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3.8 – 6pm SIP AND SKETCH: BLOODLINES Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Firelei Báez: Bloodlines, join us for a 21+ live drawing class. This event is co-presented with Butterjoint. Free parking is available in The Warhol lot. Tickets $15/$12 members

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Morrow lost both her parents at a young age. She started smoking marijuana at age 12 along with other members of her family. Later, she turned to heroin. “I was sad all the time and depressed, and I didn’t see having anything else in my life,” Morrow says. “Since I lost them, everything else in my life was not good; I didn’t see any good.” But after years struggling with her addiction, this past September Morrow graduated from Recovery United’s outpatient treatment program. “My problem wasn’t just drugs. I had a problem with myself that I needed to work on,” Morrow says. “But in here, I learned that there is hope; there are good things I can work toward.”

Recovery United’s Administrative Director Ali Bradley says Morrow is just one of many success stories to emerge from addiction-treatment programs. Last week, she met with another recovering addict who had also come in for help.

Addiction treatment can save lives, but getting patients in the door is still an issue {BY REBECCA ADDISON} “When the woman ﬁrst came to us, she was crying about where her addiction has taken her,” Bradley says. “I just saw her a few days ago. She now has custody of her 2-year-old daughter and was just this smiling ray of light in my ofﬁce. Just to see the transformation in people is

amazing, and knowing we played a role in their journey makes all the horriﬁc things we see worth it. “Recovery is possible and we’re proof of that.” But ensuring addicts have access to the kind of life-saving treatment provided at Recovery United and other addiction programs can be difﬁcult. In many cases, people are resistant to seek treatment; other times they simply can’t afford it; and overall there remains a shortage of addictionrecovery programs and counselors. Pennsylvania State Sen. Jay Costa (DForest Hills) is working to tackle two of these problems with two pieces of legislation that ensure addicts have access to the resources they need. But despite the improvements on the horizon, the ability of many addicts to pay for such treatment is CONTINUES ON PG. 08

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in jeopardy, as tens of thousands are at risk for losing insurance if the Affordable Care Act is repealed. “A little under 125,000 people accessed drug and alcohol services through the Medicaid expansion across Pennsylvania. It has been the biggest expansion of drug-and-alcohol-services access. If the Medicaid expansion is repealed, they face the possibility of losing coverage or losing insurance to get treatment,” says Kait Gillis, communications director for the state’s Department of Health and Human Services. “That’s obviously bad for anyone who’s trying to get to recovery. It’s particularly bad in that if your treatment is interrupted, the potential that you’ll relapse or overdose goes up dramatically.” Recovery United’s John Miller and Ali Bradley

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housing in Pittsburgh, Recovery United offers both inpatient and outpatient addiction-treatment services in Carrick, Brookline and the Hill District. (These areas are among the neighborhoods that have been identiﬁed by the Allegheny County Health Department as having some of the highest rates of drug-overdose deaths.) And last week, it announced it would be adding Suboxone treatment to its services. Suboxone is a drug used to relieve symptoms of opiate withdrawal and can be used in conjunction with counseling and psychological treatment. Morrow says her experience with the organization was so successful because of the family environment the program provides. Originally from Huntington County, she says her peers in the program helped her become more familiar with Pittsburgh and gave her moral support. “I felt like I was more at home,” says

Morrow, whose family helped her pay for treatment until she was able to secure a job to pay for it herself. “It was more safe in here, and I could talk to the people here.” But the program wasn’t without its challenges. Morrow says she struggled to adjust to the structure of the program and had trouble opening up. She originally entered the program because she was courtordered to do so, but says she ultimately came back on her own after relapsing. Prior to her time with Recovery United, she says, she tried to get clean on her own, but it “didn’t work out very well.” “You’re not ready until you’re ready, but if you’re forced there and you stay long enough, your view starts to change. You might get out and relapse, but you know you have options,” Morrow says. “I was just tired of the way I was living.” Ali Bradley and Recovery United’s founder and president, John Miller, have

been in their patients’ shoes. They’re both in recovery and say it makes them uniquely suited to help their patients. “A lot of us are also in recovery, so we’re always here for the patients,” Miller says. “When people come to our program, they’re training for the rest of their life. Most people in recovery continue to go to meetings. It’s continual care. No matter where I am in my life, I have to always stay in touch, and continue to better myself and stay healthy.” They say inadequate funding for addiction-recovery treatment is a constant problem in their ﬁeld. “One of the biggest problems we see is, with people not being able to afford to come in, they go out and commit crimes and end up in jail,” Miller says. “Addiction has been identiﬁed as a disease for years now, and it does not get the same funding as other diseases,” Bradley

says. “There’s so many people that do fall through the cracks.” Recovery United receives some grant funding that allows it to admit indigent people into its inpatient treatment, but Bradley says paying for outpatient treatment can be a huge burden on addicts. “If you don’t have insurance, it’s very difﬁcult. It’s expensive and costly. Without Medicaid, it’s impossible for a lot of people to pay that,” Bradley says. “Sometimes families will help. But coming in, if you’re an addict, it’s not likely that you have $400 in your bank account. Otherwise, [you] wouldn’t have entered treatment until it’s gone.” And that’s what makes the potential changes to the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid expansion so terrifying to those in the addiction-recovery ﬁeld. Last week, a draft of the federal government’s proposal was released. It includes eliminating the Medicaid expansion and would limit future reimbursement for states. “There are real human beings behind this, and the impact it will have on their life would be devastating,” says Gillis, of the DHS. While the federal government’s actions would restrict access to substance-abuse treatment, Sen. Costa is looking to expand access. This month, he proposed legislation amending the Mental Health Procedures Act to allow families to seek the involuntary commitment of a family member into alcohol- and drug-abuse treatment. “I’ve heard from dozens of family members across Pennsylvania, who said to me and to others, that they have no means or mechanism to get treatment for a child or spouse or other loved one, particularly in instances when they have the resources or CONTINUES ON PG. 10

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insurance to cover a treatment program,” Costa says. “They’ve sort of felt helpless.” Pennsylvania’s bill, known as “Casey’s Law,” is similar to legislation passed in Kentucky in 2004, two years after 23-yearold Matthew Casey Wethington died despite his family’s unsuccessful attempts to help him gain access to treatment. Other states are also currently considering the legislation, but there has been pushback because it infringes on civil liberties. “Anytime you do some type of an involuntary commitment, you’re removing someone’s civil liberties. And that is true that’s what this would do, but I believe that the addiction a person suffers from is no different than a mental-health problem that allows for the involuntary commitment,” Costa says. Another problem facing such legislation is that there are shortages of addiction-treatment facilities and licensed substance-abuse therapists. To combat the shortages, Costa has proposed a 10 percent tax on pharmaceutical companies selling narcotics that he and others believe are contributing to the problem. These funds would go toward drug-treatment programs, facilities and student-loan forgive-

ness for those who go into careers in addiction treatment. “There’s not signiﬁcant bed space in treatment programs to handle what can come from this,” Costa says. “We recognize there’s a need for more treatment facilities.” But the rollback of the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid expansion would mean a decrease in the number of families that have the resources to get their loved ones into treatment. Costa acknowledges the potential problem, but says this legislation will still help thousands who have the resources, but not the will to seek treatment themselves. “When I talk to folks, a lot of them either have the appropriate insurance coverage through their employer or have the resources and the means to pay for the treatment,” Costa says. “But if we rescind the ACA, you’re essentially throwing 700,000 folks off the Medicaid expansion, as well as those individuals who purchased their insurance through the exchange. This would exacerbate the existing problem we have today — folks having access to treatment — but at the end of the day, we have to do something.” RA D D I S ON @ P G H C I T Y PA P E R. C OM

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LEANING RIGHT Pitt’s conservative student-run publication brings a new slant to campus news {BY RYAN DETO} IT CAN BE HARD being a conservative on

a college campus. According to a 2014 Pew Research Center study, 41 percent of millennials identify as liberal compared to just 15 percent who identify as conservative. Considering that college campuses are currently dominated by millennials, it’s not always easy for conservatives to ﬁnd each other and discuss their political ideals. But in July, a group of conservativeminded University of Pittsburgh students created the right-leaning news website The Pitt Maverick. Michael Yorgey, an economics major at Pitt and the journal’s publisher, calls the Maverick a conservative “safe space,” but he recognizes the slight irony, considering that conservatives often say liberal safe spaces take political correctness too far and limit free speech. Still, Yorgey says the website was necessary to give Pitt students “a bastion for conservative thought.” Derek Wagner, a writer for the Maverick who is studying statistics at Pitt, agrees with Yorgey. “The reason we have such a conservative slant at the Pitt Maverick is because that viewpoint was not [represented] anywhere on campus,” says Wagner. “It’s a voice for students who aren’t normally heard on campus, to produce news and share opinions.” Since last summer, the Maverick has grown to about a dozen staffers and averaged about 200 clicks a day, though those ﬁgures dropped over winter break. The majority of articles are opinion pieces and cultural reviews, and the site regularly produces a podcast, The Mavericast. While some Maverick stories have garnered national attention, the student-

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run publication hasn’t fallen in line with the more extreme stances of some alt-right publications, like those that question feminism’s legitimacy. However, some critics do question the site’s own legitimacy and journalistic ethics, given the staff’s minimal training in hard-news reporting. The Maverick’s biggest story was an October 2016 article detailing how people harassed Donald Trump supporters on campus. A video shows a man ripping down a Trump banner and a table with Trump literature being ﬂipped over. The story was picked up by many large conservative daily news outlets, including Fox News, The Daily Caller and The Blaze. “We went from just starting and not expecting any traction, to being cited in national news outlets,” says Wagner. Staffers write mostly about conservative values, like gun-rights and federalism, and in fact can be pretty moderate. Yorgey says he believes in climate change, and Wagner says he voted for two Democratic candidates in November. Wagner adds that the Maverick has been aggressively trying to recruit writers with libertarian and even Democratic viewpoints. “If we are going to talk about intellectual diversity, we can’t

have a completely one-stance paper,” he says. “We can’t just ‘destroy’ an argument and practically vilify every single liberal that holds that belief. We have to be able to have discussions and arguments.” But this doesn’t mean Maverick staffers aren’t supporting conservatives. Both Wagner and Yorgey say President Trump is doing a “pretty good” job, with Wagner adding he was “anxiously optimistic” about Trump. (Wagner also said that the Maverick hasn’t endorsed any political candidate). Regardless of the slant, Andy Conte, director of the Center for Media Innovation at Point Park University, says it’s good that a group of students has started a news site. “There is a great tradition of student papers on campus,” says Conte. “It’s great for them to ﬁnd an outlet for their voice. … They are writing what they are motivated by. Maybe they feel like they weren’t being heard.” But Elizabeth Lepro, editor-in-chief of The Pitt News, the student-run daily, takes some issue with how the Maverick covers hard news. She says its reporting is far from thorough. “They publish these stories that are only presented from one side, and some people

might take that as the full story,” says Lepro. She points to a story the Maverick ran claiming that a Pitt professor sent an email offering students extra credit to attend an anti-Trump rally. Lepro, who wrote a follow-up story in The Pitt News, says that the Maverick never reached out to Pitt officials for a comment on the email. Later, Pitt officials issued a statement, saying that the email was a student email forwarded by an administrative assistant, not a professor; noting that the email doesn’t mention Trump; and adding that extra credit can’t be offered for such an event. Yorgey acknowledges that the Maverick doesn’t have an adviser and is not officially affiliated with the university, and that most of its writers don’t have any journalism experience. But Pitt Maverick editorin-chief Marlo Safi, who previously worked as an opinion editor for The Pitt News, says she and her managing editor continue to receive training from the Collegiate Network, a nonprofit that supports conservative-leaning college papers. The Maverick has yet to accept sponsorship from the nonprofit. Safi, in an email to Pittsburgh City Paper, says that for “nearly every news piece,” the Maverick has tried to reach out for the other side of a story, but that many times sources refuse to comment. (None of the Maverick’s news stories, however, appears to mention any source refusing to comment.) Safi adds that the Maverick has had guests from opposing political views on its podcasts, and that it is in the process of expanding news coverage. Still, Lepro worries about the Maverick’s hard-news practices and its influence. For instance, Fox News, Breitbart and Penn Live have all picked up its stories without consulting other sources that might give more balanced coverage. “I think they have an absolute right to publish,” says Lepro. “But, if you are going to call it news and journalism, don’t stray too far from the ethics of journalism.” RYA N D E TO@ P G H C I T Y PA P E R. C OM

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Creative: (1) Glenn Schloeffel, vice president of the Central Bucks school board in a Philadelphia suburb, recommended that science books be viewed skeptically on “climate change” because teenage “depression” rates have been increasing. Surely, he said, one factor depressing students is reading all that alarming climate-change data. (2) Seattle’s Real Estate Services rental agency has informed the family of the late Dennis Hanel that it would not return Hanel’s security deposit following his January death because Hanel had not given the lease-required “notice” of giving up his apartment. (He had cancer, but died of a heart attack. Washington state law requires only that the landlord provide an explanation why it is keeping the deposit.)

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Recent Alarming Headlines: “America’s Top Fortune Cookie Writer Is Quitting Because of Writer’s Block” (Time, Feb. 3, 2017). “Vaginal Pain Helps Exonerate Man Accused of Murder” (Miami Herald, Feb. 8, 2017) (emergency medical technicians treating his sister corroborated his alibi). “Dresden Protest Against Anti-Islam Pegida Group Banned Over Snowball Fight Fears” (The Independent [London], Jan. 24, 2017) (previously in Dresden, Germany, religious-freedom demonstrators chose “tossing snowballs” as appropriate for ridiculing Pegida).

Phallic News From Overseas: (1) In February, doctors at Narayana Health City in Bangalore, India, were successful in a five-hour, 20-specialist surgery normalizing an infant born with the chromosomal abnormality “polymelia” — which resulted in four legs and two penises. Doctors praised the parents, from rural Puladinni village, for recognizing the

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issue as “medical” and not as “superstition.” (2) In February, police in southern Bangladesh arrested a family that used a fake penis to convince neighbors that the family had the powers of genies (“djinns”). The villagers had known the family had a girl, but overnight the genies had “changed” her into a “boy,” thus frightening the villagers into making offerings to the family.

Undignified Deaths: (1) Unhappy Ending: Clifford Jones, 58, was killed in a onevehicle crash in Detroit in January, having lost control of his car because, according to Michigan State Police, he was distracted by watching pornography on his cellphone. He was also not wearing pants. (2) Leslie Ray Charping, 75, of Galveston, Texas, lived “much longer than he deserved,” according to his daughter, in a widely shared obituary in February, in a life that “served no obvious purpose.” The death notice referenced his “bad parenting” and “being generally offensive,” and closed with “Leslie’s passing proves that evil does in fact die.”

Willie Anthony, 20, and Jamarqua Davis, 16, were arrested in Kannapolis, N.C., in February after, police said, they broke into a Rent-a-Center at 2 a.m. and stole a big-screen TV. After loading the set into one car, they drove off in separate vehicles, but in their haste, smashed into each other in the parking lot. Both men subsequently drove the wrong way down South Cannon Boulevard, and both then accidentally crashed separately into other vehicles, allowing police to catch up.

