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

7.8 – 7pm SENSORY-FRIENDLY EVENT FOR ADULTS (21+) To register please contact Leah Morelli at morellil@warhol.org or call 412.237.8389.

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7.9 – 10am SENSORY-FRIENDLY EVENT FOR TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS To register please contact Leah Morelli at morellil@warhol.org or call 412.237.8389.

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Yo La Tengo with special guest Lambchop 9.4 – 8pm Carnegie Music Hall (Oakland) | Tickets $20/$15 Members & students visit www.warhol.org or call 412.237.8300

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

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

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8.6 – 10am HALF-PINT PRINTS Factory Studio This monthly silkscreen printing activity for families with children ages 1 to 4 years old takes place the first Saturday of each month from 10 a.m. to noon.

Free with museum admission

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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THROUGH SEPTEMBER 4 Visit KillerHeelsFrick.org Explore fashion’s most provocative accessory.

From 18th-century silk slippers to the glamorous stilettos on today’s runways and red carpets, this exhibition of nearly 150 objects looks at the high-heeled shoe’s rich and varied history and its enduring place in our popular imagination.

Admission: $12 Members free.

Hours: Tuesday–Sunday, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Friday 10:00 a.m.– 9:00 p.m.

Killer Heels: The Art of the High-Heeled Shoe is organized by the Brooklyn Museum.

The Pittsburgh presentation is made possible through the generous support of UPMC Health Plan.

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{EDITORIAL} Editor CHARLIE DEITCH Arts & Entertainment Editor BILL O’DRISCOLL Music Editor MARGARET WELSH Associate Editor AL HOFF Multimedia Editor ASHLEY MURRAY Web Producer ALEX GORDON Listings Editor CELINE ROBERTS Staff Writers REBECCA ADDISON, RYAN DETO Interns MEGAN FAIR, TYLER DAGUE, WILLIAM LUDT, LUKE THOR TRAVIS

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[VIEWS] have the right to life. That 13 “We should allow us to go to clubs and to school without fear of catching a bullet in the chest.” — Charlie Deitch on the mass shooting at an LGBT dance club in Orlando

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[LAST PAGE] the events of Pittsburgh Pride 55 Relive 2016 with our photo essay.

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“PRIDE MEANS TAKING PRIDE IN WHO YOU ARE AND NOT BEING AFRAID.”

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On Monday night, Pittsburgh’s LGBTQ community and faith leaders mourned the victims of the Orlando shooting. www.pghcitypaper.com

Pittsburgh Pride attendees reflect on the event’s purpose in the wake of Orlando mass shooting {BY REBECCA ADDISON AND BILLY LUDT}

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Mario Ashkar I represent nontraditional gender expression. I represent queer artists, and Roots Pride specifically offers an alternative to the gender-normative pride expression. I think Pittsburgh is very welcoming. Just like any city, it has a lot of work to do. I think for white gay men and white lesbians, it’s good, but it needs to do a better job. I feel fortunate to be here because I’m around a lot of like-minded people. A lot of us have looked for our tribe for a while, and I’ve found my tribe.

Right now I’m doing [an artwork] that connects Pittsburgh, Mexico City and San Francisco. Activism is really what connects all of these places.

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Check out photos from this weekend’s Pittsburgh Pride Parade on page 55 and online at www.pghcitypaper.com

EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, a man armed with an assault rifle opened fire in a gay club in Orlando, killing 49 people and injuring more than 50 others. While officials say the gunman claimed allegiance to the Islamic terrorist organization ISIS, and the details of Omar Mateen’s motives are still being worked out, what’s clear is that this was an attack on the LGBT community. (More coverage is on page 13.)

Here in Pittsburgh, this past weekend marked the culmination of 10 days of LGBT Pride activities. At Sunday’s PrideFest, Downtown, hours after the shooting, the impact of the terror attack was palpable. But instead of casting a pall over the event, guests said that Sunday’s tragedy drew more people to PrideFest than in years past and served to draw the LGBT community and its allies closer together.

Pittsburgh City Paper attended PrideFest and a June 10 Roots Pride rally and party at the Ace Hotel. There we asked attendees what Pride means to them.

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It’s an important holiday, and especially dealing with what happened in Orlando last night, it’s all the more important that we not be ashamed of who we are and celebrate. It just sucks that so many whackos in the world want to ruin the fun for everybody. I was really happy to see a furry walking down the street. I might not be a furry, but I love it when the furries are in town and they’re allowed to be who they are. I think all the LGBTQIA et cetera should not have to hide — should be allowed to wear as many colors as we want and not be afraid [for] our safety, not be judged.

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Arialynn Copeland Being an African-American trans woman in a society that doesn’t accept you, it’s always good to be able to find safe places. I went to Perry High School and I didn’t experience any bullying or discrimination, but my mom was a security officer. Pittsburgh is not always a safe environment. And right now we have to deal with gentrification, too. It’s not the same Pittsburgh anymore. They’re taking a lot of originality out of the community, and it’s hurting the essence of our communities.

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From a black perspective, I’m connected to a large group of people who have been through a lot of struggles. It’s important to be proud of the struggles of our ancestors.

The black race has shown a lot of resilience, and the queer community has done the same.

I feel like it’s not all about me; it’s about everyone. We’re all in this together. It’s about building up a group of people who have historically been oppressed.

Roberta Guido Pride means taking pride in who you are and not being afraid. I think there are a lot of underserved populations in the LGBT community, and this event is for them. I’m here to support my friends, but I also feel more comfortable in this community than I do anywhere else. I’d say I feel bisexual and queer, but I don’t usually label myself. I don’t like labels, but I also think identifying yourself is important in this day and age for making a statement.

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Alistair McQueen It’s a celebration of everything. It’s a celebration of who you are, and being proud of who you are. I think it’s really important in smaller communities, other countries.

You talk about over in Ukraine, Russia [or] even just last night there was murder in Orlando at a gay bar. It’s really important, as a community, to stick together and have each other’s backs. And to also fight back against all the people who don’t like us because of who we might have sex with. {PHOTO BY LUKE THOR TRAVIS}

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Gregory Olverson What brings me to Pride today is being an open-minded straight person who wants to share love and understanding with those who are transgender, gay and bisexual — no matter what their persuasion. The church that I go to encourages that, and it’s something I’ve been a part of for many years. Pride means pride in yourself — pride in the fact that you’re a living human being.

Pride that you have survived most of the bad stuff; you’re getting into the good stuff; you’ve come through it all.

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Pride means being comfortable in your skin and not giving a fuck what anybody thinks.

For a while I didn’t even know I was pansexual. My friends were actually the ones who pointed it out to me. I finally came out to my mom when I was in high school. She wasn’t hateful but I could tell she wasn’t comfortable with it.

She wants me to be happy, but she says she doesn’t know if it’s “right.”

THIRD THURSDAY: ARCADE Third Thursday at CMOA is the museum's monthly party with music, open galleries, and good times.

June 16, 2016 8–11 p.m.

Third Thursdays are 18+ events.

Laugh with us during an Arcade Comedy Theater museum takeover featuring in-gallery improv and comedy shows. Then level up and play classic arcade games from ReplayFX. DJ duo Tracksploitation brings the party all night long.

Kylie Smith I’m pansexual and it’s fun to get out there. In your everyday life you don’t get to really be out and open, and not everyone is out, so it’s fun and freeing. The only annoying thing is the protesters, but they’re kept far away. I at least saw them during the parade, but last year there were more of them, I think. I like [Pride].

I think it’s great.

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- A program of the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation Foundation

NAKED ARCHITECTURE: ADDITION THROUGH SUBTRACTION ERIC FISHER - Principal, Fisher ARCHItecture We think of architecture as an additive process: Contractors typically assemble construction elements one by one. But architecture can also be thought of as subtractive, where portions of a volume are removed to reveal their essence like a Michelangelo sculpture. This talk will focus on demonstrations throughout history of how architects have designed using subtractive processes. These strategies may be literal – where a building is carved from existing materials – formal – where light construction is designed to look massive – or conceptual – where the absence of form becomes figuratively present. Variations of these strategies remain powerful today. Mr. Fisher will augment the discussion with examples from his own portfolio.

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Lorraine Starsky I have been a long supporter of the gay-rights movement. I started marching in gay pride 31 years ago in Cincinnati, Ohio. I brought my son, who was in a stroller, he was just a little tyke. And you know, back then it was not popular, it was not trendy. To march — to be open and march in a Pride event was a big deal. People were victimized, and I felt as an ally that I needed to express my support, and I have been a vigorous supporter of the gay movement ever since.

Because I feel like what they want is what all of us should have. And that is the right to live without being harassed and to love without any shame.

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Mexican immigrants in Pittsburgh and across the country are trailing other foreign-born citizens in getting U.S. citizenship {BY RYAN DETO} TWENTY FOREIGN-BORN individuals from

countries including Togo, Colombia, China, Italy and India became American citizens last week at a venue that couldn’t be more American — a baseball stadium.

The Pittsburgh Pirates hosted their firstever naturalization ceremony last week at PNC Park. One of those new citizens was Luis Guzman. He came to the U.S. from Ecuador 16 years ago, played two years of college basketball at Robert Morris University, and has been in Pittsburgh ever since.

Wearing black and gold to the ceremony, Guzman says he really felt like a Pittsburgher after being swept up in the Steelers’ 2005 Super Bowl run.

“This country has given me so much,” says Guzman. “It has not always been easy, but with hard work, you can make it happen.”

But immigrants from one country were conspicuously absent from the ceremony: Mexico. Mexicans represent the largest population of naturalization-eligible immigrants in the U.S. In the Pittsburgh region, the numbers of foreign-born Mexicans are significantly below the national average, but they still comprise the fifth-largest foreign-born group, according to U.S. Census data.

From 2005-2013, 230 Mexican immigrants were naturalized in the Pittsburgh region. By comparison, more than 2,200 citizens from India were naturalized during that same period. Additionally, Mexican immigrants were naturalized at rates 30 percent lower than Filipinos and 50 percent lower than Russians.

Jacqueline Martinez, a lawyer for JBM Immigration Group, points out many possible reasons that Mexicans naturalize at lower rates. She says many have received less education than other immigrant groups by the time they enter the country.

There is also less pressure to learn English, since Mexicans tend to congregate and mostly communicate with each other.

Martinez also says many Mexicans believe that after making some money here in the States, they will return to their hometowns. But in reality, she says, many Mexicans have grown roots in Pittsburgh, and have become the fastest-growing foreignborn demographic in the region.

She says leaders in the area can do more to help. “There needs to be more of

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New American citizens being sworn in at PNC Park

an effort to help immigrants from Mexico naturalize,” says Martinez.

A 2013 Pew Research Center study shows that since 2000, Mexicans naturalize at rates around 35 percent nationally, while non-Mexicans naturalize at rates closer to 65 percent. In the Pittsburgh region, 30 percent of Mexicans have become citizens compared to 50 percent of all other immigrant populations.

One of the study’s authors, Ana Gonzalez-Barrera, says that Mexicans naturalize at the lowest rates of any immigrant group, even though they represent the largest portion of the country’s foreign-born population. Gonzalez-Barrera says some Mexican immigrants in Pittsburgh might have crossed the border illegally, which could be contributing to the area’s low figures. But undocumented immigrants aside, the Pew study shows that nearly two-thirds of the country’s 5.4 million legal Mexican immigrants have not gained citizenship.

Juliet Choi, of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, says that the USCIS doesn’t focus on citizens from one particular country for the naturalization process, but tries to make sure outreach strategies are as culturally and linguistically accessible as possible. Choi adds that, last December, USCIS started providing free online practice exams to ease the anxieties of naturalizing immigrants. She also encourages immigrants to contact and visit their consulates.

However, while there are 44 Mexican consulates in the U.S., the closest to Pittsburgh is 400 miles away, in Washington, D.C. According to a survey of Mexican immigrants in the Pew study, the top reasons for Mexicans not starting the naturalization process are language barriers, lack of confidence in passing the civics test, lack of inter-

est and financial limitations.

Martinez says that financial barriers go beyond the $ 680 citizenship-application fee: Mexican-immigrant families lack free time, because both parents are usually working full time at low-paying jobs.

To help ease that burden, the Allegheny County Bar Foundation, a consortium of legal professionals, is developing a program to train volunteer lawyers to help low-income immigrants complete their citizenship applications. This program is part of the John A. Meehand Citizenship Institute, named in honor of Martinez’s late husband, which will also provide a citizenship curriculum that encourages new citizens to be active in government.

As part of Mayor Bill Peduto’s Welcoming Pittsburgh initiative, the city has held naturalization ceremonies in the CityCounty Building, during the Open Streets days and at Schenley Plaza. Betty Cruz, of Welcoming Pittsburgh, says that it’s all part of an effort to remind immigrants that they are embraced by the city. The administration plans to hold about five public naturalization ceremonies each year.

“It’s all about better connecting our residents to the city,” says Cruz. “They are Pittsburghers.”

Cruz says she wasn’t aware of the lower naturalization rates among Mexicans, but points to the June 18 Citizenship Day, where the city will offer free legal services and naturalization prep courses at the Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania, in Lawrenceville.

“Part of the goal is to inform citizenshipeligible residents who are unaware of the steps to take [to get naturalized],” says Cruz.

“We are building that awareness, so they can find resources they need.”

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lobby and every goddamned gun apologist in this country is responsible for what happened in Orlando, I’m using their logic to reach that conclusion. These people have spent millions of dollars on lobbyists, and on campaign donations to friendly legislators, to make sure that gun laws are weak, toothless and never changed. You have gone to great lengths to protect your guns, so now you have to own up to your part in this. But you won’t; you never do.

Do I favor a full ban on firearms? I do; admittedly, I’m at the opposite extreme.

But at this point in our history, we can’t even have a conversation in this country on limiting access to certain types of weapons without someone yelling about their rights being violated. But what about the rest of us? The last I checked, we had certain inalienable rights, the most important of which is the right to live. That right doesn’t put anyone in danger. That right should allow us to go to clubs and to school and to the movies without fear of catching a bullet in the chest. However, our rights get trumped because we’re not paying millions for lobbyists and members of Congress to take care of us.

We pay with our cold, dead hands.

{BY CHARLIE DEITCH} COLD, DEAD HANDS.

It’s 2 a.m. I’m wide awake for the second straight night and I can’t get those words out of my head.

Cold, dead hands.

Three words crashing around in my head more violently and more rapidly with each passing second. The sound in my head is like a tennis ball repeatedly crashing into a metal garage door.

It’s more like driving, joyous dance music thundering off the walls of a packed nightclub.

But it’s most like the sound of dozens {PHOTO BY JOHN COLOMBO} of bullets flying out of the barrel of an Hundreds gathered on Monday night at the City-County Building in Downtown Pittsburgh assault rifle rudely cutting through the to mourn the victims of the Orlando tragedy. sound of the music; indiscriminately They weren’t armed. They shouldn’t think so. But I’ve learned something from ripping through flesh; killing dreams; have had to be. They had their lives, these people: the art of placing blame. ending lives. their existence pried from their cold, Gun advocates have already blamed the Cold, dead hands.

FBI, and ISIS is being blamed for this Maybe the man who walked into dead hands.

But don’t blame the gun or the easy despite any facts proving that Mateen Pulse, an LGBT dance club in Orlando, had those words in his head. You know, like access to it for this crime. It’s no more was anything more than an admirer of the flippant pro-gun mantra: “You can culpable in Orlando than it was in Sandy the organization.

So when I say that the NRA, the gun have my gun when you pry it from my Hook, or Virginia Tech, or Columbine, or C D E I T C H @ P G H C I T Y PA P E R. C OM San Bernardino or Fort cold, dead hands.” It’s like Hood. That’s what the NRA the NRA way of saying: is telling us today. This “Mission Accomplished!” shooting was the FBI’s fault Whether he thought it because “political corrector not, that’s how police ness” kept them from artook Omar Mateen’s gun Did you know that Goodwill is more than just a store? resting Mateen, who had from him after he slaughStart your career been investigated for altered 49 people and inleged ties to terrorists. But jured more than 50 others despite those investigawith it. Mission accomEntry level to experienced positions are available at tions, Mateen was still able plished, I guess? our job fair on Tuesday, June 21st at our to legally purchase a fire“Know guns, no peace.

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No guns, no peace.” “Guns don’t kill arm, walk into club and take lives at will.

The shooter also claimed ties to Muspeople, I do!” “Kill ’em all, let God sort ’em out.” “Gun control means holding lim extremist groups. Gun advocates are Bring your resume and be prepared to interview! on with two hands.” “Criminals love seizing on that. He’s not a normal good gun control — it makes their jobs safer.” guy with a gun, he’s a terrorist. The NRA For more information and to complete the online The NRA and gun advocates have a mil- can’t control terrorists, after all. Howapplication in advance visit: lion T-shirt ready slogans. They’ve be- ever, Mateen reportedly claimed loyalty to ISIS and Hezbollah, two groups come prolific at writing them. Alwww.goodwillswpa.org/job-postings who are typically at odds. So most as prolific as they are at it’s unlikely he belonged to making excuses and pointing Job Coaches, Employment rage See cove urgh’s both, or to either. Also he blame in other directions b ts it P Specialists, Instructors, Program Aids from the was an American citizen, when someone picks up a vigil for tims ic and Assistants, Program Managers, v born in New York City. He Orlando w. gun and butchers people at ww Receptionists, Resident Assistants, aper was one of us. He was one of who’ve committed no crime. pghcityp m o Transition Specialists, Program .c you, a Second AmendmentPeople who are just trying to Coordinators, Café Cooks and more! loving all-American boy who dance and have a good time; bought a gun because he was or go to school; or go to the mall. *Various job sites throughout Allegheny county.

People just trying to live their lives. People legally allowed. It was his right. The who have a right to live their lives with gun lobby has made sure of that.

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RUNNING ON SUN {BY BILL O’DRISCOLL} EVERY DAY, it seems, solar energy creeps closer to fulďŹ lling two promises on a grand scale: cheap electricity with a fraction of the environmental damage caused by fossil fuels.

The solar industry reports that 2015 was another record year for photovoltaic installations — and that new solar generation capacity outstripped new capacity fueled by natural gas. While Pennsylvania isn’t a top solar state, the trend was echoed in Pittsburgh when California-based solar provider SolarCity brought its no-moneydown pitch to town in April.

The arrival of SolarCity boosts rooftop-solar prospects in a region where the largest electricity company, Duquesne Light, has 500,000 customers but just 350 with photovoltaics. Rooftop solar can cost $ 20,000 or more. SolarCity lets customers pay off new arrays over 20 to 30 years, with utility bills replaced by monthly payments based on how much energy their systems produce and the price per kilowatt-hour of solar electricity. SolarCity has 275,000 customers in 19 states, its website boasts. And Lee Keshishian, SolarCity’s vice president of operations for the East Coast, says the

company (which began operating in Philadelphia a couple of years ago) is now doing 100 or more installations monthly in Pennsylvania. SolarCity hopes to start its ďŹ rst installations here in “weeks,â€? Keshishian told CP last week.

SolarCity’s expansion itself reects a larger trend: ever-cheaper solar. According to the Solar Energy Industries Association, a trade group, installation costs for solar dropped 73 percent between 2006 and 2014. The technology itself costs less, and installations take a fraction of the time they once took: hours per home.

SolarCity isn’t your only option, of course. (It might not even be your best option: Customers who can afford the upfront costs might do better ďŹ nancially long-term to purchase solar arrays outright, observers say.) Local companies who do solar are also exploiting these new economies.

