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Incumbent State Rep. Jake Wheatley faces off against challenger Jessica Wolfe in primary battle {BY REBECCA NUTTALL} “I’m focused on the real stuff,” Wheatley says now, a few months after he was alerted to the websites. “What really matters is what’s important to these residents. People want a budget. They want economic opportunities, jobs. They want a quality educa-
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heard. As the wife of Kenneth Wolfe, a former Wheatley aide, some have questioned her motives. “The idea of this being anybody’s idea but my own is laughable,” says Wolfe. “My husband did work for Jake, and it did inspire me to run for this position in a way because I have firsthand knowledge of what was going on in that office. It’s not a vendetta or a revenge thing; it’s that I know how things are currently being done, and I know what I need to do differently.” The district is made up of some of the city’s neediest neighborhoods: the Hill District, North Side, South Side, Allentown, Hazelwood, Downtown, The Bluff, Knoxville, Beltzhoover, Arlington, Arlington Heights and Oakland. The election will hinge on whether Wheatley has been successful at communicating the work he’s put in on behalf of his constituents, or whether voters agree with Wolfe’s criticism that the representative has been ignoring his people. “The job of whoever holds that seat is to represent a poor, minority population. And Jake’s done a good job of that for some years,” says political consultant Don Freidman. “Now the problem is, Jake isn’t exactly Mr. Personality. He’s not a really effusive personality who can go out and work all of these neighborhoods and make everyone like him. He’s much more reticent. He sort of just focuses on the work.”
a business incubator in Allentown that’s one of the latest examples of the neighborhood’s revitalization. In addition to helping secure a grant for the Allentown business district, other examples Wheatley points to as successes during his tenure include securing funding for the New Hazlett Theater, the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership, and the South Side Works development. “I’ve had a hand in shaping things all across this district,” says Wheatley. “I tell people, it couldn’t have happened just because of Jake Wheatley. It’s working with other people, and using the leverage of my seat to benefit the people I represent. And that’s what I’m most proud of. It doesn’t matter if people give me credit for it because that’s not why I got into this job. I can walk down the street and point to things I personally made happen.” But these successes aren’t as apparent to his opponent Wolfe. As far as platforms go, she says hers and Wheatley’s don’t greatly differ. But throughout her experience meeting with District 19 business owners and door-knocking, she says many constituents complain about a lack of transparency and visibility in Wheatley’s office. “I work in this community, I live in this community and I never see him. I have people say they never see him,” Wolfe says. “You’re not in the community. I think true public servants want to be with people, want to know what their struggles are.” Political consultant Freidman says criticizing an incumbent for a lack of visibility is a common tactic.
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“The average voter has little or no concept of who their state representative is,” Friedman says. “If you’re taking on an incumbent, you ask the question: ‘Well, what’s the incumbent done for you lately? How often have you seen him?’ And people go, ‘I’m not even sure who he is.’ And it sort of discounts his importance or presence.” But for Freidman, the job of a state representative isn’t about being present at every community meeting. “Jake has risen up in the ranks,” says Freidman. “He is now the Democratic chairman of the finance committee. That’s what you want in an elected representative. You want them to have tenure and to be active in Harrisburg. A state rep’s job isn’t in Pittsburgh — it’s in Harrisburg. That’s where the work is done.” However, according to Wolfe, Wheatley isn’t visible in Harrisburg either. She cites her opponent’s record of missed votes, as recorded by the website www.pennsylvaniavotes.org, as a testament to his absence. According to the site, from January 2009 to the present, Wheatley has missed the sixth-most votes of any Pennsylvania House legislator. When asked about his record, Wheatley says the site Wolfe references doesn’t tell the whole story because it only counts whether he is present at a certain time of
day, not whether he actually voted. And he also says being present for votes isn’t an accurate testament of his service to his constituents. “If you look at the actual official record of absences and non-absences, I think you’ll find I’m rarely absent,” Wheatley says. “But because I’ve taken over more of a leadership role, some of that pulls away from the floor. “Constituents don’t really care if we spend eight hours on the House floor voting for 300 bills that don’t really matter to them, like naming bridges or the official state song. They do care when we’re doing something to improve their quality of life.” And instead of counting his attendance, Wheatley points to other examples of the work he’s done for constituents, including helping to get the grocery store in the Hill District built. He says that store was the product of a statewide effort in Harrisburg to address food insecurity. “The federal government has modeled its national program after what we started,” Wheatley says. “People want to know why they should vote. Well, if you don’t
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have like-minded people who understand and care enough about your issue to take a policy and make it a reality, there wouldn’t be a grocery store in the Hill.” And without his 13 years of experience in the House, Wheatley says, programs like these never would’ve been created. “Think about the experience I’ve accumulated and what happens when you take that experience off the table,” he says. “I’ve gained relationships both with Democrats and Republicans in Harrisburg. All of those things matter in my ability to push an agenda for the people I represent. I don’t have to go through two or four or six years of learning, I’ve already done that. I joke that it took me four years to find out where the bathrooms were, but now I understand how the system works.” But Wolfe argues Wheatley’s experience can actually be harmful for his constituents because of the dysfunction she sees in Harrisburg. Throughout her career as a social worker, she says she’s seen firsthand
how the decisions of state legislatures hurt people, and she points to the state budget stalemate as a current example. “It’s just very difficult working on the individual level to really effect a lot of change,” says Wolfe. “Everything I do is impacted by funding or policy or regulation by the state government. So I have to get in that room. I have to sit at that table. I have to be part of that discussion because I really don’t believe most of the people who make those decisions understand how those decisions impact people’s real lives.” And while some might be critical of the fact that her husband is a former Wheatley aide, she isn’t bothered by their criticism. She says her husband’s experience taught her lessons that will be beneficial for serving in the legislature and will ensure she doesn’t start at a disadvantage. “There aren’t that many people who actually know what a state representative does and I’m well versed. It was dinnertable conversation,” says Wolfe. “I know the narrative that’s out there, but it’s basely false. And it kind of demeans me as a woman because the idea is that the only reason I’m doing this is because my husband put me up to it.” RN U T TA L L @ P G HC I T Y PA P E R. C OM
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{BY RYAN DETO} IN FEBRUARY, Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto held a press conference announcing the successful relocation of the vast majority of Penn Plaza residents, and one theme came shining through: teamwork. “We are not claiming victory, but we are showing what can be done when people work together,” Peduto’s chief of staff Kevin Acklin said at the press conference. Last summer, LG Realty Advisors (run by the Gumberg family) issued a 90-day eviction notice for residents of Penn Plaza, a twobuilding, below-market-rate apartment complex in East Liberty. The city stepped in and brokered an agreement between all parties that provided relocation assistance and monies to the tenants; cooperated with the Gumberg’s zoning-change requests (including the conveyance of part of a small public park); and created a fund to pay for future affordable-housing projects. At the February press conference, city officials repeated that the city and Penn Plaza tenants had little legal ground to stave off evictions. Lillian Grate, of the Penn Plaza tenant council, said the residents were “thrust into conflict” and applauded the Gumbergs for coming to the negotiating table. Acklin, who served as lead negotiator for the city, also lauded the negotiation process and the “teamwork” that secured assistance to the residents and affordability promises for East Liberty. However, new information indicates that LG Realty was not as forthcoming and cooperative as previously thought. A few weeks ago, City Paper wrote that two dozen residents from the first Penn Plaza building to come down (5704 Penn Ave.) had formed a crisis committee because they hadn’t found replacement homes, even though there were possibly 50 units available in the other Penn Plaza building (5600 Penn Ave.). In February, CP asked attorney Jonathan Kamin, who represents LG Realty, why the residents could not just be moved over to 5600 Penn Ave. Kamin said that many of the vacant units had been taken offline over the years and needed full renovations to become livable again. Furthermore, after a public hearing about the rezoning of En-
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right Park (which will potentially be partially conveyed to LG Realty), Kamin said that the owners hadn’t accepted new tenants at Penn Plaza for a few years. Does the admission that units were intentionally taken offline, and that the buildings weren’t accepting new tenants for years, indicate that the Gumbergs knew they were going to renovate the structure well before their June 2015 eviction announcement? Randall Taylor, a former 5704 Penn Ave. resident and member of the tenant council, says yes. Taylor attended many of the negotiation meetings between the tenants, owners and the city last fall. At one meeting, says Taylor, Kamin said the Gumbergs knew they were going to renovate since 2012. (Kamin told CP in March that LG Realty had been conducting development studies of the area for four years.) “I moved in in 2012. I wished they would have told me then about their plans,” says Taylor. He says the crisis the residents were thrust into was caused by the company because “they knew all along what they wanted to do.” Kevin Quisenberry, the attorney for the tenant council, also says the owners knew they were going to renovate, but failed to inform the tenants in a timely matter. He remembers a meeting in July 2015 when the owners said “they already had a firm agreement with an anchor tenant” for 5704 Penn Ave. At the March public hearing, Rick Swartz, of the Bloomfield Garfield Corp., spoke in opposition to the rezoning of Enright Park. He also said LG Realty has a new tenant lined up for 5704 Penn Ave., but that
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the company hasn’t shared many specifics about the development, which Swartz says is contrary to typical communityoutreach practice. “They want this to happen in a much quicker process,” says Swartz. “To evict 200 people to achieve a vision but not tell people what that vision is going to be, doesn’t make sense to me.” Kamin says he rejects the narrative that this was rammed down the community’s throat. He says Penn Plaza management over the years had encouraged residents to find new homes well before announcing evictions. (Bill Bartlett, of advocacy group Action United, who has been working closely with many Penn Plaza tenants, disputes this and says tenants have told him the opposite.) Kamin also says LG Realty can’t move forward with their plans until they know the limitations of their future zoning. “We are at the beginning of the process. The first step is to know the rules,” says Kamin. Acklin says that, at the least, a portion of the park will remain public. “I understand the lack of trust by residents, but the city can play a role to better the park,” says Acklin. Quisenberry also believes some positive lessons can come out of this. He thinks that in situations similar to Penn Plaza, the city should require landlords to give significant advance notice and mandatory relocation assistance. He believes the city should also require inclusionary zoning for new developments, so that new structures include a set percentage of affordable housing. Peduto also believes the attention paid to Penn Plaza sets a precedent for other developers in the city. “Every private developer now will look towards Penn Plaza and know they can’t just issue 90-day evictions.” RYA N D E TO@ P G HC I T Y PA P E R. C OM
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2016. It’s like Christmas for baseball junkies and the time has come to get our fix. For teams and fans alike, opening day is a new beginning, a fresh start. Even fans in Tampa and Seattle think they have a chance for a good season. For 20 years in a row it was the one day Pirates fans could look at the standings and see the Pirates above the St. Louis Cardinals even if it was only because of alphabetical order. Since the Clint Hurdle era began, though, there is legitimate reason for optimism. The spectacle of opening day itself is for amateur baseball fans, like New Year’s Eve is for beer-drinkers. Some people go hard one day; true fans and drinkers (sometimes they’re the same people) know it’s just the beginning of a long season. I am always priced out of opening-day tickets. The same people who buy up these seats are ones who hog the playoff tickets, too. I’m more of a day-after-opening-day kind of guy — sitting in the cold April rain with 9,000 fans and wondering where the extra 25,000 people who were here the day before went. The best part about opening day? Knowing there’s nothing but baseball for the next six months. This opener is special. It’s on national television, and the very first game of the entire Major League Baseball slate. We used to get on national television for hitting a sausage mascot (Randall Simon) or because a rookie phenom (Stephen Strasburg) was making his debut against the Pirates. Now the Bucs are there because they’re good. Three straight playoff appearances have given them a little street cred. We don’t just see Pirates hats in old Chuck D videos, but all over the country and throughout South Korea. The North Koreans must hate us; they’re probably Cardinals fans. This is the 15th opener at PNC Park. Past starting pitchers for the Pirates included Todd Ritchie, Kip Wells, Erik Bedard and Ron Villone. But that’s why opening day is so great: Even with those clowns we still thought we might have a chance each year. Francisco Liriano gets the nod this year for the third time in a row. The last Bucco to get that honor was Doug Drabek, more than 20 years ago. For most Pittsburgh sports fans, Steelers training camp in 90-degree heat in Latrobe
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is still more exciting, but at least this is a closer second than it used to be. The Pirates’ first opponents of the season are the hated St. Louis Cardinals. The Bucs won 98 games last year but still finished as a runner-up to the Cards. They are like the more successful brother who always one-ups you. Plus they cheat like the Patriots do, but nobody calls them out for it. They spied on the Houston Astros for a long time. That would be like Louis CK stealing material from Pauly Shore. The Cardinals are the second-most successful franchise in baseball history and tried to steal from the Astros, who are one of the least successful franchises ever. Were they trying to get into the mind of a perennial loser? Yes, the Cardinals will contend again this year, as always, and the Cubs, who last year won 97 games, got even better. Hopefully at some point in the season they’ll realize they are the Cubs, the losingest losers in baseball’s Loserville, a.k.a. Chicago. (Since 1917, the Cubs and White Sox have combined for one World Series championship: the White Sox, in 2005). But till then, the Pirates are going to need to beat up on the Reds and the Brewers, the division’s inferior teams. On opening day, even those teams think that if their rookies pan out and everyone stays healthy they might surprise people. Silly Reds and Brewers, we know how you feel. Both of those teams have rosters similar to those of Pirates past. Opening day means fresh chalk lines and the Bucco Blast counter reset to zero. New stupid promos by the players have been made for the big screen, and fresh hot dogs loaded into the hot-dog gun. It’s a day of unbridled optimism, hope and positive energy. The playoff loss of last year and the battered Gatorade cooler are all forgotten. Opening day is only a couple days away, but I wish it was tomorrow.
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THIS WEEK IN CITY PAPER HISTORY
In celebration of City Paper’s 25th Anniversary, each week we’re looking back at the headlines, pictures and people who graced our pages over the years.
PLAYING WITH THEMSELVES (March 30, 1994) Writer John Hayes profiles Mark Adkins and Mark Phillips, a couple of music enthusiasts who built a home recording studio to make their own tapes for no other reason than “it feels good.” Nowadays any 4-year-old with a cell phone can make a recording that doesn’t sound half bad, but back in the 1990s, there were fewer options for musicians who wanted to record just because. “This equipment … changes the music we can make,” said Phillips.
SPECIAL BONDS (March 29, 1995) Writer Maryan Eidemiller looks at local adoption agencies that work to match parentless children with special needs with loving families. “These kids have all suffered a variety of significant losses of significant people in their homes,” said adoption coordinator Sherry Anderson. Said adoptive parent Joe Schumacher: “These special-needs kids have a lot of gifts and they are just waiting to be given out.”
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At the time City Paper wrote this story, Jamie Lynn Stickle had been dead only about a year. In February, 2002, she was found burned to death in her Jeep, which was parked at a local scrapyard. Her apartment and other clues indicated there was a struggle, but the cause of death was ruled undetermined because she had been so badly burned. Stickle worked as a bartender at several LGBT clubs over the years and was active in raising money for programs in the LGBT community. Stickle’s mother said what caused her the most pain was not “knowing why they did it and how she died. I honestly can’t get answers from anybody.” The case still remains unsolved; anyone with information can call the city’s homicide squad at 412-323-7161. (March 12, 2003)
(March 30, 2005) Writer Marty Levine tells the story of Stephanie Adair, a Pitt student on a workstudy program tutoring in Pittsburgh Public Schools. Adair was appalled at the pre-packaged, high-fat, high-calorie lunches served to district grade-school students. She began bringing in healthy food for kids to eat and took her concerns to the school. When that didn’t work, she reported the district to the state Department of Education. Then when the district found out she was a member of the local Green Party, she was fired allegedly for engaging in political activities on school grounds.
“MY CHANGE IN PARTY WILL ENABLE ME TO BE RE-ELECTED” (April 1, 2009)
STADIUM SEATING (March 27, 1997) Writer Rich Lord reports on a meeting whose purpose was to sell Mayor Tom Murphy’s plans for new stadiums on the North Side to young Pittsburghers. More than 100 members of the Pittsburgh Urban Magnet Project showed up for the session entitled: “New Stadium Developments: Blackmail or Economic Development.” Turns out, it was actually a bit of both.
WAVING THE ANTI-FLAG (March 27, 2002) The September terrorist attacks were barely six months old when writer Justin Hopper went on the road with local anti-establishment punk band Anti-Flag. The band and its music were never shy about addressing how fucked up this
country was and the problems it faced. Onstage, they hung flags upside down. But the tone in America had changed. It seemed like everyone was “patriotic,” and most didn’t look at protest and anarchy as proper behaviors. But the band, although cognizant of the times, kept doing its own thing. “I definitely don’t like it here,” said lead singer Justin Sane. “I just look around and see so many problems.”
Those were the words right out of the mouth of new Democrat and longtime U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter. They appeared in quite possibly one of the greatest political ads ever made. On this date, writer Charlie Deitch examined why challenger Joe Sestak, who was behind Specter by 20 points about 20 days before the April primary, had a real shot of beating the incumbent despite the seemingly insurmountable odds. The difference, however, was an unusually high number of undecided voters. Sestak knew if he could draw half of those, he’d beat Specter. Two weeks later, the ad ran statewide on television and Specter’s political career was over.
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DEVIL OR ANGEL?
After three successful seasons, will the Pirates take the next step toward World Series salvation or end up back on the highway to hell? {STORY AND PHOTOS BY CHARLIE DEITCH}
If you look closely at the Pittsburgh Pirates’ pending 2016 season, you can almost see ee a little devil ason. and a little angel hovering it. It’s one of those seasons that feels pivotal for some reason. Over the pas past three seasons, the Pirates have been to the wild-card game three times, the National onal League Division Series once, and never finished worse than 14 games over .500. The past three seasons, you might say, have been heavenly heavenly. a their fans deserve that kind of success after 20 of the most miserable ble The Buccos and suffer by any professional franchise. The Pirates lost every year. Fans had seasons suffered tha horrible bush-league players like Lastings Milledge, Derek Bell and Pat to pretend that Meares were going to be “just the thing to right the ship.” We had a player suspended for Mi oud. whacking Milwaukee’s sausage mascot with a goddamned baseball bat, for crying out loud. It was literally the only way we were getting on SportsCenter in those days. Those were the swelterin dark days. It was hell, or at least pretty hellish. sweltering t year feels uncertain. It feels like it could go either way. Many “experts” have But this Pirate finishing third in the NL Central behind St. Louis and Chicago. The Buccos’ Midwest rivals are stacked, the Pirates there’s no doubt about it. But did anyone really see the Pirates’ success of the past three seasons coming? That’s why this feels like a year that anything could happen for any number of reasons. We’ve narrowed it down to eight: four reasons the Pirates are headed for salvation in 2016 and four reasons they’re destined for damnation. CONTINUES ON PG. 20
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Andrew McCutchen will hit 30 home runs He’s only done it once in his career and it wasn’t even his MVP season. Early last year, Cutch struggled with a knee injury and never really looked right, although he eventually did hit 23 bombs. He’s stronger, he’s had a strong spring, and his swing gets closer to perfect every day.
