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FEB. 2 immigration article on the Kansas City Star website provided an interesting contrast for Pennsylvania readers. The article detailed the detainment of Ban.gladeshi undocumented immigrant Syed Ahmed Jamal, who has lived in the U.S. for 30 years, has no criminal record, and teaches at Kansas City-area universities. Jamal overstayed his visa and was allowed to stay in the country on a supervised basis since 2011. Regardless, he was detained by U.S. immigration officials and faces possible deportation. But that complex story ran in contrast to an ad placed on top of the article’s page by Pennsylvania U.S. Senate candidate and current U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta (R-Hazleton). Barletta’s message was simple: “We must stop the flow of illegal immigrants into the country.”
This is just one tactic by the Barletta campaign to showcase the candidate’s opposition to immigration. Pittsburgh City Paper discovered the ad on the Kansas City Star website, but also found Barletta’s online ads stating, “we must secure the border” next to a January CP story about a Pittsburgh undocumented Mexican immigrant. Throughout 2018, Barletta has included harsh anti-immigrant messaging in campaign mailers and emails. And last year, a Barletta-linked group that advocates for less immigration, put out an ad against Barletta’s senate-race opponent, U.S Sen. Bob Casey (D-Scranton), demanding Casey support funding for a border wall. These tactics have led Democrats and immigration proponents to claim Barletta is attempting to gain CONTINUES ON PG. 8
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support through xenophobia and fearmongering. The Barletta campaign says the candidate is pro-immigrant, but that immigrants should enter “through the proper legal channels.” Either way, University of Pittsburgh political science professor Jerry Shuster thinks Barletta’s campaign strategy is too focused on a narrow group of voters and could backfire. Barletta has espoused hardline immigration stances for more than a decade, and for that reason, Shuster expects more anti-immigrant rhetoric as Pennsylvania’s 2018 U.S. Senate race heats up. Barletta has a few Republican challengers for the upcoming May primary election, including Pennsylvania state Rep. Jim Christiana (R-Beaver) and national-security expert Cynthia Ayers. In 2006, Barletta initially gained notoriety, when as mayor of Hazleton, a former coaltown in Luzerne County, he passed immigration laws. He signed laws instituting fines on Hazleton landlords who knowingly rented to undocumented immigrants; denied permits to businesses that hired undocumented immigrants; and made English the town’s official language. This was in response to an influx of Latino immigrants into Hazleton, drawn there by the area’s new meat-packing plants.
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Barletta boasts about his personal history in a campaign mailer he sent to voters in February, writing: “I took a stand on illegal immigration — long before it was a popular issue — and I didn’t back down.” This mailer also declared “America is at war” with “violent criminal aliens.” Jamie Longazel is a Hazleton native and activist with Anthracite Unite, a Hazleton-area pro-immigrant and socialjustice collective. He wrote a book on the immigrant laws passed under Barletta. Longazel says Barletta is trying to play to people’s economic fears, since Hazleton and many towns in Pennsylvania have been stuck in cycles of decline. But, according to Longazel, instead of blaming economic factors, Barletta is intentionally casting immigrants as the enemy of working-class white Pennsylvanians. “We have seen him do this for more than a decade,” says Longazel. He says it has worked for Barletta so far, because it “appeals to people’s fears and anxieties and sense of uncertainty. In that context, they need an explanation, and Barletta tells them that immigrants are the problem.” Barletta’s campaign manager, Jon Anzur, disagrees with the assessment that Barletta is anti-immigrant. “Congressman Barletta is campaigning on a pro-immigrant message,” wrote Anzur in a statement to CP, noting that Barletta wants immigrants to enter the U.S. through the legal channels. Anzur also wrote that Barletta “understands how people entering the country illegally affects small towns by straining local budgets and threatening American jobs.” But Longazel says it was actually Barletta that strained Hazleton’s budget as mayor, since his immigrant laws were ruled unconstitutional and cost Hazleton taxpayers $1.4 million in legal fees. Also, a 2017 report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine says that “immigration has an overall positive impact on long-run economic growth in the U.S.” Longazel also disagrees that Barletta is pro-immigrant and says Barletta’s views have evolved from being critical of illegal immigration to now advocating for less legal immigration. Barletta supports the RAISE Act, a bill introduced in U.S. Congress last year that would drastically cut the number of immigrants and refugees coming to America. Barletta also sits on the advisory board of the Federation of American Immigration Reform, a group that is advocating less immigration. FAIR put out immigration-related attack ads against Sen.
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Casey shortly after Barletta announced his senate campaign. Since 2008, Barletta has received $8,500 from the U.S. Immigration Reform PAC, which advocates for lowering immigration. The political-action committee was founded by Mary-Lou Tanton, the wife of FAIR founder John Tanton, who opposed immigration as a means of population control and to protect the U.S. ethnic white majority, according to Washington, D.C.-based political newspaper The Hill.
“WE HAVE SEEN HIM DO THIS FOR MORE THAN A DECADE.” Pennsylvania Democratic Party spokesperson Max Steele says Barletta’s campaign and ties to FAIR make him an “extremist” candidate. “While Congressman Barletta’s fearmongering may appeal to the far-right fringe, it won’t save his desperate, struggling campaign,” says Steele. Pitt’s Shuster says Barletta may be highlighting his hard-line immigration stances to gain support of the same Republicans who support President Donald Trump, who is also known for anti-immigrant rhetoric. “He needs the Republican Party to
take notice of him, and he wants to be perceived as the most ardent Trump supporter,” says Shuster. Barletta has already received endorsements from Trump and Pennsylvania’s Republican Party, but Shuster thinks Barletta won’t tone down the anti-immigrant rhetoric. In fact, on March 8, Barletta sent out a campaign-fundraising email claiming undocumented immigrants were partially responsible for the country’s opioid epidemic. “Criminal illegal aliens are … major players in the widespread and deadly opioid crisis” reads a March Barletta campaign email. (A 2017 study in the American Journal of Public Health shows that as undocumented populations rose in the 1990s and 2000s, drug arrests actually went down.) And while Barletta is gaining farright support, Shuster says Pennsylvania is in a different place than it was in 2016, when it fell in love with Trump and his anti-immigrant messaging. He notes how Democrats are energized for the 2018 midterms, and says Barletta’s audacious claims about immigrants may fuel their fire. Shuster also thinks that if Barletta’s immigrant rhetoric becomes too prominent, it will turn off moderate voters. And Shuster says not enough voters in Pennsylvania see immigration as a prominent issue to support Barletta’s hard-line stances. According to a September 2017 poll from Franklin & Marshall College, only 1 percent of Pennsylvania residents say immigration is the state’s biggest problem.
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“Do I look like I want to have the chicken?”
“This is my third political event of the week. Two nights ago, I egged Conor Lamb’s house. But don’t tell Saccone, he’s pro-life.”
“At first I thought this was the Mr. Rogers celebration, but I realized that Kellyanne Conway was not Lady Elaine Fairchilde.”
“Honestly, I’m not a huge Saccone fan. He’s anti-mascot. Last year, he got pissed at Chuck E. Cheese for not allowing customers to pack heat in his restaurant. That place is a madhouse. Has anyone been there and not wanted to shoot someone?”
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“A freshman marketing intern could have told Coonelly this was a bad idea.” “When this so-called Spirit of Lincoln dinner went from whatever it was to a campaign rally for Saccone, Coonelly and the pirates should have removed themselves from the equation. Otherwise it’s seen as an endorsement, no matter what his speech was about. Remember when the Pittsburgh police chief gave a speech at the Democratic national convention and local Republicans lost their shit?”
