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EVENTS 8.20 – 2pm IN DISCUSSION: AI WEIWEI IN CONTEMPORARY CHINA Co-sponsored with the Asian Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh.

Join us for a panel discussion about Ai Weiwei in the broader context of contemporary art and politics in China.

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9.14 – 8pm SOUND SERIES: YO LA TENGO WITH SPECIAL GUEST LAMBCHOP Carnegie Music Hall (Oakland) Co-presented with WYEP. Tickets $20/$15 Members & students

9.16 – 8pm TQ LIVE! The Warhol theater Co-presented with Trans-Q Television, a project of Carnegie Mellon University’s Center for the Arts in Society. Produced by Scott Andrew and Suzie Silver.

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Takao Kawaguchi: About Kazuo Ohno

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The Warhol partners with Japan-America Society of Pennsylvania and The Asian Studies Center of the University of Pittsburgh to welcome experimental theater artist and dancer Takao Kawaguchi with his solo performance tribute to legendary Japanese butoh dancer Kazuo Ohno, who passed away in 2010 at age 103. Kawaguchi mirrors and re-constructs Ohno’s movements based on video recordings of performances of early masterpieces including Admiring La Argentina (1977), My Mother (1981), and Dead Sea, Ghost, Wienerwaltz (1985). Kawaguchi is also a former member of the Japanese performance collective, Dumb Type, and is former director the Tokyo International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. This seven-city tour of Takao Kawaguchi’s About Kazuo Ohno is produced and organized by Japan Society, New York and supported by The Japan Foundation Performing Arts JAPAN Program and the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan in the fiscal year 2016.

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From left to right: Joshua Dewaine, Joann M. Seigel and Dick Keiser are trying to start a clean needle exchange in Washington County.

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Dick Keiser moved to Washington County six months ago, he says he noticed a “hidden epidemic” tied to the area’s heroin crisis. HIV and hepatitis C infections in the county were spreading at alarming rates as a result of needle-sharing between intravenous drug users.

According to reports from 2013 (the last year for which data was available), reported HIV cases there increased from 18 to 107 over a seven-year period, with more than 11 percent caused by sharing of needles. And Keiser says it has only gotten worse.

Rural counties, like Washington, that have little to no history of the heroin epidemic, are now experiencing not only increased overdose deaths, but also starkly increased rates of HIV and hepatitis C thanks to the sharing of infected needles.

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just never been a problem in, people are really being forced to confront it,” says Alice Bell of Prevention Point Pittsburgh, a clean-needle exchange. “It’s here, it’s a huge problem, and we have to just get over whatever prejudices we have and whatever desire we have to put our heads in the sand, and deal with it.”

Though they’re illegal, health advocates say needle exchanges are key to combating HIV and hep C in rural counties {BY RYAN DETO} Problem is, many counties aren’t taking specific steps to fight the outbreak of these viruses. Advocates and experts agree

that needle exchanges — spaces where drug-users have easy access to clean syringes — are the first step in stemming the tide of HIV and other transferable diseases.

Pittsburgh has had a needle exchange for more than 20 years, and according to Melissa Wade, spokesperson of the Allegheny County Health Department, HIV rates have remained stable here.

But exchanges are still illegal under state law. And rural politicians and lawenforcement agencies are wary of allowing exchanges, believing they might increase drug use, even though a 2013 study from The Foundation for AIDS Research, along with many other studies, disproved this assumption.

Despite the barriers, Bell says support for needle exchanges is growing. In the past year, Prevention Point has received calls from community groups in almost

every Western Pennsylvania county on how to start a needle exchange.

Some advocates, like Keiser, are moving forward with needle-exchange programs, whether county politicians are ready for it or not.

“Washington County is in the process of coming up with something, but they don’t have anything in place yet,” says Keiser. “We are [not as far] behind as the rest of [most counties in Pennsylvania]. Some counties have addressed the issue earlier, but most areas are like Washington County and don’t think that they have health issues.”

WASHINGTON COUNTY isn’t the only rural

county in Western Pennsylvania seeing increased HIV and hepatitis C infection rates as a result of needle-sharing.

According to the National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDDS), not only has incidence of hepatitis C increased in every county in the region, it is drastically higher than it was 10 years ago in the very rural Armstrong, Clearfield and Greene counties.

“Hepatitis C is almost always spread through shared injection equipment,” says Bell. “Places where there is a high rate of hepatitis C, you can bet money that there is a lot of sharing of injection equipment.”

In Somerset County, in the Laurel Highlands, there were only seven reported cases of people living with HIV 10 years ago. But according to 2013 data taken from HIV mapping project AIDSVu, the county’s reported HIV cases have increased by more than 1,100 percent, and of those cases, 40 percent were caused by injection.

Keiser says that many rural counties in the region share similarities that make them susceptible to opioid abuse and the spread of infectious diseases.

“The driving force between opioid addictions is white males who are out of work,” says Keiser. “It is rural counties, it is Appalachia, it is everywhere.”

Despite the data, Keiser says it has been difficult to get county officials to recognize any health problems.

“Washington County doesn’t even have a health department,” he says.

City Paper reached out to Washington County commissioners for comment on their needle-exchange policy, but they did not respond.

Local governments can address the problem by choosing to ignore state law and passing ordinances that provide protection to needle exchanges. (Allegheny County did this with a needle-exchange

ordinance in 2008.) Representatives from the Johnstown city manager’s office say that Johnstown’s chief of police is working with groups trying to start needle exchanges. However, neither Washington nor Cambria county has indicated much interest in passing ordinances to protect needle exchanges from prosecution.

Like Keiser, another group in Cambria County is in the process of creating a needle-exchange program. The group, which asked to remain anonymous since needle exchanges are still illegal under state law, is hoping to start its exchange in conjunction with a health clinic in Johnstown.

A Johnstown doctor involved with the group, who spoke to CP, says hepatitis C has exploded in the Johnstown area. According to NEDDS data, the Johnstown region saw thousands of hep C-related hospital admissions between 2010 and 2014, up from around 200 in 2007.

With so much of the population affected, and infections growing rapidly, the Johnstown group believes it’s important to provide clean needles.

“Having people dealing with addiction feeling they are accepted is important,” says the doctor who spoke to CP. “We can’t be judgmental.”

Emma Roberts, of the New York Citybased Harm Reduction Coalition, says providing clean needles in a safe space not only reduces the spread of diseases like hepatitis C, but can also lead to a reduction in overall drug use.

“This is not about enabling drug use, it’s about helping people every day,” says Roberts. “You are not increasing the level of drug use. I know from 20 years of experience and seven to eight federal studies that show it does not. It can actually reduce drug use because you are connecting them to services.”

Roberts started her harm-reduction work in Leeds, a working-class town in northern England, two decades ago before coming to the U.S. The town had a serious heroin problem, but the British government started to support harm-reduction techniques like needle exchanges, and she saw the benefits. Roberts says visiting a syringe exchange is the “first step on a ladder to recovery” because exchanges provide information on how to get clean and where to attend support groups.

“It’s not just about a syringe exchange,” says Roberts. “It’s about sex education, a connection to care and treatment of hep C. … Yeah, I am an enabler, but I am enabling people to get healthy.”

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Disease Control and Prevention officials, according to health department press secretary Wes Culp.

“We applaud the CDC in its approach to making needle-exchange programs part of a comprehensive service program,” wrote Culp in an email to CP. Culp wrote that the health department is reviewing how to use its own funds to provide “education and counseling services to reduce sexual, injection and overdose risks; syringe disposal services, navigation services to ensure linkage to HIV and viral hepatitis prevention, treatment and care services.”

However, Culp added that because state law still bars needle exchanges, the department might have to wait to move forward until new state legislation is passed.

Keiser says his group met with representatives from the state health department this month and will meet again in September. He hopes it leads not just to support, but to action.

“It is the first step. It has to go in first, no point in doing anything else without clean needles,” says Keiser. “I am not interested in raising awareness or looking at addressing the issue. We need to stop the drugs and stop spreading diseases.”

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implement needle exchanges. Roberts says that over the past few years, requests for their services have “skyrocketed,” especially since the outbreak in Scott County, Indiana.

The southern-Indiana county is home to the small town of Austin. Over the span of just a few years, the town of 4,000 gained almost 200 new HIV infections, thanks to needle sharing and opioid use. The outbreak was so stark that Indiana governor and current Republican vice-presidential nominee Mike Pence, who originally opposed needle exchanges, created a statewide needle-sharing law, making it easier for local governments to start them.

The Indiana story seems to have affected federal law. “We are seeing the tide change at the federal level,” says Roberts.

She says the federal government is now allowing funds to flow to agencies practicing harm reduction. The funds can be used for outreach, staff and other measures, just not purchasing needles. But Roberts says that “needles are the cheapest part.”

Pennsylvania seems to be shifting too.

After new federal legislation was passed in December that changed the guidelines on needle exchanges, the state Department of Health began meeting with Centers for

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BRUSH STROKES Summer mural project addresses gun violence in Pittsburgh {BY REBECCA ADDISON} TEN YEARS AGO, as a teenager with a child of his own, Paris Wellons thought getting paid to participate in a summer program painting murals around the city was a pretty good deal.

“I’ve always wanted to be an artist,” says Wellons, 26. “I started painting around my mom’s house, under the table. I probably had a whole mural done under there.”

The Moving the Lives of Kids Community Mural Project is a Pittsburgh-based nonprofit that has worked with local kids to create more than 250 public-art pieces throughout Allegheny County.

Celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, the program has been an inspiration to Wellons, who at 16 lost his brother to gun violence.

“I had a hard life growing up. I’ve lost family and a lot of friends,” says Wellons.

“But [the mural project] has had a big impact on me.”

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same program that set him on the path to being a professional artist. This summer, he’s working with kids to help complete 10 murals in Pittsburgh neighborhoods like North Side and Homewood.

This year’s theme is “Stop Gun Violence.”

“It’s definitely going to send a positive message to the community,” Wellons says. “There’s a lot of violence that takes place in these communities. I don’t really know that this is going to stop it, but if you’re not part of the solution, you’re

part of the problem.”

North Side and Homewood are two of the neighborhoods hardest hit by gun violence. Since May 31, five shootings have been reported in Homewood. In the North Side, which is larger in size, a dozen shootings have occurred.

“Gun violence is definitely an issue that needs to be addressed,” says Rashad “Free” Jamal, another supervisor with the program. “A lot of the youth deal with this every day. Everyone has a story to tell about someone they lost.”

The nearly finished mural on the side of the Community Empowerment Association’s Homewood building depicts African-American history and recent incidents of gun violence. Kids at the site say the colors selected to paint the mural were chosen because they depict vibrancy.

“It’ll open more eyes to what’s really going on in the world,” says 15-year-old Jordan Faulkner.

“I like the fact that it shows our history. You see the past and the present and everything that’s going on with the gun violence,” says Jasmine Thompson, 14. “I hope it sends a message that there are other things people can do with their time instead of going down the wrong path.”

Thompson says her close friend was related to slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin, who was shot in 2012 by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood-watch volunteer. Zimmerman was never convicted for the shooting. For Thompson, a portion of the Homewood mural depicting a hooded African American raising a closed fist to the sky evokes Martin’s death.

Approximately 20 kids were involved in painting the Homewood murals.

Each child receives a $1,200 stipend for participating.

“We’ve worked really hard on this in the sun,” says 15-year-old Carma Luna, on yet another above-80-degree day. “I’m excited to see the outcome of it when it’s finished. It’s good for the kids to see the mural.”

Allegheny County kids aren’t the only ones benefitting from the program.

Since it was founded in 2002, by artist Kyle Holbrook, the MLK Community Mural Project has expanded to more than a dozen cities internationally, reaching as far as the Bahamas and Portugal.

“It’s about bringing people together,” says Jamal. “The communities we do this in, there’s a lot of blight, so we’re trying to bring some positivity.”

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{BY CHARLIE DEITCH} I LOVE SPORTS. That’s no secret to anyone.

If there’s been a sports story in this paper since I joined the staff in 2005, there’s a good chance that I wrote it.

[Editor’s note: I have not written every sports story since 2005, so there’s no reason to comb our archives to prove me wrong. Although web hits are awesome, so please help yourself.]

I’ve long been a proponent of alt weeklies, like ourselves, covering sports.

We try to be the alternative voice on every other subject; why not athletics?

So starting next week, City Paper will launch a brand-new sports section.

I understand you might be skeptical of our ability to cover sports, but the truth is we’ve been doing it for years, just not on a consistent basis. Here are some examples of what we’ve done over the years: In 2010, we produced a 5,000-word cover article about how lawyers and doctors in Pittsburgh were working with the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) to strengthen its health-and-wellness policy on the heels of a rash of pro-wrestler deaths.

Not everyone thought the organization was doing enough to protect the athletes from head injuries, especially from CTE, the now-well-known brain disorder found in scores of athletes who died young.

One who did was Dr. Bennet Omalu. Long before Will Smith played him on the big screen, Omalu told City Paper not enough was being done in professional sports to diagnose and prevent head injuries.

Also in 2010, we wrote about the glut of mixed-martial-arts gyms in the city and how, despite the dangers of the sport, there was no state regulation of trainers and gym owners. “Anybody can open a gym and do what they want — and they do,” MMA fighter and trainer Jimmy Cerra told CP. In 2013, when the Pirates made it to the postseason for the first time in two decades, we decided to focus on players who played on some of the worst Pirates teams in history. One of those was a former pitcher named Chris Peters, who was by then managing a handful of Downtown parking lots. Two years later, the Pirates hired him to be their left-handed batting-practice pitcher.

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From our 2010 cover story on women’s boxing

With our new sports section, you’ll get stories like this and many more. And you won’t find our coverage just in the print issue. We plan to offer many online-only sports features and columns at www.pghcitypaper.com. The first change you’ll notice is that the sports page will be the new home of one of my favorite weekly features: “Cheap Seats,” by Mike Wysocki. Mike is off this week, but he’ll be back next week with his unique look at local sports. Over the past year, Mike’s pieces have covered local sports that you might not hear about otherwise.

And that’s the tone we’re going for in the new section. Let’s face it, you’re not coming here for sports scores and in-depth analysis on last night’s game (although we have plenty of opinions, if you wanna stop by some time). We want to cover sports and stories that might not be told otherwise.

Not that you won’t get a fair amount of features on the Steelers, Pirates and Penguins throughout the year, but we mainly want to focus on teams like the Pittsburgh Passion, the Riverhounds, the Thunderbirds, Steel City Roller Derby, professional wrestling, boxing, MMA and the scores of other teams and sports we don’t know about yet.

We also want to write about neighborhood rivalries and competition. Do the two Little League teams in your neighborhood play a heated game every year? Is the 12-year-old girl on your daughter’s fast-pitch team on a 50-game hitting streak? Has your bowling league been around since the Roosevelt administration? These are the types of things we want to share, but we need you to tell us about them by emailing at info@ pghcitypaper.com or by giving me a call at 412-316-3342, x. 166.

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Johnstown Wire Technologies is denying internet rumors that the employees present when Hillary Clinton visited were actually plants bussed in by the Democratic nominee’s campaign.

Commenters on news station WJAC’s Facebook posts claimed the July 30 event “was all staged,” in the words of one MaryAnn Versmessen of Greensburg. “She even brought in her own people to be bystanders.” A replier said she’d heard actual employees were barred from the wire factory because of a “security issue.”

Jim Barber, a manager at the company, told the Tribune-Democrat newspaper that the rumors are “craziness.” He said that the Clinton campaign approached the company for a tour. (Barack Obama visited the facility in 2008, as did both major-party candidates in the 2014 race for governor.) Employees had the option of attending but were not obligated.

Some did, and a usual cadre of staffers and media followed Clinton through the building. No “fake” workers were bussed in, Barber said. However, in a Facebook post shared by the group Citizens for Trump, Craig Bernat, a Mineral Point man who often reposts right-wing memes, claimed he saw a post from someone who said her son-in-law said that “like 6-8 bus loads of kafe worker showed!!” (presumably he meant to type “fake”), so there’s that.