The Bat Signal will fly over Pittsburgh skies by July It’s no secret that the back of the Pirates rotation is a little sketchy. By the halfway point, the Pirates will need a veteran to go along with the call-up of Jameson Taillon. A.J. Burnett will be that guy. He’s Batman, after all; we all know it. Batman always comes back when the city needs him. After The Dark Knight, Batman retired, the city CONTINUES ON PG. 21
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4. ON THE MOUND Gerrit Cole and Francisco Liriano are good — really good. Cole won 19 games last year with a 2.60 ERA and Liriano won 12 with a 3.38 ERA. These two will once again anchor the Pirates’ rotation. The Pirates also salvaged former Rockies pitcher Juan Nicasio from the free-agent pool to be the team’s long reliever. But a funny thing happened on the way to the bullpen: Nicasio is killing it. Nicasio has pitched 15 innings over five spring-training games this year and has struck out 24, including 10 strikeouts in four innings on March 16 against the Orioles. He hasn’t allowed even a single run this spring. City Paper asked Pirates starter Jeff Locke if he worried about Nicasio taking his spot. “The way he’s pitching right now, I think the question is, ‘Whose spot couldn’t he take?’” Locke says. Add to that the anticipated mid- to late-season arrival of touted minor-league lefties Tyler Glasnow and Jameson Taillon and the Pirates should be in good shape for the stretch run. In the bullpen, no team in baseball last year had a better eighth-/ninth-inning combination than set-up man Tony Watson and closer Mark Melancon. Watson had 41 holds last season and Melancon clocked in 51 saves. If you can lock down the eighth and ninth innings, you’re going to be able to lock down more wins. Once you get past Cole and Liriano, there are a lot of question marks. Nicasio has been great this spring, but it’s the spring. The 29-year-old has never had a winning record and never won more than nine games in a season as a starter. He’s also never had an ERA as a starter lower than 4.00; in fact he’s had only one season lower than 5.00. Whether he can sustain this success for a full campaign is an unknown. The other starters, as of press time, are former New York Mets starter Jon Niese (inconsistent), Locke (really inconsistent) and returning Pirates pitcher Ryan Vogelsong (38 and inconsistent). The Pirates did little in the offseason to make themselves better on the hill (unless the Nicasio lottery ticket pays off). They lost A.J. Burnett to retirement and J.A. Happ to the Blue Jays. The whole staff — with the exception of Cole, Liriano, Watson and Melancon — has a bit of a close-your-eyes-and-cross-yourfingers vibe to it.
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3. ON I know THE FIELD there are teams that might take exception, but you’d have a hard time convincing me that the Pirates don’t have the best outfield in baseball. Andrew McCutchen, Starling Marte and Gregory Polanco are the perfect trio. Mc-
Cutchen is still at the top of his game, Marte came into his own last year and Polanco, while young, has been improving every season. Infielders Jung Ho Kang, Jordy Mercer and Josh Harrison are the team’s new 5-4-3 combo. Kang became a solid infielder as his first season in the majors progressed in 2015. Harrison brings big-play capabilities, and Mercer, while
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the Pirates were in 2013 — a young team that caught fire and turned in a magical season. The Pirates have a perfect mix of veteran players like Liriano, McCutchen and Cervelli and great young players like Cole, Polanco and Kang. Where does that leave the Pirates? Most likely in the driver’s seat.
went to shit and he had to come back in The Dark Knight Rises. This season will be A.J. Burnett’s Dark Knight Rises.
Have you seen the Cubs’ lineup? They had nine players hit home runs in double digits (the Pirates had five) and that was before they added Heyward. Add pitchers Jon Lester, John Lackey and Jake Arrietta, and the Pirates are in for a rough slog. And the Cardinals? Still not worried about them; they finish a distant third.
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not the most exciting player on the field, is a pretty dependable shortstop who should be improved over last year. And if you want a tough guy to bring them together, they don’t get much tougher than Francisco Cervelli. As a catcher, Cervelli is as passionate on the field as he is talented; he frames pitches nicely and knows how to work a pitching staff. Errors, errors, errors. The Pirates have led the National League in errors the past two seasons and ranked third and second, respectively, in all of baseball. The biggest offender, Pedro Alvarez, is gone, but there are still plenty to go around. Last year, Harrison and Kang had 14 each, Polanco had eight and Mercer had seven. These are the types of mistakes that prevent you from winning the division and moving deeper into the postseason. And while Jon Jaso has had a pretty decent spring at first base, he’s probably not the long-term answer — that’s minor-leaguer Josh Bell, and we might see him later in the year. For Jaso’s part, although he’s aware of the Pirates’ past problems at the position, he says he’s been working hard and is not feeling any added pressure. “I don’t compare myself to other players at this position,”
Jaso says. “I can only do the best that I can do, and that involves preparing myself the best I can prepare myself. If I do that and mistakes happen, they happen. They happen to everybody. The difference is, I’ll beat myself if they happened because I didn’t have the proper preparation. But if I have the preparation behind it, that’s the way it goes; it’s human error, you just have to move on from it.”
2. IN THE DIVISION Cubs first, Cardinals second? Cardinals first, Cubs second? If you ask the plethora of baseball experts out there, that’s the only question in the NL Central this season. But why would you go to sleep on the Pirates now? The Cubs took a huge step forward last year and beat the Pirates in the wild-card game. But it’s a team with a lot of young guys — extremely talented young guys, but young nonetheless. And the Cardinals, they’re always good. But they lost guys like Jason Heyward and John Lackey to the Cubs. The Cardinals are aging; that’s why Heyward left, he smelled the decline. The Cubs are where
Andrew McCutchen is back in a big way. On March 16 and 17, he hit two home runs that landed approximately 20 miles south of Atlanta. Sure it was just spring training and even Cutch admits that the park “plays small,” but still. McCutchen was hampered last spring with chronic knee pain and never really felt like himself all season. That’s not the case this year. “My knee’s fine; it’s really strong,” McCutchen said the day after the first blast and just a few hours before the second. “Physically, I’m in great shape. Last year, my issues were health-related. I couldn’t do what I wanted to do or prepare the way I wanted to prepare. I had some adversity last year, but that’s last year. I’m ready to go.” Add the breakout season that Marte had in 2015, continued growth at the plate from Kang and Polanco, and clutch hitting from Cervelli, and the Pirates have the potential to put up a lot of runs. Between the loss of Pedro Alvarez and Neil Walker (who was traded to the Mets), the Pirates lost a total of 43 home runs, 147 RBI and 130 runs from last year’s lineup. But that happens; it’s baseball. Except normally when you lose two run-producers, you go out and get new run-producers and the Pirates didn’t do that. With the exception of Josh Harrison, who is now the everyday second baseman, the only new face in the Pirates’ starting lineup is Jaso. He’s only hit 37 homers in his entire seven-year career. Jaso will contribute in other ways, but what the Pirates really need is more consistent power to replace what they lost and they failed miserably in that regard.
Starling Marte will join the 30-30 club Las year, the Pirates leftfielder really started to find his power stroke. He hit 19 home runs and stole 30 bases (for the third consecutive year). The power will fully develop this season as he hits his prime, and he looked really fast this spring. If he hits his stride, 30 homers and 30 stolen bases could be a low estimate.
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TRANSLATING WELL While he may still be learning English, Jung Ho Kang is fluent in the language of baseball {BY CHARLIE DEITCH} THINK BACK to the season that Pittsburgh
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Pirates third baseman Jung Ho Kang had in 2015 and one moment should quickly come to mind. The moment was sudden; it was stark; and it made us immediately feel for the young South Korean athlete. On July 9, 2015, the world watched as Jung Ho Kang danced wildly in the dugout to Psy’s “Gangnam Style.” It happened quickly and unexpectedly, and it made us all realize that despite coming from another country, and barely speaking English, Kang is just one of the boys. He’s a man playing a kid’s game, and he loves every minute of it. If your mind immediately went to the afternoon of Sept. 17, when the Chicago Cubs’ Chris Coghlan executed a take-out slide on Kang, who had just stepped on second base and was in the process of making a double play, then you might not know Kang very well at all. He doesn’t dwell on the negatives. Be it that leg injury (a torn MCL and fractured tibia) or the language barrier he faces every day, Kang works through the obstacles necessary to play at a high level. “To me, baseball’s baseball so regardless of where you play, that’s the same language to me,” Kang told City Paper through his interpreter, H.K. Kim. “All my teammates and coaching staff made me very comfortable here, along with the fantastic fans back in Pittsburgh. I had a lot of fun last season.”
Kang made his MLB debut in 2015 after being signed by the Pirates in the offseason. The club paid $ 5 million to the Nexen Heroes (Kang’s team in South Korea) for the rights to exclusively negotiate with him for 30 days. Kang, who was coming off a breakout year with the Heroes (.356 bating average, 49 home runs, 117 RBI), signed with the Pirates for $2.75 million. Many wondered whether he’d be able to come close to duplicating the numbers he posted in the Korea Baseball Organization. If he did, the price would be a steal. If he didn’t, the investment wasn’t so large that it would handcuff the team. Kang did struggle with the Major League game at first, but he was able to make adjustments and turn it around. Pirates pitcher Jeff Locke says Kang’s ability to make those adjustments was even more amazing given the situation. “If I’m being 100 percent honest, I couldn’t do what he’s done. I couldn’t leave the country and go somewhere where I don’t speak the language, everything is different, and then try to concentrate on baseball,” Locke says. “He’s done a great job of adapting to the game. “Over here there are guys coming out of the bullpen throwing 95 m.p.h. He had that high leg-kick when he got here and that enabled some guys to sneak some pitches by him. He was able to make the necessary
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adjustments and have success.” And he did all of this while moving to a new country and getting used to a new city — although he’s found a lot of things to like about Pittsburgh: “Shout out to Smoke in Lawrenceville,” Kang says with a smile. “They’re the best tacos in town.” And although the transition had to be tough, Kang says he was able to make it work. “It wasn’t as tough as I expected,” Kang says. “When I played in Korea I was away from my hometown too, so that helped me get used to the new environment here.” Although he lost the last several weeks of the season, Kang’s rookie numbers were really solid. He hit 15 home runs in 2015, three more than Andrew McCutchen hit in his 2009 rookie season. Kang looks to improve on last season, but for him the numbers only tell part of the story. “I don’t know how my numbers are going to turn out, but my focus is to enjoy the ride and help my team and teammates win,” Kang says. “Every player has the same kind of pressure, but I’m going to continue to believe in myself and believe in my teammates and work hard to perform.” Kang’s teammates feel the same about him. Locke says Kang is “a great teammate and an even greater player.” “You can see the way he plays on the field, and you see his emotion and try to get a sense of his personality, but unless you can come in the clubhouse and see him … there have been so many times that he would come over to me, tap me on the leg and say ‘Hey, good job,’” Locke says. “It’s the little things he does.” “Just coming over here and taking that leap into the majors and challenging himself says a lot about him,” Locke says. “He’s a guy who’s never really content. He thought, ‘You know what, if I can make it [in South Korea], I can go over there and try to do it.’ Also, he’s not just playing for himself, he’s playing for a lot of people over there. “He has set such a good example here that other guys are starting to come from South Korea and are getting an opportunity to play. He’s paving that road.” The Kang phenomenon has convinced teams to take a chance and pay a little more for KBO players. This past offseason, the Cardinals signed closer Seung-Hwan Oh to a one-year deal, and the Orioles signed outfielder Hyun Soo Kim to a two-year, $7 million contract. But while Oh has had a good spring for St. Louis, Kim has struggled mightily in Baltimore — so much so that the Orioles are considering making a deal to send him back to South Korea to play. But Kang, who has not only made the transition to the majors, but thrived in the environment, had a little advice for his countrymen — in English: “Believe in yourself.”
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The Pirates will win the NL Central with 97 wins As noted elsewhere in this issue, the Pirates are being written off as third-place finishers behind Chicago and St. Louis this year. That’s a mistake. The aging Cardinals will finally fall off their perch for a solid third-place finish, and the Cubs’ growing pains will keep them in second with 94 wins. Age- and experience-wise, the Pirates are in the sweet spot. The veterans aren’t too old and the young guys aren’t too young. They’ve won big ballgames the past two years and are ready to move forward.
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HEART AND MIND Finding the right balance between data analysis and gut reaction is key to Pirates’ success {BY CHARLIE DEITCH} IF YOU’VE SEEN the film Moneyball, or even paid attention to baseball with half an eye open, you know the role that data analysis plays in the formation of just about every Major League Baseball team. The Pittsburgh Pirates are no different. Last year, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review’s Travis Sawchik wrote an excellent book, Big Data Baseball, about how the Pirates used metrics to turn the team from a 20-year loser into a winner. Watch any Pirates game and at some point you’re bound to see a weird shift or two by the fielders. Maybe they load up the right side, maybe the left; the shortstop is positioned differently. These aren’t arbitrary decisions. They’re choices based on statistical analysis, and the Pirates have been doing it a lot since 2013.
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Sure, it looks odd to have your third baseman playing somewhere other than third, but shifting your fielders based on what the data tells you works for the Pi-
rates way more than it doesn’t. But aren’t some canons of baseball management too sacred to mess with? Apparently not. On March 15, Pirates manager Clint
Hurdle had Andrew McCutchen, unarguably his best hitter, batting second. Even Hurdle admits that it flies in the face of everything managers have done for years. “That’s the biggest challenge for me,” Hurdle says. “For 47 years, the baddest guy in the game hits third, and that started to flip a few years ago. “As you look at it, as you look at the metrics, it makes some sense. So I have to rearrange my thinking on it and decide what’s best for the team. Seeing Andrew McCutchen hit second is one of the things we want to look at.” McCutchen homered the first day of this experiment, and came out and did the same thing on the second. McCutchen says he’s not sure if he’s sold, but he agrees it’s something that needs to be explored. “It’s something we’re experimenting with and I’m all in,” McCutchen says. “I was told a stat that I was second in the league in hitting with two outs and no runners on base, behind [Arizona’s Paul] Goldschmidt. “I don’t know the numbers, but they’re saying this could possibly help. So if it can help then I’m all for that.” Even a cursory review of the idea seems to make sense: McCutchen has the team’s highest on-base percentage and is CONTINUES ON PG. 26
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a strong base-runner who is capable of swiping bags. That means he can help the team more by getting on base with good hitters behind him than by getting on with two outs and nobody on. Hurdle said he began paying attention to the numbers the year he got fired in Colorado. At that time, “the numbers were just starting to trickle in in Colorado.” The next season Hurdle found himself as an analyst for MLB Network, and that really changed things. “That year I spent at MLB Network was like free play,” Hurdle says. “I was leery at first to go into the back room, but I had nowhere to go, I had nothing to do. So I started talking to the guys and digging into the stats and it opened my eyes and just got a sense that ‘the game’s going here,’ because too many times it just makes sense. “But the hard part for the guys cranking the numbers is they don’t put a human being to it. It’s like tears with no emotion.” So while statistical analytics can be a great help, figuring out how to balance what the numbers tell you with what your gut says is a baseball question that can’t be answered numerically.
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“I don’t know,” Hurdle says when asked what percentage of his decisions are based on numbers versus his heart and mind. “There are human analytics that I trust based on 41 years in this game. If I can’t trust those, I need to get out. If I become nothing more than a number-cruncher, I need to get out. “Because there are times that you can look in a man’s eyes and it’s not a number. It’s a look; it’s an edge; it’s a hunger that’s real that you want to honor and represent.” And while he’s buying into the change in the batting order, McCutchen agrees with Hurdle’s assessment. “Numbers are good, but someone told us once, ‘You can’t put numbers to your heart’ and I believe that’s true,” he says. “I don’t mind the metrics, but numbers can’t control the game. “I mean, if numbers mattered that much, you should be able to know who’s going to win the World Series by looking at the contracts. Numbers can’t solve everything. “I like numbers, but I like heart way more.”
For a guy who just gave up five runs in five innings, Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Jeff Locke is pretty calm. He’s working on a new delivery this year — actually a variation on an old delivery – so he’s been using his spring outing to get comfortable with the new approach. It’s not about the results, he says, it’s about working on things that he needs to improve upon to make him a better pitcher. But in a world with a 24-hour news cycle, hundreds of websites watching your every move and anyone with a Twitter account thinking they’re Buster Olney, the scrutiny can be tough. This year he’s trying to hold off freeagent acquisition Juan Nicasio, expected to be the Pirates long reliever, who has been pitching wonderfully this spring. But Locke doesn’t let it get to him. A Pirates pitcher since 2011, he has experienced the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. Each year he seems to be in a constant battle for a spot in the starting rotation and constantly hearing criticism. It’s taken him awhile, but Jeff Locke has finally learned to block out the white noise and concentrate on making himself better. That doesn’t always mean putting up stellar numbers. “My entire professional career has been based on results because that’s what everybody talks about,” Locke says. “It’s easy for younger guys to get consumed by the results; to get consumed by what people say about you. “And now, I don’t care whatsoever. Right now it’s just about getting better.” Locke says it’s easy to get caught up in the negativity of it all, but he’s chosen the path that a lot of professional athletes should take: He’s trying to ignore it. But it can be tough. “If you let yourself get consumed by it, it can hurt you,” Locke says. “Fortunately, I’ve been around some people who’ve said, ‘Put the phone away and don’t be worried about stuff like that because everyone has an opinion, even if it’s something they can’t do.’ I mean, I’m a soccer fan, I watch the games and I could never play that sport, but I can sure tell you how to play it.”
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ANNOUNCING THE PNC PARK TH 15 -ANNIVERSARY TEAM
PNC Park turns 15 years old this season. In its honor, I proudly reveal my picks for the PNC Park 15th-Anniversary Team. The criterion — as much as there was one — is that only the player’s total numbers accrued since the park opened were considered. Also, please remember that the majority of the PNC Park clubs were not so good. B Y MIK E WYSO C K I
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Jason Bay
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Brian Giles
Andrew McCutchen
.281, 139 HR, 452 RBI Jason Bay was in the wrong place at the wrong time. He suffered with zero talent around him here before taking the Mets for a truckload of money on his way out of baseball. He made the best out of a bad situation. BACKUP:: Lastings Milledge. BACKUP Just kidding, it’s obviously Starling Marte.
.298, 151 HR, 558 RBI
.303 91 HR 268 RBI
We finally get an easy one. He has more homers and RBI than anyone on this list. He’s a once-in-a-generation gem. BACKUP:: Nate McLouth? Tike Redman? BACKUP How about a clone of Andrew McCutchen?
He had more than 91 home runs as a Pirate, but we’re just counting PNC stats. He’s one of those guys that you forget how good he really was. BACKUP:: Believe it or not, BACKUP Garrett Jones
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Jack Wilson
Neil Walker
.269, 60 HR 389 RBI
.272, 93 HR, 282 RBI
Wilson was just a solid ballplayer and all-around good guy. I really wish he could have experienced a winning Pirates season.
It’s going to be hard to watch Walker play in a Mets uniform this year and I still can’t believe he’s gone. BACKUP:: Freddy Sanchez BACKUP
BACKUP:: Jordy Mercer BACKUP (you got any better ideas?)