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ITH THE recent historic increase in the number of victims reporting past sexual and domestic violence, questions arise as to why victims wait so long before reporting such incidents. If you have been asking yourself such questions, you need look no further than the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas to find some answers. In a case heard by Common Pleas Judge Lester Nauhaus last year [and first reported in City Paper], a female high school student had the courage to report that a male student at her school inappropriately sexually touched her. The perpetrator pled guilty to sexually groping the victim six times and the case ended up before Judge Nauhaus for consideration of an appropriate fine and punishment. In the presence of the victim and the perpetrator, Judge Nauhaus asked how many times the perpetrator had touched the victim. The judge then proposed fining the perpetrator six dollars as a reduced fine … a dollar a touch. In a case from earlier last year, Nauhaus was hearing a separate harassment case. He ended up dropping all charges against the accused and made a reference to the fact that our current president believes that inappropriate sexual touching is not wrong. In both cases, Judge Nauhaus trivialized the sexual violence and harassment for which guilty pleas had already been entered. What is the message to this and other victims? Don’t even bother to report. What is the message to this and other perpetrators? Carry on, no big deal. In Allegheny County, many working in the justice system have worked hard to ensure that sexual- and domestic-violence perpetrators are held accountable for their criminal behavior, and there are guides for model justicesystem response. If a member of the
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justice system chooses to act contrary to these guides, there must be accountability. Victims will not report if our justice system permits sexual assault and domestic violence to be trivialized and discounted. Formal complaints have been made against Judge Nauhaus for his conduct in these local cases. The response of our court systems to date has been to move Judge Nauhaus to a different
division, but to continue to request his services as a Senior Judge on the bench each and every month since the hearings described took place last year. With that response, don’t be surprised that victims continue to be reluctant to report.
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Although her work is among the best Russian literature of the 20th century, poet Marina Tsvetayeva lived in poverty. When fellow poet Rainer Maria Rilke asked her to describe the kingdom of heaven, she said, “Never again to sweep floors.” I can relate. To earn a living in my early adulthood, I washed tens of thousands of dishes in restaurant kitchens. Now that I’m grown up, one of my great joys is to avoid washing dishes. I invite you to think along these lines, Pisces. What seemingly minor improvements in your life are actually huge triumphs that evoke profound satisfaction? Take inventory of small pleasures that are really quite miraculous.
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AST WEEK, it came to our attention that one of the subjects of our March 7 cover story about women-owned tattoo parlors was photographed wearing the T-shirt of a white-power band. This was unintended, and City Paper wants to take the time to explain what happened. We immediately removed the story from our website, though the story remained in our print edition. In the story, freelance writer/photographer Kat Rutt (who was working with us for the first time) introduced us to 16 women who were diversifying the region’s tattoo scene. However, shortly after the story was posted on Facebook, we began getting messages that one of the artists, Lettia Suchevich, EDITOR’S NOTE: was wearing the T-shirt of a white-power metal band Parts of this piece ran called Aggravated Assault. online March 7. I’ll admit it: We didn’t catch it. In all my time in the business, I’ve never fact-checked the words on a T-shirt. You can be guaranteed that we will from this day forward. However, our internal investigation has also uncovered other issues, including the fact that Rutt altered one of the photos she gave to us by removing a swastika tattoo from Suchevich’s arm, despite her initial explanation that there was nothing else about Suchevich that indicated she was a supporter of the white-power movement. City Paper was unaware that any photos had been altered. Altering photos without editorial permission (and news photos are never altered) is strictly against CP policy. Also, we believe her decision to remove the swastika in one photo, per her own admission, indicates she knew it was problematic, and thus we believe she should have alerted CP’s editors. Admittedly, Rutt was not made aware of our policy about not altering photos upon her assignment. However, this goes beyond covering up a blemish or other forms of airbrushing that photographers do. By covering up the swastika, an important, contextual fact was omitted, although it was unintended. If we had been aware of this development we would not have run the piece as presented. We originally planned to return an edited copy of the story to our website. However, because of the photo alteration, I lost confidence in the story; it became fruit of the poisonous tree. Rutt, whose full statement can be found online, told me that she removed the swastika because she feared it could have detracted from the purpose of the article — that is, highlighting successful women in a maledominated industry. However, omitting a contextual fact to present a story about women-business owners is not a tradeoff that should have been made. I am responsible for this paper’s content, and I take full responsibility for this error. I apologize to the readers who were rightfully offended, and I also thank them for bringing this to my attention. I also apologize to the fantastic women profiled in this piece. You didn’t deserve to have this moment ruined because of something like this.
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century homes at the edge of the Mexican War Streets. It occupies the bottom floor of one such house, built in 1889, and at around 30 seats, makes for a very cozy space in which to dine. Since opening in 2012, Lola has been quietly turning out beautiful food, one step back from the limelight that the Pittsburgh restaurant scene has been enjoying. However, it has garnered a cult following, and those who go there return often. Chef Michael Barnhouse and Yelena Barnhouse, partners in life and business, are the owners of Lola, and also its only employees. According to the Barnhouses, the space has hosted restaurants since 1936, and they still cook on the original stove. Often, the upstairs tenant will order food from the back door. They made a decision not to advertise and let the busi-
ness grow organically. “We don’t have a lot of time to mingle with other restaurant owners. I kind of came in through the back door in Pittsburgh,” says Michael. The pair moved here from Seattle in 2008, and decided to open a restaurant of their own. They built their menu around what they call “international comfort cuisine.” For this couple, international is certainly the key word. Michael grew up relatively locally in St. Clairsville, Ohio. He has a bachelor’s of fine arts degree in painting (all the work hung in Lola is his). “Graduating with an art degree, I wasn’t really doing anything with that,” he says. “I felt some pressure to get something under my belt that would mean that I could get a job wherever I would go.” He developed an interest in cooking and holistic health, and eventually set off to New York City
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to attend the Natural Gourmet Institute. He worked lines, in catering and as a private chef throughout the 1990s in California and Seattle, even landing a gig with Wolfgang Puck. He traveled to Indonesia to study the food and culture. “Working in Seattle for as long as I did, about 15 years, my work is very Asian fusion-based,” says Michael. He also cites influences from chefs who cook Mediterranean fusion, as well as classic French technique. Yelena is a Russian immigrant from southern Siberia, where she grew up on a small farm during the Soviet era. Her culinary training happened in the home kitchens of her mother and her grandmothers, and at the farmer’s market with her father. Her family taught her to forage for mushrooms, berries and herbs in the boreal forests of the Taiga and how to preserve foods for the long Siberian winters. “My friends who grew up in the city, they had such bleak Soviet childhoods. They would spend a couple of hours a day standing in line for bread. For me, it was so adventurous living close to nature,” says Yelena. Living in a rural area, she learned these skills as a necessity. “I’ve always cooked, but [in school] I actually studied world history,” she says. In fact, she did her master’s-degree work in it. When she met Barnhouse in Seattle, she was working in advertising for a newspaper. But as their relationship progressed, she started working in restaurants, mostly in the back of house. One night, she subbed in for one of Michael’s cooks who came to work drunk, and that is when the couple began working together.
During business hours, Yelena runs the front of the house. But her influence is also felt in the kitchen, where she prepares special dishes, like borscht, and helps with the heavy prep cooking, an essential part of running a twoperson show. Occasionally, on extra busy nights, Michael will find himself making pasta to order, having run out of prepped dishes. But mostly, the couple credits prepping and planning for their success.
