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N 2012, now 24-year-old Leon Ford was paralyzed after being pulled over by Pittsburgh police officers for running a stop sign. The encounter began just like any traffic stop. Ford was asked to show his license and registration. He gave them to the officers and everything checked out. But there was one problem. The two officers, Andrew Miller and Michael Kosko, didn’t believe Ford was who he said he was. Although Ford had the documentation normally required to verify his identity, they believed he was another man, Lamont Ford, who’d had a warrant issued for him. Minutes into the stop, another officer, David Derbish, was called to the scene. The officers asked Ford to get out of the car and when he refused, they attempted to forcibly remove him. By the end of the 16-minute
traffic stop, Ford had been shot five times and lay handcuffed on the ground bleeding. In the years since the incident, Ford has undergone extensive physical therapy to regain his ability to walk. In 2015, he was
After a period of improved police-community relations, do recent brutality allegations signal a backslide to the bad old days? {BY REBECCA ADDISON} cleared of all charges related to the incident. This month marked the beginning of his civil trial against the officers who Ford says violated his civil rights. “Leon might not be able to walk for the
rest of his life,” says Brandi Fisher, director of the Alliance for Police Accountability, a law-enforcement watchdog organization. “There’s no monetary value you can put on that, but I hope he is compensated as much as possible to get an inkling of justice in this case.” For years, Ford’s civil suit has hung like a pall over the city, a reminder of a more tumultuous past. A time before Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto was elected and hired a police chief focused on improving community-police relations. Appointed in 2014, former Chief Cameron McLay ushered in a wave of reform many believed helped change the culture of the department and minimize the number of police-brutality allegations. Respected by the community, but not by some of the officers in his command, CONTINUES ON PG. 08
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McLay announced last November that he was leaving Pittsburgh after little more than two years in charge. In the months since his departure, a number of incidents have reignited concern in the community. Last December, 57-year-old Christopher Thompkins was shot in his own home and killed by Pittsburgh police who were responding to a burglary call there. In May, a Pittsburgh police officer was filmed kicking and kneeing a man pinned to the ground. And last week, a viral video of a violent arrest outside of PPG Paints Arena prompted further cries of police misconduct. “When the public looks at that video, what are they going to be left with but the impression of a bunch of thugs beating up somebody on the street,” says Beth Pittinger, executive director of the Citizen Police Review Board, of the most recent incident. “We have these incidents coming around like we haven’t seen in a while. And that’s a terrible shame because the bureau has worked very hard over the last several years to improve their image and improve the relationship with the community.” In the wake of these incidents, and as Ford’s case raises the specters of police brutality from Pittsburgh’s past, many are calling on the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police to re-examine its policies and practices and to hold officers accountable for violating them. The Alliance for Police Accountability has worked with Ford and other victims of alleged police brutality for a number of years. Fisher says the organization is currently looking into the Sept. 19 incident at PPG Paints Arena. In the video of the Sept. 19 incident, a Pittsburgh police officer can be seen repeatedly punching Daniel Alderman, 47, of Ravenna, Ohio, in the head and slamming his head into the ground. Afterward, an officer tells Alderman to “stop resisting.” “There are a lot of questions around the way officers respond,” Fisher says. “Just looking at the [Sept. 19] video itself, you can clearly see that the individual seems to be responding to the fact he was getting pummeled, the way he was being punched and his head being hit off the concrete. I think anyone would try to get out of that situation or at least maneuver themselves in a way to protect themselves from harm. Far too often when individuals are trying to protect themselves, that’s used to demonstrate they were resisting arrest. “I think after getting punched so many times you’re bound to protect yourself and that can’t be seen as resisting arrest.”
According to police, Alderman had attempted to interfere with the arrest of another man, David Jones, 34, who can also be seen in the video lying face down next to him. The incident is currently being reviewed by the bureau’s Office of Professional Standards, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Office of Municipal Investigations and the Citizen Police Review Board. “The City of Pittsburgh welcomes this review by the FBI, as it provides yet another investigatory layer to this incident,” Peduto said in a statement released Sept. 22. “There is now an internal investigation by the Office of Municipal Investigations and another external review by the Citizen Police Review Board. We will support whatever it takes to get all the facts on this matter, and the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police will cooperate and provide any assistance necessary to the FBI during their review.” But while official investigations get under way, the public is already digesting the tape. Segments of the video, including when an officer can be heard saying, “Shut up, motherfucker,” have already raised red flags. “Right off the bat you have the unbecoming conduct that was manifest in the language being used,” says the CPRB’s Pittinger. “That in and of itself reflects poorly on their professionalism and self-control in a highstress situation. Then you get to the question of whether the force being used was reasonable and necessary.” Pittinger says it’s unfortunate that the video might erase some of the goodwill the bureau has built with the community, but she says the recent incident should be a “wake-up call” for the department to go back and look at their policies and how they are ensuring all officers adhere to them. “It’s infuriating that all the work that so many of them have done over the years can be compromised in a one-minute encounter,” Pittinger says. “We’ll see how they respond. Do they go back and remediate professional training? Do they have to look at the self-discipline of the officers, the maturity level of the officers, are they able to control themselves? Can they manage these encounters without resorting to brawling with somebody, with colorful language to accompany it?” Criminologist Paul McCauley, a professor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, has followed both the Ford case and the recent incident in the media, and says that in both cases it appears police did not follow procedure. During traffic stops, officers are
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told not to reach into a vehicle as was done in the Ford case. And McCauley says officers involved in the Sept. 19 incident should have been able to restrain Alderman, without “banging his head on the street.” “With the officers’ training, experience and combined weight, I’m not sure why they didn’t control [Alderman’s] movements,” says McCauley. “I saw no reason for the officer to use impact force to his head.” McCauley also testified in two trials related to another high-profile policebrutality allegation from Pittsburgh’s past: the 2010 arrest and beating of 17-year-old Jordan Miles. For McCauley, these incidents indicate that officers require further training. If policies are in place and officers are not following those policies, he says, leaders in the bureau have to act. “In all of these incidents, officers should be sent to training so these issues can be addressed,” McCauley says. “Supervisors have to make sure officers are in compliance and when they’re not, corrective measures have to be taken. And it doesn’t have to be negative or putative punishment, it can be positive, like remedial training. We need to have officers acting in a way so that they are safe
and protecting citizens.” And if the city doesn’t address this, advocates say it could be detrimental to not just those citizens injured at the hands of Pittsburgh police, but the city as a whole. “It really is imperative as a city that we take this as a very serious problem,” says Kierran Young, who has been a vocal advocate for Ford, and who has viewed the footage of the Sept. 19 incident. “We’re trying to encourage people to start their businesses here. If we have cops beating up people outside of a Pink Floyd concert, this is a black eye on the city of Pittsburgh. I think the city has to do some serious damage control.” Young says incidents like these weren’t as prevalent under Chief McLay, and he hopes the city will work harder to address them. “This is a longstanding issue in the city that our mayor, county executive and district attorney really need to address, especially since we’re trying to encourage development here from large corporations like Amazon,” Young says. “We really don’t need the largest police department in the region operating as if they’re a bunch of jack-booted thugs going around beating anybody they feel crosses them.” RA D D I S ON @ P G H C I T Y PA P E R. C OM
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between a janitor and a student, that made the student “uncomfortable.” Williamson says he acknowledges the reasons Finley has given for the dismissal of Alder janitors, though he disagrees that the alleged fight was part of the decision. Even so, he doesn’t understand why Ellis didn’t hire replacement janitors with comparable pay. “Clients change their cleaning contractors for a variety of reasons,” says Williamson. “Sometimes it’s about materials and any number of perfectly valid reasons. If Ellis was upset with the janitors, they have every right to make a change. But normally what doesnt happen is a race to the bottom in terms of pay.” Wilkinsburg Councilor Marita Garrett has participated in protests against Ellis over the firing; she has also met with the workers and community members upset with the decision. She notes that five of the seven Alder janitors are women and that all are black. Garrett says Ellis should be aware of the institutional problems that black people, and women, face in the workplace. In a recent issue of Pittsburgh Quarterly magazine, Finley wrote Ellis’ values are to “pursue, support, and embrace diversity of all kinds.” “For a school that prides itself about women’s empowerment, it is a slap in the face,” says Garrett. Garrett is also upset with the janitors’ discrepancy in pay. So far, the Ellis School has refused to meet with Garrett and other members of the community to discuss these issues, even though Pittsburgh city councilors Deb Gross and Natalia Rudiak hand-delivered a signed letter urging the school to start a dialogue. Garrett says the issue will never be fully resolved until communication is open. “I would like to see it happen,” says Garrett. “They should take it upon themselves to meet with stakeholders. “There needs to be accountability so this does not happen again.”
CLEANING HOUSE Fired janitors at the Ellis School raise concerns over custodial workers’ pay and role in the black community {BY RYAN DETO} IT’S HARD TO argue that being a janitor is
a great job, but when considering serviceindustry positions, janitors shouldn’t be overlooked. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in May 2016, serviceindustry jobs (cashiers, waiters, food-prep workers and janitors) comprised more than 100,000 jobs in the Pittsburgh region and about 10 percent of its labor force. And janitors make at least $2 more an hour on average than those other positions, averaging $11.25. From 2014-2016, cleaningservice workers’ wages have also risen slightly faster than food-industry workers’. These statistics have contributed to the anger surrounding a labor dispute at the prestigious Ellis School, in Shadyside. In August, seven workers from Alder Services were let go by Ellis when their contract expired; they were replaced with workers from General Cleaning Inc. Officials with Service Employees International Union 32 BJ, who represent the Alder workers (who are all African American, and mostly women), say former Ellis janitors made more than $12 an hour. Sam Williamson of SEIU says pay stubs show that new workers are making as little as $7.75 an hour. Community members, elected officials and labor unions have all cried foul on Ellis School, saying the private, allgirls institution is betraying its values of empowering women. But in an email to City Paper, the Ellis School claims the laid-off workers were misbehaving on the job, and that it followed protocol in ending their contract. Williamson says it has taken unions
decades to obtain better wages for cleaning-service workers. According to 2016 U.S. Census figures, both Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh-metro-area custodial workers make higher average wages than their counterparts in Wisconsin, Texas and the U.S. as a whole. This discrepancy is especially stark in Texas, which has a much lower union membership rate; Pittsburgh janitors make $5,000 more a year than do Texas janitors. Williamson says the decision to end the contract of the higher-paid workers and replace them with significantly lowerpaid workers is a step in the wrong direction. “It undermines the efforts made by our members and the community,” says Williamson. But Ellis Head of School Macon
Finley defends the decision, saying it was above-board and not made for economic reasons. “First, we ended that relationship in strict accordance with the applicable terms of the contract,” wrote Finley in a statement to CP. “Notably, that cleaning company has not challenged our right to have changed cleaning companies. Second, our reasons for doing so were legitimate non-economic reasons –– based solely on our goal of having a healthy, safe, clean learning environment for our students, and not based on cost.” In an Aug. 15 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette story, Finley said Alder janitors had “many examples of poor cleaning” and other indiscretions, including an alleged fight between janitors and an incident
“FOR A SCHOOL THAT PRIDES ITSELF ABOUT WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT, IT IS A SLAP IN THE FACE.”
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TAKING A FLIER Plans for the Pittsburgh International Airport renovation leave a lot to be desired {BY CHARLES ROSENBLUM} ON SEPT. 12, Allegheny County Airport
Authority CEO Christina Cassotis, alongside several professional associates and political leaders, announced the airport’s Terminal Modernization Project, an undertaking to substantially reconfigure the facility with both demolition and new construction. A new 632,000-square-foot terminal will nestle between terminals C and D, in a crook of the X of the old airside terminal, abandoning the costly light rail to the old landside terminal. The number of gates is reduced to 51 (though it’s still expandable) to conveniently accommodate reduced passenger traffic as well as recent efficiencies in engineering. Parking garages, lots and connecting roads will accompany the project, totaling $1.12 billion. The big moves here — consolidated functions, clarified traffic patterns, and adaptation to smaller but growing markets and current industry practices — look like smart and necessary updates. Pittsburgh needs a smaller destination airport, not the big hub that once was. Said David Menotti, chair of the Airport Authority, “The people of Pittsburgh finally get an airport that’s built for them and not US Air.” If you judge by official comments, the building will be for and about Pittsburgh. There will be “a sense of Pittsburgh at the airport,” promised Cassotis, who has been widely praised for overseeing this project. But the current presentation looks nothing like Pittsburgh at all, unless you count the sadly typical plan to tear down a building, the landside terminal, which is not yet paid for. The new terminal, whether seen from above or the front, is truly anonymous. “Big box, loose fit,” says Cassotis, describing the planning strategy. It may work for adaptability, but not for personality. Animations of an interior fly-through show vast and well-illuminated spaces, but they aren’t even realistic enough as buildings to convey a sense of place. Press materials describe the improvements from integrating functions on a single floor, but, without published plans, it’s impossible to judge. Who is the architect? There is no
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indication in any of the images or video presented. An inquiry to the Airport Authority press office returned a reference to its extensive website, which does not contain that information. One old knock on the current airport is that the contract (as described in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette coverage from March 1996) went to de facto county architect Tasso Katselas in a no-bid process. Yet what we have right now is no architect at all. “An architect has not been hired yet,” says airport spokesperson Bob Kerlik. In fairness, it is not uncommon for specialist airport consultants to produce the early versions of plans for a new airport terminal and bring design architects on board with the process already underway. This happened with the H. Weir Cook Terminal at the Indianapolis International Airport, which is similar in size to the Pittsburgh project. But no Pittsburgh building can be for or about the city or the region if local firms don’t have a chance to participate in a bidding and selection process and comment on the relevance of international talent. For that matter, the Heinz Endowments, through its p4 program (people, planet, place, and performance) has specifically articulated values and processes that could and should apply to large-scale design processes of this kind. If the Airport Authority is not actively adhering to the p4 program or something similar, there is little use touting its Pittsburgh values. The current airport process as described seems methodical, with some notable oversights in openness. The sudden
move to publish images looks a lot like a rushed effort to woo Amazon, which is seeking a city to locate its new corporate headquarters. “If we don’t name it Fitzgerald,” for the county executive, said state Rep. Mark Mustio, “let’s name it Amazon.” But flaunting our airport like some sort of secondary sex characteristic in an effort
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Forget the horrifying clown from It. The newest inhabitant of your nightmares is a giant “fatberg” in the sewer system beneath the streets of London. A fatberg is created by a buildup of fat and grease combined with used diapers, sanitary napkins and wipes. This one is almost the length of three football fields and weighs more than 140 tons. Matt Rimmer, with London’s Thames Water, said the current glob is “a total monster and is taking a lot of manpower and machinery to remove, as it’s set hard.” He said it’s basically like trying to break up concrete.
