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EVENTS 8.4 – 10am -5pm ANDY’S 90TH BIRTHDAY PARTY Celebrate the 90th anniversary of Andy Warhol’s birth with family-friendly activities throughout the museum.

Free with museum admission

8.15 – 10am HALF-PINT PRINTS The Factory Silkscreen printing activity for children ages 1 to 4 years old.

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9.12 - 8pm The Warhol entrance space Co-presented with Mr. Smalls Presents and WYEP Tickets $18/$15 members and students

Rob Mazurek’s Farnsworth Scores

8.25 – 3pm DANDY ANDY: WARHOL’S QUEER HISTORY Free with museum admission

Essex Green with special guest The Garment District

9.14 – 8PM TQ LIVE The Warhol theater TQ Live! presents a queer evening of dazzling performance, dance, poetry, comedy, resplendent fantasies, music, and more.

Tickets $12/$8 members and students

9.22 – 9AM SENSORY-FRIENDLY EVENT FOR TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS: IMMIGRATION An inclusive 90-minute workshop for teens and young adults (ages 13–21).

Free; registration is required

9.20 - 7pm Carnegie Museum of Art theater (Oakland) Co-presented by The Heinz Architectural Center at Carnegie Museum of Art Tickets $15/$12 members and students

10.11 - 8pm The Warhol theater Co-presented with WYEP Tickets $15/$12 members and students

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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THE ANDY EFFECT NDY WARHOL would have turned 90 on August 6. And it

says something about the boy born Andrew Warhola in 1928 that his impact on pop culture remains relevant more than 30 years after his death in 1987.

There’s more than one way to celebrate Warhol’s life, though nobody has ever done wrong by paying regular visits to the Andy Warhol Museum (117 Sandusky St., North Side). To honor its namesake on what would have been a milestone birthday, the Warhol is holding

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a bash from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sat., Aug. 4.

To celebrate a true Pittsburgh original, City Paper commissioned award-winning illustrator David Pohl for a couple of Warhol-inspired pieces and an essay on how Andy Warhol influenced him. (Keep reading for CP staff’s shorts on their favorite ways that Warhol impacted, well, life.)

Happy birthday, Andy. We know you’re somewhere, so take 15 minutes to celebrate.

ARTWORK COURTESY OF THE ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM, ©THE ANDY WARHOL FOUNDATION FOR THE VISUAL ARTS, INC.

Andy Warhol, Self-Portrait, 1964

TWO DEGREES OF SEPARATION

BY DAVID POHL // INFO@PGHCITYPAPER.COM

ONE OF MY EARLIEST introductions to Andy Warhol was his cover for the Rolling

Stones’ album Love You Live. The gatefold artwork featured highly contrasted black and white photos with loose drawing on top, and patches of bright color.

The style was compelling; only 16, I’d just started playing around with my mother’s Polaroid SX-70 camera and the concept of altering/drawing on top of photos was a kind of revelation. I started to develop a deeper sensitivity towards line in my drawing and an interest in collage. I remember taking a Campbell’s soup can from the shelves of my grandmother’s kitchen and taking Polaroids of it.

I was becoming aware of the concept of fine artist vs. commercial artist. I realized an artist could be both.

My two degrees of separation from Warhol come from Holly Solomon, a New York City art dealer and pop art icon. I interned at her midtown gallery in 1986. Warhol created a series of photo booth portraits that Solomon hung in her apartment.

The beautifully transcendent, floating painting Silver Clouds (1966) is possibly my favorite Warhol piece. In thinking about how to approach my illustrations for this week’s City Paper, I immediately knew I wanted to include it. The image of Andy skydiving pays homage to my friend Peter Oresick (1955-2013) and is based on his poem “The Semiquincentennial of Pittsburgh.”

In both of these illustrations, I wanted to recognize and celebrate Warhol’s sense of humor and playfulness.

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ARTISTS Though the number of artists influenced

He was out, and unapologetic about it, at a time when that was rare for anybody, let alone figures of prominence.

by Andy Warhol from a distance is immeasurable, he directly helped boost the careers of two “street” artists of the 20th century: Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring. Far from amateurs when they met Warhol, his endorsement helped bring both artists’ work to bigger platforms and wider audiences. Haring went on to create “portraits” of Warhol, including the famous Andy Mouse; Basquiat and Warhol collaborated on a number of paintings in the mid-1980s. That spirit of support lives on at The Andy Warhol Museum, which plays host to rotating exhibits of artists in the Warholian vein — from the bloody photojournalism of Enrique Metinides to the multimedia pop sensibility of Farhad Moshiri.

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MUSIC The Velvet Underground’s debut album,

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FILM Before the Brat Pack or the Frat Pack, there was a group of superstars making waves on the silver screen. The only odd thing about these superstars is that they weren’t superstars at all — that’s just what Andy Warhol dubbed them. Names l i ke E d i e S e d g w i c k , Joe Dallesandro, and Candy Darling weren’t, and aren’t, household names, but they were the superstars of Warhol’s often-bizarre portfolio of experimental-art films. That portfolio includes Vinyl, a black-andwhite adaptation of A Clockwork Orange; Chelsea Girls, a split-screen story of women living at a New York City hotel; and ke ultra-experimental films like Sleep, a six-hour film of poett John Giorno, and Blow Job, a 35-minute film of DeVeren Bookwalter purportedly receiving oral sex (though it’s never actually shown.) posMost of these films are imposer twist in sible to find now. Yet another Warhol’s mystique.

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INTERVIEW MAGAZINE Landing on the cover of Interview magazine was the ultimate status symbol. That amazing logo, sprawling across the page, angled and raw. The beautiful

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Guests wear props inside the photobooth at The Andy Warhol Museum.

people. The “it” crowd. The celebrities.

Once called “the crystal ball of pop culture,” Andy Warhol’s Interview magazine was print media at its finest: a souvenir of your favorite celebrities — often interviewed by celebrities, sometimes even Warhol himself. The Andy Warhol Museum claims “a nearly complete run” of the rag in its archives, which makes sense, considering each cover and spread was as much a piece of art as the paintings on the walls. Sadly, the magazine is now dead, ending its web and print publications earlier this year after five decades.

Luckily, for those still seeking the 15 minutes of fame, their landing on the cover of City Paper is still o obtainable.

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Andy Warhol became a gay icon through the work he produ produced, not so much by explicitly advocating for LGBTQ rights. While the likes of Harvey Milk, Barbara Gittings and Bayard Rustin were focused on achieving policy changes, Warhol was busy influencing popular culture.

His nonchalant nature of photographing and drawing nude and sexualized male figures helped to normalize society’s view of same-sex attraction — at least for men.

Many of these pieces were rejected by mainstream art galleries early in Warhol’s career, but they made a lasting impact on

the LGBTQ community. Warhol also invited trans women, drag queens and queer artists to his studio (The Factory) and provided them a voice and place in the art world, which he eventually commanded.

The Velvet Underground & Nico, has some of the most recognizable album art of all time: Andy Warhol’s iconic yellow banana. During its initial release, the cover was designed so that people could peel the banana like a sticker to reveal a fleshy pink banana underneath. The special design took extra care to manufacture, and the album’s release was delayed to get it right. Warhol first started doing album art in 1949 with a Mexican orchestral release by Carlos Chavez, produced by the Museum of Modern Art. Over the years, Warhol subsequently designed album covers for the likes of Count Basie, Kenny Burrell, the Rolling Stones, Liza Minelli, Paul Anka, and Aretha Franklin.

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HAVE TWO best friends. The first one is a human named Bethany, and I have known her my entire life. The other is named Phineas, and he’s an inflatable shark. The first hates the second. I guess it’s normal to have jealousy amongst friends, but I hoped since Phineas is technically a toy Beth might not mind our bond.

I was wrong. It’s all becoming very Lord of the Flies.

My first suspicion of her hatred for Phineas began when she would purposely misspell his name as “Finous” in text messages. My second suspicion came when she proclaimed: “I hate Phineas. How would you like it if I called someone else my best friend?” I reminded her Phineas is made of plastic and only really exists in the Technicolor wonderland that is my mind. That response only angered her more.

Beth was married last Saturday.

I stood by her side. Beth said I could not wear my Captain’s hat nor was I permitted to bring Phineas as my date — even though her wedding week was during Discovery Channel’s Shark Week.

Please don’t think for one second this was a coincidence. She purposely planned her wedding week to interfere with Shark Week because it’s the one week of the year that I focus on Phineas.

