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EVENTS 5.26 – 11am POP GENERATION: GROWING UP WARHOL For the generation that inspired Warhol, Pop Generation features educational tours exclusively for older adults, age 65 and over. Email popgeneration@warhol.org or call Leah Morelli at 412.237.8389. Tickets $10/FREE Members

6.2 – 8pm IN DISCUSSION: AI WEIWEI AND ERIC SHINER Carnegie Music Hall (Oakland) This program is co-presented with Carnegie Museum of Art. Tickets $10

6.3 – 10am-10pm FREE COMMUNITY DAY & PUBLIC OPENING: ANDY WARHOL | AI WEIWEI This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

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6.17 – 7pm IN DISCUSSION: ALISON KLAYMAN, DIRECTOR & PRODUCER OF AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY The Warhol theater. FREE

The Andy Warhol Museum receives state arts funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency and The Heinz Endowments. Further support is provided by the Allegheny Regional Asset District.

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N 2013, City Paper wrote about a publictransit map that includes seven proposed light-rail lines, extending 233 miles throughout Allegheny County and beyond. The map went viral and found its way on to T-shirts, posters and iPhone cases. Recently, the map resurfaced in a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette column and reignited enthusiasm. And while the map has Pittsburghers dreaming about taking subways everywhere imaginable, some harsh realities may stand in the way. The map proposes 207 additional lightrail miles and, according to the map creator’s own estimate, that would cost $7.25 billion. (Transit experts say this number could easily be tripled.) Port Authority’s 2016 capital budget is $175 million. “That is so expensive, that is so outside our scope,” says Port Authority of Allegheny County CEO Ellen McLean. “If an act

of God gave us the billions of dollars it requires, I am sure that the political leaders would like to do that. But there is no sense in us sitting back and contemplating our navel on that one.”

While they might not be on a grand scale, important changes are on the horizon for public transportation in the region {BY RYAN DETO} The fact is, transit ofﬁcials and advocates don’t need to dream about maps that will never be ﬁnancially feasible, because changes are coming to the region’s publictransportation system. Plans to improve development near transit stations are already

in the works, as is a pilot program that will reduce wait-times at traffic signals. Potential projects include bus rapid-transit expansions and even a driverless shuttle line from Oakland to Hazelwood. And while some plans are more ambitious than others, officials have begun looking for funding, and all the projects have drawn both support and criticism from politicians and advocates. In fact, most of them could start making a difference in the next few years, not the next few decades. Sean Luther, of public/private partnership Envision Downtown, thinks this is for the best. He emphasizes the importance of starting public-transportation improvements now, so Pittsburgh can compete with other mid-size cities that are likely to receive an influx of workers as major cities become too crowded and expensive. He references a story in which the rideCONTINUES ON PG. 08

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hailing company Uber stated it is having trouble finding people to fill positions at its Pittsburgh advanced-technology lab, where the company is creating driverless cars. “Uber is trying to get the same [caliber] of people that are going to San Francisco, Austin and Seattle,” says Luther. “Those people want to be able to ride their bike to work and take transit.” Chris Sandvig, a transit expert who works at Pittsburgh Community Redevelopment Group, agrees. “We have a small window where people are looking at us, and if we don’t start making things happen, they are going to look elsewhere,” he says. One of the plans that could make an immediate impact is Transit Oriented Development. TOD has become the new buzzword at the Port Authority. (PAT is the first transit agency in the state to create TOD guidelines.) These guidelines lay out methodology to make sure new housing, retail and job centers have easy access to transit stations with frequent service. Plans are in the works for a 150-unit apartment complex and retail development surrounding the Castle Shannon T station in the South Hills; the revamped East Liberty Transit Station, with apartments and businesses adjacent to the stop, is almost complete. The benefits of TOD are obvious: When people live near good transit, they have easier access to jobs and can save money related to car ownership. On the streets, vehicular traffic is reduced. Development near transit can also spark neighborhood revitalization. Port Authority and the city are also looking at potential transit-oriented development in other South Hills communities and in the East End. Additionally, PCRG is trying to sell the virtues of TOD on the busway in Wilkinsburg and Swissvale. Molly Nichols of Pittsburghers for Public Transit, a transportation-advocacy group, also believes TOD can provide poor communities a step up on the economic ladder. “If they are living near the best transit service, they have the opportunity to move forward with their lives,” she says. Nichols points out that the publicly funded projects in East Liberty and Castle Shannon do not contain enough units of affordable housing. Castle Shannon, for example, has none. “Any development happening near good transit service needs to be open to every member of the public, especially those that use transit,” says Nichols. “People are working to make ends meet, they are living in places that they can’t access the things they need.”

Another project that is already positively impacting the area’s transit is a computerized traffic-signal system called Sur Trac. The Carnegie Mellon-developed technology utilizes machine-learning computers in combination with radar technology at intersections to track the flow of traffic more efficiently. For example, if an intersection has 20 cars coming one direction, and one car traveling another direction, the system can give priority to the 20 cars. Stan Caldwell, director of Traffic 21, a transportation-research institute at CMU, says the system (which already operates at 49 intersections in East Liberty and Bloomfield) has already reduced wait times by 40 percent and cut auto emissions by 20 percent. Caldwell also says the technology can be used to improve riding the bus. For example, if a bus doesn’t have to stop, it can communicate with the computer, which would keep the light green to shorten travel times, according to Caldwell. PAT spokesperson Adam Brandolph says Sur Trac technology is not currently deployed on PAT buses, but putting it on buses is a part of Pittsburgh’s Smart Cities federal-grant application, which is to be finalized this week. Brandolph adds that the authority plans to seek funding for Sur Trac even if the city loses out on the grant. Another component of the Smart Cities application is the creation of an autonomous shuttle line that would connect the universities in Oakland with the future development at the Almono site, in Hazelwood. Uber, a prime sponsor on the application, is developing driverless-vehicle technology and is the first company to announce plans to develop at Almono. But while it would put Pittsburgh on the map as one of the first cities in the world to implement autonomous-vehicle technology beyond experimentation, this plan has its critics. The most outspoken of these critics live in Four-Mile Run, a portion of the shuttle line. Resident Randall Hall doesn’t believe the connector will bring any benefit to his community because, he says, most residents merely walk or bike on the trail up to Oakland. “I am not opposed to development in general or Almono,” wrote Hall in email to CP. “I just don’t want to have shuttles going through our safe corridor.” Residents have started an online petition opposing the project that as of press time had received more than 300 signatures. Others are concerned that autonomous vehicles wouldn’t help solve publictransportation issues, and could actually

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increase some longtime traffic and cityplanning problems, like suburban sprawl. Sandvig of PCRG worries driverless cars could also impact transit jobs. “Autonomous vehicles are coming,” he says. “But how do we make sure this new technology does not become an interstate highway 2.0?” He says there needs to be policy that will ensure this doesn’t happen. “If we can set a policy precedent that autonomous-vehicles technology is a public good, not a private privilege, then we can fix some of the major transit sins of the past,” he says. Gabe Klein, former head of the Department of Traffic in Chicago and Washington, D.C., spoke at the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership’s annual meeting this March, and emphasized that driverless vehicles must be occupied by multiple passengers. “Driverless technology can be a very positive force for change if the private and public sectors prioritize shared use of small-format vehicles, as well as transit vehicles,” wrote Klein in an email to CP. “This can free up space for walking, biking, dedicated transit lanes and park space. [But] in the absence of good business models and the right government in-

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tervention and leadership, we could doom ourselves to endless sprawl.” Finally, Pittsburgh transit experts are pushing for expansion of the busway system to solve public-transportation problems. McLean, of PAT, says busway expansion, both of the East Busway to Turtle Creek and a new bus-rapid-transit line from Oakland to Downtown, are projects high on the authority’s wish list. But, as with all transit-expansion plans, funding is a major obstacle. Port Authority funding is currently stable, and no service reductions are expected, but PAT’s capital budget is completely dedicated to maintaining the current system. McLean says ridership is growing, but the authority doesn’t even have money for a new bus garage, let alone funds for busway expansion. She and a coalition of other public-transit heads from across the country are calling on state and federal governments to increase funding. “Transit systems drive economic growth, and our region — as an epicenter of innovation — is poised for an increase in population,” says McLean. “But the way our funding stands today, we simple do not have the money to meet much of an inﬂux.”

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The outgoing head of A+ Schools looks back on 12 years of education advocacy {BY REBECCA NUTTALL} THIS MONTH, education watchdog

A+ Schools announced that Executive Director Carey Harris would be leaving the organization to lead the Pennsylvania Early Learning Investment Commission, an early-childhood-education advocacy group. In an interview with Pittsburgh City Paper, Harris reﬂected on her time with A+ Schools, the state of Pittsburgh Public Schools and what the district should focus on in the future. WHAT AREA OF EDUCATION DO YOU THINK A+ SCHOOLS HAS HAD THE GREATEST IMPACT ON DURING YOUR TENURE? Educational equity — I think the district is decidedly more equitable today than it was 12 years ago. Once we focused on the differences in opportunities and resources for kids, we were able to tackle some pretty important things in the district. We called out early the issue that African-American kids did not have access to advanced courses. We recognized that in some high schools, students had no advanced courses, and those tended to be high schools that were predominantly African-American. We also noticed even in schools with advanced courses, African-American students were far less likely to be taking those courses. There was a deliberate intention to increase participation in those courses and I believe the participation of African-American kids in advanced-placement courses has doubled. PPS had to do all of that hard work, so I can’t take credit for that, but I think A+ really elevated that issue. The other thing is during the [Gov. Tom] Corbett budget cuts, PPS lost $30 million, but we fought for equitable school budgets. We knew when we went into those cuts we already had 10 schools that didn’t have library, art or music; schools with high percentages of poor and minority kids. We came out of the cuts with every school having [those things]. Part of that was because [Superintendent Linda Lane] closed some schools, so she was

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able to redistribute resources that way. But we estimate that about 3,000 kids got access to art, music and libraries thanks to the equitable-school-budget work. We felt pretty proud of that. IS THERE AN AREA YOU WISH YOU’D HAD TIME TO ADDRESS AT A+ SCHOOLS? There are two big issues that we’ve raised, but we haven’t seen as much progress as we would’ve like. One is around budgeting. This is sort of a highspending district. So we’ve spent a lot of time trying to unpack why. While we’ve got some answers, one of the things we’ve found frustrating is the district doesn’t track all of the dollars it spends on kids at the school level. So while we can show you how much we spend on teacher salaries by school, we can’t tell you facilities’ costs by school. We can’t tell you nursing, ESL support, special education [or] transportation [costs]. It’s not tracked. You can’t really pull a picture together of total equity in spending within the district. So I think that’s one place where there’s a lot of work to do, and I think they could get really a lot smarter about spending. The other piece is the [teacher] collective-bargaining agreement. I think there’s a lot of good stuff in that agreement. There are just some issues that we have been advocating for, for about four years, that we have not really seen change, speciﬁcally forced placement. They have situations where the teacher

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isn’t necessarily the school’s first choice, the school isn’t the teacher’s first choice, but that’s where the teacher goes. And that happens disproportionately in highpoverty schools. We want to make sure schools get the right teachers for the job, not just the one who’s available. LAST WEEK, PPS NAMED ANTHONY HAMLET THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT. DO YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE FOR HIM? I hope he will get out and meet parents and kids and remember that’s who his customers are. I think one of the takeaways I have after nearly 13 years in this job is there definitely needs to be system changes. I think the real work is intervention in schools. We know there are tons that can be done at the school level, without policy, that can make a big difference. We just do not have enough schools that are pursuing excellence. I would hope that he focuses on schools and what it is going to take to really move schools in the direction you want to see them. And what are the consequences if they’re not moving. That’s one thing Pittsburgh hasn’t figured out. We have a lot of interventions, but we haven’t figured out what to do when they don’t work. There’s no Plan B. WHAT IS THE GREATEST CHALLENGE FACING PITTSBURGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW? School quality. We definitely have really high-quality schools in this district, but not enough of them. When we talk about the “two Pittsburghs” issue, schools are such an important part of that. The best way to have one Pittsburgh is to have great schools for everyone. RN U T TA L L @ P G HC I T Y PA P E R. C OM

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All of Port Authority’s buses are now equipped with bike racks. Whether it’s your everyday commute or a weekend ride we’re ready to help you get your bike on. Bikes may now be taken on Port Authority’s Light Rail System [T] and the Monongahela Incline seven days a week without time restrictions. There are no bike racks on the T or incline. Bikes must be stowed in the designated wheelchair spaces on the T and incline. Persons in wheelchairs have priority over bicycles.

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Trump University is one in a string of what some would call sleazy dealings in the career of Donald J. Trump (the most recent of which has been convincing Republican primary voters he can and will implement their agenda). Battered by multiple lawsuits, the defunct company allegedly enticed people to learn Trump’s supposed investment secrets online and at airport-hotel-style seminars, but provided little worthwhile education. Melissa Norris, of Franklin Park, says Trump University connected her with a convicted thief, drug peddler and sex solicitor, with a history of bankruptcy, who took $230,000 of hers for his Ponzi scheme. In 2007, Norris spent $17,248 for a Trump seminar, which included work with an investment coach. She says Trump University assigned her to Cary Beagley, of Utah, who convinced her to fork over the six-figure sum. The feds later shut down Beagley’s operation, and Norris lost all of it. After she contacted WTAE with her story last week, the station confirmed Beagley’s prior criminal record and bankruptcy. In an infomercial, the now-Republican nominee said Trump University’s instructors “are all people handpicked by me,” but in a 2012 deposition he said he oversaw neither hiring nor curriculum.

Paul Spadafora won the International Boxing Federation lightweight championship in 1999. Since then, the local boxer has had numerous brushes with the law and did time in a state prison in 2003. On April 4, Spadafora, 40, was involved in a legal two-fer. At the Redstone Tavern, in Crafton, he allegedly battered a 63-year-old woman. Police say that, hours later, Spadafora showed up at a Sheetz in Armstrong County, complaining that his car had broken down. The manager reportedly could not understand him and felt alarmed when he saw Spadafora holding a blueberry muffin in one hand and a knife he carries with him in the other. His defense attorney said it was “a complete misunderstanding.” Phillip DiLucente assured the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “What he was using the knife for was to put some cream cheese on his muffin.” (Charges for the Sheetz incident have been withdrawn, but charges stemming from the tavern are going to court.)

Facing continual budget shortfalls, the Erie School District has come up with a novel idea: Get rid of high school. The plan for the 2016-2017 school year, for which the district faces a $4.3 million deficit, eliminates all-day kindergarten, every sport, and all music and art programs. But, for the larger picture, Superintendent Dr. Jay Badams has found one more bit

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of fat to cut: those four years in which kids learn algebra, Shakespeare and the societal pecking order. As the city’s four high schools sit empty, the district would apparently beg neighboring ones to take its 14-to-18-year-olds. The school-board president of the neighboring town of Millcreek has already told the WFXP newscast that’s a no-go.

The state Attorney General’s office has charged a 62-year-old pharmacist at a Giant Eagle in Greene County with theft and possession of a controlled substance for allegedly stealing drugs from work. But if you’re expecting a black-market pill operation, read no further. The alleged theft is more remarkable for how little was taken. According to the Observer-Reporter, of Washington, Douglas Farquharson is accused of pilfering $27.98 worth of drugs to “self-medicat[e] for ear pain and stomach problems.”

A party prank landed a Cambria County woman in jail. When an attendee at a birthday party fell asleep, Jessica Lynn Lucas, 27, thought it’d funny to bind her in plastic wrap. However, a scuffle broke out when the prankee awoke midwrap, police told the Tribune-Democrat of Johnstown. Officers thought this warranted charges of simple assault and harassment for Lucas, and the on-call judge, Michael Zungali, slapped her with a $5,000 bond. Lucas was shuttled to the county jail for failing to pay 10 percent of it.