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The two work in tandem on the menus. “It happens like magic,” says Yelena, of their process for menu development. Both have their own strengths from their unique backgrounds. For instance, Michael spent a year perfecting the noodle bowl on the menu, because his customers liked it so much. “My stuff, like the pelmeni [a Russian dumpling], that’s just traditional stuff,” says Yelena. “But you can’t find it [elsewhere in Pittsburgh].” They source their meats from Salem’s Market in the Strip District; some of the produce comes from their own garden, which they keep for the restaurant. Breads, pastas and charcuterie are made in house. The restaurant’s BYOB policy encourages people to come and stay awhile, and every table enjoys a two-hour reservation time. “We’re both stemming from old techniques. I’m not trying to reinvent the wheel,” says Michael.
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means it’s time to return to gardening, baseball and good lager beer. Rich Belgians and boozy imperial stouts are all well and good for the winter hibernation. But when the thermometer starts climbing and the days get longer, I reach for something light, crisp and low in alcohol. And though they may seem simple, crafting a perfect lager is a notoriously difficult task. First, a few beer basics. Broadly speaking, all beer is either an ale or a lager. The difference is determined by the type of yeast. In ales, fermentation happens at higher temperatures (generally above 55° F), with the majority of the fermentation occurring at the top of the liquid (you may hear ales referred to as “top-fermenting”). Ale yeasts produce complex esters that lend fruit and spice notes — think about the banana and clove flavors present in hefeweizens and many Belgian styles. Lagers, on the other hand, ferment at colder temperatures (generally below 55° F), with most activity occurring at the bottom (“bottom-fermenting”). At these temperatures, fermentation occurs more slowly and produces far fewer of those fruity esters. These beers then undergo the additional step of lagering (lager literally means “to store” in German). Lagers are aged for several weeks or months at temperatures just above freezing. This allows any extraneous flavors, aromas and haze to dissipate, resulting in the clean, clear lagers we’ve come to love.
CRAFTING A PERFECT LAGER IS A NOTORIOUSLY DIFFICULT TASK. Though clarity and crispness are characteristic of all lagers, a wide range of styles exists within that broad category. The Pilsner is one of the world’s most popular lagers, and a true German or Czech Pilsner is miles away from the “fine Pilsner beer” advertised on Miller Lite cans. Named after the Czech town of Pilsen, these brilliant golden beers should burst with spicy and floral hop character. Dry and refreshing, they’re the perfect choice for a bright spring afternoon. The world of lagers offers much more than crushable lawnmower beers. Lagers can be quite dark and strong, as is the case with sweet and malty doppelbocks or roasty, toasty schwarzbiers. For springtime, a Maibock is particularly appropriate. Often used interchangeably with helles (pale) bock, the Maibock (“May bock”) is customarily served at spring festivals in Germany. Balancing malty richness with clean drinkability, it’s the perfect lager for the transitioning temperatures of the season. Lagers require plenty of time and space for lagering, and their stripped-down flavor profiles mean there is no room for error in the brewing process. This is why lagers are relatively uncommon among smaller American craft breweries, and why the world’s best examples usually come from well-established European breweries. Nevertheless, we have some fine lagers in the Pittsburgh area. Penn Brewery has snagged numerous awards for its classic lagers, Roundabout often features a Pilsner or an amber lager, and Oakdale’s Helicon Brewing specializes in low-alcohol, German-style lagers.
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GREEN BECAME THE FIRST AFRICANAMERICAN MASTER DISTILLER IN HISTORY Daniel always gave credit to Green for his mentorship. He’s mentioned 50 times in Daniel’s official biography. But as time went on, Green’s legacy was more or less forgotten outside of Lynchburg, Tenn., where Jack Daniel’s is headquartered. But in 2016, Weaver read a short article in the New York Times and knew she had to continue the search for Nearest Green. Weaver spent time with all of Green’s living relatives (his 107-year-old granddaughter is still alive); hired historians, archivists and genealogists; and gathered African-American elders at the Greens’ family church for meetings and conver-
sation. With the help of these people and of the town of Lynchburg, she was able to gather 10,000 artifacts and original documents related to the Green family. Weaver was shocked at what she heard from older African Americans about their lives during the Jim Crow era. Lynchburg seemed to be exempt from much of the time’s racial strife. Many people could still remember the name of the one openly racist shopkeeper who adhered to Jim Crow laws and gleefully remembered him being chased down the street by a black woman with a broom. “They said, ‘Oh, he deserved it’,” said Weaver, during a recent talk at Pittsburgh’s Threadbare Cider House & Meadery. She felt as though much of what she heard about Lynchburg sounded like an alternate reality, but the town’s attitude was shaped by Nearest Green’s legacy as a respected member of its society. Weaver is now deeply invested ensuring that Green’s legacy lives on. She and her husband recently purchased the original distillery where Jack Daniel and Green worked, and have released a new brand of whiskey — Uncle Nearest 1856 Premium Whiskey, as well as a Premium Silver Whiskey. The company has also set up the Nearest Green Foundation to help spread the word about Green’s accomplishments and to support his direct descendents with a scholarship fund.
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when the Red Cross visited it for inspection in June 1944. There was a bank, a bakery and children singing and performing. But beneath the surface, a sinister truth lurked. Theresienstadt was a transitional concentration camp used by the Nazis during World War II. Many artists lived there, and in this strange set up, there was some freedom to create. Composers and musicians wrote and collaborated in spite of the awful conditions. It was the Red Cross visit, however, that made the prisoners realize the camp’s leniency wasn’t permanent, nor was their time there. “But they still continued to create, that’s what is so amazing to us,” says Clarion Quartet violist Tatjana Mead Chamis.
According to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 90,000 Jews from Theresienstadt were deported further east, certainly to die, and about 33,000 perished within the camp itself. Although the history of Theresienstadt, as a complicated creative hub in spite of the horrors of WWII, is fairly well known, the music that was created there is less so. That is the mission of the Clarion Quartet: to perform the music stifled by Nazi Germany and bring it to the fore. This includes work by Erwin Schulhoff, Viktor Ullmann and and Erich Wolfgang Korngold. On Breaking the Silence, the quartet’s first release, the musicians take on 11 incredibly challenging pieces by these three composers. “I think there’s an assumption in classical music, and probably elsewhere, that if something is good, it will be CONTINUES ON PG. 20
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known. And that’s what I’ve really taken the most out of this project is to question those assumptions. It’s not the case,” says Clarion Quartet cellist Bronwyn Banerdt. “The suppression has come all the way to this century, and it continues,” adds Chamis. “So, it’s really our duty as musicians, we feel, to bring it out. If we’re not playing it, who is going to know about it?” All four members of the Clarion Quartet are full-time employees of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. The group began working in January 2017, getting together to rehearse in whatever spare time could be carved out around PSO rehearsals. “We were brand new to each other, and it was kind of shocking that we wanted to rehearse so much. And we were moonlighting!” says violinist Jennifer Orchard. A major moment for the group was its performance, during the PSO’s European tour, of pieces from Theresienstadt. That meant that during an extremely busy work tour, the quartet was rushing to pull instruments out of cargo and practice during any free moment, filling breakfast rooms in hotels with the brilliant sounds of Ullmann, Korngold and Schulhoff. The Theresienstadt performance was filmed by a German videographer who was deeply moved by it, and told the quartet that he and his brother wanted to record its music. The quartet members were flattered, but could not foresee it becoming reality: The funds did not exist; the women were full time at the PSO; and the two German men were literally across the ocean. But the brothers later received a grant, which they used to travel to the United
States for two-and-a-half days of intense recording. This work would become the recently released Breaking the Silence. For the Clarion Quartet, the work doesn’t stop at performing and releasing albums. Outreach to music schools is another area in which the women invest energy and time. The Quartet will be closing out a university-wide weekend later in March at the University of Utah in which each school — those of music, art, architecture, literature and beyond — will be examining how Nazi suppression changed what culture we consume today.