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Shortly after 8 p.m., several people walking by One Enchanted Evening, a bridal shop on Zelienople’s Main Street, spotted a man “fully naked, no shoes, shirt, pants or anything,” standing next to the window-display mannequins, according to an arrest record obtained by the Cranberry Eagle. Police allegedly found co-owner Peter Scolieri, visibly drunk, in the store and matched him to a cellphone photo a passerby took of the exhibitionist. The website for the boutique, which also offers attire for proms and pageants, states it “is aware of an incident … involving a minority owner of the company,” who has “taken an indefinite leave of absence.”

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Though apparently estranged from her family, 62-year-old Suzanne Troy showed up at the Beinhauer Funeral Home in Pittsburgh for her sister’s service.

Tracey Schweitzer, an off-duty city police officer and niece to both Troy and the deceased, tried to intervene, telling Troy it was the woman’s wish she not be at her funeral. “[I]n front of the casket, Troy lifted her dress and told Schweitzer to kiss her [expletive],” according to court documents obtained by KDKA. A brawl between the two women reportedly

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A 911 dispatcher received a frantic call from Mark Huellen reporting six men on his rooftop trying to break in.

Police didn’t find a squad of invaders at the Scott Township house where Huellen was staying. They did apparently find meth — lots and lots of meth. Police told WPXI the house contained $20,000 worth of the drug, plus $6,000 in cash. Accused of dealing, Huellen, 40, apparently got so high off his own supply that he busted himself (and three associates) by hallucinating a mirage real and threateningseeming enough to call 911.

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A Ross Park Mall security guard accidentally shot his friend in the butt at the shopping center. KDKA reports that, while the mall does not require security

staff to be armed, the employee brought his personal Glock — in case of a standoff at the Cheesecake Factory or something — and accidentally pulled the trigger while loading it, lodging one bullet in his friend’s rear. The man was released from the hospital that night. The guard was not charged with a crime, but he is out of a job.

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Jamie Jon Harris apparently couldn’t accept it was over, so the 46-yearold Westmoreland County man allegedly sent his ex-girlfriend more than 6,000 text messages and left 200-plus voicemails in a nine-month span, police told WPXI. Some of the messages included threats, according to police, including one that read: “I’m coming to ur house after work and kill your parents and whole family.”

(Harris apparently wanted her to think he was consumed by homicidal rage, but not enough to miss work over it.)

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OLD-SCHOOL HOT DOGS {BY ALEX GORDON} Walk into Frankie’s Extra Long on Butler Street in Lawrenceville, and you can see the whole menu in the works.

The four sandwiches available — hot sausage, kielbasa, meatball and the signature foot-long — are all there behind the counter for you to see — and smell — the second you walk in the door.

There are chips, beer and soda, too, but that’s about it. In a town that now loves its fancy and adventurous takes on the hot dog, the simplicity of Frankie’s is refreshing.

With a kitchen, bar and surprisingly ample dining room, Frankie’s is a lot bigger than it looks from the street. The shop is housed in a sturdy older building; if you’ve missed seeing it, you might have noticed the pleasing aroma of cooking hot dogs when passing.

Frankie’s has been in business for more than 80 years, and despite some renovations in the works — new ceilings, a fresh paint job — the eatery doesn’t seem in any particular rush to fit in with the gourmet hot-dog scene, decor-wise or tofurkey-wise. Let’s hope it never replaces that terrific red-checkered flooring.

Chili and cheese round out the add-on section, and the beer, available to go, is strictly domestic. The menu is handwritten, and the clientele skews toward regulars who know the deal.

If you find yourself in perpetual eye-roll mode when it comes to Pittsburgh’s foodie scene, Frankie’s might be worth a stop.

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For years, her TV home was PBS, and its website still has a trove of materials celebrating her, from videos to recipes. Go all in by tackling some of the recipes in her classic Mastering the Art of French Cooking, or perhaps devote the day to celebrating that essential ingredient, butter. www.pbs.org/food/julia-child/

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IKE EVERYTHING in the restaurant world, name trends come and go. .Recently, we have seen a lot of the twoword noun variation, with an ampersand.

Downtown’s Revel & Roost follows this convention, but with a twist: It’s actually two distinct restaurants, albeit interconnected in both space and menu. But Revel, ground level and open to the sidewalk, is casual, essentially a large bar with sidewalk seating, high-top tables and a few big booths inside, while its upstairs — and upmarket — sibling, Roost, offers fine dining.

We decided to revel in informality.

Revel has sumptuous finishes including Lucite-backed chairs and booths upholstered with soft and supple leather. The kitchen was wide open at one end of the room. A pair of old silent movies were projected on the wall, while above the bar,

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a couple of TVs carried the game.

Revel & Roost bills itself as “refined rustic cuisine,” which sounds like an oxymoron, but at least portended something a step away from the now-standard gastro-

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CP APPROVED pub formula. (There is no mac-and-cheese, and bacon appears only, rather sensibly, on a cheeseburger.) Instead of remade comfortfood clichés, we detected a distinctly South-

ern theme, with shrimp and grits, pulled pork, and more. But the menu also went well beyond that and seemed to treat traditional dishes as starting points, not goals.

Although the menu was literally centered on seven sandwiches that run the gamut from beer-battered cod to braised beef with taleggio, the starters — available in smaller portions or as larger, “communal” ones — were more like mini-entrees than typical bar food. Revel also offers five actual entrees, but in the interest of sampling widely, we made meals from starters, sandwiches, salads and pizza.

Of the latter, Revel offers both New York and Chicago styles (although the latter is, according to our server, more of a deep-dish, thick-crust pie). The New York also veered from the conventions of its ascribed hometown, being closer to ultra-thin Neapolitan

than the crisper, famously foldable slice.

While toasty and crisp at the perimeter, Revel’s crust was soggy and floppy in the center, weighed down by a greasy cheese topping reminiscent of a corner pizzeria.

Shrimp gumbo was almost more like a velvety bisque than a chunky stew, its ingredients either finely diced or pulverized. This is not a criticism so much as an observation that this was not a traditional gumbo, but more a refinement of the concept. Housemade andouille lent it an agreeable kick.

Apple-smoked chicken panini on French bread with hot-pepper cheese and Granny Smith apple tasted mostly of its main ingredient, an herbal chicken salad. Visual inspection confirmed that a trace amount of cheese was present, along with paper-thin slices of apple, but the effect was solidly of a chicken-salad sandwich, albeit several cuts above picnic-grade.

The Revel Burger went over the top with bacon, braised short ribs and much, much more. But we chose simpler with the “plain” bacon-cheddar burger. It had a wholly satisfactory, beefy, juicy patty, with a generous four slices of housemade bacon — two of them crispy-black and two chewy-brown — on a sturdy brioche bun.

Mashed potatoes were nice and peppery, but flagrantly short of fat, missing the richness of much cream, savory butter or even tangy, low-fat buttermilk.

Salt-and-pepper fries, on the other hand, were top-notch: shoestring-style, wellbrowned and perfectly seasoned.

Out first bite of the lobster fritters caused us to dub them “salt fritters,” but in subsequent bites the batter revealed itself as fluffy and flavorful, suggesting overseasoned lobster meat might have been the culprit. Accompanying lemon-herb aioli was flawless, its tanginess evoking lobster’s natural partner, drawn butter with lemon.

In Revel’s take on chicken and waffles, quail and waffles, three semi-boneless half-birds were thickly coated with an outstanding, intensely flavored crust that might overwhelm white-meat chicken, but worked wonderfully with the dark, faintly gamy meat of the quail. Cheddar waffles were light and crispy. Maple-raspberry hot sauce was, frankly, kind of weird, the dominant berry flavor incongruous with the fairly subtle heat. However, the pickled vegetables on top, a curious array of broccolini, asparagus, baby carrot, turnip and boiled onion, played a less certain role. They were pungent with vinegar, but lacked much other pickled flavor.

More than a bar or another rubberstamped impression of a hipster gastropub, Revel is a worthy destination for a casual dinner Downtown.

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SOUTH TO THE NORTH SIDE Southern Tier breaks ground in Pittsburgh {BY DREW CRANISKY} PRE-GAMING FOR a concert or Steelers game

(or museum, if you like to make learning fun) on the North Shore often involves tiny grills and mountains of trash. All well and good, but if you want to class it up on your next visit, the options have never been better. Local Brewhouse and Burgatory opened their doors in recent months, and new spots like The Foundry and Tequila Cowboy are right on the horizon. But beer buffs are buzzing loudest about the new Southern Tier brewpub, which broke ground at 316 North Shore Drive last week.

The brewpub will be Southern Tier Brewing Company’s first ever satellite location. Since opening in 2002, the New York-based brewery has built a devoted following with a lineup of bold IPAs and sought-after seasonals.

(Though it’s become far easier to find, Southern Tier’s Pumking is still a coveted fall beer.) Southern Tier has done especially well in Pittsburgh: The city is the company’s second-biggest market.

“We’ve always had a connection with the area,” says Southern Tier co-founder Phin DeMink. “We’re kind of a destination brewery.” Tucked in the small town of Lakewood, N.Y. (about 150 miles north of Pittsburgh), Southern Tier has long attracted Pittsburghers searching for a boozy day trip. When the team began to scout locations for a new brewpub, Pittsburgh was a natural fit.

The Pittsburgh location will boast a

10-hectoliter German brewhouse, 30 taps and a 10,000-square-foot beer garden complete with a hop canopy and a stage. CEO John Coleman stresses that even Southern Tier fanatics will find some surprises. “Most of the stuff we brew here will be strictly for Pittsburgh,” he says, including recipes developed specifically for the new brewery.

The brewpub is slated to open in October, in time for most of Steelers season.

DeMink says the decision to open in Pittsburgh is about more than money. “It’s hard to tell your story when you’re just a case of beer on the shelf,” he notes. “We’ve been taking our time with this. … We want to make sure it’s unique, that it feels like Southern Tier.” For DeMink, the new outpost provides a chance to increase Southern Tier’s visibility in Pittsburgh, and to put a face to a name the city already loves.

Of course, some are already decrying Southern Tier for stepping on the toes of the city’s numerous hometown brewers.

But DeMink aims to be a part of that community rather than shade it out. He cites plans for collaboration beers with area breweries, and intends to invite local brewers up to Lakewood for a “Pittsburgh speed date”: a Chopped-style challenge where teams of brewers get creative with limited raw ingredients. “It’s great to see so many breweries making some awesome beer,” says DeMink. “The more there are, the better the category becomes.”

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Each week, we order the same cocktail at two different bars for a friendly 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, at celine@pghcitypaper.com.

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BREAKING NEWS As the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s new director of dance programming and special events, it may seem surprising that Randal Miller’s first major event is a concert by influential hip-hop duo EPMD. “I can explain that,” Miller says with a chuckle. “My dance background is in breaking; breakdancing and hip hop is how I got into the arts. If it weren’t for hip hop, I wouldn’t be doing this. So I took this opportunity … to focus on hip-hop culture.”

Miller has worked for the Trust in various positions over the last six years, and when he took on his new title in June, he was tasked with creating an event that would attract a younger crowd.

His answer was Multiple Choice, a series which basically allows attendees to choose their own Cultural District adventure.

The inaugural event — happening Thursday at the August Wilson Center — includes three components: the EPMD concert; an after-party and open-style dance battle featuring DJ Selecta, Reason, EOS, Moemaw Naedon and Izzy; and food trucks. For $25 you get a concert ticket and access to the afterparty. The after-party alone is $5, and the food trucks are there for all to enjoy.

Fittingly, Aug. 11 is hip hop’s nationally recognized birthday, marking the day in 1973 that Clive “Kool Herc” Campbell threw his first party, a back-to-school jam in the South Bronx. And for hip-hop fans, this is an opportunity to relive a little history as genre vets Erick “E” Sermon and Parish “PMD” Smith celebrate the 30th anniversary of their debut record, Strictly Business.

The Multiple Choice series won’t just be about music — the next installment will feature a mask theater troupe from Portland, Ore., and Miller has plans for a diverse set of performance groups you’re unlikely to see anywhere else.

In addition to drawing more twentyand thirtysomethings, Miller also hopes to bring new people to the Downtown arts scene. “I know anecdotally, as someone who falls in that [age group], a lot of people kind of write off the Cultural District,” he says. “The hope is that this will become an entry point. As you become more familiar with something, you feel more free to be adventurous.”

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Keeping it honest: Hardo

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never heard of Joseph Barnett, of Wilkinsburg. If you’re a fan of Pittsburgh hip hop, however, you probably know the name Hardo.

Barnett was a good student from a hard-working family who turned to slinging dope on the streets because the lure of big money was too much to ignore. Hardo is a hardcore rap artist with viral hits like “Cut Throat,” and working

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relationships with stars like Mac Miller, T.I. and Wiz Khalifa.

You’ve likely figured out by now that Barnett is Hardo and Hardo is Barnett. It might seem like an easy riddle to solve, but it’s more complex than that. So complex that, for a long time, the man himself lived and walked in two separate worlds until the ambitions of one nearly killed the dreams of the other.

Joseph Barnett’s Dreams Barnett was born on May 6, 1992, and his early childhood was uneventful. Unlike a lot of his friends in Wilkinsburg, Barnett had a pretty stable home life. He had a love early on for sports and music.

“Around 8 years old, I started recitin’ lyrics, listening to music and then doing my own freestyles,” Barnett says. “Me and my cousins would just play around and freestyle with these little recorder

machines. But music wasn’t my ambition then, I wanted to be an athlete. … That’s what my life consisted of.”

As he got older, influenced by guys like Jay-Z and Little Wayne, his love for hip hop grew. Aside from sports and music, he was doing well in school and had plans to go to a trade school to study business management. His life was pretty ordinary.

“My parents didn’t live together, but they were both in my life and both doing good, and they were really strict,” says Barnett. “My clothes were clean, I had a hot meal every night and they made sure I had everything I needed.”

In that respect, he was luckier than his friends. A lot of them didn’t have a dime; they didn’t have parents who cared what they were up to; they were forced to fend for themselves. For most of them, that meant turning to the streets — slinging dope, committing robberies, using violence when necessary to get what they wanted and needed.

But Barnett didn’t feel like the lucky one. He was the oddball in that world.

“My friends didn’t have nothin’, so they start selling drugs and I see them blow right past me,” Barnett says. “I’m coming around and I just got $20 from my dad and they sittin’ there with $1,000. I want $1,000 too.

“I think you adapt to the environment that you’re in. Like a fish, you grow to the size of your tank. Living in Wilkinsburg, crime was part of your environment, and I wanted all the things it could give me. I didn’t think about the consequences. I mean, I didn’t even know there were consequences.”

Miller. “He was known as EZ Mac back then, and I heard he had a recording studio at his house. I approached him one day and said, ‘What’s up with that studio, can I come record?’ … I made my first record in Mac’s bedroom before he ever became famous. That’s where it all started.”

And when Miller blew up, Hardo knew making it in this business was possible. “It was crazy; this was someone I knew. We were making records in his house not that long ago, and now he’s blowing up. That gave me the motivation to really try.”

Life on the Streets Joseph Barnett had already been rippin’ and runnin’ by the time he was arrested in 2009 for a home invasion in New Kensington. His family couldn’t believe it. There had to be some mistake. This was a good kid; no way was he into stuff like this.

In 2010, at age 18, he was caught with a brick of heroin. He represented himself in court and got adult probation. But it didn’t slow him down.

“Probation made me bolder,” Barnett says. “My other friends got jail time off of that. ... Then, I walk into court by myself and walk out with probation.

I guess because of the weight, they didn’t think it was a big deal, but to me I was selling drugs and this is all that happened to me. So I kept going.”

Part of the problem, he says, was the lack of education about the consequences of his actions. His father had tried to shield him from the streets. Barnett was told that selling drugs was bad, but no one explained why it was bad or what could ultimately happen if he was caught. Growing up in Wilkinsburg, he says, slinging dope seemed to be as viable a job option as working at McDonald’s, and it paid better.

