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In conjunction with the exhibition Andy Warhol: My Perfect Body, James Elkins speaks about the limits of the representation of the body in contemporary and postmodern art, with reference to Andy Warhol’s work. Building on the arguments that he established in his seminal text Pictures of the Body: Pain & Metamorphosis, Elkins makes the case that Warhol’s work is a model for problems of abstraction and body image. A Q&A lead by Jessica Beck, The Warhol’s associate curator of art, follows. NEWS
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down, back up again. It’s 10 a.m. and Stefanie is just waking up. As part of her usual routine, she’d usually stay under the covers for only another hour before gingerly climbing out of bed. But two days ago she over-exerted herself. Add that to her usual brain fog, gastrointestinal issues and the not-sousual muscle aches she’s been feeling and it equals another day spent in bed. It will be her second day in a row, just one of a handful of days this month, and of a few dozen days this year — her third year living with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. Stefanie, 27, was recently bedbound this past September after she attended a local event meant to raise awareness about her illness. ME/CFS is a complex, misunderstood and debilitating illness characterized by extreme fatigue that isn’t reduced by rest. Estimates indicate that as many as 2.5 million people in the United States live with
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the condition, and that it affects millions more worldwide. But despite these statistics, little is known about the illness and little research has ever been done that might lead to a cause, treatment or cure.
Despite the number of Americans living with ME/CFS, little is known about the debilitating illness {BY REBECCA ADDISON} “The medical community and government cannot continue to sit idly by,” says Stefanie. “That’s the reason I sacrificed my health to go to the day of action. I was in bed for at least two days afterward, but I was glad that I went.” For this story, Stefanie asked that City Paper not include her last name, due to the stigma associated with the illness. Unlike other illnesses, doctors have no way of diagnosing ME/CFS; tests like blood work don’t
reveal anything. And ME/CFS patients don’t always appear sick. As a result, they’re often subjected to taunting and skepticism. “ME/CFS is considered an ‘invisible illness,’ meaning that the symptoms and severity of the illness are not visible to the naked eye,” says Stefanie. “So while I may ‘look fine’ to an outsider, I am anything but.” But despite years of feeling invisible, and the sense of hopelessness experienced by many ME/CFS sufferers, the wheels of progress kicked into motion this past autumn. September marked the first ever international day of action for ME/ CFS. And a month later, the National Institutes of Health announced that it planned to double funding for ME/CFS research in 2017. ME/CFS is a neuro-immune disease, which means it affects both the brain and the body. There is no known treatment for alleviating symptoms; many in the medical community believe it is a psychological disorder; and even the name is a source of frustration for patients living with the illness.
“Patients hate the name ‘chronic fatigue syndrome’ because it sounds trivial, it sounds like they’re tired,” says Ron Davis, a geneticist whose 31-year-old son has ME/ CFS. “I can’t tell you how many times I’ve said I have to go home to take care of my son who has chronic fatigue syndrome and people have said, ‘Oh, I had that once.’ No, they did not have it once.” The illness is characterized by post-exertional malaise, which is a severe worsening of symptoms after even minimal exertion. For example, the exertion can be a minor physical activity, such as walking; or a mental activity, like reading or writing. And while the ailment is overlooked by a lot of medical professionals, it can lead to tragic results. According to a study published in February in The Lancet, a U.K. medical journal, ME/CFS patients are at greater risk for suicide than the general population. The effects of the disease have left 25 percent of ME/CFS patients housebound or bedbound and an estimated 75 percent unable to work, likely for the rest of their lives. And the loss of work and productivity associated with ME/CFS costs U.S. taxpayers an estimated $17 billion to $24 billion each year. “The good news is, these patients don’t die. The bad news is, these patients don’t die,” says Davis. “They really wish they
year-and-a-half. Today, she’s receiving treatment through an experimental program at Stanford University and has regained some mobility. But Tillman says her favorite activities, like hiking, snowboarding and dancing, remain out of reach. “She’s got back to part-time work,” said Tillman. “But that’s not the case for a lot of these people.” Danette Madonna, a Pittsburgh-area resident who also attended the rally, can relate to the frustration Tillman and his family have felt. “I’ve lived with it eight years, and to say it changed my life would be an understatement,” said Madonna. “There’s a stigma out there that you’re just depressed, you just need to push through it. There are mean people out there that say, ‘Oh, you’re just being lazy.’” ME/CFS symptoms vary among patients. Many are completely bedbound and, as a result, their stories go unheard. Others, like Madonna, are sometimes able to leave the house, but often at a cost. After a day of high exertion, patients might find themselves unable to complete what many view as everyday tasks.
would die, but they can’t. And many of them commit suicide.” Pittsburgh’s Millions Missing rally, held in Market Square on Sept. 27, was designed to give the public more information about the illness in hopes of increasing funding for research, clinical trials and medical education into the disease. It was organized by Gary Tillman, a father with family in the Pittsburgh area, whose daughter lives with ME/CFS. “ T h e r e ’s n o F DA approved drugs for this,” Tillman told CP that day. “In fact there’s nothing in the pipeline.” The Pittsburgh event, which coincided with events in 25 cities in nine countries, was also meant to help dispel myths about ME/CFS. Among them is the misconception that people living with ME/CFS just feel tired. “Everyone gets fatigued, everyone gets tired, but these people have been afflicted with it for years,” said Tillman. A few years ago, when Tillman’s adult daughter first contracted the illness, he accompanied her on numerous doctor visits before she was finally diagnosed after a
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“This will take me out for a few days now,” Madonna said at the rally. “The other day my husband had to actually help me eat my dinner. It’s not something I would wish on my worst enemy.” Exposing the public to stories of ME/ CFS patients and their families was the motivation behind the Millions Missing global day of action, organized by advocacy group ME Action. ME Action activist Mary Dimmock got involved with the cause after her son, 29, came down with the disease seven years ago. “I’m passionate about [getting] this message out past our own community because it’s only by making the public aware of what’s going on with this disease that we’re going to be able to get the attention of Congress,” says Dimmock. “I think what was really brilliant was to not just have it in one city, because this is a disease where people can’t travel far; sometimes they can’t even leave their home.” At the rally in Market Square, pairs of shoes were lined up in front of an information table. These shoes represent the “millions missing” from their own lives. The imagery holds powerful meaning. “[My son] has shoes in his closet that he’ll never wear again — hiking shoes, various kinds of sport shoes, shoes for skiing CONTINUES ON PG. 08
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and snowboarding. They’re sitting there waiting,” says Dimmock. “I’ve also seen some pictures of shoes from a woman [with ME/CFS] who was a dancer. She committed suicide. For me what it evokes is people have left their lives, they’re no longer able to participate. There’s things my son would love to be able to do, but he’s no longer able to do any of those things. He doesn’t have the physical capacity.” Despite the many years ME/CFS patients have been ignored, this year the NIH announced that it expects to increase funding to roughly $15 million in 2017, doubling the estimated $7.6 million allocated in 2016. The NIH has long been criticized for inaction by ME/CFS patients and advocates. “In 2015, NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins recognized the need to focus renewed attention on ME/CFS. The NIH funding increase for ME/CFS research follows an NIHfunded Institute of Medicine report and an NIH-sponsored Pathways to Prevention meeting report in support of more accurate diagnosis and appropriate care,” says Vicky Holets Whittemore, the NIH representative to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee.
In addition to increasing funding, the NIH plans to design a clinical study. The Institute plans to enroll patients “who developed fatigue following a rapid onset of symptoms suggestive of an acute infection.” (Many ME/CFS patients say their disease developed after they contracted what felt like the flu or mono.) But despite such recent developments, many ME/CFS patients and their families remain wary.
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our graciousness were keys to early settlers’ survival. And to now see people be bombarded with concussion grenades and water cannons and rubber bullets, in their peaceful protests to protect their waters, is a disgrace. As Americans, we all need to be conscious of the processes of colonization that is ongoing against indigenous people in this land.
Local indigenous-rights advocate weighs in on Standing Rock {BY RYAN DETO} RIGHT NOW, indigenous people are a greater part of our national discourse than in recent years. But despite this progress, Kelsey Leonard, a Pittsburgh-based indigenous-people’s rights advocate and attorney for indigenous people’s rights, says the impact that will have is uncertain. Leonard is part of the Shinnecock Nation, a tribe native to eastern Long Island, N.Y. She spent her early years in Pittsburgh, where her mother was involved with the Council of Three Rivers American Indian Center. And she says her life growing up in Pennsylvania was a bit difficult, because she was a “sort of ultra minority” in the state. Still, she felt inspired by her mother’s work advocating for Native Americans. Leonard was the first Native American graduate of Oxford University in England and received her law degree from Duquesne University. She is currently a tribal leader in the National Ocean Council, and this month was named to the 2016 “Native American 40 Under 40” class by
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the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development. With the ongoing land-use fight in Standing Rock, N.D., over the Dakota Access Pipeline, Pittsburgh City Paper spoke to Leonard by phone about indigenous people’s rights in Western Pennsylvania, the U.S. and North America. WHAT IS THE NATIVE-AMERICAN COMMUNITY LIKE IN PITTSBURGH? There is actually a really long history of Native Americans in Southwestern
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Pennsylvania. When a lot of tribes were terminated, they were given one-way tickets to urban areas and Pittsburgh was one of those cities they arrived in. Allegheny National Forest’s tribes were forcefully removed with the construction of the Kinzua Dam, and many came to Pittsburgh. But they did not have any social support when they got into the city. There was no job training, there was no educational outreach. Then, the Urban Indian Center was built to cultivate those programs. For me, coming in 30 years after they had started, it’s a really vibrant and diverse community. You interact with many tribal nations all around the country, even from Canada. It’s a really unique community. You get to learn from all these different indigenous cultures, with some commonality, but there is also a lot of beauty in their diversity.
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WHY SHOULD PITTSBURGHERS CARE ABOUT NATIVE-AMERICAN RIGHTS AND THINGS LIKE THE DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE? It’s a basic level of human decency, what is currently happening in Standing Rock. We often put up these qualifiers, like it’s an environmental-justice issue. It’s really not; it’s a justice issue and basic human-rights issues. Shooting water cannons at protesters in freezing weather is a human-rights violation. If those rights can be infringed on in North Dakota, then it is a violation for all of us. But it’s also a level of culpability. It’s ironic that we are celebrating Thanksgiving this week, because [it reminds us] how indigenous peoples were the reason early settlers survived. Our humility and
IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, IN ADDITION TO STANDING ROCK, PROTESTS HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN OAK FLATS, IN ARIZONA, AND BEAR BUTTE, IN SOUTH DAKOTA. ARE WE ON THE PRECIPICE OF A LARGE-SCALE NATIVE-AMERICANRIGHTS SOCIAL MOVEMENT? It’s still undetermined the weight and the gravity that these movements will have. A lot of it is based on people joining and putting their minds and bodies on the line, but it is also predicated on the type of political administration that we have. With the change in the administration, it is questionable what will happen. There is precedent in United States history for the issuing of extermination orders for indigenous people. Militarized police response in Standing Rock is getting very, very close to extermination orders. And there have been comparisons between President-elect Trump and Andrew Jackson, and Jackson is the president who issued those extermination orders. What type of movement will this be? I don’t know. I can confidently say that President Obama is not someone who would issue extermination orders, but I can’t say that about Trump. And that is a scary thing. HOW CAN PITTSBURGHERS CONTRIBUTE TO NATIVE AMERICAN CAUSES? We can all acknowledge where our money is. Kelcy Warren, the CEO of Energy Transfer Partners, is fully confident that his pipeline is going to go through and that’s because he made large contributions to President-elect Trump’s campaign. And Trump has [hundreds of thousands] invested in [the companies that own] the Dakota Access Pipeline. That is a gross level of conflict of interest. But it speaks to fact that, as Americans and even indigenous people, we need to be conscious of where our money is. You have to look at your 401(k) or your pension. If you are in the Vanguard 500, it’s likely some of your investment is going to pipelines. One of the largest investors in the Dakota pipeline is actually the Pennsylvania teachers’ fund. [Records show that the Pennsylvania Public Schools Retirement System owns most of the 5 million Equity Transfer Partners shares that belong to the state.] Things like that are where we can address our individual culpability. RYA N D E TO@ P G HC I T Y PA P E R. C OM
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BURNING QUESTIONS {BY CHARLIE DEITCH} I’M STARTING TO realize that one of the casualties of this past election season was my ability to write about things other than someone named Trump or Clinton. As I sat down to write about something germane to our city or state, I couldn’t stop thinking about all the ways to call Donald Trump an egomaniacal jerk-like asshat, or all the ways we might be screwed as a nation. But I can’t write that again this week (yeah, I know, I sorta did). But if I’m not thinking about the future of this country, my mind fills with a bunch of random thoughts. What thoughts? I’m glad I asked. Here are three burning questions that I’ve been mulling over:
DO WOODLAND CREATURES HAVE THEIR OWN ELECTED OFFICIALS AND, IF SO, DO THEY SPEND TIME DRAFTING LAWS THAT OFFER NEW AND EXHILARATING WAYS TO KILL US LIKE WE DO THEM? Last week, Gov. Tom Wolf signed a bill allowing semiautomatic rifles and handguns to be used for hunting beginning next year. You see, the way it is now, if you shoot at a deer and miss, you have to pump another round into the chamber, reaim and then shoot again. It gives the deer too much time to react and possibly run away. Where’s the fun in that? The new way, all you have to do is squeeze the trigger and before you know it, you’re showering the creature with a hail of bullets. Legislators say the new law will benefit sportsmen. But is it really that much of a sport if you’re the only one with a sporting chance? Currently, the only way the animals can fight back is to lay in wait and jump out at our cars to force us off the road. And while that works from time to time, the animals often lose out in that scenario, too. On a somewhat related note, I like to imagine that the governor of the woodland creatures is also named Tom Wolf, but that, in a strange twist of irony, he’s actually a fox.
