April 13, 2016 - Pittsburgh City Paper

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EVENTS 4.16 – 8pm SOUND SERIES: AN EVENING WITH DAWN OF MIDI The Warhol entrance space Tickets $15/$12 Members & students

5.3 – 8pm SOUND SERIES: THE JULIAN LAGE TRIO The Warhol theater Tickets $15/$12 Members & students

5.4 – 10am SOUND SERIES: CINESHAPE The Warhol theater Co-presented with the University of Pittsburgh’s Office of the Provost and Humanities Center.

FREE parking in The Warhol lot Advance Tickets: $15/$10 students; Door Tickets $20/$15 students; visit www.music.pitt.edu/tickets or call 412.624.7529

Yo La Tengo

5.13 – 5-9pm YOUTH INVASION 2016 Teens take over The Warhol.

Tickets $5

with special guest Lambchop 9.14 – 8pm Carnegie Music Hall (Oakland) | Tickets $20/$15 Members & students visit www.warhol.org or call 412.237.8300

The Warhol welcomes back Yo La Tengo, one of the most respected and unwavering bands in independent music. For over 30 years and 14 albums the group has charted its own course. As mentioned in a Stereogum review, “In the best possible sense, Yo La Tengo can feel less like a band and more like a beloved national trust.” Similar to Television, which played the Carnegie Music Hall last fall, Yo La Tengo sits prominently on the trajectory of bands influenced by the Velvet Underground and its impact on rock music in the 60s.

This unique evening also features on its first Pittsburgh visit, the highly praised Nashville band Lambchop (led by songwriter Kurt Wagner), which has deftly subverted and honored traditions of country music for almost 20 years. On this rare and special occasion, both bands pull from their extensive catalogs, as well as perform new material and collaborate on each other’s songs.

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5.14 – 2pm EXPOSURES: ARTIST TALK The Warhol theater Exposures artist Zhiwan Cheung discusses his installation Hanging Fruit with Jessica Beck, The Warhol’s associate curator of art.

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13. Urban Pathways K-5 Charter School 925 Penn Avenue

1. Wood Street Galleries

6. Trust Arts Education Center

601 Wood Street

805-807 Liberty Avenue Peirce Studio

All Around Us: Installations, Experiences and Explorations Inspired by Bugs Curated by Ali Momeni Participating artists: Matthijs Munnik (Netherlands), Stephanie Ross and Ali Momeni (USA), Garnet Hertz (Canada), Jennifer Angus (USA), Ivana Adaime Makac (France), Robin Meier (Switzerland), Andre Gwerder (Switzerland), Nathan Morehouse, Daniel Zurek, and Sebastian Echeverri (USA), Susana Soares (UK), Illah Nourbakhsh, Randy Sargent, and CREATE Lab (USA) This exhibition beholds the beauty of the insect form.

The artists celebrate the insect as an educator and present work that exhibits an awareness of the skills and lessons these tiny species have bestowed upon the human race. As a collection, it begs an examination of our prejudices and a conclusion of our relationship to the insect world as one of mutual beneďŹ t.

2. SPACE 812 Liberty Avenue

Degrees of Seperation Guest Curated by Kristen Letts Kovak Participating Artists: Tamara CedrĂŠ, Nicole Herbert, Michael Dax Iacovone, Nate Larson, Carlene MuĂąoz, Daniel Pillis, Derek Reese, Scott Turri, Barbara Weissberger Degrees of Separation is a meditation on distance.

These works span spiritual, mental, and physical distance– drawing attention to the moments where we are simultaneously connected yet remain distinct.

Music with DJ Tara Dactyl Port Authority | Making it Simple.

3. Arby’s 808 Liberty Avenue

Jacob Finch | Arbytrary A local 3D artist processes why sometimes we do things for no particular reason at all.

4. Tito Way Memento Mori | Mary Mazziotti Cell Phone Disco | Information Lab

5. Shaw Galleries 805 Liberty Avenue

Mimi Lipczer Lerner Cubist paintings and portraits by the late Mimi Lipczer Lerner (1945-2007), a Polish-American opera singer and one-time head of the voice department at Carnegie Mellon University.

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Jazz Lounge Nick DeCasare Trio

14. Urban Pathways 6-12 Gallery

25. Boutique 208

914 Penn Avenue

Come enjoy art made by local high school students.

Carnegie Library Peruse and purchase beautiful gently used books, talk with friendly librarians and make a keepsake pop culture button to take home.

819 Penn Avenue

Creative Byproducts Sam Berner and Anna Brewer started collaborating as a way to to grow as artists.

Third and Fourth Floor

16. Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council

809 Liberty Avenue

The Harris Theater will be screening regionally produced short ďŹ lms.

8. Arcade Comedy Theater 811 Liberty Avenue

Live Improv comedy every half hour!

Every half hour catch a brand new improv show at the Cultural District’s award-winning comedy theater!

9. Catholic Charities Susan Zubik Welcome Center 212 Ninth Street

Photography Showcase Students from MCG Youth & Arts showcase their digital and traditional photography.

10. Tonic 971 Liberty Avenue

Paper cuttings by Theodora Bolha Tonic’s upstairs gallery is host to artist Theodora Bolha accompanied with live acoustic music by Riley Alexander.

11. The August Wilson Center 980 Liberty Avenue

Great Performances: Teenie Harris Archive Presented by the Carnegie Museum of Art Veteran ďŹ lm and television actor Bill Nunn curates the Great Performances Teenie Harris’ exhibit.

12. David L. Lawrence Convention Center 1000 Fort Duquesne Boulevard

Steel to Sustainable Art and Local Showcase The Pittsburgh Earth Day: Steel to Sustainable Art and Local Showcase will be held at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center from 5–9pm.

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Jeremy Fisher Trio Patterns – Habits Artwork by Alexandra Lakin.

15. Future Tenant

7. Harris Theater

655 Penn Avenue

UPCS K-5 students use art to explore an array of artists and mediums.

Second Floor

Pittsburgh Public Schools All-City Arts Showcase closing reception.

24. Backstage Bar

810 Penn Avenue #600

More than media, Mute the Stereo(type) This exhibition of photography showcases and celebrates same gender loving men of African descent in Pittsburgh, their positive achievements, images, and self-identities as portrayed by photographer Curtis Reaves.

17. ColorPerfect Printing 804 Penn Avenue

Andy Scott | CMYK

18. Night Market Corner of Penn Avenue and 8th Street

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19. 709 Penn Gallery 709 Penn Avenue

Nathaniel Donnett: Dancing in the End Zone is a Sine Qua Non for In-External Spaces Curated by Kilolo Luckett A Pittsburgh premiere and solo exhibition of new work featuring Houston-based artist Nathaniel Donnett. Donnett will exhibit works that address the sociopolitical conditions and cultural expressions of African Americans.

208 Sixth Street

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Stop into %RXWLTXH during the Gallery Crawl to meet several of our artists that make the items we sell.

26. Olive or Twist 140 6th Street

The Art Institute of Pittsburgh Alumni Show: “DeadNecks�

Jordan Patton used special effects to create the show. Joseph W. Brown shot all of the photography to promote the project.

27. Braddock’s American Brasserie 107 Sixth Street

Braddock’s will be offering a deconstructed plate to Crawl participants.

crawl after dark They Will Have to Kill Us First 9:30pm, All Tickets $5 Harris Theater, 809 Liberty Avenue

Music is the beating heart of Mali, but when jihadists took control in 2012, they banned all forms of music.

This powerful ďŹ lm tells the story of the separatist’s uprising and follows several musicians as they perform at the ďŹ rst public concert in Timbuktu since the music ban. (Johanna Schwartz; UK; 2015; 105 min)

#CRAWLSPACE 10pm, $5 Arcade Comedy Theater, 811 Liberty Avenue

707 Penn Avenue

Join Carnegie Museum of Art and Arcade Comedy Theater after the for #CRAWLSPACE, an improv comedy show based on art and social media. www.showclix.com/event/crawlspace1509

Scott A. Turri | Inside Out The concept of private vs public.

Late Night Set with Lee Terbosic

21. Katz Plaza

Cabaret at Theater Square, 655 Penn Avenue

20. 707 Penn Gallery

Live Music

22. Culture 7th Street and Penn Avenue

Stop in and enjoy live music from local musicians Tony Campbell and Howie Alexander!

10:30pm, $25 (includes one drink and desserts)

Stop on in to the Cabaret at Theater Square following the Crawl for a late night set with Pittsburgh’s own Lee Terbosic.

Karaoke with Rock ‘n Ray the DJ and YOU 10pm-2am

23. Inhale Pittsburgh

August Henry’s City Saloon, 946 Penn Avenue

100 Seventh Street (First floor of the Encore)

Late night school of beer

At Inhale Pittsburgh you will ďŹ nd a beautiful yoga space and a boutique that showcases some of Pittsburgh’s ďŹ nest.

Tonic, 971 Liberty Avenue

Featuring 5 craft breweries.

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Thousands gathered at CMU to hear Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speak.

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Five realities Donald Trump has shown us about America

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F YOU’RE NOT a Donald Trump supporter, which I assume includes most of you reading, I can pretty much guess how you feel about him. He’s arrogant, clueless, entitled, racist, sexist, anti-gay, anti-immigrant, pro-wall, anti-facts and, because he has a whole lot of support, extremely dangerous. As it happens, this also pretty much sums up my feelings on the man. Trump the candidate, much like Trump the reality-TV star, was so absurd that we couldn’t even take him seriously… until, that is, we had to.

Trump is leading the Republican delegate count and the Republican National Convention looks to be a shootout to see

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who will get the nomination.

But regardless of whether or not Trump gets the nomination and regardless of how much he disgusts you as a human being, Donald Trump has been good for America. Why? Because he has shown us the reality of the place and time that we live in. He has given us valuable information to help us evolve as a species. Donald Trump’s campaign has been good for this country, and if we learn from the lessons he’s taught us (we made you a list below), we can “Make America Great Again,” just like he promises. Just don’t elect him president; that would be a colossal shit show.

5. HATRED HAS BEEN LEGITIMIZED Before Donald Trump, rump, you thought your conservative neighbor, ghbor, who talked about what was wrong ng with America, was probably a racist, t, but you weren’t sure (or at least you wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt). oubt). But once he put that “Trump for President” sign in his yard, he started rted getting ballsy.

He started speaking king “the truth,” as Donald Trump p tells it. America has big problems ms and they are only going to be fixed if we build walls to keep eep out the undesirables and nd stop any Muslim m from entering the he country. “We have ve to get to the bottom of this,” Trump ump told CNN’s Anderson erson Cooper last month nth about the “hatred” that Muslims have for Americans. A February poll from NBC shows hows that 67 percent of Donald d Trump supporters are buying ng what he’s selling. After all, this guy is leading in the e polls

after he was endorsed by a former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan and later reFolks fused to disavow the endorsement. e who normally save their racism and table or Sundayxenophobia for the dinner din are getting inmorning church services serv Disagree with them? vigorated. Dis Profess your hippie beliefs at a Trump rally and they’re going to sock th you right in the face. Trump has emboldened a new generation of idiots ge to say and do whatever they please, reeve gardless of who it hurts gardl offends. or offen

4. THE T TRUTH IS OVERRATED O There was a time when Americans who beAm lieved in conspiracy lie theories like “9/11 th was a government wa operation” or “Obama ope isn’t a citizen” were pretty quickly larockers,” and we moved beled as “off their rock the old adage on. But Trump has proven pr

true: It’s not a lie if you believe it. Donald d Trump appeals to his voters oters because he either believes, lieves, or is willing to pretend end to believe, the cockamamie mie conspiracies and hate-based e-based lies that the right relies on to fuel its mission. on. Politico reporters watched tched 4.6 hours of Trump speeches ches and found that hat he lied on aververage once every ry five minutes. Worse se than the lying is that even ven when the lies are debunked, nked, his supporters still believe him.

They can’t be e reasoned with and that’s hat’s a frightening thought hought for the future. re. The government plans to bring in 10,000 Syrian refugees; Trump says it’s 250,000 and now that’s the new truth among his supporters. Trump has also claimed not to have hurled insults and misogynistic slurs at women, even though the incidents are documented. But Trump stands firm on

his bullshit pulpit, denies it all and supporters believe it. Apparhis supp you can unring a bell. ently y

3. RONALD R REAGAN AND GEORGE W. BUSH GE WERE LINCOLN W AND A TRUMAN COMPARED TO TRUMP I never thought I would ever words to say about the two have kind w presidents of my lifetime, but worst presid compared to Trump, it makes me long for the salad days of these two yahoos. While Wh I disagreed with preteverything these two guys ty much ev president, I wasn’t afraid of the did as presid under their leaderworld coming apart a think that when Bush got ship. OK, I did th a second d term and we all thought Reagan was going to incinerate the whole planet, but we’re still standing. Trump is a different kind of animal. He’s driven by ego and a desire to rule the world. But there’s a different feeling with Trump. He likes to tell us that he’s not a politician, but for CONTINUES ON PG. 08

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“MAGIC’S CIRQUE DU SOLEIL” –THE TIMES

“A HIGH-TECH MAGIC EXTRAVAGANZA” –THE NEW YORK TIMES

some reason that doesn’t make me worry less. He has no ability to compromise.

He has no ability to listen to reason. I can sum up his leadership style in two words: “fuck you.”

2. TRUMP’S SUPPORT HAS LITTLE TO DO WITH TRUMP It hasn’t taken me long to come to this conclusion. Most voters, especially white voters who feel put-upon by what they see as a PC culture that promotes reverse racism and government handouts over hard work, don’t really identify with Trump.

He’s a real-estate mogul, reality-TV star and prototypical rich asshole. Most of his supporters don’t identify with that. But they identify with the rhetoric and the alternate reality that Trump’s created where they (white voters) are the ones receiving the raw deal in this country. Voters who don’t understand why they can’t say the words “colored,” “ragheads” and “Ori-

ental” anymore. They don’t know why they can’t compliment a woman’s ass in the workplace, or call her sweetheart, or yell about her legs on the streets. Donald Trump plays on all of these ridiculous angers and that has made him popular. But I have a feeling that if a talking duck in a nice suit spouted the same rhetoric, he’d be winning the nomination, too.

1. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS DEAD Regardless of who eventually wins the GOP nomination, Donald Trump has done what millions of liberals have failed to do over the years — destroy the Republican Party. The party has been fractured for years since the emergence of the Tea Party. The far right wing of the party has gained a lot of traction over the past several years, but it has been growing quieter. And if Trump goes into the GOP convention with an overwhelming delegate count but doesn’t get the nomination, it will be anarchy.

DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN GOOD FOR AMERICA.

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Montgomery County Commissioner Josh Shapiro at a campaign event on the North Side in Pittsburgh

LEGAL ARGUMENTS

Three Democratic candidates making their case to replace Kathleen Kane in the AG’s office {BY REBECCA NUTTALL} DURING HER TENURE, Pennsylvania At-

torney General Kathleen Kane has made drug-trafficking and child-abuse prosecutions her priorities. The first investigation by her Mobile Street Crimes Unit resulted in the arrest of more than 100, and the seizure of approximately 35,000 packets of heroin. In her first year, her office’s Child Predator Section arrested 114 child predators, a six-fold increase over the previous year. Numbers like that for an incumbent would look pretty good on campaign literature.

But despite those triumphs, Kane isn’t running again. Last month, she announced that she wouldn’t be seeking re-election in light of nearly two years’ worth of controversy that began when Kane released emails in a statewide pornographic-email scandal, and continued when her law license was suspended by the state Supreme Court for allegedly leaking grand-jury information to a newspaper. She still faces prosecution on those charges.

Kane’s decision leaves three Democrats in the race: Northampton District

Attorney John Morganelli, Montgomery County Commissioner Josh Shapiro and Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala. If one of them ultimately wins the race in November, he will serve as only the second Democrat elected to the office.

“PEOPLE SHOULD BE MORE INTERESTED IN THIS RACE THAN THE SENATE RACE.” “Anytime you have a race that starts out with an incumbent facing the kind of travails and problems Kathleen Kane has, it’s going to result in an interesting battle,” says political strategist Keegan Gibson of Ceisler Media, a public-relations firm. “For Democrats, this is a race about whether their party can keep a state office that had been out of their hands for decades. The attorney general’s office has the power to impact a lot

of state policies and set the tone for what the climate is in the state.”

It’s a race that has drawn attention from across the nation. President Barack Obama, who doesn’t normally weigh in on this kind of race, endorsed Shapiro earlier this month.

But locally, the race hasn’t received the attention it might have if there weren’t also a presidential election going on this year. It’s also had to compete with the state’s U.S. Senate race.

“In many ways, the attorney general can have a broader impact on people’s lives than a United States Senator,” says former Attorney General Walter Cohen.

“The attorney general has much more direct hands-on work to do that affects people in the state.

“So, I’d say people should be more interested in this race than the Senate race, but the Senate race gets more attention.”

That could be because a lot of voters don’t have a strong grasp of what the state’s attorney general does. And the role of the office has even become a source of debate among the candidates, CONTINUES ON PG. 12

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whose definitions of the office also mirror their individual strengths.

But despite disagreements over the office’s role, both candidates and pundits agree that the first priority of the state’s next attorney general will be to restore the reputation of the office that has been stained during Kane’s tenure.

“The number-one priority coming into that office is to straighten it out,” says Cohen. “I personally like Kathleen Kane. I think she’s done some very good things, but there have been a lot of staffing problems there. Someone needs to come in and shape up the operation.”

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THE APRIL 26 primary pits prosecutors Morganelli and Zappala against Shapiro, who serves as one of Montgomery County’s three commissioners.

With a résumé that includes serving in the state House of Representatives, Shapiro’s experience is more closely tied to the executive and legislative branches of government, something Morganelli and Zappala have criticized as a weakness. But Shapiro sees his experience as a strength, and touts his position as chairman of the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency as one of his qualifications for attorney general.

“Throughout my life I have always taken on the status quo and stood up for those in the community who often don’t have a voice,” says Shapiro, a lawyer by trade. “I’ve also been an executive over the third-largest county in Pennsylvania, which is four times larger than the office of attorney general, so I know how to make government work. And throughout my career I’ve always been a person rooted in integrity and good government, and I think now more than ever we need that.”

Zappala did not respond to Pittsburgh City Paper’s requests for comment for this story by press time. But in debates, both he and Morganelli have touted their prosecutorial experience as integral to the position of attorney general.

“The attorney general is the chief law-enforcement officer in the state,” says Morganelli. “The attorney general supervises prosecutors. How do you supervise a bunch of prosecutors when you’ve never been one, when you’ve never been in the courtroom or handled a criminal investigation?”

Cohen, who served just a few months as attorney general, served as first deputy attorney general for six years in the 1990s. But he disagrees that prosecution is the most important part of the job. He says the office is charged with handling consumer protection, representing all of

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the agencies of state government in civil litigation, handling appeals for some smaller counties, supplying agents for narcotics investigations, and occasionally handling criminal cases when a local DA has a conflict of interest.

“The office is often misrepresented.

People running for the office always want to claim to be the top prosecutor — put people in jail — and that’s a small part of the whole operation. They don’t really prosecute cases,” says Cohen.

“There are good trial lawyers running in this election. I’m sure they’re excellent in court, but if they become attorney general they’re not going to go into court, they’re going to be doing other things.”

Among the attorney general’s first priorities will be rebuilding the office’s reputation. Shapiro says he would restore integrity to the office by creating a code of conduct for employees in the office to follow, mandating ethics training, making the office’s spending public, banning gifts, installing a commission to examine operations in all state government offices, and hiring a chief diversity officer.

“I would also use my bully pulpit as attorney general to advocate for things like campaign-finance reform and a state-wide gift ban, things like redistricting reform,” says Shapiro. “These are things that would help make our democracy stronger. In part it’s going to be stuff I do on day one, and in part it’s going to be stuff I advocate for.”

Morganelli, who sought the office previously and was defeated by Tom Corbett in 2008, says he didn’t plan on running for the office again, but was motivated

by the mismanagement he saw happening there. He’s been critical of Kane’s handling of the statewide pornographicemail scandal. “I have the most experience to go in day one and address the issues in that ofďŹ ce,â€? says Morganelli. “The issues regarding the emails are ethical issues; they are not criminal-law matters. I would not have had a criminal investigation as Kane has done to the tune of $2 million — wasting taxpayer dollars — to investigate bad behavior.

These emails were disgusting and reprehensible, but they were not criminal matters.�

But improving the reputation of the attorney general’s ofďŹ ce could be out of Morganelli, Shapiro and Zappala’s reach thanks to the scandal that has mired Kane’s administration, and to the fact Kane was the only Democrat ever elected to the ofďŹ ce. “There’s a big cloud over Kathleen Kane and despite it looking like a Democratic year, this is a traditionally Republican ofďŹ ce, and if the Republicans put someone forward who’s the typical law-

and-order Republican, the Democrats could easily lose the ofďŹ ce,â€? says Gibson, the political strategist. “But the likely Republican candidate [John Rafferty] is a state senator, so it isn’t looking like the Democrat will be running against someone like that.â€?