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The Quartet is grateful that audience members and others are beginning to catch on to the mission as well. “Things are working out for this project because they have to. There’s something about great art — it just has to be heard,” says Chamis. “We’re all part of this, and [the audience] has the same mindframe that they want to do something about the social injustice of [the musical repression], and cultural injustice. It spans over all the arts, because all of culture had the same repression.” “It’s not just the people who were in the camps who were affected by all of this, and that’s what I want us to understand as humans,” says Banerdt. “Every time we disenfranchise other humans, all of society suffers.”
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AVING NOT read Maya Angelou’s memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings for many years, the humor and charisma of the stage performance surprised me. All of the disturbing storylines from the book are there on stage — racism, sexism, sexual abuse, the dreary loneliness of teenage life — but the acting, staging and delivery bring an unexpected levity and charm to the story. It’s still upsetting at times, but there’s a lot more going on in Prime Stage’s production at New Hazlett Theater. Caged Bird recounts Angelou’s childhood in the 1930s and ’40s, living with different relatives of varying degrees of kindness, cruelty and indifference. Most of the story takes place in her hometown of Stamps, Ark., living with her brother, Bailey (Malic Williams), Uncle Willie (Sam Lothard) and grandmother (Denise SheffeyPowell), who goes by “Momma.” An adult Angelou (Linda Kanyarusoke) narrates the goings-on on stage, but young Maya (a stellar Kendall Arin Claxton) bears the burden of the most challenging scenes. It’s a tough part, but she fills it deftly and empathetically, without going overboard on the sweetness of the character.
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There are explosive, troubling moments throughout, but as you might expect from an autobiography, some of the most affecting moments are small, intimate and mundane. Playing with friends. Listening to the radio. Reading alone. This is a story about childhood, and it’s these scenes when the naiveté, hope and humor of adolescence shine through. According to the origin story behind Caged Bird, in 1968, Angelou’s friend and mentor, James Baldwin, brought her to a dinner party at the home of cartoonist Jules Feiffer, where she captivated guests with stories of her childhood. The next day, Feiffer’s wife called the publisher Robert Loomis to recommend he sign Angelou to a book deal. Angelou declined. Loomis responded, “It’s just as well, because to write an autobiography as literature is just about impossible.” Angelou accepted the tacit challenge, and Caged Bird was published in 1969. As it happens, the “autobiography as literature” works on the stage as well as it does in the book. Most of the non-character narration is carried by the adult Maya, who sweeps in and out of scenes and can often be seen in the background laughing, cringing and grimacing at the events at center stage. But the characters also break out of dialogue to narrate, creating an engaging ensemble of storytellers delivering Angelou’s lyrical prose. It’s a clever and innovative way to bring a difficult story to life, and director Monteze Freeman deserves credit. And like I said, it’s pretty funny too.
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help save him. So off they all go on their quest into the assorted spaces and times of the universe. At its heart, Wrinkle offers a good vs. evil, light vs. dark set-up, and the usual messages about how when you believe in yourself, you can accomplish anything. (When such affirmations come from Winfrey’s character, the film is like a very special inter-dimensional Oprah show.) It’s a bright film, with some lovely digitally enhanced scenery, showy set pieces and some fabulous costumes. A WRINKLE IN TIME (Winfrey should just walk around DIRECTED BY: Ava DuVernay Chicago dressed like Mrs. Which: “Yes, In 3-D, in select theaters I’m wearing a blonde hooker wig, with a line of jewels across my forehead, and a gilded cage for a dress. I’m Oprah.”) It We first meet the wonderfully nerdy, has engaging actors, an empowering loving Murry family — scientist dad message and deserves extra points for a (Chris Pine), who is working on traveling diverse cast. There is a flying cabbage (I the universe with his mind, with his think), which I loved, and a pop-in from scientist wife (Gugu Mbatha-Raw); tween the sad/sweet Zach Galifianakis, daughter, Meg (Storm Reid); and as the Happy Medium. her super-brainy kid brother, But it never quite hangs Charles Wallace (Deric McMORE MOVIE S together right, stumbling Cabe). Then dad disappears, REVIEWE through scenes that mashand the family suffers; Meg, IN ONLw . up after-school special with especially, grows withdrawn at w wp r a e pghcityp the fantastical. Some scenes and angry. .com are too long, particularly in the But then the kids, plus a life-on-earth set-up, while others, schoolmate (Levi Miller), come out in the more confusing wrinkly uniunder the tutelage of three mysterious verse, could have used better transiwomen, from somewhere out in the tions. I have never read the book, and universe — there’s chatty Mrs. Whatsit book-readers will likely weather such (Reese Witherspoon), the quotationmoments without trouble. I’ll also leave spouting Mrs. Who (Mindy Kaling) and it to the book-readers to sort out whether the larger-than-life counselor, Mrs. the film meets their expectations, but I Which (Oprah Winfrey). The three assuspect that most kids will nonetheless sure Meg that her dad is still alive, but in enjoy the outing. danger in the beyond, and that she can
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classic children’s book — which finds its real power inside the reader’s mind — and translating that wonder to a box-office-friendly Disney film. Ava DuVernay (Selma) makes a go of it with A Wrinkle in Time, an adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s 1962 novel. She makes a big-hearted and sincere effort, but the results are more pedestrian than magical and transforming.
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Finlayson has gone on to become an in-demand trumpeter, playing with some of the most adventurous jazz musicians and composers, such as guitarist Mary Halvorson, and saxophonists Steve Lehman and Steve Coleman. His ability to look beyond the conventional has also inspired his own work with Sicilian Defense, an intriguing quintet which comes to town this week. The trumpeter’s ongoing affiliation with Coleman began when Finlayson was fresh out of high school. Coleman — whose music combines multiple rhythms, and manages to groove despite its complexity — had a profound impact on Finlayson. “I remember the first time being introduced
to things that have different rhythmic relationships. I was immediately wondering why we started together and why we all were all of a sudden out of sync,” Finlayson says. He asked the saxophonist, “‘How do I know if I’m right?’ [Coleman] said, ‘Your timing’s got to be strong. You’ve got to have a good rhythmic pulse.’ And I thought, ‘Oh geez, these are things that I need to work on. Immediately!’” Sicilian Defense, which has released two albums, is inspired by Coleman’s unique vision, but Finlayson reveals plenty of his own ideas. His bright tone adds a lyrical quality to the often complex time signatures, driven with ease by bassist John Hébert and drummer Craig Weinrib. Guitarist Miles Okazaki acts as both a frontline foil to the trumpet and, much like pianist Matt Mitchell, he quickly pulls back to provide grounding with his chordal playing. Finlayson named the group for an opening countermove in chess, and that game has also inspired a few compositions. “Ruy Lopez” transposes a series of moves into music. “I figured out my own way to, more or less, have the movement of a piece in the game attached to a harmonic motion. Every change is related to a certain piece moving,” he says. The idea was expanded on the group’s second album with “Cap vs. Nim,” inspired by a game between champion players José Raúl Capablanca and Aron Nimzowitsch. Finlayson’s vision uses his subject matter skillfully. “I like to think of making an arc to a composition — balancing out certain elements like complexity versus groove,” he says.
