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11.3 – 7pm COWBOY CINEMA The Warhol theater Join ﬁlm scholar Dr. Mark Best and Chief Curator Jose Diaz as they discuss campy western ﬁlm clips. This event is presented in connection with the Farhad Moshiri: Go West exhibition and is co-presented and sponsored by the Film Studies Program, University of Pittsburgh. Free; Registration suggested

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OCTOBER 13, 2017 - JANUARY 14, 2018 ONLY AT THE WARHOL Farhad Moshiri: Go West is generously supported by The Fine Foundation, Piaget, Galerie Perrotin, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, The Third Line, Dubai, The Soudavar Memorial Foundation, The Farjam Foundation, The Khazaei Foundation, Maryam and Edward Eisler, Navid Mirtorabi, Ziba Franks, Elie Khouri, Fatima and Essi Maleki, Nazee Moinian, Mahshid and Jamshid Ehsani, and Narmina and Javad Marandi.

The Andy Warhol Museum receives state arts funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency and The Heinz Endowments. Further support is provided by the Allegheny Regional Asset District.

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N MOST PARTS of Pennsylvania, residents can be ﬁred or evicted because they identify as LGBTQ. About twothirds of the state’s population don’t have LGBTQ civil-rights protections and have no legal recourse if they are discriminated against merely because of their sexual or gender identity. This lack of protections is particularly evident in Western Pennsylvania, where only Erie and Allegheny counties have non-discrimination laws. In Butler, Pa., just a 20-minute drive north of the Allegheny County border, a small group of LGBTQ advocates has been trying for years to change that. Sabrina Schnur of the Butler branch of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays

(PFLAG), came out as trans in 2006. She owns a home just outside the Butler city border, and has workplace protections as a

An election could determine whether Butler becomes the first small Western Pa. municipality to get LGBTQ protections. {BY RYAN DETO} unionized employee at a steel mill in Butler County. But she can be refused public accommodation and service from businesses in the city of Butler.

“Right now, they can get up and come up to me and people like me and say, ‘Eww, ick, I don’t like you. You have to get out,’” says Schnur. Schnur says LGBTQ residents deserve protections and since 2012 she has been trying to get Butler ofﬁcials to provide them through an LGBTQ non-discrimination ordinance. The law would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the city’s civil-rights protections, which currently cover things like race, religion, gender and national origin. This would prohibit landlords, businesses and public accommodations from discriminating against LGBTQ people in Butler. Curiously, this decision could come CONTINUES ON PG. 08

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down to who wins in this year’s local elections, since candidates for mayor and city council are split on their support for the ordinance. Current Mayor Tom Donaldson, who lost the Republican primary, has launched a write-in campaign filled with anti-LGBTQ rhetoric. This has propelled the ordinance from a side issue into a dominant subject of the election. And in a town that President Donald Trump carried, fullthroated LGBTQ support has been hard to come by. Schnur first asked Butler officals to consider an LGBTQ nondiscrimination ordinance in 2012. The mayor at the time and city council waffled on the decision. Back then, Schnur says, the mayor and council were pretty agreeable to the idea of the ordinance, but the vote was tabled year after year. When Donaldson, an outspoken critic of LGBTQ rights, was elected in 2013, progress was halted altogether. Then in June 2016, a mass shooting occurred at PULSE nightclub — an LGBTQ bar, in Orlando — and Schnur, PFLAG and the Butler LGBTQ Interfaith Network began campaigning for the ordinance again. The bill would add LGBTQ protections to the city’s civil-rights law, and would create a Human Relations Commission (HRC), which would act as the first mediator when civil-rights violations are alleged. The HRC would consist of a board of city-council appointees who would determine whether cases were legitimate and must proceed to civil court, or could be dismissed for lack of evidence or reason. More than 40 other Pennsylvania municipalities have passed the same ordinance Butler is considering, including Allegheny County, Harrisburg and many small towns in Eastern Pennsylvania. But no small Western Pennsylvania community has passed protections, and despite the relative uniformity of the bill, Schnur says misinformation surrounding the ordinance has hampered its progress. “I actually heard a councilperson was

told by a resident that they were going to have to have gay quotas for employers,” says Schnur. (Nothing in the ordinance requires employers to hire a certain amount of LGBTQ employees.) In May, Donaldson lost the Republican primary to challenger Ben Smith. After the primary, Donaldson posted on Facebook that Butler is facing a “moral crisis” because the town is considering an ordinance that would “potentially allow men to shower with women.” “This is nothing to do with LGBT rights, which is a separate issue,” wrote Donaldson on his Facebook page. “This is about privacy and goes against human decency to allow this.” Local nonproﬁt Grace Youth and Family Foundation also posted falsehoods that the ordinance would force religious organizations to hire LGBTQ individuals (religious organizations are exempt from the ordinance). Butler’s Intersection Community Church hosted an event on Oct. 17 to inform their parishioners that “religious freedom is under attack.” Schnur says that ever since Trump was elected in November, anti-LGBTQ statements like these are becoming a bit more common in Butler. But, Schnur says Donaldson’s and other religious organizations’ claims just aren’t accurate. She says all the ordinance would do is provide LGBTQ people in Butler the same rights that Christians, black people and immigrants have. “All we want is the same rights. They are not special rights,” says Schnur. “Give us our rights and we will all go home. … The constitution says we are all supposed to be created equal.”

ery owner who is opposed. Schnur says for the ordinance to pass, Butler must elect Goehring and reelect incumbent Democratic city councilor Kathy Kline, who would join Republican councilor Michael Walter, who has voiced support for the ordinance, for the three votes necessary to enact the bill. (In Butler, the mayor votes with the four-seat council on bills, so three votes are necessary for a majority.) The 36-year-old Goehring told Pittsburgh City Paper that, if elected, she would hold a public forum and educational event to inform the public on the ordinance. After that, she says, she would re-introduce the legislation, whose passage she would support. “I am 110 percent for equality,” says Goehring. “But I have to reconcile the fact that as an elected official, I have to speak to people, so I want a public forum first. After that, in my opinion, [the ordinance] has to move forward. I would insist it needs to move forwards.” However, at a mayoral debate hours after she spoke with CP on Oct. 17, Goehring appeared to backtrack and said she would wait to decide on the ordinance until after holding a public forum. Even so, Goehring doesn’t believe the ordinance should be dominating the mayoral race. She says that economic development and making sure Butler avoids Act 47 bankruptcy should be top of the list. She says showing Butler is an inclusive place can be better for business. “If we are going to show that we are a progressive community, we have to shore up our finances,” says Goehring. “And we have to be open. That doesn’t just mean in business; that means we have to be open socially.” Xavier Persad, legislative counsel at the Human Rights Campaign, a national LGBTQ-rights organization, says that when

cities show they are inclusive, they tend to do better economically. “Inclusive cities attract the best and brightest, and businesses follow,” says Persad. “Businesses want to exist where they know their employees can have protections holistically.” And there is recent evidence to back up this claim. In 2016, when North Carolina passed a bill that restricted bathroom use to the gender people were assigned at birth, large businesses like PayPal and the National Basketball Association pulled out of plans that would have brought millions of dollars into the state. The bill was later repealed. Persad authored a report ranking hundreds of U.S. cities for LGBTQ friendliness. He says that when the Human Rights Campaign ﬁrst authored the report in 2012, there were only 137 cities ranked. Now there are 506. This growth of LGBTQ inclusiveness is across all regions, says Persad. “We are seeing historic process, despite location and political leaning,” says Persad. Persad adds that Pennsylvania ranked above average for LGBTQ friendliness, but noted that it’s important for cities like Butler to offer LGBTQ people protections, because the state doesn’t offer them. “It is incredibly important to have local protections, particularly in the context that state and federal [governments] are trying to roll them back,” says Persad. For years, the Pennsylvania General Assembly has been attempting to pass the Fairness Act, which would establish LGBTQ nondiscrimination protections statewide, but the efforts have been blocked by antiLGBTQ legislators. Smith, the Republican candidate for Butler mayor, says he would oppose passage of a LGBTQ non-discrimination ordinance in the small, Western Pennsylvania town. “I think it’s detrimental to our local businesses and our local economy,” says Smith.

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Smith says he’s concerned that small businesses will be dragged into expensive legal battles due to the addition of the civilrights protections. He said during the Oct. 17 debate that he’s been made aware of 12 cases throughout Pennsylvania that have led to some kind of lawsuit. Schnur of PFLAG says the formation of the Human Relation Commission would actually stop many frivolous lawsuits from ever reaching the courts. She says the HRC would add an extra step of mediation, where civil-rights violations that lack evidence would be dismissed. Since Allegheny County enacted its LGBTQ nondiscrimination ordinance, in 2009, Allegheny County’s HRC has received 29 LGBTQ-related complaints, according to records. Nineteen of those ended up being dismissed or withdrawn due to lack of evidence. Others were transferred to Pittsburgh’s HRC, and some were mediated within the HRC. Only one was recommended to proceed to court. In an email to CP, Allegheny County HRC director Laura Zaspel wrote that she hasn’t heard of any businesses complaining that the county’s LGBTQ non-discrimination ordinance is bad for business.

When told by CP that Allegheny County hasn’t experienced any business-related problems due to its LGBTQ non-discrimination ordinance, Smith still supported his claim it would be bad for small business, and said he believes that the government’s role in regulating business should be small. “I am small-government guy, so when you add more government, you add more problems,” said Smith. Smith also said he believes that all people should have civil-rights protections, but that the state or federal government should provide them. Schnur says this kind of hypocrisy has been common during the campaign. She has spoken to residents who worry businesses are going to get sued by LGBTQ people, and then tell her a few minutes later that they believed LGBTQ people already have protections. She still believes the town needs the ordinance, but she is reaching the end of her rope. “No, I am not conﬁdent,” she says of the chances of the bill getting passed. “I have been down this road so many times. I am getting too old for this, after six years of this, I am getting tired. I might have to let someone else take charge.” RYA N D E TO@ P G H C I T Y PA P E R. C OM

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Wants council to comply with the Pennsylvania Sunshine Act, which requires that it announce the reason for excluding the public from executive sessions — something she says hasn’t always been done. Believes that government should be like clean water: “transparent, accessible and free of toxins.”

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A Democrat from Morningside who has served as the district’s judge since 1992. Cousin of Pennsylvania state Rep. Dom Costa (D-Stanton Heights) and state Senate Minority Leader Jay Costa (D-Forest Hills). Costa’s campaign refused to supply answers to some questions.

Civil-rights attorney raised in East Liberty and currently living in Highland Park. Has defended free-speech and LGBTQ-rights cases as an attorney and has a background in community organizing for social-justice causes. Served as public-policy director for former state Sen. Jim Ferlo (D-Highland Park) for six years.

City Paper reached out several times to Costa’s campaign for comment. After initially agreeing to provide information for this story, the campaign later refused.

Believes cash bail should remain for violent offenders, but shouldn’t be administered to defendants of economic crimes, like drug offenses. Wants to work with stakeholders to bolster pro-bono services to increase legal assistance to lowerincome defendants.

Costa cooks and prepares meals for senior citizens every Wednesday. Campaign manager Casey Mullen says he’s “extremely active in the community.”

Pappas says a bigger community presence can help “restore faith in the justice system.” Wants to use his role as a judge to mediate minor disputes that might not necessitate court proceedings “while still following the judicial code of ethics and maintaining independence.”

According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Mullen said the courtroom “is not where we expect to pass legislation and policy” and that Costa understands how to uphold “the judicial branch.”

Says district judges can play an important role in housing disputes since landlords tend to have the upper hand in eviction cases. Would apply more leniency to vulnerable populations facing eviction, like single mothers, seniors, and addicts in recovery.

Endorsed by Allegheny County Democratic Committee. Finished his primary campaign with $24,330 cash on hand.

Endorsed by the Pittsburgh chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America. Nina Turner, of grassroots progressive group Our Revolution, said in a press release endorsing Pappas: “The best way to end mass incarceration and expedite criminal-justice reform is to elect justices at the local level that are committed to positive change.”