So who should Democratic voters choose in order to ensure a Democrat makes it into ofďŹ ce? Gibson says Kane’s election in 2012 and experience during her tenure demonstrates why that question might be difďŹ cult for voters to answer. “ I n 2 0 1 2 , K at h l e e n Kane ran as a prosecutor, not a politician. Voters agreed with her. Unfortunately, her relative lack of experience administering a large ofďŹ ce worked against her because prosecution is part of the attorney general’s job, but it’s not all of it,â€? says Gibson. “In the general election, Zappala has a proďŹ le that has the ability to have cross-party appeal, but for Democratic-party voters, Shapiro has a record of standing up for the issues that are closer to their heart. So it’s really tough.â€?

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This Democratic primary pits two district attorneys — John Morganelli and Stephen Zappala — against Montgomery County Commissioner Josh Shapiro. Both Morganelli and Zappala say the next attorney general must have prosecutorial experience, and they criticize Shapiro as a career politician. In return, Shapiro has claimed the two candidates are working together to split the vote to hurt his chances. {COMPILED BY REBECCA NUTTALL}

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Montgomery County Commissioner Josh Shapiro was first elected to his position in 2011. Received law degree from Georgetown and worked in private practice for 10 years. Began public service in Pa. House. He currently serves as chairman of the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency.

Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala is currently serving his fifth term and has gone uncontested in the past four elections. In the past 18 years, his office has handled more than 300,000 indictments. He previously spent 14 years in private practice.

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Says the attorney general is the chief law-enforcement officer in the state and district attorneys are the chief law-enforcement officers in their counties. Says candidate should have experience with grand juries, prosecuting cases and public defense.

Says attorney general’s office involves criminal and civil cases, along with consumer protection. Says office should challenge special interests, and his experience in government and private sector qualifies him.

Says 40 percent of AGs come from non-prosecutorial background.

Says courtroom experience is integral to the attorney general’s office because 70 percent of the office’s resources are dedicated to the prosecution of criminal cases. Also says office should work with diversionary programs to prevent people from entering the criminaljustice system and to avoid re-entry.

Says drug addiction, especially from opiates, has led to numerous deaths across the state. Would start a trans-national unit to crack down on international drug dealers. Would also investigate health-care providers who are over-prescribing opiates. Says cracking down on gun trade is also an important component of this.

Says biggest challenge in justice system is a lack of fairness; as one example, he cites the recent racist, sexist and homophobic email scandal involving some state lawmakers. First priority would be to ensure citizens who enter the system are getting equitable treatment.

Would continue dedicated units focused on domestic violence and child abuse as he has done in the DA’s office.

Called for GPS-monitoring of pre-trial defendants in domestic-abuse cases.

Called a grand jury to investigate Plum School District after two teachers were arrested for having sexual relations with students.

Plans to clean house and notes that the office still has holdovers from Republican Gov. Tom Corbett’s administration. As a senior DA in the state, says he has reputation for integrity. Would bring in young prosecutors from across the state.

Says he would restore integrity to the office by: creating a code of conduct for employees in the office; mandating ethics training; making the office’s spending public; banning gifts; installing a commission to examine operations in all state government offices; and hiring a chief diversity officer.

Says he has demonstrated a record of integrity during his time as DA and points to his experience prosecuting politicians as proof of his stand against public corruption. Would install technology to crack down on racial profiling by police. Would increase training to prevent wrongful convictions.

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Endorsed by Pittsburgh Regional Building Trades Council, Allegheny County Labor Council, AFL-CIO, Allegheny County Democratic Party, Philadelphia Democratic City Committee, Lt. Gov. Mike Stack, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald and commissioners of Westmoreland, Washington, Lawrence, Indiana, Fayette, Greene, Beaver, Butler and Armstrong counties.

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Pundits call Pennsylvania’s race for Republican incumbent U.S Sen. Pat Toomey’s seat one of the top five Senate races in the country. “It is inconceivable to think Democrats could win control of Senate without winning this seat,” says Franklin & Marshall College political professor G. Terry Madonna. And while the three candidates in the Democratic primary, John Fetterman, Katie McGinty and Joe Sestak, all agree on many liberal policies (i.e. bringing jobs that were shipped overseas back to the U.S.), they differ starkly on how they convey those policies to the public.

JOHN FETTERMAN KATIE MCGINTY

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Braddock mayor since 2005, Fetterman proudly speaks of his experience working toward revitalizing one of the poorest boroughs in Allegheny County. Before becoming mayor, he had worked with AmeriCorps in the Hill District and launched a GED program in Braddock.

He tends to speak in an off-the-cuff style and has focused his campaign on inequality. Some have called him a “wild card” in the race, and he has publicly endorsed presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.

A former Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection secretary, McGinty is a longtime Eastern Pennsylvanian. Served as an environmental adviser to President Bill Clinton and as Gov. Tom Wolf’s chief of staff. Has received the backing of Democratic Party leadership, including endorsements from President Barack Obama and major party financial support. She stays on message during press events and has focused her campaign mainly on bringing back manufacturing jobs to the country.

A retired Navy Admiral and former Congressman, Sestak lost by two points to Toomey in 2010. Served as defense director for the National Security Council under President Clinton and is the only candidate in the primary race with previous experience in the U.S. Congress. Sestak has been called a “maverick,” and many in the party fear his independent streak, like when he faced and defeated Arlen Specter in 2010.

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Criticizes politicians who discuss gun control only directly after a mass shooting. Says this leads to unproductive decisiveness that stalls efforts to reform gun laws. Favors universal background checks and closing existing loopholes, like the “boyfriend loophole” that allows individuals who were convicted of domestic assault to purchase guns, if they are not married to their victim. His website says he has owned a Smith & Wesson revolver for the past 10 years.

Wants to establish background checks loopholes to ensure that only the lawful owner can have access to a firearm. Also favors background checks for ammunition sales. Opposes state legislation that allows organizations like the National Rifle Association to sue local municipalities over gun-related ordinances.

Believes that investing in schools will have a positive effect on communities and could lead to a decrease in gun violence.

Says making mental-health and education reform more of a priority could have a positive effect on gun violence.

He supports President Obama’s recent executive action on gun-violence prevention. While in Congress he supported an assault-weapons ban, closing the gun-show loophole and initiating instant background checks; he would continue to support these measures. He also says his time in the Navy gives him a deeper understanding of the importance of gun safety.

STUDENT DEBT

Says “no one should have to rule out pursuing a college degree because they can’t afford it.” Would call for every public university to be free, or as low-cost as possible, and for student borrowers to have the opportunity to refinance student loans. Fetterman has derided the payday-loan industry for luring desperate, mostly poor customers with the promise of quick money, and says student-loan companies also fit in that equation.

Says students should be able to refinance their student loans. Supports giving colleges that freeze tuition hikes preferential treatment for federal grants. Favors Obama’s initiative to make data available on the employment and earning outcomes of college graduates. Would work to expand tax credits for middle-class families who are paying for college, and restore funds to trade schools and other apprenticeship programs. “It is about making sure that we are easing that burden of college debt.”

Supported efforts while in Congress to increase Pell grants and tax credits for higher education.

Says Pennsylvania had the third-highest average student-debt of any state, at about $33,000. He believes that government assistance to colleges should be tied to their level of transparent accountability, and that increases to tuition and fees should remain at or below inflation rates.

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Calls for a severance tax on natural gas of 5 to 7 percent.

Wants an increase in the number of state enforcement officers. Proposes a moratorium on fracking in the state until these conditions are met. Believes fracking should be “restricted to areas that aren’t parks and recreation centers, or areas that could contaminate our drinking water.” Has been critical of McGinty’s oversight of Pennsylvania’s fracking industry while serving in the DEP.

Believes her time in the DEP puts her ahead of her opponents on environmental issues. Though fracking in Pennsylvania began during her tenure, says she instituted a fracking ban in state parks, proposed regulations to cut methane emissions and empowered DEP staff to enforce fines on the spot. She is not calling for a moratorium, but backs a severance tax of 5 percent and an additional 4.7 cents per 1,000 cubic feet of gas produced.

Sestak supports a fracking moratorium until protections for the environment and public health are set up, oversight agencies are properly staffed, and a 4.5 to 5 percent severance tax is put in place. Sestak says Pennsylvania governors to date have not ensured that the DEP was sufficiently prepared before supporting fracking in the state. He says fracking should not occur on public land and that children “should not see [drilling rigs] as they walk out of school.”

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The Braddock mayor has received homegrown support, especially among the Mon Valley community. Former Maryland Governor and former Democratic presidential candidate Martin O’Malley has publicly endorsed Fetterman. Fetterman has also been linked to Vermont Senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders (Fetterman endorsed Sanders in January), but Sanders has yet to publicly endorse Fetterman.

Has received dozens of endorsements, including Vice President Joe Biden, Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto and Gov. Tom Wolf. She has also received many labor endorsements, including the Service Employees International Union and United Steelworkers. The Democratic Party has poured millions into her campaign recently. Has received contributions from high-ranking employees of drilling companies.

Even though Sestak has Congressional experience and a liberal voting record, he has not received big endorsements. However, Democratic committees from Delaware County (his home county) and Chester County (McGinty’s home county) have backed him, as has the veterans-rights PAC, VoteVets. He has the lowest average campaign contribution figure at $244 per donation. Also endorsed by Jim Burn, the former state party chair, and the Philadelphia Inquirer.

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Janis Brooks has challenged 22-year incumbent U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle in the past two election cycles, losing by a wide margin each time. Now the race is on again. Brooks has another uphill climb this year, as Doyle’s popularity remains steady. No Republican candidate filed to run for this seat for the general election in November.

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Advocates policies that will assist local workers to compete in the global market. She would like to see increased investment in America’s crumbling infrastructure; her plans include training young people for job opportunities through workforce-development programs in disadvantaged neighborhoods.

Doyle has said that promoting economic growth and creating good jobs in the Pittsburgh region is his No. 1 priority. He points to his vote for 2009’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which he says helped dig us out of the Great Recession. Also touts his support of local advanced-technology firms.

Wants to continue to strengthen access to affordable health care.

She also believes that people should have the option of selecting alternative health services, such as chiropractic services and other authorized homeopathic remedies, which could be reimbursed at standard rates.

Doyle writes on his website that “we should be ashamed that tens of millions of Americans are currently uninsured,� and that many Americans can’t afford adequate care. He highlights his votes in Congress in favor of health-care reforms, including ending harsh insurance practices and lowering costs through increasing competition.

For Brooks, environmental issues are health issues. On her website, she says, “The primary factor in considering environmental projects cannot be financial gain but rather ... [avoiding] a negative impact on our health.� She believes stronger environmental enforcement is necessary, and policies like pollution tax credits should be ended.

Believes that Americans deserve affordable and reliable energy sources and wants to end our dependence on oil from unstable parts of the world.

Doyle is a member of the House’s Energy and Commerce Committee, where he has worked to increase green-building infrastructure and supported legislation to increase use of energy-efficient appliances.

Brooks is involved in many community groups in the Pittsburgh area, including a number in the Mon Valley, but she has not received any official endorsements.

Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto and Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald are longtime allies of Doyle. The Allegheny County Democratic Committee voted to endorse Doyle 772-57.

BIOGRAPHY

The Swissvale native and current Forest Hills resident has served in Congress during three different presidential administrations. He holds a degree from Penn State University in community development and, before joining Congress, served as chief of staff to former state Sen. Frank Pecora.

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★ 19TH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT ★

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This race pits incumbent state Rep. Jake Wheatley against challenger Jessica Wolfe. The race has been uncommonly contentious for a seat that usual goes uncontested. Wolfe’s major attack on Wheatley has been that he’s not visible in the district. But since the two candidates haven’t participated in a debate, the public has been left in the dark about where they stand on the issues.

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JESSICA WOLFE Wolfe is a home-care social worker with Allegheny Health Network. She serves on the board of the Allentown Community Development Corp. and is a two-term member of the Allegheny County Democratic Committee. Her husband, Kenneth Wolfe, served as a legislative aide to Wheatley.

Has voted to increase funding for basic education every time it’s come before him. Is a proponent of charter schools, but also touts his record of visiting every public school in his district. “While we try to fix the traditional system, we should provide alternatives for parents,” he says.

Doesn’t support charter schools and voucher programs as much as Wheatley.

Supports innovation in education, but says she doesn’t “think siphoning money away from traditional public schools is fixing anything.” Says charter schools aren’t held to the same standards and that they have the ability to dismiss challenging students.

Believes Marcellus Shale drillers should pay a severance tax and be regulated to ensure waterways and other aspects of the environment are protected. Voted for a moratorium on shale drilling in county and state parks, but says the industry provides employment opportunities.

Says she is more environmentally conscious than her opponent and would make sustainability a priority.

Doesn’t believe constituents in the 19th District are benefitting from shale drilling and would take a closer look at the impact it has on the environment and public health.

Co-sponsored legislation to expand prescription-drug coverage without raising taxes or increasing state spending.

Sponsors a yearly 5K race to promote physical health and has partnered with UPMC to create the Hill 365 initiative that addresses environmental, economic, mental, physical and spiritual health in the Hill District.

As a social worker, Wolfe deals with mental-health issues when working with abused children and parents in crisis. Would make addressing cuts to mental-health funding and the closure of mentalhealth hospitals a legislative priority.

Would also fight to increase women’s health-care access.

Has been endorsed by Allegheny County Democratic Committee, Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, Allegheny County Labor Council, Gov. Tom Wolf, Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald, Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner, U.S. Congressman Mike Doyle, state Democratic Senate Leader Jay Costa and Pa. Democratic House Leader Frank Dermody.

Was endorsed by the Gertrude Stein Political Club of Greater Pittsburgh.

Has received $2,500 in individual campaign donations.

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Wheatley has represented the 19th District for 13 years. During his time in the House, he helped launch a program to address food insecurity that brought a grocery store to the Hill District. He currently serves as Democratic chairman of the House Finance Committee.

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IT’S ROAD-TRIP season and I’ve got a great, inexpensive, in-state idea — Altoona, Pa. Only a two-hour drive from Pittsburgh, Altoona has a railroad museum, a candy factory, the world’s oldest roller coaster, a Super Sheetz and the Altoona Curve baseball team. The Super Sheetz allows you to dine in so you can watch people put air in their tires while you gorge on shuper-shized shammiches. Leap-the-Dips, the coaster, only goes nine miles per hour but it gives you some insight on how people let loose in 1902. Who doesn’t like trains, candy and baseball? Communists, that’s who!

The Altoona Curve has had tremendous success during its tenure in the Capital City of Blair County. Altoids (the preferred nomenclature for Altoona natives) have been watching the Pirates of the future since 1999. People’s Natural Gas Field is a beautiful park with 7,200 seats and is connected to Lakemont Park, home of the historic coaster. Minor-league baseball is filled almost exclusively with cheap seats, and great promotions as well. We love fireworks in the Steel City, but Rail City might love them even more. The Curve has 26 fireworks nights this season, including a couple double-fireworks nights.

This year, five of the Bucs’ top 30 prospects are on the Curve roster. Barrett Barnes and Harold Ramirez patrol the outfield with Stetson Allie. Remember him?

The former future phenom quit pitching and is starting his third season with Altoona. Can’t-miss catching prospect Reese McGuire, first baseman Jose Osuna and pitcher Clay Holmes are the other top players who hope to make it to PNC Park one day. The Pirates of 2018 are just a couple-hours drive away.

Joey Cora takes over managing duties this year. Cora had a respectable 12-year career in the big leagues, including an All-Star game. He also knows how tough the minor leagues can be — carrying your own luggage, riding the bus, getting stabbed, fast food all the time. Oh, yeah, Cora suffered stab wounds while in the minors in 1986 in San Antonio. He has some street cred to go along with his major-league bona fides.

If you’ve been to see the Curve anytime since its inception, you may have seen future stars like Pedro Alvarez, Tony Watson, Jack Wilson, Starling Marte, Ryan Voglesong and Jose Bautista entertain the Altoids.

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schoten played there too, but they weren’t what you’d call “successful.” But playing in Altoona means the next step is Indianapolis and finally “The Show.”

The Curve plays in the Western Division of the Eastern League in the AA league of Major League Baseball. Division rivals include the 2015 champion Bowie BaySox (Orioles), the Richmond Flying Squirrels (Giants), the Harrisburg Senators (Nationals), the Erie SeaWolves (Tigers) and the Akron Rubber Ducks. The Rubber Ducks are the Cleveland Indians’ affiliate, so needless to say, I hate them so much. They were formerly the Akron Aeros and actually had quite a bit of success. That unfamiliar feeling of success caused them to panic, so they went with the much stupider name Rubber Ducks a couple seasons ago. They’ve had no success since the name change.

One of the best things about the minors is the promotions. Owners come up with the strangest stuff just to get fans to show up. In addition to the staggering 26 night of fireworks, the Curve also offers several bobblehead nights and an entire evening’s tribute to Roberto Clemente. But since they are in Blair County, they also have dairy night, pro-wrestling night, and camohunting-vest night. But it gets better and weirder. There’s a Nothing Night (no explanation given), a Salute to Movie Flops Night, Star Trek Night, Jar Jar Binks T-shirt Night, a Salute to Coffee, Ghostbusters Night and appearances by the Pirate Parrot and former WWE star Mick Foley. Any one of those nights is a reason to go. They have nights with $1 hot dogs and also $1 bleacher-seat night. It’s a place after my own heart.

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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.

FANS WANTED (April 12, 1995) After the Major League Baseball strike of 1994-95, management at the Pittsburgh Pirates worried that fans wouldn’t return to Three Rivers Stadium. “[The fans] have talked about boycotting the games or ripping up their tickets,” said Steve Greenberg, the club’s vice president at the time. In John Enrietto’s piece, the Pirates mentioned adding a second mascot to attract fans. Could that be what inspired our beloved pierogie races?

ALL THE WAGE (April 12, 2000) Last month, after a yearslong battle, health-care giant UPMC became one of the latest employers to announce it would raise the minimum wage for its employees to $15 an hour. Rich Lord’s story shows the fight to increase the minimum wage has been going on for decades in Pittsburgh. In April 2000, long before the Fight for 15 and “living wage” became a part of our lexicon, workers at countyfunded human-services agencies were fighting to raise their wages to $9.12 an hour.

One worker’s comment — “Basically I live paycheck to paycheck” — remains a common refrain at demonstrations today.

WHAT’S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE? (April 10, 2002) Arts editor Sharmila Venkatasubban took a look at staff turnover and financial troubles at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. The piece examined the PCA’s storied history and the factors that contributed to its struggles.

Three years later, PCA was stabilized after merging with Pittsburgh Filmmakers — but today, Filmmakers has difficulties of its own,

flashing lights and no sign hanging out over the sidewalk.”

On Tue., April 10, 2012, one hour before City Paper was scheduled to print our primary election guide, Pennsylvania’s favorite conservative, Rick Santorum, announced he was suspending his presidential campaign. For a liberal alt-weekly that spent years wishing he’d just go away, one might think this was great news. But, sitting at the printer, ready to go to press, was that week’s cover: Rick Santorum, illustrated as a zombie by local artist Frank Harris. The cover language?

“HE’S B-A-A-A-CK! Is he pro-life or just undead? Either way, Pennsylvanians may have to kill Rick Santorum’s political career again.” A quick call to the printer followed. “STOP THE PRESSES!” With no time to find new cover art, then-editor Chris Potter changed the text to “IT’S (NOT) ALIVE! Do we have to wait until 2016 to ruin his career again?” Yup. including budget shortfalls and a management shakeup last year.

LAST HOLIDAY (April 12, 2007) Marty Levine’s piece marked the closing of the Holiday, Pittsburgh’s oldest gay bar,

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Musician Sean Jones has been part of the Pittsburgh jazz scene for more than a decade. Mike Shanley’s profile looks at Jones, his career, his impact on the jazz community and his desire to bring more attention to local jazz musicians. “You go anywhere now and if people talk about Pittsburgh, they talk about people that either used to live here, or they don’t talk about what’s going on now,” Jones said. “We’re going to try to give Pittsburgh the credibility that it deserves in the here and now.”

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after the Forbes Avenue building was purchased by Carnegie Mellon University.