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Craig Wilson
Pedro Alvarez
.236, 131 HR, 401 RBI
.268, 94 HR, 282 RBI
This is another position with no clear-cut favorites, but I think the nod goes to Pedro. Despite being the definition of the term “hit or miss,” he did lead the National League in homers a few years ago. BACKUP:: Aramis Ramirez BACKUP
This was by far the toughest position to pick. The Bucs have had more than 50 men play this position since the park opened; it’s been a turnstile of incompetence. Wilson was the best of a mediocre bunch. BACKUP:: Adam LaRoche BACKUP
STARTING ROTATION
Gerrit Cole 40-20 3.07 A.J. Burnett 35-28 3.34 Francisco Liriano 35-25 3.48 Paul Maholm 53-73 4.29 Kris Benson 22-23 4.60
When one of your best pitchers is 20 games under .500, needless to say there won’t be any backups. Maybe by the 20th-Anniversary Team we’ll have some new talent to knock Benson and Maholm off the list.
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CLOSER: Mark
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9-9, 1.85 ERA, 100 saves
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.298, 22 HR 206 RBI This was one of my grandfather’s favorite players because he wasn’t one of those sissies that had to wear batting gloves. BACKUP:: Russell Martin BACKUP
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At the cozy Bookshelf Café in Morningside there are, in fact, bookshelves — six shelving units, containing 40 individual shelves, to be exact. “We just like books,” says Jeremy Schillinger, who along with his wife, Rungnapa Khanchalee, opened the café in September. “We run another restaurant [Thai Cottage] that’s really busy. We just wanted a quiet escape. I think one person said it looks like his cool granddad’s attic.” Paperbacks, hardbacks, National Geographic and Popular Mechanics magazines line the shelves alongside CDs, vinyl records, board games, houseplants, antiques and other tchotchkes. A record player/radio console is available for customer use; there’s even a 16 mm film projector hanging around. “[The books] are not organized very well, either. Actually, science fiction is organized,” Schillinger says as he looks at the selection. “We sell them really cheap, unless it’s a specialty book or art book. We even let people trade.” As for the café part of the shop, Schillinger and Khanchalee serve up coffee from 19 Coffee Company, a micro-roaster in Washington, Pa. Quiche, pastries, panini, a “breakfast meatloaf,” salads and Amish-made items are also on the menu. Poets, filmmakers, musicians and board-game competitors are welcomed on special theme nights. “We didn’t want to be your corner-Starbucks kind of place,” Shillinger says. “People who like this kind of atmosphere will find us.” AMURRAY@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
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PRAIRIE 5491 Penn Ave., Garfield. 412-404-8487 HOURS: Mon.-Thu. 5-10 p.m., Fri.-Sat. 5-11 p.m., Sun. 5-9 p.m.; brunch Sat.-Sun. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. PRICES: Starters, sandwiches, soups, salads $5-14; entrees $18-28 LIQUOR: Full bar
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and cornbread croutons on campfire chili, or the potato-cauliflower pancake and balsamic onion jus that accompany the bacon-wrapped bison meatloaf. These are the dishes your grandparents made and ate, updated using the same culinary logic by a generation with access to and awareness of so many more foods. We were impressed with the menu, but it all comes down to execution. Despite the early-spring weather, the menu was still in wintry mode, with plenty of root vegetables and warm spices, and we found these flavor profiles almost uniformly successful. The beer cheese in the IPA mac-and-cheese was creamy and mild with underlying earthy, but far from bitter, notes from the hops. Cinnamon-honey butter, served with the skillet cornbread, was subtly sweet, stopping short of frosting-like. When the
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kitchen made an unexpected move, as with the apricot-root vegetable relish on the house burger, it was a resounding success, slightly sweet but balanced by smoky cheddar and bitter frisee. The burger itself was a standout: The grass-fed beef was flavorful enough to support all the other tastes without getting buried, and the seven-grain bun was a hearty upgrade to the afterthoughts that are most burger buns. Gourmet burgers — and this one costs $15, including a side — are ubiquitous these days, but Prairie’s is one of the few we expect to remember months from now. The biscuit that accompanied the roasted chicken was another bread triumph, rich and tender without heaviness or weak structure. The accompanying herb gravy was sound, if a touch salty, but the biscuit was so extraordinary that Jason kept pulling off plain bites. The chicken had almost mahogany skin, and the meat was suitably supple and moist. Overall, preparation was strong at Prairie, but there was a lone exception. Brussels sprouts gratin were barely cooked, so that they had crunchy centers and scarcely any browning. All the other ingredients for notyour-grandmother’s-Brussels-sprouts were in place: breadcrumbs, bacon, Parmesan cheese. But the firm little cabbage heads were too far to the other end of the spectrum from Grandma’s boiled Brussels mush. Pappardelle with sausage demonstrated how deliciously middle-American home cooks adapted Italian pasta to their gardens and grocery lists. Prairie’s own recipe, available with either house-made pork or seitan sausage, also featured smoked onion, kale, fennel and apple in a sage-cream sauce. The resulting flavor medley was rich yet vivid with bold notes of smoke and salt on the one hand, and aromatic herbs and sweettart fruit, on the other. Where the pappardelle was a triumph of America’s melting pot, skillet corn bread was a contradiction. The skillet preparation is classic Southern style, but the recipe was, alas, yet another in Pittsburgh’s endless parade of cakey, sweet Northern-style cornbreads. The combination yielded something dessert-like that — especially with sweetened butter — seemed to belong at the end, not the beginning, of the meal. Our actual dessert, billed as “just a darn good chocolate-chip pecan cookie,” was even better than that, served lusciously warm and almost molten. Many have tried, and few have succeeded, to turn common dishes made with humble ingredients into memorable, modern meals. Prairie’s spot-on sensibility for ingredients and preparation makes it one of the few.
There was a time when I didn’t think I wanted beer with tasting notes like “barnyard” and “horse blanket.” But that was before my first visit to Millvale’s Draai Laag Brewing and my introduction to the wide world of sour beer. For years, hops have dominated American craft beer. And while IPAs are hardly endangered, sours have become a new darling of the craft-beer scene. The term “sour beer” is a catch-all for several loosely defined categories united by noticeably sour or funky notes, the sorts of “off” flavors that are carefully avoided in other styles. Sourness can be cultivated through wild or uncommon yeast, with the Brettanomyces strain Brettano often contributing a c Draai Laag’s Ragnarok ale: characteristic funk. charac Fermented Brewers Brewe can also with elderintroduce bacteria introd berries, black like Lactobacillus, L currants, red raspberries which whic creates a and black clean clea tartness in cherry Juice traditional styles trad like Berliner Weisse. Many Ma sours also introduce fruit intro or barrel-aging b to further fu deepen flavors. dee Just as our perception of pe bitter hops can bi grow from mild disgust to full-blown obsession, developing a taste for the sourness of lambics and wild ales may take some time. But as beer drinkers and brewers continue to search for new frontiers, sour beer provides a world of untapped potential. Sour beer is a risky proposition for brewers. It is unpredictable by definition and consistency is a difficult, if not impossible, goal. Additionally, tenacious yeast like Brettanomyces can go places it isn’t wanted, and potentially infect an entire brewery. But all that hasn’t stopped local breweries from diving headfirst into the funk. Hop Farm is currently scaling up its sour program, expanding on the popularity of past brews like a blueberry Berliner Weisse and a tart cherry ale. Full Pint’s Wild Side series regularly features sour beers like the Ned, a barrel-aged Flanders red ale. And the aforementioned Draai Laag focuses strictly on wild fermented, Belgian-style ales. Whether it’s a biting fruit beer or an earthy, malt-driven ale, sour beers offer an exciting addition to your drinking arsenal.
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inventive bar fare such as a pork-belly sandwich and yellowfin tuna tacos that straddle the Latin-Asian flavor divide. Less exotic fare is treated well, too: Pastrami is made in house, and the braised-beef sandwich features arugula, pickled onions and cambozola cheese. KE
DAPHNE. 5811 Ellsworth Ave., Shadyside. 412-441-1130. Outside seating is a plus here, but the well-prepared Turkish food is a year-round asset. The menu is familiar — hummus, falafel, gyros, shish kebab — but the execution is notable and the flavors rich. Lamb features as sausages, chops and a burger, and grilled chicken breast doesn’t get much better than Daphne’s shish kebab. KF
JANICE’S SWEET HARMONY CAFÉ. 2820 Duss Ave., Ambridge. 724-266-8099. A musically themed diner offers tried-and-true breakfast-and-lunch diner standards (with fun, musical names such as “Slide Trombone”). This is your stop for French toast, German apple pancake, fruit-filled pancakes, and savory options such as skillet fry-ups (eggs, home fries, cheese, sausage). J
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DOR-STOP. 1430 Potomac Ave., Dormont. 412-561-9320. This bustling, homey family-run venue is everything a breakfastand-lunch diner ought to be. The food is made from scratch: Alongside standards (eggs, pancakes, and hot and cold sandwiches) are also distinctive options, including German potato pancakes, ham off the bone and a sandwich tantalizingly called a “meatloaf melt.” J GOLDEN PIG. 3201 Millers Run Road, Cecil. 412-220-7170. This little jewel-box of a diner offers authentic, home-style Korean cuisine, including in-house chili sauce and various kimchis. The brief menu includes traditional appetizers such as dumplings and gimbop (sushilike rolls), as well as entrées ranging from bulgogi (beef stirfry) to spicy marinated chicken and Korean pancakes. KF EASY STREET. 301 Grant St. (One Oxford Centre), Downtown. 412-235-7984. A relaxing Downtown venue succeeds with
preparations are fairly up-todate: exceptionally bright and slightly chunky marinara, fluffily battered calamari and legitimately spicy arrabiatta. KE JUNIPER GRILL. 4000 Washington Road, McMurray. 724-260-7999. This sister restaurant to Atria’s chain cultivates an ambience of artfully casual insouciance. The preparations — many with Mexican or Asian influences — are appealingly straightforward, neither plain nor fussy: Pork loin with bourbon glaze; spicy flatbread loaded with shrimp, roasted red and poblano peppers, pineapple and cheese; and skirt steak drizzled in a creamy chipotle sauce. LE LA TAVOLA ITALIANA. 1 Boggs Ave., Mount Washington. 412-481-6627. This familyrun restaurant in Mount Washington offers Italian favorites in a warm, welcoming atmosphere. Entrees include classics such as parmigiana, marsala and piccata, prepared with either chicken or veal, as well as hearty surf-and-turf fare. Be sure to try to pizza Margherita, on the antipasti list, or the superb appetizer eggplant Milanese. KF
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LOLA BISTRO. 1100 Galveston Ave., Allegheny West. 412-322-1106. This is a neighborhood bistro with an atmosphere you’d like to experience every night, and food good enough to do the same. The menu here offers “contemporary comfort cuisine” — it hews toward the familiar (meat and fish, pot pie, pasta Bolognese) while applying upto-the-minute sensibilities to the details: house-cured meats, infused oils, coconut milk in the Moroccan vegetable stew. LF
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“I BECAME ACUTELY AWARE THAT I ALSO WANTED TO EXPRESS MYSELF IN A MORE SUBTLE WAY.”
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Though few would call Pittsburgh a hot-bed of mainstream country music, you don’t have to drive far to find a diner with Froggy on the radio, or a bar with an aspiring Blake Shelton on stage. Joe Wodarek, who fronts local country band The Stickers, argues that the city and the genre are better matched than one might expect: “Someone asked me why I love country music,” he says. “And my answer was … you can sing about God, your country and your family and no one is going to judge you for it.” Which, Wodarek says, makes it akin to Pittsburgh and its unpretentious Rust Belt roots. The Stickers — made up of Wodarek and his brothers, drummer Jim and bassist John — are devoted to their hometown (they grew up in Brookline and all still reside in the South Hills). But these days they’re getting plenty of love elsewhere. The band’s single “Countrified” — an almost infuriatingly catchy set of instructions on how to achieve a full country makeover (“Put some y’all in your talk / put some twang in your rock”) — has been getting radio play across the country, and is currently primed to break the top 40 on the country charts. “We’re looking at what we’re competing with and it’s Zac Brown and Sam Hunt and all these guys that we’ve listened to for years,” Wodarek says. “We’re jockeying trying to get the next spot up on one another, which is a lot of fun to see happen.” This follows some major exposure in January, when “Countrified” was used as a theme for the NHL All-Star Weekend, in Nashville, and appeared all over the NHL Network and NBC. In February it was played during the Daytona 500, and on April 13, the song will be featured on the ABC show Nashville. “It’s humbling as heck,” Wodarek says. But The Stickers won’t be relocating to Music City any time soon. “We have the professionals do what they do down there,” Wodarek explains. “We try to stay up here and keep our lives as even-keeled as they can be.” For The Stickers, their locale makes their music what it is. “There’s an honesty about Pittsburgh,” Wodarek says. “I think that shows in our music … it’s a real open book.” MWELSH@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
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OB “THE BARON” Miller draws inspiration from Shakespeare, Blake and Tennyson. “Not in a literal sense,” he explains via email, “but rather I am able to immerse myself in their worlds and enjoy the alchemical nature of language.” Not the kind of thing you’d expect to hear from one of the masterminds of ’80s U.K. crust punk, but Miller — bass player and vocalist of the influential band Amebix and current punk/metal band Tau Cross — is not your average oogle. The Amebix logo, as well as apocalyptic imagery from the band’s various EPs and LPs, can be seen plastered across the jackets and flesh of diehard punks and metalheads worldwide. Despite having broken up in 1987, Amebix remained well loved across the underground punk and metal scenes; between 2008 and 2012, the band’s reunion, subsequent
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tours and final album were met with acclaim. Now with Tau Cross, Miller is starting from scratch, and delivering one of his most powerful performances yet.
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Before reforming Amebix, Miller spent nearly 20 years completely out of the music scene, living and working on the Isle of Skye as a swordsmith. As for what motivated him to start a new project, Miller writes, “The songs were still pouring in so I had to think on a completely new venture. Obviously this was initially a tough decision, to give up a
whole world musically, but something has happened. Amebix remains a great band, but Tau Cross, for me, is actually so much better. I am at home here, finally.” To complete his new vision, Miller requested the help of some friends: guitarists Jon Misery (of classic Minneapolis crust-punk band Misery) and Andy Lefton (of newer Minneapolis crust-punk band War//Plague), and drummer Michel “Away” Langevin (of Quebecois progressive thrash-metal band Voivod). “In a sense I feel very at home in Tau Cross already. We have a really positive working relationship, which has made things very enjoyable,” Miller explains. As for whether he feels the pressure to live up to Amebix’s legendary career, he notes, “We have another emphasis here than just Amebix, as we are likely to bring in some of the Voivod crowd as well as Misery and War//Plague folks, so it will be CONTINUES ON PG. 36
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interesting to see who our audience is.” Tau Cross’s self-titled album was released by Relapse Records last spring. The 12 songs have the expected Killing Joke-esque tribal-industrial feel and the punk/metal assault of the members’ other bands, while incorporating a fair amount traditional British-folk-music influence that was not as apparent in previous records. “When we recorded [final Amebix album] Sonic Mass, I became acutely aware that I also wanted to express myself in a more subtle way,” Miller writes. “Amebix had always had a few ‘jangly’ tunes, but they tended to work along the same lines. I was keen to see what was new here. I had disappeared from all music for some 20 years with just an old acoustic guitar, so in that time I was writing much more singer/songwriter kind of stuff, looking for a new form of expression. I wanted Tau Cross to have no set boundaries, to try and capture as many different atmospheres as possible, without having to be selfconsciously trying to fit into any preconceived ‘genre’ type.” There is a strong current of paganism and occultism running through the lyrics, with references to English occultist and adviser to Queen Elizabeth I, John Dee (“Fire in the Sky”) and witchcraft (“Hangman’s Hyll”) that examine subjects not covered by the average crust-punk band. “Growing up in the depths of rural Devon in England in the 1970s, I spent a lot of time on my own in the countryside and seem to have absorbed some-
thing mythical about that relationship to soil, trees, the season’s passage and the stillness in nature. I was attracted toward occult studies at an early age, in a family that [was] always supportive of an alternative spiritual enquiry,” he says of these influences. “I became more practically involved in esoteric works once I arrived on Skye, and this in turn allowed me a lot of time for research.” Mixed in with some of the bleak lyrical imagery is a sense of hopefulness and positivity, especially in the last lines of “Our Day”: “All suffering will end when we manifest Love as the Law / Our day will come.” According to Miller, words are magic. “They influence us all directly. If we choose to draw power away from another, we can use words to do that. This is a form of Black Magic: You are ugly, useless, stupid, etc. So there is a responsibility in how we use words, and for me that is about what we want to be rather than what is,” he explains when asked how he manages avoid the fear and hostility that come to many with age. “Amebix was always about a type of selfempowerment and this has continued. I do not want to offer helplessness or misanthropic nihilism to the audience. I cannot stand to see the kind of dalliance that some bands have with negativity in imagery and lyrically. I find enough of that in the ‘real’ world of politics and selfishness, destruction and moral bankruptcy. I do believe very sincerely that our day will come and that is what drives me.”
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“Super group” might be a cliché, but The Falcon is a punk-rock heavy hitter, with members of The Lawrence Arms, Alkaline Trio and The Loved Ones. Brendan Kelly talked to us about the project’s new record, Gather Up the Chaps, and its first tour, which stops at the Smiling Moose Tuesday. IS RELEASE DAY AS EXCITING AS IT WAS EARLIER IN YOUR CAREER? With this record, it didn’t leak because we were careful with it. We’re not Kanye. There aren’t secret agents trying to get to The Falcon record [laughs]. … But this [release], for that reason, is a little more exciting. … This is a record that people have been waiting for for a really long time. WITH THIS TOUR, DID YOU CHOOSE TO PLAY SMALLER SPACES? Number one: This is our first tour and I don’t know who the fuck we think we are [laughs]. … Your band’s first tour, you should go out and you should play small-band rooms. … Number two: We don’t know for a fact that anybody is coming to these shows [laughs]. ... It’s better to err on the side of caution, which leads me to number three. ... This is ... a sweaty rock ’n’ roll band and that intimate setting really conveys the vibe that we want to do with the project. YOU TURN 40 THIS YEAR. WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED? Be cool to everyone. ... Be nice to that shitty second guitar player in the first band of four, because that guy’s gonna start Gaslight Anthem someday [laughs]. INFO@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
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Back to Blue: Jimmy Cobb
MILES AHEAD {BY MIKE SHANLEY} JAZZ PUNDITS consider Miles Davis’ Kind of
Blue to be one of greatest jazz albums of all time, if not the best in its class. For casual listeners it oozes atmosphere and sensuality, with languid melodies floating over just the right level of echo. For serious jazz fans, the 1959 album lays claim to a soon-to-be legendary sextet that utilized different methods of improvisations (modes, rather than chords), and took the music to greater heights. Anyone wanting a crash course in jazz history need only explore the careers of the players: trumpeter Davis, saxophonists Cannonball Adderley and John Coltrane, alternating pianists Wynton Kelly and Bill Evans, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Jimmy Cobb. Today, Cobb is the only living member of that group. His longevity, as well as his affiliation with the landmark record, more than earns him a role in 4 Generations of Miles, whose members encompass the various phases of the trumpeter’s wide-ranging career. Originally convened as a 2002 recording project, the group currently features: guitarist Mike Stern, who played with Davis during his ’80s comeback; bassist Buster Williams, who briefly played with him in 1967; and saxophonist Sonny Fortune, who played in the rollicking electric version of the Davis band during the ’70s. Cobb played with Davis several times during the mid-’50s before he was officially asked to join. “He called me one evening around 6 o’clock. [Drummer Philly] Joe [Jones] wasn’t going to be in the band no more and he wanted me in the band. He said, ‘I’m working tonight — in Boston. We
hit at 9 o’clock,’” recalls Cobb, who wasn’t going to pass on a golden opportunity. “So I got scuffling, packed up the drums and went to La Guardia airport and caught a shuttle up there.” Davis never gave his musicians direction, unless he heard something he didn’t like. Only then would he speak up. “He expected you to add something. That’s probably why every time somebody [new] got there, the music would change,” says Cobb. “He’d sort of lean toward whatever these guys could add, to what’s already there.”