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HILE THERE have been many notable examples of dancers launching their choreographic careers while still members of ballet companies — Justin Peck and Christopher Wheeldon, at New York City Ballet; Crystal Pite, at Ballett Frankfurt; and Matthew Neenan, at Pennsylvania Ballet to name a few — putting the works of essentially novice choreographers on stage as part of a mainstage production can be a risky endeavor for a professional ballet company. Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre has embraced that risk and taken things a step further by presenting an entire program of ballets created by its dancers. Principal dancers Amanda Cochrane, Julia Erickson and Yoshiaki Nakano, along with corps de ballet members Jessica McCann, William Moore, JoAnna Schmidt and
Cooper Verona, have each created new ballets for PBT’s New Works program, March 16-25 at the August Wilson Center. A milestone for the company, the New Works program is the culmination of several past trial balloons floated by artistic director Terrence Orr, designed to inspire dancer-choreographed works from within the company’s ranks. Most recently, Nakano choreographed the neoclassical ballet “A Fellow Feeling,” for PBT’s March 2016 program at the Byham Theater, and Nakano, Erickson, Moore and Verona also created works for PBT productions at Seton Hill University and Hartwood Acres. “New voices and fresh ideas are incredibly important to the progression and vitality of our art form,” says Orr. “I see the talent within our own ranks and think it deserves a platform. It’s impor-
PITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE PERFORMS NEW WORKS Program I: 8 p.m. Fri., March 16; 2 p.m. Sun., March 18; and 2 and 8 p.m. Sat., March 24. Program II: 8 p.m. Sat., March 17; 8 p.m. Fri., March 23; and 2 p.m. Sun., March 25. August Wilson Center, 980 Liberty Ave., Downtown. $28-109. www.pbt.org
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tant to the creative energy of our company — both from the perspective of the choreographers and the dancers being choreographed on — to create these kinds of opportunities. “For our audiences, it’s a chance to experience ballet through fresh eyes, to see new ideas, and to connect, in this different way, with our dancers. In the process, we want to add to the voices in our field, supporting and encouraging emerging talents with important things to say.” That encouragment has even extended to PBT’s costume shop, where four emerging costume designers were commissioned to create the looks for four of the choreographers’ ballets. Divided into two separate mixed-repertory programs — Program I is scheduled for March 16, 18 and 24, and Program II for March 17, 23 and 25 — area audiences will have seven opportunities to see the works of these young artists over New Works’ two-week run. Program I will feature four premieres, including Cochrane’s latest “Interlaced Motifs.” Set to music by Claude Debussy,
Cochrane says her 23-minute multimedia ballet in six movements was inspired by impressionist paintings of Monet, Van Gogh and Whistler. This gave the Spokane, Wash.-native the idea of turning the stage into an impressionist painting, she says. “Each different piece of [Debussy’s] music will have a painting to go with it. The choreography, inspired by each painting, has a spiraling movement quality that I envisioned as paint strokes,” Cochrane says. The ballet will also feature costumes that have been dyed to mimic an impressionist painting. “I’m hoping to create the illusion that the dancers are a part of each painting,” says Cochrane. The most well-received of PBT’s young choreographers has been Nakano, whose new ballet “Infusion” will test his and the ballet’s dancers’ ability to switch stylistic gears within his 19-minute ballet. The Osaka, Japan-native says the ballet’s four sections will utilize four different types of music and, correspondingly, four differing movement languages. Hailing from Eustis, Fla., Schmidt’s “Lightworks” will be her first commissioned work for PBT. The 20-minute contemporary dance work set to an eclectic mix of music by various composers, Schmidt says, was “motivated to depict ways that relationships can go terribly wrong, but with a touch of humor.” Schmidt describes the movement for the ballet as “weird, sometimes groovy, and sometimes intentionally unattractive.” Rounding out Program I will be Ipswich, England-native Moore’s third ballet for PBT, “Weighted Affair.” The 24-minute neoclassical ballet danced to music by Mozart, Beethoven and others is set during a dinner party and tells two stories, says Moore. “One of which is five friends attending
the party, while the other is the simultaneous story of all five’s differing thoughts and emotions during the party,” he says. Program II will feature three new ballets, including retiring company star Erickson’s “i.” In describing her contemporary dance work, the Seattle native says, “The initial kernel for the piece came from the evocative, spare poems of Nayyirah Waheed. They expose a rawness and vulnerability that we can all ultimately relate to, if we let ourselves go there.”
“IT’S IMPORTANT TO THE CREATIVE ENERGY OF OUR COMPANY.” For her first choreographic effort for PBT, McCann’s 20-minute contemporary ballet “the silver line” examines life choices. “My ballet is about how the choices you make create who you are, and how no matter how much you try to find the good, or how much you keep thinking about the bad … there’s always a middle ground people tend to overlook,” says the Los Angeles native. Danced to music by Maya Beiser, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Anna Meredith, the ballet will have its female dancers covered in chalk powder and sporting transparent, oval-shaped tutus. Closing out Program II’s offerings will be Lebanon, Conn.-native Cooper Verona’s “Thick White Sheets.” Having been commissioned by PBT, its school and Point Park University, Verona may be the most experienced of the young choreographers presenting works. His ballet for eight dancers is set to music by Colin Stetson and others, and “sheds light on the role of circumstance in people’s lives.”
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AURA AND Debby are sticking with first names for this story. They’re the hosts and creators of the Pittsburgh-based podcast I Got the Hell Out, which recounts Debby’s 10 years living as a member of an “Old Testament, polygamous, doomsday cult.” She got the hell out in October 2003 and has no interest in being found or going back, hence the first-name basis. Still, it’s a story she thinks is worth telling. The podcast debuted last December. Debby had been cleaning for Laura for seven years, and eventually the women forged a friendship and spent a good amount of their time together just sitting around and “bullshitting.” Last year, Debby had an idea for a podcast about her professional experiences (“The Cleaning Lady Chronicles”), which Laura said was too similar to other shows already in existence. “Well, you remember I was in a cult, right? Is that worth anything?” Debby responded. The episodes, recorded in Laura’s home office over drinks (alcoholic “KoolAid,” fittingly), cover both the micro and macro aspects of cult life. The early shows cover the basics of Debby’s story, but the show is at its best when she talks about daily life inside the cult. A personal favorite covers the rules about clothing; other episodes are titled “Satan Is a Woman” and “The Sabbath Is a Pain in the Ass.” It may sound heavy topic-wise, but IGTHO works so well because it’s like eavesdropping on a couple friends getting tipsy while they tell fascinating stories. Debby is forthcoming, funny and
occasionally brash; Laura works as a proxy for the audience, for whom stories about animal sacrifice, gas masks and polygamy require some elaboration. While the cult is never named and Debby keeps some details at arm’s length, she says it’s possible to discover which it is if you pay attention to clues included in the show. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t spend the better part of an afternoon last week researching cults that fit her description, and I’m pretty sure I found it.
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Twelve years ago, Kristine Irwin was raped and dumped on the side of the road. In her debut memoir, Voices of Hope, released this month, she recounts her experience and how it affected not just her life, but also the lives of her friends and family. Irwin was in her first year of university at Point Park College when she was sexually assaulted by someone she knew — the friend of another man she had been dating. This book tells of the events that lead to her assault and the harrowing details of the night that changed her life forever, but it spends more time delving far deeper into the aftermath. Irwin was a decade into her recovery, when she realized how much the trauma she experienced continued to weigh on her. In the book, she writes it was because she hadn’t talked enough about the trauma. “Currently, we have a culture of silence surrounding this topic,” writes Irwin. “The silence has multiple consequences.” Stories like these are undoubtedly hard to get through, but each person who does, lifts the voices of sexual-assault victims a little higher. •
The show is focused exclusively on Debby’s story, but in the future, they hope to use IGTHO as a platform to provide resources for other people who want to “get out” of a situation, whether cults, religions or abusive relationships. But for now, there’s plenty of doomsday polygamy to sift through. Episode 12 debuts Sun., March 18, and includes an interview between Laura and one of Debby’s children, who recently left the cult. www.igotthehellout.com
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@johnpenastudio Follow along with the adventures of John and his partner (fellow artist @jessheberle) in his illustrated panels. The drawings are raw, and he thankfully doesn’t hold back — a recent post shows him sitting on the toilet.