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Terror suspect and Uber driver Mohiussunnath Chowdhury, 26, of Luton, England, was detained in London on Aug. 25 after using his navigation program to direct him to Windsor Castle. But the technology led him astray, and he pulled up outside The Windsor Castle pub in Windsor. After realizing his mistake, Chowdhury headed for London, where he parked his car next to a marked police van outside Buckingham Palace, brandished a 4-footlong sword and yelled “Allahu Akbar.” Chowdhury was charged in the Westminster Magistrates Court with one count of preparing to commit an act or acts of terrorism.
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An unnamed man in Plymouth, Minn., went to extraordinary lengths and wasted two days of police investigators’ time just to get a few days away from his wife, police Sgt. Keith Bird said. The woman reported her 34-year-old husband missing on Aug. 28 and showed police a text from him saying he had been kidnapped. The kidnapper demanded a paltry $140 for his return, and the wife agreed, but the kidnapper said she could wait for the husband to receive his paycheck. Eventually police caught up with the husband, who insisted he had indeed been kidnapped but asked officers to stop investigating. “He’s fine,” said Sgt. Bird.
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Paul J. Newman of Rensselaer, N.Y., was sentenced on Sept. 6 to twoand-a-third to seven years in prison after pretending to be a licensed and registered architect, after an investigation the New York attorney general’s office dubbed “Operation Vandelay Industries” in a nod to
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After arguing with a security guard about the high price of parking, a woman in Benxi, Liaoning Province, China, left her car in front of the entrance gate to a housing community on Aug. 22. But people have to get in and out, so a crane was employed to lift the car onto the roof of the security building next to the gate. Onlookers can be heard laughing in a video of the incident. The car was later lowered to the ground using the crane.
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In Santa Fe, N.M., tens of thousands of people gathered at a city park on the evening of Sept. 1 to revel in the burning of the effigy Zozobra, a six-story monkey puppet filled with handwritten notes about anxieties and problems they hoped to send up in smoke. Locals dropped their notes in a “gloom box” at a shopping center, with subjects ranging from an ill family member to hurricane victims to government corruption. The tradition began in 1924 and was named for the Spanish word for upset or worry.
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“Vamos” has appeared on three separate Pixies releases; first on 1987’s Come On Pilgrim, listed as “Vamos (pilgrim),” then in a slightly longer iteration on Surfer Rosa, and finally as a live version as a B-side to “Gigantic.” The song is
important to the group. If you’ve ever seen Pixies perform “Vamos” live, then you know it for another crucial aspect of the band’s sound: the bombastic, charismatic and playful showmanship of Joey Santiago’s guitar playing. After a couple laps through the chorus, the band backs the groove down to a simmer, on which Santiago improvises. It’s not really a guitar solo. It’s a collection of short bursts, spasms, little seizures of sound and feedback, and humorously showy fingering. The rest of the band usually falls back, giving Santiago the stage. The performance feels like pro wrestling: absurd, funny and very entertaining. “[The solo] has changed [over the
years],” Santiago told CP by phone in a recent interview. “I still get enjoyment out of it, I just don’t like to force it. If it feels forced, I just stop. When it happens, they get the real shit, not the fake bullshit, not an act. It shouldn’t be an act, because it’s a thing. I get into a character, a different character.” The “Vamos” solo is a rare opportunity for Santiago to get center-stage, since so much coverage of the band has focused on Black and former bassist Kim Deal, who left Pixies in 2013. There’s no shortage of ink spilled detailing that tumultuous relationship, so we can probably skip that storyline here. What is worth noting is how unlikely it is to find Pixies where they are in 2017. After the band’s breakup in 1993, Santiago was a bit lost. Deal continued playing with her other band, The Breeders. Black continued his prolific solo career, as Frank Black and the Catholics, and Black Francis. Drummer David Lovering kept drumming and became a magician (sometimes opening for Black). But Santiago had little direction. He continued to perform and record on Black’s solo work, and eventually found film scoring as a second career. “[Film scoring] was the only thing
that I had to offer. That was it. That was the only thing I could do, that I wanted to do,” says Santiago. “I ran into it by accident. One day I just made a pile of music when I found out you could record on a computer, where a regular joe could get it rather than going into an expensive studio. So I just hunkered down and made a bunch of stuff … then I got an agent and handed that stuff over to her and … then Judd Apatow called me to do a TV show.” The Apatow project was Undeclared, which lasted only a season, but Santiago was able to sustain his career with scoring gigs here and there, including an original song featured in the 1995 movie Empire Records. Santiago’s composing style won’t surprise any fans of his Pixies guitar work. His influences — Clint Mansell, Bernard Herrmann, Philip Glass, Ennio Morricone, John Carpenter — all share his knack for angular, challenging phrases and experimental dynamics. It’s a far cry from John Williams. In 2004, Pixies reunited and set out on a mammoth world tour. It’s maybe worth noting that this predates the wave of indie-band reunions that dominated the 2010s, fitting in with the band’s habit of doing things first. In the 13 years since the reunion, the group has toured
consistently and released two albums, a compilation of previous EPs called Indie Cindy, in 2013, and an album of new original music, in 2016, called Head Carrier. Following Deal’s departure, the current bassist is Paz Lenchantin, formerly of A Perfect Circle. The reception to both post-reunion releases has been lukewarm, and tabloid interest in Deal’s relationship to the band still dominates much of the band’s press. But it doesn’t seem to matter much, to the fans or the people in the band. Head Carrier isn’t profound, but it sounds like Pixies. It’s hard to be groundbreaking twice. When CP spoke with Santiago, he was resting up between the two massive legs of this year’s tour, which comes to Stage AE on Oct. 4. He was in “daddy mode,” riding his bike, hanging with his dogs. He might have been making a sandwich during the interview. He sounded relaxed, happy and at ease, which is exactly how Pixies sound in the band’s current iteration. “Comfort” isn’t necessarily the best condition under which to make great art, but for a massively influential band 30 years into a career saddled by turmoil and tabloid controversy, maybe it’s what it needs. AL E X GO R DO N@PGH C IT YPAPE R . C O M
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a running joke inspired by the group’s massive lineup: Those on stage left never have any idea what’s happening on stage right. Considering the Toronto band might have more than a dozen musicians onstage at one time, it’s not surprising. Charles Spearin, who plays guitar and bass with the group, says the joke is partially true. “A lot of the times I don’t even know the chord progression of the song, but I’ll have my parts [from a recording],” he says. “We’ll find out later that everybody’s playing different chord progressions. But they can be made into — I don’t know — slightly more colorful chords.” “Colorful” certainly describes Hug of Thunder, the band’s fifth album. The songs reveal a writing style rooted in classic pop, with layers of vocals, instruments that drop in and out at any given time, and lyrics that frequently verge on the oblique. If band members aren’t following the same chord pattern, the outcome still sounds more panoramic than chaotic. The vocals on “Halfway Home” swell like a choir, and the whole group sounds orchestral during the closing “Mouth Guards of the Apocalypse.” Spearin describes Broken Social Scene, which came together in 1999, as a cooperative. “Honestly, most of the people in the band are longtime friends,” he says. The 18 musicians credited on Hug of Thunder include vocalists Leslie Feist, known for her solo act under her surname, and Emily Haines, of the band Metric. “Everybody
branched off and did their own thing, but still managed to keep in touch. We always open the door for each other and say, ‘Hey, we’re making a record. If you want to come and be on it, we’d be more than happy to have you,’” Spearin says. Guitarist Kevin Drew and multi-instrumentalist Brendan Canning handle most of the lead singing, but the group isn’t simply their vision, fleshed out by their friends. Songwriting credits are absent from all of the band’s albums because many people lend hands in the recording studio. “We half-write the song knowing that somebody else is going to come in and help with it,” Spearin says. “You sort of have a mysterious [aspect] — a new melody is going to be [added] in, a new sound, a new instrument.”
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All the input, however, can complicate the mixing process. “The last part of a Broken Social Scene record is the hardest, when everybody has their different opinions and ideas,” Spearin says. “It’s great because everybody’s passionate, but at the same time it’s almost political. ‘OK, you can turn up the snare drum the way you want it in that song, if you have this guitar part in the other song.’ It gets pretty bizarre.” On this tour, the size of the band has varied, depending on the night. “We’re always looking around for horn players to jump up and join us for a show or two. So, I don’t know how many people will be onstage when we get to Pittsburgh,” Spearin says, adding, “at least eight.” I N F O@ P G H C I T Y PA P E R. C OM
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makes it even more obvious how quickly we’re hurtling toward the chilly grip of fall. Any time I really wanna FEEL something, The Growlers play Mr. Smalls tonight along I listen to Tony Lucca’s version of Daniel with instrumentalist Delicate Steve, whose Johnston’s “Devil Town,” which was recorded sound varies from melancholy country to specifically for the season-one finale of Friday indie rock. HL 8:30 p.m. 400 Lincoln Ave., Night Lights (when the Panthers return home Millvale. $20. All ages. 412-821-4447 to Dillon, Texas, for their victory parade). or www.mrsmalls.com If your heart is empty because you never watched FNL, then you might recognize Lucca [INDIE POP] + WED., OCT. 04 as a Mouseketeer, or from his time on The Baltimore duo Wye Oak create a hard-toVoice. He plays Club Café, along with fellow sentimental singer-songwriter Derik Hultquist. pin-down kind of pop that dabbles in styles — like synth pop, indie Hannah Lynn pop and indie rock — 8 p.m. 58 S. 12th St., {PHOTO COURTESY OF EMILY BEAVER} without fully South Side. $15. committing to any 21 and older. genre. Its latest 412-431-4950 or www. release, Tween, is clubcafelive.com a compilation of abandoned songs [FESTIVAL] + written between the FRI., SEPT. 29 & recording of its two SAT., SEPT. 30 previous albums, Summer’s over, but making for an that doesn’t mean interesting glimpse we’re done with into a changing music festivals. sound. The duo Now in its fifth will play Club Café year, the Thrival tonight along with Music Festival will the smooth and bring two days funky sounds of of local and national Luke Temple. HL artists to Carrie Tony Lucca 8 p.m. 58 S. 12th St., Furnaces. Headliners South Side. $20. include rapper Logic 21 and older. and hometown 412-431-4950 or www.clubcafelive.com hero Wiz Khalifa, in addition to indie pop from Two Door Cinema Club, electronic [ELECTRONIC] + TUE., OCT. 04 DJ TOKiMONSTA, electropop from Kiiara, If you want to feel like a futuristic spy on an and more. Catch more local talent with undercover mission in a subterranean club pop from Rachel B and The Garment District. where alien villains hang out, then be sure HL 1 Carrie Furnaces Blvd., Swissvale. $37.50to catch Perturbator at Spirit. The French 80.50. All ages. www.thrivalfestival.com electronic musician makes dark and heavy beats that feel cinematic. Sometimes, it sounds [ROCK] + TUE., OCT. 04 like the soundtrack to an ’80s action-thriller, Californian band The Growlers has songs and other times more like the background for that are perfect for riding a bike through an anime sword fight. HL 9 p.m. 242 51st St., the park, laying by the river, cracking open Lawrenceville. $18-20. All ages. 412-586-4441 a coconut or other extremely chill activities. or www.spiritpgh.com It’s the kind of laid-back surf rock that
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ROCK/POP THU 28 DIESEL. Shooter Jennings. 7 p.m. South Side. 412-431-8800. HOWLERS. Pyrrhon, Imperial Triumphant, Microwaves & Slaves BC. 7 p.m. Bloomfield. 412-682-0320.
FRI 29 BLACK FORGE COFFEE HOUSE. Thieves & Lovers w/ Wanderer & Ennui. 7 p.m. Knoxville. 412-291-8994. CLUB CAFE. Melodime. 7 p.m. South Side. 412-431-4950. PARK HOUSE. Whiskey Gents. 9:30 p.m. North Side. 412-224-2273. VINOSKI WINERY. Derek Woods Band. 6 p.m. Greensburg. 724-872-3333.
SAT 30 CATTIVO. Cant, Karma to Burn, Solace, Eye, The Midnight Ghost Train, Earthride, Stinking Lizveta & more. 2 p.m. Lawrenceville. 412-687-2157.