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The lineup of the 4 Generations band could draw on all of Davis’ bold directions, but they stick closely to the time when Cobb played with him. When it comes to the trumpeter’s electric period, Cobb has mixed feelings. “Some of the guys that were working with him didn’t really know what they were doing or what they were supposed to do. I think everything was a big electrical experiment,” he says, though he enjoyed Davis’ late-period recordings with bassist Marcus Miller. Cobb, 87, still plays on a regular basis, swinging hard with his group Cobb’s Mob. He visited Pittsburgh last fall as part of the University of Pittsburgh Jazz Seminar. But he is still most closely associated with Kind of Blue, which suits him fine. “I guess it’s a plus,” he says. “The plus is, I’m the only one here that’s left to talk about it. To be associated with all those guys that made the record is a beautiful thing.” I N F O@ P G HC I T Y PA P E R. C OM
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Now that the band has been releasing records for more than 20 years, is it safe to proclaim Japanese psych-rock institution Acid Mothers Temple legendary? Regardless, any fan of weirdo Japanese noise, krautrock, progressive rock — or anyone who just likes loud and fuzzy guitars — should give this group a listen. Even though Acid Mothers Temple might be the sort of obscure band your pretentious friend name-drops and expects everyone to be familiar with, now is a perfectly fine time to acquaint yourself with the band’s heady sounds. The five-piece plays tonight at Club Café with special guest Mounds. Andrew Woehrel 8 p.m. 56 S. 12th St., South Side. $12. 412431-4950 or www. clubcafelive.com
One could easily see the genre-defying, gender-bending androgynous rock star Diane Coffee as a spiritual descendent of the recently deceased David Bowie. Coffee’s versatile voice easily spans octaves, and his bombastic stew of disparate but familiar influences recalls the hard-to-pin-down nature of the Thin White Duke. Coffee even has a song titled “All the Young Girls,” which must be a sly wink at the Bowie tune given to Mott the Hoople. Coffee, however, leans {PHOTO COURTESY OF SHANNA FISHER} harder toward the blue-eyed-soul side of the spectrum rather than the glam-rock side. Tonight Diane Coffee plays at Spirit, with Delicious Pastries and Ancient History. AW 10 p.m. 242 51st St., Lawrenceville. $10. 412-5864441 or www. spiritpgh.com
[FOLK POP] + THU., MARCH 31 At tonight’s Oh Honey CureRock 2016 benefit concert at the Hard Rock Café, all proceeds will go toward fighting pediatric and adolescent cancer. Musical guests include locals The Feel-Good Revolution and Mace Ballard, and headliners Oh Honey, a whimsical Brooklyn indie-pop group named after a reference to the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother and the artisanal-honey trend. Despite the name of the event, Oh Honey — whose hit “Be Okay” was covered on an episode of Glee — has more in common with bands like the Lumineers than a certain famous goth act. But however sweet your musical tastes, the show offers a range of sounds, and it’s hard to argue with supporting such a good cause. AW 8 p.m. 230 W. Station Square Drive, Station Square. $25-300. 412-481-7625 or www.curerock.org
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ROCK/POP THU 31 CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF HOMESTEAD MUSIC HALL. Citizen Cope. Homestead. 412-368-5225. CLUB CAFE. Acid Mothers Temple w/ Mounds. South Side. 412-431-4950. HARD ROCK CAFE. Oh Honey, The Feel-Good Revolution & Mace Ballard. Station Square. 412-481-7625. JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. Sacrafunk: The Funky Miracles playing The Meters. North Side. 412-904-3335. KELLY-STRAYHORN THEATER. Soundwaves Steelband. Joined by Sankofa Village African Drum & Dance Ensemble, Hope Academy Music Ensemble, Pittsburgh Obama Academy Steelpan Ensemble & Ben Barson’s The Way of the Saxophone. East Liberty. 412-363-3000. LINDEN GROVE. Move Makers. Castle Shannon. 412-882-8687. THUNDERBIRD CAFE. Wild Adriatic w/ The Hawkeyes. Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177.
PARK HOUSE. Chester. Cover band. North Side. 412-224-2273. REX THEATER. Pink Talking Fish. A live fusion of Pink Floyd, The Talking Heads & Phish. South Side. 412-381-6811. ROYAL PLACE. Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo, Anchor the Moon & Strange Monsters. Castle Shannon. 412-882-8000. STAGE AE. Puscifer w/ Luchafer. North Side. 412-229-5483. THUNDERBIRD CAFE. Hepcat Dilemma, ATS, Raised By Wolves. Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177.
SAT 02 BAJA BAR AND GRILL. Totally 80s. Fox Chapel. 412-963-0640. BALTIMORE HOUSE. Say.Ahh - Poison Tribute Band. Pleasant Hills. 412-653-3800. CLUB CAFE. Bill Toms & Hard Rain w/ The Soulville Horns, Stevee Wellons. South Side. 412-431-4950. DOWNEY’S HOUSE. The Marino
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FRI 01 ARENA SPORTS GRILL. Lenny Smith & The Instant Gators. North Huntingdon. 724-382-4915. BALTIMORE HOUSE. Robby & Carlo Acustic Duo. Pleasant Hills. 412-653-3800. CLUB CAFE. The Mixus Brothers w/ Ferdinand The Bull. Release Party for ‘Let The Cards Decide’. Early. DMA’s w/ Orange Mammoth. South Side. 412-431-4950. HAMBONE’S. Charlie Hustle & The Grifters. Lawrenceville. 412-681-4318. HEN HAUS. Gauche, Blod Maud, Franny Moon, HotHead. Garfield. MOONDOG’S. pUNKapalooza. Pittsburgh’s biggest jamband & bluegrass festival. Featuring Fletcher’s Grove, Juggling Suns, theCAUSE, The Clock Reads, Jakob’s Ferry Stragglers, Rusty Haywhackers, Fourth River Revival, Breakneck Creek, Chrome Moses, Grooveshifter, Dizzy Woosh, One Gig At A Time, The Anti-Psychotics, Cosmic Radio, Stucco Pyramid, Willis Tree, Ric & John from the Pawnbrokers, Pat & Trish from the Grifters. Blawnox. 412-828-2040. MR. SMALLS THEATER. J Roddy Walston & the Business w/ Sleepwalkers. Millvale. 412-821-4447. NIED’S HOTEL. The Grid. Lawrenceville. 412-781-9853.
Miller Trio. Robinson. 412-489-5631. GOOSKI’S. The S/cks, Weird Corners. Polish Hill. 412-681-1658. HOWLERS. Shrouded N Neglect, Defy the Tide, Conflict Cycle, Last Will. Bloomfield. 412-682-0320. JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. George Heid III Quintet. North Side. 412-904-3335. KENDREW’S. Gone South. Aliquippa. 724-375-5959. LOUGHLIN’S PUB. King’s Ransom. Cheswick. 724-265-9950. MEADOWS CASINO. 8th Street Rox. Washington. 724-503-1200. MOONDOG’S. pUNKapalooza. Pittsburgh’s biggest jamband & bluegrass festival. Featuring Fletcher’s Grove, Juggling Suns, theCAUSE, The Clock Reads, Jakob’s Ferry Stragglers, Rusty Haywhackers, Fourth River Revival, Breakneck Creek, Chrome Moses, Grooveshifter, Dizzy Woosh, One Gig At A Time, The Anti-Psychotics, Cosmic Radio, Stucco Pyramid,
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Willis Tree, Ric & John from the Bloomfield. 412-682-0320. Pawnbrokers, Pat & Trish from KEYSTONE BAR. The Bo’Hog the Grifters. 412-828-2040. Brothers. Turtle Creek. NIED’S HOTEL. Still Not Sober. 724-758-4217. Lawrenceville. 412-781-9853. OAKS THEATER. Jack Hunt’s Swingin’ w/ Angels. Oakmont. 412-828-6322. PERLE CHAMPAGNE BAR. PALACE THEATRE. Rock Bobby D Bachata. Downtown. The Palace. Battle of the Bands 412-471-2058. competing for two spots in the Thank Goodness It’s Summer concert series. Featuring ACE HOTEL PITTSBURGH. TITLE Brahctopus, JWP, The Laurel, Mark TOWN Soul & Funk Party. Rare & the Wild Things, The Squirrel Soul, Funk & wild R&B 45s feat. DJ Hillbillies, Tim Litvin Band, Gordy G. & J.Malls. East Liberty. West Holliday Trip & We 412-621-4900. Were Telepathic. Greensburg. ANDYS WINE BAR. DJ Malls Spins 724-836-8000. Vinyl. Downtown. 412-773-8884. PAYNE HILL GRILLE. The Dave BRILLOBOX. Pandemic: Iglar Trio. Clairton. 412-405-8561. Global Dancehall, Cumbia, ROCHESTER INN HARDWOOD Bhangra, Balkan Bass. Bloomfield. GRILLE. Eagles Tribute. Ross. 412-621-4900. 412-364-8166. THE FLATS ON CARSON. Pete ROCK ROOM. Brimstone Coven, Butta. South Side. 412-586-7644. Monolith Wielder, Wretch. ONE 10 LOUNGE. DJ Goodnight, Polish Hill. 412-683-4418. DJ Rojo. Downtown. 412-874-4582. SMILING MOOSE. Dead River, ROWDY BUCK. Top 40 Dance. Holy Rivals, Crooked Cobras. South Side. 412-431-2825. South Side. 412-431-4668. RUGGER’S PUB. 80s STRAND THEATER. Night w/ DJ Connor. Beatlemania Now South Side. 412-381-1330. + Martin & Lewis . Tribute. Zelienople. www per a p ty 724-742-0400. pghci m .co CATTIVO. Illusions. SUB ALPINE CLUB. w/ Funerals & Arvin Clay. Deliverance & EZ Action. Lawrenceville. 412-687-2157. Turtle Creek. 412-823-6661. DIESEL. DJ CK. South Side. THUNDERBIRD CAFE. Tex 412-431-8800. Railer’s Doomtown, Mickey & the LAVA LOUNGE. The Night Shift Snake Oil Boys, Cousin Boneless. DJs. Obsidian: gothic/industrial Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177. dancing. Top 40 Dance Party. South Side. 412-431-5282. CLUB CAFE. Pure Bathing PERLE CHAMPAGNE BAR. Pete Culture w/ Pillar Point. South Side. Butta. Downtown. 412-471-2058. 412-431-4950. ROWDY BUCK. Top 40 Dance. REX THEATER. Kimock. South Side. 412-431-2825. South Side. 412-381-6811. ROCKS LANDING BAR & GRILLE. Tony Campbell & the Jazz Surgery. SMILING MOOSE. Rock Star McKees Rocks. 412-875-5809. Karaoke w/ T-MONEY. South Side. THUNDERBIRD CAFE. Chris 412-431-4668. Pitsiokos Quartet, Microwaves, SPOON. Spoon Fed. East Liberty. In Arthur’s Court. Lawrenceville. 412-362-6001. 412-682-0177.
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FRI 01 1LIVE STUDIO. DJ Goodnight: Open Elements. Avalon. 412-424-9254. JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. The Routines. North Side. 412-904-3335.
CLUB CAFE. Laura Stevenson w/ Crying, Chris Farren. South Side. 412-431-4950. MR. SMALLS THEATER. The Wonder Years w/ letlive., Tiny Moving Parts, Microwave. Millvale. 412-821-4447.
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THU 31 ANDYS WINE BAR. Bronwyn Wyatt-Higgins. Downtown. 412-773-8800. JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. Roger Humphries Jam Session. Ballroom. North Side. 412-904-3335.
FRI 01 ANDYS WINE BAR. Tania Grubbs. Downtown. 412-773-8800. GRILLE ON SEVENTH. Tony Campbell & Howie Alexander. Downtown. 412-391-1004.
SAT 02 ANDYS WINE BAR. Kathy Connor. Downtown. 412-773-8800. CIOPPINO SEAFOOD CHOPHOUSE BAR. Jerry & Louis Lucarelli, Sunny Sunseri, Rich Scampone, Peg Wilson. Strip District. 412-281-6593. JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. Jenny Wilson Duo. Speakeasy. Jessica Lee, Mark Strickland & George Jones w/ Chris Hemingway. Ballroom. North Side. 412-9043335. LEMONT. Dr. Zoot. Mt. Washington. 412-431-3100. MANCHESTER CRAFTSMEN’S GUILD. Pittsburgh Jazz Orchestra w/ Hubert Laws. North Side. 412-323-4000. THE MONROEVILLE RACQUET CLUB. Jazz Bean Live. Every Saturday, a different band. Monroeville. 412-728-4155. NOLA ON THE SQUARE. Neon Swing X-Perience. Downtown. 412-471-9100. SUPPER CLUB RESTAURANT. RML Jazz. Greensburg. 724-850-7245.
WED 06 ANDYS WINE BAR. Dane Vannatter. Downtown. 412-773-8800. THE BLIND PIG SALOON. Erin Burkett & Virgil Walters. W/ Eric Susoeff & Kenny Blake. New Kensington. 724-337-7008. DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY. Jazz Guitar Ensemble. Dr. Thomas D. Pappert Center for Performance & Innovation. www.duq.edu/music events. Uptown. 412-396-6000. JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. Mark Strickland Duo. North Side. 412-904-3335.
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April 9, 2016 12 pm - 4 pm DROP OFF LOCATION: North Huntingdon Kenny Ross Subaru, 11299 State Rt. 30
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Wildlife Center 6000 Verona Rd, Verona, PA 15147 WWW.ANIMALRESCUE.ORG 412.345.7300, EXT. 500
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HAMBONE’S. Calliope Old Time Appalachian Jam. Lawrenceville. 412-681-4318.
WED 06 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 FRI 01 CAPRI PIZZA AND BAR. Bombo Claat w/ VYBZ Machine Intl Sound System. East Liberty. 412-362-1250. MIXTAPE. Freedom Band. Garfield. 412-661-1727.
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Animal Collective
SAT 02 ROCKS LANDING BAR & GRILLE. The Flow Band The Flow Band. McKees Rocks. 412-875-5809. SQUIRREL HILL SPORTS BAR. Funkle Aaron Project: Bob Marley Night. Squirrel Hill. 201-417-6262.
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EYEHATEGOD Altar Bar, 1620 Penn Ave., Strip District {WED., JUNE 22}
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LINDEN ACADEMY. The Flow Band. Point Breeze. www.facebook.com.
Club Café, 56 S. 12th St., South Side {FRI., OCT. 07}
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FRI 01 GOOD TIME BAR. Cledus & the Cadillacs. Millvale. 412-821-9968. MEADOWS CASINO. Joseph Sisters. Washington. 724-503-1200.
SAT 02 KEYNOTE CAFE. Country Sounds For Soldiers w/ Keith Gill Jr., Marty Zundel, The Hobbs Sisters, Frank Vieira, Dwayne Lewis, Michael Bonnett. Jeannette. 412-721-8109.
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Mr. Smalls Theatre, 400 Lincoln Ave., Millvale
University Voices of Spirit choral ensemble performs w/ the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra as part of the All University Choir. www.pittsburghsymphony.org or call 412-392-4900. Heinz Hall, Downtown. 412-392-4900. PITTSBURGH CIVIC ORCHESTRA. Home-Grown Talent showcase w/ Young Artist Competition Winners. Upper St. Clair High School, Upper St. Clair. 412-854-1389.
EMANUEL AX PLAYS BRAHMS. The Duquesne University Voices of Spirit choral ensemble CLASSIC GUITAR performs w/ the ENSEMBLE W/ Pittsburgh Symphony CONDUCTOR Orchestra as part of MICHAEL CHAPMAN. the All University Choir. . w ww per PNC Recital Hall, www.pittsburgh a p ty ci pgh m Duquesne Univ., symphony.org or call .co Uptown. 412-396-6083. 412-392-4900. Heinz Hall, ENSEMBLE LINEA. Downtown. 412-392-4900. Performance of compositions by Pitt graduate composers. http:// music.pitt.edu. Bellefield Hall, EMANUEL AX PLAYS BRAHMS. Oakland. 412-624-4266. The Duquesne University Voices of Spirit choral ensemble performs w/ the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra as part of the All University Choir. www.pittsburgh symphony.org or call 412-392-4900. CENTRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL. Cherish the Ladies. Irish Heinz Hall, Downtown. Night—Row On for Brendan. WESTMORELAND SYMPHONY Oakland. 888-718-4253. ORCHESTRA: DENIM & CHATHAM UNIVERSITY EDEN DIAMONDS GALA EVENT. HALL CAMPUS. Eden Hall Raising money for PSO. W/ music Bluegrass Jam. All acoustic by Gary Racan & the studio instruments and ability levels e band. Greensburg Country Club, welcome. Eden Hall Lodge dining Jeannette. 724-837-1850. area. Gibsonia. 412-365-1450. RIVERS CASINO. The EMANUEL AX PLAYS Lava Game Duo. North Side. BRAHMS. The Duquesne 412-231-7777.
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SOLDIERS & SAILORS MEMORIAL HALL. Three Rivers Rhapsody Band. Hosted by East Winds Symphonic Band. www. acb2016.org/concerts. Oakland. 412-621-4253.
FRI 01 FRIDAY FAITH CAFE. John Wyrick Band. Washington. 724-222-1563. SOLDIERS & SAILORS MEMORIAL HALL. Three Rivers Rhapsody Band. Hosted by East Winds Symphonic Band. www. acb2016.org/concerts. Oakland. 412-621-4253.
SAT 02 4736 LIBERTY AVENUE. Rhythm ‘n’ Steel. Bloomfield. 412-573-1870. ANDREW CARNEGIE FREE LIBRARY MUSIC HALL. Love I Hear: The Lyrics of Stephen Sondheim. Sung by Gavan Pamer & accompanied by Kathleen Billie on piano & Freya Samuels on cello. Carnegie. 412-276-3456. ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM. Sound Series: Ensemble Linea. North Side. 412-237-8300. PITTSBURGH WINERY. Joy Ike w/ Summit Station. Strip District. 412-566-1000. SOLDIERS & SAILORS MEMORIAL HALL. Three Rivers Rhapsody Band. Hosted by East Winds Symphonic Band. www.acb2016.org/concerts. Oakland. 412-621-4253.