“We were young, we weren’t worried about the police,” Barnett says. “And, I didn’t fear jail at first because I had no idea what it was,” he adds. “You’d talk to people who’d been there and they act like it’s no big deal.

“You don’t get people telling the truth. They’re not saying, ‘I’m hurting, I can’t stand to be here any longer, I’m stressed out, I’m losing my hair and I’m shedding tears on the daily.’ Instead they say, ‘I’m standing tall, I ain’t worried, I’m doing this time with my feet kicked up, it’s easy.”

He’d soon find out how difficult real

“THESE ARE THE THINGS I WANT TO TEACH PEOPLE THROUGH MY MUSIC.”

Hardo Emerges The name Hardo came from the forceful, compelling way Barnett was able to spit rhymes. It also had to do with the content of his early music, which addressed the dangers of crossing the wrong person or getting in the way of a guy who’s trying to make a living.

Obviously, the source material for Hardo’s songs came from Barnett’s other job as a dope dealer. But his love of music came first, and by the time he was 15 he knew he wanted to be a rapper.

“I would always write rhymes and rap to myself, but I wouldn’t ever recite it to anyone because I wasn’t a social person,” he says. But as it happened, he would ride the bus nearly every day with another local soon-to-be hip-hop star, Mac

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time in prison and the judicial system could be.

Intersections In 2011, the dual lives of Joseph Barnett would finally intersect.

In March of that year, Barnett was arrested with two bricks of heroin and charged with possession with intent to distribute. Because of his previous interactions with the court system, however, he wasn’t too worried about it. “I’d been through this already, and I decided to handle it myself again without a lawyer,” he says.

In April, while he was out on bail, Barnett decided that it was time to get his music out to the public to see what kind of reception it got. “At that time I didn’t have connections, but I had money,” he says. “So I started looking into how to make videos.”

One of the videos Hardo made was for “Cut Throat.” It showed the young artist and others waving handguns in the air, backed by lyrics about running the streets. Or as Hardo refers to it, “real life” at the time.

While the music side of Barnett’s life was coming together, the criminal side got a huge wake-up call. When he went to his last hearing prior to his trial on

Released from prison in 2012, Hardo the drug charge, probation wasn’t on the table. The only offer being made was for would connect with Miller, who was two to four years in prison with a chance impressed by his “Cut Throat” video. for early release if he was accepted into He met industry players and got a mana boot-camp rehabilitation program. He agement team, but within two months, initially declined the offer and sought he was back in prison on a probation a lawyer, but the case was so advanced, violation. In 2013, he was arrested afthe attorney told him the deal was his ter being stopped in a vehicle with 250 stamp-bags of heroin. Hardo said best option. the dope wasn’t his and that As he prepared for prison, fingerprints and DNA evihis video was released. To n his dence would prove it. He date, the video has more Hardo o TRAP was acquitted, but spent than a million views comacronymw he more than a year in jail and ho elp his bined on various webh wants toity, online awaiting trial. In 2015, sites, including more than commun .pghcity he was cleared of allega750,000 on YouTube. “So w at ww com tions that he battered a here I was getting ready paper. woman, but he was again to go upstate, and my video jailed on probation violations. was released. … I grabbed a fan He served the remainder of his base off of that and kept them because they liked what I was doing original sentence and was released in lyrically,” he explains. “Also, I think people October 2015.

“These are the things I want to teach connected to it because I was writing people through my music,” Hardo says. “I about and showing them real life.” got out of the life but I didn’t change the people around me, and that almost got In the past, Hardo wrote about life on the me another 10 years in prison. But I talk street because that’s what he knew. But about all of that in my music. I have to.”

Hardo recently had a listening party now, his music has taken a new direction. He wants others to learn from the for tracks off his new album, Trapanati mistakes he’s made and the beatings he’s II. While there’s not a date set, Hardo says the record will likely drop next month. taken, and he’s taken a few.

The tracks will have a different vibe because this is a different Joseph “Hardo” Barnett. There will be songs detailing his struggle to escape the life. The newest cut, “Represent,” gives a shout-out to inmates who lose everything when they go to prison. There’s a song honoring women who hold things down while their partners are in prison. Basically, it will be a representation of both the life he’s led and the one he plans on leading.

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“I’ve always tried to be real with it because I can’t show you the ins and outs of my life … unless I’m honest about it.

You can’t tell somebody, ‘Don’t be bad, just be good.’ You have to show them the steps, show them how you know. If they can’t see and understand all of the negatives connected with something, they’re going to want to try it themselves. I couldn’t have avoided the road I’ve taken.

If I hadn’t been arrested and gone to prison, my life would probably be way different. The money lured me in like it does a lot of people. People think they can get in, make some money and get out scar-free. It doesn’t work that way.”

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Patience Roy’al supposes that her interest in music goes back even longer than she can remember. “Since I was in my mom’s womb, my dad was always singing to me,” she says. “I guess that’s where, unconsciously, my love for music came from.”

Now a burgeoning R&B singer herself, Roy’al will perform as part of this year’s annual 1Hood Day. The two-day festival celebrates all facets of hip-hop culture, from MC-ing to DJ-ing to graffiti.

Thursday (Aug. 11, hip hop’s nationally recognized birthday) will feature young up-and-comers from around the city including Roy’al, Ink, Lyn Starr, Bird and others. Friday’s lineup features some of 1Hood’s more established performers (Jasiri X, Blak Rapp Madusa and Jordan Montgomery, to name a few), and Detroit-based performer and poet Jessica Care Moore appears along with Mississippi rapper David Banner.

Eighteen-year-old Roy’al, who was introduced to 1Hood Media by a teacher, is a perfect example of the boost young musicians can get from the hip-hop collective, which aims to build up young artists and unite communities through music. “They helped me a lot with my performance, and I’m more knowledgeable [about] the music industry as a whole,” says Roy’al, who plans to release her first EP this fall. “It’s nice to know what I’ll be getting myself into.”

There’s also built-in support from other artists. For her sweetly confident debut single, “Tranquility” — which recently found some air time on WAMO — she joined forces with 1Hood rappers Idasa Tariq and Tyhir Frost. “I’m a singer, but I also want to dabble in rapping,” says Roy’al, who cites Erykah Badu and Kendrick Lamar as inspirations. “So being in 1Hood and being around rappers, it helps my confidence.”

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Hambone’s; the These are artists who haunting Dinosoul, at aren’t afraid to show Mister Grooming and their sensitive, vulnerable Goods; catchy-songBest Coast sides in their music, so wizardess Swampwalk, prepare to be deep at Calligramme; punk in your own feelings as veterans Submachine, you shake your booty at Blackberry Studios; with your friends. MF hip-hop-based mashup masters LAZYBLACKMAN, 8 p.m. 1001 Fifth Ave., at Spirit; and riot-grrrl Uptown. $49.50-129.50. stalwarts, The Lopez 412-642-1800 or www. and Brazilian Wax, consolenergycenter.com shaking the ground at Roundabout Brewery.

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Dormont. 412-942-0882.

STAGE AE. Ted Nugent.

North Side. 412-229-5483.

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CLUB CAFE. Mariachi El Bronx w/ The Homeless Gospel Choir.

South Side. 412-431-4950.

JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. Sunday Funday Fundraiser. North Side.

412-904-3335.

SHADYSIDE NURSERY. Chet Vincent, Zach Schmidt, Pairdown, Danny Baumbaugh, 1 man Psychic Beat. Shadyside. 412-363-5845.

CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF HOMESTEAD MUSIC HALL. YES. Homestead. 412-368-5225.

CLUB CAFE. The Steel Wheels.

South Side. 412-431-4950.

HOWLERS. Big Eyes, Alice Bag, Leggy, The Lopez. Bloomfield.

412-682-0320.

MR. SMALLS THEATER. Old 97’s w/ American Aquarium.

Millvale. 412-821-4447.

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JERGEL’S RHYTHM GRILLE. The Bacon Brothers. Warrendale.

724-799-8333.

PALACE THEATRE. Supper Break String Band. Greensburg.

724-836-8000.

STAGE AE. Volbeat. North Side.

412-229-5483.

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CLUB CAFE. Stainless w/ Get To The Chopper. South Side.

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THE FALLOUT SHELTER. Scolari, No Person, Pseudo, False Flag Campaign. 724-375-5080.

HOWLERS. Bob Log III, Kevin Dowling Fitness Hour, Full Counts, Those Gorgeous Bastards.

Bloomfield. 412-682-0320.

MEADOWS CASINO. Walt Sanders & The Cadillac Band.

Elvis tribute. Washington.

724-503-1200.

MOONDOG’S. Grievous Angels.

Blawnox. 412-828-2040.

PITTSBURGH WINERY. The DuPont Brothers, Some Kind of Animal. Strip District.

412-566-1000.

REX THEATER. Fletcher’s Grove w/ Magic Beans & Litz.

South Side. 412-381-6811.

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CLUB CAFE. Xazrianna w/ Yorel & Key Era, Way-D, Mista Da Menis. South Side.

412-431-4950.

DIESEL. There You Are, Spinning Jenny, Big Atlantic. South Side.

412-860-2083.

DOUBLE WIDE GRILL. The Joint Commission. North Huntingdon.

724-863-8181.

DOWNEY’S HOUSE. The Delaneys. Robinson.

412-489-5631.

THE FALLOUT SHELTER. BOZARTH, Bill Jasper Acoustics, Josh Campbell. 724-375-5080.

JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. The Funk Ark & Nikhil P. Yerawadekar & Low Mentality. North Side.

412-904-3335.

LEMONT. Rick Gilbert.

Mt. Washington. 412-431-3100.

MEADOWS CASINO. Mercedez.

Washington. 724-503-1200.

MOONDOG’S. Kleptosonic w/ Soul Alliance, Deluded Youth.

Blawnox. 412-828-2040.

PITTSBURGH WINERY. Erica Blinn.

Strip District. 412-566-1000.

CLUB CAFE. Mariachi El Bronx w/ The Homeless Gospel Choir.

South Side. 412-431-4950.

GOOSKI’S. Horehound, Doctor Smoke, Cruces. Polish Hill.

412-681-1658.

MR. SMALLS THEATER. Best Coast w/ The Stargazer Lilies.

Millvale. 412-821-4447.

TUE 16 CLUB CAFE. Prinze George.

South Side. 412-431-4950.

PITTSBURGH WINERY. Brian Newman. Strip District.

412-566-1000.

THU 11 HOWLERS. DJ Goodnight.

Bloomfield. 412-682-0320.

MR. SMALLS THEATER. Centrifuge Thursdays.

At the Funhouse. Millvale.

603-321-0277.

PERLE CHAMPAGNE BAR. Bobby D Bachata. Downtown.

412-471-2058.

FRI 12 ACE HOTEL PITTSBURGH. TITLE TOWN Soul & Funk Party. Rare Soul, Funk & wild R&B 45s feat.

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Each week we bring you a song from a local artist. This week’s track comes from ’60s-style “exotica” jazz ensemble The Blue-Hots. Stream or download the delightful “Do You Think It Matters,” from the release Collection Three: Spells, for free at FFW>>, the music blog at www.pghcitypaper.com.

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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.

JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. PLAY. North Side.

412-904-3335.

ONE 10 LOUNGE. DJ Goodnight, DJ Rojo.

Downtown. 412-874-4582.

ROWDY BUCK. Top 40 Dance.

South Side. 412-431-2825.

RUGGER’S PUB. 80s Night w/ DJ Connor. South Side.

412-381-1330.

SHADYSIDE NURSERY. Chet Vincent, Zach Schmidt, Pairdown, Danny Braumbaugh. Shadyside.

412-363-5845.

These are the songs local promoter and RANT (Rock All Night Tour) organizer WED 17 Mary Jo Coll can’t stop listening to: ALLEGHENY ELKS

LODGE #339. Pittsburgh Banjo Club. Wednesdays. North Side.

412-321-1834.

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

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“Out Here”

FRI 12 CAPRI PIZZA AND BAR. Bombo Claat w/ VYBZ Machine Intl Sound System. East Liberty.

412-362-1250.

CONSOL ENERGY PARK. The Flow Band w/ Finneydredlox, Joe Spliff, Debbie Star, Sam Fingers, D Lane. At Lexus Club.

Washington. 412-281-9774.

“Good Guy With a Gun”

SAT 13 BLOOMFIELD BRIDGE TAVERN. BIG JUICY. Bloomfield.

412-682-8611.

DIESEL. DJ CK. South Side.

412-431-8800.

REMEDY. Feeling Without Touching. Lawrenceville.

412-781-6771.

ROWDY BUCK. Top 40 Dance.

South Side. 412-431-2825.

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CELEBRATIONS BAR & GRILL. The Flow Band w/ Finneydredlox, Joe Spliff, Debbie Star, Sam Fingers, D Lane. Robinson.

724-695-4333.

“Josephine”

WED 17 SMILING MOOSE. Rock Star Karaoke w/ T-MONEY. South Side. 412-431-4668.

SPOON. Spoon Fed. East Liberty.

412-362-6001.

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SCHENLEY OVAL. The Flow Band w/ Finneydredlox, Joe Spliff, Debbie Star, Sam Fingers, D Lane.

Oakland. 412-371-3689.

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FRI 12 1LIVE STUDIO. DJ Goodnight: Open Elements. Avalon.

412-424-9254.

SAT 13 1LIVE STUDIO. DJ Goodnight: Open Elements. Avalon.

412-424-9254.

BLUES SUN 14 THE R BAR. Craig King & Friends.

Dormont. 412-942-0882.

ANDYS WINE BAR. Eric Suseoff. Downtown.

412-773-8884.

CITY OF ASYLUM. Roger Humphries & RH Factor.

North Side. 412-321-2190.

ROBIN HILL PARK. RML Jazz.

Moon. 412-370-9621.

WALNUT GRILL. RML Jazz.

Robinson. 412-370-9621.

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ANDYS WINE BAR. Bronwyn Wyatt Higgins. Downtown.

412-773-8884.

GRILLE ON SEVENTH. Tony Campbell & Howie Alexander.

Downtown. 412-391-1004.

RIVERWALK. RML Jazz.

New Castle. 412-370-9621.

ANDYS WINE BAR. Trudy Holler.

Downtown. 412-773-8884.

JAMES STREET NORTH COUNTRY GASTROPUB & BREWING. Jimmy Adler SPEAKEASY. Tony w/ Gris Gris. Slippery Campbell Jam Rock. 724-794-2337.

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THE MONROEVILLE ANDYS WINE BAR. Tania RACQUET CLUB. Jazz Grubbs. Downtown. 412-773-8884.

Bean Live. Every Saturday, JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & a different band. Monroeville.

SPEAKEASY. Roger Humphries 412-728-4155.

Jam Session. Ballroom. North Side.

THE SPACE UPSTAIRS. Second 412-904-3335.

Saturdays. Jazz-happening MOUNT LEBANON PUBLIC series feat. live music, multimedia LIBRARY. RML Jazz. Mt. Lebanon. experimentations, more. Hosted 412-370-9621.

by The Pillow Project. Point Breeze.

RILEY’S POUR HOUSE. Lucarelli 412-225-9269.

Brothers & Special guest. Carnegie.

SUPPER CLUB RESTAURANT. 412-279-0770.

RML Jazz. Greensburg.

VALLOZZI’S PITTSBURGH. 412-370-9621.

Eric Johnson. Downtown.

412-394-3400.

ANDYS WINE BAR. Mark Lucas, Cliff Barnes, Jeff Grubbs, Tania Grubbs. Downtown.

ANDORA RESTAURANT - FOX 412-773-8884.

CHAPEL. Pianist Harry Cardillo

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Robinson. 412-489-5631.

BUTLER STREET. The 4th Annual RANT Music Festival. Over 30 venues, over 200 bands, a bevy of singer/songwriters & open busking areas. www.rant pittsburgh.com. Lawrenceville.

RIVERS CASINO. Artistree Mark Ferrari. North Side.

412-231-7777.

SUN 14 BUTLER STREET. The 4th Annual RANT Music Festival. Over 30 venues, over 200 bands, a bevy of singer/songwriters & open busking areas. www.rant pittsburgh.com. Lawrenceville.