during her hours-long public hearings on the city’s animal-control policies, and wanted to scream when she brought her “housewives’ budget” to Pittsburgh public schools. Now, however, I find myself completely on her side. A few weeks ago, a majority of councilors approved a rule that allows council to fine and censure any councilor who leaks or talks about information from an executive session, claiming such communications would violate attorney-client privilege. It’s no shock that Harris, who has been one of the few voices of dissent against a council majority that usually backs Mayor Bill Peduto, voted against the measure. Harris, who was accused of sharing documents from an executive session in the past, said of the new rule: “It appears as if they’re putting in a gag order.” Take it from a journalist: Open-record laws in Pennsylvania already make it hard for us to do this job, and in a lot of instances, if we don’t find out, the public doesn’t find out. By council’s fine schedule, I’m sure I’ve gotten tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of information from documents and meetings over the past 23 years that wouldn’t have otherwise been available. That’s not even to mention the major stories from this country’s history that, if not for a whistleblower, would have gone undetected.
I LIKE TO IMAGINE THAT THE GOVERNOR OF THE WOODLAND CREATURES IS ALSO NAMED TOM WOLF.
WOULD DEEP THROAT HAVE KEPT QUIET ABOUT RICHARD NIXON IF HE FACED A $500 FINE? Many a City Paper editor has taken shots at the way Darlene Harris legislates, both as a Pittsburgh City Councilor and, previously, as a school-board member. I used to slap my forehead in disbelief
FOX NEWS SAYS THE ‘WAR ON CHRISTMAS’ HAS BEGUN. DOES THAT MEAN THAT IF THE P.C. HEATHENS CAPTURE BILL O’REILLY, HE CAN BE SENT TO GUANTANAMO BAY? Starbucks has released the red cup signaling the official start on the “War on Christmas,” and Fox News has you covered. Its website has a whole page dedicated to stories covering the frontline battles of this long-standing feud between people who think they are being infringed upon when a sales clerk wishes them “happy holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas.” “Stop terrorizing people who like the holiday,” O’Reilly said recently. I’m still not sure how telling someone “happy holidays,” or having a “holiday party,” tramples your rights to celebrate Christmas or someone else’s right to celebrate Hanukkah. Luckily, this problem will soon end when our President-elect forces us all to say “Merry Trumpmas.” It’s going to be big. C D E I T C H @ P G H C I T Y PA P E R. C OM
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A Lock Haven man is suing a casino, claiming that because its staff allegedly served him 15 double Jameson shots over 10 hours, it bears some liability for the beating he later inflicted on his thenfiancée and his subsequent incarceration and post-prison difficulties. An attorney for Nicholas Mullins, who spent two years in prison for assaulting Caitlin Shields in his room at the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem in 2012, says that employees should not have continued to serve booze to Mullins earlier in the day. “The question is whether Sands served him while he was physically intoxicated and whether that alcohol played a part, however small, in the fight that ensued,” explained Stuart M. Niemtzow. LehighValleyLive.com reports that during the civil trial, Niemtzow used a laser pointer to follow Mullins in surveillance footage, showing him downing shots and, according to Niemtzow, bumping into people and struggling to fish his wallet out of his pants. Niemtzow also blamed the casino for not blocking Shields’ call to Mullins’ room, which began an argument over his gambling. Among the hardships his client has faced due to the casino’s alleged negligence are difficulty dating and finding a job as an ex-con and a return of some of his veteran’s pension. “He’s looking for compensation for what was taken away from him,” said Niemtzow. The casino claims Mullins was treated like any other patron and that the assault happened hours after his last drink. (In criminal court, Mullins claimed he struck Shields in self-defense.)
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Christopher Diiorio of Greensburg, who owns a business cleaning up pet feces, wanted women on dating websites to think he was a Secret Service agent, so in March 2014, he spent $100 to buy a fake identification card online from a Chinese company. Then things really spiraled out of control. Prosecutors said that Diiorio, owner of the yard clean-up service Doodle Scoopers, also bought several firearms carried by Secret Service agents, including an AR-15, and used the fake Secret Service card for hotel discounts. The scheme apparently fell apart when a police officer pulled him over for a faulty brake light in July. Diiorio allegedly flashed the card and said he was a “senior special agent in the protective services division” returning from the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. The officer called the actual Secret Service, initiating a federal investigation. The Associated Press reports that Diiorio, 53, plead guilty to fraudulently using an official seal.
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Firefighters rushed to an out-of-commission church in McKees Rocks after neighbors reported seeing flames. They arrived to find 30 people at a fire-eating workshop — or as fire-eater Ed Pinto told
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a WPXI reporter: “[We were] hanging out and doing our crazy stuff, and some jagoff decided to call the fire department on us.” The carnival-arts enthusiasts insisted that they had permission from the church’s owner to meet there. But because they had no permit, extinguishers or running water, the fire chief decided such an event might be hazardous and ordered the group to disperse.
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“I DON’T PLAY THE SAXOPHONE. I SING THE SAXOPHONE.”
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METAL DETECTOR In Africa, heavy metal is thriving. But, unlike similar scenes across the globe, African metal has been largely ignored by the rest of the world. Edward Banchs, author of the new book Heavy Metal Africa: Life, Passion, and Heavy Metal in the Forgotten Continent, argues that our own misconceptions are to blame. “I think the perception that we have about Africa allows us to forget about Africa,” he says, over the phone. “Heavy metal is the last form of music that I think anyone would expect from Africa,” he adds. “But metal resonates with people who need a voice.” As a grade-schooler, Banchs, who grew up in Altoona and now lives in Oakmont, fell in love with metal. In his 20s, he became captivated with African history and culture. Then, about five years ago, as a graduate student in post-colonial African politics at the University of London, he found himself in a discussion about the ways that African heavy metal has been overlooked. Inspired by that conversation, he started writing. “I thought it was going to be a series of articles,” Banchs recalls. “But it turned out to be so much more.” To research the book, Banchs visited South Africa, Botswana, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion Island and Zimbabwe (the project was self-financed; Banchs worked odd jobs to raise travel money). Each chapter is devoted to a different locale, where Banchs spends time with musicians, digging into cultural histories and current scenes. Part travelogue, part academic exploration, part oral history, Banchs approaches the subject without exoticization, and Heavy Metal Africa is hard to put down. And while you’ll likely come away with a clearer picture of a misunderstood region, the book ultimately showcases heavy metal’s universality. “One road trip I had with a guy in South Africa, we were listening to an album from Skid Row: It was the second album I ever paid for with my own money,” Banchs says, recalling the feeling of bonding with a new friend over a well-loved record. “You just have this connection with this person who grew up entirely on the other side of the planet. … It reminded me of why I love this music.” MWELSH@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
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URAN’S RESTAURANT, in Carnegie, looks more like a neighborhood sports bar than a jazz club, with a few TV screens above the bar. But anyone strolling up East Main Street on this particular night might think otherwise. The building’s front window can’t contain the sound of a fiery alto saxophone, blowing the normally mid-tempo “Almost Like Being in Love” at a fleet pace. Inside, 20-odd patrons sit in rapt attention as, a few songs later, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory’s “Pure Imagination” slows down the tempo but not the momentum. In fact, it gets downright blissful, even when the saxophonist quotes a phrase from “The
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Candy Man” in his solo. Richie Cole, the man with the horn, lives a short walk from Duran’s. But he’s more than just a guy from the neighborhood making a gig at his local haunt.
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A New Jersey native, Cole cut his teeth in the big band of Buddy Rich, a drummer who would let musicians know in no uncertain terms if they sounded terrible. He also toured with Sonny Stitt, a fellow alto saxophonist who could be as brusque as Rich. There was also a working relationship with vocalist (and Pittsburgh native) Eddie Jefferson. Then there’s the Cole discography — which numbers somewhere around 50 — as well as performances as a leader in places as far-flung as St. Petersburg, Johannesburg, Paris and Tokyo. In contrast to the numerous Pittsburghborn jazz legends who left town to seek their fortune, Cole moved to Pittsburgh. Two-and-a-half years ago, then in his
mid-60s, he came to be with family, and wound up rejuvenating his career. A few days after his stand at Duran’s, Cole is holding court at the same bar, joking with patrons who all know him by name. “There’s an interview going on. Don’t get too yappy,” he tells one friend, punctuating the command with a raspy laugh. When asked about the way he renders ballads, Cole has an immediate explanation. “I don’t play the saxophone. I sing the saxophone. I blow the saxophone as a vocalist. I tell a story. ‘I Left My Heart in San Francisco’ does not have a trumpet solo, a piano solo and a bass solo. It would ruin the whole thing. It’s a message, a short story. You want a novel, you listen to John Coltrane,” he says, laughing again. “I’ve already proved myself and what I can do. Now I just say what I’ve got to say.” That singing quality is getting noticed beyond the city limits thanks to Richie Cole Plays Ballads and Love Songs, a CD that happened by accident. Studio time had been booked for the Pittsburgh Alto Madness Orchestra, a big band made up of local musicians who play Cole’s original material. (“Playing the saxophone is a hobby. What I really like to do is spend 12 hours a day sitting around writing music,” he admits.) When some members of the horn section couldn’t make the recording session, bassist Mark Perna suggested using the studio time to record as a quartet with pianist Victor Garzotto and drummer Vince Taglieri. Treating the session like a live performance, Cole called 11 tunes, eight of which were ballads. Things went so well that they recorded three more ballads at the start of the following orchestra session. Clearly, they had a concept album completed, unlike anything in Cole’s vast catalog. The selection features a few wellknown numbers, but leans toward more obscure works such as “Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most,” “Sarah” — an homage to vocalist Sarah Vaughn — and “Emily,” a soundtrack song which Cole’s mother, also named Emily, always requested when she was in the audience. The most unique choice is “The Internationale,” the national anthem of the Soviet Union, with which he has a strong connection. “I was doing a concert in St. Petersburg or Moscow, I forget where. This was just when they broke up the Communists in Russia [around 1991]. I’ve been going to Russia every year. I love going to Russia, man. “The promoter said, ‘I know you’re known for playing “The Internationale,” but times have changed. We’re no longer CONTINUES ON PG. 18
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Communists. So that song is forbidden. Do not play that song,’” Cole says, letting out that laugh again. “Don’t tell me not to do something!” Not only did he play the anthem, he incorporated the melody of “America the Beautiful” into it. Looking into the audience, he noticed that Russian soldiers seated in the crowd were crying. “At the end of the story — silence. I was waiting to get the hook, like at the Apollo. Take me to the gulag. Then all of a sudden, the audience erupted in screaming and yelling,” he says. “That was my contribution to world peace.” Ballads and Love Songs was officially released in late October on RCP, Cole’s own label, with Perna handling production work (see sidebar). Nationally it’s already getting recognition, including a four-star review in an upcoming issue of downbeat. “I think the ballad thing hit at a very nice time,” Perna says. “No one’s really heard from him for a while. Second, the ballads are a thing he’s not really noted for. He’s known as a