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HAMBONE’S. Ian Kane. Jazz Standards, showtunes & blues. Lawrenceville. 412-681-4318.
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What to do March 30 - April 5 WEDNESDAY 30 Disgraced
O’REILLY THEATER Downtown. 412-316-1600. Tickets: ppt.org. Through April 10. ALTAR BAR Strip District. 412-263-2877. All ages show. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 8p.m.
THURSDAY 31 Wild Adriatic
THUNDERBIRD CAFE Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177. Over 21 event. Tickets: greyareaprod.com. 9p.m.
Like Moths to Flames ALTAR BAR Strip District. 412-263-2877. All ages show. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 6:30p.m.
Cure Rock 2016 featuring Oh Honey
HARD ROCK CAFE Station Square. 412-481-ROCK. Tickets: ticketfly.com or
1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 7:30p.m.
Tickets: music.pitt.edu/tickets or 412-624-7529. 8p.m.
EMANUEL AX PLAYS BRAHMS HEINZ HALL APRIL 1-3
An Intimate Solo/ Acoustic Performance by Citizen Cope
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BANFF Mountain Film Festival World Tour
CARNEGIE OF HOMESTEAD MUSIC HALL Munhall. All ages show. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 8p.m.
CARNEGIE OF HOMESTEAD MUSIC HALL Munhall. All ages event. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 5p.m.
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Bongzilla
IN PITTSBURGH
FRIDAY 1 Puscifer
STAGE AE North Side. Tickets: ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000. Doors open at 7p.m.
KIMOCK
REX THEATER South Side. 412-381-6811. Over 21 show. Tickets: greyareaprod.com. 8p.m.
Emanuel Ax Plays Brahms
HEINZ HALL Downtown. 412-392-4900. Tickets: pittsburghsymphony.org. Through April 3.
Silent Partner / Time Tested
HARD ROCK CAFE Station Square. 412-481-ROCK. Over 21 show. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 9:30p.m.
MONDAY 4 Junior Boys
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Over 21 event. Tickets: jccpgh.org. 7:30p.m.
BYHAM THEATER Downtown. 412-456-6666. Tickets: trustarts.org/dance. 8p.m.
South Side Spring Social
Dorrance Dance
Big Night 120 Years JCC Squirrel Hill.
STEEL CACTUS RESTAURANT AND CANTINA South Side. Tickets: showclix.com/event/ southsidesocial. 5p.m.
The Barber of Seville
BENEDUM CENTER Downtown. 412-456-6666. Tickets: pittsburghopera.org/barber. Through April 10.
ALTAR BAR Strip District. 412-263-2877. All ages show. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 8p.m.
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Roger Humphries
BACKSTAGE BAR AT THEATER SQUARE Downtown. 412-456-6666. Free and open to the public. 5p.m.
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ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM North Side. 412-237-8300.
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LOVESICK BLUES
THE MUCH BALLYHOOED BRAWL BETWEEN OUR TITULAR MEN IS RATHER DULL
{BY AL HOFF}
“Son, there are no shortcuts to the Opry.” And as we learn painfully in Mark Abraham’s bio-pic about country-western star Hank Williams, there are no shortcuts to telling a meaningful, rich story. Because I Saw the Light is not that work; rather it is a pastiche of scenes that mostly reminds us that actors are play-acting Williams’ life.
Hank Williams (Tom Hiddleston)
The film begins in 1944, when Williams (Tom Hiddleston) marries Audrey Sheppard (Elizabeth Olsen), and it sticks hard to the domestic. That aspect of Williams’ life is tumultuous, but also familiar from dozens of musical bio-pics: Small-town boy acquires fame and fortune, and has trouble with family, women, drugs. What’s missing is the music. Oh, there are some performances, and Hiddleston acquits himself surprisingly well at the mic, though his delivery leans more toward croon than Williams’ cry of a broken man. (Similarly, Hiddleston matches some physical characteristics well, but simply looks too healthy.) But we never get a sense of what music meant to Williams or how he harnessed it as a life-changing force. Despite a few scattershot nods, the film never fully explicates what a transformative entertainer Williams was, the depth and breadth of his popularity, and the lasting influence of his songwriting and performance. Starts Fri., April 1 AHOFF@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
Surfing in Montana, swimming naked, extreme kayaking, rare salamanders, paragliding, mustang wrangling and rock climbing. See this and more outdoor adventuring captured on short films at the annual Banff
Mountain Film Festival.
7 p.m. Sat., April 2, and 5 p.m. Sun., April 3. Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall, Munhall. More info and tickets ($15-40) at www.ventureoutdoors.org.
DC reckoning: Superman (Henry Cavill) answers Congressional charges that he isn’t so super.
BAD GOOD GUYS {BY AL HOFF}
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HE SHORT VERSION is that Zack Snyder’s clunky Superman v Batman: Dawn of Justice is not very good. I wish I could tell you it’s at least a decent popcorner featuring two of Earth’s most beloved comic-book characters. But its primary function is as franchise-starter, to set up a DC Comics cinematic universe to rival Marvel’s, and to ensure that every summer from now until 2050 will feature a variety of square-jawed men in spandex blowing each other up. A pointless roundelay where nobody ever really dies, and the same guys win — it’s like very, very big-budget pro wrestling. But I digress: The dispute between Batman (Ben Affleck) and Superman (Henry Cavill) picks up at the end of Snyder’s 2013 Man of Steel, when the caped red one and his foe, Zod, are battling furiously and — oops — destroying a bunch of inconsequential buildings filled with humans. One of the buildings belongs to Batman’s alter ego, Bruce Wayne, and he’s enraged that his employees are killed.
(If like me, you’ve struggled to keep Gotham and Metropolis straight, the good news is these two cities now exist side by side, separated by water. Turns out it was Minneapolis and St. Paul all along!)
SUPERMAN V BATMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE DIRECTED BY: Zack Snyder STARRING: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Jesse Eisenberg
But Batman has his own issues; he’s out at night branding people! This sets up the moral pondering that SvB is marginally, and only initially, interested in: Are these doers of justice actually a dangerous alien and an unchecked vigilante, respectively? It’s debated by Congress, by every living talking head on TV (Anderson Cooper takes a stand!) and by our villain, Lex Luthor Jr. (Jesse Eisenberg). And into this Snyder clumsily adds: Lois Lane (Amy Adams), on the beat in Africa; flash-forwards (I think)
and dream sequences; and a sub-plot about a stray lump of Kryptonite. The much ballyhooed brawl between our titular men is rather dull — and honestly what’s the point? Everybody knows these two good guys are gonna get together 20 minutes later to fight this film’s real bad guy (here, a giant angry glowing blob), plus make about a dozen movies together. Rather than yet another CGI-intensive, set-crushing fist fight, Snyder should have staged a pose-off, or a lip-sync battle. Snyder has publicly requested early viewers not give away any of the film’s “surprises,” but nearly every moment of SvB was predictable. (True, I did not anticipate the scene of a grim, shirtless Batman engaging in some low-budget home-gym training; I gotta get one of those giant tires for my basement.) I feel if you were otherwise busy, you could just skip this film and head straight for the hopefully better-focused dozen or so more heading down the pike with the surety of a speeding bullet. A HOF F @ P G HC I T Y PA P E R. C OM
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MAFIA AND TOMATOES. Giulio Manfredonia directs this recent film about a Southern Italian farmer whose land is confiscated by the government and assigned to a cooperative. In Italian, with subtitles. 7 p.m. Sat., April 2. Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Pitt campus, Oakland. Free. www.italianfilmfests.org.
NEW THIS WEEK EISENSTEIN IN GUANAJUATO. Celebrated for his three groundbreaking silent films (Strike, October, The Battleship Potemkin), Russian director Sergei Eisenstein set his sights on North America. But his projects were rejected by Hollywood studio heads. So, in 1931, he accepted an invitation to make a film in Mexico (Que Viva Mexico), financed by author Upton Sinclair and assorted sympathizers. It all came to naught film-wise, but director Peter Greenaway revisits Eisenstein’s time in Mexico with an arty and occasionally amusing film. We never see Eisenstein at work, but instead are spectators to his sexual awakening (with his Mexican guide, played by Luis Alberti) and his ruminations on love and death (so conveniently intertwined in Mexican culture). Eisenstein also enjoys Mexico’s sunny sensuality and his hotel’s brocaded luxury, situations likely in contrast to his more repressed and austere life in the Soviet Union. The film provides some background on Eisenstein, but the more you know about the director, his work and those tumultuous times for left-leaning artists, the more you will take from this film. It is lovely to look at, with beautiful set pieces and plenty of style — Greenaway nods to Eisenstein’s works with black-and-white segments and frequent use of triptychs. Imer Back, as Eisenstein, gives one of those all-in performances that is great fun to watch. In English, and Spanish, with subtitles. Starts Fri., April 1. Harris (Al Hoff) EYE IN THE SKY. Gavin Hood directs this thriller about a U.K.-based military drone commander who is managing a complicated on-the-ground terrorist situation in Kenya. Helen Mirren and Aaron Paul star. Starts Fri., April 1. HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS. Sixtysomething Doris (Sally Field) leads a rather dull single life in her late mother’s cluttered home on Staten Island. But she works in an office full of hip young people, and one of them, John (Max Greenfield), catches her eye. Through a series of misunderstandings and small kindnesses, Doris and John become buddies, enjoying some Brooklyn nightlife together. But when the oh-so-lonely Doris mistakes John’s friendliness for a burgeoning romance, things get awkward. Michael Showalter directs this dramedy, and he can’t quite decide how silly this film wants to be. But it’s rare that the emotional life of any woman over 40 is ever portrayed on screen, so we should be grateful for small steps. Fields has fun playing the somewhat wacky Doris, and if the work veers into cartoonish obviousness occasionally, at least it lets Doris be who she is, in all her fumbling truth. (AH) JFILM FESTIVAL. The 23rd-annual incarnation of the festival featuring Jewish-themed films opens Thu., April 7, with Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (7 p.m., Manor), Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady’s new documentary about the famed TV-show creator. The festival runs through April 17. See www.jfilmpgh.org for the complete schedule. MEET THE BLACKS. Deon Taylor directs this comedic spoof about a family that leaves Chicago, looking to turn a financial windfall into a better life in Los Angeles. Too bad the night they arrive is also the annual free-for-all killing spree known as the Purge. Mike Epps stars. Starts Fri., April 1
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SOMETHING BETTER TO COME. For 14 years, documentarian Hanna Polak follows Yula, a young girl who is growing up on a Russian garbage dump, but who dreams of a better future. Polak and Yula are expected to attend the screening. With subtitles. 7 p.m. Sat., April 2. McConomy Auditorium, CMU campus, Oakland. $5-10. www.cmu.edu/faces
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AFRONAUT(A) 3.0. The salon series for film and video concludes with two works. “Native Sun” is a short work by Ghanian-born rapper Blitz the Ambassador and director Terence Nance, inspired by the musical work of the same name; it depicts an African boy searching for his father. Shirley Clarke’s 1985 documentary Ornette: Made in America profiles jazz great Ornette Coleman. 2 p.m. Sun., April 3. Alloy Studios, 5530 Penn Ave., Friendship. Pay what makes you happy. www.kelly-srtayhorn.org REQUIEM FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM. This new documentary from Peter Hutchison, Kelly Nyks and Jared P. Scott features interviews with historian Noam Chomsky, as he discusses what larger forces led to the current state of economic inequality in the U.S. 3 p.m. Sun., April 3. McConomy Auditorium, CMU campus, Oakland. $5-10. www.cmu.edu/faces
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A WAR. As part of the international coalition, a group of Danish soldiers are stationed in Afghanistan. They are led by Pedersen (Pilou Asbaek), who as a more sensitive military leader pitches in on some of the disliked work, such as patrols through local villages, where those who pose threats are hard to distinguish from those in need. That’s one half of Tobias Lindholm’s solidly acted war drama; the rest takes place back in Denmark, where Pedersen’s wife struggles with their three kids during long absences. Then a patrol goes sideways and people are killed. This shifts the film’s focus to one of armed conflict’s most basic moral quandaries: In a battle situation, it’s OK, even admirable, to kill some people, but other deaths might constitute a crime. Not only does Pedersen wrestle with this dilemma, both during and after the event, but so does a legal tribunal. What is the emotional and even larger societal cost when a decision to save one life costs the lives of others? In Danish, with subtitles. Starts Fri., April 1. Regent Square (AH)
DALEKS: INVASION EARTH 2150 A.D. Peter Cushing stars as Dr. Who, who must travel to the future to prevent some big trouble, in Peter Flemyng’s 1966 scifi adventure film. Prizes for Dr. Who costumes, so do your best! 7 p.m. Fri., April 1. Hollywood
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REPERTORY VIVA ACTIVA: THE SPIRIT OF HANNAH ARENDT. Ada Ushpiz’s recent documentary profiles the German-Jewish philosopher, perhaps best known for coining the term “banality of evil” while covering Nazi Adolph Eichmann’s war-crimes trial. 7 p.m. Thu., March 31. McConomy Auditorium, CMU campus, Oakland. $5-10. www.cmu.edu/faces AN ITALIAN NAME. Francesca Archibugi directs this new Italian comedy about expectant parents struggling to pick a name for their baby. In Italian, with subtitles. 7 p.m. Fri., April 1. Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Pitt campus, Oakland. Free. www.italian filmfests.org. CARTEL LAND. This recent documentary from Matthew Heineman looks at two men who are leading extrajudicial fights against Mexican drug cartels. In English and Spanish, with subtitles. 7 p.m. Fri., April 1. McConomy Auditorium, CMU campus, Oakland. $510. www.cmu.edu/faces
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TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME. David Lynch’s 1992 big-screen contribution to the weird and dangerous world of Twin Peaks (introduced to the world via an earlier TV show) takes place just before the murder of Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee). 7:30 nightly April 5-7. Hollywood FIELD OF DREAMS. “If you build it, they will come.” Phil Alden Robinson’s 1989 fable about baseball, dreams and unresolved family issues stars Kevin Costner. 7:30 p.m. Wed., April 6. AMC Waterfront. $5 EMERGENCY EXIT: YOUNG ITALIANS ABROAD. Brunella Fili’s recent documentary catches up with six young adults who have left Italy to pursue careers in other countries. In Italian, with subtitles. 7 p.m. Thu., April 7. G24 Cathedral of Learning, Pitt campus, Oakland. Free. www.italianfilmfests.org.
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(2016) - 3/30 @ 7:30pm, 3/31 @ 7:30pm - An intimate look at how punk rock is thriving in the backyards of South Central and East Los Angeles. __________________________________________________
2nd Annual Dr. Who Party - 4/1 @ 8pm Costume contest, a screening of Daleks Invasion Earth 2150 AD (1966), and more! Doors open at 7:00pm.
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4/5 @ 7:30pm, 4/6 @ 7:30pm - David Lynch’s misunderstood masterpiece depicts the 7 days leading up to Laura Palmer’s death.
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“THERE’S REALLY COOL STUFF HAPPENING, BUT WE MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT IT.”
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HANYA YANAGIHARA IN CONVERSATION 6:30 p.m. Fri., April 1. Carnegie Museum of Art Theater, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland. $22 (includes A Little Life paperback). 412-622-8866 or www.pittsburghlectures.org
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Hanya Yanagihara doesn’t read her reviews. Which must be an incredibly tantric act, considering she is one of the year’s most lionized novelists. The 2015 winner of the Kirkus Prize — and nominee for many other prestigious awards — is astonishingly humble as she describes her post-success ethos: “You shouldn’t feel any differently about yourself. The only thing to do is the work and try to shut out as much of the noise as possible.” Yanagihara’s A Little Life is an 800page tour de force that takes four male college friends through the difficult arc of their lives, examining the dynamic between friendship and trauma with a rawness that leaves many readers shattered. She explores violence, sexual abuse and self-mutilation like a surgeon calmly probing for fragments in a shrapnel-riddled body. “I wanted the reader to feel trapped within the emotional lives of the characters,” Yanagihara explained in a recent phone interview, and indeed, the reader does. She also employs an innovative conceit, by stacking time upon itself and, in effect, denying its linearity. With no references to dates or events to anchor the action, everything is always in the present, like a dream comprising 30 years. The characters age over decades, but the decades themselves never age. Lawrence Durrell famously compressed time in The Alexandria Quartet, a work in which he claimed “time is stayed.” But what took Durrell four novels to accomplish, Yanagihara achieves in one. The result is psychologically transformative: “I wanted to play with this idea of how trauma is experienced,” she says. There is no “hard line between what came before and what is now … trauma is always intruding upon your every hour.” The book’s narrative maintains its tension in a painterly way, as if the narrator were illustrating a vast mural that stretches for miles, and doesn’t want to leave any space blank. Ironically, although Yanagihara (who’s also a deputy editor at T: The New York Times Style Magazine) was trained as a visual artist, she found that “whatever I had that might have been mine got eliminated once I was taught how to draw properly.” She credits her success to her lack of training as a writer, “which has been liberating because I never knew the rules I wasn’t supposed to be breaking.”
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HEN CORINNE Spencer put out a call for black women in Pittsburgh to take part in her movement-based video installation project, she welcomed trained and untrained performers alike. Spencer, a Brooklyn-based visiting artist in the inaugural Pearl Diving Movement Residency (PDMR) program, is not a trained dancer. Neither are the residency’s local artists, Almeda Beynon and Kevan Loney. Instead of plies or Senegalese hip twists, these artists will employ visual rhyming, virtual reality and other media in the April 2 showcase that culminates their month-long residency. PDMR co-curators Staycee Pearl and Joseph Hall established the residency to give professional artists rehearsal space, technical support, mentorship and time to create movement-based work with a strong multimedia component. Hall, a New York-based curator and producer, says, “Movement allows for more types of expression than dance. … [W]e
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want to support work that combined these forms of expression with new media and technology. We’re also tapping into new connections for Pittsburgh. For local artists who aren’t necessarily a part of the dance community, but also for visiting artists who we can build a long-term relationship with.”