“This business goes back to a time when gay bars hid in plain sight,” said bar patron Chuck Honse. “They were here — this was right on a main street — but you had to know where to find it. There were no

The Pirates were on the cusp of beginning their 21st consecutive losing season and writer Charlie Deitch decided to take his frustration out on the team’s owners — Bob and Ogden Nutting. In addition to being majority owner of the Pirates, the Nuttings also owned a chain of newspapers, where Deitch once worked as editor. “Working for the Nuttings, like being a Pirates fan, was full of headscratching moments,” Deitch wrote. “But in some ways, walking away from a job can be easier than walking away from a team that you are invested in.” Deitch would admit he was wrong later in the year when the Buccos broke the losing streak and made the playoffs.

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Those who complain that Butler Street is slowly becoming East Carson Street should take heart that the now-closed Double D Saloon has been replaced, not by another bar, but by a European-style breakfast nook.

Evren Karabacak opened Geppetto Café in mid-March because, he explains, “I think the city needs more European places.” Crepes, both savory and sweet, are the star of the menu, and range from the basic to the complex. The Bonjour incorporates bacon, scrambled eggs and brie; the Cheesecake crepe is filled with ricotta, white chocolate and raspberry.

The sweet configurations can be served atop waffles, if crepes aren’t your style, and both savory and sweet varieties of French toast are also available. Many ingredients, including brie, butter and buckwheat flour, are imported from France. La Prima provides the shop with espresso; since Karabacak is originally from Istanbul, the drink menu features Turkish coffee alongside the expected lattes and Americanos.

The long, narrow space and casual, quirky décor (dozens of colorful books hang from the ceiling, and little Pinocchios peek out from crevices in the brick walls) makes Geppetto Cafe a natural choice for a brunch date or mid-afternoon lunch. Karabacak says he wanted a “rustic-looking ambiance” to match the European menu, but the venue also suggests the feel of a cozy American diner. There’s nowhere quite like it in Pittsburgh, which is why Karabacak felt Butler Street was a fitting location. “I saw a lot of opportunity in Lawrenceville,” he says. “It’s constantly evolving.”

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the chrome-and-juke-box vintage, but the kind of storefront coffee shop that serves breakfast, lunch and a homemade soup of the day in surroundings equally homespun. The kind of place that, in the pre-extra-virgin-olive-oil era, might have been referred to as a “greasy spoon.”

Now, imagine that diner taken over by a couple of twentysomethings in the Year of the Gastropub, 2015.

Do you imagine it looking — and tasting — almost exactly the same?

Incredibly, that is what happened to Nancy’s Restaurant in Wilkinsburg, opened in 1976 by Nancy Bielicki and operated by her until her death, at 82, in 2014. The future of the neighborhood institution she created was uncertain until Markie Maraugha and Greg Stocke, with little to no restaurant ex-

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perience under their belts, jumped in and reopened it as Nancy’s East End Diner.

Some would have overhauled the decor, taking down the Bicentennial-era wallpaper and replacing the laminated particleboard booths and tables with something

NANCY’S EAST END DINER 616 South Ave., Wilkinsburg. 412-242-3447 HOURS: Tue.-Fri. 7:30 a.m.-3 p.m.; Sat. 8 a.m.-3 p.m.; Sun. 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

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Their updates have been minor, but meaningful: a new name that pays homage to the past while reorienting, slightly, toward the future, and a menu, mostly carried over from before, that incorporates a very contemporary commitment to local sources.

For example, bread for the toast comes from Mancini’s, the breakfast meat from Bloomfield “sausage genius” DJ’s Butcher Block and ice cream from Wilkinsburg’s own Leona’s.

Their most inevitable upgrade has been the coffee — from Bunn-o-Matic to freshly ground Fortune’s Tanzanian Peaberry — and the tea: Stash, which Maraugha and Stocke note, is “affordable and delicious.”

The same may be said of the diner. Fare leans toward the simple and classic, prices remain modest, and quirks — such as green pepper in the peppers, onions and grits, outside of a Southern-cooking context — are

idiosyncratic, not calculated.

Let us begin as all good diner breakfasts begin — with pancakes. Nancy’s are plate-sized and a sort of hybrid style, thin and crisp-edged, but with a bit of rise on the flip side, bringing fluffiness. There was good depth of flavor, too, suggesting malt or another secret ingredient. The French toast had a great texture, almost creamy inside, but wasn’t quite as flavorful as the pancakes; maybe a dash of cinnamon in the batter would help?

The omelet, too, was a hybrid of sorts, thick without being too pillowy, and still plenty moist. The home fries, in the form of flat chunks that were neither cubes nor slices, were OK — next time we’ll ask for a little extra time browning on the griddle — but really sang when paired with a big heap of the aforementioned green peppers and onions, cooked not too dark but down to a soft mess. They’d be great on an Italian sausage (which is also on offer).

The breakfast sandwiches were pretty straightforward except for one standout: a grilled-cheese made with Havarti, Granny Smiths and apple butter on Mancini’s raisin toast. Angelique was sorely tempted, but ended up swinging savory by ordering a tuna melt. Tuna-salad preferences, and recipes, vary; Nancy’s was more mayonnaise-y and pickle-y than Angelique prefers, but those who like this style and are accustomed to finding it at Nancy’s will be pleased that it is still here. Also, the bread was toasted, where Angelique likes her tuna-melt sandwiches grilled. Again, it’s a matter of preference.

The lunch menu includes two burgers: the Nancy burger, a “diner classic” with a thin patty, and the Fancy Nancy, whose main distinction is its size: at 1/3 of a pound, you’d better be hungry. Both are made with a fancy blend of chuck, sirloin, brisket and short rib from DJ’s, and in a world of burgers that start at $10, the Fancy seems like a bargain at $7.99.

But Jason is a sucker for a classic diner burger, and Nancy’s may be the beau ideal.

The bun was properly griddled for a bit of crisp browning at the edges, but the best touch was adding a little brown sugar to the patty. The sweetness was almost too subtle to notice, but what it really added was a great crust as the sugar caramelized quickly even on a patty that cooked this fast. Jason wanted go back for another one the next day.

And going back is what a diner is all about: It’s not event dining, it’s not someplace to explore new cuisines — it’s just food that Americans love. And if it’s good, you go back again and again. Thanks to Markie and Greg, Nancy’s regulars and newcomers have a place to go back to.

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Traditional flavors spice up a modern bar Apteka isn’t afraid to go against the grain. In a town that loves meat and exalts the pierogi, co-owners Kate Lasky and Tomasz Skowronski opened a vegan eatery in Bloomfield that redefines Polish and Eastern European cuisine. After honing a food menu rich with smoked mushrooms and fermented veggies, Lasky and Skowronski are turning their attention toward a similarly unique bar.

The drink menu at Apteka beams with personality. From big bottles of Karlovačko (a Croatian pilsner) to cocktails made with pickled prune juice and black-pepper syrup, the bar program draws from the owners’ deep knowledge and love of traditional European flavors. For many guests, the least familiar (and most intriguing) piece of the bar will be the house-made nalewki.

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Nalewki is a loose term for liqueurs and infused vodkas. The basic template is this: Start with grain alcohol or vodka, steep seasonal fruits or botanicals, and add sugar to taste. The results range from syrupy fruit cordials to bitter herbal infusions, and recipes are products of generations of tinkering and the bounty of backyard berry bushes and city-park plum trees. Whatever the technique, a bottle of homemade nalewki is tucked away in many Polish cabinets. “I like to say that the uncle or neighbor who homebrews here would be making nalewki in Poland,” explains Skowronski.

When I visited, Skowronski brought out old pickle jars and repurposed vodka bottles filled with dark, aromatic liquids.

For years, he and Lasky have experimented with cordials made from fruit foraged in the Pittsburgh area. Some were tart and puckering; others recalled a dessert wine.

Most are made from fruit that would be unpleasant or inedible on its own, like sour quince and Cornelian cherry.

All shared a deep, pure flavor, expressing the simple beauty of the fruit from which they were made. And that is the essence of Apteka: Combine traditional techniques and interesting ingredients to create a whole new way for Pittsburgh to eat and drink.

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J = Cheap K = Night Out L = Splurge E = Alcohol Served F = BYOB

ALI BABA. 404 S. Craig St., Oakland. 412-682-2829. Service is quick at this Middle Eastern restaurant, designed to feed students and nearby museumstaff lunchers. It can get loud and close during busy times, but the atmosphere is always convivial.

A wide-raging menu ensures that carnivores and herbivores alike leave satisfied. JE

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ASIATIQUE THAI BISTRO. Bakery Square, 6400 Penn Ave., Larimer. 412-441-1212. The menu here does include the usual noodle, rice and curry categories, with various protein options for each one. But also innovations, like the avocado summer roll and the spicy lemongrass salad, and more soup options (roast duck, spicy noodle and roast pork with fish balls). KF BARREL JUNCTION. 5560 Community Center Drive, Gibsonia. 724-443-0066. At this gastropub, a seasoned chef plays with the all-time favorites of casual American cuisine. Expect custom-blend burgers, wings and fries, pizza, nachos, as well as less-common bar fare like pot stickers and edamame. The house-smoked meats, such as in the smoked-brisket sandwich, are worth the trip. KE BIG JIM’S. 201 Saline St., Greenfield. 412-421-0532.

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

This cozy eatery — with bar and separate dining area — isn’t part of that trend. It’s old-school Pittsburgh: good food in huge portions, with waitresses who call you “hon.” The place you go to remember where you’re from. JE BOCKTOWN BEER AND GRILL. 690 Chauvet Drive, The Pointe, North Fayette (412-788-2333) and 500 Beaver Valley Mall Blvd., Monaca (724-728-7200). Beer is the essence of Bocktown. Many of the dishes are less than $10, and designed to complement beer. The friendly staff creates a neighborhood atmosphere. JE CAFÉ RAYMOND. 2103 Penn Ave., Strip District. 412-281-4670.

A perfect place to catch lunch or a snack during Strip District shopping forays, this little café offers an array of artisan breads, French pastries, fine cheeses and refined delicatessen fare. The few tables up front — augmented by sidewalk seating in season — have the feel of a bright, cozy, Parisian café. J COLE CAFÉ. 1718 Mount Royal Blvd., Glenshaw. 412-486-5513.

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LADLES. 516 Pittsburgh St., Springdale. 724-274-5230.

This cozy eatery in the Allegheny Valley offers superb soups and Italian-American favorites. Soups are homemade, as is much of the pasta (served with a variety of red sauces). A standout item is the “raviogie,” a mash-up of meat ravioli and potato/cheese pierogie, available with butter and onions or marinara sauce. KE

Eden {CP FILE PHOTO BY HEATHER MULL} exemplifies the appeal of a typical diner in nearly every way: basic, familiar food, cooked well and served fast and hot. The menu leans toward breakfast (eggs, pancakes), as well as a selection of mixed grills, combining meats, veggies, eggs and home fries. J CUCINA BELLA. 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., Bridgeville.

412-257-5150. This casual eatery offers an unassuming menu of pizzas and pasta that are prepared with a commitment to fresh ingredients and an open-minded, thoughtful approach to flavor profiles. For instance, pizzas range from traditional tomato and cheese to arugula and prosciutto to the adventurous rosemary and pistachios, ricotta, sausage, and green olives. KF

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Il Pizzaioli EDEN. 735 Copeland St., Shadyside. 412-802-7070. The food here is inspired by the raw-food movement, but it’s hardly dreary health food. The menu is simple, with a few options in each category: starter, main (raw), main (hot) and sweet.

Some dishes were frankly salads, while others were raw, vegan adaptations of cooked comfort foods. (Chicken can be added to some dishes.) There is also an extensive menu of freshly squeezed and blended juices and smoothies. JF

EIGHTY ACRES KITCHEN AND BAR. 1910 New Texas Road, Plum. 724-519-7304.

Diners at this rustic-chic restaurant will find well-prepared contemporary American cuisine, with an emphasis on seasonal and local. Most dishes involve a classic main ingredient — salmon, say, or pork chops — set off by just one or two distinctive flourishes, such as piquillo chimichurri or pineapple salsa. KE GIA VISTO. 4366 Old William Penn Highway, Monroeville.

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

LEGENDS OF THE NORTH SHORE. 500 E. North Ave., North Side. 412-321-8000. Despite its name, Legends is no sports bar: It’s a family-friendly restaurant with a local flavor. The menu is almost exclusively Italian: Offerings include classics such as gnocchi Bolognese and penne in vodka sauce, and more distinctive specialties such as filet saltimbocca. KF

dining contemporary Italian — not Italian-American — fare.

The menu is brief, but is supplemented with daily specials. Included are meat and fish dishes, pastas and salads, presented artfully and executed with modern updating.

The wine list is noteworthy, though its prices are far dearer than the food. KE SONOMA GRILLE. 947 Penn Ave., Downtown. 412-697-1336.

The menu here groups food and selected wines (mostly Californian, of course) under such oenophilic summaries as “jammy” and “muscular,” encouraging an entirely new approach to food selection.

The restaurant’s offerings include tapas, hearty meat dishes with an array of international seasonings, and a mix-n-match,

Asiatique Thai Bistro {CP FILE PHOTO BY HEATHER MULL} MALLORCA. 2228 E. Carson St., South Side. 412-488-1818. The ambience here is full of Old World charm, with just a touch of hipness bolstered by attentive service. The fare is Spanish cuisine, and there’s no mistaking the restaurant’s signature dish: paella, featuring a bright red lobster tail. In warm weather, enjoy the outdoor patio along lively Carson Street. KE

HYEHOLDE. 1516 Coraopolis Heights Road, Moon Township.

412-264-3116. Half cottage, half castle, Hyeholde is housed in a little fantasy building dating to the 1930s. The splendidly landscaped grounds host outdoor pig roasts, clambakes and picnics in the summer. Unusual meats — elk, ostrich — are combined with fresh, local ingredients SAVOY. 2623 Penn in preparations that Ave., Strip District. join classic and 412-281-0660. The contemporary … and Strip District now has a offer the exquisitely . w ww per swanky spot for brunch rare experience of a p ty ci h pg and dinner. The artfully eating art. LE .com prepared cuisine suggests a cross between current IL PIZZAIOLI. 703 fine-dining culture (locally Washington Road, Mount sourced foods, sous vide meats), Lebanon. 412-344-4123. This lounge favorites (sliders and fish popular neighborhood café tacos) and Southern comfort serves Neapolitan-style pasta (chicken with black-eyed peas and and pizza, including the greens, watermelon salad). LE scandalously cheesy quattro formaggi pizza. The front SENTI RESTAURANT AND room overlooks bustling WINE BAR. 3473 Butler St., Washington Avenue; in season, Lawrenceville. 412-586-4347. lucky diners can enjoy the rear This sleek venue offers finegarden courtyard. KE

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create-your-own section for mixed grill. KE SUBBA ASIAN RESTAURANT. 700 Cedar Ave. (second floor), North Side. 412-586-5764 or 412-853-1070. A humble restaurant offers a broad menu. Among the more common, but well-prepared, Chinese stir-fries and Indian curries are such Nepalese specialties as momo dumplings (meat and vegetarian); sadako, a sort of sauceless stir-fry; and curries, served on a large platter filled with many tasty and complementary components. JF WAI WAI. 4717 Liberty Ave., Bloomfield. 412-621-0133.

Eschewing the epic list of dishes most Chinese-American restaurants proffer, this attractively decorated storefront venue sticks to a modest number of basics with a few less-typical dishes, such as Singapore mai fun (a dish of stir-fried rice noodles) or sha cha (a meat-and-vegetable dish from China’s Gansu province) JF

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JONESIN’ FOR JONES My all-time favorite George Jones story is about the time he was playing a show with several artists. Jones, always the closer on nights like these, was moved up a spot to make room for up-and-coming star Buck Owens. Jones was pissed, but he didn’t fuss about it. He just went out and played Owens’ entire set and as he walked off stage, he told Buck, “You’re on!”

That story and many others are told by Pittsburghbased author, music historian and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette contributor Rich Kienzle in his new book, The Grand Tour: The Life and Music of George Jones [Dey St., 280 pp.] which was released March 29.

Jones, known for hits like “The Race Is On,” “She Thinks I Still Care” and dozens of others (both as singer and as a writer for other artists), spent 59 years in the music business and 81 years on earth — both, you’ll discover in Kienzle’s book, miraculous feats. He had a fondness for drinking and seemed to be on a bender from the late 1950s until sometime in the late 1980s. He did copious amounts of cocaine, was arrested numerous times, had a habit of driving drunk and crashing cars, and escaped death on more than one occasion.

Kienzle takes you seamlessly and carefully through Jones’ life by using a compelling narrative. One of Kienzle’s favorite topics was Jones’ habit, when he was really wasted, of skipping shows or going on so intoxicated that he gave a horrible performance and usually angered his fans. In one anecdote, Kienzle says about an August 1982 show in Augusta, Ga.: “After a drunken, half-assed performance that ticked off the audience, he compounded the insult by refusing to sign autographs.” Jones’ friend Pee Wee Thompson, who styled his hair much like Jones, “went to protect [George’s] motorcycle only to be attacked by fans thinking he was George.”

Kienzle’s book is full of tales like this, but those stories combine to show how Jones could stay alive, and even more surprisingly, keep working, given his life choices. Writes Kienzle: “Beyond the demons and the triumphs, the legends and stories true and false, his music remains his most powerful monument.”

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not defeat. It’s strength. It’s joy. It’s self-care at its most enlightened and brave.

After two major-label albums and more than a decade in California, folkpop artist Lissie bid farewell to the West Coast and everything implied by the idea of “Hollywood.” She parted ways with Columbia Records, bought a 10-acre farm in northeast Iowa and, in February, released her third album, My Wild West, on her own independent Lionboy Records.

“I feel like my life is my own again,” says Lissie, who has “no regrets” about her major-label time, but admits, “Sometimes I had to do things I didn’t want to do, or there were creative decisions that too many people were weighing in on that would, like, psych me out. It made me think I didn’t know my own mind anymore.”

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sie’s returned to her Midwestern singersongwriter roots, stripping her sound of the slickness A&R guys injected into 2013’s Back to Forever. But it’s also an analogy for the music industry these days (it’s kind of like the Wild West; anything

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goes), and Lissie’s new role as entrepreneurial boss-of-her-own-life. “It’s my business and I’m learning more about being a businesswoman,” says Lissie. “It’s very empowering, because when I made this album I didn’t have to run anything by anyone. I didn’t have to ask permission.”

My Wild West pays tribute to Lissie’s

12 years in California, where she found a place in that Hotel Café scene of folksy, radio-friendly artists like Sara Bareilles, Rachael Yamagata and Ingrid Michaelson.

Her songwriting is as personal and as universal as ever, starting with “Hollywood.”

In that song, she muses, “Oh, Hollywood, you broke my will, like they said you would” over sparse piano; she ends with the plaintive acoustic ballad “Ojai”: “I feel the knowing that I must be going … I miss the seasons, I miss the land.”

It’s on “Shroud,” though, that Lissie is most exposed: She bellows, “I feel like I have lost my mind” repeatedly, almost like an anthem, followed by, “I know the thing that everybody says, that it’s OK. But I am broken.”

You can sense why Lissie would need a change.

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turns it into something truly heartbreaking. Paste describes it as an “intriguing, earthy alto — one that contains hurricanes of emotion without feeling wrought, then glimmers like a flicker of light on water.”

“It’s just always been the part of me that was there, and was easy,” says Lissie. “There are so many things that don’t come naturally to me, that I’m not good at. But this is one of those things that — this is going to sound kind of cheesy — but I’m just born to do.”

And Lissie is through letting anyone make her question that birthright.

“There’s this way that women are treated, like with kid gloves, or like they don’t know their own mind. I think sometimes people try and placate you, or act like you don’t know what’s good for you,” says Lissie. “And in early 2015, I had this moment where I was just like, I am stifled by everyone else’s expectations of me, and feeling like there’s this passive implication that I don’t know what I should be doing. And I was really paralyzed by that at times.”

BROTHER ROCK Brooklyn-based Parquet Courts carries on a rich tradition of great fraternal pairings {BY ANDREW WOEHREL} Transplants from Denton, Texas, to Brooklyn, Parquet Courts’ first fulllength LP, 2012’s Light Up Gold, established the band as an heir to the legacy of shaggy, guitar-driven indie rock, in the vein of The Feelies, Sonic Youth and Guided By Voices.

The band’s breakout single, “Stoned and Starving” (inspired, according to guitarist/vocalist Andrew Savage, by the difficulty of picking out good vegan junk food), earned Parkay Quarts (as the band is sometimes stylized) late-night appearances on Letterman and Fallon.

“I WANT TO LEARN HOW TO DO THINGS THAT SCARE ME.” This self-doubt caused by others’ expectations is perhaps why Lissie feels vindicated that My Wild West is doing so well, especially in Europe, where she’s always had a larger fan base. It debuted in the Top 20 in the U.K., and in the Top 10 in Norway. “I have good instincts,” says Lissie — a more gentle version of the “I’m a badass bitch, I can do whatever I want” clap-back she made in a recent London Evening Standard interview.