CLUB CAFE. Ian Abramson. Scene w/ Frightened Rabbit. 7 p.m. Downtown. 412-456-6666. 10 p.m. South Side. 412-431-4950. DIESEL. Soil, Saving Abel, DOWNEY’S HOUSE. Gabriel & the Apocalypse. 7 p.m. Mr. Clean. 9:30 p.m. Robinson. South Side. 412-431-8800. 412-489-5631. THE MR. ROBOTO PROJECT. GOOSKI’S. Dead River, Reflex Bren Lukens & Jess Sands. 7 p.m. Machine, The Russells, Father Bloomfield. 412-706-1643. Flamethrower. 9 p.m. Polish Hill. MR. SMALLS THEATER. Frank 412-681-1658. Turner & the Sleeping Souls. 7 p.m. JAMES STREET GASTROPUB Millvale. 412-821-4447. & SPEAKEASY. Grievous THE R BAR. Billy the Kid’s Angels. Speakeasy. Steel Town All-Stars. 9 p.m. North Side. 7 p.m. Dormont. 412-904-3335. 412-942-0882. MR. SMALLS THEATER. Oh Wonder. . w ww per 7:30 p.m. Millvale. pa pghcitym CLUB CAFE. Pelican 412-821-4447. .co w/ Jaye Jayle. 7 p.m. NIED’S HOTEL. Slim South Side. 412-431-4950. Forsythe & The Turbosonics. 7 p.m. Lawrenceville. 412-770-8150. DIESEL. Wednesday 13 & Eyes SMILING MOOSE. Pop Punk Set To Kill. 7 p.m. South Side. Night. 10 p.m. South Side. 412-431-8800. 412-439-5706. JAMES STREET GASTROPUB TAP CLUB. The Rockers. 8 p.m. & SPEAKEASY. Bachelor Boys McKees Rocks. 412-417-5683. Showcase. 7 p.m. North Side. 412-904-3335. MR. SMALLS BYHAM THEATER. Broken Social THEATER. The Growlers. 7:30 p.m. Millvale. 412-821-4447. REX THEATER. The Grateful Ball feat. The Travelin’ McCourys & Jeff Austin Band. South Side. 412-381-6811.
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WED 04 DIESEL. ABK, Razakel, Frodo the Ghost & Ghozt Tha Demented. 7 p.m. South Side. 412-431-8800. KEYSTONE BAR. The Bo’Hog Brothers. 7 p.m. Sewickley. 724-758-4217.
DJS THU 28 MR. SMALLS THEATER. Centrifuge Thursdays. At the Funhouse. 9 p.m. Millvale. 412-821-4447. PERLE CHAMPAGNE BAR. Bobby D Bachata. 10 p.m. Downtown. 412-471-2058.
FRI 29 ANDYS WINE BAR. DJ Malls Spins Vinyl. 5 p.m. Downtown. 412-773-8884. BELVEDERE’S. Down N Derby. 9 p.m. Lawrenceville. 412-687-2555. DEE’S CAFE. Punk Night w/ DJ Ian. 10 p.m. South Side. 412-431-1314. THE FLATS ON CARSON. Pete Butta. 10 p.m. South Side. 412-586-7644. ONE 10 LOUNGE. DJ Goodnight, DJ Rojo. 9 p.m. Downtown. 412-874-4582.
Each week we post a song from a local artist online for free. This week, it’s “Open Door” by multidisciplinary performance duo //slowdanger\\. It’s a spacey electronic number with a dreamy melody that makes you want to dance in a zero-gravity chamber. Stream or download “Open Door” for free on FFW>>>, the music blog at pghcitypaper.com.
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RUGGER’S PUB. 80s Night w/ DJ Connor. 9 p.m. South Side. 412-381-1330.
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MOONDOG’S. Charlie Wheeler Band. 8:30 p.m. Blawnox. 412-828-2040.
BELVEDERE’S. DJ Nice Rec, DJ Killjoy. Pop rocks y2k dance party. 9 p.m. Lawrenceville. 412-687-2555. DIESEL. DJ CK. 10 p.m. South Side. 412-431-8800. MIXTAPE. DJ Antithesis. ‘The 1990s (& a bag of chips)’ dance party. 9 p.m. Garfield. 412-661-1727. PERLE CHAMPAGNE BAR. DJ Tenova. ladies night. 9 p.m. Downtown. 412-471-2058.
TUE 03 THE GOLDMARK. Pete Butta. Reggae & dancehall. 10 p.m. Lawrenceville. 412-688-8820. SEVICHE. Hot Salsa & Bachata Nights. 10 p.m. Downtown. 843-670-8465.
WED 04 SMILING MOOSE. Rock Star Karaoke w/ T-MONEY. 9:30 p.m. South Side. 412-431-4668.
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SAT 30 THE R BAR. Angel Blue and the Prophets. 9:30 p.m. Dormont. 412-942-0882. ZANDERS SPORTS BAR & NIGHT CLUB. Strange Brew. 8:30 p.m. Monroeville. 724-387-2444.
JAZZ THU 28 JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. Roger Humphries Jam Session. Ballroom. 8 p.m. North Side. 412-904-3335. RILEY’S POUR HOUSE. Jazz Happy Hour w/ Martin Rosenberg. 5:30 p.m. Carnegie. 412-279-0770. VALLOZZI’S PITTSBURGH. Eric Johnson. 5:30 p.m. Downtown. 412-394-3400.
FRI 29 ANDORA RESTAURANT FOX CHAPEL. Pianist Harry Cardillo & vocalist Charlie Sanders. 6:30 p.m. Fox Chapel. 412-967-1900. JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. Ian Gordon.
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Speakeasy. 6:30 p.m. The Boilermaker Jazz Band. Ballroom. 8 p.m. North Side. 412-904-3335.
Here are five songs that music writer Meg Fair can’t stop listening to:
SAT 30 JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. The Tony Campbell Jam Session. Speakeasy. 5 p.m. North Side. 412-904-3335. THE MONROEVILLE RACQUET CLUB. Jazz Bean Live. 7 p.m. Monroeville. 412-728-4155.
CITY OF ASYLUM @ ALPHABET CITY. Jazz Poetry Month: Tim Berne & Matt Mitchell. 7 p.m. North Side. 412-435-1110. BRUSHTON SOCIAL CLUB 30/30. Jazz Returns to the Hood. 5:30 p.m. Homewood. 412-244-6788. ROCKS LANDING BAR & GRILLE. Tony Campbell, John Hall, Howie Alexander & Dennis Garner. 7 p.m. McKees Rocks. 412-875-5809. WYNDHAM PITTSBURGH UNIVERSITY CENTER. The Musician’s Club of Local 471 presented by AAJPSP. 3 p.m. Oakland. 412-559-9094.
THU 28 INDUSTRY PUBLIC HOUSE. The Eclectic Acoustics. 7 p.m. Robinson. 412-490-9080. TIKI BAR. Right TurnClyde. 6 p.m. Washington. 412.508.0200.
FRI 29 MJ’S STEEL CITY. The Eclectic Acoustics. 7 p.m. Robinson. 724-227-3051. OAKMONT TAVERN. Right TurnClyde. 7 p.m. Oakmont. 412.828.4155.
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HAMBONE’S. Ian Kane, Ronnie Weiss & Tom Boyce. Jazz Standards, showtunes & blues. 6:30 p.m. Lawrenceville. 412-681-4318.
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CITY OF ASYLUM @ ALPHABET CITY. Etta Cox. 8 p.m. North Side. 412-435-1110. RILEY’S POUR HOUSE. Jazz Happy Hour w/ Martin Rosenberg. 5:30 p.m. Carnegie. 412-279-0770.
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WED 04 ALLEGHENY ELKS LODGE #339. Pittsburgh Banjo Club. 8 p.m. North Side. 412-321-1834. PARK HOUSE. Shelf Life String Band. 9 p.m. North Side. 412-224-2273. WALNUT GRILL. The Eclectic Acoustics. 7 p.m. Robinson. 412-747-2100. WHEELFISH. Jason Born. 7 p.m. Ross. 412-487-8909.
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PIRATA. The Flow Band. 9 p.m. Downtown. 412-323-3000.
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BRILLOBOX. Group Doueh, Pandemic, Ed Um, Resident Three. 9 p.m. Bloomfield. 412-621-4900. GREENDANCE - THE WINERY AT SAND HILL. The Flow Band Reggae Rockers. 1 p.m. Sand Hill. 724-547-6500.
CRAFTY JACKALOPE. The Eclectic Acoustics. 8 p.m. Bridgeville. 412-220-9785. VINOSKI WINERY. Antz Marching. 6 p.m. Greensburg. 724-872-3333.
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HAMBONE’S. Calliope Old Time Appalachian Jam. 5 p.m. Lawrenceville. 412-681-4318.
ORION STRING QUARTET W/ TARA O’CONNOR. 7:30 p.m. Carnegie Music Hall, Oakland. 412-624-4129.
OTHER MUSIC THU 28 LINDEN GROVE. Karaoke. 8 p.m. Castle Shannon. 412-882-8687. REX THEATER. Twiddle w/ Stationary Pebbles. 9 p.m. South Side. 412-381-6811. RIVERS CASINO. Michael of 28 North. 7 p.m. North Side. 412-231-7777.
FRI 29 LINDEN GROVE. Elmoz Fire. 9 p.m. Castle Shannon. 412-882-8687. RIVERS CASINO. Rodger Barbour Trio. 9 p.m. Totally 80’s. 9 p.m. North Side. 412-231-7777.
SAT 30 HILLMAN CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS. Giada Valenti. 8 p.m. Fox Chapel. 347-448-6666. MOONDOG’S. Well Strung. 8:30 p.m. Blawnox. 412-828-2040. RIVERS CASINO. The Hobbs. 9 p.m. On The Level. 9 p.m. North Side. 412-231-7777. VINOSKI WINERY. Barb & John. 1 p.m. Greensburg. 724-872-3333.
WED 04 STAGE AE. Pixies. 6:30 p.m. North Side. 412-229-5483.
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September 27- October 3 WEDNESDAY 27 Tank
REX THEATER South Side. 412-381-1681. With special guests Sammie, Dantè, Dontaÿ, Dunteá & Money Moo x Jiggy Jaxx. Over 18 event. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 8p.m.
A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To… CITY THEATRE COMPANY South Side. 412-431-CITY. Tickets: citytheatrecompany. org. Through Oct. 15.
Midnight North JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY North Side. 412-904-3335. With special guests Dave & Pappy from theCAUSE. Over 21 event. Tickets: greyareaprod.com. 8p.m.
THURSDAY 28 Quicksand
MR. SMALLS THEATRE Millvale. 412-421-4447. With special guest No Joy. All ages event. Tickets: ticket web.com/opusone. 8p.m.
HEINZ HALL Downtown. 412-392-4900. Tickets: trustarts.org. 7:30p.m.
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ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM North Side. For tickets and more info visit warhol.org. 8p.m.
O’REILLY THEATER Downtown. 412-316-1600. Tickets: ppt.org. Through Oct. 29.
Orion Quartet w/ Tara O’Connor
TANK REX THEATER SEPTEMBER 27
CARNEGIE MUSIC HALL Oakland. 412-624-4129. Tickets: chambermusicpitts burgh.org. 7:30p.m.
Erin Markey: Boner Killer
TUESDAY 3 The Growlers
MR. SMALLS THEATRE Millvale. 412-421-4447. With special guest Delicate Steve. All ages event. Tickets: ticketweb.com/opus one. 8:30p.m.
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Fall Festival Weekends
SMILING MOOSE South Side. 421-431-4668. All ages event. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 6p.m.
FRIDAY 29 295 Marilyn Manson
TRAX FARMS Finleyville. 412-835-3246. For more info visit traxfarms.com. Through Oct. 29.
Russian Grand Ballet: Swan Lake
Autumnfest
THE PALACE THEATRE Greensburg. 724-836-8000. Tickets: thepalacetheatre.org. 7p.m.
SEVEN SPRINGS RESORT. For more info visit 7springs.com or 800-452-2223. Through Oct. 22.
STAGE AE North Side. With special guest Alice Glass. Tickets: ticketmaster.com Pittsburgh Urban or 1-800-745-3000. Farm Tour Doors open at 7p.m. MULTIPLE LOCATIONS Pittsburgh. For tickets and John Cleese & more info visit pasafarming. org/pghfarmtour. 1p.m. the Holy Grail
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Italian Heritage Day HEINZ HISTORY CENTER Downtown. All ages event. For more info visit heinzhisto rycenter.org/events/italianheritage-day. 10a.m.
BYHAM THEATER Downtown. 412-456-6666. With special guest Frightened Rabbit. Tickets: trustarts.org. 8p.m.
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RADical Days: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra HEINZ HALL Downtown. 412-392-4900. Free event. For more info visit pittsburgh symphony.org. 7:30p.m.