Instead of us watching Ronda Rousey go head-to-head with a mako shark, I was getting mani/pedis with bridesmaids. Phin and I couldn’t watch “SharkCam Stakeout” because I had to have final alterations on my dress. Don’t you dare ask me about “Sharks Gone Wild.” Don’t you dare! I don’t even want to talk about it.

I mean, I’m not saying Beth was a “Bridezilla,” but she sure did act like a Megalodon. Not that she would even know what that means.

Plus, it’s not like Phineas can watch Shark Week without me. He has fins, not fingers. Remote controls aren’t accessible for the poor little guy.

I know what you’re thinking: “Gab, why didn’t you just DVR Shark Week”?

Yeah, sure. Why don’t you just DVR a Steelers game? It’s not the same.

Whatever. At least I could drown my sorrows at the cookie table. Not to be too dramatic (or derivative), but they needed a bigger table.

SHE PURPOSELY PLANNED HER WEDDING WEEK TO INTERFERE WITH SHARK WEEK.

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HE TERM “farm-to-table” to describe freshness of

a restaurant has lost meaning as it’s become more popular. And technically, every restaurant gets its food from a farm and brings it to a table.

At Bitter Ends Luncheonette, a pint-sized breakfast and lunch spot in Bloomfield, the practice is taken to heart.

Much of the produce is sourced from the restaurant’s own farm plot in Verona and other local growers.

Bitter Ends mostly serves sandwiches, though the menu changes seasonally. There are also sides, coffee, and pastries, including uniquely flavored donuts (I didn’t try beet-icing ones displayed, but they were an appealing Simpsonsdonut pink).

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The interior is small, but inviting.

They’ve left the charm of an old building that is actually old, not carefully curated to look old. Below the register counter, shelves are filled with random assorted mugs, the kind you might find at grandma’s house. There’s a water cooler adorned with googly eyes and a chicken beak. A shelf hangs from the ceiling filled with browned bread loaves.

Indoor seating is limited, with three tables and a counter. There are picnic tables outside and food can be taken to go.

On the day I went, the menu featured eggplant, zucchini, lamb sausage, and tomatoes. There were even pints of baby tomatoes for sale.

I ordered the zucchini, egg, and goat cheese sandwich, plus tomato toast and smashed griddled potatoes on the side.

The sandwich comes with all three items in its name, and heaps of greens, served on crunchy bread. The combination of the sunny-side egg, moist zucchini, and marinated lettuce make for a wetter sandwich, but the sturdy bread holds up and absorbs juices. It makes for a tasty and hearty breakfast or lunch (or, god forbid, brunch) meal that diverges from typical fare.

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“EVERYTHING HAS ONIONS.” The potatoes have everything that makes a perfect breakfast potato, with large, skin-on chunks, mixed with fried, crunchy bits, parsley, and a hearty amount of onion. As the heartwarming menu sign inside declares, “everything has onions.”

Tomato toast was the real star. It’s the same crunchy bread from the sandwich, topped with marinated and slightly-

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With sandwiches ranging from $9-12, the food is on the pricier side for a casual lunch. But it’s easy to see where the cost comes from. The vegetables are fresh, as are the bread and cheese, and probably everything else. Even easier to see is food made with care by people who just want to share their harvest.

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TTENTION, PITTSBURGH: it’s time to call your mother.

Remember those painful, exhausting years she spent coercing you into eating vegetables? Now, older and wiser, you know that vegetables are fun (not to mention delicious). That’s what the 2018 Pittsburgh VegFest is all about.

Natalie Fristick and Leila Sleiman started VegFest in 2015 to spotlight Pittsburgh’s animal advocacy. The festival, which runs on Aug. 4 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Allegheny Commons Park East, celebrates all things vegetable. And it goes beyond your plate; VegFest will offer live music, fitness demonstrations, and more.

We’ve covered the VegFest favorites, with the help of Sleiman. Who knew eating vegetables could be this fun?

||| EAT First stop: Onion Maiden. VegFest-ers line up, rain or shine, for an Onion Maiden dawg. For a lighter option, grab a fresh-pressed juice from Reed & Co. Keep an eye out for The Kabocha Concept, offering a plant-based Mexican menu, featuring Steak Tortas, Pozole, and Agua de Jamaica.

No meal is complete without a sweet ending. Sugar Spell Scoops will dish out its beloved vegan ice cream (the festival tore through 15 gallons last year). You won’t be able to resist Good Chroma’s cupcakes and cookies, or NOMaste’s raw vegan cheesecake.

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onstrations by Sasha Williams. The demo will happen at 11:20 a.m. and 2:20 p.m.

Send your kids up the rock wall and obstacle course as you rejuvenate with Pittsburgh Acupuncture and Massageworks.

Pet a pig. Seriously. Pigsburgh Squealers Rescue will be at VegFest with Phantom and Maui, two education pigs.

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At 1:50 p.m., hear Dinosoul, a duo that blends hip-hop with haunting indie melodies. At 3:50 p.m., listen to hiphop artist Lexa Terrestrial. Check out VegFest’s social pages for more info.

||| SHOP VegFest shopping ranges from skincare to pottery to vegan dog treats. Grab groceries at Heirloom Superfoods, or stop by Emily McGaughey’s booth for a smiling tofu sticker. Sleiman recommends checking out vegan apparel, White Muck, and Grape Cat. On your way out, grab a goodie bag loaded with items from Whole Foods and local vendors. For a $5 donation, you can leave VegFest equipped with the vegan essentials.

So, call your mom. Apologize for the years of vegetable-induced trauma. Tell her you eat vegetables (voluntarily!).

Better yet — bring her to VegFest.

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UMMERTIME cocktailing ought

to be simple. I don’t want to fuss with infusions or mess with complicated garnishes. Give me something easy and breezy and let me get back to the action. Simple doesn’t have to mean lazy, however.

At Pie for Breakfast, in Oakland, bar manager Amanda Schaffner has assembled a modest, thoughtful drinks menu to complement the restaurant’s “country cooking” style.

“We wanted to make drinks that were entry-level for bartenders and entry-level for drinkers,” explains Schaffner.

Pie for Breakfast is the sister restaurant to Legume and Butterjoint, which has some of the best cocktail and wine lists in the city. With high-end drinking covered next door, Schaffner looked for drinks that fit with Pie for Breakfast’s “value concept” approach and all-day diner style.

And with Pittsburgh restaurants facing a severe shortage of staff, she didn’t want to rule out less experienced bartenders.

The solution? A lean menu built around spritzes and mules.

“When I go to brunch, I typically get an Aperol spritz — one of my favorite cocktails,” says Schaffner. Made with Aperol (a bittersweet Italian liqueur), soda water and sparkling wine, it’s a low-alcohol refresher built for day drinking. In addition to the classics, Pie for Breakfast features creative takes on the spritz build, such as the Rosé Spritz (made with Lillet Rosé, hibiscus syrup and prosecco) and the Pine Creek Yacht Club (see recipe in box).

The Moscow Mule is a most-called-

for-cocktail, and it’s not hard to see why.

It’s stimulating when made with spicy ginger beer, and eye-catching when served in its signature copper mug. Pie for Breakfast offers up classic as well as several riffs, which swap out the vodka for other base spirits. All of the mules feature homemade ginger beer, using fresh ginger juice and citrus and served on tap.

“We’re still part of the Legume family, so we still need to do things in a certain way,” Schaffner explains. That means careful attention to quality, even when aiming for a budget-friendly price point.

Pine Creek Yacht Club • 1.5 oz. BLY rum • .5 oz. Maggie’s Farm falernum • .5 oz. lime juice • .25 oz. simple syrup Shake all ingredients with ice. Strain into a Collins glass with fresh ice. Top with sparkling wine and garnish with a lime wheel.

A handful of local drafts, affordable wines, and an impressive array of bottled and canned beer round out the drink selection. Overall, it’s a menu designed for drinking, not thinking. You can throw a few drinks back with brunch without worrying about your wallet or hangover the next day. The menu is interesting but doesn’t require any advanced degrees to decode. The bar, while not the focus, is bright and fun.

Bonus: it’s open all day, meaning you can grab that mid-afternoon drink (I won’t tell your boss).

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URS IS A CITY built on tradition. Tradition is why our all sports teams wear black and gold, why our weddings have cookie tables, and why we eat Primanti’s sandwiches, chipped ham, and salads topped with french fries.