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BENCH POWER {BY CHARLIE DEITCH} AT A TIME when every election is im-

portant, I have to admit that writing about the 2018 midterm elections two weeks before the 2017 election seems a bit counterproductive. An extremely low number of people will likely turn out to vote because in this municipal-election year, there’s not really a marquee race or issue. That’s a sad fact, but one that has been proven true in similar elections. But what if I told you that there’s a race on Nov. 7 that could potentially affect elections for the next decade or more? Some recent lawsuits have brought the issue of gerrymandered political districts back to the fore, and sooner or later, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court will be involved. Gerrymandering involves redrawing districts to make it advantageous to one party over another. Not that this is new information. We have repeatedly written stories about the importance of voting in state Supreme Court races, and this year is no different. Democratic Common Pleas Court Judge Dwayne Woodruff is squaring off against Republican sort-of-incumbent Sallie Updyke Mundy. She was appointed last year by Gov. Tom Wolf to replace Republican Justice Michael Eakin, who resigned after becoming involved in 2015’s Porngate (in which public ofﬁcials were sharing pornographic emails on state computers … dumbasses). Justices are supposed to follow the law and not their political ideologies, but we all know that just doesn’t happen all the time. Especially in cases where the political system stands to be rigged for years to come. A quick refresher: In 2011, lawmakers were busy redrawing the state’s political districts following the 2010 Census. Every decade, we get new districts for the state house and senate as well as new congressional districts. The boundaries of the districts change, because over the course of time, populations of certain areas also change. The problem is, the process is controlled by the political party in charge. In 2011, that was Republicans and the monster they created existed to serve only one purpose: to create voting blocs that

gave the GOP control of the state house and senate, as well as the U.S. House of Representatives. And just in case you haven’t read any papers during the past six years, it worked. The act of redistricting for political gain, known as gerrymandering, isn’t allowed. And while state Republicans claim their redistricting map is legal, most anyone with a pair of eyes and a reasonably sound bullshit-detector knows that’s not the case. A study conducted by the New York University School of Law called Pennsylvania’s map “the most extreme levels of partisan bias” in the country. In response, there have been several lawsuits ﬁled around the country, including one in Pennsylvania by the League of Women Voters. The league wants the redistricting map to be thrown out, and for the 2018 midterm election for seats in the state house and senate and the U.S. House of Representatives to be held with more constitutionally fair boundaries. The U.S. Supreme Court will be hearing a redistricting case out of Wisconsin that, if votingrights advocates won, could provide guidance for any other cases. However, Judge Dan Pellegrini, who has the Pennsylvania case, has scheduled a hearing for Dec. 5 and wants to wait for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule next spring before making his ruling. This means there wouldn’t be enough time to ﬁx any problems before the 2018 primary. However, there’s a provision in the state constitution that gives the state Supreme Court “King’s Bench Power.” This power allows the court to take jurisdiction away from lower courts, such as Pellegrini’s, and adjudicate a matter itself. One of the reasons for this is for matters “involving an issue of immediate public importance.” Invoking the King’s Bench provision would settle the matter in time for the 2018 primary, and the League has petitioned the state Supreme Court to hear the case. Will it take up the case? Who knows, but I can tell you that now Democratic jurists hold a 5-2 majority. I have no idea if it will happen, but because of last year’s vote at least it could happen. And with the way things are now, we need to take any edge we can get.

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The Daily World in Centralia, Wash., reported that Rachel A. Deckert, 27, tried to turn herself in at the Lewis County Jail on an outstanding DUI warrant on Aug. 21, but was turned away because she brought along her partner — literally glued to Deckert by her pinky finger. When Deckert tried again the next day, still attached to her partner, police, and firefighters were called. The two women were attached by a copper elbow pipe into which they had each inserted a pinky finger secured with “some kind of epoxy,” a firefighter said. They told authorities they had been that way about a week at the suggestion of a couplestherapy counselor. “They haven’t been able to feel their fingers for three days,” said police detective Patty Finch. Efforts to separate the women were unsuccessful and Deckert was released with advice to seek medical attention.

Eva Pandora Baldursdottir, a member of the Icelandic parliament from the Pirate Party, was scheduled to take part in a debate on Oct. 12, according to UPI, but an unexpected injury lent her an especially jaunty look for the televised event: She had to conduct the debate wearing an eye patch after her toddler daughter scratched her eye. “Sometimes astounding things can happen at the worst time,” Baldursdottir shared on Facebook, along with a photo of her wearing the eye patch.

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For the last time, Flight 666, traveling from Copenhagen, Denmark, to HEL (Finland’s Helsinki-Vantaa airport), took off on Friday the 13th of October. A Finnair spokesman said the flight, questionably numbered for the superstitious among us, has been making the trip for 11 years and has flown on Friday the 13th 21 times. “Today will actually be the final time that our AY666 flight flies to HEL,” a spokesman told The Telegraph. Some Finnair flights are getting new numbers, and the infamous route will be renumbered to 954. The flight arrived safely in Helsinki.

In Vero Beach, Fla., a husband and wife made a hot bet on the Dallas Cowboys vs. Green Bay Packers football game on Oct. 8: The loser would set his or her team’s jersey on fire. When the Packers won, the husband, 27, took his blue-andsilver Cowboys jersey outside and set fire to it. But, as he later told sheriff’s deputies,

because he was drunk, he then tried to put the jersey back on, and that’s when things got heated. Family members pulled the burning jersey off the man and rushed him to the Indian River Medical Center. A witness told the Sebastian Daily “skin was hanging off his arm and back.” He suffered secondand third-degree burns to his hand, arm and back.

An unnamed Colorado woman apparently defied death when a train rolled over her near Whitewater, Colo., on Oct. 15. The woman was sleeping on the tracks and wearing earphones when one engine rolled completely over her before the train could stop. She was then removed from the tracks and refused medical attention. Lands End Fire Protection District chief Brian Lurvey told the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel he was not sure whether she had been cited by Union Pacific for sleeping on the tracks.

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NEW LOCAL RELEASES Bill Toms and Hard Rain GOOD FOR MY SOUL (TERRAPLANE)

The grit in Bill Toms’ voice gives his songs a great deal of authority. Before he even gets to the opening line of “Back to Memphis,” he lets fly with a gravelly “wellll,” that makes you stand up and take notice. Behind him, the members of Hard Rain have already returned to that Tennessee city, banging out a groove that pays tribute to classics heard on Stax Records. For his ninth studio album, Good for My Soul, Toms combines his blue-collar rock roots with a horn-driven blend of R&B, gospel and blues. Album opener “I’d Be a Rich Man Today” recalls the prime days of Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, with its bright horn shouts behind the vocals. But Toms virtually starts a spiritual revival in the album’s second half, with the rousing “I’m Sad No More,” setting the scene thanks to Steve Binsberger’s sanctified organ introduction. In between, tracks like “Nothing Like My Baby” and “Your Love Is Good for My Soul” — with Binsberger offering a rich piano groove this time — go straight for the soul feeling. All lines meet in the closing “Desperate Times,” a rallying call for anyone facing personal hardship, delivered with the weight of a hymn. It might be secular, but it can generate an “Amen” anyway. BY MIKE SHANLEY

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ALLOWEEN SEASON is the perfect time to put on a tribute or cover show, because everyone’s in the mood to dress up and become someone new, even for a night. During Halloween weekend, several bands will be performing tunes spanning the career of Jack White, one of the spookiest dudes in rock ’n’ roll. Jack White is most often recognized for his solo work, and his collaboration with Meg White in The White Stripes, but he’s also been a part of the bouncy indiemeets-classic-rock Raconteurs and the very classic-rock group The Dead Weather. At the tribute show held at the James Street Gastropub, on Oct. 28, Memphis Hill will be performing tunes from The Dead Weather; Spish will be performing as The White Stripes; Working Breed will be tackling the Raconteurs; and Dhruva Krishna and a host of other musicians will be showing off White’s solo work. Krishna, assistant venue manager

at James Street, and Vic Cherubim, guitarist of Memphis Hill, have had the idea for this tribute show cooking since April. Between busy work and tour schedules, Cherubim and Krishna decided October would be the perfect time to honor Jack White. “[Jack White’s] kind of a spooky dude,” Krishna says with a laugh. “I’m a big fan of his work and his range.”

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“I, along with the rest of Memphis Hill, am a huge Jack White fan, in all of his iterations. We picked up a few Dead Weather covers over the last couple years that became staples of our live shows, beginning

when Lucy Clabby joined the band,” explains Cherubim via email. “The songs are the perfect blend of sweet and heavy — they are just so much fun to play! I’m really looking forward to playing ‘Hang You From the Heavens’ and ‘60 Feet Tall,’ two of my all-time favorites.” Although Cherubim isn’t from Pittsburgh and now lives in Boston, he says Pittsburgh is where his heart is. Memphis Hill is split between Boston and St. Louis, so the band is coming a long way to play the set. “We are thrilled to come back to town to be with the community that we have grown to love so much over the past several years,” writes Cherubim. “The show features bands and musicians that are essentially a part of the same big happy family that’s gone from sweating it out in basement shows at The New North, to sharing stages at the Wilkins Block Party. “We’ve been together for a while, and I can’t wait to be reunited with the team!” CONTINUES ON PG. 26

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If the family-reunion vibe and earnest excitement of bands playing music from one of their favorite musicians wasn’t sweet enough, the entire event is a fundraiser for the Sweetwater Arts Fund. “Every single dollar from the door goes to Sweetwater,” says Krishna. When the duo was plotting this tribute show, they knew they wanted it to be a benefit performance. Cherubim had done some digging to find a local cause that connected people with the arts. “I think the unfortunate reality is that music and art is being valued less and less today. Music and art classes are always the first to go when schools are underfunded, Trump proposed completely defunding the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for Humanities last spring, etc.,” writes Cherubim. But Sweetwater addresses that challenge, combining music and education with a community focus. “Their mission of building community through music and art resounded very strongly with me, and it fits quite well with all that Memphis Hill and The South crew stands for,” writes Cherubim. The money from this event will be donated to the Sweetwater Community Arts Education Fund, a scholarship program that allows community members who can’t afford classes at Sweetwater Center For the Arts to access its services; Sweetwater plans to give out 100 scholarships by the end of the year. Classes are offered across the creative spectrum, from culinary arts to visual and audio arts. Sweetwater is also a cultural institution in the Sewickley community, where it has been operating since the late 1980s. A benefit show like this, rooted in a tightknit community of musicians, is exemplary of the environment James Street Gastropub has built over the years. Somewhat unexpectedly, this will be one of the final shows at the bar. James Street is shutting its doors voluntarily after a host of complaints about noise to the state Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement. The show takes place just 15 days before the venue closes. The event is a way for one community hub to use its remaining time to help another; it’s just one of the many ways James Street has given back to the Pittsburgh community. “At James Street, we do things differently than most people,” says Krishna. “It’s a really good community, and that bleeds into the events we do. We take chances on events and take sentimental input, so we are happy to book benefit shows and not charge a room fee. “Community is at the heart of what we do.” ME GFAIR @PGH C IT YPAPE R . C O M

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As heavy music goes, Seattle’s Helms Alee’s sound is remarkably fluid; it trafficks in shifts, permutations, and movements, rather than relying solely on the plodding riffs and fuzz that have come to be associated with bands bearing the “heavy” descriptor. That’s not to say the trio’s fourth album, Stillicide, is without its share of doom. It just happens to be long on melody, as well: a confluence of the disparate elements that each member brings to the band. “It is not a conscious, strategic move by us to write songs the way we do. It’s just the natural result of our three different stylistic personalities building songs together,” says drummer and vocalist Hozoji Matheson-Margullis via email. This unorthodox fusion requires the band to finesse elements that might not be immediately harmonious into something approaching a cohesive whole. This inherent conflict is by design. “What has always been … important is that each of us is free to express themselves through their instrument in an honest way,” Matheson-Margullis says. Even when these components don’t fully gel, the results are always sonically compelling, calling to mind the grandiosity of prog and the technical precision of math rock. The band builds dense passages from tight musical and lyrical phrases. Band members pursue their own ends as a function of the larger sound. Personal journeys take place within the context of the journey taken together. In total, Helms Alee delivers music that is rife with nuance and emotion. That scraping passage of fuzzed-out guitars can segue into transcendent vocal harmonies in such order is perhaps a metaphor for the unpredictable arrival of emotions. Despite the epic sweep, Stillicide plays like the band is mapping personal, interior territory. Most importantly, the band is doing it democratically, to unapologetically uneven results. “Nobody is the boss of the sound,” Matheson-Margullis says. “And luckily our three different stylistic personalities seem to balance each other out.” I N F O@ P G H C I T Y PA P E R. C OM

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CLOSING SHOP {BY MEG FAIR} MICHAEL SCHANG is the last member of Steel Bridge Promotions. He’s been booking all-ages shows around Pittsburgh for several years, bringing in artists of quality and entertaining caliber (Andrew W.K., anybody?!). CP caught up with Schang via email to see why Steel Bridge is closing up shop, what’s in store for the last show and what’s next for him.