fiery bebop guy. He’s making this grand re-entrance as sort of a reinvented kind of guy.” However, the saxophonist had already released one CD since his relocation, last year’s Pittsburgh, which opens with a sincere original called “I Have a Home in Pittsburgh.” Never one to rest on his laurels, Cole is working with Perna on the Alto Madness Orchestra studio album, The Many Minds of Richie Cole, which will be released in March. Currently, Cole is also excited about Have Yourself an Alto Madness Christmas, a holiday RCP release, with features the big band and a vocal group which he calls the Fabulous Al-Tones. “It’s like my Pittsburgh Manhattan Transfer,” he says. That CD release and performance comes this weekend, a day after the local release party for Ballads and Love Songs. With a busy performance schedule coming together, Cole couldn’t be happier. “After 68 years,” he says, “I’ve found my Shangri-La in Pittsburgh.” I N F O@ P G HC I T Y PA P E R. C OM
HIGH VOLUME While recording Richie Cole’s upcoming album with the Pittsburgh Alto Madness Orchestra, producer/bassist Mark Perna was approached by George Heid, the studio owner and engineer with whom Perna had a long-standing relationship. “Do you want to see your archives?” Heid asked him. “He came back with boxes and boxes of tapes,” Perna says. “I know it’s not even all the stuff [he recorded for me]. Each tape had several sessions on it. It was amazing.” The vast majority of the tapes featured sessions by tenor saxophonist Don Aliquo, Perna’s musical boss for nearly two decades. The recordings, which date back as far as 1998, were made when Aliquo’s group performed live on a regular basis. They didn’t necessarily feel like the studio captured their live energy at the time. “We listened to them once and went, ‘Eh,’ then put them away. Fifteen years later, we’re listening to them, and we think they’re fantastic,” Perna says. With this new perspective, the bassist began assembling a seven-disc series called Year of the Don, which shows the various facets of Aliquo’s career. Volumes one and two were already released last month. The first, Lullabye for Joan, features a band co-led by Aliquo and the late drummer Rodger Ryan, playing originals written by both leaders and Perna. One for the Joes features the saxophonist’s “classic” quartet from 2006 with Perna, pianist Victor Garzotto and drummer John Schmidt. Volume three appears later this month, with Aliquo (who’s still active) playing a set of standards. The remaining discs, which will all be released by next spring, include: a sequel to the standards set; a session of Wayne Shorter compositions; a series of duos and trios; unreleased performances that include Don Aliquo Jr., who also plays tenor; and a trio session, which moves in a free direction. Though Aliquo released two CDs in the past, this series offers a broader look at his perspective, which is heavy on the melodic approach to improvisation, with plenty of aggression and drive. “I look at this as almost like creating a legacy for him,” Perna says. BY MIKE SHANLEY
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DEVIL’S MUSIC {BY BILL KOPP} MICHAEL JACKSON anointed himself
King of Pop, so it’s no surprise that other artists would engage in similar hubris. After touring and recording for a few years, the Supersuckers branded themselves as The Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World. And who’s to argue? Their mix of raw rock ’n’ roll (bordering on punk) with outlaw country-and-western has won them fans across the globe. The Supersuckers’ irreverent approach extends beyond their marketing slogan; it’s a key component of most all of their music. Their most recent studio album, 2015’s Holdin’ the Bag, offers prime examples. Though the title is shortened to fit on the label, the record’s standout track, “This Life … With You,” has this memorable refrain: “This life would be a whole lot better / If I didn’t have to share it with you.” Combining the snotty approach of punk lyrics with the sly wordplay of country yields songs like “High Tonight” and “Shut Your Face,” both from 2013’s Get the Hell. “I take what we do very seriously,” Supersuckers leader Eddie Spaghetti
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our shows, it was kind of a joke. We were making fun of crappy heavy metal; in the ’80s, it was all bombastic and big and overblown and stupid. And then the line kind of got blurred. Now I actually think [the devil-horns salute] celebrates all things that are evil and rock ’n’ roll at the same time.” He chuckles to himself and adds, “And that’s what I like to do.” The Supersuckers’ hybrid sound is nothing like the laid-back, so-called countryrock of the Eagles. Spaghetti, who is based
THE SUPERSUCKERS WITH JESSE DAYTON, GALLOWS BOUND 8 p.m. Tue., Dec. 6. Club Café, 56 S. 12th St., South Side. $16-18. 412-431-4950 or www.clubcafelive.com
explains over the phone. “That said, my point of view is usually humorous or ironic.” He cites an example. “When we first started throwing up the devil horns at
in Seattle, recalls his Arizona childhood: “I heard country music every day, and I thought I hated it. I wanted to hear big rock ’n’ roll songs.” But once he got older and started studying song craft, he discovered the timeless appeal of classic country. He says that adding those influences to the Supersuckers’ music “helps us take the expiration date off the band.” Many Supersuckers songs include some of what George Carlin described as “seven words you can’t say on TV.” “We’re talking like we really talk,” Spaghetti says. “And I think that makes our songs sound a lot more real.” The Supersuckers strive to keep it real. “A band is defined by its limitations,” observes Spaghetti. “What it can’t do is just as important as what it can do. I try to work with my personal limitations, and just make it awesome.” Since forming in 1988, the group has released 10 studio albums and five live sets. The existence of the latter suggests that studio work isn’t the Supersuckers’ primary focus. “The records that we make have always kind of been an advertisement to get people to come to the live show,” Spaghetti says. “That’s where we do our business.” And the Supersuckers’ business is rocking. I N F O@ P G H C I T Y PA P E R. C OM
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[CLASSICAL] + SAT., DEC. 03-SUN., DEC. 04 We might not often think of it, but physics plays a big role in the way we experience sound. With this science in mind, the Bach Choir of Pittsburgh takes on George FFrideric rideric Handel at the St. Agnes nes Center with Messiah in Space. But ut don’t think zero-gravity: In two performances, the 80-voice choir will ll make its way around the venue, enue, using physical space to enhance Handel’s vision. Joined ed by a full orchestra and severall soloists, the program will be full of rich visual and aural experiences. es. MF 8 p.m. Also 4 p.m. Sun., n., Dec. 4. 3235 Fifth Ave., e., Oakland. $12-30. All ages. 888-718-4253 or www. w. bachchoirpittsburgh.org org
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as well as funding the education of the students in the choir. Today, the choir appears at Mars Alliance Church for two shows in the morning, with an evening performance at Saint Kilian Parish. (Learn more about the choir at www.africanchildrenschoir.com.) MF 9:30 and 11 a.m. (997 Route 228, Mars; free, all ages; 412-776-9400) and 7 p.m. (7076 Franklin Road, Cranberry; free, all ages; 724-625-1665).
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ROCK/POP THU 01 CLUB CAFE. Xylouris White w/ Marisa Anderson. South Side. 412-431-4950. MANOR THEATRE. The Van Allen Belt, Mrs. Paintbrush. music video premiere. Squirrel Hill. 412-422-9851. NIED’S HOTEL. James Buckley. Lawrenceville. 412-781-9853. PALACE THEATRE. Cornell Gunter’s Coasters, The Drifters & The Platters. Greensburg. 724-836-8000. REX THEATER. Rumpke Mountain Boys. South Side. 412-381-6811. THE FUNHOUSE @ MR. SMALLS. Bindley Hardware Co w/ The Brothers Jenkins. Millvale. 412-821-4447.
FRI 02 BEER HEAD BAR. Right TurnClyde. North Side. 412-322-2337. BLOOMFIELD BRIDGE TAVERN. Bleach Fuzz w/ Hypersonic. Bloomfield. 412-682-8611. CLUB CAFE. Bumpin’ Uglies w/ The YJJ’s, Hedonism Bots. South Side. 412-431-4950.
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DIESEL. Wax, The Palmer Squares. CARNEGIE LECTURE HALL. The Subdudes. Oakland. South Side. 412-431-8800. www.calliopehouse.org. MR. SMALLS THEATER. Jesse CLUB CAFE. Cold Roses w/ Brett Mader w/ The Urban Rock Project w/ Real Deal, Tarra Layne, Ambition Staggs. Performing the Music of Ryan Adams & the Cardinals. early. the Kid. Millvale. 412-821-4447. Emerson Jay & Eastend Mile. REX THEATER. Steep Canyon South Side. 412-431-4950. Rangers w/ Jakobs Ferry Stragglers. DIESEL. Echoes Never Lie. South Side. 412-381-6811. South Side. 412-431-8800. ROCHESTER INN DOUBLE WIDE HARDWOOD GRILLE. GRILL. Right TurnClyde. Mr Clean Band. Ross. Mars. 724-553-5212. 412-364-8166. DOWNEY’S HOUSE. THE FUNHOUSE . Game Face. Robinson. www per @ MR. SMALLS. a p ty pghci m 412-489-5631. Jeremy Caywood, .co GOOSKI’S. The Full The Way of Life, Andre Counts & Vertigo-Go. Costello, Jeremy Colbert, Polish Hill. 412-681-1658. Torrey Shineman, Johanna KOPPER KETTLE. King’s Ransom. Chastek. album release. Millvale. Washington. 724-225-5221. 603-433-7465. MOONDOG’S. Norm Nardini, Bill Toms and Hard Rain & 8th Street Rox. Blawnox. 412-828-2040. BALTIMORE HOUSE. THE MR. ROBOTO PROJECT. Homicide Black. Pleasant Hills. Kaelber, The Heirs, Vacancy, The Vics 412-653-3800. & The Electric Army. Bloomfield. BRILLOBOX. Wreck Loose w/ Chet www.therobotoproject.com. Vincent & DJ James Hart. single & MR. SMALLS THEATER. Animals album release. Bloomfield. As Leaders w/ Intervals, Plini. 412-621-4900. Millvale. 412-821-4447. OAKS THEATER. The Vogues. Oakmont. 412.828.6322. OBEY HOUSE. The Bo’Hog Brothers. Crafton. 412-922-3883. THE R BAR. Dave Iglar Band. Dormont. 412-942-0882. RAMADA INN HOTEL & CONFERENCE CENTER. The Eagles Tribute. Greensburg. 800-308-3273. REX THEATER. The Jauntee w/ Wild Adriatic. South Side. 412-381-6811.
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SUN 04 HOWLERS. Jeffrey Lewis & Los Bolts, The Gothees, Scott Fry Experience, Plutonian Burrito. Bloomfield. 412-682-0320. MR. SMALLS THEATER. An Evening with Pete Yorn. Millvale. 412-821-4447. THE R BAR. Billy The Kid and the Regulators. Dormont. 412-942-0882.
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Each week we bring you a new song from a local artist. This week’s track comes from Wreck Loose; stream or download the rollicking ’70s-rock-style single “Long Time Listener, First Time Caller” — which the band releases as a 7-inch on Sat., Dec. 3, at Brillobox — for free at FFW>>, the music blog at www.pghcitypaper.com.
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FRI 02 ANDYS WINE BAR. DJ Malls Spins Vinyl. Downtown. 412-773-8884. BRILLOBOX. Pandemic: Global Dancehall, Cumbia, Bhangra, Balkan Bass. Bloomfield. 412-621-4900. THE FLATS ON CARSON. Pete Butta. South Side. 412-586-7644. 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.
Butta. South Side. 412-586-7644.
TUE 06 THE GOLDMARK. Pete Butta. Reggae & dancehall. Lawrenceville. 412-688-8820.
WED 07 SMILING MOOSE. Rock Star Karaoke w/ T-MONEY. South Side. 412-431-4668. SPOON. Spoon Fed. East Liberty. 412-362-6001.
HIP HOP/R&B FRI 02 1LIVE STUDIO. DJ Goodnight: Open Elements. Avalon. 412-424-9254.
SAT 03 1LIVE STUDIO. DJ Goodnight: Open Elements. Avalon. 412-424-9254.
CATTIVO. Illusions. w/ Funerals & Arvin Clay. Lawrenceville. 412-687-2157. DIESEL. DJ CK. South Side. 412-431-8800. ROOM16. TILT w/ EYEJAY, DJ Bamboo & Davy Wreck. Strip District. 412-726-0061. ROWDY BUCK. Top 40 Dance. South Side. 412-431-2825.
SUN 04 THE FLATS ON CARSON. Pete
THU 01 JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. Roger Humphries Jam Session. Ballroom. North Side. 412-904-3335. VALLOZZI’S PITTSBURGH. Eric Johnson. Downtown. 412-394-3400.
FRI 02 ANDORA RESTAURANT - FOX CHAPEL. Pianist Harry Cardillo & vocalist Charlie Sanders. Fox Chapel. 412-967-1900. GRILLE ON SEVENTH. Tony Campbell & Howie Alexander. Downtown. 412-391-1004. JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. Richie Cole. album release. North Side. 412-904-3335.
BISTRO 9101. The Blues Orphans. McCandless. 412-318-4871. MOONDOG’S. The Monday Blues Review. Blawnox. 412-828-2040.
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BULGARIAN-MACEDONIAN NATIONAL EDUCATION AND CULTURAL CENTER. Gringo Zydeco. West Homestead. 614-296-2655.
PRESIDENT’S PUB. Washington Jazz Society Jazz Brunch. Washington. 724-747-5139. ROCKS LANDING BAR & GRILLE. Tony Campbell & the Jazz Surgery. McKees Rocks. 412 - 857- 5809.
DOWNEY’S HOUSE. Scott & Roseanna. Robinson. 412-489-5631. ELWOOD’S PUB. West Deer Bluegrass Review. Rural Ridge. 724-265-1181.
