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SIN CITY Pennsylvania’s Catholic Church abuse scandal reverberating loudly in Pittsburgh BY RYAN DETO // RYANDETO@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
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HE REPORT released last week of widespread sexual abuse at Pennsylvania Catholic dioceses hit Pittsburgh hard. The region is still reeling. A Catholic school in Cranberry that bears Cardinal Donald Wuerl’s name was vandalized on August 20. Wuerl was Pittsburgh’s bishop for almost two decades and has been implicated in allegedly covering up abuse by other priests. An online petition to remove Wuerl’s name from the school has gathered thousands of signatures. The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP), held a protest on August 20 outside the Pittsburgh Diocese headquarters Downtown. SNAP protesters were asking for church leaders to support state legislation that would provide accountability to abusers, which the Catholic Church has historically opposed.
THE GRAND-JURY REPORT REVEALS 99 “PREDATOR PRIESTS” WITHIN PITTSBURGH’S CATHOLIC DIOCESE. It’s not just devout Catholics that appear to be impacted. Pittsburgh has a large Catholic population, but the faith’s influence also has a palpable influence on the region’s secular culture. The Steelers most famous play, the Immaculate Reception, is a reference to the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus. The franchise is owned by one of the country’s most prominent Catholic families, the Rooneys. March and April in Pittsburgh are marked by Lenten fish fries. In summer, church festivals provide small towns and neighborhoods with entertainment. Many ancient Catholic churches, now without parishioners, act as community centers, apartments, and gyms. One of the region’s most famous breweries occupies an old Catholic Church. Catholicism’s ubiquitous influence on the region’s culture is possibly why Pittsburghers are struggling to reconcile something so integral to the area also causing so much pain. CONTINUES ON PG. 8
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CHURCH ORDER A look at the Catholic clergy’s hierarchy:
Pope The supreme pontiff is global leader of the Catholic Church. As apostolic successor to Saint Peter, the Bishop of Rome is based at the Vatican, and is infallible in his definitions of faith and morals. Pope Francis (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio) is the 226th pope.
Cardinals These senior leaders are appointed by the pope. They form the College of Cardinals, which advises the pope. Cardinals who have not passed their 80th birthday when the Holy See is vacated are eligible to take part in a papal conclave (election of a new pope). There are 16 U.S. cardinals.
Archbishops Presiding over major or metropolitan areas, these heads of archdioceses can also be cardinals. There are six cardinal archbishops and 29 other archbishops in the U.S.
Bishops These are ordained ministers to their specific stations. Bishops are priests of sacred worship, ministers of church government, and teachers of church doctrine. There are 162 diocesan and 74 auxiliary bishops in the U.S. David Zubik is the 12th bishop of Pittsburgh.
Priests These ordained ministers can administer baptism, Eucharist, confirmation, reconciliation, anointing of the sick, matrimony and holy orders. Priests can be committed to a congregation or a religious order. There are around 2,500 priests in Pennsylvania.
^ Resurrection Church in Brookline, also pictured on this week’s cover, is one of the churches named in the grand-jury report.
On August 14, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro released a grandjury report revealing 99 “predator priests” within Pittsburgh’s Catholic Diocese. In total, 301 priests were identified across Pennsylvania. More than 1,000 victims offered detailed accounts of abuse. A grand jury believed the actual number of abused children was in the “thousands.” Shapiro said the twoyear investigation is the nation’s most comprehensive report on child sexual abuse within the Catholic Church. The 99 priests linked to Pittsburgh is the highest number of any Pennsylvania diocese investigated in the report. (The dioceses of Philadelphia and Altoona-Johnstown were excluded, as they were the subject of previous investigations.) Church leaders with ties to the area, such as Pittsburgh Bishop David Zubik and his predecessor Cardinal Wuerl, are receiving intense criticism alleging they played a part in covering up the alleged abuse. Actions against Pittsburgh-area Catholic institutions, whether protests or vandalism, appear to be growing in frequency. The scandal is reverberating loudly
in Pittsburgh. The stories of the victims here are terrifying. And other factors may be adding to the report’s repercussions on the region. Pittsburgh is home to a high number of ambitious religious leaders with growing profiles. The city has the largest total number and percentage of Catholics of any diocese investigated.
THE STORIES OF THE VICTIMS HERE ARE TERRIFYING. These circumstances appear to be intensifying the impact of what was already a mammoth report on church abuse. First and foremost, the stories of Pittsburgh’s victims have rung loudest. According to the report, Pittsburgh priests allegedly used “whips, violence and sadism in sexually assaulting their young victims.” Priests also allegedly created a child pornography ring, and
circulated photographs among parishes. Revelations about priests that were previously unknown spread throughout Pittsburgh. Brandon McGinley, a devout South Hills Catholic whose story is detailed later this issue, discovered his longtime priest, Lawrence O’Connell, allegedly raped teenage girls. CNN pundit and former TribuneReview columnist Salena Zito tweeted how her parish was home to four priests named in the report. On top of those alleged atrocities, there are easily identifiable figures to cast blame. Cardinal Wuerl currently serves as the Archbishop of Washington. Wuerl was Bishop of Pittsburgh from 1988-2006, and the report alleges he was involved in covering up some abuses. Wuerl has defended his time as Pittsburgh’s bishop and denied these claims, but he has not escaped criticism. Shapiro told CNN on August 19 that statements from Wuerl are additional evidence of a “cover-up.” “Cardinal Wuerl is not telling the truth,” said Shapiro. “Many of his statements in response to the grand jury report are directly contradicted by the CONTINUES ON PG. 10
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NAMES TO KNOW A look at significant figures in the Catholic Church sexual abuse scandal:
Josh Shapiro Pennsylvania Attorney General Viewed by many pundits as a viable Democratic candidate for higher office, Shapiro, 45, won election as the commonwealth’s 50th attorney general in 2016. His office initiated an investigation that resulted in a grand jury report alleging decades of covered-up child sexual abuse by more than 300 priests in Pennsylvania’s Roman Catholic Church. Before becoming AG, Shapiro previously represented the 153rd district in the state House and chaired the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners. He earned a law degree from Georgetown University. Shapiro is a married father of four.
Donald Wuerl Cardinal, Archbishop of Washington Arguably the most influential living American in the Roman Catholic Church, Wuerl, 77, was elevated to cardinal in 2010. Considered an ideological moderate, Wuerl earned a reputation as a reformer who rooted out sexual abuse in the church — but the grand jury report accuses Wuerl of protecting predatory priests. Wuerl served as the 11th bishop for his native Pittsburgh from 1988 until 2006, when he was selected as the sixth archbishop of the Archdiocese of Washington, which includes D.C. and several Maryland counties. In 2013, Wuerl was a cardinal elector in the papal conclave that selected Pope Francis. Ordained a priest in 1966, Wuerl earned a doctorate in theology from Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in 1974.
David Zubik Bishop of Pittsburgh The 12th and current bishop of his native Pittsburgh, Zubik, 68, was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI in 2007. Zubik instituted the diocese’s policy for reporting all allegations of sexual abuse to law enforcement, but the grand jury report contends he offered and approved financial settlements with victims. Ordained a priest in 1975, Zubik earned a master’s in education administration from Duquesne University in 1982. Zubik served as Pittsburgh’s auxiliary bishop from 1997 until 2003, when he was selected as bishop of Green Bay.