PEARL DIVING MOVEMENT RESIDENCY ARTISTS SHOWCASE 8 p.m. Sat., April 2. PearlArts Studios, 201 N. Braddock Ave. (sixth floor), Point Breeze. Donations accepted at the door. Event will be livestreamed. www.pearlartsstudios.com
Spencer’s project, “Hunger,” uses a series of short films and live performances to explore desire, connection, landscape and self. “‘Hunger’ engages with historical and political narratives, while also seeking to move beyond them, inward,” Spencer says. “The project frames issues of longing, separation,
desire and the journey toward homecoming through the black feminine body and the black female experience in the world.” In 2015, Spencer was commissioned to present the first phase of “Hunger” at Boston’s Arts Emerge Festival. Spencer, who previously presented solo, says, “I want to see what happens in this next phase when I add more performers.” On their project, “Lovushke,” Beynon and Loney are working with an aerialist, a musical-theater student from Carnegie Mellon University and a CMU dance professor. It’s a dual audience experience in which a group of eight patrons will be onstage either experiencing the VR environment (wearing a headset), or staging green-screen moments that inform the VR experience. The “general” audience, meanwhile, will watch the entire machine of the performance being constructed. “The general [non-VR] audience will be able to see the movement piece with a trapeze artist performing with other actors against a set
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and green screen, all of which is infused live into the virtual environment for both audiences to enjoy.â€? Pearl, a movement artist and co-founder of PearlArts Studios, in Point Breeze, says the idea for the residency grew out of a need in the community. Local artists regularly ask her and PearlArts co-founder Herman Pearl for free use of their space. “And we gave it away without funding for years,â€? Pearl says. “But we wanted to create a bigger, more formal program.â€? So Pearl reached out to Hall, the former Kelly-Strayhorn Theater program director who now also serves as the Bronx Academy of Arts’ deputy director. “For three years, Joseph and I researched communities similar in size to Pittsburgh. ‌ There’s really cool stuff happening, but we might not know about it because it’s not happening in New York City or San Francisco.â€? After securing funding from the Heinz Endowments, Pearl and Hall designed a residency with a local and a national track for each round. They spread the word through arts groups in the residency’s target cities — Buffalo, New York City, Detroit, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Cleveland, Columbus and Baltimore, all “within a day’s travel from Pittsburgh,â€? Hall says. Accessibility is a cornerstone of the residency. “A lot of programs give you time and space, but you’re on your own when it comes to funding,â€? says Spencer. “This makes the opportunity inaccessible to artists who have to juggle and ďŹ gure out how to take off time from work.â€? Loney, a third-year video and media-design master’s-of-ďŹ ne-arts candidate at CMU, was attracted to PDMR’s “go-get-’em attitude and the safe space to experiment. VR is like the Wild West right now. Everyone is seeing what they can do with this technology.â€? “They told us, ‘Come and create your art’,â€? says Beynon, a third-year graduate student in sound design at CMU’s School of Drama. “Most residencies want you to ďŹ t into bookends. But PDMR is very encouraging. They really foster the art.â€? The Heinz Endowments has committed funding for PDMR for two years. This includes a $ 2,000 stipend for local artists and $ 5,000 for visiting artists. Pearl says that the “reasonable stipends honor the artists. They are free to engage in their process without external pressure. They also have a chance to show their work, get feedback and allow other people into their process.â€? Work-in-progress performances of both “Hungerâ€? and “Lovushkeâ€? take place Sat., April 2, at PearlArts Studios. Applications are available for the second round of the residency, to begin this fall. The application and guidelines are posted at pearlartsstudios.com, and the deadline is May 29.
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first played off-Broadway in 2012 and received strong notices for its intense look at a high-powered New York City mergers-andacquisitions lawyer named Amir Kapoor. Though born in a Muslim home, Amir has not merely let his religion go: He actively despises its principles and precepts. His WASPy wife, Emily, is an up-and-coming artist who explores Islamic traditions and their effect on Western art.
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Through happenstance, Amir becomes linked to an American iman who has been arrested on terrorist charges. That misunderstood linkage begets trouble; at first it’s little tremors, but soon ripples turn into big waves, from both external and internal forces, leaving swaths of carnage behind. Following the off-Broadway production, the show opened in 2014 on Broadway to great reviews and even nabbed a Pulitzer Prize. But it turned out to be more favored by critics than audiences and closed in two months. Pittsburgh Public Theater presents the local premiere in a production directed by Tracy Brigden, giving Pittsburgh audiences a chance to see what all the fuss was about. From the start you’re hit by Akhtar’s fierce intelligence and ruthlessly concise voice. This intermissionless play hurtles out of the gate and doesn’t stop until the finish line. There’s not an ounce of fat, and Brigden drives the show with similar propulsion and direct energy.
For a long time, however, you strain to love Disgraced. Akhtar’s focus on Muslim self-identity and the explosive personal cost of Islamophobia are important, necessary topics and rarely, if ever, addressed in the theater. His ideas can be illuminating and his anger bracing and insightful. The strain, however, proves to be too much. Akhtar hasn’t written actual people, just mouthpieces with points of view. The bulk of the play is a small dinner with Amir and Emily and their guests Isaac, Emily’s Jewish art-dealer, and Jory, Isaac’s African-American wife and a lawyer who works with Amir. It’s so nakedly a calculation at inclusion it never doesn’t feel like a Benetton ad. And once they get going? Each character possesses one thing they should absolutely not utter at this party … and what do you think happens? For all his high-caliber political and cultural insight, Akhtar’s handling of the “revelations” seems woefully ham-fisted. By the time we get to the spilling of some soapy secrets, I’d stepped out of the play entirely; I just couldn’t get past the screaming artificiality. It’s maybe not surprising that the actors weren’t entirely successful in grounding their characters; it’s a big ask Akhtar makes of his cast — bring a humanity to roles which he failed to provide. But Fajer Kaisi and Lisa Velten Smith, as Amir and Emily, with Ryan McCarthy and Nafeesa Monroe as their guests, play with intelligence and rock-solid commitment. I should say that my trouble with the script’s inauthenticity doesn’t seem to apply to everyone. My date for the evening, for instance, kept gnawing away the show’s issues. So if you judge the success of a play by the conversation about it on the car ride home (all in all, not a bad barometer), then perhaps the Public has a hit on its hands with Disgraced after all. I N F O@ P G H C I T Y PA P E R. C OM
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DID CREATING A BOOK FEEL LIKE A BIG CHANGE? It felt like I was making a circle back to what I used to do. Because when I started making comics, in underground comics, that was multipage stories, usually. It wasn’t until I started doing [“Zippy”] as a daily, in ’85 … that’s when my life kind of changed. When I started doing Invisible Ink, it just felt like I fell back into a rhythm that was very familiar.
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It has been well over a half-century since tap was king in the dance world. For instance, the heyday of Pittsburgh’s tap scene that included the Kelly family (Fred, Jay, Jim, Louise and superstar Gene), whose Squirrel Hill studio is now the home of Bodiography Contemporary Ballet, is a distant memory. Apart from bouts of popularity over the years in the form of Brenda Bufalino, Gregory and Maurice Hines, Savion Glover and touring shows like TAP DOGS and STOMP, tap has flown under the radar of most dance-goers. Lately, however, the art form is seeing a resurgence thanks in part to TV talent shows like So You Think You Can Dance, and the emergence of tap’s newest princess, Michelle Dorrance. The 2015 MacArthur “genius award” winner brings her Dorrance Dance to the Byham Theater on Sat., April 2. The woman whom The Boston Globe called “[a] dynamo in tap shoes and a compelling, imaginative choreographer” is a North Carolina native who has performed with STOMP and Glover’s Ti Dii. Speaking by phone from New York City, she says, “I like to set up environments where the choreographed work bleeds into an improvised solo or the dancers trading improvisational ideas back and forth.” The 75-minute sampler program will begin with excerpts from Dorrance’s SOUNDspace (2013). Performed a capella by a company of eight including Dorrance in regular tap and leather-soled shoes, the work explores the range of sounds the dancers are capable of producing. The program’s first half closes with an excerpt of Dorrance’s ETM (2014) in which the dancers perform on acoustic platforms made of wood, chains and diamond plate. “[The section] speaks volumes about the way people relate to tap and percussion,” says Dorrance. “It gets in your bones like an incessant rhythm.” The program’s second half features excerpts from less frequently seen Dorrance favorites performed to live music as well as songs by the likes of Radiohead and Fiona Apple. The theatrical, at times humorous program will close with an excerpt from the company’s most recent show, Myelination (2015). While Dorrance and most hoofers do see themselves as dancers, they also consider themselves musicians. (Dorrance even sings in the show.) “We are just as acutely responsible for our sound and music as we are for our movement,” says Dorrance.
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ternative comics. About 45 years ago, as a young San Francisco-based artist working in underground comics, Griffith created Zippy the Pinhead, an unshaven, muumuu-clad naif whose unquestioning embrace of popular culture provided ironic commentary on the same. (Griffith later gave Zippy a foil, the cartoonist’s analytic alter-ego, Griffy.) In the 1980s, the witty and beautifully drawn “Zippy” became a daily strip, bringing syndicated surrealism to doorsteps across the country.
THE PITTSBURGH INDEPENDENT COMIX EXPO Guests include: Derf Backderf, Grace Ellis, Bill Griffith, Sophie Goldstein, Kaz, Diane Noomin, Conor Stechschulte, Noah Van Sciver and Dave Wachter 11 a.m.-6 p.m. (Expo) and 7:30-11 p.m. (artist presentations and creator panels) Sat., April 2. 10 S. 19th St., South Side. Free. www.pixcomix.org
Underground work like Griffith’s early efforts presaged the rise of alt-weekly comics, indie comics and, ultimately, the graphic-novel boom. This week, Griffith is a featured guest at the sixth Pittsburgh
Indy Comix Expo, presented by the ToonSeum and Copacetic Comics. On April 1, at the Toonseum, Griffith speaks about the evolution of “Zippy,” which he still draws daily. (Tickets are $ 22.09 at www.eventbrite.com, search “45 years of Zippy.”) On April 2, at PIX, he discusses Invisible Ink: My Mother’s Secret Affair With a Famous Cartoonist (Fantagraphics), his acclaimed 2015 graphic memoir. Griffith, 72, spoke to CP from his home in Connecticut. WHY A BOOK-LENGTH PROJECT? The content of the book was percolating in the back of my head for more than 30 years. I kept asking myself, “Do you have a graphic novel in you somewhere — everybody’s doing them, where’s yours?” WHAT’S IT ABOUT? The story is of my mother’s 16-year secret affair with a cartoonist-slash-mystery writer [Lawrence Lariar]. She was his secretary. Larry was like a Zelig of comics. He was present at all these crucial moments of American comic-strip and comic-book history. … [H]e introduced my mother to the world of art. From him, through her, it landed in my house: Picasso books, and Jackson Pollock books, and all of a sudden, my eyes were opened to the world of art. … He was like a shadow father to me.
YOU’RE WORKING ON ANOTHER BOOK? [It’s] called Nobody’s Fool, and the subtitle is “The Life and Times of Schlitzie the Pinhead.” [Sideshow performer] Schlitzie is the original inspiration for Zippy. It’s a real person. I first saw Schlitzie in [Todd Browning’s 1932 film] Freaks — actually that’s the only place to really see Schlitzie. … I was lucky enough to find his last manager, [who] lives in Florida. And I found a guy my age who traveled throughout Canada in a circus sideshow in 1968, when Schlitzie was in his last year of performing, and had wonderful, wonderful stories, that really made Schlitzie come to life. … Without those two interviews, those two people, I really wouldn’t have had a book. … It would have been all guesswork. D RI S C OL L @ P G HC I T Y PA P E R. C OM
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Hildebrand and Ren Rathbone. The exhibit, mostly photos and paintings, examines how memories are recalled and how they degrade, while interpreting ideas of family. Tonight’s reception is at UnSmoke Systems Artspace, whose own past incarnations include a Catholic grade school. Courtney Linder 6 p.m. Exhibit continues through Sun., April 3, by appointment only.
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What does it mean to go someplace? Or to be there? Tonight, three studio artists at Neu Kirche Contemporary Art Center offer interpretations of three distinct places. Matthew Conboy presents 200 pairs of portraits of himself and Chinese citizens he shot in two days in Beijing. Lori Hepner uses photography to explore Arctic communities affected by climate change in Finland and Iceland. And conceptual artist Jimmy Riordan “highlights the difficulties in capturing a measured understanding of place” right here in Pittsburgh. The Seen and The Unseen, curated by Hannah Turpin, opens with tonight’s reception. BO 6 p.m. Exhibit continues through May 27. 1000 Madison Ave., North Side. Free. 412-322-224 or www.neukirche.org
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Jews first settled in Western Pennsylvania in the mid-1800s, and Pittsburgh remains the hub of regional Jewish life. This week, the Heinz History Center unveils a project exploring something that’s quickly fading into history: Jewish life in the region’s small towns. For the past year, two researchers with the Center’s Rauh Jewish History Program and Archives, Susan Melnick and Eric Lidji, have crisscrossed Western Pennsylvania, gathering boxfuls of historical documents and some 40 oral histories from these once-thriving (if never terribly large) communities — a first round of five. Donora, Latrobe, Newcastle, Sharon and Uniontown all had Jewish populations that most recently peaked in the 1950s, quickly followed by a decline echoing the fall of Big Steel. Now, their synagogues are “all either shrunk or closed,” says Lidji. The Sun., April 3, launch event Every Town Had a Community showcases the researchers’ findings, with images like 1915’s Tifereth Israel Picnic, in New Castle (at left), blueprints and letters, audio and more. There will also be info on preserving family treasures and researching family history online. Lidji says that the History Center isn’t the only party researching this past, but notes the urgency of documenting communities that are nearly vanished: The Rauh Archives are already fundraising for a second year of research. Bill O’Driscoll 1-4 p.m. Sun., April 3. 1212 Smallman St., Strip District (www.jewishfamilieshistory.org). Free with RSVP at 412-454-6402 or dmschlitt@heinzhistorycenter.org
{ART} Size matters at the Pittsburgh Society of Artists’ 51st season-opening exhibition. The group called on its 380 members to submit works no larger than 12 inches by 12 inches. See what they’ve come up with when Small Works opens with a reception tonight, at Framehouse & Jask Gallery. The exhibit is curated by Charlie Humphrey, former executive director of Pittsburgh Filmmakers and Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. BO 6 p.m. (free). Exhibit continues through May 13. 100 43rd St., Lawrenceville. 412-586-4599 or www.psaguild.org
of contemporary music perform six short works by French composers, including a world premiere by Frédéric Durieux. On Mon., April 4, at Bellefield Hall, the ensemble performs a free concert of eight works by Pitt composition students. The troupe (performing variously with six or seven n musicians on woodwinds, s brass, strings and piano) is directed by Jean-Phillippe Wurtz. BO 8 p.m. (117 Sandusky St., North Side; $10-15; www.warhol.org). Also 8 p.m. Mon., April 4 (315 Bellefield Ave., Oakland; free; www.music.pitt.edu).
{TALK} Kaz is a major figure in the world of contemporary alt comics; his darkly humorous weekly strip “Underworld” has been a staple since 1992. But his best-known work is for TV: He’s a longtime writer for SpongeBob SquarePants, and won an Emmy for his writing for The Cartoon Network’s Captain Lazlo. On the heels of his new comics collection, Underworld: From Hoboken to Hollywood, Kaz (who’s also in town for the Pittsburgh Indy Comix Expo) visits Point Park University for a free talk tonight. BO 6:30 p.m. GRW Auditorium, 414 Wood St., Downtown. www.pointpark.edu
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Pulitzer Prize-winning novel All the Light We Cannot with its multiple-awardSee wit author, Anthony winning author Pittsburgh Doerr. While this P Lectures’ Arts & Le Monday Mond Night Lecture Lectu Series event is sold out, you can still join the waiting list. CL p.m. 4400 Forbes 7:30 p Ave., Oakland. $15-35. Oak 412-622-8866 or www. 412-622 pittsburghlectures.org pitts
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{SCREEN} {S In 1991, 199 the critically acclaimed Daughters of accla the Dust became the first wide-release feature film directed by an AfricanAmerican woman. Filmmaker Julie Dash, whose filmography also includes documentaries, TV movies and music videos, visits for events tonight and tomorrow. Tonight, see Dash at Carnegie Mellon’s University Lecture Series. Tomorrow,
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+ THU., APRIL 07 {WORDS} Rosemary spent the first 18 years of her life defined by memories of her sister — a chimpanzee. So begins Karen Joy Fowler’s Pen/Faulkner Award-winning 2013 novel about what it means to be human, We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves. Fowler, the author of six novels and three short-story collections, visits Pitt’s Frick Fine Arts Building for the Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series. Discover Fowler’s “astonishing narrative voice,” as praised by the San Francisco Chronicle, tonight. CL 8:30 p.m. 650 Schenley Drive, Oakland. Free. 412-624-6508 or www. pittsburghwriterseries.com
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THEATER THE BARBER OF SEVILLE. Rossini’s famous comic opera presented by the Pittsburgh Opera. Sat., April 2, 8 p.m., Tue., April 5, 7 p.m., Fri., April 8, 7:30 p.m. and Sun., April 10, 2 p.m. Benedum Center, Downtown. 412-456-6666. THE CONFIDENTIAL MUSICAL THEATRE PROJECT. A group of performers take to the stage & present a musical, having had absolutely no group rehearsal. Fri., April 1, 7:30 p.m. Carnegie Stage, Carnegie. 412-527-9360. THE DINNER PARTY. Play by Neil Simon, presented by Retro Red Theater Productions. First Fri, Sat of every month, 8 p.m. and Sun., April 3, 3 p.m. Thru April 11. Seton Center, Brookline. 412-561-5511. DISGRACED. Black, White, Muslim & Jewish persons share the same idea of the good life, until ingrained prejudices get the best of them. Wed-Sat, 8 p.m., Sun, 2 & 7 p.m. and Tue, 7 p.m. Thru April 10. Pittsburgh Public Theater, Downtown. 412-316-1600. 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 MATHEMATICS OF BEING HUMAN. In a comedic spin on classroom battles, an incompatible mathematics professor & English professor are paired to teach a class that demonstrates how their disciplines overlap. Thru April 2, 8 p.m. and Sat., April 2, 2 p.m. Henry Heymann Theatre, Oakland. www.eventbrite.com. SEX WITH STRANGERS. When 40(ish) Olivia, a talented but unrecognized novelist, gets snowbound at a writers’ retreat w/ 20-something Ethan, superstar sexcapade blogger & king of the Twitterverse, the chemistry is hot but what will the outcome be? Sat, 5:30 & 9 p.m. and Thu, Fri, 8 p.m. Thru April 3. City Theatre, South Side. 412-431-2489.
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This week our panel talks about the upcoming Pittsburgh Pirates season, and we visit Keystone Hops Farm.
Hambone’s, Lawrenceville. 412-681-4318. MUM’S COMEDY SHOW. Medical Use Marijuana Legalization Fundraiser. 7:30 p.m. Pittsburgh Winery, Strip District. 412-566-1000. THE WHAM CITY COMEDY TOUR. A comedy & video collective based in Baltimore known for their bizarre viral videos & absurdist presentational performances. 8 p.m. Arcade Comedy Theater, Downtown. 412-339-0608.
improv show features Jethro & Kristy Nolen performing w/ guests. BYOB. First Sat of every month, 8 p.m. Arcade Comedy Theater, Downtown. 412-339-0608. MARK RICCADONNA, MISSY G, SEAN COLLIER. 7:30 p.m. St. Ursula School, Allison Park. SHAWN BLACKHAM, MATT STANTON, RAY ZAWODNI. 8:30 p.m. West View Fireman’s Banquet Hall, West View. 412-931-7260.