WHAT’S SBP’S ORIGIN STORY? Steel Bridge started off as a group of people — Matt Schang, Mark Schang, Nikki Schang, Justin Levy and myself — wanting to bring shows to Pittsburgh. We were all new to the city and wanted to be a part of the music scene in some way. It took off really fast, and we were accepted into the music scene right from the start. Our shows were different, and I think people picked up on that quickly. After a while, everyone in the group left because of life and other responsibilities, leaving me the only member of Steel Bridge. I have operated everything since then. IN THE PAST, YOU’VE TAKEN BREAKS FROM BOOKING, BUT THIS ONE SEEMS MORE PERMANENT. WHY WILL YOU BE CLOSING UP THE METAPHORICAL SHOP ON SBP? If anyone has ever tried booking a show, they know how mentally, physically and ﬁnancially draining it can be. I am VERY happy with what Steel Bridge has accomplished, and I will always remember it fondly. But I always told myself that if this ever felt like work instead of a fun hobby, I would step away from it.

HOW DID YOU PICK THE LINEUP FOR THE LAST SHOW? The last show is a mixture of one touring band (Thou, from New Orleans) and a bunch of friends’ bands (Brown Angel, Slaves BC, Mires, and Pummeled). Thou is one of my favorite bands of all time, and I really couldn’t ask for a better local lineup! I am VERY happy with how it all took shape, and I wouldn’t change a thing. ARE YOU SAD ABOUT SBP ENDING? I am not sad that it’s ending, because I have so many great memories and have met so many great people through this experience. Steel Bridge Promotions has always existed for two reasons: to help touring bands on the road, and to bring unique and different live music to Pittsburgh that I thought the people needed to see/hear.

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WHAT’S NEXT FOR YOU? You will still be seeing me around the scene. I will be helping Christopher Woodford and his group Winterforge Promotions. He is another DIY promoter in the city and one of the hardest-working and nicest guys around. I am excited to see what will happen when we put our minds together! ANY PARTING WORDS? I just want to give a quick thank-you to everyone that has been a part of this in any way. Steel Bridge Promotions would have never worked without the people that supported it. M E G FA I R@ P G H C I T Y PA P E R. C OM

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Most movies don’t deserve sequels, but anti-fascism rap shows certainly do! Following up a September event, Rap Against Fascism 2: Electric Boogaloo, at Mr. Roboto Project, once again gathers local rappers and hip-hop artists, including Princess Jafar, C. Scott, Akono Miles, Leek Lone and CPX3 in the name of resistance. The event is hosted by Barz Blackman, and proceeds will be donated to the Afro-American Music Institute, in Homewood, which provides instruction and education to young musiclovers in the community. The Big Idea Akono Bookstore will also Miles have a table, so you can further your knowledge on how best to fight The Man. Hannah Lynn 7 p.m. 5106 Penn Ave., Bloomfield. All ages. www.the robotoproject.com

[HALLOWEEKEND] + FRI., OCT. 27 Tonight, Rita Ora will be in Pittsburgh for the 96.1KISS Halloween Party at Stage AE, which also features ’Burgh-bred singer Daya, of the anti-trophy-wife anthem “Sit Still, Look Pretty”; pop-rock group Hey Violet; and actual band of brothers AJR. Since it’s Halloweekend, there will be a costume contest, so wear your spookiest garb! Or just some cat ears. HL 6 p.m. 400 North Shore Drive, North Side. $27.50. All ages. 412-229-5483 or www.promowestlive.com

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[ROCK] + SUN., OCT. 29 Unlike its prehistoric namesake, Dinosaur Jr. survived catastrophe — kind of. Though it’s been a stalwart in the alt-rock world since the mid-1980s, the band went through a dramatic breakup before reuniting in 2005. Even now, the bandmates remain cordial, like civil co-parenting (making music) for the sake of the children (fans). At the end of the day, who cares about a band’s squabbling as long as it keeps making the music we want to hear? Dinosaur Jr. will be joined at Mr. Smalls by energetic Detroit punk-rockers Easy Action. HL 8 p.m. 400 Lincoln Ave., Millvale. $30. All ages. 412-8214447 or www. mrsmalls.com {PHOTO COURTESY OF BASE CAMP PICTURES}

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The music videos you caught a glimpse of on MTV as a kid stick with you forever. When I think of Evanescence, I immediately picture singer Amy Lee desperately clinging to the side of a building in the goth-rock band’s iconic single “Bring Me to Life.” Though the song was released in 2003, it has since gained a life of its own, partly because it’s a good song, and partly because of the beautiful “Wake Me Up Inside (Can’t Wake Up)” meme. The band’s current tour, passing through Heinz Hall tonight, is joined by an orchestra to rework some of its hits. This is a perfect time to break out the black eyeliner and fingerless gloves. HL 8 p.m. 600 Penn Ave., Downtown. $48-397. All ages. 412-392-4900 or www.pittsburghsymphony.org

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Each week we post a song from a local artist online for free. This week, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fall,â&#x20AC;? by Donora, a bright, bouncy indie-pop love song that sounds like picnics in the autumn sun and ice cream on Mount Washington. Stream or download â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fallâ&#x20AC;? for free on FFW>>>, the music blog at pghcitypaper.com.

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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.

TUGBOAT’S. Stevee Wellons Duo w/ Cheryl Rinovato & Shaggy Marcello. 9 p.m. East Pittsburgh. 412-829-1992.

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EIGHTY ACRES KITCHEN & BAR. Erin Burkett & CITY OF ASYLUM @ ALPHABET Virgil Walters w/ Eric Susoeff. CITY. Jeff Bush: 4 & 7 Music 5:30 p.m. Monroeville. for Quartet and Septet. 724-519-7304. 6 p.m. North Side. JAMES STREET 412-435-1110. GASTROPUB & ROCKS LANDING BAR SPEAKEASY. Roger & GRILLE. Tony Humphries Jam . www per Campbell, John Hall, a p Session. Ballroom. ty pghci m Howie Alexander o .c 8 p.m. North Side. & Dennis Garner. 412-904-3335. 7 p.m. McKees Rocks. RILEY’S POUR HOUSE. Jazz 412- 875- 5809. Happy Hour w/ Martin Rosenberg. 5:30 p.m. Carnegie. 412-279-0770. HAMBONE’S. Ian Kane, Ronnie Weiss & Tom Boyce. Jazz Standards, showtunes & ANDORA RESTAURANT blues. 6:30 p.m. Lawrenceville. FOX CHAPEL. Pianist Harry 412-681-4318. Cardillo & vocalist Charlie Sanders. 6:30 p.m. Fox Chapel. 412-967-1900. RILEY’S POUR HOUSE. Jazz JAMES STREET GASTROPUB Happy Hour w/ Martin Rosenberg. & SPEAKEASY. Mark 5:30 p.m. Carnegie. 412-279-0770. Strickland, Paul Thompson & Joseph Wingenfeld. Speakeasy. 6:30 p.m. The Boilermaker THE BLIND PIG SALOON. Jazz Band. Ballroom. 8 p.m. Erin Burkett & Virgil Walters CROSS/CURRENT. Speakeasy. w/ Eric Susoeff & Mike Tomaro. 8:30 p.m. North Side. 7:30 p.m. New Kensington. 724-337-7008. 412-904-3335.

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FRI 27 ELWOOD’S PUB. Jack of Diamonds. 8:30 p.m. Rural Ridge. 724-265-1181.

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REGGAE THU 26 PIRATA. The Flow Band. 9 p.m. Downtown. 412-323-3000.

FRI 27 SWEETWATER CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Mavuno: Stevee Wellons Band. 7 p.m. Sewickley. 412-741-4405.

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CARNEGIE MELLON OPERA. Voice students from the School of Music bring Mozart’s masterful comedy, Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), about love, truth, and the pursuit of enlightenment to life in this fully staged production. 8 p.m. Chosky Theatre, CMU, Oakland. 412-268-4921.

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SAT 28 CARNEGIE MELLON OPERA. Voice students from the School of Music bring Mozart’s masterful comedy, Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), about love, truth, and

the pursuit of enlightenment to life in this fully staged production. 2 p.m. Chosky Theatre, CMU, Oakland. 412-268-4921. THE PITTSBURGH CAMERATA: MEMORIES AND REMEMBRANCES. A concert of newly composed and ancient music that includes: 1st movement for “Requiem”, Tomas Luis daVictoria, Goodnight, Dear Heart, Dan Forrest, Elegy, Daniel Elder, Lux Aetern, James MacMillan, Evening Prayer, Ola Gjello, Only in Sleep, Eriks Ešenvalds, We Remember Them, Tarik O’Regan , I Thought of You, Alex Favazza & When Memory Fades, Jayne Southwick Cool. 8 p.m. St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Highland Park. 412-421-5884.

Hankin Art Gallery, Point Breeze. 412-480-2054. THE PITTSBURGH CAMERATA: MEMORIES AND REMEMBRANCES. A concert of newly composed and ancient music that includes: 1st movement for “Requiem”, Tomas Luis daVictoria, Goodnight, Dear Heart, Dan Forrest, Elegy, Daniel Elder, Lux Aetern, James MacMillan, Evening Prayer, Ola Gjello, Only in Sleep, Eriks Ešenvalds, We Remember Them, Tarik O’Regan , I Thought of You, Alex Favazza & When Memory Fades, Jayne Southwick Cool. 3 p.m. St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Highland Park. 412-421-5884.

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Cooper Verona in Dracula, at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre {PHOTO COURTESY OF DUANE RIEDER}

Ben Stevenson’s Dracula, the million-dollar production that ushered in Terrence Orr’s tenure as Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre artistic director 20 years ago, returns to the Benedum Center on Halloween weekend to open the company’s 48th season. The two-hour-and-45-minute neoRomantic ballet in three acts is loosely based on Bram Stoker’s 1897 gothic horror novel of the same name. Set in 19thcentury Transylvania, it tells the story of the lustful and bloodthirsty count with an insatiable appetite for the young women of a nearby village. Stevenson took some liberties with Stoker’s storyline to make the ballet easier to follow, says Li Anlin, répétiteur for this PBT co-production with Houston Ballet. “He also changed some of the main characters’ names to make them more interesting,” says Anlin, speaking by phone from PBT’s studios, where he is restaging the work. So instead of Mina and Lucy, as in many productions, we have Flora and Svetlana. In Act I, Dracula, tired of the 18 vampire brides he already has, dispatches his mad, insect-eating henchman, Renfield, to fetch Flora, another young maiden in the village. And when he quickly grows tired of her, he abducts Svetlana during her 18th-birthday celebration in the village. Svetlana’s fiancé, Frederick, then mounts a rescue operation that ultimately leads to Dracula’s demise. Dracula was most recently staged by PBT in 2011. Anlin, a cast member in the ballet’s original 1997 production, at Houston Ballet, is now an assistant artistic director under Stevenson at Texas Ballet Theater. Anlin says this production gets a bit of an update, with increased difficulty and excitement in the choreography for the main characters. Danced to a dramatic score by Franz Liszt, the lush stage production features a large cast of more than 50 dancers, period sets by Thomas Boyd, and Hollywood movie-inspired costumes by Judanna Lynn. The pyrotechnics, lighting and visual effects include a flying Dracula and vampire brides, and an exploding chandelier. And while after two decades Dracula may be getting a bit long in the tooth compared to newer multimedia productions, it’s a show that still has plenty of bite left to give audiences this Halloween weekend a rush of supernatural chills and theatrical thrills.