Solarize Allegheny, an initiative funded by the Heinz Endowments to double the amount of solar energy in the county, is a matchmaker for installers and customers.

In 2015, its ďŹ rst year, Solarize Allegheny shepherded 32 installations, doubling the county’s 2014 total, says Solarize

Allegheny’s Sharon Pillar.

Some local installers are reportedly irked by the arrival of nationally branded SolarCity. But Pillar, who also heads the Solar UniďŹ ed Network of Western Pennsylvania, an advocacy organization, says, “I think there’s so much room to grow with solar that there’s room for everybody.â€?

How much room? In a report issued in January, the federal National Renewable Energy Laboratory estimated that by outďŹ tting all viable rooftops with solar panels, the U.S. could generate the equivalent of 39 percent of its current electricity needs. That percentage varies by state: In California, it’s 74 percent, while in Pennsylvania it’s 34.5 percent. But almost every state could top 25 percent, says the NREL — and that’s just counting rooftop solar on homes and businesses, not utility-scale arrays, smaller ground-mounted photovoltaics or no-brainer retroďŹ ts like canopies over parking lots.

With electricity generation responsible for about 30 percent of all U.S. greenhousegas emissions, according to the U.S. EPA, solar’s potential for helping to reduce the effects of climate change is considerable.

But there’s a long way to go: Even after years of meteoric growth, solar remains responsible for less than 1 percent of all U.S. electricity generation (compared to 33 percent each for coal and natural gas), according to federal ďŹ gures. Congress recently extended a 30 percent federal-tax credit on solar installations, but even so, industry projections have solar reaching just 3.5 percent of electricity generation by 2020.

What could help? States could require utilities to sell more renewable energy.

Pennsylvania, for instance, will require that solar provide just .5 percent of electricity generation by 2021, compared to 4 percent in New Jersey, says Rob Altenburg, who heads environmental group PennFuture’s Energy Center; an upward adjustment could raise demand for the renewable-energy credits producers sell, whose prices have bottomed out in recent years. And PennEnvironment’s Adam Garber would like to see Pennsylvania legalize “community solar� — a catchall term for the sort of joint ownership of photovoltaics that would make this resource more accessible still.

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A court-certified forensic document examiner claims to have found a forged document in the soap opera that has entangled the Ambridge Area School District. Assistant Superintendent Megan Mealie, who administrators accused of an inappropriate romantic relationship with a teacher, resigned last October. She’s contesting her settlement with the school board in court, claiming she was forced out for speaking up against a hostile work environment created by Superintendent Cynthia Zurchin, reports the news website Beaver Countian. The district submitted to the court a typewritten complaint accusing Mealie of sexual harassment, purportedly signed by her workplace squeeze, music teacher Jessica Braunlich. A forensic document examiner, hired by Mealie’s attorney, says she is willing to testify about telltale signs that someone forged Braunlich’s signature on the report.

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Rallying against welfare and public spending, the young Republican and real-estate firm employee twice challenged Democratic state Rep. Jaret Gibbons in the 10th House District and twice lost. Between those two elections in 2010 and 2012, he also lost a race for Beaver County controller. Voters were apparently unimpressed by his bachelor’s degree in government from the Jerry Falwellfounded Liberty University and MBA from an online school. Meanwhile, See, now 34, was selling Chinese-made knockoff discs on eBay to keep gambling, prosecutors told WTAE. Among the 1,700 bootleg discs police found when they raided his home were those of TV series The Wire, Homeland, Scandal, and The Big Bang Theory. He pled guilty and will pay $430,000 in restitution to the Motion Picture Association of America.

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Police arrested husband and wife Abdul and Alizabeth Sani of Hermitage on charges of making purchases on stolen credit cards. In addition to paying for household expenses, the two bought 30,000 plain T-shirts, of varying colors, which they kept in two storage units, police told The Herald of Sharon. Abdul Sani, 36, reportedly planned to ship the shirts to Africa in a scheme to pay off debts.

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A customer at a WesBanco branch in Beaver returned to find an 8-footlong carpet python slithering atop his SUV. A town police officer grabbed the snake, placed it in a box and escorted it to the Aquatic Gardens exotic pet store. The store’s owner told the Beaver County Times that the snake, likely an escaped pet, is harmless to

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Naomi Best allegedly set fire to the porch of her neighbor’s mobile home at Fleming’s Trailer Park, in Concord Township, after the neighbor accused her of stealing scrap metal he had collected. The trailer-park owner doused the flame with a bucket of rain water, reports the Butler Eagle. Best, 44, faces charges of arson and reckless endangerment.

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An age-old student prank may have landed a Woodland Hills-Intermediate teacher in the hospital. A fourth-grader apparently tripped the teacher, and the fall broke her arm. The school’s superintendent told WPXI, “[W]e don’t know if it was intentional or not,” though the student was suspended. Sadly, the teacher, a 35-year

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MANAGER’S LINEUP {BY MIKE WYSOCKI}

IN 1971, PIRATES manager Danny Murtaugh had a rotation including Steve Blass and Dock “no-hitter on acid” Ellis. Behind them was an outfield containing Al Oliver, Roberto Clemente and Willie Stargell.

In 2008, Pirates manager John Russell had a rotation led by John Van Benschoten and Phil Dumatrait. Behind them was an outfield featuring Nyjer Morgan, Nate McLouth and Xavier Nady. Those are the extremes of what Pirates managers have had to deal with over the years. The others fall somewhere in between. Some had pitching and no hitting; others were vice versa. Some were solid with a superstar sprinkled in. But this is Pittsburgh, and we like to rank stuff, so here is my ranking of the nine managers hired since the opening of Three Rivers Stadium.

9. John Russell (2008-2010). Sometimes you’re just dealt a bad hand, and Russell certainly got a hand with no aces or face cards. In fact, his hand was more like a two, a three, a four, a joker and a card with the instructions on them. His milquetoast personality blended in awkwardly with a bunch of rag-tag also-rans who played out

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Moving up the ranks: Clint Hurdle

the season and cashed in a sub-par majorleague-baseball check. Russell sat in the dugout and tepidly watched the losing with the enthusiasm one might bring to a seminar on whittling wood. Russ went 186-299 in his tenure and was spared the indignity of a 300th loss when he was fired.

8) Jim Tracy (2007). Tracy replaced Clint Hurdle in Colorado and went on to win Manager of the Year in 2009. Years before that, he had some good teams at the helm of the Los Angeles Dodgers. In between, though, he managed the Pirates.

His opening-day lineup card in 2006 had names like Humberto Cota, Jeromy Burnitz and Chris Duffy. Despite bashers like the Duff, Tracy never managed to shake the losing mentality that had permeated the organization.

7) Lloyd McClendon (2000-2005). Lloyd tried so hard, but his no-nonsense approach was tough to swallow with teams that were so good at losing. The highlight of his tenure was ripping first base out of its place during yet another argument with an umpire. He not only stole the base but walked it off the field before angrily throwing it into the dugout. His 336-446 record actually could’ve been worse. He managed in the big leagues as recently as last season and is currently calling the shots for the Toledo Mud Hens. They might have more talent than Lloyd had here.

6) Gene LaMont (1997-2000). LaMont was left in charge of a sinking ship. He managed to plug a few holes in it and led the 1997 Pirates to a second-place finish. It was the team’s best season between the years 1993 and 2012. The magic quickly evaporated as good players started getting traded at the deadline every year. LaMont was good, but not a miracle-worker.

5) Bill Virdon (1972-1974). Unlike the first four skippers on this list, Virdon inherited a pretty good situation. He took over in

1972 and came within a Bob Moose wild pitch in the deciding game of the playoffs of going to the World Series. The next year, after Clemente’s death and some internal squabbles, Virdon was let go and moved on to the Yankees. Virdon was the best baseball player on this list. He was on the 1960 Pirates and was so good that the Cardinals moved Stan Musial to first base to make room for him.

4) Clint Hurdle (2011-present). Hurdle is almost like the FDR of Pirates managers.

Although he didn’t win the Big One like Roosevelt, he did lead them out of the Great Depression. That would make John Russell like Herbert Hoover: Analogy justified. Hurdle changed the losing attitude; was named Manager of the Year in 2013; and has led the team to three straight wild-card berths and one division series. His style plays well with the home crowd because he reminds you of the uncle who can be either good-natured or a little scary if you anger him. His Pirates story is still incomplete, but so far, so good.

3) Jim Leyland (1986-1996). Leyland was the hardest-smoking man in baseball. He was a gruff, sometimes profane managerial icon who won three straight division titles in the early 1990s. Leyland just couldn’t get the Pirates to the next level. He did win a World Series in 1997 with the Marlins. We might hate him for that, but it’s funny because his team beat Cleveland in a heartbreaker. In Pittsburgh, he took over a team rocked by scandal and losing, and helped nurture an average-head-sized Barry Bonds into a superstar.

2) Chuck Tanner (1977-1985). Tanner was the last guy to win it all. I once asked the great Pittsburgh sports writer Gene Collier (name drop) who was the nicest guy and the biggest jerk he ever met in baseball. Without hesitation he said Chuck Tanner and Barry Bonds. New Castle native Tanner endeared himself to the city forever. If you don’t like Chuck, you probably don’t like kittens, cupcakes or toddlers either.

1) Danny Murtaugh (1957-1976 onand-off). He’s the only manager on the list with a retired number. Murtaugh won two World Series, in 1960 and 1971. It will be a long time before any Bucs manager surpasses that. Murtaugh managed the Pirates from 1957-1964, then came back for the 1967 season, then moved to the front office.

He even Jay Leno-ed his job in 1970 by taking back a job he had earlier quit. He went out on top in 1971, retired again, then came back and managed from 1973-76. Altogether he won 1,115 games, second in club history, making him the anti-John Russell, if you will.

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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.

GANG WARFARE (June 13, 1996)

Staff writer Rich Lord took a look at the city’s gangs in a piece entitled “Ganganomics 101.”

Lord spoke to several gang members about life in a gang, and the money that flows from it. Two members, for example, said they made about $50 a day at their regular jobs as cooks Downtown. On the street selling drugs, they’d make $50 per customer. They also talked about the ease of selling crack cocaine. “It’s exciting. It’s fun. It spoils you,” said one of the members. “You’re in power, you know what I mean. You could have a crackhead do anything for you. Anything.”

JURY VERDICT (June 13, 1997) Rich Lord took on the racial diversity, or lack thereof, of Pittsburgh’s juries. Defense attorney Wendy Williams told Lord that “I tried cases for two years before I ever had a black on the jury.” One jury she remembers had only one African American in the entire jury pool … and he was deaf. In U.S. District Court, Lord found that the juries were made up of a lot of individuals from a mostly rural 13-county area, in which 76 percent of potential jurors are white. Wrote Lord: “If the words ‘jury of his peers’ are to have any real meaning, no effort to be inclusive should be spared.”

FATHER’S DAY (June 16, 2004) Staff writer Brentin Mock delved into the stereotype that most unmarried, African-American fathers are “deadbeat dads.” Wrote Mock: “While some struggle to break away from the stereotypes, others are challenging the negative and inaccurate portrayals head-on through activism and leadership.”

At state-budget time, Gov. Tom Corbett was never afraid to drop the ax, especially when it came to things like education funding and social services. He also wasn’t shy about giving tax incentives to corporations moving into the state, or about pushing through business-friendly legislation. On June 13, 2012, CP’s Charlie Deitch highlighted the disproportion between those who were hurt by and those who benefited from his policies. To properly illustrate the cover, staffers threw out several ideas before one stuck like glue. Artist Jim Rugg was commissioned to create a parody based on a controversial Time magazine cover from a month earlier on attachment parenting that showed a mother breastfeeding her 3-year-old son under the headline “Are You Mom Enough?” Rugg’s cover showed Corbett in a tank top, breastfeeding a businessman, with the headline “Are you Gov Enough?” Given Corbett’s basement-dwelling approval ratings, the cover was an overwhelming success.

OFFLINE POSTS (June 14, 2006) In 1998, Pittsburgh City Council enacted legislation that prohibited placing posters and fliers on poles, walls, anything in the public right-of-way (read: sidewalks and streets).

Violations carried a penalty of $300 per poster.

The legislation was enacted because some councilors thought posters were a hazard to passing motorists and because they “spoil the natural beauty that is an invaluable asset treasured by residents, commuters and visitors.”

And while officials said they had been enforcing the law since it was enacted, activist groups and others said the new fines were unprecedented.

Writer Marty Levine explained: “City inspectors

have clamped down on everyone from concert promoters to literary-event organizers, even the owner of a lost dog, threatening them with fines for tacking up advertising.” Antiwar protester Ceci Wheeler was even taken to court for putting up fliers advertising an antiwar march and was looking at $4,500 in fines.

The charges were dismissed.

NAKED STREETS (June 14, 2007)

Artist Carolina Loyola-Garcia told City Paper that her video installation, on display at Two PPG Place, was censored by the building’s

owner, Grubb & Ellis. The internationally known artist was displaying her work as part of the Three Rivers Arts Fest. When she went to check on her work one day, she found that the monitor showing a nude woman walking through a park and then bathing herself in milk and honey had been covered in black cardboard. The building’s management said the display wasn’t appropriate for the location, in a window facing the sidewalk. “It’s annoying that someone can decide for others what is proper and moral,” Loyola-Garcia said. “There is a long tradition of nudity in art, but there is a fear of sexuality in society today. It is a huge lack of understanding.” The exhibit was moved to an indoor space.

STRIP RULES (June 16, 2011) Writer Lauren Daley examined one Pittsburgh City Councilor’s attempt to more tightly regulate the city’s strip clubs. The effort began after council dropped the ball and failed to schedule a public hearing to decide whether a men’s club should be allowed a zoning variance to operate on West Carson Street. When no hearing occurred, that allowed the variance to pass due to inaction. The next step would force the club to operate under stricter rules.

Among the changes: no lap dances; dancers would have to stay five feet away from patrons; and employees, including dancers, would be subject to mandatory background checks.

Dancers would have to be licensed and fingerprinted, and provide information about “any tattoos on [any] anatomical area that normally would be visible when the applicant is on the premises of the [club].”

About the tattoo-registration component, First Amendment lawyer Larry Walters told CP: “Having someone register their tattoos is pretty out there.”

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CRUST FUND {BY BILL O’DRISCOLL} Neu Kirche Contemporary Art Center seeks to build community around re-activated vacant lots in Deutschtown.

Michelle Illuminato is an artist who loves to bake and is inspired by the history of communal ovens. Now the metaphorical dough is rising for the Tripoli Street Bake Club, the result of Illuminato’s month-long Fallow Ground residency with Neu Kirche.

As soon as this weekend, Illuminato hopes the cobb oven she and some volunteers built from sand, clay and straw at 855 Tripoli St. will be ready to use. Already about 25 folks, including some neighbors, have expressed interest in the club, which held its first meeting in May. And Neu Kirche is giving out Tripoli Street Wild Yeast, a sourdough strain cultivated on site that it expects will reappear in pizza crust and warm loaves.

Illuminato is a Beaver County native who splits her time between Wilkinsburg and New York state. But she’s hoping that the oven and Bake Club keep bringing people together long after her residency ends. A key component is the 60-foot-long table on site, shaped like an arrow pointing at the oven. “I love the idea of this long table and lots of people sitting at it that was just this space before,” she says.

You can get acquainted with the BakeYard at at a happy hour at 6 p.m.

Thu., June 16. And a Tripoli Street bake-off and potluck party are planned for June 26. For details (or to get your jar of yeast), call 412-322-2224 or search “Neu Kirche Contemporary Art” on www.facebook.com.

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Papas: black beans, potatoes, poblano, queso fresco, guacamole, scallions shredded romaine and cilantro-buttermilk dressing

TOWN TACOS {BY ANGELIQUE BAMBERG + JASON ROTH}

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central California town perhaps best known for its Western swing and honky-tonk sounds. It opened its first location in Cincinnati serving refined, but basically traditional, tacos, tortas and tostadas. Now, it vies for the title of best Mexican taqueria in Pittsburgh.

Time was, that was a pretty low bar to clear, and we would have welcomed any tacos served outside of a fast-food setting — not to mention margaritas made with fresh juice and good tequila. Happily, Pittsburgh’s prowess on both fronts has improved considerably in the past couple years. With so much local Mexican mojo, what do Cincinnatians bring to the table?

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a hot Saturday evening, it appeared to have achieved peak vibrancy: The sidewalks overflowing with people strolling, socializing and sitting at outdoor tables, soaking up the scene. A good restaurant is a destination by itself, but there’s no denying the value of this sort of vitality.

BAKERSFIELD 940 Penn Ave., Downtown. 412-586-5024 HOURS: Mon.-Thu. 11 a.m.-midnight; Fri.-Sat. 11 a.m.-2 a.m.

PRICES: $3-9 LIQUOR: Full bar

CP APPROVED The energy extended inside Bakersfield.

Part of this was due to a pair of large bay windows which provided a view to all that street life; inside, there was an airy space

with a long bar and high tops nearby, plus large tables at the front. The interior was undeniably noisy, but even with a full house, not oppressively so. The decor was the nowfamiliar trifecta of barnwood, steel and Edison lightbulbs, but a massive mural on two walls, blending imagery from Pittsburgh and Bakersfield, at least provided references specific to this establishment. A downstairs space was cozier, with some very appealing, U-shaped 10-person booths plus another bar.

We reviewed the menu over margaritas, which were legit and decently priced. The food selection focused almost entirely on tacos, with nine fillings available. For the non-taco-inclined, other options were tortas (sandwiches) and tostadas — two variations on each — plus some chip-and-dip options and three salads named after Johnny, June and Willie. We found enough variety to

satisfy diverse tastes, within a tight specialization that should allow for excellence.

And it did. The guacamole was absolutely top notch, California-grade, creamy and chunky with a subtle but unmistakable heat. The housemade chips were thin and crisp, but not to the point of breaking off in the substantial dip. They were a bit undersalted on their own, but we didn’t notice when paired with the guac.

Tostadas are too often treated as little more than flat, crispy tacos, but Bakersfield took a clever and very effective approach, using two tortillas with a layer of shredded, dressed romaine between them and hot components on top. In our case these were black beans and chicken chorizo, just enough to substance and savor, not enough to become heavy.

Bakersfield also broke the mold with the tortas, replacing the traditional cemitas roll, which is similar to a hearty burger bun, with a telera, which is closer to a French, or perhaps Cuban, roll. The crust was substantial without overwhelming the interior of the sandwich or causing ingredients to squish out the sides.

Our ingredients were Milanesa — fried chicken cutlet — with black beans, arugula and avocado-lemon mayo. Salsa verde on the side was good, tangy and spicy, but superfluous with everything else working so well. The chicken was close to perfect — crisply crusted and super-juicy; basically, it was so good we’d order it plain. The spicy black beans took the flavor south of the border, and the dressed greens added brightness and textural contrast.

And then the main event: tacos. We sampled five, all of which amped up traditional fillings through modern techniques and flavoring approaches: fish, braised short rib, bistec (marinated short rib), pork belly al pastor, and huitlacoche (corn truffles, roasted poblano, corn, onion, cotija cheese and cilantro). Bakersfield is the only place locally that we know of to get this last taco option, which took the classic corn-and-poblano combo and made it pop with flavor intensified by corn truffles. The fish taco was perhaps a bit heavy on the slaw, but it was a good one, crunchy and citrusy. The beef and pork were deeply flavorful, tender, and juicy across the board.