Tradition is also at the heart of one of this city’s grand, annual summer festivals: the EQT Pittsburgh Three Rivers Regatta, a mainstay that dates to 1978. It’s a river(s) party at the confluence of

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the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio — around which hundreds of thousands will take in speedboat races, live music, fireworks, and family-friendly activities while chowing down on ol’ fashioned carnival-style food. “[The Regatta] definitely has a lot of history and tradition within the region,” says Derek Weber, the event’s director of events and the president of LionHeart Event Group, which produces the Regatta.

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The father of the Gateway Clipper Fleet founded the Regatta, and a 1978 story in the Pittsburgh Press wrote of John E. Connelly’s creation: “Let’s hope that this year’s is only the first of many.” It was, and the 41st Regatta will feel familiar while also looking somewhat new.

Being back in August feels right to organizers. In 2016, the Regatta broke away from being part of Pittsburgh’s Fourth of July celebration and returned to the month with which it was associated by most Pittsburghers.

Limited to one weekend in its current format, the Regatta features live music at the stage in Point State Park.

A 1990s-themed night is set for Friday, with local acts hitting the stage Saturday, and country fans finding their music fix Sunday. The main headliners are pop rock band Sugar Ray, whose heyday was in the late ’90s, and country singer Randy Houser, whose biggest days are probably ahead of him.

“We like to mix up the genre between the days so it’s not the same every single day,” Weber says. “... [‘90s night] has been very popular; we’ve got a ton of positive feedback about doing that. We think Sugar Ray is gonna do a great job.”

This year’s Regatta will also feature three different water sports championships: the mainstay Formula 1 Powerboat Championship, the USA Freestyle Jet Ski Championships, and the Pitts-

burgh Paddlesports Championships.

There’s also the Anything That Floats Race, a favorite of fans in which participants race in, well, anything that floats.

(That one’s kind of obvious.)

Notably absent this year is the Red Bull Flugtag, the aerial version of Anything That Floats in which competitors create and (attempt to) fly homemade machines. Red Bull doesn’t take the event to the same city in consecutive years; organizers are negotiating for a Flugtag return at a future Regatta.

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Begins noon, Fri., Aug. 3 and continues through Sun., Aug. 5. Full event schedule available online. Various locations, Downtown. Free. yougottaregatta.org

And even as the summer reaches its peak and the calendar of events gets even more jam-packed — Father John Misty, the Smashing Pumpkins, Three Days Grace, and, of course, the Clarks are all coming to town this weekend, too — the Regatta remains, by far, the biggest attraction on offer.

Why wouldn’t it? Projections call for up to 800,000 people to head Downtown for the three days. What the Steelers are to Latrobe, the Regatta is to Pittsburgh in August: a beloved summertime tradition that’s not going to change anytime soon.

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In the summer of 1997, Sugar Ray released “Fly,” the lead single from its second album, Floored. It’s a perfectly ‘90s radio-friendly hit that mixes rock and punk with reggae and ska. It’s also sung by a shirtless white guy with frosted tips.

Critics were quick to dub Sugar Ray a one-hit wonder, and they were PHOTO COURTESY OF RAZOR & TIE PUBLICITY kind of right. Sugar Ray never quite reacquired the chart-topping heights of “Fly,” though subsequent singles SUGAR RAY “Someday,” “Every Morning,” and AT THE EQT PITTSBURGH THREE RIVERS REGATTA 2001’s “When It’s Over” came 8 p.m. Fri., Aug. 3. Bank of America Main Stage, Point State Park, Downtown. Free. yougottaregatta.org close. 14:59, the follow-up album to Floored, found the group trying to shake the one-hit wonder moniker by implying its “15 minutes of fame” (a phrase inspired by Andy Warhol) weren’t quite up. But in a final indication of a slow slide to nostalgia, the band made a cameo in the live-action Scooby-Doo movie. That film feels like a time capsule of the early 2000s due to its cast of Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, and Rowan Atkinson, its aged CGI, and its ham-fisted Shaggy-and-Scooby-are-stoners gags. It’s also proof the ‘90s really lasted until about 2004.

If a journey back to the late ’90s sounds like a good time, Sugar Ray will be headlining the main stage at the EQT Pittsburgh Three Rivers Regatta on Friday.

Though Sugar Ray’s lineup has changed twice in the past few years, the music is the same — the band’s most recent album came out in 2009 — so take a trip back in time, minus the frosted tips, hopefully. •

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There are protests, walkouts, even hunger strikes against the current administration. And then there is a small group of Pittsburghers joining the resistance by spending occasional CP PHOTO BY LISA CUNNINGHAM Saturday afternoons cutting letters out A Pole-to-Polls Vote! sign of fabric over snacks and laughter.

It’s a way for people to make a difference in a quiet, crafty way.

Squirrel Hill textile artist Penny Mateer says Pole-2-Polls began in 2014 as a group of civic-minded individuals who first used repurposed knitting material from the popular Knit the Bridge project. This year, Pole-2-Polls is meeting at South Side’s Brew House Gallery.

Fabric and stencils are provided; some participants cut out letters, others assemble. In the past, signs were made for telephone poles. This year’s products are “VOTE!” yard signs distributed POLE-TO-POLLS’ “MAKE throughout Pittsburgh to encourage to show up.

A SIGN - TAKE A SIGN” people Variations of the project exist in 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Sat., Aug. 4. The Brew several other cities. About 100 people House Association Gallery, 711 S. 21st St, have joined locally so far.

South Side. Free. pole2polls.com “Like many, I am very concerned about the lack of voter participation,” Mateer says. “We’ve found that people respond to our handmade signs and often remark that they can’t believe someone would take the time to make one.”

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INCLUSIVE EXPO

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AKE NO mistake, LGBTQ couples still have trouble finding bakers, florists, planners, and photographers for their weddings. Most vendors don’t proclaim if they are friendly or unfriendly to LGBTQ couples.

Guesswork is involved and rejection for services is frequent.

A traveling LGBTQ wedding expo exists to combat that.

Started in 2003 by Rainbow Wedding Network, the LGBTQ Wedding Expo has traveled to 35 different states. Co-founder Marianne Puechl says the Aug. 5 expo in Cranberry will be the event’s first time in the Pittsburgh area.

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12:30 p.m. Sun., Aug. 5. Pittsburgh Marriott North, 100 Cranberry Woods Drive, Cranberry Township. Free. rainbowweddingnetwork.com

Even in a country with growing LGBTQ acceptance, Puechl still hears from people seeking help connecting with vendors.

“We still hear from couples, even from Massachusetts and California, who thought a vendor was gay friendly, but they weren’t,” says Puechl. “With our expo, you don’t have to walk up and have someone say ‘which one of you is the bride and which is husband?’”

Pittsburgh’s LGBTQ wedding expo will have about 25 vendors and run three hours.

“Most of our couples feel a bit intimi-

dated by [hundreds of vendors],” says Puechl. “A lot of our couples never envisioned that they would get married. We don’t need to overwhelm them.”

The expo is free, but Puechl says a $5 suggested donation is appreciated.

The experience should be easily digestible.

Making personal connections between vendors and couples is the expo’s goal.

“It is a great vibe to bring several hundred couples together to celebrate equality,” says Puechl. “It’s a celebratory, productive, and uplifting day.”

Participating vendors include local bakeries, musicians Scott and Rosanna Spindler, Rodef Shalom temple, and Seven Springs Mountain Resort. All vendors are unabashedly pro-LGBTQ. And though the expo is mostly about getting down to business of booking vendors, Puechl says the environment will be welcoming, relaxing and familyfriendly. DJ Mad Max will be playing light music, and a bar and refreshments will be served. It’s more low-key than large bridal shows.

“Bridal fairs can be a lot like cattle calls with people just running through to get free stuff,” says Puechl. “Some have a party feel. Our expo allows people to join together in a nice atmosphere.”

Puechl recognizes Cranberry isn’t the friendliest of LGBTQ areas. (It’s still legal in Butler County to fire or evict people who openly identify as LGBTQ). But she says the Pittsburgh Marriott North hotel was “very enthusiastic” about hosting the expo. Puechl is confident it will go off without a hitch.