SUN 14 CARNEGIE LIBRARY, OAKLAND. Sweetheart of the Barricades.

Oakland. 412-622-3114.

HAMBONE’S. Ukulele Jam. Lawrenceville. 412-681-4318.

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PITTSBURGH WINERY. Brian Newman. Strip District.

412-566-1000.

COUNTRY

The Ann Harris Smith Foundation & Laurel Auto Group present

THU 11 CLUB CAFE. Yarn, Buffalo Rose.

South Side. 412-431-4950.

ELWOOD’S PUB. The Fiddlers.

Rural Ridge. 724-265-1181.

SAT 13 CHATHAM UNIVERSITY EDEN HALL CAMPUS. Bluegrass Festival. www.chatham.edu/ summerseries. Gibsonia.

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CLUB CAFE. Bill Deasy.

South Side. 412-431-4950.

KOLLAR CLUB. Keith Burke.

South Side. 412-431-2002.

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

Lawrenceville. 412-681-4318.

ORGANIST JUSTIN WALLACE. St. Paul Cathedral, Oakland.

412-621-4951.

VOCES SOLIS: SUMMER SINGERS. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Mt. Lebanon.

412-708-4590.

CLARK’S RESTAURANT. Rick Revetta. Coraopolis.

412-269-2400.

ELWOOD’S PUB. Martin The Troubadour. Rural Ridge.

724-265-1181.

SEA SHELL RESTAURANT. Jaime Gaglia. Moon.

412-262-1980.

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412-885-2255.

BUTLER STREET. The 4th Annual RANT Music Festival.

Over 30 venues, over 200 bands, a bevy of singer/songwriters & open busking areas. www. rantpittsburgh.com. Lawrenceville.

RIVERS CASINO. The Lava Game Stevee Wellons Band Trio.

North Side. 412-231-7777.

Doors: 5:30 PM

PALACE THEATRE. Supper Break String Band. Greensburg.

724-836-8000.

PITTSBURGH WINERY. Miles Nielsen & The Rusted Hearts.

Strip District. 412-566-1000.

RIVERS CASINO. Rick Purcell & Shari Richards. North Side.

412-231-7777.

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412-381-6811. All ages show.

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Pups-n-Pints Yappy Hour SOCIAL Bakery Square.

Over 21 event. Free event.

5p.m.

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The Mystery Lights SPIRIT Lawrenceville.

412-586-4441. Over 21 show.

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

EPMD: Multiple Choice Hip Hop Edition

TUESDAY 16

AUGUST WILSON CENTER Downtown. 412-456-6666.

Tickets: trustarts.org. 8p.m.

Ted Nugent

STAGE AE North Side.

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

Doors open at 6:30p.m.

Volbeat STAGE AE North Side.

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

Doors open at 6p.m.

TTNG SMILING MOOSE South Side.

412-431-4668. All ages show.

Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 6p.m

WQED Sessions in the Studio, Hosted by Rick Sebak WQED STUDIOS Oakland.

Tickets: weed.org/sessionsevent. 7p.m.

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County Parks Summer Concert Series: Jana Kramer with Township Road SOUTH PARK AMPHITHEATER. Free show. 7:30p.m.

Station Square Summer Jam: Mark Farner BESSEMER COURT STAGE Station Square.

Free show. 7:30p.m.

SATURDAY 13 Music for MS

HARTWOOD ACRES. All ages event.

Tickets: musicforms.org. 3p.m.

Toby Keith Interstates & Tailgates Tour FIRST NIAGARA PAVILION Burgettstown.

Tickets: livenation.com or 1-800-745-3000. 7p.m.

SUNDAY 14

County Parks Summer Concert Series: Booker T’s Stax Revue HARTWOOD ACRES. Free show. 7:30p.m.

Rich Robinson HARD ROCK CAFE Station Square. 412-481-ROCK. Over 21 show.

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

Wine-aPalooza

2016 Ethnic Heritage & Food Festival

STAGE AE North Side.

Over 21 event.

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

Doors open at 11a.m.

STEPHEN BARRY FIELD McKeesport. For more info visit mckeesportinternation alvillage.com.

Through Aug. 18.

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RIDE HARD {BY AL HOFF} “Do you even care about your future? …

What are you doing with your time?” asks a guidance counselor at the vo-tech high school in the opening scene of the indie film The Land.

The four teenage boys who sporadically attend the school shrug.

Their focus and energy isn’t on welding class, but skateboarding. The guys film themselves doing tricks, and dream of getting sponsored and ascending into the professional-athlete class. It’s one way out of the run-down neighborhoods of Cleveland.

The boys of summer

In the meantime, the boys make quick cash jacking cars, and one summer night they boost a “good” one: The trunk has a huge bag of ecstasy pills; there is also a gun. The plan is simple: Sell the drugs and use the money for skateboarding, new clothes and helping out their families. (The boys live in assorted levels of domestic unease, from one who has a dad who works non-stop to another who is close to homeless.) Naturally, the person they took the drug stash from is going to come looking for them — Cleveland isn’t that big of a town.

So yeah, it’s a familiar tale, but The Land has some things going for it.

Writer/director Steven Caple Jr. films in his native Cleveland, and there is plenty of natural grit. Though it’s not all hood-centric doom and gloom — there are also moments are joy, camaraderie and the sense that the busted-up parts of a post-industrial city can be a playground for rambunctious, unsupervised teenagers. (One of the young actors, Moises Arias, was also in 2013’s The Kings of Summer, another celebration of teenage off-the-grid fun.)

The teenage actors, who also include Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Rafi Gavron and Ezri Walker, are mostly naturalistic, their noisy braggadocio barely masking their anxieties. And Caple grabs some better-known actors for some of the adult roles: Michael K. Williams and Kim Coates play struggling parental figures, and Linda Emond has a memorable turn as an unlikely adversary. Fri., Aug. 12, through Wed., Aug. 17. Harris

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Walk this way: Boomerang (Jai Courtney), Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), Deadshot (Will Smith), Rick Flag (Joel Kinnaman) and Diablo (Jay Hernandez)

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HE NATURE of the superhero comicbook business — with new issues sold constantly — means the troubles they recount never really resolve, but just bloom and fade month after month for decades. And now that the comicsbased movies have embraced this marketing strategy, viewers get never-ending tales — sequels, spin-offs, reboots from now until Superman never dies.

In David Ayer’s big-budget superhero film Suicide Squad, adapted from the DC Comics series, Superman is dead (temporarily) and his cohort Batman is, I dunno, busy brooding somewhere. To thwart this week’s villain, a new team of crimefighters must be assembled.

The twist: They’re all criminally inclined meta-humans, locked up in the Louisiana bayou, and due to be assembled into the generically titled Task Force X. But first let’s meet them! Cue an insanely long series of contemporary and flashback intros for so many people — seriously, is one of these meta-humans called Data Dump? It’s like that first day at work when they make you meet everybody: Is

John in accounting the guy who can do rope tricks or the one who can shoot fire from his fingers?

Beyond their intro sizzle reel, most of these folks get short shrift throughout the film. The headliners are gun-slinger Deadshot (Will Smith), sexualized nutter Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), boring regular human Rick Flag (Joel Kinnaman)

SUICIDE SQUAD DIRECTED BY: David Ayer STARRING: Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Viola Davis, Joel Kinnaman In 3-D, in select theaters In English, and demon tongue, with subtitles

and government person Amanda Waller (Viola Davis). Waller is like the Hillary Clinton of the group: Her superpower is steely slicing through bureaucracy while wearing a sensible business-casual outfit.

The plot — careful, mind the holes — finds the X-Team taking on a pair of shapeshifting ancient forces of darkness, previously safely stored in ceramic bottles. There’s the Enchantress (Cara De-

levingne) and her brother, who must be from another mother because they don’t resemble each other at all: The Enchantress is tiny and looks like she fell out of a Cecil B. DeMille Biblical spectacle and into a cobweb; her brother is huge and semimechanical, plus he glows and has weird extendo-arms. With no preamble or explanation, Big Bro goes from waiting for the subway to wiping out Midway City.

These magical baddies also have the ability to convert civilians into faceless killers covered in black boils.

But truly, it’s hard to care that much about these bad people, or the lightningbelching cloud of debris swirling above Midway, or whether Jared Leto’s Joker is disturbing or distracting. This is just filler until the marquee heroes come back. It could have been a satisfying mid-summer amuse-bouche, but the film is choppy and uneven, never finding the giddy snarkiness that might have propelled it through its wholly predictable story. At the “end” of Suicide Squad, our heroes are back in the bayou hoosegow where they began, because in comics, time is a flat circle.

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NEW ANTHROPOID. Sean Ellis directs this World War II drama about Operation Anthropoid, a mission created by Czech and Slovak soldiers to assassinate German SS General Reinhard Heydrich, then third in command. Jamie Dornan and Cillian Murphy star. Starts Fri., Aug. 12

What have you always wanted to know about Pittsburgh?

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COSMOS. Polish director Andrzej Zulawski’s final film adapts Witold Gombrowicz’s novel Cosmos, about a disquieting and occasionally absurd holiday. Two young French men — both failures — take lodgings at a family guest house near the sea. The inhabitants are cheery but odd — the middle-aged mother is prone to paralytic fits, her older husband is given to lengthy reminiscences sprinkled with mangled words. The two visitors become obsessed with the maid, who has a deformed lip; the beautiful daughter of the proprietor; and a series of mysterious omens in the back garden, such as pieces of wood and dead birds hung from strings. They frequently take their musings to the beach, where it only ever seems to rain. The film is a darkly comic ramble, with a purposefully choppy structure, soliloquies and non sequiturs, and a theatrical archness — very much an example of “European art film,” if you enjoy that sort of thing. In French, with subtitles.

Fri., Aug. 12, through Mon., Aug. 15. Melwood (Al Hoff) FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS. Meryl Streep stars as the real-life New York heiress who strove to be an opera singer, despite having a dreadful singing voice. Hugh Grant co-stars and Stephen Frears directs. Starts Fri., Aug. 12 GLEASON. Clay Tweel directs this documentary about Steve Gleason, the former NFL player who, after being diagnosed with ALS, fought to maintain a productive life. Starts Fri., Aug. 12. Manor

Mike Wysocki has the answers. (well...sorta)

Indignation

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PHANTOM BOY. In this new animated adventure from French directors Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol (A Cat in Paris), Leo is an 11-yearold boy with a secret. He’s stuck in a New York City hospital being treated for a serious illness, but he’s discovered he has the capacity to disconnect from his corporeal form and fly around the city. It’s an exhilarating break from sickness.

Meanwhile, a villain, who plans to wipe out the city with a software virus, injures an investigating police detective. The cop winds up in the same hospital as Leo, where Leo, who dreams of being a cop, shares his secret and offers his help. Thus, Leo flies around the city providing intel to the cop and his journalist friend in the streets, hoping to thwart the computer attack.

It’s a film that falls firmly on the kid/adult line, and should prove entertaining for both. The animation is charming, tapping old-school and European styles, while proving quite evocative. The scenes of Leo flying around New York City are quite wonderful. (Note for sensitive kids: The film has a fair amount of violence, such as guns and explosions,

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Philip Roth’s eponymous 2008 novel. As expected, one thread is Marcus’ sexual awakening, though Olivia’s more aggressive sexuality confuses him. Gadon does her best, but the script restricts her character to a plot device for Marcus’ story. Honestly, when you get past the clichéd “troubled daddy’s girl,” Olivia, who is sharp, assertive and iconoclastic in her own quiet way, is likely as interesting as Marcus.

But, alas.

The broader story is how the relatively sheltered Marcus anticipates the freedom college life promises, and his frustration when this alien, WASPish and restrictive environment doesn’t deliver. (These were the days when colleges were very much in loco parentis, regulating social behavior as well as academic.) Marcus is a bright kid and something of a free thinker. The film’s showpiece is an extended argument he has with Dean Caudwell (Tracy Letts), in which Marcus passionately articulates his positions on collegiate life, religion (he’s an atheist) and more.

The film is not bad, but it’s awfully low-key without offering any mitigating depth. And I’d be remiss not to complain about the terrible framing device (actually, there are two!) that is both utterly unnecessary and, if you’re paying attention, serves as a spoiler of sorts. No shame in telling a story from the beginning. Starts Fri., Aug. 12 (AH) PETE’S DRAGON. An orphan boy finds a great new friend, who also happens to be a dragon. Oakes Fegley, Bryce Dallas Howard and Robert Redford star in David Lowery’s live-action family film. In 3-D, in select theaters. Starts Fri., Aug. 12

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INDIGNATION. In 1951, Marcus Messner (Logan Lerman), the only child of a kosher butcher in Newark, embarks on his college education at a small school in Ohio. Marcus doesn’t find campus life wholly satisfying: The school is conservative, he resents being lumped with the campus’ few other Jews, and he doesn’t find many friends. Still, this is preferable to where his childhood friends are ending up — on the frontlines in Korea. He does meet the beautiful and troubled Olivia (Sarah Gadon), and their off-and-on relationship keeps him perplexed.

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Cosmos and the emotional intensity of a family dealing with a child who has a potentially fatal illness.) To be screened in two versions: dubbed in English and in French with subtitles. See schedule for details at www.rowhousecinema.com. Starts Fri., Aug. 12.

Row House Cinema (AH) SAUSAGE PARTY. Greg Tiernan and Conrad Vernon direct this R-rated animated comedy about talking, walking and freaking-out food. Loads of comic actors lend their voices including Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig and Michael Cera. Starts Fri., Aug. 12

REPERTORY DOLLAR BANK CINEMA IN THE PARK. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Wed., Aug. 10 (Schenley), and Sat., Aug. 13 (Riverview). Cinderella, Thu., Aug. 11 (Brookline); Fri., Aug. 12 (Arsenal); and Sat., Aug. 13 (Grandview). Heavyweights, Sun., Aug. 14 (Schenley); Tue., Aug. 16 (West End/Elliott Overlook); and Thu., Aug. 18 (Brookline). Abduction, Wed., Aug. 17 (Schenley). Films begin at dusk. 412-2552493 or www.citiparks.net. Free FIGHT CLUB. David Fincher’s darkly comic 1999 mindbender follows a depressed young man (Edward Norton) as he finds a savior in a new buddy, Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) and a new hobby in the secretive underground world of bare-knuckles fighting.

(Remember, if anybody asks — there is no Fight Club screening.) 7:30 p.m. Wed., Aug. 10. AMC Loews Waterfront. $5 THE LAST UNICORN. In this 1982 animated family film from Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin Jr., a unicorn and a magician pair up to save other unicorns from an evil king. Alan Arkin, Jeff Bridges and Mia Farrow supply voices. Fri., Aug. 12-Thu., Aug. 18.

Row House Cinema SHAUN THE SHEEP. Once a supporting character on Wallace & Gromit, Shaun the Sheep is the latest Aardman Studios stop-motion creation to get the feature-length treatment in this 2015 comedy from Mark Burton and Richard Starzak. Fri., Aug. 12Thu., Aug. 18. Row House Cinema NYCIFF BEST OF THE FEST: KIDS FLIX PROGRAM 1. This program of award-winning and popular short films from the 2016 New York International Children’s Film Festival is recommended for ages 3 to 7. Sat., Aug. 13, through Thu., Aug. 18. Row House Cinema NYCIFF BEST OF THE FEST: KIDS FLIX PROGRAM 2. This program of award-winning and popular short films from the 2016 New York International Children’s Film Festival is recommended for ages 8 and up. Sat., Aug. 13, through Thu., Aug. 18. Row House Cinema

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INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS. Seedpods from outer space reproduce humans while they sleep in Don Seigel’s 1956 sci-fi thriller.

Then these emotionless new pod-people set about “converting” others. This paranoiac classic about an unseen enemy, indistinguishable from us, remains smart and chilling. Forced conformity still feels threatening; threats are still lurking among us. Disregard the help-is-coming coda that the studio added.