The Passing Parade: (1) Nelson Foyle, 93, is believed to be Britain’s longest-time patron of the same pub (the Dog and Gun in Salisbury, England), and fellow drinkers recently bought him an honorary “lordship” title to mark his 80th year on the establishment’s barstools. (2) An art collective in a Los Angeles storefront re-created (for a two-week run in January) a retro video store that featured only boxed VHS editions of the movie Jerry Maguire — about 14,000 copies.

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Camp Deer Creek Camp Deer Creek is a family ownead and operated traditional summer day camp for boys and girls ages 4-15. Our 18 acre layout allows plenty of room for our

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day camps accommodate children from Pre-K through high school. 412.622.3288 or www.artandnaturalhistory.org/camps

Carnegie Science Center Full-day and half-day camps for ages 4-14. Register at CarnegieScienceCenter.org or call 412.237.1637. Investigate careers in science, technology, engineering, and math. Campers will step into the shoes of video game creators, astronomers, scientists, and robotic engineers. Learn about labs, visit an escape room, explore nature, concoct crazy chemistry, or learn the coding and creation of robots. Even explore “maker” technologies and

Carnegie Museums of Art & Natural History Museum summer camps deliver the world! The entire museum campus is a field for discovery and creativity, where kids investigate Earth, art, dance, science, and more through behind-the-scenes experiences, hands-on encounters, and exciting activities. Weeklong half- and full-

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Chatham University Chatham University, rooted in history and growing has provided the community with summer programs for 60 years. We

Chatham Music & Arts Day Camp One-week, three-week, and sixweek camps with a focus on the arts, music, or sports for boys and girls from pre-school through ninth grade at our Shadyside Campus.

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Citizen Science Lab Join Pittsburgh's first and only community life sciences laboratory this summer for four separate amazing camps! In our hands-on laboratory inquisitive minds and science-enthusiasts can become: 3D Printing experts at our 3D Printing Camp; Zoologists at Zoology Camp; SEAPERCH engineers at SEAPERCH Camp; even Microbiologists at Microbiology Camp!

Color Me Mine Summer workshops registration begins April 1! Color Me Kids is a unique program

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Gaynor Cooking The theme for our Kids “R” Cooks Summer Camps is to “HAVE FUN WITH FOOD.” Our week long programs are for ages 6-18 June 19 and run throughout the summer. We offer both Cooking and Baking camps. See a complete schedule and register your child at our website www.gaynorsschoolofcooking.com or call us at 412 325 2703

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Transform ideas into works of art this summer at Hatch, a new children's art studio in Point Breeze. We'll explore a new theme each week, emphasizing creativity and trying new techniques like fabric dyeing, printmaking, and building giant sculptures with campers ages 5-10. Visit hatchpgh.com for more info!

From June 26 - July 28 the Cultural trust offers 3 separate camps – CEEMI Music Production explores music and technology and ways of connecting through musicmaking. StarMakers provides a bridge to the arts and celebrate the diversity of dance. Green Artists & Writers includes interdisciplinary learning, artmaking and writing. TrustArts.org/Education or 412471-6079

JCC Day Camps Your child will have the best summer, EVER, at Jewish Community Center Day Camps. Campers ages 2 to 16 swim, climb, zip-line, explore nature and STEM, hone sports skills and learn archery, stage a musical, make friends. Programs include traditional day camps and performing arts and specialty camps at our 100-acre Family Park in Monroeville and in Squirrel Hill and the South Hills.

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STARMAKERS JULY 10–21 | 9-4:30PM | AGES: 8-12 (FINAL PERFORMANCE JULY 22) ARTIST EDUCATOR: GREER REED StarMakers will provide a bridge to the arts and celebrate the diversity of dance. The program is structured to be artistically challenging, while fostering the greatest level of individual artistic development. No audition is required, just a love of dance.

GREEN ARTISTS & WRITERS JULY 24-28 | 9-4:30PM | AGES 8-12 ARTIST EDUCATORS: ALISON K. BABUSCI & JULIE ALBRIGHT In the mornings, students will try their hand at fiction and poetry and find new stories and inspirations. In the afternoons, we will sculpt, weave, paint and print using recyclables from everyday life in combination with traditional art materials.

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Four day camps in the evening coached by current and retired Hounds pro players. Age-appropriate curriculum in an enjoyable training environment. All campers get a Nike T-shirt and ball. Sign up online at riverhounds.com.

Camps at Sunburst are weeklong extravaganzas of music and art with each camp exploring a different theme, artist, time period or project. This year our campers will create a hamilton-esque hip hop rock opera, start a DIY punk tour and write and record an album! Sign up at sunburstmusic.com/camps or (412) 475-8280.

Sweetwater Center for the Arts Sweetwater Center for the Arts offers weekly, half-day and full-day summer camps for ages 4-17 in the visual, performing and culinary arts! Beginning June 5 through August 11, every week is a new adventure as campers explore various themes and art forms. Programs are available at both Sweetwater in Sewickley and Beaver Station in Beaver, PA!

Wheel Mill The Wheel Mill Indoor Bike Park’s Summer Camp is for all skill levels, offering a variety of biking classes from beginner to expert. Classes are a week long with a full or half day option. Taught by local professionals, your rider will gain confidence and have fun on the bike. To registrer: TheWheelMill.com.

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A couple of weeks ago, J. Trafford tweeted his song “Good Exercise” to City Paper, describing it as “about as palatable as I can muster.” In an interview with CP last week, the Greensburg-based musician called it “about as far backward as I’m willing to bend.” In the context of Trafford’s discography — released under the name Suavity’s Mouthpiece — “Good Exercise” is basically white-picket pop. Its structure, chords and production are measurably friendlier than his standard output, which is theatrical, flamboyant and capable of startling, on-a-dime transitions between genres. Some names the music calls to mind: Butthole Surfers, Dirty Projects (particularly David Longstreth’s vocals) and of Montreal. The music is a little challenging, and like Trafford himself, colored by coy, sardonic humor that’s sometimes difficult to parse. Of the underwhelming response to 2014’s Peerless Suavity (which features “Good Exercise”), Trafford said, “... more folks could have done well to turn around and see the brush fire. What’s not to be was not to be, through no fault of the music (and through every fault of [U.S. Sen.] Pat Toomey [R-Pa.]). I think of that album now as clear and as demanding as it was upon release.” Some Mouthpiece tracks not to miss: “The Beatles Would’ve Hung Themselves,” “Charisma,” “Jesus Christ Girl” and “UPMC Mercy.” Peerless was the last Mouthpiece record to feature bandmates Meredith Bigatel, Nicholas Bigatel and Brian Zalewski, but Trafford has persisted with similarly minded, if not more minimal, music. On March 18, he’ll perform at an event he coordinated at the Venus Fly Trap, benefiting the Trans Women of Color Collective, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit. Trafford learned of the group last year, and shortly after, set all proceeds from Mouthpiece’s online store to go to TWCC. Says Trafford: “Being that physical music sales are perpetually on the teeter, I had been meaning to arrange this benefit, which would surely get the organization’s name out in Pittsburgh to better effect.” ALEXGORDON@PGHCITYPAPER.COM

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HEN POWER TRIP toured with Anthrax and Lamb of God last year, it was, by any measure, a break for the Dallas-based thrash band. But for a group that came up in the generally progressive-minded world of hardcore and punk, it also presented a change of political scenery. “Lamb of God kind of ﬁlls the hole that Pantera left,” explains Power Trip vocalist Riley Gale in a recent phone interview. Which means, while Gale stresses that the members of Lamb of God themselves are standup dudes, “there are some totally questionable people who come to see [them].” At one show, for example, Gale remembers watching a guy with SS bolts tattooed on his neck and wearing a Third Reich T-shirt buy $100 worth of merch from the Anthrax table. “We were like,

‘Is this guy serious? Does he even realize that half of Anthrax is Jewish?” To be fair, those sorts of incidents obviously don’t represent the standard; metal fans fall all over the political spectrum. But similarly concerning things happened

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frequently enough to make Gale think seriously about what kind of message he was sending from the stage. As Power Trip — which has toured extensively since forming in 2008 — gains more notoriety in the metal world, “there’s this respon-

sibility that we’re taking on,” he says. “Do we want these kinds of fans to start [inﬁltrating] our shows, do we want to give them a safe space for their ignorance? And it’s like, no, I don’t want to do that. So I feel more obligated to [speak out]. And if it makes some redneck cringe, I don’t really care.” The political has always come into play in Gale’s writing, but the tone of the band’s latest, Nightmare Logic, which was released by Southern Lord on Feb. 24, plainly reﬂects an era where reality feels unreal. “I came up with this idea of [existing] in a living nightmare,” Gale says. Societal devaluation of human life is a theme throughout the record, which takes aim at everything from the pharmaceutical industry and religious conservatism to the global shift toward right-wing agendas. Some might sense a CONTINUES ON PG. 20

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prescience in the record, which was written before President Trump was considered a viable candidate; looking back, Gale says, “I don’t want to say I’m vindicated by it, but it’s like, ‘Oh shit, things really are as bad as I thought they were.’” Musically, Nightmare Logic is a stronger record than the band’s ﬁrst full-length, 2013’s Manifest Decimation: The riffs are catchier and cooler, the nuances are sharper, and there are some eerie instrumental moments that wouldn’t be out of place in a John Carpenter movie. But it doesn’t lose the grimy edge that made Power Trip popular in the ﬁrst place. “We spent a lot of time getting the sound of the guitars and the vocals: [What you hear is] what was tracked in the studio. That’s what came out of the amps, we didn’t really alter anything in Pro Tools.” The result is classic, galloping thrash in the vein of South of Heaven-era Slayer or Beneath the Remains-era Sepultura: in both sound and subject matter, it’s a record that could have come out during the Reagan years. Gale gives lots of credit to producer Arthur Rizk, who has a résumé the length of my arm, but is perhaps best known for his work with blackened-thrash band Inquisition. “He’s not afraid to tell you when something sucks … but at the same

time he keeps it very positive and knows how to exhaust an idea.” Power Trip’s current tour — which comes to Pittsburgh this Friday — might not be as high-proﬁle as its last, but will likely attract some of the fans the band gained in the past year. That growing audience is something Gale remains mindful of. It can be hard to forget, actually. Recently, someone called the band “baby killers” on Facebook because the members donated show money to Planned Parenthood; someone else lamented on Twitter, “Please don’t tell me POWER TRIP are liberals?!!” Imperfect as the punk world might be, it’s harder to imagine such sentiments from anyone familiar with Power Trip’s roots. “We did break through, sort of, in the metal world … and it’s awesome,” Gail says. “But it doesn’t mean I’m going to skirt my personal responsibility to make the world a better place.” For him, that responsibility manifests in many different ways, from touring with bands that aren’t just comprised of white, cisgendered men, to making sure the point of his lyrics make it across to audiences. “If I’m going to be in this band that has some recognition and some popularity,” he adds, “I might as well try to do some good with it.” I N F O@ P G H C I T Y PA P E R. C OM

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phone quartet Battle Trance disregards individual personalities in favor of creating one big sound. “After a while, there’s little differentiation or recognition between the four of us, where it’s hard to tell who’s playing what sound,” says Travis Laplante, who formed the quartet, in 2012, with Patrick Breiner, Matt Nelson and Jeremy Viner. This became apparent at the New York Winter Jazzfest back in January, during a performance of the lengthy piece “Blade of Love.” For close to an hour, the sounds kept shifting from droning long tones to a point where the quartet literally sang with their mouthpieces. Right when it seemed like they were noodling away, going off in four different directions, they all hit a low squonk together, which seemed intuitive. This clearly was a structured composition. “The pieces are extremely precise,” Laplante says, “and the compositions are not vague. We get into the extreme subtleties of timbre, and we’re working with very specific, unusual fingerings of the saxophones to create very specific resonances with particular notes.”

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THE BIG SOUND {BY MIKE SHANLEY} BY PURE coincidence, two groups come to town this weekend playing music that can’t be easily deﬁned with a description like free improvisation, though that comes close. Their music deﬁnitely doesn’t sound like jazz, though members of The Necks and Battle Trance have experience playing jazz music. Like the best artists who play that music, these groups know its history, and each has continued on its own course toward originality. The results come closer to music based on pure sound: Sometimes it’s so gentle it barely exists, while other times it gets abrasive. With either group, it’s best to check your inhibitions at the door and keep your ears open.

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The Necks came together in Sydney, Australia, 30 years ago, playing purely improvised music. In the time since, the group has released 17 albums and toured the world, but bassist Lloyd Swanton says the original plans never looked beyond the practice room. “We had no problem with an audience. We weren’t snobs or anything like that,” Swanton says, speaking from San Francisco at the start of a tour. “We didn’t want any outside inﬂuence on the creation of music at all.” But the staff at Sydney University’s Music Department heard Swanton, Chris Abrahams (piano, organ) and Tony Buck

(drums, percussion) rehearsing, and invited them to participate in a concert series. “We thought if we fell flat on our faces, we’ll just go back to what we were doing,” Swanton says. “It turned out to be a very successful concert. We got about 100 people, and it just proceeded from there.” Audience size has grown since then. Last year, The Necks opened for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, bringing their relatively subdued sound to venues with thousands of seats. While they enjoyed that jaunt, Swanton says the members still prefer smaller spaces, with more attentive audiences. “It was a buzz playing to 10,000 people, but there’s something very special about an intimate room,” he says. “The way we play, we want to engage with the room a little bit more.” Members of The Necks never discuss what will happen before a performance. They walk onstage, stand in silence, and wait for one of them to make the first sound. What follows is often built on layers of drones, with musical fragments floating over them. It’s not unusual for Swanton to bow a single note for several minutes, while Buck keeps some percussion clattering and Abrahams adds melodic fragments on piano or organ — or both. While it sounds unorthodox, the bassist is following in a tradition. “A lot of bass playing — funk, reggae — is all really about sitting on something solidly and reassuringly,” he says. “So I try to bring those mainstream principles to the music.” While The Necks play music made of three unique parts, the tenor saxo-

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Laplante adds that the acoustics of a venue play a big role in a Battle Trance performance. “The band and the pieces work very deeply with resonance. Not only the resonance of the saxophones but how that is embodied within the space that we’re playing,” he says. “That’s one of the things that I love about playing acoustic music, and this band in particular. The piece becomes alive in a totally different way every night.” While Battle Trance doesn’t sound like a jazz group (in fact, its record label links it to classical music), Laplante came to his own unique approach through jazz studies. “For me,” he says, “it was a balance between going deeper and deeper into the saxophone as an instrument and, at the same time, breaking down certain limitations I had put in my psyche about what is and isn’t possible with the saxophone — what is and isn’t ‘correct.’” Likewise, when listening to either Battle Trance or The Necks, listeners should set aside any preconceptions they might have about the music.