This gentleness may come from the presence of Lissie’s mother, who sits next to her throughout the phone interview, with Lissie’s Lhasa apso, Byron, in her lap, as they drive the roads around her Iowa farm, not far from where Lissie grew up in Rock Island, Ill. Lissie has big plans for the land and herself now that, as she says, “I don’t feel like I’m afraid anymore.” She’s looking forward to converting the barn into a recording studio; to getting better at driving in the dark and rain and snow; to raising chickens and keeping bees and getting a lawnmower (“I have a lot of land”); and to spending more time with family and friends.

“I want to learn how to do things that scare me. Maybe a little more exposure to wildlife and farm life will toughen me up,” says the woman who sounds pretty damn tough and wise and courageous already.

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The band, built around the brotherly duo of Andrew and Max Savage, follows in the tradition of great fraternal pairings in rock music, from Ray and Dave Davies, of the Kinks; the Wilson brothers, of the Beach Boys; and the Ramones (that’s a joke.) Though some may be turned off by the Thurston Moore-style “cool guy” posturing, the band has gained a large following of record-store types (of which, of course, I am guilty) and attracted the attention of Pittsburgh locals The Gotobeds, who “accidentally” smashed a copy of Light Up Gold in their first music video.

On the band’s new record, Human Performance, Savage sings about existential monotony with the kind of flat affect that one would expect from an indie-rock band from New York. It’s clear that the members of Parquet Courts owe a lot to their idols, and they’re not trying to create something shockingly new, but rather emulate what they love and have loved about rock music. Savage played in Denton punk and indie bands since he was a teen, and it’s nice to see someone finally find success after years of obscurity.

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Suzanne Vega was not going to be a typical singer-songwriter. Her voice never goes for upper-register dramatics, sticking instead to a subdued delivery that can be sweet in an alluring sort of way. Her phrasing reinforces her lyrical prowess. Vega’s best work utilizes out-of-the-ordinary guitar melodies too, which strengthen songs like “Tired of Sleeping” (from 1990’s Days of Open Hand) or “Marlene on the Wall” (from the self-titled 1985 album).

After all this time, the act of songwriting still presents challenges to her. “Let’s put it this way,” she says by phone from New York. “Earlier on, I was more easily impressed with myself. If I had an idea and I executed the idea to the best of my ability, I was usually pretty happy. I think as I’ve gotten older, my standards have gotten higher. Now it’s important to have not just a good idea but to have a good melody, to have harmonies, to have the metaphors come out right in the lyrics. So I think the bar has been set higher than it was when I was younger.”

She still jots down lyric ideas whenever they hit her. “I have notes on my iPhone, notes in my notebook. I try and keep a regular journal, though I don’t succeed at it at all,” she says. “But there’s always ideas flowing. It’s just depends on where they end up.”

When Vega comes to Pittsburgh, she’ll perform solo, pulling out songs from all eight of her studio albums, the most recent being Tales from the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles, from 2014. But her most recent project has been a one-woman play about the late author Carson McCullers. Vega

“I think the bar has been set higher”: Suzanne Vega

began working on it while in college, and reworked it after friends expressed interest. Known for books like The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, McCullers was often considered a Southern-gothic writer, though she left the South before publishing. “Her personal life was fascinating. I think in many ways she was ahead of her time,” Vega says of McCullers, who died at age 50 after a life marked by illnesses as well as artistic triumphs. “Her problems and issues were very contemporary ones. I think she was misunderstood for the time that she lived in. She was very precocious. If she were to come out now, people would understand her better. They may have been more tolerant of the weirder side of her writing.”

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Since she’s playing solo in Pittsburgh, Vega won’t be able to perform any of the songs from the play, which were co-written with songwriter Duncan Sheik and require an additional musician onstage. But she is releasing those songs in the fall on her own Amaneusis Productions imprint as Lover Beloved, Songs From an Evening With Carson McCullers.

In the meantime, she is looking forward to performing in an intimate setting, and welcomes input from fans. “Sometimes I’ll take requests if I —,” she pauses, and laughs quickly, “practice. If anybody wants to hear anything in particular, they should go onto Twitter and tweet what they want me to sing. If I can manage it, I’ll do my best.”

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BRILLOBOX. Lowdown Brass Band & Pandemic Pete. Bloomfield.

412-251-6058.

CLUB CAFE. Future Thieves w/ Some Kind of Animal, Nice Cars.

South Side. 412-431-4950.

JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. Dirk Quinn Band w/ The Keep It Downs. North Side.

412-904-3335.

LINDEN GROVE. Xtremely Loaded.

Castle Shannon. 412-882-8687.

MR. SMALLS THEATER. Murder

By Death w/ Kevin Devine & the Goddamn Band. Millvale.

412-821-4447.

REX THEATER. Turkuaz, Nth Power. South Side. 412-381-6811.

RIVERS CASINO. Joel Lindsey Trio.

North Side. 412-231-7777.

THUNDERBIRD CAFE. The Barefoot Movement, Charlie Hustle & The Pickers. Lawrenceville.

412-361-1915.

FRI 15 ALTAR BAR. Kvelertak, Torche, Wild Throne. Strip District.

412-263-2877.

BALTIMORE HOUSE. Lenny Smith & John Gresh. Pleasant Hills.

412-653-3800.

CLUB CAFE. Christopher Mark Jones w/ Bill Eberle. South Side.

412-431-4950.

HOWLERS. The Full Counts, Black Atlas, Photo Joe & The Negatives.

Bloomfield. 412-682-0320.

LINDEN GROVE. Totally 80s.

Castle Shannon. 412-882-8687.

MIXTAPE. Absolution Key. Garfield. 412-661-1727.

REX THEATER. Donna the Buffalo.

South Side. 412-381-6811.

RIVERS CASINO. Juan & Erica.

North Side. 412-231-7777.

SHELBY’S STATION. Dave & Andrea Iglar Duo. Bridgeville.

724-319-7938.

SPIRIT HALL & LOUNGE. Broken World Fest 2: Into It. Over It, TWIABP, Weatherbox, more.

Lawrenceville. 412-586-4441.

THUNDERBIRD CAFE. Roar! w/ Spacefish. Lawrenceville.

412-682-0177.

w/ William Forrest. Late. South Side. 412-431-4950.

DOWNEY’S HOUSE. The Gumband. Robinson.

412-489-5631.

HEINZ HALL. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Alec’s Playlist, w/ Alec Baldwin curating & hosting an evening of performances & discussion. Downtown. 412-392-4900.

JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. Wreck Loose, Bad Custer, Andre Costello & The Cool Minors, Morgan Erina. Ballroom.

Decaffeinated Grapefruit, James Drakes & Chris Taylor Trio w/ Red Meat & Whiskey. North Side.

Speakeasy. 412-904-3335.

JERGEL’S RHYTHM GRILLE. Totally 80s. Warrendale.

724-799-8333.

MARKET SQUARE. Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Hazelwood Performance in Market Square.

Recreating the performance for Allard van Hoorn, which inspired the musical track Flower Beds. Hear readings by Hazelwood residents, see the Book Mobile, & hear stories told by the library’s Reading Buddy program. Downtown. 412-391-2060.

MEADOWS CASINO. Juan Vasquez Band. Washington.

724-503-1200.

MR. SMALLS THEATER. Issues w/ Crown The Empire, One OK Rock, Night Verses. Millvale.

412-821-4447.

NEU KIRCHE CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER. Eclectic Laboratory Chamber Orchestra & Patchwork. North Side.

412-608-6120.

NEW HAZLETT THEATER. River Whyless & Driftwood. North Side. www.newhazletttheater.org.

PITTSBURGH WINERY. theSHIFT. Strip District. 412-566-1000.

THE R BAR. The Bo’Hog Brothers.

Dormont. 412-942-0882.

REX THEATER. Steve Moakler w/ Shelley Skidmore, Greg Bates.

South Side. 412-381-6811.

RIVERS CASINO. Kenny Blake Trio. North Side. 412-231-7777.

SPIRIT HALL & LOUNGE. Broken World Fest 2: Into It. Over It, TWIABP, Weatherbox, more.

Lawrenceville. 412-586-4441.

SUB ALPINE CLUB. The Billy Price Band. Turtle Creek.

412-823-6661.

THUNDERBIRD CAFE. Night Time: DJs Zombo & Futurism.

80s & darkwave. Lawrenceville.

412-682-0177.

THE VALLEY HOTEL. King’s Ransom. Clairton. 412-233-9800.

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ROCKS LANDING BAR & GRILLE. Tony Campbell & the Jazz Surgery.

McKees Rocks. 412-875-5809.

SHOOTIN’ BULL. King’s Ransom.

Murrysville. 724-339-7299.

THUNDERBIRD CAFE. Peter Walker, Pairdown, Coleton Riegel.

Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177.

MON 18 CATTIVO. Boogarins.

Lawrenceville. 412-687-2157.

MR. SMALLS THEATER. The Dandy Warhols w/ Seratones.

Millvale. 412-821-4447.

SPIRIT HALL & LOUNGE. Snog, The Labyrinth, Boxed Warning.

Lawrenceville. 412-586-4441.

THUNDERBIRD CAFE. Butler Street Sessions. Lawrenceville.

412-682-0177.

TUE 19 CLUB CAFE. *repeat repeat w/ Amercndreaming, The Even Three.

South Side. 412-431-4950.

HARD ROCK CAFE. A Devil In God’s Country( Lamb of God Tribute), Death Rattle, Boomstick, Yigga Digga, Skuzzy Puppy Nursery.

Station Square. 412-481-7625.

SPIRIT HALL & LOUNGE. Graves at Sea, Order of the Owl, Taphos Nomos, Horehound. Lawrenceville.

412-586-4441.

WED 20 MOST WANTED FINE ART GALLERY. Harry & The Potters, Weird Paul, Tianna & The Cliffhangers. Garfield.

412-328-4737.

RECLAMATION BREWING. Dennis Malley. Butler. 724-282-0831.

DJS THU 14 PERLE CHAMPAGNE BAR. Bobby D Bachata. Downtown.

412-471-2058.

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SAT 16 ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM. Dawn of Midi. North Side.

412-237-8300.

BALTIMORE HOUSE. Deuce.

KISS Tribute Band. Pleasant Hills.

412-653-3800.

BREWS BELLY SPORTS BAR & GRILL. Moose Tracks. Lemont Furnace. 724-439-0200.

CLUB CAFE. Pat McGee w/ Brian Dunne. Early. Oh Malo

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Each week we bring you a new song from a local artist. This week’s track comes from metal band Supervoid, which just released a split with Minneapolis band Red Desert on California-based label Ripple Music. Stream or download “Olympus” for free at FFW>>, our music blog at www.pghcitypaper.com.

ACE HOTEL PITTSBURGH. TITLE TOWN Soul & Funk Party. Rare Soul, Funk & wild R&B 45s feat.

DJ Gordy G. & J.Malls. East Liberty.

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ANDYS WINE BAR. DJ Malls Spins Vinyl. Downtown.

412-773-8884.

THE FLATS ON CARSON. Pete Butta. South Side. 412-586-7644.

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

RIVERS CASINO. DJ Digital Dave.

North Side. 412-231-7777.

ROWDY BUCK. Top 40 Dance.

South Side. 412-431-2825.

RUGGER’S PUB. 80s Night w/ DJ Connor. South Side. 412-381-1330.

HEAVY ROTATION

Wilson & Samantha St John.

Carnegie. 412-279-0770.

Here are the songs City Paper contributor Shawn Cooke can’t stop listening to:

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FRI 15 ANDYS WINE BAR. Tania Grubbs.

Downtown. 412-773-8800.

GRILLE ON SEVENTH. Tony Campbell & Howie Alexander.

Downtown. 412-391-1004.

JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. Benny Benack’s Night of Stanley Turrentine.

North Side. 412-904-3335.

MANCHESTER CRAFTSMEN’S GUILD. Spyro Gyra. North Side.

412-621-6566.

The Hotelier

“Piano Player”

Pinegrove

“Aphasia”

ANDYS WINE BAR. Spanky Wilson. Downtown. 412-773-8800.

BACKSTAGE BAR AT THEATRE SQUARE. Erin Burkett & Virgil Walters w/ Eric Suseoff.

Downtown. 412-456-6666.

CIOPPINO SEAFOOD CHOPHOUSE BAR. Roger Barbour Jazz Quartet. Strip District.

412-281-6593.

LEMONT. NightStar.

Mt. Washington. 412-431-3100.

THE MONROEVILLE RACQUET CLUB. Jazz Bean Live. Every Saturday, a different band.

Monroeville. 412-728-4155.

“The Woman That Loves You”

Young Thug

“With Them”

MON 18 FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH. Matthew Shipp & Michael Bisio.

Shadyside. 412-682-0591.

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BRILLOBOX. Pandemic : Global Dancehall, Cumbia, Bhangra, Balkan Bass. Bloomfield.

412-621-4900.

DIESEL. DJ CK. South Side.

412-431-8800.

LAVA LOUNGE. The Night Shift DJs. Obsidian: gothic/industrial dancing. Top 40 Dance Party.

South Side. 412-431-5282.

REMEDY. Push It! DJ Huck Finn, DJ Kelly Fasterchild. Lawrenceville.

412-781-6771.

RIVERS CASINO. DJ Rambo.

North Side. 412-231-7777.

ROWDY BUCK. Top 40 Dance.

South Side. 412-431-2825.

SPIRIT HALL & LOUNGE. DJ Kelly.

Tracksploitation. Lawrenceville.

412-586-4441.

HOWLERS. B. Dolan, Felix Fast4ward, Sikes, Fortified Phonetx, Stillborn Identity. Bloomfield.

412-682-0320.

WED 20 SMILING MOOSE. Rock Star Karaoke w/ T-MONEY. South Side.

412-431-4668.

SPOON. Spoon Fed. East Liberty.

412-362-6001.

HIP HOP/R&B FRI 15 1LIVE STUDIO. DJ Goodnight: Open Elements. Avalon.

412-424-9254.

PITTSBURGH WINERY. Lyndsey Smith & the Soul Distribution, LUX. Strip District. 412-566-1000.

SAT 16 1LIVE STUDIO. DJ Goodnight: Open Elements. Avalon.

412-424-9254.

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BLUES FRI 15 MOONDOG’S. Felix & the Hurricanes. Blawnox. 412-828-2040.

SAT 16 565 LIVE. Angel Blue & The Prophets. Bellevue. 412-522-7556.

BEE’Z BISTRO & PUB. Sweaty Betty. Bridgeville. 412-257-9877.

MOONDOG’S. John Nemeth & Studebaker John. Blawnox.

412-828-2040.

SPEAL’S TAVERN. Jimmy Adler.

New Alexandria. 724-433-1322.

JAZZ THU 14 ANDYS WINE BAR. Christine Laitta. Downtown. 412-773-8800.

CARNEGIE MUSIC HALL. River City Brass: Big Band Brass. W/ the music of Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Count Basie & more.

Oakland. 412-434-7222.

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

412-904-3335.

RILEY’S POUR HOUSE. Lucarelli Brothers, Sunny Sunseri, w/ Peg

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East Liberty. 412-362-1250.

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ORCHESTRA. Organist Cameron Carpenter w/ his transcription of Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Organ & Orchestra. Heinz Hall, Downtown. 412-392-4900.

WIND SYMPHONY & SYMPHONY BAND. www.duq.edu/musicevents.

Carnegie Music Hall, Oakland. 412-622-3131.

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SUN 17 HOWLERS. Lost Dog Street Band.

Bloomfield. 412-682-0320.

CLASSICAL FRI 15 PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. Organist Cameron Carpenter w/ his transcription of Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Organ & Orchestra. Heinz Hall, Downtown. 412-392-4900.

SAT 16 INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA STUDENT ORGAN RECITAL. Heinz Chapel, Oakland. 412-624-4157.

SUN 17 PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY

THUNDERBIRD CAFE. Space Exchange w/ Ben Opie & Co. Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177.

ANDYS WINE BAR. Joe Negri.

Downtown. 412-773-8800.

BELLEFIELD AUDITORIUM. Pitt Jazz Ensemble Spring Concert. Feat. Sandy Dowe. www.music.pitt.edu. Oakland.

1LIVE STUDIO. DJ Goodnight.

Avalon. 412 424-9254.

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Japanese Breakfast

ALLEGHENY ELKS LODGE #339.

Pittsburgh Banjo Club. Wednesdays.

North Side. 412-321-1834.

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

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THE PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY PLAYERS W/ ANDRES CARDENES. Rodef Shalom Congregation, Oakland.

412-621-6566.

OTHER MUSIC THU 14

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. Men’s Glee Club Spring Concert.

Feat. works by Mendelssohn, Monteverdi, Pitoni & Tallis as well as arrangements of Early American & Appalachian folk songs.

Oakland. 412-621-0500.

SUN 17 BRILLOBOX. Jonas Reinhardt, Cocoon II, KMFD. Bloomfield.

412-621-4900.

BYHAM THEATER. Dancing in the Streets. A celebration of Motown’s greatest hits.

Downtown. 412-456-6666.

HEINZ CHAPEL. Women’s Choral Ensemble Spring Concert. www.music.pitt.edu. Oakland.

412-624-4157.

CHATHAM UNIVERSITY EDEN HALL CAMPUS. Eden Hall Bluegrass Jam. All acoustic instruments and ability levels welcome. Eden Hall Lodge dining area. Gibsonia. 412-365-1450.

PITTSBURGH WINERY. Kinetic + Troy Roberts & Alex Norris.

Strip District. 412-566-1000.

RODEF SHALOM CONGREGATION. Flory Jagoda.

Performance after screening of documentary, “Flory’s Flame.”.

Oakland. 412-992-5203.

MON 18

SAT 16

WED 20

CARNEGIE LECTURE HALL. Suzanne Vega. Oakland.

412-361-1915.

HAMBONE’S. Ian Kane. Jazz Standards, showtunes & blues.

Lawrenceville. 412-681-4318.

PITTSBURGH WINERY. Kawehi w/ Two Tall Twins. Strip District.

412-566-1000.

TUE 19 FRICK FINE ARTS AUDITORIUM. University of Pittsburgh Gospel Choir. www.music.pitt.edu.

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JERRY BARRISH’S PAST IS AS COLORFUL AS THE PLASTIC SCRAPS HE COLLECTS

Jeff Nichols’ new film, Midnight Special, is a slow-burner sci-fi film about an alien on Earth, but the film focuses more on ordinary humans than on spaceships or epic battles. It opens in mid-story, in a motel room, where three people prepare to take flight. There’s Roy (Michael Shannon), another man (Joel Edgerton) and Roy’s young son, Alton (Jaeden Lieberher). Alton has special powers (his eyes glow and he is telekinetic), and we learn that he is being sought by the government, a religious cult, the cops and his mother (Kirsten Dunst).

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The film is tense from the get-go, but the extraordinary material is handled in a small-scale manner; much of the drama concerns how the variously unsettled adults deal with Alton. Nichols, who made 2011’s weather-freakout Take Shelter, sets his tale in low-rent, generic locations in Texas and Louisiana (gas stations, motels, working-class homes).

He saves his cash for a whiz-bang sequence at the end that is weirdly cool.

Though this is not a work that answers all its questions — nor does it mean to — the open-ended ending does leave room for a sense of satisfying wonderment on the part of the viewer.

Nichols is clearly offering homage to such classic humanistic sci-fi works as Close Encounters and E.T. But Midnight also reminded me of the current HBO curio The Leftovers, in which the why of the supernatural mystery matters less than how folks muddle through it.

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JFilmPgh.org.) Below are reviews for three documentaries screening this weekend:

PRESENTING PRINCESS SHAW. Ido Haar’s en-

gaging documentary captures some of the wonderful — and meaningful — human interaction that can be spawned by our various depersonalizing machines. By day, Samantha Montgomery works in a New Orleans elderly facility. But at night, on the Internet, she is Princess Shaw, sharing her raw, soulful songs (and her hard-luck life story) through YouTube. That’s where Kutiman discovers her; he is an Israeli experimental composer who creates new works by mashing up individual found videos.