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^ St. Benedict The Moor Church in the Hill District is one of the churches named in the grand-jury report
Church’s own documents and records from their secret archives.” Another factor that could be echoing the grand-jury report in Pittsburgh is the region’s especially large Catholic presence. The counties that make up the Pittsburgh Diocese region – Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Greene, Lawrence, and Washington – have the highest percentage of Catholics of dioceses mentioned in the report. More than 630,000 Catholics comprise 33 percent of the region’s population. Historically, this number was even higher (46 percent in 1980), and that legacy has led to a religious stronghold and a secular population familiar with Catholicism.
Pittsburgh has produced church leaders that have gone on to represent high positions in the Catholic Church. Four Pittsburgh bishops have eventually held the title of cardinal, a position appointed by the pope. The last two Pittsburgh bishops to receive promotions, Wuerl and Anthony Bevilacqua, were elevated to cardinal within four years. For Pittsburgh to host ambitious and successful bishops and serve a large number of devout and non-practicing Catholics, while also simultaneously having the largest number of predatory priests, is a contradiction that has left many Pittsburghers feeling unsettled.
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CLERGY COUNTING A look at Catholic demographics in Southwestern Pennsylvania:
769,779 Catholics in Pittsburgh and Greensburg dioceses
30% Portion of population that identifies as Catholic
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OF MASS AND MOURNING A devout Pittsburgh Catholic attends Mass following report on clergy sex abuse BY BRANDON MCGINLEY // INFO@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
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Assumption of the Blessed Virgin .Mary, a holy day of obligation for Roman Catholics. This year, this blessed commemoration fell just hours after the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office released its scathing report on clergy sexual abuse. Still, my family and I went to Mass — about that there was no question — but the feast day felt like an afterthought. This was a day of mourning, and anger, and repentance, not of celebration. We attended the traditional Latin Mass celebrated at St. Boniface Church on the North Side. This wasn’t some kind of protest or implied rebuke of the diocese; we just find the old Mass beautiful, and it didn’t hurt that the evening time fit into our schedule. The old Mass has an aura of timelessness to it. It almost takes you out of time and place itself: the chanting, the Latin prayers, and the long periods of prayerful stillness. More than a regular ordinary form Mass, it’s jarring to walk out of church and back into the real world
where we have to think about things like rape, and child pornography, and grotesquely self-serving cover-ups. But I must remember, this is also the world of Latin Mass. It might feel like a sanctuary to many, but it was exactly this feeling of security that so many evil men exploited to their own perverse ends. The worst years of abuse spanned both the old Mass and the new. To treat the traditional Mass as a haven of purity is both to indulge irresponsible escapism and to court the same naïveté that left the laity so vulnerable for so long. During the Mass at St. Boniface, the priest addressed the crisis during his homily, tying it to the Marian feast day. Only with a prayerful recommitment to our Blessed Mother the Queen of Heaven, he said, can we — the laity and the clergy — heal the wounds inflicted by so many evil men and their enablers. It was good. While there has been a great deal of focus on new procedures and policies, none of this will matter unless the deficit of holiness is
somehow fixed. And that is everyone’s business, not just the diocesan office’s. At the end of Mass, the five altar boys who had served faithfully and reverently genuflected at the back of the church to receive the blessing of the priest. Then they went outside and around the building, back to the sacristy, laughing and joking. Their carefreeness was disarming, and it made me smile after a hard day. But I wondered, do they realize that most people now associate the black-andwhite garments of altar boys primarily with rape? On one hand, I hope they don’t. There must be some room left for innocence. On the other hand, I hope they have accepted this ministry with eyes wide open. I hope they understand how important the trust — and the vigilance — they demonstrate is to reestablishing a wider trust in the Church, and especially in Her priests. I hope they understand that they, perhaps more than anyone else in St. Boniface that evening, hold the future of the Church in their hands.
472,770 Catholics Southwestern Pennsylvania has lost since 1980
90-100 Number of priests the Pittsburgh dioceses will lose once consolidation is complete in 2025
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when I was 25. He’d been in rehab over a year. He asked to come see me in Pittsburgh. For the first time in his or my life he seemed timid, quiet even. He told me that a lot of things had 10:10 AM come out in rehab, things to do with the Catholic Church. Dad picked me up, and we went to the Manor Theatre in Squirrel Hill. He walked with his hands shoved in his pockets. He shuffled where he stood, kicked at nothing. We bought the biggest tub of popcorn they offered, a pack of Twizzlers, and two Cokes. The movie was Spotlight. My father sat with his elbows on his knees, tears streaming down his face. He’d lean over and say “that’s exactly right” when characters described abuse or tactics priests used to groom their victims. I sat frozen beside him. Dad started to shake his leg and tap his foot. He got so excited when Mark Ruffalo, playing Michael Rezendes, confronted his editor, pleading to publish the investigation sooner. Dad jumped out of his chair
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and cheered. After the movie let out, I rushed to the bathroom. My father and I, two repressed and orbiting planets, didn’t know what to say. We walked in silence before I cut into the women’s restroom. I wasn’t sure what I had just learned. In the bathroom stall, I breathed. Dad waited for me outside the bathroom. We walked out of the theater and into the street, a clear energy in the air. Neither of us spoke, as if we knew we were about to cross a threshold. There would be no going back once one of us said it. In the street, outside the Manor, my father told me he was raped. Me and Dad ducked into a nearby bar on Forbes. I asked if he was going to be OK. He said being around other drinkers didn’t bother him anymore. We ordered coffee. He told me the priest’s name. There were other boys. A lot of them. My dad spoke evenly. He sat up straight. He seemed lighter. He seemed, for the first time, at ease. The only image he
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gave me was this: his boyhood clothes in a lump on the floor and him, naked, picking them up afterwards while the priest watched. When he was 11, my father told his mother about his abuse. She didn’t believe him. A devout Catholic, she told him to keep it to himself. She signed him up for spiritual counseling with the priest. She pushed him into the fire. Another reporter says in Spotlight, “If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a village to abuse one.” Dad kept repeating that line all night. In the bar, over coffee, Dad and I talked for the first time in our lives. We talked about how the universe seemed to be clicking into place: the movie, the booth, my father’s sobriety. We were exactly where we needed to be in this moment. Sober. In a smoky bar. Listening. Saying, yes, this happened and I am sorry. It was intoxicating. Two months later, my father would relapse. After Dad’s relapse, the priest haunted him. Well, maybe he always had, but now Dad would tell me about it. He’d call over and over again and tell me what the voice was saying to him in the dark. He would text me 20 to 50 times in a row. I would be out with friends with a madman in
my pocket. I would be working, meeting professionals, going to the movies, and his words buzzed in my purse. No one knew the suffering I was receiving. The sentences of pain. My father, drunk with trauma. Each a buzz. Each a reminder that so many of us had failed him. That he had failed himself and he was dying because of it. Eventually, my father would file a lawsuit against the Catholic Church. The other man who came forward with him is a heroin addict. His trauma also came out in rehab, but he couldn’t remember the priest’s name. He called Dad. Dad remembered. Dad and this man contacted the other men who were once boys with heaps of clothes on the floor, who were once lookouts, too. They said they had families. They were men now. They couldn’t face it again. They never told their wives and families. Some said they didn’t know anything about any priest. They all shut their doors and continued their lives in silence. My father has since been diagnosed with PTSD and complex trauma. And alcoholism. I’ve been diagnosed with codependency.