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Francesco Lecce-Chong

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EXIT MUSIC

BY ALEX GORDON // ALEXGORDON@PGHCITYPAPER.COM

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matter where I am, if I’m in a taxi cab, if I’m in the airport, if I’m visiting an elementary school, there is never one single person I’ve met where I didn’t tell them what I do and they weren’t like, “Oh that’s awesome, I’d love to check that out.”

There’s not a problem with what we have, it’s the way we present it and it’s the way we appear. Frankly, we’re just not that accessible sometimes, we don’t show WHEN YOU STARTED THREE YEARS enough joy in what we do.

AGO, WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST One of the big things that’s helped IMPRESSION OF THE PITTSBURGH me put myself in the community here SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA? is being a massive Star Wars fan. My inThis orchestra has a personality. It has a troductory concert was at a 5000-person way of playing together. I felt swept up amphitheater and right off the bat, in it. It was an incredible feeling. I I did a whole bunch of classinever felt an orchestra just dive cal selections, but then I did into something with that much L L U F W the “Throne Room” theme. I bravado before.

INTERVIEE had this little lightsaber baONLtIN a ton and the audience went WHAT MAKES YOU r e p a p pghcity nuts. And that’s why people OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE .com feel comfortable with me now.

STATE OF LIVE CLASSICAL “That’s the Star Wars guy.” That’s MUSIC IN 2018? awesome. Because I take John Williams My personal opinion is that right now is seriously as a really legit incredible comthe most exciting time for orchestras beposer, they’re more willing to listen to cause [even though] we’re experiencing me when I talk about [Russian composer] growing pains, we’re trying new things.

Alexander Scriabin.

We’re not just sitting back and letting things be as they are. Diversity is a [still] WHAT ARE THE LOGISTICS OF STAYING huge problem but up until about twenty IN SYNC WITH THE LIVE PERFORMANCE years ago, nobody was even admitting OF STAR WARS? that it was a problem. But it’s baby steps.

The interesting thing about Star Wars is The bottom line for me is that no FTER THREE YEARS as associate conductor for Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Francesco LecceChong is moving on. City Paper caught up with him ahead of his departure to discuss scoring Star Wars, the Mos Eisley cantina song, the state of classical music, and click tracks.

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— I was kind of appalled by this — they offer a click track for the whole orchestra and the conductor. So [there’s] this little annoying thing you put in your ear and it’s going tick the entire time. I learned really early on that I absolutely hate that.

If you do all this work to be with the click track, the original movie music does not line up. The click track is the easiest way to get from point A to point B, but it’s not actually [in time] with the music.

I want to interpret it how I feel and allow it to kind of push and pull. There’s some great moments, especially with the throne-room sequence at the end, where I really want to spout these massive ritardandos like it was done in the original movie. I’ll purposely get ahead of the visual click, and then I can do [a] massive hold-back at a key moment.

YOU DIDN’T DO THE MOS EISLEY CANTINA SONG. That killed me. I didn’t know how it would look until I got the score, but I had a feeling they wouldn’t let us do the cantina scene … It’s all a jazz band.

We’d have to hire, like, eight extra musicians just to play four minutes. It’s too bad on one hand, because I really wanted to do it; on the other hand, I really needed that eight-minute break.

I think it was good for morale.

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TRUE DETECTIVE

BY ALEX GORDON ALEXGORDON@PGHCITYPAPER.COM

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TAN GORDON and I have the same last name, we both live in Southwestern Pennsylvania and neither of us has seen Bigfoot in person.

I haven’t been looking. Gordon, on the other hand, has spent 59 years investigating reports of paranormal activity in the area: Bigfoot, UFOs, and cryptids (a creature whose existence is either disputed or unconfirmed).

He’s never seen these or other unusual phenomena. But what he lacks in firsthand experience with the paranormal, Gordon makes up for with fierce dedication to investigating the stories of those who have. Or say they have.

Gordon founded Westmoreland County UFO Study Group (WCUFOSG) in 1970, broke off for a solo career as an independent researcher in 1993, and these days spends time penning

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articles for paranormal outlets, speaking at expos, and continuing to investi-

gate sightings in the area. He’s seen a lot of weird stuff over the years, most of it easy to explain by natural or manmade origins — UFOs are often just airplanes or Venus or the International Space Station or Chinese lanterns. But there are a few examples that elude breezy disproof.

The big one is the Kecksburg UFO incident of 1965, an event that hooked Gordon on paranormalism at the age of 16.

It was late afternoon (“about 4:47 p.m.,” Gordon says) on Dec. 9, 1965, when a “brilliant fiery object” was spotted in the night sky in Westmoreland County.

Witnesses reported a slow-moving object that changed its path over the woods of Kecksburg — “like it was being controlled,” not falling straight down, like a meteor. There were reports at the time of a military flatbed leaving the woods where the object fell sometime in the night.

by Dennis Farina.) It’s been a big part of town lore ever since.

When I spoke to Gordon, he was preparing to visit Kecksburg for the city’s annual UFO Festival. It’s an odd mix of charming small-town festival fun and paranormal reporting. There are fireworks, a “bed race,” corn hole, live music, and something called a “UFO hot dog eating competition.”

Mixed in the itinerary are film screenings and guest speakers, including an update on recent Bigfoot/UFO sightings from Gordon, former Greensburg Tribune-Review reporter Bob Gatty, and area researcher Ed Kelemen. It’s kind of weird to imagine these professional investigators and authors in the company of such brazen, lighthearted fun such as eating contests and a DJ. You’d think the more kid-friendly festival stuff would undermine the seriousness of the research.

WHATEVER. Thinking about paranormal activity is fun for most people, whether it’s reading sci-fi/horror books, watching latter-day History Channel, or spending your life’s work investigating aliens and Bigfoot. Gordon speaks about his work like a giddy professor mid-lecture, tripping over his own stories. Interviewing him was like tapping a boulder at the top of a steep hill and watching it roll down the road for miles. I might have asked four questions in 45 minutes. He handled the rest.

When it comes to what he personally believes, Gordon takes the role of impartial detective. There’s a lot of fascinating information out there. It’s all interesting, but he’s hesitant to go much beyond that.

“The more I know about the phenomena, the more interesting and

IT WAS LATE AFTERNOON ON DEC. 9, 1965, WHEN A “BRILLIANT FIERY OBJECT” WAS SPOTTED IN THE NIGHT SKY. However, one group of spectators was able to locate the object first.

People described it as an oversized metallic acorn, an estimated 10-12 feet in length, 8-10 feet in diameter, “big enough for a person to stand inside of.”

There were markings on the outside, similar to Cyrillic or hieroglyphics, but unidentifiable. (For a deeper look, check out Gordon’s website, his film Kecksburg: The Untold Story, or Unsolved Mysteries Season 1, Episode 8, hosted

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more complex it is,” Gordon says. “I don’t think anybody out there really has a good explanation for some of the phenomena we’re dealing with.”

When he says the majority of the people who submit reports to him do it anonymously to avoid unwanted attention and ridicule, I ask why he’s OK putting himself out there, full name and all.

“Because I’m not a witness,” he says. “I’m an investigator.”

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SK ANY STEELERS FAN why the team’s defense will be better this season and

the answer often sounds like a quote from Barack Obama’s presidential campaigns: “Hope and Change.”

Yeah? Well, I ain’t buyin’ it.

Steelers fans hope that changes made during the offseason will be enough to turn a defense that was carved up late in the season by the Green Bay Packers, Baltimore Ravens, and Jacksonville Jaguars into something respectable. Or at least something that doesn’t surrender 728 yards and six touchdowns on passes completed by Brett Hundley, Joe Flacco, and Blake Bortles.

Morgan Burnett was brought in to replace Mike Mitchell. Will he play strong or free safety? His skills scream “strong,” but my hunch is the Steelers are thinking “free.”

Though, the Steelers could have a lot on their plate when it comes to free safety.

Sean Davis? Terrell Edmunds? Maybe Cam Sutton? Hell, how about giving Tom “Scrap” Bradley a shot to play the position instead while he’s coaching the defensive backs? (That would really be like having “an extra coach out there.”)

Steelers fans, straining to see clearly through their black and gold glasses, will spend most of training camp saying, “competition breeds success n’at!” And they’ll be as wrong as the autograph-seeker lines are long at Saint Vincent College.

No, competition doesn’t breed success. A roster with good players does.

This Steelers defense is stacked with pedigree. A cornerback (Artie Burns), a couple of outside linebackers (Bud Dupree, T.J. Watt), and an All-Pro caliber defensive end (Cam Heyward) are former first-round picks. Stephon Tuitt and Davis were each drafted in the second round to strengthen the front and back end of the defense.