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[POP PUNK] + THU., MARCH 02 Florida’s five-piece We The e Kings are celebrating a decade of hits its this year with its WTK10 tour. Whether ther it’s fast-paced tracks like “Check eck Yes, Juliet,” or more recent singles like e “We’ll Be a Dream” (featuring Demi Lovato), this crew w is an undeniable standoutt in the crossover e punk genre. If the band hitting itting the 10-year mark doesn’t make ke you feel old, then maybe tonight’s midnight start time at Stage AE will do the trick. Alona Williams Midnight. dnight. 400 North Shore Drive, North orth Side. $25. 412-229-5483 orr www.stageae.com

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If you were a fan of Wu-Tang Clan when Enter the Wu-Tang was released in 1993, there’s no doubt you connected with a member and tagged him as your favorite. For me, beside ODB — everybody loved ODB — it was GZA (even if I wasn’t exactly sure how to say his name in my pre-internet college years). He was the anchor in one of the Clan’s best tunes, “Protect Ya Neck,” taking down a record industry that was afraid of raw, real hip hop. “The Wu is too slammin’ for these cold killin’ labels / Some ain’t had hits since I seen Aunt Mabel / Be doin’ artists like Cain did Abel.” His follow-up record, Liquid Swords, is widely considered one of the greatest hip-hop records of all time; the Chicago Tribune called it “one of the most substantial lyrical journeys in hip-hop history.” Take your own voyage oyage with GZA tonight at the Rex Theater, rr, with openers Amir Miles, Hubbs and NXFCE. XFCE. Charlie Deitch 7 p.m. 1602 E. Carson son St., South Side. $25-30. 18 and older. 412-381-6811 381-6811 or www.rextheater.com

In the world of ’60s rock operas about pinball, The Who’s Tommy ranks easily in the top 10. The 1969 two-disc concept album about the life of a deaf, dumb and

blind boy has been translated to film, ballet and Broadway. Tonight, it’s in the hands of some of Pittsburgh’s finest musicians at the Rex Theater. In support of the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Josh Verbanets, Max Somerville, Rich Kawood, Guy Russo and Nathan Zoob (plus some special guests) are playing the album in full as a part of WDVE Rocks for Children’s Radiothon. Alex Gordon 8 p.m. 1602 E. Carson St., South Side. $20. 21 and older. 412-381-6811 or www.rextheater.com

[INDIE ROCK] + TUE., MARCH 07 “Foxing is a band. Someday Foxing won’t be a band.” So says the still-a-band’s bio on Bandcamp. For the uninitiated, Foxing is a tough-to-classify, emo-leaning post-rock crew from St. Louis. Singer Conor Murphy’s rugged vocals and somber, spacey guitars color five-piece’ss unique, explorative sound. this five-piece The latest release is a two-song EP called, appropriately, Two, which finds the group in a more atmospheric and abstract mood. Get in while the getting’s good tonight at Cattivo, with Yohuma and Oyama. AW 6:30 p.m. 146 44th St., Lawrenceville. $13-15. 412-687-2157 or cattivopgh.com

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CLUB CAFE. Albert Cummings. BAJA BAR AND GRILL. South Side. 412-431-4950. Mercedez Band. Fox Chapel. HOWLERS. Saajtak, Easy Bake 412-963-0640. Oven, Middle Children & BALTIMORE HOUSE. Artistree Skeletonized. Bloomfield. Live. Pleasant Hills. 412-653-3800. 412-682-0320. CATTIVO. Sierra Club/FutureFest JERGEL’S RHYTHM GRILLE. Fundraiser feat: DJ Zombo, Velveeta, Totally 80’s & My Hero Love Dumpster, Verti Go Go, Zero. Warrendale. 724-799-8333. The Park Plan, Kid Durango & THE R BAR. Billy The Kid & The Me Toos. Lawrenceville. the Regulators. Dormont. 412-687-2157. 412-942-0882. DOWNEY’S HOUSE. Trainwreck. Robinson. 412-489-5631. CLUB CAFE. Matt www. per EXCUSES BAR & Andersen. South Side. ghcitypa p GRILL. Bill Toms & 412-431-4950. .com Hard Rain. South Side. 412-431-4090. CLUB CAFE. Julian Lage & Chris JERGEL’S RHYTHM GRILLE. Eldridge. South Side. 412-431-4950. The Clintones. Warrendale. DIESEL. Flaw. Feat. Righteous 724-799-8333. Vendetta, Source & more. MOONDOG’S. Commander Cody. South Side. 412-431-8800. Feat. Lost in the Ozone & Too Much Fun. Blawnox. 412-828-2040. THE R BAR. King’s Ransom. CLUB CAFE. Mike Doughty Dormont. 412-942-0882. w/ Wheatus. South Side. 412-431-4950. DIESEL. Carnifex, Rings of Saturn, Lorna Shore, She Must Burn & Signs Of The Swarm. South Side. 412-431-8800.

THU 02 CLUB CAFE. Pat McGee w/ Colby James Tweed & Chalk Dinosaur. South Side. 412-431-4950. HOWLERS. Diaphony, Emily Rodgers, Amadea & Futurism. Bloomfield. 412-682-0320. ROCK ROOM. Lover’s Touch, Dark Noisey, Sorry, I’m Dead, Unreliable Narrator. Polish Hill. 412-683-4418.

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FRI 03 CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF HOMESTEAD MUSIC HALL. Leo Kottke, Keller Williams. Homestead. 412-368-5225. FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH. The Necks. Shadyside. 412-682-0591. HOWLERS. Doctor Smoke, Horehound & Old Lords. Bloomfield. 412-682-0320. REX THEATER. The Who’s Tommy. Benefits Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. South Side. 412-381-6811.

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THU 02 BELVEDERE’S. NeoNoir Dark 80s w/ Erica Scary. Lawrenceville. 412-687-2555. MR. SMALLS THEATER. Centrifuge Thursdays. At the Funhouse. Millvale. 412-821-4447. PERLE CHAMPAGNE BAR. Bobby D Bachata. Downtown. 412-471-2058. SPIRIT HALL & LODGE. Drummer vs DJ. Feat. Christo & Courtesy, DJ Bamboo & Josh Williams, Alex Rivera & Carvis Fisher & DJ Red & Giuseppe Capolupo. Lawrenceville. 412-726-0061.

FRI 03 ANDYS WINE BAR. DJ Malls Spins Vinyl. Downtown. 412-773-8884. BRILLOBOX. Pandemic : Global Dancehall, Cumbia, Bhangra, Balkan Bass. Bloomfield. 412-621-4900. DRUM BAR. DJ Digital Dave. North Side. 412-231-7777. 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.

Each week, we post a song from a local artist, for free online. This week’s is “Eating Ass,” by wwoman. (Probably best to avoid Googling song and artist at work; learned the hard way.) For fans of minimalist electronic music, synth-y R&B, good music. Stream or download it for free at FFW>>, the music blog at www.pghcitypaper.com.

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BELVEDERE’S. Sean MC & Thermos. 90s night. Lawrenceville. 412-687-2555. CATTIVO. Illusions. w/ Funerals & Arvin Clay. Lawrenceville. 412-687-2157. DIESEL. DJ CK. South Side. 412-431-8800. PERLE CHAMPAGNE BAR. DJ Tenova. ladies night. Downtown. 412-471-2058. ROWDY BUCK. Top 40 Dance. South Side. 412-431-2825. SPIRIT HALL & LODGE. TITLE TOWN Soul & Funk Party. Rare Soul, Funk & wild R&B 45s feat. DJ Gordy G. & J.Malls. Lawrenceville. 412-586-4441.

The Boxmasters

THU 02 PIRATA. The Flow Band. Downtown. 412-323-3000.

FRI 03 CAPRI PIZZA AND BAR. Bombo Claat w/ VYBZ Machine Intl Sound System. East Liberty. 412-362-1250.

COUNTRY

THE GOLDMARK. Pete Butta. Reggae & dancehall. Lawrenceville. 412-688-8820.

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WED 08

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SMILING MOOSE. Rock Star Karaoke w/ T-MONEY. South Side. 412-431-4668. SPOON. Spoon Fed. East Liberty. 412-362-6001.

Mr. Smalls Theatre, 400 Lincoln Ave., Millvale [TUE., APRIL 26]

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HIP HOP/R&B

Jergel’s Rhythm Grille, 103 Slade Lane, Warrendale

SAT 04 SPIRIT HALL & LODGE. Zo! & Carmen Rodgers w/ LSSD. Lawrenceville. 412-807-969.

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Chance the Rapper PPG Paints Arena, 1001 Fifth Ave., Uptown

328 Atwood wood ood od Str Street r t • Oa Oak Oakland BLUES JERGEL’S RHYTHM GRILLE. Billy the Kid & the Regulators. Warrendale. 724-799-8333.

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complimentary wine, beer & hors d’oeuvres. Sewickley. 412-741-4405.

RIVERS CLUB. Jessica Lee & Friends. Downtown. 412-391-5227.

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BACKSTAGE BAR AT THEATRE SQUARE. Jeremy Fisher Jr & Matt Ferrante. Downtown. 412-325-6769. CIOPPINO SEAFOOD CHOPHOUSE BAR. Lucarelli Jazz feat. Peg Wilson. Strip District. 412-281-6593. JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. Tony Campbell Saturday Afternoon Jazz www. per Session. North Side. pa pghcitym 412-904-3335. .co THE MONROEVILLE RACQUET CLUB. Jazz Bean Live. Every Saturday, a different band. Monroeville. 412-728-4155.

BISTRO 9101. The Blues Orphans. McCandless. 412-318-4871. NIED’S HOTEL. Still Not Sober. Lawrenceville. 412-781-9853. NOLA ON THE SQUARE. Jimmy Adler Band w/ John Gresh’s Gris Gris. Downtown. 412-471-9100.

SAT 04 CLUB CAFE. Billy Price Band. South Side. 412-431-4950.

TUE 07 MOONDOG’S. The Tommy Z Band. Blawnox. 412-828-2040.

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THU 02 JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. Roger Humphries Jam Session. Ballroom. North Side. 412-904-3335. VALLOZZI’S PITTSBURGH. Eric Johnson. Downtown. 412-394-3400.

FRI 03 ANDORA RESTAURANT FOX CHAPEL. Pianist Harry Cardillo & vocalist Charlie Sanders. Fox Chapel. 412-967-1900. SWEETWATER CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Jazz Surgery & Tony Campbell. Ticket price includes

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ALLEGHENY ELKS LODGE #339. Pittsburgh Banjo Club. Wednesdays. North Side. 412-321-1834. PARK HOUSE. Shelf Life String Band. North Side. 412-224-2273. WHEELFISH. Jason Born. Ross. 412-487-8909.

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SUN 05 CITY OF ASYLUM @ ALPHABET CITY. Battle Trance: Blade of Love. North Side. 412-435-1110. ROCKS LANDING BAR & GRILLE. Tony Campbell & the Jazz Surgery. McKees Rocks. 412 - 857- 5809.

MON 06 HAMBONE’S. Ian Kane, Ronnie Weiss & Tom Boyce. Jazz Standards, showtunes & blues. Lawrenceville. 412-681-4318.

WED 08 JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. DK Anderson’s Cypher. North Side. 412-904-3335.

THU 02 DOWNEY’S HOUSE. Scott & Roseanna. Robinson. 412-489-5631. ELWOOD’S PUB. West Deer Bluegrass Review. Rural Ridge. 724-265-1181.

FRI 03 BEER HEAD BAR. Right TurnClyde. North Side. 412-322-2337. CLUB CAFE. Wolves In Sheep’s Clothing & The Shelf Life String Band. South Side. 412-431-4950. FRIDAY FAITH CAFE. Erica Lee. Washington. 724-222-1563. WALNUT GRILL, BRIDGEVILLE. The Eclectic Acoustics. Bridgeville. 412-564-5746.

SAT 04 PITTSBURGH WINERY. Jimbo & the Soupbones. Strip District. 412-566-1000. WALNUT GRILL-ROBINSON. The Eclectic Acoustics. Robinson. 412-747-2100.

SUN 05 HAMBONE’S. Calliope Old Time Appalachian Jam. Lawrenceville. 412-681-4318. SNAKE HILL CONCERT VENUE. Jenny & Tyler feat. Annie Lawrence. Polish Hill. 724-880-5819.

CLUB CAFE. Angela Perley & the Howlin’ Moons. South Side. 412-431-4950. JERGEL’S RHYTHM GRILLE. Joe Diffie w/ Township Road. Warrendale. 724-799-8333. THE PARK HOUSE. Slim Forsythe’s Irish Band. North Side. 412-224-2273.

CLASSICAL SUN 05 JACKIE EVANCHO. Benedum Center, Downtown. 412-456-6666. NATHAN HESS. Kresge Theater, CMU, Oakland. 412-371-7447.

MON 06 ALEKSEY SEMENENKO, UKRAINIAN VIOLINIST. Rodef Shalom Congregation, Oakland. 412-621-6566.

OTHER MUSIC THU 02 LINDEN GROVE. Karaoke. Castle Shannon. 412-882-8687. RIVERS CASINO. Stevee Wellons Band Trio. North Side. 412-231-7777.

FRI 03 ANTONIAN THEATRE, CARLOW UNIVERSITY. Row On for Brendan ft. Cherish the Ladies. Oakland. 412-621-8189. RIVERS CASINO. Nick Fiasco. North Side. 412-231-7777. THE ROOTS CELLAR. Mark & Maggie O’Connor. Shadyside. 412-361-1915.

SAT 04 ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM. Sound Series: Fidelio Trio. North Side. 412-624-7529. EAST LIBERTY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Renaissance City Choir Cabaret. East Liberty. 412-441-3800. PALACE THEATRE. Emerald Isle. Presented by River City Brass. Feat. Irish dancers & Pipes & Drums. Greensburg. 1-800-292-7222. RIVERS CASINO. Right Turn Clyde. Frum Bar. Velveeta. North Side. 412-231-7777. STRAND THEATER. Mark Milovats. Zelienople. 724-742-0400.

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WEDNESDAY 1 Louis the Child

MR. SMALLS THEATRE Millvale. 412-421-4447. With special guests Imad Royal & Saint WKND. All ages show. Tickets:ticketweb.com/ opusone. 7:45p.m.

Joe Bonamassa

The Head and the Heart

Power Trip

BENEDUM CENTER Downtown. 412-456-6666. With special guest Whitney. Tickets: trustarts.org. 8p.m.

THURSDAY 2.

Craig Ferguson: The New Deal Tour CARNEGIE OF HOMESTEAD MUSIC HALL Munhall. 412-462-3444. All ages show. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 8p.m.

Tweed CLUB CAFE South Side. 412-431-4950. With special guest Chalk Dinosaur. Over 21 show.

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JACKIE EVANCHO BENEDUM CENTER SUNDAY MARCH 5

Tickets: ticketweb.com/ opusone. 9p.m.

Sound Series: Fidelio Trio

BENEDUM CENTER Downtown. 412-456-6666. Tickets: trustarts.org. Through Mar. 3.

FRIDAY 35 SPIRIT Lawrenceville. 412-586-4441. With special guests Iron Reagan, Protestor & Concealed Blade. All ages show. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 7:30p.m.

The Beauty Queen of Leenane

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Haywyre & The Opiuo Band

SUNDAY 5

Albert Cummings

CLUB CAFE South Side. 412-431-4950. Over 21 show. Tickets: ticketweb.com/ opusone. 8p.m. CATTIVO Lawrenceville. 412-687-2157. With special guests Jason Richardson, covet & Nephele. All ages show. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 6:30p.m.

ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM North Side. For more info visit warhol.org. 5p.m.

& Zeve. Over 21 show. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 9p.m.

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STAGE AE North Side. With special guests Belly & Project Pat. All ages show. Tickets: ticketmaster.com or 1-800-745-3000. Doors open at 7p.m.

BENEDUM CENTER Downtown. 412-456-6666. Tickets: trustarts.org. 7p.m.

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CATTIVO Lawrenceville. 412-687-2157. With special guests Yohuna & Oyama. All ages show. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 6:30p.m.

Juicy J

Jackie Evancho

SPIRIT Lawrenceville. 412-586-4441. With special guests Communist Daughter

SATURDAY 4

REX THEATER South Side. 412-381-1681. With special guests Electric Mantis & Wink. Over 18 show. Tickets: greyareaprod.com. 8p.m.

Foxing Polyphia

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CLUB CAFE South Side. 412-431-4950. With special guest Jimbo Jackson. Over 21 show. Tickets: ticketweb.com/ opusone. 8p.m.

HEINZ HALL Downtown. 412-456-6666. Tickets: trustarts.org. 8p.m.

AUGUST WILSON CENTER Downtown. 412-456-6666. Tickets: trustarts.org. Through Mar. 4.

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ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM North Side. For tickets and more info visit warhol.org. 8p.m.

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“IT’S THE FIRST TIME I’VE ACTUALLY LOST SLEEP OVER POLITICS.”

BAD FEMINIST {BY SHALIN MODY}

HOW DID YOU FEEL ABOUT NEGATIVE REVIEWS OF BAD FEMINIST? Some of the criticisms-against have merit and some don’t. … I allow myself my hurt feelings, and vent about it with my closest friends and then I move on. I believe in my work. I know where the flaws are. I’m always trying to become a better writer and thinker. HOW DO YOU FIND TIME TO BE BOTH AN ACADEMIC AND A PROLIFIC, MULTI-GENRE AUTHOR? I could use a better time-management system, but constantly traveling makes any sort of schedule pretty much impossible. Sundays and Mondays, though, are dedicated to my teaching. That is one constant and it is comforting to have that. I also write a lot on airplanes and in hotels. WHY IS MUCH OF DIFFICULT WOMEN IN RURAL SETTINGS? There are so many stories [in rural America] that all too often go untold, and I love being able to tell them. I love writing about isolation and small communities where everybody knows each other, and having so much space while still feeling claustrophobic.

{CP PHOTO BY JOHN HAMILTON}

Art in the Active Voice show, at Artists Image Resource, includes, at left, work by an identified artist and, at right, by David Pohl

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YOUR WRITING IS PERSONAL AND CONFESSIONAL. WHERE DO YOU DRAW BOUNDARIES? I use the personal in my critical work … when it will lend me authority on a given topic. I have strict boundaries. People think they know me, but they only know what I choose for them to know. I’m pretty much always uncomfortable when I am writing about difficult topics or the personal, and that’s how I know I am writing something necessary. Writing about consensual sex doesn’t make me uncomfortable. That’s just plain fun.

Roxanne Gay {PHOTO COURTESY OF JAY GRABIEC}

Roxane Gay is a Haitian-American author and English professor (at Purdue University) who explores feminism, race and sexual politics. Her new short-story collection, Difficult Women, depicts strong women facing challenges including abuse and addiction. Her 2014 essay collection Bad Feminist rejected perceived contradictions between sex-positivity and feminism. While it attracted critical acclaim, some critics called Gay’s thesis reductionist and a strawman. In advance of her sold-out March 6 appearance at Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures’ Ten Evening series, CP interviewed Gay via email.

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WHO ARE YOUR INSPIRATIONS? Edith Wharton, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Michael Chabon, Alice Walker, Toni Morrison, Zadie Smith and Edward Jones. INFO@PGHCITYPAPER.COM

ROXANNE GAY 7:30 p.m. Mon., March 6. Carnegie Music Hall. 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland. 412-622-8866 or www.pittsburgh lectures.org

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{BY BILL O’DRISCOLL}

N FEB. 21, members of Pittsburgh’s Squonk Opera joined the weekly Tuesdays with Toomey protest, at Station Square, and they didn’t come emptyhanded. They brought, in fact, an extra set of oversized, twodimensional hands to accompany an oversized photo of Pat Toomey’s head — all part of a skit outside the U.S. senator’s Pittsburgh ofﬁce mocking his unwillingness to hold townhall meetings with constituents. Puppet-Toomey stood mutely behind a cardboard podium whose ofﬁcial-looking seal featured not a proud bald eagle, but a clueless-looking chicken, complete with freshly laid egg. The puppet was the handiwork of Squonk’s David Wallace, guitarist for the nationally touring performance and art-rock ensemble. Squonk co-founder Steve O’Hearn contributed homemade, 12-foot-tall hand-held signs reading “RESIST” in red, white and blue. And fellow co-founder Jackie Dempsey,

{PHOTO COURTESY OF JACKIE DEMPSEY}

Steve O’Hearn (with “NYET” sign) and David Wallace (“Unpresidented”) protest on Electoral College voting day this past December, in Harrisburg

clipboard in hand, helped sign in the 350 assembled protesters for the Tuesdays with Toomey mailing list. Under the Trump administration, multiple weekly protests of the president, his policies and his allies, like Toomey, are the new normal. Artists are, of course, among the many citizens who’ve launched or stepped up their activism. From the performers who declined to play Trump’s inauguration, to an Occupy Museums protest at New York’s Whitney Museum of American Art, and poetry readings beneﬁting activist groups, artists around the

country have been addressing the political climate with anger, resolve and creativity. Locally, the three Squonkers have been especially visible. The long-running group’s popular shows include surreal musical spectacles like Cycle Sonic, performed on giant tricycles, which debuted at last year’s Three Rivers Arts Festival. But in December, on Electoral College voting day, O’Hearn, Wallace and Dempsey visited Harrisburg to join a protest imploring electors to reject Trump. O’Hearn continued Squonk’s tradition of eye-catching costumes by wearing a tall Russian-style hat and holding aloft a large globe emblazoned with the word “NYET.” Wallace’s sign featuring half of Trump’s screaming orange face and the word “Unpresidented” made Reuters and The Daily Beast. Of street protests, O’Hearn says, “It’s a very natural thing to do. It’s like doing a show, really.” In Pittsburgh, a key site for artistic political protest is Artists Image Resource. The North Side gallery and workspace is known for its screenprinting open-studio nights, and political poster-making is common. But since the inauguration, users have been doubling down on protest signs, says AIR managing director Tresa Varner. A rush before the Jan. 21 Women’s March was followed by events like a night for Planned Parenthood volunteers, who printed artistdesigned postcards to send to elected ofﬁcials, featuring Valentine’s hearts with message like “Choice” and “My Body.” “We had over 150 people come,” says Varner. “It was crazy.” More such events are planned, including another Planned Parenthood night on March 3. In early January, AIR issued a call for artists for Active Voice, a nonjuried exhibit seeking works responding to the new administration. In mid-February, entries were still coming in: AIR Executive Director Bob Beckman’s warped rogue’s gallery of Trump cabinet nominees. A woodcut-style poster reading “Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of Your Fist. Keep Loving Keep Fighting.” Robert Raczka’s handwritten sign “Too Many White People in One Place Creates Problems.” On Feb. 16, Randi Stewart, of Turtle Creek, delivered her mixed-media painting of a mountain that’s a raised ﬁst in front of a rising sun. Stewart, 29, said she hadn’t marched herself but was inspired by protesters. “We’re seeing the results of actively speaking out and speaking up,” she said. “It’s the most empowering period of my life.” AIR will wrap Active Voice with a

ART IN THE CROSSHAIRS {BY BILL O’DRISCOLL} In December, City of Asylum/Pittsburgh received a $100,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. It was a big honor: The NEH awards only a few dozen grants annually. City of Asylum shelters writers persecuted in their home countries; the NEH funds would support the nonprofit’s literary readings and other programs promoting diversity and appreciation for other cultures. All COAP had to do, says group president Henry Reese, was raise $100,000 in matching funds, half by April 20, the other half by next April. That all changed in January, as word came in media outlets including The New York Times that the Trump administration wants to eliminate the NEH — along with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Reese says he’s been advised that if COAP wants to ensure its grant, it must raise all $100,000 in matching funds by April 20. Suddenly, instead of 15 months, its deadline was 15 weeks. COAP and the rest of the nation’s arts community are scrambling to defend federal arts funding. Groups like the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council have joined advocacy organization Americans for the Arts in imploring supporters to sign its petition, contact elected officials and take other

actions to safeguard federal dollars. GPAC intiatives include a Thu., March 2, public meeting called Federal Arts Policy: A Time for Action! From 2014-16, in Pittsburgh alone, the NEA distributed $1.4 million to about 30 recipients, for projects at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, City Theatre, MCG Jazz, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Mattress Factory and elsewhere. The biggest single grant was $200,000 for a Pittsburgh Office of Public Art program supporting artist residencies for groups working with refugees and immigrants. Conservatives began attacking the NEA in the 1980s over funding of controversial art like Andres Serrano’s “Piss Christ” photo. The NEA’s inflation-corrected funding levels are now about half of what they were in 1992, according to Americans for the Arts. Still, today, says the NEA, its grants are distributed in every U.S. congressional district; 40 percent of the activities it funds take place in high-poverty neighborhoods; and many serve people with disabilities, people in institutions and veterans. The NEA and NEH each gets $148 million in funding, for a total of $296 million, or .008 percent of the federal budget. NEA funding

is much less than state or local funding for the arts, and all three government sources together constitute just 7 percent of revenue for nonprofit arts groups, according to NEA figures; 61 percent of total revenue comes from either earned income or individual giving. But supporters say that groups who meet the NEA’s rigorous grantmaking standards are more likely to receive funding from other sources. American for the Arts’ Narric Rome adds that most NEA grants require matching funds, and that each NEA dollar creates an additional $9 in nonfederal spending — i.e., economic development. But critics of the expected budget axe say that this fight isn’t really about tax dollars. Some conservatives are still waging the 1990s “culture wars.” Others seem to simply loathe the idea of funding expression they might disagree with. “There seems to be a disregard for free speech, [for why] the arts matter, and what they promulgate,” says COAP’s Reese. “We already know that what we need more of in this country, rather than less, is art that helps us understand each other,” says Grant Oliphant, president of the Heinz Endowments, itself a major local arts funder. “Cutting the arts right now is precisely the wrong move.” DRISCOLL@PGHCITYPAPER.COM

March 11 closing reception. But Varner says there’s enough interest that the group might extend the project. Squonk Opera members plan to keep going, too. “I’ve never been this involved,” says Dempsey, who is Squonk’s keyboardist. “I’ve never called my senator ever, till after the Women’s March,” for which she traveled to Washington, D.C., with Wallace, her partner. Now she’s making multiple daily calls to elected officials and has started a Forest Hills branch of Indivisible, a national nonprofit formed to resist the Trump agenda. “It’s been really energizing,” says Dempsey. Dempsey says the prior extent of her political involvement had been doorknocking during presidential campaigns. Then came Trump. “It’s the first time I’ve actually lost sleep over politics, or even had dreams and nightmares about politics,” she says. “It’s hard to think about much else.” Squonk has never made explicitly political work. Will this newfound activism be reflected in its next show, scheduled for 2018? “It would be a big decision for us to make,” says Dempsey. But, she adds, “The way we feel right now, it would be almost impossible for us not to be political.”

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AMERICAN SONGS {BY DREW PRASKOVICH} RAGTIME IS a dawning: a new age, new

life and new sounds. The anthemic 1996 musical portrays the conﬂicts at the turn of the 20th century between African Americans, Eastern European immigrants and upper-class white suburbanites. (Sound relevant?) With Stephen Flaherty’s soaring score, the lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and Terrence McNally’s book turn something full of nostalgic Americana into a harrowingly relevant, tangible story.

RAGTIME continues through Sat., March 4. Carnegie Mellon School of Drama at Phillip Chosky Theatre, CMU campus, Oakland. Sold out. www.cmu-drama.com

Director Tomé Cousin focuses heavily on the story’s triptych. Each group is represented by a key character: Mother (Hanna Berggren), of the wealthy whites living in New Rochelle; Coalhouse Walker Jr. (John Clay III), a black pianist in Harlem; and Tateh (Clay Singer), a Jewish immigrant scouring America for opportunity. Ragtime questions what lies behind the silhouetted façade of America. Frank Blackmore and Katy Fetrow’s set features three looming, mobile steel towers bearing fragments of the American ﬂag. Various animated and still projections never feel cohesive and distract from the action. The main conﬂict in Ragtime, however,

is Coalhouse’s rebellion against the racism inflicted upon him and his love, Sarah, who’s brought to life with tender fear and stirring vocals by Arica Jackson. Coalhouse, once a cool, sensitive man, becomes radical and defiant in combating oppression. Clay reveals a wealth of maturity. His Coalhouse is charismatic, enraged and syncopated, like the music he plays. Backing him is the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama’s epic ensemble, which bolsters every melody with force. Every song in Ragtime builds from solo piano to full orchestrations. But while the scenes attempt to follow suit, the actors don’t always find that desired raw tension. One thing the eye does crave is stillness. The production is driving and constantly moving. It could help to have more moments of security, trusting a moment to settle and captivate. When Cousin finds passages of sharp focus, Ragtime hits your core, particularly in Coalhouse and Sarah’s painfully hopeful “Wheels of a Dream,” and in the glow of the final image: the silhouettes of diverse Americans approaching a new light.

IT’S FUN. IT’S ENTERTAINING. BUT IT’S NOT PROFOUND.

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GOING BIG {BY STUART SHEPPARD} TO RECAST Joseph de Maistre’s famous

maxim: “Every age gets the revival of Greek tragedy that it deserves.” And with Point Park Conservatory Theatre

BIG LOVE continues March 9-12. Pittsburgh Playhouse, 222 Craft Ave., Oakland. $10-24. 412-392-8000 or www.pittsburghplayhouse.com

While the marriage night does not go well for most of the brothers (there will be blood), The Beatles remind us in the end that “All You Need is Love.” Certainly true, but not the most profound conclusion. It seems our age has not added much to this story after 2,500 years. INF O @PGH C IT YPAPE R . C O M

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BEGINNINGS {BY STEVE SUCATO}

Bereishit Dance Company’s “Balance and Imbalance” {PHOTO COURTESY OF C. PARK SANG-YUN}

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John Clay III (seated, at piano) and other cast members of Ragtime, at Carnegie Mellon School of Drama

Company’s production of Charles L. Mee’s 2000 play Big Love (based on Aeschylus’s fifth-century B.C. The Supplicants), we do get what our age deserves. It’s fun. It’s entertaining. But it’s not profound. It adds nothing valuable to the original, like modernizing a classic black-and-white film through coloration. As in the ancient version, 50 sisters are engaged to marry their 50 cousins, but run away, in this case from Greece to Italy. The sisters are represented by just three actors: Markia Nicole Smith (Lydia), Saige Smith (Olympia) and Amber Jones (Thyona). Their rendition of “You Don’t Own Me” (the Leslie Gore song) is a musical highlight of the show. And becomes about as philosophical as the didactic messaging gets. The brothers — Nate Willey (Nikos), Charlie Rowell (Oed) and Drew CampbellAmberg (Constantine) — also sing, roll around with muscularity, and have some moments that could be mistaken for primal therapy. Director Reginald L. Douglas’ staging is big and rowdy. Dishes are smashed, pianos are pounded, and jaws are dropped. Although many of the characters are modern creations, most are mere caricatures, especially Guiliano, the gay, Barbieand-Ken-doll-collecting grandson played with humor by Gabe Florentino. (Why do so many contemporary playwrights choose to portray gay men as flamboyant clichés?) And Bebe Tabickman (Bella), in the grandmother role, sounds like the old SNL character Roseanne Roseannadanna, while paradoxically the rest of the Italian players have no accents. Gianni Downs’ Mediterranean set is well complemented by Andrew David Ostrowski’s lighting, which evolves from day to early evening to night like a gentle, crepuscular painting giving birth to itself. Steve Shapiro manages to evoke a panoply of sounds, from distant swooping gulls to the rowdy soundtrack comprising Lady Gaga and several pop songs.

