw and real, and emotionally genuine.”
TRIPLE 9. Russian gangsters set up some crooked cops to execute a heist, using a “999” call (officer down) as a distraction. Things don’t go as planned. Woody Harrelson, Casey Affleck and Anthony Mackie head an ensemble cast. Starts Fri., Feb. 26
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3½ Minutes, 10 Bullets 3½ MINUTES, 10 BULLETS. This recent documentary from Marc Silver looks at Florida’s Stand Your Ground self-defense laws through the case of Jordan Davis. In 2012, after a dispute at a gas station broke out about loud music, teenager Davis was shot multiple times and killed by another patron. Silver’s film examines the incident, as well as the trial and protests that followed. The film screens as a preview of the upcoming Carnegie Mellon international film festival, Faces of Work (March 17-April 3). Ron Davis, father of Jordan, is expected to attend and join a panel discussion. 6 p.m. Fri., Feb. 26. McConomy Auditorium, Carnegie Mellon campus, Oakland. $10 ($5 students). www.cmu.edu/faces
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION. In 1994, Frank Darabont adapted Stephen King’s novella about a group of prisoners at Maine’s Shawshank State Prison. It fared poorly in theaters, but the inspirational drama about men who struggle to preserve their hopes and dignity found new life on video. Shawshank trades in plenty of prison clichés, but the film wins us over with its careful presentation of the day-to-day, stretched over 20 years and supported by top-notch performances from Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman as inmates and pals. As such, we willingly surrender to the wildly improbable but sentimental conclusion. See it on the big screen and let yourself feel good. Feb. 26-29 and March 2-3. Row House Cinema (AH) CRASH. Paul Haggis’ 2004 ensemble drama comprises a series of interlocking vignettes attempting to span multiculti, racially troubled Los Angeles and peer into its troubled soul. Besides race, Crash is also about class, power, money, gender, age and location. The intricately plotted story unfolds easily, introducing a wide-ranging cast of city residents whose paths crisscross. The film doesn’t entirely avoid the self-congratulatory tone that often accompanies films that dare to tackle tough topics, and you’ll have to accept a lot of contrivance to get the pieces to snap together. I wonder if it is possible to make an intelligent film about uneasy race relations that can satisfy all. On one level, Crash seems to suggest that it cannot be done, yet also that it might be just as detrimental not to try. Feb. 26-29 and March 1-2. Row House Cinema (AH) FRIDAY THE 13TH. A group of teenagers working to re-open a rundown lakefront camp are killed off one by one. Sean S. Cunningham’s 1980 horror flick launched a zillion sequels. Feb. 26-28 and March 1-3. Row House Cinema
Race CLERKS. Kevin Smith’s low-low-budget 1994 feature debut depicts the minute-to-minute hell of working at a convenience store. Rough-edged and occasionally over-done, this talkie has its fun moments, such as the dumb video-renter and the Russian heavy-metal guy. What is alarming after all these years is noting how much of today’s mainstream culture has caught up to Smith’s defiantly vulgar outsider vibe. Feb. 26-29, March 1 and March 3. Row House Cinema (AH)
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SHAOLIN CHALLENGES NINJA. This 1978 martial-arts film, also known as Heroes of the East, finds a marriage between a Chinese man and Japanese woman leading to a family war to determine superior fighting styles. Chia-Liang Liu directs. 9:30 p.m. Sat., Feb. 27. Hollywood ALL DOGS GO TO HEAVEN. Don Bluth’s 1989 animated tale finds a dead dog returning to the land of the living to search out the bad dog that killed him. He has the help of an orphan girl who can talk to animals. 7:30 p.m. Wed., March 2. AMC Loews. $5
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“MY GOAL IS, ALWAYS GIVE 110 PERCENT.”
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LOUISE LECAVALIER/FOU GLORIEUX perform SO BLUE 8 p.m. Fri., Feb. 26. Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Downtown. $19-55. 412-456-6666 or www.trustarts.org
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Louise Lecavalier in So Blue
Canadian contemporary-dance queen Louise Lecavalier makes her longawaited Pittsburgh debut Fri., Feb. 26, at the Byham Theater in So Blue. The critically acclaimed 2012 work is the first choreographic effort by Lecavalier, best known as the face of now-defunct Montreal-based La La La Human Steps. Lecavalier has been an icon in Canada since the 1980s; even at age 57, her dancing demonstrates incredible speed and athleticism. Her numerous awards include Canada’s highest dance honor, the Jean A. Chalmers Award, in 1999. She performed with David Bowie on his 1990 Sound+Vision tour and with Frank Zappa. With So Blue, for her company Fou glorieux (“Crazy Glorious”), Lecavalier says she wanted the bodies of her and her partner, former Lyon Opera Ballet soloist Frédéric Tavernini, to say everything they wanted to say without thinking, but with her characteristic speed. “A love for speed in movement is part of me,” says Lecavalier by Skype from Dusseldorf, Germany, where her company was premiering her latest work, Battleground. “My thoughts are very fast and many things inhabit me at any given moment. With speed I go into an awareness that is more interesting to me.” The hour-long abstract work is set to original music by Turkish-born Mercan Dede (a.k.a. DJ Arkin Allen), with additional music from Daft Punk and others. So Blue is nonstop save a quick costume change and a brief moment where Lecavalier stands on her head and wiggles her legs. The work was originally a solo; Lecavalier says she added a duet because she wanted to have two people on stage to react off each other. And while she says Tavernini had some initial trepidation about her extreme choreography, she herself was “traumatized” about her first foray in to choreography. “For 30 years I was never sure a piece was going to happen with any choreographer,” she says. “But in the end things happen. For So Blue I worked in the studio for months, and each night I doubted what I had created. Choreographing is an act of trust and you throw yourself into it. With all my insecurities I go there because it forces me to face my fears.” As seen in YouTube clips, So Blue is indeed “crazy glorious” and a must-see this dance season.
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FORMAL INQUIRY {BY BILL O’DRISCOLL}
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cern form are pretty common. But Maximum Minimum in Unum, at the Miller Gallery, is headier than most. The show gathers 15 artists, all Carnegie Mellon University School of Art alumni whose work, according to the exhibit program, “eludes maximalist or minimalist classification. They probe or collapse extremes, whether ideological or aesthetic.” As co-curators Josh Reiman and Susanne Slavick put it, these mostly recent works explore the twin paradoxes “more is less” and “less is more.” The theme is especially reflected in the design of the three-story gallery’s second floor: The dozen pieces there are laid out starkly, with the generally dim illumination setting off the spotlights, blinking bulbs, candied colors or glowing video screens that announce most of the works. On all three floors, the works run a gamut, from Rebecca Vaughan’s light-heartedly satirical “Lead Pipe Cinch” to Diane Samuel’s
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Peter Coffin’s “Untitled (Ribbons)”
characteristically obsessive “Metamorphoses, Ovid.” In the former, a wall-mounted expanse of silver lamé flounces is lightly ruffled by an electric fan and adorned, oddly, with a small movie-poster case with a pink rococo design painted where the poster should be. The vitrine-encased “Metamorphoses” is a coconut-sized sphere
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that consists of (trust Samuels on this) a single long, balled strip of handmade paper on which she has inked, in fine but legible script, the whole of the Latin poet’s epic, in English. One work’s on the minimal side of maximalism, the other the reverse. Which is which? Discuss. Carrie Schneider’s photograph “Recession” and Paul Rouphail’s drawing “Maria”
both concisely suggest larger narratives, one darkly humorous, one kinda creepy. Meanwhile, Peter Coffin’s playful “Untitled (Ribbons)” — dozens of rolls of store-bought ribbons in bright hues, closely mounted in eight rows on a store-bought metal rack — suggest that Duchamp’s readymades roughly foreshadowed this exhibit’s theme by a century. And Coffin’s “Untitled Surrealist Frame” is a funny, gilt one-liner. Still, in this exhibit, “eluding classification” and “collapsing extremes” has seemed to put the curators in a meditative, even Eastern, frame of mind. Schneider’s looped video “Burning House” depicts, in long shot, a small building on fire, flames waning and flaring as the scene passes from dawn to dusk. It’s an apparent catastrophe — but seen at great distance; with a droning soundtrack, it mainly inspires contemplation. Likewise Laileh Mehran’s “Entropic System”: a software-guided pendulum, the point of whose metallic ball slowly inscribes geometric shapes in a