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coffee table, a crucifix hanging above three doors, and bed from which I pray the Act of Contrition every night. But in my view, bread is bread, wine is wine, and a lot of sins should never be forgiven. Raping children is one of those sins. Homosexuality isn’t one of those sins.
time I hear somebody justify murder as God’s will. There’s the time a priest belittled me in front of fellow altar boys for kneeling the way my grandmothers had (butt-to-pew). There’s the next time a warped sense of guilt gets the best of me. I am Catholic. Sometimes I wonder why, but those times never last long.
CATHOLICISM IS MY FAITH BECAUSE ANSWERS ARE MY RELIGION. And while it’s probably tough to find many Catholics that can get right with priests raping children, it’s probably tougher to find too many Catholics that can get right with homosexuality. So, denouncing Catholicism should be easy for me — especially in the wake of a sickening grand jury report alleging decades of sins by priests and their protectors, but also because of my blood-and-water ties to the LGTBQ community. It’s not. It never will be. Like it or not, I am Catholic. Last week, I didn’t like it one bit. Then again, last week wasn’t the first time. There’s every time I’m at Mass and glimpsing people around me simply going through the motions. There’s each
Catholicism is my faith because answers are my religion. I need an answer for every question — and for those many questions that cannot be answered, Catholic teachings provide me peace. The same “prove-it” part of me that can’t rule out the existence of a higher power also can’t dismiss it being God. If I can’t prove there isn’t a God, how could I possibly argue against the many, many, many inexplicable things about life as we know it? Love. Hate. Life. The sun, moon, and stars … Sure, there are scientific explanations for each of those things. But what is the explanation for everything science hasn’t explained? I don’t know. I also don’t know that
the explanation isn’t God. I do know that I still ask God for help a lot, perhaps too often, and maybe not often enough. Is it praying when asking for courage, conviction, comfort, control, or creativity? Is it praying when asking on my own behalf? If it is praying, is it the wrong kind of praying? Is there a wrong kind of praying? I don’t think so. I am Catholic. Praying is what I do. I don’t pray for everybody, and there is something un-Catholic about that. Neither rapist priests nor their abettors get my prayers. People who have done my family and friends wrong don’t get my prayers. Enemies? Nope. Jerks? Nah. Hypocrites? Never, and the same goes for strangers. If you think of me as an enemy or a jerk, I won’t expect you to pray for me, either — though, I’m not above cracking wise about “praying you get that line.” Two nights before this issue of City Paper went to print, I asked God to “send me some really good words.” It was a stupid ask, no different than when I had asked God for any of the following: a Steelers’ win (Super Bowl XXX); my friend’s sister to notice me “that way” (senior year); my sister to make it home before grandma died (2011); or the Best Of Pittsburgh party to go well (a couple of weeks back). The Steelers lost. Highschool me went to prom by myself. Grandma Jean went too soon. The party was great. And I truly, truly, truly don’t think God had anything to do with any of it. There was never going to be “some really good words” for this essay. The morning after more allegations of child rape (and the covering up of child rape) within the Catholic Church was unveiled by the grand jury report, I struggled to make sense of my standing as a Catholic while discussing ways to cover this story with my staff. And I gave myself what felt like enough time to write what I said I would — an essay about struggling to stay Catholic given, well, everything. But am I struggling? I don’t think so. After all, I am Catholic. Still. From St. Philip School in Crafton, this lesson above all else remains from the sisters who tried their best: it’s OK to lose faith, so long as you never stop trying to find it again. For me, faith has never been about believing everything, but rather trying to find something. I’m a journalist. Looking is what I do. And there is so, so, so much about Catholicism that sends me looking at other religions, sometimes at no religion too. But I’ve never found anything that makes as much sense, and that has to mean something. I pray that it does.
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HOW TO GET HELP To report a child in immediate danger, call 9-1-1. For more information, visit keepkidssafe.pa.gov.
ChildLine and Abuse Registry Part of Pennsylvania’s mandatory child protective services program, ChildLine receives verbal and electronic referrals 24/7. 800-932-0313 or www.compass. state.pa.us/cwis/public/home
PA Coalition Against Rape This private — and publicly — funded organization advocates for victims of sexual assault. There are two locations in Pittsburgh. 888-772-7227 or pcar.org
Pittsburgh Action Against Rape 81 S. 19th St., South Side. 866-363-7273 or paar.net
The Center for Victims 3433 E. Carson St., South Side. 412-392-8582 or centerforvictims.org
Clergy Abuse Hotline Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s office has established this hotline for anybody with information about sexual assault by any priests or other clergy. 888-538-8451
Pittsburgh Diocese Hotline The Diocese of Pittsburgh has set up this hotline for reports of church-related abuse. 888-808-1235 or diopitt.org/ report-child-sexual-abuse
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recently left Seattle to take over as the artistic director of Pittsburgh Public Theater, bringing with her a long and varied resume as a director, writer, and performer. She replaces Ted Pappas, who announced his retirement in 2017 after leading Public Theater through 18 years of creative and financial success. A few weeks into her new role, City Paper caught up with Kaminski to discuss taking over for Pappas, the upcoming season, and her impression of the Pittsburgh theater scene so far. DID YOU HAVE ANY SAY OVER THE UPCOMING SEASON? [Pappas] was so generous. He had secured a couple of titles and he was very interested in Sweat and Doll’s House Part 2 (note: Pappas is also directing this show). But I really got to shape this first season and tried to shape it in such a way that it didn’t feel like an abrupt pivot. We made space for some new voices and new kinds of stories. YOU’RE DIRECTING THREE SHOWS THIS SEASON, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, THE TEMPEST, AND MARJORIE PRIME. WHAT CAN AUDIENCES EXPECT? There’s such a beautiful canvas in the O’Reilly Theater. I find it a very inspirational space. It sort of sparkles when you’re in there. But also, acoustically, it’s very bright and very active. And
so, I’ve encouraged each designer and design team this season to think of every show as a site-specific show using the O’Reilly, its architecture, those beautiful corners it has to offer. Just to look at it with fresh eyes, because I think the space is so living and has so much possibility. Visually, I think that’s going to be very apparent in our first show. I don’t want to give too much away, but it is going to be unlike any Pride and Prejudice that folks have ever seen. And I think that they are going to be surprised by the transformation of the space.
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I KNOW YOU’VE HEARD COMPLAINTS THAT PITTSBURGH THEATER WAS TOO TRADITIONAL. HAVE YOU FOUND THAT TO BE TRUE? It’s funny; I don’t think Pittsburgh theater is too traditional at all. One thing is I have never seen a city so ignited around immersive theater. It’s unbelievable. I think per capita, there’s more immersive theater here than any place else, at least that I’ve been. I think it’s a conflux of space available and a sense of imagination. But I suspect — and I don’t know yet — that it has created some adventuresome audience members as well.