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talking to your favorite professor from college. He’s erudite, gracious and eloquent, but never lets you feel like he knows a lot more than you do, even though he does. The Pulitzer-winning biographer’s bestknown work might be Alexander Hamilton, inspiration for the hit musical Hamilton. His new biography, Grant, is a 1,000-page tome that reads more like Tolstoy than a scholarly work. It tells the story of our oftenmisunderstood 18th president, who endured poverty, was a brilliant general during the Civil War, helped establish the Justice Department, worked to crush the Ku Klux Klan, and presided over the 15th Amendment, which gave blacks the right to vote. Reached by phone recently, Chernow, who speaks at Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures on Mon., Oct. 30, shared his thoughts on the art of history, the presidency, and Grant, the man.

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MANY CRITICS HAVE POINTED OUT THAT YOUR WORKS CAN BE READ BY SCHOLARS AS WELL AS GENERALISTS. WHO IS YOUR IDEAL READER? My aim has always been to straddle both the lay and specialized audiences. I wanted to write a big, sweeping, epic saga of the Civil War and Reconstruction. There are

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wonderful stories in the book that have been told before; at the same time, I have an enormous amount of information that will be new even to people who have spent a lifetime specializing in the period. COMPARED TO MOST HISTORIANS, YOUR WRITING STRIKES ME AS LITERARY. DOES

THE ABILITY TO WRITE WELL HELP YOU AS A BIOGRAPHER? Absolutely. My story is simple. I didn’t study history in college. I did two degrees in English literature. When I got out of school I started working as a freelance magazine writer. It was when I was in my mid-30s that I discovered history. I really feel that biography is not only a branch of history, but a branch of literature. DESCRIBE YOUR PROCESS. When I started working on the book, I met a friend who asked me, “How do you write a great biography about someone who’s written a great autobiography?” I thought long and hard about that. I’m looking for the silences and evasions. There were many in [Grant’s] memoirs. I spent a lot of time probing his repeated business failures before the Civil War, particularly that low point of his life, when he ends up selling ﬁrewood on the street corners in St. Louis. There also is

no mention of his struggle with alcoholism. It’s always signiﬁcant what people want to talk about, and even more signiﬁcant what they don’t want to talk about.

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YOU DELVE INTO GRANT’S DEEP SENSE OF COMPASSION. I tried to show that from an early age that he had a sympathy for animals, for the underdog. By nature, by instinct, he’s someone who defends the defenseless. In 1858 he owns one slave. Probably got him as a gift. But he frees the man, although he could desperately use the money.

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I SENSED THAT YOU WERE SEEKING TO QUESTION COMMON ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT GRANT. Yes. I really wanted to combat the stereotype that this was a failed presidency marred by scandal, nepotism and cronyism. All of that stuff happened. But I tried to make the major story what he did to protect the four million former slaves, which triggered a violent backlash in the South. The story we really need to know today is the story of Reconstruction, because we’re still dealing with those issues, as evidenced by the Confederate-monuments controversy.

HOW WOULD HE VIEW THE CONDUCT OF THE PRESIDENCY TODAY? The big story of Grant’s presidency, and all major presidencies, is that the president has to show moral authority. There has to be a kind of moral clarity. And I think what we’ve seen with the major presidents in history is that they’ve acted to expand tolerance and freedom, and heighten the sense of political inclusiveness. I think that’s the big lesson for today. LIBERAL ARTS MAJORS GET A BAD RAP. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO ASPIRING HISTORY MAJORS IN 2017? One of the most upsetting trends in recent years is the declining number of college graduates majoring in the humanities. I feel that history is more important than ever. You can’t understand American politics without a knowledge of the Civil War and Reconstruction. Who we are as a people — our knowledge of democratic institutions and ideas — that’s all a question of memory. The Republic, in the last analysis, has to exist in our minds. And it’s really formed from the memory of who we have been, in order to know who we are today, and what direction we should go in the future. INFO@ PGHC ITY PAP ER.CO M

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PITCH PERFECT {BY TED HOOVER} IF YOU’RE interested in knowing what theater looks like when it’s done to perfection, I’d suggest Point Park Conservatory’s production of Kiss Me Kate, where director/choreographer Zeva Barzell and a sublime cast and crew are giving a musical-comedy master class. Kiss Me Kate tells the story of onetime spouses Fred Graham and Lilli Vanessi staging a musical version of Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew. Their off-stage battles echo the onstage Petruchio and Kate and, in the way of these things, it all ends in a comic mess with everybody in love forever. This 1948 landmark featured a book by Sam and Bella Spewack with a score by Cole Porter that has gone down as one of the greatest ever composed. Point Park stages the 1999 B’way-revival version, featuring a spruced-up script by John Guare and new orchestrations from Don Sebesky. Musical director Camille Rolla leads a powerhouse of a pit band through these songs, driving home Porter’s incredible gift for melody. Johnmichael Bohach has created a glorious set design lit with lots of pizzazz by Andrew David Ostrowski. And Cathleen Crocker-Perry’s costumes bring a wealth of color and fun. Perhaps Barzell’s greatest achievement is forging a pitch-perfect 1950s performing style from these students … and certainly Jeremy Spoljarick and Katie Weinstein, playing Fred and Lilli, are the embodiment of good old-fashioned musical comedy know-how. As they unfurl unbelievable voices — his swoony, hers crystalline — it’s hard to imagine how these two kids weren’t musical comedy stars in the ’50s. Hallie Lucille, as Lois, is the quintessential triple threat — singer,

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Katie Weinstein and Jeremy Spoljarick in Kiss Me Kate, at Point Park Conservatory

dancer, actor — and knocks her numbers out of the park. Kurt Kemper is the epitome of song-and-dance man. And singing “Brush Up Your Shakespeare,” Kevin Gilmond and Beau Bradshaw do precisely what that spot is meant to do — stop the show cold.

KISS ME KATE continues through Sun., Oct. 29. Point Park Conservatory at Pittsburgh Playhouse, 222 Craft Ave., Oakland. $10-20. 412-392-8000 or www.pittsburghplayhouse.com

I could go on about this entire cast and the joy they’ve placed front and center on the Playhouse stage, but let me quote an odd warning in the program: “Please note this show will have loud noise.” They must mean the audience screaming their heads off at the end.

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do in a more sonorous, proscenium space. This is not a problem for Alec Silberblatt, brilliantly cast against type as the bawdy Mercutio, who circles the square corners of the set as if viviﬁed by the challenge. His delivery of the Queen Mab speech is a highlight of the show, and his rich performance will elicit remorse that Shakespeare chose to kill this character (at least until he resurrected him a few plays later, as Falstaff). Adrianne Knapp, as Juliet, is cast according to type, but struggles with her delivery. There is a plaintive sameness to her modulation (especially the monochromatic sobbing), perhaps because she chooses to play the 13-year old character as an ingénue, instead of the rapturous force that she is. Working against everyone is the percussive wooden platform of Johnmichael Bohach’s set. Whenever the actors step, they step on lines — literally. It’s kind of like having a jazz drummer off his meds, doing ﬁlls, randomly. But this is just an annoyance; there are many plusses. The always dynamic James FitzGerald, as Friar Laurence, and Karen Baum, as the Nurse, offer transcendent performances, elevating every-

IMAGINE Shakespeare’s Mercutio meeting

Mr. Rogers. It could have been a Saturday Night Live skit back in the daring Eddie Murphy days. But PICT Classic Theatre has afforded us this delicious opportunity by setting its production of Romeo and Juliet in WQED’s Fred Rogers Studio. Yes, in the same space where Mr. Rogers asked to be our neighbor, we can see the Capulets and Montagues slicing each other up in their neighborhood. This may be, as director Alan Stanford declares in his opening remarks, “The best black-box theater in Pittsburgh.” However, it offers deﬁnite tradeoffs: It’s certainly more intimate than most other stage conﬁgurations, but words (especially Shakespeare’s) don’t sing like they

ROMEO AND JULIET continues through Nov. 4. PICT Classic Theatre at WQED’s Fred Rogers Studio, 4802 Fifth Ave., Oakland. $13-39. 412-561-6000 or www.picttheatre.org

one around them. And the capable Dylan Marquis Meyers, as Romeo, has fortuitously avoided the tendentious “Romeo-ized” style of Hollywood. Also, special credit to sound designer Kris Buggy for the eerie reverb effects in the tomb scene. Ultimately, it may not be a beautiful day in the neighborhood, but it certainly is an entertaining night at the theater.

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OTHER’S DAY Women who don’t have children aren’t all that rare: According to a 2014 study by the Pew Research Center, about 15 percent of U.S. women ages 40 to 44 — nearly one in six — had never reproduced. So why is the phenomenon so little discussed? And why are childless-by-choice women so often made to feel somehow deficient, or just odd? For Stacey Vespaziani, the question recalls a giant foam sperm she saw on a childhood school trip to the science center (probably the North Side’s old Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science). It was part of a birds-and-bees exhibit, and she marks the episode — the mystery, strangeness and implicit expectation surrounding reproduction — as the start of a life-long perplexity about parenthood. Vespaziani recreates that scene in mOTHER, a play, the autobiographical one-woman show she debuted in June at the Cincinnati Fringe Festival. The hour-long show, illustrated with projected images, also played the Boulder Fringe Festival and the Chicago Fringe Festival. It receives its Pittsburgh premiere with three performances Oct. 27 and 28 at Downtown’s Bricolage Productions space, courtesy of her own Odds & Ends Productions. Lisa Ann Goldsmith directs. (The 7 p.m. show on Oct. 27 is followed by a bonus performance by touring variety show Campfireball, with live music, standup comedy and storytelling.) Vespaziani, a Pittsburgh-area native, studied theater at the University of Cincinnati but is better known as founder of South Hills Power Yoga. At one point, she was pregnant, but later miscarried. The Dormont resident also was keenly aware of the public sympathy expressed when the Hayes bald eagles lost their eggs one year; near the nesting site, one person left a note that read, “Next year, Mom and Dad.” Last year, a month before her birthday, Vespaziani decided, “I really need to write about this.” Vespaziani, in her late 30s, now states firmly, “I actually don’t want to be a mother.” To learn more about why, see mOTHER. But Vespaziani notes the wide range of responses to her work. One woman “just stopped talking” after Vespaziani told her what her play was about. Another, Vespaziani says, said “Thank, you. This is something I’ve always felt but never heard anyone talk about.” DRISCOLL@PGHCITYPAPER.COM

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10.26-11.01.17 Full events listed online at www.pghcitypaper.com Human activity has so affected the Earth that its residue will be part of the fossil record millions of years from now: It’s a sobering idea. Think of molten rock fused with plastic (a real phenomenon), and you’ll get a sense of what many scientists propose we call the Anthropocene, a new geologic time period measured partly by our pollutants. The Carnegie Museum of Natural History calls We Are Nature: Living in the Anthropocene, which opens Oct. 28, the first exhibit in North American to focus exclusively on the

concept. Exhibit designer Jaron Keener says that despite the gravity of the issue, the museum strived to make We Are Nature accessible, hopeful and even fun. Global warming, for instance, is explicated in the form of a display that’s a “funeral” for Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, mortally threatened by rising ocean temperatures. Sea turtles are also endangered because warmer waters results in more female turtles than male. Another display explores humanmade habitat alteration, like the golf courses so appealing to Canada geese that some have ceased migrating. But, Keener says, “It’s not all gloom and doom.” The exhibit also tracks success stories like bringing the gray wolf back from extinction, and saving eagles from DDT. Extinction is a key theme: One tongue-in-cheek display asks visitors to vote on the next “celebrity animal extinction” — which among a list of six endangered animals (black rhino, Sumatran tiger, etc.) would you miss most? — thereby emphasizing that most species saved from the brink of extinction were driven there by us. (“Votes” are cast with pocket change that goes toward relevant conservation efforts.) The flip side is that our behavior is something we can alter — and must, because, as the show’s title says, “we are nature.” The goal, says Keener, is “to break down the line that people have sort of put up between themselves and nature.”