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Lee Ranaldo and Steve Gunn The Warhol, 117 Sandusky St., North Side {FRI., JAN. 27}
Kris Kristofferson Palace Theatre, 21 W. Otterman St., Greensburg {TUE., FEB. 21}
Sinkane Club Café, 56 S. 12th St., South Side
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DOUG LEVINE & FRIENDS. Rodef Shalom Congregation, Oakland. 412-621-6566.
HAMBONE’S. Ian Kane. Jazz Standards, showtunes & blues. Lawrenceville. 412-681-4318.
BACKSTAGE BAR AT THEATRE SQUARE. Yoko Suzuki. Downtown. 412-456-6666.
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565 LIVE. Mr. Laineous Band. Bellevue. 412-301-8158. BOTTLEBRUSH GALLERY & SHOP. The Early Mays. Harmony. 724-452-0539. CLUB CAFE. Maybird w/ Zeve. early. South Side. 412-431-4950. THE SOUTH SIDE BBQ RESTAURANT. Tony Germaine, singer/guitarist. South Side. 412-381-4566. WALNUT GRILL, BRIDGEVILLE. Eclectic Acoustics. Bridgeville. 412-564-5746.
SAT 03 WALNUT GRILL-ROBINSON. Eclectic Acoustics. Robinson. 412-747-2100.
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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Hall, Oakland. 832-474-0067. ET IN TERRA PAX: SONGS OF PEACE AND JOY FOR THE SEASON. Steel City Men’s Chorale, led by music director Richard Teaster, will present works by Bach, Saint-Saens & Lauridsen, as well as American holiday classics. Ft. Sharlotte DeVere, English horn. First Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Oakland. 908-917-2702.
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CLUB CAFE. Delta Rae w/ Penny and Sparrow. South Side. 412-431-4950. HAMBONE’S. Calliope Old Time Appalachian Jam. Lawrenceville. 412-681-4318.
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SAT 03 JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. Jessica Lee, Mark Strickland, George Jones & Guest. Speakeasy. Tony Campbell Saturday Afternoon Jazz Session. Ballroom. North Side. 412-904-3335. THE MONROEVILLE RACQUET CLUB. Jazz Bean Live. Every Saturday, a different band. Monroeville. 412-728-4155.
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DJ killjoy. NeoN 80s Night. Lawrenceville. 412-687-2555. DIESEL. Cedric Gervais. South Side. 412-431-8800. MR. SMALLS THEATER. Centrifuge Thursdays. At the Funhouse. Millvale. 603-321-0277. PERLE CHAMPAGNE BAR. Bobby D Bachata. Downtown. 412-471-2058.
REGGAE THU 01 PIRATA. The Flow Band. Downtown. 412-323-3000.
FRI 02 CAPRI PIZZA AND BAR. Bombo Claat w/ VYBZ Machine Intl Sound System. East Liberty. 412-362-1250.
COUNTRY TUE 06 CLUB CAFE. Supersuckers w/ Jesse Dayton, Gallows Bound. South Side. 412-431-4950.
CLASSICAL THU 01 KAMRATON PRESENTS: ELECTRIC SOUNDS. A new music collective that exists to present a diverse concert-going experience, challenge the boundaries of music performance & celebrate the talent of local composers. Kamraton is
proud to present an innovative & challenging program that will incorporate electronic sound into live performance. Included on the program will be the world premiere of a piece by Brian Riordan, as well as works by Karlheinz Stockhausen, Ken Thomas, Kaija Saariaho, Anna Clyne & Pittsburgh-based composer Roger Dannenberg. Irma Freeman Center for Imagination, Garfield. 412-924-0634.
SAT 03 SOUND SERIES: DAVID DEL TREDICI 80TH BIRTHDAY CONCERT. Generally recognized as the father of the Neo-Romantic movement in music, Del Tredici has received numerous awards & has been commissioned & performed by nearly every major American and European orchestral ensemble. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1980 for In Memory of a Summer Day for soprano and orchestra. More recently, Del Tredici has set to music a cavalcade of contemporary American poets, often celebrating a gay sensibility. North Side. 412-237-8300.
SUN 04 CMU ALL-UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA FALL CONCERT. Join us for CMU’s All-University Orchestra fall concert feat. the overture from Verdi’s La Forza del Destino, Max Bruch’s soaring Violin Concerto No. 2 featuring AUO Concerto & Aria Competition winner Irene Sun, followed by Serge Rachmaninoff’s fateful Symphony No. 2. Carnegie Music
LINDEN GROVE. Karaoke. Castle Shannon. 412-882-8687. MR. SMALLS THEATER. Street Corner Symphony w/ Andy Davis. Millvale. 412-821-4447.
FRI 02 OAKS THEATER. Music of Disney: Uke Skywalker & Tuba Ferr w/ Rosanna & Scott. Oakmont. 412-828-6322.
SAT 03 MR. SMALLS THEATER. Bob Beach & Friends Remember DC Fitzgerald. Millvale. 412-821-4447. STARLITE LOUNGE. Lonesome Lost & Foggy. CD Release Party. Blawnox. 412-532-6395.
SUN 04 CITY OF ASYLUM @ ALPHABET CITY. Rick Parker & Li Daiguo. North Side. 412-323-0278.
HOLIDAY MUSIC THU 01 BYHAM THEATER. Jim Brickman Comfort & Joy. Debuting original songs along w/ the sounds & stories of the season. With the help of his special guests, Season 8 American Idol winner Kris Allen, female vocalist Anne Cochran and electric violinist Tracy Silverman and – Brickman and friends will help you relax from the hustle and bustle or keep your holiday spirit bright. Downtown. 412-456-6666.
SAT 03 PALACE THEATRE. Christmas Brasstacular. Greensburg. 724-836-8000.
SUN 04 BYHAM THEATER. Mark Milovats. “Christmas In America” w/ the Central Catholic High School Choir. Downtown. 412-456-6666.
MON 05 CLUB CAFE. HoliGAY Cabaret ft. Georgia Bea Cummings, Dixie Surewood, Deep Violet, Molly Belle Cummings. South Side. 412-431-4950.
TUE 06 PALACE THEATRE. The Four Preps & The New Chordettes. Greensburg. 724-836-8000.
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GEORGE R. WHITE STUDIO Strip District. Tickets: attacktheater.com/unbolted. Through Dec. 3.
The Lightning Thief
BYHAM THEATER Downtown. 412-456-6666. With special guests Will Downing and Najee. Tickets: trustarts.org. 8p.m.
Jackyl CRAFTHOUSE Whitehall. With special guests Radioactive, Dying Breed and Sound Servent. Over 21 show. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 7:30p.m.
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Winter Flower Show and Light Garden PHIPPS CONSERVATORY Oakland. For more info visit phipps.conservatory.org. Through Jan. 8.
The Nutcracker
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BENEDUM CENTER Downtown. 412-456-6666. Tickets: pbt.org. Through Dec. 27.
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My Perfect Body: Teen Sketch Party. ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM North Side. Free event. 6p.m.
The Joy Cookies: Cookie Tour
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MR. SMALLS THEATRE Millvale. 412-821-4447. All ages show. Tickets: ticketweb.com/opusone. 8p.m.
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THIS IS NOT A WORK YOU’RE MEANT TO PEEK AT AND MOVE ON
SPORTING NEWS For Real/Time Interventions’ SPORT Invention Workshops, the central question has been, “What new sport does the world need?” The theater troupe’s Molly Rice and Rusty Thelin want to create such a sport in collaboration with Pittsburgh residents. Four workshops have taken place since July. Rice calls them “a combination of devised theater, a neighborhood pick-up game and a lively discussion on our world.” Rice and Thelin moved to Pittsburgh three years ago, and noticed how integral sports are to the community. Their work here has included the memorable immersive show (with Bricolage Productions) The Saints Tour — Braddock. Then they decided to try something both challenging and unfamiliar. Their workshops involve posing questions about topics like rules, and comparing athletes to theatrical characters, to spark discussion about sports and life. Then come prompts and tests to explore the issues physically. Objects are also involved. Rice says the items chosen for possible use are “the weirdest stuff we can find just to move [the new sport] out of the traditional sports vocabulary.” A small potted cactus remains the oddest piece yet to be incorporated. The sports spawned are often collaborative rather than competitive, and sometimes strange. For instance, the painstaking game Tree Egging involves transporting an egg safely to a spot in a tree using only tennis rackets. A more competitive sport conceived by attendees is Heart Attack, a variation on tag in which teams must join the separate pieces of a plastic heart. An opponent’s pieces can be retrieved only if, on contact, you are the one with the lowest heart rate (as gauged with a finger on the wrist). Next year, Real/Time plans more workshops. By 2018, once the new sport takes shape, Rice and Thelin aspire to a full season: a draft, spring training, and a series of games and shows in the summer followed by a championship, all with competing or cooperating neighborhoods. “We really are hoping that the neighborhoods themselves will become proud of their contribution to what we’re trying to build,” Thelin says. The next workshop is from noon4 p.m. on Sun., Dec. 4, at Braddock’s Nyia Page Community Center. “I think the December 4th workshop will definitely be the closest to linking ideas of theater and sports as far as what we’ve done so far,” Thelin says. To attend, whether for the full four hours or some portion thereof, RSVP at realtimeinterverventions@gmail.com.
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Step inside: installation view of Hélio Oiticica: To Organize Delirium
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ÉLIO OITICICA: To Organize Delirium, a comprehensive retrospective now at the Carnegie Museum of Art, provides an in-depth look at the far too short career of its namesake Brazilian trailblazer. But looking is only the beginning, as Oiticica’s most compelling works require much more from the viewer, calling for interaction and immersion as well. The touring exhibition, the most complete presentation of Oiticica’s work to date, is co-organized by the Carnegie, The Art Institute of Chicago and the Whitney Museum of American Art. The adventure begins with early works on paper, bearing the marks of Oiticica’s formal education with their focus on geometric shapes, then transcending the classroom by imbuing these with a vibrancy and life filling each page with movement. You travel next to small constructions, dioramas of fantasti-
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cal imaginary art communities, hanging works in bursts of color overhead, movable feasts of doors and windows pulsing with rich color. All of this is intriguing and lovely, but what comes next, Oiticica’s interactive works, are what enthralls.
HÉLIO OITICICA: TO ORGANIZE DELIRIUM continues through Jan. 2. Carnegie Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland. 412-622-3212 or www.cmoa.org
“Interactive” is a term and concept with which anyone who appreciates contemporary art is familiar. Whether you are a devoted patron who attends openings regularly, or simply find a gallery crawl a telling venue for getting to know
a Tinder date, you’ve been exposed to works that are transformed by your contribution. An observer of an interactive work can, if inclined, take the initiative and become a participant. Often, the only effort required to do so is pushing a button or clicking a mouse, as modern technology has defined interactivity in many cases as the act of prompting a machine rather than a practice of humanity. This is not the case here. Because here, Oiticica asks for your entire physical presence to move within, literally, his work. (It bears mentioning that many of the works in the show — including the interactive pieces — are displayed according to the regulations issuing by the lending bodies, which is why some, ironically, are more accessible than others.) Curiously, the environments that inspired him to produce his most vibrant
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and transfiguring work were not his own. Oiticica’s background was one of relative privilege in mid-20th-century Brazil; he was born in 1937, and grew up not quite in the lap of luxury but of genteel upbringing, refinement and intellectualism. It was the bustling chaos of the favelas, Brazil’s humming and populous slums — slipshod, perilous constructions jammed together on labyrinthine passages, riotous mazes seemingly fragile but resoundingly strong in both structure and spirit — that spurred him to find his truest creation, and establish an artistic signature that went beyond the visual to resonate not as work observed, but experienced. And Oiticia is not content simply to invite the viewer to experience his art; rather, he demands it. While smaller, contained pieces permit one to observe, separate and autonomous, from outside, there is no way to meet larger-scale installations without entering and becoming a participant, and consequently an element. Several of his creations by nature remain unfinished until the addition of the viewer, who then becomes more than viewer. Once one is through, both in passage and in completion, the work is again incomplete until the next person begins her journey. The voyage might include sand, water, hammocks, video, shacks, private nooks, shared spaces or parrots. The entry point is Tropicalia, one of what Oiticica called his Penetrables. These installations plunge each viewer into the painting, surrounding him with color, texture and movement. Traveling on paths of stones and pebbles, one enters small favela-like structures, discovering secrets within. While you can walk through Tropicalia, the monumental Eden encourages you to skip, roll, nap, read, frolic — this is not a work you’re meant to peek at and move on. You’re meant to spend extended time here. You’re meant to play. In other works, you’re meant to watch; in another, to relax in a hammock, listen to music, and think about the art you yourself might want to put together, someday. Oiticica, who died in 1980, didn’t just create art. He constructed havens, safe spaces for exploring, planning, dreaming. But for the thinking they’re purposed to encourage, these environments in and of themselves are remarkably rigid, the result of mathematical precision and obsessively specific direction on Oiticica’s part; his notes on the actual process of building each work, which are part of this exhibition, are vast and meticulous. His part in his own work was strictly controlled, harshly so, with no room for variance or deviation. But our part within it is free.