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THERE’S ALWAYS THE QUESTION OF ACCESSIBILITY IN THEATER, EITHER THROUGH CONTENT OR COST. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO ATTRACT CERTAIN GROUPS, SUCH AS YOUNGER PEOPLE OR LOWER INCOME GROUPS? I’d argue that cost is a barrier, but I actually don’t think cost is the biggest barrier. If [young people] want to see Pride and Prejudice, there’s a way to see Pride and Prejudice through one of our programs, like [student discount program] HOTTIX. I also think inter-generationally or culturally, one of the biggest barriers in regional theater to me is the sense of elitism. That it’s for some, not all. How do we make people feel welcome and comfortable, like it’s easy for them to get in here? I think we have to ask that question at every level, from programming and the stories that people want to hear, to the tickets and the box office, to the online experience. YOU SAID YOU WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THE THEATER TO MORE WOMEN ARTISTS, ARTISTS OF COLOR, LGBTQ ARTISTS. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS YOU’D LIKE TO DO TO MAKE PITTSBURGH THEATER MORE INCLUSIVE? In my experience so far working in the
theater, I think we can create programs, we can give away free tickets, we can extend earnest invitations — but the people actually making the creative decisions, if we’re not inclusive on that level, I don’t think it’s going to work. Who’s the director? Who’s the playwright? Who’s casting? The decisions we make about who we center in those stories and who’s getting to interpret those stories I truly believe is the foundation of being able to answer that question.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST BARRIERS IN THE REGIONAL THEATER TO ME IS THE SENSE OF ELITISM. I’m really interested in all of the different communities that are represented in Sweat. It’s such a powerful story and a challenging story. The edges around those characters are very real. But it’s a story that can really resonate here. My Tempest is going to be all female. And I’m thinking specifically about single moms in that story. So really starting with the art, and then brainstorming about which communities we can engage with and learn from who can inform our art process.
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FTER 28 YEARS of producing original one-act plays, the focus of the Pittsburgh New Works Festival remains the same. “The mission of the festival is to serve the playwright in the best way possible,” says managing director Andy Coleman. This month, theater companies from across the region will come together to present 18 plays — all between 15 to 45 minutes — at the Carnegie Stage. The selected works were narrowed down from 341 submissions received from 35 states and seven countries. While the festival never limits playwrights to any set of criteria or content, director Dek Ingraham says the new plays tend to be “a bit more complex than in past years,” featuring tangentially related themes of “wrestling with the past and, related, wrestling with truth, be it remembered or in real time.” He believes the current political
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Sean Duggan and Samantha A. Camp in Pittsburgh New Works Festival’s Astronaut (or Frantic Action)
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climate may have something to do with the festival’s overall tone. He cites the “tense repression of female agency” in Tagged by Jim Moss and the Greensburg-based production company, Split Stage, as well as Thursday Mornings and Sunday Nights by Charlotte Giles and the South Hills Players, a more humorous
play about a woman who struggles to get along with her difficult nextdoor neighbors. “This is what is so special about new work,” says Ingraham. “It is immediate and, even if it doesn’t directly tackle the events of the day, it can’t help but be shaped by them.”
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S PITTSBURGH’S new dance season gets ready to rev up, so too does .my coverage of the area’s scene. Welcome to the first edition of my brand new, bi-monthly column devoted to giving City Paper readers pertinent news, views, and insight into artists that help shape dance in the ‘Burgh and beyond. This has been a game-changing summer for Bodiography’s Maria Caruso and Pittsburgh duo slowdanger. Both traveled to perform at prestigious international dance events. Caruso world-premiered her new, 50-minute contemporary dance solo Metamorphosis at the Karmiel Dance Festival, Israel’s largest dance celebration. Keeping up a solo career, helming Bodiography and its Center for Movement, and chairing the Performing Arts Department at La Roche College, Caruso says the invitation to perform at Karmiel (a sister city of Pittsburgh) came unexpectedly. Honored, but given only two months to prepare, Caruso said she went all-in on creating the new solo show. She feels it’s her best work. “I think it was the best dancing I have ever done in my life,” Caruso says of her performance on July 26 at Karmiel’s Baruch Center. “It was a great opportunity to take what I had learned from performing Martha Graham’s iconic Lamentation solo last season in Pittsburgh and build on that.”
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Maria Caruso performing her solo Metamorphous at Israel’s Karmiel Dance Festival
Caruso describes Metamorphosis as an emotional journey through life’s many transitions. Partially based on her own experiences (but broadened to be more universal), the solo and her character in it was inspired by struggles and triumphs of many people she has come into contact with in her career. In it, she used a series of costume changes into differently-colored dresses as a metaphor for turning points in her character’s journey. Having viewed video excerpts of Caruso’s tour-de-force performance, it’s a work that Pittsburgh audiences definitely need to experience.
Caruso also taught a master’s class and was on a panel judging a youth dance and choreography competition. She describes the festival, attended by around 250,000, as a surreal and life-changing experience that will help prepare for a planned Bodiography European tour next year. Anna Thompson and Taylor Knight (slowdanger) took their considerable dance and musical talents to Canada in June for Springboard Danse Montréal. Part-festival, part-choreographic and performance intensive, slowdanger was chosen as a part of Springboard’s Emerging Choreographers Project.
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A residency at Springboard was highlighted by two performances. The first, at Place Des Arts on June 15, featured slowdanger performing its avant-garde work “memory 6” to an original score. The second, “empathy machine,” at Usine C on June 29, involved a cast of 16 invitees in an improvisation-based work themed on topics of memory and intimacy; Thompson and Knight teamed to direct, score, and perform. “It was empowering to our process that the way we create collaboratively [as a duo] can translate to that many people,” says Thompson. “The experience has helped us reconsider what slowdanger can be going forward.”
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“WE DEVALUE SOMEONE WHEN OUR SPEECH DOES NOT REFLECT FULL HUMANITY.” Words influence perception, politics, and policy. We devalue someone or an entire group when our speech does not reflect full humanity. It is easier to not include them fully in society, pay them less, punish them more, dehumanize them and — in the extreme — kill them with impunity. They are “othered” because we do not need see them as “one of us.” We start to believe they are undeserving of the very respect we expect for ourselves. Sexism, racism, homophobia, ableism, ageism, and other forms of injustice are rampant. We may not always recognize their existence, especially if we are the perpetrator. Rather than recoil or lash out defensively when someone calls us out on our shortcomings, we should think of it as opportunity knocking. Open up.
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In all the time we’ve worked on diminishing your suffering, we may have not focused enough on the fine art of resolving unfinished business. So let’s do that now, just in time for the arrival of your Season of Completion. Are you ready to start drawing the old cycle to a close so you’ll be fresh when the new cycle begins? Are you in the mood to conclude this chapter of your life story and earn the relaxing hiatus you will need before launching the next chapter? Even if you don’t feel ready, even if you’re not in the mood, I suggest you do the work anyway. Any business you leave unfinished now will only return to haunt you later. So don’t leave any business unfinished!