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Pittsburgh Opera presents Rossini’s comic opera The Barber of Seville, sung in Italian with projected text in English. Secret love, whispered plots, betrayal and town secrets all come into play in the story of Count Almaviva (sung by internationally acclaimed tenor Michele Angelini, making his Pittsburgh Opera debut) and the beautiful Rosina (mezzo-soprano Corrie Stallings). 8 p.m. Sat., April 2. Also 7 p.m. Tue., April 5, and April 8 and 10. Benedum Center, 237 Seventh St., Downtown. $12.75-165.00. www.trustarts.org
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MON 04 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. UNPLANNED COMEDY JAMBONE’S IMPROV. Hosted by Woody Drenen. Mon, 9:30 p.m. Hambone’s, Lawrenceville. 412-681-4318.
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 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 appt. O’Hara. 412-782-4231. BOST BUILDING. Collectors. Preserved materials reflecting the industrial heritage of Southwestern PA. Homestead. 412-464-4020. BRADDOCK’S BATTLEFIELD HISTORY CENTER. French & Indian War. The history of the French & Indian War w/ over 250 artifacts & more. Braddock. 412-271-0800. 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. CONTINUES ON PG. 53
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NEW THIS WEEK THE ALLOY STUDIOS. Adopting Identity. Liana Maneese delves into issues of racial identity from her unique perspective as a transracial adoptee. Unblurred Gallery Crawl. Friday, April 1. Friendship. 412-363-4321. BANTHA TEA BAR. By Any Materials Necessary. Artwork by Samm Fuchs. Opening April 1. Garfield. 412-404-8359. CHRISTINE FRECHARD GALLERY. Mirrors. Oil paintings by Alejandro Fief. Opening reception April 2, 5-9 p.m. Squirrel Hill. 412-421-8888. FRAMEHOUSE. Small Works Juried Show. Presented by The Pittsburgh Society of Artists. Opening reception April 1, 6 - 9 p.m. Lawrenceville. 412-586-4559. GALLERIE CHIZ. State-of-theArt Inconveniences. Work by Dyer Fieldsa & Rodney Allen Trice. Opening reception April 1, 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. Shadyside. 412-441-6005. GREATER PITTSBURGH ARTS COUNCIL. PechaKucha Night Pittsburgh Vol 23. 20 images x 20 seconds per image. Event focusing on artistic & creative celebration, & promotion of local talent. April 6, 6 p.m. Downtown. 412-391-2060. JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF THE SOUTH HILLS. Pittsburgh 10 + Friends. The exhibit includes 12 professional artists w/ extensive exhibition experience. The works are contemporary in character & run the gamut from abstract expressionism to realism & represent unique perspectives, including painting, photography, fiber, mixed media & more. Scott. 412-278-1975. MERRICK ART GALLERY. Beaver Valley Artists Juried Exhibition. Works by local artists in oil paintings, watercolor,
pastels, jewelry, pottery, more. Opening reception April 1, 1-4 p.m. New Brighton. 724-846-1130. MORGAN CONTEMPORARY GLASS GALLERY. Teapots! 10. Celebrating 10 years of sculptural teapots w/ its largest exhibition to date 13 regional plus 50 international artists. Opening reception April 1, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Shadyside. 412-441-5200. NEU KIRCHE CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER. The Seen & The Unseen. New works by local artists Matthew Conboy, Lori Hepner & Jimmy Riordan. Opening reception April 1, 6 p.m. Artist talk April 16, 23 p.m. North Side. 412-322-2224. SPINNING PLATE GALLERY. WaterWorks 2016. New works in watercolor & other water media presented by Pittsburgh Watercolor Society. Opening reception April 4, 5-8 p.m. Friendship.
ONGOING 707 PENN GALLERY. Jennifer Nagle Myers: Waterfall Vision. A collection of new work inspired by the human body in relationship to the earth body. Drawings, paintings, installation & performance that seek to unearth a new alphabet of form, mark & material. Downtown. 412-325-7017. 937 LIBERTY AVE. Humanae/ I AM AUGUST. A series of photographs of everyday Pittsburghers by Angelica Dass. Downtown. 412-338-8742. ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM. Michael Chow aka Zhou Yinghua: Voice for My Father. 3 main bodies of work which include new paintings completed expressly for The Warhol show, vintage photographs of the artist’s father Zhou Xinfang, a grand master of the Beijing Opera & a collection of portraits of Chow
painted by his contemporaries, such as Andy Warhol, JeanMichel Basquiat & Ed Ruscha, linking his practice w/ the contemporary art communities of London, New York & Los Angeles. Permanent collection. Artwork & artifacts by the famed Pop Artist. Exposures: Jamie Earnest: Private Spaces / Public Personas. 3 new largescale paintings that incorporate details from the private, residential spaces of both Andy Warhol & Michael Chow. 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. COLL(U/I)SION: artwork by Lauren Wilcox. Downtown. 412-325-6769. BARCO LAW LIBRARY. Oracles & Vesicles, Drawings & Prints by Michael Walter. Oakland. 412-648-1376. BLACK FORGE COFFEE HOUSE. debris stitch tide. An exhibition by Rin Park & Naomi Edmark, two queer womyn of color. Knoxville. 412-291-8994. BOCK-TOTT GALLERY. 7 Artists. A collection of works by Brandy Bock Tott, Jeffrey Phelps, Tom Mosser, Yelena Lamm, Nick Santillo, Will White & Joyce Werwie Perry. Sewickley. 412-519-3377. BOXHEART GALLERY. Kal Mansur: New Valkyries. Acrylic Construction by BoxHeart’s 2016 Artist of the Year. Intersection CONTINUES ON PG. 55
Dinosaurs in Their Time. Displaying the surrounding park. Allison Park. immersive environments spanning 412-767-9200. the Mesozoic Era & original fossil KENTUCK KNOB. Tour the specimens. Permanent. Hall other Frank Lloyd Wright house. of Minerals & Gems. Crystal, Mill Run. 724-329-8501. gems & precious stones from KERR MEMORIAL MUSEUM. all over the world. Population Tours of a restored 19th-century, Impact. How humans are middle-class home. Oakmont. affecting the environment. 412-826-9295. Oakland. 412-622-3131. MARIDON MUSEUM. Collection CARNEGIE SCIENCE CENTER. includes jade & ivory statues from H2Oh! Experience kinetic China & Japan, as well as Meissen water-driven motion & discover porcelain. Butler. 724-282-0123. the relations between water, MCGINLEY HOUSE & MCCULLY land & habitat. How do everyday LOG HOUSE. Historic homes decisions impact water supply open for tours, lectures & more. & the environment? Ongoing: Monroeville. 412-373-7794. Buhl Digital Dome (planetarium), NATIONAL AVIARY. Masters Miniature Railroad & Village, of the Sky. Explore the power & USS Requin submarine & more. grace of the birds who rule the North Side. 412-237-3400. sky. Majestic eagles, impressive CENTER FOR POSTNATURAL condors, stealthy falcons and their HISTORY. Explore the complex friends take center stage! Home to interplay between culture, nature more than 600 birds from over 200 & biotechnology. Sundays 12-4. species. W/ classes, lectures, demos Garfield. 412-223-7698. & more. North Side. 412-323-7235. CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF NATIONALITY ROOMS. 29 PITTSBURGH. TapeScape rooms helping to tell the 2.0. A play exhibit/art story of Pittsburgh’s installation, designed by immigrant past. Eric Lennartson, that University of Pittsburgh. uses more than 10 miles Oakland. 412-624-6000. w. w w of tape stretched over OLD ST. LUKE’S. er hcitypap g p steel frames to create Pioneer church features .com twisting tunnels & curving 1823 pipe organ, walls for children to crawl Revolutionary War graves. through & explore. North Side. Scott. 412-851-9212. 412-322-5058. OLIVER MILLER HOMESTEAD. COMPASS INN. Demos & tours w/ This pioneer/Whiskey Rebellion costumed guides feat. this restored site features log house, stagecoach stop. North Versailles. blacksmith shop & gardens. 724-238-4983. South Park. 412-835-1554. DEPRECIATION LANDS PENNSYLVANIA TROLLEY MUSEUM. Small living history MUSEUM. Trolley rides & museum celebrating the exhibits. Includes displays, settlement & history of the walking tours, gift shop, Depreciation Lands. Allison Park. picnic area & Trolley Theatre. 412-486-0563. Washington. 724-228-9256. FALLINGWATER. Tour the PHIPPS CONSERVATORY & famed Frank Lloyd Wright house. BOTANICAL GARDEN. 14 indoor Mill Run. 724-329-8501. rooms & 3 outdoor gardens FIRST PRESBYTERIAN feature exotic plants & floral CHURCH. Tours of 13 Tiffany displays from around the world. stained-glass windows. Masterpieces in Bloom: Spring Downtown. 412-471-3436. Flower Show. Guests see the works FORT PITT MUSEUM. Captured by of Van Gogh, Monet, Degas, Klimt Indians: Warfare & Assimilation on & other famous artists to blossom the 18th Century Frontier. During into floral displays. Tropical Forest the mid-18th century, thousands Congo. An exhibit highlighting of settlers of European & African some of Africa’s lushest landscapes. descent were captured by Native Oakland. 412-622-6914. Americans. Using documentary PHOTO ANTIQUITIES MUSEUM evidence from 18th & early 19th OF PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY. century sources, period imagery, Displaying 660 different movie & artifacts from public & private cameras, showing pictures on collections in the U.S. and Canada, glass, many hand-painted. The the exhibit examines the practice largest display of 19th Century of captivity from its prehistoric photographs in America. roots to its reverberations in North Side. 412-231-7881. modern Native-, African- & PINBALL PERFECTION. Euro-American communities. Pinball museum & players club. Reconstructed fort houses West View. 412-931-4425. museum of Pittsburgh history PITTSBURGH ZOO & PPG circa French & Indian War & AQUARIUM. Home to 4,000 American Revolution. Downtown. animals, including many 412-281-9285. endangered species. Highland FRICK ART & HISTORICAL Park. 412-665-3639. CENTER. Ongoing: tours of RACHEL CARSON HOMESTEAD. Clayton, the Frick estate, w/ A Reverence for Life. Photos classes & programs for all ages. & artifacts of her life & work. Point Breeze. 412-371-0600. Springdale. 724-274-5459. HARTWOOD ACRES. Tour this RIVERS OF STEEL NATIONAL Tudor mansion & stable complex. HERITAGE AREA. Exhibits on the Enjoy hikes & outdoor activities in Homestead Mill. Steel industry &
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DANCE THU 31 - SUN 03 THE GLUE FACTORY PROJECT: RIGHT OF WAY. An original full-evening length dancetheater work that explores ideas of femininity, gender, identity, & acceptance. Wed. 7 p.m., Thu-Sat 8 p.m., & Sun. 2 p.m. Thru April 3 New Hazlett Theater, North Side. 412-320-4610.
FRI 01 DANCE BEFORE THE LORD: A HISTORY OF GOSPEL MUSIC & LITURGICAL DANCE. A spiritual dance performance by Greer Reed, founding artistic director of Reed Dance Ensemble & her young troupe of dancers. Zappala College Center Square. 412-536-1216. 7 p.m. LaRoche College, Wexford. 800-838-4572.
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SUN 03 ALPHA PHI RED DRESS GALA. Help support the Alpha Phi Foundation. 11 a.m. DoubleTree Hotel, Downtown. 412-281-5800. EMPTY BOWLS HUNGER BANQUET. 12 p.m. Chatham University Eden Hall Campus, Gibsonia. 802-318-1041. GREATER PITTSBURGH LITERACY COUNCIL’S 9TH
ANNUAL TRIVIA BOWL. 1:30 p.m. St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, Oakland. 412-393-7632. PURPLELIGHT PITTSBURGH: PANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK. Live Music, refreshments, luminaries & speakers. 4 p.m. Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall, Oakland. 814-566-0954.
MON 04 ART ROONEY AWARD DINNER. Dinner, auction, awards, videos, remarks; benefiting Catholic Youth Association of Pittsburgh & programs for children & adults. 6 p.m. Westin Convention Center Hotel, Downtown. 412-621-3342.
LITERARY THU 31 ENGLISH LEARNERS’ BOOK CLUB. For advanced ESL students. Presented in cooperation w/ the Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council. Thu, 1 p.m. Mount Lebanon Public Library, Mt. Lebanon. 412-531-1912. THE HOUR AFTER HAPPY HOUR WRITER’S WORKSHOP. Young writers & recent graduates looking for additional feedback on their work. thehourafterhappyhour. wordpress.com Thu, 7-9 p.m. Lot 17, Bloomfield. 412-687-8117. REBECCA DRAKE. Book release. 7 p.m. Mystery Lovers Bookshop, Oakmont. 888-800-6078.
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equipping them with the physical training & goal-setting mentality. Open to beginners & experienced runners ages 7-14. Pre-registration is required at www.allegheny county.us/parkprograms. Sun, 4:45-6 p.m. Thru April 17. North Park, Allison Park. 724-935-1766.
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KID’S BOOKS FOR GROWN-UPS BOOKCLUB. First Tue of every month, 10 a.m. Penguin Bookshop, Sewickley. 412-741-3838. LILLIE LEONARDI. Discussing her book, “The White Light of Grace: Reflections on the Life of a Spiritual Intuitive. 7 p.m. Shaler North Hills Library, Glenshaw. 412-486-0211. 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.
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PRINTMAKING OPEN STUDIO. Experienced screen printers can utilize studio equipment to make films, burn screens & complete a run of posters, t-shirts or prints. A volunteer-driven environment designed for short-run projects that can be completed in one evening for a small materials fee. Tue, Thu, 6-10 p.m. Artists Image Resource, North Side. 412-321-8664. PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS: THE BEST GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE TO CREATE TRANSFORMATION CHANGE. Lecture by William Generett Jr. Lower Lounge. www.thornburgh forum.pitt.edu. 12-1 p.m. William Pitt Union, Oakland. 412-648-7814. RADICAL TRIVIA. Thu, 9 p.m. Smiling Moose, South Side. 412-431-4668. SALSA NIGHT. Free dancing lessons w/ host & instructor DJ Bobby D from 9:30-10 p.m. Thu, 9:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Perle Champagne Bar, Downtown. 412-471-2058. SMALL BUSINESS RESEARCH. Learn how you can use the Library to help open your business w/ access to comprehensive print materials, e-resources, & services for small business startups. 12:15 p.m. Carnegie Library, Downtown. 412-281-7141. VERMICOMPOSTING WORKSHOP. Learn about the benefits of worm composting, as well as how to house, feed, harvest & care for your own worms. Four Seasons Lodge. 6:30-8 p.m. Boyce Park, Monroeville. 724-327-0338.
WEDNESDAY MORNING WALK. Naturalist-led, rain or shine. Wed Beechwood Farms, Fox Chapel. 412-963-6100.
OTHER STUFF THU 31 A SOTO ZEN BUDDHIST SITTING GROUP. http://city dharma.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 first-come, first-served basis. Thu, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Thru April 14 Baldwin Borough Public Library, Baldwin. 412-885-2255. DEPRESSION BIPOLAR SUPPORT GROUP. Thu, 6 p.m. C.C. Mellor Memorial Library, Edgewood. 412-708-9423. GUIDED LITERARY & CULTURAL TOUR OF AUGUST WILSON’S HILL DISTRICT. An afternoon tour led by Christopher Rawson. Engaging August Wilson’s Fences, Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences. E-mail pyk2@pitt.edu w/ the subject line “AW Tour” to register. INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF PITTSBURGH. Social, cultural club of American/ international women. Thu First Baptist Church, Oakland. iwap. pittsburgh@gmail.com.
FACES OF CONFLICT: CARNEGIE MELLON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. Films playing in various locations. For a full schedule visit www.cmu.edu/faces.
THU 31 - WED 06 ALLEGHENY COUNTY MARBLES PROGRAM. Tournaments, game play & learning to play marbles. Free to children ages 14 & under. Various locations. Thru June 1. For a full schedule, visit www. alleghenycounty.us/parks/about/ programs/marbles-program.aspx.
FRI 01 BREWGRASS PITTSBURGH. Live music from Haygood Paisleys & Lone Pine String Band & sample beers from War Streets Brewery. Benefits the War Streets Brewery. www.warstreetsbrewery.com. 7:30 p.m. James Street Gastropub & Speakeasy, North Side. 412-904-3335. COYOTE EDUCATION CLASS. Join staff from the Pennsylvania Game Commission & learn about the biology & life habits of coyotes. Rose Barn. 6:30-7:30 p.m. North Park, Allison Park. 724-935-1766. FRIDAY NIGHT CONTRA DANCE. A social, traditional American dance. No partner needed, beginners welcome, lesson at 7:30. Fri, 8 p.m. Swisshelm Park Community Center, Swissvale. 412-945-0554. CONTINUES ON PG. 55
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SAT 02 BE STILL & KNOW: OPENING INNER AWARENESS THRU CHANT. 1 p.m. First United Church of Christ, Millvale. 412-951-3143. BEGINNER TAI CHI CLASSES. Sat, 9 a.m. Friends Meeting House, Oakland. 412-683-2669. ESOTERICA EAST: HANDMADE CRAFTS & SPIRIT FAIR. 11 a.m. East Suburban Unitarian Universalist Church. 412-779-7433. PITTSBURGH SINGLES DANCE. 7:30 p.m. West View VFW, West View. 724-316-5029. SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING. Lessons 7-8 p.m., social dancing follows. No partner needed. Mon, 7 p.m. and Sat, 7 p.m. Grace Episcopal Church, Mt. Washington. 412-683-5670. SOUTH HILLS SCRABBLE CLUB. Free Scrabble games, all levels. Sat, 1-3 p.m. Mount Lebanon Public Library, Mt. Lebanon. 412-531-1912. SWING CITY. Learn & practice swing dancing skills w/ the Jim Adler Band. Sat, 8 p.m. Wightman School, Squirrel Hill. 412-759-1569. VOICECATCH WORKSHOP W/ KATHY AYRES. A community writing workshop & writing space provided by Chatham’s Words Without Walls program. Sat, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Carnegie Library, East Liberty. 412-363-8232. WIGLE WHISKEY BARRELHOUSE TOURS. Sat, 12:30 & 2 p.m. Wigle Whiskey Barrel House, North Side. 412-224-2827.
equipment, knots, fly selection, casting & how to read the water. Hands-on casting technique will be practiced weather permitting. Information on local fishing spots & upcoming fishing trips as well. 2 p.m. Mount Lebanon Public Library, Mt. Lebanon. 412-531-1912. RADICAL TRIVIA. Trivia game hosted by DJ Jared Evans. Come alone or bring a team. Sun, 7 p.m. Oaks Theater, Oakmont. 412-828-6322. RELATIONSHIP SUPPORT GROUP. Exchange experiences & ideas in order to gain insight & understanding of the wonderful mystery of relationships. Come to support & be supported by others like yourself in similar circumstances. First and Third Sun of every month, 4:30 p.m. Messiah Lutheran Church, Munhall. 412-853-3189.