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From left, Kevin Glavin, Katy Williams and Ian McEuen in Quantum’s The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
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IN 1985 there was probably not a bigger surprise bestseller than The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales, in which neurologist Oliver Sacks recounted some of his more interesting case studies. In 1986, the title story was adapted into a chamber opera by Michael Nyman (score) with Christopher Rawlence and Michael Morris (libretto). And now the work receives its somewhat belated Pittsburgh premiere, from Quantum Theatre.
THE MAN WHO MISTOOK HIS WIFE FOR A HAT continues through Dec. 11. 200 N. Highland St., East Liberty. $38. 412-362-1713 or www.quantumtheatre.com
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat concerns opera singer and teacher “Dr. P,” who is found to have visual agnosia, a neurological condition preventing him from synthesizing visual information. After years of working around the problem, Dr. P. and his wife seek the assistance of Dr. S. Doesn’t sound musical? Well, if they can make a murderous barber or a Treasury secretary sing, anything’s possible. Nyman’s score reflects what’s known as “minimalist music” (quite fittingly, since Nyman coined the phrase). It’s intensely insulated, with little variety; at times the music suggests the feeling of the synaptic energies inside Dr. P’s brain scrambling for a way out. The “lyrics” of Rawlence and Morris appear to be dialogue and narration lifted directly from the book.
It’s not entirely clear that this operatic retelling brings any illumination to the story of Dr. and Mrs. P. Indeed, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat quickly becomes, and remains, an artistic experience solely about itself — which, by the way, is intended not in any form as a complaint, just a description. Quantum presents a highly respectable production of the work, with Karla Boos’ fiercely specific stage direction coupled with Joe Seaman’s visually rich projections and Britton Mauk’s set design, all lit with Andrew Ostrowski’s customary skill. Andres Cladera’s tightly controlled musical direction of the seven-piece orchestra (strings and piano) gives the evening propulsion and pace. This can hardly be an easy show to sing, but Katy Williams, Ian McEuen and Kevin Glavin, as Mrs. P., Dr. S. and Dr. P., respectively, are more than up to the task. McEuen is the smooth narrator of the piece, and his wonder at the workings of the human mind mirrors our own. Glavin does well portraying a man refusing to let the outside world come between him and his music, and Williams is almost a lioness, prowling the stage ready to strike at anything threatening her home. The one concern is the performance venue: A cavernous and unfinished office space is not necessarily an acoustic paradise, and often the sound is sour and muddied, which might be why the production, though sung in English, is both miked and equipped with supra-titles. Without those aids, it would be difficult to understand the words. But since Quantum’s “thing” is the invasion and adaptation of non-theatrical spaces, there’s always going to be risk involved … and without risk there is no theater. I N F O@ P G H C I T Y PA P E R. C OM
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arching theme of Attack Theatreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s latest creation, Unbolted, with four performances Dec. 1-3 at Pittsburgh Operaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s George R. White Studio. There will be physical shifts in perspective, as the 90-minute production will be performed in-the-round â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the ďŹ rst time thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been done in the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 22year history. The contemporary dance workâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s three distinct 20-minute sections will be separated by short pauses during which audience members, if they choose, can change seating to see the remainder of the production from an alternate vantage point.
chairs, benches and beanbags spread out in the space. There will be also philosophical shifts in perspective, as the work explores notions of charting the uncharted territory of life, and how the roadmap of oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life can be adjusted by interactions with others. Another of the workâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sections, says de la Reza, deals with how people look at one another. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve adopted this term of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;slowlooking,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[The idea] that we are not looking at the facade of a person, but are really looking into that person and being willing to have that reciprocally affect us.â&#x20AC;? Set to recorded electronic and classical music, along with original music played live by Ian Green, ďŹ ve dancers including Attackâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newest company member, Carnegie native and 2011 Point Park University graduate Sarah Zielinksi, will engage in what Attackâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s other co-artistic director, Peter Kope, calls short-form narratives. The 27-year-old Zielinksi sees parallels to the productionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s theme in choreographers Kope and de la Rezaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s creative process. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They come at it not just from one angle, but all of these other beautiful angles that create this prism of colors,â&#x20AC;? says Zielinksi. In the end, Kope says, Unbolted is about â&#x20AC;&#x153;the idea of trying to balance the light and dark sides of our souls and how we interact with others.â&#x20AC;?
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She was expecting quirky. Instead, Jane Bernstein got blown away. Last year, while visiting Croatia, the Carnegie Mellon University English professor stopped at Zagreb’s Museum of Broken Relationships, a showcase of objects commemorating just that. From a child’s ride-in pushcar and a pair of red stiletto heels to a plastic Virgin Mary, “I was really surprised at the range of stories and objects and the range of emotional resonance” the exhibit elicited, she says. The relationships were romantic, familial, business and more. “More than the stories, it was the object that captured my attention, in a lot of ways,” she says. “It’s about the power of stuff.”
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Bernstein decided Pittsburgh needed its own MOBR. This week, thanks to 10 students in a class of hers; five grad students from CMU’s Entertainment Technology Center; and the support of folks like English Department head Andreea Ritivoi, we will. The show, at the Mine Factory gallery, is among 40-some temporary, satellite MOBRs created internationally since the original was founded, in 2006. (Another permanent MOBR is in Hollywood, Calif.). Pittsburgh’s is the first organized by students; Bernstein’s undergraduates spent weeks reaching out to gather stories and objects from the local community, including refugees and people with mental illness: geode, Kennywood magnet, glass box full of corks … gall bladder. About 60 objects and their stories will be exhibited, including 15 from the Zagreb collection as contributed by MOBR’s founders — filmmaker Olinka Vištica and sculptor Dražen Grubišić, who started the museum to mark their own romantic breakup, but who, ironically, remain together professionally via the museum. Vištica and Grubišić will speak at 4:30 p.m. Thu., Dec. 1, at CMU’s Baker Hall. Both founders will attend the Dec. 1 soft opening, and Grubišić will attend the Dec. 2 opening reception.
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MUSEUM OF BROKEN RELATIONSHIPS Soft opening: 5-8 p.m. Fri., Dec. 2; opening reception: 5-8 p.m. Sat., Dec. 3. Exhibit continues through Dec. 29. 201 N. Braddock Ave., Point Breeze. Free. www.facebook.com (“Museum of Broken Relationships Pittsburgh”)
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WORDS “Last summer, two discrete young snakes left their skin / on my small porch, two mornings in a row. Being / postmodern now, I pretended as if I did not see / them, nor understand what I knew to be circling / inside me.” Robin Coste Lewis’ precise, insinuating verse earned her the National Book Award for 2015’s Voyage of the Sable Venus. Tonight, the California-based poet is joined at Frick Fine Arts Auditorium by internationally exhibited artist Lorna Simpson for a reading and discussion, part of the Why Does Black Art Matter Now? program of Pitt’s Center for African American Poetry and Poetics. Bill O’Driscoll 7 p.m. 650 Schenley Plaza, Oakland. Free. www.caapp.pitt.edu
STAGE Midnight Radio’s Holiday Spectacular returns, with its wry take on 1940s-style radio. The family-friendly season-ender for Bricolage Productions’ Midnight Radio series features Pittsburgh-themed spoofs of classic holiday stories and favorite features like Fake Breaking News, from a cast including Juliana Avolio, Brett Goodnack, Wali Jamal, Amy Landis and Jason McCune. The Spectacular’s 12 performances boast a rotating lineup of musical talent including tonight’s
guest, country chanteuse Molly Alphabet. And don’t miss the pre-show Happy Half-hour. BO 8 p.m. Continues through Dec. 17. 937 Liberty Ave., Downtown. $25-35. 412-471-0999 or www.bricolagepgh.org
WORDS In poet, writer and professor Harriet Levin Millan’s novel How Fast Can You Run (Harvard Square Editions), real-life South Sudanese refugee Michael Majok Kuch’s journey to locate his mother after his village was burned manifests in intimate, personal detail. Tonight, Millan, who’s based in Philadelphia, reads excerpts from her book, and Kuch joins her to discuss the refugee experience, at City of Asylum’s Alphabet City. The moderator is Pitt professor Taylor Seybolt. Ian Flanagan 8 p.m. 40 W. North Ave., North Side. Free. 412-323-0278 or www.cityofasylum.org
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evergreen 1966 drama about Yuletide machinations in 1183 amongst the scheming clan of King Henry II. Talk about dysfunctional: Henry jailed his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, for 10 years for fomenting her sons to rebel against old dad. PICT’s Alan Stanford stars, with Cary Ann Spear as Eleanor and a cast including Tony Bingham and Karen Baum. John Shepard directs; the first show at the Union Project is tonight. BO 8 p.m. Continues through Dec. 17. 801 N. Negley Ave., Highland Park. $15-50. 412-561-6000 or www.picttheatre.org
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STAGE Adapted from the first entry of Rick Riordan’s popular Greek-mythology-inspired YA series Percy Jackson and the Olympians, the musical The Lightning Thief comes to the August Wilson Center for four family-friendly performances starting this morning. Percy, the son of Poseidon, is accused of stealing Zeus’ master lightning bolt, and his quest to locate it, and the true thief, ensues. Presented by EQT Bridge Theater Series, Lightning Thief is performed by Theatreworks USA. IF 10:15 a.m. and 7 p.m. Also 2 and 7 p.m. Sat., Dec. 3. 980 Liberty Ave., Downtown. $10.50. 412-456-6666 or www.trustast.org
STAGE In Lungs, a young couple considers having a child, but global warming: The woman calculates she’d be giving birth to “an Eiffel Tower” of carbon emissions. How it all plays out is the subject of British playwright Duncan MacMillan’s intermissionless 2011 two-hander. The drama’s Pittsburgh premiere, directed by Spencer Whale ^ Thu., Dec. 1: The Lion in Winter for Off The Wall Productions, stars Sarah Silk and Alex Silverblatt. The first performance is tonight. BO 8 p.m. Continues through Dec. 17. Carnegie Stages, 25 W. Main St., Carnegie. $5-40. 724-873-3576 or www.insideoffthewall.com
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DANCE “[A] journey of disintegration and redemption” is how choreographer Alexandra Damiani describes her new work about the artistic tensions between baroque music and ballet on one hand, and freedom and self-expression on the other. Damiani, former director of New York’s pioneering Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, is one of four choreographers setting new work on Point Park University’s
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Conservatory Dance Company for Ballet Off-Center. The program, with eight performances this week and next at the Pittsburgh Playhouse, also features work by Darrell Grand Moultrie — who choreographed for Beyoncé’s Mrs. Carter Show World Tour — and Point Park dance faculty Jason McDole and Daniel Karasik. Look for a review in next week’s City Paper. BO 8 p.m. Continues through Dec. 11. 222 Craft Ave., Oakland. $10-24. 412-392-8000 or www.pittsburghplayhouse.com
saturday 12.03 SHOPPING If you liked Handmade Arcade last year, you’re bound to again: The 13th annual incarnation of the city’s oldest and largest craft fair pairs its 100-plus returning craft-based artists, designers and makers with some 40 new vendors. The artwork, clothing, jewelry, housewares, bath and body products and much more — most ranging from $1 to $200 — are augmented at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center by hands-on activities for all ages (postcard-making; a birdthemed mural project); live puppet performances; and local DJs and live music. BO 11 a.m.-7 p.m. 1000 Fort Duquesne Blvd., Downtown. Free. (Early Birdie passes: $15). www.handmadearcade.com