From this random connection comes a touching story, reminding us about perse-

verance, and the strange beautiful things that technology makes possible. In English, and Hebrew, with subtitles. 9 p.m. Sat., April 16. Manor PLASTIC MAN: THE ARTFUL LIFE OF JERRY ROSS BARRISH. Today, Northern Californian

Jerry Ross Barrish collects plastic scrap and refashions it into whimsical sculptures of people and animals, while pushing back at the fine-art world’s disdain for plastic. But his past is as colorful as the plastic scraps he collects, as Will Farley’s documentary

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profile explains. Born into a family of “tough Jews” — his father was a boxer and palled around with mobsters — Barrish opened a bail-bond shop in San Francisco in the early 1960s. He quickly established himself as the go-to bondsman for the radical left. Later, he became an indie filmmaker. But nearing retirement and feeling at

creative loose ends, Barrish explains, “This plastic stuff spoke to me.” After the screening, Barrish will join others in a discussion about art; there will also be an I Made It! Market in the lobby. 12:30 p.m. Sun., April 17. Manor CARTOONISTS: FOOT SOLDIERS OF DEMOCRACY. Stephanie Valloatto’s timely doc

takes viewers around the world to hear from political cartoonists, many working under the fear of reprisal in countries fraught with political tensions and violence. (This film predates the Charlie Hebdo attack of last year.) Working cartoonists discuss their process (how best to caricature) and goals — in Burkina Faso, cartoons must work for an illiterate population. The film is a bit shaggy, but there is some fascinating material here about the power of political cartoons. We might dismiss their influence, but it’s telling that those in power do not. To be followed by a conversation with Rob Rogers, editorial cartoonist at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. In English, and various languages, with subtitles. 4:30 p.m.

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NEW THIS WEEK BARBERSHOP: THE NEXT CUT. The wisecracking continues in Malcolm D. Lee’s comedy sequel, but there have been some changes at Calvin’s: There are ladies. Plus, the neighborhood needs saving. Ice Cube stars. Starts Fri., April 13 THE BOSS. Melissa McCarthy is funny as hell — a tremendous physical comedian who on screen combines the warmth of a relatable buddy with devastating skill of the perfectly delivered putdown. And once again, I’m left wondering: Why can’t she pick better vehicles? The Boss, directed by her husband, Ben Falcone, is a shaggy mess that can’t pick a thematic lane (redemption story, parody) or a plot. (Neither would matter if the film were consistently funny, which it isn’t.) McCarthy plays Michelle Darnell, a successful businesswoman and a horrible human being, who after losing everything, moves in with her former assistant (Kristen Bell) and starts a Girl Scout-like organization to get her groove back. There are a few laughs, but watching McCarthy and some equally talented co-stars (Kathy Bates, Peter Dinklage), you really, really want this to be better.

One unlikely bright spot: I liked her character’s high-end-executive muu-muu-like threads that were somehow powerful and cartoonish at the same time. (Al Hoff) CRIMINAL. Your tax dollars at work: The memories of a dead CIA agent are beamed into the brain of a dangerous convict. Not surprisingly, things don’t work out as planned. Kevin Costner stars in this action thriller from Ariel Vromen.

Starts Fri., April 15 HERE COMES THE VIDEOFREEX. Jon Nealon and Jenny Raskin’s new documentary profiles the Videofreex, a New York-based art-andnews collective operating in the late 1960s and early 1970s; the crew were early adopters of the then-new video format. The cameras were portable, the playback was near-instant and suddenly, anybody could be a journalist. The Videofreex worked the crowd at Woodstock and, more significantly, were on the ground for women’s-lib rallies, anti-war demos and other radical-left actions; they scored a hard-to-get

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Here Comes the Videofreex interview with Black Panther Fred Hampton. A collaboration with CBS reveals the limits of challenging the system, and later, the Videofreex relocate to upstate New York, where they set up a pirate TV station for the locals. A necessary corrective for folks who think citizen video journalism debuted with the iPhone. Fri., April 15, through Mon., April 18.

Melwood (AH) THE JUNGLE BOOK. Jon Favreau directs this live-action adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s adventure tale, about an orphaned boy (Neel Sethi) raised by animals.

In 3-D, in select theaters. Starts Fri., April 15 MISSION TO LARS. In this new documentary from James Moore and William Spicer, Tom, born with Fragile X Syndrome, attempts to meet his hero, Lars from Metallica. 7 and 9 p.m. Fri., April 15; 5 p.m.

Sat., April 16; and 4:30 and 6:30 p.m. Sun., April 17.

Parkway MY GOLDEN DAYS. If you haven’t had your fill of films about middle-aged intellectual Frenchmen mooning over lost teen-age loves they treated rather badly, there is Arnaud Desplechin’s new dramedy.

It uses a clumsy flashback device during a passport inspection to show three passages from Paul’s 1980s youth: a tumultuous family life in which he relocates himself to an aunt’s house (poorly explained); a trip to the Soviet Union to help refuseniks (kicky, but

This isn’t only a wise and graceful film, but

A GREAT ONE. I can’t stop remembering scene after vivid scene.”

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Taxi Driver (1976) - 4/13 @ 7:30pm, 4/14 @ 7:30pm - 40th Anniversary screenings of Scorsese’s disturbing, nightmarish modern film classic starring Robert DeNiro.

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The Boss otherwise disconnected from the rest of the story); and a long sequence in which teenage Paul (Quentin Dolmaire) loves the beautiful but frustrating teenage Esther (Lou Roy-Lecollinet). Esther is the focus of Paul (and his male friends), but not of this film: She gets very little development or agency, though she frequently gets undressed. The flailings and failings of adolescent romance might generate some nostalgia, but any impact this story has is hampered by the awkward framing devices. In French, with subtitles.

Starts Fri., April 15. Regent Square (AH)

REPERTORY HOW TO LET GO OF THE WORLD AND LOVE ALL THE THNGS CLIMATE CAN’T CHANGE. This new documentary from Josh Fox (Gasland) checks in with environmentalists and climate-change “warriors” to see how the fight is being waged against global warming. Fox will attend for a post-screening Q&A. 7 p.m. Wed., April 13. Carnegie Lecture Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland. Free, but tickets required at www.howtoletgomovie.com.

THE BREAKFAST CLUB. A little sad, a little happy is one way to sum up this 1985 dramedy about high school from John Hughes. You don’t need me to retell the plot (five kids from different cliques discover they have plenty in common). So whether you’re a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess or a criminal — just be there when the bell rings. 7:30 p.m. Wed., April 13.

AMC Waterfront. $5 PALIO. Cosima Spender’s recent documentary covers the “Palio,” the oldest horse race in the world, held in Siena. In Italian, with subtitles. 7 p.m. Thu., April 14.

Frick Fine Arts Building, Schenley Drive, Oakland. Free. www.italianfilmfests.org ANOTHER SOUTH. A Italian woman takes a nursing assignment on a humanitarian mission during the second Iraq war in Gianluca Maria Tavarelli’s recent drama. In Italian, with subtitles. 7 p.m. Fri., April 15.

Frick Fine Arts Building, Schenley Drive, Oakland. Free. www.italianfilmfests.org

trying to get their buddy out of jail. Hint: More weed is involved. April 15-17 and April 19-20. Row House Cinema THE WORLD’S END. The conclusion of Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg’s “Cornetto Trilogy” finds the gang doing their riff on sci-fi and reunion films, all at a series of dodgy pubs. April 15-21. Row House Cinema THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER. Stephen Chbosky adapts his own young-adult novel in this film starring Logan Lerman, Ezra Miller and Emma Watson. The 2012 film was set and shot in the Pittsburgh area, including some scenes at the Hollywood Theater, where it screens this week. 10 p.m. Fri., April 15; 7 p.m.

Sat., April 16; and 7:30 p.m. Wed., April 20. Hollywood PINK FLOYD’S THE WALL. The music of Pink Floyd’s eponymous best-selling album combines with live action and Gerald Scarfe’s animation in Alan Parker’s 1982 film chronicling a rock star’s breakdown. Midnight, Fri., April 15. Row House Cinema RAHSAAN ROLAND KIRK: THE CASE OF THE THREE SIDED DREAM. Adam Kahan’s new documentary profiles the flamboyant jazz musician Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1935-1977), who sometimes played three wind instruments simultaneously, including with his nose. The film includes archival footage and interviews with his family and colleagues.

Kirk’s son, Rory Kirk, is scheduled to attend. 2:30 p.m. Sat., April 16. Carnegie Library, 7101 Hamilton Ave., Homewood. Suggested donation: $2. www. sembenefilmfestival.org I, HARLEQUIN. A television host visits his estranged father, a well-known interpreter of the “Harlequin”

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My Golden Days character, and finds his perceptions changed with knowledge of the Commedia Dell’Arte world. Matteo Bini and Giorgio Pasotti direct this recent film. In Italian, with subtitles. 7 p.m. Sat., April 16. Frick Fine Arts Building, Schenley Drive, Oakland. Free. www. italianfilmfests.org

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trying to restore a broken-down house. 7:30 p.m.

Wed., April 20. AMC Loews Waterfront. $5 THE RIVER RAN RED. Before it was a shopping center, the land along the Monongahela River in Homestead was the site of the Carnegie Works. In 1892, the company sent in armed private guards to quell a labor uprising. Steffi Domike and Nicole Fauteux’s hour-long 1993 documentary uses historical first-person sources, related songs and poetry, and dramatic recreations to retell the story of the historic strike and its bloody outcome. Screens as part of a monthly series of films focusing on labor and social justice. 7:30 p.m. Thu., April 21. Pump House, 880 E. Waterfront St., Munhall. www.battleofhomestead.org. Free

CHARLIE CHAPLIN FILMS. Two Charlie Chaplin silent comedies will be screened in 35 mm. In 1923’s “The Pilgrim,” Chaplin portrays an escaped convict mistaken for a pastor. In the “A Dog’s Life” (1918), a tramp (Chaplin) and a dog try to make do in a heartless world. Live piano accompaniment to be provided by pianist Dennis James. Noon, Sun., April 17. Hollywood BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Jean Cocteau’s haunting 1946 film reimagines the beauty-and-the-beast fairy tale, featuring innumerable gorgeous images. In French, with subtitles. 8 p.m. Sun., April 17.

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A solid bet the past several dance seasons, Point Park University’s Conservatory Dance Company’s annual At the Byham program once again offers up another bold collection of works by four of today’s hottest choreographers.

Leading this year’s group of talented dancemakers at the Byham Theater for four performances April 14-16 is Sonya Tayeh. The Detroit native is best known for her commercial dance work with Madonna and Miley Cyrus, and her numerous appearances on TV’s So You Think You Can Dance. For her Pittsburgh debut, Tayeh created “It Passes,” a 15-minute work for seven dancers set to original music

by New York City’s The Bengsons. The worldpremiere work, says Tayeh by phone from Los Angeles, “is about the passage of time.

What we do in our lives because of the passage of time, how it drives us and our memories associated with its passing.”

Tayeh, who has worked on SYTYCD with former CDC dancer Neil Haskell, says she was also impressed with the current crop of student dancers and their openness to her process in connecting the work’s theme to their personal experiences.

The second of three new commissions on CDC’s program, choreographers Jonathan Campbell and Austin Diaz’s “HELPLESSPEOPLE,” is an 18-minute work for 17 dancers set to a soundtrack ranging from classical to electronic to spoken text.

The co-artistic directors of Vancouverbased MADBOOTS DANCE describe the piece as “a collage of highly physical movement and thematically charged images” expressing feelings of “defeat and powerlessness.”

Former Kansas City Ballet dancer Matthew Powell’s “L’espace Que Vous Voyez” (“The Space You See”) is a new 19-minute ballet for 13 dancers set to music by Vivaldi. Powell says that the ballet plays “with the traditional structure of a neo-classical ballet ... switching up the puzzle pieces.”

Rounding out the offerings is veteran choreographer Larry Keigwin’s “Triptych” (2009). As its title suggests, it is in three parts and set to composer Jonathan Melville Pratt’s pulsating score of the same name. Says Keigwin of the 16-minute work for 10 dancers, “‘Triptych’ is a contemporary dance, a study of minimalist design and modern architecture” and “conjures up ideas of time and ritualist behavior.”

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have grown significantly in popularity, both nationally and worldwide.

WTF With Marc Maron and Chris Hardwick’s The Nerdist are two that many recognize. Pittsburgh is no exception.

For instance, on top of full-time jobs, standup comics Ed Bailey, Day Bracey and Aaron Kleiber host, respectively, the podcasts Drinking Partners and Grown Dad Business.

Bailey and Bracey’s craft-beer-themed Drinking Partners highlights local personalities and businesses. The two hosts met through standup four years ago, and as their friendly competition and mutual respect grew through their interactions at open mics, they noticed that people were drawn to them, to their off-the-cuff banter. They often found themselves the center of attention at the bars hosting open mics, even when they were off-

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stage. One night, as they were drinking on Bracey’s porch in Beaver, they decided to try podcasting. They knew they would need at least a loose structure for the show, a foundation to anchor the backand-forth they’re known for. Craft beer became that foundation.

“HE THINKS HE CAN GO THERE, BUT ‘THERE’ BECOMES ELSEWHERE.” Each episode runs about an hour. As Bailey, Bracey and guest(s) drink beer, everyone loosens up and the energy level steadily rises. As the hosts see it, the beauty of the podcast is that they get to be themselves, in a way that differs from the very purposeful personas they present as standup comics on stage.

“Day pushes the limit, he thinks he can go there, but ‘there’ becomes elsewhere,” Bailey says. By contrast, Bracey describes Dailey as the one who “keeps interviews on track and asks the hard-hitting questions.” Since it first aired in September 2014, Drinking Partners has released 63 episodes, including interviews with mayors Bill Peduto (an episode with 8,000 downloads) and John Fetterman, and shows recorded live at Hop Farm Brewing Company and Maggie’s Farm Rum. Based on statistics provided by iTunes and Libsyn, 88 percent of their listeners are in the U.S., and the majority of U.S. listeners reside in Pittsburgh, Washington, D.C. and California. Drinking Partners has been featured on iTunes’ New and Noteworthy chart.

Kleiber’s Grown Dad Business, is a “lighthearted but serious-minded podcast” with roots in the theme of family.

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Kleiber, a husband and father of three, interviews creative people from around the country about their childhoods and how they got to where they are now, inviting stories about parents, siblings, spouses and kids. Kleiber says the podcast was inspired by a comment from fellow comedian Doug Benson, back when Kleiber was doing a podcast on movies.

Benson asked why Kleiber wasn’t doing a podcast that related to his standup material about being a husband and dad — one that his standup fans would listen to.

“I love that it’s something that no one else is doing — every comedy podcast seems to be, ‘So, tell me how you got your start in comedy,’” says Kleiber. “It’s nice to have a niche.” Most comics who host podcasts interview comedians about their careers, and the ones that are more distinctly themed often discuss movies and show business. Kleiber’s family-centered approach sets him apart.

On average, an episode runs half an hour. The opening credits feature Kleiber’s son and daughter, laughing and saying words like “underpants” as they introduce their father. Kleiber seizes opportunities to record his podcasts as they present themselves, whether this be in his Munhall “dad cave,” his car, a hotel balcony or a comedy-club green room.

Occasionally, his son answers listeners’ questions but, as Kleiber quickly discovered, it’s hard to get a 5-year-old in front of a mic to stay on track. The first episode aired this past July, and the series now has 29 episodes, including interviews with Bobcat Goldthwait, Paul Rodriguez and Todd Glass. Kleiber often records episodes as he’s on the road doing comedy, inviting the people he works with to be guests. Grown Dad Business has also been listed on iTunes’ New and Noteworthy chart and continues to gain new listeners from Pittsburgh, D.C., California, New York and beyond.

Both Drinking Partners and Grown Dad Business are produced by Epicast, a local company run by Buzzy Torek and Nick Miller. When discussing their podcasts, Bailey, Bracey and Kleiber all emphasize the support and professionalism they receive from the two producers, whom they see as “paving the way for Pittsburgh podcasts.”

Some other podcasts hosted by Pittsburgh comics include Ian Insect Is Evil; Kleiber and Sean Collier’s You Can’t Handle the Truth; Jim Krenn: No Restrictions; and Garrett Titlebaum’s The Art of the Covenant.

You can find Drinking Partners and Grown Dad Business on iTunes, YouTube and the Epicast website.

Continuing its string of “big ballets” over the past few seasons, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre sets sail with the high-seas epic Le Corsaire (“The Pirate”), April 15-17 at the Benedum Center.

Loosely based on Lord Byron’s poem “The Corsair,” the ballet premiered in 1856, in Paris, with choreography by Joseph Mazilier to a score by Adolphe Adam. While Adam’s score has remained, most modern productions (including PBT’s) are after choreographer Marius Petipa’s 1899 revival.

With a storyline that reads like a mashup of classic story-ballet motifs, Corsaire’s plot has often been described as convoluted. “It’s really not,” says Anna-Marie Holmes, who set the ballet on PBT. “It’s the story of pirates that come into Turkey and their leader, Conrad, sees this beautiful slave girl, Medora, he really likes and wants to take away. There is a rich pasha that also wants to buy her so Conrad kidnaps her and then there is a shipwreck at the end where almost everyone dies.”

While Holmes might be simplifying the three-act ballet’s action-packed, humor-filled plot, the sporadically seen ballet remains an audience thriller with its nonstop virtuoso dancing — enough to fill several ballets.

Newly promoted principal dancer Hannah Carter is a third-year company member from England who will dance the role of Medora (on April 15 and 17).

Of the ballet’s dancing, she says: “It’s very beautiful, classical ballet technique which I absolutely love, but is so very difficult to do.”

With a cast of 75, the two-and-ahalf-hour ballet is large in scope with beautiful sets and costumes and “there is a lot of very difficult male dancing in it with big jumps,” says Holmes.

One of those high-flying male roles is Ali the slave, made famous by Rudolf Nureyev in 1962. Luca Sbrizzi says of Ali’s bravura dancing in a second act pas de trois, “It is one of the hardest male variations, period.” Sbrizzi, who has also been promoted to principal dancer for next season, was to dance the role but an injury recently sidelined him. In his place, corps member Ruslan Mukhambetkaliyev (April 15 and 17) will perform the coveted role along with principal dancer Yoshiaki Nakano (April 16).

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Ingrid Sonnichsen performs White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, at 12 Peers Theater

[PLAY REVIEWS]

BARE RABBIT {BY GWENDOLYN KISTE}

THE SETUP is simple: one actor, a barebones stage, and an unseen script that isn’t removed from its envelope until the intrepid performer walks under the lights.

But while White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, a playmeets-social-experiment that makes its Pittsburgh debut at 12 Peers Theater, might sound like a straightforward production, the material is anything but facile.

Laws of Attraction In a dystopian dance of complicated relationships, some laws are meant to be broken.

$25 general admission $15 students/teachers

April 15, 16, 20-23, 27-30 All performances start at 8:00pm 300 Gist St., Uptown

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continues through April 24. 12 Peers Theater at Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre, 937 Liberty Ave., Downtown.

Admission is pay-what-you-can.

412-626-6784 or www.12peerstheater.org

The play’s audiences make something of a tacit agreement: Like Fight Club, you don’t talk about White Rabbit, Red Rabbit — or at least you don’t give away too many specifics. So, without spoiling the existential fun, the show explores the complexities of human nature and our “need to be heard.”

The playwright, Iran’s Nassim Soleimanpour, wrote the play while confined to his homeland: He had refused to perform Iran’s obligatory two-year military service, and was denied a passport for most of his adult life. However, during his confinement, Soleimanpour became fascinated with the Mobius-strip nature of plays — how they’re written specifically to be per-

formed at a later date, thereby allowing the past to influence the future and vice versa.

To Soleimanpour, this means we’re all connected, even if time and distance never permit us to meet. (Since the play debuted, in 2011, Soleimanpour has been granted a medical exemption from the military; he’s subsequently traveled the world and even seen his play performed).

White Rabbit maximizes Soleimanpour’s themes by featuring a different actor each night — on April 8, it was a pitch-perfect Richard Keitel, with upcoming performances from such local luminaries as Richard Rauh, Diana Ifft and Alan Stanford. Although the show requires no director, talents at 12 Peers Theater — including artistic director Vince Ventura, stage manager Sara Fisher and lighting designer Alex Stevens — leave their marks with skillfully simple and effective production design.

As the title implies, White Rabbit, Red Rabbit employs allegorical animals, and the stream-of-consciousness narrative shifts from slapstick routines to lists of how to commit suicide. But at its core, the play is about loneliness as well as our capacity to learn from one another. In an increasingly global yet paradoxically isolated world, these are themes that can resonate with all of us.

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MOVING PICTURES {BY MICHELLE PILECKI}

ALFRED HITCHCOCK famously derided

a certain style of movies as “pictures of

people talking.” The master director/auteur would probably appreciate the cinematic sensibilities of Annie Baker’s The Flick, now receiving its local premiere courtesy of The REP, Point Park University’s professional company. The winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for drama tells its tale with few words, lengthy naturalistic but meaningful pauses, and completely silent mime-like scenes in which much of the action is mostly suggested.

Essentially a three-character story set in a deteriorating moviehouse (named “The Flick”) in Worcester, Mass., the play portrays the interpersonal dynamics of the ushers in various combinations in short scenes spanning months in 2012.