field of powdered mineral; observe it “live” or at a remove, on a monitor with images from an overhead camera. And you’ll have to slow down to watch Gregory Witt’s “Orbiter,” a sleek, motor-driven installation whose wheeled metal arm laboriously circles a wooden track 5 feet in diameter. By contrast, the ever-changing, kaleidoscopic digital animation of Mehran’s “Dominant Policy” is a trippy mandala whose punchline might take you a second. A couple works delve deeper, at least emotionally. In Shanna Moulton’s short video “The Undiscovered Drawer,” a young woman mysteriously locked in her apartment finds unexpected treasures in her furniture — various keys to enlightenment that lead her to a kind of transcendence. And Jina Valentine’s “Explication de texte: … SHOT MY SON” and “Testimonies, Disintegration” are wrenching. In wall text, Valentine writes that, given the enormity of the tragedies, she felt herself unable to empathize with mothers who had lost their young black sons to police violence. She attempts to bridge this chasm with “close reading” — like a stack of 1,000 newspapers with the letters of “shot my son” hugely magnified, as though climbing inside the type might help. Still, at some point you wonder, “What sort of art wouldn’t fit this exhibition’s theme?” Well, Maggie Haas’ wooden sculpture “Tumbling Blocks” seems pretty straightforwardly minimal to me. Ron Desmett’s glass sculptures, which elegantly evoke organic forms, don’t really inspire questions about whether they’re minimalist, maximalist or otherwise; ditto Zak Prekop’s abstract 2-D works and Paul Rouphail’s oil painting “No Problemo.” Then there’s Ben Bigelow’s projectedvideo installation “Unnecessary Mountain.” The episodic video depicts three protagonists, including a filmmaker (seen shooting a film about three teens on a beach); a guy in a ski helmet running frustratedly around some woods at night, followed by a camera crew; and man alternately trapped in a garage (where he is surveilled) and standing outdoors, and in both cases obsessed with his own crotch, which he examines with a telescope before using sunlight and a magnifying glass to burn holes in a crude drawing of male genitalia. These sections alternate with drone footage of mountains, accompanied by a male voiceover speaking such banalities as “My goal is, always give 110 percent.” At one point, the screen goes dark and, in the gallery, lights flash, a siren sounds and a fog machine blows smoke. Fascinatingly Matthew Barneyesque in scope and feel, and as much as a half-hour video can be, “Unnecessary Mountain” is maximalism if I’ve ever seen it. D R ISC OLL@ PGHC ITY PAP ER.CO M
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Instead of watching romantic comedies, students at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh spent their Valentine’s Day perfecting their Arabic script. Arabic for Beginners provides students of all ages with a crash course in the language and culture of Saudi Arabia every second and third Sunday of the month at the library’s main branch, in Oakland. Unlike some Arabic-language classes — which can cost up to $30 per half-hour session — this series of hour-long sessions are free, just like other Carnegie Library language offerings from Korean to French. The pay-offs are immense. Arabic is the fastest-growing language in the U.S. According to the Center for Immigration Studies, the incidence of Arabic speakers in the United States has risen 29 percent over the past four years. Carnegie Library instructors like Sid Oudineche recognize the value of learning Arabic in a globalized world. Oudineche, who has helped instruct the course since last summer, says that “once you learn the language, you gain access to the culture, art and history [of Islamic nations].” In his time teaching the challenging language, he has even witnessed a student convert to Islam after reading the Quran in the original Arabic. Beside swooning for Muslim history and culture, Oudineche reasons that many students take the free courses to gain access to Arabic countries, whether for business or pleasure. Veteran instructor Amal Manar offers an alternative reason. Some “learn Arabic to talk with Muslim friends or to give congratulations in their language. For example, someone might want to learn to say ‘I love you’ in Arabic for Valentine’s Day.” To Manar, Arabic is a way of deepening connections between traditional Arabic speakers and those less fluent in the language. Alex Rice, a decorated traveler, was one of two students at the Feb. 14 class. She has been taking the courses since September 2014. “I see Arabic as opening up an opportunity to see other parts of the world,” she says. “I like traveling … and have lived on four different continents … so I like learning about other cultures.” In a nation where Islamophobia runs rampant, any exposure to frequently misunderstood cultures is valuable. “Meeting the [Muslim] teachers is important because you realize that they are nice, genuine people,” says Rice. “There’s over a billion people who speak the language and it’s important to keep that perspective.”
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Irish & Celtic music, song and dance, all in one stage spectacle. Lovers of Celtic music are in for a special treat as Women of Ireland features an all-female lineup of Irish step dancers and vocalists augmented with an incredible aerialist and talented instrumentalists.
SUN • MAR 6 • 7:30 PM Orchestra $36, $28; Loge $36; Balcony $24
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{BY STUART SHEPPARD} RHINOCEROS IS the perfect play for the election year we’re having, as one might argue that there is a rhinoceros — or perhaps several — running for president. Like all great plays, it is of its time, yet relevant to any time. The University of Pittsburgh Stages’ production of this 1959 work by Eugene Ionesco is slick and cerebral, but feels as gritty and visceral as Aeschylus. And joyfully open to interpretation: Is it comical? Political? Or something else? This all makes for an engaging night of culturally relevant theater.
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The story follows the unassuming loser Berenger, played with tremendous range by Ben McClymont, as he notices, then grows to abhor, how the residents of his small provincial town begin turning into rhinoceroses. Yes, rhinoceroses. It would have been easy for director Claire Syler to have indulged in slapstick absurdity (as the 1974 movie with Zero Mostel did), but she wisely lets the audience — through the characters — grow accustomed to these incredible transmogrifications as they evolve organically from the action. (If the word “transmog-
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rification” was ever justified, it is in the context of this work). The bestial metamorphosis of Berenger’s friend Jean can make or break the play, but Brendan Karras brings it off convincingly with the help of Annmarie Duggan’s malevolent backlighting, and Gianni Downs’ Japanese-like paper walls. Although clever, the sets become crucial to the success of each scene, and the colors Downs employs — for example, the optic-green office — evoke the psychologically infused palette Stanley Kubrick used to make the shocking seem comprehensible in A Clockwork Orange. Claire Sabatine’s subtle performance as Daisy kedges forward like a boat on still water that doesn’t appear to be moving until suddenly it’s gone. There is much to like about this production — including the masks by Venise St. Pierre — but most remarkable is the way these preposterous transformations unfold incrementally in their stage-time, as if we are witnessing the passing of “living” days, not “theatrical” minutes. And this makes the story not only believable, but relatable to our own lives. Especially in a year of such ferocious political change. I N F O@ P G H C I T Y PA P E R. C OM
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I thought then that Full Monty was robbed, and having just seen the Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama production, I still feel that way. Yazbek’s score is light years beyond the collection of pleasant tunes Mel Brooks wrote and — perhaps heresy here — McNally’s script is funnier than Brooks’, if only because it’s rooted in reality. A notable feature of that original
production is that it made a star out of Patrick Wilson, a Carnegie Mellon graduate. He’s returned to his old stomping grounds to direct this version, and it’s just one hell of an evening. Not surprisingly, Wilson knows the emotional throughline and does terrific work getting everyone involved in telling the story. This is a fast-paced production showcasing the splendid choreography of Tomé Cousin and Thomas W. Douglas’ precise musical direction. Nowhere has Wilson done more superb work than in the performances he elicits from his student cast. Nick Sacks plays Jerry, the leader of the gang, with a great sort of Everyman quality that carries us through the show. Michael Leadbetter, Avery Smith, Josh Grosso, Chris Garber and Adam Stern-Rand are the other members of the crew, and each does a tremendous job bringing rocksolid humanity to the roles. (As a plus, Grosso sings with the most glorious voice.) I especially enjoyed the focus on the women in the cast. Molly Griggs gets all the laugh lines and knocks them out of the park. Erika Olson is both forceful and heartfelt when required, and Amanda Jerry’s a zany onstage explosion. It’s a good night. I NF O @PGH C IT YPAPE R . C O M
SUMMER INTERNS WANTED City Paper’s editorial team is seeking several interns for the summer. Please send résumé, cover letter and samples to the appropriate editor listed below by March 24, 2016. Each internship includes a small stipend. No calls, please.
MUSIC INTERN The music intern will have a working knowledge of the local music scene and assist the music editor by writing new-release reviews and previews of upcoming shows, as well as artist features. Apply to music editor Margaret Welsh, mwelsh@pghcitypaper.com.
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT INTERN The position is focused on reporting and writing about local people, performances, artworks and events, in fields including but not limited to theater, visual art, literature, dance, comedy, and film and video. Send a cover letter, résumé and three writing samples to arts editor Bill O’Driscoll, driscoll@pghcitypaper.com.
PHOTO INTERN We are looking for a photographer with an artistic eye who can tell a story through images. Editorial work will include shooting assignments to supplement the paper’s news and arts coverage, both in print and online. Weekend availability is required. Send a résumé and a link to an online portfolio to art director Lisa Cunningham, lcunning@pghcitypaper.com.