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STAGE Tonight’s workshop performance of Between Us and Grace, a play with music, kicks off the New Hazlett’s Theater’s Community Supported Art Performance Series season. Playwright Clare Drobot (City Theatre’s director of new-play p y ho looks development) stars as Stella, 17, who to music to escape the strictures of her ngersmall-town religious upbringing; singerstless songwriter Nathan Zoob plays a restless songwriter she meets one Sunday night. CSA is a subscription series, but single tickets are available. Bill O’Driscoll 8 p.m. 6 Allegheny Square East, North Side. $25. www.newhazletttheater.org

STAGE The Hard Problem, the 2015 work by y iconic playwright Tom Stoppard that’s t’s his first new one in nearly a decade, gets its regional premiere courtesy of Quantum Theatre. Here, the ever-witty itty and intellectually probing Stoppard (The Real Thing, Arcadia) tackles the e “hard problem” of explaining why humans have consciousness through h the story of Hilary, a young neurological gical researcher. Quantum takes over the fifth floor of the Energy Innovation Center err for

the production, directed by Rachel Stevens, the Point Park grad who assistant-directed acclaimed Broadway smash Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812. The cast stars Alex Spieth, as Hilary, and includes such Pittsburgh favorites as Ken Bolden and Daina Michelle Griffith. The first performance (pay-what-you-can preview). Continues is tonight. BO O 8 p.m. (pa Bedford Ave., Hill District. $18-55. through Nov. 19. 1435 B www.quantumtheatre.com www.quantumtheatre

PARTY Spending some o of Halloween season at a place called Spiritt makes ssense. Especially when this year’s a attraction is the Psychedelic Creep S Show Vault, artist Ian Brill’s immersive, so sound-responsive installation. The flas flashing, patterned colored lights are complemen complemented by DJs, live music, people in costume, and booze. Events in the Vault series include tonigh tonight’s 21+, clothing-optional Underwear Ride After Part Party. Tomorrow, attractions include the DJs of Stran Strangeways, and Los Angeles rapper Jonwayne. Satu Saturday’s big Halloween bash features Jonathan Toubi Toubin, Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds and more, including a costume contest and free pizza until 10 p p.m. BO 9 p.m. ($5 suggested donation). Vault events con continue through Nov. 12 (ticket prices vary). 242 51stt SSt., Lawrenceville. 412-586-4441 or www.spiritpgh.com www.spiritpgh. ^ Thu., Oct. 26: Between Us aand Grace

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ART Join Artist Image Resource tonight for the opening of its Resident Artist Project Exhibition, featuring Ricardo Ruiz, Alisha Wormsley and Robert Hodge. With some of the artwork completed, and some still in progress, the show provides a look into the artists’ processes and their role in our community. Works touch upon themes of migration, time, women of color, and women in music. Amanda Reed 6-8 p.m. Exhibit continues through Nov. 26. 518 Foreland St., North Side. Free. 412-321-8664 or www.artistsimageresource.org

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PARTY Fair Moans, a sex-positive Pittsburgh collective founded in 2015, kicks off a month-long workshop series at Los Sobrosos Dance Studio. Titled Sex Magick, tonight’s event explores what arouses us. But that’s not all: Things will heat up with a Sexy Gear & Gender Queer Fashion show, where attendees can strut down the runway in Fair Moans’ own handcrafted costumes. Stick around for the dance party, with tunes provided by DJs Mary Mack and Ginger Brooks Takahashi. AR 7-11 p.m. 4909 Penn Ave., Garfield. $10 suggested donation. www.fairmoans pgh.wordpress.com

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Pittsburgh Symphony ^ Fri., Oct. 27: Resident Artist Project Orchestra continues marking music director Manfred Honeck’s 10th anniversary with the group this weekend. On the program are: a world premiere of former PSO Composer of the Year Sir James MacMillan’s Larghetto for Orchestra, originally for a cappella choir; Schumann’s Cello Concerto, with soloist Alisa Weilerstein; and Beethoven’s iconic Eroica, which will be recorded for future release. AR 8 p.m. Also 8 p.m. Sat., Oct. 28, and 2:30 p.m. Sun, Oct. 29. Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown. $20-94. 412-392-4900 or www.pittsburghsymphonyorchestra.org

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STAGE What happens when physicists collaborate with improvisational artists? Tonight, The Ellipses Condition hosts another in its Invisible Jazz Labs series. Carnegie Mellon University physicists Alan McGaughey and Rebecca Taylor talk science, and artists from The Space Upstairs — musicians, movement artists, poet, chalk artist — get physical and visual with the concepts. Pearlann Porter hosts. BO 8 p.m. 214 N. Lexington St., Point Breeze. $10-15. www.facebook.com (“invisible jazz”)

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Balafon West African Dance Ensemble presents its Black River Showcase: Generations Together tonight, in collaboration with the Kelly-Strayhorn Theater. The program is a contemporary take on West African traditions and culture through energetic dance, elaborate costumes and emphatic live drumming, featuring choreography by Chicago-based, Guinean-born dance master Moustapha Bangoura. The troupe is led by “Mama” Kadiatou Conte-Forte. On Saturday, join Bangoura for a community dance workshop. AR 8 p.m. 5941 Penn Ave., East Liberty (pay what you want). Workshop: 2 p.m. Sat., Oct. 28 (5530 Penn Ave., Friendship). $15 suggested donation. 412-363-3000 or www.kelly-strayhorn.org

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^ Fri., Oct. 27: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Every so often, Renaissance Fulton Pittsburgh Hotel resurrects Heaven, the Downtown disco that occupied its grand lobby back in the early 1980s. Halloween’s as good a reason as any, so here’s Heaven once again, hosting Hell Bent or Heaven Sent, a 21+ party featuring the club’s original disco ball, a costume contest and even Metro Mix DJ John Hohman, one of Heaven’s original DJs. Expect an ’80s-heavy playlist. BO 9 p.m.-2 a.m. 107 Sixth St., Downtown. $20 (VIP: $50). www.eventbrite.com (“heavenly pittsburgh”)

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For a city that touts its working-class heritage, Pittsburgh hasn’t really gone out of its way to represent working people in art (statues of sports heroes notwithstanding). The Battle of Homestead Foundation addresses the issue with Working Class Images, an exhibit featuring work by four notable local artists: photographer Charlee Brodsky and painters Robert Qualters, Jennifer Rempel and Peter Oresick. The show at the Bost Building, opens today with a reception honoring the artists, with the late Oresick represented by his wife, Stephanie Flom. BO Reception: 1-3 p.m. (free). Exhibit continues through Dec. 16. 623 E. Eighth Ave., Homestead. 412-478-5907 or www.battleof homestead.org

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MUSIC Pittsburgh Camerata is unique here for its focus on choral music from the Renaissance and Baroque period and the 20th century, sung by a professional ensemble. This weekend’s program, Memories and Remembrances, includes compositions by Tomas Luis da Victoria (1548-1611) {ART BY CHARLEE BRODSKY} ^ Sat., Oct. 28: Working Class Images and contemporary talents like Daniel Elder, Ola Gjello and Eriks Ešenvalds. Tonight’s performance is at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, in Highland Park, with a matinee tomorrow, at Heinz Chapel. BO 7:30 p.m. (5801 Hampton St.). Also 3 p.m. Sun., Oct. 29 (South Bellefield Avenue, Oakland). $5-25. 412-421-5884 or www.pittsburghcamerata.org

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SCREEN Wes Craven fans, rejoice! View every entry of the 48 Hour Film Horror Project, locally sponsored by Pittsburgh Filmmakers, tonight at The Oaks Theater, featuring shorts by 12 local production companies like Gaff Tape and a Prayer and Goat Milk Fudge. Each seven-minute film was written, shot and edited Oct. 20-22. After tonight’s screening, learn the judge’s pick that will move on to Filmapalooza, an international festival in Paris, exclusively for films made in just two days. AR 7:30 p.m. 310 Allegheny River Blvd., Oakmont. Ticket prices TBD. 412-828-6322 or www.theoakstheater.com

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NEIGHBORHOOD PERKS Friendship Perk and Brew is a grad student’s dream. The new cafe at South Pacific and Friendship avenues in Bloomfield is cozy, clean and relatively quiet. It has all the amenities for a study night or an engaging conversation about philosophy or whatever. Patrons can start with a baristacrafted latte, then order a muffaletta sandwich or chopped-vegetable salad, and end the evening by relaxing with a local craft beer or scoop of ice cream. Co-owner Nick Redondo welcomes millennials, but wants his cafe to be embraced by all demographics. “What we really wanted was for this to be a neighborhood meeting place for everybody,” says Redondo. After two convenience stores (7-Eleven and later, Brian and Cooper) vacated the building, Perk and Brew went through a lengthy renovation to become the venue it is today. (Fun fact: The old 7-Eleven was one of the few convenience shops in the area to have a bar.) Now, the inside of the cafe is bright and homey, with wood floors and an exposed brick wall. Redondo says he is excited for the winter, so he can turn on the gas fireplace, and customers can cozy up on the cafe’s couch. Redondo says the cafe is focused on providing locally sourced products and makes homemade food as much as possible. For example, he says he makes roast turkeys for sandwiches in-house, and Perk and Brew offers sodas from Natrona Bottling Company, as well as coffee roasted by Kiva Koffeehouse, in Cranberry. Redondo recognizes the welcoming vibe inside Perk and Brew, but he’s also proud of what he installed just outside the cafe walls. On the sidewalk of Friendship Avenue, a brand-new water fountain provides easy refreshment to passersby. (It even has a secondary, lower fountain for dogs.) Redondo says his contractor told him he was crazy for installing the fountain, but Redondo was adamant. He wanted to give back to the community. “It’s about the neighborhood and the people in it,” says Redondo. RYANDETO@PGHCITYPAPER.COM

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FTER MONTHS of pop-ups, delays and anticipation, Ki Ramen is open on Butler Street, in Lawrenceville. Occupying a choice corner spot, the restaurant stretches down 44th Street on three levels: the main, high-ceilinged dining room; a mezzanine floor with desirable counter seating facing the kitchen; and a back room that’s down a couple steps and centered on a bar. The atmosphere pleasingly conjoins casual comfort with simple stylishness that doesn’t try too hard to be hip. The fact that Ki Ramen is a joint venture between Umami’s Roger Li and Piccolo Forno’s Dom Branduzzi might suggest some form of fusion between two of the world’s most famously noodle-centric cuisines. But no — Ki Ramen’s flavors and ingredients are definitively East Asian.

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of each soup’s ingredients. The noodles, cooked to order in little baskets lowered into a massive box of boiling water, were stretchy, slightly chewy, almost Italianstyle al dente. They held their texture through the meal, although they inevitably grew mushy in leftovers. But this leads us to another excellent quality of Ki Ramen: The soup arrived hot, but not punishingly so. After one very hesitant first sip, we were able to spoon and slurp it eagerly while all the ingredients were at their peaks. Two broths, curry and miso, were vegetarian, but thanks to richly flavorful components like coconut milk, they didn’t taste wan in comparison to the bonebased double-broth bowls. Curry ramen took on a subtle Thai note from tamarind, but tempered it with briny Japanese wakame and earthy, hearty miso. Shoyu ramen took its main flavor from soy sauce, and the shio version from that most elemental of ingredients, sea salt. Yet even this broth, robustly rounded by porchetta, crispy pig ears, scallions, sesame seeds and a six-minute egg with a lusciously creamy yolk, was a world away from the cellophane-wrapped student staple with its salt-bomb seasoning packet. Dan dan ramen took its name and its nutty, sesame-based flavor profile from the classic Sichuan noodle dish, but its spice from pickled Korean kimchi. Crispy pig ears were also available as a snack or side plate, allowing us to isolate their unique character. The thin strips arrived lightly fried, seasoned and crisped on the outside, but their overall texture was better described as chewy and fatty. The contrast was addictive. In the shio ramen, these textures held up surprisingly well, as did our add-ins of fried chicken skin, which were golden puffs of umami goodness. Other snacks were also superb. Redundantly named bao buns were thick, fluffy, split and served open-face with daily meat or veggie toppings; our curry beef was shredded and headily flavored with anise. Chilled miso eggplant was ultra-tender and wonderfully savory. And rayu cucumber consisted of coarsely chopped, bite-size pieces marinated in bright, spicy taberu rayu: sesame oil infused with hot chiles. Only fried cauliflower — cavalfiore, the name an almost-lone nod to Chef Branduzzi’s Italian heritage — was slightly disappointing, with a sauce that lacked, of all things, enough salt. Like a great bowl of noodle soup, Ki Ramen has all the ingredients for success, confidently combined with just enough intrigue to set it apart from the rest. INF O @PGH C IT YPAPE R . C O M

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CHEDDAR AND GOAT CHEESE PARSNIP BAKE {BY MEG FAIR} Fall is a time of the year best filled with cozy dishes that warm your belly and chase away the chilly nip in the air. And what better dish to get you to a cozy place than these cheesy baked parsnips? It’s a little twist on the Midwest classic that is cheesy potatoes. It’s sure to delight your roommates, your friends at the next potluck you attend, or just your sweet self, because sharing this dish is a little bit of a sacrifice. The bite of the sharp cheddar combined with tangy goat cheese over savory parsnips is really good on its own, so don’t feel pressured to go any wilder than that. But the nice thing about this recipe is that the base of cheese and parsnips is an excellent canvas for whatever you’d like to do with it. Add some asparagus? Sure! Want to roast some apples with those parsnips? Go for it! Mix in peas and coat with breadcrumbs? Bravo!