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Are you ready to mix more business with pleasure and more pleasure with business than you have ever mixed? I predict that in the coming weeks, your social opportunities will serve your professional ambitions and your professional ambitions will serve your social opportunities. You will have more than your usual amount of power to forge new alliances and expand your web of connections. Here’s my advice: Be extra charming, but not grossly opportunistic. Sell yourself, but with grace and integrity, not with obsequiousness. Express yourself like a gorgeous force of nature, and encourage others to express themselves like gorgeous forces of nature.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “When I picture a perfect reader,” wrote philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, “I picture a monster of courage and curiosity, also something supple, cunning, cautious, a born adventurer and discoverer.” I suspect he was using the term “monster” with a roguish affection. I am certainly doing that as I direct these same words toward you, dear Sagittarian reader. Of course, I am always appreciative of your courage, curiosity, cunning, suppleness, and adventurousness. But I’m especially excited about those qualities now, because the coming weeks will be a time when they will be both most necessary and most available to you.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You do not yet have access to maps of the places where you need to go next. That fact may tempt you to turn around and head back to familiar territory. But I hope you’ll press forward even
of mind to co-create transformative intimacy? I hope so. You’re entering a phase when you have maximum power to enchant and to be enchanted.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
I think you’ve done enough rehearsals. At this point, the apparent quest for a little extra readiness is beginning to lapse into procrastination. So I’ll suggest that you set a date for opening night. I’ll nudge you to have a cordial talk with yourself about the value of emphasizing soulfulness over perfectionism. What? You say you’re waiting until your heart stops fluttering and your bones stop chattering? I’ve got good news: The greater your stage fright, the more moving your performance will be. without the maps. Out there in the frontier, adventures await you that will prepare you well for the rest of your long life. And being without maps, at least in the early going, may actually enhance your learning opportunities. Here’s another thing you should know: your intuitive navigational sense will keep improving the farther you get from recognizable landmarks.
She writes that “he could do a great sky, but not rabbits.” I’m hoping that unlike Turner, you Piscean folks will go both ways in the coming weeks. Give as much of your creative potency and loving intelligence to the modest details as to the sweeping vistas.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):
The two pieces of advice I have for you may initially seem contradictory, but they are in fact complementary. Together they’ll help guide you through the next three weeks. The first comes from herbalist and wise woman Susun Weed. She suggests that when you face a dilemma, you should ask yourself how you can make it your ally and how you can learn the lesson it has for you. Your second burst of wisdom is from writer Yasmin Mogahed: “Study the hurtful patterns of your life. Then don’t repeat them.”
Healing isn’t impossible. You may not be stuck with your pain forever. The crookedness in your soul and the twist in your heart may not always define who you are. There may come a time when you’ll no longer be plagued by obsessive thoughts that keep returning you to the tormenting memories. But if you hope to find the kind of liberation I’m describing here, I advise you to start with these two guidelines: 1. The healing may not happen the way you think it should or imagine it will. 2. The best way to sprout the seeds that will ultimately bloom with the cures is to tell the complete truth.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Nineteenth-century British painter J. M. W. Turner was one of the greats. Renowned for his luminous landscapes, he specialized in depicting the power of nature and the atmospheric drama of light and color. Modern poet Mary Ruefle tells us that although he “painted his own sea monsters,” he engaged assistants “to do small animals.”
ARIES (March 21-April 19):
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Speak the following declaration aloud and see how it feels: “I want strong soft kisses and tender unruly kisses and secret truth kisses and surprise elixir kisses. I deserve them, too.” If that puts you in a brave mood, Taurus, add a further affirmation: “I want ingenious affectionate amazements and deep dark appreciation and brisk mirthful lessons and crazy sweet cuddle wrestles. I deserve them, too.” What do you think? Do these formulas work for you? Do they put you in the proper frame
As you map out your master plan for the next 14 months, I invite you to include the following considerations: an intention to purge pretend feelings and artificial motivations; a promise to change your relationship with old secrets so that they no longer impinge on your room to maneuver; a pledge to explore evocative mysteries that will enhance your courage; a vow to be kinder toward aspects of yourself that you haven’t loved well enough; and a search for an additional source of stability that will inspire you to seek more freedom.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): If you have been communing with my horoscopes for a while, you’ve gotten a decent education — for free! Nonetheless, you shouldn’t depend on me for all of your learning needs. Due to my tendency to emphasize the best in you and focus on healing your wounds, I may neglect some aspects of your training. With that as caveat, I’ll offer a few meditations about future possibilities. 1. What new subjects or skills do you want to master in the next three years? 2. What’s the single most important thing you can do to augment your intelligence? 3. Are there dogmas you believe in so fixedly and rely on so heavily that they obstruct the arrival of fresh ideas? If so, are you willing to at least temporarily set them aside?
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “All the world’s a stage,” wrote Shakespeare, “And all the men and women merely players.” In other words, we’re all performers. Whenever we emerge from solitude and encounter other people, we choose to express certain aspects of our inner experience even as we hide others. Our personalities are facades that display a colorful mix of authenticity and fantasy. Many wise people over the centuries have deprecated this central aspect of human behavior as superficial and dishonest. But author Neil Gaiman thinks otherwise: “We are all wearing masks,” he says. “That is what makes us interesting.” Invoking his view — and in accordance with current astrological omens — I urge you to celebrate your masks and disguises in the coming weeks. Enjoy the show you present. Dare to entertain your audiences.
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ODAY’S PITTSBURGH is pretty good for cyclists. There are trails, protected bikes lanes, streets with traffic-calming designs that make it easier to share the roads with cars. Between 2010 and 2016, Pittsburgh nearly doubled the number of its bike commuters, adding 1,260 cyclists. It’s not perfect (no city is), but it’s miles better than it was 25 years ago. Becky Mingo should know. She was a bike commuter back then, and she is still riding today.
weren’t bike commuters. They weren’t using a bike to get to work, school, or restaurants. However, cycling’s growing popularity helped give Pedal Pittsburgh organizers the idea to start the bike tour. “There was this huge sweep where people put on their tight pants and shirts and get on their bikes. The idea of Pedal Pittsburgh was sort of the opposite to that,” says Mingo. “People could ride in their neighborhood and go to other neighborhoods.”
“WHEN I FIRST MOVED HERE, AND RODE MY BIKE DOWNTOWN, PEOPLE WERE AGHAST.” Mingo helped start the PedalPGH bike festival, then called Pedal Pittsburgh, in 1994. The festival is a tour through several Pittsburgh neighborhoods. She also served on its board from 1999-2004, when it was run by Community Design Center of Pittsburgh. The event is now run by cyclingadvocacy group BikePGH.
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She moved to Pittsburgh in 1986 for school, and she would get some looks from passersby while pedaling through city streets. “When I first moved here, and rode my bike downtown, people were aghast,” Mingo says with a laugh. “Before, you felt like you almost knew everyone who bikes in the city. Even though people had [bikes] in their garages, they just didn’t ride them on street.” She says the ascendance of American bike racers such as Greg LeMond led to more cyclists on streets. But they
It was the embrace of the leisure of biking that built the tour. Cyclists can stop and exit streets with ease, so enjoying the view or talking to a friend is possible on bike, while difficult in a car. Pedal Pittsburgh was about capitalizing on this advantage. “And the biking, it was about getting out there and rebuilding relationships, neighborhood to neighborhood,” she says. Those ideas from the early Pedal Pittsburgh events have influenced modern Pittsburgh biking culture. Mingo loves how Ellsworth Avenue in Shadyside has become a de facto bike boulevard, where bikes make up a large chunk of the morning commute. She says it makes the entire area more pleasant. Pittsburgh has progressed so much since the early days of bike commuting. Where Mingo used to always say hello to every cyclist she saw (there weren’t many), now she has to, at times, just keep her dead down and ride. “Sometimes I feel like I am part of long railroad car of bikes and love it,” says Mingo. “It has just changed so much.”