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Australian-born comedian Jim Jefferies visits for two shows tonight as part of The Unusual Punishment Tour. The Los Angeles-based comic has been busy: His new standup special, Freedumb, his fifth in seven years, is out now. Jefferies also gave up his podcast to create, write, produce and star in two seasons of the FX series Legit. Tonight’s early show at Carnegie of Homestead Musical Hall is sold out, but at press time, tickets for the 10:30 p.m. performance remained. IF 7:30 and 10:30 p.m. 510 East 10th Ave., Munhall. $29.62-49.50. www.druskyentertainment.com
MUSIC It’s a rare Pittsburgh visit for a noted composer, and with good cause. Pitt’s Music on the Edge and The Andy Warhol Museum present the David Del Tredici 80th Birthday Concert, fêting the father of contemporary music’s neo-romantic movement. Del Tredici is internationally known for setting literature and poetry to music, from his famous works inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Alice books to CONTINUES ON PG. 32
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contemporary verse with a gay sensibility. At The Warhol, violinist Roger Zahab and tenor Robert Frankenberry join Music on the Edge co-director Eric Moe for a career-spanning sampling of Del Tredici’s chamber work, including “Virtuoso Alice,” songs from “Gay Life” and “My Favorite Penis Poems.” Del Tredici will introduce the works. BO 8 p.m. 117 Sandusky St., North Side. $10-20. 412-624-7529 or www.music.pitt.edu
sunday 12.04 FAIR Pittsburgh indie book-sellers, unite! Many of them do at today’s Fourth Annual Holiday Book Sale, at the Stephen Foster Community Center, in Lawrenceville. Organized by Karen Lillis, of Karen’s Book Row/Small Press Pittsburgh, the fair features selections from vendors including Amazing Books, Mystery Lovers Bookshop, White Whale, Copacetic Comics and more. Parking is free. BO Noon-5 p.m. 286 Main St., Lawrenceville. www.facebook.com (“Pittsburgh annual holiday book”)
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TALK Pulitzer-winner Elizabeth Strout is known for deconstructing delicate relationships. Her latest highly acclaimed work, My Name Is Lucy Barton, depicts a mother’s hospital visit to her recovering daughter after years of silence. Strout won the Pulitzer for 2008’s Olive Kitteridge, which was adapted into an Emmy-winning HBO mini-series starring Frances McDormand and Bill Murray. Strout speaks tonight at Carnegie Music Hall courtesy of Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures. The event is sold out, with a wait list. IF 7:30 p.m. 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland. $15-35. 412-622-8866 or www.pittsburghlectures.org
wednesday 12.07 ACTIVISM Feeling scared, depressed and powerless? Join the club. But join a movement, too. Each year, Amnesty International holds a worldwide Write-a-thon and Human Rights Festival, with participants penning letters to governments worldwide seeking justice for political prisoners, and on other causes. Amnesty International Group 39 holds its 30th annual event tonight, at Calvary Episcopal Church. All materials and info are provided. BO 6-9 p.m. 315 Shady Ave., Shadyside. www.amnestypgh.org
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SANDWICH TIME {BY AL HOFF} The merging of food cultures has created some excellent results, among them the popular Vietnamese sandwich known as bahn mi. The colonial French introduced the baguette, and the Vietnamese stuffed it with their grilled meats, pickled vegetables and fresh herbs. A selection of the sandwiches awaits diners at the newly opened Bahn Mi & Ti, a charming café on Butler Street, in the heart of Lawrenceville. There are six traditional bahn mis, featuring chicken, beef, pork and fried tofu. The Viet Special takes another page from the French cookbook, adding pâté along with pork roll, cured pork and head cheese. Sandwiches are topped traditionally, with pickled carrots, cucumbers, cilantro and housemade mayonnaise; jalapeños can be added upon request. Besides sandwiches, there are rice bowls with the sandwich proteins, and a lemongrass beef stew, with a “naked bahn mi” on the side. Speaking of sides, there are fresh summer rolls and light, shredded Vietnamese cabbage slaw. For beverages, take note of plenty of “ti” — a substantial menu of bubble teas lets customers mix and match teas and toppings (hot bubble tea is an option). Naturally, there is Vietnamese coffee, prepared with condensed milk, and, for a taste of the tropics, sugar-cane juice, pressed fresh and served over ice. Grab and go, or take a seat in the bright, airy space. There are a few seats at a counter, and a rear nook with small tables. The back wall is dominated by a large chalkboard; under “My New Year’s Resolutions …,” someone has written: “Eat 1,001 banh mis.” AHOFF@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
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HERE’S NO shortage of Italian dining in the Pittsburgh region. Even discounting pizzerias, options range from old-school red-sauce restaurants serving Uncle Vinny’s eggplant parm to upscale trattorias showcasing the regional traditions of Tuscany, Sicily or Abruzzo. tr There’s no one formula for success in this T crowded field, but whether the menu c features wedding soup or house-made f bucatini, the only way to stand out is for the food to be good, really good. The other night we revisited an Italian restaurant, Nancetta’s, that has shifted its approach in pursuit of its niche. Located in the strip of O’Hara Township between Aspinwall and Blawnox, Nancetta’s has candle-lit dining rooms with pretty copper-topped tables, a sweet little patio and a decor that splits the difference between
modern and traditional. That much hasn’t changed. But its new menu offers a very different dining experience than the one we had five years ago. The owner, who greeted us himself when we arrived, put it this way:
NANCETTA’S RISTORANTE 1200 Old Freeport Road, O’Hara Township. 412-781-2220 HOURS: Lunch Mon.-Fri. 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.; Dinner Tue.-Thu. 4:30-10 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 4:30-11 p.m. PRICES: Small plates and antipasti $3-30; pasta and flatbread pizza $11-28; meat entrees $19-48 LIQUOR: Full bar
CP APPROVED “The old menu was Pittsburgh Italian; this menu is Italian.”
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grilling brought out their meatiness. Slices of lemon, served on the forks, were more than impressive presentation; the citrus was essential to this dish’s carefully calibrated balance. Chestnut-asiago ravioli in balsamic reduction might be too sweet and intensely flavored to be an entrée, so Nancetta’s wisely offers them as a starter. At the beginning of our meal, as our palates were becoming acclimated to the kitchen’s new approach, we were delighted by the interplay of smooth, earthy chestnuts, nutty cheese and syrupy sauce within perfectly al dente wrappers. Pizza dough was not the standard, cracker-like flatbread, but more like Neapolitan-style Margherita crust — chewy, yeasty and only a little bit crisp. We ordered the “classic” with chicken, and it came layered with bright red tomato sauce, only lightly accentuated with fresh mozzarella, and with slices of tender chicken breast on each slice. The restraint in assembling this pizza was part of what made it so good. Next time we’ll try the pie with red-wine-marinated figs with goat cheese and caramelized onions. Pasta dishes are all made with fresh house-made noodles, a difference of tender texture as well as taste. Tuscan-style Bolognese was not so much a sauce with ingredients as a lush molten-togetherness of vegetables, meat, olive oil and dairy. Pancetta provided salty high notes, and red wine lent deep, dark burgundy undertones. For $10 extra, this dish can be served with short rib on the bone; we highly recommend the splurge for an extra-hearty, meat-lover’s Bolognese. At the other end of the spectrum was spaghetti with mussels — a generous portion — and a light lemon-saffron cream sauce. Lighter than traditional Alfredo sauce but not insubstantial, this firmly but ineffably bound the succulent shellfish together with the tender skein of pasta. Wild-boar medallions, two of them, were butterflied and grilled, their texture chewy in a way that said “game” without veering into tough territory. The boar was served in a mild, creamy reduction sauce plentiful with shiitake and oyster mushrooms. While the sauce was perfect for the robust boar, it didn’t do much for the steamed cauliflower on the side. The vegetable was well cooked, but a bit bland without something stronger to prop it up. Off the beaten path, and frankly nondescript from the outside, Nancetta’s inside has what it takes to be a destination for Italian dining. In a region with so many options, Nancetta’s has skillfully refocused its kitchen on authentic, upscale specialties that set it apart from its competition. INF O @PGH C IT YPAPE R . C O M
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TURN TO THE DARK SIDE {BY DREW CRANISKY} AFTER AN unseasonably warm autumn,
Pittsburgh has finally received its first dose of winter weather, with bitter winds and a few flurries sweeping across the region. The changing weather prompts a new wardrobe, new things to complain about and, of course, new drinking habits. Hot toddies and Beaujolais Nouveau are classic choices, but when the mercury plunges, I find myself reaching for the darkest beer I can find. And since I’m sure I’m not alone, I set out to assemble a quick primer on all things dark and delicious. So what makes a dark beer dark? It all comes down to the malts. Though all beer relies on malts (cereal grains that have been allowed to germinate, then dried to halt the germination process), dark beers are unique in their use of black and dark malts. These grains are heavily roasted to achieve the characteristic color as well as the caramelized, toasty flavors we love. The blanket term “dark beer” encompasses everything from classic styles like schwarzbier (a dark German lager) to the relatively new and trendy black IPAs. The most familiar dark beers, however, are generally billed as either porters or stouts. As it turns out, the line between those two styles is rather blurry indeed, and many argue that there is no practical difference at all. Historically, stouts evolved from porters, with English brewers aiming to
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BOOZE BATTLES {BY CELINE ROBERTS}
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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Proper Brick Oven and Tap Room 139 Seventh St., Downtown DRINK: Proper Sidecar INGREDIENTS: Laird’s Applejack brandy, lemon juice, Cointreau, orange peel and a cinnamon-sugar rim OUR TAKE: One of the only drinks I’ve ever had that was well served by a sugared rim, this cocktail is perfect for warming up. The brandy provides strong apple flavors, and paired with the warmth of the cinnamon and orange, it really shines.
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HOLIDAY JEER {BY AL HOFF}
OUR CHEAT SHEET TO THE MOVIES OPENING OVER THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY WEEK
Truthfully, much of the holiday experience is a retread of what occurred in previous years — they call it tradition — so we shouldn’t be too surprised when Bad Santa 2 turns up. It’s as dinged up as that artificial tree you bought 10 years ago, but whatever: It’s Christmas, it’ll do.
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The plot does get the old gang back together: Willie (Billy Bob Thornton), the titular Claus; Marcus (Tony Cox), his elf partner; and Thurman (Brett Kelly), the weird kid from the first film who had a crush on Santa, and who is now a weird adult with a crush on Santa. Willie and Marcus travel to Chicago, where they meet up with Willie’s estranged mom (Kathy Bates) for a heist job at a children’s charity. Things go wrong, and if there is a message this holiday season, it’s that you cannot trust anybody. It’s all: Ho, ho, ho … betrayal! The original Bad Santa (2003) wasn’t the greatest film, but its commitment to cynicism and unrepentant vulgarity was admirable in the face of so many saccharine holiday films. Today there are so many hard-R comedies that Bad Santa has lost much of its original shock value. That might be why Mark Waters’ sequel is almost a never-ending stream of profanity and disgusting bodily-function jokes. (Let’s just say the “bag of balls” featured in the film’s coda isn’t Santa’s sack of treasures.) But this work can’t be saved with quantity. Bad Santa 2 just isn’t nearly as entertaining — the film’s premise is the same joke told twice (never as funny as the first time), and all the added crassness already feels dated. And the earlier Bad Santa benefited from the foil of some decent folk pushing back against the celebrated miscreants, such as the department-store manager portrayed by John Ritter. Here, everybody is awful, so spending 90 minutes with this Santa-suited crew is a slog. But if you need a holiday-themed excuse to laugh at jokes about anal sex, statutory rape, child abuse and the differently abled, this is the ticket!