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THE MALL IS A PLACE WHERE HE FEELS CALM AND PEACEFUL, LIKE IT’S HIS OWN PERSONAL ZENDO
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TEXTURE CONTEMPORARY BALLET performs BOUNDLESS 8 p.m. Fri., Sept. 29; 8 p.m. Sat., Sept., 30; and 2 p.m., Sun., Oct. 1. (Free hour-long interactive children’s performance: 4 p.m. Sat., Sept. 30.) New Hazlett Theater, 6 Allegheny Square East, North Side. $20-30. 412-320-4610 or www.textureballet.org
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Texture Contemporary Ballet’s Katie Miller and Alan Obuzor {PHOTO COURTESY OF MARK SIMPSON PHOTOGRAPHY}
Named for the freedom of expression dance can offer, Texture Contemporary Ballet’s new program, Boundless — Sept. 29-Oct. 1 at the New Hazlett Theater — features four world-premiere ballets. And per usual for the troupe, all but one will be created by Texture’s prolific resident choreographers, Alan Obuzor and Kelsey Bartman. The 100-minute program in two acts opens with lone guest choreographer Robert Poe’s new ballet “Suspended Menagerie,” danced to an eclectic music mix ranging from George Frideric Handel to Icelandic ambient music duo Jonsi & Alex. Poe, speaking by phone from St. Louis, says that the 13-minute ballet for five dancers was inspired by his work with Alzheimer’sdisease patients as a company member and rehearsal assistant for St. Louis’ The Big Muddy Dance Company. “We think of memories as very solid and ongoing, but really they are not, because this disease can snatch them away in a second,” says Poe. The Aiken, S.C.-native performed as a guest dancer with Texture in 2011. He says of his contemporary ballet’s title that it reflects the idea that memories are fragile; he imagines them as precariously suspended by a thin wire that could be snapped at any time. Next, Bartman and Obuzor join forces on the five-minute duet “YES,” danced to music by Denver ambient-rock band Anesthesia. Obuzor describes it as being all about the individual movement qualities of dancers Rachel Harman and Victoria McWilliams, who will perform it. Bartman’s new 28-minute ballet “Journey to Closure” is performed to music by Max Richter. Bartman says the struggle she experienced trying to realize her initial ideas for the work led her to relate it to other people’s everyday struggles, and how we can find resolutions in ways we hadn’t foreseen. Closing the program is Obuzor’s 37-minute ballet “Timbre,” set to music by Alt-J, The Airborne Toxic Event and others. Says Obuzor, “For my piece, I have some dancers in sneakers, some in socks and some in pointe shoes. I wanted to push myself to create a unique piece that explores differences and similarities.”
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Matthew Newton delves into America’s shopping malls.
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shopping mall is an iconic space. At the height of mall shopping, it was seen by some as a triumph of American capitalism and consumer culture. Likewise, it’s a tidy symbol for all that is wrong with rapacious American commercialism. Now at or nearing its nadir, the mall is seen as a symbol of American decay. The country is dotted with places like West Mifflin’s Century III Mall, which is not technically dead, but certainly on life support. Yet more than many other institutions, malls have captured the imagination. They are often deployed as a kind of shorthand
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the 1980s. It’s no accident that malls have played key roles in movies as disparate as Weird Science, Commando, True Stories and The Blues Brothers (not forgetting, of course,
Mallrats). Perhaps no movie is as linked to the mall as Dawn of the Dead. Pittsburgh’s own, the late George Romero, filmed his 1978 masterpiece at Monroeville Mall. Like Romero before him, local writer Matthew Newton takes his inspiration from Monroeville Mall, a place where his mom worked and where he kicked around through his adolescence and young adult life. It feels different than plain nostalgia, though. The mall is a place where he feels calm and peaceful, like it’s his own personal zendo. Newton’s book Shopping Mall is new this month on Bloomsbury Press as part of
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its Object Lessons series of short volumes about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Over 158 pages, Newton explores the life of the shopping mall from the first groundbreaking, in the 1950s, through the chaos and excess of the 1980s to the present, including the death rattle of many malls. One of the first malls designed and constructed was Southdale Mall in Edina, Minn. It opened in 1956. The mall’s designer, Victor Gruen, grew up in Vienna, Austria, and wanted to create a communal commercial space, a European-style piazza of sorts. With his design for Southdale, which included fountains, a goldfish pond, an aviary, and art and sculpture, Gruen was after a space of both beauty and connection. “He had these great European sensibilities,” says Newton in an interview with CP. “Of course, what he wanted to replicate was these beautiful mixed spaces. When you hear that term now — ‘mixed residential and retail’ — you kind of want to scream. But when he was thinking about it in the 1940s and 1950s, I think it actually meant something. He thought of it on a smaller level: He thought of these nice little mom-andpop businesses and cafes and boutiques, that it would be great to take that idea and bring that into [the] post-war American sprawl that instantly isolated people.” Over time, Southdale was less about community and more about profit margin. Other malls and developers followed suit. And yet for some, like young suburban kids, it was more than simply a commercial space. It was the street corner and the town plaza and a park bench. With an Orange Julius and a Sbarro. Perhaps The Mall fascinates because it is the one of the last symbols of modern American life pre-internet and social media — as Newton writes, “a landscape unspoiled by technology, a social network not yet digitized.” Newton, 40, lives in Churchill and is director of publishing at the Carnegie Museum of Art. In exploring a personal connection to the mall, he reveals a good bit about himself. The memoir elements of the book are eloquent and intimate, detailing his struggles with depression and anxiety. They also provide a reader with a walking bridge, an avenue for connection to the mall itself. “The mall to me is like a container,” he says. “I mean, if I had grown up next to a roller rink, the roller rink would have probably been the primary thing in my life, because I would have gone there. Because that’s what that place means to you. For myself, there’s so much stuff that happened at the mall.” “It maybe would have been cooler if it had been a park close to my house? But it wasn’t,” Newton adds, laughing. INFO@ PGHC ITY PAP ER.CO M
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In What Hath Night To Do With Sleep, at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Stephanie Armbruster collects the shadowy, undulating reminiscences of a year packed with movement — journeys to 18 cities and four countries. One outcome of these voyages is this solo exhibition of eight abstract works, half cold wax and oil on paper, half encaustic on panel, that investigate the consequences of investigation. Dense black, stark white, vivid blue and weighty yellow merge softly or contrast with vigor, in slashes, smears and trickles that defy gravity to flow upward. Shapes suggest vast landscapes or claustrophobic streets, figures distorted by jet lag or culture shock, a lack of lucidity and focus, as one memory overlaps the next in endeavors to recall and pinpoint. In several, the outlines of text are perceptible behind and beyond the abstract forms that obscure them, hinting at attempted communication, or attempted understanding verging on but never quite achieving success. Occasionally a slash of magenta interrupts the haziness with definite, razor-edged precision. More often, the whirlwind of “it was all a blur!” is demonstrated literally to illustrate the common metaphorical statement. Long-distance travel creates the strange dichotomy of submersion into a condition of immobile limbo within the context of forward motion. (This local artist has taken more than 60 flights in a 12-month period.) On one flight after another, hurtling through space and time — sometimes even backward — a metal beast pierces the sky with relentless momentum and seemingly unstoppable drive. But while the great machine screams racing from point to point, those within its belly are trapped in a state of near paralysis. There is little that approaches the feeling of helplessness associated with returning your tray table to its upright position and fastening your seatbeat, even while you experience the sensation of racing through the clouds. This paradox is captured within these works as well, and as much as they can be viewed as summaries of destinations, they can also be interpreted as the view from inside the passage. While there is tumult and uncertainty aplenty here, this does not stop these works from being pleasing as well. The absence of clarity doesn’t necessarily speak to unrest; it can also speak to the acceptance of insecurity.
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OUT OF TOWN {BY TED HOOVER} I JUST READ in the papers that Donald
Trump Jr. is foregoing his Secret Service protection for “privacy” reasons. In a spasm of public service, he should donate his security detail to playwright Will Eno, because I’ve just seen his play Middletown in a Pittsburgh premiere at Little Lake Theatre, and if I run into Eno anytime soon, I’ll kill the son of a bitch. Well, that’s 12 hours of my life I’m never getting back. (The fact that the play really lasts only two-and-a-half hours doesn’t make me any happier.) Middletown, which debuted in 2010, must be what Eno thinks Thornton Wilder’s Our Town would be like if Wilder didn’t have any talent. We’re in the middle of a very “middle America” small town filled with a lot of middlebrow people doing middling things and — with the exception of my blood pressure rising to dangerous levels — nothing happens. Eno hasn’t really written a play, just a lot of nonsensical twaddle which basically boils down to “in the midst of life we are in death.” He may think he’s being moving and profound, but really he’s just
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Mary Meyer and Ned Salopek in Middletown, at Little Lake
MIDDLETOWN continues through Oct. 5. Little Lake Theatre, 500 Lakeside Drive South, Canonsburg. $13.75-21.75. 724-745-6300 or www.littlelaketheatre.org
twee and irritating. All of the non-differentiated characters sound like each other, which means you’ve got to listen to the playwright talk at you for 150 minutes. Here’s just one of the lines from the show. “I like plays where there’s a break in the middle. I met an oceanographer once, he painted our garage.” For an unforgivable two-anda-half hours? I hate to be so hard on this play, and I absolutely love that Little Lake regularly takes chances on producing work unfamiliar to local audiences. But this show is doing nobody any favors. Ponny Conomos Jahn’s listless, twitchy direction doesn’t really illuminate the script, although I’d challenge anyone to try. And that this very large cast manages to get through it is nothing sort astounding. (Fainter hearts would have suddenly remembered a previous engagement.) Eric Leslie, Mary Meyer and Bill Lyon gets props for slogging through the lead roles with strong support from, among others, Charlotte Sonne, Jonathan Wilson and Ned Salopek.
a darkly humorous ode to the Master of Suspense’s early years in British cinema. As the title indicates, this Pittsburgh premiere of a 2009 play written by Joe Landry is performed as a radio show and features renditions of a trio of Hitchcock films: The Lodger, Sabotage and The 39 Steps. While these three tales might not be widespread favorites from Hitchcock’s oeuvre, that only gives this lively production more of an opportunity to make the stories its own. Plus, with a couple of devilish twists that up the proverbial drama, there are enough surprises to keep both the devoted cinephile and the Hitchcock neophyte entertained for the two-hourplus running time. Under the direction of Vince Ventura, the seven-person cast is spot-on. Bradley Campbell shifts easily from a Peter Lorreinspired antagonist in The Lodger to the starry-eyed younger brother in Sabotage, and finally to the fish-out-of-water hero in The 39 Steps, selling each of the vastly different characters with equal confidence. Likewise, Sarah Parker and Caitlin Skaff seamlessly alternate between leading-lady roles and scenery-chewing cameos. Howard Elson pulls off perhaps the hardest part, playing the beleaguered Announcer, who must rush in and out of the recording booth to fill the roster of bit roles in each drama. As is typical with this variety of “live radio” production, most of the sound effects are created on stage, much to the delight of the audience. In particular, Helga Terre is an absolute crowd-pleaser with her silly yet precise animal impressions. Between stories, the cast performs vintage-style commercials, which riff on Hitchcock’s most celebrated films. Before it’s over, almost every one of Hitch’s most beloved movies receives at least a quick wink-and-nudge mention from the Announcer, which creates a fun inside joke for ardent fans.
IT’S A HIGHLY CLEVER PRODUCTION WITH A PITCHPERFECT CAST.
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VINTAGE HITCHCOCK: A LIVE RADIO PLAY continues through Sat., Oct. 7. South Park Theatre, Corrigan Drive and Brownsville Road, South Park. $15. 412-831-8552 or www.southparktheatre.com
With humor and intrigue to spare, Vintage Hitchcock is a highly clever production with a pitch-perfect cast, making it an ideal show for autumn and a macabrely sweet love letter to classic cinema. I N F O@ P G H C I T Y PA P E R. C OM
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FREEFALL. Joshua David Bellin’s third book of young-adult science fiction (Margaret K. McElderry Books, 361 pp.) takes place in 3151, as the fortunate few who fled an uninhabitable Earth wake up deep in space after a 1,000-year sleep. But teen-age protagonist Cam has landed on the wrong planet, with his fellow 1,017-year-old childhood friends but without the girl he loves, whom he first encountered in 2050, when he was a privileged Upperworld kid and she was a Lowerworld revolutionary. Early chapters alternate between present action and 22nd-century backstory, with Bellin loading Cam’s first-person narration with hints that the story he’s been told about his corporaterun society (and the impoverished people who live outside it) are false: Was it really the brown-skinned Lowerworlders (including the one he first fell in love with after glimpsing her illicitly on the 22ndcentury internet) who ruined the planet? Bellin (Survival Colony 9) writes in a brisk style with a fair amount of emotional insight, and his detailed and thoughtful world-building is a viable backdrop for an improbable Romeo-and-Juliet narrative.