The Erie County Department of Health has dusted off and revised its bodymodification regulations. According to the Erie Times-N ews, tattoo/piercing establishments can now implant foreign objects under the skin, burn permanent scars and suspend a person from hooks. But the department drew the line at tongue-splitting.

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PLAYING WITH FIRE {BY BILL O’DRISCOLL} THIS IS THE NORMAL we’ve been waiting

for: After a week as front-page, top-storytonight news, the monstrous wildfire that erupted May 3 in Fort McMurray, Alberta, was relegated to the newsbriefs in your daily paper, then not even that. It won’t be so easy to move on, of course, for the 88,000 Canadians who fled Fort McMurray. That will take years. But it’s fair to ask some questions, particularly about the fire’s roots in climate change. Especially because those were the questions too few were asking when people were still, you know, paying attention to this disaster. While wildfires have always scorched the northern forests, with this cataclysm we were told that the immediate cause was unusually hot and dry weather: The region got little winter snowfall, and even that melted early. Surely the role of climate change was on many minds. Yet you could read and hear thousands of words, and see plenty of footage, of Fort McMurray ablaze without hearing a peep factoring in climate change’s influence. Of the few outlets that did go there, many quoted Mike Flanigan, a professor of wildland fire at the University of Alberta. The conditions that created this fire were “consistent with what we expect for climate change,” he said. No factor can ever be fingered as the single ultimate “cause” of a natural disaster. But anything that makes forests like those surrounding Fort McMurray hotter and drier must be considered. Flanigan noted that the area of Canada burned by wildfire annually has more than doubled since the early 1970s. And Canada’s fire season continues to expand. Still, the real third rail here is Fort McMurray’s livelihood. The greenhouse-gas emissions driving climate change are primarily the result of burning fossil fuels, and guess what industry made Fort McMurray a boomtown? For decades, its growth has been driven entirely by the tar sands, a Florida-sized swatch whose deposits of bitumen can be refined into oil. And Canadian tar-sands oil is about the dirtiest energy on earth, mined out of one of its most pristine places. Bitumen isn’t liquid, but gunky, and it’s not drilled for but rather strip-mined and melted from the earth with steam. The process creates lakefuls of toxic waste, and causes incalculable damage to the forest ecosystem as well as to the atmosphere: It

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$ takes two tons of tar sands to produce one barrel of oil, and up to three times the energy to produce that barrel as it would a barrel of conventional oil. This is extreme energy, like mountaintop-removal coal-mining or deep-sea oil-drilling. So climate change just mauled us at one of its epicenters. But Canadians who pointed out climate change’s role, however delicately — among them Canada’s Green Party leader, Elizabeth May, who called the fire “a disaster that is very related to the global climate crisis” — were attacked by critics who said they were disrespecting the victims or politicizing a crisis. When a house burns down, investigators immediately ask if it was arson, and who was responsible, without anyone claiming disrespect or politicization. To be clear: Fort McMurrayians are no more to blame for climate change than is anyone else in our fossil-fueled society. But at what point are we permitted to say that disasters that precisely echo the effects of climate change (as scientists have been describing them for decades) are, in fact, attributable to climate change? Or that, as with Hurricane Sandy, we’re going to be seeing a lot more of them in the years to come. Maybe we can talk about it after “normal” returns — and everyone stops caring about Fort McMurray? Exactly when things in Fort McMurray might “return to normal” was a common theme in news stories about the fire. Normal would include, one supposes, mining the tar sands again. And it would include slipping cozily back into denial about climate — just like we do about gun control a week after the latest mass shooting. A 2015 U.S. Forest Service report indicated that fire seasons here are 78 days longer than in 1970. “The U.S. burns twice as many acres as three decades ago,” the report added. Wildfires, remember, don’t happen just in Canada.

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IT’S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE not to love mascots. They’re fun, furry, gregarious and have an incurable optimism. People who don’t like them probably don’t like America either. Mascots serve as team cheerleaders and temporary babysitters for kids and even add enjoyment to the game. Our city has plenty of sports mascots ranging from the beloved to the kind of annoying. So as you take in a game of any sport this year, here is a rundown of our city’s finest, sorted by age. Roc the Pitt Panther. Although he adopted the name Roc in the 1990s, the Pitt Panther is the oldest of the Pittsburgh mascot fraternity. He began his career in 1909, so his enthusiasm for all Pitt sports is even more remarkable considering he is 107 years old. Roc was named after Steve Petro, a former student and coach, not the shortlived TV series starring Charles S. Dutton, just to clear up any potential confusion. Black Diamond the Bison II. BDB began representing Point Park in 1967. He was an actual live mascot that roamed fields of South Park while not on duty. Even though Diamond is no longer with us, his legacy remains with the Pioneers. And the Bison is making a comeback: It was just named the official mammal of the United States. Man came in second, probably rightfully so. Pirate Parrot. The Parrot turns 37 this year and is probably the most recognized and beloved of all the mascots. Despite its rather checkered past, we love the Parrot. In the 1980s, the Parrot got caught up in the Pittsburgh cocaine scandal. We forgive him because he was young at the time and liked to party. He probably went to discos in a wood-paneled station wagon and feathered his hair too; it was just a reflection of the times. Nice to see he’s all grown up now. Iceburgh. The only mascot in the list with an entry on the Internet Movie Database, thanks to his performance in Sudden Death. He co-starred with Jean-Claude Van Damme in the epic thriller filmed in his former Igloo. Iceburgh is very friendly, and photogenic as well. He got a little handsy — or flippery, I suppose — with my girlfriend at the last Pens game we went to. But I figured I would sound crazy if I were jealous of a penguin, so I let it go.

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Duquesne Duke. He was introduced in 2003, replacing the mildly popular Duke the Bear. He is a striking mascot that stands 7 feet tall and is impeccably dressed. He exudes conﬁdence and even wears a top hat. The classiest of the bunch by far; every Dukes’ game seems like a formal affair. RoMo. The Robert Morris mascot has the hippest sounding name, but other than that, he’s pretty unspectacular. His likeness to Robert Morris himself is questionable at best, but he’s still a better mascot than the one at Robert Morris in Illinois. Scotty the Scottie Dog. A live mascot since 2007, Scotty has become a beloved ﬁxture on the Carnegie Mellon campus. He was given to the university by a celebrity from The Cosby Show. (It was the Huxtable who shall not be named, but moving on …) Despite Scotty’s scandalous beginnings, he has done nothing wrong; he’s a good boy, yes he is. Steely McBeam. You would think that the most beloved organization would have the most beloved mascot; not true in this case. Steely McBeam is celebrating his ninth birthday this year, and we still haven’t wholeheartedly accepted him. Maybe it’s his fake Irish upbringing that makes him a little rough around the edges. He looks like Bill Cowher had a torrid affair with the mascot from the Purdue Boilermakers. Steely once interrupted a standup comedy show I was doing at Pitt. I noticed a disturbance halfway through a mediocre joke, and it was Mr. McBeam rudely interacting with students. C’mon Steely, I don’t come down to the construction site where you work and knock the beam out of your hand. Steely still has a lot to learn, but he’s only 9.

I FIGURED I WOULD SOUND CRAZY IF I WAS JEALOUS OF A PENGUIN, SO I LET IT GO.

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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.

MARKET PLUNGE (May 25, 1994) Staffer William Loeffler wrote about the closing of City Foods, a Homewood grocery store. It was just the latest in a string of neighborhood grocers to close up shop within the city, including markets in the Hill District, East Liberty and Manchester. Joni Rabinowitz, of nonprofit Just Harvest, told Loeffler: “There’s a market for food in the inner city,” she says. “Everybody eats.” The loss of urban grocery stores would continue over the years. Then, in 2013, Shop ’n Save opened a full-service grocery store in the Hill District, the first such store there in 30 years.

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE (May 24, 2006)

Charlie Deitch examined the case of Dr. Bernard Rottschaefer, an Oakmont doctor who was charged with more than 100 counts of improperly prescribing pain medication to patients. In some instances, prosecutors alleged, pills were exchanged for sex. But the case had many, many problems. Most of the witnesses against the doctors received sweetheart plea bargains in exchange for testimony, and one admitted several times in writing that she lied on the stand and that the case was bogus. Rottschaefer, however, lost appeal after appeal. (He was released from prison in 2013 after serving more than six years.) Deitch wrote: “All that stands between him and a prison cell is the U.S. Supreme Court ... and the hope that someone will care that something with his case just isn’t right. Because in this drama of drug use, it’s not entirely clear who was using whom.”

WAY OF THE GUN (May 24, 2007)

In any crime where a firearm is used, one question that kept arising in the CP newsroom was:

YOUR HONOR? (May 28, 2009) Our featured item in this week’s history column hasn’t actually happened yet. Well, it hasn’t happened as this column was being written. It happened the moment this issue came out on May 25, 2016. But it won’t be history until at least May 26. Luckily the subject of this week’s column writes a lot better than what you’ve just read. This issue is the 1,000th issue of City Paper for Arts Editor Bill O’Driscoll. O’Driscoll’s first was April 3, 1997, and featured a Rich Lord story titled “McCopsPort,” a story featured in this section several weeks ago, about the political power of the McKeesport Police Department. TEEL} OF RENEE ROSENS {PHOTO COURTESY es: Bill O’Driscoll O’Driscoll was hired as the paper’s film reviewer Seriously, 1,000 Issu and his first story here was a review of the Val Kilmer film The Saint. O’Driscoll has seen the paper go through several transformations over the years, and says the biggest have been “the big improvement of the paper’s visual aesthetic; the rise of web-only content; and the post-internet, post-crash downsizing of the print edition.” He’s also written a ton of stories, but his favorites include “a 2004 profile of cantankerous falconer Earl Schriver called ‘Rare Bird,’ and ‘Wild Times Ahead,’ a 2006 profile of anarcho-primitivist and writer Kevin Tucker. I liked the big ideas in both articles,” O’Driscoll says. And while he says there aren’t any stories that he would want to do over — “too much work” — he does wish he would have followed up on a story on a series of tire-pile fires in Washington County. Although since it is Washington County, the next tire fire is bound to happen sometime in the next 1,000 issues.

Where did the gun come from? Staff writer Violet Law decided to find out in this piece that traced the origins of a gun used by two 17-year-olds to rob a Yellow Cab in 1997. The story looked into the issue of straw purchasers, or individuals with a clean criminal record who buy firearms for those looking to use them illegally. Law wrote: “By the time [the gun]

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ended up in the back of Ayi-Kumi’s cab, it had already traveled thousands of miles — from a factory in Arizona to a gun shop in West Mifflin and a crime scene on the North Side. And it passed along from a store clerk to a drugaddicted mother of three, to a drug dealer — and, finally, into the hands of kids barely old enough to drive.”

Staff writer Chris Young delved into the qualifications needed to be a district judge in the state of Pennsylvania. He found that holding a law degree was not necessary, but being politically connected and able to raise campaign funds was. The job had become, in several instances, a political stepping-stone for politicians and political-party denizens. Young wrote: “To become a district judge, candidates must merely be 21, live in their magisterial district for at least a year and pass a month-long training course. Less than one-third of the county’s district judges, each of whom earns $76,508, are attorneys.”

SLICE OF SADNESS (May 22, 2013)

There’s a lot of great pizza in Pittsburgh, but when you’re talking about the best, two names are always on top: Aiello’s and Mineo’s. The two shops have sat near each other in Squirrel Hill for decades. But in this issue, CP remembered Joe Aiello, who died that week at the age of 71. Aiello opened his shop in 1978 after working for years at Mineo’s. According to the story: “Customers tell of Aiello growing the vegetables he’d use — long before it became trendy in the restaurant scene to use local produce. Staff say he was a stickler for doing things the right way. ‘He made [the shop] come into being without advertising and without delivery,’ says Tim Watts, an Aiello’s employee. ‘Think about that: Don’t advertise and don’t deliver. You really have to stand on your recipe.’”

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THE WINGS WERE FANTASTIC, COOKED IN OLIVE OIL WITH CHILI PEPPERS AND HERBS

BIG PLANS {BY MARGARET WELSH} In April, Liliput Coffee and Café — a new collaboration between vegan pop-up restaurant Onion Maiden and Polish Hill’s Lili Café — opened inside Pittsburgh Filmmakers’ Oakland building. The name suggests something miniature, but Liliput is actually a larger project, both in scope and physical size. Many menu items, like the kimchi rice bowl, punk toast and tofu banh mi, will be familiar to Lili regulars, and Onion Maiden’s Asian-fusion focus is the perfect complement: Its offerings include “Fresh Prince Rolls” (fresh rolls filled with rice noodles, carrots, beets, herbs and tofu) and the “Bill Nye Pasta Salad” (made with bowtie pasta: get it?). There’s also a downright thrilling selection of vegan baked goods (think cinnamon rolls and Samoa-style cookies) as well as a full coffee bar. A lack of foot traffic has hurt past businesses in the Filmmakers space (which formerly housed Orbis Caffé), but Lili owner Heidi Tucker explains that just the café’s spacious kitchen makes the additional location worth her while. The Onion Maiden folks have a place to cook for their pop-up events, and Tucker has a place other than Lili’s cramped kitchen to prep food. “Even if it’s slow, it’s helping Lili,” she says. But judging from the steady crowd on a sunny Thursday afternoon, lack of business seems to be an unlikely problem. “We both have a fan base,” Tucker says. “We’re stronger together.” MWELSH@PGHCITYPAPER.COM

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see a lot black and gold. On clothes. On cars. On towels. Face paint, even. But there’s probably a reason the classic Steel City color combo has never taken off as an interior decorating palette. And then, take away the gold, and the effect turns downright bleak. Such was the atmosphere in which we dined at Station, a little bar and restaurant hip enough to be in Lawrenceville, but located ﬁrmly in Bloomﬁeld. Station’s space spans two storefronts on Liberty Avenue. Patrons enter through the bar; with its deeply polished oak backdrop, silvered surfaces and an elevated booth at one end that is essentially a giant throne, that space was appealing enough. But we were led through it to the dining room next door, where walls

and ceiling were painted black; the ﬂoor was tiled in dark gray slate; and the only light, aside from the natural light coming through the storefront windows, was emitted rather harshly by exposed light bulbs. Little, black-and-white art works hung on the walls.