Unfortunately, the other thing all the tacos had in common was the tortillas. Made in-house, they were pale and soft like flour tortillas, but as fragile as corn, routinely buckling and tearing under the weight of fillings and the moisture of sauces. Another traditional taco feature that Baskersfield might consider adding is the doubling of tortillas to prevent this.

Other than that, it’s hard to argue with food this tasty, at prices this low, in a spot so sweet. Welcome to Bakersfield.

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FRIED APPLES {BY TERRY GIBSON}

Some say that this dish was first prepared in the Deep South — especially since a traditional recipe usually calls for at least a stick of butter, pork renderings and maybe a cup of white sugar. But my grandmother, born and raised just above the Mason-Dixon line, used to toss these apples together on weekends.

My brothers and I would race to the table, waiting as my grandmother served a mound of fluffy scrambled eggs, crispy strips of bacon, buttered-to-perfection biscuits and a big skillet of syrupy apples.

After breakfast, we’d nap for a couple hours, and once awake, my brothers and I would be off to the river to catch dinner.

I’ve tried to recreate my grandmother’s recipe, but realized that fried apples are a do-what-you-like situation. Make them sweet for breakfast and serve with biscuits, or prepare them spicy to accompany grilled pork chops for dinner. However you wanna play it, fried apples are easy to make and pair well with anything.

With this recipe, I’ve made a few changes. Coconut oil will make you feel better about yourself, and instead of just cinnamon and nutmeg, I added ras el hanout — a Moroccan spice mix that includes ginger, fenugreek, cinnamon, nutmeg and some pepper powders. Lastly, I suggested white cheddar cheese with caramelized onions be crumbled over top. Not how my granny made it, but I know she’d approve.

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INGREDIENTS • 5 apples (any firm variety) • 2 tbsp. coconut oil • ½ cup brown sugar • 1½ tsp. ras el hanout, or ½ tsp each of cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice • ½ tsp vanilla extract • pinch of salt • ¼ cup of crumbled English Cheddar with caramelized onions (Trader Joe’s brand works fine.)

INSTRUCTIONS Leaving the peel on, wash, core and slice apples into 12-16 narrow wedges. Melt coconut oil in a skillet or cast-iron pan.

Add apples. Cover skillet and cook apples 5 minutes over medium-low heat. Stirring continuously, add the brown sugar, ras el hanout and vanilla. Continue cooking apples, covered, for 10-12 minutes or until apples are tender; check every few minutes.

Add additional coconut oil or water, if needed to prevent apples from sticking.

Serve warm with crumbled cheese on top.

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Terry Gibson works at Umbrella Café, 951 Liberty Ave., Downtown.

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Fine Wine & Good Spirits store, in East Liberty

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BEYOND THE SHELVES

State stores have a bigger selection than meets the eye {BY DREW CRANISKY} WANDERING AROUND a liquor store in

another state is like being a kid in a candy store — one that’s full of new and wonderful candies that you never even knew existed. For better or worse, in Pennsylvania’s state-run system, every Fine Wine & Good Spirits store feels more or less the same.

Some are larger and flashier, but the core selection is fairly predictable.

And with the latest push to privatize stalled once again, that system isn’t likely to change anytime soon.

But it’s not so bad. The selection in Pennsylvania stores runs deeper — much deeper, in fact — than what you see on the shelves.

As Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board spokesperson Elizabeth Brassell explains, “There are basically three major channels through the PLCB.” The first channel, the physical stores, is hindered by the need to fill limited shelf space with only the most popular items. The other two channels, however, offer wine snobs and boozehounds a plethora of additional possibilities.

“The PLCB maintains an e-commerce store, which works the same way as any online shopping site,” says Brassell. Among the store’s 2,500 items (about half of which are exclusively available online) are a greatly expanded selection of single-malt scotches, a huge variety of bitters and many offerings from small craft distilleries. Fill your online shopping cart and, for a small fee, you can have your order delivered to your local liquor store or directly to your house.

This is also the place to enter into limited-

release lotteries for rare items like Pappy Van Winkle bourbon.

The final option requires a bit more work. More than 50,000 additional wines and spirits are available as Special Liquor Orders (SLOs). Though still ordered through the state stores, these products are brought in by third-party vendors who deliver your bottles to the store of your choice. There are a few caveats on SLOs: They require a 50 percent deposit upfront and often demand a minimum order (sometimes 12 bottles at a time). However, if there is a libation you just can’t live without, SLO is the way to go.

And if all else fails, just ask. “We constantly get requests for new products,” notes Brassell, and she says PLCB will do everything in its power to make them available through one of the three channels.

Even if you don’t quite know what product you’re looking for (“it was a Spanish gin, and I think the label was yellow …”), Brassell promises they’ll attempt to track it down and bring it into the state.

When it comes to buying alcohol (recent changes permitting wine sales in grocery stores notwithstanding), Pennsylvania often feels like a bit of a dinosaur.

But look beyond the shelves — you may be surprised by the possibilities.

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To browse the full selection and place online orders, visit www.finewineandgoodspirits.com.

To place an SLO, call 1-800-332-7522.

BOOZE BATTLES {BY CELINE ROBERTS}

Each week, we order the same cocktail at two different bars for a head-to-head battle.

Go to the bars, taste them both and tell us what you like about each by tagging @pghcitypaper on Twitter or Instagram and use #CPBoozeBattles. If you want to be a part of Booze Battles, send an email to food-and-beverage writer Celine Roberts, celine@pghcitypaper.com.

THE DRINK: NEGRONI

(In honor of Negroni Week, bars are urged to give a portion of their sales of the drink to charity.)

VS. Sienna Mercato Il Tetto

Muddy Waters Oyster Bar

NEGRONI WEEK CHARITY: One dollar of every Negroni sold will be donated to the Rainbow Kitchen, which provides food for low-income people and children.

DRINK: Grapefruit Negroni INGREDIENTS: Skyy Texas Grapefruit, Campari, Dolin Rouge, Dolin Sweet, ginger, lavender OUR TAKE: Extra bitter and sour notes from the Campari and grapefruit combined. Velvety mouthfeel and a hint of sweetness soften the drink. Stays close to the flavor elements of the classic recipe.

NEGRONI WEEK CHARITY: Half of all of proceeds go to Camp Southern Ground, which focuses on helping children deal with emotional, academic and behavioral challenges.

DRINK: Sparkling Negroni INGREDIENTS: Bluecoat gin, Campari, prosecco, orange and angostura bitters, orange twist OUR TAKE: Light citrus notes on the nose with just the right amount of bitterness to balance out the lightness of the prosecco. Finishes with a refreshing, clean mouthfeel.

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This Russian vodka is distilled with icy Arctic spring water and offers a smooth, not syrupy taste. Introduced to the U.S. by Amruss, Inc., of Beaver County, I enjoy it on hot days, either on ice or mixed with a refreshing juice. The Arctic waters cool me down.

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“I ALWAYS KEPT THINKING, ‘LET’S JUST KEEP DOING OUR THING.’”

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NEW DAY In the internet age, taking up a craft is almost as easy as opening a browser and finding a YouTube channel or subreddit.

While many view craftsmanship as a way to pass the time, there are still a few left who see honing such skills as a calling — finding a higher purpose in learning the methods of the past and preserving them in the present.

Stuart Day fits that latter description.

As a luthier, he’s trained in the construction and repair of stringed instruments. He’s no hobbyist. “My path was more formal training,” says Day, who attended the Galloup School of Lutherie, in Michigan.

Now, with the benefit of his academic experience, years of formal apprenticeship with school founder Bryan Galloup, and professional experience with other notable luthiers, 32-year-old Day is preparing to open a storefront for his lutherie business, Stuart Day Guitars, in the newly revitalized Allentown business district. The grand opening is on June 17.

Though he has an eye to the future, Day still faces the timeless challenge of a fickle market. “Building instruments is good money when the money comes in, but it’s kind of a feast-or-famine industry.

The challenge for lutherie is trying to find a good, workable business model. It’s always changing. What worked for luthiers 20 years ago doesn’t necessarily work for luthiers my age,” he says.

But Day, a North Side resident, hopes to create more than just a storefront.

He sees the potential for more. “I’ll have some retail here, but retail is not my focus. My focus is on creating an inviting space where we can do workshops and get-togethers. Where musicians can get together, where other luthiers in the area can get together, and other woodworkers can get together,” he says In Allentown, Day finds a good fit for his goals as a business owner and an artisan. “They’re trying to build a business district that centers around creativity and good food and things like that,” he says.

“My long-term goal is I’d like to be a figure that some of the older people in my industry have been to me. I’d like to mentor people. I’d like to help instill an interest in music and craft in whatever community I’m part of, because I think both of those things are really important.”

“MY PATH WAS MORE FORMAL TRAINING.”

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“It just does what it does”: The Gotobeds

IN THE BLOOD {BY MIKE SHANLEY}

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FTER THE Gotobeds’ recent experience of being courted by a record label, Eli Kasan, the band’s guitarist and vocalist, sees a similarity between music-industry people and oil speculators, both of whom are never sure if they’ll strike it rich or lose money. “What do you think you’re going to get out of this, especially when we’re being wild as fuck,” Kasan asks rhetorically, referring to the band’s live set.

“I don’t know what you think you’re going to do with this. We can’t steer it in any direction, other than the way it’s going.

There’s no cleaning up for this. It just does what it does.”

After releasing the album Poor People Are Revolting in 2014 on 12XU (an independent label run by Gerard Cosloy, also of

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Matador Records), the band received some prime exposure on NPR’s First Listen. For a band without heavy support from a public-relations company, or even a manager, this high-profile moment was an anomaly

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and generated a well-deserved buzz for the band’s fresh, two-guitar take on post-modern punk rock. Who should come knocking but Sub Pop, the iconic Seattle label responsible for nurturing everyone from Nirvana

to the Fleet Foxes and Father John Misty.

The opportunity felt a little dicey in the early stages. The night they were scouted at a New Orleans performance, the only audience member paying attention to the band was the Sub Pop rep — and he was on the phone during the set. “I remember being onstage and looking at everyone [and thinking], ‘We’re blowing this,’” Kasan says, with a laugh.

But this is a band that plays with the same reckless abandon whether being scouted by a label or slaying friends with a show at Gooski’s. A few months after the New Orleans show, Sub Pop founder Jonathan Poneman came to see the band at a New York show and Kasan felt bold enough to give him a good-natured heckle from the CONTINUES ON PG. 26

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stage. “We hadn’t signed the contract yet and I gave him a maniac speech. ‘Send us the check, give us more money.’ I berated him,” Kasan says. “And then he came backstage and bought us a bunch a drinks!”

Sure enough, that brashness helped ink a two-record deal with Sub Pop, who released the new Blood // Sugar // Sects // Traffic last week.

Sitting together at Gooski’s, the four Gotobeds seem as impressed with the newfound attention as anyone else might be. It seems like they’d be doing the same thing regardless of who released their music. “It was always like, ‘We didn’t give a shit, we’re having fun playing the local scene,’” says drummer Cary Belbeck. “And then all of a sudden [we started to think], ‘Should we be giving a shit too?’ I always kept thinking, ‘Let’s just keep doing our thing.’”

Kasan agrees. “I don’t want to say it was business as usual,” he says referring to the new album, “because that makes it sound like we didn’t care. We wanted to make a great record, but we wanted to make a great record the first time.”

What impressed them was the freedom Sub Pop gave them. “They didn’t say no [to anything]. We said, “We’re going to make videos. We’re going to do the artwork. We’re going to record in Pittsburgh.’”

Kasan says. “They heard the record [and] they made no weird comments. For them to be that big and … to be so supportive, it’s fucking great.”

To its credit, the band comes out swinging on Blood // Sugar // Sects // Traffic and doesn’t let up for 39 minutes. Kasan’s and Tom Payne’s guitars play off each other, sometimes harmonizing, sometimes tossing melodies back and forth. At one point, the guitars’ single-note lines and Gavin Jensen’s driving bass evoke Joy Division, to a degree. But therein lies the appeal of the Gotobeds: They’ve digested classic punk sides from Mission of Burma, the Fall, Pavement and others. What they play has the same amount of fury as those predecessors, but it still feels fresh and vital. With Kasan wailing and barking his abstract lyrics, the band is rooted in current times.

The group plans spend up to seven weeks on the road. Beyond that, the members are realistic about the album’s potential. “The impression I’ve gotten from anyone at any label is that it’s all guesswork.

Nobody knows what’s going to do well or not do well,” Kasan says.

In the meantime, they’ll continue to be themselves. “These are four guys with four different personalities. If I want to impress everyone and play a great night, it’s not up to me,” Kasan says. “It’s four personalities and they’re going to do what they’re going to do, and I think, to me, that’s the appeal.”

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COVERING BASES {BY MEG FAIR}

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Modern Baseball (Brendan Lukens, second from right)

In the handful of years that Modern Baseball has been around, the band has grown in sound and notoriety. With each release, the Philadelphia-based band has found a way to mature its bittersweet, witty indie punk, epitomized on its latest album, Holy Ghost. Stand-outs like “Wedding Singer,” “Everyday” and the harmony-laden “Holy Ghost” certainly justify the hype and devotion of MoBo’s rapidly growing fan base.

Bigger, better-attended shows are great for musicians, but they can lead to problems for audiences. When people feel less accountable in a large, crowded room, it can lead to sexual harassment and aggressive behavior that makes other attendees feel uncomfortable.

To combat this problem, MoBo created a safety hotline for all the gigs on this tour.

If someone texts 201-731-MOBO (6626), the tour manager will be alerted to the problem and will work with venue staff to resolve the issue. “[I]t’s going really well!” singer/ guitarist Brendan Lukens says over the phone. “I feel like there’s a lot less people coming up to us after shows saying they’re getting groped or kicked in face.”

In addition to caring about safety, MoBo also wants to ensure that fans see a good show. The band makes sure its headlining tours feature lineups the members feel passionate about, so they handpicked Joyce Manor and Thin Lips.

The lineup showcases a delightfully wide range of punk sounds, including Thin Lips’ gritty-meets-poppy punk and Joyce Manor’s raw, emotive tunes.

No strangers to Pittsburgh, Lukens says the band is “really stoked to be back,” and to see all the friends who booked and supported the band here on its earliest DIY tours.

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MODERN BASEBALL, JOYCE MANOR, THIN LIPS 7:30 p.m. Wed., June 22.

Altar Bar, 1620 Penn Ave., Strip District. $20-23. All ages. 412-206-9719 or www.thealtarbar.com

LISTEN UP! You read City Paper’s music coverage every week, but why not listen to it too?

Each Wednesday, music editor Margaret Welsh crafts a Spotify playlist with tracks from artists featured in the music section, and other artists playing around town in the coming days.

Find it on our music blog, FFW>>, at pghcitypaper.com

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June 4 - August 28 Andy Warhol | Ai Weiwei is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, The Fine Foundation, The Heinz Endowments, and Christopher Tsai and AndrĂŠ Stockamp. Additional support was provided by the Quentin and Evelyn T. Cunningham, the Hollen Bolmgren, and the W. Paul Spencer Funds of The Pittsburgh Foundation.

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Say it right: LoFi Delphi

CAREFULLY ARRANGED {BY MIKE SHANLEY}

Have a strange, weird or exotic pet?

Does your cat, dog or miniature pony do algebra or something equally amazing?

If so, we want to hear about It for our June 29 Pet Issue.

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THE MEMBERS of LoFi Delphi seem bemused when asked about the origin of their name. The moniker combines a production style with a reference to a Greek city known in ancient times for a female oracle.

But they don’t conform to the legions of bands that make four-track home recordings lacking sonic fidelity. Quite the opposite. And the second half of their name sometimes gets mispronounced by people thinking about a reference to the City of Brotherly Love. “Everybody asks about that and we always say, ‘It was the old guitar player’s [idea],’” says bassist Andrew Belsick.

No matter how you say its name, the local four-piece takes pride in a style that combines elaborate arrangements, strong vocals and blatant hooks, most prominently displayed on All the Quiet Ones, its second EP, which is being released by the local First Flight Records imprint.

The group came together in 2014 when Belsick and his wife, keyboardist/ vocalist Becki Gallagher, moved back to their hometown of Pittsburgh, hoping to start a band together. Both grew up on a steady diet of radio classics from the ’50s and ’60s. While other styles would inspire them too, the golden hits had a profound impact on their writing. “We’re unapologetically pop songwriters,” Belsick says.

“We have parts that are more complex. But we try really hard to write good pop songs: hooks and earworm stuff.”

Within months of forming, LoFi Delphi released the EP Victor, to help get its name around town. While the hooks and Gallagher’s strong vocals were already in place, the

group upped the ante on Always the Quiet One. Songs like “Madness” and “Twelve” feature guitarist Andrew MacDonald adding melodies between the verses that don’t act like solos so much as lines that accentuate the vocals. In the title track, Gallagher and MacDonald provide layers of vocal harmonies that add some dramatic impact.

“That’s our best Pet Sounds impersonation: a big chorus and the cello,” Belsick says. He might be joking, but he’s also on track.

The band gives credit and praise to J Vega, who recorded the new EP at the Wilderness Studio. “I kept referring to him as a magician. He knows how to get the best take he can get out of you without pressure,” Belsick says. “He’s so good at what he does both from an engineering perspective and production.”

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While production plays a significant role in the sound of the disc, the band has clearly worked at crafting the songs as a unit. Numerous groups give everyone songwriting credit, but LoFi Delphi takes a page from its classic pop influences, meticulously arranging the material to sound more like a group song than a riff with some embellishment.

“It’s been neat to piece everything together, to think about it as a band instead of just one person bringing in an idea,” Gallagher says. “Bringing Andy [MacDonald] in has brought this new dimension to the band that we didn’t have before. It’s been kind of exciting to see where it’s taken us.”

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CRITICS’ PICKS

Adia Victoria

[BLUES] + FRI., JUNE 17 Barbara Blue is the queen of Beale Street in Memphis, Tenn., where folks can hear her spectacularly soulful voice every night at Silky O’Sullivan’s. Not only has she performed gritty blues Monday through Friday for 19 years, but she has co-written songs and recorded her work at historic studios like Royal Studios. While she might reign over Beale Street, her roots are here in Pittsburgh, where she’ll return to perform at The Oaks Theater with Nashville R&B-meets-rock-meets-poetry artist Bill Toms and Hard Rain. Megan Fair 7:30 p.m. 310 Allegheny River Blvd., Oakmont. $20-25. All ages. 412-828-6322 or www.theoakstheater.com

[RAP] + SAT., JUNE 18 Master P is a producer, rapper and actor. He’s been performing for more than two decades, and Forbes estimated in 2013 that he’s g got about $350 50 million to his name, no biggie.

Thanks to o 412Entertainment and Major Move Productions, ons, the We Want Master P tour will be taking king over Altar Bar. Sure to be on display play are old-school hits like “Make ’Em m Say Ugh” and “Mr. Ice Cream Man,” an,” as well as his latest single, “Middle Middle Finga.” You’ll get to witnesss hip-hop royalty at a local venue, which is pretty cool. ol. MF 9 p p.m. .m. m 1620 Penn n Ave., Strip District. rict. $4065. 412-263-2877 63 2877 63or www.the th he altarbar.com om

Beyond the Bloodhounds, twists and turns as her distinct voice croons for an escape from the racism of the South and weaves dark, paranoid tales. With a gift for storytelling and a distinctive voice, Adia Victoria presents socially conscious rock with Southern blues roots while she and her band shred the blues like nobody’s business.