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DISCOVERING GETTYSBURG. Retired theater professor W. Stephen Coleman turns his obsession with Gettysburg (he’s visited more than 40 times) into a loping travelogue, blending historical narrative with encounters with contemporary tour guides, hoteliers and the like. A novel component are the nearly 200 engaging caricatures of both Civil War personages and modern Gettysburgers by local illustrator Tim Hartman. The book (Savas Beatie, 274 pp.) is loaded with information — a later chapter even explores the lives of historical re-enactors. Coleman’s enthusiasm and curiosity are palpable. And given how the Civil War remains, wrenchingly, with us, to explore how history filters into the present is a promising tack. However, perhaps easygoing to a fault, Coleman seems to take everything he sees at face value. He’s written a celebratory book rather than a critical one. So if you’re looking for, say, consideration of the conflicts between profitable tourism, the demands of doing history, and keeping local residents happy, Discovering Gettysburg probably isn’t your best bet. But if you’re thinking of visiting Gettysburg yourself, it’s a good place to start. DRISCOLL@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
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Simon Girty, a traitor for our times? Hear out Eric Marchbein, the Squirrel Hill activist who (with help from the Squirrel Hill Historical Society) has secured a Pennsylvania State Historical and Museum Commission roadside marker here for Girty, who during the American Revolution left the Virginia militia to join the British. Girty, of Scots-Irish ancestry, was born near Harrisburg, in 1741, and during the French and Indian War was taken as a
youth by Seneca Indians; his mentor was the famed chief Guyasuta. Girty learned 11 Indian languages and fought alongside the French; in 1764, he reunited with his birth family and purchased a farm in what’s now Squirrel Hill. But during the Revolutionary War, Girty switched sides, and later led Indian war parties against white settlements and served as an intepreter. (Like other Loyalists, he ultimately fled to Canada.) In his day, Girty was called “the white savage,” and Phillip W. Hoffman, author of 2008’s Simon Girty: Turncoat Hero, dubbed him “the most hated man on the early American frontier.” But Marchbein is among those who holds that that war was less about “freedom” than about the right for the colonists to take land from Native Americans and to perpetuate slavery. Girty, he says, “wasn’t a traitor to his country, because there was no country.” Rather, “He was a traitor to white supremacy.” On Sept. 30, Girty’s plaque will be dedicated on the former site of his farm as part of the Ninth Annual Turner Cemetery History Walk, sponsored by Friends of Turner Cemetery and Mary S. Brown Memorial-Ames United Methodist Church. Attractions include cemetery tours (Girty’s mother and other relatives are buried there), historical re-enactors, and speakers including Marchbein, Hoffman, Sen. John Heinz History Center President Andy Masich, labor historian Charles McCollester, Seneca Nation archivist Jay Toth, and famed writer and illustrator Timothy Truman, author of the 1989 graphic novel Wilderness: The True Story of Simon Girty.
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thursday 09.28 TALK Though best known for its concert component, the annual Thrival Innovation + Musical Festival also assembles an impressive array of talkers. And in fact, many of this year’s Thrival events are already sold out. But at press time, tickets remained for tonight’s marquee collabo with the Carnegie Museum of Art. The evening-length program Intelligence: Humans X Tech features some 20 AI-inspired exhibits and presentations. The four talks on the future by artists, writers, entrepreneurs and designers are intriguingly titled “The Nature of Things,” “Facts & Fake News,” “Dr. Robot” and “High Road,” the latter featuring music headliner Wiz Khalifa. Bill O’Driscoll 6-10:30 p.m. 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland. $15. www.thrivalfestival.com
STAGE Pittsburgh Public Theater begins its 43rd season tonight with Peter Shaffer’s Tony-winning 1975 play, Equus. Directed by Ted Pappas to launch his final season as the Public’s producing artistic director, the play tells the story of Alan Strang (Spencer T. Hamp), a young British stablehand with a fascination with horses that turns from religious to deadly, and the psychiatrist (Daniel Krell) who treats him. Famously in this show, actors portray
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friday 09.29 TALK Sponsored by cultural nonprofit Revolution of Tenderness, The Festival of Friendship returns for its second year of cultural discussions, exhibits, presentations and concerts today and tomorrow at Synod Hall. The event is inspired by the Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples in Rimini, Italy, where participants travel from all over the world to celebrate common ground. There’s a free concert by local quartet Chatham Baroque, and panels about overcoming human trafficking, and our relationship with technology. AR 9 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Also 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Sun., Oct. 1. 125 N. Craig St., Oakland. Free. www.revolutionoftenderness.net
WORDS Lori Jakiela grew up working-class in Trafford in the 1970s and ’80s, a place and time where books were suspect. Before becoming an educator and ^ Fri., Sept. 29: Lori Jakiela {PHOTO COURTESY OF DAVE NEWMAN}
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nationally recognized writer, she held jobs including waitress, sportswriter, and Things Remembered key-maker. Jakiela, whose memoir Miss New York Has Everything covers her days as a flight attendant, recalls all these gigs in her fourth memoir, Portrait of the Artist as a Bingo Worker (Bottom Dog Press). The BYOB launch party iss tonight at Abandoned Pittsburgh, photographer Chuck Beard’s ard’s Homestead gallery documenting forgotten local places. Also so reading are Richard Gegick, Dave Newman and Nancy McCabe. Cabe. BO O 7 p.m. 203 E. Ninth Ave., Homestead. Free. www.lorijakiela.net
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This is an event for all ages that brings together a love of art, food and politics. Although the event itself isn’t political, there were a lot of performers here that come from different countries where they can’t share their voice. They’re not talking about political things, but them being imprisoned or targeted for sharing their voice makes it political. I’m here because a friend recommended I come, and it’s my first time here. I like that the artist mixed together different forms of music and media. The event itself had a lot of variety — I had a great dinner, drank a good glass of wine, learned about something important happening in our community, and mingled with people from different backgrounds. I’m a transplant [to] Pittsburgh, so I was surprised to see a pocket of culture here that I wouldn’t have noticed otherwise.
As happens a couple times mes a year around here, at a screening of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the audience ence will recite pretty much every line off dialogue. However, tonight at Heinz nz Hall, emerging after the film to taunt you a second time will be John hn Cleese himself, completing the evening with conversation and audience dience Q&A. Regarding swallows (whether ether European or African), you’ll ou’ll have to bring your own. BO 7:30 p.m. 600 Penn Ave., Downtown. wn. $60-126. 412-392-4900 orr www.heinzhall.org
STAGE A play acclaimed both when it opened, in 1991, and in a 2016 production in Chicago, receives eceives its local premiere starting tonight, onight, courtesy of Pittsburgh Playwrights laywrights Theatre Co. East Texas Hot Links, s set in 1955 in an African-American-Americanrun café in Klan country, is a tense drama written by Eugene e Lee. The veteran actor (he starred d last year in Pittsburgh Public Theater’s er’s Between Riverside and Crazy) and d August Wilson associate isn’t in this production. duction. But Montae Russell directs an n ensemble of Pittsburgh favorites including ncluding
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DANCE Join Gia T. Cacalano + slowdanger slow for an evening of adventuresome dance at S SPACE. The program, Imprints, features “TETHER,” a duet in which slowdanger’s Taylor Knight and Anna Thompso Thompson navigate space with their hair tied together. Cacalano perform performs a solo work, followed by a trio created with improvisation improvisational movement and sound that explores explorres e “the winding and unraveling of the mind and the body gesture, assembling and disassembling y thro tthrough hrough u repetitive ge of bod bodies physical/energetic space.” BO 8 p.m. dies and shared phys 812 Li Liberty Downtown. Free. 412-325-7723 or Liber be ty Ave., Downtow www.spacepittsburgh.org ww .spacepittsburg www
saturday 09.30 PODCASTS P PO DCAS Join Riv River’s Edge Radio Network for the local celebration of the fourth annual International Podcast Day. Tonight’s Inte Pod Party features four podcasts from the station’s lineup: The Mike Sasson Show, Sho That Broad Cast, Damn Near Killed Kille ’Em, and River Talk. Also come for ffree beer from North Country Brewing, free mead from Laurel Highlands Brewi Meadery, and performances by local artists Meader Jenny and the Jagoffs and Francis Fitzgerald. p.m. 115 Sedgwick St., Millvale. Free. AR R 6-10 p.m www.facebook.com (“river’s edge pod party”). www.facebook.
sunday 10.01 WORDS Newbery Medal-winn Medal-winning children’s author Katherine Applegate reads from her newest work, Wishtree, today at the Carnegie Library Lecture Hall, presented by Pittsburgh Arts & Le Lectures. The book tells the tale of Red,, a beloved neighb neighborhood oak tree with the power R Red to t grant wishes. When a Muslim family moves to the neighborhood, abilities become more important ne nei ghborhood, Red’s ab book-signing in the children’s department than ever. A book-signin th of Pittsburgh takes place after of the t Carnegie Library o
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the talk. The event is free as part of RADical Days. AR 2:30 p.m. 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland. Free. 412-622-8866 or www.pittsburghlectures.org
tuesday 10.03 WORDS Michael Kodas, an award-winning photojournalist and environmental reporter whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Der Spiegel, The Denver Post and The Boston Globe, reads from his new book, Megafire: The Race to Extinguish a Deadly Epidemic of Flame, at Penguin Bookshop tonight. The book dives into the history of wildfire management and the costs — monetary and environmental — we’re paying to stop these megafires. Firefighters receive 20 percent off Kodas’ book at the event. AR 7 p.m. 417 Beaver St., Sewickley. Free. 412-741-3838 or www.penguinbookshop.com
wednesday 10.04 WORDS The University of Pittsburgh’s Center for African American Poetry and Poetics launches Black Futures, a series for African-American poets and artists. Tonight, at the Frick Fine Arts Building, two visitors, poet and novelist Renee Gladman and writer and educator John Keene, will read and participate in a conversation with local poet and sound artist LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs. Diggs will present a new sound piece with collaborator Val Jeanty in response to Keene and Gladman’s works. AR 7:30 p.m. 650 Schenley Drive, Oakland. Free. www.caapp.pitt.edu
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COMEDY The brilliant Eddie Izzard returns, this time on the heels of his first book. Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death and Jazz Chickens shares its title with his current tour, in which Izzard discusses his life, shares personal photos and movies, and answers audience questions. Follow the comedian and actor from the loss of his mother (when he was 6) to his days as a young London street performer to international stardom on this 13-date U.S. tour’s stop at the Byham Theater, tonight. BO 8 p.m. 101 Sixth St., Downtown. $53-133.25. 412-456-6666 or www.trustarts.org
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A PLATE AT 808 {BY ALEX GORDON} When it comes to lunchtime fare Downtown, there are pizza, sandwiches, fast food and upscale sit-down spots. But quick, inexpensive and tasty café fare is a rarer find. Thanks to Café 808, which opened on Penn Avenue in March, the Downtown lunch crowd has another option. In addition to its selections of coffee (try the cold brew), the menu includes traditional sandwiches like Italian club and reuben, plus a variety of wraps, salads, soups and pastries — which is another way of saying it’s a café. But it’s the execution at 808 that stands out, due to its experienced staff. Starting in 2002, 808 owner Dave Hroncich had operated a bakery-turneddeli called Mike and Dave’s Italian Bread, in Green Tree. When the building was sold to Burger King in 2016, Hroncich lost the spot. Hroncich and his entire crew from the previous eatery re-opened Downtown under the new name, Café 808. Already, it’s drawing a steady current of regulars. Popular sellers are the breakfast sandwiches and the (slightly unexpected) Irish soda bread. In the coming weeks, Hroncich plans to introduce an online catering option, with a staggering turnaround time. “People will be able to order catering as late as 9 a.m. for a pickup or delivery by noon of the same day,” says Hroncich. “We’ve been doing this so long, we’ve got it down to a science.”
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OR MANY years, “Szechuan” in America mostly denoted a category of Chinese-American food only slightly more spicy than the mild, courtly food of Canton. We’re excited to see that changing as American diners develop appetites for less assimilated versions of foreign cuisines and, locally, a larger Chinese population seeks the authentically vibrant tastes of home. Now, when a restaurant opens under the name of Szechuan Spice, it’s a promise we take seriously. Like so many hopeful new establishments, Szechuan Spice is located at the juncture of Shadyside and East Liberty, in the lightly modernized dining rooms of the former Jimmy Tsang’s. We arrived expecting not MSG-laden brown sauce, but brilliant red chili oil and Szechuan peppercorns.
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SZECHUAN SPICE 5700 Centre Ave., Shadyside. 412-363-8888 HOURS: Mon.-Thu. 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 11 a.m.-10:30 p.m.; Sun. 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m. PRICES: Soups and appetizers $3-12; entrees $10-20 LIQUOR: BYOB
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sushi bar. As ever with Chinese menus, dish names tended toward the epigrammatic, so, beyond a handful of dishes with which we were already familiar, we ordered what sounded good and waited eagerly to see what would arrive. Under the heading “Flaming Pan, Spicy Wok,” there were almost a dozen options. Our choice, spicy rabbit, arrived neither a la flambé nor in a sizzling pan, but in a small wok balanced atop a Sterno-like flame such that it bubbled and simmered at the table. Bone-in chunks of meat were chewy, but not tough, with a texture similar to that of a lean piece of pork. The only vegetables — long, skinny bamboo shoots and slices of crunchy lotus root — provided contrasting crispness, all in a brothy sauce that was both floral and spicy.
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Urban foraging is all the rage, but even that takes some effort. Imagine my delight when I discovered a squash plant growing in a tiny patch of dirt on the curb outside my house. I ignored it, and yet it thrived. Time passed, and one day, there was a fully grown butternut squash. As I picked it, I gave a few fleeting thoughts to its origin — a seed dropped by squirrel? A bit of organic matter that escaped a trash bag? Or perhaps it was the handiwork of a guerrilla gardener, a modern-day Johnny Gourdseed? No matter — a squash on the curb is as good as one in the grocery cart, and a reason to make this fall soup. This soup calls for apples, which add sweetness and additional bulk; it’s also a great way to use up some failing apples. Sometimes, I toss in other squashes, none of which I can remember the names of, but which tend to pile up this time of year. It all goes into the blender, and emerges sweet, spicy and seasonally delicious.