STATION 4744 Liberty Ave., Bloomfield. 412-251-0540 HOURS: Tue.-Thu. 5-9:45 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 5-10:45 p.m.; Sun. brunch 11 a.m.-2 p.m., dinner 5-8:45 p.m. PRICES: Small plates $8-12; large plates $16-28 LIQUOR: Full bar

Fortunately, the food provided some color. An English pea tart did not come in a crust, as we expected, but spilled across a buttery cracker placed on the

plate as if its greenness could not be contained. Diced snap peas complemented the plump, sweet English peas, while translucent clusters of orange trout roe — their orbs the same size, brilliantly — added salty bursts. Occasional dollops of a sweet-pea pudding completed this deconstructed dish. Corned beef tongue was a sort of savory stew, spread on toast, studded with slim broccoli ﬂorets, and garnished with paper-thin cheddar crisps. The concept seemed to be almost a reduction of shepherd’s pie to its most concentrated essence. To say it was rich would be an understatement. “Crispy wings” actually came smothered in a parmesan-cream sauce with ﬂuffy bits of chevre-like cheese. The tang was pleasant, but the sauce had a CONTINUES ON PG. 18

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mouth-coating effect, perhaps intended as a nod to ranch or bleu cheese dipping sauce. Once we got to the wings underneath, they were fantastic, cooked in olive oil with chili peppers and herbs. Their coating was thicker and crisper than most, yet with plenty of tender meat beneath, flavored by plentiful red pepper rings, both spicy and sweet. Chicken this good really required little or no sauce to be complete. More richness followed in the form of asiago fondue on the house burger, but here the excellent, beefy patty held up to it, and the cheese was appropriately sharp. The deep-brown brioche bun was just the right size, and the caramelized, but not completely softened, onion jam added texture and sweetness. But the burger still wanted a zinger element. Two enormous onions rings would have added crunch, but not punch, and we set them aside to be eaten on their own (quite good). Garlicky aioli, on the side, enhanced both burger and fries. Tagliatelle with smoked pork shank, soffrito and a one-hour egg on top was another indulgent dish. The pasta had the wonderfully supple texture of homemade, and the choice not to drown it in a heavy sauce was a good one. Instead, the egg, once broken, melded with the olive oil — coating the noodles, shredded pork and ﬁnely diced vegetables, creating a lush mouthfeel without becoming something that pooled at the bottom of the dish. An entree of roasted pork shoulder steak offered much promise and a deeply disappointing resolution. Rosy slices of tender, juicy meat were interleaved with deep scarlet discs of apparently dehydrated red cabbage. Beneath this stack, dried fava cannelloni — which is to say, tender pasta sheets wrapped around a coarse puree of favas — made for an intriguing combination. Unfortunately, it all suffered from a deeply unpleasant, sour molasses sauce, reminiscent of sauerbraten gone wrong, that frankly ruined this dish. On the side, ﬁrm little turnips served as little more than vehicles for more sauce. Perhaps the gloomy surroundings affected our palates, but we found many dishes at Station to be heavy and intense, crying out — like the dining room itself — for some light contrast. The venue’s basics were great: the burger, the wings, the roasted pork. But the more that was piled onto them, the less appealing they became. To paraphrase Coco Chanel’s famous fashion advice, we would suggest that before serving a dish, Station’s kitchen take one thing off. INF O @PGH C IT YPAPE R . C O M

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{BY DREW CRANISKY}

CLASSIC COCKTAILS, JAPANESE FLAIR Umami’s drink menu brims with unexpected ingredients

If you haven’t had charcoal or wasabi in a cocktail lately, then you clearly haven’t stopped into Umami. In addition to sake and beer, the new Lawrenceville izakaya (the Japanese term for a casual pub-style eatery) boasts a drink menu brimming with unexpected ingredients to complement its menu of small plates, grilled bites and sushi. The elaborate cocktails are not quite what you’d find at a traditional izakaya. “A lot of the time, Japanese cocktails are just shochu and fruit … they’re very simple,” explains Lou DiDonato, who created the cocktail list through his consulting business SLC/PGH. And although Umami aims to capture the spirit of a tiny Japanese pub, DiDonato looked beyond Japan for inspiration. “We started with the classics — old-fashioneds, margaritas, Ramos gin fizzes,” he says. “But then we went a little off-kilter.” DiDonato’s wife provided a captive audience for his experiments, as she was home recovering from ankle surgery while he honed the cocktail list (the ultimate post-operative care). Not everything works with Asian flavors — DiDonato recalled an early aperol-based drink with a grimace. But with the help of his wife and an assortment of friends and coworkers, DiDonato put together a cocktail list that’s unlike any other in Pittsburgh. The drinks feel approachable thanks to the classic templates and whimsical names. (#GodzillaTears, anyone?) But each one has what DiDonato calls “an Umami twist.” The most popular is a rye old-fashioned that adds a bit of muddled wasabi and a skewer of Luxardo-soaked kumquats. Other cocktails swap out the base spirits for sake or shochu (a spirit typically distilled from rice or barley) or introduce savory elements like beet and basil. And true to Japanese cuisine — where presentation is as important as flavor — each cocktail comes elegantly garnished with everything from a dusting of binchotan charcoal to a charred shishito pepper. Umami’s cocktail menu is familiar yet fresh, adding one more can’tmiss watering hole to Lawrenceville’s booming lineup. INFO@PGHCITYPAPER.COM

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1844 RESTAURANT. 690 State Route 66, Leechburg. 724-845-1844. This restored 19th-century farmhouse offers a classic fine-dining menu with intriguing updates suited to 21st-century tastes. Thus, prime rib sits alongside tempura shrimp with orange cayenne, cucumbers and bleu cheese, and the stalwart shrimp cocktail is now dressed with sofrito lemon sauce. LE APSARA CAFÉ. 1703 E. Carson St., South Side. 412-251-0664. This storefront restaurant offers primarily Cambodian food alongside Thai and a limited Chinese selection, with a menu balanced between unfamiliar and familiar dishes. For less common fare, try Cambodian puffed rice squares, or saramann, cubes of chuck slow-simmered in a thick, warmly spiced coconut-milk sauce. KF BANGAL KEBAB. 320 Atwood St., Oakland. 412-605-0521. This Indian restaurant isn’t limited to kebabs, but offers fairly typical Northern Indian selection, including some newer-to-menus items such as meat samosas and the streetsnack chaat. There is also a sizable vegetarian list and, from the tandoor, an unusually large selection of Indian breads. KF

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1844 Restaurant {CP FILE PHOTO BY HEATHER MULL} style restaurant rises above the scourge of the steam table to offer some true gems among its panoply of East Asian offerings. There’s standard ChineseAmerican fare, but also sushi, hibachi-style Japanese cooked to order, popular offerings such as crab legs and roast Peking duck, and even frog legs. KF

ISTANBUL SOFRA. 7600 Forbes Ave., Regent Square. 412-727-6693. This restaurant offers a variety of Turkish specialties, from appetizers (falafel, mucver zucchini cakes) and bean salads to grilled meats (lamb, chicken). Try the Adana kebab, made of spiced ground meat, smoked Turkish peppers and sumac, or the small but worthy vegetarian section of falafel, www. per grilled vegetables and pa pghcitym manti dumplings. KF .co

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BISTRO 19. 711 Washington Road, Mount Lebanon. 412-306-1919. Bistro 19 fits within the upper echelon of the region’s dining scene, while keeping its cozy neighborhood feel. It offers a broad range of surf and turf, pastas and poultry. Its inventive preparations, and the kitchen’s attention to detail, make even now-familiar items such as pot-stickers and flatbreads exciting. LE

CARMI’S. 917 Western Ave., North Side. 412-231-0100. A soul-food restaurant offers traditional home-style Southern cooking on the North Side. On offer: waffles and fried chicken; hearty chicken-anddumpling soup; greens, studded with smoked meat; mashed potatoes; spare ribs; and a stand-out Cajun shrimp paired with creamy grits. KF HOKKAIDO SEAFOOD BUFFET. 4536 Browns Hill Road, Squirrel Hill. 412-421-1422. This buffet-

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THE PORCH. Schenley Plaza, Forbes Avenue and Schenley Drive, Oakland. 412-687-6724. An attractive wood-and-stone structure set in the verdant heart of Oakland, The Porch offers cuisine that is modern without being stark, homey without being heavy. Consider a pizza dressed with butternut squash, pork belly atop roasted pumpkin, or lasagne with house-made chive pasta. KE THE PUB CHIP SHOP. 1830 E. Carson St., South Side. 412-381-2447. This storefront venue offers British-style quick fare, from fish and chips and meat pies, to doner kebabs and pasties. Pastry pies include traditional (meat, Stilton) but also more modern fillings like chicken curry and vegan vindaloo. Beer-battered haddock pairs well with housemade sauces and thick fresh-cut fries. JF WILLOW. 634 Camp Horne Road, North Hills. 412-847-1007. This stalwart of the North Hills fine-dining scene has revamped itself, now with a one-page menu, divided among snacks and salads, small plates and large, that is almost universally appealing. Choose from simple (spiced mixed nuts) or a carefully prepared salad, to entrees including pastas, burgers and chops. KE

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For many artists, Kickstarter is used to gauge potential interest in a project before taking those first tentative steps toward realizing it. For Pittsburgh-based five-piece Pet Clinic, the crowdfunding platform was the means to an end that had been already decided: Record a fulllength album on the band’s own terms. May 27 marks the release of No Face, the band’s first full-length release, a follow-up to its well-received 2012 debut EP The Dust That Made the Fire That Made the Light. The homerecorded album fulfills promises made way back in the band’s 2014 Kickstarter fundraiser; that project tasked backers to raise $5,000 to help pay for recording costs, pressing the album to vinyl, and merchandising. “It came down to the point where we decided we could do it on our own in our house with gear that we would build,” says frontman David Bubenheim. “Our bass player, Ian Edwards, is a [gear] mastermind.” Bubenheim’s older brother, Aaron, had done something similar in his band, Meeting of Important People. “They had launched a Kickstarter campaign to [make] a record on their own in their house. I kind of got inspired by that.” Backed by just less than 100 friends, the band does not take the generosity for granted. “It was a total blessing,” Bubenheim says. No Face features 10 songs that hearken to the hooky, heady days of ’90s alternative-rock radio, channeling bands like Silverchair and Incesticide-era Nirvana. In executing the release, the band employed lessons learned from years of playing out and the release of The Dust. “It’s one thing to record a record and then put it onto a format and then throw a party and have a really good time. That’s sort of the lifespan of it. With this, we had a lot more foresight to book a tour in support of the release and to just try to get it into as many hands as we could,” Bubenheim says. “I think it was just kind of a maturation process to say, ‘OK, let’s do this for real. Let’s not just have a party and call it a night.’”

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debut record, Kansas, in 1998, she was exactly the artist the Christian-music business needed. Contemporary Christian music has long existed as a bizarro parallel universe to the mainstream music world, churning out blandly wholesome versions of popular secular bands. For many, Knapp was a safe alternative to all those paganish, feminist singer-songwriters rising to fame at the height of Lilith Fair-mania. “It would be blatant marketing sometimes,” Knapp recalls. “Like, you would go into a Christian bookstore — which was where the majority of Christian music was sold — and there would be a cheat sheet. ‘If your kid likes Indigo Girls, give them Jennifer Knapp.’” The Christian-music industry still operates in much the same way. (Like Selena Gomez? Try V. Rose!) But things are a little different for Knapp. In 2010, after a long hiatus during which she relocated to Australia, Knapp released Letting Go. Around that time, she also became arguably the most

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high-profile Christian-music star to publicly come out of the closet. The covers of previous records featured Knapp looking pensively at the camera; Letting Go finds her jubilant, throwing her head back with a laugh or shout. It’s tempting to read this as a message — “Finally, I am myself!” But while her lyrics occasionally hint at the past (“Oh the bones I had to break / to fit into your perfect space,” she sings on 2014’s Set Me Free), there’s no stark before and after, no sense that Knapp was previously living a lie. Knapp’s favorite themes of grace and redemption remain consistent.

JENNIFER KNAPP 7 p.m. Sat., May 28. Club Café, 56 S. 12th St., South Side. $15-18. 412-431-4950 or www.clubcafelive.com

From the very beginning, Knapp was different than many of her contemporaries. She wasn’t ripping anyone off. Though she hit many of the lyrical touchstones of Christian music, she didn’t shy away from dark-

ness. Her roots-based rock was ﬁlled with longing and questions that felt real and raw. Part of that may have come from the fact that making Christian music happened by accident. Raised in an irreligious home, Knapp became a Christian while studying music education in college. “I think it [showed] up in my music … both the love of this religious experience I was having, and the confusion of having not grown up in it,” she says. Songwriting became a way of processing those issues, “and because it had themes of my faith in it, I would get invited to play at church … and before I knew it, I was supporting my way through school as a musician.” Knapp found her way to Nashville, and signed to Gotee Records, a label founded by Christian-rock superstar TobyMac. Kansas went gold, and Knapp followed up with Lay It Down in 2000 and The Way I Am in 2001. Gotee, one of the industry’s hipper labels, was supportive and mostly let Knapp do her thing, but there were demands unique to the Christian music business. “I’ve never sat down in a meeting and said, ‘We’re about

two Jesuses shy of a record,’ she says with a laugh. “But there is pressure to theologically measure up.” The fact that she was already a bit of a “tattooed rocker chick” gave her some leeway, but there are moments when Gospel references feel like belabored Biblical check-ins. “I did feel at times that I had to go out of my way to create a Christian element,” she says. “There were times where, if I was a little theologically iffy on something, there would be a conversation: ‘Well, I’m not sure we can leave this unhappy ending here, we might need to turn it into something a little more redemptive.’ No question marks, really, is the goal at the end of the day.” But, for Knapp, those question marks were important. “After three records … I was ready to say a little more, artistically.” She was also growing increasingly frustrated with the genre’s deep political conservatism. “You’re pretty much having to toe a classic evangelical conservative viewpoint, and if you’re not doing that you don’t really succeed economically. … [I] didn’t really know how to deal with that so I just left. And I thought that was the end of my career.” Even then, there were rumors about Knapp’s sexuality (her own awareness on that front was gradual). But it shouldn’t be a surprise that when she did come out, with interviews in Christianity Today, the Advocate, and on Larry King Live, it was a big deal to evangelicals. “[Many] conservative Christians really ﬁnd it hard to see value in the LGBT community because it’s just been part of the language for so long that if somebody is gay, they’ve failed in their faith in some measure,” Knapp says. Had she decided to come out in the early 2000s, “I think it would have probably simply just ruined my career.” Knapp, who is currently signed to Ani DiFranco’s Righteous Babe Records, still considers herself a Christian. And, she says, things are changing. While she lost some fans, and experienced some rejection, the positive feedback has been overwhelming. She founded an LGBT advocacy group called Inside Out Faith and is regularly invited to speak at churches. And after every show, fans old and new line up to tell Knapp their own stories. It makes sense: When you write honest, straightforward music, you tend to appeal to people who are equipped to handle nuance and ambiguity. “I love open-ended questions,” Knapp says. “The inﬂuence of my faith gives me hope when things are ambiguous or weird. But it’s not a roadmap. I’ve actually felt far more deceptive in telling somebody, ‘Oh I know what would make you feel better.’ At the end of the day … what I really enjoy is being able to [say], ‘Yeah, this is tough, but here’s empathy.’” M WE LS H@ PGHC ITY PAP ER.CO M

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HIT FACTORY {BY ALEX GORDON} MIIKE SNOW’S latest album is called iii,

probably because it’s the group’s third release, though it might be a play on that extra “i” in the band name. Or, who knows, maybe it’s something else entirely. Miike Snow is straightforward and very easy to listen to, so it’s tempting to seek out symbolism in its music, like with that jackalope — jackrabbit + antelope, a bunny with antlers — that the band has used as a logo since its debut in 2007. Music journalists love to ask about it. Since its entry onto the charts on the heels of that debut’s single, “Animal,” Miike Snow has been consistent in releasing intricately detailed but highly accessible pop music. It’s so appealing that it’s nearly off-putting, hence the urge to project symbolism because, well, there’s just gotta be something else going on. Part of that is because the three members — Andrew Wyatt, Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg (there is no Miichael Snow) — were professional songwriters and producers prior to the formation of the band. Karlsson and Winnberg, based in Sweden and working under their moniker Bloodshy & Avant, notably co-

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wrote and produced the timeless Britney Spears gem “Toxic.” Between the trio, they hold songwriting credits for artists including Bruno Mars, Katy Perry, Mark

Ronson, Kylie Minogue, Beck and Madonna. That pedigree isn’t hard to ﬁnd in their own music. Their hits, and for that matter, all their songs, feel chemically engineered for mass appeal. Like they know things about our taste that we haven’t quite ﬁgured out yet. “Gengis Khan,” the lead single from iii, captures the conundrum perfectly: It’s unthreatening and teetering on bland, with a hook that goes, “I get a little bit Genghis Khan / Don’t want you to get it on / With nobody else but me / With nobody else but me.” It’s also really good, conveying a level of songwriting expertise that’s easy to recognize but impossible to locate in any particular lyric, melody or production trick.