More known for producing top-flight classical-ballet dancers, Korea has been all but absent on the contemporary dance scene. Seoul-based Bereishit Dance Company seeks to change that. Founded in 2013 by choreographer Soon-ho Park, the company has done limited international touring, making its U.S. debut in 2015 at Houston’s Dance Salad Festival. Bereishit makes its Pittsburgh debut on March 4, courtesy of Pittsburgh Dance Council, as part of a six-city U.S. tour. The name “Bereishit,” Hebrew for “in the beginning,” implies the process of creation, writes Park via email: “Creation of a piece is like the creation of a world.” The company will present two of Park’s creations blending contemporary dance with traditional Korean music. “I learned contemporary dance from Western culture,” writes Park. “For me, [Korean] tradition is a new culture.” Park says his use of traditional Korean music is not just about combining contemporary movement with traditional music; he is simply inspired by such music. Park’s 2011 piece “Balance and Imbalance” is a prime example of such a pairing. The 25-minute work for six dancers is set to a pansori song (a genre of musical storytelling) about the sea palace of Sugungga, whose king, taken ill, needs to eat a rabbit’s liver to survive. A turtle is sent to dry land and lures a rabbit to Sugungga with tales of riches. But the rabbit, seeing his peril, outwits the king and escapes. But Park says the story is of little consequence to “Balance and Imbalance”; rather, the work looks into “the sound made by the body and the movements made from the sound.” The pansori song — to be performed live — works sonically for that purpose. Also set to traditional music on a kayagum (a 12-stringed instrument) played live is Park’s latest work “Bow.” Up until now, “Bow” has been a sort of work-inprogress, says Randal Miller, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust director of dance programming. Miller, who saw the work performed as a duet, says that in Pittsburgh, for the first time, a third dancer will be added — along with a live archer. With “Bow,” Park says, he is thinking not about the physical aspects of the sport but rather its “mental or spiritual strangeness and harmony. Through the archery, we can see ourselves deeply.” INFO@PGHCITYPAPER.COM

BEREISHIT DANCE COMPANY 8 p.m. Sat., March 4. Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Downtown. $10-60. 412-456-6666 or www.trustarts.org

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03.02-03.09.17 Full events listed online at www.pghcitypaper.com Richard Blair remembers when his father was writing 1984. In the late 1940s, George Orwell (born Eric Blair) and his young adopted son were living on the Isle of Jura, off Scotland. Orwell died in 1950, the year after publication of his classic dystopian novel about a totalitarian government that twists language to its own ends. Richard Blair (pictured) was thereafter raised by his aunt and uncle.

Now, after seven decades as a cultural touchstone, 1984 is hot again. Following White House spokesperson Kellyanne Conway’s recourse to “alternative facts” about attendance at President Trump’s inauguration, the book shot to the top of Amazon’s bestseller list in the U.S. In June, Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillian’s hit new London stage adaptation of 1984 arrives on Broadway. And in Pittsburgh, from March 3-12, Prime Stage Theatre stages an earlier adaptation, at the New Hazlett Theater. The special guest at a series of opening-weekend events is Richard Blair, 73, who in retirement promotes his father’s work as part of England’s Orwell Society. At noon Sat., March 4, Blair (in his first visit to Pittsburgh) speaks at the Cranberry Barnes & Noble, and that evening at receptions and a post-show discussion. On March 5, he attends at pre-matinee book-signing, a VIP tea and the post-show discussion. Prime Stage’s production, directed by Richard Keitel, stars Justin Fortunato and Jessie Wray Goodman as doomed lovers Winston and Julia, and Brian Ceponis as O’Brien. Prime Stage actually scheduled this production of the adaptation by Robert Owens, Wilton E. Hall Jr. and William A. Miles three years ago — well before the book’s current resurgence. But as Blair notes in a Skype interview from his home in England, 1984 seems only to grow ever more relevant. For instance, the Big Brother Is Watching surveillance technology Orwell dreamed up is no longer a dream: “The things that he talked about in 1984 suddenly have become reality.”

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thursday 03.02 TALK PechaKucha turns PowerPoint presentations into a combination art form and competition. The brainchild of two European expats in Tokyo, it applies simple rules to presentations: only 20 slides displayed, for 20 seconds each. The result eliminates all the drudgery you’d expect from a PP presentation; Wired magazine says the format “combines business meeting and poetry slam into surprisingly compelling beat-theclock performance art.” Featured artists at a local Pecha Kucha event on the North Side include Kahmeela Friedson, of the Pittsburgh 48 Hour Film Project, explaining how filmmakers make seven-minute shorts from scratch in the allotted time. Amani Newton 6:30 p.m. (doors at 6 p.m.) Alloy 26, 100 S. Commons, North Side. $10-$15. www.pechakucha.org

STAGE Seems like yesterday that playwright Martin McDonagh emerged as the enfant terrible of theater with his mix of sharp insight and dark, dark humor set in small-town Ireland. In fact, it was in 1996 that Ireland’s Druid Theatre Company premiered The Beauty Queen of Leenane. Now Druid has this four-time Tony-winner about a middleaged woman desperate for love, and her relationship with

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her manipulative mother, on its 20th-anniversary U.S. tour. Garry Hynes, a Tony-winner for best director for the original production, directs Aisling O’Sullivan, Aaron Monaghan and Marty Rea, with Marie Mullen as the mother, Mag. The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust presents four performances at the August Wilson Center, starting tonight. Bill O’Driscoll 7 p.m. 980 Liberty Ave., Downtown. $21-46. 412-456-6666 or www.trustarts.org

COMEDY “I know that I’m 40,” says Steve Byrne. “I’m not trying to be young. I know this: It’s over. No more medium T-shirts for this guy!” Byrne grew up in Pittsburgh and forged a career in comedy; his set-inPittsburgh sitcom, Sullivan & Son, aired for three seasons on TBS. With his fourth hour-long standup special, Tell the Damn Joke, imminent on Showtime, he’s touring. Look for him in his trademark white shirt and black suit and tie (or perhaps some favored piece of Penguins gear?) when he does five shows tonight through Saturday at Pittsburgh Improv. BO 8 p.m. Continues through Sat., March 4. 166 E. Bridge St., The Waterfront, West Homestead. $20. 412-462-5233 or www.pittsburgh.improv.com ^ Thu., March 2: Steve Byrne

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Camille Saint Saëns Caprice on Danish and Russian Airs Albert Roussel Divertissement Op. 6 Jason Pullen Suite for Woodwind Quintet – WORLD PREMIERE Efraín Amaya Sidewalk Divertimenti R. James Whipple Fantasy on “America The Beautiful” rcwinds.org || Bring this City Paper ad to the concert and receive $5 off your ticket! {PHOTO COURTESY OF STEPHEN CUMMISKEY}

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friday 03.03 TALK Pittsburgh’s FULLTIME Lecture Series is all about designers, artists and entrepreneurs who’ve created their own means to make a living. Few exemplify that DIY ethos better than Aaron Draplin. The burly, bearded, trucker-hatted skateboard-and-indie-rock guy is one of the nation’s best-known designers, from his iconic “Field Notes” journals to clients including Patagonia, Nike and Sasquatch Festival. FULLTIME, a project of local design firms Commonwealth Press, Sapling Press and strawberryluna, hosts the Portland, Ore.-based Draplin for a workshop and evening lecture today at the Hollywood Theater. The workshop is sold out, but at press time, tickets remained for the lecture. BO Lecture: 7:30-9 p.m. (6:30 p.m. reception). 1449 Potomac Ave., Dormont. $35. www.compressmerch.com

TALK There’s a sizable audience for inquiries into the often-sketchy deaths of the famous. And who better to discuss them than former Allegheny County Medical Examiner Cyril Wecht? Tonight, at the {PHOTO COURTESY OF ZAC WOLF} Oaks Theater, the world-renowned ^ Fri., March 3: Aaron Draplin forensic pathologist — and prominent critic of the single-bullet theory on President Kennedy — delves into the untimely ends of prominent folk from JFK to JonBenet Ramsey, from Sharon Tate and Brian Jones to Elvis and Vince Foster. KDKA radio’s John McIntire is the host for this onstage interview and Q&A titled An Evening With Dr. Cyril Wecht. BO 8 p.m. 310 Allegheny River Blvd., Oakmont. $15-20. 412-828-6322 or www.theoakstheater.com

saturday 03.04 EXPO Support the resistance at People’s Spa Day, where you can get an affordable spa treatment (and some handcrafted mead) while supporting a good cause. Proceeds benefit The Stone Cabin Collective, a volunteer group offering free

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EVERYONE IS A CRITIC EVENT: Cooley High screening at the inaugural Black Bottom Film Festival, August Wilson Center, Downtown CRITIC: Martha Conley, “over 18,” a filmmaker and retired lawyer from East Liberty WHEN: Sat.,

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This event was wonderful, I’m sorry that there weren’t more people here. There was a nice turnout, but there could have been a lot more. And I loved that there were different aspects to it. Besides the film, there was live music! It was great. Also, I really enjoyed the interviews with the director, and especially meeting Michael Shultz. My kids are big fans of one of his films, The Last Dragon. It’s really funny, because we actually were trading quotes this week. We have a group text, so when I told them that I had just seen the director — and they didn’t know he was black, first of all — they were so excited they started texting me these lines from the movie. I hadn’t seen Cooley High before. I loved all of the Motown music that was in it, because he probably started the trend. It was wonderful just to learn about all the films that he had done.

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bi-annual services to the indigenous community of Black Mesa, Ariz., supporting resistance to massive mining operations and the federal forced-relocation policies. The event, at the Irma Freeman Center, offers massages, acupuncture, foot baths, reflexology, tinctures, tarot readings, reiki, haircuts, manicures, wine, tea and more. AN Noon-6 p.m. 5006 Penn Ave., Bloomfield. $15-60. 615-804-0064 or www.irmafreedman.org

ART BoxHeart Gallery offers an opportunity to mingle with two lauded women artists at the opening reception for Jackie Hoysted: Conflicted and Annie Heisey: Places We Have Never Known. Ireland’s Hoysted creates multi-media art, often eerie and deformed, with the objective of revealing or highlighting conflicting or opposing notions of identity, feminism, economy, religion and health. Heisey, a Pittsburgh-based artist, imbues her figurative painting with an indivisible sense of emotion; her current work examines the idea of nostalgia and how it colors our perception of the present. AN Reception: 5 p.m. (free). Exhibit continues through March 24. 4523 Liberty Ave., Bloomfield. www.boxheartgallery.com

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STAGE Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Co. opens its season of new works by contemporary local playwrights with Findings. Arlene Weiner crafted this drama about a woman ^ Fri., March 3: An Evening With Dr. Cyril Wecht who tries to “bright-side” every crisis, even as her daughter runs away, her sister’s behavior turns dangerous, and a secret threatens from the past. Lisa Ann Goldsmith directs a cast including Lissa Brennan, Sam Lothard and Amy Marsalis. The first performance at Playwrights’ Downtown theater is tonight. BO 8 p.m. Continues through March 19. 937 Liberty Ave., Downtown. $22.50. www.pghplaywrights.org

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sunday 03.05 CIRCUS The Children’s Theater Series continues with Circo Comedia, a duo from Montreal whose physical comedy and acrobatic stunts suit the whole family. Jean Saucier, who describes himself as a “master equilibrist, juggler, trick cyclist, acrobat and magician,” and Patrick Côté, a “burlesque clown, expert roller-

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skater and drummer,” sometimes even pull small children from the audience to join them on stage. Performances take place tonight through March 12, at six schools throughout the area. AN 2 p.m. (Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Downtown). Continues through March 12 (various venues). $10-12. 412-456-6666 or www.trustarts.org

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Fans of TV’s sadly defunct Mythbusters! shouldn’t miss their chance to see co-host Adam Savage’s new project, Brain Candy Live!, in Pittsburgh for one night only. Starring Savage and Michael Stevens, creator of the award-winning YouTube channel Vsauce, LIVE! is interactive, requiring audience members to help build the experiments in the theater. Judging from Savage and Stevens’ previous work, I’d guarantee that the Benedum Center audience will see at least one thing that changes the way they look at everything. AN 7:30 p.m. 237 Seventh St., Downtown. $33.65-53.75. 412-456-6666 or www.trustarts.org {PHOTO COURTESY OF CIRCO COMEDIA}

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TALK Before the official start of the fifth annual PGH Photo Fair, get a fresh perspective on the essentials of collecting by attending its Speaker Series, continuing tonight at the Ace Hotel Ballroom. Amanda Hunt, assistant curator at The Studio Museum in Harlem, will lend her expertise to prospective collectors, and offer an insider’s view on the state of photography. The talks, all of them free, continue through April 5. AN 6:30 p.m. 120 S. Whitfield St., East Liberty. Free. www.pghphotofair.com

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THE CHICKEN WAS EXCELLENT — THE RICH DARK MEAT SUFFUSED WITH SMOKE

COLOMBIA’S SPOT When most people think about South American food, they think empanadas: the meat-, cheese- or fruit-filled hand pies that are ubiquitous on the continent. But Karen Perdomo says Colombian empanadas deserve their own category. While most empanadas are made with flour or cornmeal, Colombians use hominy for their empanada dough. Perdomo says she’s doing this at her newly opened Colombian restaurant, The Colombian Spot, in the South Side, to maintain authenticity. “We have to boil the corn [to make hominy] and [then] grind it,” says Perdomo. “Then [we] hand-form the dough and fill with grilled chicken or slow-cooked brisket. We want to keep it authentic.” Originally, The Colombian Spot was a stall in the Pittsburgh Public Market, but lost that venue when the market closed down in February 2016. A year later, Perdomo has re-opened the stall as a bigger, sit-down restaurant. Perdomo says this gives her the ability to serve an extensive Colombian menu. She is excited to debut her recipes for ajiaco, a chicken-and-dumpling soup; bandeja paisa, a platter with red beans, rice, pork belly, chorizo and fried plantains; stuffed arepas, traditional Colombian bread made of cornmeal; and sirope, a cane-sugar drink with cinnamon and lemon. Perdomo says she will also import fruit pulps not available in the U.S. from Colombia, giving people the opportunity to try new juice flavors. She wants to offer recipes from every region in Colombia. “It’s like walking into Colombia — that is the experience we want to go for,” Perdomo says of her eatery. But Columbia Spot will nod to the American palate, too. Perdomo says the menu will include an arepa burger, which stuffs a beef patty with bacon, coleslaw and cheese. (Perdomo adds that the arepa burger is gluten-free.) Columbian Spot is set to open sometime this week; its hours are 11 a.m.9 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, and 11 a.m.10 p.m. Friday and Saturday. RYANDETO@PGHCITYPAPER.COM