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A nearly opposite texture pertained to the braised-beef noodle soup, where large chunks of beef were so utterly tender that even the fat and collagen were soft and unctuous. The thick wheat noodles may have been softer than ideal — Asian noodles shouldn’t be al dente, but neither should they approach mushiness — but the luscious meat and simply seasoned, deeply beefy broth were irresistible. Dan dan noodles are among our very favorites, but we didn’t love Szechuan Spice’s version. All the components were there — seasoned minced pork, chili oil, ground peppercorns, even the welcome addition of skinny baby bok choy — but the scanty ingredients left some noodles naked, and the flavors never quite cohered. On the other hand, the scallion pancake was close to perfect, thin and flaky with a hint of chew and a simple, satisfying dipping sauce. We also relished our dumplings: the pleasure of slippery dumpling skin enveloped in neon-red chili oil, heat on the outside, savory bites within. Small, plump wontons, with a notable hint of sweetness to the meat, also came with chili oil, but were distinct from the dumplings in their thicker, yet still tender, wrappers. Lamb with cumin Xinjiang-style — a province well northwest of Sichuan — offered multiple layers of spice, from the cumin-y paste on the tender slices of meat to the tongue-numbing Szechuan peppercorns. Onions, red pepper and celery were more than filler in this dish, but contributed their own salutory flavors and textures. A surprise hit of the meal was Chinese eggplant in sweet flour paste, a preparation so foreign-sounding, we couldn’t quite imagine it till we tried it. Long slices of eggplant that retained the beautiful pale violet of their skins were cooked till they were softly just shy of falling apart and served in a wonderful sauce: silky, savory and slightly thick, but never gloppy or syrupy. The preparation is also available with tofu and pork. Sushi was a fresh counterpoint to all this sautéed, spicy fare. Avocado maki, filled with plenty of velvety fruit, was near-perfect, an amazing feat this far from avocado-growing country. Tuna maki was also a solid offering, with none of the watery or metallic flavor mediocre raw tuna can offer. The only flaw was that the nori wrappers had not been toasted, meaning that they were soft and chewy rather than slightly crisp and aromatic. Szechuan Spice is a welcome addition to the ever-growing array of authentic, regional Chinese restaurants in Pittsburgh.
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TAJ MAHAL INDIAN RESTAURANT
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• Award Winner for Best Indian food 2000-2017 • The proud caterer for G20 summit - #1 choice for catering Indian cuisine. All events, weddings, anniversaries, baby showers • Lunch buffet 7 days a week • Dinner buffets Monday, Thursday and Saturday. TAJ MAHAL IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY CHEF/OWNER USHA SETHI SINCE 1996.
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INGREDIENTS • 1 large butternut squash, peeled and chopped into small chunks • 2 apples, cored and cubed (skin is OK) • 1 large onion, chopped • 2 tbsp. olive oil • 2 tbsp. butter • 2 bay leaves • 1 tsp. mild or hot curry powder • 4 cups chicken or vegetable stock, or water • Salt and pepper, to taste INSTRUCTIONS Heat oil and butter in large heavy saucepan. Add bay leaves, salt, pepper and onions; stir over low-medium heat until onions soften. In another saucepan, heat the stock or water. Add curry powder to onions; stir, then add chopped squash and apples. Stir until squash is lightly caramelized. Add hot liquid, then cover and simmer until squash is very soft (10-30 minutes, depending on how hard squash is). Remove from heat. Discard bay leaves, and purée soup using a blender or food processor. Return to pan and re-heat, adjusting seasoning and/or thickness, by adding more liquid. Serve with crusty bread. AHOFF@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
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Each week, we order the same cocktail at two different bars for a friendly head-to-head battle. Go to the bars, taste both drinks and tell us what you like about each by tagging @pghcitypaper on Twitter or Instagram and use #CPBoozeBattles. If you want to be a part of Booze Battles, send an email to food-and-beverage writer Celine Roberts, at celine@pghcitypaper.com.
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Muddy Waters Oyster Bar 130 S. Highland Ave., East Liberty DRINK: Death in the Afternoon INGREDIENTS: Cava, demerara sugar, absinthe foam OUR TAKE: A somewhat more demure and elegant take on a drink designed to get you sloshed, Muddy Waters’ version is a creamy treat that comes across as a decadent trifle. Cava is dry and serves as a good component to wring out the palate after tasting the absinthe foam.
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LAST JULY, United States Bartenders Guild Pittsburgh chapter president Nicole Battle told a powerful story at the 86 Conference, a two-day forum organized by Good Peoples Group and Collected Pgh to address issues of sexism, racism, classism and company culture in the restaurant industry. At the bar where Battle was working, a male bartender had cut off a drunk, unruly patron and removed him. “Everyone thought he was a hero. The managers were like, ‘Way to go!’” says Battle. A week later, the same thing happened to Battle. She cut off a drunk and unruly patron who then began throwing things at her. “I was like, ‘You’re done! Get out,’” says Battle. She says she
was pulled aside by managers and told she couldn’t speak to customers like that. “I was doing my job,” says Battle. “You can’t have your staff sit through all of this training and learn all the RAMP [Responsible Alcohol Management Program] certification and then, when they do what they are supposed to do, be mad at them. I should be more important to you than that unruly customer. I come here and work hard for you every single day.” I wish I could tell you Battle’s story was unique. But after a stint in the in-
dustry and as a reporter on it since, it’s clear that the restaurant industry has problems with standing behind female employees, as well as employees of color. As a biracial woman, Battle feels like she often has a unique view into issues in the bar industry that revolve around racism and sexism, and it’s led her to believe that one way to address these problems is to create accountability by promoting women and people of color into management positions. “This is where a diverse management team comes into play. There should be someone for everyone to trust and feel comfortable talking to about really sensitive things that happen in the industry. I watch a lot of young girls that have worked with me go through things that no one should have to go through at work, and nothing gets done about it,” she says. The way that employees are treated in an establishment can help set a standard for patron treatment as well. The recent proliferation of the “angel drink,” a fake menu item that patrons can order to signal staff that they are in an uncomfortable or dangerous situation, is a bellwether. Currently, the USBG is in the infancy stages of partnering with Pittsburgh Action Against Rape (PAAR) to institute a program where people in the industry will be trained to teach colleagues how to deal with sexual harassment and assault. PAAR and the USBG hope that if the training comes from industry workers, as opposed to an outside group, that it will be taken more seriously and help to shift perspectives within restaurants.
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The Pines 5972 Baum Blvd., East Liberty DRINK: Death in the Afternoon INGREDIENTS: Prosecco, Pernod absinthe OUR TAKE: Ernest Hemingway liked his drinks strong, and he wouldn’t have been disappointed with this iteration of his cocktail creation. Pernod is bold, herbal and punchy, while the prosecco drives it straight to your head with its light fizz and slight sweetness.
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Clément Canne Bleue Rhum Agricole $33.09/750ml “The AOC requirement is that rhum agricole must be made in Martinique or Guadalupe with pure pressed sugar-cane juice. The result is that you get rhum that’s very grassy, vegetal and organic-tasting. It’s 100 proof, and it makes a great daiquiri.” RECOMMENDED BY PETER KURZWEG, CO-OWNER, HIDDEN HARBOR
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NAPPING PRINCESS OFFERS NODS TO SIMILARLY THEMED MAN-AND-MACHINE WORKS
Bill Watterson’s indie film Dave Made a Maze is a quirky hybrid of comedy, adventure quest, horror and cardboard. A lot of cardboard. Dave (Nick Thune) is a slacker, the sort who can’t ever seem to finish anything. But when his girlfriend Annie (Meera Rohit Kumbhani) comes back from a trip, he greets her from inside his latest project.
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In the middle of their small apartment, Dave has constructed a maze out of old cardboard boxes. It looks like a kid-sized fort, but Dave’s echo-y voice from inside the maze assures Annie that it is much much bigger inside. So big, in fact, that he’s lost — and no, she shouldn’t come in to help him, it’s dangerous. Regardless, she rounds up some of Dave’s pals, including a film crew, and into the maze they go. Inside, it’s pretty fantastic. Watterson has created some amazing (sorry) sets, constructed out of cardboard. Room after room reveals new oddities and perils. The maze — which Dave later clarifies is actually a labyrinth — is alive, and also harboring paper-made beasties, such as vicious origami butterflies and a minotaur. Watterson uses stop-motion animation to bring these elements to life. The story is pretty basic, and the film struggles at times to define its characters and plot points beyond the most basic tropes. But the execution is fairly clever, and the set pieces are impressive. (A budget film made with literal cardboard sets is a good in-joke.) If you’re a fan of, say, Michel Gondry’s films that lean harder into the art direction than the plot, you should enjoy the journey through this maze. AHOFF@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
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Season two of Better Things (Thursdays, FX) has already begun, but Pamela Adlon’s smart, wise, funny and slightly off-beat show is one you can pick up at any time. Adlon plays a version of herself, a middle-aged actress raising three daughters, but don’t expect the dusty tropes of a family sit-com. {PHOTO COURTESY OF FX NETWORKS}
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ema, and the highlight of the four-film program of Japanese animation is the Pittsburgh premiere of Napping Princess. Kenji Kamiyama’s film mixes genres — action, fantasy, coming-of-age — into an entertaining hybrid that revolves around a nascent technology familiar to Pittsburghers: autonomous vehicles. It’s 2020, and a big auto manufacturer wants to have its driverless vehicles featured at the Tokyo Olympics. To that end, it has thugs abduct a provincial mechanic who seems to know a bit about high-tech cars. Meanwhile, his teenage daughter Kokone is napping and indulging in fantastical reveries in which she is the imprisoned magically inclined princess of Eastpolis, a place entirely dominated by 24hour automobile manufacturing. If you’re an anime fan, you won’t be surprised to learn these two storylines intertwine, despite one being set in reality and the other in a young girl’s head. Napping Princess offers nods to similarly themed man-and-machine works such
as Metropolis, Transformers and assorted mecha tales. (There is also a well-sourced shout-out to Carnegie Mellon University, which we all know is a hub of autonomousvehicle research.) At almost two hours, the film feels a wee bit padded, but be sure to sit through the credits for some sweet and critical backstory.
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Also on the Row House program is Satoshi Kon’s 2003 film Tokyo Godfathers. While this film may bear some resemblance to the 1948 three-cowboys-and-ababy Western The Three Godfathers, John Ford’s film sure didn’t feature a touching scene in a bar full of old drag queens. On a snowy Christmas in Tokyo, a homeless trio — a middle-aged alcoholic man, an aging weepy transvestite and a teen-age run-
away — discover an abandoned baby girl, and take great pains and greater risks to return the child to her mother. In their journey — through alleys, hospitals and empty office buildings — they bond as a quirky family and discover real joy despite their impoverished circumstances. This film is by turns comic, sentimental and obvious, but as always the animation is beautiful, especially the glittery canyons of Tokyo, its streets emptied by the season and muted by falling snow. The Boy and the Beast is Mamoru Hosoda’s 2015 adventure about an orphaned boy who stumbles into a world of magical animals and becomes the apprentice of a gruff warrior beast. Naturally, a father-son relationship develops. And lastly, there is this oldie, Royal Space Force: Wings of Honneamise. In Hiroyuki Yamaga’s philosophical science-fiction film, two rival nations engage in a race for military prowess, including a quest to pilot a rocket. The 1987 film is noted for its particularly well executed and detailed animation. A H OF F @ P G HC I T Y PA P E R. C OM
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BLAZING SADDLES. OK, so cowboys and beans don’t mix, but Mel Brooks’ riotous 1974 send-up of Westerns, riddled with gleefully offensive jokes, holds together just fine. The film stars Gene Wilder, Cleavon Little and Madeline Kahn. 7:30 p.m. Wed., Sept. 27. AMC Loews Waterfront. $5
AMERICAN MADE. Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity) directs this based-on-real-life tale about a 1980s pilot who works for the CIA and becomes a drug smuggler. Tom Cruise and Domhnall Gleeson star. Starts Fri., Sept. 29
ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ. Clint Eastwood stars in this 1979 thriller about a prisoner who works to escape from San Francisco’s legendary lockdown. Don Siegel directs. 9:30 p.m. Wed., Sept. 27, and 2 p.m. Thu., Sept. 28. Row House Cinema
BATTLE OF THE SEXES. This film revisits perhaps the most-talked-about tennis match ever, the 1973 special event that pitted selfdeclared male chauvinist Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell) against champion female player Billie Jean King (Emma Stone). Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris direct. Starts Fri., Sept. 29 CLIVE DAVIS: THE SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES. Chris Perkel directs this new biographical documentary about the influential recordlabel executive. Among his discoveries: Barry Manilow and Whitney Houston. Starts Fri., Sept. 29. Tull Family Theater, Sewickely
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ENDLESS POETRY. This new work continues Chilean-born filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky’s autobiographical-ish films, begun with 2013’s The Dance of Reality. In this chapter, the 20-year-old Jodorowsky leaves home for Santiago, where he chases his dream of becoming a poet, and meets many influential artists and bohemians. Expect plenty of visual flair. In Spanish, with subtitles. Thu., Sept. 28-Sun., Oct 1, at Melwood; also Sept. 29-Oct.5, at Harris THE FENCER. Klaus Härö directs this real-life drama about an Estonian fencer named Endel Nelis, who gets caught up in the mid-century political turmoil between his homeland and the Soviet Union. In Estonian and other languages, with subtitles. Starts Fri., Sept. 29. Tull Family Theater, Sewickley
Kingsman: The Golden Circle FLATLINERS. The 1990 thriller about the medical-school students who flirt with death and the after-life by briefly stopping their hearts gets a re-do by Niels Arden Oplev. Ellen Page and Diego Luna star; original flatliner Keifer Sutherland also stops by. Starts Fri., Sept. 29 KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE. Some movies should not be two-and-a-half hours long, and that includes Kingsman: The Golden Circle, Matthew Vaughn’s sequel to 2014’s Kingsman: The Secret Service. But while this movie is completely unnecessary, it’s also totally enjoyable. It’s the perfect big, dumb and fun action blockbuster to wrap up a lackluster summer of movies. The original film’s dandyish British spies (Taron Egerton, Mark Strong and Colin Firth) face a crisis of doomsday proportions and turn to their American counterparts for support. This group inhabits a Kentucky whiskey distillery, and is led by Champagne (Jeff Bridges), Tequila (Channing Tatum) and Ginger Ale (Halle Berry). Together, they work to take down Poppy (Julianne Moore), a Johnny Rockets-obsessed drug lord who also hates drugs. Poppy makes for a surprising evil foil — she has sickly sweet demeanor, rather than be the more traditional villain brooding in a dark cave. The movie never fully succeeds in its attempt to parody the spy genre while also sticking to its tropes. But if you can look past that, and the aforementioned length, it is full of fast-paced action sequences beautifully untethered to reality, like a knife getting lassoed out of thin air and a robot dog getting beaten to death with a bowling ball. Plus, there are badass spy weapons, shockingly good musical
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lenge. The other is the film’s frequent use of flashbacks, which are not well grounded. By the end of the film, I had a mostly clear idea what had occurred, but this is a tricky puzzle to assemble. Yet these aspects may not matter, because if you’re a fan of ultra-violent action and stunt scenes, you’ll have much to enjoy. I won’t ruin the surprises, but let’s just say it’s unlikely you’ve considered either swords or axes as useful driving implements. In Korean, with subtitles. Starts Fri., Sept. 30 (no screenings Oct. 1-2). Parkway, McKeesRocks (Al Hoff)
REPERTORY THE GRAND ILLUSION. Jean Renoir’s masterful 1937 film set in two German POW camps during World War I deconstructs with wit and poignancy several grand illusions, including the war, nationalism and class. War is absurd, but what survives, interwoven through scenes of everyday life and dramatic escapes across invisible borders, is basic humanity. In French and various languages, with subtitles. 2:10 pm. Wed., Sept. 27, and 4:30 p.m. Thu., Sept. 28. Row House Cinema LE TROU. In Jacques Becker’s 1960 French drama, the plans of four prison cellmates to escape are complicated by the arrival of fifth new cellmate. In French, with subtitles. 4:30 p.m. Wed., Sept. 27, and 7 p.m. Thu., Sept. 28. Row House Cinema O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? Joel and Ethan Coen’s quirky 2000 road comedy is a stylized riff on The Odyssey, re-set in Depression-era Mississippi. Three bumbling escaped cons (George Clooney,
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This week in Pittsburgh Sports History {BY CHARLIE DEITCH}
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SEPT. 28, 1938 Chicago Cubs catcher Gabby Hartnett would hit one of the most legendary home runs in professional baseball (although certainly not better than Maz’s home run in 1960). It was called “The Homer in the Gloamin’.” The gloaming, you see, was an old-timey word for dusk. The phrase, penned by Associated Press writer Earl Hilligan, was a nod toward the old-timey song called “Roamin’ in the Gloamin’.” With the Cubs and the Pittsburgh Pirates tied at one in the bottom of the ninth, the Wrigley Field day game was quickly turning dark and the field had no lighting. If the game were still tied after the inning, it would have to be completely replayed the next day. But with two outs and facing an 0-2 count, Hartnett launched a Mace Brown pitch into the night sky, and eventually centerfield, for the win.