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“I love pop music,” says lead vocalist Wyatt, in a phone call with CP. “A lot of times, I like the same thing [that] people like. But sometimes — since I have time to think about this so much more than other people, because it’s what I do 24 hours a day — I need to feel like I’m doing something new, too. And sometimes people aren’t really ready to hear it, but you know, that’s when you have to kinda juggle what you want to make and what you think people want to hear.”

In that sense — knowing what people want to hear — songwriters inhabit kind of a weird position in pop music. There’s something mystifying to the average listener about being able to create success for other artists in an artform that at least seems like it should be wholly personal. While shared songwriting credits are nothing new, there’s a noticeable cynicism creeping into the culture about the questionable “authenticity” of artists who don’t write their own songs, like that whole Beck vs. Beyoncé thing at the 2015 Grammys. As you might imagine, Wyatt scoffs at that idea. “Matthew Barney doesn’t make all his own sculptures either. Does that mean what he’s doing isn’t valid? No,” says Wyatt. “There’s a certain amount of manpower that you need to put an album together, that somebody like Beck, who can play instruments and knows about what kind of compressors to use — Beyoncé doesn’t care about that. She uses other people to do that, but she does the important thing, which is pick what she’s gonna do. I think a lot of people are working in that way now and I don’t have a problem with it.” So what do expert songwriters write when they write for themselves? Based off iii, pretty much the same type of songs they’d write for others, with a couple of pronoun-tweaks. More than anything, iii sounds like a fancy recording studio looks: stylish, organized and filled to the brim with instruments, technology and production knick-knacks. There are synth instruments alongside soul samples, lush (sorry) unprocessed piano parts going toe-to-toe with flamboyant auto-tune, and somehow it works. That’s particularly true on the album’s slow-burning standout “I Feel the Weight,” which sounds like it was written by a sad robot having a crisis of faith, though it probably wasn’t. Was that what they were going for? “You just record whatever you record and you use your instinct, because there’s no time to think, really, when you’re making a song,” says Wyatt. “And then you reflect on it and you think, like, ‘Hey, is this song relevant to what’s going on right now in music? Can we push the envelope a little with the song? Do these songs hang together? And will people like this song?’ So, all of those things you consider. “Sometimes you actually gotta push a button to say, ‘Well, are we pushing the ball down the field at all? Sonically or songwriting-wise or production-wise or just the vibe? And are we willing to sacrifice people liking it a little bit just to do that? And then how much do we have to please people, and do we want to make something that people like?’” A L E X G ORD ON @ P G HC I T Y PA P E R. C OM

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Superheaven, formerly Daylight, has become a staple of the neo-grunge scene. Both its albums, Jar and 2015’s Ours Is Chrome, oozed with loud, distorted guitar work and brooding lyricism. Vocalist/guitarist Taylor Madison’s confessional lyrics have drawn in many devoted followers. Much to the dismay of its fanbase, the band has announced this is the last tour before an indefinite hiatus. Catch Superheaven at The Smiling Moose with Creepoid, Spirit of the Beehive and local alt-boys Naked Spirit. Creepoid delivers droning, head-bob-inducing tunes and Spirit of the Beehive’s dynamic alt rock is a perfect blend of ’90s flair and modern sensibilities. Bring ear plugs. Seriously, Superheaven plays really loud. Meg Fair 6:30 p.m. 1306 E. Carson St., South Beyoncé Side. $13-16. All ages. 412-431-4668 or www. smiling-moose.com

Tragedy can’t hold back music, and Eagles of Death Metal are evidence of that. The witty rock band is currently embarking on its first tour since the tragic performance at the Bataclan, during November’s attacks in Paris. The group is not slowing down, having since performed in Australia and Canada, and now the States. Eagles of Death Metal stop at Mr. Smalls with opener Thelma and the Sleaze. The openers bring a great deal of bite, and, much like Eagles of Death Metal, possesses a boisterous, loud rock sound, only darker and edgier. The two will complement each other well. MF 7 p.m. 400 Lincoln Ave., Millvale. $25-27. All ages. 412-821-4447 or www.mrsmalls.com

[INDIE POP] + SAT., MAY 28 What do you get when you toss three multi-instrumentalist sisters, vivacious pop tunes and incredible stage banter into a pot with a little sugar and lots of spice? HAIM, obviously. Appearing at Stage AE, HAIM marries R&B with soft rock and riffy guitars, creating a grooviness and energetic sound that’s refreshingly unique for a pop act. It feels simultaneously retro and futuristic. The trio’s debut, Days Are Gone, earned it slots at summer festivals across the world and opening spots on Taylor Swift’s 1989 World Tour. Since then, the group has kept busy hosting a podcast (HAIM Time) and working on new music, some of which will presumably find itself on the setlist. MF 7 p.m. 400 North Shore Drive, North Side. $27.50. All ages. 412-229-5483 or www.stageae.com

[POP] + TUES., MAY 31 Bow down, ya’ll. Beyoncé takes over Heinz Field on her Formation World Tour. This comes on the heels of the release of her stunning visual album, Lemonade, an explosively publicized pop powerhouse. What other artist could cause all this conversation, including a masterful think piece by feminist theorist bell hooks? Delightfully furious tracks like “Hold Up” and “Don’t Hurt Yourself” pair with anthemic declarations of independence and power like “Freedom” and “Formation” and are made softer and gentler with celebratory forgiveness on tracks like “All Night.” Those in attendance will not only experience these tracks and her other hits in real time, but they’ll witness the choreography, decadent costuming and unreal levels of performance associated with Beyoncé. MF 7:30 p.m. 100 Art Rooney Ave., North Side. $45-255. All ages. 412-323-1200 or www.heinzfield.com

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CATTIVO. All Dogs, Fun Home, Same. Lawrenceville. 412-687-2157. CLUB CAFE. Caveman w/ Weird Corners, Catfish Edwards & the Puzzle Pieces. South Side. 412-431-4950. KEYSTONE BAR. The Bo’Hog Brothers. Turtle Creek. 724-758-4217. REX THEATER. The New Mastersounds w/ Kung Fu. South Side. 412-381-6811. STAGE AE. Twenty One Pilots, Mutemath. North Side. 412-229-5483.

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

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Each week we bring you a new song from a local artist. This week’s track comes from Pet Clinic. Stream or download the wild ’n’ wooly “Sick Witch,” from the band’s new record No Face, for free at FFW>>, the music blog at www.pghcitypaper.com.

WED 01 THE PITTSBURGH YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CHAMBER ENSEMBLE. Shadyside Presbyterian Church, Shadyside. 412-682-4300.

OTHER MUSIC RIVERS CASINO. VDJ Millz. North Side. 412-231-7777. ROWDY BUCK. Top 40 Dance. South Side. 412-431-2825. SPIRIT HALL & LODGE. Tracksploitation - Prince Family Tree. w/ DJ Kelly. Lawrenceville. 412-586-4441.

Strange Brew. Washington. 724-222-6200.

JAZZ

Saturday, a different band. Monroeville. 412-728-4155. PITTSBURGH WINERY. The ChopShop. Strip District. 412-566-1000. SUPPER CLUB RESTAURANT. Erin Burkett & Virgil Walters w/ Max Leake. Greensburg. 724-850-7245.

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JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. Roger Humphries Jam Session. Ballroom. North Side. 412-904-3335. VALLOZZI’S PITTSBURGH. Eric Johnson. Downtown. 412-394-3400.

ANDYS WINE BAR. Denise Sheffey-Powell. Downtown. 412-773-8884. THE BLIND PIG SALOON. Erin Burkett & Virgil Walters w/ Eric Susoeff, Eric DeFade & Jeff Lashway. New Kensington. 724-337-7008. CULTURE RESTAURANT & LOUNGE. Roger Barbour Jazz Quartet. Downtown. 412-238-2222. JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. Mark Strickland Duo. North Side. 412-904-3335.

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 THU 26

WED 01 RECLAMATION BREWING. Jack of Diamonds. Butler. 724-282-0831.

FRI 27

ANDYS WINE BAR. Maria Beycoates-Bey. Downtown. 412-773-8884. BACKSTAGE BAR AT THEATRE SQUARE. Ron Wilson Meets the Bassists. Downtown. www. per a p ty 1LIVE STUDIO. DJ 412-456-6666. pghci m o .c Goodnight: Open GRILLE ON SEVENTH. Elements. Avalon. Tony Campbell & Howie 412-424-9254. Alexander. Downtown. 412-391-1004. LEMONT. Mark Pipas. 1LIVE STUDIO. DJ Goodnight: Mt. Washington. 412-431-3100. Open Elements. Avalon. REVEL + ROOST. Funk + Soul 412-424-9254. Fridays. Downtown. 412281-1134. SUPPER CLUB RESTAURANT. RML Jazz. Greensburg. 724-850-7245.

ALTAR BAR. CURREN$Y, Prospectz Nation, KRSZ & Jimmy Wopo. Strip District. 412-263-2877.

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ELWOOD’S PUB. Jack of Diamonds. Rural Ridge. 724-265-1181.

ANDYS WINE BAR. Clare Ascani. Downtown. 412-773-8884. LEMONT. Take Two. Mt. Washington. 412-431-3100. THE MONROEVILLE RACQUET CLUB. Jazz Bean Live. Every

FRI 27 DOUBLETREE BY HILTON.

ACOUSTIC THU 26 DOWNEY’S HOUSE. Aaron from The Lava Game. Robinson. 412-489-5631. WALLACE’S TAP ROOM. Peter King w/ Mark Perna. East Liberty. 412-665-0555.

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THU 26 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. The Tillers. Strip District. 412-566-1000.

FRI 27 ARSENAL CIDER HOUSE & WINE CELLAR. Employees of Funk. Lawrenceville. 412-260-6968. CLUB CAFE. The Dustbowl Revival w/ Hollow Oaks. Early. Demos Papadimas & His Band, Scott & Rosanna. Late. South Side. 412-431-4950. HEATHSIDE COTTAGE. Carate Urio Orchestra. North Side. PITTSBURGH WINERY. Jude Benedict & the Last Drop w/ The Vindys. EP Release. Strip District. 412-566-1000.

SAT 28 A.J. PALUMBO CENTER. National Sängerbund. Uptown. 412-396-5140.

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HAMBONE’S. Ian Kane. Jazz Standards, showtunes & blues. Lawrenceville. 412-681-4318.

CLUB CAFE. Rising Appalachia w/ Arouna Diarra. South Side. 412-431-4950.

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ALLEGHENY ELKS LODGE #339. Pittsburgh Banjo Club. North Side. 412-321-1834.

PALLANTIA. Jon Bañuelos, flamenco guitarist. Shadyside. 412-621-2919.

PITTSBURGH WINERY. Whiskey Shivers. Strip District. 412-566-1000.

What to do IN PITTSBURGH

May 25-31 WEDNESDAY 25

Tickets: ticketﬂy.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 7p.m. & 10p.m.

SMILING MOOSE South Side. 412-431-4668. All ages show. Tickets: ticketﬂy.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 6:30p.m.

Curren$y

Tiny Moving Parts

Palm SPIRIT Lawrenceville. 412-586-4441. Over 21 show. Tickets: ticketﬂy.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 8p.m.

The Railsplitters HARD ROCK CAFE Station Square. 412-481-ROCK. Over 21 show. Tickets: ticketﬂy.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 8p.m.

THURSDAY 26 DelFest 2016

CUMBERLAND Maryland. Tickets: delfest.com. Through May 29.

Dave Chappelle: Live in Concert CARNEGIE OF HOMESTEAD MUSIC HALL Munhall.

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412-263-2877. All ages show. Tickets: ticketﬂy.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 7p.m.

ALTAR BAR Strip District. 412-263-2877. All ages show. Tickets: ticketﬂy.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 9p.m.

MONDAY 30 BEFORE YOU EXIT

ALTAR BAR Strip District. 412-263-2877. All ages show. Tickets: ticketﬂy.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 7p.m.

FRIDAY 27

Emo Night Live! (Full Band Karaoke) ALTAR BAR Strip District. 412-263-2877. Over 21 event. Tickets: ticketﬂy.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 11p.m.

Mike Snow MR. SMALLS THEATRE Millvale. 412-821-4447. All ages show. Tickets: ticketweb.com/opusone. 9p.m.

SATURDAY 28 Pyro Fest

COOPER’S LAKE Butler. All ages event. Tickets: pyrofest.com. Through May 29.

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Matilda the Musical Kids’ Mud on the Mountain

HAIM

SEVEN SPRINGS. Tickets: 7springs.com or 866-437-1300. 9a.m.

STAGE AE North Side. Tickets: ticketmaster.com or 1-800-745-3000. Doors open at 7p.m.

Animal Friends’ Bark in the Park 2016

Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin

NORTH PARK / SOUTH RIDGE LOOP. To register visit thinkingoutsidethecage.org /Bark2016. 9a.m.

ALTAR BAR Strip District. 412-263-2877. Over 21 event. Tickets: ticketﬂy.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 8p.m.

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SUNDAY 29 OpenStreetPGH

DOWNTOWN TO LAWRENCEVILLE. All ages event. For more info & schedules visit openstreetspgh.com. 9a.m.

The Summer Set ALTAR BAR Strip District.

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BENEDUM CENTER Downtown. 412-456-6666. Tickets: pittsburghclo.org. Through June 12.

(Hed) Pe / The Veer Union ALTAR BAR Strip District. 412-263-2877. All ages show. Tickets: ticketﬂy.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 6:30p.m.

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BATTLE STATIONS {BY HARRY KLOMAN}

THE PLOT INCLUDES: GANGSTERS, DETROIT AUTO-MAKERS, FANCY PARTIES AND KILLER BEES

It’s been a year of consequences for peace, justice and international diplomacy. First Batman and Superman boringly battle each other and learn lessons in humility. Then nearly a dozen Avengers thrill us as friendships fray and shatter. Now, in X-Men: Apocalypse, our contentious mutant family faces its most massive menace imaginable: a longdormant ancient brethren, a sort of anti-Klaatu, who plans to rid Earth of nuclear weapons — and then conquer it.

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Director Bryan Singer helms this installment (his fourth), and he gets it just right enough. The story, of course, is totally whack, and because we know everyone’s future, there’s positively no suspense (just a cameo surprise in a very big box). But the mutant muscle is crazy fun, and the intimate origin stories continue to emerge (along with a revised initiation for Nightcrawler). Fans can argue all day about who’s the coolest mutant (as opposed to the most powerful — it’s Jean, duh). My vote goes to the charismatic Quicksilver (Evan Peters), who executes another clever rescue mission. At the heart of X-Men, past and especially present, is the notion the tapping into rage and pain is no way to solve problems. And while work on this movie began long before the evil mutant and presidential candidate Repello materialized as something more than a TV game-show jester, its fantasy message seems inimitably crucial in these truly dangerous times. INFO@PGHCITYPAPER.COM

Kevin Kerslake’s new doc, As I Am:

The Life and Times of DJ AM, profiles the influential — and troubled — electronicmusic club DJ. 7:30 p.m. Thu., June 2. SouthSide Works

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In 3-D, in select theaters. Starts Fri., May 27.

Boys in blue: Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling and Angourie Rice

LAW AND DISORDER {BY AL HOFF}

F WE STIPULATE that the summer movie season has already started, then Shane Black’s The Nice Guys shifts up a notch or two. It’s not the best thing out there, but compared to the coming onslaught of mindless sequels, third-generationphotocopied comedies and explosions masquerading as plot, this buddy-cop ﬁlm at least makes an effort to be fresh. It begins its makeover in the past, setting the action in 1977 Los Angeles. The sun barely breaks through the smog, angry drivers line up at empty gas stations and what show-biz glamour there is has devolved into polyester-clad debauchery. Two worldweary men work this turf: Healy (Russell Crowe), a beefy, matter-of-fact enforcer, and March (Ryan Gosling), a boozy, shambolic private detective. Their paths intersect while pursuing the same missing woman, and they opt to combine their resources. The hunt is just an excuse to pilot these two — plus March’s 13-year-old daughter, Holly (Angourie Rice) — through the afore-

mentioned grimy L.A. of porn shops, plastic diners, shag-carpeted homes and a bowling alley. There’s an intentionally convoluted plot that includes all of the above, plus gangsters, the Department of Justice, Detroit auto-makers, two fancy parties and killer bees.