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COMING THROUGH THE RYE. In this period drama set in 1969, a teen obsessed with The Catcher in the Rye runs away from boarding school in search of the novel’s elusive author, J.D. Salinger. James Steven Sadwith writes and directs. Starts Fri., Dec. 2. South Side Works INCARNATE. The devil has taken control of a young boy, and it’s up to a mind-melding exorcist to sort it out. Brad Peyton directs this horror thriller starring Carice Van Houten (Game of Thrones) and Aaron Eckhart. Starts Fri., Dec. 2 MAN DOWN. Shia LaBeouf stars in this thriller, in which a former U.S. Marine searches for his estranged wife and son in a post-apocalyptic America. Jai Courtney, Gary Oldman and Kate Mara also star; Dito Montiel directs. Starts Fri., Dec. 2
REPERTORY FARGO. In the Coen brothers’ Oscar-winning 1996 dark comedy (and affectionate send-up of the upper Midwest), a pregnant, down-to-earth cop (Frances McDormand) calmly sorts out a kidnap-murder case, you betcha. 7:30 p.m. Wed., Nov. 30. AMC Loews Waterfront. $5 DOMINO. Tony Scott’s flashy 2005 action flick tells the kinda true story of bounty hunter Domino Harvey (Keira Knightley), in a chaotic swirl of fact and fiction, punctuated with rizzrazz editing, wobbly camerawork and plenty of filler. Scott teams Domino with two compadres and sets them to kicking ass within an increasingly convoluted story: Scott’s formula seems to be that the faster he edits this stuff together, the less time we’ll have to worry that none of it is making much sense. Dec. 2-8. Row House Cinema (Al Hoff)
Spirited Away Robinson, Monroeville, North Hills, Center Township and Pittsburgh Mills FAUST. Emil Jennings is Mephisto in this 1926 adaptation of Goethe’s cautionary tale about a man who sells his soul to the devil. Directed by F.W. Murnau (Nosferatu), this silent film is considered one of the German director’s greatest works, with the dark melodramatic subject matter ideally suited to his expressionistic technique. The film will be accompanied with live music by Richard Nicol and Steve Rightnour, performing as as Pittsburgh Modular and Monorocket. 4 p.m. Sun., Dec. 4. Hollywood HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS. Critics were mixed on Ron Howard’s live-action 2000 adaptation of the Dr. Seuss story, starring Jim Carrey as the Grinch. “An instant classic,” trumpeted The Boston Globe; “shrill, strenuous and entirely without charm,” sniffed Variety. But overcoming differences of opinion is what the holidays are all about, so bring the whole family to enjoy this film. 7:30 p.m. Tue., Dec. 6. AMC Loews Waterfront. $5
DRIVE. Ryan Gosling has perfected the art of staring moodily into space, a skill on prime display in Nicolas Winding Refn’s 2011 film. Gosling plays an unnamed Hollywood stunt driver who works nights as a wheelman for heists. But the “one more job” goes wrong, and Gosling finds himself possessing a million dollars and a target on his back. What follows in the latter half of the movie is some of the most incredible and disturbing violence I have seen on screen; weapons include shotguns, a curtain rod and a fork. Drive leaves more dead bodies than Hamlet, and makes much less sense. Dec. 2-6 and Dec. 8. Row House Cinema (Brendan Sullivan) POINT BLANK. Lee Marvin stars in John Boorman’s stylish 1967 thriller about a hitman who puts a lot of effort into tracking what he believes to be his rightful share of a heist. This influential moody neo-noir with minimal dialogue and a downbeat vibe would help usher in similarly themed and stylized anti-hero films of the 1970s. Dec. 2-7. Row House Cinema SPIRITED AWAY. In this 2001 animated film from Japan, a 10-year-old girl and her family accidentally wander into the spirit world, where the parents are turned into pigs and their daughter must figure out how to save the day. Directed by revered animator Hayao Miyazaki (Princess Mononoke, Kiki’s Delivery Service). The film is back in theaters for a special two-day event to celebrate its 15th anniversary. Noon Sun., Dec. 4 (dubbed in English) and 7 p.m. Mon., Dec. 5 (in Japanese, with subtitles). Cinemark Theaters in
Man Down STRONG: LIFT LIKE A GIRL. Julie Wyman’s 2012 documentary profiles Olympic weight-lifter Cheryl Haworth, who, at 5’8” and 300 pounds, has to navigate an awkward space between celebrating her body for its prowess and confronting cultural expectations that uphold smaller, slimmer physical ideals for women. The film screens as part of an ongoing series of social-justice films. 6:30 p.m. Thu., Dec. 8. Eddy Theater, Chatham campus, Shadyside. Free. www.justfilmspgh.org MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET. In George Seaton’s 1947 charmer, a Macy’s-store Santa, Kris Kringle, claims to be the real deal. This being modern America, lawyers are called in, but what counts most is winning hearts, not court cases. Look for the red-and-white guy to triumph. 7:30 p.m. Thu., Dec. 8. AMC Loews Waterfront. $5
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FREE STUFF {BY CHARLIE DEITCH} This past season, Pittsburgh Pirates announcer and former pitcher Bob Walk fell out of his chair during a broadcast on Root Sports. It was caught on camera and in the confined space of the announcer booth, there was certainly a chance that he could have been seriously hurt. But he was not hurt, and now the Pirates are acting on one of this country’s great truths: Whatever doesn’t kill us becomes a bobblehead doll. Last week, the Pirates released their list of giveaways for the upcoming season. And in any other year, switching Free Shirt Friday to Free Shirt Saturday would dominate the headlines. But that change was upstaged by the announcement last week that Walk’s on-air crash would be memorialized in a May 20 promo called: “Bob Walk Chair-Tip Bobblechair.”
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The bobblechair giveaway will certainly upstage Gregory Polanco’s bobblehead on Aug. 19 and cause people to completely overlook the June 17 Jordy Mercer bobblehead, much the same way they overlook Jordy Mercer the living, breathing shortstop. But if anything will overshadow the bobblechair’s allure, it will happen during the second home game of the season, when the Pirates give away Francisco Cervelli singing bobblehead dolls (It plays “That’s Amore”). It would be better if it gave romance tips like the real Cervelli did on the Jumbotron last season. In addition to bobbleheads, T-shirts, concerts, gloves, hats, jerseys and, wait for it, a jump rope, there will also be tickets to actual games that you can buy if you’re into that sort of thing. Also, I assume the jump rope will be for us all to hang ourselves with if the Buccos miss the postseason again.
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ROM THE SURFACE of the water, local underwater-hockey player Ben Holtzman says his sport “looks like sharks feeding.” Flippers splash water into the air as players chaotically circle a small orange puck. But under the water, the sport is graceful. Players slide across the pool’s floor like rays gliding along ocean currents, easily traversing the length of the pool with what appears to be minimal effort. Underwater hockey traces its roots to England in the 1950s, when scuba divers invented a game called “octopush,” where divers pushed a small puck with flat sticks along the bottom of a pool as a means to stay active in diving during the colder off-season. Holtzman, a member of the Pittsburgh Stingrays Underwater Hockey Club, says that since its inception, the game has evolved. Now, players wear goggles, snorkels
and fins, and hit the puck with 12-inch hockey sticks. Games are six-on-six affairs and use an entire 25-yard pool as the field of play. To start, players rush to gain possession of a three-pound lead puck placed at the center of the pool. Holtzman, who also plays for the U.S. men’s national team, says players can typically hold their breath for only 10 to 15 seconds while in action, so they are constantly diving and resurfacing, flicking the puck 10 to 15 feet at a time. He says that this means the way to really succeed at the sport is teamwork, not holding one’s breath the longest. “No matter how good you are, you can’t hold your breath forever,” he says. Brittany Haughton, who has been playing underwater hockey for 10 years, says the game has many unique challenges. “Above the ‘Oh, God, I can’t hold my breath’ feeling, the game forces players to delve deep into their intu-
itions,” she says. “You can’t talk to your teammates while playing underwater.” Guiz Besson has been playing since 2010. He excels at slipping by defenders, which has earned him the nickname “the eel.” The game is limited-contact like basketball, and Guiz says the Pittsburgh Stingrays’ play is less about competition and more about enjoying being in the water. “It doesn’t hurt your joints,” says Besson. “What other sport could you say that about? There is no money in it; people just play for the fun.” The Pittsburgh Stingrays are looking for members. They meet Tuesdays at West Allegheny High School, in Imperial, and Thursdays at Mount Lebanon High School, from 8:30-10 p.m. Play is co-ed and free to start; gear is provided and games are informal. Just bring a swimsuit and dive in. RYA N D E TO@ P G H C I T Y PA P E R. C OM
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able to stitch together that many consecutive wins against the Panthers since. In fact, since 1982, Pitt has lost only three times. Duquesne’s last win was in 2000. Back then, people used to ask other people for directions and sometimes wrote them down in cursive. In those days you had to ask someone to get off the computer so you could use the phone. After shopping at Circuit City for a 60-pound television, you could relax at a Bennigan’s with a couple of Zimas. It’s definitely been awhile, though Duquesne is scrappy and almost pulled off a huge upset in 2009. The 2009 Panthers were arguably the best Pitt team in 30 years, featuring DeJuan Blair, Sam Young, LeVance Fields and Ashton Gibbs. Duquesne surrendered a 16-point lead and wound up losing by one in double overtime. That year, Aaron Jackson, Damian Saunders and Bill Clark helped Duquesne to a 21-13 record. Pitt went 31-5, was ranked No. 1 in the nation at one point in the season, and missed going to the Final Four by a layup from Villanova’s Scottie Reynolds. The 2016 City Game takes place Fri., Dec. 2, at the newly named PPG Paints Arena. This will be the first appearance of Pitt’s coach, Kevin Stallings. Tickets are as low as $14, so they are nice and cheap. As long as the fans and players don’t start fistfights like they did in the old days, the City Game will remain a Pittsburgh tradition. But maybe put your dukes up, just in case.
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of the past. Conference realignments are the biggest cause, separating traditional rivals. Pitt football fans used to love annual clashes against traditional rivals like Penn State, West Virginia and Notre Dame. Now we get them for just a couple of years at a time. Pitt’s basketball rivalries with Villanova, Connecticut and Georgetown no longer exist. But one rivalry we can still count on is the annual City Game, between Pitt and Duquesne. Sure, it’s been a little one-sided since the 1980s, but it’s still one of the best sporting events in the month of December. It all started in 1932, with Hoovervilles popping up all over the depressed nation. Prohibition was in its final throes and the city began a tradition. Basketball was a little different in those days — no shot clock, no three-pointers, no slam dunks, and the rosters were as white as an Upper St. Clair school-board meeting. Players shot free throws in the underhanded granny style, and a center-court jump ball was employed after every basket. This rivalry was so intense it was suspended for 15 years because fights constantly broke out between players and fans. Men in suits and fedoras gave each other knuckle sandwiches and uttered phrases like, “Why, I oughta clobber you!” and “Put up your dukes!” The series returned in the early ’50s, just in time for Duquesne’s heyday. Duquesne has retired the numbers of only five players, and two of them played together from 1953-55. Sihugo Green and Dick Ricketts were those guys. (Imagine a team where Sihugo Green is the secondfunniest name.) Duquesne had its largest margin of victory in the series in 1953, and that record-setting 79-43 walloping still stands today. Six years later, Pitt returned the favor with a 75-44 beat-down. The series continued into the 1960s, when fights broke out again. It was a civil war on the court, pitting friends and relatives against each other. The 1970s ushered in the Norm Nixon era. The four- time NBA all-star has the distinction of having the most successful pro-basketball career of any Duke ever. He scored more than 12,000 points in the pros. The Dukes won four straight games over Pitt at that time and haven’t been
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1. Hotel amenities 6. Baseball part 10. Eyeglasses shape 14. Singer Cooper whose real first name is Vincent 15. Boothrenting event 16. Ball game 17. Start networking? 18. “You said it” 19. Former Italian PM Moro 20. Intelligent Amazon voice assistant? 22. French poet Bonnefoy 23. “Real Possibilities” org. 24. U. whence a “Ramblin’ Wreck” hails 26. “Death closes all: but something ___ the end” (Tennyson) 27. Off-Broadway hit letters 28. Sail at the front 29. Next available 31. Poker player’s giveaways 33. Head ___ 34. Microsoft voice assistant that cannot be broken? 39. Kind of flush 40. Random mixtures 41. Run 44. “While we’re on the topic...”
45. “The Magnificent Seven” studio 48. Adopted family member 49. Suddenly lose power 51. Model Delevingne 52. “Couldn’t be clearer” 54. One who falls for Apple’s voice assistant? 56. Tag number 57. Dele breaker 58. Well-groomed 59. Wasatch Mountain ski resort 60. Romance novelist ___ Blake 61. Salt the sidewalk, say 62. Layoff’s reason, perhaps 63. Algerian setting for Camus’ “The Plague” 64. Following
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1. Nacho dips 2. Longtime Bowie collaborator Carlos 3. Singing barber 4. Business that serves as the bad guys in “Mr. Robot” 5. Outlook folder 6. Like envelopes and Ziploc bags 7. Mookie Wilson or Dwight Gooden, e.g. 8. Tops 9. Monte Carlo’s nation 10. Just ducky
11. Kraft “cheese” brand 12. Neo’s last name in “The Matrix” 13. Cafetière contents 21. Quick on one’s feet 25. Souped-up car 28. Uneasy feeling during customs 30. Have-___ 31. Bulgarian ruler title, once 32. ___-Niacin (controlledrelease pills) 34. Scorching hot 35. US goalie with the most career clean sheets
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FOR THE WEEK OF
Free Will Astrology
11.30-12.07
{BY ROB BREZSNY}
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): A journalist dared composer John Cage to “summarize himself in a nutshell.” Cage said, “Get yourself out of whatever cage you find yourself in.” He might have added, “Avoid the nutshells that anyone tries to put you in.” This is always fun work to attend to, of course, but I especially recommend it to you Sagittarians right now. You’re in the time of year that’s close to the moment when you first barged out of your mom’s womb, where you had been housed for months. The coming weeks will be an excellent phase to attempt a similar if somewhat less extravagant trick.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Hundreds of years ago, the Catholic Church’s observance of Lent imposed a heavy burden. During this six-week period, extending from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday, believers were expected to cleanse their sins through acts of selfdenial. For example, they weren’t supposed to eat meat on Fridays. Their menus could include fish, however. And this loophole was expanded even further in the 17th century when the Church redefined beavers as being fish. (They swim well, after all.) I’m in favor of you contemplating a new loophole in regard to your own self-limiting behaviors, Capricorn. Is there a taboo you observe that no longer makes perfect sense? Out of habit, do you deny yourself a pleasure or indulgence that might actually be good for you? Wriggle free of the constraints.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “The Pacific Ocean was overflowing the borders of the map,” wrote Pablo Neruda in his poem “The Sea.” “There was no place to put it,” he continued. “It was so large, wild and blue that it
didn’t fit anywhere. That’s why it was left in front of my window.” This passage is a lyrical approximation of what your life could be like in 2017. In other words, lavish, elemental, expansive experiences will be steadily available to you. Adventures that may have seemed impossibly big and unwieldy in the past will be just the right size. And it all begins soon.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “I have a deep fear of being too much,” writes poet Michelle K. “That one day I will find my someone, and they will realize that I am a hurricane. That they will step back and be intimidated by my muchness.” Given the recent astrological omens, Pisces, I wouldn’t be shocked if you’ve been having similar feelings. But now here’s the good news: Given the astrological omens of the next nine months, I suspect the odds will be higher than usual that you’ll encounter brave souls who’ll be able to handle your muchness. They may or may not be soulmates or your one-andonly. I suggest you welcome them as they are, with all of their muchness.