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DRIVERS SHOULD BE THANKING CYCLISTS, NOT CURSING THEM BY RYAN DETO
Think about that moment when you’re behind the wheel, and you encounter a cyclist. Your instinct tells you to get annoyed, maybe honk, maybe follow too close, maybe swerve around and shout obscenities. It’s simple right? A bike in your way means a longer commute. And while that cyclist might add three or four seconds to your drive (gasp!), in the long run, the bike rider is actually making your commute shorter. A bike rider without a bike is likely also a motorist. The vast majority of Bike Pittsburgh members own cars. If they weren’t biking, they might be driving. So, more bikes means fewer cars on the roads, which means less traffic, since cars take up much more space than bikes. It’s that simple. And I’m not speaking nonsense. It’s scientifically proven. Especially when cities provide that thing Pittsburgh drivers seem to hate the most: bike lanes. Studies show a protected bike lane in New York City decreased cars’ travel time from 4.5 minutes to 3 minutes along a 20block stretch. News-data site FiveThirtyEight found that despite the same amount of car traffic on select roads in Minneapolis, traffic congestion stayed the same even after bike lanes replaced car lanes. So drivers, don’t curse cyclists. Give them a thumbs up!
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HE NUMBER of craft breweries in Allegheny County has increased dramatically in the past few years. It wasn’t long ago that you could count them on one hand. Now there are 32. The industry has grown so fast in Pittsburgh that breweries have had scant chance to organize. But that’s changing. Last year, 30 breweries in Allegheny County formed the Pittsburgh Brewery Guild to collaborate on recipes and work together to market their beer. “We needed a unified voice,” says Brian Eaton of Grist House brewery in Millvale. “We needed an organization [to help ramp up] beer tourism. There is a lot of great craft beer being made here, but we are not part of the national conversation.” On August 24, the guild will launch its website, which offers an interactive and detailed map of the guild breweries. (Allegheny County technically has 32 breweries, but two of them don’t have tap rooms.) Matt McMahon, of Eleventh Hour brewery in Lawrenceville, says the website should give beer enthusiasts a fun, informative, and easy way to learn about all the beer Allegheny County has to offer. Users can apply filters to see which breweries are dog-friendly, which have food trucks or kitchens, and which have happy hours and outdoor seating. “The interactive web portion, getting that is a huge win,” said McMahon. “You now have a one-stop shop for all the brewers in the county.” Eaton calls the website, which was designed by Cranberry-based MarketSpace Communications, the “gold standard” for city brewery guides. The guild is also creating physical “beer passports.” Beer nerds rejoice: The passports include all the information provided on the website, including beer recommendations for new visitors. Patrons can get their passport stamped at each brewery. After visiting all 30 and turning in the passport to select locations like Visit Pittsburgh’s store, drinkers will receive a special Pittsburgh Brewery Guild beer tumbler. “We wanted to make it worthwhile,”
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“WE WANTED TO MAKE IT WORTHWHILE. THEY GET A PRIZE AT THE END OF THE BEER-FILLED RAINBOW.” says Eaton. “They get a prize at the end of the beer-filled rainbow.” And worry not, the passports are beer-proof, in case a tipsy spill occurs. Eaton says the guide was made pos-
sible thanks to a grant from the Pennsylvania Malt Beverage Promotion Act, and support from Visit Pittsburgh. Want to try all 30 breweries in one night? The guild has you covered. To mark the website and passport release, Pittsburgh Brewery Guild is hosting a party. Participants will have four hours to sample 10 beers, each made in collaboration between three breweries. The brewery groups were picked at random, so expect some unique beers. Dancing Gnome, Penn Brewing, and Hofbräuhaus collaborated on a Red IPA (a style none had attempted before). Hitchhiker, Southern Tier, and Rivertowne were inspired by
campfires and made a S’more beer. Helicon, Rock Bottom, and Roundabout created a craft version of a Pittsburgh guilty pleasure: a German-style Helles with mango, to replicate an IC Light Mango.
PITTSBURGH BREWERY GUILD RELEASE PARTY Fri., Aug 24. 6-10 p.m. Nova Place, 100 S. Commons, North Side. $55. pghbreweryguide.com
Party-goers will also get a firstedition Pittsburgh beer passport, and the special guild beer tumbler. Cheers, Pittsburgh!
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SUN., SEPTEMBER 9 CORY BRANAN 8 P.M. CLUB CAFÉ, SOUTH SIDE. Over-21 event. $12. 412-431-4950 or ticketweb.com/ opusone. With special guest Chicago Farmer.
MON., SEPTEMBER 10 THE NUDE PARTY 8 P.M. CLUB CAFÉ, SOUTH SIDE. Over-21 event. $10. 412-431-4950 or ticketweb.com/opusone. With special guests Boa and SPISH.
TUE., SEPTEMBER 11 THE YAWPERS 8 p.m. CATTIVO, Lawrenceville. Over-21 event. $10-12. 412-687-2157 or ticketfly.com.
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Symphony — the four punching notes are a cinematic signal of despair. Beethoven roots his composition on the four-tone motif, building the piece around the short theme. Christian Schulz, on the other hand, composes with gourds. Schulz is the head chef of Menuette, a new addition to Pittsburgh’s pop-up food scene. Menuette launched in May with Opus 1, first in a tasting series that explores the relationship between musical and culinary composition. Schulz and his partner Rebecca Nicholson are headed into Opus 4 on Aug. 28. Before he became a chef, Schulz studied guitar and music. “I took my knowledge of composition and started removing aspects of music theory and inserting aspects of cooking theory,” says Schulz. “It’s completely changed the way I think about food.” Opus 4’s primary theme is gourds, specifically melons and cucumbers. Schulz designs each menu with a primary theme, contrasting theme, and a cadence, then weaves them through the three courses. For Opus 4, the contrasting theme will be thistle plants, sunflowers, and artichokes. Legumes are the menu’s cadence. “They [composers] take a simple theme and base entire symphonies off of the short passage. If you can do it in music, why can’t you do it in food?” says Schulz. Every plate on Menuette’s menu espouses these themes with “very real threads” connecting the dishes. Nothing is placed without thought. “The tomato,” says Schulz, chuckling.
“That’s just one of many of hundreds. Why stop at the tomato? Why not explore the other things that are related to that? How many different ways could I prepare a tomato without them really realizing?” A lot of popular modern-day music is built in simple forms with repetitive choruses and riffs. Schulz uses this concept as he creates a menu, leaving essences of his themes on each plate. “When you’re exposed to something and you love it, you want it again. It makes you feel satisfied,” says Schulz. “[How] can I weave these themes into a dining experience, and how does that affect opinions of the meal?”