THE NICE GUYS DIRECTED BY: Shane Black STARRING: Ryan Gosling, Russell Crowe, Angourie Rice

It’s all to provide comic fodder for our pair, as they fall down hills and squabble. Crowe is mostly the straight man, while Gosling lets his comic feathers ﬂy — from pratfalls and shrieking to wickedly delivered insults and some spot-on deadpanning. Rice is the voice of reason — the pintsized adult in the funhouse — though she’s got a pretty sharp tongue herself. Black, who co-wrote the script with Anthony Bagarozzi, made his bones penning

Lethal Weapon, and he is a notable influence in the genre of mismatched buddycop movies that careen amiably between comedy and action. Nice Guys knows that you know the drill, and Black has some fun playing with audience expectations, though the tweaks and winks hardly outnumber the traditional beats. Not all the jokes land — and too many rely on easy profanity or things crashing — but the duds fly by quickly. (This is as good a place as any to make a plea for studios to stop releasing trailers, like the one for this film, that ultimately kill all the best jokes before you’ve even seen the movie.) And as a special viewer bonus: If you suffered through the turgid humorless season two of HBO’s True Detective — a sprawling, kooky conspiracy set in downbeat L.A., with splashes of sex, violence and corruption, helmed by angry, boozy off-the-books detectives — consider this to be the much more entertaining, much less pretentious version that never was. A H OF F @ P G HC I T Y PA P E R. C OM

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theft. They shared a keen understanding of the vulnerability of art, especially as a stand-in for culture, during times of conflict. (Today, we see the same impulses playing out in the Middle East, as ancient cultural sites are intentionally destroyed.) Some of the film’s material is less interesting, and a contemporary thread about the shipping of art across oceans left me puzzled. (It’s too risky? Art should stay in its native home?) But mostly Sokurov does a fine job weaving together art and history, and what both reveal about ourselves, individually and as a culture. In various languages, with subtitles. Starts Fri., May 27. Regent Square (AH)

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NEW THIS WEEK ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS. Mia Wasikowska, Helena Bonham Carter and Johnny Depp star in this adaptation of the sequel to Lewis Carroll’s book Alice in Wonderland; James Bobin directs this film. In 3-D, in select theaters. Starts Fri., May 27. A BIGGER SPLASH. A former rock star named Marianne (Tilda Swinton) and her lover, filmmaker Paul (Matthias Schoenaerts), are enjoying a sojourn on an Italian island; Marianne is recovering from throat surgery, and quiet time in a secluded villa is a grand prescription. But the unexpected arrival of Marianne’s former lover, louche music producer Harry (Ralph Fiennes), and his American daughter, Penelope (Dakota Johnson), disrupts the rehab. As expected when clothes are so easily doffed and wine pours freely, tensions quickly surface; never mind the languid days, the pot is on the boil. Despite the presence of two of Marianne’s lovers, the dramatic set-up is less a love triangle than a fluid rectangle, where the balance of power waxes and wanes between the four corners. Luca Guadagnino’s film is a tantalizing slice of sunny Euro decadence, a comedy of manners that occasionally slides into a broadly painted critique of privilege (and likely a jab from the Italian director at cavalier Britons treating his country as an exotic playground). It’s not just the fabulous villa these privileged people have, but the economic and psychic space to screw up and blithely carry on. It’s fun to watch, but the film never delivers much more than a top-notch melodrama, with its “serious issues” (addiction, depression, the sad plight of refugees in the Mediterranean) scattered into scenes of poollounging and boozy dancing. While both are easy on the eye, Schoenaerts is a bit of a droop and Johnson struggles to make Penelope anything more than a catalytic nymphette. But our two A-listers are captivating: Fiennes is hilarious as the boorish, manic Harry, and Swinton manages a couple of impossible tasks — remaining silent for most of film and wearing absurd resort wear with élan. Starts Fri., May 27 (Al Hoff) THE DAMNED: DON’T YOU WISH THAT WE WERE DEAD. The Damned were straight-up Class of ’76 punk: The band had the first punk single (“New Rose”) and was the first punk act to baffle (or delight) America with a chaotic tour. And yet, The Damned is often left off the roster of critical ancestors (Sex Pistols, The Clash). This documentary from Wes Orshoski (Lemmy) recounts the history of the band, and asks: How did The Damned miss its place in punk history? Is it because the members were forever breaking up and reforming? Because they could actually play musical instruments? Favored prankishness over politics? Or, as the title suggests, had the “misfortune” not to die, and thus were damned (doomed) to a decades-long slog making music outside of the canon and growing into the unthreatening spectacle of grizzled Old Age Punks? Archival footage is paired with contemporary performances and interviews. Hearing from outsiders (fans, other musicians) is useful for context, but it will be up to the true-blue fans to make sense of the story given the band members’ past, present and likely future squabbling. 10 p.m. Fri., May 27; 9:30 p.m. Sat., May 28; and 7 p.m. Sun., May 29. Hollywood (AH)

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the Louvre Museum, its long-standing relationship to France’s cultural identity and, more specifically, the fate of the museum and its contents during the Nazi occupation. Sokurov uses archival material (there are a fascinating number of paintings of the Louvre) and some dramatic recreations. One establishes the Western proclivity for building such critical cultural temples

as a “happy” outcome of war (or colonialism). To the victors, go the sarcophagi! And then there is the fascinating tale of Jacques Jaujard and Count Franziskus Wolff-Metternich, the French bureaucrat and the Nazi officer, respectively, who were unlikely collaborators in saving the Louvre’s treasures from both physical destruction and

NEIGHBORS 2: SORORITY RISING. In a rarity for summer sequels, Nicholas Stoller’s N eighbors 2 not only eclipses its precursor, it’s the movie the original should have been. Both have a good mix of raunch, physical comedy and smart jokes, but N eighbors 2 combines all that with an outright rejection of sexism and homophobia that are, sadly, too often present in comedies. The sequel basically recycles the original plot: Adults with young children are looking to sell their house; a new sorority moves in next door and throws loud parties; and the adults try to close the sorority so they can sell their home. But the Chloë Grace Moretz-led sorority doesn’t just want to party — the members are trying to create a more female-friendly space away from the frats that are merely trying to get girls drunk and objectify them. Hilarity ensues; both Zac Efron and Seth Rogen go shirtless; gratuitous nudity is minimized; and a femiCONTINUES ON PG. 30

“A DELICIOUS, SEXY THRILLER.” Velvet Smooth (1976)

5/26 @ 8pm A crime lord hires a female private detective to__________________________________________________ ﬁnd out who’s stealing his business.

Pretty In Pink (1986) 5/27 @ 7:30pm, 5/28 @ 7pm, 5/29 @ 4pm Classic 80’s “Brat Pack” ﬁlm with one of the best soundtracks in modern cinema. __________________________________________________ The Damned: Don’t You Wish That We Were Dead (2015) 5/27 @ 10pm, 5/28 @ 9:30pm, 5/29 @ 7pm Authorized documentary of the British punk pioneers. __________________________________________________

The Wall (1982) 5/28 @ Midnight British live-action/animated surreal musical ﬁlm based on the Pink Floyd album.

FRANCOFONIA. In his new essay, director Alexander Sokurov (Russian Ark) ruminates on

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LOVE & FRIENDSHIP. After making his mark with contemporary comedies of manners — many featuring well-off young folks delivering droll observations — director Whit Stillman goes to the source, adapting Jane Austen’s novella Lady Susan. The widowed Lady Susan (Kate Beckinsale), the subject of whispers for her forthright and devious ways, sets herself up at her sniffy in-laws’ and embarks on a series of complicated schemes to find suitable (i.e. moneyed) husbands for herself and her daughter. There are a lot of players, but the two men of significance are the handsome young Reginald (Xavier Samuel) and the blithering idiot Sir James. (Of James, Susan tells her despairing daughter: “He has offered you the one thing of value that he has — his income.”) The handsome film offers pretty costumes and 18th-century locales, but it’s the machinations and deliciously arch dialogue that makes this tidy 90-minute comedy thoroughly enjoyable. Beckinsale is a delight, and Tom Bennett’s portrayal of James’ fidgety motor-mouthing is laugh-out-loud funny. Starts Fri., May 27 (AH)

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nist message is delivered, but not in a cheesy afterschool-special kind of way. (Ryan Deto) THE OTHER SIDE. Italian filmmaker Roberto Minervini turns his lens on the struggling folks of a backwater Louisiana town, and it’s two parts ugly (drugs, violence, racism, hopelessness) to one part positive (kinship, patriotism, perseverance). Using real people — primarily thirtysomething Mark and his girlfriend Lisa — Minervini crafts a hybrid documentary-drama portrait, with a clear design on depicting aspects of the American story that are often ignored or covered up. You get the sense that all the fly-on-the-wall grime, misery and dissatisfaction that’s revealed will be of more interest to foreign viewers; in theory, Americans in 2016 shouldn’t be shocked to learn that the rural poor are struggling. Minervini creates space for finding sympathy among the film’s tough-to-like characters, but individual viewers will set their own bar for distasteful scenes. There’s not much plot: Mark struggles, then struggles some more. Then Minervini abandons Mark entirely, finishing out his film with a group of men training to be militia members for the upcoming conflict with the U.S. government. FEMA camps are already being built, one man assures the camoclad dudes, who find release from this impending domestic nightmare by drinking beer and shooting up an abandoned car. Starts Fri., May 27. Parkway, McKees Rocks (AH)

REPERTORY MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE. Brian De Palma directs this 1996 reboot of the 1960s TV spy show. Tom Cruise kicks off a new franchise as Ethan Hunt, the spy who must work outside the law to get impossible things done. 7:30 p.m. Wed., May 25. AMC Loews Waterfront. $5 FOOD SYSTEMS, CHAPTER 3: THE ECOSYSTEM. This third chapter of local filmmaker David Bernabo’s

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series about the local food scene examines the ecosystem in which food production occurs. Continuing the style of previous chapters — documentary meets art film — this installment jumps between long shots of Pennsylvania countryside and subject interviews, cut with montages of dancing foods or explanatory illustrations. Bernabo focuses on the impact of industrial farming’s monoculture crops, as well as other issues faced by small Pennsylvania growers, such as land cost, climate change and nearby fracking. This wellresearched work presents the voices of the people who dedicate their lives to maintaining a healthy and sustainable food system. 7 p.m. Thu., May 26. Wigle

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The Damned: Don’t You Wish That We Were Dead Whiskey Barrelhouse, 1055 Spring Garden Ave., North Side. Free. www.foodsystemsfilm.com (Celine Roberts) LOST IN THE HYPE: AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN A SUPER SPORTS TOWN. This locally produced 45-minute 2009 documentary examines racism in sports, and how it can be perpetuated by players, fans, owners, media and even how tax dollars are spent. Pitt history professor Rob Ruck and Aisah White, the film’s executive producer, will lead a discussion after the screening. 7:30 p.m. Thu., May 26. Pump House, 880 E. Waterfront St., Munhall. www.battleofhomestead.org. Free VELVET SMOOTH. A crime lord hires a lady detective to find out who’s ripping him off in this 1976 blaxploitation feature from Michael Fink. 8 p.m. Thu., May 26. Hollywood BAYOU MAHARAJAH. Lily Keber’s 2013 documentary profiles New Orleans piano-player James Booker, whom Dr. John once pegged as “the best black, gay, one-eyed junkie piano genius New Orleans has ever produced.” Booker began playing professionally as a teenager, and was a prolific sideman in the studio and on the road for many notable R&B greats. He had a unique playing style and natural flair for showmanship. But Booker was also a troubled man who fought lifelong battles with substance abuse and, likely, undiagnosed mental illness. Still, his former friends and colleagues — Booker died at age 42, in 1983 — weigh in with affection with memories of his talent, influence and impossible nature. In a city of mad geniuses and colorful oddballs, Booker still stood out, and one senses he is missed even all these years later. Fri., May 27-Sun., May 29, and 6:30 Thu., June 2 (film happy hour). Parkway, McKees Rocks (AH) PRETTY IN PINK. Molly Ringwald, Andrew McCarthy and Jon Cryer star in this 1986 comedy-romance about a high school girl who must choose between the new cute rich guy and her goofy pal who has long been crushing on her. Howard Deutsch directs a script by John Hughes. 7:30 p.m. Fri., May 27; 7 p.m. Sat., May 28; and 4 p.m. Sun., May 29. Hollywood SABOTAGE. Alfred Hitchcock’s 1936 drama adapts Joseph Conrad’s story about a policeman pursuing a bombing suspect in London. May 27-June 1. Row House Cinema STRANGERS ON A TRAIN. Tennis pro Farley Granger meets rich, obsessed man-boy (Robert Walker) onboard a train. While sharing a smoke, Granger whines about his stifling wife and Walker offers a your-wife-for-my-dad murder trade. Granger detrains, bemused. He stops laughing when his wife

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turns up dead, and scary Walker starts hounding him for his half of the murder bargain. Adapted from Patricia Highsmith’s novel and co-penned by Raymond Chandler, this 1951 thriller is one of Alfred Hitchcock’s finer films — a sharp script with few superfluous scenes, the good-evil duality motifs and the marvelous Suspense 101 tennis-match-to-carnival end. May 27-30 and June 1. Row House Cinema (AH) SHADOW OF A DOUBT. In a small, sleepy California town, a young woman (Teresa Wright) wonders whether her visiting uncle (Joseph Cotten) is the Merry Widow Murderer. Alfred Hitchcock’s 1943 domestic psychological thriller proves that neither international intrigue nor break-neck pursuits are necessary for nailnibbling drama. May 27-31. Row House Cinema

Francofonia PSYCHO. Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 classic is a thriller and treatise on troubled mother-son relationships. Embezzler-on-the-run Janet Leigh picks the wrong motel to catch some rest at, though the proprietor seems friendly enough … Psycho remains a textbook of masterful editing, and Bernard Hermann’s score is as creepy as ever. May 27-29 and May 31June 1. Row House Cinema (AH)

BLOOD ON THE LEAVES. This new locally produced and cast drama gets its Pittsburgh premiere. A young man from the city heads to the woods to bury a body. But he is trapped by a falling tree, and is subsequently discovered by a hunter, sparking a stand-off. Vincent Branard directs. 7:30 p.m. Wed., June 1. Hollywood. $8 TOP GUN. Can Tom Cruise, the macho-sensitive, supersonic Navy pilot, still take your breath away? Find out whether Tony Scott’s 1986 action-romance still flies high. 7:30 p.m. Wed., June 1. AMC Loews Waterfront. $5

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“HOW DO YOU MAKE A LIVING IF YOU ARE GIVING AWAY ART?”