Filling out the bill are local dancy alt-rockers Robin Vote and dreamy folk artist Llore. Drink some whiskey and be swept away by the intrigue. MF 9 p.m. 4104 Penn Ave., Bloomfield. $10. 412-621-4900 or brillobox.net

[HIP HOP] + MON., JUNE 20 On his record Missed Calls, Philadelphia’s Tunji Ige blends the best of what’s hype in hip hop right now into something distinctly Ige. Bubbling with the potential to blow up, Ige’s tunes are catchy, compelling and well produced.

Touring with Tunji Ige is Michael Christmas, a Boston who loads his fun, clever rapper from Bost references and a music with pop-culture refe carefree attitude. MF F8p p.m. 1620 Penn Ave., Strip District. $12-14. 412-263-2877 or 4 www.thealtarbar.com

[STONER META METAL] + WED., JUNE 22 Whenever I describe Sleep as stoner metal, meta I feel like I’m doing the m members a disservice.

Yes, it’s stoner ston metal, but it’s also doom metal. It’s also a wall of sound that makes you feel t like you’re you’r floating away into a fuzzy oblivion. Sleep is bringing its distinct music to Mr. Smalls Sma in what is sure to be a transformative event. tran Joining the th legendary act is Windhand, a doomWind metal band from Virginia balances grimy riffs with that balance Cottrell’s mesmerizing Dorthia Cott vocals. Don’t fforget to pack for the car. MF 8 p.m. some snacks fo Ave., Millvale. Sold out.

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[GOTHIC C COUNTRY] RY] + SUN., JUNE 19 9 It will be a howlin’ shame hame if you miss ss Adia Victoria oria performing ng her haunting country rock at Brillobox. rillobox.

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BRILLOBOX. Crash Course in Science, Interface 2037, Cloning, Cutups & Edgar Um Bucholtz. Bloomfield.

412-621-4900.

CLUB CAFE. Hackensaw Boys w/ Shameless Hex. South Side.

412-431-4950.

HARD ROCK CAFE. Whitford, St. Holmes. Station Square.

412-481-7625.

JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. Morgantics, Good Dude Lojack & CJ Hoffman.

Album release. North Side.

412-904-3335.

MR. SMALLS THEATER. Saint Motel w/ COIN, Weathers.

Millvale. 412-821-4447.

PARADISE ISLAND. Right TurnClyde. Neville Island.

412-264-6570.

PITTSBURGH WINERY. Jeffery Austin. Strip District.

412-566-1000.

THUNDERBIRD CAFE. People’s Blues Of Richmond. Lawrenceville.

412-682-0177.

PALACE THEATRE. Tommy James & the Shondells.

Greensburg. 724-836-8000.

PARK HOUSE. The Grant Street Grifters. North Side. 412-224-2273.

PITTSBURGH WINERY. Stu Hamm.

Strip District. 412-566-1000.

RIVERS CASINO. Disco 54.

North Side. 412-231-7777.

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

THUNDERBIRD CAFE. The Town Pants. Lawrenceville.

412-682-0177.

SAT 18 ARSENAL CIDER HOUSE & WINE CELLAR. Right TurnClyde.

Lawrenceville. 412-260-6968.

BALTIMORE HOUSE. Refuge.

Pleasant Hills. 412-653-3800.

BLOOMFIELD BRIDGE TAVERN. Sean Preston & The Loaded Pistols, Doulgas & The Iron Lung, The Devil’s Holler. Bloomfield.

412-682-8611.

BRILLOBOX. The Gotobeds w/ The Sicks, Savoy Motel.

Bloomfield. 412-621-4900.

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BALTIMORE HOUSE. Matt Tichon Band ft.

Dave Granati. Pleasant Hills.

412-653-3800.

BELVEDERE’S. Alix Perez, DLR. Lawrenceville. 412-687-2555.

BLOOMFIELD BRIDGE TAVERN. Zoob, Old Game, When Particles Collide.

Bloomfield. 412-682-8611.

CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF HOMESTEAD MUSIC HALL. The Mavericks. Homestead.

412-368-5225.

CATTIVO. The Turbosonics, Vertigo-Go. Lawrenceville.

412-687-2157.

CLUB CAFE. Brad Wagner & the Barflys. South Side.

412-431-4950.

DOROTHY SIX BLAST FURNACE CAFE. Right TurnClyde.

Homestead. 412-464-9023.

EXCUSES BAR & GRILL. Aris Paul & the Damned.

South Side. 412-431-4090.

FRICK ART & HISTORICAL CENTER. Meeting of Important People w/ Working Breed.

Point Breeze. 412-371-0600.

LINDEN GROVE. JukeBox Band.

Castle Shannon. 412-882-8687.

LOOKING FOR GROUP. Dead River, Pig Pen, Slade & The Waster, Crooked Cobras.

Brookline. 774-482-1264.

MOONDOG’S. Norman Nardini.

Blawnox. 412-828-2040.

CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF HOMESTEAD MUSIC HALL. The Mavericks.

Homestead. 412-368-5225.

CLUB CAFE. Emily Rodgers w/ Greg Dutton. Early. Miss Tess & the Talkbacks w/ The Armadillos.

Late. South Side. 412-431-4950.

DOWNEY’S HOUSE. Mums Guns.

Robinson. 412-489-5631.

GETAWAY CAFE. King’s Ransom.

Brookline. 412-343-1333.

GOOSKI’S. Love Dumpster, The Real New Fall & The Benefits.

Polish Hill. 412-681-1658.

JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. LoFi Delphi, Chrome Moses, City Steps, The Park Plan & Jeremy Caywood. EP release.

North Side. 412-904-3335.

MEADOWS CASINO. Dancing Queen. Washington.

724-503-1200.

MOONDOG’S. Hatful of Hollow.

Blawnox. 412-828-2040.

ORDINARY JOE’S. The Dave Iglar Trio. Aspinwall. 412-784-1010.

THE R BAR. Nicole Belli Band.

Dormont. 412-942-0882.

Each week we bring you a new song from a local artist. This week’s offering comes from avant-rock singer-songwriter Menchaca.

Stream or download the title track from the record Laughing Around the Bend for free at FFW>>, our music blog at www.pghcitypaper.com.

RIVERS CASINO. Tumbling Down. John Mellencamp Tribute.

North Side. 412-231-7777.

STAGE AE. Haley Reinhart.

North Side. 412-229-5483.

THUNDERBIRD CAFE. The Charlie Wheeler Band.

Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177.

XLERATOR BAR & GRILLE. The GRID. Beaver Falls. 724-581-4880.

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SAT 18 BOOM CONCEPTS. DJ Erika Scary & DJ Thermos. Garfield.

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

412-621-4900.

DIESEL. DJ CK. South Side.

412-431-8800.

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

412-781-6771.

RIVERS CASINO. DJ NIN. North Side. 412-231-7777.

ROWDY BUCK. Top 40 Dance. South Side.

412-431-2825.

JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. Cranberry Sanders w/ Jesse RS. North Side. 412-904-3335.

MONESSEN CITY PARK AMPHITHEATER. Rock The Amphitheater, SMILING MOOSE. www. per pa Battle of the Bands. pghcitym Rock Star Karaoke w/ .co Monessen.

T-MONEY. South Side.

412-431-4668.

THE R BAR. Billy the Kid SPOON. Spoon Fed. & the Regulators & Friends.

East Liberty. 412-362-6001.

Dormont. 412-942-0882.

SHADYSIDE NURSERY. Essential Machine, King Fez, & Haywood Paisleys. Weather Permitting.

Shadyside. 412-363-5845.

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

412-424-9254.

STAGE AE. Barenaked Ladies.

North Side. 412-229-5483.

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

412-424-9254.

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CLUB CAFE. Jess Klein w/ Mike June, Aaron Lefebvre. South Side.

412-431-4950.

DIESEL. Crucible Crucible, Great American Ghost. South Side.

412-431-8800.

HOWLERS. Ben Goldberg’s Hocus Pocus, Ben Opie. Bloomfield.

412-682-0320.

MR. SMALLS THEATER. Sleep w/ Windhand. Millvale. 412-821-4447.

SPIRIT HALL & LODGE. Not Blood Paint. Lawrenceville. 412-586-4441.

STAGE AE. Joywave w/ Transviolet, Kopps. North Side. 412-229-5483.

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STAGE AE. A$AP Ferg & Tory Lanez w/. North Side.

412-229-5483.

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

412-281-6593.

LEMONT. Groove Doctors.

Mt. Washington. 412-431-3100.

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

Monroeville. 412-728-4155.

SUPPER CLUB RESTAURANT. Frank Cunimondo & Patricia Skala. Greensburg.

724-850-7245.

SUN 19 JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. Tony Campbell Duo. North Side. 412-904-3335.

PITTSBURGH WINERY. The Midnight Horns. Strip District.

412-566-1000.

MON 20 BREW ON BROADWAY. Floyd King, Carl King, John Korpiel, Patrick Whitehead. Beechview.

412-563-6456.

WED 22 ANDYS WINE BAR. Joe Negri.

Downtown. 412-773-8884.

CITY OF ASYLUM. Roger Humphries & RH Factor.

North Side. 412-321-2190.

JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. The Concord Jazz Quartet. North Side.

412-904-3335.

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BLUES FRI 17 DOUBLETREE BY HILTON. Strange Brew. Washington.

724-222-6200.

OAKS THEATER. Barbara Blue, Bill Toms. Oakmont. 412-828-6311.

SAT 18 SUB ALPINE CLUB. The Witchdoctors. Turtle Creek.

412-823-6661.

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THU 16 MR. SMALLS THEATER. Centrifuge Thursdays. At the Funhouse. Millvale. 603-321-0277.

PERLE CHAMPAGNE BAR. Bobby D Bachata. Downtown.

412-471-2058.

FRI 17 ACE HOTEL PITTSBURGH. TITLE TOWN Soul & Funk Party. Rare Soul, Funk & wild R&B 45s feat.

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

412-621-4900.

ANDYS WINE BAR. DJ Malls Spins Vinyl. Downtown. 412-773-8884.

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

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

RIVERS CASINO. DJ Digital Dave.

North Side. 412-231-7777.

ROWDY BUCK. Top 40 Dance.

South Side. 412-431-2825.

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

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THU 16 JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. Roger Humphries Jam Session. Ballroom. North Side.

412-904-3335.

VALLOZZI’S PITTSBURGH. Eric Johnson. Downtown.

412-394-3400.

FRI 17 ANDYS WINE BAR. Tania Grubbs Trudy Holler. Downtown.

412-773-8884.

GRILLE ON SEVENTH. Tony Campbell & Howie Alexander.

Downtown. 412-391-1004.

LEMONT. Dave Crisci & Maria Sargent. Mt. Washington.

412-431-3100.

REVEL + ROOST. Funk + Soul Fridays. Downtown. 412281-1134.

SAT 18 ANDYS WINE BAR. Mark Pipas.

Downtown. 412-773-8884.

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THU 16 DOWNEY’S HOUSE. Brian Diamond. Robinson. 412-489-5631.

HOP FARM BREWING. The Shameless Hex. Lawrenceville.

412-726-7912.

FRI 17 ARSENAL CIDER HOUSE & WINE CELLAR. Well Strung.

Lawrenceville. 412-260-6968.

THE CENTER OF HARMONY. Morgan Erina, Jeff Campbell, Spencer Allan Patrick, Angela Mignanelli. Harmony. 724-400-6044.

ELWOOD’S PUB. Tony Germaine.

Rural Ridge. 724-265-1181.

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SAT 18 BAKERY SQUARE. Acoustical Bruce. Larimer.

CARNEGIE LIBRARY, DOWNTOWN. Squirrel Hillbillies.

Downtown. 412-281-7141.

ELWOOD’S PUB. Mike Huston & Jeff Connor. Rural Ridge.

724-265-1181.

PITTSBURGH WINERY. Mark Dignam, Brewer’s Row, Ben Valasek, Luke Gallagher, Sugar Daddy & the Big Boned Girls.

Strip District. 412-566-1000.

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Prophets of Rage First Niagara Pavilion, 665 Pennsylvania 18, Burgettstown {MON., SEPT. 12}

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SUN 19 BRILLOBOX. Adia Victoria w/ Robin Vote, Llore. Bloomfield.

412-621-4900.

CLUB CAFE. Bonnie Bishop, Joe Selek. South Side. 412-431-4950.

HAMBONE’S. Calliope Old Time Appalachian Jam. Lawrenceville.

412-681-4318.

TUE 21 HOWLERS. The Resonant Rogues, Shelf Life String Band, Hills and the Rivers. Bloomfield.

412-682-0320.

WED 22 ALLEGHENY ELKS LODGE #339.

Pittsburgh Banjo Club. Wednesdays.

North Side. 412-321-1834.

AVONWORTH COMMUNITY PARK. Bubba & Tom’s Campfire Songs. Ohio Township. 412-766-1700.

PARK HOUSE. Shelf Life String Band. North Side.

412-224-2273.

REGGAE THU 16 LINDEN GROVE. Straight Up. Castle Shannon. 412-882-8687.

THU 16 ELWOOD’S PUB. The Fiddlers.

Rural Ridge. 724-265-1181.

FRI 17 MEADOWS CASINO. Steeltown.

Washington. 724-503-1200.

NIED’S HOTEL. Slim Forsythe, Candy Mountain, Pete Freeman, John Parrendo & Jane West.

Lawrenceville. 412-781-9853.

CLASSICAL FRI 17 DARRYL & KIM DUO. Rivers Casino, North Side. 412-231-7777.

PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. Heinz Hall, Downtown.

412-392-4900.

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

SAT 18 KELLY-STRAYHORN THEATER. Mathew Tembo & the Afro Routes Band. East Liberty. 412-363-3000.

SUN 19 BAJA BAR AND GRILL. Ras Prophet. Fox Chapel. 412-963-0640.

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SUN 19 PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. Heinz Hall, Downtown. 412-392-4900.

TUE 21 THE BACH CHOIR. Mozart Requiem.

Rodef Shalom Congregation, Oakland. 412-621-6566.

WED 22 THE CHAMBER CHOIR OF

THE PITTSBURGH SCHOOL FOR THE CHORAL ARTS. Shadyside Presbyterian Church, Shadyside.

412-682-4300.

OTHER MUSIC THU 16 RIVERS CASINO. Abacus Jones Duo. North Side. 412-231-7777.

TRUST ARTS EDUCATION CENTER. Key of She Brass.

Downtown. www.trustarts.org.

FRI 17 BYHAM THEATER. Chris Theoret’s David Bowie Show. Downtown.

412-456-6666.

ST. CLAIR PARK. The David Bach Consort. Greensburg.

SAT 18 PITTSBURGH WINERY. Who’s Your Daddy? Strip District.

412-566-1000.

RIVERS CASINO. Kevin Howard Trio. North Side. 412-231-7777.

MON 20 HAMBONE’S. Ian Kane. Jazz Standards, showtunes & blues.

Lawrenceville. 412-681-4318.

TUE 21 CLUB CAFE. The Bumper Jacksons w/ The Squirrel Hillbillies.

South Side. 412-431-4950.

WED 22 PALLANTIA. Jon Bañuelos, flamenco guitarist. Shadyside.

412-621-2919.

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412-263-2877. All ages show.

Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 7:30p.m.

MATTRESS FACTORY North Side. Over 21 event.

Tickets: mattress.org. 7:30p.m.

ALTAR BAR Strip District.

412-263-2877. All ages show.

Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 8p.m.

The Dwarves / The Queers

Urban Garden Party: Light Up the Night

Tunji Ige x Michael Christmas

Pete Davidson James McCartney / The Damaged Pies

REX THEATER South Side.

412-381-6811. All ages show.

Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 7:30p.m.

CLUB CAFE South Side.

412-431-4950. Over 21 show.

Tickets: ticketweb.com/opusone.

Wags and Whiskey 8p.m.

WIGLE BARRELHOUSE AND WHISKEY GARDEN THURSDAY North Side. 412-235-7796.

Free event. 5p.m.

Stryper ALTAR BAR Strip District.

412-263-2877. All ages show. Chicago BENEDUM CENTER Tickets: ticketfly.com or Downtown. 412-456-6666.

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Over 21 show.

Tickets: greyareaprod.com.

9p.m.

SATURDAY 18 Comedy Night with Greg Hahn

SEVEN SPRINGS MOUNTAIN RESORT Seven Springs.

Barenaked Ladies STAGE AE North Side.

All ages show.

Tickets: ticketmaster.com or 1-800-745-3000.

Doors open at 6p.m.

EVE 6 ALTAR BAR JUNE 19 Over 21 show.

Tickets: 7springs.com or 1-888-718-4253. 9p.m.

412-381-6811. Over 21 show.

Tickets: greyareaprod.com.

7p.m.

Charlie Wheeler Band

SUNDAY 19

THUNDERBIRD CAFE Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177.

Over 21 show.

Tickets: greyareaprod.com.

9p.m.

Southside ArtCrawl REX THEATER South Side.

TUESDAY 21

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The Journey Within: An Inspirational Evening with Radhanath Swami

Lynch Mob

ALTAR BAR Strip District.

412-263-2877. All ages show.

Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 8p.m.

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412-263-2877. Over 21 show.

Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 7:30p.m.

Bonnie Bishop / Joe Zelek

A$AP Ferg & Tory Lanez

CLUB CAFE South Side.

412-431-4950. Over 21 show.

Tickets: ticketweb.com/opusone.

8p.m.

BYHAM THEATER Downtown. 412-456-6666.

Tickets: trustarts.org. 5p.m.

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Tickets: ticketmaster.com or 1-800-745-3000.

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PAIN AND GAIN {BY AL HOFF}

“IT ALLOWED ME TO TOUCH ON TOPICS THAT I DON’T NORMALLY ADDRESS.”

“This is the worst — doing a documentary on my scandal,” says Anthony Weiner in the opening sequence of Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg’s Weiner, which covers the former U.S. Congressman’s 2013 run for mayor of New York City.

Weiner proves prophetic: The campaign goes from great to terrible fast, and much of the damage is caught on camera. But as a greater service to us all, Weiner is a worthy undertaking — an intimate warts-and-all account of today’s messy political sphere, the free-for-all media that fuels it, and even our collusion (more scandal, less policy, please).

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The feisty Weiner was a rising Democratic star; his wife, Huma Abedin, was Hillary Clinton’s top aide. Then, in 2011, he got caught sexting other women. The ensuing brouhaha was a gift to tabloid headline-writers (“Weiner: I’ll Stick It Out,” “Obama Beats Weiner”) and a seeming death knell to Weiner’s career: He resigned. But, as the film depicts, his mayoral run — despite snickering and another round of manufactured outrage (Trump sputters, “No perverts!”) — takes off. Until the other shoe drops — more sexts and photos — and the public’s forgiving mood sours.

Weiner — and the doc crew — soldier on through election day, and it’s not always easy to watch. There’s Weiner’s almost pathological need for attention; his self-destructive combativeness; the misery of his staff trying to do a job they increasingly don’t believe in; and Abedin’s visible unease. There is no way viewers can know the totality and the various emotional dynamics of Weiner and Abedin’s relationship, but it is impossible not to speculate when the camera slides onto Abedin’s tightly held face.

In all, Weiner is a fascinating document, both on the personal level of Weiner’s travails, and as a larger examination of our enthusiastic embrace of media-driven scandaloutrage-forgiveness cycles where years of service can be undone in an instant.

In the film’s final scene, an off-camera voice asks Weiner, “Why did you let me film this?” Weiner just gives a resigned shrug. But the answer is there unspoken and obvious: It’s how we all roll now.