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Tue., Aug. 28. 5:30-9:30 p.m. $40. The Korner Pub, 4 Bower Hill Road, Mount Lebanon. menuettepgh.com
Opus 4 begins with a seared scallop, paired with a cucumber and miso broth, melon, butter beans, finished with sunflower tahini. The threads continue through the next courses, linking artichoke raviolo to sweet and crispy duck. Menuette’s goal is a brick-and-mortar restaurant, though Schulz laughs that it’s “a long way away.” Since the first pop-up in May, Menuette has expanded to brunches, happy hours, and private catering. The Opus tastings will remain Menuette’s core. Menuette’s Opus 4 is a ticketed, threecourse tasting with craft beer pairings from The Korner Pub. Schulz recommends purchasing early, though there is some room for walk-in seating and a la carte dinners.
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4770 LIBERTY AVE, BLOOMFIELD 412-904-1640 PADTHAINOODLEPITTSBURGH.COM This new café in Bloomfield features Thai and Burmese specialties. Standards like Pad Thai and Coconut Curry Noodle are sure to please. But don’t miss out on the Ono Kyowsway featuring egg noodle sautéed with coconut chicken, cilantro and curry sauce.
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5310 BUTLER ST., LAWRENCEVILLE 412-408-3083 / FULLPINTBREWING.COM Full Pint Wild Side Taproom is Full Pint Brewing company’s Lawrenceville location and features a full service bar, huge sandwiches and half-priced happy hour. Open 4 p.m.-midnight, Mon.-Fri., and noon– midnight on Saturday. Check us out on Facebook for upcoming shows and events.
3832 PENN AVE., LAWRENCEVILLE 412-652-9426 / PIAZZATALARICO.COM Piazza Talarico and Papa Joe’s Wine Cellar is a small, family-owned restaurant and winery in Western Pennsylvania serving authentic Italian peasant food. Enjoy the fresh food on site or take out. Specializes in “Baked Maccheron”, an al forno dish of rigatoni, Grandma’s sauce, cheese, pepperoni and boiled eggs.
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SUNNY BRIDGE NATURAL FOODS 30 GALLERY DRIVE, MCMURRAY 724-942-5800 / SUNNYBRIDGENATURALFOODS.COM Our café creates made-to-order wraps, pizza, salads, soups, fresh juices and smoothies prepared from organic, local and gluten-free ingredients and freshly baked items from our gluten-free bakery.
SUPERIOR MOTORS 1211 BRADDOCK AVE., BRADDOCK 412-271-1022 / SUPERIORMOTORS15104.COM Thoughtfully prepared food, drawing inspiration from Braddock, its people, its history and its perseverance. The cuisine best represents the eclectic style which has become a trademark of Chef Kevin Sousa. Fine dining in an old Chevy dealership with an eclectic, farm-to-table menu and a community focus.
TOTOPO MEXICAN KITCHEN AND BAR 660 WASHINGTON ROAD, MT. LEBANON 412-668-0773 / TOTOPOMEX.COM Totopo is a vibrant celebration of the culture and cuisine of Mexico, with a focus on the diverse foods served in the country. From Oaxacan tamales enveloped in banana leaves to the savory fish tacos of Baja California, you will experience the authentic flavor and freshness in every bite. We also feature a cocktail menu of tequila-based drinks to pair the perfect margarita with your meal.
YUZU KITCHEN 409 WOOD ST., DOWNTOWN 412-288-9900 YUZUKITCHENPGH.COM Yuzu kitchen is a contemporary East Asian kitchen pulling on Chinese, Japanese, and Korean flavors. Focusing primarily on Ramen, stir fries, sake, and Japanese Whisky.
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FTER NEARLY four years, I am
wrapping up my tenure as one of City Paper’s resident booze writers. And, like many of the drinks I consumed during that time, it’s bittersweet. As I look back over my columns, I am reminded of the unique and wonderful position Pittsburgh drinkers are in. We have plenty of hip new bars and breweries. But there is a strong workingclass, down-to-earth vibe here, keeping bartenders’ egos (more or less) in check. Pittsburgh is still an overwhelmingly fun, accessible, and affordable city for tippling. I hope that never changes. I am also reminded of all of the lovely people I’ve met over the past few years. Thanks to all of the brewers, distillers, bartenders, and owners who took time out of their hectic schedules to share their passion with me. I have learned so much while writing this column, and had a whole lot of fun as well. Though I am stepping down, it’s not from a lack of material. There are always new breweries and bars on the horizon (I’m particularly looking forward to Enix Brewing in Homestead). And I’ve enjoyed watching the evolution of places that were brand new or didn’t exist when I started, and following the success of some of my favorite spots. Maggie’s Farm, for instance, recently released a craft pineapple rum, and continues to collect medals at spirits competitions around the country. I stopped by Dancing Gnome for a recent can release and met people who had traveled from hours away for a taste of its world-class IPAs. Pittsburgh is continuing to establish itself
as a true drinking destination. And the drinking scene here continues to surprise and delight in other ways. This past weekend was Fresh Fest, a brand-new beer festival highlighting black brewers and promoting diversity in craft beer. It’s a great first step in shifting paradigms and reminds us that beer is for everyone.
PITTSBURGH IS CONTINUING TO ESTABLISH ITSELF AS A TRUE DRINKING DESTINATION. Though I never quite got around to writing a column about it, I am also encouraged by the way bars around Pittsburgh are getting serious about sustainability. There is a huge push nationally to cut down on waste, and many Pittsburgh establishments are getting on board. I’ve noticed more bars eschewing bar napkins and asking guests if they need a straw instead of automatically sticking one in a drink. They’re small steps, but they add up. Finally, I want to thank everyone who has read my column over the last few years. Thanks to everyone who has offered kind or constructive words. I hope you’ve enjoyed it — I know I have. And though I won’t be reporting on them any longer, I look forward to many more drinks in a city I truly love. Cheers!
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Carrie Schneider’s “Vicky reading Gloria Fuertes” IMAGES COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND MONIQUE MELOCHE GALLERY, CHICAGO
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Carrie Schneider’s “Cauleen reading Gwendolyn Brooks”
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ISTORICALLY, museum art de-
picting women is made by men. The latest exhibit at Carnegie Mellon University’s Miller Institute for Contemporary Art (Miller ICA), which runs through September 9, showcases Reading Women — a series by photographer Carrie Schneider depicting women reading books in their own spaces. “Frequently women are represented through the male gaze or through the lens of a sort of patriarchal or male perspective,” says Miller ICA director Elizabeth Chodos. “This is a woman representing women who are reading other women.” Each photograph features a woman reading a book of her choice, which then becomes part of the title of the piece. For example, “Dana reading Virginia Woolf (To the Lighthouse, 1927)” portrays a woman reading in her home, curled up in an armchair next to a bright window with plants lining the sill. Schneider, who graduated with degrees in psychology and art from CMU, had each woman in the series sit for two hours to capture the natural
absorption that comes from long periods of reading. The gallery features nine select photos, but there are 100 in the series. There are women reading Zadie Smith, Gail Scott, Clarice Lispector, Angela Davis, Anne Lamott.