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Peruse rare photographs and the only 16 shots in existence documenting a Depression-era encampment in the now-gentrified Strip District at Shantytown, a special exhibition at Photo Antiquities Museum of Photographic History. The sepia-toned images depict middle-class folk reduced to living in shacks. The shots were taken in the 1930s by Ed Salomony of the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. The show is scheduled to close Feb. 29. Courtney Linder 10 a.m.4 p.m. 531 E. Ohio St., North Side. $10-20. 412-231-7881 or www.photoantiquities.org
{DANCE} Find your rhythm at the opening performance of the Conservatory Dance Company’s newest show. Point Park University dance majors will perform eclectic works in ballet and contemporary jazz under the direction of faculty choreographers. The series of weekend performances will highlight the strength and versatility of the company dancers at Downtown’s George Rowland White Performance Studio. CL 8 p.m. Continues through Sun., Feb. 28. 201 Wood St., Downtown. $10-20. 412-392-8000 or www. pittsburghplayhouse.com
be white, like her baby doll. Monica Payne, a freelance director and founder of Maryland’s Theatre Lumina, directs the Pittsburgh-premiere production, by Point Park University’s Conservatory Theatre Company. The first performance is tonight. Bill O’Driscoll 8 p.m. Continues through March 13. Pittsburgh Playhouse, 222 Craft Ave., Oakland. $10-24. 412-392-8000 or www. pittsburghplayhouse.org
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Tyler Perry has certainly carved a unique niche: a series of hit, way-way-off-Broadway stage plays starring him as an outlaw Southern grandmother, followed by a hit series of films featuring that character. Perry’s huge — and he’s back on tour, this time with his new musical play, Madea on the Run. Bewigged and befrocked, he’ll play Madea as she causes trouble, sings some songs and imparts life lessons to an unhappy family. Cassi Davis
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The Girlie Show — it’s maybe not what you think. Rather, it’s an evening of music, poetry and stand-up comedy, conceived, booked and performed by women. The third annual show, tonight at Hambone’s Pub, features rock bands Victory at the Crossroads and Blue Clutch; spoken-word artist Joanna Lowe; singersongwriters Toria Susan and LRAD; and comedian Liz Tripoli. The evening is hosted by Liss Victory, of Victory at the Crossroads, and Blue Clutch’s Sarah Halter. BO 9 p.m. 4207 Butler St., Lawrenceville. $5. 412-681-4318
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The Pittsburgh Poetry Review, the city’s newest literary publication, has a live incarnation. And tonight, the Pittsburgh Poetry Review Roadshow hits East End Book Exchange with some of the region’s more accomplished poets. Philip Terman, Ellen McGrath Smith, Shannon Sankey, Michelle Maher and Kelly Andrews all read tonight. BO 7 p.m. 4754 Liberty Ave., Bloomfield. Free. www. eastendbookexchange.com
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co-stars. Madea on the Run hits the Benedum Center for three performances starting tonight. BO 8 p.m. Fri., Feb. 26, and 2 and 7 p.m. Sat., Feb. 27. 237 Seventh St., Downtown. $44.25-71.25. 412-456-6666 or www.trustarts.org
Tonight, Porter debuts her new initiative, The Ellipses Condition. The improvisationbased project blends dancer and choreographer Porter’s talents with those of poet and violinist John Lambert. The program at The Space Upstairs includes three “post-classical improvisations” on the theme of “closeness through listening,” performed with local pianist and composer Dubravka Bencic. It’s titled Intimancy, and audience members are invited to roam among the performers. BO 8 p.m. 214 N. Lexington St., Point Breeze. $10-12. www.thespaceupstairs.org Tonight, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra celebrates its 120th birthday with an anniversary concert at Carnegie Music Hall, in Oakland — site of its very first show. Music Director Manfred Honeck will lead the symphony in works including Saint-Saëns’ Saint S “Marche héroïque,” héroïqu which the symphony first played back p in 1896. There will w also be displays of photos, photo programs and other memorabilia. Guest memo violinist Jennifer violi Koh K (pictured) and an principal tuba tub Craig Knox are the featured feature soloists. CL 8 p.m. 4400 Forbes Ave., F Oakland. $20-60. $2 412-392-4900 412-392-490 or www.pittsburgh www.pittsb symphony.org symphony.o
It’s the busiest b night so far of the winter season, but surely arts seas there’s ttime for a little late-night burlesque? The Steel City Kitty Variety Show Burlesque & V opens its fifth season annual Totally with the annua Heart-Lesque, a Valentine’s-
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themed show featuring nationally and internationally known performers. Blaze (“The Red Rose of Texas”) is a Dallas Burlesque Festival favorite; other performers include New York City’s Dangrr Doll and, from Chicago, Dahlia Fatale, Dusty Bahls and Red Rum, who blends “burlesque, sex, death and humor.” Also performing is New York-based Hazel Honeysuckle, whose credits include Orange is the New Black. Local talents at this Rex Theater show include Steel City Kitty producer Kat de Lac and boylesque artist Smokin’ McQueen. BO 10:30 p.m. 1605 E. Carson St., South Side. $20-25 (VIP: $50-80). www.facebook.com/ steelcitykittyshow
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Failure doesn’t get enough credit. Or so say the folks in Michigan who in 2012 founded Failure:Lab, a storytelling series meant to remove the stigma around failure, which they view as often being merely the first step toward success. The series has spread nationally; its Pittsburgh incarnation, which debuted in December, is organized by Daniel Bull, whose own bounce-back story started with him serving jail time for mail fraud. Bull subsequently launched Zer068, an entrepreneurial incubator that aims to aid other ex-convicts. Failure:Lab evenings alternate storytelling with sets by local performers. On Fri., Feb. 26, the series returns to the KellyStrayhorn Theater with stories of personal failure told by prominent Pittsburghers including: Mayor Bill Peduto (pictured); chef Kevin Sousa; TV anchorwoman-turned-lifestyle-entrepreneur Darieth Chisholm; and singer and actress Holly Joy Gaines. The performers include the aerialists of the bombyx collective; singer Adam Brock; singer Jasmine Tate; artist D.S. Kinsel; and I Medina. The event is a social affair: Doors open at 5 p.m. for a reception, and the ticketed after-party is catered by Smallman Galley and The Brew Gentlemen. Bill O’Driscoll 7 p.m. Fri., Feb. 26. 5941 Penn Ave., East Liberty. $25 (after-party: $20). 412-363-3000 or www.kelly-strayhorn.org
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THEATER 27. A snapshot of Gertrude Stein & her partner, Alice B. Toklas, shared lives at 27 Rue de Fleurus in Paris in the early 1900s, feat. their famous salon & its visitors, including Picasso, Matisse, Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald & others. Fri., Feb. 26, 7:30 p.m. and Sun., Feb. 28, 2 p.m. Pittsburgh Opera, Strip District. 412-281-0912. BLUE MAN GROUP. Thu-Fri, 7:30 p.m. & Sat., 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. Sun., 7:30 p.m. Thru Feb., 28. Heinz Hall, Downtown. 412-392-4900. FIRST DATE. Boy meets girl... on a blind date...in a musical. Wed-Fri, 7:30 p.m., Sat, 2 & 7:30 p.m. and Sun, 2 p.m. Thru April 24. Cabaret at Theater Square, Downtown. 412-325-6769. THE GROUND ON WHICH I STAND. A staged reading of one of August Wilson’s most famous speeches. Mon., Feb. 29, 4-5 p.m. Hillman Library, Oakland. 412-648-3330. GUYS & DOLLS. Classic musical set in 1950s New York City & Havana.
time-worn questions of the Wed-Sat, 8 p.m., Sat, 2 p.m. and season like “Why isn’t Easter Sun., Feb. 28, 2 p.m. Thru Feb. 28. the same day every year like Pittsburgh Public Theater, Christmas?” & “Will My Bunny Downtown. 412-316-1600. Go To Heaven?” Thu, Fri, 8 p.m. MUCH ADO ABOUT and Wed, 7 p.m. Thru March 13. NOTHING. Shakespeare’s City Theatre, South Side. classic presented by the Geneva 412-431-4400 x 286. College Theater. Bagpiper VAGINA MONOLOGUES. Theater. Sat, 1:30 & 7:30 p.m. Eve Ensler’s show about sexual and Thu, Fri, 7:30 p.m. Thru violence, love, sex, orgasm, Feb. 27. Geneva College, menstruation & more. Beaver Falls. 724-847-5099. All proceeds go to THE ODD COUPLE. benefit PAAR Unger & Madison are (Pittsburgh Action at it again. Sun, Against Rape). Thu., 2 p.m. and Thu-Sat, www. per pa Feb. 25, 7:30 p.m. 8 p.m. Thru Feb. 28. pghcitym .co Brillobox, Bloomfield. The Theatre Factory, 412-621-4900. Trafford. 412-374-9200. WOOING CONTEST. RHINOCEROS. Average Competitors are assigned a scene citizens are transformed into from one of Shakespeare’s most beasts, as they learn to move w/ romantic plays, or perhaps a the times. Thru Feb. 28, 2 p.m. and Tue-Sat, 8 p.m. Thru Feb. 28. Studio selection from his love poetry. W/ minimal preparation, competitors Theatre, Cathedral of Learning, perform their selections hoping to Oakland. www.play.pitt.edu. win over the audience. Presented SISTER’S EASTER CATECHISM: by Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the WILL MY BUNNY GO TO Parks. Mon., Feb. 29, 7:30 p.m. HEAVEN? Celebrate the Easter Te Cafe, Squirrel Hill. 412-521-6406. Season w/ Sister as she answers the
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COMEDY SAT 27 CAROL PENNINGTON JOHNNY DAM, MOLLY SHARROW. 8 p.m. The Rose Bar, McKeesport. www.slapsticksproductions.com. DAVID KAYE, MIKE WYSOCKI, MIKE SASSON. 7:30 p.m. Washington County Fairgrounds, Washington. www.slapsticksproductions.com. 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. MIKE JONES, TOM MUSIAL, COLLIN CHAMBERLIN. 8 p.m. Salvatore’s Banquet Hall, Whitehall. 412-653-1880. www.slapsticksproductions.com.