Lust. Power. Vengeance. Is it Count Dracula or Don Giovanni? Undercroft Opera presents Don Giovanni with an all-new libretto, in English, that emphasizes the supernatural similarities between Mozart’s classic and Bram Stoker’s touchstone 1897 novel. The opera, about a wanton nobleman preying on brides-to-be, comes to Carlow University’s Antonian Theater for four performances this weekend. Undercroft founder and artistic director Mary Beth Sederburg noticed the parallels between the licentious Don Giovanni, the conquests of Count Dracula and those who oppose their rampant destruction. Sederburg and a team of writers met for three-hour sessions three times a week for a month to completely revise the libretto, making the connection to vampires explicit. “I think we’re in an age in our society that is very interested in the supernatural,” says Sederburg. She noted that popculture phenomenon Twilight and its direct descendant Fifty Shades of Grey also share much with Don Giovanni. “A lot of people feel [Christian Grey is] victimizing this woman, bringing her into this world that she’s struggling against,” Sederburg says. “Don Giovanni does that for a living.” The title aristocrat will be played at different performances by three baritones, Ngofeen Mputubwele, Jesse Enderle and Jordan Speranzo. Director Sarah Young insists that modern vampire lore directly overlaps with Mozart’s 1787 masterpiece. “The central theme of Don Giovanni is about sexual liberation and exploration of one’s uninhibited side — that can often be one’s dark side,” Young says. “So is Dracula, coincidentally.” Although the opera features completely new text, Mozart’s score was not altered. Rather, the team took pains to gel the material with the music. “The music is king,” Young says. “I can confidently say the cast and I have been very careful not to make a choice that doesn’t work in the music.” The live score will be peformed by a full orchestra conducted by Thomas W. Douglas. In addition, for the first time, Undercroft will feature backdrop projections, created by Antonio Colaruotolo, a designer who trained in Rome. The abstract moodiness of the projections contrasts with the opulent Victorian costumes by Cindy Albert. Don Giovanni, the final production in Undercroft Opera’s 10th season, will feature supertitles to aid in following along. INFO@PGHCITYPAPER.COM

DON GIOVANNI Thu., May 26-Sun., May 29. Undercroft Opera at Antonian Theater, 3333 Fifth Ave., Oakland. $25-35. 412-422-7919 or www.undercroftopera.org N E W S

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Kelly-Strayhorn Theater Executive Director Janera Solomon is among those pioneering a pay-what-you-want approach.

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tickets “pay what makes you happy,” the policy itself, unsurprisingly, puts audiences in a good mood. Or so it seems at the Kelly-Strayhorn Theater, which in September announced that every ticket price in its current season would be up to buyers. “I think it’s great,” said Therese Libert, prior to a May 13 program in the theater’s newMoves dance festival. “It gives people who couldn’t previously afford to go to performances and shows in the arts a chance to experience it.” Libert, of Regent Square, had paid $5 each for she and her son, A.J. “It makes it possible to come more

often,” said another ticket-buyer at that show, Lynda Van Buren. She added that even on her “starving-artist budget,” she’s attended multiple Kelly-Strayhorn shows this season.

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very approachable for people to come,” said Miguel Feitosa, an East Liberty software engineer and Kelly-Strayhorn regular who paid $20 for a newMoves show. That’s the idea; as Kelly-Strayhorn Executive Director Janera Solomon told CP shortly after announcing the policy, “I want people coming to the theater as regularly as they might go groceryshopping.” And indeed, several shows into its season, the Kelly-Strayhorn reported that it was drawing, on average, 50 more people per show than it did last year. “There’s deﬁnitely been a surge in attendance,” spokesperson Linda Hoye said in April. Perhaps more surprisingly, per-ticket revenue at that time was CONTINUES ON PG. 32

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$9.42 — up from last season’s $8 (after discounts and comps are counted in). “We feel [the policy is] very successful,” said Hoye. It all sounds great, especially given widespread concerns about the graying of arts patrons. But can pay-what-youwant pricing really broaden the arts’ appeal, even as it helps arts groups build and diversify their audiences? The Kelly-Strayhorn is the largest performing-arts organization in town to price its whole season this way. But more groups are experimenting with the policy. For instance, 12 Peers Theater recently wrapped the ﬁrst show of its own inaugural pay-what-you-want season. The company found that even though per-guest contributions averaged $9.70 (compared to its usual $15 to $20 ticket), gains in attendance had raised revenue 50 percent above that of the small company’s average production, says artistic director Vince Ventura. Likely the most established Pittsburgh company to try pay-what-youwant is City Theatre. This season, its 40th, the company offered a limited number of PWYW seats for at least two performances of each mainstage production, and at least one for productions in its blackbox Hamburg Studio. For its production

of Sex With Strangers, City sold 68 seats that way — up from 23 PWYW seats for the season’s ﬁrst production, says development director James McNeel. And he says that PWYW contributions have averaged $12.79, only a little less than City’s standard discounted ticket of $15 for patrons under age 30. Groups elsewhere like the policy, too. Forum Theater, based in the Washington, D.C., area, is in its third straight season of holding half the house for PWYW seats it releases one hour before curtain. Artistic director Michael Dove says the company has seen higher attendance, younger and more diverse crowds — and PWYW contributions averaging $15, slightly above its former average per-ticket revenue. In the U.K., theater troupe ARC Stockton has also reported favorable results. So anecdotally, at least, PWYW seems feasible for nonproﬁt performing-arts groups — most of whom, after all, make just 40 percent or less of their budgets through earned income, relying on individual or foundation giving for the rest. Still, experiments with the policy are

just that — pretty recent, and limited to a small number of groups. Skeptics about PWYW include Michael Rushton, an Indiana University of Pennsylvania professor who teaches arts administration. While PWYW has its roots in the venerable art of busking, “I don’t think we have enough evidence yet” about whether the policy is sustainable for arts organizations, says Rushton, author of the 2015 book Strategic Pricing in the Arts. PWYW, says Ruston, is meant to attract two groups: people with lower incomes and those who fear spending $20 (or $50) on a show they might not like. As Forum Theater’s Dove puts it, “People pay $50 to $60 to go to a concert — but they know all the songs.” Not so with a new play, or unfamiliar art form. But Rushton says that studies have shown that the biggest barrier to arts attendance isn’t pricing: Even free shows, he says, are mostly attended by people with above-average incomes. Mostly, he says, people don’t attend arts events because either they’re not interested or they just don’t have time. (He notes that when venues have suggested admission fees, “99 percent” of patrons pay that amount.) Rushton also worries that PWYW is a way of telling potential patrons, “You might not like this.” He believes a better policy is just to make good art and rely on word of mouth. “That seems to me to be a more solid way of developing audiences for the

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long run,” he says. Theaters have long wooed future audiences with discounts: This season alone, for instance, Pittsburgh Public Theater has sold 9,000 tickets for $15.75 to patrons 26 and under, says Katie Conaway, the theater’s director of education and outreach. But Dove argues that PWYW is even more welcoming than a big discount. “We really believe that theater is a quality-of-life [issue], and it should be accessible to people,” he says. He tells of an unemployed Forum patron who’d pay as little as $1 to attend — but who became a subscriber after he got a job. Perhaps the Pittsburgh-based artist with the longest experience with PWYW is Beth Corning. In the 1990s, says the choreographer and performer, two companies she worked with in Minneapolis did PWYW shows, and in 2003 she imported the practice to Pittsburgh’s Dance Alloy Theater. These days, Sunday matinees of productions by her troupe CorningWorks are PWYW. “It’s a nice thing to offer the community,” says Corning, who believes that at least some patrons attend (or visit twice during a run) because of the policy. But, she says, “I have issues with giving away art. How do you make a living if you are giving away art?” She is also skeptical that very many people who won’t pay full price today will later return as full-freight patrons. Others see the issue exactly the opposite way. “My main focus is making theater more accessible, more egalitarian,” says 12 Peers artistic director Vince Ventura. “I don’t think theater can survive without that.” D RI S C OL L @ P G HC I T Y PA P E R. C OM

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don’t just watch a show through a fourth wall: They are both subsumed in a fictional environment and part of the action, literally becoming actors themselves. Pittsburgh’s latest interactive production, Uncumber Theatrics’ fiendishly clever Serpentine, is a step further still away from traditional theater and toward live role-playing game. You start in a Bloomfield walk-up, redone as an old-school private eye’s office (though Serpentine is set in the present). A young woman named Moira tells you the proprietor, one Raymond Maat, has gone missing. She asks for help finding him, and gives you 40 minutes to search the office for clues.

SERPENTINE continues through June 11. Uncumber Theatrics in Bloomfield. $35 (21 and over). www.uncumbertheatrics.com

It’s hard to say more without spoiling the fun. But the clues available involve Pittsburgh history, including a certain landmark bridge; Egyptology; a famous book of poetry; and other arcana, plentiful and bafﬂing. (You’re allowed to take notes, and photos.) Then you’re set free, but with options: Information is provided for locating other characters to help you continue the search. Here’s where Serpentine really diverges from other exemplary local interactive shows, like Bricolage Productions’ ground-

breaking STRATA (2013). Those other dodgy Serpentine characters are located out in public or semi-public spaces around town, scattered throughout the week. Thus Serpentine expands in time and space, as patrons desire. This is self-actuated theater that you can take as far as you like. (I kept two additional “appointments” that same day; online materials supplement the game and permit patron collaboration.) This all requires a level of expeditioning that’s more geocaching than it is Eugene O’Neill. But at its best, it makes you feel like you’re a character in a movie — say, an eerie thriller directed by David Lynch. As in Uncumber’s immersive (but not interactive) Professor Eldritch’s Asylum for Uncanny and Extraordinary Women (2105), the actors you’ll encounter here are talented, though the real star is the detailed overall conception by Uncumber founders Ayne Terceira and Aaron Tarnow. For me, only this far into Serpentine, how much (or how little) it all means is impossible to say. But interactive shows certainly excite different neurons than traditional theater. And if Serpentine isn’t really a “play,” moreso here than with most amusements, play’s very much the thing.

THE LION continues through June 5. City Theatre, 1300 Bingham St., South Side. $15-66. 412-431-2489 or www.citytheatrecompany.org

It’s impossible to overstate his enormous charm as a performer. With the assistance of only Neil Patel’s quietly evocative set and Ben Stanton’s expressive lighting design (plus those guitars), Scheuer creates a shimmering evening in which he pulls us into the action and his life. A musical virtuoso, Scheuer makes the guitars a central element, bringing the exact colors and shading he needs to tell his story. Sean Daniels directs and knows when to push Scheuer forward and when to let him take a back seat to the music. I don’t know that much about this type of music (which could be described as coffeehouse confessional), but I do know that much of it was moving, and that Scheuer’s performance of it was speciﬁc and strong. There’s a great deal to love about this Lion.

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with a lot of Freud, it’s hooey. But singer/ songwriter Benjamin Scheuer is making Freud’s case as writer/performer of the award-winning, autobiographical oneman show The Lion, currently on tour and having a sit-down at City Theatre. As a child, Scheuer was enthralled by his pop, a mathematical academic who, on the side, played guitar and instilled in young Scheuer a love of music. But life at home wasn’t all a big Von Trapp fantasy; daddy had a dark side, too — an imperious attitude coupled with fits of rage. It was during the week of a protracted battle between the two that the father died from a brain malfunction, leaving Ben with lifelong guilt and anger. I was initially downhearted finding myself in the middle of a “Daddy, Why Don’t You Love Me?” story (which, next to plays about suburban infidelity, are my least favorite). And, too, I think guitars (of which the show boasts seven) are the worst thing to happen to music besides the Moog synthesizer. I bring all that up so you’ll know what an enchanting achievement The Lion turns out to be. Fate has a few more punches in store for Scheuer, and he weaves those events, and his emotional journey, into a work of intelligence and talent.

Vanessa German’s artist statement for dontsaythatshitoutloud, in the front window of Artists Image Resource, is powerful: It tells how German was affected by finding two men, four months apart, shot to death outside her house, in Homewood, and argues for speaking about the trauma of gun violence in a society that views such talk as weakness. The exhibit inside illuminates the theme brilliantly. German, an activist, performance artist and sculptor, worked for months with AIR’s printmakers, and the addition to her artistic palette is fruitful. Working with recurring objects and images — especially AK-47 grips, and the little oil bottles used with those assault rifles — she almost literally imprints viewers with the toll of gun violence. Some works here hark to German’s familiar style: doll-like figures densely adorned with found objects for a memorial or devotional effect. Strong examples include “Marcus (sanctuary for baby Marcus at 18 months old).” And in the searing room-sized installation “a skirt to grieve in,” a full-size adult woman, black as onyx with a cowrie shell for lips, blue doves in her hair, holds her palms up while wearing a voluminous waterfall of a skirt printed with AK grips, eyes and teardrops. German’s print-based work, meanwhile, explores new terrain. “Circles: get a grip — variable edition” is a series of mandala-like prints whose text reads “Love Has You Covered.” The double-entendre kicks, especially because the radial elements are gold AK grips. Elsewhere, a triptych of large framed pieces each features a photograph of German herself in a power stance, arms akimbo. In one, she hangs upside down, a butterfly over her mouth, hands reaching from the frame’s bottom to catch her. In another, her chest is adorned with a vintage sticker: “1946 Penna Resident Hunter.” “Oil tins: fill your gun here” occupies 30-plus linear feet of wall and includes 100 oil cans — too few to catch all the blood-red tears printed upon the canvas. Less dramatic but also bruising: a large printout of news outlet Public Source’s online map of Pittsburgh’s solved and unsolved murders from 2010-15 (about half were solved), draped on two sets of steps: Walking upon it, you partake of business as usual. While surely indicting gunmen, German also calls to account those standing idly by, even as she expresses infinite compassion for the victims. DRISCOLL@PGHCITYPAPER.COM

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+ THU., MAY 26 {ART} If you haven’t visited the Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse, tonight’s a good excuse. This nonprofit is like a thrift store where you can purchase (or donate) odds and ends that might be reborn as art supplies — everything from photo magazines to fabric, craft paper to housewares. Tonight, Creative Reuse’s own staff show what they can do with reusable materials in an art show in the Center’s new gallery. At the opening reception, peruse works by Daniel Shapiro, Laura Ramie, Nora Gilchrist, Ashley Andrews and more. Purchases support the gallery. Bill O’Driscoll 6-9 p.m. 214 N. Lexington St., Point Breeze. Free. 412-473-0100 or www.pccr.org

specifically deals with Coburn’s new sense of his family album once he learned about his relatives’ painful past, while Ledbetter uses different surfaces and light to frame contradicting narratives about life and death. Tyler Dague 6-9 p.m. Exhibit continues July 30. 1015 E. Carson St., South Side. Free. 412-431-1810 or www.silvereye.org

Launched in 2012, the locally produced Dog Bytes became an acclaimed web series, garnering awards at film festivals around the U.S. Most recently, the dark comedy starring Adrienne Wehr and Tammy Tsai, and directed by Melissa Martin, screened in Cannes as part of MIPTV’s Best of the Web international showcase. You could catch up online — or you could enjoy The Sights and Sounds of Dog Bytes, a public screening of the series’ first five episodes. The fundraiser, tonight at the Oaks Theater, includes appearances by cast and crew and musical performances by Scotty Grill and Lonesome Bob. BO 7:30 p.m. 310 Allegheny River Blvd., Oakmont. $12-15. www.theoakstheater.com

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Pittsburgh is getting not only its first two exhibitions by one of the world’s best-known living contemporary artists, but also the man himself. Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei visits June 2 for a sure-to-sell-out discussion with Eric Shiner, executive director of The Andy Warhol Museum, at the Carnegie Music Hall. The occasion is the June 3 opening of Andy Warhol/Ai Weiwei: The expansive exhibit is a collaboration between the Warhol and Australia’s National Gallery of Victoria, which premiered it in December. The 350-some works (paintings, sculptures, wallpaper and more) span the Warhol’s seven floors to compare the work, inspiration and influence of the two men. (Warhol was a big influence on Ai, but the two never met.) But first: On Sat., May 28, the Carnegie Museum of Art opens Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads, a 2011 work consisting of 12 massive bronze representations of the 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac (dog, dragon, pig, rat, etc.), displayed amongst the historic casts in the Hall of Architecture. In part a commentary on cultural heritage lost to colonialism (one that debuted, ironically, while he was under detention by China’s Communist regime), Circle of Animals is another expression of Ai’s political sensibility, much like his recent work responding to the Greek refugee crisis. Bill O’Driscoll Talk: 8 p.m. Thu., June 2 ($10). 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland. 412-622-3131 or www.cmoa.org