Regardless of what you add, it’s no secret that you’re going to take a nice little food-coma doze after eating it. INGREDIENTS: • 1½ pounds of parsnips, peeled and sliced into thin pieces • ¼ cup water • ¼ cup butter • 2 cups sharp cheddar cheese, grated • ¼ cup goat cheese • A pinch of salt • A pinch of pepper • A pinch of dried parsley • Fresh parsley INSTRUCTIONS: Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees. Use a baking dish to hold the sliced parsnips, which you’ll want to cover in ¼ cup water. Cube the butter and place around the dish. Sprinkle a little dried parsley, pepper and salt on top. Place dish in the oven for 30 minutes. Remove dish and cover the parsnips with the cheddar cheese and goat cheese, then place back in the oven for 15 more minutes. Be sure to check that the parsnips are nice and tender before removing from the oven. Let cool for about five minutes. Sprinkle fresh parsley on top, and serve. M E G FA I R@ P G HC I T Y PA P E R. C OM

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WORKING IN THE service industry means facing a lot of unpredictability. From the hours, to the wages, to the combination of workers on any given night, learning to roll with the punches is a necessity in the kitchen and out on the floor. Stephanie Dooley and Ashley Hedland, long-time service-industry workers and co-founders of the new Pittsburgh-based company Tipped Off, hope to provide a little more predictability for employees and employers. “Tipped Off is a web-based community and hiring platform for the restaurant industry,” says Hedland. “We hope to streamline the hiring process for restaurant managers and owners while empowering employees to find their best fit. We hope people will become happier in their jobs and give better service.” After years of experience in the service industry, in both serving and management, Dooley and Hedland recognize that when people are happy in their jobs, the customer service improves. “Customers notice that. They notice that everyone is happy. It’s a reason to come back,” says Dooley. The platform is based on peer reviews from full-time and part-time servers and bartenders in restaurants across the city. It can be difficult for service-industry employees to get realistic information about wages and hours before taking a job. Reviews offer some transparency. Each peer reviewer is asked to answer a series of questions about benefits, working hours, wages, tipping and more. A free space is provided for additional comments. Those

looking for jobs have free access to these reviews and will be able to build a personal profile highlighting their skills and attach résumés. Employers can pay for a subscription to the website in order build a profile, post jobs, and allow hiring managers to receive applications and filter applicants. “This is not Yelp for employees,” says Dooley, noting that if a restaurant garners a negative review, they will have the opportunity to respond on the platform and discuss potential policy changes. “In the meantime, we’ll be learning a lot about what keeps employees around, so eventually we’ll be able to help owners and managers learn what are the best ways to keep employees around and happy,” says Dooley. Providing potential hires with on-the-ground knowledge of workplaces is meant to reduce turnover, helping both the employee and employer have a more stable and satisfying work environment. The idea for Tipped Off was born out of Dooley’s years working in competitive New York City restaurants. When she returned to Pittsburgh and started serving, she met Hedland and, recognizing her similar experience, goals and frustrations with the industry, quickly brought her onboard. The company is in its nascent stage, and the focus is currently on cumulating peer reviews. Meanwhile, Dooley and Hedland are getting the word out to the restaurant industry by hosting dinners, roundtables and events. They plan to launch a fully operational Tipped Off in early 2018. C E L I N E @ P G H C I T Y PA P E R. C OM

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{BY BILL O’DRISCOLL} If you haven’t heard of its subject, the title of the new short documentary “Wendell G. Freeland: A Silent Soldier,” explains: Though Pittsburgh attorney Freeland was prominent in most aspects of the civil-rights struggle from the 1940s until his death, in 2014, he was more concerned with results than with headlines.

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In 1945, as a bombardier with the Tuskegee Airmen, the Baltimore native took part in the Freeman Field mutiny, a protest over a segregated officers’ club that an historian in this film calls “the first act of the modern civil-rights movement.” (Participants risked court-martial and execution.) In 1950, law degree in hand, Freeland moved to Pittsburgh and over the decades amassed a résumé that included integrating the Highland Park swimming pool; fighting for fair housing; battling police brutality; getting city schools to hire black teachers; and helping to establish Neighborhood Legal Services. While Freeland was known locally for representing clients who couldn’t afford to pay, he also served on the boards of the Urban League of Pittsburgh and the national Urban League. His national renown is testified to here by eminent interviewees including Vernon Jordan, former Gov. Dick Thornburgh and philanthropist Elsie Hillman. Pittsburgh-based filmmaker Billy Jackson builds his appropriately edifying 45-minute film around a sit-down interview with Freeland himself. There are also archival photos and footage, and lots of talking heads, from historians to Freeland’s family and colleagues, recalling his skill in the courtroom and love of a good time. Threaded throughout the soundtrack are various renditions of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” — the black national anthem that Freeland took as a key inspiration of his own. The film’s world-premiere screening takes place Nov. 2 at the Heinz History Center. D R I S C OLL@ PGHC ITY PA PE R.CO M

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ROM ITS cheesy poster, title and tagline — “It’s Not What Stands in Front of You, It’s Who Stands Beside You” — you’d expect this film about a group of reallife firefighters to be a truckload of tropes about manly heroes. And Only the Brave, directed by Joseph Kosinski, definitely trades in plenty — from its classic-rock soundtrack and sweaty training montages to blue-collar totems like cowboy hats, pickup trucks and cans of Budweiser. The screenplay is adapted from a GQ article that told the story of a group of Prescott, Ariz.-based firefighters — the Granite Mountain Hotshots — 19 of whom died fighting the Yarnell fire in 2013. Thus, the memory of the event provides emotional ballast to the formulaic fare, and Only the Brave bests its Hollywood creation to become a heartfelt tribute, yee-hawing bro pranks and all. The work is helped immeasurably by a sturdy cast, who elevate the mostly hacky dialogue. Josh Brolin plays Eric Marsh, the gruff, teddy-bearish leader; Miles Teller

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Arizona firefighter Eric Marsh (Josh Brolin) surveys the terrain.

is the newbie; and James Badge Dale and Taylor Kitsch portray the other featured firefighters. The always-great Jeff Bridges turns up as the town’s fire chief and Marsh’s mentor. (Bonus: Bridges taps his musical side, in one scene delivering a lively version of “Ghost Riders in the Sky.”) For a story about men being men, Jennifer Connelly, as Marsh’s wife, gets a bit more

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CP APPROVED screen time than the usual worried-wifeon-the-phone role. There are even a couple of meatier scenes where she and Marsh give their characters a few grace notes of complexity. The tale unfolds leisurely: Viewers spend the ﬁrst 90 minutes mostly goofing with the guys, and learning some of

the basics of fighting wildfires. It’s tough physical work — digging, tree-chopping, brush-clearing and setting controlled fires, in the heat and rugged terrain. Good cinematography captures the endless vistas of scrubby desert and pine-covered mountains. (“Fuel,” Marsh only half-jokes, when taking in the scenery.) Only after we’ve gotten to know the dudes (sort of), and what they do, does the film take us to the fateful Yarnell fire. And even then, the material is handled sensitively and with a minimum of juiced-up action footage. Instead, the film shows the men behaving steadily, professionally, when the fire unexpectedly shifts and endangers them. There’s a wrap-up when the tight-knit community learns of the deaths. There was a lot of sniffling in the theater, and packing a bandana wouldn’t be a bad idea. When all the Hollywood stars have left the screen, it’s a heartbreaking reel of snapshots of the 19 men who died, posed with their families, celebrating events and fighting fires. A H OF F @ P G HC I T Y PA P E R. C OM

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SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. In Jonathan Demme’s 1991 thriller, Anthony Hopkins stars as Hannibal Lecter, killer and gourmand, while Jodie Foster portrays the FBI agent whom he mentors in tracking down a second serial killer. 9:30 p.m. Fri., Oct. 27, and 7:15 p.m. Sat., Oct. 28. Regent Square

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WALLACE AND GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT. In Nick Park’s 2005 film, his animated clay heroes — the muddling inventor Wallace and his faithful (and much smarter) dog, Gromit — get into trouble around the upcoming fruit-and-veg festival and some meddling rabbits. Noon, Sat., Oct. 28, and 1:45 p.m. Sun., Oct. 29. Regent Square

COLUMBUS. The lives of three people intersect in Columbus, Ind.: a Korean man tending to his architect father, who is in a coma, and a young woman who wants to stay with her mother, a recovering addict. Kogonada directs this drama starring John Cho, Haley Lu Richardson and Parker Posey. Re-scheduled from earlier this month. Starts Thu., Oct. 26. Melwood

PARANORMAN. This animated stop-motion 2012 comedy fable from Chris Butler and Sam Fell follows the adventures of young Norman, who can see and talk to the dead. Turns out to be useful in lifting a town curse. 1:45 p.m. Sat., Oct. 28; Noon, Sun., Oct. 29; and 3 p.m. Tue., Oct. 31. Regent Square (AH)

GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN. In this bio-pic, Domhnall Gleeson stars as A.A. Milne, who created the Winnie-the-Pooh stories for his young son, Christopher Robin. Simon Curtis directs. Starts Fri., Oct. 27

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JIGSAW. Like Freddy and Jason, the bad dude from the Saw franchise never seems to truly die and go away. Despite being dead for 10 years, the killer known as Jigsaw is suspected in a series of murders. Michael and Peter Spierig direct this horror thriller. Starts Fri., Oct. 27 MARK FELT: THE MAN WHO BROUGHT DOWN THE WHITE HOUSE. In 2005, one of Washington’s enduring mysteries was solved when former FBI Associate Director Mark Felt revealed that he was “Deep Throat.” He had been so named by The Washington Post, to whose reporters he provided leads about the unfolding Watergate scandal. Those troubled months are recounted in this straightforward docudrama from Peter Landesman (Concussion). Liam Neeson portrays Felt, a square-jawed G-man. The film lays out how he came to leak, suggesting variously that it was pique (at being passed over for director), an effort to protect the FBI (which had its own extra-legal problems) or a larger sense of patriotic duty. Previous knowledge of Watergate is helpful — this film doesn’t have time to explain who Mitchell, Erlichman or Dean are — and newbies will be further confused by a cast that is nearly all bland middle-aged white men in suits. On one level, it plays out as a high-level office drama, the proverbial snakepit of bad feelings, ambition and secrets; it’s just that what everybody was shuffling around was explosive. The White House was attempting to squash an FBI investigation; the CIA was sending memos; and, in essence, one part of the FBI was investigating another. “No one can stop the driving force of an FBI investigation,” states Felt. “Not even the FBI.” Recommended for Watergate completists, and perhaps those interested in some of the specific gears of the impeachment machine. Starts Fri., Oct. 27. AMC Loews and Harris (Al Hoff) PITTSBURGH SHORTS. Yes, the films are short, but there are nearly a hundred of them! This new festival, presented by Film Pittsburgh, offers 90 films — narrative, animated and documentary — from 20 countries. The films screen in 14 programs over five days, and include an all-ages selection (11 a.m. Sat., Oct. 28) as well as a Halloween one, Thrills and Chills (9:30 p.m. Sat., Oct. 28). The Best of the Fest (7 p.m. Sun., Oct. 29) program wraps it up. Oct. 25-29. August Wilson Center, 980 Liberty Ave., Downtown. $8-12. www.filmpittsburgh.org SUBURBICON. George Clooney directs this dark