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HIS FRIDAY, at the Hollywood Theater

“happy” ending is clearly designed to be in Dormont, patrons can catch the ignored.) One barb finds Micheaux cutting premiere of a unique mash-up enter- between a hand proffering money to the tainment event than spans nearly a centu- donation basket and other hands doing dory: a screening of the 1925 silent film Body mestic work and picking cotton. and Soul, with original hip-hop accompaniment provided live by Pittsburgh-based [PREVIEW] performer Jasiri X. BODY AND SOUL The feature-length melodrama was Black-cinema historian Joseph Kennedy IV directed by Oscar Micheaux, the first mawill introduce the film. Doors at 7 p.m.; jor African-American film director, with introduction at 8 p.m. followed by screening.

Fri., June 17. Hollywood. $15 ($25 VIP a black cast. Set in a small Georgia town, balcony seats include poster, popcorn it tells of a charismatic but unscrupulous and beverages); $10 students/kids preacher who abuses the trust of the community to steal, scheme and rape.

Paul Robeson makes his screen debut, The strong content surprised Jasiri X, portraying both the corrupt preacher and who prior to collaborating with the Hollyhis decent twin brother. wood to undertake a “hip-hop-scored Body and Soul is a sharp crisilent,” hadn’t seen the film. By from tique of how trusted institutions phone from Chicago, he recalls: More X can facilitate the exploitation “We watched it together as a Jaswirwi w. at of the people they claim to proy production team, and we were it c h g p r.com tect. The dramatic conceit — the like, ‘Yo, wow, what the hell?’ I pape villain isn’t an actual preacher, had this idea that it was 1925, and but an escaped convict posing as was going to maybe deal with isone — technically absolves the film of sues black people were facing back then. broader accusations, but audiences can I had no idea that it was gonna be the type read between the lines. (Likewise, the film’s of movie that it is. But it definitely made it

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more interesting to write to.”

For the film, Jasiri, along with Idasa Tariq, livefromthecity and Dejah Monea, wrote 10 new songs. “We were able to touch on subjects that I normally wouldn’t cover, [like] corrupt religion [and] relationships. … What I didn’t want to do was make a rap about what was happening in a scene, but to capture the emotion of that scene. … It also has a gospel tinge to it since a lot of [the story] takes place in the church.”

Jasiri says they originally considered using musical samples from the 1920s, but opted for “current hip-shop-style production — not ’90s, not 2000s, but right now.

So I feel that’s even more of a catch for a younger audience.”

The evening is a rare opportunity to see a great silent film, and have it presented with a contemporary musical accompaniment. Jasiri hopes the experience proves provocative and enlightening for all: “Some people are going come in to see the movie and get hip hop, and some people are going to come in for hip hop and get the movie.

It will be a very unique experience — put it that way.”

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out for Sonny Bono, Pia Zadora, Debbie Harry and Waters himself. Everybody form a big strong line and get ready to do “The Madison”! Kicks of this summer’s monthly series of Rooftop Shindigs. Music by Beauty Slap and HEAF at 7 p.m.; film at sundown. Wed., June 15. Theater Square Garage roof, 667 Penn Ave., Downtown. Bring your own chair (or buy one on site).

Food and beverage vendors on site (no outside food/ drink allowed). Free (AH)

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NEW THIS WEEK CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE. Rawson Marshall Thurber directs this comedy in which a mildmannered dude reconnects with a high school buddy, and finds himself caught up in international espionage. Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart star. Starts Fri., June 17 THE CONJURING 2. Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga) are back on the job, this time chasing down some spooky things in 1970s London.

You may recall them from such previous films as The Conjuring, or the notable ghost-busting at the Amityville Horror house. In fact, we open with a pretty good creep-out scene that sort of wraps up the Amityville case; that is to say, there is still a demon on the loose and it follows the Warrens home.

But, to 1977 England, where a single mom and her four children are being terrorized by some evil spirit who singles out tween Janet (Madison Wolfe, quite good) for extra torment.

It’s the usual fare: furniture moving on its own, weird voices and messing with the TV. The case comes to the attention of the Warrens, who grudgingly agree to verify that this is a real horror and not a hoax.

Director James Wan deserves credit for laying back on some of the genre’s worse impulses (gore, jump-out scares, cheesy CGI) and finding more interest in human nature. There is a fair argument that each character is so consumed with anxiety about real life that the freaky things might just be manifestations of that mental state. The actors play the material straight, and Wilson and Farmiga have a believable chemistry. The movie is easily 20 minutes too long — the final reel is especially baggy — but there is one extraneous bit I’d argue to keep: Wilson’s quite sweet rendition of Elvis’ “Can’t Help Falling in Love.” Even the ghosts stop and listen peaceably. (Al Hoff) FINDING DORY. The forgetful fish from 2003’s Finding Nemo goes on a quest to find her lost family. Andrew Stanton and Angus MacLane direct this digitally animated family comedy. Starts Fri., June 17 GENIUS. Michael Grandage’s drama is apt to be a real treat for a small group of people: fans of novelist Thomas Wolfe or his editor Max Perkins. The handsomely produced Depression-era period piece takes a while to get in gear. We meet Perkins (Colin Firth), a well-respected editor at Scribner’s — he has shepherded works by Fitzgerald and Hemingway — and now is pondering a large manuscript by some unknown fellow named Thomas Wolfe (Jude Law). Perkins sees the potential in the wordy prose, signs up Wolfe, and the two embark on a mutually satisfying partnership. Perkins uses his red pencil to pare down Wolfe’s work — resulting in the critically and financially successful Look Homeward, Angel — and the exuberant Wolfe brings color to Perkins’ straitlaced life.

But the tale takes a familiar turn as success makes Wolfe a braying boor, and the genial father-son relationship between Perkins and Wolfe strains to a breaking point. Too late does each man recognize the genius of the other, and how the serendipitous nature of their meeting enabled each to reach great heights.

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AMC Loews Waterfront. $5 BUILDING PITTSBURGH. This 45-minute 1991 documentary from Charlie McCollester and Steffi Domike looks at local labor unions, particularly those of the craft labor and skilled trade, whose members helped construct much of the city’s bridges, buildings, factories and infrastructure. Rick Okraszewski, of the Carpenters Union, will speak after the screening. 7:30 p.m. Thu., June 16. Pump House, 880 E. Waterfront St., Munhall. Free. www.battleofhomestead.org

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FANTASTIC PLANET. René Laloux’s animated 1973 science-fiction film relates the tale of slaves and masters, and the inevitable revolt, on the faraway planet of Ygam. In the 1970s, the French film was a rep-house staple, frequently paired with other trippy films that looked like innocuous kids’ films, but were loaded with larger philosophical ideas. The film has been recently restored. In French, with subtitles. Through Thu., June 16. Harris IGGY POP: LIVE IN BASEL 2015. See the still-vibrant and still shirtless rocker perform his repertoire of classic proto-punk songs in this new concert film. 7:30 p.m.

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it’s no coincidence that its big set piece takes places on New Year’s Eve, the High Holy Night of Forced Fun. If the 2013 film was silly, at least it was a novel take on the Robin Hood heist genre — what if we used magic tricks to elude the law?!

But the gimmick has worn stale already in this never-asked-for, overly long sequel from John M. Chu that finds the Four Horsemen of Magic reuniting: Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco and Lizzy Capland (filling the token girl role vacated by Isla Fisher). Their fearless leader, Mark Ruffalo, gets them caught up in some global-scale nonsense, and whoosh — now they’re in Macau pledging to steal a superduper computer chip (it can decrypt everything!) for a baby-faced villain (Daniel Radcliffe).

The movie breaks down into three parts, none of them satisfying separately or combined: quips, illogical back stories, and magic tricks that aren’t. Look, I don’t expect these actors to expertly palm cards, but when “magic” scenes are so patently CGI-created and test the limits of physics, it’s just cheap and distracting. (AH)

HUMPBACK WHALES. Those gigantic mammals of the sea are the stars of Greg MacGillivray’s latest IMAX film. See their lives — from migrating to raising their young and “singing” — up close. Starts Fri., June 17.

Rangos Omnimax, Carnegie Science Center THE MEASURE OF A MAN. Stéphane Brizé’s drama doesn’t offer much plot or scintillating dialogue, but for patient viewers, the film builds to a substantial and devastating conclusion. Thierry (Vincent Lindon) is former factory worker who, having been laid off, struggles to find new work. His life as depicted here unfolds through series of scenes: an awkward job interview via Skype; a dancing class he takes with his wife, where he cedes his spot to the more proficient instructor; a meeting with the school about his disabled teenage son; and a feedback session with other job-seekers where his face, clothes and demeanor are critiqued. Thierry eventually does find work, but his new job only amplifies his fears that the new normal in the workplace is weighted against the laborer, economically, personal and morally. Lindon gives a quietly powerful performance of a man acutely conscious of losing the meaning of his life, even if he still hits the checklist of house, family and job. In French, with subtitles. Starts Fri., June 17. Harris (AH) NEON BULL. In Gabriel Mascaro’s new drama from Brazil, Iremar works as a rodeo performer, chasing bulls on horseback. But in his spare time, he dreams of shifting careers, from the fading days of rodeos to the booming fashion industry. In Portuguese, with subtitles. Starts Fri., June 17. Parkway NOW YOU SEE ME 2. This film reminds me of one of those parties where the fun feels forced, and I suppose

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DOLLAR BANK CINEMA IN THE PARK. Jurassic World, Wed., June 15 (Schenley) and Sat., June 18 (Riverside). The Land Before Time, Thu., June 16 (Brookline); Fri., June 17 (Arsenal); and Sat., June 18 (Grandview). Father of the Bride, Sun., July 19 (Schenley); Mon., June 20 (Mellon Square); Tue., June 21 (West End/Elliott Overlook); and Thu., June 23 (Brookline).

Black or White, Wed., July 22 (Schenley). Films begin at dusk. 412-255-2493 or www.citiparks.net. Free HAIRSPRAY. John Waters’ affectionate 1988 look at the Baltimore of his ’60s youth mixes a social message about racial integration with lots of campy goings-on at a teen-dance television program.

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Fri., June 17. Botany Hall Auditorium, Phipps Conservatory, Oakland. Free with regular admission ($11-15). phipps.conservatory.org THE SANDLOT. A gang of boys finds friendship and more in this 1993 baseball comedy, set in 1962, and directed by David M. Evans. June 17-22. Row House Cinema

monster before it kills you. Scott engineers a series of differently calibrated scares, culminating in a cunningly contrived final confrontation with hero-by-default Sigourney Weaver. Still, the thin characterizations and thinner story wouldn’t amount to much without the dazzling design work. That’s especially true of Giger’s biological-mechanical creature, a walking nightmare if there ever was one on film. 7:30 p.m. Wed., June 22.

AMC Loews Waterfront. $5 (Bill O’Driscoll)

NOW AND THEN. In Lesli Linka Glatter’s 1995 film, four 12-year-old girls spend the summer together, having adventures and promising to stay loyal to each other. June 17-20 and June 22-23. Row House Cinema STAND BY ME. Rob Reiner directs this coming-ofage dramedy about four boys who go in search of a dead body. Adapted from a Stephen King novella, the 1986 film stars Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman and Jerry O’Connell. June 17-21 and June 23.

Row House Cinema THE GOONIES. A treasure map! A spooky cave! A group of kids embarks on an adventure in this 1985 comedy from Richard Donner. June 17-19 and June 2123. Row House Cinema WAY OUT WEST. It should be simple: Deliver the deed to a gold mine to a young woman in a Western town.

But if anybody can make a hash of it, it’s Laurel and Hardy. The comic duo star in James W. Horne’s 1937 comedy, which finds the pair falling through roofs, having wardrobe malfunctions and, most critically, letting the deed fall into the hands of the scheming couple who run the saloon. Much of the comedy shows its roots in Laurel and Hardy’s silent films, with some scenes relying solely on sight gags and lots of mugging. But there’s also a fair amount of music in this hour-long feature, including the cowboy crooners, the Avalon Boys, who provide the soundtrack for an amusing dance by Laurel and Hardy, and a rousing version of “The Trail of the Lonesome Pine.” Screens in a digitally restored print. 3 p.m. Sun., June 19. Hollywood. In honor of Father’s Day, dads get a free treat.

KINGS OF THE ROAD. In Wim Wender’s 1976 film, a mechanic who works on film projectors and a depressed young man meet and travel together along the border between West and East German. The film screens as part of a month-long, Sunday-night series of Wenders films. In German, with subtitles. 8 p.m. Sun., June 19. Regent Square ALIEN. Giger’s monster and set designs are still the most impressive aspect of Ridley Scott’s 1979 outerspace horror show. The film is as lean and mean as its titular critter: Spaceship has monster on board; kill

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The Measure of a Man RAIDERS! THE STORY OF THE GREATEST FAN FILM EVER MADE and RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK: THE ADAPTATION. After the 1981 release of Raiders of the Lost Ark, three 11-year-old boys from Mississippi devoted themselves to making a shot-for-shot remake of their favorite film; it took seven years. See this work of fan dedication, plus Jeremy Coon and Tim Skousen’s new documentary, Raiders!, about the making of the kids’ version. One of those kid filmmakers, Eric Zala, will do a Q&A. (The double-feature is tonight only; the doc Raiders! plays June 24-30.) 7 p.m. Thu., June 23.

Harris. $10 LOGAN’S RUN. Michael York and Farrah Fawcett star in Michael Anderson’s 1976 sci-fi film about a wondrous future (in the year 2274) where life in full of leisure. That is, until you turn 30 and are eliminated.

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BUG-EYED Art, biology and technology are often conjoined nowadays, but seldom more literally than in Garnet Hertz’s Cockroach Controlled Mobile Robot. The Canadabased researcher’s bucket-sized, threewheeled machine is guided by a Madagascar hissing cockroach harnessed atop a ball, and immersed in a virtual environment where it’s guided by light cues indicating real-world obstacles. The ball translates the motion of the roach’s legs into machine motion. It’s a robot whose microcontroller has been replaced with a live insect, raising questions about the nature of a cyborg and whether the insect controls the machine, or vice versa.

At All Around Us: Installations and Experiences Inspired by Bugs, the robot is displayed, its operations depicted on video, its locomotive force represented by a tankful of the two-inchlong roaches (alive if currently unemployed).

It’s one way that this Wood Street Galleries international group show, curated on two floors by artist and Carnegie Mellon University professor Ali Momeni, interrogates our relationship with insects.

Momeni’s “Observation Hives I and II” are active beehives, both in vitrines. Projected time-lapse videos document changes in the hive. But in the room day-lit through Wood Street’s seldom-exposed windows, I preferred to watch the bees themselves — there are thousands per colony — that exited the gallery through a transparent tube into the concrete heart of Downtown, and then returned, hindquarters laden with pollen, to continue building home.

Ivana Adaime Makac’s “Le Banquet” incorporates farm-raised crickets (normally sold as pet food) into arty, evolving terrarium sculptures made of floral foam and “fruit, flowers, vegetables and different types of food” — including marshmallows and marzipan. Whether as a comment on pet-keeping or on rescue animals, it is oddly fascinating; a few crickets sang away.

Biologists from the University of Pittsburgh’s Morehouse Labs contribute “Courtship in the Jumping Spider Habronattus pyrrithrix,” an engrossing video depicting this beautiful North American spider’s courtship dance at sports-bar-TV size.

The couple of promising exhibits that weren’t working when I visited included a Momeni collaboration that lets you don a fly costume, and “See Like a Bug” with virtual-reality goggles.

Then there’s Jennifer Angus’ “Justified

By Love”: four walls of dried moths and the husks of mantises, with velvet flower blossoms and full-sized plastic deer trophy heads, all arranged in patterns like mandalas, or wallpaper. It’s a creepy, sobering memento mori.

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TELLING SECRETS [BOOK REVIEW]

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us copy passages from Thomas Hardy’s novels into our exercise books, as if the physical act of rewriting might instill the artfulness of those words into our minds. Today, a teacher like Mr. Wells could do the same with the novels of Stewart O’Nan. His sentences are clean, hard, and without agenda — the kind of language worth emulating.

And the characters in this prolific Pittsburgh-based author’s latest novel, City of Secrets, do not waste their words or thoughts.

This book is cast in a prose of movement and action, which is an effective conceit for a tale of

espionage and intrigue.

The story is based on events in postWorld War II Jerusalem under the British Mandate, and O’Nan’s historical veracity is scrupulous without being overbearing.

The protagonist, Brand, a Holocaust survivor, is now working as a cabbie, so he sees his world like a cabbie. By the end of the novel you can almost draw a map of the city based on the many streets and landmarks he observes. But O’Nan evokes an even deeper impression of British-occupied Jerusalem, the way Lawrence Durrell evokes the city of Alexandria in his novels; by immersing the reader in the particularity of a few characters,

he captures a rich sense of the space and time surrounding them: The very stones were secondhand, scavenged and fit back into place haphazardly, their Roman inscriptions inverted. It was the rainy season, and the walls were gray instead of golden, the souks teeming with rats.

To O’Nan’s credit, he does not get bogged down in the changing and multifarious political alliances that occurred during this period. Instead, he focuses on the complicated romance between Brand and his fellow conspirator Eva, who prostitutes herself not only to make her living, but to gather information for the Haganah underground movement, for which they both ultimately work.

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deal with it. What makes the book so interesting is its dimensionality. The two major characters each lives three lives: the superficial day-to-day cover life of a meaningless job, the below-the-surface life of a terroristcell operative, and on the deepest level of psychic truth, the existential life of despair.

As Brand remembers his former wife, who died in the concentration camps, he realizes, “After Katya, whatever happened to him was nothing. The world was not the world.”

Ironically, it is only in that deepest realm that Brand and Eva can really connect with each other. This sense of dark freedom makes Brand such an interesting character, and allows O’Nan to open up greater possibilities in the plot, when a lesser writer might have constructed a more predictable narrative.

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In a word, O’Nan’s style is cinematic.

His language is visual and evocative.

The sentences are always purposeful: He keeps the action moving, because the language is moving. At times, especially in the opening chapters, the writing can be simple, like film noir. What you see is what you get. But mid-way through the novel, as events accelerate, he opens the cage of his prose and lets the words fly free. For example, after Brand recounts a long series of memories, and comes out of his reverie, O’Nan writes, “With the sun, the tourists were back, and the days dragged, one snapshot after another.” Here the author achieves a brilliant double trope, simultaneously evoking the torpor of Brand’s superficial existence and the lusher world of memories that are what truly nurtures him, allowing him to survive.

This is masterful writing: disciplined, concise, revelatory. In a mere 190 pages we learn a lot. We learn how to wire a bomb. We learn how to pass military checkpoints. We learn how to avoid detection through disguise. And in a very memorable section, we learn how to perform the Passover Seder when one is alone in a city under occupation.

But most of all, O’Nan gives us a tremendous lesson in human nature. In how to tell a compelling story about adversity that is actually motivated by hope, not sentimentality. And in this age of the inflated novel, when tragedy has become a new kind of pornography, we find nothing gratuitous in City of Secrets. There is a lot many novelists today could learn from Stewart O’Nan. This is definitely a writer worth emulating.

Len Barcousky’s new book Hidden History of Pittsburgh (The History Press, $21.99) is a brisk little tome about lesser-known events in the Steel City’s past, as well as the region’s connection to history at large.

Barcousky, who retired this past fall as a reporter at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (where I am also a former staffer), is a history buff’s history buff, someone with a real dedication to putting history in context in order to better understand it.