Behind the “fourth wall,” a.k.a. the movie screen, the audience shares their secrets, revelations, betrayals, recriminations and humor. It’s not an easy task to pull off, but Robert A. Miller directs — nay, choreographs — a perfectly chosen cast, assisted by an excellent design/ tech team.

John Steffenauer embodies the hulking Sam, the senior usher and superannuated slacker unhappy with how his life is turning out. Although he physically towers over everyone else, Steffenauer shrinks into the introverted Sam during his many moments of insecurity, though he does stand tall for an instance of anger, and even heroism.

NOT A TEN {BY TED HOOVER}

THERE’S NO WAY of knowing, but at some

point during rehearsals for the Maury Yeston/Arthur Kopit musical Nine, I wonder whether the University of Pittsburgh Stages cast and crew looked at each other and said: “What the hell were we thinking?”

This 1982 show, loosely based on Federico Fellini’s 8½, is legendary for its tumultuous birth. Yeston had written the score a decade earlier; in 1977, playwright Mario Fratti wrote the book. By 1981, Tommy Tune had signed on as director and thrown out Fratti’s work, bringing on Kopit to write a new script.

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APRIL 9 – MAY 15

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Stephen Foster Memorial Theatre, 4301 Forbes Ave., Oakland. $12-25.

412-624-7529 or www.pitt.edu/~play

The youngest and newest member of the team, Avery, is a total film geek, a savant at “six degrees of separation.”

Saladin White II conveys the character’s fragility and confusion, and occasional bursts of strengths. His blackness is only one of many sources of dissonance with the others.

While Sam and Avery argue that the admonition “be yourself” presents an unsolvable puzzle, the vivacious Rose warns that the others cannot know who she really is. Sarah Silk packs this powerhouse with energy sizzling off the stage. Her Rose is a sympathetic enigma.

Andy Kirtland completes the cast as two different people imposing upon the ushers’ world.

At three-plus hours, The Flick is not for every taste. But its pokes at identity, selfknowledge and philosophical possibilities will inspire even more hours of postplay discussion.

The success of Nine — which tells the story of an Italian movie director struggling to come up with an idea for his next project — is a testament to Tune’s talents.

A showman from the top of his head to the tips of his tapping toes, Tune created a series of show-stopping numbers out of thin air, showcasing the specific talents of some of Broadway’s biggest female stars.

(It was Tune’s idea for one man to play opposite 20 women.)

But take away the Broadway trappings and Tune-inspired razzamatazz and, well, you see that Nine isn’t a very good show. The central character is the clichéd tortured artist whose suffering lets him treat women like dirt. (Ever notice that that character is only ever written by men?) But that’s the least of the problems. The script’s an incoherent jumble: You could stick a scene or song from the first act into the second act (or vice versa) and it wouldn’t matter. Characters and their motivations come and go on whim and there’s not even an attempt at internal logic. Just a mess.

The thing is, it’s harder to do bad shows than good ones. And boy, is this Pitt company working haaaaard. From musical director Roger Zahab and his full orchestra, to this protean company under Dennis Schebetta’s direction, they just keep hammering away at this rock pile. Ricardo VilaRoger, as the Fellini manqué, leads a huge ensemble with plenty of fortitude, and Bri Ana Wagner finds moments of grace as the misused wife.

If I had the money, I’d pay for all of them to get a massage.

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{ART} Not keeping quiet is what Vanessa German is all about.

The performer and visual artist’s new show, dontsay thatshitoutloud, explores “community violence, healing, and the idea that we must speak directly to the things

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One of Pittsburgh’s most venerable voices reads tonight, along with a distinguished visitor. Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures’ Poets on Tour features Samuel Hazo, a prolific poet, former State Poet Laureate and head of Pittsburgh’s long-running International Poetry Forum.

Joining Hazo at the Carnegie Lecture Hall is Parneshia Jones, a Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Award-winner and poetry editor at Chicago’s Northwestern University Press.

A book-signing and reception follow. Bill O’Driscoll 6 p.m.

4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland.

that we are often told should be kept silent.” Tonight’s the opening reception at Artists Image Resource; at 7 p.m., German herself will give a spoken-word performance in the form of a walk-through of this collection of installations featuring her sculptures and collage works incorporating photography, printmaking and more. BO 6-8 p.m. (free).

Exhibit continues through May 29. 518 Foreland St., North Side. www.artistimage resource.org

It’s the centennial of the Easter Rising, the rebellion that ultimately sparked the formation of the Irish Republic.

The Pittsburgh 1916 Easter Rising Committee hosts a full weekend of events, from sober remembrance to cultural celebration. Easter 1916: Pittsburgh Remembers starts tonight with “Setting the Stage,” a series of vignettes directed by PICT Classic Theatre’s Alan Stanford that employ poetry and music to recall the era’s passions, at the Grand Priory Hall. Also at the Hall is Sunday’s historical program featuring Irish author and historian Tim Pat Coogan.

In between, enjoy Saturday’s free sporting exhibition (Gaelic football and hurling)

sp otlight You might well recognize the headliner at Burning Bridges Festival: The very funny Geoff Tate (pictured) has credits including The Late Show With Craig Ferguson. But most performers at Pittsburgh’s newest comedy fest will probably be new to you. That’s by design. Organizer John Dick Winters’ Race to the Coffin Comedy and multimedia entertainment outfit The Epicast Network present this weekend of 14 shows spotlighting underground comics from Pittsburgh and as distant as Denver, mostly in nontraditional venues. “I think people need to realize that Pittsburgh’s comedy scene is really coming into its own,” says Winters, whose gravelly voice often resounds from local comedy stages. Winters booked 50-some performers, including both local names like Alex Stypula, Day Bracey and Molly Sharrow and 22 out-of-towners. The venues — including Allentown’s Black Forge Coffee House and Downtown’s Arcade Comedy Theater — are all-ages except for Club Café. Tate appears twice, including an April 15 show that’s followed by a midnight Nearly Nude Comedy (think underwear) show at Club Café. Other attractions include a Comic Wars competition and a worst-tattoo competition involving eight comics. (The “winner” gets a mystery tat onstage.) And a free Saturday-afternoon show at Black Forge is meant for cops at nearby Pittsburgh Police Zone 3 headquarters (but is open to all). Bill O’Driscoll Fri., April 15-Sun., April 17. Multiple venues. Most shows $5-10; festival pass: $20-30. www.burningbridgesfestival.com

{COMEDY} They complete each other’s sentences and can improv a show completely based on porcupines, if you ask them.

Greg Gillotti and Brian Gray — the artists behind local duo Iguanatron — are prominent in Pittsburgh’s comedy renaissance and have been performing together since 2009, adopting bizarre and outlandish characters along the way. The first stop on their East Coast tour is tonight, at the University of Pittsburgh’s Studio Theater. On Saturday afternoon, there’s an accompanying improv workshop. Courtney Linder 8 p.m. 4200 Fifth Ave., Oakland. $5 (free for Pitt students). 412-543-8422 or www.BrianMGray.com/ 2016-tour

Surrealism workshop. CL 8 p.m. Continues through Sat., April 16. 937 Liberty Ave., Downtown. $25-80.

301-787-4250 or www. pittsburghwom2016.bpt.me/

{DANCE} Bodies at rest become bodies in motion in Laws of Attraction. Attack Theatre’s new show delves into “physics and the forces that bind us.” The inveterately collaborative troupe’s latest grew from a residency at Winchester Thurston School, where company dancers used movement to investigate engineering and physics.

But Laws of Attraction is all done with human bodies — no props allowed.

Tonight, Attack begins three weekends’ of shows at a weekends

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{MUSIC} When an orchestra plays songs by George Frideric Handel — but also includes modern music from Brian Eno and even Kenny Loggins’ “Footloose” — it demands attention. The Eclectic Laboratory Chamber Orchestra (ELCO) formed in 2008 to explore connections between diverse musical genres by promoting a broad repertoire. CrossPlay 2: Eclectic Boogaloo, ELCO’s performance tonight at Neu Art Kirche Contemporary Co was inspired by Center, r w dance music and dancers, d places the group performs. the place explores how dance ELCO exp much about audio is just as m space as iit is about movement.

CL 8 p.m. 1000 Madison Ave., North Side. $10-20. 412-3222224 or www.elcopgh.org

Nashville’s Music City All-Stars in the headline bout, while junior-league squad The Steel Beamers confronts the Central Ohio Roller Dolls to start the evening. Be sure to get to Glenshaw Romp ’n Roll early — there are door prizes for the first 50 entrants. CL 7 p.m.

1661 E. Sutter Road, Glenshaw.

{SPORT} Gear up for a show of women on wheels as Steel City Roller Derby opens its 10th season. SCRD’s A-level team, Steel Hurtin’, faces

A manipulator, an “anticonjuror,” a trickster, an escape artist, an inventor, a weapons master and a deceptionist walk into Heinz Hall — and you get a medley of illusion that has become the world’s bestselling touring magic show.

The Illusionists: Live from Broadway features deathdefying stunts — like Andrew Basso’s completion of Houdini’s famous Water Torture Cell without any covers. (He’s the only one who’s done it.) This Broadway Across in America — Pittsburgh show gets eight performances starting with tonight’s, and none of them feature rabbits. CL 7:30 p.m.

Continues through April 24.

600 Penn Ave., Downtown. $26-72. 412-392-4900 or www.TrustArts.org

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The third annual Pittsburgh Fringe festival broadly resembles the second: Its 19 cutting-edge local-premiere shows over three days are all still on the North Side, for instance. But plenty besides the shows themselves is new. New executive director Xela Betchelder, who teaches at Waynesburg University, has worked at that fringe-fest grandaddy, Scotland’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Batchelder says 2016’s Pittsburgh Fringe has more shows from out of town playing a smaller, more navigable array of nontraditional performance venues (including St. Mary’s Lyceum and James Street Gastropub and Speakeasy). The lineup looks promising. For instance, Tulsa, Okla.-based Anna Bennett’s postmodern spoof Confessions of a Manic Pixie Dream Girl (pictured) imagines a support group for exemplars of this pop-culture trope.

Pittsburgh-based Beautiful Cadaver Project’s Northeastsouthwest was developed by applying the surrealists’ “exquisite corpse” technique to playwriting. Local troupe Moquette Volante Theatrical Middle Eastern Dance Company offers Four Voices … One Story, with four women storytellers from different cultural backgrounds blending their takes on the Cinderella story into one spoken-word work. In It’s Who You Know, Los Angeles-based actor Chambers Stevens pulls random cards from his boxful of celebrity names and tells a true story about his run-in with that person. Perhaps most enticing of all is Virginia-based Michael Burgos’ The Eulogy. The one-man show, widely acclaimed on the fringe circuit from North American to Australia, is an outrageous, multi-character comedy about a memorial service gone awry. “It puts the fun in ‘funeral,’” says Batchelder. Bill O’Driscoll Fri., April 15-Sun., April 17. Various venues, North Side. Most shows $15; day or weekend passes: $25-95. www.pittsburghfringe.org

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Don’t mistake magicians for musicians and ask David London what instrument he plays; he might start whistling, as the acclaimed surrealist magician sometimes does to open his cabaret show, Magic Outside the Box. London, who has practiced magic for 20 years, visits Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre. His Weekend of Magic includes: performances of Magic Outside the Box tonight and tomorrow; Saturday morning’s $2 viewing of The Adventure to the Imagi Nation, a family show; and Saturday afternoon’s Magic and

spacious former Uptown auto-body shop. BO 8 p.m.

Continues through April 30.

300 Gist St., Uptown. $15-30. www.attacktheatre.com

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at Cupples Stadium, and Pittsburgh Ceili: An Evening of Irish Culture, Friendship, Music & Dance, at Lawrenceville’s Teamsters Temple. BO Continues through Sun., April 17. Ticketed events: $22; weekend pass: $53. Various venues. www.pittsburgh remembers1916.com

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We talk to Iraqi journalist and poet Sabreen Kadhim, and we join the fishmongering at Penn Avenue Fish Company

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THEATER BREAKFAST IN BED: KEGS + EGGS + OPERA. Pittsburgh Opera presents a pop up performance previewing their upcoming production of The Rake’s Progress. Brews from Penn Brewery & the War Street Brewery. Peruse the museum’s galleries. Food will be available for purchase from Burgh Bites, Pgh Crepes & the MF Café omelette bar. Sun., April 17, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Mattress Factory, North Side. 412-231-3169.

THE DINNER DETECTIVE INTERACTIVE MURDER MYSTERY DINNER SHOW. Sat, 6 p.m. Pittsburgh Marriot City Center, Downtown.

720-271-2996.

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 FLICK. A comedy about 3 employees of a rundown

Massachusetts movie house presented by The REP. Sun, 2 p.m., Sat, 2 & 8 p.m. and Thu, Fri, 8 p.m. Thru April 24.

Pittsburgh Playhouse, Oakland.

412-392-8000.

THE LAST MATCH. Rising Russian star Sergei Sergeyev is pitted against American great Tim Porter in an epic showdown that follows two tennis titans through pivotal moments in their lives both on– and–off the court. Fri., April 15, 8 p.m., Sun, 2 p.m., Sat., April 23, 9 p.m., Tue., May 3, 7 p.m., Fri., May 6, 8 p.m., Sat., May 7, 9 p.m. and Sun., May 15, 2 p.m. Thru April 24. City Theatre, South Side.

412-431-2489.

THE MASTER BUILDER. Performing Henrik Ibsen’s play.

Thru May 1, 7 p.m. and Wed-Sat, 8 p.m. Thru May 1. Nova Place, North Side. 412-231-6688.

NINE. World-famous film director Guido Contini is shooting his next project but has no script. www.play.pitt.edu. Thru

April 17, 2 p.m. and Wed-Sat, 8 p.m. Thru April 17. Charity Randall Theatre, Oakland.

412-624-PLAY. WEST SIDE STORY. A romantic tragedy set in NYC is based off Shakespeare’s most famous piece of work, Romeo & Juliet.

April 15-16, 7:30 p.m. and Sun., April 17, 2 p.m. Palace Theatre, Greensburg. 724-836-8000.

WHITE RABBIT RED RABBIT. Presented by 12 Peers Theater.

W/ no director, no set, & a different guest performer each night, this play is performed by distinct local actors reading a script they see for the first time as they grapple w/ the social phenomena of power, obedience, & manipulation. Thu-Sat, 8 p.m. and Sun, 2 p.m. Thru April 25.

Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre, Downtown. 412-626-6784.

COMEDY THU 14

COMEDY OPEN MIC. Hosted

by Derick Minto. Thu, 9 p.m.

Hambone’s, Lawrenceville.

412-681-4318.

THU 14 - FRI 15 LEVEL ONE IMPROV CLASS SHOW. 8 p.m. and Fri., April 15, 8 p.m. The Maker Theater, Shadyside. 412-404-2695.

FRI 15 DAVID KAYE, AUGGIE COOK, RAY ZAWODNI. Saint Bernard School Funny Fundraiser. 7:30 p.m.

St. Bernard Catholic Church, Mt. Lebanon. 412-561-3300.

GEOFF TATE. Headlining the Burning Bridges Festival.

10 p.m. Club Cafe, South Side.

412-431-4950.

IGUANATRON & FRIENDS: PITTSBURGH IMPROV SHOWCASE. Iguanatron, Player One, Change Machine.

7:30 p.m. Cathedral of Learning, Oakland. 412-543-8422.

LEVEL TWO IMPROV CLASS SHOW. 10 p.m. The Maker Theater, Shadyside. 412-404-2695.

FRI 15 - SAT 16 [OPERA]

BURNING BRIDGES FESTIVAL. Inaugural Burning Bridges Festival, multiple locations. http://burningbridgesfestival.com/ and Sat., April 16. 412-610-2052.

SAT 16 THE CURIOUS THEATER. Two improvisers, equipped w/ wireless mics roam the bar performing a completely improvised show. Third Sat of every month, 8 p.m. Hambone’s, Lawrenceville. 412-212-7061.

KEVIN DOWNEY JR., ERIC POTTS, RAY ZAWODNI. 7:30 p.m. Rostraver Ice Garden, Vernon. 724-379-7100.

TECHNICALLY SUNDAY: STAND UP SHOW. Third Sat of every month, 12 a.m.

Arcade Comedy Theater, Downtown. 412-339-0608.

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Pittsburgh Opera gives a pop-up performance previewing selections from its upcoming production, The Rake’s Progress, at the Mattress Factory.

Before and after the show, Breakfast in Bed: Kegs + Eggs + Opera lets you wander the museum’s galleries, grab a beer from Penn Brewery and War Streets Brewery, and munch on food from PGH Crepes, Burgh Bites and the MF Café. 11 a.m.2 p.m. Sun., April 17. 500 Sampsonia Way, Northside. $20-30. www.mattress.org

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 CONTINUES ON PG. 45

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“conCENSUS” and “Fruits of the Womb” (canvas, acrylic paint and Census data on sexual assault; yarn and stuffing, 2016), by Anna Failla. From the exhibition Yes, and…, at BOOM Concepts, Garfield.

NEW THIS WEEK ARTISTS IMAGE RESOURCE. dontsaythatshitoutloud. New work by resident artist, Vanessa German. Opening reception April 15, 6 - 8 p.m. North Side.

412-321-8664.

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.

Opening reception April 14, 5:30-8 p.m. Scott. 412-278-1975.

MT. LEBANON RECREATION CENTER. Photo Salon Open House. Award winning photo exhibit. Mt. Lebanon.

412-833-2910.

ONGOING 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, Jean-Michel 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 large-scale 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.

BANTHA TEA BAR. By Any Materials Necessary. Artwork

by Samm Fuchs. Garfield.

412-404-8359.

BARCO LAW LIBRARY. Oracles & Vesicles, Drawings & Prints

by Michael Walter. Oakland.

412-648-1376.

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.

BOOM CONCEPTS. Yes, and..

An educational exhibit about consent. Garfield. www. boomconcepts.com.

BOXHEART GALLERY. Kal Mansur: New Valkyries. Acrylic Construction by BoxHeart’s 2016 Artist of the Year. Intersection Dissection - Connection: Michael Walsh. Bloomfield. 412-687-8858.

CAPRISTO SALON. Works in Watercolor. Displaying the works of Phiris Sickels, one of the most celebrated watercolor artists in the area. Shadyside.

412-361-8722.

CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART. HACLab Pittsburgh: Imagining the Modern. An exhibition of over, under architecture highlighting successive histories

of pioneering architectural successes, disrupted neighborhoods & the utopian aspirations & ideals of public officials & business leaders.

Oakland. 412-622-3131.

CHRISTINE FRECHARD GALLERY. Mirrors. Oil paintings

by Alejandro Fiez. Squirrel Hill.

412-421-8888.

CHROMOS EYEWEAR. Exposures: A Photo Montage

by Artist Ruthanne Bauerle.

Capturing the past w/ haunting black & white imagery.

Lawrenceville. 412-477-4540.

CRAZY MOCHA COFFEE COMPANY. A Retrospective: Artwork by Jake Galm. Works in color pencil over the past 15 years from a Bubblegum Cubist Surrealist. Bloomfield.

412-681-5225.

EAST OF EASTSIDE GALLERY. Carol Brode & Kathleen Dlugos. Work from two university arts educators working in a variety of media.

Forest Hills. 412-465-0140.

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

by Robert N. Blair (1912- 2003).

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

Collectors Showcase. Emsworth.

412-734-2099.

FRAMEHOUSE. Small Works Juried Show. Presented by The Pittsburgh Society of Artists.

Lawrenceville. 412-586-4559.

FRICK ART & HISTORICAL CENTER. Fast Cars & Femmes Fatales: The Photographs of Jacques Henri Lartigue. A 125 photos that document the life in the Belle-Époque & early-

20th-century France. Permanent collection of European Art. Point Breeze. 412-371-0600.

FRICK FINE ARTS AUDITORIUM. Studio Arts Student Exhibition. The creative work of graduating seniors & of majors & nonmajors from studio arts. University Art Gallery. www.studioarts.pitt.edu.

Oakland. 412-624-4125.

GALLERIE CHIZ. State-of-the-Art Inconveniences. Work by Dyer Fieldsa & Rodney Allen Trice.

Shadyside. 412-441-6005.

THE GALLERY 4. 2016 Salon Show. Work from Jeff Aziz, Jennifer Brinkle, Tony Cavalline, Larry Cuddy, Dino Deluliis, Sara Diesel, Sam Foreman, Gerardo Garduño, TA Gray, Gary Henzler, Lauren Jo, Kid Gazelle, Zhenya Koreshkoff, Lesla, Michael Lies, Lena Loshonkohl, MouseBones, Dawn Pogany, Sarah Schneider, Seth Storck, LJ Swiech, Patty Tran, Theodore Bolha, Marion Di Quinzio, Shervin Iranshahr & Ben Patterson. Shadyside.