@jennavandenbrink The clean lines and pretty flowers carved into Jenna Vanden Brink’s ceramics make me wish I could throw away all my dishes and replace them immediately with her entire collection.
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In just 10 songs, Astrology Now’s debut, Semi-Hollow Review, proves it’s a band whose music is worth sinking into. The initial singles on the record — “A Loud Sound for the Future” and “Is It Real” — each serve as their own immersive universes for listeners to lose themselves in. The album is cohesive, but shows songwriter Greg Mastrean’s range as a composer and performer. “Real Culture” is a spacey number, driven by the grooving low end, while “Do You Dream Vividly” is a crunchier, fuzzed-out trip that bleeds into “The Only One,” a more experimental haze laced with tambourine. Each of the album’s swirling psychedelic numbers were initially recorded with Mastrean playing every instrument. But at the urging of producer Nate Campisi, early this month at Spirit, Astrology Now performed songs from the album with a full band, with Mastrean on vocals and guitars, accompanied by Gordy Brash on drums, Zach Bronder and Matt Turcsanyi on guitar and vocals, and Campisi on bass. The band brings to life the record’s energy, creating an experience as immersive and colorful as the album itself. •
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ALLING ALL artists. The city is currently seeking proposals for a public-art project in Uptown. The new projects will be the first in a series of art installations in the Uptown Eco-Innovation District. Launched in fall 2015, the Eco-Innovation District is a city program encouraging environmentally friendly and sustainable development in the neighborhood. As part of the program, the city worked with members of the community and Uptown stakeholders to develop a plan for the Uptown district. During the process to develop this plan, the community identified priorities, such as access to public transit, economic opportunity and investment in publicart projects. The latest call for submissions will be the first step in bringing the art portion of the community plan to life. So far, the city plans to create three permanent art installations in the district as part of the Uptown Art Program. Uptown is already home to a vibrant art community. There are several murals dotted around the neighborhood, in an effort to beautify vacant buildings and blight. And on Gist Street, which has become home to several artists, there is an outdoor gallery of mixed media. According to the request for proposals submitted by the city on March 2, with the new art installations, the city
and members of the community are hoping to see the addition of “artistic interventions ranging from experiential objects to interactive experiences.” The first public-art site will be located in Tustin Park, at 2028 Tustin St. The deadline for submissions is March 30. Proposals can be submitted by an artist, artist collective, arts institution, educational institution or designers. The budget for the project is $24,500. Artists are asked to propose a concept for the project that will ultimately be finalized through community input. Proposals must be submitted at pittsburgh pa.gov/beacon/bid-opportunities.html. The deadline is 4 p.m. Fri., March 30.
The process is being spearheaded by Pittsburgh’s Public Art and Civic Design Division which is tasked with ensuring “quality design of city-owned architecture, infrastructure, and landscape in order to create and enhance place-making by the inclusion of art and arts programming to reflect the city’s history, diversity and culture.” In addition to its work on new public-art installations like those slated for Uptown, the division currently oversees the city’s Art Commission, as well as the conservation and maintenance of the city’s collection of public artwork, monuments and memorials.
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whose work has been featured in the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The work featured is inspired both by the human experience of the artists, and the media they’re influenced by, creating a sense of a global community, interconnected by universal stories. Lauren Ortego 6 p.m. Exhibit continues through Aug. 18. 2100 Smallman St., Strip District. Free. www.contemporarycraft.org
TALK “Nightmares, Dreams and Moral Imagination” is the title of Rev. Cornell Brooks’ talk tonight at Temple Sinai. While that may sound trippy and a
little vague, the message behind the talk is simple: to challenge “people of faith to commit to creating a more tolerant and just society.” Brooks, an accomplished civil-rights lawyer, ordained minister, and CEO and president of the NAACP from 2014-17, will focus on ways that people of all backgrounds can set aside differences to work toward a common goal. Alex Gordon Welcome reception at 6:15 p.m. Talk at 7 p.m. 5505 Forbes Ave., Squirrel Hill. Free. www.templesinaipgh.org
MUSIC If you’re looking to enjoy a lineup of
heavy bands on a Thursday, you’re covered. Tonight, experimental doommetal band Ether, of Florida, will be bringing its sludge-laden riffs and deep, throaty vocals to the ’Burgh. Let yourself be drowned in sound waves, under the venue’s twinkling Christmas lights, as the headbang consumes. Local support comes in a delightfully varied set of bands sporting different brands of hard and heavy tuneage: horror-tinged, drone-soaked doom-metal act Mires; aggressive grungy trio Pummeled; and sinister-sounding grunge-rock duo Hearken. Meg Fair 7 p.m. Mr. Roboto Project, 5106 Penn Ave., Bloomfield. $5. www.therobotoproject.com
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MARCH 16 ART Tonight marks the start of The Andy Warhol Museum’s Youth Art Exhibition: Stay Woke,, which features work by y young artists sts from different schools, chools, backgrounds nds and age groups. s. The phrase “Stay ay woke” has recently ly gained popularity in popular culture. ulture. It means “to to be continually y aware of the issues es concerning g social justice,” and nd that’s exactly tly what the art will reflect.. > Thu., March 15: Rev. Cornell Brooks
In conjunction with Youth Invasion 2018, where teens present their personal takes on Warhol’s artwork, the exhibition will feature the young artists’ perspectives and responses to the current political and social climate. LO 5 p.m. 117 Sandusky St., North Side. Free with admission ($20; $10 students and children 3-18). www.warhol.org
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ART This week is the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts conference in Pittsburgh, and the exhibits are in full swing. Just be careful not to break them. Tonight is the reception for Touching Earth: Women Creating Communities, at the Carnegie Coffee Company. Conveniently located on the NCECA shuttle-bus route, the exhibit follows the conference theme of “CrossCurrents: Clay and Culture.” Featuring artists with a variety of personal identities and connections to Pittsburgh and the ceramic arts, Touching Earth aims to set aside difference in ideologies, backgrounds and religion, and unite through the empowerment that comes with being female artists. LO 6 p.m. 132 E. Main St., Carnegie. Free. www.touchingearth.weebly.com CONTINUES ON PG. 38
• Campaign For Compassion on-stage fundraiser • 4.2 Mile Run/Walk in partnership with the 420 Games • Riverboat cruise and fundraiser for the Disabled American Veterans and Make a Wish Foundations.
Nearly 6,000 attendees are expected to attend the second-annual event, including hundreds of exhibitors.