SUN 28 CARMEN MORALES, RON PLACONE & KRISH MOHAN. 8 p.m. Hambone’s, Lawrenceville. 412-681-4318. THE NORMAN SHOW—LIVE! 8 p.m. Kelly-Strayhorn Theater, East Liberty. 412-363-3000.
MON 29 COMEDY SAUCE SHOWCASE. Local & out-of-town comedians. Mon, 9 p.m. Pleasure Bar, Bloomfield. 412-682-9603. OPEN MIC COMEDY NIGHT. Mon, 10 p.m. Lava Lounge, South Side. 412-431-5282.
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Mid-winter is always a great time to curl up with a good book — or, if you’re lucky, meet the writer of one. Tracy O’Neill made the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 list, and her work has appeared in publications such as Vol. 1 Brooklyn and The Atlantic. This week, at East End Book Exchange, she will speak about her new book, The Hopeful, about a figure-skating prodigy whose dreams lead her to dark places. 7 p.m. Thu., Feb. 25. 4754 Liberty Ave., Bloomfield. www.eastendbookexchange.com
BEST OF THE BURGH COMEDY SHOWCASE. W/ Mike Wysocki & Mike Sasson, Derek Minto, & Tommy Kupiec. 8 p.m. Buckhead Saloon, Station Square. 412-232-3101. MUSICAL IMPROV NIGHT. Complete novices & experienced working improvisers to create musicals, songs & scenes on the spot accompanied by a live band. 8:30 p.m. Cabaret at Theater Square, Downtown. 412-325-6769.
EXHIBITS ALLEGHENY CITY HISTORIC GALLERY. Historical images & items forcusing on the North Side of Pittsburgh. North Side. 412-321-3940. ALLEGHENY-KISKI VALLEY HERITAGE MUSEUM. Military CONTINUES ON PG. 52
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Zhou Xinfang as Deng Ai in “Crossing the Yinping River” (photograph, 1915), by Michael Chow. From the exhibition Michael Chow aka Zhou Yinghua: Voice for My Father, at The Andy Warhol Museum, North Side.
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w/ the contemporary art communities of London, New York & Los Angeles. 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. AUGUST WILSON CENTER. The Other Side of Pop. In this alternative examination of pop art & pop culture, artists depict relevant & influential cultures that are either unappreciated or unrecognized by mainstream media. Downtown. 412-258-2700. BACKSTAGE BAR AT THEATRE SQUARE. Fibers Fiction. Encaustic handmade papers w/ embellished stitching by Katy DeMent. Downtown. 412-325-6768. BNY MELLON. Teenie Harris Photographs: Great Performances Onstage. The archive documents notable events & Black daily life for over six decades through Harris’ photography for the Pittsburgh Courier newspaper. Gallery I. Downtown. www.trustarts.org. BOCK-TOTT GALLERY. 5 Artists: A Collection of Works. Works in various mediums by Brandy Bock-Tott, Jeffrey Phelps, Linda Breen, Joyce Werwie Perry & Cindy Engler. Sewickley. 412-519-3377. BOXHEART GALLERY. 15th Annual Art Inter/National Exhibition. Twenty-two powerful
visual storytellers that are changing our world w/ imaginative imagery of wisdom, beauty, & truth. Bloomfield. 412-687-8858. CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART. HACLab Pittsburgh: Imagining the Modern. An exhibition of over, under architecture highlighting successive histories of pioneering architectural successes, disrupted neighborhoods & the utopian aspirations & ideals of public officials & business leaders. Silver to Steel: The Modern Designs of Peter Muller-Munk. Displaying the work of 60s German emigre & Pittsburgh industrial design Peter Muller-Munk, who started as a silversmith at Tiffany’s. Oakland. 412-622-3131. CHRISTINE FRECHARD GALLERY. Tony Havrilla. Paintings utilizing high contrast & perspective to create images that blur the line between realism & abstraction. Squirrel Hill. 412-421-8888. CHROMOS EYEWEAR. Waxed Abstraction. Work by Marlene Boas inspired by the psyche. Lawrenceville. 412-477-4540. CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP MUNICIPAL BUILDING. The Cranberry Artists Network Members Show. Work from over 70 members of the Cranberry Artists Network. www.cranberryartistsnetwork. com. Cranberry. www. cranberryartistsnetwork.com. CRAZY MOCHA COFFEE COMPANY. Folklore. A group art show celebrating folk art & lore. Bloomfield. 412-681-5225. DELANIE’S COFFEE. Double Mirror. 40+ artists displaying their works. South Side. 412-927-4030. EAST OF EASTSIDE GALLERY. Color in Winter. Work by Frank Webb, Andy Sujdak & Ron Korczynski. 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. En Plein Air. Feating work by Barbra K. Bush, Ron Donoughe, Sondra
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Wine Tasting 2016 Thursday, March 3, 2016, 6-10pm @Ace Hotel, 120 S. Whitfield St, 15206 $25 General Admission, $35 VIP | 21+ Headline performance by Anqwenique Wingfield Join us for an evening of fine wines, small bites, live entertainment & great company. Network, learn, taste, celebrate & enjoy with dynamic women of color in our city! Tickets Available: wocsn16.eventbrite.com www.womenofcolorherstory.org
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Chris Lehman’s smart and scathing series of essays on Things Rich People Like, including meritocracy, the creative class and Malcolm Gladwell.
Thick-cut Toast at B52 Lawrenceville’s new vegan cafe elevates a simple snack with toppings like preserves and cashew cheese (perfectly mimicking the flavor of tart goat cheese). 5202 Butler St.
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A Basque specialty and a surprisingly refreshing way to drink too much red wine in one sitting. Allegheny Wine Mixer calls its version a Kalimoxto, and it is delicious and affordable. 5326 Butler St., Lawrenceville
Smithfield Street View of Trinity Episcopal Mourn Sax Fifth Avenue’s mirrored landmark if you must, but the temporarily vacant lot offers a fresh perspective on the 1870s architecture of this iconic Downtown church.
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artifacts & exhibits on the Allegheny Valley’s industrial heritage. Tarentum. 724-224-7666. ANDREW CARNEGIE FREE LIBRARY MUSIC HALL. Capt. Thomas Espy Room Tour. The Capt. Thomas Espy Post 153 of the Grand Army of the Republic served local Civil War veterans for over 54 years & is the best preserved & most intact GAR post in the United States. Carnegie. 412-276-3456. BAYERNHOF MUSEUM. Large collection of automatic roll-played musical instruments & music boxes in a mansion setting. Call for appointment. O’Hara. 412-782-4231. BOST BUILDING. Collectors. Preserved materials reflecting the industrial heritage of Southwestern PA. Homestead. 412-464-4020. CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. Pterosaurs: Flight in the Age of Dinosaurs. Rare fossils, life-size models & hands-on interactives to immerse visitors in the winged reptiles’ Jurassic world. Dinosaurs in Their Time. Displaying immersive environments spanning the Mesozoic Era & original fossil specimens. Permanent. Hall of Minerals & Gems. Crystal, gems & precious stones from all over the world. Population Impact. How humans are affecting the environment. Oakland. 412-622-3131. CARNEGIE SCIENCE CENTER. H2Oh! Experience kinetic water-driven motion & discover the relations between water, land & habitat. How do everyday decisions impact water supply & the environment? Ongoing: Buhl Digital Dome (planetarium), Miniature Railroad & Village, USS Requin submarine & more. North Side. 412-237-3400. CENTER FOR POSTNATURAL HISTORY. Explore the complex interplay between culture, nature & biotechnology. Sundays 12-4. Garfield. 412-223-7698. CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH. TapeScape 2.0. A play exhibit/art installation, designed by Eric Lennartson, that uses more than 10 miles of tape stretched over steel frames to create twisting tunnels & curving walls for children to crawl through & explore. North Side. 412-322-5058. COMPASS INN. Demos & tours w/ costumed guides feat. this restored stagecoach stop. North Versailles. 724-238-4983. DEPRECIATION LANDS MUSEUM. Small living history museum celebrating the settlement & history of the Depreciation Lands. Allison Park. 412-486-0563. FALLINGWATER. Tour the famed Frank Lloyd Wright house. Mill Run. 724-329-8501. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Tours of 13 Tiffany stained-glass windows. Downtown. 412-471-3436.