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barbecue is about smoke, meat and sauce — in that order. For decades, local chains and mom-and-pop places alike roasted slabs of poorly butchered ribs, ﬁnished them over charcoal, and slathered them with sticky-sweet sauce that, if you were lucky, included some pepper and cayenne. Now, we’re frequently pleased to be served well-smoked meats with sauce on the side. We were willing to overlook the egregious spelling of Jabo’s Smoque House in hopes that its smoke would warm a wintry night. Jabo’s — from a nickname of one of the owners — has set up shop in the handsomely renovated storefront that long housed Del’s, in Bloomﬁeld. Inside are two rooms, one with the bar and another with

several tables. A big ﬂat-screen broadcast the hockey game, and cheesy classic dadrock played too loud; our server struggled to hear our orders. The interior wasn’t much, but at least it wasn’t covered with

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pig silhouettes, Pittsburgh sports kitsch or overblown photographs of the Golden Triangle at night. It was a ﬁne backdrop for getting our feed on, which we proceeded to do with pulled-pork nachos and tortilla soup. The

former was pretty unremarkable but for one essential element: the pork. Generous shreds — and sometimes chunks — of tender, succulent pork, ﬂavored with smoke, covered the mound of chips garnished with scallions, canned olives, diced tomatoes and pickled jalapeños. The problem was that it seemed that the cheese was melted on (and under) the chips and then everything else added on top, so it required manual assembly to get a well-balanced bite. Furthermore, while we were thankful that the whole mass wasn’t drenched in barbecue sauce, some form of seasoning or condiment might have helped. The soup was thick and russet-colored, almost like tomato soup, with insufﬁcient slivers of crispy chips, but plenty of chunks of both light and dark chicken meat. A wedge of lime to squeeze on and stir into CONTINUES ON PG. 34

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this soup would have rounded out its mild flavor profile. Aside from cornbread, the list of sides was what you’d find at any Pittsburgh tavern: six forms of potato (baked, fried, mashed, home-fried, salad and sweet), a couple vegetables, and so on. Alas, the cornbread, a remarkable tall square with a craggy top, was the familiar, cakey, too-sweet local style. Baked beans were in a thick sauce, their sweetness balanced by generous shreds of pork and a hint of heat, owing as much to Boston as to Texas. Coleslaw was finely shredded and crisp, but also bland; you might eat it more for texture than flavor. The same can’t be said for the garlic mashed potatoes, which overshot chunky and end up lumpy, with bitter garlic flavor. The main menu is actually dominated not by slabs of meat, but sandwiches. Our burger wasn’t super-juicy, but it was superflavorful from grilling over what must be a wood fire. Pulled pork overwhelmed the bottom half of its kaiser roll with juiciness, which is not exactly a complaint. The Bloomfield brisket sandwich cleverly inserted smoked brisket into an Italian composition with peppers, onions and provolone. It was a great concept that didn’t quite come together, probably for want of a condiment. We found insufficiently bold flavor in the combo platter as well. It included brisket, three short-rib bones and a chicken leg. The chicken was excellent — the rich dark meat suffused with smoke, the skin still faintly crisp. But despite ample, well-proportioned smoke, the brisket and ribs both featured timid rubs. The ribs were gloriously ruddy, but underseasoned, while the tender brisket lacked a good fat cap. Without a flavorful rub to compensate, we missed the melding of fat and meat. Of course, none of this was served completely dry. Jabo’s offers three sauces — bold, tangy and house — served on the side for application at the diner’s discretion, a policy we support. Our server suggested bold for brisket, tangy for chicken, and house for the ribs. The first two were mahogany-brown and thick, the third redder and a bit thinner and sweeter. The bold was a bit much for the brisket, although it would probably work on a sandwich; the tangy suited the chicken, although the meat was so good we tried it only sparingly; and the house complemented the ribs well enough, but raised one more flaw: The bones simply weren’t very meaty. Jabo’s nailed the smoke and did a great job with pork shoulder and chicken. But it fell short on the ribs and brisket, while serving up sauces that were OK but unexceptional. Ultimately, our search for a great barbecue place continues. INF O @PGH C IT YPAPE R . C O M

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BUTTERMILK FRIED CHICKEN {BY MAKINLEY MAGILL, ELLWOOD CITY} I started cooking when I was about 6. It was originally a way to get away from my older sister and younger brother. They always got me in trouble. When I was 8 or 9, one of my favorite cousins was going away to Penn State, and I wanted to cook fried chicken for her going-away party. I hadn’t ever cooked anything that big before. We fried it at my aunt’s house, because my mom (she’s a vegetarian) didn’t want the whole house smelling like chicken. It’s my aunt’s recipe, and I remember I was so young I had to stand on a stool to reach the pan. Also, I didn’t like all the grease jumping out at me, so I wore a big glove on my hand. This recipe is an easy way to get delicious, crispy fried chicken. INGREDIENTS • 3 lbs. boneless chicken strips • 2 cups buttermilk • 1 cup flour • ¼ tsp. garlic powder er • ½ tsp. sweet paprika a • ¼ tsp. freshly ground pepper • 1 tsp. salt • vegetable oil, for frying INSTRUCTIONS Toss the chicken, buttermilk and salt in a bowl. Cover and refrigerate for one hour. Heat an inch of vegetable oil in a large deep skillet over medium-high heat until a deep-fry thermometer registers 360 degrees F. Mix the flour, paprika, pepper and garlic powder in a shallow bowl. Remove the chicken from the buttermilk, shake off the excess and roll all the strips in the flour mixture until covered. Place the strips on plate. Once the coating has set, place strips, a couple of pieces at a time, in the hot oil and fry, turning occasionally, until golden brown. Place on a wire rack above a cookie sheet. After all the strips are fried, bake the chicken at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through. INFO@PGHCITYPAPER.COM

Makinley Magill, of Ellwood City, is 13 years old and has plans to become a chef. She’s also the niece of City Paper editor Charlie Deitch. WE WANT YOUR PERSONAL RECIPES AND THE STORIES BEHIND THEM. EMAIL THEM TO CELINE@PGHCITYPAPER.COM.

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shipments small, with canning runs monthly. The decision came on the heels of recent legal changes in Pennsylvania that opened sales opportunities to small breweries. East End Brewing doesn’t have its own canning line, so it hired a New Hampshire-based mobile canning service, Iron Heart Canning Co. Founded in 2013, the company, with the charming slogan “We drink what we can,” sends a large trailer of equipment from its branch in Columbus, Ohio. Each canning run requires a two-man crew and a contraption that resembles a Rube Goldberg machine. During the hour-long set-up, each piece of equipment is flushed and sanitized. Iron Heart then takes readings for microbiological contaminants. “Priorities one, two and three are quality control,” says Iron Heart’s BJ Solomon. Before the beer enters the can, the {CP PHOTO BY JOHN COLOMBO} Jon Ebner, of Iron Heart Canning Co., cans Bigger Hop. system is purged with beer to prepare the lines, with a total loss of less than 1 percent of the beverage. Before filling, each can is directly pumped with carbon dioxide to drive out any remaining {BY CELINE ROBERTS} oxygen. “Oxygen is the enemy in this hoppy, Big Hop really isn’t that hoppy whole process,” says Smith. Excess oxyby comparison,” says Smith. To accom- gen will quickly make the beer skunk modate evolving tastes, Big Hop has ac- (lose and change flavor), destroying its shelf life. quired siblings: Little Hop, which Hiring out a mobile canning is dry-hopped, and Bigger Hop, line comes at a cost, but it lets a double IPA, which last week MORE a brewery operate without got a special run of 600 cans. PHOTOS investing in equipment nec“We’ve been threatening E IN ONLw essary for its own canning to can for years,” says Smith. . at w w aper line. Each party is invested in p ty He was hesitant to can and ci h g p .com the success of the other, and ship his beer for qualitywith more access to local beer control reasons. “Now the kids for the consumer, everyone wins. are walking to school alone,” he Look for Big Hop cans on the market — says, laughing. Once the beer leaves the brewery, it becomes vulnerable to sit- but remember to stop by a local tavern, ting on shelves and changes in flavor. including East End, for a fresh-poured pint Smith plans to address this by keeping every once in awhile, too.

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“We’ve been threatening to can for years.” Morcilla 3519 Butler St., Lawrenceville DRINK: Vesper INGREDIENTS: Xoriguer Gin de Mahon, vodka, Acha Blanca, orange bitters, lemon twist OUR TAKE: Lavender, rose and pine notes create a floral flavor for a very stiff drink. The sweetness of the Acha Blanca softens the higher-proof bases ,while leaving just a touch of heat at the finish. Citrus notes linger.

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AFTER 13 YEARS in the business, Scott Smith is ready to let his baby bird ﬂy ... straight into the can. Big Hop, East End Brewing Company’s ﬂagship American IPA, will now be distributed through a wholesaler to bars, restaurants and beer distributors dressed in a signature acidgreen can with its familiar tree-frog logo (designed by Dan Rugh, of Pittsburgh’s Commonwealth Press). Big Hop accounts for about 40 percent of East End’s brewing per year, and its recipe has stayed pretty true to its 2004 original formula, dreamed up by Smith when the brewery opened. “In 2004, Big Hop was a very hoppy beer. In today’s context, if you look at what’s considered

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One Bordeaux, One Scotch, One Beer Di Majo Norante Ramitello, Montepulciano/Aglianico blend 2012 $12/glass, $48/750 ml “It’s robust and has nice acid and tannins. It’s very earth-driven initially, with bright blueberry notes and baking-spice undertones from the Aglianico. This is a great wine for someone who likes big cabernets, and wants to try Italian vvarietals that are new but also familiar in flavor.” RECOMMENDED BY AMANDA DUDZINSKI, BAR MANAGER AT SIENNA ON THE SQUARE

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ALONE AGAIN {BY REBECCA ADDISON} It’s hard to believe that Hugh Jackman has been playing Logan, a.k.a. Wolverine, for 17 years. But the latest installment in the X-Men franchise, Logan, directed by James Mangold, is a fitting and emotional send-off for a beloved character.

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The film opens with a clearly aged and physically diminished Wolverine living in a world largely devoid of mutants. The circumstances surrounding the mass extinction remain mysterious, but the loss has hardened Wolverine, who had struggled to find the kind of familial relationship he knew with the X-Men. It seems as if the only remnant of the group is its leader, Professor Xavier (Patrick Stewart), but he too has fallen into disarray. In a scenario which mirrors real-life brain diseases like dementia and Alzheimer’s, the professor finds himself unable to control what has been called the world’s most powerful brain. This film explores what happens to superheroes when they are past their prime, and it’s far from a feel-good ride. The few glimmers of hope come from child mutant Laura (Dafne Keen). As much as he tries to avoid it, Wolverine finds himself charged with protecting the girl and potentially shaping the future of the mutant race. Starts Fri., March 3. RADDISON@PGHCITYPAPER.COM

THE WILD AND SCENIC FILM FESTIVAL This nationally touring program of short environmental films makes a stop locally. Among the issues addressed in the 13 films are climate change, ecoadventuring, preserving the traditions and lands of indigenous people, and environmental activism. Plus anteaters and buffalo. Proceeds benefit Pennsylvania Resources Council and Allegheny CleanWays. 6:30 p.m. Thu., March 9. Eddy Theater, Chatham University campus, Shadyside. $15. www.prc.org/ filmfestival2017

Things are not going well for Chris (Daniel Kaluuya)

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man lost in the suburbs, talking to himself. He’s bemused, describing the leafy streets as a “hedge maze,” but when a car slowly rolls up, panic sets in: “Don’t do anything stupid, just keep walking.” Being black while in white spaces is the core fear of writer-director Jordan Peele’s horror thriller, an assured, smart and provocative debut. (Peele is half of the TV comedy team Key & Peele.) And that fear is on the mind of Chris (Daniel Kaluuya, from Black Mirror), who’s packing to spend the weekend with the parents of his newish white girlfriend, Rose (Allison Williams, Girls). Chris: “Do they know I’m black?” Rose: “No, should they?” It’s a modern Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, where things get creepy in the country, even as Rose’s parents (Catherine Keener and Bradley Whitford) are enthusiastic huggers. Their isolated estate is big enough that there is live-in help, an AfricanAmerican couple, both of whom seem … not quite right. And somehow Rose has forgotten that it’s the annual weekend when a slew of family friends come by.

You can watch Get Out as a basic slowburn horror thriller, but the big rewards are in unpacking all that it subverts, as well as in processing its indictment of how things are not OK in “post-racial” America. The burden is on Chris to politely put up with the endless microaggressions (much is made of his physicality), and to make the social adjustments so he doesn’t upset anybody.