Can’t you see? You’re next! Continues a month-long, Sunday-night series of Cold War movies. 8 p.m. Sun., Aug. 14. Regent Square (AH)

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WE SEEM TO HAVE LOST SIGHT OF WHAT RECONNECTING REALLY MEANS

FED UP Like writers, choreographers are often advised to create work about what they know. Sometimes that can lead to revisiting painful chapters in their lives. Such was the case for choreographer Alexandra Bodnarchuk with Something Pretty, about her and others’ struggle with eating disorders. The work premieres Aug. 18 and 19 at the Kelly-Strayhorn Theater.

Meeting the attractive and confident Bodnarchuk, one would never guess that the 26-year-old Pittsburgh native and Ohio University graduate had ever suffered from an eating disorder. Bodnarchuk says her problem began at the age of 15, after she tore her ACL running high school track. The depression that followed from not being able to dance or be active, she says, “led to me not eating, and getting lectures every day from my dad, who was a health teacher at my school.”

The lectures, and ultimately her own will, allowed her to eventually break the cycle of depression and self-starvation, says Bodnarchuk. “It’s not something you put a Band-Aid on and is better in a few weeks.

It sticks with you for a long time,” she says.

Eleven years later, that experience has stuck with Bodnarchuk. After meeting others who have struggled with eating disorders and doing research on the subject, she is doing something about it.

She hopes that her 50-minute multimedia work will bring awareness to and create a dialogue about these disorders.

The work is set to a soundscape by Brandon “ba” Musser, with additional music ranging from classical to alternative rock. The piece physicalizes the emotional and mental turmoil that Bodnarchuk says is experienced each year by some 20 million women and 10 million men with body-image dysmorphia, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and other eating disorders.

A cast of eight including Bodnarchuk will examine the many facets of an individual’s relationship to an eating disorder, from societal pressure to look a certain way and a constant lack of self-worth to hitting rock-bottom and choosing to end the abuse.

“There is a happy stigma around eating disorders that you don’t talk about these things,” says Bodnarchuk. “I don’t think that’s right, and it’s time we do something about it.”

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ALEXANDRA BODNARCHUK AND COMPANY perform SOMETHING PRETTY 8 p.m. Thu., Aug. 18, and 8 p.m. Fri., Aug. 19. Kelly-Strayhorn Theater, 5941 Penn Ave., East Liberty. $15 in advance at alexandrabodnarchuk.org or “Pay What Makes You Happy” at the door. www.kelly-strayhorn.org

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Bad idea: LaQuatra Bonci Associates’ work-in-progress sketch of an aerial view of the proposed park to “cap” I-579 in the Lower Hill District

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THIS CAP WON’T FIT {BY CHARLES ROSENBLUM}

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HERE ARE CERTAIN things we say so frequently about the destruction of the Lower Hill that they become almost ritual, and for many statements, the repetition is justified. Misguided development displaced 8,000 people and destroyed 1,300 buildings on 28 acres.

With a few wide but ghostly streets and no actual buildings currently going in, those facts are continually instructive about why we’ve had a mess for 60 years and why it’s taking so long to rebuild.

Arguably, you can’t say them often enough.

But then there is the statement, “We need to reconnect the Lower Hill with Downtown.” In discussions about improving the fate of the Hill, and how

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to repair and rebuild, that assertion has emerged frequently. Specifically, it’s featured in the Lower Hill Land Development Plan of September 2014. The plan, produced with Urban Design Associates, LaQuatra Bonci Landscape Architects and Trans Associates Engineers for the city’s Sports & Exhibition Authority and Urban Redevelopment Authority, is essentially the guide to rebuilding the Lower Hill.

Unfortunately, we seem to have lost sight of what reconnecting really means.

The timing is particularly unfortunate, because the SEA just received $19 million in federal funds to construct a concrete cap over the portion of I-579 between Centre Avenue and Bigelow Boulevard

under precisely the premise of reconnecting the Hill with Downtown. Weeks earlier, LaQuatra Bonci had released a proposed design scheme for the park to be situated on that cap.

LaQuatra Bonci has led a multi-phase, open and responsive community process to develop its design, and the initial proposals present aesthetically pleasing and urbanistically useful elements. And prominent Hill figures including Pittsburgh City Councilor Daniel Lavelle and Hill CDC President Marimba Milliones have spoken in favor of the highway cap.

Unfortunately, the very premise of the highway cap does not hold up under scrutiny.

On one hand, the connection that’s sought already exists. You can already walk down either Centre or Bedford from the Hill into Downtown.

Covering a space between the two bridges with a big plane of landscape will be a slight improvement, but let’s be real.

The great tangle of highways, compounded by the fortress-like remove of the USX Tower and Marriott City Center, mean that though it will always be possible to get there, it will always be dehumanizing, too.

The proposed park would look over the highway on two sides. On a third, it will face the unremitting Chatham Street wall of the Doubletree Hilton (with its own forlorn strip of greenspace).

On the fourth, it will face a still-undeveloped parcel of the Lower Hill for which, someday, maybe, there will be a building, across the daunting intersection of Washington Place.

If you were teaching urban design to fourth-graders, you would tell them that the more long blank walls, fast roads and inaccessible garages you have surrounding your public space, the less successful it will be. Somehow, Pittsburgh’s great minds of urban design have lost sight of this handy rule and insisted on a new park in a place with astonishingly bad connectivity.

Also, it looks really bad to secure $19 million to build open concrete space next to your already vast open concrete space when your affordable-housing component in the nearby Lower Hill is stalled because of insufficient funds. Granted, one is a federally funded highway project, and the adjacent property is being developed separately by the Penguins. But the appearance is shameful.

Meanwhile, two instructive developments are progressing in the Hill, east of Crawford Street, away from the Penguins development site. The August Wilson House is undergoing a substantial renovation as a small arts center. Already, a production of the famed playwright’s Seven Guitars is being staged in the backyard of the house, where it is actually set.

Around the corner, the August Wilson Park reopened on Saturday. Formerly Cliffside Park, the small neighborhood

greenspace with playground equipment and a majestic view over the Allegheny is already in use.

Both of these projects are notably smaller and less costly than the highway cap. Both are demonstrably effective now, with an emphasis on people already in place. Both derive from understanding what communities and resources in the Hill really are.

The real reconnection that needs to take place is of the Hill with itself. This is the gist of the 2009 Hill Greenprint, sponsored by groups including the Hill House Association and the Hill District Consensus Group. It’s also the implicit goal of a variety of groups and organizations at work on projects east of Crawford Avenue every day.

The biggest tragedy of the highway cap is not simply that it will be hugely ineffective, though that will be true. The problem is that in the name of reconnection, it actually directs resources away from the Hill, not toward it, where much smaller sums seem to produce compelling results much more efficiently.

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’PUNC-TUATION {BY NADINE WASSERMAN} DARK SKIES NEED to be preserved so that we can appreciate our awesome universe, but there is also something magical about the sparkling lights of a cityscape at night. Due to its geography, Pittsburgh offers many vistas in which to enjoy its beauty. And now there is a new addition to our nightscape. Hans Peter Kuhn’s Acupuncture sits atop the roof of the Mattress Factory. Looking somewhat like a jumble of lighted Pik-Up Stiks, some of which actually appear to pierce the building, this permanent installation can be seen best beginning at dusk.

proposed to have white “light sticks” placed on the roof.

The technology has changed since his first proposal back in 2001. That is fortuitous, because the installation has been made with LED lights and acrylic tubes instead of neon and glass, a far more expensive and complex medium to execute in this size.

O r i g i na l ly a s o u nd artist, Kuhn began experimenting and found that light and sound have a lot in common and can evoke memories and associations. He collaborated for many years with famed theater director Robert Wilson (who incidentally also has an LED installation atop a building in Pittsburgh that is best viewed at night). Kuhn’s large light installations have been shown all over the world. They are generally minimal and based on his aesthetic and intuitive response to a structure. While they are not subtle, Kuhn is uninterested in provocation or destruction. His installations enhance, influence and transfigure a building, bridge or pier, changing the look and providing a new perspective.

While he prefers to leave the narrative open to interpretation, all of his works add drama.

So take advantage of one of these perfect summer nights and view it from Mount Washington, where it holds its own amidst the more prominent light features of our city — the casino, Heinz Field, PNC Park, the bridges, the fountain and the tall buildings beyond.

ALL OF HIS WORKS ADD DRAMA.

ACUPUNCTURE Mattress Factory, 500 Sampsonia Way, North Side. 412-231-3169 or www.mattress.org

Kuhn is no stranger to the Mattress Factory, having executed several works there, the first in 1986. Intrigued by this factory building and its plain, shoeboxsquare shape amidst a neighborhood of small houses and tight streets with the hills behind, he sought a way to “disturb the disturber” — to take this nondescript block of a building and disrupt it. And because he is a minimalist and likes linearity, the German artist

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most enjoyable production of South Pacific. The 1949 Rodgers-Hammerstein multi-award-winner lives up to the definition of “classic,” with most of its songs now popular standards. And the CLO lives up to its reputation for great voices, lovely sets and enthusiastic dancers.

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RELATIONS {BY MICHELLE PILECKI} HATS. THEY’RE what strike the eye immediately upon entering Off the Wall Theater’s curtainless production of Mother Lode. Artistic director Virginia Wall Gruenert’s latest world premiere packs a lot into a one-woman one-act with a multi-layered title that suggests a rich vein of material, various loads (of guilt, grief, gumption, etc.) and so much more.

The biographical play stars Linda Haston as herself and as her mother, Ruth, at various times in their lives both together and separately, from the latter’s childhood in the Jim Crow South to the former’s post-funeral ruminations.

Yes, their lives and their outlooks are radically different. They clash. But the bond persists long after death.

Haston smoothly morphs into the many ladies of Lode: the spirited newcomer to the Hill District, the willful girl who wants to follow her own ambitions, the hard-working landlady, the daughter passed over for her brother, the patient and the caregiver struggling with dementia — strong, independent and devoted women. While I might not necessarily share many details of the Hastons’ lives, I can certainly recognize and empathize with so many aspects of their relationship. Most mothers and daughters probably will.

SOUTH PACIFIC continues through Aug. 14. Pittsburgh CLO at the Benedum Center, 237 Seventh St., Downtown. $25.75-85.75. 412-456-6666 or www.pittsburghclo.org

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Linda Haston in Mother Lode at Off the Wall

BEAK HOUSE {BY TED HOOVER}

EVEN ACKNOWLEDGING the fame of Daphne du Maurier, it’s safe to say that her 1952 short story “The Birds” probably wouldn’t be remembered if not for the 1963 Alfred Hitchcock film version.

So there’s something almost perverse in playwright Conor McPherson’s adaptation — now receiving its local premiere with 12 Peers Theater — which references the story, but becomes something neither du Maurier or Hitchcock would recognize.

In case you don’t know, The Birds is about, well, birds joining together and MOTHER LODE continues through Sun., Aug. 15. attacking humans. (McNugget revenge?)

Off the Wall Productions at The du Maurier original is set on a farm Carnegie Stage, 25 W. Main St., in Cornwall, England, and it is about Carnegie. $25-35. 724-873-3576 or www.insideoffthewall.com a man protecting his family from the gathering menace. In the Hitchcock Assisting the generational transfor- version, it’s Bodega Bay, Calif., that’s bemations, both literally and spiritually, sieged when a socialite — poor Tippi Heare those hats. Effective enough as props dren — starts romancing the local Most and costumes, these “crowns” really Eligible Bachelor.

In McPherson’s 2009 adaptation, the adorned the head of the late Ruth Haston in life, giving Mother Lode a special attacks have been going on for some provenance. Linda Haston also provided time and humanity is on its last legs. The the costumes. The single well-appoint- play is set in a country house where two ed set, designed by Adrienne Fischer, strangers, Nat and Diane, take refuge. He’s evokes the many places in the Hastons’ got a dark past, she does too, and, in an lives over the years. Subtle sound de- odd way, this coda of existence suits each sign by Ryan McMasters complements for various reasons.

Before you can say “Hell is other the scene.

Directed by Gruenert and Spencer people,” however, in flits Julia with “here Whale, Mother Lode mines the complexi- comes trouble” practically wreathing her ties and joys of the mother-daughter rela- head in neon. McPherson’s Birds isn’t about tionship, with many a laugh, a few tears, the avian attacks; rather, it’s a “last three people on the planet” story about love and and certainly a sigh of remembrance.

jealousy. It’s his choice, certainly, but since the birds are completely unnecessary, and he could have used any cataclysm to set things off, it’s curious he’d needlessly invite unflattering comparisons.

THE BIRDS continues through Aug. 21. 12 Peers Theater at Studio Theater (Cathedral of Learning), 4200 Fifth Ave., Oakland.

Admission is pay what you wish. www.12peerstheater.org

The 12 Peers production features a very handsome set by Hank Bullington, moodily lit by Andrew David Ostrowski and featuring Angela Baughman’s expressive sound design. Vince Ventura directs a strong three-person cast; Nick Mitchell is all damage and need as the apex of the love triangle; Sara Ashley Fisher’s Julia is wonderfully self-absorbed and self-absolving; and Gayle Pazerski keeps the character Diane hidden from us (and from the character herself) through most of this intermissionless work. Her performance is beguiling and her ability to hold us in the story gives this somewhat clichéd script much-needed depth.

Who can possibly resist the wooing of leading man Ben Davis in “Some Enchanted Evening”? Or be unmoved by leading lady Erika Henningsen’s joy in “I’m in Love With a Wonderful Guy”?

And the hits just keep on happening: “There Is Nothing Like a Dame,” “I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair,” “Younger Than Springtime” and many others, notably the evocative “Bali Ha’i.” Director Linda Goodrich harnesses a wealth of performing and design talent and energy to keep the dust off what could too easily be a period piece.

Background credits time: The World War II musical is based on James A. Michener’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1947 collection of short stories, Tales of the South Pacific; music is by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and book by Hammerstein and Joshua Logan, the show’s original director and (most usefully) a war vet.

In the post-Hamilton world of musical theater, South Pacific seems quaint, though it was quite a trailblazer in its day — even controversial, given its much-vaunted anti-racist theme. “You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught” still carries some sting. That message is muted with CLO’s Navy decidedly (and admirably) less segregated than the U.S. Navy at the time. Here, that cock-eyed bigot Nellie Forbush evinces no problems interacting with most non-whites.

And “Honey Bun,” a drag duet with Henningsen and the affable Genson Blimline, as chief petty comedy officer, is still hilarious if you don’t mind the cringeworthy caricaturization of indigenous peoples.

Alas, we too readily judge performance arts by modern standards, but accept the studio arts for what they are, e.g., “The Winged Victory of Samothrace” (c. 200–190 BCE). Forget the baggage of history. Take South Pacific for what it is: a valuable antique artfully preserved and presented with panache.

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Lots of comedians turn to acting; Lovitz was two decades into a career as an actor when he gave standup a try. That was more than a decade ago. The funnyman’s latest road trip takes him to the Pittsburgh Improv, where he has five shows starting tonight.

Bill O’Driscoll 8 p.m. Continues through Sat., Aug. 13. s Photo by Charles 166 E. Bridge St., “Teenie” Harri The Waterfront, West Homestead. $30.

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Sewickley is home base for internationally distributed Café Racer magazine and also for its annual Café Racer Readers’ Ride-In Bike Show. Last year’s show specializing in custom, barebones, built-for-speed bikes drew 1,100 fans and 75 show entries from around the country. The ninth annual incarnation promises to be bigger still, with cash prizes for Best in Show and People’s Choice, and trophies in several other categories. Guest judges in Sewickley War Memorial Park are custom builder Dustin Kott and comedian Alonzo Bodden. BO 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Blackburn Road, Sewickley. Free. www.cafe racermag.com

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public hanging and breaking out of Harry Houdini’s original underwater box. For an extra challenge, if this show sells 200 tickets by Aug. 10, Griffin will be handcuffed and chained to a cement block and dropped into the Allegheny River. Tyler Dague 7:30 p.m. 310 Allegheny River Blvd., Oakmont. $17-25.