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Rose Hart, Patrick Lee, Constance Merriman, William Pfahl & Barry Shields. Lawrenceville. 412-586-4559. FRICK ART & HISTORICAL CENTER. Permanent collection of European Art. Point Breeze. Fast Cars & Femmes Fatales: The Photographs of Jacques Henri Lartigue. A 125 photos that document the life in the Belle-Époque & early20th-century France. Point Breeze. 412-371-0600. 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. GALLERIE CHIZ. Not Enough Time...Inside The Artists’ Studios. Artist/Owner Ellen Chisdes Neuberg moves her studio into the gallery for six weeks & paints live during regular business hours. Shadyside. 412-441-6005. THE GALLERY 4. Redfishbowl Collective Artists’ Showcase. Recent Works from the Redfishbowl Collective. Shadyside. 412-363-5050. HOLOCAUST CENTER OF PITTSBURGH. In Celebration of Life: Living Legacy Project. A photographic/ multimedia exhibit honoring & commemorating local Holocaust survivors. North Side. 412-421-1500. MARTHA GAULT ART GALLERY. A Collaboration of Creativity, Two Masters: David C. Driskell, Master Artist & Curlee R. Holton, Master Printmaker. Works on paper from their collaboration over 10 years, artistic careers, in mediums including aquatint, collage, drawing, etching, lithograph & serigraph. Slippery Rock. 724-738-2020. MATTRESS FACTORY. Ongoing Installations. Works by Turrell, Lutz, Shiota, Kusama, Anastasi, Highstein, Wexler & Woodrow. 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. North Side. 412-231-3169. MILLER GALLERY AT CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY. Maximum
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Minimum In Unum. Exhibiting artists whose work eludes maximalist or minimalist classification. Oakland. 412-268-3618. MONROEVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY. Close to Home. An exhibition by Murrysville resident & artist Bob Bickers. Monroeville. 412-372-0500. MORGAN CONTEMPORARY GLASS GALLERY. 3d@mgg2. Local glass artists will be joined by artists working in various 3d media –metal, fiber, wood & ceramic. The artists include Brian Engel, Edric Florence, Jason Forck, Glen Gardner, Rae Gold, Laura Beth Konopinski, Kevin O’toole, Michael Smithhammer & Laura Tabakman. Shadyside. 412-441-5200. NEU KIRCHE CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER. Like a Body Without Skin. Work by Fiona Amundsen addressing the relationships between steel manufacturing industries & their mobilization into a united national front that produced everything from planes to bombs during WWII. North Side. 412-322-2224. NORTH HILLS ART CENTER. Winter Blues Art Show. Work by local amateur & professional artists in oil, pastel, watercolor, fiber, stoneware & other media. Ross. 412-364-3622. PANZA GALLERY. Verse Envisioned. Poems from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette & works of art they have inspired. Poets Liane Norman, Bob Valasek, Lawrence Wray & more reading on Feb. 27, 5-7 p.m. Millvale. 412-821-0959. PITTSBURGH GLASS CENTER. Lifeforms. An exhibition of the best biological glass models made in the spirit of the famous 19th & 20th century models of invertebrates & plants made by Rudolf & Leopold Blaschka for the Harvard University’s Botanical Museum. Friendship. 412-365-2145. PITTSBURGH FILMMAKERS. In the Air: Visualizing what we breath. Photographs that show the effects of western PA’s air quality. Oakland. 412-681-5449. THE RESIDENCE. Idia’Dega at The Residence. A multi-media eco-fashion exhibition. A panel discussion will close the exhibit Feb. 25, 7:30-8 p.m. North Side. 412-231-3169.
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 houses museum of Pittsburgh history circa French &
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. SILVER EYE CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY. Fellowship 16: Projects by Ka-Man Tse & Aaron Blum. Two solo exhibitions from our International Award & Keystone Award winners, selected from an open call for entries in mid-2015. South Side. 412-431-1810. SOCIETY FOR CONTEMPORARY CRAFT SATELLITE GALLERY. The Invisible One. Insight into the loneliness & confusion felt by stigmatized individuals. The three artists on display present hope for awareness, action & understanding through a variety of works composed of wood, fiber, clay & mixed media. Downtown. 412-261-7003. SPACE. Causal Loop. Sculptural work, video pieces & wall pieces by Blaine Siegel & David Bernabo, who transform & join material things like wood, glass, metal, bone & non-things like sound & light into new significant forms. Downtown. 412-325-7723. SWEETWATER CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Poetic Logic: Collage & Assemblage. This national juried exhibition will showcase artists working in collage, assemblage & other processes of incorporating elements of repurposed materials as a way of expressing our contemporary experience. Sewickley. 412-741-4405. 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. WOOD STREET GALLERIES. Pastoral Noir: New English Landscapes. Visual, sonic & sculptural investigations into the English landscape w/ work by Tessa Farmer, Jem Finer, Ghost Box Records, Tony Heywood, Alison Condie, Autumn Richardson, Richard Skelton & Semiconductor. Downtown. 412-471-5605.
Indian War & American Revolution. Downtown. 412-281-9285. FRICK ART & HISTORICAL CENTER. Ongoing: tours of Clayton, the Frick estate, w/ classes & programs for all ages. Point Breeze. 412-371-0600. HARTWOOD ACRES. Tour this Tudor mansion & stable complex.
Enjoy hikes & outdoor activities in the surrounding park. Allison Park. 412-767-9200. KENTUCK KNOB. Tour the other Frank Lloyd Wright house. Mill Run. 724-329-8501. KERR MEMORIAL MUSEUM. Tours of a restored 19th-century, middle-class home. Oakmont. 412-826-9295. MARIDON MUSEUM. Collection includes jade & ivory statues from China & Japan, as well as Meissen porcelain. Butler. 724-282-0123. MCGINLEY HOUSE & MCCULLY LOG HOUSE. Historic homes open for tours, lectures & more. Monroeville. 412-373-7794. NATIONAL AVIARY. Masters of the Sky. Explore the power & grace of the birds who rule the sky. Majestic eagles, impressive condors, stealthy falcons and their friends take center stage! Home to more than 600 birds from over 200 species. W/ classes, lectures, demos & more. North Side. 412-323-7235. NATIONALITY ROOMS. 29 rooms helping to tell the story of Pittsburgh’s immigrant past. University of Pittsburgh. Oakland. 412-624-6000. OLD ST. LUKE’S. Pioneer church features 1823 pipe organ, Revolutionary War graves. Scott. 412-851-9212. OLIVER MILLER HOMESTEAD. This pioneer/Whiskey Rebellion site features log house, blacksmith shop & gardens. South Park. 412-835-1554. PENNSYLVANIA TROLLEY MUSEUM. Trolley rides & exhibits. Includes displays, walking tours, gift shop, picnic area & Trolley Theatre. Washington. 724-228-9256. PHIPPS CONSERVATORY & BOTANICAL GARDEN. 14 indoor rooms & 3 outdoor gardens feature exotic plants & floral displays from around the world. Orchid & Tropical Bonsai Show. A display of orchids & bonsai. Garden Railroad. Model trains chug through miniature landscapes populated w/ living plants, whimsical props & fun interactive buttons. Runs through Feb. 28. Tropical Forest Congo. An exhibit highlighting some of Africa’s lushest landscapes. Oakland. 412-622-6914. PHOTO ANTIQUITIES MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY. Shantytown. 12 pictures that are the only ones in existence from the Great Depression in 1930’s of what is now the Strip District. Showing middle-class people living in poor shacks, but taking great steps to keep their style & cleanliness intact. Displaying 660 different movie cameras, showing pictures on glass, many hand-painted. The largest display of 19th Century photographs in America. North Side. 412-231-7881. PINBALL PERFECTION. Pinball museum & players club. West View. 412-931-4425. PITTSBURGH ZOO & PPG AQUARIUM. Home to 4,000 animals, including many
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FRI 26 YOUTH MAKE: LARGER THAN LIFE. Build large structures using recycled materials, enter a virtual reality w/ the help of a green screen, sew a sleeping mask that will help you dream big, more. 5-7 p.m. Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, North Side. 412-322-5058.
KID’S BOOKS FOR GROWN-UPS BOOKCLUB. First Tue of every month, 10 a.m. Penguin Bookshop, Sewickley. 412-741-3838. MICHAEL WURSTER, CHRISTINE STROUD, ALISON TAVERNA, SHARON DILWORTH, MICHAEL SIMMS. Literary readings from selected Autumn House Press titles. Q & A to follow. 7 p.m. Brentwood Library, Brentwood. 412-882-5694. THE MOTH. A themed storytelling series where all the stories must be true, be about the storyteller & be told w/o notes. Every show has a theme. First Tue of every month, 8 p.m. Rex Theater, South Side. 412-381-6811. 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.