If you want a reason to be optimistic, consider the defense showing signs of returning to vintage Steelers form over the past couple of seasons. Then dare to dream what might happen if all players’ potential matched on-field performance.

For these Steelers, only Heyward has consistently met — and exceeded — reasonable expectations on a consistent basis, though Watt got off to a really good start as a rookie last season. Tuitt is a good player; but like eating sushi for dinner, he’s always leaving me wanting more. Burns and Davis took backward steps last season after promising rookies runs.

The proposed shift that would change everything for the Steelers is flip-flopping their outside linebackers. Forgive me if I don’t believe this switch will transform Dupree into the next Lawrence Taylor.

Training camp breeds hope. Changes breed optimism. But there are too many “maybes” on the defensive side for me to think the Steelers will start looking like the Steelers did when they won Super Bowls.

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PICKING WINNERS

BY REGE BEHE // INFO@PGHCITYPAPER.COM

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UST AFTER Stephanie Flom was named executive director of Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures, she opened a fortune cookie and found the following message: Your ability to pick a winner will bring you success.

Two writers from her first season (2015-16) became literary sensations.

Anthony Doerr won a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel All the Light We Cannot See. Bryan Stevenson’s first book, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice, earned national attention for its fierce advocacy for reform of the justice system, especially for black Americans. “It’s a combination of research and luck,” Flom says. “I’ve led a very lucky life.”

“IT REALLY WAS THE YEAR OF WOMEN IN MANY WAYS.” Joyce Carol Oates launches PA&L’s new season on Sept. 24.

Programming has expanded under Flom’s direction. Literary Evenings, established 29 years ago as the Drue Heinz Lectures, is now Ten Evenings; children’s events is the Words & Pic-

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tures series; and special appearances by authors — Scott Turow and Nicole Krauss are examples — fall under the New & Noted umbrella.

Flom’s goal remains to find writers who will engage and inspire audiences.

She pores over the New York Times Book Review, the New York Review of Books, and blogs such as The Millions and Shelf Awareness, and tries to make sure the programs are diverse and multicultural. Ten Evenings will feature eight women this season.

“This year in our landscape, it really was the year of women in many ways,” Flom says. “It was the #MeToo movement, it was women in elections, and

Emily Dickinson wrote: “New feet within my garden go/new fingers stir the sod.”

That sentiment — minus any damage caused by probing digits — will be present when City of Asylum presents “Writers in the Garden” at its Alphabet City Garden on Saturday, August 4.

Beginning at 5 p.m., poets Sharon Dilworth, Sandra Gould Ford, Celeste Gainey, and Michael Simms will read to patrons divided into four groups. The audience will rotate to another garden to hear the next poet.

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it was also women in publishing. The publishing community was publishing more literary women than I’ve seen in the past. It was exciting, it was time, and the series reflects that.”

Ten Evenings is held at Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland, where authors familiar with appearances at bookstores or libraries are sometimes stunned to learn there may be 1,800 patrons at the venue. The music hall’s grandeur and resemblance to a Shakespearean theater is often intimidating. “The biggest names have said, ‘I’ve never presented in a hall this big,’” Flom says.

Flom is too diplomatic to select favorite writers. She was amazed Jesmyn Ward wrote a piece specifically for the Pittsburgh audience and thrilled that Patti Smith’s unconventional approach — performing songs in between reading snippets from her memoir M Train — brought a sometimes-reserved crowd to its feet.

“The favorites are the ones who will respond to the audience,” Flom says.

“The audience gasps, the audience laughs, the audience sighs, and they’ll stop and respond to that and just won’t go on with their prepared scripts. It becomes a dialogue. Those moments are very special.”

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BuzzFeed quizzes, watching Jimmy Fallon clips. The high schoolers poke fun at her age, saying she’s a different generation.

“How old were you when you got Snapchat?” one asks. “Fifth grade,” Kayla replies. Shock and laughter follow, as if the gap between the high schoolers and Kayla could even compare to what a baby boomer might feel watching this movie.

And watching it will be different for everyone based on age. Walking out of a showing, I heard an older woman say: “I mean growing up with social media like that? I can’t even imagine.”

I can’t imagine not being able to imagine. How did teenagers learn to feel bad about themselves before social media?

The music cues are also an essential character. It relies on creeping electronic beats and pumping synth to score the chaotic pubescence in slow motion. Like PHOTO COURTESY OF A24 Eighth Grade starring Elsie Fisher a teen, EDM Jaws theme, it warns of upcoming embarrassment. .FILM REVIEW. But what Eighth Grade captures best, and with an expert realism, is what it’s like to be a teen with undiagnosed anxiety, wandering around life feeling

BY HANNAH LYNN // HLYNN@PGHCITYPAPER.COM like everybody knows something you birthday by the popular girl’s mom. She F YOU EVER meet someone who says don’t. Burnham draws from his own lusts over her crush in the middle of an they had a great time in middle experiences, having admitted to teenage active-shooter drill. She shatters her school, run. If you are that person, anxiety similar to Kayla’s, as well as onphone screen by throwing it in panic I’m sorry, but we exist on different stage panic attacks. after her dad walks in while she’s making planes. For those who barely made it out In her videos, Kayla talks about out with her hand. Eventually, Kayla of those awkward, emotional, pubescent having a constant feeling in her stomach, meets a group of older high schoolers years, watching Eighth Grade, a dramas if she were waiting in line for a roller that provide eye-opening lessons. She edy from comedian Bo Burnham, will be coaster. She hyperventilates in the bathlearns how to act like someone else ina visceral and immersive experience. room before a pool party. She rehearses stead of being herself, and then how to If you were very specifically an simple phone calls. When her dad asks come back around to being herself. awkward, suburban, middle-school girl her how she’s doing, she says “good” — This movie is not reliant on plot so in the mid-2000s, and you had few in a quivering way that renders each much as hyper-realistic detail. It asfriends, loving parents, and undiagnosed party unconvinced. sembles nearly forgotten images anxiety, you might drive to Burnham’s In middle school, you don’t yet from tweenhood: bored students house, knock on its door, and demand to possess the language skills necstacking markers, snapping know what gave him the right to make essary to express that thing MORE MOVIE S orthodontic rubber bands, a documentary about your life. you’re feeling, that thing you REVIEWE blissfully sniffing highlighters, think no one else is feeling.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I’m not an ascetic who believes all our valuable lessons emerge from suffering. Nor am I a popnihilist who sneers at pretty flowers, smiling children, and sunny days. On the contrary: I’m devoted to the hypothesis that life is usually at least 51 percent wonderful. But I dance the rain dance when there’s an emotional drought in my personal life, and I dance the pain dance when it’s time to deal with difficulties I’ve ignored.

How about you, Virgo? I suspect that now is one of those times when you need to have compassionate heart-to-heart conversations with your fears, struggles, and aches.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Do you absolutely need orchids, sweet elixirs, dark chocolate, alluring new music, dances on soft grass, sensual massages, nine hours of sleep per night, and a steady stream of soulful conversations? No. Not really. In the coming days, life will be a good ride for you even if you fail to procure those indulgences. But here are further questions and answers: Do you deserve the orchids, elixirs, and the rest? My answer is yes, definitely. And would the arrival of these delights spur you to come up with imaginative solutions to your top two riddles? I’m pretty sure it would. So I conclude this horoscope by recommending that you do indeed arrange to revel in your equivalent of the delights I named.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Don’t try to steer the river,” writes Deepak Chopra. Most of the time, I agree with that idea.

It’s arrogant to think that we have the power to control the forces of nature or the flow of destiny or the song of creation. Our goal should be to get an intuitive read on the crazy-making miracle of life and adapt ourselves ingeniously to its evershifting patterns and rhythms. But wait! Set aside everything I just said. An exception to the usual rule has arrived. Sometimes, when your personal power is extra flexible and robust — like now, for you — you may indeed be able to steer the river a bit.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Dear Astrologer: Recently I’ve been weirdly obsessed with wondering how to increase my levels of generosity and compassion. Not just because I know it’s the right thing to do, but

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):

“Sometimes, I feel the past and the future pressing so hard on either side that there’s no room for the present at all.” A character named Julia says that in Evelyn Waugh’s novel Brideshead Revisited. I bring it to your attention as an inspiring irritant, as a prod to get you motivated. I hope it will mobilize you to rise up and refuse to allow your past and your future to press so hard on either side that there’s no room for the present. It’s a favorable time for you to fully claim the glory of being right here, right now. also because I know it will make me healthy and honest and unflappable. Do you have any sage advice? -Ambitious Sagittarius.” Dear Ambitious: I’ve noticed that many Sagittarians are feeling an unprecedented curiosity about how to enhance their lives by boosting the benevolence they express. Here’s a tip from astrologer Chani Nicholas: “Source your sense of self from your integrity in every interaction.” Here’s another tip from Anaïs Nin: “The worse the state of the world grows, the more intensely I try for inner perfection and power. I fight for a small world of humanity and tenderness.”