412-363-5050.

GALLERY ON 43RD STREET. Cheryl Ryan Harshman. Acrylics, clay monoprints & encaustics by the artist. Lawrenceville.

412-683-6488.

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

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

GREENSBURG ART CENTER. 2+2+2. New work by 3 couples making art together: Deborah Kollar & George Kollar, Mark Panza & Maryann Parker, David Sparks & Susan Sparks.

Greensburg. 724-837-6791.

GREENSBURG GARDEN AND CIVIC CENTER. Oak Grove Art Club Show. Paintings & other works of art produced by members of the Ligonier Oak Grove Art Club. Greensburg.

724-836-1757.

HILLMAN LIBRARY. 1989 China/Avant-Garde Exhibition: Reflections. Materials from the archive of Gao Minglu, research professor, Pitt Department of History of Art & Architecture & a leading scholar of Chinese contemporary art. Thornburgh Room. www.humanities.pitt.edu.

Oakland. 412-648-3330.

HOLOCAUST CENTER OF PITTSBURGH. In Celebration of Life: Living Legacy Project. A photographic/multimedia exhibit honoring & commemorating local Holocaust survivors.

North Side. 412-421-1500.

HUNT INSTITUTE FOR BOTANICAL DOCUMENTATION. Great Expectations. There is great expectation in the promise & energy held within a bud or a seed, & phases of this continuous cycle of plant development are beautifully illustrated w/ collection items. Oakland.

412-268-2434.

Side of Pittsburgh. North Side. lectures, demos & more.

412-321-3940.

North Side. 412-323-7235.

ANDREW CARNEGIE FREE NATIONALITY ROOMS. LIBRARY MUSIC HALL. Capt.

29 rooms helping to tell the Thomas Espy Room Tour. The story of Pittsburgh’s immigrant Capt. Thomas Espy Post 153 past. University of Pittsburgh. of the Grand Army of the Oakland. 412-624-6000.

Republic served local Civil War PHIPPS CONSERVATORY & veterans for over 54 years & is BOTANICAL GARDEN. 14 the best preserved & most intact indoor rooms & 3 outdoor GAR post in the United States. gardens feature exotic plants & Carnegie. 412-276-3456. floral displays from around the BRADDOCK’S BATTLEFIELD world. Tropical Forest Congo.

HISTORY CENTER. French An exhibit highlighting some & Indian War. The history of of Africa’s lushest landscapes. the French & Indian War w/ Oakland. 412-622-6914. over 250 artifacts & more.

PHOTO ANTIQUITIES Braddock. 412-271-0800.

MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHIC CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF HISTORY. Displaying 660 NATURAL HISTORY. Pterosaurs: different movie cameras, Flight in the Age of Dinosaurs. showing pictures on glass, Rare fossils, life-size models many hand-painted. The & hands-on interactives to largest display of 19th Century immerse visitors in the winged photographs in America. reptiles’ Jurassic world.

North Side. 412-231-7881.

Dinosaurs in Their Time.

PITTSBURGH ZOO & PPG Displaying immersive AQUARIUM. Home environments spanning to 4,000 animals, the Mesozoic Era including many & original fossil endangered species. specimens.

Highland Park. . w ww per Permanent. Hall of 412-665-3639. a p ty ci h pg Minerals & Gems.

RACHEL CARSON .com Crystal, gems & precious HOMESTEAD. stones from all over the A Reverence for Life. world. Population Impact.

Photos & artifacts of How humans are affecting her life & work. Springdale. the environment. Oakland.

724-274-5459.

412-622-3131.

SENATOR JOHN HEINZ CARNEGIE SCIENCE CENTER. HISTORY CENTER. Toys of H2Oh! Experience kinetic the ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s. More water-driven motion & discover than 500 toys. From Slavery the relations between water, to Freedom. Highlight’s land & habitat. How do everyday Pittsburgh’s role in the antidecisions impact water supply slavery movement. Ongoing: & the environment? Ongoing: Western PA Sports Museum, Buhl Digital Dome (planetarium), Clash of Empires, & exhibits on Miniature Railroad & Village, local history, more. Strip District.

USS Requin submarine & more.

412-454-6000.

North Side. 412-237-3400.

SOLDIERS & SAILORS CHILDREN’S MUSEUM MEMORIAL HALL. War in the OF PITTSBURGH. TapeScape 2.0.

Pacific 1941-1945. Feat. a collection A play exhibit/art installation, of military artifacts showcasing designed by Eric Lennartson, photographs, uniforms, shells that uses more than 10 miles of & other related items. Military tape stretched over steel frames museum dedicated to honoring to create twisting tunnels & military service members since curving walls for children to crawl the Civil War through artifacts through & explore. North Side. & personal mementos. Oakland.

412-322-5058.

412-621-4253.

FALLINGWATER. Tour the famed Frank Lloyd Wright house.

Mill Run. 724-329-8501.

FRICK ART & HISTORICAL CENTER. Ongoing: tours of LE CORSAIRE. The 19thClayton, the Frick estate, century tale of the pirate, w/ classes & programs for all ages.

Conrad & his quest to liberate Point Breeze. 412-371-0600.

Medora, the woman that HARTWOOD ACRES. Tour both he & the powerful Pasha, this Tudor mansion & stable Seyd, love. Presented by complex. Enjoy hikes & outdoor Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. activities in the surrounding park.

April 15-16, 8 p.m. and Sun., Allison Park. 412-767-9200.

April 17, 2 p.m. Benedum Center, KENTUCK KNOB. Tour the Downtown. 412-456-6666. other Frank Lloyd Wright house.

Mill Run. 724-329-8501.

NATIONAL AVIARY. Masters of the Sky. Explore the power & AN AFFAIR TO CARE 2016. grace of the birds who rule the Entertainment, cocktails, hors sky. Majestic eagles, impressive d’oeuvres, & silent auction, condors, stealthy falcons and celebrating 30 years of preventing their friends take center stage! & treating child abuse by Home to more than 600 birds strengthening families & from over 200 species. W/ classes,

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neighborhoods. 5 p.m. Reed Smith LLP, Downtown.

412-363-1702.

SAT 16

ART FOR AUTISM. Live music & more. 7 p.m. James Street Gastropub & Speakeasy, North Side. 412-904-3335.

A GREAT GATSBY AFFAIR- OPERA THEATER OF PITTSBURGH GALA. Dining, dancing & live entertainment. 5:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh Golf Club, Squirrel Hill.

412-621-4530.

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Fig Prosciutto Grilled-Cheese Sandwich at The Umbrella Café There’s nothing quite like that first bite of richly sweet fig mingling with tangy cheese. On toasted multigrain bread, it might keep you happy all afternoon. 951 Liberty Ave., Downtown

SCHWEITZER ‘STACHE BASH. Proceeds going to Pittsburgh Schweitzer Fellowship’s graduate students who work w/ under-served populations all over Pittsburgh.

Food, drinks, and more. 5:30 p.m.

Wigle Whiskey, Strip District.

412-363-0185.

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GIFTS & GAB SPRING SHOPPING EVENT. Portion of proceeds benefits The Center for Women. 6 p.m. The Center for Women, Squirrel Hill.

412-421-4400.

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Broad City Ilana and Abbi are back in season three, and it’s hilarious. Ilana in a dog hoodie, anyone?

10 p.m. Wednesdays on Comedy Central

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Andrew Cockburn’s article in the April Harper’s convincingly argues that the “election-industrial complex,” while vastly enriching political consultants and TV stations, is less effective at actually swaying opinions or mobilizing voters than is face-to-face contact. https://harpers. org/archive/2016/04/down-the-tube/

GERTRUDE STEIN POLITICAL CLUB OF GREATER PITTSBURGH. Meetings of group devoted to LGBT issues in electoral politics.

Second Thu of every month, 7 p.m.

United Cerebral Palsy of Pittsburgh, Oakland. 412-521-2504.

LITERARY THU 14 3 POEMS BY . .

PARNESHIA JONES. 7:30 p.m.

Carnegie Library, Oakland.

412-622-3151.

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.

SAMUEL HAZO & PARNESHIA JONES. Pennsylvania’s first state poet & the author of “Vessel: Poems,” read poetry. www. pittsburghlectures. org. 6 p.m. Carnegie Lecture Hall, Oakland.

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The National Aviary’s Condor Court The bird zoo’s expansive outdoor exhibit features a walking path where visitors can view two pairs of Andean condors and a bald eagle, all without paying admission. 700 Arch St., North Side

IRMA FREEMAN CENTER FOR IMAGINATION. Witness Aleppo: Photographs, Stories & Sound from Pre-war Syria.

An exhibition of Syrian music & photography from Jason Hamacher’s archives of pre-war Syria. Garfield. 412-924-0634.

LAROCHE COLLEGE. This is Cuba. An exhibit of student photography developed as part of a recent study abroad experience in Cuba.

Cantellops Art Gallery.

Wexford. 800-838-4572.

MARKET SQUARE. Mix-NMatching. Work by Allard van Hoorn. Market Square Public Art Program. www.

DowntownPittsburgh.com.

Downtown. 412-471-1511.

MATTRESS FACTORY. Ongoing Installations.

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

412-231-3169.

MERRICK ART GALLERY. Beaver Valley Artists Juried Exhibition. Works by local artists in oil paintings, watercolor, pastels, jewelry, pottery, more.

New Brighton. 724-846-1130.

MINE FACTORY. Controlled Chaos. Mixed media work

by Jesse Best. Homewood. www.minefactory.tumblir.com.

MORGAN CONTEMPORARY GLASS GALLERY. teapots!10.

Celebrating 10 years of sculptural teapots w/ its largest exhibition to date 13 regional plus 50 international artists.

Shadyside. 412-441-5200.

NEU KIRCHE CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER. The Seen & The Unseen. New works by local artists Matthew Conboy, Lori Hepner & Jimmy Riordan.

Artist talk April 16, 2-3 p.m.

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WORDPLAY. Live story telling w/ a real time soundtrack.

April 15-16, 8 p.m., Aug. 26-27, 8 p.m. and Nov. 18-19, 8 p.m.

Bricolage, Downtown.

412-471-0999.

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JASMIN SINGER. A reading & talk from the author of “Always Too Much and Never Enough: A Memoir.” r e p a p ty 5 p.m. Mixtape, pghci m .co Garfield. 412-661-1727.

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PITT-GREENSBURG WRITERS FESTIVAL. Chicago authors Ben Tanzer & Joseph Peterson, a Pitt Year of the Humanities celebration of stories & storytellers, an alumni writers reunion, more. University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, Greensburg. www.greensburg. pitt.edu.

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BETH GEISLER. Book signing.

2 p.m. Classic Lines, Squirrel Hill.

412-331-9642.

TUE 19 2016 PITT POETS - MFA GRADUATES READING. Poetry reading by Emily Hopkins, Kelly Andrews, Cameron Barnett &

North Side. 412-322-2224.

PANZA GALLERY. FUTURE/ PRESENT. Member artists & invited guests were asked to create one or two pieces of art in any medium, including 3-D & film/video, that expresses their individual impressions, interpretations or reactions to the concept of FUTURE/ PRESENT. Millvale.

412-821-0959.

PERCOLATE. Regeneration.

New artwork by Samir Elsabee, Jacob McCauley, Jenn Wertz & Bob Ziller. Wilkinsburg.

412-606-1220.

PITTSBURGH CENTER FOR THE ARTS. 2016 Solo & Collaborative Exhibits. Work by Sarika Goulatia, Patrick Schmidt, John Tronsor, Elise Wells, Dafna Rehavia, Katie Rearick & Rachel Saul, Scott Hunter, Robert Howsare, Nicole Crock & Anna Boyle. Shadyside. 412-361-0873.

PITTSBURGH FILMMAKERS. Group Show. Work by Ed Murray, Denise Bell, Debra Phillips, Bob Olson, Jennifer Sanchez, Jake Reinhart & Dan Quigley. Oakland. 412-681-5449.

PITTSBURGH GLASS CENTER. Lifeforms. An exhibition of the best biological glass models made in the spirit of the famous 19th & 20th century models of invertebrates & plants made

by Rudolf & Leopold Blaschka for the Harvard University’s Botanical Museum. Friendship.

412-365-2145.

REVISION SPACE. For The Win / Fare Thee Well. For two & a half years, Revision Space has held 16 exhibitions & presented dozens of artists through solo & group shows.

The time has come to close our storefront space in upper Lawrenceville. Let’s celebrate

Kamala Gopalakrishman. 6 p.m.

The University Store on Fifth, Oakland. 412-648-1453.

ELLEN MCGRATH SMITH, FRED SHAW & BOB WALICKI. 7:30 p.m. City Books, North Side.

412-481-7555.

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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TALES FOR 2S & 3S. A story time specifically geared for toddlers who are 24-36 months old w/ a caregiver. Thu, 10:30 a.m. Thru April 28 Baldwin Borough Public Library, Baldwin.

412-885-2255.

SAT 16 ALEXANDRA BODNARCHUK, DANCER & CHOREOGRAPHER. Learn the art of translating

the accomplishments & reputation we developed in the contemporary art scene in Pittsburgh. Lawrenceville.

412-735-3201.

SOCIETY FOR CONTEMPORARY CRAFT SATELLITE GALLERY. The Invisible One. Insight into the loneliness & confusion felt by stigmatized individuals. The three artists on display present hope for awareness, action & understanding through a variety of works composed of wood, fiber, clay & mixed media. Downtown.

412-261-7003.

SPINNING PLATE GALLERY. WaterWorks 2016. New works in watercolor & other water media presented by Pittsburgh Watercolor Society. Friendship.

SWEETWATER CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Interwoven States Exhibition. Juried exhibition highlighting the diverse textile practices of our regional fiber arts community & the creativity in which artists express contemporary aesthetics & concepts. Sewickley.

412-741-4405.

TUGBOAT PRINT SHOP. Tugboat Printshop Showroom.

Open showroom w/ the artists.

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

412-980-0884.

THE UNION HALL. Being In. Work by Kara Skylling.

Strip District. 412-471-1900.

WESTMORELAND MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART. Telling Tales: Stories & Legends in 19th Century American Art. 53 pieces that portray themes of American ambition, pride & the spiritual elements of American life. Greensburg. 724-837-1500.

words & ideas into full body movements or small intricate gestures & collaborate w/ one another to form a unique dance. 2-4 p.m., April 20-21, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and Sat., April 23, 1-3:30 p.m.

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

BUZZWORD PITTSBURGH: HIP HOP FUNDAMENTALS. A live break dancing performance.

This group uses interactive dance to explore Hip Hop’s rich cultural history. For more information, call 412-471-6079 or email buzzword@trustarts.org.

1 p.m. PAEYC Homewood Early Learning Hub, Squirrel Hill.

412-421-3889.

SUN 17 THE FLOOR IS LAVA. Get active w/ a re-imagined version of the floor is lava w/ City of Play. 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

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

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RUN4FUN. Train kids to participate & complete a 5K run/race by 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.

ONCE UPON A WEDNESDAY. Each week, a new fairy tale will be introduced as well as an accompanying craft.

This creative program is geared for ages 4 & under, but all are welcome to attend.

Registration required. Wed, 10:30 a.m. Thru April 27 Baldwin Borough Public Library, Baldwin.

412-885-2255.

more information email cs4wpmc@gmail.com or visit wpamushroomclub.org.

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MAKER STORY TIME. Explore tools, materials & processes inspired by books. Listen to stories read by librarian-turned-Teaching Artist Molly. Mon, 11 a.m.-12 p.m.

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

WED 20 ALEXANDRA BODNARCHUK, DANCER & CHOREOGRAPHER. Learn the art of translating words & ideas into full body movements or small intricate gestures & collaborate w/ one another to form a unique dance. 2-4 p.m., April 20-21, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and Sat., April 23, 1-3:30 p.m. Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, North Side.

412-322-5058.

MOVEMENT & STORIES. Move & groove while you share stories & songs. For children ages 3-8 & their families.

Wed, 1:15 p.m. Thru April 20 Mount Lebanon Public Library, Mt. Lebanon. 412-531-1912.

THURSDAY ADULT NATURE WALK. Free & open to ages 18 & older. Meets rain or shine every Thursday of the year.

Naturalists guide these walks.

Thu, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. North Park, Allison Park. 724-935-1766.

FRI 15 - SAT 16

APRIL STAR PARTY. See Jupiter and the Great Orion Nebula. Hosted by Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh. Weather permitting.

724-224-2510. April 15-16, 8 p.m.

Wagman Observatory, Tarentum.

724-224-2510.

SAT 16 THE WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA MUSHROOM CLUB WALK. Pia van de Venne, President of Friends of Murrysville Parks & WPMC mycologist La Monte Yarroll look for mushrooms. For

EVERYONE IS A CRITIC EVENT: Sean Dorsey Dance’s The Missing Generation at Kelly-Strayhorn Theater, East Liberty

WED 20 WEDNESDAY MORNING WALK. Naturalist-led, rain or shine. Wed Beechwood Farms, Fox Chapel.

412-963-6100.

INTERCULTURAL COMMUNITY LIVING LECTURE. For more information or to RSVP, visit www.duq.edu/ css or call 412-396-4824. Africa Room. 4 p.m. Duquesne University, Uptown. 412-396-6000.

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

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.

CRITIC: Sarah Bloethe, 25, a student from North Oakland WHEN: Fri.,

April 08

It was modern dance. It’s really free-form, ballet-like.

The music was not limited to instrumentals. I could tell they were trying to describe feelings when the dancers were synced-up, together. It told the story [of the AIDS generation] really well. If it would have just been dance [without survivor interviews], I would have been confused. I loved the lighting, it was very evocative.

The club scene had nice flashing red and blue lights.

Sometimes hip-hop culture uses club scenes to evoke sexuality, similar to this. It was nice that they didn’t have to say it, they evoked it. The Q&A added a bit at the end, too. I liked hearing about the dancers’ collaboration.

I love how I was born in 1990 and was a baby at the time of the AIDS epidemic, but they made it very easy to understand and access the story. It made you feel things.

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THU 14 - SUN 17 2016 JFILM FESTIVAL. Multiple locations. For a full schedule, visit www.jfilmpgh.org.

412-992-5203.

ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL. For a full schedule visits www.italianfilmfests.org.

Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Oakland. 412-624-4125.

THU 14 - WED 20 ALLEGHENY COUNTY MARBLES PROGRAM. Tournaments, game play & learning to play marbles. Free to children ages 14 & under.

Various locations. For a full schedule, visit www.allegheny county.us/parks/about/programs/ marbles-program.aspx.

FRI 15

21+ SCI-FI. Attend a showing of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, mingle with members of the Steel City Ghostbusters, discover the origins of Science Fiction w/ a show featuring our large Tesla coil & explore futuristic technology such as 3D printing. 6-10 p.m. Carnegie Science Center, North Side.

412-237-3400.

BLOOD/WATER/PAINT. A staged reading of a retelling of the true story of Artemisia Gentileschi, an Italian Baroque painter now considered one of the most accomplished of her generation who battled to rise above the most devastating

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event in her life & fight for justice despite horrific consequences. Rm. 602. www.humanities.pitt.edu. 5 p.m.

Cathedral of Learning, Oakland.

412-621-9339.

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.

LIFE & MUSIC OF DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH. Dr. Cleon Cornes presents this six-week exploration of the musical genius Dmitri Shostakovich. Fri. Mount Lebanon Public Library, Mt. Lebanon. 412-531-1912.

MODERNIST ARCHITECTURE WALKING TOUR. Take a walking tour & learn about Allegheny Center’s history, artworks, & modernist architecture from Raymund Ryan. 7 p.m. Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, North Side.

412-391-2060.

FRI 15 - SAT 16

DAVID LONDON. Combines magic w/ storytelling, puppetry, comedy & that which cannot be defined to create original shows of magic . April 15-16, 8 p.m. Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre, Downtown.

SPRING GALLERY WALK. 15 exhibitions , music, wine

& artist receptions. 5-9 p.m. and Sat., April 16, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Sewickley Gallery, Sewickley.

412-741-5858.

FRI 15 - SUN 17 PITTSBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL. 19 national & local troupes & performers in five Northside venues.

For a full schedule, visit www.pittsburghfringefestival.org.

STEEL CITY CON. Comic book convention. Vendors, speakers, signings & more. www.steelcitycon. com. Monroeville Convention Center, Monroeville.

SAT 16 BUTLER PARANORMAL CONFERENCE. Multi media displays, book signings, vendor booths, raffle & speakers. www.boru-ufo.com.

10 a.m.-7 p.m. Tanglewood Event Center, Butler. 724-287-0021.

GARDEN TALKS & CONVERSATIONS W/ THE COURTYARD GARDEN EXPERTS. Vanessa Burnes will discuss Soil Amending for a Healthy Garden. 10 a.m.