In Cincinnati, Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward becomes the first player in team history to record 10,000 receiving yards.
SEPT. 28, 2013 Twenty years of playoff futility comes to an end when the Pirates clinch homefield advantage in the National League wild-card race.
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Could fans once again see Jaromir Jagr in a Penguins uniform?
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SEPT. 29, 1942 Satchel Paige and the Kansas City Monarchs beat the Homestead Grays 9-5 to win the first-ever Negro World Series.
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SEPT. 29, 1957 Former Steelers tight end Lowell Perry becomes just the second black coach in NFL history when the Steelers name him wide receivers coach. Perry played for the Steelers the year prior, but his career was ended by a brutal hit from New York’s Rosey Grier and Bill Svoboda.
OCT. 1, 1903 The Pirates win the first game of the first World Series, beating Cy Young and the Boston Americans.
OCT. 4, 1925 Pirate Max Carey steals his 26th base against the Cincinnati Reds to become the league’s stolen-base leader for a record 10th time.
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OMING OFF TWO Stanley Cup victories in the early 1990s, the Pittsburgh Penguins failed in their attempt for a threepeat during the 1993-94 season. But 24 years later, the Pens have another shot to win a third consecutive NHL championship, a feat that hasn’t happened since the New York Islanders won four straight beginning in 1980. Threepeats are extremely rare in professional sports, and the Penguins’ attempt is certainly worthy of lengthy preseason discussion. But as special as winning three straight titles would be, there is a way to make it even more special. Mario Lemieux, the team’s current
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owner and long-retired star, was on that 1994 team that fell short. Now, imagine for a moment what the atmosphere would be like if Lemieux came out of retirement again to help lift his team to the threepeat that eluded him all those years ago. Think about the season that fans and players would have chasing history in a historic fashion. Now, stop imagining it because it’s never going to happen. Well, not exactly. Remember, Lemieux wasn’t the only superstar on that team. His right-hand man during that season was Jaromir Jagr, who also failed in that threepeat quest. Fast-forward 24 years, though, and Jagr isn’t just another retired old-timer. In fact,
at age 45 he just finished up another productive season in the NHL. In case you haven’t heard the news, Jagr is currently a free agent. And in case you couldn’t see where this is headed, the Penguins need to offer Jagr a contract immediately. For his part, Jagr says he will announce his team of choice on Oct. 5. Jagr’s departure from the Penguins in 2001 has been the subject of scores of articles over the years. To be sure, a lot of factors were at play, but the one thing that most pundits and fans agree on is that Jagr and Lemieux had major friction. It was a classic “this town ain’t big enough for the both of us” scenario.
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But times have changed. Jagr is still a valuable NHL player and has the statistics to back that claim up. With the Florida Panthers last season, he had 16 goals and 30 assists in 82 games. The year before, he had 66 points in 79 games. Had Jagr played for Pittsburgh last season and matched that output, it would have put him sixth on the team, just ahead of Patric Hornqvist. While he is 45, Jagr is also 6’3” and 230 pounds, with a famously powerful lower body. His durability is a sight to behold. To play in all 82 regular games is an amazing feat. To do it at the age of 45 is miraculous. The Penguins had only one player, Phil Kessel, with perfect attendance in 2016. That kind of toughness is perfect for a team that plans to go deep in the playoffs. There is a major drawback to bringing in Jagr, however: The Penguins need a center, not another winger. However, if a winger goes down — an issue the Pens have dealt with numerous times in the past decade — having Jagr available would be extremely beneficial. Especially given his effectiveness on the power play. On the human-interest level, Jagr returning to Pittsburgh would be a great story. Most fans would love to see No. 68 take the ice for the team that drafted him so many years ago. It would be a special story, and no matter what happens in the future, it likely could not ever be duplicated. Reuniting Lemieux and Jagr for a second shot a threepeat is the stuff of Hollywood movies.
Just as Sidney Crosby is the rock star for this current group of fans, Lemieux and Jagr were the rock stars of those 1990s teams. To see Jagr and Crosby on the same roster with Mario as the owner would be amazing. I get goosebumps just thinking about it. Not everyone is as excited about the idea. Rob Rossi, who has covered the team for years and is now the sports editor at Upgruv.com, notes that while Jagr can still play in the league, his best times are certainly behind him. “Even though he remains arguably the finest-conditioned player in hockey history, Jagr skates like a 45-year-old hockey player [and] there really isn’t a market for 45-yearold hockey players,” Rossi says. “Certainly not in Pittsburgh, which is probably the only place it makes sense for Jagr to play given his historic association with the Penguins. “Problem is, the Penguins only need a No. 3 center, not a 45-year-old thirdline winger.” Maybe not. But signing Jagr isn’t just about making the best hockey decision; it’s also about making the right team decision. Winning a third straight Stanley Cup will be an extremely difficult, some might say nearly impossible, task. It’s going to take a little magic to make this happen. And as far as I’m concerned, there wouldn’t be anything more magical than seeing Jagr come back to Pittsburgh to win a world title.
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WE ARE NOT THE CHAMPIONS … AGAIN {BY MIKE WYSOCKI} THE DIM HOPE of another Buctober was
ingloriously extinguished at the beginning of September. Now the corpse of a once-semi-promising season is being dragged to the finish line. In fact, by the time you read this, it will practically be over. Just a couple of months ago, at the All-Star break, the Pittsburgh Pirates trailed the then-second-place Cubs by a game-and-a-half. Two long months later, the two franchises are separated by more than 15 games. The Cubs look to close out their fifth National League Central title since the division was invented in 1995. That’s not as many as the Cardinals, who have strung up the NL Central banner 10 times in those 23 seasons. Even the Reds have three banners, for crying out loud. The Milwaukee Brewers have one division title to go along with their Fonzie statue. That leaves four titles unaccounted for, and they belong to the Houston Astros, who left the division for
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divisions were reconfigured following the 1994 strike. The only other team without a division banner is the Colorado Rockies. But even they’re better than us, because they won the 2007 National League pennant under the guidance of Clint Hurdle. It would be so much fun, so exciting for Pirates fans to lose a World Series. Even Rockies fans got to experience that. All Pirates fans would trade a stinging World Series loss for an exciting Buctober of hope. Yes, every team in baseball since 1995 can pull a “Division Champs” or “League Champs” shirt out of its dresser but us. The last time Bucco fans woke up early to buy a division-champions Tshirt was 25 years ago today (Sept. 27, 1992). Back then, a 16-year-old Pirates enthusiast would run Downtown to the Honus Wagner Sporting Goods Store to buy the shirt and then head off to school with a Starter jacket and a Jansport backpack in tow. That fan would drown out his parents’ political discussions about Ross Perot by blaring Boyz II Men on his Sony Walkman. That kid might even wear his Division Champs Tshirt on a date to go see Wayne’s World,
and maybe grab a bite at Chi Chi’s afterward; there he could talk about the latest episode of Ren and Stimpy or Married ... With Children. Guess what: That kid is now 41, Honus Wagner’s is closed, Chi Chi’s shut down after a bunch of people got hepatitis, Al Bundy is now playing a grandpa on TV, and no one has bought a Pirates championship shirt since. The ones sold from 2013-2015, with the words “Playoffs” or “Post Season,” just aren’t the same. The aggravation of 2017 is compounded by the lack of bright spots and promising futures. Jung Ho Kang drank and drove himself out of a promising future while Starling Marte cost himself a half-season of his prime by using banned substances. Cutch is Cutch, and it has to be tough watching his surroundings fall apart. One of the only bright spots is the emergence of Josh Bell, who may have solved the decades-long blackhole at first base. Closer Felipe Rivero had an outstanding season, and Trevor Williams was a pleasant surprise and maybe the only starter who got better as the season went on. The final indignation was the curious case of Juan Nicasio. Releasing one of a handful of players having a good season was Pirates management symbolically throwing in the towel. Dumping him to save a few dollars only reinforced the owners’ stereotype as penny-pinching misers. Nicasio is now with the Cardinals, and the Nuttings might be able to watch him in the playoffs after all. There’s always next year, but Pirates fans have been saying that at the end of every baseball calendar since 1980. It’s great not to be Cleveland, and that is the only team in baseball with a longer championship drought than the Pirates. But Cleveland has won 10 division titles in that time, with the 10th coming this season. Still, if a couple of starters rebound next year, and everyone is healthy, things can turn around quickly. The Pirates need to spend some of that Juan Nicasio money on a starter. But Pirates’ fans’ spirits will rebound again in six months when the Pirates begin the 2018 campaign. All the ills of 2017 will be forgotten, and hope will once again spring into PNC Park — the hope of going to a sporting-goods store and buying a T-shirt emblazoned with the word “Champions.”
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{BY ROB BREZSNY}
LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): Be realistic, Libra: Demand the impossible; expect inspiration; and visualize yourself being able to express yourself more completely and vividly than you ever have before. Believe me when I tell you that you now have extra power to develop your sleeping potentials, and are capable of accomplishing feats that might seem like miracles. You are braver than you know, as sexy as you need to be, and wiser than you were two months ago. I am not exaggerating, nor am I flattering you. It’s time for you to start making your move to the next level.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In accordance with the astrological omens, I invite you to take extra good care of yourself during the next three weeks. Do whatever it takes to feel safe and protected and resilient. Ask for the support you need, and if the people whose help you solicit can’t or won’t give it to you, seek elsewhere. Provide your body with more than the usual amount of healthy food, deep sleep, tender touch and enlivening movement. Go see a psychotherapist or counselor or good listener every single day if you want. And don’t you dare apologize or feel guilty for being such a connoisseur of self-respect and self-healing.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): A queen bee may keep mating until she gathers 70 million sperm from many different drones. When composing my horoscopes, I aim to cultivate a metaphorically comparable receptivity. Long ago I realized that all of creation is speaking to me all the time; I recognized that everyone I encounter is potentially a muse or
teacher. If I hope to rustle up the oracles that are precisely suitable for your needs, I have to be alert to the possibility that they may arrive from unexpected directions and surprising sources. Can you handle being that open to influence, Sagittarius? Now is a favorable time to expand your capacity to be fertilized.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You’re approaching a rendezvous with prime time. Any minute now you could receive an invitation to live up to your hype or fulfill your promises to yourself — or both. This test is likely to involve an edgy challenge that is both fun and daunting, both liberating and exacting. It will have the potential to either steal a bit of your soul or else heal an ache in your soul. To ensure the healing occurs rather than the stealing, do your best to understand why the difficulty and the pleasure are both essential.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In 1901, physician Duncan MacDougall carried out
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experiments that led him to conclude that the average human soul weighs 21 grams. Does his claim have any merit? That question is beyond my level of expertise. But if he was right, then I’m pretty sure your soul has bulked up to at least 42 grams in the past few weeks. The work you’ve been doing to refine and cultivate your inner state has been heroic. It’s like you’ve been ingesting a healthy version of soul-building steroids. Congrats!