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Time does not necessarily heal all wounds. If you wait around passively, hoping that the mere passage of months will magically fix your twists and smooth out your tweaks, you’re shirking your responsibility. The truth is, you need to be fully engaged in the process. You’ve got to feel deeply and think hard about how to diminish your pain, and then take practical action when your wisdom shows you what will actually work. Now is an excellent time to upgrade your commitment to this sacred quest.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The questions you’ve been asking aren’t bad or wrong. But they’re not exactly relevant or helpful, either. That’s why the answers you’ve been receiving aren’t of maximum use. Try these questions instead. 1. What experience or information

would you need to heal your divided sense of loyalty? 2. How can you attract an influence that would motivate you to make changes you can’t quite accomplish under your own power? 3. Can you ignore or even dismiss the 95 percent of your fear that’s imaginary so you’ll be able to focus on the five percent that’s truly worth meditating on? 4. If I assured you that you have the intelligence to beautify an ugly part of your world, how would you begin?

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): A scuffle you’ve been waging turns out to be the wrong scuffle. It has distracted you from giving your full attention to a more winnable and worthwhile tussle. My advice? Don’t waste energy feeling remorse about the energy you’ve wasted. In fact, be grateful for the training you’ve received. The skills you’ve been honing while wrestling with the misleading complication will serve you well when you switch your focus to the more important issue. So are you ready to shift gears? Start mobilizing your crusade to engage with the more winnable and worthwhile tussle.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): I predict that August will be a Golden Age for you. That’s mostly very good. Golden opportunities will arise, and you’ll come into possession of lead that can be transmuted into gold. But it’s also important to be prudent about your dealings with gold. Consider the fable of the golden goose. The bird’s owner grew impatient because

it laid only one gold egg per day; he foolishly slaughtered his prize animal to get all the gold immediately. That didn’t work out well. Or consider the fact that to the ancient Aztecs, the word teocuitlatl referred to gold, even though its literally translation was “excrement of the gods.” Moral of the story: If handled with care and integrity, gold can be a blessing.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus socialite Stephen Tennant (1906-1987) was such an interesting luminary that three major novelists created fictional characters modeled after him. As a boy, when he was asked what he’d like to be when he grew up, he replied, “I want to be a great beauty.” I’d love to hear those words spill out of your mouth, Taurus. What? You say you’re already all grown up? I doubt it. In my opinion, you’ve still got a lot of stretching and expansion and transformation to accomplish during the coming decades. So yes: I hope you can find it in your wild heart to proclaim, “When I grow up, I want to be a great beauty.” (P.S. Your ability to become increasingly beautiful will be at a peak during the next fourteen months.)

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “Manage with bread and butter until God sends the honey,” advises a Moroccan proverb. Let’s analyze how this advice might apply to you. First thing I want to know is, have you been managing well with bread and butter? Have you refrained from whining about your simple provisions, resting content and grateful? If you haven’t, I doubt that any honey will arrive, from God or any other source. But if you have been celebrating your modest gifts, feeling free of greed and displeasure, then I expect at least some honey will show up soon.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Don’t worry your beautiful head about praying to the gods of luck and fate. I’ll take care of that for you. Your job is to propitiate the gods of fluid discipline and hard but smart work. To win the favor of these divine helpers, act on the assumption that you now have the power and the right to ask for more of their assistance than you have before. Proceed with the understanding that they are willing to provide you with the stamina, persistence, and attention to detail you will need to accomplish your next breakthrough.

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^ Thu., Aug. 2: Heathers: The Musical

THURSDAY AUGUST 2 STAGE

The 1988 dark teen comedy Heathers is the ultimate cult classic, with memorable lines like “Did you have brain tumor for breakfast?” and “Dear diary, my teen angst bullshit has a body count.” In 2013, the movie got the musical treatment, transforming teen angst into teen angst with showtunes. Catch a local production of Heathers: The Musical put on by The Summer Company at Duquesne’s Genesius Theater. Just like

its source material, the musical is a biting critique of high-school hierarchies and the adults who can’t understand them. 8 p.m., Thu., Aug. 2 through Sat., at., Aug. 4; 2 p.m., Sun., Aug. 5. 1225 Seitz z St., Uptown. $6.50-16.50. thesummercompany.com ercompany.com

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Superheroes can probably drink super amounts. And while superheroes don’t existt ’t in reality, that shouldn’t ending stop people from pretending to be masked avengerss in the name of drinking. The annual Superhero Bar Crawl

is up to the task. Participants don their favorite capes or costumes and join comic book fans on a South Side bar crawl, visitin visiting establishments like Archie’s an and Carson City Saloon. Prizes will be awarded for costumes. And the event is not just tto get super hammere hammered. The money raised goes to pu purchasing a brea breathalyzer for the Simple Hope FFoundation, a nonprofit that supports those ssuffering from

substance abuse. 4-11 p.m., 1503 E. Carson St., South Side. $10. pghsuperhero.org

MUSIC

“MMMbop” isn’t really on par with a classical concerto, but it’s catchy and was composed by teenagers. It demands some respect. And look where those teens from the ‘90s are now: performing with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Hanson will be making its PSO debut for Hanson String Theory, Live with the PSO. The show is a “musical manifesto,” complete with new and well-known works from this band of brothers. The Heinz Hall performance has been arranged by composer David Campbell, and it marks CONTINUES ON PG. 32

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^ Fri., Aug. 3: Afro-Nubian Parade

Hanson’s 26th anniversary. 7:30-10:30 p.m.

600 Penn Ave., Downtown. $25-$85. pittsburghsymphony.org

FRIDAY

AUGUST 3 FESTIVAL

There’s no better time to express pride in yourself and your people, and that’s exactly what this year’s Afro-Nubian Parade aims to do. Presented by Nubian Impulse, the theme is carnaval, Caribbean, and Wakanda (the fictional country as seen in Marvel’s Black Panther). Dance groups in colorful feathers and jeweled outfits will be dancing down the street with various organizations representing those of African descent, creating a sense of community while celebrating pride.

And the party doesn’t end there — the parade will lead into the Harambee Festival, featuring art, shopping, and music. 6 p.m. North Homewood Ave., Homewood. Free. nubianimpulse.com

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Prom night is always memorable, for better or for worse. Tuxedos and ball gowns mix chaotically with poorly contained teenage feelings of romance, liberation, fear, and lust, plus a touch of nostalgia in light of rapidly approaching end of high school. There’s a reason prom is so often romanticized (accurately or not) in film and on TV. As part of Blackout Weekend 2K18, True T Entertainment and BadBoys Club Pittsburgh will throw “A Night Beneath the Stars” Black Gay Prom for LGBTQ folks from Pennsylvania, Ohio and western New York. Three kings and queens (of any gender) will be crowned, one from each state, at the Kimpton Hotel Monaco. 6 p.m. 620 William Penn Place, Downtown. $30 per person or $50 per couple. monaco-pittsburgh.com

COMEDY

In the current political landscape, it can be hard to decipher what’s “normal” and what’s not. Here to help you through

the murky waters is John McIntire with his Dangerously Live Comedy Talk Show. The lineup includes everyone’s favorite millennial candidates for State Representative, Summer Lee and Sara Innamorato (because who doesn’t love seeing politicians in a hot seat of comedy), and Very Smart Brothas/The Root/GQ writer Damon Young. It’ll be a night of stand-up and sit-down comedy, all with a very important message: the new normal is not normal. 8 p.m. Oaks Theater, 310 Allegheny River Blvd., Oakmont. $15-25. theoakstheater.com

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It’s quite a trek to get to San Diego from Pittsburgh — about a 6-hour direct flight — not to mention the expense of hotel rooms, Uber rides, costumes, and too many In-n-Out Burgers. So, if San Diego Comic-Con is just too much work, then

check out the teens-only PhenomeCON. It might not be as glamorous as California, but it’s at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and it still promises to be a good time for all young comic and movie fans. Play a classic video game on an emulator, test your knowledge in a trivia contest, watch Black Panther, and, of course, compete in the all-important costume contest.