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THE PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS. A home break-in goes bad, and the burglar gets trapped in the house … with two very disturbing owners and assorted freaky occupants. Wes Craven directs this 1991 horror film. 9:45 p.m. Sat., Oct. 28; 9 p.m. Mon., Oct. 30; and 8 p.m. Tue., Oct. 31. Regent Square THE RING. Naomi Watts stars in Gore Verbinski’s 2002 horror thriller about a deadly videotape. 11:45 p.m. Sat., Oct. 28, and 9:45 p.m. Tue., Oct. 31. Regent Square THE DEVIL’S BACKBONE. In Guillermo Del Toro’s atmospheric and quietly menacing 2001 film, a lad in an isolated orphanage during the Spanish civil war finds that the ghosts of the past are determined to usher him out of innocence and into the hard realities of the present. In Spanish with subtitles. Midnight, Sat., Oct. 28. Row House Cinema

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comedy about a perfect American suburb which comes spectacularly unglued after a home invasion. Matt Damon and Julianne Moore star. Starts Fri., Oct. 27 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. A group of veterans struggle to re-adjust to civilian life after returning from fighting in Iraq. Miles Teller heads up an ensemble cast in this drama from Jason Hall, adapted from David Finkel’s best-selling book. Starts Fri., Oct. 27

REPERTORY THE VACATION and LEGUME. Two new films about food, from local filmmaker David Bernabo, screen. In the 47-minute “The Vacation,” Bernabo and his Canon 5D set out on a 10-day tour of Italy, led by Tom and Brad, owners of the Pittsburgh bakery Food Glorious Food, who make an annual visit bringing along interested parties. The film captures the thoughts of the travelers as they discover Italy through walking, cooking and eating. As always, Bernabo’s focus on process in the making of food is meditative, lulling you into the scene. The music is eclectic and adds a lot to the feeling, as does the rich voice of the Italian narrator. “15 Short Films About Legume” (36 minutes) was commissioned by chef Trevett Hooper to celebrate the eponymous restaurant’s 10th anniversary. Bernabo delivers 15 vignettes with names like “Butterjoint” and “A Difficult Industry,” capturing the venue’s life and legend. Legume has long been a labor of love, with Hooper striving to follow his values in the kitchen, and being supported by staff and diners alike. Short interviews with staff, food writers, farmers and diners document the restaurant’s origins in Regent Square.

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Of the journey, Hooper says, “I think the benefit of me never having managed anything before is that I didn’t know what was crazy and what wasn’t. It turned out well most of the time.” 6:30 p.m. Wed., Oct. 25. Melwood (Celine Roberts) AUTUMNAL ODDITIES 2. Get in the seasonal mood with this compilation of Halloween-themed filmed material, presented by Flea Market Films. Expect selections from Halloween safety films, horror movies, weird home movies, creepy medical films, nostalgic educational films, bizarre commercials and more — all screened in 16 mm. 8 p.m. Thu., Oct. 26. Melwood BEETLEJUICE. Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis and Michael Keaton star in Tim Burton’s 1988 comedy about a haunted house, and the aggrieved ghosts who live there. 5:30 p.m. Fri., Oct. 27; 3:30 p.m. Sat., Oct. 28; 5:30 p.m. Mon., Oct. 30; and 4:45 p.m. Tue., Oct. 31. Regent Square EFFECTS. Dusty Nelson’s 1980 locally produced thriller finds a motley gang assembled in a country house to shoot a low-budget horror film, thus creating an amusing film-inside-a-film gimmick. 7:30 p.m. Fri., Oct. 27 (free); 5:30 p.m. Sat., Oct. 28; and 6:30 p.m. Tue., Oct. 31. Regent Square THE MADS: LIVE MOVIE RIFFING. Settle back for laughs as Frank Conniff and Trace Beaulieu, of Mystery Science Theater 3000, screen terrible films (it’s a surprise) and mock them live. The Friday and Saturday shows feature different content; doors open at 7 p.m. for meet-and-greet. 8 p.m. Fri., Oct. 27, and 8 p.m. Sat., Oct. 28. Hollywood

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HISTORY LESSONS This week in Pittsburgh Sports History {BY CHARLIE DEITCH} OCT. 26, 1984 The Pittsburgh Maulers of the United States Football League (USFL) fold after just one season. The Maulers went 3-11. The main reason for the shutdown is the USFL’s decision to switch to a fall schedule for the 1985 season. Rather than fighting a losing battle trying to compete with the Steelers, the Maulers close up shop.

OCT. 27, 1948 Pittsburgh Pirates manager Billy Meyer is named Manager of the Year.

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OCT. 28, 1992 Pirates manager Jim Leyland wins National League Manager of the Year honors. This also marks the end of the Pirates’ last winning season for 20 years.

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OCT. 28, 2006 Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby nets his first career hat trick.

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OCT. 30, 1975 Although he’s been the voice of the Pirates since 1948, the “Gunner,” Bob Prince, is fired by KDKA. The relationship between Prince and the station had become contentious in the late 1960s. Both Prince and his color commentator, Nellie King, were released.

OCT. 31, 2004 The underdog Pittsburgh Steelers hold the New England Patriots to six rushing yards on the way to a 34-20 victory at Heinz Field. The game was the first loss for the Pats since the third week of the 2003 NFL season. The two teams would play again in the AFC Championship, with the Patriots winning 41-27.

NOV. 1, 2006 Penguins rookie Evgeni Malkin does what no other NHL player has done in 90 years when he scores a goal in each of his first six games.

T’S WEDNESDAY evening at Gloria’s

Gym in Monroeville. A group of women is gathered in a circle, bouncing back and forth on the balls of their feet. Their arms and hands are in a traditional boxer’s stance, close to their face, ready to block a hit. There have only been a handful of group classes at the newly opened gym, but already the group of women has formed a bond. They’re welcoming to newbies and are encouraging to each other. If someone gets tired, they cheer each other on to keep moving until the buzzer sounds. The drills are shorter than a typical round of boxing, but they help the rookie boxers gain stamina, says Gloria

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Sztukowski, a trainer, and member of the Golden Gloves Hall of Fame of Pennsylvania. She founded the gym along with Jimmy Cvetic, a retired Allegheny County police ofﬁcer, poet, children’s advocate, boxing trainer and something of a local legend.

A new boxing gym in Monroeville gives women the opportunity to train {BY REBECCA ADDISON} Both Sztukowski and Cvetic have decades of boxing experience between them and have trained hundreds of ﬁghters. Among Cvetic’s better-known protegés are former lightweight world champ

Paul Spadafora and former No. 1 superlightweight contender, Monty Meza-Clay. Over the years, Cvetic has opened a dozen gyms around the city, but he and Sztukowski believed women needed their own space to train. “Women don’t need to be empowered. Women are already empowered. They have so much strength,” Sztukowski says. “They just need to be given opportunities. We wanted to create a space just for them.” At the Wednesday class, Sztukowski tells the women about her ﬁrst visit to a boxing gym. She recounts how intimidated she felt walking in, and says her apprehension wasn’t abated when many of the men in the room began teasing her.

Gloria’s Gym is a stark contrast to those kinds of boys’-club gyms. For one, it’s much cleaner, joke Sztukowski and Cvetic. But the two have also put ample resources into ensuring the gym is equipped with a topof-the-line ring, gloves and punching bags. “We really wanted women to feel welcome,” says Cvetic. And while the nicer atmosphere certainly helps, the big draw at Gloria’s is the gym’s namesake. Clad in a black T-shirt and sweats, with a black band around her forehead, the woman is a motivating coach straight out of your favorite boxing movie. Each class starts with a footwork warmup. Next, the women wrap their hands for punching drills, before gloving up to tear

into one of the gym’s punching bags. The sessions aren’t geared toward those wanting to get into professional boxing. Sztukowski teaches the basics and traditional punches, but classes also incorporate elements of different ﬁtness classes, including high-intensity interval training and CrossFit. Right now there’s no set cost for women to train at the gym. Sztukowski says she’s been talking to participants to determine a reasonable cost when the facility holds its grand opening in January. “Women have so much to deal with between their jobs and their families,” Sztukowski says. “We want this to be a place where they can blow off steam. We want them to come with their daughters.” RAD DI SON@PGH C IT YPAPE R . C O M

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and Franco, Sid and Geno, Stan and Guy, Tunch and Wolf, Johnson and Finnegan, Romero and Savini, Dave and Dave; even King Friday XIII has Queen Sara Saturday. Before Carnegie Mellon was known for manufacturing robots, it manufactured the ’70s sitcom duo of Lenny and Squiggy. In recent years, another famous duo was blossoming on the Bluff at Duquesne University. The dynamic freshman hoops duo of Isiaha Mike and Mike Lewis II gave long-suffering Dukes fans a reason for hope on the way to the Palumbo Center. But in the offseason, Isiaha Mike left, leaving his Squiggy for the arguably greener pastures of Southern Methodist University. However, Lewis is returning, and there’s reason for fans to be excited because of the possibility of a new dynamic duo coming together in the form of Lewis and Keith Dambrot, a new coach and a proven winner. In the early 2000s, the Akron Zips were a college team in the midst of another mediocre run. Much like the current program at Duquesne, the Zips were stuck in a

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perpetual malaise. In 2004, Keith Dambrot led the Zips to a 19-10 record, and that would be the low point of his tenure. For the next 12 seasons, the Akron Zips won 21 or more games every single year. Out of the hundreds of college-basketball programs in the country, only Duke and Gonzaga have done the same thing. At Duquesne, Dambrot is facing the soft bigotry of low expectations — very low expectations. The Dukes are predicted (by almost everybody who predicts Atlantic-10 basketball) to ﬁnish in the basement. Projections of 10-22 are hung on the Dukes, while praise is heaped on Dayton and Virginia Commonwealth. Schools like Rhode Island and Davidson get respect, but the Dukes get none. But the A-10 hasn’t yet met Keith Dambrot. If you need a character witness, how about LeBron James? Dambrot coached the future King in his muchpublicized high school days. The King of Cleveland has nothing but good things to say about his former mentor. Dambrot’s quest to return Duquesne to prominence is not only his job, it’s personal. His dad, Sid, played for the Dukes in their heyday. Sid Dambrot was a teammate of Sihugo Green and Dick Ricketts from 1952-

54. In those two seasons, the Dukes were 47-11 and were regularly ranked in the top 10. Dambrot recalls hearing his dad’s old war stories from back when playing for the Dukes was a pretty big deal. Some of the old Palumbo Center’s die-hard fans in the blueand-red-leather Duquesne jackets may even remember his old man. Dambrot has been associated with winning his entire life; why would he stop now? Although Isiaha Mike is gone, Lewis’ return gives fans a reason to stay hopeful. Lewis led the team in points per game, with 14.1, and in free-throw percentage (83.2), and dropped a freshman record 63 treys from behind the arc. Tarin Smith will join him in the starting lineup. Smith was the team leader in assists per game (3.1) and also had 34 steals, the most on the roster. The talent of these two players can’t be denied; the rest of the team remains to be seen. In 2004, there wasn’t one person in the basketball world who thought the Akron Zips would win more than 20 games for 12 consecutive years. Nobody thinks Duquesne will do it, either. But it would be dumb to bet against Dambrot, especially with a player as talented as Lewis by his side.