SAT 27 - SUN 28 GUEST ARTIST: NATE TAYLOR. Join author/illustrator Nate Taylor in the Art Studio & help him w/ his story by adding in your own illustrations. Feb. 27-28, 12-3 p.m. Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, North Side. 412-322-5058. SPEAK LIFE STORYTELLERS. Join Captain Adam Keene & First Officer Langston Kelly in a musical & poetic storytelling journey that will allow us to engage w/ each other, to ask questions & swap stories. Feb. 27-28, 1-3 p.m. Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, North Side. 412-322-5058.
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WED 02 ONCE UPON A WEDNESDAY. Each week, a new fairy tale will be introduced as well as an accompanying craft. This creative program is geared for ages 4 & under, but all are welcome to attend. Registration required. Wed, 10:30 a.m. Thru April 27 Baldwin Borough Public Library, Baldwin. 412-885-2255.
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SITTING GROUP. http://citydharma.wordpress.com/ schedule/ Tue, Thu Church of the Redeemer, Squirrel Hill. 412-965-9903. AARP TAX AIDE. Please bring a copy of last year’s tax forms. Customers are seen on a firstcome, first-served basis. Thu, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Thru April 14. Baldwin Borough Public Library. 412-885-2255. AFRICAN EVOLUTIONARY GENOMICS: A MODERN LOOK AT HUMAN GENETIC DIVERSITY. Lecture will be presented by Dr. Sarah Tishkoff. 7 p.m. Power Center Ballroom, Duquesne University, Downtown. www.duq.edu. ARE MY PANTS LOWERING YOUR TEST SCORES?: BLAMING GIRLS FOR CHALLENGES FACING BOYS. Lecture by Sara Goodkind, associate professor, Pitt School of Social Work, Department of Sociology & Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies Program. Rm. 1228. http://gsws.pitt.edu 4-5:30 p.m. Cathedral of Learning, Oakland. 412-621-9339. BOARD GAMES NIGHT. Fourth Thu of every month, 6 p.m. Carnegie Library, Oakland. 412-622-3151. DAMN THE WINTER DOLDRUMS: BOOK & BEER PARTY. 7 p.m. Amazing Books, Squirrel Hill. 347-483-2432. HARVEY FINEBERG TO DISCUSS TECHNOLOGY, INFORMATION & LEARNING. 4:30 p.m. Rashid Auditorium, CMU, Oakland. 412-268-2830. INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF PITTSBURGH. Social, cultural club of American/ international women. Thu First Baptist Church, Oakland. iwap. pittsburgh@gmail.com. JUSTICE ON BOTH SIDES: TOWARD A DISCOURSE OF RESTORATION IN SCHOOLS. Lecture by Maisha T. Winn. http://cue.pitt.edu. 4-6 p.m. University Club, Oakland. 412-648-8213. KIM BARRY. Lecture by the artist. 7 p.m. Shaler North Hills Library, Glenshaw. 412-486-0211. KINGS ON THE HILL: BASEBALL’S FORGOTTEN MEN. Sports historical Dr. Rob Ruck will discuss the history of the famous sandlot baseball teams: the Homestead Grays & the Pittsburgh Crawfords. 7 p.m. Mount Lebanon Public Library, Mt. Lebanon. 412-531-1912. A POWER STRONGER THAN ITSELF. George Lewis discusses the importance & history of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, which he joined as a teenager in 1971. www.music.pitt.edu . 7:30 p.m. Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Oakland. 412-624-4125. RADICAL TRIVIA. Thu, 9 p.m.
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FRI 26 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. ART & FEMINISM WIKIPEDIA EDIT-A-THON AT CMU. An international network of events that aim to correct biases inherent in the platform. Join local artists & researchers to add more female-identified artists to the Internet’s largest encyclopedia. No prior knowledge necessary, tutorials provided. CMU STUDIO for Creative Inquiry, College of Fine Arts 111. 12 p.m. Carnegie Mellon University, Oakland. 412-268-3451. ART ON THE BLUFF: A WALKING TOUR OF DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY. Learn about artwork & architecture on the bluff. 12 p.m. Duquesne University, Uptown. 412-391-2060.
COUPLING SYSTEMS, BUILDING COALITIONS: CONNECTING HOUSING, ENERGY & TRANSIT IN U.S. CITIES. Lecture by Barbara Brown Wilson. 1st floor conference room, University Center for Social & Urban Research. http://ucsur.pitt.edu. 12-1:30 p.m. University of Pittsburgh, Oakland. 412-624-4141. CRAFTS & DRAFTS: POP DES FLEURS PARTY. Develop a series of hand-made flowers, some to keep & some to donate to the beautification of our city. 6 p.m. The Society for Contemporary Craft, Strip District. 412-261-7003. FAILURE:LAB | PITTSBURGH. An evening showcasing personal stories of failure & local entertainment. Stories by Mayor Bill Peduto, Darieth Chisolm, Kevin Sousa, Holly Joy Gaines & entertainment by bombyx collective, Adam Brock, Jasmine Tate, D.S. Kinsel & I Medina. 7 p.m. Kelly-Strayhorn Theater, East Liberty. 412-363-3000. FAMILY CONTRA DANCE. For kids & parents, w/ potluck dinner. Fourth Fri of every month, 6 p.m. Thru May 1 Swisshelm Park Community Center, Swissvale. 412-680-8600. FRIDAY NIGHT CONTRA DANCE. A social, traditional American dance. No partner needed,
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AFRONAUT(A) 3.0. The Afronaut(a) salon series returns to spark conversation & incite cinematic exploration w/ archival films, classic features & international works by artists from Ethiopia, Kenya, the UK, more. Visit http:// kelly-strayhorn.org/ for a full schedule. Sun. Thru April 3. Kelly-Strayhorn Theater, East Liberty. 412-363-3000. BRUNCH & LECTURE: HOW REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT IS CHANGING THE FACE OF PITTSBURGH. 9:30 a.m. Temple Sinai, Squirrel Hill. 412-421-9715.
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.