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unspools increasingly baroque conspiracy theories about what might be really going on. Rod is also the source of the film’s laugh-out-loud moments. Peele knows the genre well, employing tropes like malfunctioning phones and locked basements. (Also, when a deer slams into your car on the way someplace, TURN AROUND.) Get Out follows the standard trajectory from weekend-at-isolated-housethat-starts-kinda-weird to the frantic final reel where the bodies pile up. (Another genre nod is that the eventual explanation is illogical enough to be silly, but the “what now” is more important than the “why.” Plus, it’s also a metaphor, if you want it.) But unlike most horror films, the black guy isn’t killed first, and the threat appears to come not from a deranged hillbilly but from an upper-class doctor who says cheerfully, “I would have voted for Obama for a third term.” There is much to dissect in the back half of this film, but I won’t spoil what paths Get Out takes. Instead, let me advise you to get out — get out and see this sure-to-be-talked about film. A H OF F @ P G HC I T Y PA P E R. C OM

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himself. Twelfth son of the Lama, the flowing robes, the grace, bald. … So we finish the 18th and he’s gonna stiff me. And I say, ‘Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort?’ And he says, ‘Oh, uh, there won’t be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness.’ So I got that goin’ for me, which is nice.” In 1980, Harold Ramis directed the greatest golf movie ever made, featuring the sublime melding of four idiosyncratic comedians: Bill Murray (quoted above as groundsman Carl Spackler), Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield and Ted Knight. 7:30 p.m. Wed., March 1. AMC Loews Waterfront. $5 (AH)

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HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1. In David Yates’ broody 2010 adaptation of the seventh Potter book, Harry frets about his upcoming and inevitable one-on-one showdown with evil wizard Voldemort. 9:30 p.m. Wed., March 1, and 6:40 p.m. Thu., March 2. Row House Cinema

THE SHACK. Stuart Hazeldine directs this drama, in which a grieving man believes he has received a communication from God, which leads him to a shack … and a life-changing experience. Sam Worthington and Octavia Spencer star. Starts Fri., March 3 TABLE 19. After losing her date for the wedding, the ex-maid of honor (Anna Kendrick) winds up at the table of oddballs. Jeffrey Blitz directs this dramedy penned by the Duplass brothers. Starts Fri., March 3 A UNITED KINGDOM. In 1947, Seretse Khama (David Oyelowo), a young man from the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, in southern Africa, is studying in London. Upon his return, he will claim his seat as king of his tribe. But at a dance, he meets Ruth Williams (Rosamund Pike), a secretary. They court, marry and make plans to set up their new life in Bechuanaland. Though their interracial marriage is legal, it is frowned upon by Ruth’s working-class family; Seretse’s tribe (which resents that a white Englishwoman will be their queen); and the British government, which is engaged in some tricky diplomatic negotiations with Bechuanaland’s neighbor, South Africa. Nonetheless, the couple moves to the tribal region, and suffers through a series of personal and political crises, determined that their love for each other, and a hope in people’s general sense of fair play, will see them out. The film, directed by Amma Asante (Belle), is an old-fashioned, golden-toned melodrama, set against a backdrop of historical political intrigue. Oyelowo and Pike make attractive leads — particularly when contrasted with the cold-hearted, sherry-sipping, upper-crusty British bureaucrats — and naturally, you’ll root for their success. If you see a lot of these uplifting “based on a true story” films, you’ll note the genre’s typical pitfalls: narrative shortcuts and embellishments, stock characters and feel-bad/ feel-good beats that such scripts demand when recounting a complex story. And this film is no exception. That doesn’t make it a bad film, nor does it undermine its pleasures; certainly, this is an interesting chapter of history, and I looked forward (as always) to seeing photos of the real-life people during the closing credits. Spoiler alert: Bechuanaland turns into Botswana. Starts Fri., March 3. Galleria 6, South Hills (Al Hoff) XX. This new horror anthology offers four short films directed by women. These films also feature women as the protagonists, but in more interesting ways than in traditional horror, which often reduces them to victims (whether or not they fight back). In “The Box,” the horror is unseen, unknowable, and is destroying an otherwise normal family: After an encounter with a man on the subway, a young boy refuses to eat. Jovanka Vuckovic’s film is unsettling, not least for its close-ups of delicious meals that go uneaten. Melanie Lynskey stars in “The Birthday Party,” directed by Annie Clark (a.k.a. music’s St. Vincent), which makes dark comedy out of a rich girl’s celebration gone wrong. It’s padded and not at all scary,

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HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2. “The boy who lived, come to die.” Fourteen years, more than 4,000 pages and nearly 20 hours of movie all boil down to this critical meeting, when Harry goes wand to wand with his sneering nemesis, Lord Voldemort, in David Yates’ 2012 film. 9:30 p.m. Thu., March 2. Row House Cinema AMERICAN PSYCHO. Director/screenwriter Mary Harron brings Bret Easton Ellis’ infamous satirical yuppie-slasher novel to the screen in this 2000 film. Harron successfully pitches this story of a privileged young investment banker (Christian Bale) who kills compulsively somewhere between a black comedy, a horror film and a rumination on the self, the self-obsessed and fantasy. Spared most of the gruesome detail of the book, the film is minimally a wicked satire of 1980s conspicuous consumption in Manhattan, rich with vignettes of business-card one-upmanship and absurdly trendy restaurants. March 3-6 and March 8-9. Row House Cinema (AH)

A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT. Ana Lily Amirpour directs this 2014 genrebuster from Iran that taps vampire mythology and American Westerns to tell of a young female skateboarder who feeds on men who mistreat women. March 3-5 and March 7-8. Row House Cinema (AH)

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but has some kicky production design. “Don’t Fall,” from Roxanne Benjamin, presents a typical story: Four careless pals go camping in the wilderness, disturb a piece of ancient art and suffer the expected consequences. Lastly, there is Karyn Kusama’s “Her Only Living Son,” in which the origin and relationship of a single mom and her 18-year-old son are slowly revealed. It is an interesting set-up — the lad is more than just an adolescent troublemaker — but it fails to resolve with much satisfaction. 7 and 9 p.m. Sat., March 4; 4 p.m. Sun., March 5; and 7 p.m. Mon., March 6. Hollywood (AH)

film (though it is probably best for older children who can manage some sad parts and scenes of peril). The Dutch director’s film is the first non-Japanese work to be produced by the renowned Studio Ghibli; it was also nominated for Best Animated Feature in this year’s Academy Awards. AMC Loews; starts Fri., March 3, at Regent Square (AH)

ONGOING THE RED TURTLE. A castaway washes up on the shore of a small tropical island in Michael Dudok de Wit’s lyrical and dialogue-free animated feature. The man explores the island; he is alone save for curious sand crabs, but finds fruit and water. He makes several attempts to leave on bamboo rafts, but is thwarted just offshore by a large sea turtle. Enraged, he later confronts the turtle on land, but in a bit of unexplained magic, the turtle transforms into a woman. Thus does the story shift, focusing not on the man escaping the island, but on how now, with companionship, he embraces his new life on it. There is not a lot of plot — lest we forget that simply living is its own story — with the film instead growing increasingly existential and even experiential (the exquisite animation and sound design are quite transporting). It’s a short work, at less than 80 minutes, and it should hold kids who can sit through a slower-paced

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REPERTORY HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE. In Mike Newell’s 2005 film, Harry and the gang compete in the Tri-Wizard Tournament, and the wizarding world expands to track events beyond Hogwarts. Noon, Wed., March 1. Row House Cinema HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX. In David Yates’ 2007 film, Harry’s lifelong nemesis — the evil wizard Lord Voldemort — has been restored to his corporeal form. It’s all hands on deck. 3:15 p.m. Wed., March 1, and 12:30 pm. Thu., March 2. Row House Cinema HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE. Harry, Hermione and Ron strengthen the bonds of their friendship — and work to prevent real catastrophe — in David Yates’ 2009 adaptation of the penultimate book in the series. 6:15 p.m. Wed., March 1, and 3:20 p.m. Thu., March 2. Row House Cinema “So I jump ship in Hong Kong CP CADDYSHACK. and make my way over to Tibet, and I get on as a looper at a course over in the Himalayas. … And who do you think they give me? The Dalai Lama,

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER. Fran Rubel Kuzui directs this 1992 cult horror-comedy, penned by Joss Whedon, about a cheerleader (Kristy Swanson) who takes on the bloodsuckers plaguing her town. March 3-9. Row House Cinema THE BABADOOK. Is a woman going mad with the stress of raising her troubled young son? Or is there really a monster in the house? Jennifer Kent directs this slow-burn 2014 Australian horror film. March 3-7 and March 9. Row House Cinema (AH)

DOUBLE INDEMNITY. Fred MacMurray stars as the insurance salesman who gets ensnared in the web (and anklet) of an unhappily married woman (Barbara Stanwyck). Can they get away with murder and a big payout? Billy Wilder directs this classic 1944 film noir. 7 p.m. Sun., March. 5. Hollywood (AH)

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. A trial in which a white lawyer (Gregory Peck) in a small Southern town defends a black man accused of rape forms the moral heart of Robert Mulligan’s award-winning 1962 adaptation of Harper Lee’s coming-of-age novel. Check website for show times. Tue., March 7. Tull Family Theater, 418 Walnut St., Sewickley. thetullfamily theater.org SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS. Stanley Donen directed this lively 1954 musical comedy starring Howard Keel and Jane Powell — barn-raisin’ in the Old West has never had so much singing and dancing! 7:30 p.m. Wed., March 8. AMC Loews Waterfront. $5

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PITTSBURGH PENGUINS GOALIE MARC-ANDRÉ FLEURY DESERVES A CHANCE TO START SOMEWHERE ELSE

{BY CHARLIE DEITCH} I’m not sure why we like it so much, but watching NHL games played in stadiums is just stinking fun. I like that the play of the game can be affected by the weather. It was cold and windy on Feb. 26 when the Penguins beat the Philadelphia Flyers at Heinz Field. That got me thinking that there are plenty of other games that are perfect for alternate locations. Here are some thoughts.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS VS. CLEVELAND BROWNS IN A JUNKYARD OR GARBAGE DUMP. This would be a convenient location because after the Steelers beat the Browns by eight touchdowns, the Browns could just stay at the trash heap, which matches their level of play. Or they could gather up some old scrap and build a quarterback from scratch rather than trying to draft one.

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS VS. WASHINGTON CAPITALS ON THIN ICE OVER A SHARK TANK. The concept is pretty self-explanatory. We get the sharks really worked up with in-tank screenings of Jaws and Sharknado. The two teams play for as long as the ice holds up. And if a player commits a foul, instead of him going to the penalty box, the referees tie a bloody steak to the offending player’s uniform. The survivors … um … winners then get an automatic bye to the conference semifinals. THE PITTSBURGH MARATHON RUN ON THE DIRT TRACK AT THE LERNERVILLE SPEEDWAY. Because of its terrain, this marathon is considered one of the nation’s toughest races. It will make it even harder when all 5,000 runners are crammed onto one track to run almost 70 laps. And just like in auto racing, you can do a little bumping and jostling to make headway; feel free to chuck your opponent into a wall. THE CLEVELAND BROWNS VS. THE ALIQUIPPA QUIPS IN THE PIT ON FRIDAY NIGHT. Yes, I know that Aliquippa is a high school football team, but the Cleveland Browns are like a mediocre Pop Warner franchise. Plus, any team that enters The Pit, the Quips’ stadium, is an automatic three-point underdog. But in this game, Aliquippa is easily a 10-point favorite.

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LET MY FLEURY GO {BY CHARLIE DEITCH}

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burgh Penguins goalkeeper MarcAndré Fleury might no longer be with the team he’s been a part of since 2003. On the other hand, by the time you read this, Fleury might still be the Penguins’ backup goalie as they prepare for a run at a second straight Stanley Cup. The Pens star is likely reaching the end of his time in Pittsburgh, and the March 1 trade deadline (this story was written two days earlier) has many folks speculating that a deal is imminent. Fleury was unseated as the team’s starter last season, when goalie Matt Murray replaced him after the veteran took a puck to the noggin and sustained a concussion. Unfortunately for Fleury, Murray was lights-out in the playoffs, and was a major reason the team won the Stanley Cup. This year, Fleury played a little more because Murray started the season injured. Now, as the playoffs loom, Fleury

is back on the bench. But just because the Penguins have two star goalies doesn’t mean they’re ready to let one go just yet. For one, Fleury has a no-trade clause that allows him to veto any move to nearly half the league. Secondly, Pens General Manager Jim Rutherford says he’d like to keep Fleury around as a playoff insurance policy. To hell with that. Marc-André Fleury isn’t just some ﬂash-in-the-pan, some one-trick-pony-onskates. He’s an elite goaltender who deserves to be on the ice, and if we can’t do that, then send him to a team that can and get some value in return. With the NHL expansion draft looming in the offseason, teams can protect only one goalie. And because of his contract, the Pens would have to protect Fleury, leaving Murray open to becoming the ﬁrst goalie of the newly formed Las Vegas Golden Knights. Moving Fleury now makes sense for

everyone, especially Fleury. I know he loves this city and this team. But watching him last season skate up to the Stanley Cup and hold it over his head for about a half-second made it obvious that it’s hard for him to be here and not play. In this past weekend’s Stadium Series game against the Philadelphia Flyers, Fleury had a special goalie mask and helmet made featuring airbrushed ﬁgures of the players he’s most enjoyed playing with, including Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Max Talbot and Mario Lemieux. Saying goodbye is never easy, and long goodbyes are even tougher. But a player of Fleury’s talent, and with his history, deserves to play. I’d rather remember him as the goalie who won the 2009 Stanley Cup by making one of the greatest saves in league history than as the backup goalie on a Stanley Cup team. After all he’s done for the Penguins and their fans, he deserves better.

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WANT TO SPEND THE SUMMER COVERING THE PITTSBURGH PIRATES? Then don’t apply for this internship. City Paper is looking for a sports intern to work with the editor to find and write stories about Pittsburgh sports that people don’t usually hear about, the stranger the better. How strange? Last year we wrote a story about underwater hockey. The ideal intern candidate will have a background in sports reporting, or a solid background in news and feature writing with a deep knowledge and appreciation for sports. Email a résumé, four to six writing samples and a letter detailing why you think you’re perfect for the gig to editor Charlie Deitch, cdeitch@pghcitypaper.com. No Phone Calls [hint: despite what your mom tells you, I won’t appreciate your phone call. It says No Phone Calls.]

POWER PLAY {BY MIKE WYSOCKI} LAST WEEK, I delivered the state of men’s col-

legiate basketball in Pittsburgh. This week, we turn to the women and see how our seven local colleges performed during the 2016-17 season. At every university except for Pitt, the women’s team outperformed the unfairer sex. The only losing record was at Carlow, whose women’s team had a setback at 10-18, but was still more successful than its male counterpart, at 4-26. Rachel Carson’s alma mater, the Cougars of Chatham, had a 13-13 record. Luckily, unlike the other schools, Chatham doesn’t have a men’s team to bring down the average. Over at Point Park, the Pioneers came strong out of the regular-season starting gates by winning 13 of their ﬁrst 14 games. Despite the best efforts of New Castle’s own Ja’Nia McPhatter and her all-conference season, the Lady Pioneers went 5-11 the rest of the way. New Castle is already known as both the ﬁreworks and hot-dog capital of the world. Now it has another reason to brag: McPhatter is a sensational talent. Still, the women’s team, at 18-12, was much better than the men, who won only eight out of 28 games. The men and women at Pitt have the

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smallest disparity, as both teams played around .500 ball. Both Panthers squads had seasons that the kids today would describe as “meh.” Suzie McConnell-Serio’s team started 12-7 but hit a six-game skid near the end of the season in a brutal stretch of ACC games. However, it has only two graduating players, and some of its best players are freshmen or sophomores, most notably Brenna Wise, the sophomore who went to Vincentian Academy in McCandless. McConnell-Serio knew about Wise’s talent when she was in the eighth grade. The only person watching me in eighth grade was the teacher assigned to detention. Don’t worry about this team, it’ll be back. Coach Dan Burt led a City Game sweep when Duquesne’s women also beat Pitt this year. His Dukes had a disappointing season, though, after a 28-6 record the season prior. Three two-point losses, to Buffalo, Rhode Island and St. John’s, swung the season in the wrong direction. Throw in defeats at the hands of much bigger bully schools like Ohio State, California and Maryland, and the Dukes just couldn’t recapture the spark of last season. The 1514 season is just a blip, however, because this program has turned it around and is heading in a very positive direction. It’s the same story at Robert Morris. The women’s team ruled with a 17-10 record, while the men’s team drooled at 11-18. The Colonials reeled off nine straight conference wins and went the entire ﬁrst month of the Trump administration undefeated. Hopefully, they will not get tired of all that winning. The Colonials look strong heading into the Northeast Conference tournament. Lisa Murphy is the most accomplished female collegiate athlete in Pittsburgh that

you’ve never heard of. The Carnegie Mellon Tartan became just the 18th player in Division III history to amass 2,000 points and bring down 1,000 boards in her career. Head coach Jacquie Hullah has established a winning program at CMU. She led teams at Northwestern, Dartmouth and Arizona State before coming to Andy Warhol’s old stomping grounds. This year featured a 17-7 record for the Tartans. A four-game losing streak was the only blemish in an otherwise outstanding season. The men’s team wasn’t bad at 13-11, but once again it’s the women who are bringing home the hardware. Finally, the all-around most successful college-basketball university in the region is LaRoche. The men’s team was 19-7 this year, but has to settle for having the second-best basketball record on its own campus, as the Lady Redhawks soared to a 21-4 regular season. A huge reason for that success is head coach Kam Gissendanner. Gissendanner won two WPIAL championships while a Bear at Clairton High School. She went on to become the 23rd all-time leading scorer at Penn State. She parlayed that into a stint in the WNBA and a couple of years in Europe. She came into the season with a 93-18 record as a head coach. Now at 114-32, she simply can’t be ignored. Enjoy what you have now, LaRoche; she’s not staying forever, The women play to win: Only one of the seven local college teams didn’t have a winning record. They have broken down the barriers and escaped from their binders. It’s the females who are the ones delivering all the ﬁst bumps and high-ﬁves (if players still do that). Maybe the men can learn something from them.