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sp otlight In 2013, fledgling theater troupe Hatch Arts Collective began exploring fracking; a short outdoor production led to a longer indoor work. Now comes Driftless, the final installment. In this evening-length play, a Washington County family and a Catholic priest confront the human and environmental impacts of deep-drilling for oil and natural gas. Hatch’s biggest solo production yet (following Chickens in the Yard, 2015’s collaboration with Quantum Theatre) gets four performances at the New Hazlett Theater; Adil Mansoor directs an ensemble including Ken Bolden, Trevor Butler, Siovhan Christensen, Alec Silberblatt and Tammy Tsai. While playwright Paul Kruse — who co-founded Hatch with Mansoor and producer Nicole Shero — based his script on interviews with people affected by fracking, the characters are fictional. Hatch approaches fracking from an environmental-justice angle, the idea that we shouldn’t have to choose between economic security and a healthy environment. “We’re only just beginning to understand what the effects of this practice are,” says Kruse. While Driftless admits pro-fracking perspectives, the organizations tabling in the lobby are advocacy groups like the Center for Coalfield Justice and Friends of the Harmed. Yet the show’s tone is often ruminative, even mythic, as it attempts to humanize not only the politics but the science of fracking. “What happens if we imagine,” asks Mansoor, “that heaven is at the core of the earth?” Bill O’Driscoll Thu., Aug. 11-Sun., Aug. 14. 6 Allegheny Square East, North Side. $15-20. www.hatcharts.org

Photographs: Elections focuses on his many pictures depicting campaign rallies, polling places and voting rights. (Pictured is a 1960 image of Richard Nixon in the Hill.) The exhibit, which opens today, was guest-curated by actor and area native Michael Keaton; former KDKA-TV reporter Harold Hayes; and Pittsburgh City Councilor R. Daniel Lavelle. TD 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Exhibit continues through Dec. 5. 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland. $11.95-19.95. 412622-3131 or www.cmoa.org

{SPORT} The pitches es were underhanded, the fielders ers went gloveless, and balls caught ght on one bounce made an out. In the 1860s, “base ball” ll” was still in its infancy. But the Civil War-era game lives es on in teams like the Somerset erset Frosty Sons of Thunder and the Addison Mountain n Stars — the regional squads of re-enactors who’ll face ce off during Vintage Base Ball Day, y at Meadowcroft croft Rockshelter and Historic oric Village. Also enjoy live e 1800s music

by Home Front; hot dogs and peanuts; kids’ activities; vities; and a talk k by Heinz History story Center baseball aseball curator Craig raig Britcher.

BO Noonn5 p.m. 401 01 Meadowcroft wcroft Road, Avella, ella, Pa. Free with admission: n: $6-14 (free ee for children under 6). 724-587-3412 87-3412 or www.heinz heinz historycenter.org nter.org

“wire scribbles”: He started the first one to see whether he could sculpt a freestanding horse from a single uncut roll of wire. That horse — begun at the nose, finished at the tail — has led to plenty more works, and they do indeed suggest whorly graphite doodles, scaled up to 3-D. LIVE WIRE, an exhibit of this Pittsburghbased freelance artist and illustrator’s new sculptures in welded steel and twisted steel wire, opens with a reception today at The Gallery 4. BO 7-11 p.m. (free).

Exhibit continues through Sept. 24. 206 S. Highland Ave., Shadyside. 412-363-5050 or www.thegallery4.us

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{OUTDOORS} {OUTDOOR Maybe “the P Perseids” don’t mean much to you. But “hundreds of what about “ hurtling toward meteors hurtl atmosphere”? To see Earth’s atmosp Perseids meteor the annual Pe get some exercise shower and g way, follow Venture along the way Outdoorss on a three- to four-mile hike tonight at Deer Spots are limited.

Lakes Park. Sp Shower Hike will The Meteor Sh peak time to catch occur at the p a glimpse of the “shooting stars” in the t night sky.

Make a wish! TD 7:30-10 7:30-1 p.m. 1090 Baileys Bailey Run Road, Tarentum. $12.

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BO 8 p.m.-midnight. 214 N. Lexington St., Point Breeze.

Suggested donation: $10. www.facebook.com (“Second Saturdays at the Space Upstairs”)

{MUSIC} Imagine perusing the collection at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh when all of a sudden you hear the

With true-crime shows sweeping the airwaves, it seems a whole new audience is primed for legal thrillers. What good AUG. 17 timing for Lisa Scottoline, Lisa Li sa the best-selling author of Scottoline the Rosato & DiNunzio novels, as she celebrates the latest installment, Damaged (St. Martin’s Press). The novel focuses on Mary DiNunzio’s new case, defending a young bullying victim accused of attacking a school aide. This evening, sound of singers and a guitar from the Quiet Reading Room. Scottoline discusses Damaged and the series at the Carnegie Far from piped-in Muzak, Library of Oakmont, courtesy the library continues its live of Mystery Lovers Bookshop.

Sunday afternoon music series TD 7 p.m., 700 Allegheny River today with Sweetheart of Blvd., Oakmont. $30 (tickets the Barricades. A folk duo admit two and include a copy featuring Neil Gerjuoy and of book). 412-828-4877 or Vanessa Vesch, Sweetheart www.mysterylovers.com is known for masterful

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{CRAFTS} Little kids always have that one stuffed animal they drag everywhere, innards coming loose or a button eye missing. The Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh would like that teddy bear or plush bunny to get a little TLC. Today through August, the museum’s hands-on MAKESHOP features a Stuffed Animal Care and Repair center to “operate” on beloved toys and teach children sewing techniques. TD 10 a.m.4:30 p.m. Continues through Aug. 31. 10 Children’s Way,

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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. Wed-Fri, 7:30 p.m., Sat, 2 & 7:30 p.m. and Sun, 2 p.m.

Thru Aug. 14. Cabaret at Theater Square, Downtown. 412-325-6769.

ALICE IN WONDERLAND. A musical based on the book by Lewis Carroll presented by The Heritage Players. www.bphp.org.

Sun, 2 p.m. and Fri, Sat, 7 p.m.

Thru Aug. 14. Seton Center, Brookline. 412-561-5511.

THE BIRDS. In an isolated house, strangers take shelter from relentless masses of attacking birds. Thu-Sat, 8 p.m. and Sun, 2 p.m. Thru Aug. 21. Studio Theatre, Cathedral of Learning, Oakland. www.play.pitt.edu.

CHICAGO. Presented by the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera.

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

THE DINNER DETECTIVE INTERACTIVE MURDER MYSTERY DINNER SHOW. Sat, 6 p.m. Pittsburgh Marriot City Center, Downtown. 866-496-0535.

DRIFTLESS. A new play about fracking. Aug. 11-13, 8 p.m. and Sun., Aug. 14, 2 p.m. New Hazlett Theater, North Side. www.newhazletttheater.org.

MOTHER LODE. A play about the

& beauty. Thu-Sat, 8 p.m. Thru end-of-life decisions that must Aug. 14. Little Lake Theatre, be made by dutiful daughters, as Canonsburg. 724-745-6300. well as the discord, conciliation, SEVEN GUITARS. A tragicomedy warfare & ultimate acceptance

by August Wilson about between strong, independent aspiring blues musician Floyd women bound by love & family.

Presented by Off the Wall Theater. “Schoolboy” Barton. Fri-Sun, 8 p.m. Thru Aug. 28. 1727 Thru Aug. 13, 8 p.m. and Sun., Bedford Ave., Hill District.

Aug. 14, 3 p.m. Carnegie www.pghplaywrights.com.

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A SURPRISE FOR LYDIA. www.carnegiestage.com.

PERIBAÑEZ. The story Written by Sunny Disney of a newly married Fitchett. When Lydia couple, Peribañez & receives a huge mystery Casilda - young farmers box that reads, “Do www. per pa in a strongly connected not open until the pghcitym .co rural community where cows come home,” her they are embraced & imagination runs away on respected by their people an amazing journey. Wed, presented by Quantum Theatre.

11 a.m. & 1:30 p.m., Fri, 1:30 p.m.

Jennie King Rose Garden. and Sat, 1:30 p.m. Thru Aug. 27.

Wed-Sun, 8 p.m. Thru Aug. 28.

Little Lake Theatre, Canonsburg.

Mellon Park, Shadyside.

724-745-6300. www.quantumtheater.com.

PINKALICIOUS. A musical about a girl who turns pink after eating too many pink cupcakes. Sat, Sun, COMEDY OPEN MIC. Hosted 2 p.m. and Fri., Aug. 19, 7:30 p.m.

Thru Aug. 21. The Theatre Factory, by Derick Minto. Thu, 9 p.m.

Hambone’s, Lawrenceville.

Trafford. 412-374-9200.

412-681-4318.

THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN PITTSBURGH COMEDY BRODIE. Miss Brodie, an FESTIVAL. 3 rounds of improv. unorthodox teacher at the Thu, 8 p.m. Thru Aug. 11. traditional Marcia Blaine School for Girls in Edinburgh, Scotland, Arcade Comedy Theater, is determined to instill in Downtown. 412-339-0608. her students a passion for PITTSBURGH IMPROV independence, ambition, truth JAM. Thu, 10 p.m. Cabaret

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FRI 12 THE DRAFT IMPROV SHOW. 8 p.m. Steel City Improv Theater, Shadyside. 412-404-2695.

LEVEL FOUR IMPROV CLASS SHOW. 10 p.m. Steel City Improv Theater, Shadyside.

412-404-2695.

LEVEL ONE IMPROV CLASS SHOW. 8 p.m. Steel City Improv Theater, Shadyside.

412-404-2695.

SAT 13 THE AMISH MONKEYS’ BRING-A-PROP NIGHT. Audience should bring props; PG-13 content.

Sat., Aug. 13, 8 p.m. Father Ryan Arts Center, McKees Rocks.

412-243-6464.

BRILLOBOX IMPROV COMEDY & DANCE PARTY. 8 p.m. Brillobox, Bloomfield.

412-621-4900.

MON 15 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.

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Summertime and the drinkin’ is easy at “Wine”aPalooza at Stage AE. Spend a lazy Sunday sipping wine, cider and mead from 18 Pennsylvania wineries.

Craft vendors and live music will help you pass the time while you put your palate to the test. There are four scheduled sessions. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sun., Aug. 14.

Stage AE, 400 North Shore Drive, North Side. $35-50. www.winefestpa.com

GALLERY. Historical images & items forcusing on the North Side of Pittsburgh. North Side.

412-321-3940.

ALLEGHENY-KISKI VALLEY HERITAGE MUSEUM. Military artifacts & exhibits on the Allegheny Valley’s industrial heritage. Tarentum.

724-224-7666.

ANDREW CARNEGIE FREE LIBRARY MUSIC HALL. Capt.

Thomas Espy Room Tour. The Capt. Thomas Espy Post 153 of the Grand Army of the Republic served local Civil War veterans for over 54 years & is the best preserved & most intact GAR post in the United States. Carnegie.

412-276-3456.

BAYERNHOF MUSEUM. Large collection of automatic rollplayed musical instruments & music boxes in a mansion setting.

Call for appointment. O’Hara.

412-782-4231.

BOST BUILDING. Collectors.

Preserved materials reflecting the industrial heritage of Southwestern PA. Homestead.

412-464-4020.

BRADDOCK’S BATTLEFIELD HISTORY CENTER. French & Indian War. The history of the French & Indian War w/ over CONTINUES ON PG. 38

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VISUALART “Willy Wonka Mountains I” (acrylic and ink, 2016), by Ashley “Acorn” Cornwall.

From the exhibition Stream of Consciousness, at Bantha Tea Bar, Garfield.

NEW THIS WEEK CHROMOS EYEWEAR. TOUCH. Casey Sommers & Angela Briggs (Desaturated Worlds) invite you to look – & touch – their work. Opening reception Aug. 12, 6 p.m.

Lawrenceville. 412-477-4540.

FRAMEHOUSE. Reimagining Magical Realism- A Look Beyond the Fantastic. Feat. the works of Jacqueline Barnes, Katie Kaplan, Celeste Neuhaus, Jennifer Nagle Myers, Liz Maugans & Jairan Sadeghi.

Lawrenceville. 412-586-4559.

THE GALLERY 4. Live Wires.

New Metal Sculptures by Dino Deluliis. Opening reception August 13, 7 p.m. Shadyside.

412-363-5050.

ONGOING 707 PENN GALLERY. Caroline Record: Forever Overhead. Downtown.

412-325-7017.

824 CHESTNUT STREET. Roadside Attraction. Sculpture

by Amy Masters. Outwardly nondescript, the sculpture’s interior landscape can be experienced through a series of portholes. North Side.

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

The New American Garden: The Landscape Architecture of Oehme, van Sweden.

This exhibit chronicles the careers & influence of Wolfgang Oehme & James van Sweden & feat.

52 contemporary & newly commissioned photographs of important residential, civic & commercial landscape architecture projects.

Downtown.

ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM. Exposures: Hanging Fruit. An original installation by Zhiwan Cheung. 412-237-8300. Andy Warhol | Ai Weiwei. A major international exhibition feat. two significant artists of the 20th & 21st centuries — Andy Warhol & Ai Weiwei.

Permanent collection. Artwork & artifacts by the famed Pop Artist. What They Say, What They Said. A collaboration between The Andy Warhol Museum, BOOM Concepts & Artists Image Resource (AIR). D.S. Kinsel’s mural is the project’s introductory iteration of prints installed on the Rosa Villa, a shuttered building across the street from The Warhol.

North Side. 412-237-8300.

ARTDFACT. Artdfact Gallery.

The works of Timothy Kelley & other regional & US artists on display. Sculpture, oil & acrylic paintings, mixed media, found objects, more.

North Side. 724-797-3302.

BACKSTAGE BAR AT THEATRE SQUARE. Colors of Summer. Work by Zivi Aviraz.

Downtown. 412-456-6666.

BANTHA TEA BAR. Stream of Consciousness. Original ink illustrations & abstract paintings

by Ashley Cornwall. Garfield.

412-404-8359.

BOXHEART GALLERY. Childhood Feedback: Mixed Media Collage. Work by Shawn Watrous. Long Songs: Symphonic Paintings. Work by Susan Constanse. 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.

Strength in Numbers: Photography in Groups.

This exhibition explores how photographers throughout history have used multiple images to create narratives or explore subjects more deeply than is possible w/ a single picture. Oakland. 412-622-3131.

CHRISTINE FRECHARD GALLERY. Ethno Mythologies.

New works on slate by Jennifer Nagle Myers & selected pieces from an African art collection. Squirrel Hill.

412-421-8888.

CREATIVE REUSE GALLERY. Altered Art. Work by Cynthia Andujar, Darnell Chambers, Naomi Chambers, Akia Cyrus, Joy KMT, Katie Rearick, Rachel Saul Rearick & Sam Thorpe.

Point Breeze. 412-473-0100.

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.

FILMMAKERS GALLERIES. Recent Works. Photographs by Ruthanne Bauerle. Oakland.

412-681-5449.

FRICK ART & HISTORICAL CENTER. 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. Permanent collection CONTINUES ON PG. 39

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250 artifacts & more. Braddock.

412-271-0800.

CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. 50 Greatest Photos of National Geographic Dinosaurs in Their Time. Displaying immersive environments spanning the Mesozoic Era & original fossil specimens. Permanent. Hall of Minerals & Gems. Crystal, gems & precious stones from all over the world. Population Impact. How humans are affecting the environment. Oakland.

412-622-3131.

CARNEGIE SCIENCE CENTER. Ongoing: Buhl Digital Dome (planetarium), Miniature Railroad & Village, USS Requin submarine & more. H2Oh! Experience kinetic water-driven motion & discover the relations between water, land & habitat. How do everyday decisions impact water supply & the environment? North Side.

412-237-3400.

CENTER FOR POSTNATURAL HISTORY. Explore the complex interplay between culture, nature & biotechnology. Sundays 12-4.

Garfield. 412-223-7698.

CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH. Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood: A Grr-ific Exhibit.