Mount Lebanon Public Library, Mt. Lebanon. 412-531-1912.

GREENHOUSE HORTICULTURAL SERIES TRANSPLANTING. Practice transplanting techniques with various organically grown plants.

Environmental Learning Center.

1-3 p.m. Harrison Hills Park, Natrona Heights. 724-295-3570.

HOMEBREW DEMO & SAMPLING COMPETITION. Smell & taste the brewing process w/ the Three Rivers Underground Brewers (T.R.U.B.).

A variety of home brewing techniques will be demonstrated as they make beer in the park.

12-6 p.m. Home Economics Building, South Park.

PITTSBURGH TATTOO COMPANY. Recycled, Reclaimed, & Repurposed: An Art Show. Free event, light refreshment, art & entertainment. Downtown.

412-201-9075.

SPRING FROLIC – CLASSIC GAMES OF THE 20TH CENTURY. An evening w/ a variety of games of skill, games of chance & board games hosted by the Westmoreland County Historical Society. Reservations at 724-532-1935 x 215.

6-9 p.m. Westmoreland County Courthouse, Greensburg.

SPRING STREAM CLEAN-UP. Parking lot bottom of Lancaster Avenue in Lower Frick Park. 9 a.m. Fern Hollow Nature Center, Sewickley.

412-371-8779.

STEEL CITY ROLLER DERBY. Double header: Steel City vs Central Ohio & Nashville. 7 p.m. Romp n Roll, Glenshaw. 412-486-4117.

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.

WALK A MILE IN HER SHOES. Men from all walks of life will walk one mile in women’s high-heeled shoes to bring nearness against the social norms that perpetuate domestic & sexual violence. 9 a.m. St. Clair Park, Greensburg.

WORST TATTOO COMPETITION. 8:30 p.m.

Murder Room, South Side.

412-610-2052.

SUN 17 ACTING & ACTIVISM CLASS. Sun, 5:30 p.m.

Thru May 9 Percolate, Wilkinsburg. 412-607-4297.

CAROLINA SHAG/SWING DANCE. 4 p.m. Royal Place, Castle Shannon. 724-728-7222.

SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION LEADERSHIP TRAINING. A training session geared towards community organizers, event planners & business owners, focusing on topics such as the bystander approach, language for promotional events & intervention tactics. Led by Pittsburgh Action Against Rape (PAAR) Prevention Services staff.

Contact highergoodcoalition@

gmail.com to register. 2-3:30 p.m.

Legume Bistro, Oakland.

412-621-2700.

SUNDAY ASSEMBLY PITTSBURGH. Secular congregation that celebrates life. Live better, help often, wonder more. 10 a.m. Repair the World’s Workshop, East Liberty.

724-650-3104.

WALDMAN INTERNATIONAL ARTS & WRITING AWARD COMPETITION WINNERS RECOGNITION EVENT. 11 a.m.

Carnegie Lecture Hall, Oakland.

412-421-1500.

MON 18

ALTON BROWN LIVE: EAT YOUR SCIENCE. Songs, multimedia presentations, talk-show antics & potentially dangerous food demonstrations.

8 p.m. Benedum Center, Downtown. 412-456-6666.

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.

THE WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA MUSHROOM CLUB. Olga Tzogas will tell us about Smugtown’s business of growing mushrooms, teaching workshops on mushroom cultivation & offering the supplies to grow mushrooms indoors or outdoors. 7 p.m. Beechwood Farms, Fox Chapel. 412-963-6100.

AD USUM, TO BE USED. Pedro Reyes, sculptor-artist activist. www.humanities.pitt.edu.

Rm. 602. 5:30 p.m. Cathedral of Learning, Oakland. 412-621-9339.

ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE SHOWCASE. Musical performances & artwork featuring intersections between the arts & sciences. www.humanities.pitt.edu.

12-3 p.m. William Pitt Union, Oakland. 412-648-7814.

IMPROV ACTING CLASS. THE ILLUSIONISTS. Magic tricks, Mon, 7 p.m. Thru May 10 stunts & acts of wonder from five Percolate, Wilkinsburg. illusionists. April 19-21, 7:30 p.m., 412-607-4297.

Fri., April 22, 8 p.m., Sat., April 23, MT. LEBANON GENEALOGY 2 & 8 p.m. and Sun., April 24, 1 & SOCIETY. Carol Hoffman, 6:30 p.m. Heinz Hall, Downtown.

Ph.D and president of LitvakSIG, 412-392-4900. the Lithuanian-Jewish Special Interest Group, will discuss Lithuanian Jewry & how to FLEET FEET SPEED SQUAD. trace one’s roots in Lithuania At the track. Coach Alex from Fleet & through online databases.

Feet Sports Pittsburgh hosts weekly 1 p.m. Mount Lebanon Wednesday night speed workouts.

Public Library, Mt. Lebanon.

The workouts are free & open to 412-531-1912. the public. Anyone who wants to ROBOTO MONTHLY improve their speed & form are MEETING. Meet w/ the encouraged to join. Wed, Roboto board of directors to 7 p.m. Jefferson Elementary, find out what’s happening Mt. Lebanon. 412-851-9100. at the space & help guide its FULLTIME FESTIVAL. A 5 day, future. Third Mon of every city wide collection of individually month, 7 p.m. The Mr. planned events from PittsburghRoboto Project, Bloomfield. based creative people 412-853-0518. including a Lawrenceville ROSÉ WINE CLASS Pop-Up tour, a THINK PINK! As the Creative/Maker panel mercury rises it’s discussion, Spring open . www per the perfect time house at Radiant Hall a p ty ci pgh m of year to enjoy a & a music series at East .co class of Rosé or two.

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

Dreadnought Wines, Union Project, Highland Park.

Lawrenceville. 412-391-8502.

412-363-4550.

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BOXES & WALLS. Each room in the tour will be designed to focus on historically oppressed groups, cultures, or social-justice concerns named by students. www.humanities.pitt.edu.

April 18-19, 8-10 p.m. O’Hara Student Center, Oakland.

TUE 19 ADVOCACY FOR WOMEN & GIRLS AT THE UNITED NATIONS. 7 p.m. Mount Lebanon Public Library, Mt. Lebanon.

412-531-1912.

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AUDITIONS LITTLE LAKE THEATRE COMPANY. Auditions for men & women, aged 20-50, for roles in “Anna in the Tropics.”

Cold readings, appointment recommended, call 724-745-6300 to schedule a time, www.littlelake. org. April 17, 1 p.m.- 3 p.m. Thru April 17. Little Lake Theatre, Canonsburg. 724-745-6300.

MINDHUNTER EXTRAS OPEN CALL. Mosser Casting is looking for new faces for the Netflix series,“Mindhunter.”

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galleries for 2017. Exhibits run from 1 to 2 months. Ongoing.

412-721-0943.

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

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

724-219-0804.

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. For more info or to apply, visit http://www. mtlebanonartistsmarket.com.

Thru May 1.

THE POET BAND COMPANY. Seeking various types of poetry.

Contact wewuvpoetry@hotmail. com Ongoing.

PURE: THE 6TH ANNUAL WOMEN’S EXHIBITION. Please include 5 jpg. file samples, artist statement & bio/resume. 2D & 3D work will be accepted. All submissions can be sent to 28westsecondgallery@ gmail.com. Thru April 25. 28 West Second Gallery & Studio Space,

SUBMISSIONS 28 WEST SECOND GALLERY & STUDIO SPACE. Accepting submissions for PURE: The 6th Annual Women’s Exhibition. All submissions can be sent to 28westsecondgallery@gmail.com.

Please include 5 jpg. file samples, artist statement & bio/resume.

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THE WATSON INSTITUTE SPECIAL KICK CLINIC

The Watson Institute and the Pittsburgh Riverhounds are seeking volunteers for their upcoming Special Kick Clinic on April 24 from 1-3 p.m. at Highmark Stadium on the South Side. This is an afternoon of soccer for kids with special needs and their siblings. Volunteers will accompany the children through the day’s soccer drills.

For more information and to fill out a volunteer form, visit www.thewatsoninstitute.org.

POINT PARK UNIVERSITY’S THE REP. Equity Principal auditions by appointment for the production of “I’m Gonna Pray For You So Hard.” Cold readings, singing. Photograph & resume. Availability from 11 a.m.– 7 p.m., April 19. For an appt. 412-392-8141 or e-mail kmartin@pointpark.edu. Thru April 19. Pittsburgh Playhouse, Oakland. 412-392-8000.

POOR YORICK’S PLAYERS 2016 SEASON. Auditions for Henry IV, part 1 & Julius Caesar. April 16 & 17. Call for appointment. Thru April 17. Tall Trees Amphitheater, Monroeville. 724-961-3234.

PRIME STAGE. Auditions for 15 Minutes Of Fame. April 15, 5 - 10 p.m. Prepare a one-minute monologue or song. Appointment only. Thru April 15, 5 p.m. Prime Stage Theatre Rehearsal Studio, West End. 724-773-0700.

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.

Thru April 19. East Liberty Presbyterian Church, East Liberty.

412-345-1722.

UNIONTOWN STATE THEATER FOR THE ARTS. Bring 32 bars of a song in the style of the show & dress in comfortable clothing. Auditions on April 16 for those 14 & under 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. & for those 15 & over from 1:30 3:30 p.m. April 17 for those 14 & under 12 - 1 p.m. & for those 15 & over 1:30 - 3 p.m. For information contact johnf wagneriii@gmail.com or call the theater at 724-439-1360.

Thru April 17. State Theatre Center for the Arts, Uniontown.

724-439-1360.

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724-205-9033.

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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 to apply is May 31, or when 300 entries are received. To apply visit www.renewfestival.com.

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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. sidewallproject. wordpress.com. Thru May 1. sidewall, Bloomfield.

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Savage Love {BY DAN SAVAGE}

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The first hit is free.

Actually, so are all the others.

I’m a 52-year-old straight guy from Australia, 29 years married. About eight years ago, I met a lady through work and we became friends, with our friendship continuing after she moved on to a different job. We meet up for coffee occasionally, and we share a love of cycling and kayaking, which we also do together on occasion. Both of us are in long-term, committed monogamous relationships. Our friendship is strictly platonic, sharing our love of riding and paddling. Neither of our partners shares our interest in these outdoor pursuits. My friend does not feel safe doing these activities alone, so often depends on my company for safety as well. The problem is that my wife gets jealous of the time we spend together and wants me to cut off contact with my friend. My wife does not trust my friend not to “take advantage” of our friendship. My relationship with my wife is the most important one in my life, so I am prepared to say goodbye to my friend.

How do I say goodbye in a respectful, caring and loving way? If she asks why we cannot be friends, I don’t want to tell her, “Because my wife doesn’t trust you not to try to get inside my pants (or cycling shorts),” as that would be hurtful.

PADDLING AND RIDING TERMINATES

more than likely, he’ll just want to watch me do it. Still, it’s kind of nice having this one thing that belongs only to me.

SECRET MASTURBATOR OBLIGATED OVER SPANKING HOTNESS?

You could hold this back, SMOOSH, and keep it all for yourself. But I don’t see why you would want to. As sexy secrets go, “There’s one particular position I like to masturbate in” is pretty boring. Unless you need to be positioned beside a life-size Ted Cruz sex doll to get off, there’s really no reason to keep this secret.

I am totally with your German friend, who wouldn’t do Nazi role-play “in six million years.” I’ve been in a similar position — not quite Holocaust level, but not far off. I’m a white British guy. A while back, while living in the U.K., I was dating a woman from Bangalore. She revealed — after her face lit up when I dressed in a way that made me “look like a colonialist” (her words) — that her deepest fantasy was to be an Indian slave girl raped by an English imperialist. And then, living in the U.S. a few years later, I was dating a black woman. We got to talking about the kinks of exes. I told her about this one, and she revealed that her own fantasy was to be the slave on a 19thcentury plantation, raped by her white owner. How about some advice for the human fetish objects in these scenarios, Dan? I didn’t want to stigmatize these women for their sexual desires, and I wanted to be GGG, but it was, frankly, hard (or not, as it were). Being asked to act out roles I feel guilty about, and to use the kind of racial epithets I make every effort to avoid … the guilt is a boner-killer. Any tips on how a GGG partner can get past this kind of mental block?

“YOUR FRIEND HAS A RIGHT TO KNOW SHE’S AS BLAMELESS AS YOU ARE SPINELESS.”

Your friend is going to waste a lot of time wondering what she did wrong, PART, if you don’t tell her the real reason you can’t hang out with her anymore. And guess what? This not knowing will cause her more hurt than the truth could. So tell your friend the real reason she’s out of your life: You’re terminating your friendship because your wife is an insecure bag of slop who regards her as a threat. Your friend has a right to know she’s as blameless as you are spineless. Forgive me for being harsh, PART, but I think standing up to your wife, not dropping your friend, is the best approach to this situation.

Before I got married, I asked husband repeatedly about fantasies and kinks, so that we had full disclosure going in. It led to some fun stuff in the bedroom, but we’re both pretty low-grade kinksters.

Now I realize that I do something that I have never told him about: It’s the way that I masturbate. I started when I was 5 or 6, because it felt good. Got chided by parents and teachers for doing it in public and learned to keep it hidden. And so ever since, it’s been my secret thing. I think it has helped me orgasm in that I knew how early on, but it has also made it more difficult to come in positions that don’t mimic the masturbating position.

Husband likes the idea of me coming in different positions, and I’ve managed now and again, but he doesn’t know why I’m set in my ways. We’ve been together for 10 years, but I have never shared this. Should I tell him? Part of me is afraid that he will think I’m weird. But

I MIGHT PLAY EVERY ROLE I’M ASKED LESS IDEOLOGICALLY-SCRUPULOUS MOTIVES

Actors play Nazis in hit movies, British colonialists for prestigious BBC miniseries and serial killers on long-running television shows. I don’t see why playing monsters in entertainments devised for millions wins Oscars (Christoph Waltz for playing a Nazi in Inglourious Basterds), BAFTAs (Tim Pigott-Smith for playing a brutal colonialist in The Jewel in the Crown) and Golden Globes, but playing a monster for an audience of one should outrage “subsequent girlfriends” or anyone else.

My advice for people asked to play monsters in the bedroom mirrors my advice to a gay guy attracted to degrading “antigay” gay porn: “A person can safely explore degrading fantasies — even fantasies rooted in ‘hate ideologies’ — so long as he/she is capable of compartmentalizing this stuff. If you can build a fire wall between their fantasies and your politics and beliefs, IMPERIALISM, go for it. If you can’t, don’t.

On the Lovecast, Dan chats with writer Peggy Orenstein: savagelovecast.com.

SEND YOUR QUESTIONS TO MAIL@SAVAGELOVE.NET AND FIND THE SAVAGE LOVECAST (DAN’S WEEKLY PODCAST) AT SAVAGELOVECAST.COM

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ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19): “When I discover who I am, I’ll be free,” said novelist Ralph Ellison. Would you consider making that a paramount theme in the coming weeks? Will you keep it in the forefront of your mind, and be vigilant for juicy clues that might show up in the experiences headed your way?

In suggesting that you do, I’m not guaranteeing that you will gather numerous extravagant insights about your true identity and thereby achieve a blissful eruption of total liberation. But I suspect that at the very least you will understand previously hidden mysteries about your primal nature. And as they come into focus, you will indeed be led in the direction of cathartic emancipation.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “We never know the wine we are becoming while we are being crushed like grapes,” said author Henri Nouwen. I don’t think that’s true in your case, Taurus. Any minute now, you could get a clear intuition about what wine you will ultimately turn into once the grape-crushing stage ends. So my advice is to expect that clear intuition. Once you’re in possession of it, I bet the crushing will begin to feel more like a massage — maybe even a series of strong but tender caresses.

one of his histrionic poems: “What beast must I worship? What sacred images should I destroy?

What hearts shall I break? What lies am I supposed to believe?” I encourage you to articulate salty sentiments like these in the coming days — with the understanding that by venting your intensity you won’t need to actually act it all out in real life. In other words, allow your fantasy life and creative artistry to be boisterous outlets for emotions that shouldn’t necessarily get translated into literal behavior.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20):

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):

Your sustaining mantra for the coming weeks comes from Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer: “I am not empty; I am open.” Say that aloud whenever you’re inclined to feel lonely or lost.

“I am not empty; I am open.” Whisper it to yourself as you wonder about the things that used to be important but no longer are. “I am not empty; I am open.” Allow it to loop through your imagination like a catchy song lyric whenever you’re tempted to feel melancholy about vanished certainties or unavailable stabilizers or missing fillers. “I am not empty; I am open.”

CANCER (June 21-July 22): According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you are close to tapping into hidden powers, dormant talents and future knowledge.

Truths that have been off-limits are on the verge of catching your attention and revealing themselves. Secrets you have been concealing from yourself are ready to be plucked and transformed.

And now I will tell you a trick you can use that will enable you to fully cash in on these pregnant possibilities: Don’t adopt a passive wait-and-see attitude. Don’t expect everything to happen on its own. Instead, be a willful magician who aggressively collects and activates the potential gifts.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): This would be a perfect moment to give yourself a new nickname like “Sugar Pepper” or “Honey Chili” or “Itchy Sweet.” It’s also a favorable time to explore the joys of running in slow motion or getting a tattoo of a fierce howling bunny or having gentle sex standing up. This phase of your cycle is most likely to unfold with maximum effectiveness if you play along with its complicated, sometimes paradoxical twists and turns. The more willing you are to celebrate life’s riddles as blessings in disguise, the more likely you’ll be to use the riddles to your advantage.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Right about now you might be feeling a bit extreme, maybe even zealous or melodramatic. I wouldn’t be surprised if you were tempted to make outlandish expostulations similar to those that the poet Arthur Rimbaud articulated in

Adyashanti is my favorite mind-scrambling philosopher. One of his doses of crazy wisdom is just what you need to hear right now. “Whatever you resist you become,” he says. “If you resist anger, you are always angry. If you resist sadness, you are always sad. If you resist suffering, you are always suffering. If you resist confusion, you are always confused. We think that we resist certain states because they are there, but actually they are there because we resist them.” Can you wrap your imagination around Adyashanti’s counsel, Libra? I hope so, because the key to dissipating at least some of the dicey stuff that has been tweaking you lately is to STOP RESISTING IT!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): During every election season, media pundits exult in criticizing candidates who have altered their opinions about important issues. This puzzles me. In my understanding, an intelligent human is always learning new information about how the world works, and is therefore constantly evolving his or her beliefs and ideas. I don’t trust people who stubbornly cling to all of their musty dogmas. I bring this to your attention, Scorpio, because the coming weeks will be an especially ripe time for you to change your mind about a few things, some of them rather important. Be alert for the cues and clues that will activate dormant aspects of your wisdom.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “Go back to where you started and learn to love it more.” So advised Thaddeus Golas in his book The Lazy Man’s Guide to Enlightenment. I think that’s exactly what you should do right now, Capricorn. To undertake such a quest would reap long-lasting benefits. Here’s what I propose: First, identify three dreams that are important for your future. Next, brainstorm about how you could return to the roots of your relationships with them. Finally, reinvigorate your love for those dreams. Supercharge your excitement about them.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “What am I doing here in mid-air?” asks Ted Hughes in his poem “Wodwo.” Right about now you might have an urge to wonder that yourself.

The challenging part of your situation is that you’re unanchored, unable to find a firm footing.

The fun part is that you have an unusual amount of leeway to improvise and experiment. Here’s a suggestion: Why not focus on the fun part for now? You just may find that doing so will minimize the unsettled feelings. I suspect that as a result you will also be able to accomplish some interesting and unexpected work.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): How many fireflies would you have to gather in order to create a light as bright as the sun? Entomologist Cole Gilbert estimates the number to be 14,286,000,000. That’s probably beyond your ability to accomplish, Pisces, so I don’t recommend you attempt it. But I bet you could pull off a more modest feat with a similar theme: accumulating a lot of small influences that add up to a big effect. Now is an excellent time to capitalize on the power of gradual, incremental progress.

Let’s meet in dreams sometime soon. Describe to me the adventures you’d like us to have together. FreeWillAstrology.com

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

Friedrich Nietzsche published his first book, The Birth of Tragedy, in 1872, when he was 28 years old. In 1886, he put out a revised edition that included a preface entitled “An Attempt at SelfCriticism.” In this unprecedented essay, he said that he now found his text “clumsy and embarrassing, its images frenzied and confused, sentimental, uneven in pace, so sure of its convictions that it is above any need for proof.” And yet he also glorified The Birth of Tragedy, praising it for its powerful impact on the world, for its “strange knack of seeking out its fellow-revelers and enticing them on to new secret paths and dancing-places.” In accordance with the astrological omens, Sagittarius, I invite you to engage

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