10 a.m. 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland.

Free. carnegielibrary.org

RESCUED & RECYCLED

Cruella de Vil’s worst nightmare is probably an event combining fancy clothes and live animals. Animal Friends will play host to Rescued & Recycled, a combination fashion show/auction to benefit the center. Promoting both animal adoption and recycling fashion, the event will feature shelter animals modeling designer purses, jewelry, and accessories which will then be up for auction.

There will also be brunch and mimosas provided, because you should never shop or adopt on an empty stomach. Head

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Father John Misty

THURSDAY The Pink Spiders 7 p.m. Cattivo, Lawrenceville. cattivopgh.com

FRIDAY Father John Misty 7 p.m. Stage AE, North Side. promowestlive.com

SATURDAY The Smashing Pumpkins, Metric 7 p.m. PPG Paints Arena, Downtown. ppgpaintsarena.com

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^ Sat., Aug. 4: Speedy Ortiz

over to the Animal Friends Facebook page to see a promotional video in which a puppy sniffs a pearl necklace. 11 a.m.

562 Camp Horne Rd., Ohio Township. $40. thinkingoutsidethecage.org

MUSIC

The noisy, gnarly charm of Speedy Ortiz is impossible to ignore. When Major Arcana debuted in 2012, most comparisons landed on (‘90s band) Pavement, and that’s not a bad place to start. The lyrics are ragged, nostalgic, funny and cutting; the music is helmed by angular, grungy guitar lines. In the years since, Speedy Ortiz has evolved into one of the most reliably adventurous and smart young bands around, most recently hitting a highpoint with 2018’s Twerp Verse. Fun fact: comedian Hannibal Buress sat in on drums with the band for a song at SXSW 2015 and is still listed on its Wikipedia page as drummer “2015-2015.”

Speedy Ortiz performs at Rex Theater.

Buress will not be there. 6:30 p.m. 1306 E. Carson St., South Side. $13-15. All ages. smiling-moose.com

FOOD

There are art shows, then there are art shows that offer alcohol and free, unlimited pancakes. As you can hopefully ascertain by its name, Pancakes & Booze is the latter. This pop-up art show zig-zags across the country and is certainly unrivaled in events where breakfast food and art converge. The Pittsburgh edition at Spirit will feature over 60 local artists in every field from photography to pop art showcasing their works, all while attendees indulge in endless flapjacks. Though they’re not included with admission like the pancakes, craft beers and cocktails will be available to go alongside the unlimited stacks of fluffy, syrupy goodness.

Did we mention the neverending

The Spill Canvas 8 p.m. Rex Theater, South Side. rextheater.net

pancakes? 8 p.m. 242 51st St., Lawrencville. $10, $13 for a Line Jumper ticket. pancakesandbooze.com/ pittsburgh

MONDAY Buckwheat Zydeco Jr., Legendary Ils Partis Band

SUNDAY

8 p.m. Club Cafe, South Side. clubcafelive.com

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Have you ever seen a parked police car and pictured yourself behind the wheel, blaring your sirens at anyone going under 50 mph in the fast lane? Well, half of that can come true at Touch-ATruck. Featuring fire trucks, construction vehicles (so you can live out your Bob-the-Builder fantasy), and, yes, police cars, this event lets you and your kids climb in, around, and on all of the automobiles you’ve ever dreamed of.

You can even sound the horns, but wait until the quiet hour is over at noon.

11 a.m. Shaler North Hills Library, 1822 Mt. Royal Blvd., Glenshaw. $5 per person, $20 per family. Shalerlibrary.org

8 p.m. Brillobox, Lawrenceville. brilloboxpgh.com

WEDNESDAY Playboi Carti 7 p.m. Stage AE, North Side. promowestlive.com

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FILM

The question “What TV show was cancelled too soon?” has plenty of good answers: Freaks and Geeks, Deadwood, Twin Peaks, Futurama (the latter two were revived, thankfully, and Deadwood is reportedly getting a movie). Though there are many good answers, there’s only one right answer: Firefly. Joss Whedon’s space Western got the ax from Fox just 11 episodes into its first run. Fan outcry (and strong DVD sales) moved Whedon to create Serenity, a feature-length continuation of the series that disappointingly has nothing to do with Seinfeld’s “serenity now.” Each year, Firefly fans, also known as Browncoats, stage Can’t Stop the Serenity, a screening of the film from which the proceeds go to charity. The 13th edition of the event in Pittsburgh is at the Parkway Theater and hosted by Jump Cut Theater. Noon. 644 Broadway Ave., McKees Rocks. $25. jumpcuttheater.org

MUSIC

Since the early 1960s, Toots and the Maytals has been putting out dynamic, meticulous reggae laced with soul, psychedelia, funk and ska. The heaviest hitters in the catalogue are probably “54-46, That’s My Number,” “Pressure Drop,” and “Funky Kingston,” but you really can’t go wrong with its library on shuffle. If you scoff at the very mention of “reggae,” put your nose down for a day and head down to Hartwood Acres for this show. Try not to smile when they play “Pomps and Pride.” 7:30 p.m. 200 Hartwood Acres. Free. alleghenycounty.us

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TransPridePGH is hosting its monthly board game night at the Persad Center.

You can either provide your own or play ones on hand. Bring friends and get into a tense Monopoly situation that will test your relationship, meet new people over a game of Sorry! With all these options, you won’t be “board.” (Ha. Sorry.)

6 p.m. 5301 Butler St., Lawrenceville.

Free. transpridepgh.blogspot.com

MEDITATION

Recently, a silly man wrote an op-ed proclaiming mass retailer Amazon should take over libraries from the current government-funded libraries. His claim was libraries used to provide services way beyond book borrowing, but they have fallen to the wayside. Any library user knows this to be a terrible idea and a false claim. There’s no better counter-example than Meditation with a Monk, a weekly series at Carnegie Library-East Liberty (other sessions at Cooper-Siegel and Oakmont libraries) hosted by Pittsburgh Buddhist Center. The all-level class teaches vipassana

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^ Sat., Aug. 5: Toots and the Maytals

meditation, focusing on calming your mind and bodily awareness. 6:15 p.m. 130 S. Whitfield St., East Liberty. carnegielibrary.org

STORYTELLING

It’s always important to listen to stories from veterans, because while everyone else is talking about war in big and abstract terms, they’re the ones who were actually living and fighting it. The Veterans Breakfast Club aims to create a community for veterans to tell their stories to help educate and heal.

It will host a Post-9/11 Storytelling event at Spoonwood Brewing Company. The event will have free food and a cash bar.

Whether or not you support a war, there are still lessons to be learned for both sides from those who experienced it firsthand. 6:30 p.m.

5981 Baptist Rd., Bethel Park. ^ Wed., Aug. 8: The Breeders PHOTO COURTESY OF MARISA GESUALDI

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 8 GAME

Being a pirate sounds great on paper: sailing the Caribbean while drinking rum and singing sea shanties, all while free from any authority or government. It’s a pretty romantic image if you ignore, you know, being an actual pirate — a dirty, smelly criminal who reaves and rapes at will and likely looks nowhere near as handsome as Orlando Bloom.

But there’s one pirate thing that’s great and (usually) legal: treasure hunts.

Escape room company Breakout Games will stage Breakout Hunt, a real-life treasure hunt for $2,000 in cold, hard cash. Check for the periodic release of coordinates on Breakout Games’ Twitter and Facebook accounts and website to hunt down twenty $100 bills hidden around Pittsburgh.

5 p.m. Free. breakoutgames.com/pittsburgh

MUSIC

Given the members’ associations with better-known bands, the multiple hiatuses and the lineup changes, The Breeders is often described as an offshoot or a side project, but that’s a bogus characterization.