“Most stories, especially in the age of the Internet, have the lifespan of a mayfly,” Barcousky writes. In internet parlance, Hidden History is 149 pages of ICYMI (in case you missed it), with chapter titles like “Fighting for Equality” and “Everybody Comes to Pittsburgh.” That latter chapter has anecdotes about visits to Pittsburgh

by Charles Dickens, Albert Einstein, native daughter Nellie Bly and Mark Twain.

But it’s the stories of lesser-known Pittsburghers caught in historic events that are the best parts of Hidden History.

There’s World War I veteran Donald C. Jefferson, the first black businessowner in East Liberty, who stood up to Jim Crow while on a train to a South Carolina army camp. And Betty Jean McCord, an Aspinwall High School senior who won a trip to Hollywood in 1940 and met big-name stars including Indiana, Pa., native Jimmy Stewart.

Here’s my only quibble with the book. Barcousky’s primary source for Hidden History is the Post-Gazette’s own formidable and rich archive, presented as a mostly irrefutable source. While citing newspaper reports is a completely valid and time-tested way to conduct historical research, I wish there were more supporting material from other sources. Though admittedly, it’s entirely likely those sources are hard to find, if they exist at all.

I have no cause to question the veracity of any of the historical accounts presented.

However, based on personal experience, I do disagree with the way Barcousky portrays the P-G’s content-management system and its relatively new printing press as “cutting edge.” It makes me wonder at what point presenting any newspaper’s reporting as a primary source shifts from being history to being public relations.

Still, after reading Hidden History, I was left with the feeling that there’s still a lot of Western Pennsylvania history yet to be uncovered. Hopefully, Barcousky has more stories to share.

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POWER PLAY {BY TED HOOVER}

HOORAH! THEATER for adults! Pittsburgh

Public Theater presents the local premiere of Venus in Fur, an old-fashioned twohander crackling with wit, and a sly, dark comedy celebrating the bewitching possibilities of theater.

Let’s try that again with fewer adjectives. This 2010 show, written by David Ives, concerns a “visionary” director, Thomas, who has adapted the novella Venus in Furs and is trying to cast the lead. With a clap of thunder, a completely wrong-for-the-part actress, Vanda, bursts into the audition room several hours late and begs Thomas to let her read. He humors her, but his condescension evaporates when he discovers she’s frighteningly perfect. The play we watch is 90 intermissionless minutes of Thomas and Vanda reading through the play he’s written. The result is a cage match.

The novel, you see, is from Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (whose proclivities gave us the term “masochist”) and it’s about a man enthralled by a woman whom he manipulates into beating and subjugating him. The power struggle of the play-within-the-play becomes the same dance of dominion between Thomas and Vanda in the audition/ read-through; who wins remains unclear until the end.

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Macik, who directs, has multicast this huge play, inspired by the tribunal known as the Judges’ Trial of 1947, with varying success: a dozen actors in 20 roles. Most amazing is Jesse Wray Goodman, completely credible as the leading lady (a.k.a.

“the Marlene Dietrich role”), a pugnacious defendant and a pragmatic general. Katie Trupiano morphs from soft-spoken defendant to mean-spirited servant. Michael McBurney stops the show as an outraged victim testifying against Nazi eugenic laws, in between turns as a tongue-tied defendant and a compromised professional.

But Nuremberg pivots on three key characters: the most illustrious of the German defendants, Ernst Janning (Everett Lowe), his indefatigable defense counsel (Amy Portenlanger) and the head judge of the American tribunal (Eric Leslie). Portenlanger shows a fierce cunning as the advocate for an international portion of the guilt that the defendants hold. Leslie embodies the wise man from a small town struggling to understand the maelstrom he is presiding over, and to set aside “patriotism” for at least a semblance of justice.

Steely-eyed Lowe remains an enigma until the climactic revelatory monologue and a final, memorable scene with Leslie.

Also notable are Kevin H. Moore as the narrator and the judge’s aide; and Tom Mirth as the wrathful persecutor.

The staging is an intimate as one can be, without the actors actually sitting in your lap. The images from the Holocaust will stay in your mind.

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VENUS IN FUR continues through June 26. Pittsburgh Public Theater, 621 Penn Ave., Downtown. $15.75-60. 412-316-1600 or www.ppt.org

What I loved about Venus is Fur is that (its 2013 film adaptation notwithstanding) it could really reach its fullest expression only on stage; the shifting of tone, style and even reality couldn’t be expressed in any other medium. Ives knows precisely how to play with stage time and space and has created this unbelievably entertaining ride through a theatrical fun house. It’s been some time since I’ve had such a flat-out blast at the theater.

And that’s thanks to this perfect Public production, directed by Jesse Berger.

Here’s a show that must be played beat by beat, and though Berger does that ruthlessly he never loses sight of the script’s spine and structure.

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Mann (who grew up in East Pittsburgh) re-worked his famous 1961 film for a new audience facing many of the same challenges as his characters. Indeed, the prelude recounts then-President Clinton’s recent signing of the Rome Treaty for an International Court and the political backlash

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Tonight’s the kickoff for Wilkinsburg’s Art in the Park series. The event, run by nonprofit Youth for a Brighter Community, features artists, poets, dancers and live music gathering on a grassy lot on the town’s main drag.

Organizers hope Art in the Park can help change negative perceptions of the community.

The free series is sponsored by the Borough of Wilkinsburg and the Wilkinsburg Community Development Corp. Bill O’Driscoll 6:30-8:30 p.m. 743 Penn Ave., Wilkinsburg. Free.

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U.S. immigration services, and vendors will offer foods representing an array of world cultures. Tyler Dague 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Downtown.

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Pittsburgh 2016 Bicentennial Juneteenth Festival honors particularly Martin R. Delaney, the great abolitionist, journalist and physician who lived in Pittsburgh before the Civil War. Events include tonight’s Gathering to honor local women of distinction. On Sat., June 18, from 11 a.m.1 p.m., the Jubilee of Freemen Re-Enactment Parade recreates Downtown the historic 1870 parade that African Americans in Pittsburgh held to mark Pennsylvania’s ratification of the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (which gave blacks the right to vote).

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sp otlight Acupuncture is perhaps the most emphatic statement a public artwork has made in Pittsburgh in years. The new permanent sculpture, by German artist Hans Peter Kuhn, will appear by night to be six 100-foot-long shafts of white light piercing the roof and upper floor of the Mattress Factory museum at various angles and emerging from the building’s south face. It can be seen from all angles from as far away as Downtown. Kuhn, a light and sound artist whose resume includes a long list of public artworks around the globe, says the seeds of Acupuncture were planted a decade ago when the museum asked him to create a light piece to make the building more visible. Kuhn, speaking by Skype from Mexico City (where he was between a pair of art openings for his work), said of the utilitarian former factory: “It’s just a box basically. I thought I should disturb this building by making some chaos.” He says he was inspired partly by Mikado, the pick-up-sticks game. The shafts — each in two segments that never actually pierce the building — are LED-filled acrylic tubes fabricated by Pittsburgh’s Bunting Graphics. Mayor Bill Peduto flips the switch on Acupuncture on June 17 at the Mattress Factory’s 19th annual Urban Garden Party fundraiser, Light Up the Night, featuring food, drink and live entertainment. Bill O’Driscoll 7:30-11 p.m. Fri., June 17. 500 Sampsonia Way, North Side. $95. www.mattress.org

master Noah Bendix-Balgley (pictured) returns to perform Mozart’s Rondo in C Major and a new concerto in the style of Jewish Klezmer music, “Fidl-Fantazye.” The program concludes with Mahler’s passionate Symphony No. 5. TD 8 p.m. Also 8 p.m.

Sat., June 18, and 2:30 p.m.

Sun., June 19. 600 Penn Ave., Downtown. $20-94.

412-392-4900 or www. pittsburghsymphony.org

Swami knows a thing or two about living well. As a practitioner of bhakti yoga, the American-born Swami is known internationally for his charitable work and his talks and books on spiritual transformation. At the Byham Theater, the group Folk Pittsburgh hosts The Journey Within, his first Pittsburgh appearance. The evening includes Eastern music, a performance by the local Nandanik Dance Academy and a talk by Swami. Free copies of his new book, The Journey Within, and to-go dinner boxes are included with admission. TD 5 p.m. 101 Sixth St., Downtown. $10.75-40.75. 412-456-6666 or www.trustarts.org

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{BURLESQUE} While you could probably stage a burlesque show to almost any kind of music, it’s hard to think of a pop artist whose catalog is more up to the task than Prince.

Tonight, at James Street Gastropub & Speakeasy, local producer Viva Valezz! presents His Purple Reign: A Burlesque Prince Tribute.

The late icon’s funky and sexy tracks will set the stage for performers including Valezz (pictured) and her Velvet Hearts troupe. The twohour show is followed by an all-Prince dance party with DJ Tanner. BO 8 p.m. 440 Foreland St., North Side. $10 (dance party only: $5). Table for four: $30 (VIP table: $50). www. jamesstreetgastropub.com

+ SAT., JUNE 18 {EXHIBIT} A Malian infant sleeping dusted with sand. Seven pears on a Moscow sill in afternoon sunlight. A caged chimp’s arm reaching out to Jane Goodall.

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BO 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Exhibit continues through Sept. 11.

4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland. $11.95-19.95 (free for children under 2). 412-622-3131 or www.carnegiemnh.org

{COMEDY} As if Ray Barone, Phil Dunphy, Tim “The Tool Man” Taylor and Archie Bunker hadn’t already proved, fatherhood is ripe for humor. Tonight, at the Father Ryan Arts Center, longtime improv troupe The Amish Monkeys presents an evening audience-fueled comedy, games and songs with a distinctly dad theme, and just in time for

Father’s Day. Dadbod not included. TD 8 p.m.

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{ART} Last year, the SouthSide Art Crawl bid to reclaim a bit of the South Side’s past (as old heads will recall) as one of the city’s arty neighborhoods, rather than simply a mile-long bar. Courtesy of Redfishbowl, the Crawl returns, this year promising 30 or more venues hosting work by 250 visual artists, two dozen bands, live music, street performances, pop-up shops and more.

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Performances tonight and tomorrow at Oakland’s Sphinx Café are followed by showings at venues in the West End, Sewickley Heights and elsewhere in Oakland. But Carmen is also a teaser: Starting July 8, SummerFest will be in full swing, opening productions of Cole Porter’s Kiss Me, Kate, Handel’s Julius Caesar and much more. BO 7 p.m.; also 7 p.m. Thu., June 23 (401 Atwood St., Oakland).

Continues June 25-July 9 (various locations). $25-35. www.otsummerfest.org

{CIRQUE} While a few blockbusters have broken $1 billion in recent years, no movie has surpassed the gross of James Cameron’s Avatar.

The 2009 epic has also inspired acrobatic supertroupe Cirque Du Soleil’s new show, Toruk: The First Flight.

Featuring giant sets and elaborate puppetry, Toruk tells a pre-human-contact tale of the Na’vi, blue humanoid aliens with a distinctive biological connection to their lush moon, Pandora. The spectacle hits Consol Energy Center tonight for the first of seven shows here. TD 7:30 p.m. Continues through Sun., June 26.

1001 Fifth Ave., Downtown. $38-130. 800-745-3000 or www.cirquedusoleil.com

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THEATER THE 39 STEPS. A madcap comic thriller featuring a juicy spy story mixed w/ a dash of Monty Python mayhem. Sun, 2 p.m., Sat, 2 & 7:30 p.m. and Wed-Fri, 7:30 p.m. Thru Aug. 14. Cabaret at Theater Square, Downtown. 412-325-6769.

CARMEN THE GYPSY. The classic fiery love story, told through some of opera’s favorite music by Georges Bizet presented by Opera Theatre.

June 22-23, 7 p.m. Sphinx Cafe, Oakland. 412-621-1153.

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

720-271-2996.

JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG. A play about the post WWII trials presented by the Throughline Theatre Company. www.throughlinetheatre.org.

Thu-Sat, 8 p.m. Thru June 18.

The Grey Box Theatre, Lawrenceville. 412-586-7744.

LIGHT UP THE SKY. What happens when a superstitious

leading lady, her outspoken SIN, SEX & THE CIA. Huge mother, a temperamental oil reserves are discovered director, an enthusiastic in the Chagos Islands. The producer & his wife, a star Chagosians request USA struck Shriner & a truck-driverprotection & a secret meeting turned-playwright all converge is arranged at a safe haven for the opening of a new play? in the Virginia mountains.

Presented by Little Lake Theatre Thu-Sat, 7:30 p.m. and Sun., Company. Thu-Sat, 8 p.m. and June 19, 2 p.m. Thru June 25.

Sun., June 26, 2 p.m. Thru July 2.

Apple Hill Playhouse, Delmont.

Little Lake Theatre, Canonsburg.

724-468-5050.

724-745-6300.

SQUABBLES. Jerry Sloan MYSTERY’S MOST & his wife are a happy, WANTED..DEATH & successful, married TAXES. Welcome to couple living w/ the Middle Ages, when the not-so-happy peasants toil, rats frolic Abe Dreyfus, Jerry’s www. per pa & the king is ..well, king. curmudgeon of a pghcitym o .c Pestilence & disease father-in-law. The aren’t the only things situation is exacerbated that are deadly. Tax season when Jerry’s mother might kill you too. Sat., Mildred loses her house in a June 18, 10 p.m. Cabaret at fire & needs a place to stay. Call Theater Square, Downtown.

412-831-8552 for reservations.

412-325-6769.

Sun, 2 p.m. and Thu-Sat, OH JACK! A beanstalk musical 7:30 p.m. Thru June 25. for kids. Thru June 24, 11 a.m., South Park Theatre, Bethel Park.

Thu., June 16, 11 a.m., Sat., VENUS IN FUR. A stage June 18, 11 a.m., Tue., June 21, director anxiously searches 11 a.m., Thu., June 23, 11 a.m. for the perfect leading lady. and Fri., June 24, 11 a.m.

Presented by Pittsburgh Public Apple Hill Playhouse, Delmont.

Theater. Wed-Fri, 8 p.m., Sat, 724-468-5050.

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O’Reilly Theater, Downtown.

412-316-1600.

COMEDY THU 16 COMEDY OPEN MIC. Hosted

by Derick Minto. Thu, 9 p.m.

Hambone’s, Lawrenceville.

412-681-4318.

IMPROV POP-UP NIGHT. Try out improv comedy without making a commitment to a 8-week class. Third Thu of every month, 5:30 p.m. Arcade Comedy Theater, Downtown.

412-339-0608.

PITTSBURGH IMPROV JAM. Thu, 10 p.m. Cabaret at Theater Square, Downtown.

412-325-6769.

FRI 17 COMEDY ROULETTE: YOUNG GUNS. 10 p.m. Club Cafe, South Side. 412-431-4950.

SUZANNE LAWRENCE, WILL NESS, HARRY GILLILAND, RYAN GARASICH, CASSI BRUNO & COLLIN CHAMBERLIN. 10 p.m. Club Cafe, South Side.

412-431-4950.

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City Paper wants to hear about your special family recipes and the stories behind them for our new feature, Personal Chef.

Email your stories and recipes to celine@pghcitypaper.com

THE AMISH MONKEYS. A father-themed show. 8 p.m.

Father Ryan Arts Center, McKees Rocks. 412-771-3052.

A CHANGE OF SCENERY: A SKETCH COMEDY & IMPROV SHOW. 10 p.m.

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

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

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

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

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Two readings are scheduled this week in honor of the nonprofit Cave Canem, which is marking 20 years as a home for African-American poetry. On Thu., June 16, City of Asylum’s annual free Cave Canem reading features nationally known poets Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon, Evie Shockley and Kevin Young (pictured, left to right). On Sun., June 19, the Kelly-Strayhorn Theater hosts Celebrating Black Poetry & 20 Years of Cave Canem, with poets Tyehimba Jess, Duriel E. Harris, Danez Smith and Camille Rankin. City of Asylum reading: 7:30 p.m. Thu., June 16 (Alphabet City Tent, 318 Sampsonia Way, North Side; free; www.cityofasylum.org). Kelly-Strayhorn reading: 6 p.m. Sun., June 19 (5941 Penn Ave., East Liberty; pay what makes you happy; www.kelly-strayhorn.org).

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

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

UNPLANNED COMEDY JAMBONE’S IMPROV. Hosted by Woody Drenen.

Mon, 9:30 p.m. Hambone’s, Lawrenceville. 412-681-4318.

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From the exhibition Inside Out, at 707 Gallery, Downtown.

NEW THIS WEEK 707 PENN GALLERY. Polysemic Loop. A showing of Scott Turri’s animation. Opening reception June 16, 7 - 9 p.m.

Downtown. 412-325-7017.

FRAMEHOUSE. Impressions.

Exhibit showcases Pittsburgh Print Group members & regional artists workig in prinmaking media. Opening reception June 17, 6 - 9 p.m. Lawrenceville.

412-586-4559.

ONGOING 937 LIBERTY AVE. Humanae/ I AM AUGUST. A series of photographs of everyday Pittsburghers by Angelica Dass.

Downtown. 412-338-8742.

ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM. Exposures: Hanging Fruit. An original installation by Zhiwan Cheung. Permanent collection.

Artwork & artifacts by the famed Pop Artist. Andy Warhol | Ai Weiwei. A major international exhibition feat. two significant artists of the 20th & 21st centuries — Andy Warhol & Ai Weiwei. 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.

AUGUST WILSON CENTER. With I Wish I Knew How It Felt to Be Free. Work by Hebru Brantley. Vanessa German, Introspective. An ambitious hybrid of multidisciplinary work curated to highlight the dimensions of German’s life & work as a citizen artist & activist.

Downtown. 412-258-2700.

BACKSTAGE BAR AT THEATRE SQUARE. SOUND: a solo reuse art exhibition. Work

by Martin Thomas Smyczek II. Downtown. 412-456-6666.

BIDDLE’S ESCAPE. Strange Beauty: Autoradiography from Fukushima. The work of Japanese photojournalist Takashi Morizumi explores the affect of radiation from the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant disaster on everyday objects.

Regent Square. 412-247-1870.

BOCK-TOTT GALLERY. 10 Artists: a Collection of Works.

Sewickley. 412-519-3377.

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. OFF the wall Gallery Collection. Art from local, national & international artists.

Squirrel Hill. 412-421-8888.

CHROMOS EYEWEAR. Images in Watercolor. Work

by Natiq Jalil. Lawrenceville.

412-772-1473.

CRAZY MOCHA COFFEE COMPANY. New & Recent Paintings by Seth Stork.

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.

FORT PITT MUSEUM. History Inspires. Works by 10 local, contemporary artists who have drawn inspiration from the 18th century history of Western PA. Downtown.

412-281-9284.

FRICK ART & HISTORICAL CENTER. Permanent collection of European Art. Killer Heels: The Art of the High Heeled Shoe. Deadly sharp stilettos, architecturally inspired wedges & platforms & a number of artfully crafted shoes that defy categorization are featured in this diverse presentation of style & design. Point Breeze.

412-371-0600.

FUTURE TENANT. Collage Now. A show about creating new meanings through juxtapositions by finding relationships & contrasts in the world around them to form ideas. Work by Crystala Armagost, Stephanie Armbruster, Matthew Buchholz, Seth Clark, Ron Copeland, Kim Fox & Mary Dorfner Hay. Downtown. 412-325-7037.

GALLERIE CHIZ. Narratives: Reveries of Reality. Work

by Lindsay Feuer, Elizabeth Fortunato & Brian Sesack.

Shadyside. 412-441-6005.

THE GALLERY 4. Full Spectrum Ahead. New work by Marion Di Quinzio & Carolyn Frischling.

Shadyside. 412-363-5050.

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.