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thousands of folks outdoors your granddad’s display. on a Penn Avenue temporarily This weekend-long event made free of cars, from celebrating its fifth year at Market Square to 47th Street, in Cooper’s Lake features four Lawrenceville. (Last July, nearly internationally acclaimed 18,000 participated.) Today pyrotechnic headliners, a first marks 2016’s first Open Streets, for the festival. The finale, with activity hubs in Market “Prism,” showcases traditional fireworks, pyrotechnic effects, dozens of strobes and towering laser lights set to classical and electronicdance instrumentation. Effects from Prism were used at concerts featuring Justin MAY 28 Timberlake and Zedd as well as the music Krish festival Coachella. Mohan TD 3-11 p.m. Also 3-11 p.m. Sun., May 29. 205 Currie Road, Slippery Rock. $25-125 ($15 students/ military). 888-718-4253 or www.pyrofest.com

{COMEDY} Krish Mohan says that some people have trouble placing him ethnically: “Maybe he’s Italian. Maybe he’s Muslim. Maybe he’s a Die Hard villain — we don’t know!” Born in India, raised in Pittsburgh, the nationally touring, Washington, D.C.-based comic known for tackling race, religion and other cultural issues returns to record his new album, An Indian Comedian: How Not to Fit In. The concert is tonight, at Hambone’s, with fellow comics Garrett Titlebaum and Derek Minto. BO 9 p.m. 4207 Butler St., Lawrenceville. $10. www. ramennoodlescomedy.com

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Cabin parks. North Park’s boat-launch and boathouse are active today, too, for bike and boat rentals and even one-day courses in kayaking, stand-up paddleboarding and stand-up paddleboarding yoga. You can always grill out later. BO Times and fees vary. www.alleghenyparks.us/parks

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of a bright English girl with telekinesis who overcomes revolting parents and a violent school principal to help her teacher rediscover life, Matilda was a Broadway smash, breaking box-office records and garnering four Tony Awards. This touring production, by the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Dodgers, is getting a two-week Pittsburgh CLO run at the Benedum Center. TD 7:30 p.m. Continues through June 12. 237 Seventh St., Downtown. $26-69. 412-456-6666 or www.pittsburghclo.org

+ TUE., MAY 31 {STAGE} Whether as Roald Dahl’s classic children’s novel or Mara Wilson’s adorable turn in the 1996 film adaptation, Matilda has been charming families for decades. The 2013 musical adaptation, with a book by Dennis Kelly and songs by Tim Minchin, has its Steel City premiere tonight. The story

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{DRAG} A bona fide cultural phenomenon and ratings powerhouse for Logo TV, RuPaul’s Drag Race has brought the art of drag to audiences across the country and overseas. The Battle of the Seasons 2016 Extravaganza Tour, a live spinoff, hits the Carnegie Library of Homestead Music Hall tonight for an evening of music and madness, hosted by series judge Michelle Visage and featuring an all-star cast of former contestants, including winners Jinks Monsoon and Violet Chachki. Season-four winner and reigning Pittsburgh City Paper Reader’s Poll Best Drag Performer Sharon Needles will also appear. TD 9 p.m. 510 E. 10th Ave., Munhall. $38.50-302. 877-435-9849 or www.librarymusichall.com

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NEW THIS WEEK ON THE SKIDS. The Woods. Art & illustrations by Seth Storck & Dave Slebodneck. Opening reception May 28, 7 - 11 p.m. Knoxville. SILVER EYE CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY. The Hereditary Estate: Daniel Coburn. The solo exhibition explores the dark undercurrent of the artist’s family history through a series of lyrical & mysterious photographs. Opening reception May 27, 6 - 9 p.m. Homo Bulla: Megan Ledbetter. The solo exhibition is a study of surfaces & life cycles in the American South. Opening reception May 27, 6 - 9 p.m. South Side. 412-431-1810.

ONGOING 28 WEST SECOND GALLERY & STUDIO SPACE. The 6th Annual Women’s Exhibition. Exhibiting works will include mixed media, painting, photography & sculpture by Suzanne Andrews, Saige Baxter, Stacy Butera, Christine Davis, Sarah Hunter, Nicolena Loshonkohl, Megan Merz, Roberta Myers, Moira Richardson, Hudson Rush, Sue Seyak, Lauren Stanley, Bequie Soike & Sandra Zulawinski. Greensburg. 724-205-9033. 937 LIBERTY AVE. Humanae/ I AM AUGUST. A series of photographs of everyday Pittsburghers by Angelica Dass.

Downtown. 412-338-8742. AMERICAN JEWISH MUSEUM. Sanctuary & Sustenance: The Story of Many Journeys. A multimedia presentation by Julia Rendleman w/ images & music & a photography exhibition offering a glimpse into the lives of refugees from around the world. Squirrel Hill. 412-521-8011 x105. ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM. Exposures: Hanging Fruit. An original installation by Zhiwan Cheung. Permanent collection. Artwork & artifacts by the famed Pop Artist. What They Say, What They Said. A collaboration between The Andy Warhol Museum, BOOM Concepts & Artists Image Resource (AIR). D.S. Kinsel’s mural is the project’s introductory iteration of prints installed on the Rosa Villa, a shuttered building across the street from The Warhol. 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. ARTISTS IMAGE RESOURCE. dontsaythatshitoutloud. New work by resident artist, Vanessa German. Artist talk on May 25, 6 - 8 p.m. North Side. 412-321-8664. THE ARTSMITHS OF PITTSBURGH. Celebrating a Legacy. Presented by Women

of Visions, Inc., an AfricanAmerican women’s art collective. Mt. Lebanon. 412-341-2299. AUGUST WILSON CENTER. Vanessa German, Introspective. An ambitious hybrid of multidisciplinary work curated to highlight the dimensions of German’s life & work as a citizen artist & activist. With I Wish I Knew How It Felt to Be Free. Work by Hebru Brantley. Downtown. 412-258-2700. BARCO LAW LIBRARY. Oracles & Vesicles, Drawings & Prints by Michael Walter. Oakland. 412-648-1376. BOXHEART GALLERY. That was the River, This is the Sea. Paintings by Joshua Hogan, sculpture by James Shipman & a window installation by Daria Sandburg. Floodgates for Hydra. Paintings by Jennipher Satterly. Bloomﬁeld. 412-687-8858. CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART. Associated Artists of Pittsburgh. Work from 56 regional artists. Celebration Red. Conceptual artist, Allison Knowles reprises her 1962 work by asking visitors to bring in a red item to contribute to a large grid. Oakland. 412-622-3131. CHRISTINE FRECHARD GALLERY. Summer Series. Work from Artur Vasilevich. Michael Lies, painter/ﬁlmmaker will exhibit a few paintings. Squirrel Hill. 412-421-8888. CHROMOS EYEWEAR. Exposures: A Photo Montage by Artist Ruthanne Bauerle.

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GALLERY. Historical images EVENT: & items forcusing on the North Side of Pittsburgh. North Side. 412-321-3940. concert, August ALLEGHENY-KISKI VALLEY Wilson Center for HERITAGE MUSEUM. Military African-American artifacts & exhibits on the Culture, Downtown Allegheny Valley’s industrial heritage. Tarentum. 724-224-7666. CRITIC: ANDREW CARNEGIE FREE , a financialLIBRARY MUSIC HALL. Capt. systems manager Thomas Espy Room Tour. The Capt. Thomas Espy Post 153 of the Grand from the North Side Army of the Republic served local Civil War veterans for over 54 years & is the best preserved & most WHEN: intact GAR post in the United States. Carnegie. 412-276-3456. BAYERNHOF MUSEUM. Large It was extraordinary music by an extraordinary musician collection of automatic roll-played who has been away from Pittsburgh for a long time, musical instruments & music boxes but came back home and really gave us a wonderful in a mansion setting. Call for appt. O’Hara. 412-782-4231. homecoming concert. I really like traditional jazz. I’m not BOST BUILDING. Collectors. really into gospel music, but I really like the fusion of the Preserved materials reflecting the two because it really brought out the spirituality of gospel industrial heritage of Southwestern as opposed to [the] religious doctrine of gospel. I’m a fan PA. Homestead. 412-464-4020. of John Coltrane as well, so that [last] song took me to BRADDOCK’S BATTLEFIELD HISTORY CENTER. French & another level of peace and joy, and that’s what real music Indian War. The history of the does for me. I love Sean. I’m sorry he went to Boston. I’m French & Indian War w/ over really sorry he left Pittsburgh. I really would prefer that he 250 artifacts & more. Braddock. stay here and share his gift with us, but obviously we can’t 412-271-0800. be selfish and keep him. He has to share it with the world. CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. Dinosaurs in BY TYLER DAGUE Their Time. Displaying immersive environments spanning the Mesozoic Era & original fossil FORT PITT MUSEUM. Captured by porcelain. Butler. 724-282-0123. specimens. Permanent. Hall of MCGINLEY HOUSE & MCCULLY Indians: Warfare & Assimilation on Minerals & Gems. Crystal, gems LOG HOUSE. Historic homes the 18th Century Frontier. During & precious stones from all open for tours, lectures & more. the mid-18th century, thousands over the world. Population Monroeville. 412-373-7794. of settlers of European & African Impact. How humans are affecting NATIONAL AVIARY. Masters descent were captured by Native the environment. Oakland. of the Sky. Explore the power & Americans. Using documentary 412-622-3131. grace of the birds who rule the evidence from 18th & early 19th CARNEGIE SCIENCE CENTER. sky. Majestic eagles, impressive century sources, period imagery, H2Oh! Experience kinetic condors, stealthy falcons and & artifacts from public & private water-driven motion & discover their friends take center stage! collections in the U.S. and Canada, the relations between water, Home to more than 600 birds the exhibit examines the practice land & habitat. How do everyday from over 200 species. W/ of captivity from its prehistoric decisions impact water supply & classes, lectures, demos & more. roots to its reverberations in the environment? Ongoing: Buhl North Side. 412-323-7235. modern Native-, African- & Digital Dome (planetarium), NATIONALITY ROOMS. Euro-American communities. Miniature Railroad & Village, 29 rooms helping to tell the story Reconstructed fort houses USS Requin submarine of Pittsburgh’s immigrant past. museum of Pittsburgh & more. North Side. University of Pittsburgh. history circa French & 412-237-3400. Oakland. 412-624-6000. Indian War & American CENTER FOR OLD ST. LUKE’S. Pioneer church Revolution. Downtown. POSTNATURAL . w w features 1823 pipe organ, w 412-281-9285. HISTORY. Explore aper p ty ci h g p Revolutionary War graves. Scott. FRICK ART & the complex interplay .com 412-851-9212. HISTORICAL CENTER. between culture, nature OLIVER MILLER HOMESTEAD. Ongoing: tours of Clayton, & biotechnology. Sundays This pioneer/Whiskey Rebellion the Frick estate, w/ classes & 12-4. Garfield. 412-223-7698. programs for all ages. Point Breeze. site features log house, blacksmith COMPASS INN. Demos & tours w/ shop & gardens. South Park. 412-371-0600. costumed guides feat. this restored 412-835-1554. HARTWOOD ACRES. Tour this stagecoach stop. North Versailles. PENNSYLVANIA TROLLEY Tudor mansion & stable complex. 724-238-4983. MUSEUM. Trolley rides & exhibits. Enjoy hikes & outdoor activities in DEPRECIATION LANDS Includes displays, walking tours, the surrounding park. Allison Park. MUSEUM. Small living history gift shop, picnic area & Trolley 412-767-9200. museum celebrating the Theatre. Washington. 724-228-9256. KENTUCK KNOB. Tour the settlement & history of the PHIPPS CONSERVATORY & other Frank Lloyd Wright house. Depreciation Lands. Allison Park. BOTANICAL GARDEN. The Mill Run. 724-329-8501. 412-486-0563. Butterfly Forest. An interactive KERR MEMORIAL MUSEUM. FALLINGWATER. Tour the exhibit w/ 21 species of butterfly Tours of a restored 19th-century, famed Frank Lloyd Wright house. & the elusive Luna moth. Summer middle-class home. Oakmont. Mill Run. 724-329-8501. Flower Show. From whirligigs 412-826-9295. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN & water fountains to rotundas MARIDON MUSEUM. Collection CHURCH. Tours of 13 Tiffany & Rube Goldberg machines, includes jade & ivory statues from stained-glass windows. Playgardens for guests of all ages China & Japan, as well as Meissen Downtown. 412-471-3436.

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Activist Print “What They Say, What They Said,” by local artist DS Kinsel, is currently on display on the Rosa Villa building, across the street from The Andy Warhol Museum. Kinsel is a partner and project leader in Activist Print, a year-long collaboration between The Warhol, Boom Concepts and Artists Image Resource, providing a space for artists to respond to current events. Sandusky and East General Robinson streets, North Side

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w/ interactive elements. 14 indoor rooms & 3 outdoor gardens feature exotic plants & ﬂoral displays from around the world. Tropical Forest Congo. An exhibit highlighting some of Africa’s lushest landscapes. Oakland. 412-622-6914. PHOTO ANTIQUITIES MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY. Glass Lantern Slides. Glass lantern slides from 1890 to 1920. Displaying 660 different movie cameras, showing pictures on glass, many hand-painted. The largest display of 19th Century photographs in America. North Side. 412-231-7881. PINBALL PERFECTION. Pinball museum & players club. West View. 412-931-4425. PITTSBURGH ZOO & PPG AQUARIUM. Home to 4,000 animals, including many endangered species. Highland Park. 412-665-3639. RACHEL CARSON HOMESTEAD. A Reverence for Life. Photos & artifacts of her life & work. Springdale. 724-274-5459. RIVERS OF STEEL NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA. Exhibits on the Homestead Mill. Steel industry & community artifacts from 18811986. Homestead. 412-464-4020. SENATOR JOHN HEINZ HISTORY CENTER. Toys of the ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s. More than 500 toys. From Slavery to Freedom. Highlight’s Pittsburgh’s role in the anti-slavery movement. Ongoing: Western PA Sports Museum, Clash of Empires, & exhibits on local history, more. Strip District. 412-454-6000. SEWICKLEY HEIGHTS HISTORY CENTER. Museum commemorates Pittsburgh industrialists, local history. Sewickley. 412-741-4487. SOLDIERS & SAILORS MEMORIAL HALL. War in the Pacific 1941-1945. Feat. a collection of military artifacts showcasing photographs, uniforms, shells & other related items. Military museum dedicated to honoring military service members since the Civil War through artifacts & personal mementos. Oakland. 412-621-4253. ST. ANTHONY’S CHAPEL. Features 5,000 relics of Catholic saints. North Side. 412-323-9504. ST. NICHOLAS CROATIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. Maxo Vanka Murals. Mid-20th century murals depicting war, social justice & the immigrant experience in America. Millvale. 412-407-2570. WEST OVERTON MUSEUMS. Learn about distilling & coke-making in this pre-Civil War industrial village. West Overton. 724-887-7910.

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Capturing the past w/ haunting black & white imagery. Lawrenceville. 412-477-4540. CRAZY MOCHA COFFEE COMPANY. Human Nature: Portraits of Animals Making Bad Decisions. Work by T. Wesley Snead. Bloomﬁeld. 412-681-5225. EAST OF EASTSIDE GALLERY. Creative Journeys. Work from Jerome D’Angelo, Alexis Dillon & Maura Keeney. 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. FRICK ART & HISTORICAL CENTER. Permanent collection of European Art. Point Breeze. 412-371-0600. GALLERIE CHIZ. Narratives: Reveries of Reality. Work by Lindsay Feuer, Elizabeth Fortunato & Brian Sesack. 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. Domestic Detritus. Watercolors & acrylic paintings by Joseph Shepler. 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. Expired Mills: Inspired Landscapes. Oil paintings by Claire Hardy. Greensburg. 724-837-6791. 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

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LITERARY THU 26 ENGLISH LEARNERS’ BOOK CLUB. For advanced ESL students. Presented in cooperation w/ the Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council. Thu, 1 p.m. Mount Lebanon Public Library, Mt. Lebanon. 412-531-1912. THE HOUR AFTER HAPPY HOUR WRITER’S WORKSHOP. Young writers & recent graduates looking for additional feedback on their work. thehourafterhappyhour. wordpress.com Thu, 7-9 p.m. Lot 17, Bloomﬁeld. 412-687-8117.