BEGINNER TAI CHI CLASSES. Sat, 9 a.m. Friends Meeting House, Oakland. 412-683-2669. IMPROV ACTING CLASS. Mon, FAFSA WORKSHOP. A FAFSA 7 p.m. Thru March 22 Percolate, expert at the library to answer Wilkinsburg. 412-607-4297. all your questions & concerns OUR PRESENT about this financial aid process. CONTEMPORANEITY: This workshop is set-up on an DIVISIVE DIFFERENCE & appointment only basis. Please call THE EMERGENT COMMONS. the library for more information Lecture by Terry Smith. & to register. 10 a.m. Baldwin www.humanities.pitt.edu. Borough Public Library, Baldwin. 6 p.m. Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, 412-885-2255. MEET, LEARN, PLAY: A GAMING MEET UP. All-ages [VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY] board gaming session, playing & learning about new games w/ an instructor. Quiet Reading Room. Second and Fourth Sat of every month, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Carnegie Library, Oakland. 412-622-3151. PARTY AT THE PALACE. If you’re a local history buff, consider volunteering The black tie optional event at Historic Hanna’s Town for the coming season. The celebrating the 90th Anniversary Westmoreland County Historical Society is seeking of this landmark w/ hor d’oeuvres & live entertainment. 6 p.m. volunteers to serve as tour guides and to work in the The Maker Theater, Shadyside. gift shop. Prospective volunteers can attend either the 412-404-2695. open house in Historic Hanna’s Town, on April 2, from Q BALL: SIXTH SENSE. 10 a.m.–noon, or an orientation at the Calvin E. Pollins Live auction, dance, performers, Library, in Greensberg, on April 9, from 10 a.m.-noon. music & food. 9 p.m. Engine RSVP at 724-532-1935, ext. 210. House No. 25, Lawrenceville. 412-362-1713. SALUTE TO THE BLACK CALMING COZY COLORING Oakland. 412-624-4125. CHURCH. 5 p.m. Hosanna PROGRAM. Coloring sessions QUEER/ASIAN FILIPINOS IN House, Wilkinsburg. for adults. Sun, 2-4 p.m. Shaler OREGON: A TRANS*COLONIAL SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING. North Hills Library, Glenshaw. APPROACH. Lecture by Kale Lessons 7-8 p.m., social dancing 412-486-0211. Fajardo. Rm. 602. http://gsws.pitt. follows. No partner needed. DIALECTS WORKSHOP. edu. 6 p.m. Cathedral of Learning, Mon, 7 p.m. and Sat, 7 p.m. Grace Introduction to the fundamentals Oakland. 412-621-9339. Episcopal Church, Mt. Washington. of dialect work & preparation. SCOTTISH COUNTRY 412-683-5670. 2 p.m. Prime Stage Theatre DANCING. Lessons 7-8 p.m., SEARCH & RESCUE SEMINAR. Rehearsal Studio, West End. social dancing follows. No Learn how you might be able 724-773-0700. partner needed. Mon, 7 p.m. to become involved w/ this FAMILY/FRIENDS OF and Sat, 7 p.m. Grace Episcopal organization, who performs SUBSTANCE USERS/ Church, Mt. Washington. search & rescue missions w/ ABUSERS SUPPORT GROUP. 412-683-5670. their dogs. Pre-registration Non 12-step support group SELLING KIDS OUT: BODY is requested. 9 a.m.-11 p.m. exchanging experiences & ideas IMAGE & THE MEDIA. 7 p.m. Conneaut Lake Bark Park, as a means to provide resources Northland Public Library, Conneaut. 814-382-2267. & suggestions that can help McCandless. 412-366-8100. SOUTH HILLS SCRABBLE those struggling to TRIVIA NIGHT. Hosted by CLUB. Free Scrabble support the recovery Pittsburgh Bar Trivia. Mon, 7 p.m. games, all levels. Sat, journey of a close Carnivore’s Restaurant & Sports Bar, 1-3 p.m. Mount relative or friend. Oakmont. 412-820-7427. Lebanon Public Second and Fourth ww. r w Library, Mt. Lebanon. pape Sun of every pghcitym 412-531-1912. .co month, 4:30 p.m. BEYOND THE UNIVERSITY: SWING CITY. Learn & Bethany Lutheran WHY LIBERAL EDUCATION practice swing dancing skills Church, Bethel Park. MATTERS. Lecture by Michael w/ the Jim Adler 412-853-3189. S. Roth, president, Wesleyan Band. Sat, 8 p.m. Wightman PITTSBURGH FERMENTATION University. www.humanities.pitt. School, Squirrel Hill. 412-759-1569. FESTIVAL. Bringing the edu. 7 p.m. University Club, VOICECATCH WORKSHOP fermentation community Oakland. 412-648-8213. W/ KATHY AYRES. A of local businesses, individual CARNEGIE KNITS & READS. community writing workshop hobbyists, educational workshops Informal knitting session w/ & writing space provided by & art performances together. literary conversation. First and Chatham’s Words Without Walls www.pittsburghfermentation Third Wed of every month, festival.com. 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. 4:30-5:30 p.m. Carnegie Library, program. Sat, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Pittsburgh Public Market, Oakland. 412-622-3151. Carnegie Library, East Liberty. Strip District. 412-281-4505. FLEET FEET SPEED SQUAD. 412-363-8232. RADICAL TRIVIA. Trivia game At the track. Coach Alex from WIGLE WHISKEY hosted by DJ Jared Evans. Fleet Feet Sports Pittsburgh BARRELHOUSE TOURS. Come alone or bring a team. hosts weekly Wednesday night Sat, 12:30 & 2 p.m. Wigle Sun, 7 p.m. Oaks Theater, speed workouts. The workouts Whiskey Barrel House, Oakmont. 412-828-6322. are free & open to the public. North Side. 412-224-2827.
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Gay, thirtysomething male in D.C. My boyfriend of three years has been acting strange — not taking his antidepression meds, says he’s feeling weird. He has withdrawn from me, sleeps 15 hours a day, and has been canceling commitments to socialize with friends. That I am fine with — he’s blue and I get it. Here’s why I’m writing: He was doing an online crossword, and when he got up, I was going to write a message in it — to be funny and sweet. What I saw messed me up. There was a browser window open about meth and depression. He is 48 and successful, and isn’t a clubber or party-going type. METH? What the hell? I snooped further, and there was a detailed search history on meth, meth and depression, meth and sex. He doesn’t seem to have been high around me, but I don’t want to date an addict. I don’t want to be with someone who would take such a dumb risk. I know what you’ll say: Use your words — and, trust me, I will. But am I totally crazy? I feel shitty for having snooped, but it started innocently enough. SNOOP NOW ALL FUCKED UP
Meth addicts aren’t known for sleeping 15 hours a day, SNAFU. Meth addicts aren’t known for sleeping at all. So perhaps your boyfriend abused meth before you met — and there’s no using meth, only abusing meth — and conquered his addiction and/or stopped abusing meth years ago. And now he’s depressed and off his meds, and he went online to investigate whether his past meth abuse could be contributing to his current depression. As for the snooping angle … When we snoop, we sometimes find out things we don’t want to know, don’t need to know and don’t need to do anything about. For example, the new boyfriend has a few sexts from his ex tucked away on his computer, your dad is cheating on his third wife, your adult daughter is selling her used panties online. But sometimes we find out things we needed to know and have to do something about. For example, your 14-year-old daughter is planning to meet up with a 35-year-old man she met on Instagram, or your “straight” boyfriend is having unsafe sex with dozens of men behind your back. In those cases, you have to act. Learning your depressed-and-off-his-meds boyfriend may have — or may have had — a meth problem falls into the needed-to-know/ have-to-do-something-about category. So, yeah, SNAFU, you gotta use your words. Go to your boyfriend, tell him what you discovered and how you discovered it, and demand an explanation while offering to help. Urge him to see his doctor — whoever prescribed the antidepressants he stopped taking — and go into the convo armed with a list of the resources available to him. “We’re lucky to have a lot of great resources in [Washington,] D.C.,” said David Mariner, executive director of the DC Center for the LGBT Community (thedccenter.org). “The Triangle Club (triangleclub.org) is an LGBT recovery house, and they host all sorts of 12-step meetings. Crystal Meth Anonymous is really active here. And we’re just kicking off a harm-reduction group here at the DC Center.” Finally, SNAFU, don’t make it harder for your
partner to be honest with you by threatening to break up with him. You don’t have to remain in a relationship with an addict, if indeed he is an addict, forever. But start by showing him compassion and offering support. You can make up your mind about your future — whether you have one together — during a subsequent conversation. I’m a 36-year-old hetero male, into BDSM and polyamory. I’ve been drinking deep from the bowels of the Internet lately, getting laid more than I ever thought was possible. I’m open about the fact that I fuck around a lot and that monogamy would never work for me. I use condoms with everyone except my primary partner, and I abide by your campsite rule. I don’t want to be anyone’s wonderful husband; I want to be the Casanova who climbs in through the window. Last week, the Internet was good at delivering. Usually I can talk to 10 women who all seem interested, but in the end, only one or two want to actually meet. But last week, I had sex five times in five days with five different women. And that just made me feel awesome, turned on and wonderful. Is there a term for someone who gets turned on by finding new people to have sex with? Have I discovered a new kink? Is there a name for people like me? DUDE DRINKING DEEP
I don’t think “drinking deep from the bowels of [blank]” is a good way to describe something you enjoy, DDD. Watching a GOP debate? Enjoying consensual sex with people you’re into? Better described as “drinking deep from Aphrodite’s honeyed mouth” or “licking Adonis’s jizz off Antinous’s tits” or simply “killing it” — really, anything would be an improvement. As for what your kink is called … “What DDD describes is consistent with a motivational style once called Don Juan syndrome,” said Dr. David Ley, author and clinical psychologist. “It has also been called Casanova or James Bond syndrome. Essentially, these are folks most excited by the quest/hunt for novelty in sex partners. What I appreciate about DDD is that, even though he uses sex-addiction language, it’s clear he has accepted himself and his desire. I’d say he has adapted fairly well, and responsibly, to that tendency in himself.”
METH ADDICTS AREN’T KNOWN FOR SLEEPING 15 HOURS A DAY.
I just posted a new word on the Physician Moms Facebook group and was told that I should send it to you. I got tired of hearing “She’s got balls,” so I made up a new word, clitzpah (klit-spe) noun: a woman with guts! Origin of clitzpah: clitoris (kli-te-res) noun: an organ of the female genitalia, the purpose of which is purely to bring women pleasure, and chutzpah (hut-spe) noun: a Yiddish term for courage bordering on arrogance. I hope this is useful! JILL BECKER, CLITZPAH.COM
It’s a lovely word, Jill — and I’m happy to help you roll it out! On the Lovecast, Dan and a doc from Planned Parenthood answer your medical questions: savagelovecast.com.