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): There are enough authorities, experts and know-it-alls out there trying to tell you what to think and do. In accordance with current astrological factors, I urge you to utterly ignore them during the next two weeks. And do it gleefully, not angrily. Exult in the power that this declaration of independence gives you to trust your own assessments and heed your own intuitions. Furthermore, regard your rebellion as good practice for dealing with the little voices in your head that speak for those authorities, experts and know-it-alls. Rise up and reject their shaming and criticism, too. Shield yourself from their fearful fantasies.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Conceptual artist Jonathon Keats likes to play along with the music of nature. On one occasion, he collaborated with Mandeville Creek in Montana. He listened and studied the melodies that emanated from its flowing current. Then he moved around some of the underwater rocks, subtly changing the creek’s song. Your assignment, Aries, is to experiment with equally imaginative and exotic collaborations. The coming weeks will be a time when you can make beautiful music together with anyone or anything that tickles your imagination.
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Some newspapers publish regular rectifications of the mistakes they’ve made in past editions. For example, the editors of the U.K. publication The Guardian once apologized to readers for a mistaken statement about Richard Wagner. They said that when the 19th-century German composer had trysts with his chambermaid, he did not in fact ask her to wear purple underpants, as previously reported. They were pink underpants. I tell you this, Taurus, as encouragement to engage in corrective meditations yourself. Before bedtime on the next 10 nights, scan the day’s events and identify any actions you might have done differently — perhaps with more integrity or focus or creativity. This will have a deeply tonic effect. You are in a phase of your astrological cycle when you’ll flourish as you make amendments and revisions.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): It’s high time to allow your yearnings to over-
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flow … to surrender to the vitalizing pleasures of nonrational joy … to grant love the permission to bless you and confound you with its unruly truths. For inspiration, read this excerpt of a poem by Caitlyn Siehl. “My love is honey tongue. Thirsty love. My love is peach juice dripping down the neck. Too much sugar love. Sticky sweet, sticky sweat love. My love can’t ride a bike. My love walks everywhere. Wanders through the river. Feeds the fish, skips the stones. Barefoot love. My love stretches itself out on the grass, kisses a nectarine. My love is never waiting. My love is a traveler.”
CANCER (June 21-July 22): One of the oldest houses in Northern Europe is called the Knap of Howar. Built out of stone around 3,600 B.C., it faces the wild sea on Papa Westray, an island off the northern coast of Scotland. Although no one has lived there for 5,000 years, some of its stone furniture remains intact. Places like this will have a symbolic power for you in the coming weeks, Cancerian. They’ll tease your imagination and provoke worthwhile fantasies. Why? Because the past will be calling to you more than usual. The old days and old ways will have secrets to reveal and stories to teach. Listen with alert discernment.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The United States has a bizarre system for electing its president. There’s nothing like it in any other democratic nation on earth. Every four years, the winning candidate needs only to win the electoral college, not the popular vote. So theoretically, it’s possible to garner just 23 percent of all votes actually cast, and yet still ascend to the most powerful political position in the world. For example, in two of the last five elections, the new chief of state has received significantly fewer votes than his main competitor. I suspect that you may soon benefit from a comparable anomaly, Leo. You’ll be able to claim victory on a technicality. Your effort may be “ugly,” yet good enough to succeed.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I found this advertisement for a workshop: “You will learn to do the INCREDIBLE! Smash bricks with your bare hands! Walk on fiery coals unscathed! Leap safely off a roof! No broken bones! No cuts! No pain! Accomplish the impossible first! Then everything else will be a breeze!” I bring this to your attention, Virgo, not because I think you should sign up for this class or anything like it. I hope you don’t. In fact, a very different approach is preferable for you: I recommend that you start with safe, manageable tasks. Master the simple details and practical actions. Work on achieving easy, low-risk victories. In this way, you’ll prepare yourself for more epic efforts in the future.
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Savage Love {BY DAN SAVAGE}
I had a blast hosting Savage Lovecast Live at San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts. Here are some of the questions I didn’t get a chance to answer.
previous question, did you pull this kind of shit? Did you order your friends around the way this woman’s future DIL is ordering her around?)
I’ve been on the dating apps a while. What’s up with serial first daters? Back when people primarily met at parties, bars, clubs, etc., we established baseline physical/ chemical attractions before learning someone’s name and long before a first date. (We eyeballed ’em, we said hello, we made a moment’s small talk.) With apps, however, we can’t establish baseline physical/chemical attraction until our first face-to-face meeting — until after that “first date,” which itself comes after we’ve swapped flirty messages, sent additional pics and made a plan to meet. Since apps mean more “first dates,” it feels like we’re meeting a lot more “serial first daters” these days. We aren’t — it’s just that now we have to meet up with people to eyeball ’em, say hello and make small talk. Don’t think of that first meeting with someone you met via an app as a “first date,” think of it as the pre-interview before the first date.
Since my man and I got engaged, we’ve been fighting about wedding planning. We never fought until now. How can we move forward with the wedding without ruining our relationship? Best sex of my life, BTW. Elope. For your own sake, for the sake of friends and family members who will inevitably be sucked into your conflict about your wedding plans, for the sake of all that excellent sex … just fucking elope.
My best friend is in a relationship with a really jealous, controlling guy. He guilttrips her constantly and gets passiveaggressively mad whenever she tries to hang out with people besides him. When she complains about him, I want to say, “Fuck him, he’s a dick,” except… she’s having a full-on affair with another guy and seems not to feel bad about it! I don’t know what advice to give or how to make sense of the situation. What’s my responsibility to her? To her boyfriend? Maybe your best friend’s boyfriend is jealous and controlling because he senses — or because he knows — his girlfriend is cheating on him. Or maybe it didn’t occur to your best friend to cheat on her boyfriend until after he accused her of cheating for the millionth time — maybe she figured she might as well commit the crime since she was already being punished for it. Or maybe they’re both terrible people who deserve each other, and neither is your responsibility.
I want to try the new cannabis lubes. Should I tell my girlfriend first or just do it? It’s expensive, and I’m afraid she’ll say no since she doesn’t smoke the ganja. Do not dose your girlfriend without her consent. If it’s smoke she doesn’t like, ask her how she feels about experimenting with pot edibles and spreadables. And if the answer is no, the answer is no. Spiking your girlfriend’s twat with pot lube without her consent is not an option — it would be an unforgivable and very likely criminal violation of her bodily autonomy. DO NOT DO IT. You are always talking about adult children coming out to their fundamentalist parents about being queer, poly, kinky, etc. But how should older adults handle coming out to their batshit fundamentalist adult kids, especially when these kids control access to grandchildren? Just as an adult child’s presence is their only leverage over their parents, your presence is your only leverage over your adult children. (Unless you’re sitting on a large family fortune, of course, and you can threaten them with disinheritance.) And just as queer kids are sometimes forced to lie to their parents — they sometimes have to tell hateful parents what they want to hear in order to avoid being cut off or thrown out — you may have to tell your kids what they want to hear (or not tell them what they don’t want to hear) in order to avoid being cut out of your grandchildren’s lives. It sucks, and I’m sorry — but once your grandchildren are grown, you can say whatever you like and tell your batshit fundamentalist adult kids to go fuck themselves.
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I feel like all my friends resent me for getting married. How do I make them feel less insecure about my new relationship? Ask yourself which is likelier: All of your friends — every single one of them — are so petty and insecure that they resent you for getting married or you were a megalomaniacal brideor-groom-or-nonbinary-zilla and behaved so atrociously that you managed to piss off all your friends? If it’s the (less likely) former, make better friends. If it’s the (more likely) latter, make amends. My brother’s fiancée told my mom that she doesn’t like my mom’s usual lipstick color and asked my mom to wear a shade she picked out for the wedding. My mom is 75 and wears cute pink lipstick. Is it wrong if both my mom and I wear the pink in solidarity? You should absolutely wear your mom’s shade in solidarity — and send me a pic of you two at the wedding, please! (Hey, person who asked the
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When is the best time to tell my married, ostensibly straight coworker that I want to have sexy gay times with his bubble butt? Hmm … maybe once you’ve updated your résumé, seeing as your gay trouble butt may get fired after you grab his straight bubble butt? What are some ways to overcome shyness and tell your partner what you want? Think how soon you’ll be dead (soon!) and how long you’re gonna stay dead once you’re dead (forever!). Then tell your partner everything. Do it in an email if you can’t do it face to face — but do it! Donald Trump is president and we could all be dead tomorrow. Don’t delay! On the Lovecast, Eli Finkel, author of The All-orNothing Marriage: savagelovecast.com.
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VLOGGING ALONG {BY HANNAH LYNN}
IN 2012, Pittsburgh musician Weird Paul (real name: Paul Petroskey) began uploading a small portion of the massive collection of home movies that he made as a child. A 1984 video featuring a 14-year-old Petroskey reviewing a McDonald’s breakfast became a mini-sensation, likely because it resembles many aspects of today’s vloggers but from 30 years prior. Since then, Weird Paul has been consistently uploading videos from both his ’80s backlog and the present day, discussing E.T. collectibles, vintage candy wrappers and other relics from the era — not to mention music videos from his massive library of original music. Will Work For Views, a new documentary about Petroskey’s prolific vlogging career, will be released by filmmakers Eric Michael Schrader and Joseph Litzinger in the coming year. With that in mind, City Paper caught up with the local icon to discuss his career and where he sees it heading. WHAT WAS GROWING UP LIKE FOR YOU? I grew up in Bethel Park, very suburban area. I was picked on in school a lot, ’cause I was always very small, skinny, didn’t weigh much; you know, the proverbial kid who gets picked last for the team. I would talk and babble into [cassettes] for hours. It was a way you could listen to yourself, if nobody else was going to listen to you. WHERE DO YOU WORK OUTSIDE OF YOUTUBE? I work at Spencer’s. My dream is to [never] be working somewhere where I’m not fulfilling what I feel is my life’s work, which is making art and also trying to archive things that are being lost to future generations. When I’m spending time not doing that, it feels like I’m wasting my time. WHAT MADE YOU, ALL THESE YEARS LATER, DECIDE TO PUT UP THESE VIDEOS YOU MADE AS A KID? All the content that I created — that’s what they call it now — was all made for people to see, even though at that time it wasn’t really possible. I’ve always been a little behind everybody else, technology-wise. I have no money to go out and buy the next thing. So, once I got what I needed to be able to put stuff on YouTube, by that point it was 2012. DID YOU MAKE THE CONNECTION WHEN YOU STARTED SEEING VLOGGING EXPLODE ON YOUTUBE? After a while I started to see the similarities. I got some-
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thing in the mail, and I took it out of the package and I showed it to the camera. I played a video game all the way to the end and filmed it. So, people start saying, “You’re the original vlogger and you oughta call yourself that.” HOW BIG A PART OF YOUR LIFE IS YOUTUBE NOW? Right now, it’s almost all of my life, [but] I’ve seen it start to become less functional for people like me. YouTube is now using a bot of some sort to decide which videos should have ads on them and which shouldn’t. Some people call this “jumping the shark” or whatever, but there’s some sort of era that we’re moving into.
“I’VE ALWAYS BEEN A LITTLE BEHIND EVERYBODY ELSE, TECHNOLOGY-WISE.” WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE IMPORTANCE IN ARCHIVING ALL OF THIS? Who’s to say that one event is more important than another? Everything has shaped the present day in some way. When I was growing up, I would see interviews with musicians, and they’d have all this information about what’d they done, you know, “I did this because of this.” I always said, “I’m gonna save everything so I can do that someday,” and people will say, “What inspired
you to do this?” and I’ll say, “Well, here look for yourself. I still have it.” WHAT WAS THE FILMING PROCESS LIKE FOR WILL WORK FOR VIEWS? They filmed pretty much everything. [It’s] very focused on the YouTube and how hard it is to survive in a world where originality and art aren’t always appreciated. There was another documentary about me that came out in 2006 [Weird Paul: A Lo Fidelity Documentary], and that was just about my music. MOST PEOPLE HAVEN’T HAD TWO DOCUMENTARIES MADE ABOUT THEM. WHY DO YOU THINK PEOPLE ARE DRAWN TO YOU AS A SUBJECT? I found out I’ve done some things that almost no one has done. I mean, not everybody has written and recorded 800 songs, put out 60 albums, been making music for over 30 years, been making videos for over 30 years. I wrote this song called “Delusions of Grandeur” a few years ago, and it was because every time something happens, I feel like, “This is it. I’ve finally gotten famous.” It’s not one thing; it’s not just gonna happen. A couple of weeks ago, I was on the Funny or Die website, and this time I said to myself, “This probably won’t do anything, it’s not gonna make a difference, but it’s pretty cool.” I N F O@ P G H C I T Y PA P E R. C OM
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