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):
“I frequently tramped eight or 10 miles through the deepest snow,” wrote naturalist Henry David Thoreau in Walden, “to keep an appointment with a beech tree, or a yellow birch, or an old acquaintance among the pines.” I’d love to see you summon that level of commitment to your important rendezvous in the coming weeks, Aries. Please keep in mind, though, that your “most important rendezvous” are more likely to be with wild things, unruly wisdom or primal breakthroughs than with pillars of stability, committee meetings and business as usual.
Nobel Prize-winning novelist Gabriel García Márquez loved yellow roses. He often had a fresh bloom on his writing desk as he worked, placed there every morning by his wife, Mercedes Barcha. In accordance with the astrological omens, I invite you to consider initiating a comparable ritual. Is there a touch of beauty you would like to inspire you on a regular basis? It there a poetic gesture you could faithfully perform for a person you love?
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): For you Tauruses, December is “I Accept and Love and Celebrate Myself Exactly How I Am Right Now” Month. To galvanize yourself, play around with this declaration by Oscar-winning Taurus actress Audrey Hepburn: “I’m a long way from the human being I’d like to be, but I’ve decided I’m not so bad after all.” Here are other thoughts to draw on during the festivities: 1. “If you aren’t good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone.” — Barbara De Angelis. 2. “The hardest challenge is to be yourself in a world where everyone is trying to make you be somebody else.” — e.e. cummings. 3. “To accept ourselves as we are means to value our imperfections as much as our perfections.” — Sandra Bierig. 4. “We cannot change anything until we accept it.” — Carl Jung.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Are your collaborative projects (including the romantic kind) evolving at a slower pace than you expected? Have they not grown as deep and strong as you’ve wished they would? If so, I hope you’re perturbed about it. Maybe that will motivate you to stop tolerating the stagnation. Here’s my recommendation: Don’t adopt a more serious and intense attitude. Instead, get loose and frisky. Inject a dose of blithe spirits into your togetherness, maybe even some high jinks and rowdy experimentation. The cosmos has authorized you to initiate ingenious surprises.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): I don’t recommend that you buy a cat-o’-ninetails and whip yourself in a misguided effort to exorcize your demons. The truth is, those insidious troublemakers exult when you abuse yourself. They draw perverse sustenance from it. In fact, their strategy is to fool you into treating yourself badly. So, no. If you hope to drive away the saboteurs huddled in the sacred temple of your psyche, your best bet is to shower yourself with tender care, even luxurious blessings. The pests won’t like that, and — if you commit to this crusade for an extended time — they will eventually flee.
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “For a year I watched as something entered and then left my body,” testified Jane Hirshfield in her poem “The Envoy.” What was that mysterious something? Terror or happiness? She didn’t know. Nor could she decipher “how it came in” or “how it went out.” It hovered “where words could not reach it. It slept where light could not go.” Her experience led her to conclude that “There are openings in our lives of which we know nothing.” I bring this meditation to your attention, Virgo, because I suspect you are about to tune in to a mysterious opening. But unlike Hirshfield, I think you’ll figure out what it is. And then you will respond to it with verve and intelligence.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A reporter at the magazine Vanity Fair asked David Bowie, “What do you consider your greatest achievement?” Bowie didn’t name any of his albums, videos or performances. Rather, he answered, “Discovering morning.” I suspect that you Libras will attract and generate marvels if you experiment with accomplishments like that in the coming weeks. So yes, try to discover or rediscover morning. Delve into the thrills of beginnings. Magnify your appreciation for natural wonders that you usually take for granted. Be seduced by sources that emanate light and heat. Gravitate toward what’s fresh, blossoming, just-in-itsearly-stages.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): According to traditional astrology, you Scorpios are not prone to optimism. You’re more often portrayed as connoisseurs of smoldering enigmas and shadowy intrigue and deep questions. But one of the most creative and successful Scorpios of the 20th century did not completely fit this description. French artist Claude Monet was renowned for his delightful paintings of sensuous outdoor landscapes. “Every day I discover even more beautiful things,” he testified. “It is intoxicating me, and I want to paint it all. My head is bursting.” Monet is your patron saint in the coming weeks. You will have more potential to see as he did than you’ve had in a long time. If you had a baby clone of yourself to take care of, what would be your child-rearing strategy? Tell me at Freewillastrology.com.
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Savage Love {BY DAN SAVAGE}
My boyfriend of almost two years is wonderful, and we have had very few issues. But there is one thing that has almost been a deal-breaker. He fiddles with his penis almost constantly — in front of me and in front of our roommates. I’ve confronted him about it a number of times. He said he should be able to fiddle with his dick in every room of the house if he wants to and he should feel comfortable doing so. I told him that he is being “comfortable” at the expense of the comfort of those around him. We’ve had a number of confrontations about this, and he does it a lot less, but he still does it. My question to you: Is this behavior unacceptable or am I being unreasonable? FRUSTRATED WITH THE FIDDLING
me from asking him directly how he feels. Should I just move on? CONFUSED AND PATHETIC
Yup. I’ve been in a long-term relationship with the girl I’m going to marry. While I’ve had a few relationships in the past, she has had only one other relationship before me, who also happened to be her only other sexual companion. The only way for her to have an orgasm is to grind (dry hump) on my boxer shorts. This obviously causes her a little bit of embarrassment, along with some heavy rug burn on both of our ends. Is there any toy or something that may help with this? GIRLFRIEND DRYLY HUMPING
Until a few weeks ago, I would have said that neo-Nazis sieg-heiling around Washington, D.C., was unacceptable, and any pundit or elected official who didn’t immediately condemn neo-Nazis would be finished politically and professionally. But it turns out that neo-Nazism is just another example of IOIYAR — “it’s OK if you’re a Republican” — and relativism reigns. In other words: “Unacceptable” is a relative concept, not an objective one. That said, I don’t think you’re being unreasonable: Fiddling with your dick in every room of the house is inconsiderate and childish. It sounds like you’re doing a good job of socializing your boyfriend — better late than never — and I encourage you to keep it up.
Pot and sex toys — they might not help, but they couldn’t hurt. I’m a woman with a small build who has never had children. During sex, my current partner frequently says, “Squeeze your pussy,” as in he expects me to do Kegel exercises during sex (and hold it), which I will not do because it’s not pleasurable for me to tense up like that during sex. He doesn’t have the biggest or the smallest dick I have ever had, and I have never had this comment before. I have actually been told many times how “good and tight” I feel. We both enjoy anal, so we tried that. Same request: “Squeeze.” I have no abnormalities. I’m not sure if there is a work-around for this, other than doing Kegels every minute of my life. Help!
I WOULD RECOMMEND OUTSOURCING NON-BIRTHDAY BLOWJOBS.
I’m a straight man in a mostly healthy marriage. Our sex life is average, which I understand is better than some people can hope for, and we communicate well. For example, I felt comfortable admitting to my wife a few weeks ago that I would like more blowjobs. She in turn felt comfortable admitting to me that she would prefer if I showered more often. So we made a deal: I would shower every day and she would blow me twice a month. But the first month came and went with no blowjobs in sight. I’ve showered every single day. Should I bring this up to her? BATHE LONGER OR WITHHOLD SEX
Your wife doesn’t wanna suck your cock. I would recommend outsourcing non-birthday blowjobs — if your wife is OK with that, which she won’t be. I’m a mid-30s bi woman in an incredible poly marriage with a bi guy. A few months ago, I learned that one of my closest friends (also poly) has a crush on me. I also have always had a crush on him. My crush-friend needed to ask his other partners how they felt about him being involved with me. Three months have gone by, and he’s not yet told me how his other partners feel. One of those partners is under a lot of stress — not the best time to bring up potential new partners to her — but my friend has dated other people in the past three months. I think if he really wanted to do something with me, he would have asked by now. I’ve also got a shit ton of pride that prevents
SEX PARTNER’S ANNOYING REQUESTS
You have two options: You can tell your current sex partner you aren’t going to “squeeze” his dick with your pussy or your ass, as the sensation isn’t pleasurable for you, or can you lie to him. Tell him you’re squeezing your pussy/ass without actually doing it. Odds are good he’ll notice a difference even if you’re not doing anything differently, SPAR, so great is the power of suggestion. I had to write after reading your recent Savage Love Letter of the Day from a woman who spotted a friend’s husband on Tinder and didn’t know whether she should say something to her friend. My (single and Tindering) friend has been mistaken for his identical (married and non-Tindering) twin brother more than once on the app. They live in Seattle and Los Angeles, and so most people in their lives don’t realize they have a twin. My friend has freaked out his sisterin-law’s friends by popping up on their Tinder feed. It came out after the sister-in-law posted a photo of the twins together on social media, and multiple people expressed extreme relief that her husband was not a cheater but an identical twin! DELUDED ACQUAINTANCES NEEDED ANSWERS
Thanks for sharing, DANA! On the Lovecast, Dan chats with the kinksters from the NoSafeWord podcast: savagelovecast.com.
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THIS JUST IN {BY FRANCIS RUPP}
A look at local news online and on the tube Further, the P-G wrote noted his Democratic opponent Katie McGinty’s criticism of Toomey, for duping voters during the campaign by failing to say whether he’d vote for Trump: “However, Mr. Toomey disavowed some of Mr. Trump’s rhetoric and did not endorse him. Enough said.” Which is obviously why Toomey voted for the madman and let the world know about it just an hour before the polls closed.
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WHERE’S RANDYLAND AGAIN?
After the Post-Gazette’s triumphant endorsement of Toomey, and the subsequent election of Trump, it wants us to make nice at the Thanksgiving table. In its Nov. 24 editorial, “Oh, let’s agree to eat: At the Thanksgiving table, helpings of healing,” the board writes: “Apart from advice to be nice to the anti-Trump zealots, our general counsel this Thanksgiving would be, first, to see whether Mr. Trump can successfully divide the wheat in his platform from the chaff, which he already seems to some degree to be edging away from. In other words, if given lemons, try to make lemonade.” The editorial wraps with, “So have a happy Thanksgiving today, tell the people in North Dakota to be as nice to the Native Americans as the Pilgrims were in 1621, warm yourselves by the fire of love at its best — that among family and new and old friends — and be thankful together for your blessings.” I have just one question: Is the editorial board stoned?
Just when you thought you were safe from rote listicles, Pittsburgh Beautiful is now popping up annoyingly in Facebook feeds to bring you “The beauty that is Pittsburgh in Pictures.” “Though I’m not a native Pittsburgher,” waxes owner and founder Chris Klein, “my roots are ... my grandmother was born in Castle Shannon in the early 1900s ... and it’s only fitting I completed the circle in 1993. Pittsburgh in the early 20th century, while booming and bustling, was a dirty place. Not so today! I’ve tried to capture the beauty in many ways ... thanks for stopping by.” Pittsburgh Beautiful also features, of course, hackneyed listicles like “7 Hidden Gems You’ve Probably Missed in Pittsburgh.” Which include Randyland, which I’m sure none of you knows about. Because it’s so … hidden.
YOU BELONG TOOMEY After an implicit endorsement of Donald Trump in September via a photograph tweeted by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette publisher/editor-in-chief John Robinson Block posing with Mr. “Grab ’em by the pussy” himself, the editorial board not surprisingly endorsed U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey. “The Republican incumbent deserves another term,” the Nov. 4 endorsement read. The P-G asserted that Toomey is “a moderate Republican who has demonstrated a willingness to reach across the aisle.” He’s also more than willing to reach into my vagina with a whole lot of restrictive legislation, but it left that part out, along with his anti-gay voting record. Also omitted was his campaign capstone, which would cut off funding to “sanctuary cities” (including Philadelphia). And, after all, wrote the P-G, “Mr. Toomey is neither inflexible nor a party zealot. That is to say, he is no Rick Santorum.” Now that’s a vote of confidence.
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In its “Proud to be from Pittsburgh” segment, WPXI television reported that the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium became the seventh in the world to receive certification from the American Humane Association’s Humane Conservation program. Mayor Bill Peduto was on hand for the announcement, shown here photographed with the zoo’s CEO Barbara Baker and a bearcat. INFO@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
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