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “People don’t want their lives fixed,” proclaims Chuck Palahniuk in his novel Survivor. “Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distractions. Their stories resolved. Their messes cleaned up. Because what would they have left? Just the big scary unknown.” Your challenge in the coming weeks, Pisces, is to prove Palahniuk wrong, at least in regards to you. From what I can tell, you will have unprecedented opportunities to solve dilemmas and clean up messy situations. And if you take even partial advantage of this gift, you will not be plunged into the big scary unknown, but rather into a new phase of shaping your identity with crispness and clarity.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Just one species has a big enough throat to swallow a person whole: the sperm whale. If you happen to be sailing the high seas any time soon, I hope you will studiously avoid getting thrown overboard in the vicinity of one of these beasts. The odds are higher than usual that you’d end up in its belly, much like the Biblical character Jonah. (Although, like him, I bet you’d ultimately escape.) Furthermore, Aries, I hope you will be cautious not to get swallowed up by anything else. It’s true that the coming weeks will be a good time to go on a retreat, to flee from the grind and take a break from the usual frenzy. But the best way to do that is to consciously choose the right circumstances rather than leave it to chance.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You have cosmic clearance to fantasize about participating in orgies where you’re loose and free and exuberant. It’s probably not a good idea to attend a literal orgy, however. For the foreseeable future, all the cleansing revelry and cathartic rapture you need can be obtained through the wild stories and outrageous scenes that unfold in your imagination. Giving yourself the gift of pretend immersions in fertile chaos could recharge your spiritual batteries in just the right ways.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “Hell is the suffering of being unable to love,” wrote novelist J.D. Salinger. If that’s true, I’m pleased to announce that you can now ensure you’ll be free of hell for a very long time. The cosmic omens suggest that you have enormous power to expand your capacity for love. So get busy! Make it your intention to dissolve any unconscious blocks you might have about sharing your gifts and bestowing your blessings. Get rid of attitudes and behaviors that limit your generosity and compassion. Now is an excellent time to launch your “Perpetual Freedom From Hell” campaign!
CANCER (June 21-July 22): “A vacation is what you take when you can no longer take what you’ve been taking,” said journalist Earl Wilson. Do you fit that description, Cancerian? Probably. I suspect it’s high time to find a polite way to flee your responsibilities, avoid your duties and hide from your burdens. For the foreseeable future, you have a mandate to ignore what fills you with boredom. You have the right to avoid any involvement that makes life too damn complicated. And you have a holy obligation to rethink your relationship with any influence that weighs you down with menial obligations.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Your illusions are a part of you like your bones and flesh and memory,” writes William Faulkner
in his novel Absalom, Absalom! If that’s true, Leo, you now have a chance to be a miracle worker. In the coming weeks, you can summon the uncanny power to rip at least two of your illusions out by the roots — without causing any permanent damage! You may temporarily feel a stinging sensation, but that will be a sign that healing is underway. Congratulations in advance for getting rid of the dead weight.
your life form the core of your identity and selfimage. 2. Draw on your recollections of the past to guide you in making decisions about the imminent future. 3. Notice everything you see with an intensified focus, because then you will remember it better, and that will come in handy quite soon. 4. Make up new memories that you wish had happened. Have fun creating scenes from an imagined past.
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“We are defined by the lines we choose to cross or to be confined by,” says Virgo writer A.S. Byatt. That’s a key meditation for you as you enter a phase in which boundaries will be a major theme. During the next eight weeks, you will be continuously challenged to decide which people and things and ideas you want to be part of your world, and which you don’t. In some cases you’ll be wise to put up barriers and limit connection. In other cases, you’ll thrive by erasing borders and transcending divisions. The hard part — and the fun part — will be knowing which is which. Trust your gut.
Most of us know about Albert Einstein’s greatest idea: the general theory of relativity. It was one of the reasons he won a Nobel Prize for physics. But what was his second-best discovery? Here’s what he said it was: adding an egg to the pot while he cooked his soup. That way, he could produce a soft-boiled egg without having to dirty a second pot. What are the first- and second-most fabulous ideas you’ve ever come up with, Capricorn? I suspect you are on the verge of producing new candidates to compete with them. If it’s OK with you, I will, at least
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When life gives you lemon juice from concentrate, citric acid, high-fructose corn syrup, modified cornstarch, potassium citrate, yellow food dye and gum acacia, what should you do? Make lemonade, of course! You might wish that all the raw ingredients life sends your way would be pure and authentic, but sometimes the mix includes artificial stuff. No worries, Libra! I am confident that you have the imaginative chutzpah and resilient willpower necessary to turn the mishmash into passable nourishment. Or here’s another alternative: You could procrastinate for two weeks, when more of the available resources will be natural.
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Your Mythic Metaphor for the coming weeks is dew. Many cultures have regarded it as a symbol of life-giving grace. In Kabbalah, divine dew seeps from the Tree of Life. In Chinese folklore, the lunar dew purifies vision and nurtures longevity. In the lore of ancient Greece, dew confers fertility. The Iroquois speak of the Great Dew Eagle, who drops healing moisture on land ravaged by evil spirits. The creator god of the Ashanti people created dew soon after making the sun, moon and stars. Lao-Tse said it’s an emblem of the harmonious marriage between Earth and Heaven. So what will you do with the magic dew you’ll be blessed with?
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): It’s prime time for you to love your memory, make vivid use of your memory and enhance your memory. Here are some hints about how: 1. Feel appreciation for the way the old stories of
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BACK TO FRONT
{BY BRENDAN EMMETT QUIGLEY / WWW.BRENDANEMMETTQUIGLEY.COM}
ACROSS
1. Hulu selection 7. Alta’s opposite 11. Actor Hiddleston 14. Boorish dudes 15. German white 17. Stay behind 18. “You’ll love the show!” 19. One crying foul 20. Statesman Abba 22. Music for rude boys 23. ‘60s hipsters 25. Club whose last performer was Patti Smith 27. Jabba the ___ 30. Utter failure 32. Full of beef fat 34. Japanese tuna 36. Us Parisians 38. Common 40. Wearing chain mail 43. Latticed gazebo part 44. Removed from consideration 46. Gentle urging 47. What’s more 48. ___-Sketch 50. Car gear 52. Hit, as one’s toe 54. Clark who leads a double life 56. When repeated, a childish taunt 58. “Whatcha doin’?” 60. “Deadpool” star Reynolds 62. Chinese tea 63. Chew out
67. Quit the band but keep playing 69. Springsteen album named after a state 70. RNA component 71. Celebrity scientist Bill 72. Dragon’s pad 73. Side with a sandwich
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1. Rugby action 2. Group with numerous hits 3. The only presidential candidate with his own board game 4. Period named after someone 5. Live ___ (be someone you’re not) 6. “Morning Joe” network 7. With 45-Down, trail ... or a hint for this puzzle’s theme 8. Little island 9. “Rather Be” singer ___ Glynne 10. Route in the AfghanistanPakistan mountains 11. Money left on the table 12. Blended together 13. Bus. VIP 16. Dinner with limbo dancing
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because of a 25-year-old DRUG
FAITH FANT, of jefferson hills,
let's take a look inside his barber shop, KOOL KUTZ …
CONVICTION, whether mckeesport
brings her grandchildren to KOOL KUTZ two or three times
council-member elect CORRY
SANDERS can serve on council
served 15 years for selling
CORRY SANDERS , 46
a month.
narcotics -- SIX in prison,
is being determined in COURT and
NINE on parole
by pa’s
what do YOU think about
out of prison in ‘97,
BOARD OF
corry’s
opened KOOL KUTZ ‘99
PARDONS.*
CONTESTED council
the next year, he
seat?
met his wife at a SOFTBALL GAME
the OLDEST of their four kids on the dean's list in college i think
works HERE six days,
they
teaches five days at
should
the BARBER SCHOOL OF PITTSBURGH
by EM DEMARCO
later that day …
give him a
church on sundays
CHANCE.
(he ’s a DEACON)
feb. 24, 2016
you learned
corry,
this trade in
were
prison?
you raised in the
age 18
“i was a BOY.
age 20,
i ran around,
‘91. his
did things
TRIAL
that my
began
BAPTIST CHURCH?
corry,
parents told
in ’92.
me not to do … i got caught and i
yes, i just
had to DO
was a
THE TIME.”
KNUCKLEHEAD, that’s all.
“that’s why i speak TO THE YOUTH … look i made my mind up in prison that i was going to COME HOME and be
at the news. you’ve got young blacks
what
getting killed by POLICE OFFICERS on
do you
camera ... you’ve got young blacks
mean?
killing EACH OTHER. you’ve got young
legal, have my own
blacks going to jail for LIFE. mistakes
BUSINESS.
are too costly nowadays.”
“it's good to [ have ] a black president for
so, why POLITICS?
a young black kid to see. you don't have to JUST PLAY SPORTS. or you don't have to just be ON
i was always the VOICE for the unfortunate -- the voice of those who
THE CORNER ... you
felt as if they didn’t
can be PRESIDENT.
have a voice.
you can be a DOCTOR, you can be
i ’ve always worked with the city and
a JUDGE, a LAWYER.
all these mayors.
“so they can see a
problem GOING TO
it was never a
person who went away and CAME HOME.
THE TABLE. now that i
and then turn his
want a SEAT
county life TOTALLY around.
at the table,
HEALTH dept.
they need to see MORE OF THAT.”
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