The thoughtful, acerbic, clever songwriting of Kim Deal — with her sister Kelley Deal of Throwing Muses — deserves fanfare on its own terms. With a new album, All Nerve, the band is hitting the road with its almost-original lineup, including a date at Mr. Smalls. 8 p.m. 400 Lincoln Ave., Millvale. $29.50. 412-821-4447 or mrsmalls.com

STAGE

Grammelot is unlike any theater experience you’ve had ... yet. Unless you’re particularly into solo morality musicals and plays that dabble in heavy audience participation. Performer Ayne Terceira will take audience members on a journey filled with melancholy and comedy inspired by three randomly picked objects. Grammelot is a series of three plays, one of which already happened, and with each new staging, more intricate ways to include the audience will be added. Come dressed to move, as you may be picked to be a backup singer, bystander, or background character. 8 p.m. Glitter Box Theater, 460 Melwood Ave., Bloomfield. $10 suggested donation. uncumbertheatrics.com •

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Sealed bids will be received in the Office Of The Chief Operations Officer, Room 251, Administration Building, 341 South Bellefield Avenue until 11:00 A.M. prevailing time August 14, 2018 and will be opened at the same hour for the purchase of the following equipment and supplies:

• ROCK SALT AND ICE MELT General Information regarding bids may be obtained at the Office of the Purchasing Agent, Service Center, 1305 Muriel Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203. The bid documents are available on the School District’s Purchasing web site at: http://www.pghboe.net/pps/site/ default.asp Click on Bid Opportunities under Quick Links.

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Savage Love {BY DAN SAVAGE}

To our readers: Dan Savage has decided to withdraw his column from City Paper, ending a long relationship between one of America’s leading advocacy voices and an alternative newsweekly that has delivered arts, entertainment and cultural coverage to Pittsburgh since 1991. Though disappointing, Dan’s decision has afforded us an opportunity to bring a fresh weekly advice column to these pages. We are excited to do so beginning Aug. 15.

Thanks for understanding — and reading.

Rob Rossi Editor I’m gay and have been dating a guy for 10 months. He’s great overall, and I would say for the most part we both want it to work out. But I am having a problem with his friends and other lifestyle choices. All of his friends are straight, and almost all of them are women. All of my friends have always been gay men, like me, so I find this strange. I don’t have any problem with women, but I don’t hang out with any women, and neither do most of my friends. He makes dinner plans for us with his straight friends almost every week, and I grin and bear it. They’re always old coworkers, so the whole conversation is them talking about old times or straighty talk about their children. It’s incredibly boring. He’s met my friends, and he likes some of them but dislikes others. It’s obvious that he is not comfortable relating to gay men, generally speaking. He does not seem knowledgeable about gay history or culture. For example, he strongly dislikes drag queens and never goes to gay bars.

There is one woman in particular he makes dinner for every Friday night. It’s a standing date that he’s only occasionally been flexible about changing to accommodate plans for the two of us. Now he’s plan-

ning a weeklong vacation with her. When he first mentioned this trip, he asked if I would want to spend a week camping. I said no, because I don’t like camping. He immediately went forward with planning it with her. I’m pretty sure the two of them had already hatched this plan, and I don’t think he ever really wanted me to go. I think it’s WEIRD to want to go camping for an entire week with some old lady. He does other weird things, too, like belonging to a strange new-age church, which is definitely at odds with my strongly held anti-religious views. He has asked me to attend; I went once, and it made me EXTREMELY uncomfortable. The fact that I didn’t like it just turned into a seemingly unsolvable problem between us. He says I’m not being “supportive.” I need some advice on how to get past my intense feelings of aversion to the weirdness.

How can I not let our differences completely destroy the relationship?

Hopelessly Odd Man Out

You’ve been together only 10 months, HOMO, and you’re not married, but it sounds like contempt has already overwhelmed your relationship. It’s not just that you dislike his friends, you’re contemptuous of them; it’s not just that you don’t share his spiritual beliefs, you’re contemptuous of them; it’s not just that his gayness is expressed in a different-than-yours-but-still-perfectly-valid way, you’re contemptuous of him as a gay man. Because he doesn’t watch Drag Race or hang out in gay bars. Because he’s got a lot of female friends. Because he’s happy to sit and talk with his friends about their kids. (There’s nothing “straighty” about kid conversations. Gay parents take part in those conversations, too.)

This relationship might work if you were capable of appreciating the areas where you two overlap — your shared interests (including your shared interest in each other) — and content to let him go off and enjoy his friends, his new-age church, and his standing Friday-night dinner date. A growing body of research shows that divergent interests + some time away from each other + mutual respect = long-term relationship success. You’re missing the “mutual respect” part — and where this formula is concerned, HOMO, two out of three ain’t enough.

Here’s how it might look if you could appreciate your differences: You’d do the things you enjoy doing together — like, say, each other — but on Friday nights, he makes dinner for his bestie and you hit the gay bars with your gay friends and catch a drag show.

You would go on vacations together, but once in a while he’d go on vacation with one of his “straighty” friends, and once in a while you’d go on vacation with your gay friends. On Sundays, he’d go to woo-woo church and you’d sleep in or binge-watch Pose. You’d be happy to let him be him, and he’d be happy to let you be you — and together the two of you would add up to an interesting, harmonious, compelling “we.”

But I honestly don’t think you have it in you.

IT SOUNDS LIKE CONTEMPT HAS ALREADY OVERWHELMED YOUR RELATIONSHIP.

Differences don’t have to destroy a relationship. Differences can actually enhance and help sustain a relationship. But for differences to have that effect, HOMO, both partners have to appreciate each other for their differences.

You don’t sound appreciative — you sound contemptuous. And that’s a problem.

According to Dr. John Gottman of the Gottman Institute (a research institution dedicated to studying and strengthening marriages and other interpersonal relationships) — who says he can accurately predict divorce in 90 percent of cases — contempt is the leading predictor of divorce. “When contempt begins to overwhelm your relationship, you tend to forget entirely your partner’s positive qualities,” he writes in Why Marriages Succeed or Fail. Contempt, Gottman argues, destroys whatever bonds hold a couple together.

SEND YOUR QUESTIONS TO MAIL@SAVAGELOVE.NET AND FIND THE SAVAGE LOVECAST (DAN’S WEEKLY PODCAST) AT SAVAGELOVECAST.COM

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TIPPING ONE’S HAND

BY BRENDAN EMMETT QUIGLEY // WWW.BRENDANEMMETTQUIGLEY.COM

ACROSS

1. “Roses are Red” rhyme scheme 5. Diva Jackson 10. Sawbones 13. Dietary restriction 15. Drummer Gene 16. Miner issue 17. See 28-Across 18. Tipping one’s hand 20. Veins of 16-Across 22. Put a new coat on?

23. NASCAR’s Denny 25. Slums 27. Fish with a vowel-heavy name 28. With 17-Across, Fiercely 29. William : Nick :: ___ : Nora 30. Equipment 31. “I’ve made extra food” 35. Really moody 36. With 23, Historical period when negative numbers and paper was invented 39. Wu-Tang Clan member a.k.a.

“The Abbot” 40. Fashion designer Alexander 42. Swear words 43. Poppy product 45. See 57-Across 47. Ticket readers 48. Golf scoresheet numbers

51. No longer sailing 52. Learns a lot overnight 53. Order to a getaway driver 54. Tipping one’s hand 57. With 45-Across, Massachusetts town where Anne Bradstreet died 61. “___ femme coquette” (1955 Godard short film) 62. “Obviously!”

63. Fish taco topping 64. E.R. V.I.P.s 65. Like celebrities on the red carpet 66. Still wet

DOWN

1. Insect with a thin waist 2. Scaring word 3. Record keeping dir.

4. Some cricket players 5. I/O connection?

6. God on the losing end of the Trojan War 7. Superfan 8. First Response rival 9. Taiwan’s capital 10. Underperform 11. University of Maine home 12. Very little change 14. Bad thing for a reporter to bury 19. Wash. baseballers

21. Suffer with 23. 2017 Pitbull single 24. QB Rodgers 25. Rub one’s canines 26. Adult red deer 27. Bird with white plumage 28. Last day?

30. Biting insects 32. Director Lars von ___ 33. Bright blue 34. Thanksgiving dishes 37. Story time?

38. Postwar Japanese premier Shigeru 41. Elf with a pointy red hat 44. Face card?

46. Olympic skater Baiul 47. Its emblem has an eagle perched on an anchor: Abbr.

48. Rugby huddle 49. Flavor of the month 50. Positive reviews 51. Anything whatever 53. Prey of the spotted hyenas 55. “Ha ... STAHP!” 56. First name in despotism 58. US radio service 59. Shade thrower?

60. Pull apart LAST WEEK’S ANSWERS

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