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and one of Pittsburgh’s favorite parades. Today is the annual Pittsburgh St. Patrick’s Day Parade, with longtime ongtime friend rish community, of the Pittsburgh Irish n as the grand Margaret Cloonan ar, the parade marshal. This year, is dedicated to the late Dan ers owner and Rooney, Steelers ssador to former ambassador Ireland. This St. Pat’s Day ne of parade is one nd the oldest and he largest in the tting country, putting Pittsburgh on the 0 cities list of top 10 oing where it’s worth going th as many to the event annually. With as 350,000 attendees, this parade, like the people of Pittsburgh, will be on its way down Grant Street rain or shine. LO 10 a.m. Grant Street and Boulevard of the Allies, Downtown. Free. www.pittsburghirish.org/parade
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Tonight marks the first Girls Rock! camp benefit show of the year. Girls Rock! Pittsburgh is a nonprofit organization that seeks to empower female youth through music. In addition to events throughout the year, each summer, Girls Rock! holds a camp where self-identified girls ages 8-18 can explore their passion for music. Over the course of the one-week program, participants learn an instrument, form a band, write an original song, attend workshops, and perform before a live audience. The lineup for the benefit show at Howlers includes local acts Bitter Whiskers, Aloe, Murder for Girls and Garter Shake. Rebecca Addison 8 p.m. 4509 Liberty Ave., Bloomfield. $7-10 suggested donation. www.girlsrockpittsburgh.org
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Day getting blotto. Why not head for the invigorating wooded outdoors and pursue anoth another popular Irish activity — searching for the leprec leprechaun’s fabled pot of gold. Venture Outdo Outdoors will be leading a family-friendly Pot o’ Gold geocaching expedition in Schenley Park to find just such a treasure (or reasonable reasonab facsimile). It’s a perfect perfe outing for newbies, w who will learn all about doing doin fun searches using hand-held GPS hand devices. T The fee includes device rental; you bring decent dece walking shoes and hope for a rainbow. Al Hoff 2 p.m. Schenley Park, $5-12. Register at P k Oakland. Oakland $5-1 www.ventureoutdoors.org
STAGE What do you get when you mix themes of gentrification, community and two rivals coming together for the sake of their town? TheatriQ’s Youth Ensemble’s Hearts
on Hold, which premieres this afternoon, as part of Dream of Hope’s annual queer youth project. Now in its 15th season, the play seeks to reflect on the lives of young queer people, in both the past and the present, and how connectivity can create solidarity and a sense of belonging. LO 2 and 8 p.m. Also Sun., March 18, and 10 p.m. Mon., March 19. The Alloy Studios, 5530 Penn Ave., East Liberty. Pay what makes you happy. www.dreamsofhope.org
SPORTS The year is 2018. In the world of wrestling, women are taking their rightful place at center stage, smashing stereotypes about how women behave and how women fight. Thanks to wrestling promotions Fight Society and PWX, Angel Gate will showcase more than a dozen women wrestlers from across the country who perform on the independent circuit. One is Su Yung, former FEST Wrestling champion who strikes fear and adoration into the hearts of all who witness her power and presence. Other wrestlers on
deck: Allie Kat, Holidead, Ray Lyn, Joseline and many more hellions. Also, there’s free beer. MF 7 p.m. Fight Society, 2125 Beacon St., McKeesport. $15. www.facebook.com/pwxpittsburgh
STAGE “Call me Ishmael.” Tonight, the Pittsburgh Opera premieres the critically acclaimed opera, Moby Dick, inspired by Herman Melville’s well-known eponymous novel. Created by composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer, the work follows the journey of Captain Ahab, and his ship, the Pequod, as he pursues the legendary white whale. The show, at the Benedum Center, is being co-produced with Opera Utah and will feature dancers from Pittsburgh’s Attack Theatre. The cast will include Canadian tenor Roger Honeywell, former Pittsburgh Opera resident artist Sean Panikkar, Texas baritone Michael Mayes and South African bass-baritone Musa Ngqungwana. Antony Walker conducts and Kristine McIntyre directs. RA 8 p.m. Show continues through March 25. 237 Seventh St., Downtown. $6.75-159.75. www.pittsburghopera.org
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Break out your dancing shoes and check out the Steel City Blues Festival starting tonight. For more than a decade, the annual weekend of blues dancing has brought out amateurs and veterans alike. This year’s blues tunes will be provided by a musical lineup, which includes the Jimmy Adler Band, the Billy Price Band and Miss Freddye’s Blues Band. Purchase a full weekend pass or tickets to individual dances. Show up tonight for a free beginner’s lesson starting at 8 p.m. RA 8 p.m. Continues through March 17. Various locations. $10-149. www.steelcitybluesfestival.com
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TUESDAY Closure in Moscow 7 p.m. The Club at Stage AE, North Side. www.promowestlive.com
WEDNESDAY You Bred Raptors?
Tonight, when the headliners hit the stage, Howlers will feel more like CBGB in the late ’70s than Pittsburgh 2018. Tiger Sex,
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of Cincinnati, makes animalistic rock ’n’ roll music that possesses the raw energy of proto-punk, with the appropriate aggressive, high-energy stage presence and endless attitude. The entertainment and absurdity continues with two of Pittsburgh’s committed gimmick bands— Porno Tongue, a self-described “trailerpark jam band,” and the dinosaur-themed punk band FY!D. Grab an Iron City, toss on your most beat-up denim jacket, and give yourself over to the grimy fun. MF 9 p.m. Howlers, 4509 Liberty Ave., Bloomfield. $6. www.howlerspittsburgh.com
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MARCH 18 KIDS In celebration of everyone’s favorite neighbor, Fred Rogers, the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh is hosting a series of events for the 16th year in a row. Rogers remains a beloved icon of Pittsburgh; his children’s TV show, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, was not only groundbreaking, but resonated throughout multiple generations. To celebrate what would’ve been Rogers’ 90th birthday, the museum will be offering free admission. Daniel Tiger, one of the beloved characters from the show, will be around for photos all throughout the afternoon, and WQED will be there to sponsor some neighborlythemed activities for kids of all ages. LO 10 a.m. 10 Children’s Way, North Side. Free. www.pittsburghkids.org
FOOD Join Just Harvest and the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank for their 23rd annual Empty Bowls 2018, at Rodef Shalom. Those in attendance will receive a simple bowl of soup and
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bread, a meal to remind the community that one out of eight Allegheny County residents are faced with hunger on a daily basis. There will also be a silent auction of ceramic art pieces and bowls signed by celebrities; activities for all ages; local personalities; and live music. At the end of the afternoon, ticket-holders will be given handmade bowls to take home. Seating times are 1 and 3:30 p.m. LO 4905 Fifth Ave., Oakland. $20 ($25 at the door). www.justharvest.org
FASHION Winter is coming … to an end. But you can still check out this Game of Thronesthemed Pittsburgh fashion event, A Song of Thrones, from the Pittsburgh Opera, based on the popular medieval fantasy epic. The evening will spotlight costuming and music from Pittsburgh Opera, as well as designs by Diana Misetic, of the Shadyside fashion studio and boutique Little Black Dress. Mirroring the book series
and show’s frequent clashes between warring factions, the show will “feature a clash between simple, neutral pieces and colorful, dramatic ensembles to illustrate the everyday struggle between fantasy and reality.” RA 6:30 p.m. 2425 Liberty Ave., Strip District. $55-150. www.pittsburghopera.org
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sounds of women composers, brought to life by Kamraton and Kassia Ensemble for She Scores II. Both of these chamber groups aim to push boundaries in chamber performance and elevate women as leaders in the art community. The works will be conducted by Daniel Curtis, and the works to be performed include Kaija Saariaho’s “Miranda’s Lament,” Julia Wolfe’s “Cruel Sister,” and premieres by Nancy Galbraith and Laura Schwartz. The performances will be accented by animation by Shayna Schwartz, making for a fully immersive experience for your eyes and ears. MF 7 p.m. The Glitter Box Theater, 460 Melwood Ave., Oakland. $10. All ages. www.theglitterboxtheater.com