Step into Daniel Tiger’s world & join him to explore some favorite places. Work together to solve problems, engage the imagination to transform surroundings & play along w/ Daniel’s sing-able strategies to better understand & navigate everyday emotions. North Side.

412-322-5058.

COMPASS INN. Demos & tours w/ costumed guides feat. this restored stagecoach stop.

North Versailles. 724-238-4983.

DEPRECIATION LANDS MUSEUM. Small living history museum celebrating the settlement & history of the Depreciation Lands. Allison Park.

412-486-0563.

FALLINGWATER. Tour the famed Frank Lloyd Wright house. Mill Run. 724-329-8501.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Tours of 13 Tiffany stained-glass windows.

Downtown. 412-471-3436.

FORT PITT MUSEUM. Captured by Indians: Warfare & Assimilation on the 18th Century Frontier. During the mid-18th century, thousands of settlers of European & African descent were captured by Native Americans.

Using documentary evidence from 18th & early 19th century sources, period imagery, & artifacts from public & private collections in the U.S. and Canada, the exhibit examines the practice of captivity from its prehistoric roots to its reverberations in modern Native-, African- & Euro-American communities. Reconstructed fort houses museum of Pittsburgh history circa French & Indian War & American Revolution.

Downtown. 412-281-9285.

FRICK ART & HISTORICAL CENTER. Ongoing: tours of

EVERYONE IS A CRITIC EVENT: Phipps Farmers Market, at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, Oakland CRITIC: Rebecca Farabaugh, 37, a communications manager from Morningside WHEN: Wed.,

Aug. 03 I think it’s great. This is the first time I’ve been to the Phipps Farmers Market. We often go to the Bloomfield one on Saturday mornings because it’s closer to where we live. We’re farmers-market connoisseurs, apparently. We have three kids, so we go through a lot of fruit. I work at Pitt, so [the Phipps market is] convenient for me. The mushroom guy is here. I’ve never seen him anywhere else.

There’s a lot of variety. [One booth] had rabbit and goat.

A lot of what we buy is produce — half of our groceries a week. In the summer, it’s just nice to do it here and support local farmers. We can get everything we need.

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Clayton, the Frick estate, w/ NATIONALITY ROOMS. 29 classes & programs for all ages. rooms helping to tell the story Point Breeze. 412-371-0600. of Pittsburgh’s immigrant past.

HARTWOOD ACRES. Tour this University of Pittsburgh. Oakland.

Tudor mansion & stable complex.

412-624-6000.

Enjoy hikes & outdoor activities OLD ST. LUKE’S. Pioneer church in the surrounding park. features 1823 pipe organ, Allison Park. 412-767-9200.

Revolutionary War graves. Scott.

KENTUCK KNOB. Tour the 412-851-9212. other Frank Lloyd Wright house.

OLIVER MILLER HOMESTEAD. Mill Run. 724-329-8501.

This pioneer/Whiskey Rebellion KERR MEMORIAL MUSEUM. site features log house, blacksmith Tours of a restored 19th-century, shop & gardens. South Park. middle-class home. Oakmont.

412-835-1554.

412-826-9295.

PENNSYLVANIA TROLLEY MARIDON MUSEUM. MUSEUM. Trolley rides & exhibits.

Collection includes jade & ivory Includes displays, walking tours, statues from China & Japan, as gift shop, picnic area & Trolley well as Meissen porcelain.

Theatre. Washington.

Butler. 724-282-0123.

724-228-9256.

MCGINLEY HOUSE PHIPPS & MCCULLY LOG CONSERVATORY & HOUSE. Historic BOTANICAL GARDEN. www. per homes open for The Butterfly Forest. a p pghcitym tours, lectures & An interactive exhibit .co more. Monroeville. w/ 21 species of butterfly 412-373-7794. & the elusive Luna moth.

NATIONAL AVIARY. Summer Flower Show. From Butterfly Gardens. Mingle w/ whirligigs & water fountains butterfly species native to the to rotundas & Rube Goldberg region, including Painted Ladies, machines, Playgardens for guests Monarchs, Black Swallowtails, of all ages w/ interactive elements.

Red Spotted Purples, Viceroys 14 indoor rooms & 3 outdoor & Giant Swallowtails. Species gardens feature exotic plants & in the exhibit will vary over the floral displays from around the summer months. Soar! Masters world. Tropical Forest Congo. of the Sky. Explore the power & An exhibit highlighting some grace of the birds who rule the of Africa’s lushest landscapes. sky. Majestic eagles, impressive Oakland. 412-622-6914. condors, stealthy falcons and PHOTO ANTIQUITIES MUSEUM their friends take center stage!

OF PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY. Home to more than 600 birds Displaying 660 different movie from over 200 species. W/ cameras, showing pictures on classes, lectures, demos & more. glass, many hand-painted. The North Side. 412-323-7235. largest display of 19th Century

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PINBALL PERFECTION. Pinball museum & players club.

West View. 412-931-4425.

PITTSBURGH ZOO & PPG AQUARIUM. Home to 4,000 animals, including many endangered species. Highland Park. 412-665-3639.

RACHEL CARSON HOMESTEAD. A Reverence for Life. Photos & artifacts of her life & work.

Springdale. 724-274-5459.

RIVERS OF STEEL NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA. Exhibits on the Homestead Mill. Steel industry & community artifacts from 18811986. Homestead. 412-464-4020.

SENATOR JOHN HEINZ HISTORY CENTER. From Slavery to Freedom. Highlight’s Pittsburgh’s role in the anti-slavery movement. Ongoing: Western PA Sports Museum, Clash of Empires, & exhibits on local history, more.

Strip District. 412-454-6000.

SEWICKLEY HEIGHTS HISTORY CENTER. Museum commemorates Pittsburgh industrialists, local history.

Sewickley. 412-741-4487.

SOLDIERS & SAILORS MEMORIAL HALL. War in the Pacific 1941-1945. Feat. a collection of military artifacts showcasing photographs, uniforms, shells & other related items. Military museum dedicated to honoring military service members since the Civil War through artifacts & personal mementos. Oakland.

412-621-4253.

ST. ANTHONY’S CHAPEL. Features 5,000 relics of Catholic saints. North Side.

412-323-9504.

ST. NICHOLAS CROATIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. Maxo Vanka Murals. Mid-20th century murals depicting war, social justice & the immigrant experience in America.

Millvale. 412-407-2570.

WEST OVERTON MUSEUMS. Learn about distilling & cokemaking in this pre-Civil War industrial village. West Overton.

724-887-7910.

DANCE SUN 14 ALBA FLAMENCA. 7 p.m.

Pittsburgh Winery, Strip District.

412-566-1000.

FUNDRAISERS SAT 13 ELWOODSTOCK 2. Breast Cancer Benefit. Music on the lawn w/ 7 musical acts. Craft Beer, food, giveaways, plenty of free parking. 2 p.m. Elwood’s Pub, Rural Ridge. 724-265-1181.

MUSIC FOR MS ROOTS MUSIC FESTIVAL. A charity event to benefit individuals and families afflicted with Multiple Sclerosis.

Featuring performances by The Black Lillies, The N.A. Fiddlers.

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of European Art. Point Breeze.

412-371-0600.

GALLERIE CHIZ. Hiding/ Seeking: Roads Traveled.

Work by Michel Tsouris & Fidalis Buehler. Shadyside.

412-441-6005.

GALLERY ON 43RD STREET. Inspired by Animals. Work by Sheryl Yeager. Lawrenceville.

412-683-6488.

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

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

GREATER PITTSBURGH ARTS COUNCIL. mateRE:AL. Work by artists Christine Bethea, Blaine Siegel, Christina Springer & Suzanne Werder. Downtown.

412-391-2060.

GREENSBURG GARDEN AND CIVIC CENTER. Starseed. Work by Moira Richardson. Artist reception August 11, 6 – 8 pm.

Greensburg. 724-836-1757.

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

Thornburgh Room. www.humanities.pitt.edu.

Oakland. 412-648-3330.

HOYT INSTITUTE OF FINE ART. Shaping Ceramics: Daniel Rhodes. New Castle.

724-652-2882.

IRMA FREEMAN CENTER FOR IMAGINATION. Knauer Art Exhibit. Works

Driftwood. 4 p.m. Hartwood Acres, Allison Park. 724-601-3923.

POLITICS THU 11 GERTRUDE STEIN POLITICAL CLUB OF GREATER PITTSBURGH. Meetings of group devoted to LGBT issues in electoral politics.

Second Thu of every month, 7 p.m. United Cerebral Palsy of Pittsburgh, Oakland.

412-521-2504.

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Garfield. 412-924-0634.

MATTRESS FACTORY. Ongoing Installations.

Works by Turrell, Lutz, Shiota, Kusama, Anastasi, Highstein, Wexler & Woodrow. North Side. 412-231-3169.

MATTRESS FACTORY SATELLITE GALLERY. Factory Installed. Work by David Bowen, Kevin Clancy, Wendy Judge & Lauren Kalman. North Side.

412-231-3169.

MORGAN CONTEMPORARY GLASS GALLERY. bound by glass. Work by Jen Blazina, Gregory Grenon, Jon Goldberg, Owen Johnson, Weston Lambert, Carol Milne, David Patchen & Steven Weinberg / KASTAL. Shadyside.

412-441-5200.

MOST WANTED FINE ART GALLERY. Boris Balsindes-Urquiola & Marcel Lamont Walker. Garfield.

412-328-4737.

NEU KIRCHE CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER. Dear Volunteers & Projection Theory Slant Rhyme Institute. An immersive multimedia installation featuring California-based artist Tra Bouscaren & John Schlesinger. North Side.

412-322-2224.

PITTSBURGH GLASS CENTER. Turned On: Lighting Hooks Up with Sculpture. Work by Rik Allen, Christina Bothwell & Robert Bender, Amber Cowan, Jean Fernandes, Evan Kolker, Carmen Lozar & Matthew Urban, Adam Holtzinger & Susan Spiranovich Julian

Bloomfield. 412-224-2847.

PITTSBURGH WRITERS PROJECT - ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS. Second Sat of every month, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Green Tree Public Library, Green Tree. 412-921-9292.

TUE 16 STEEL CITY SLAM. Open mic poets & slam poets. 3 rounds of 3 minute poems. Tue, 7:45 p.m.

Capri Pizza and Bar, East Liberty.

412-362-1250.

WED 17 LISA SCOTTOLINE. Discussion & signing of her new novel.

7 p.m. Oakmont Carnegie Library, Oakmont. 412-828-9532.

LITERARY THU 11 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.

SAT 13 CHARLIE BRICE, BARRY GOVENOR & JOHN STUPP. 7 p.m. East End Book Exchange,

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

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Second Sun of every month, 12-4 p.m. Thru Oct. 9 Schenley Plaza, Oakland. 412-682-7275.

MON 15 MAKER STORY TIME. Explore tools, materials & processes inspired by books. Listen to stories read by librarian-turnedTeaching Artist Molly. Mon, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, North Side. 412-322-5058.

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Friendship. 412-365-2145.

THE SOCIETY FOR CONTEMPORARY CRAFT. Practices of Listening.

Recording stories from the public & working w/ ceramics

by Christian Morris. Strip District. 412-261-7003.

SPACE. John Riegert. 250 portraits of John Riegert by different artists. The exhibit ranges from paintings to sculptures to conceptual pieces to performances to photographs to films & videos.

Downtown. 412-325-7723.

SPINNING PLATE GALLERY. IUP/Pgh Connection. The show features alumni of the IUP Art program now residing in the Burgh. Friendship. www.artspace.org.

TUGBOAT PRINT SHOP. Tugboat Printshop Showroom.

Open showroom w/ the artists.

By appt. only. Lawrenceville.

412-980-0884.

WESTMORELAND MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART. A Shared Legacy. More than 60 works of sculpture, paintings & furniture, exemplifying the variety of media given life during the late 19th & early 20th centuries in America.

Greensburg. 724-837-1500.

WOOD STREET GALLERIES. PÊLE-MÊLE + BOÎTE NOIRE. Two, immersive deep-space installations by Olivier Ratsi & Martin Messier. Downtown.

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THU 11 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.

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SAT 13 ANTIQUE GUN SHOW. Flintlock, percussion & cartridge firearms & accouterments from 18th and 19th centuries w/ emphasis on those made in the region.

9 a.m.-3 p.m. Harmony Museum, Harmony. 888-821-4822.

MEET, LEARN, PLAY: A GAMING MEET UP. All-ages board gaming session, playing & learning about new games w/ an instructor. Quiet Reading Room. Second and Fourth Sat of every month, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Carnegie Library, Oakland. 412-622-3151.

PITTSBURGH RIVERHOUNDS VS. BETHLEHEM STEEL FC. 7 p.m. Highmark Stadium, Station Square.

SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING. Lessons 7-8 p.m., social dancing follows. No partner needed.

Mon, 7 p.m. and Sat, 7 p.m.

Grace Episcopal Church, Mt. Washington. 412-683-5670.

SECOND SATURDAY ART WORKSHOPS. Classes in jewelry

FRI 12 AUGUST STAR PARTIES. 8 p.m. and Tue., Aug. 23, 8 p.m. Wagman Observatory, Tarentum. 724-224-2510.

SAT 13 THE WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA MUSHROOM CLUB. Meet WPMC Identifier & Past President John Stuart at the North Park Swimming Pool parking lot. 10 a.m. North Park, Allison Park. 724-935-1766.

WED 17 WEDNESDAY MORNING WALK. Naturalist-led, rain or shine. Wed Beechwood Farms, Fox Chapel. 412-963-6100.

OTHER STUFF THU 11 DEPRESSION BIPOLAR SUPPORT GROUP. Thu, 6 p.m.

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

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

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

412-471-1511.

SALSA NIGHT. Free dancing lessons w/ host & instructor DJ Bobby D from 9:30-10 p.m.

Thu, 9:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Perle Champagne Bar, Downtown.

412-471-2058.

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FRI 12 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.

MICHAEL GRIFFIN. World Magic Award Winning Escape Artist. 7:30 p.m. Oaks Theater, Oakmont. 310-845-6860.

SUMMER FRIDAYS AT THE FRICK. Bands, food trucks, performances, more.

For the lineup of bands, visit www.thefrickpittsburgh.org.

Fri. Thru Sept. 2 Frick Art & Historical Center, Point Breeze.

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Jenna Vanden Brink Ceramics Each handmade piece by this local artist is thoughtfully created, from the contemporary colors to the sharply etched designs. Warning: Her lovely bud vases might outshine your flowers. www.jennavandenbrink.com

Before the Fall

This mystery from Noah Hawley unravels what happens before and after the crash of an executive jet with some important people on board. A page-turner that finds time to examine how life and death are inevitably processed through media experiences.

Perseid Meteor Shower at Riverview Observatory Astronomers expect the annual meteor shower to be bigger than usual, and inside city limits a good way to catch it is laying on a blanket on the big lawn by this North Side park’s historic observatory. Peak nights should be Thu., Aug. 11, and Fri., Aug. 12.

Keepin’ It 1600 Podcast Sure, Jon Favreau and Dan Pfeiffer have a bias — they worked for candidate and President Obama — but they know how a successful presidential campaign is supposed to be run. Useful insights during this especially unconventional season.

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making, painting, cartooning, puppet making, quilting, more.

Second Sat of every month Trust Arts Education Center, Downtown. 412-471-6079.

SECOND SATURDAY AT THE SPINNING PLATE. Art exhibits w/ various musical, literary & artistic performances. Second Sat of every month Spinning Plate Gallery, Friendship.

SHADYSIDE FARMERS MARKET. http://thinkshadyside. com/. Sat, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Thru Sept. 24 Liberty Elementary School, Shadyside.

SOUTH HILLS SCRABBLE CLUB. Free Scrabble games, all levels. Sat, 1-3 p.m. Mount Lebanon Public Library, Mt. Lebanon. 412-531-1912.

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

Wightman School, Squirrel Hill.

412-759-1569.

VINTAGE BASE BALL DAY. Vintage base ball, hot dogs, popcorn, & peanuts. 12:30 p.m.

Meadowcroft Museum of Rural Life. 412-454-6459.