Episcopal Church, Mt. Washington. 412-683-5670. SLOVAK HERITAGE. Easy to Make Slovak Cookies. Otila Golis, the Slovak Cookie Lady, demonstrates how to make several Slovak delicacies, including ceregi. 7 p.m. Mount Lebanon Public Library, Mt. Lebanon. 412-531-1912. TRIVIA NIGHT. Hosted by Pittsburgh Bar Trivia. Mon, 7 p.m. Carnivore’s Restaurant & Sports Bar, Oakmont. 412-820-7427.
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MON 04 - WED 06 TEXT AS PROCESS: GENETIC & TEXTUAL CRITICISM IN THE DIGITAL AGE. Discussion of how to represent & study literary manuscripts. Rm. 602. www. hispanic.pitt.edu/event/textprocess-genetic-and-textualcriticism-digital-age. Cathedral of Learning, Oakland. 412-621-9339.
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AUDITIONS LITTLE LAKE THEATRE COMPANY. Auditions for actors ages 10-adult for the 2016 Looking Glass & Fall Family Matinee season. Sun., April 3, 11 a.m.4 p.m. To schedule audition appointments & find more specific audition info visit www.little lake.org. Little Lake Theatre, Canonsburg. 724-745-6300. RENAISSANCE CITY CHOIR. Singers wanted for our upcoming Pride concert June 4 & 5. Auditions will be held by appointment through April 19th. www. rccpittsburgh.com. East Liberty Presbyterian Church, East Liberty. 412-345-1722.
ALLEGHENY RIVER & WATERSHED CLEAN-UP Imagine Pittsburgh with sparkling clean rivers. The Allegheny River and Watershed Clean-up is seeking volunteers to help remove trash from the river using canoes. The date of the clean-up is Sat., May 14; the deadline to sign up for a volunteer slot is April 29. For more information and to fill out a volunteer form, visit www.alleghenyrivercleanup.com.
THE THEATRE FACTORY KIDWORKS. Auditions for “The BFG.” Men, women & children ages 8 & up; cold readings from the script; puppetry & British accents a plus, movement required. Bring picture & resume. April 3, 1–3 p.m.& April 4, 6:30–8:30 p.m. Email tfauditions@ gmail.com. The Theatre Factory, Trafford. 412-374-9200.
BOOK ARTS FROM CONTEMPORARY CRAFT. A 6 week series about the history of paper making & manufacturing. Participants will create their own sheets of handmade paper, create a “wet on wet collage,” learn binding techniques & create journals. Register separately. Wed, 1 p.m. 28 WEST SECOND GALLERY Thru April 13. Mount Lebanon & STUDIO SPACE. Accepting Public Library, Mt. Lebanon. submissions for PURE: 412-531-1912. The 6th Annual CARNEGIE KNITS Women’s Exhibition. & READS. Informal All submissions can knitting session w/ be sent to 28west literary conversation. www. per secondgallery@gmail. pa First and Third Wed pghcitym o .c com. Please include of every month, 4:305 jpg. file samples, artist 5:30 p.m. Carnegie Library, statement & bio/resume. Oakland. 412-622-3151. Deadline April 25. Greensburg. FLEET FEET SPEED SQUAD. At 724-205-9033. the track. Coach Alex from Fleet Feet Sports Pittsburgh hosts weekly BOULEVARD GALLERY & DIFFERENT STROKES GALLERY. Wednesday night speed workouts. Searching for glass artists, fiber The workouts are free & open to artists, potters, etc. to compliment the public. Anyone who wants to the exhibits for 2015 & 2016. improve their speed & form are Booking for both galleries for encouraged to join. Wed, 7 p.m. Jefferson Elementary, Mt. Lebanon. 2017. Exhibits run from 1 to 2 months. Ongoing. 412-721-0943. 412-851-9100. THE HOUR AFTER HAPPY HOUR THE PITTSBURGH SHOW OFFS. REVIEW. Seeking submissions in A meeting of jugglers & spinners. all genres for fledgling literary All levels welcome. Wed, 7:30 p.m. magazine curated by members Union Project, Highland Park. of the Hour After Happy Hour 412-363-4550. Writing Workshop. afterhappy TRIVIA NIGHT. Hosted by Pittsburgh Bar Trivia. Wed, 8 p.m. hourreview.com Ongoing.
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INDEPENDENT FILM NIGHT. Submit your film, 10 minutes or less. Screenings held on the second Thursday of every month. Ongoing. DV8 Espresso Bar & Gallery, Greensburg. 724-219-0804. MT. LEBANON ARTISTS’ MARKET. Seeking applications for the market from artists working in jewelry, wood, sculpture, glass, ceramics, fiber, wearables, mixed media, leather, metal & 2D art. Thru May 1. For more info or to apply, visit http://www. mtlebanonartistsmarket.com. THE NEW YINZER. Seeking original essays about literature, music, TV or film, & also essays generally about Pittsburgh. To see some examples, visit www. newyinzer.com & view the current
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to make chalkboards & dry erase boards. 6 p.m. Carnegie Library, Oakland. 412-622-3151. MT. LEBANON CONVERSATION SALON. Discuss current events w/ friends & neighbors. For seniors. First Tue of every month, 10 a.m. Mount Lebanon Public Library, Mt. Lebanon. 412-531-1912. PRINTMAKING OPEN STUDIO. Experienced screen printers can utilize studio equipment to make films, burn screens & complete a run of posters, t-shirts or prints. A volunteer-driven environment designed for short-run projects that can be completed in one evening for a small materials fee. Tue, Thu, 6-10 p.m. Artists Image Resource, North Side. 412-321-8664. SALLIE BOGGS TOASTMASTERS CLUB. Helping people from all walks of life to improve their communication & leadership skills. For any questions email Sallieboggstm@gmail.com or call 412-365-5803. Tue, 6:30-8 p.m. C.C. Mellor Memorial Library, Edgewood. 412-731-0909. SCHENLEY BRIDGE LAST LECTURE SERIES. Lecture by William E. Strickland Jr., president & CEO, Manchester Bidwell Corporation. 7 p.m. Lawrence Hall, University of Pittsburgh, Oakland. www.humanities.pitt.edu. SECRETS OF LANDSCAPE DESIGN. Penn State Horticulturalist Evan Evanovich discusses how to make your landscape compliment & add value to your home or business. 6:30 p.m. Mount Lebanon Public Library, Mt. Lebanon. 412-531-1912.
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Grab a Pirate-logo IC Light or a Rivertowne “Always a home game” lager. For retro Pirates beverages, check out the display (pictured here) at the Roberto Clemente museum.
Eight Men Out
One summer, retired first baseman Keith Hernandez took in two majorleague contests, then broke them down pitch by pitch for this 1994 insider’s guide to the game (written with Mike Bryan). Required reading for the “advanced fan.”
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issue. Email all pitches, submissions & inquiries to newyinzer@gmail. com. Ongoing. THE POET BAND COMPANY. Seeking various types of poetry. Contact wewuvpoetry@hotmail. com. Ongoing. RE:NEW FESTIVAL CALL FOR ARTISTS- PROJECT PROPOSALS. Open to any artist or performer living in the U. S., working in any medium or genre. Work should address festival themes of creative reuse, transformation & sustainability. Performance, video, outdoor artworks, costumes, mobile sculpture, social practice work..what would you like to do at Re:NEW? Maximum project budget: $3,000. Proposals will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Proposals will be accepted until May 31, 2016. To apply, visit renewfestival.com. RE:NEW FESTIVAL JURIED EXHIBITION. Seeking painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, video and installation from Southwestern PA artists that address creative reuse, transformation, or sustainability. Deadline May 31, or when 300 entries are received. To apply visit www.renewfestival.com. 412-391-2060 x248. SIDEWALL: A MURAL PROJECT. A for artists to submit proposals for a public mural exhibition space hosted on the side wall of a residential building. sidewall project.wordpress.com. Thru May 1. sidewall, Bloomfield.
Savage Love {BY DAN SAVAGE}
I was honored to speak at JCCSF — Jewish Community Center of San Francisco — last week as a part of their “Uninhibited: About Sex” lecture series. The audience submitted questions on cards, which were ably put to me by Jourdan Abel, who was wearing a wonderful uterus-themed sweater. (Check out my Instagram account — @dansavage — to see Abel’s sweater!) Here are some of the questions submitted by the uninhibited JCCSF audience that Abel and I didn’t manage to get to during our conversation. I had the best sex of my life with my ex. He fucked me hard, had a huge cock, and made me eat his come with a spoon. I loved it. Needless to say, we were incompatible in other ways. My current BF is vanilla. Very. Vanilla. When I masturbate, I think about my ex and can’t help but wish my current guy would make me slurp his come up from a utensil. We are very compatible in other (non-sex) ways. Am I doomed to fantasize about my ex? You are — unless you open up to your current BF about what’s missing in your sex life and/or get his permission to get your hard-fucking/ spoon-feeding needs met elsewhere. How do you combat homophobic remarks in a culture that condones and promotes homophobic tendencies? You combat homophobia — and misogyny, its big sister — one terrified middle-schooler at a time. Bearing in mind, of course, that “terrified middle-schooler” is a state of mind, not an age bracket. Got any advice for a bi girl, formerly submissive, who wants to start dominating men? Move to San Francisco — oh, wait. You’re already in San Francisco. Leave the house — get involved in local kink orgs. If you aren’t already involved, check out local sex-positive events (bawdystorytelling.com is a great place to start), and let people know what you’re looking for. There’s no shortage of submissive guys in the Bay Area, and no shortage of dominant women up for mentoring women who are curious about topping. In gay male relationships, what can you say about the psychological boundary between being Alpha in the world and beta in bed? The boundary between Alpha-In-World/ Beta-In-Bed is pretty fucking porous — it’s not studded with guard towers, barbed wire and death strips, à la the Berlin Wall. (Google it, kids.) That boundary only exists in our heads. And once we get that fact through our thick heads, not only do we discover that the Alpha/ beta boundary is easily crossed, we quickly learn that crossing it repeatedly — brutally and joyfully violating it at will — is a total blast.
some ice cream — but you shouldn’t do what I do when you can’t make your partner come. Here’s what you should do: Keep trying, ask your partner what they need and encourage them, if need be, to “finish themselves off” (without pouting, without laying a guilt trip on them about how they’ve made you feel inadequate, and without treating them like they’re broken). Cheerfully offer to hold ’em or play with their tits or eat their ass while they finish themselves off — or, hell, offer to go get ’em ice cream. Whatever helps! Porn is so accessible today. How has it affected society? One positive effect (among many): Porn’s wider accessibility forced us to stop pretending there’s one kind of sex — heterosexual, man-on-top — that absolutely everyone is interested in. Thanks to the Interwebs, we can track what people are actually searching for (it’s not all hetero), where they’re searching for it (a shout-out to the great state of Utah, which has the highest pornconsumption rates per capita in the nation!), and how long they’re lingering over it (long enough to finish themselves off). One negative effect (among many): The ubiquity of porn coupled with the general lousiness of sex education — in the United States and Canada — has resulted in porn doing something it isn’t designed to do and consequently does not do well. And that would be, of course, educating young people about sex. If we don’t want porn doing that, and we don’t, we need to create comprehensive sex-ed programs that cover everything — hetero sex, queer sex, partnered sex, solo sex, gender identity, consent, kinks and how to be a thoughtful, informed and critical consumer of porn. What is the one thing that concerns you most about the current political climate/ election cycle? Donald Trump getting the Republican nomination. I’m not at all concerned about the potential destruction/implosion of the GOP — those fuckers have it coming — but with the likelihood of political violence. I’m concerned that black and brown people — Mexicans, Muslims, African Americans — will be subjected to more political/ social/economic violence than they already are. People will die as a direct result of Trump getting the GOP nomination. This is a terrifying moment. What is the etiquette when it comes to social media and open relationships? It all depends on the preferences of the couple/ throuple/quad/squad in question. If a particular couple, etc., wants to maintain the appearance of being monogamous, if they want to avoid stigma, judgment, freaked-out parents, etc., then they’re not going to want evidence of their open relationship popping up all over Facebook and/or Instagram. If there’s internal disagreement in a particular couple/throuple/ quad/squad about keeping things quiet on social media, not outing the person(s) who want to keep things discreet may be the price of admission their other partners have to pay.
Is Savage your real last name? It’s mine, too! My mother kept her maiden name, I took her name, and she’s a sex therapist! We’re both huge fans. Could you say hi to Dr. Linda Savage? She’ll die! Hi, Dr. Linda Savage! Please don’t die.
What was your favorite aspect of the orgy held in honor of your 50th birthday? The fact that I wasn’t invited. #NotAnOrgyFan
What do you do when you can’t make your partner come? Me? I hand him back his dick and go get myself
On the Lovecast, power poly kinkster Allena Gabosch on poly complications: savagelove cast.com
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Free Will Astrology
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{BY ROB BREZSNY}
ARIES (March 21-April 19): According to my astrological analysis, you would benefit profoundly from taking a ride in a jet fighter plane 70,000 feet above the earth. In fact, I think you really need to experience weightlessness as you soar faster than the speed of sound. Luckily, there’s an organization, MiGFlug (migflug.com), that can provide you with this healing thrill. (I just hope you can afford the $18,000 price tag.) APRIL FOOL! I do in fact think you should treat yourself to unprecedented thrills and transcendent adventures. But I bet you can accomplish that without being quite so extravagant.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “People only get really interesting when they start to rattle the bars of their cages,” says philosopher Alain de Botton. If that’s true, Taurus, you must be on the verge of becoming very interesting. Metaphorically speaking, you’re not just rattling the bars of your cage. You’re also smacking your tin cup against the bars and trying to saw through them with your plastic knife. APRIL FOOL! I lied. You’re not literally in a prison cell. And I got a bit carried away with the metaphor. But there is a grain of truth to what I said. You are getting close to breaking free of at least some of your mind-forged manacles. And it’s making you more attractive and intriguing.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): If I had to decide what natural phenomenon you most closely resemble right now, I’d consider comparing you to a warm, restless breeze or a busily playful dolphin. But my first choice would be the mushrooms known as Schizophyllum commune. They’re highly adaptable: able to go
dormant when the weather’s dry and spring to life when rain comes. They really get around, too, making their homes on every continent except Antarctica. But the main reason I’d link you with them is that they come in over 28,000 different sexes. Their versatility is unprecedented. APRIL FOOL! I exaggerated a bit. It’s true that these days you’re polymorphous and multifaceted and well rounded. But you’re probably not capable of expressing 28,000 varieties of anything.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting,” warns Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami. If that’s true, why bother? Why expend all your precious yearning if the net result won’t even satisfy your yearning?! That’s why I advise you to ABANDON YOUR BELOVED PLANS! Save your energy for trivial wishes. That way you won’t be disappointed when they are fulfilled in unanticipated ways. APRIL FOOL! I was messing with you. It’s true that what you want won’t arrive in the form you’re expecting.
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But I bet the result will be even better than what you expected.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You’re due to make a pilgrimage, aren’t you? It might be time to shave your head, sell your possessions, and head out on a long trek to a holy place where you can get back in touch with what the hell you’re doing here on this planet. APRIL FOOL! I was kidding about the head-shaving and possessions-dumping. On the other hand, there might be value in embarking on a less melodramatic pilgrimage. I think you’re ready to seek radical bliss of a higher order — and get back in touch with what the hell you’re doing here on this planet.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Are you ready to fight the monster? Do you have the courage and strength and stamina and guile to overcome the ugly beast that’s blocking the path to the treasure? If not, turn around and head back to your comfort zone until you’re better prepared. APRIL FOOL! I lied. There is a monster, but it’s not the literal embodiment of a beastly adversary. Rather, it’s inside you. It’s an unripe part of yourself that needs to be taught and tamed and cared for. Until you develop a better relationship with it, it will just keep testing you. (P.S. Now would be a good time to develop a better relationship with it.)
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“I am tired of being brave,” groaned Anne Sexton in one of her poems. “I’m sick of following my dreams,” moaned comedian Mitch Hedberg, adding, “I’m just going to ask my dreams where they’re going and hook up with them later.” In my opinion, Capricorn, you have every right to unleash grumbles similar to Hedberg’s and Sexton’s. APRIL FOOL! The advice I just gave you is only half-correct. It’s true that you need and deserve a respite from your earnest struggles. Now is indeed a good time to take a break so you can recharge your spiritual batteries. But don’t you dare feel sorry for yourself.
Your advice for the near future comes from poet Stephen Dunn. “If the Devil sits down,” he says, “offer companionship, tell her you’ve always admired her magnificent, false moves.” I think that’s an excellent plan, Libra! Maybe you’ll even be lucky enough to make the acquaintance of many different devils with a wide variety of magnificent, false moves. APRIL FOOL! I lied. In fact, I think you should avoid contact with all devils, no matter how enticing they might be. Now is a key time to surround yourself with positive influences. In 1841, a British medical journal prescribed the following remedy for the common cold: “Nail a hat on the wall near the foot of your bed, then retire to that bed, and drink spirits until you see two hats.” My expert astrological analysis reveals that this treatment is likely to cure not just the sniffles, but also any other discomforts you’re suffering from, whether physical or emotional or spiritual. So I hope you own a hat, hammer and nails. APRIL FOOL! I lied. The method I suggested probably won’t help alleviate what ails you. But here’s a strategy that might: Get rid of anything that’s superfluous, rotten, outdated or burdensome.
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):
In 1991, hikers in the Italian Alps discovered the well-preserved corpse of a Bronze Age hunter. Buried in the frigid terrain, the man who came to be known as Otzi the Iceman had been there for 5,000 years. Soon the museum that claimed his body began receiving inquiries from women who wanted to be impregnated with Otzi’s sperm. I think this is an apt metaphor for you, Aquarius. Consider the possibility that you might benefit from being fertilized by an influence from long ago. APRIL FOOL! I was just messing with you. It’s true you can generate good mojo by engaging with inspirational influences from the past. But I’d never urge you to be guided by a vulgar metaphor related to Otzi’s sperm.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
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day for the next 20,000 days, and out of that love, remake a world.” I have reason to believe that this optimistic projection has a good chance of coming true for you. Imagine it, Sagittarius: daily swoons of delight and rapture from now until the year 2071. APRIL FOOL! I lied, sort of. It would be foolish to predict that you’ll be giddy with amorous feelings nonstop for the next 54 years and 10 months. On the other hand, I don’t think it’s unrealistic for you to expect a lot of that sweet stuff over the course of the next three weeks.
Caligula was an eccentric Roman emperor who had a physical resemblance to a goat. He was sensitive about it. That’s why he made it illegal for anyone to refer to goats in his company. I mention this, Pisces, because I’d like to propose a list of words you should forbid to be used in your presence during the coming weeks: “money,” “cash,” “finances,” “loot,” “savings” or “investments.” Why? Because I’m afraid it would be distracting, even confusing or embarrassing, for you to think about these sore subjects right now. APRIL FOOL! I lied. The truth is, now is a perfect time for you to be focused on getting richer quicker. What conditions would you need to feel like you were living in paradise? Testify: Truthrooster@ gmail.com.
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