WORD Tonight, award-winning author Shobha Rao visits City of Asylum. In her debut novel, Girls Burn Brighter, Rao details the bond between two girls separated by circumstances beyond their control and their subsequent journey to reunite with one another. Their journey crosses continents, taking place in India’s underworld and an apartment complex in Seattle, Wash. The novel explores the themes of what it means be both poor and female in contemporary society. RA 8 p.m. 40 W. North Ave., North Side. Free. www.alphabetcity.org
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perspectives, continues with Sekiya Dorsett’s The Revival: Women and the World. The 2016 documentary chronicles the salon-style tour of a group of black lesbian poets and writers, as they seek to build community among queer women of color. The tour was organized by Jade Foster who was frustrated by the lack of outlets for poets, who didn’t fit into “traditional” slots, and sought more engaging and inclusive forums. Among those interviewed in the film are Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Nikky Finney and Alexis De Veaux. The screening will be followed by a discussion. AH 6:30 p.m. Eddy Theater, Chatham University campus, Shadyside. Free. www.justfilmspgh.org •
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Pittsburgh City Paper is seeking a Graphic Designer to join its Art Department. Qualified candidate must possess: • Strong communication and organizational skills. • Strong design skills with extensive knowledge of InDesign, Photoshop & Illustrator. • Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline oriented atmosphere. City Paper offers paid vacation, medical benefits and 401K. Applicants should send resume and design samples to: Kevin Shepherd Pittsburgh City Paper 650 Smithfield St. Suite 2200 Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Or via e-mail to: kshep@pghcitypaper.com No phone calls please. • Pittsburgh City Paper is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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DOWN 1. Embarrassed 2. Singular opening? 3. Have a quick bite 4. Somewhat bitter 5. House party? 6. “Astro Boy” creator Tezuka 7. Fancy lens 8. Laundry load 9. Religious subgroup 10. Mecca-facer’s spot 11. Ill feeling 12. From that time 13. Mousy 18. “Billy Breathes” jam band 21. The Orient 25. Head start, say 26. Deafening 27. Entertainer who makes a big splash? 29. Urges 31. Pleased with oneself
33. Big name in women’s sportswear 35. Ham’s boat 36. Fence post part 37. Some city bonds, briefly 38. Place to see camels 39. “Take your coat off” 41. Some Narcan cases, briefly 45. Pooches 46. Film critic who was the subject of the documentary “Life Itself” 50. Bill Hader “SNL” role 52. Animal that “gits along”
53. Charm 55. Comedian Sykes 56. NBA legend who released $500 in cash attached to balloons for his 46th birthday 58. How you might feel if you see Gargamel slip and fall in a big mud puddle 59. “The Godfather” composer Nino 60. Annapolis coll. 61. Titled British woman 62. Close up 65. Back in the day 66. Boy toy? LAST WEEK’S ANSWERS
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Savage Love {BY DAN SAVAGE}
I’m a 33-year-old woman from Melbourne, Australia, dating a 24-year-old man. We’ve been dating for about eight months; it is exclusive and official. He’s kind and sweet, caring and giving. The thing is, he confessed to me recently that he doesn’t really “feel.” The way he explained it is, the only emotions he feels are fear and anxiousness that he’ll disappoint the people he cares about. He says he’s never been in love. He said his dad is the same way. The only time I see him really “feel” are when he’s high, which he is semi-frequently. He uses MDMA and he comes alive. He seems the way a “normal” person does when they’re in love, but when he’s sober, it’s like he’s trying to mimic the things a person in love would say or do. I confessed I am falling in love with him recently and told him I wasn’t saying this with any expectation of him feeling the same; I just wanted him to know. He responded that he cares for me a lot — but that’s it. I’m now worried that he’ll never love me. I don’t want kids, so time isn’t critical for me, but I don’t want to be with someone who won’t ever love me. LACKING ONE VAUNTED EMOTION
You didn’t use the P-word (psychopath) or the S-word (sociopath), LOVE, but both came to mind as I was reading your letter. Someone who isn’t capable of feeling? Isn’t that textbook P-word/ S-word stuff? “The fear with someone who doesn’t ‘feel’ is that they may be a psychopath or a sociopath, terms that are used interchangeably,” said Jon Ronson, author of The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry. “And lots of the items on the psychopath checklist relate to an inability to experience deep emotions — like Shallow Affect, Lack of Empathy and Lack of Remorse. However, I have good news for LOVE! This line: ‘The only emotions he really feels are fear and anxiousness that he’ll disappoint the people he cares about’ is the critical one. Psychopaths do not feel anxiety. In fact, my favorite thing a psychologist said to me about this was: ‘If you’re worried you may be psychopath, that means you aren’t one.’ Also, psychopaths don’t care about
disappointing loved ones! All those emotions that relate to an overactive amygdale — fear, remorse, guilt, regret, empathy — psychopaths don’t feel them.” So, your boyfriend’s not a psychopath. Not that you asked. But, you know, just in case you were worried. Anyway … My hunch is that your boyfriend’s problem isn’t an inability to feel love, LOVE, but an inability to recognize the feelings he’s having as love. (Or potentially love, as it’s only been eight months.) What is romantic love but a strong desire to be with someone? The urge to be sweet to them, to take care of them, to do for them? Maybe he’s just going through the motions with you — a conscious mimic-it-till-you-make-it strategy — or maybe the double whammy of a damaged dad and that toxic masculinity stuff sloshing around out there left him blocked, LOVE, or emotionally constipated. And while MDMA can definitely be abused — moderation in all things, kids, including moderation — the effect it has on him is a hopeful sign. MDMA is not an emotional hallucinogen; the drug has been used in couples counseling and to treat PTSD, not because it makes us feel things that aren’t, but because it allows genuine feelings to surface and, to be felt intensely. So, he can feel love — he just has to learn how to tap into those feelings and/or recognize them without an assist from MDMA.
talks about the idea of someone else being around. This does turn me on, and I like thinking about it when we are messing around. But I don’t want to have any other partners. I’m like a mashup of Jessica Day, Leslie Knope and Liz Lemon, if that gives you an idea of how not-for-me this all is. When I say no to one idea, he comes up with another one. I would truly appreciate some advice. BOYFRIEND INTO GROUP SEX I’M NOT
Short answer: Sexual compatibility is important. It’s particularly important in a sexually-exclusive relationship. You want a sexually-exclusive relationship; your boyfriend doesn’t want a sexuallyexclusive relationship — so you two aren’t sexually compatible, BIGSIN, and you should break up. Slightly longer answer: Your boyfriend did the right thing by laying his kink cards on the table early in the relationship — he’s into threesomes, group sex and public sex — and you copped to having fantasies about threesomes, BIGSIN, but not a desire to experience one. He took that as an opening: maybe if he could find the right person/couple/scenario/club, you would change your mind. Further fueling his false hopes: You get turned on when he talks about having “someone else around” when you two have sex. Now lots of people who very much enjoy threesomes and/or group sex were unsure or hesitant at first, but gave in to please (or shut up) a partner and wound up being glad they did. If you’re certain you could never be one of those people — reluctant at first, but happy your partner pressed the issue — you need to shut this shit down, Liz Lemon style. Tell him no more dirty talking about this shit during sex, no more entertaining the idea at all. Being with you means giving up this fantasy, BIGSIN, and if he’s not willing to give it up — and to shut up about it — then you’ll have to break up.
SO, YOUR BOYFRIEND’S NOT A PSYCHOPATH.
My boyfriend of one-and-a-half years shared (several months into dating) that he has a fantasy of having a threesome. I shared that I had also fantasized about this, but I never took my fantasies seriously. Right away, he started sending me Craigslist posts from women and couples looking for casual-sex partners. I told him I wasn’t interested in doing anything for real. A few months later, we went on vacation and I said I wanted to get a massage. He found a place that did “sensual” couples massage. I wanted nothing to do with this. During sex, he
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