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THU 26 - SUN 29 22ND ANNUAL GREENSBURG COMMUNITY DAYS. Live entertainment, food & craft booths, carnival rides for the kids, the fabulous Zambelli ﬁreworks display, more. May 26-29 Lynch Field, Greensburg. www.greensburgpa.org.

THU 26 - MON 30 RISE ABOVE TRAVELING EXHIBIT. Honoring the careers of the Tuskegee Airman. May 26-30, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Air Heritage Museum, Beaver Falls. 724-843-2820.

THU 26 - WED 01 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.

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SAT 28 ANIMAL FRIENDS’ BARK IN THE PARK. Meet adoptable pets & enjoy live music, games, agility, vendor booths & food trucks. 9 a.m. North Park, Allison Park. 724-935-1766. BEGINNER TAI CHI CLASSES. Sat, 9 a.m. Friends Meeting House, Oakland. 412-683-2669. GRAPE STOMP “VENDIMIA” CHILEAN HARVEST PARTY. Take off your shoes, jump in & stomp the grapes the old fashioned way. Live Music by Juan Vasquez Band. 12-3 p.m. Pittsburgh Winery, Strip District. 412-566-1000. MEET, LEARN, PLAY: A GAMING MEET UP. All-ages board gaming session, playing & learning about new games w/ an instructor. Quiet Reading Room. Second and Fourth Sat of every month, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Carnegie Library, Oakland. 412-622-3151. SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING. Lessons 7-8 p.m., social dancing follows. No partner needed. Mon, 7 p.m. and Sat, 7 p.m. Grace Episcopal Church, Mt. Washington. 412-683-5670. SOUTH HILLS SCRABBLE CLUB. Free Scrabble games, all levels. Sat, 1-3 p.m. Mount Lebanon Public Library, Mt. Lebanon. 412-531-1912. SWING CITY. Learn & practice swing dancing skills w/ the Jim Adler Band. Sat, 8 p.m. Wightman School, Squirrel Hill. 412-759-1569. TOM SAWYER OPEN HOUSE. Avoid chores, make mischief,

stuff your face & blame it all on the good kid. Music, food, drinks, more. 12-6 p.m. Heathside Cottage, North Side. WIGLE WHISKEY BARRELHOUSE TOURS. Sat, 12:30 & 2 p.m. Wigle Whiskey Barrel House, North Side. 412-224-2827.

SUN 29 MEMORIAL DAY REMEMBRANCE SERVICES. Free bus tour of veterans’ grave. 2 p.m. Homewood Cemetery, Squirrel Hill. 412-421-1822.

MON 30 SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING. Lessons 7-8 p.m., social dancing follows. No partner needed. Mon, 7 p.m. and Sat, 7 p.m. Grace Episcopal Church, Mt. Washington. 412-683-5670.

TUE 31 A SOTO ZEN BUDDHIST SITTING GROUP. http://city dharma.wordpress.com/schedule/ Tue, Thu Church of the Redeemer, Squirrel Hill. 412-965-9903. CARD MAKING. A card making workshop w/ Kathy Shomo using only scissors & a glue stick. Ages 11 to adult. All supplies provided. Registration required. 1 p.m. Mount Lebanon Public Library, Mt. Lebanon. 412-531-1912. PRINTMAKING OPEN STUDIO. Experienced screen printers can utilize studio equipment to make ﬁlms, burn screens & complete a run of posters, t-shirts or prints. A volunteer-driven environment designed for short-run projects that can be completed in one evening for a small materials fee. Tue, Thu, 6-10 p.m. Artists Image Resource, North Side. 412-321-8664. QUILT IN A DAY. Presented by Patricia Knoechel based on newest publications & patterns by Knoechel & sister/Quilt in a Day founder/syndicated television quilter Eleanor Burns. Reservations recommended. 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Harmony Museum, Harmony. 888-821-4822. SALLIE BOGGS TOASTMASTERS CLUB. Helping people from all walks of life to improve their communication & leadership skills. For any questions email Sallieboggstm@gmail.com or call 412-365-5803. Tue, 6:308 p.m. C.C. Mellor Memorial Library, Edgewood. 412-731-0909.

WED 01 CARNEGIE KNITS & READS. Informal knitting session w/ literary conversation. First and Third Wed of every month, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Carnegie Library, Oakland. 412-622-3151. FARMERS AT PHIPPS. Wed, 2:30-6:30 p.m. Thru Oct. 26 Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Garden, Oakland. 412-622-6914. FLEET FEET SPEED SQUAD. At the track. Coach Alex from Fleet Feet Sports Pittsburgh hosts weekly Wednesday night speed workouts. The workouts are free & open to the public. Anyone who wants to improve their speed & form are

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I am a 40-year-old woman; I came out when I was 16. When I was 17, I met M and we dated for eight years. M was a horrible human being — emotionally and occasionally physically abusive. M still sends me the occasional (creepy) email, wishing me a happy birthday or giving me updates on people I don’t really recall. I don’t respond. A few years back, I got an email saying that M was now “Mike.” I think it’s important to use the pronouns people want you to use for them. But Mike wasn’t Mike when he was in my life. Changing his pronoun when describing him feels like I’m changing my identity — my first real long-term relationship was with someone I thought was a woman. Mike caused a lot of damage in my life — does he get to fuck up (or complicate) my identity, too? It’s not like the subject of Mike comes up daily. When it does, I feel like a liar if I use “she,” using “he” makes me feel like I’m lying about myself, and stopping to explain everything derails the conversation. And it’s not like I’m being a great trans ally when a conversation gets sidelined by something like: “Well, random coworker whose only trans reference is Caitlyn Jenner, my ex is trans and he’s a psychopath.” MIKE’S HARD LEMONADE

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see the non-theoretical harm in you — and only you — misgendering Mike on the rare occasion when a convo about him can’t be avoided. You don’t live near him, no one you know knows him, and the misgendering is unlikely to get back to him. The adage “no harm, no foul” applies here. But it would be simpler, easier, and ally-ier if you sidestepped the issue by not speaking to anyone about your asshole ex ever again. I’m a queer woman. When I entered my 30s, I realized that I was more queer/bi than I had previously allowed myself to be, and I started exploring my attraction to cis heterosexual men. Five years later, and I’m in an incredible GGG relationship with a cis het male. He’s everything I have ever wanted in a partner: sexy, funny, feminist and smart. We have full disclosure about sexuality and kinks, no complaints there. What I do have trouble with is navigating his family and friends, twin social circles composed of heterosexuals who fall into stereotypical gender roles. I spent my teens and 20s fully submersed in queer/trans circles with like-minded feminist hippies who are not hung up on the gender binary. My partner’s friends are fundamentally good people, but they see nothing wrong with “old fashioned” misogyny. I am often interrupted, talked over and “mansplained” by my partner’s male friends. And while I am a pretty friendly person, I can’t get a foot in the door with the women in his friend circle. My notions on feminism and equality are way too out-there, so I tend to keep to myself in a corner during parties in order to avoid starting an argument. How do I navigate this weird heterosexual world that I don’t understand? How do I keep from losing my cool when someone starts to mansplain to me? I may be in a heterosexual romantic partnership, but I am still a queer lady at heart.

IT WOULD BE SIMPLER IF YOU SIDESTEPPED THE ISSUE BY NOT SPEAKING ABOUT YOUR ASSHOLE EX EVER AGAIN.

Block Mike’s number, block his email address, block him on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, LinkedIn, Periscope, Kik, FuckStick, WhatsApp, CumDump, etc., etc., etc., ad infinitum. And stop talking about Mike — don’t discuss him with random coworkers, casual acquaintances or friends. If you absolutely, positively must discuss him with someone — a true intimate with a right to your relationship history, who needs to be sensitive to the abuse you suffered — you can be a good ally to other trans people (not your abusive trans ex) by carefully using nouns and descriptors in place of your asshole ex’s preferred pronouns. So instead of “I met him when I was still a teenager,” you say, “I met the abusive piece of shit when I was still a teenager.” Instead of “It took me eight long years to get away from him,” you say, “It took me eight long years to get away from that asshole psychopath.” What I’m gonna say next will get me slammed on Twitter (heavens), MHL, but I’ve learned not to read my @s, so here we go … If using male pronouns when referring to your ex is gonna complicate your life — really complicate it — if the “transitioned later” part is likely to get dropped during a game of interoffice telephone, if the qualifier about your ex having identified as a woman while you were together is likely to get dropped too, and if either of those drops could lead coworkers or casual acquaintances to assume something about you that isn’t true, i.e., that you’re into dudes and therefore gettable by dudes, and if that erroneous assumption could result in your having to deflect awkward and/or unpleasant advances from confused males, or if having your status as a Gold Star Lesbian questioned could induce orientational dysphoria … I don’t

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Some people “fall into stereotypical gender roles” because that’s who they are, BLECH, and what you perceive as the thoughtless embrace of the gender binary can in some cases be an authentic expression of gender identity. That doesn’t excuse misogyny and mansplaining, of course, but not everyone who embraces seemingly stereotypical gender roles is a dupe who needs a good talking to from the new queer girlfriend of an old straight friend. That said, if going to parties with your cis het boyfriend’s gender-normative friends makes you miserable … don’t go to those parties. Or if you must go, drag along a leftist-hippie-queer friend who can sit in the corner with you and marvel at the mansplaining manmuggles and their clueless lady friends who aren’t interested in your thoughts on feminism and equality. On the Lovecast, it’s our 500th episode! With weed expert David Schmader: savagelovecast.com.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “Whatever you’re meant to do, do it now,” said novelist Doris Lessing. “The conditions are always impossible.” I hope you take her advice to heart, Gemini. In my astrological opinion, there is no good excuse for you to postpone your gratification or to procrastinate about moving to the next stage of a big dream. It’s senseless to tell yourself that you will finally get serious as soon as all the circumstances are perfect. Perfection does not and will never exist. The future is now. You’re as ready as you will ever be.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): French painter Henri Matisse didn’t mind being unmoored, befuddled or in-between. In fact, he regarded these states as being potentially valuable to his creative process. Here’s his testimony: “In art, truth and reality begin when one no longer understands what one is doing or what one knows.” I’m recommending that you try out his attitude, Cancerian. In my astrological opinion, the time has come for you to drum up the inspirations and revelations that become available when you don’t know where the hell you are and what the hell you’re doing.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Proposed experiment: Imagine that all the lovers and would-be lovers you have ever adored are in your presence. Review in detail your memories of the times you felt thrillingly close to them. Fill yourself up with feelings of praise and gratitude for their mysteries. Sing the love songs you love best. Look into a mirror and rehearse your “I only have eyes for you” gaze until it is both luminous and smoldering. Cultivate facial expressions that are full of tender, focused affection. Got all that, Leo? My purpose in urging you to engage in these practices is that it’s the High Sexy Time of year for you. You have a license to be as erotically attractive and wisely intimate as you dare.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you’ll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others,” wrote editor Jacob M. Braude. Normally I would endorse his poignant counsel, but for the foreseeable future I am predicting that the first half of it won’t fully apply to you. Why? Because you are entering a phase that I regard as unusually favorable for the project of transforming yourself. It may not be easy to do so, but it’ll be easier than it has been in a long time. And I bet you will find the challenge to re-imagine, re-invent, and reshape yourself at least as much fun as it is hard work.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Never turn down an adventure without a really good reason,” says author Rebecca Solnit in her book The Far Away Nearby. That’s a thought she had as she contemplated the possibility of riding a raft down the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon. Here’s how I suspect this meditation applies to you, Libra: There have been other times and there will be other times when you will have good reasons for not embarking on an available adventure. But now is not one of those moments.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Russian poet Vera Pavlova tells about how once when she was using a pen and paper to jot down some fresh ideas, she got a paper cut on her palm. Annoying, right? On the contrary. She loved the

fact that the new mark substantially extended her life line. The palmistry-lover in her celebrated. I’m seeing a comparable twist in your near future, Scorpio. A minor inconvenience or mild setback will be a sign that a symbolic revitalization or enhancement is nigh.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Norway is mountainous, but its neighbor Finland is quite flat. A group of Norwegians has launched a campaign to partially remedy the imbalance. They propose that to mark the 100th anniversary of Finland’s independence, their country will offer a unique birthday gift: the top of Halti mountain. Right now the 4,479-foot peak is in Norway. But under the proposed plan, the border between countries will be shifted so that the peak will be transferred to Finland. I would love you to contemplate generous gestures like this in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. It’s a highly favorable time for you to bestow extra imaginative blessings. (P.S. The consequences will be invigorating to your own dreams.)

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I believe that every one of us should set aside a few days every year when we celebrate our gaffes, our flaws and our bloopers. During this crooked holiday, we are not embarrassed about the false moves we have made. We don’t decry our bad judgment or criticize our delusional behavior. Instead, we forgive ourselves of our sins. We work to understand and feel compassion for the ignorance that led us astray. Maybe we even find redemptive value in our apparent lapses; we come to see that they saved us from some painful experience or helped us avoid getting a supposed treasure that would have turned out to be a booby prize. Now would be a perfect time for you to observe this crooked holiday.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): To convey the best strategy for you to employ in the coming weeks, I have drawn inspiration from a set of instructions composed by aphorist Alex Stein: Scribble, scribble, erase. Scribble, erase, scribble. Scribble, scribble, scribble, scribble. Erase, erase,

erase. Scribble, erase. Keep what’s left. In other words, Aries, you have a mandate to be innocently empirical, robustly experimental and cheerfully improvisational — with the understanding that you must also balance your fun with ruthless editing.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “One must think like a hero to behave like a merely decent human being,” wrote Taurus memoirist May Sarton. That’s a dauntingly high standard to live up to, but for the foreseeable future it’s important that you try. In the coming weeks, you will need to maintain a heroic level of potency and excellence if you hope to keep your dreams on track and your integrity intact. Luckily, you will have an extraordinary potential to do just that. But you’ll have to work hard to fulfill the potential — as hard as a hero on a quest to find the real Holy Grail in the midst of all the fake Holy Grails. Confess, brag, and expostulate about what inspires you to love. Go to Freewillastrology.com and click “Email Rob.”

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Sometimes the love you experience for those you care about makes you feel vulnerable. You may worry about being out of control or swooping so deeply into your tenderness that you lose yourself. Giving yourself permission to cherish and nurture can make you feel exposed, even unsafe. But none of that applies in the coming weeks. According to my interpretation of the astrological omens, love will be a source of potency and magnificence for you. It will make you smarter, braver and cooler. Your words of power will be this declaration by Syrian poet Nizar Qabbani: “When I love / I feel that I am the king of time / I possess the earth and everything on it / and ride into the sun upon my horse.” (Translated by Lena Jayyusi and Christopher Middleton.)

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In November 1916, at the height of World War I, the Swedish schooner Jönköping set sail for

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Finland, carrying 4,400 bottles of champagne intended for officers of the occupying Russian army. But the delivery was interrupted. A hostile German submarine sunk the boat, and the precious cargo drifted to the bottom of the Baltic Sea. The story didn’t end there, however. More than eight decades later, a Swedish salvage team retrieved a portion of the lost treasure, which had been well preserved in the frosty abyss. Taste tests revealed that the bubbly alcoholic beverage was “remarkably light-bodied, extraordinarily elegant and fantastically fresh, with discreet, slow-building toasty aromas of great finesse.” (Source: tinyurl.com/ toastyaromas.) I foresee the potential of a similar resurrection in your future, Pisces. How deep are you willing to dive?

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