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03.01-03.08

{BY ROB BREZSNY}

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Your immediate future is too good to be true. Or at least that’s what you, with your famous self-doubt, might be inclined to believe if I told you the truth about the favorable developments that are in the works. Therefore, I have come up with some fake anxieties to keep your worry reflex engaged so it won’t sabotage the real goodies. Beware of dirty limericks and invisible ladders and upside-down rainbows and psychic bunny rabbits. Be on guard against accountants wearing boxing gloves, and clowns singing Broadway show tunes in runaway shopping carts, and celebrities telling you classified secrets in your dreams.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): I predict that you will have earned the title of Master Composter no later than March 26. Not necessarily because you will have packed your food scraps, wilted flowers, coffee grounds and shredded newspapers in, say, a deluxe dual-chamber tumbling compost bin. But rather because you will have dealt efficiently with the rotting emotions, tattered habits, decrepit melodramas and trivial nonsense that has accumulated; you will have worked hard to transform all that crap into metaphorical fertilizer for your future growth. Time to get started!

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): It’s a good time for you to wield your emotional intelligence with leadership and flair. The people you care about need more of your sensitive influence. Any posse or tribe you’re part of will benefit from your thoughtful intervention. So get out there and build up the group morale, Taurus. Assert your healing ideals with panache.

Tamp down the insidious power of peer pressure and fashionable nonsense. You have a mandate to wake up sleepy allies and activate the dormant potential of collective efforts.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): If you were ever in your life going to be awarded an honorary Ph.D. from a top university, it would happen in the next few weeks. If there were even a remote possibility that you would someday be given one of those MacArthur Fellowship “genius” grants, now would be the time. Likewise, if you had any hopes of being selected as one of “The World’s Sexiest Chameleons” or “The Fastest, Sweetest Talkers on Earth” or “The Planet’s Most Virtuoso Vacillators,” the moment has arrived. And even if none of those things happens, I’m still pretty sure that your reputation and status will be on the rise.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You’re wandering into places you’ve always thought you should be wary of or skeptical about.

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Good for you! As long as you protect your innocence, I encourage you to keep exploring. To my delight, you have also been fantasizing about accomplishments that used to be off-limits. Again, I say: Good for you! As long as you don’t overreach, I invite you to dream boldly, even brazenly. And since you seem to be in the mood for big thinking, here are other revolutionary activities to consider: dissolving nonessential wishes; transcending shrunken expectations; escaping the boring past; busting irrelevant taboos.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I did a good job of raising my daughter. She turned out to be a thoughtful, intelligent adult with high integrity and interesting skills. But I’m not sure my parenting would have been as effective if I’d had more kids. I discussed this issue with Nathan, a guy I know. His six offspring are all grown up, too. “How did you do it?” I asked him. “Having just one child was a challenging job for me.” “I’ll tell you my secret,” Nathan told me. “I’m a bad father. I didn’t work very hard on raising my kids. And now they never let me forget it.” In the coming weeks and months, Leo, I recommend that you pursue my approach in your chosen field, not Nathan’s. Aim for high-quality intensity rather than scattershot quantity.

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In her poem “Not Anyone Who Says,” Virgo writer Mary Oliver looks down on people who declare, “I’m going to be careful and smart in matters of love.” She disparages the passion of anyone who asserts, “I’m going to choose slowly.” Instead she champions those who are “chosen by something invisible and powerful and uncontrollable and beautiful and possibly even unsuitable.” Here’s my response: Her preferred formula sounds glamorous and dramatic and romantic — especially the powerful and beautiful part. But in practice it rarely works out well — maybe just 10 percent of the time — mostly because of the uncontrollable and unsuitable part. And now is not one of those times for you, Virgo. Be careful and smart in matters of love, and choose slowly.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The poet Rainer Maria Rilke bemoaned the fact that so many of us “squander our sorrows.” Out of self-pity or lazy self-indulgence, we wallow in memories of experiences that didn’t turn out the way we wished they would have. We paralyze ourselves with repetitions of depleting thoughts. Here’s an alternative to that approach: We could use our sadness and frustrations to transform ourselves. We could treat them as fuel to motivate our escape from what doesn’t work, to inspire our determination to rise above what demoralizes and demeans us. I mention this, Libra, because now is an excellent time to do exactly that.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): It’s time for the Bliss Blitz — a new holiday just for you Scorpios. To celebrate it properly, get as buoyant as you dare; be greedy for euphoria; launch a sacred quest for pleasure. Ah, but here’s the big question: Can you handle this much relief and release? Are you strong enough to open yourself to massive outbreaks of educational delight and natural highs? Some of you may not be prepared. You may prefer to remain ensconced in your protective sheath of cool cynicism. But if you think you can bear the shock of unprecedented exaltation and jubilation, then go ahead and risk it. Experiment with the unruly happiness of the Bliss Blitz.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In his book The Horologicon, Mark Forsyth gathered “obscure but necessary” words that he dug out of old dictionaries. One of his discoveries is a perfect fit for you right now. It’s “snudge,” a verb that means to walk around with a pensive look on your face, appearing to be busy or in the midst of productive activity, when in fact you’re just goofing off. I recommend it for two reasons: 1. It’s important for your mental and physical health that you do a lot of nothing; that you bless yourself with a healing supply of refreshing emptiness. 2. It’s important for your mental and physical health that you do this on the sly as much as possible; that you avoid being judged or criticized for it by others.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I wish your breakfast cereal came in boxes decorated with Matisse and Picasso paintings. I wish songbirds would greet you each morning with sweet tunes. I wish you’d see that you have more power than you realize. I wish you knew how uniquely beautiful you are. I wish you’d get intoxicated with the small miracles that are happening all around you. I wish that when you made a bold move to improve your life, everyone greeted it with curiosity and excitement. And I wish you would let your imagination go half-wild with fascinating fantasies during this, the Capricorn wishing season.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “You’re a different human being to everybody you meet,” says novelist Chuck Palahniuk. Now is an excellent time to contemplate the intricacies and implications of that amazing truth — and start taking better advantage of how much freedom it gives you. Say the following statements out loud and see how they feel: 1. “My identity isn’t as narrowly circumscribed as I think it is.” 2. “I know at least 200 people, so there must be at least 200 facets to my character.” 3. “I am too complicated to be completely comprehended by any one person.” 4. “Consistency is overrated.” What’s the best surprise you could give yourself right now? Testify at Freewillastrology.com.

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Fortyish, straight, white dude here. I have this weird (possibly misogynistic) belief that, when it comes to sex, I can’t win. Actually, I think men in general can’t win. Thoughtful, wellmeaning men at least. It comes down to this: During sex, if the man doesn’t come, it’s the man’s fault, because he clearly has problems with his dick and is barely even a man and should be ashamed of himself. If the woman doesn’t come, it’s also the man’s fault, because he’s clearly bad at sex and doesn’t even care and is barely even a man and should be ashamed of himself. So am I a misogynist, or just a guy with issues? Any advice for me moving forward? YEAH, I GOT ISSUES

If you’ve been with women who blamed you when you didn’t come, YIGI, and then turned around and blamed you when they didn’t come, well, that had to be annoying. Or maybe you’re referring to something in the ether and not to any inability-toclimax/inability-to-induce-climax shaming you’ve actually come in for. (Have you been with women who shamed you like this? If so — and again, that had to be annoying — have you been with any women at all? If not, it’s possible your letter is an MRA setup and/ or you’re a misogynist with issues.) If this has actually happened to you, YIGI, chalk it up to “some people are awful, women are people, some women are awful,” and let it go. And remember this about men: Sometimes we come during sex, sometimes we don’t; the number of times we don’t increases with age. Focus more on intimacy, connection and mutual pleasure, YIGI, and less on spooging all over everything — and seek partners with the same focus. As for women: You do know that dick alone isn’t gonna do it for most women, right? Only a small percentage of women can come from PIV intercourse alone. (If you didn’t know, you know now, and you’re welcome.) And you’re familiar with the clitoris, right? (If you weren’t, Google it, and you’re welcome.) But if you find yourself in bed with a woman and you’re having difficultly helping her come (you’re there to help, not make), ask her if she can make herself come. If she can’t, odds are you won’t be able to help her come either — not you, not anyone else. If she can make herself come, ask her to masturbate to climax while you watch. Make a close study of what works for her. If she touches herself in a certain way, learn to touch her in that way. If she busts out a vibrator, use that vibrator before, during and after PIV or instead of PIV. Good luck.

boys and feeling a bit lonely — but I’m not looking to have an affair. I just want a spanking now and then. I found the one kink club I visited in New York to be kind of depressing, and my spanking friends are more of a social group who hang out on the weekends. I just need a little recreation — some good, clean spanking fun. Would love your advice. SEEKS PADDLING AND NEEDS KNOW-HOW

Kink enthusiasts, like dentists and accountants and troglodytes (hey there, CPAC), have conventions, SPANK, where likeminded/employed/aroused folks meet and socialize before heading up to their hotel rooms for some good, clean kinky fun. I think you should get your ass to one of the many spanking conventions out there — and so does Jillian Keenan, journalist and author of Sex With Shakespeare, a memoir about your shared kink (spanking) and how Shakespeare’s plays helped Keenan discover and accept herself, as a human being and as a kinkster. (It sounds like a stretch, I realize, but do yourself a favor and read Sex With Shakespeare — it’s a funny, moving read, and it’s packed with fresh and convincing kinky reads on Shakespeare’s plays.) “National parties are a great way to get safe, fun, no-sex spankings and meet other people in the scene in a low-pressure environment,” said Keenan, who sent along a list of events all over the country: Shadow Lane (Las Vegas), Boardwalk Badness Weekend (Atlantic City), Crimson Moon (Chicago), Spanking Club of New York (New York City), Texas All State Spanking Party (Dallas) and Lone Star Spanking Party (Houston). “There are some parties I’ve chosen not to attend for political reasons,” said Keenan. “The spanking community isn’t immune to heteronormative bullshit, unfortunately, and some parties explicitly prohibit M/m play. Any party for sexual minorities that prohibits expressions of other minority sexual identities doesn’t deserve our time or our money!”

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EAR MEDICINE {BY CALEB J. MURPHY}

IMAGINE YOU’RE ABOUT to go under the knife for brain surgery. You’re given anesthesia and your eyelids start to get heavy. Right as you begin to lose consciousness, you hear the opening notes of The Beatles’ “Come Together.” Sure, it could be a dream or an anesthetic-induced hallucination. But if your doctor is David Okonkwo, it’s all part of the routine. The UPMC neurosurgeon and his staff listen to a variety of music while performing surgeries. The tunes range from country to classic rock to EDM; it might be the Selena Gomez Pandora station, or Pink Floyd’s “Comfortably Numb” (which would be ﬁtting). “I have a broad appreciation for music across many disciplines,” Okonkwo says. “I can ﬁnd the beauty in everything from Mozart to [U.K. metal band] DragonForce, and everything in between. But for me, it’s fantastic to be exposed to new and different music, day in and day out, by every successive generation of neurosurgeons in training.” Okonkwo typically allows the neurosurgeons in training to choose the music, but his current residents — Gregory Weiner, in his sixth year, and David Salvetti, in his fourth — have trouble agreeing on selections. The two are split on acts such as The Beatles, Led Zeppelin and Miranda Lambert, among others. Their only consensus: no Justin Bieber. And this isn’t surprising to Okonkwo. He understands the subjectivity of music preferences.

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any distractions,” Okonkwo says. “And you can feel that in the room. It’s just appropriate that this is the moment where we’re going to hit the pause button on the music, because this is what we’re here for.” However, he also says some moments during an operation need music, or else the atmosphere of the room would feel strange.

“I CAN FIND THE BEAUTY IN EVERYTHING FROM MOZART TO DRAGONFORCE.” “This is the reality of music,” he says. “It’s incredibly personal … there’s something for everybody. Every jar has a lid, right?” Weiner says the music is meant to “calm the air,” never too loud or too soft. Salvetti echoed this sentiment. “[The music] just sets the tone of the room, kind of chills things out a little bit,” Salvetti says. “Sometimes surgery can get a little intense, and I think [music] helps keep people going for the day.” Okonkwo’s typical day is eight to 10 hours long, and could involve one large operation or several shorter procedures. During the actual surgeries — not including preparation and cleanup — he says the operating room has music playing about 90 percent of the time. “For us, music is a complement to our workplace, just as it might be if you work on a painting crew and you’re listening to music all throughout the day while you’re doing a job,” he says. “For those of us who live and work in the operating room on a daily basis, that is our home away from home.” He says the doctors never listen to music during emergency operations, or during certain critical points of an operation. “There’s a speciﬁc period of time that requires absolute concentration, undivided attention, where you need to be communicating very speciﬁcally to the anesthesiologist or to your assistant, and there just can’t be

“There are other parts of the operation where if there’s silence,” he says, “it would be as bizarre as listening to Metallica during that extremely delicate portion of the procedure — [that part] where you’re under the microscope, doing that critical maneuver that’s going to be the difference between whether this person’s eyesight is saved or not.” Those are the times that remind him what a critical role music plays in everyday life. “It’s in those moments that you realize how much music is woven into the fabric of what it is that we do on a daily basis,” he says. “[M]usic inﬂuences us in the operating room just as much as it inﬂuences the mood inside of a restaurant, whether it’s lunch or whether it’s the happyhour crowd.” For Okonkwo, listening to music during surgery isn’t just about staying calm; it’s also about staying focused and energized. Ten hours on your feet performing intensive and complex operations takes its toll, and music helps him concentrate. And at the end of a successful surgery, he plays music to celebrate a job well done. “That’s when we start listening to things that are up tempo, and things that are making people smile and getting people energized again,” he says. “And it’s also a little pat on the back for a job well done and a good day had by all.” I N F O@ P G H C I T Y PA P E R. C OM

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