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

412-224-2827.

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guide it’s future. Third Mon of every month, 7 p.m. The Mr. Roboto Project, Bloomfield.

412-853-0518.

SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING. Lessons 7-8 p.m., social dancing follows. No partner needed.

Mon, 7 p.m. and Sat, 7 p.m.

Grace Episcopal Church, Mt. Washington. 412-683-5670.

TUE 16 A SOTO ZEN BUDDHIST SITTING GROUP. http://city dharma.wordpress.com/schedule/ Tue, Thu Church of the Redeemer, Squirrel Hill. 412-965-9903.

THE CIVIL WAR IN PENNSYLVANIA: A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY. Kenneth C. Turner will talk about the history & photos that comprise his co-authored book. 7 p.m.

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

traditions and heritage, including food, music, dancing, traditional clothing and crafts. 3 p.m., Wed., Aug. 17, 3 p.m. and Thu., Aug. 18, 3 p.m. Renziehausen Park, McKeesport. 412-675-5020.

WED 17 CARNEGIE KNITS & READS. Informal knitting session w/ literary conversation. First and Third Wed of every month, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Carnegie Library, Oakland. 412-622-3151.

FARMERS AT PHIPPS. Wed, 2:30-6:30 p.m. Thru Oct. 26 Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Garden, Oakland.

412-622-6914.

FLEET FEET SPEED SQUAD. At the track. Coach Alex from Fleet Feet Sports Pittsburgh hosts weekly Wednesday night speed workouts. The workouts are free & open to the public. Anyone who

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JAM ON WALNUT

Jam on Walnut is a concert series in Shadyside that benefits the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Coordinators seek volunteers to assist with the event on Sat., Aug. 20. Tasks include: checking IDs and selling wristbands, as well as pouring and selling beer to concert-goers. For more information, visit www.pghjamonwalnut.eventscff.org.

CAT-A-PALOOZA. Adoptable cats, informational sessions, raffles, more. 2 p.m. Western N64 SUPER SMASH BROS. Pennsylvania Humane Society, TOURNAMENT. 7 p.m. James North Side. 412- 321-4625.

Street Gastropub & Speakeasy, THE NEIGHBORHOOD FLEA. North Side. 412-904-3335.

Vintage treasures, mid-century SALLIE BOGGS TOASTMASTERS finds, local food & handmade CLUB. Helping people from all wares. Second Sun of every walks of life to improve their month, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Strip communication & leadership District, Strip District. A pop-up skills. For any questions email market place w/ local vendors, Sallieboggstm@gmail.com or call hands-on workshops by local 412-365-5803. Tue, 6:30-8 p.m. makers, live art, music w/ C.C. Mellor Memorial Library, DJ EZ Lou & pop up fitness.

Edgewood. 412-731-0909.

2300 Penn Avenue. Second TRAIL TUESDAY. Help improve Sun of every month, 11 a.m.local green space w/ the 4 p.m. Thru Oct. 9 Strip Allegheny Land Trust.

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Expand the Hollow’s PFLAG PITTSBURGH. trail system from 6 to Support, education 10 miles by helping to & advocacy for the . w ww per build & improve trails, a p LGBTQ community, ty ci h pg plant trees & native .com family & friends. http:// seeds &remove trash pflagpgh.weebly.com/. & invasive plants. Wear Second Sun of every month, appropriate footwear & 2-4:30 p.m. Third Presbyterian outerwear. Water, snacks & tools Church, Oakland. provided. Contact Keri at krouse@ SONNTAG: SUNDAYS IN alleghenylandtrust.org to register.

DEUTSCHTOWN. Beer from Third Tue of every month. Thru Northside breweries, Wigle spirits, Sept. 13 Dead Man’s Hollow German food from Berlin Street Conservation Area, Clairton.

Foods & German activities. Sun, THE WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA 2-5 p.m. Thru Oct. 23 Wigle MUSHROOM CLUB. Topic: Whiskey Barrel House, North Side.

Mushrooms & The Law. Ryan “WINE” APALOOZA Hamilton, Resident Attorney for PITTSBURGH. Sip wine from Fair Shake Environmental Legal PA wineries, live music, more.

Services, will discuss the legal 11 a.m. Stage AE, North Side. aspects of mushroom picking in 412-229-5483.

Pennsylvania. 7 p.m. Beechwood Farms, Fox Chapel. 412-963-6100.

ROBOTO MONTHLY MEETING. Meet w/ the Roboto board INTERNATIONAL VILLAGE. A of directors to find out what’s three-day celebration of shared happening at the space & help

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Wed, 7 p.m. Jefferson Elementary, Mt. Lebanon. 412-851-9100.

PITTSBURGH MODULAR’S MONTHLY SYNTH PLAYGROUND. 7 p.m. Spirit Hall & Lodge, Lawrenceville.

412-371-0200.

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

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

Union Project, Highland Park.

412-363-4550.

STARTABLE PITTSBURGH STUDENT SHOWCASE/ OPEN MARKET. An open market of student products, live performance by INK, a pitch contest, tabletop games, free appetizers and see all the products students built this summer. 5 p.m.

Ace Hotel Pittsburgh, East Liberty.

412-361-3300.

TRIANGLERS. Wed, 11:30 a.m.

Thru Sept. 28 Clemente Bridge, North Side. 412-255-0564.

YOGA W/ PENGUINS. Bring your yoga mat, get a good stretch, & meet penguins.

5:30 p.m. and Sat., Aug. 20, 8:30 a.m. National Aviary, North Side. 412-323-7235.

AUDITIONS THE JUNIOR MENDELSSOHN CHOIR OF PITTSBURGH. Young singers from 8th through 12th grades are invited to participate. More information at www.themendelssohn.org.

Thru Aug. 23. Third Presbyterian Church, Oakland.

THE MENDELSSOHN CHOIR OF PITTSBURGH. Professional Core & volunteer singer auditions in the tenor & bass sections for the 2016/2017 season.

August 24 & 25. To schedule an audition, please review the audition criteria on our website: www.themendelssohn. org & call MaryColleen Seip at 724-263-5259. Westminster Presbyterian Church, Upper St. Clair. 412-835-6630.

SPLIT STAGE. Auditions for Carrie the musical. Aug. 28, 2 p.m. Aug. 29, 6:30 p.m.

Prepare 32 bars of two contrasting songs. Be prepared to dance & read from the script as well.

Email splitstage@gmail.com w/ headshot & resume for an audition appointment. Walks-ins will be seen as time permits.

Newlonsburg Presbyterian Church. 724-327-0061.

SUBMISSIONS THE 6TH ANNUAL PITTSBURGH ZINE FAIR. This event is free to all ages & promises an afternoon of art, literature & hands-on activities. Registration is open from June 21 to August 12 at http://goo.gl/ forms/TXKhyC8dcqyFlPvs1.

Union Project, Highland Park.

412-363-4550.

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.

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.

THE POET BAND COMPANY. Seeking various types of poetry.

Contact wewuvpoetry@hotmail. com Ongoing.

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Savage Love {BY DAN SAVAGE}

Dear Readers: I’m on vacation for the next three weeks, but you won’t be reading old columns while I’m away. You’ll be getting a new column every week, all of them written by Dan Savage, none of them written by me.

Dan Savage is a sports writer and the assistant director of digital content for OrlandoMagic.com, and he will be answering your questions this week. Dan has covered six NBA finals and 10 NBA All-Star Games; he’s appeared on CBS, ESPN, NBA TV and First Take; and his writing has been published at ESPN.com, CBS.com, NBA. com, and OrlandoMagic.com. This is Dan’s first time giving sex-and-relationship advice.

“Other sports writers often tell me they enjoyed reading my latest column,” Dan Savage told me in an email, “but when they show me the article, it’s one of your sex-advice columns. The joke is going to be on them this time around when it’s actually my advice!”

I’m a straight guy in my 40s, and I’ve been with my wife for more than 20 years. I’m incredibly attracted to my wife. Recently, I’ve been a bit frustrated with us not having sex as frequently as I’d like. So I broached the subject with her. I tried to be easygoing about it, but maybe I fucked that up. Basically, I told her that I fantasize about her daily and would like to have sex more often. I cited two examples of frustration. Two weeks ago, I came on to her and tried to initiate, but we had a dinner party to go to and she didn’t want to be late. One week ago, I was flirting with her but was rebuffed because we were going out to dinner and … she wanted to go to dinner more than fuck, I guess. I made my wife cry by bringing this up. End result is that she doesn’t want to fuck more than we already do, there’s nothing I can do to make sex more appealing for her, and it hurt her for me to bring the subject up at all. I dropped it, apologized and moved on. I don’t want to coerce her into anything (I want her to want me), so here we are. How can I communicate better in the future?

to have been an issue for her.

Schedule some time for an intimate dinner at home or cap off an exciting evening out on the town with romantic advances. If she does not respond to your improved efforts, then she’s not being a good teammate. A successful relationship is when both members’ needs are met, not just one.

I’m a 36-year-old bisexual female. I’ve been dating my nice Midwestern boyfriend for about four-and-a-half years.

Within the first few dates, I brought up nonmonogamy. I was pretty sure from past experiences that long-term monogamy wasn’t going to be for me. I get bored, I like attention and I love the chase. He was against it. I thought, OK, we have a lot of other positive stuff going for us and maybe he would reconsider in the future.

I feel like I’ve lost a part of my sexual self — no adventures, no three-ways, I miss girls, etc. I feel that what I want — newness, some kink he isn’t trained in, being with a girl, etc. — he can’t give me. So I brought up opening up the relationship again.

My thought is I could get what I need/want and get my engine revving again, and hopefully bring that excitement and spark back to our relationship.

He listens to your podcasts now, but he doesn’t think he could handle the idea of me with someone else. I don’t think I can handle the relationship as it is now, though, and this was my suggestion to try to make it stronger. I feel like I’ve already ended the relationship just by bringing this up. Are we doomed?

“SOME PEOPLE ARE DESTINED TO PLAY MANTO-(WO)MAN.”

USING MY WORDS

Communication in any relationship is key. On the basketball court, one of the first things young players are taught is to communicate effectively with their teammates. They’re required to call out plays, offensive assignments and defensive rotations in order to prevent breakdowns and keep the system working smoothly.

In relationships, the same principles hold true. You have to be able to effectively communicate with your partner in order to keep both parties happy. And just like everything else in life, timing is everything.

First, I’d make sure you communicate your needs at a time other than when you’ve just been rebuffed. You’re then likely to be less emotional, think more rationally and more effectively explain your needs without applying added pressure. Second, I’d try making your next move when other plans are not on the table. In both the examples you mention, UMW, the timing of your request appears

A GIRL HAS NEEDS

I appreciate you having your boyfriend listen to my podcasts — oh wait, that was probably meant for the other Dan Savage. Never mind.

My podcasts probably wouldn’t have helped with this issue.

Your question reminds me of a topic that’s currently top of mind in my profession: NBA free agency. In the basketball world, it’s the time of year when teams can go after the best available prospects not under contract and offer them a deal to join their team. Organizations heavily vet these players, talking to their former teammates, coaches and others to make sure that their values match up. There’s nothing worse than being locked into a five-year guaranteed contract with a guy who doesn’t fit with your franchise. Actually, on second thought, there is — getting married to a guy who doesn’t share the same relationship goals and values.

If your boyfriend is someone who has no interest in open relationships — and from all indications, he doesn’t — odds are he’s never going to be happy in that type of situation.

And if you’re never going to be happy with monogamy, then you need to find someone whose values match your own. Unfortunately, some people are destined to play man-to-(wo)man, while others are more satisfied in a 2-3 zone.

Follow Dan Savage, assistant director of digital content for OrlandoMagic.com, on Twitter @Dan_Savage.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Let’s assume, for the sake of fun argument, that you do indeed have a guardian angel. Even if you have steadfastly ignored this divine helper in the past, I’m asking you to strike up a close alliance in the coming weeks. If you need to engage in an elaborate game of imaginative pretending to make it happen, so be it. Now let me offer a few tips about your guardian angel’s potential purposes in your life: providing sly guidance about how to take good care of yourself; quietly reminding you where your next liberation might lie; keeping you on track to consistently shed the past and head toward the future; and kicking your ass so as to steer you away from questionable influences. OK? Now go claim your sublime assistance!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Although you might not yet be fully aware of your good fortune, your “rescue” is already underway. Furthermore, the so-called hardship you’ve been lamenting will soon lead you to a trick you can use to overcome one of your limitations. Maybe best of all, Virgo, a painful memory you have coddled for a long time has so thoroughly decayed that there’s almost nothing left to cling to. Time to release it! So what comes next? Here’s what I recommend: Throw a goingaway party for everything you no longer need.

Give thanks to the secret intelligence within you that has guided you to this turning point.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Here comes a special occasion — a radical exemption that is so rare as to be almost impossible. Are you ready to explore a blessing you have perhaps never experienced? For a brief grace period, you can be free from your pressing obsessions. Your habitual attachments and unquenchable desires will leave you in peace. You will be relieved of the drive to acquire more possessions or gather further proof of your attractiveness. You might even arrive at the relaxing realization that you don’t require as many props and accessories as you imagined you needed to be happy and whole. Is enlightenment nigh? At the very least, you will learn how to derive more joy out of what you already have.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In the coming weeks, I suspect that Life will attempt to move you away from any influences that interfere with your ability to discern and express your soul’s code. You know what I’m talking about when I use that term “soul’s code,” right? It’s your sacred calling; the blueprint of your destiny; the mission you came to earth to fulfill. So what does it mean if higher powers and mysterious forces are clearing away obstacles that have been preventing you from a more complete embodiment of your soul’s code?

Expect a breakthrough that initially resembles a breakdown.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Maybe you know people who flee from the kind of Big Bold Blankness that’s visiting you, but I hope you won’t be tempted to do that. Here’s my counsel: Welcome your temporary engagement with emptiness. Celebrate this opening into the unknown. Ease into the absence. Commune with the vacuum. Ask the nothingness to be your teacher. What’s the payoff? This is an opportunity to access valuable secrets about the meaning of your life that aren’t available when you’re feeling full. Be gratefully receptive to what you don’t understand and can’t control.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I placed a wager down at the astrology pool.

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you Capricorns will shed at least some of the heavy emotional baggage that you’ve been lugging around; you will transition from ponderous plodding to curious-hearted sauntering.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): What you are most afraid of right now could become what fuels you this fall. Please note that I used the word “could.” In the style of astrology I employ, there is no such thing as predestination.

So if you prefer, you may refuse to access the rich fuel that’s available. You can keep your scary feelings tucked inside your secret hiding place, where they will continue to fester. You are not obligated to deal with them squarely, let alone find a way to use them as motivation. But if you are intrigued by the possibility that those murky worries might become a source of inspiration, dive in and investigate.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Are you ready for your mid-term exam? Luckily I’m here to help get you into the proper frame of mind to do well. Now study the following incitements with an air of amused rebelliousness. 1. You may have to act a bit wild or unruly in order to do the right thing. 2. Loving your enemies could motivate your allies to give you more of what you need. 3. Are you sufficiently audacious to explore the quirky happiness that can come from cultivating intriguing problems? 4. If you want people to change, try this: Change yourself in the precise way you want them to change.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You Geminis are as full of longings as any other sign, but you have a tendency to downplay their intensity. How often do you use your charm and wit to cloak your burning, churning yearnings?

Please don’t misunderstand me: I appreciate your refined expressions of deep feelings —

as long as that’s not a way to hide your deep feelings from yourself. This will be an especially fun and useful issue for you to meditate on in the coming weeks. I advise you to be in very close touch with your primal urges.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Be vulnerable and sensitive as well as insatiable and irreverent. Cultivate your rigorous skepticism, but expect the arrival of at least two freaking miracles. Be extra nurturing to allies who help you and sustain you, but also be alert for those moments when they may benefit from your rebellious provocations. Don’t take anything too personally or literally or seriously, even as you treat the world as a bountiful source of gifts and blessings. Be sure to regard love as your highest law, and laugh at fear at least three times every day.

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