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Sunrise on the Ohio River {PHOTO BY ASHLEY MURRAY}

Pittsburgh’s rivers look great year-round.

Rodef Shalom’s Biblical Botanical Garden

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A quiet escape where one can just sit and think.

Find this hidden treasure just off Shadyside’s busy Fifth Avenue. Open to the public during specific hours. www.biblicalgardenpittsburgh.org

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ALLEGHENY-KISKI Gregory Grenon, Jon Goldberg, HILLMAN LIBRARY. 1989 VALLEY HERITAGE MUSEUM. Owen Johnson, Weston China/Avant-Garde Exhibition: Military artifacts & exhibits Lambert, Carol Milne, Reflections. Materials from on the Allegheny Valley’s David Patchen & Steven the archive of Gao Minglu, industrial heritage. Tarentum.

Weinberg / KASTAL. Shadyside. research professor, Pitt 724-224-7666.

412-441-5200.

Department of History ANDREW CARNEGIE FREE MOST WANTED FINE ART of Art & Architecture & a LIBRARY MUSIC HALL. GALLERY. Elizabeth Barreto leading scholar of Chinese Ortiz & Justin Waltenbaugh.

Capt. Thomas Espy Room Tour. contemporary art. Thornburgh Garfield. 412-328-4737.

The Capt. Thomas Espy Post 153 Room. www.humanities.pitt.

NORTH HILLS ART CENTER. of the Grand Army of the edu. Oakland. 412-648-3330.

Regional Show – Multi-Media HOYT INSTITUTE OF FINE Republic served local Civil War Juried Art Exhibit. Artworks ART. His Stories & Her Stories. veterans for over 54 years & is featured in the show were The work of illustrators John the best preserved & most intact submitted by local amateur & Manders & Stacey Hogue.

GAR post in the United States. professional artists. Highlights Kathleen Zimbicki. A solo Carnegie. 412-276-3456. of the show include works in exhibition of watercolors.

BAYERNHOF MUSEUM. oil, pastel, watercolor, fiber, New Castle. 724-652-2882.

Large collection of automatic stoneware & other media.

HUNT INSTITUTE roll-played musical instruments & Ross. 412-364-3622.

FOR BOTANICAL music boxes in a mansion setting.

PITTSBURGH CENTER FOR DOCUMENTATION. Great Call for appointment. O’Hara.

THE ARTS. Arts in Education.

Expectations. There is great 412-782-4231.

Large scale fiber art works expectation in the promise BOST BUILDING. Collectors. by students. Marcellus Shale & energy held within a bud Preserved materials reflecting Documentary Project: or a seed, & phases of this the industrial heritage of An Expanded View. New continuous cycle of plant Southwestern PA. Homestead. photography & video works development are beautifully 412-464-4020.

by Noah Addis, Nina Berman, illustrated w/ collection items.

BRADDOCK’S BATTLEFIELD Brian Cohen, Scott Goldsmith, Oakland. 412-268-2434.

HISTORY CENTER. French Lynn Johnson, Martha Rial, JAMES GALLERY. & Indian War. The history of and Joe Seamans & graphics Transformation. An evolving the French & Indian War w/

by FracTracker Alliance collection. West End. over 250 artifacts & more. that document the social 412-922-9800.

Braddock. 412-271-0800. & environmental effects MATTRESS FACTORY. CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF of natural gas drilling in Ongoing Installations.

NATURAL HISTORY. Dinosaurs the region. Shadyside.

Works by Turrell, Lutz, Shiota, in Their Time. Displaying 412-361-0873.

Kusama, Anastasi, Highstein, immersive environments PITTSBURGH GLASS CENTER. Wexler & Woodrow. spanning the Mesozoic Era Turned On: Lighting Hooks North Side. 412-231-3169. & original fossil specimens.

Up with Sculpture. Work by MATTRESS FACTORY Permanent. Hall of Minerals Rik Allen, Christina Bothwell & SATELLITE GALLERY. & Gems. Crystal, gems & Robert Bender, Amber Cowan, Factory Installed. Work by precious stones from all over Jean Fernandes, Evan Kolker, David Bowen, Kevin Clancy, the world. Population Impact.

Carmen Lozar & Matthew Wendy Judge & Lauren How humans are affecting Urban, Adam Holtzinger Kalman. North Side. the environment. Oakland. & Susan Spiranovich Julian 412-231-3169.

412-622-3131.

Maturino, Janis Miltenberger, MINE FACTORY. One CARNEGIE SCIENCE Corey Pemberton, Susan Hand Clapping. Work by CENTER. H2Oh! Experience Taylor Glasgow & Leo Tecosky. artist/photographer Deborah kinetic water-driven motion Friendship. 412-365-2145.

Hosking. Homewood. & discover the relations between SILVER EYE CENTER FOR MONROEVILLE PUBLIC water, land & habitat. How PHOTOGRAPHY. The LIBRARY. Harry Lindsey. do everyday decisions impact Hereditary Estate: Daniel A solo exhibit of watercolor water supply & the environment?

Coburn. The solo exhibition paintings. Monroeville.

Ongoing: Buhl Digital Dome explores the dark undercurrent 412-372-0500. (planetarium), Miniature of the artist’s family history MORGAN CONTEMPORARY Railroad & Village, USS Requin through a series of lyrical & GLASS GALLERY. bound by submarine & more. North Side. mysterious photographs. Homo glass. Work by Jen Blazina, 412-237-3400.

CENTER FOR POSTNATURAL HISTORY. Explore the complex interplay between century, thousands of settlers restored stagecoach stop. culture, nature & biotechnology. of European & African descent North Versailles. 724-238-4983.

Sundays 12-4. Garfield. were captured by Native DEPRECIATION LANDS 412-223-7698.

Americans. Using documentary MUSEUM. Small living history CHILDREN’S MUSEUM evidence from 18th & early museum celebrating the OF PITTSBURGH. Daniel 19th century sources, period settlement & history of the Tiger’s Neighborhood: imagery, & artifacts from public Depreciation Lands. Allison A Grr-ific Exhibit. Step into & private collections in the U.S. Park. 412-486-0563.

Daniel Tiger’s world & and Canada, the exhibit examines FALLINGWATER. join him to explore the practice of captivity from Tour the famed some favorite places. its prehistoric roots to its Frank Lloyd Wright Work together to solve . reverberations in modern house. Mill Run. www per problems, engage a p ty ci Native-, African- & Euro-American 724-329-8501. pgh m the imagination to .co communities. Reconstructed FIRST PRESBYTERIAN transform surroundings fort houses museum of CHURCH. Tours of 13 & play along w/ Daniel’s Pittsburgh history circa French Tiffany stained-glass windows. sing-able strategies to better & Indian War & American Downtown. 412-471-3436. understand & navigate Revolution. Downtown.

FORT PITT MUSEUM. everyday emotions. North Side.

412-281-9285.

Captured by Indians: Warfare & 412-322-5058.

COMPASS INN. Demos & tours FRICK ART & HISTORICAL Assimilation on the 18th Century w/ costumed guides feat. this CENTER. Ongoing: tours of Frontier. During the mid-18th

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Like that golden Homer Simpson Buddha you didn’t realize you needed. www.lootcrate.com

Bulla: Megan Ledbetter. The solo exhibition is a study of surfaces & life cycles in the American South. South Side.

412-431-1810.

THE SOCIETY FOR CONTEMPORARY CRAFT. Fiberart International 2016.

The 22nd in a series of triennial juried exhibitions sponsored by the Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh, Inc, featuring works by established & emerging artists the exhibition provides a unique opportunity to see current trends & innovations in this constantly evolving medium. Pattern & Place: Art Quilts by Valerie Goodwin.

Strip District. 412-261-7003.

TUGBOAT PRINT SHOP. Tugboat Printshop Showroom.

Open showroom w/ the artists.

By appt. only. Lawrenceville.

412-980-0884.

UNSMOKE SYSTEMS ARTSPACE. You/U. Audio, digital & sculpture work

by Ben Quint-Glick, Gianna Paniagua & Zach John Lee. Braddock. www.unsmoke systems.com.

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

724-837-1500.

WOOD STREET GALLERIES. All Around Us: Installations & Experiences Inspired by Bugs. Works by Jennifer Angus, Daniel Campos, Garnet Hertz, Ivana Adaime Makac, Robin Meier & Andre Gwerder, Nathan Morehouse, Daniel Zurek& Sebastian Echeverri, Matthijs Munnik, Stephanie Ross, Jeff Shaw, Susana Soares, Bingrui Tang & CMU CREATE Lab. Downtown.

412-471-5605.

Clayton, the Frick estate, w/ classes & programs for all ages. Point Breeze. 412-371-0600.

HARTWOOD ACRES. Tour this Tudor mansion & stable complex. Enjoy hikes & outdoor activities in the surrounding park. Allison Park.

412-767-9200.

KENTUCK KNOB. Tour the other Frank Lloyd Wright house.

Mill Run. 724-329-8501.

KERR MEMORIAL MUSEUM. Tours of a restored 19th-century, middle-class home. Oakmont.

412-826-9295.

MARIDON MUSEUM. Collection includes jade & ivory statues from China & Japan, as well as Meissen porcelain. Butler. 724-282-0123.

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MCGINLEY HOUSE & MCCULLY LOG HOUSE. Historic homes open for tours, lectures & more. Monroeville.

412-373-7794.

NATIONAL AVIARY. Butterfly Garden. Mingle w/ butterfly species native to the region, including Painted Ladies, Monarchs, Black Swallowtails, Red Spotted Purples, Viceroys & Giant Swallowtails. Species in the exhibit will vary over the summer months. Masters of the Sky. Explore the power & grace of the birds who rule the sky. Majestic eagles, impressive condors, stealthy falcons and their friends take center stage! Home to more than 600 birds from over 200 species. W/ classes, lectures, demos & more. North Side.

412-323-7235.

NATIONALITY ROOMS. 29 rooms helping to tell the story of Pittsburgh’s immigrant past. University of Pittsburgh.

Oakland. 412-624-6000.

OLD ST. LUKE’S. Pioneer church features 1823 pipe organ, Revolutionary War graves. Scott.

412-851-9212.

OLIVER MILLER HOMESTEAD. This pioneer/ Whiskey Rebellion site features log house, blacksmith shop & gardens. South Park.

412-835-1554.

PENNSYLVANIA TROLLEY MUSEUM. Trolley rides & exhibits. Includes displays, walking tours, gift shop, picnic area & Trolley Theatre.

Washington. 724-228-9256.

PHIPPS CONSERVATORY & BOTANICAL GARDEN. The Butterfly Forest. An interactive exhibit w/ 21 species of butterfly & the elusive Luna moth. Summer Flower Show.

From whirligigs & water fountains to rotundas & Rube Goldberg machines, Playgardens for guests of all ages 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

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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 1881-1986.

Homestead. 412-464-4020.

SENATOR JOHN HEINZ HISTORY CENTER. From Slavery to Freedom. Highlight’s Pittsburgh’s role in the antislavery 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.

DANCE FRI 17 HIS PURPLE REIGN: A BURLESQUE PRINCE TRIBUTE. 8 p.m. James Street Gastropub & Speakeasy, North Side.

412-904-3335.

FUNDRAISERS FRI 17 URBAN GARDEN PARTY. Auction, live music, art, cocktails, more. All proceeds benefit the museum. 7 p.m. Mattress Factory, North Side. 412-231-3169.

SAT 18 RUN FOR LIFE 5K RUN/WALK. Benefits Human Coalition, an organization that works to end abortion. 9 a.m.-12 p.m. South Park, South Park.

LITERARY THU 16 BLOOMSDAY 2016. The 28th annual celebration of James Joyce’s Ulysses. All readings free & open to the public. Bring a copy of Ulysses

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Performance Art Festival 2016

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at SPACE Gallery, Downtown

PITTSBURGH WORLD REFUGEE DAY. Free performances & children’s activities. www.ajapopittsburgh. org. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Market Square, Downtown. 412-471-1511.

CRITIC: Brian Von Well, 35, a writer from Hazleton, Pa. WHEN: Fri.,

BY TYLER DAGUE

SAT 18 FREE POEMS ABOUT JESUS. Featuring Skot Jones, T.A. Noonan, Art Ettinger, Requiem & others.

Open mic on theme to follow.

7-11 p.m. Most Wanted Fine Art Gallery, Garfield. 412-328-4737.

SUN 19 CELEBRATING BLACK POETRY. Featuring Duriel E. Harris, Tyehimba Jess, Camille Rankine & Danez Smith. 6 p.m.

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

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I have no idea what I just saw. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. [It was] an interpretive dance with avant-garde noise. I really liked the technology involved. Having the ability to position your body to have [the leads] make noise like that is a really cool concept. I think it was very expressive and innovative, and I have the feeling that if I knew more about [the piece] ‘Positive Contact,’ about what it was trying to accomplish, there’d be a bit of a story that would make sense of it. But from an outside, raw, sensory experience, it’s pretty damn entertaining.

You’ve got Andy Warhol right across the bridge, so that form of artistic expression and exploration, even if it flies against the face of convention, anything that brings up that question of ‘Is this art?’ Of course, it’s art. She put her blood, sweat, tears and creativity into it. Having that vibe makes a city alive.

& read along. Various locations throughout the day. 10 a.m.-8 p.m.

Crazy Mocha Coffee Company, Bloomfield. 412-681-5225.

BOOKS IN THE AFTERNOON. Lively discussions of contemporary fiction. Third Thu of every month, 1 & 6 p.m. Carnegie Library, Oakland. 412-622-3114.

CAVE CANEM POETRY READING. Cave Canem is a home for the many voices of African American poetry & is committed to cultivating the artistic & professional growth of African American poets. Featuring readings by Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon, Evie Shockley & Kevin Young.

Music from Tom Roberts & Nick Millevoi’s Desertion Trio.

7:30 p.m. City of Asylum, North Side. 412-321-2190.

DARLA HIMELES, SALLY ROSEN KINDRED & LESLIE ANNE MCILROY. 7 p.m. Te Cafe, Squirrel Hill. 412-422-8888.

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.

will be present. Fourth Wed of every month, 7:30 p.m.

Coffee Tree Roasters, Shadyside.

412-928-9891.

JUNIOR GARDENING CLASS. For kids age 6 - 12. Register at www.angoragardens.org.

10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

White Oak Park, White Oak.

SUN 19 THE FLOOR IS LAVA. Indoor recess fun. Get active w/ a reimagined version of the floor is lava w/ City of Play. 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

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

MON 20 MAKER STORY TIME. Explore tools, materials & processes inspired by books.

Listen to stories read by librarian-turned-Teaching Artist Molly. Mon, 11 a.m.-12 p.m.

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

WED 22 MOVEMENT & STORIES. Move & groove while you share stories & songs. For children ages 3 to 8 & their families & friends.

1:15 p.m. Mount Lebanon Public Library, Mt. Lebanon.

412-531-1912.

OUTSIDE THU 16 THURSDAY ADULT NATURE WALK. Free & open to ages 18 & older. Meets rain or shine every Thursday of the year. Naturalists guide these walks. Thu, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. North Park, Allison Park.

724-935-1766.

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STEEL CITY SLAM. Open mic poets & www. per slam poets. 3 rounds pa THE WESTERN pghcitym .co of 3 minute poems.

PENNSYLVANIA Tue, 7:45 p.m. Capri Pizza MUSHROOM CLUB. and Bar, East Liberty.

Meet WPMC Identifier 412-362-1250.

Dick Dougall & WPMC member WOMEN WRITERS OF Jim Wilson at the parking lot NORTHVIEW HEIGHTS. A poetry between the first & second lakes. reading from the members of this 10 a.m. Deer Lakes Park, Tarentum. group. 6-8 p.m. City of Asylum, 724-265-3520.

North Side. 412-321-2190.

WED 22 JEN DELOW REYES. Book launch & reading. 6-8 p.m. Neu Kirche Contemporary Art Center, North Side. 412-322-2224.

PITTSBURGH POETRY EXCHANGE. Book discussion hosted by the Pittsburgh Poetry Exchange. This month’s meeting focuses on Joseph Fasano’s “Inheritance.” Author

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WEDNESDAY MORNING WALK. Naturalist-led, rain or shine. Wed Beechwood Farms, Fox Chapel. 412-963-6100.

OTHER STUFF THU 16 A SOTO ZEN BUDDHIST SITTING GROUP. http://city dharma.wordpress.com/schedule/

Tue, Thu Church of the Redeemer, Squirrel Hill. 412-965-9903.

ART IN THE PARK. Performances by artists, poets, dancers & musicians. 6:30-8:30 p.m.

743 Penn Avenue, Wilkinsburg.

CURATOR’S LECTURE: KILLER HEELS. Lisa Small, Curator of Exhibitions, Brooklyn Museum Join the exhibition’s curator for a lecture surveying the history of high-heeled shoes, fashion’s most provocative accessory. 7 p.m.

Frick Art & Historical Center, Point Breeze. 412-371-0600.

DEPRESSION BIPOLAR SUPPORT GROUP. Thu, 6 p.m.

C.C. Mellor Memorial Library, Edgewood. 412-708-9423.

MARKET SQUARE FARMERS MARKET. Thu. Thru Oct. 27 Market Square, Downtown.

412-471-1511.

PITTSBURGH BALLROOM @ CMOA. Social dancing, ballroom dance party & performances. 8-11 p.m.

Carnegie Music Hall, Oakland.

412-622-3131.

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.

FRI 17 AFRICAN DANCE CLASS. Second and Third Fri of every month and Fourth and Last Fri of every month Irma Freeman Center for Imagination, Garfield.

412-924-0634.

FRIDAY NIGHT CONTRA DANCE. A social, traditional American dance. No partner needed, beginners welcome, lesson at 7:30. Fri, 8 p.m.

Swisshelm Park Community Center, Swissvale. 412-945-0554.

SAPPHIRE CELEBRATION. An artist talk & new enamel work by Alex Raphael in honor of SCC 45th anniversary.

6 p.m. The Society for Contemporary Craft, Strip District.

412-261-7003.

SCHENLEY PLAZA TOUR. Public art tour. 7 p.m. Schenley Plaza, Oakland. 412-682-7275.

SAT 18 BEGINNER TAI CHI CLASSES. Sat, 9 a.m. Friends Meeting House, Oakland. 412-683-2669.

BREW ‘N CHEW. A beer fest showcasing craft, regional, national & international beers, but also features food tastings & pairings, tavern games, live music, more.

1 & 6 p.m. Monroeville Convention Center, Monroeville.

CITIZENSHIP DAY. Attendees can receive FREE legal assistance, Naturalization interview prep & connect with local service providers

& financial resources for becoming and United States citizen. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania’s Robert Foltz Building, Lawrenceville. 412-481-9005.

MOTHER TO SON PROGRAM. Speakers: Dr. Tyra Good, Tanya Hankins & Deidra L. Washington.

8:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Elsie H. Hillman Auditorium, Hill District.

PITTSBURGH RIVERHOUNDS VS. FC MONTREAL. 7 p.m.

Highmark Stadium, Station Square.

SQUIRREL HILL NIGHT MARKET. A free, outdoor street festival featuring: I Made It! Market artists selling handmade wares, live music, food trucks & activities & crafts for kids. 6-10 p.m., Sat., Aug. 20, 6-10 p.m. and Sat., Sept. 17, 6-10 p.m. Forbes & Murray Aves., Squirrel Hill.

Kellee Maize & Pittsburgh Steeler, Arthur Moats. 5 p.m.

Byham Theater, Downtown.

412-456-6666.