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1. Preschool pieces 5. 23-Across rival 10. Comfy slip-ons 14. Instrument that plays in the treble range 15. Funny feeling 16. Like some textbook publishing 17. Pope with a holy-sounding name 18. Tube steak that spent time under a Swingline? 20. Swimmer Torres 22. Resistance measurement 23. 5-Across rival 24. Things guaranteed to get a laugh during a slalom? 28. Motel with stuffed animals 29. Barely make (out) 30. Whiskey base 31. Moraleboosting org. 32. Trés avant-garde 34. Little cancer stick 36. Fresnel hidden behind a curtain? 42. Gastropub glassful 43. Seep through 44. “The Book Of Mormon” faith, briefly 45. Smiley, e.g. 47. Little man 48. 5-Down’s home 50. “Whaddya know! It’s empty!”? 54. Flub up 55. Brian with the

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2017 album “Reflection” 56. Tank shockers 57. Single image of a 2016 Disney flick? 61. Jaguars owner Shad 64. Purplish shade 65. Payload carriers, for short 66. Saragossa’s river 67. Slow Churned ice cream 68. Haunted house noises, for this puzzle at least 69. “The Jokers Wild” host Snoop

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25. Safe worker? 26. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s trademark shot 27. H.S. clubs 28. Long way around town 33. Push the little daisies 34. “No reason,” briefly 35. Actually 37. Means partner 38. Attitude 39. Radio host Limbaugh’s selfgiven nickname 40. Change, as the story 41. Govt. agency with four cryptologic centers

45. Turin cloth 46. Cyber crime 47. Burn badly 49. Double-___ (like some eggs) 50. City east of Phoenix 51. Overwhelming number 52. Not able to serve 53. Chocolate cup maker 58. “Punch-Out!!” platform 59. Sexy ___ Lincoln (Halloween costume for the history buffs) 60. “Su-u-u-uper tasty” 62. Messi’s nat. 63. Drink sold earlier and earlier thanks to the Christmas creep {LAST WEEK’S ANSWERS}

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “You never sing the same song twice,” said chanteuse Billie Holiday. “If you sing it with all the same phrasing and melody, you’re failing your art.” That’s an extreme statement, but I understand what she was driving at. Repeating yourself too much can be debilitating. That includes trying to draw inspiration from the same old sources that have worked in the past. I suggest you avoid this behavior in the coming days. Raise Holiday’s approach to a universal principle. Fresh sources of inspiration are available! Halloween costume suggestion: a persona or character unlike any you’ve ever imagined yourself to be.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): How can you enjoy the lavish thrills of rebirth later unless you die a little inside now? It’s the trickiest phase of your cycle, when your energies are best used to resolve and graduate from the unfinished business of the last 10 months. I suggest that you put the past to rest as best as you can. Don your funniest sad face and pay your last respects to the old ways and old days you’ll soon be leaving behind. Keep in mind that beauty will ultimately emerge from decay. Halloween costume suggestion: the mythical phoenix, which burns itself down, then resurrects itself from its own ashes.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): There are no such things as magic healings and miraculous redemptions and impossible breakthroughs. Right? Hard evidence provided by science precludes the existence of exotic help coming from spiritual realms. Right? Well, no. Not right. There is, in fact, another real world that overlaps the material world, and it operates according to different laws that are mostly imperceptible to our senses. But events in the other real world can have tangible effects in the material world. This is especially true for you right now. Take advantage! Seek practical answers and solutions in your dreams, meditations, visions and numinous encounters. Halloween costume suggestion: white-magic sorcerer or good witch.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Many years from now, in your last hours on earth, you will have visions that show you how all the events in your life were crucial to your life story. You will understand the lesson that was provided by each twist and turn of your destiny. Every piece of the gigantic puzzle will slip into place, revealing the truth of what your mission has been. And during that future climax, you may remember right now as a time when you got a long glimpse of the totality. Halloween costume suggestion: the happiest person on Earth; the sovereign of all you survey; the wise fool who understands yourself completely.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You might be able to pass for normal, but it will be better for your relationship with yourself if you don’t. You could try to tamp down your unusual urges and smooth your rough edges, but it will be smarter to regard those urges and edges as fertile raw material for your future happiness. Catch my drift? In the coming weeks, your main loyalty should be to your idiosyncratic intelligence. Halloween costume suggestion: the beautiful, interesting monster who lives in you.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): I share Vincent van Gogh’s belief that “the best way to know life is to love many things.” But I also

think that the next 12 months will be an inspiring time for you to be focused and single-minded in your involvement with love. That’s why I encourage you to take an approach articulated by the Russian mystic Anne Sophie Swetchine: “To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.” Halloween costume suggestion: a lover celebrating a sacred union to the love of your life, to God or Goddess, or to a symbol of your most sublime ideal.

What is the material object you want most but don’t have? This is an object that would serve your soul’s highest purposes, although not necessarily your ego’s. Here’s another question: What evocative symbol might help keep you inspired to fulfill your dreams over the course of the next five years? I suggest that you choose one or both of those things to be the inspiration for your Halloween costume.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “Yes, We Have No Bananas” is a silly novelty song that became a big hit in 1923. Its absurdity led to its wide use for humorous effect. For example, on the kids’ TV series The Muppet Show, puppets made out of fruits and vegetables sang parodies of the tune. That’s why I find it droll that the “No Bananas” songwriters stole part of the melody from the “Hallelujah Chorus,” the climax of classical composer George Handel’s religious oratorio Messiah. I’d love to see you engage in comparable transmutations, Taurus: making serious things amusing and vice versa. It’s a time when you can generate meaningful fun and playful progress through the art of reversal. Halloween costume suggestion: a tourist from Opposite Land or Bizarro World.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20):

Did you get a chance to go to circus school when you were a kid? How about magic school? Or maybe detective school or time-travel school or superhero school? Probably none of the above, right? Much of your education revolved around what you HAD to learn rather than what would be fun to learn. I’m not saying it was bad you were compelled to study subjects you felt ambivalent about. In the long run, it did you good. But now here’s some sweet news, Virgo: The next 10 months will be a favorable time to get trainings

and teachings in what you YEARN to learn. Halloween costume suggestion: a student.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Now is an excellent phase in your cycle to scour bathrooms, scrub floors, shampoo carpets and wash windows. But the imminent future will be an even more favorable period to purify your motivations, tonify your emotions, purge your less-than-noble agendas, calm down your monkey mind and monkey heart, disinfect the moldy parts of your past, and fact-check the stories you tell about yourself. So which set of tasks should you focus on? It may be possible to make great strides on the second set as you carry out the first set. But if there’s not enough time and energy to do both, favor the second set. Halloween costume suggestion: a superhero who has wondrous cleaning powers; King Janitor or Queen Maid. Name your greatest unnecessary taboo and how you would violate it if it didn’t hurt anyone. FreeWillAstrology.com.

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In the next two weeks, you may have to navigate your way through careless gossip, distorted “facts,” superficial theories, hidden agendas, fake news and official disinformation. To prevent problems in communication with people who matter, take advantage of the Halloween spirit in this way: Obtain a bicycle helmet and cover it with aluminum foil. Decorate it with an Ace of Clubs, a red rose, images of wrathful but benevolent superheroes, and a sign that says “No Bullshit Allowed.” By wearing this crown, you should remain protected. If that’s too weird for you, do the next best thing: Vow to speak the whole truth and nothing but the truth, and ask to receive the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Watch out for a fake pizza-delivery driver who’s actually trying to issue you a legal summons. Be careful you don’t glimpse a blood-red sky at dusk, in case it’s a prophetic sign that your cell phone will fall into a toilet sometime soon. Beware of the possibility that a large bird carrying a turtle to its nest accidentally drops its prey into a rain puddle near you, splashing mud on your fancy clothes. JUST KIDDING! All the scenarios I just described are stupid lies. The truth is, this should be one of the most worry-free times ever. You’re welcome, of course, to dream up a host of scary fantasies if you find that entertaining, but I guarantee that they’ll be illusory. Halloween costume suggestion: an indomitable warrior.

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In a frank exchange early in our courtship, I told my girlfriend that I have no kinks. As a faithful reader of Savage Love, I’m obviously not opposed to kinks — but I’ve never had any inclinations in that direction and am probably a typical hetero vanilla. As a result, I’m damn near clueless in that area. Last night, my girlfriend placed my hands around her neck and asked me to choke her. My instant reaction was to say no, not out of any objection in principle but because I thought it might be dangerous in my inexperienced hands. Later I did comply, but I was definitely holding back. I dearly love my main squeeze — clever pun there, huh? — and I want to be GGG, but … well, you see my misgivings. I know about safe words, but can we count on them when the recipient’s larynx is being compromised and she may be close to passing out? For the record, I had no difficulty in acceding to her request to be bitten, as I know where and how hard I can do that without causing damage, but choking is an area of darkness for me. And let me note that my girlfriend has no grounding in medicine, physiology or anything that would lead me to be comfortable trusting her judgment about choking.

being choked for less than 30 seconds.” I’m tempted to leave it there, CHOKE, because I worry that anything else I might say — anything remotely equivocal — could result in one idiot choking another to death. But the fact of the matter is that choking, despite the risks, is a relatively common kink, and almost all deaths related to breath play occur during solo scenes, not partnered scenes. So I’m going to give you a little advice about meeting your girlfriend’s particular needs safely, i.e., without wrapping your hands around her neck. So your partner wants to be choked? “What most people who are into choking want is to feel controlled,” said Matisse. “So put your hand over her mouth. Grab her hair, wrap an arm around her shoulder — not her neck — and put your other hand over her mouth. That should satisfy the urge.” Another option, CHOKE, is a gas mask. If it’s not too disturbing a look — if it’s not a boner-killer — you can put a gas mask on someone, cover the breathing hole with the flat of your hand, and cut off your partner’s air. All they have to do when they need a breath is shake their head, which will break the seal created by your palm and allow them to breathe. And finally, CHOKE, you could — if you really like this woman — take a stage-combat class or book a session with a fight choreographer. There are safe choke holds used on stage, where the person being choked is in control and no actual pressure is placed on the neck. Follow Mistress Matisse on Twitter @mistressmatisse. Follow Jay Wiseman on Twitter @JayWiseman.

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I have friends who are professional Dominants — women who will stick needles through the head of their client’s cock and post the bloody pics to Twitter — who refuse to do breath play and/or choking scenes. “It’s impossible to control for all the variables,” said Mistress Matisse, a professional dominatrix with more than 20 years of experience. “People think choking isn’t kinky, but it is. People think it’s a low-risk activity, but it’s not. Choking isn’t just about the lungs. It can affect the brain and the heart — it can affect the whole body — and if the bottom has underlying health issues, things can go disastrously wrong. I feel strongly about this.” Wrapping something around someone’s neck — your hands, a belt, a rope — is the most dangerous form of breath control/play, Matisse emphasized, and simply cannot be done safely. Fragile bones (like the hyoid bone), nerves, arteries, veins — the neck is a crowded place, it’s vulnerable, and putting sustained pressure on someone’s neck is extremely risky. Matisse also noted: “The person doing the choking needs to be aware that they’re on the hook legally — for at least manslaughter charges — if the person who asked to be choked should die. People have gone to jail for this kind of ‘play.’” Jay Wiseman, author of SM 101, not only takes a similarly dim view of choking, CHOKE, he’s served as an expert witness at the trials of people who choked someone to death during sex. “It’s always inherently life-threatening, and it’s always inherently unpredictable,” said Wiseman. “It’s more dangerous than suffocation, as you can get into deeper trouble more quickly. People have died from a few seconds of being choked. There simply are no landmarks — meaning, you can’t say to a reasonable degree of medical certainty that if you ‘only’ choke someone for 30 seconds, they’ll be OK. People have died after

Just wondering why I can’t find any coverage in your many years of letters concerning the effects of pubic lice on sexual health and relationships. ASKING FOR A FRIEND

No one has ever asked me about pubic lice, AFAF. Some people believe pubic lice have been driven to extinction — at least in the West — by the shaving-your-pubes trend, which is now in its second or third decade and shows no sign of abating. But that theory, which I once believed myself (and could explain why no one asks me about it), has been thoroughly debunked. So I can’t tell you why pubic lice haven’t come up in the column. It’s a mystery. The one thing I would have added to your advice for MISSCLEO, the mom who caught her son stealing panties: If she can afford it, after the talk about where the bra came from, she should give him an Amazon gift card. Maybe $50 to $100? No matter how close they are, he’s not going to ask his mom to buy panties for him, but she can give him the means and then assiduously ignore boxes that show up with his name on them. PEOPLE ARE NICE TO YOU

Thanks for sharing, PANTY. Dan interviews victims’-rights lawyer Carrie Goldberg, our hero: savagelovecast.com.

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