RELATIONSHIP SUPPORT GROUP. Exchange experiences & ideas in order to gain insight & understanding of the wonderful mystery of relationships.

Come to support & be supported by others like yourself in similar circumstances. First and Third Sun of every month, 4:30 p.m.

Messiah Lutheran Church, Munhall. 412-853-3189.

MON 20 BIKING THE GREAT ALLEGHENY PASSAGE. Larry Walsh, recreation bicycling columnist for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, will discuss the Great Allegheny Passage (GAP) rail-trail. 7 p.m. Mount Lebanon

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ALLEGHENY LAND TRUST

Volunteer with the Allegheny Land Trust and help expand a trail system from six miles to 10 miles in Dead Man’s Hollow Conservation Area. Every third Tuesday through September, you can assist with trail-building, planting, cutting down invasive plants and removing trash. Water, snacks and tools provided. For more information contact Keri at krouse@alleghenylandtrust.org.

SUMMER SPEAKER SERIES: DRAVOSBURG COMMUNITY ARCHIVES. The film “Silent Tales from Richland Cemetery” will be shown, highlighting some of the historical figures buried there.

2 p.m. McKeesport Regional History & Heritage Center, McKeesport. 412-678-1832.

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

Wightman School, Squirrel Hill.

412-759-1569.

VOICECATCH WORKSHOP W/ KATHY AYRES. A community writing workshop & writing space provided by Chatham’s Words Without Walls program. Sat, 10 a.m.12 p.m. Carnegie Library, East Liberty. 412-363-8232.

WIGLE WHISKEY BARRELHOUSE TOURS. Sat, 12:30 & 2 p.m. Wigle Whiskey Barrel House, North Side. 412-224-2827.

SUN 19 LOVE YOUR BODY DAY. All-genders, plus-sized clothing swap & celebration of body positivity. Dancing, a book nook w/ body positive books, literature, more. 2:30-5:30 p.m.

Union Project, Highland Park.

412-363-4550.

RADHANATH SWAMI. An evening w/ a blend of dance, music & motivational speaking.

Guests of honor local rapper

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Public Library, Mt. Lebanon.

412-531-1912.

ROBOTO MONTHLY MEETING. Meet w/ the Roboto board of directors to find out what’s happening at the space & help guide it’s future. Third Mon of every month, 7 p.m.

The Mr. Roboto Project, Bloomfield. 412-853-0518.

A SUMMER SOLSTICE OPEN HOUSE. tours, light refreshments, the sound of the Farrand & Votey pipe organ, more. 4-7 p.m. Calvary United Methodist Church, North Side. 412-323-1070.

TUE 21 A SOTO ZEN BUDDHIST SITTING GROUP. http://city dharma.wordpress.com/ schedule/ Tue, Thu Church of the Redeemer, Squirrel Hill.

412-965-9903.

CONCEPT TO LAUNCH. A 6-week entrepreneurial training program for women in the early stages of starting a business called “Concept to Launch.” Program is open to 15 participants & will cover the following topics: developing the business concept, industry & market research, identifying target customers, pricing & marketing strategies, startup financials, legal business entities & pitching your business. Tue, 6-8 p.m. Thru July 12 Carnegie Library, Homewood, Homewood. 412-731-3080.

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PRINTMAKING OPEN STUDIO. Experienced screen printers can utilize studio equipment to make films, burn screens & complete a run of posters, t-shirts or prints.

A volunteer-driven environment designed for short-run projects that can be completed in one evening for a small materials fee. Tue, Thu, 6-10 p.m. Artists Image Resource, North Side. 412-321-8664.

SALLIE BOGGS TOASTMASTERS CLUB. Helping people from all walks of life to improve their communication & leadership skills. For any questions email Sallieboggstm@gmail.com or call 412-365-5803. Tue, 6:30-8 p.m.

C.C. Mellor Memorial Library, Edgewood. 412-731-0909.

TRAIL TUESDAY. Help improve local green space w/ the Allegheny Land Trust. Expand the Hollow’s trail system from 6 to 10 miles by helping to build & improve trails, plant trees & native seeds & remove trash & invasive plants.

Wear appropriate footwear & outerwear. Water, snacks & tools provided. Contact Keri at krouse@ alleghenylandtrust.org to register.

Third Tue of every month. Thru Sept. 13 Dead Man’s Hollow Conservation Area, Clairton.

THE WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA MUSHROOM CLUB. Mushroom Photography. WPMC Mycologist John Plischke III will be giving his presentation on photography from the North American Mycological Association’s Annual Foray. 7 p.m.

Beechwood Farms, Fox Chapel.

412-963-6100.

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

Union Project, Highland Park.

412-363-4550.

AUDITIONS THE AMISH MONKEYS. Looking to take on 1-2 new performers. Experience as an improv performer required.

Schedule an audition at amish monkeys@gmail.com. No monologue necessary. Bring a photo if possible. 21 +. 4:305:30 p.m., June 18 & 7:30-8:30 p.m., June 22. Father Ryan Arts Center, McKees Rocks. 412-771-3052.

COMMUNITY MEN’S CHOIR. Looking for male-identified singers interested in joining community men’s choral ensemble. Volunteer role, 1 2.5 hr rehearsal/week, 2 concerts a year. For more information, visit www.steelcitymenschorale. org. Thru Aug. 6. First Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Oakland. 412-683-4121.

DIAMOND THEATRE OF LIGONIER. An open casting call for Disney’s “The Little Mermaid.”

Cold readings from the script.

Actors interested in singing parts will need to be prepared to sing a 32 audition bar cut to show their vocal range. Casting for ages 8+.

June 10t, 6 - 8 p.m., June 11, 6 - 8 p.m., June 12, 6 – 8 p.m. & June 17, 7 - 9 p.m. Ligonier Diamond, Ligonier. 724-238-4200.

JULY PGH. BICENTENNIAL COMEDY/VARIETY REVIEW.

Seeking 2 males & 2 females.

Singers, actors & improv. All Ages.

Call 412-353-3756. Thru June 30.

Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Garden, Oakland.

THE STRAND THEATER. Auditions for equity & non-equity performers. Please prepare 32 bars of two contrasting musical theater pieces or standards. Email czarniakstrand@gmail.com for an appointment time. June 27, 2 - 8pm. Strand Theater, Zelienople.

724-742-0400.

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

Booking for both galleries for 2017.

Exhibits run from 1 to 2 months.

Ongoing. 412-721-0943.

GREAT LOCAL GARDENS CONTEST. All types of gardens will be considered. www.shalerlibrary.org. Thru July 11. Shaler North Hills Library, Glenshaw. 412-486-0211.

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

INDEPENDENT FILM NIGHT. Submit your film, 10 minutes or less. Screenings held on the second Thursday of every month. Ongoing.

DV8 Espresso Bar & Gallery, Greensburg. 724-219-0804.

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

PITTSBURGH QUARTERLY. Looking for new work by local poets. Please check out Robert’s poem “Home Movies” at http://pittsburghquarterly. com/between-the-issues-items/ item/1082-home-movies.html.

Ongoing. Pittsburgh Quartley, Fox Chapel.

PITTSBURGH WATERCOLOR SOCIETY AQUEOUS INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. Open to any artist 18 or older working in water-based media.

Works submitted for consideration to PWS Aqueous Open must be primarily water based media on an unvarnished paper surface.

Work must have been completed within the last two years & not previously shown in a PWS exhibit.

For more information visit ww.pittsburghwatercolorsociety. com. Thru July 11. Spinning Plate Gallery, Friendship.

THE POET BAND COMPANY. Seeking various types of poetry.

Contact wewuvpoetry@hotmail. com Ongoing.

TUE 21 - WED 22 COMMUNITY DAYS. Rides, games, vehicles on display, more.

June 21-25, 6-10:30 p.m. Rossi’s Pop-Up Marketplace, North Versailles. 412-824-3890.

WED 22 AERIAL SILKS OPEN HOUSE. Free lessons in aerial silks, aerial yoga, circus. Performances each hour. Youth ages 18 & under are welcome, if accompanied by adult. Ages 6+ will be allowed in silks. 5-8:30 p.m. Pittsburgh Dance Center, Bloomfield.

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 encouraged to join. Wed, 7 p.m.

Jefferson Elementary, Mt. Lebanon.

412-851-9100.

KIM FIELDS, ANNA MLASOWSKY & MARC PETROVIC. Internationally renowned artists will present images, videos & informal discussions about contemporary glass art. 6 p.m. Pittsburgh Glass Center, Friendship. 412-365-2145.

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

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With a heavy he art I want to express my most sincere condole nces for the lives lost an d those injured in the Orlando tragedy. God sp eed to all.

Savage Love {BY DAN SAVAGE}

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Work yourself into a lather.

Rinse.

Repeat.

I’ve been dating a nice guy for a month or so. Sex is good, and we’re faulty compatible in other ways, too. He told me he likes to wear diapers. He said he doesn’t want me to do it with him, but that every once in a while he likes to wear them because it makes him feel “safe.” He said that this odd behavior isn’t sexual for him, but I have trouble believing him. I’m not sure how I feel about this. He also said that it embarrasses him and he wishes it wasn’t something he needed. If you have any insight into what to ask him or how to make sure I can keep him satisfied sexually as we move forward (if we do), it would be appreciated.

A local park in Seattle often hosts gay men engaging in sexual activities. As a straight female, I love watching man-on-man sex and really wanted to check out this park. I stopped by at night and noticed “cruising” going on but no sexual activity. I decided to try on a busy Saturday night, and sure enough, I saw a man giving a BJ to another man. I scared the men — they stopped their activities and left the park when they saw me watching — and I felt bad. I feel like I should have said something like “Don’t let me stop you!” and then perhaps been able to watch. What are my options here?

DO I ASK POOPER EVERYTHING RESPECTFULLY, SIR?

Two options: Dress up like a dude and pass yourself off as one of the guys/park-pervs — guys into man-on-man public sex usually aren’t averse to being observed by other male parkpervs — or stay home and watch gay porn on the internet until you’ve homicided love. (Porn kills love — so says the Mormon Church, so you know it’s true.)

As for the two guys who knocked it off when they spotted you: They either thought you were a cop (it’s illegal to be in Seattle parks after closing, and it’s extra illegal to have sex in a public park after hours) or thought you might be shocked or annoyed. Most park-pervs go out of their way to be discreet, for their own safety (avoiding gay bashers or arrest) and out of consideration for late-night dog-walkers, restless insomniacs, stargazers, et al.

One last reason they may have pulled up their pants: They weren’t interested in performing for you. Gay and bi men who have sex in parks — many of them straight-identified men — aren’t there to perform for pervy straight ladies. But I’m not going to scold you (even at the risk of being scolded myself), PARK, because park-pervs risk being observed by other members of the public — and women are members of the public, too, and just as entitled to get their perv on in a public park as they are.

But if you don’t want the guys to pull up their pants and flee at the sight of you, PARK, pull together an outfit that gives you a dude-ish silhouette.

You shouldn’t assume (contra your sign-off) that Potential New Boyfriend (PNB) is pooping his diapers. Most guys who are ABDL (adult baby/ diaper lover) are interested only in wetting themselves, if that. (Some only wear, never fill.)

It sounds like PNB is struggling with kink- and/or sex-shame, DIAPERS, and the assumption you’ve made about the extent of his diaper play might put him on the defensive. Even if your assumption is accurate, it could still put him on the defensive.

Moving on …

You have a hard time believing PNB when he says there’s nothing sexual about his interest in diapers, and that makes two of us. Seeing as he’s already succumbed to shame where his kink is concerned — or it might be more accurate to say he hasn’t dug himself out from under the shame almost all kinksters struggle with initially — he is very likely weighed down by the sex-negativity that comes bundled with kink-shame. So he may have told you there’s nothing sexual about his thing for diapers because he thinks it makes his diapers seem less sordid.

That said, DIAPERS, “this makes me feel safe” and “this makes my dick hard” aren’t mutually exclusive phenomena. Both can be true.

Another clue there’s something sexual about this thing for diapers: not wanting you around while he wears them. Maybe diapers are something he enjoys wearing during alone time, or maybe the sight of him in diapers makes the sexual aspect hard to deny. (“Is that an enormous rattle in your diaper or are you just happy to see me?”)

I would advise you to say some vaguely affirming things (“Your diaper thing doesn’t bother me, and wouldn’t even if it were sexual”) without pressuring him to include you at diaper time. Don’t rush things — relationship-wise or diaper-wise — and focus on establishing a mutually satisfying sexual rapport/repertoire.

P.S. I think you meant “fairly compatible” not “faulty compatible.” Normally I would correct a mistake like this before printing a letter — but I rather liked your accidental phrase. A loving and functional-but-imperfect relationship — really the best we can hope for — could be described as “faulty compatible.”

PECULIAR AND RARE KINK

“HE MAY HAVE TOLD YOU THERE’S NOTHING SEXUAL ABOUT HIS THING FOR DIAPERS BECAUSE HE THINKS IT MAKES HIS DIAPERS SEEM LESS SORDID.”

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Does your cat, dog or miniature pony do algebra or something equally amazing?

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SPEAKING OF ABDL: Residents of Mount Prospect, Ill., are upset about a new shop that caters to diaper-lovers in their community. Tykables sells grown-up-size diapers, rocking chairs and cribs. The Chicago Tribune reports that some residents are uncomfortable because the shop — which has no signage and soon-to-be-frosted windows — is near schools, parks and other places where “children gather.” Mount Prospect is a suburb, so there are schools or parks near just about everything. And there’s a gun shop a couple blocks away from a large public park and an elementary school — and no one ever walked into a school and started diapering students to death. Maybe worry about the real threat to your kids, Mount Prospect?

On the Lovecast, Tracy Clark-Flory on the plight of the virtuous pedophile: savagelovecast.com.

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

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FOR THE WEEK OF

Free Will Astrology

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{BY ROB BREZSNY}

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): My long-term predictions for the next 15 months are a blend of hopeful optimism and a reasonable interpretation of the astrological omens. Here we go: 1. You will have an excellent chance to smooth and soothe the rough spots in your romantic karma. 2. You will outgrow any addiction you might have to frustrating connections. 3. Unrequited love will either be requited, or else you’ll become bored with the futile chase and move on. 4. You’ll be challenged to either refresh and reinvent an existing intimacy, or else get shrewd enough not to repeat past mistakes in a new intimacy. 5. You will have an abundance of good ideas about how to install the theme of smart fun at the heart of your strongest alliances.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Author Courttia Newland quotes the pre-Socratic philosopher Meno: “How will you go about finding the thing the nature of which is totally unknown to you?” In response to this riddle, Newland riffs on what it means to him: “Even more important than the journey itself, is the venture into the unknowable. The ability to find comfort moving forwards without quite knowing where you are going.” I nominate these to be your words to live by in the coming days, Cancerian. Have open-hearted fun as you go in search of mysterious and impossible secrets! I’m confident you will track them down — especially if you’re willing to be lost.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Your homework is to write a story about the life you’re going to live between now and next April. The length of this predictive tale should be at least three pages, although it’s fine if you produce more. Here are some meditations to lubricate the flow of your imagination. 1. What three questions would you love to have answered during the next 42 weeks? 2. Of the numerous adventures that might be fun to explore, which are the two that would be most consistently energizing? 3. What is the one thing you’d most like to change about your attitude or revamp about your life? 4. What new privilege will you have earned by April 2017?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): According to an old Chinese proverb, if you want to get rich, you must have a nickname. My meditations on your future suggest that this curious formula may have some validity. The next 15 months will be a favorable time to attend to the groundwork that will ultimately increase your wealth. And your luck in doing this work is likely to be oddly good if you add a frisky tweak to your identity — such as a zesty new nickname, for example. I suggest you stay away from clichés like Ace or Vixen or Sharpie, as well as off-putting ironic monikers like Poker Face and Stonewall. Instead, gravitate toward lively choices like Dazzler, FluxLuster, Hoochie-Coochie or FreeBorn.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): During the next 15 months, you will have an unprecedented chance to materialize a fantasy you’ve harbored for years. Essential to your efforts will be a capacity to summon more ambition than you ever have before. I’m not talking about the grubby self-promotion that typically passes for ambition, however. Arrogant selfimportance and selfish posturing will not be part of your winning formula. Rather, the kind of ambition I’m referring to is a soaring aspiration that seeks the best and highest not just for yourself but for everyone whose life you touch.

I mean the holy hunger that drives you to ex-

press impeccable integrity as you seek to master the tasks you came to Earth to accomplish.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): During the next 15 months, composting should be a primary practice, as well as a main metaphor. If you have been lazy about saving leftover scraps from your kitchen and turning them into fertilizer, now is an excellent time to intensify your efforts. The same is true if you have been lax about transforming your pain into useful lessons that invigorate your lust for life. Be ever-alert for opportunities to capitalize on junk, muck and slop. Find secret joy in creating unexpected treasure out of old failures and wrong turns.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Have you ever made a fool of yourself while trying to fulfill your deepest yearnings? I hope so.

If you haven’t, your yearnings probably aren’t deep enough. Most of us, on multiple occasions, have pursued our longings for connection with such unruly intensity that we have made foggy decisions and engaged in questionable behavior.

That’s the weird news. The good news is that now and then, the impulse to leave our safety zone in a quest to quench our deepest yearnings can actually make us smarter and more effective.

I believe this is one of those times for you.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): The coming months will be a favorable time to boost your skills as a cagey warrior. I don’t mean you should push people around and get into lots of fights. Rather, the goal is for you to harness your aggressiveness constructively and to wield your willpower with maximum grace. In the face of fear, you will not just be brave, but brave and crafty. You’ll refrain from forcing storylines to unfold before they’re ready, and you’ll rely on strategy and good timing instead of brute strength and the decree

“Because I said so.” Now study this counsel from the ancient Chinese statesman Zhuge Liang, also known as Crouching Dragon: “The wise win before they fight, while the ignorant fight to win.”

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Everything you do in the coming days should be imbued with the intention of enhancing the Flow. It’s high time to identify where the energy is stuck, and then get it unstuck. You have a sacred mandate to relieve the congestion … to relax the tweaks … to unravel the snarls if you can, or simply cut through them if necessary. You don’t need to tell anyone about your secret agenda. Just go about your business with zealous diligence and unflagging purpose. If it takes more effort than you wished, so be it. If your progress seems maddeningly gradual, keep the faith.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): During the next 13 months, what can you do to enhance your ability to be the boss of yourself?

What practices can you engage in on a daily basis that will build your potency and authority and clout? How can you gain access to more of the helpers and resources you need to carry out your life’s master plan? These are excellent questions to ask yourself every day between now and July 2017. It’s time to find or create your ultimate power spot.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The prison population in the U.S. is over two million, more than twice what it was in 1990. In contrast, Canada keeps about 41,000 people in jail, Italy 52,000 and France 66,000. That’s the bad news. The good news, at least for you and your tribe, is that a relatively small percentage of you will be incarcerated during the next 15 months.

According to my analysis of the astrological omens, Aquarians all over the world will specialize in liberation. Not only will you be extra ethical; not only will you be skillful at evading traps; you will also be adept at emancipating yourself from your own delusions and limitations. Congratulations in advance! It’s time to start singing some new freedom songs.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The English word “catharsis” is derived from the

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ancient Greek katharsis, which was a technical medical term that meant “purgation” or “purification,” as in flushing out the bowels. Aristotle converted katharsis into a metaphor that described how a drama performed in the theater could “clean out” the emotions of spectators.

These days, catharsis may refer to any event that precipitates a psycho-spiritual renewal by building up and then releasing tension. I foresee at least one of these strenuous blessings in your immediate future.

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