CARRIE SCHNEIDER: READING WOMEN Continues through Sun., Sept. 9. 6 p.m. Miller Institute for Contemporary Art, 5000 Forbes Ave., Oakland. millergallery.cfa.cmu.edu
“It’s subtle and it’s quiet and it’s meditative, but it’s also very powerful,” says Chodos. “This is really about showing a different side to womanhood and femaleness, and one that is by and for, as opposed to through a different lens.” Cauleen Smith, an artist who appears in the piece “Cauleen reading Gwendolyn Brooks (Blacks, 1994)”, writes in an essay about the series for the exhibit’s program that Schneider “renovates the trope of the bourgeois woman reading in her parlor, garden, or bedroom.” CONTINUES ON PG. 34
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There is something about the portraits that feels luxurious, because peacefully reading for two hours requires a comfortable setting, an enthralling book, and a lack of obligations. And because women are often taught to cater their minds and bodies towards men, it’s striking to show women sitting quietly, absorbing thoughts of other women. “A woman reading is not accessible or controllable,” writes Smith. “We cannot know what she might do.” The women are often sitting up straight next to a big window with good light, but there are others where they are sprawled on a bed or hunched over a book in a dark corner, as if so absorbed in their book as to not notice the light changing. “The Reading Women project was inspired, in part, by conversations with friends about the invisible and often mysterious mechanisms that cause works of art and literature to become canonized,” Schneider says (in an interview with the CMU School of Art’s website). The exhibit can be interpreted as a response to the way visual art and literature made by men often ends up in museums, or at least engraved in the collective memory, while work made by women is often overlooked or forgotten.
“I think art and I think writing really does shape the world, and so much of history, so much of any canon of any academic tradition, whether it’s art history or sciences or world history, many of those narratives are written by men,” says Chodos. “That sort of defines not only the past but what we project into the future as what’s possible. What are we carrying forward from the past?”
“A WOMAN READING IS NOT ACCESSIBLE OR CONTROLLABLE.” The gallery is free and open to the public, and on September 7, Autumn House Press will play host to a reading event at the exhibit, showcasing local writers Toi Derricotte, Judith Vollmer, Sherrie Flick, and Adriana Ramirez. It’s one thing to see the exhibit. It’s another to watch women reading their own writing in front of photos by a woman featuring other women reading books by women. “Do not mistake a woman with a book for anything other than a singular reservoir of generative power,” writes Smith.
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’M SICK OF the Pirates being damned if they do/damned if they don’t. For years, these have been refrains from fans: Spend Nutting, win Nutting! Do something meaningful at the deadline! The Pirates actually did do something this season. They acquired pitchers Chris Archer and Keone Kela — moves made to bolster the ballclub’s postseason prospects. Unfortunately, since those tradedeadline acquisitions, the Pirates have fallen farther behind in races for Central Division supremacy or wild-card qualification in the National League. That unforeseen development — and confirmation that 2017 first-round pick Shane Baz is the “Player To Be Named Later” in the Archer move — has caused some fans to have buyer’s remorse. Look, there are worse feelings for a baseball fan in August than buyer’s remorse, and don’t we here in Pittsburgh know it. To be fair, the Pirates have made a habit of selling their prospects as the baseball equivalent of gold. Fans are so used to general manager Neal Huntington hording young players, they are conditioned to pour out beer any time one is moved. Spoiler alert: you can’t have it both ways, and neither can the Pirates. You should expect Huntington to go after big fish with bad bait no more than
you would somebody with a “COEXIST” bumper sticker to flip you off from the other traffic lane. It’s peace and love, not or. Fans hung up on the Pirates moving a projected contributor (Baz) to land an actual starter (Archer) are akin to dieting friends who mull Diet Coke versus Coca-Cola as the beverage to wash down a couple of dozen chicken wings that come with extra ranch dressing. If you want to shed some poundage, eat clean and exercise a lot. If you want the Pirates to go “all in,” don’t call them out for trading prospects. Tyler Glasnow might realize his potential as regular in a Major League rotation; Archer is one. Austin Meadows could become a good everyday player; Corey Dickerson is one. Do you see where this is going? Yeah, the Pirates have slipped out of serious contention in the postseason chase, but Huntington gave the team a better chance to chase the postseason by making the moves he did. (He also better positioned the Pirates for future chases, because Archer and Kela are under club control for the foreseeable future.) The Pirates took a swing. They went for it. They did something meaningful at the deadline — just like everybody had been asking them to do. There’s no crying in baseball. And that includes over prospects traded by the Pirates.
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BAND LIKE Birdcloud often gets
stamped with a disclaimer along the lines of “this ain’t your mother’s country music.” The duo usually has the word “raunchy” slapped somewhere around their name — a word that, when applied to women, rarely comes out sounding like a compliment. The Nashville-based duo, consisting of Jasmin Kaset and Makenzie Green, plays funny, vulgar, and honest music that falls in the slim Venn diagram center of country and punk. They sing about people who throw up on a karaoke machine or accidentally poison their dog with antifreeze or spoil Santa for their friends’ kids. They parody abstinent Christians’ sexual loopholes and tropes of southern racism.
They sing about a lot of things we’re not allowed to print, but you can hear them in person when the duo plays Spirit on August 29.
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Wed., Aug. 29. 8 p.m. Spirit, 242 51st St., Lawrenceville. $12-15. 21 and older. spiritpgh.com
Birdcloud’s sound is country, in that they play guitars and sometimes sing about the south. It’s punk in that they sing about issues that don’t fit into the rigid structure country music has built for itself. And because they cover topics considered too vulgar to
be earnest, they often get labeled as a comedy band. “Because the satire is smart, some people think we’re comedians. Because some people only hear the top layer, that we’re playing acoustic instruments and we have a southern twang, we get to play with country bands,” says Kaset. On “Saving Myself for Jesus,” Kaset and Green croon, sounding like an old Carter Family tune, about people who do it in the butt to preserve virginity. “He died upon the cross/Let me get my point across/My hymen belongs to Jesus.” It’s funny and crass, but somehow ends on a deranged sweet note, when the narrator thinks fondly about how, when they die, they get to meet baby Jesus because they waited. Like many of their songs, the ugliness is cut with earnestness. On the drunk dissociation anthem “Here in Body,” they sing “I’m here in body not in my soul/I got a groovy body, losing control,” a true sentiment for anyone who’s felt less than present at a party. At live shows, Birdcloud is hell-bent on making the audience have a wild time, rolling around the stage, wearing absurd outfits. Lately, they’ve taken to wearing only underwear and an adult diaper. The diapers, like the much of the oeuvre, are not rooted solely in crassness. When Kaset’s grandma died earlier this year, a leftover bag of Depends was used to lighten the mood, and then they became part of the tour. “It’s a way to connect with my grandma and the reality of growing old and losing your dignity, and mortality and all that sh*t,” says Kaset. “It’s also like, not trying to be pretty onstage. Not trying to be sexy on stage, but just, like, ridiculous.” Not trying to be pretty is another Birdcloud hallmark. For an upcoming music video, they dressed up as sordid men who live in their parents’ basements and do disgusting things. It’s a reaction to emboldened men on the internet who sexualize and harass women who make art. “It’s definitely one of the least pretty things we’ve ever done,” says Kaset. The strong and clear Birdcloud identity is partly owed to the duo’s independence as artists. They have a tour booker, but no manager or publicist. “I think [having a manager] would’ve changed where we went creatively with the band. I think it’s kind of dangerous before you’ve really formed an identity,” says Kaset. On their recently released single “Wild Turkey 101,” the women sing, with feeling, “I am way f*cking smarter than I look/ And I can write a f*cking tasty hook.” The lyric is almost a disservice; they look pretty damn smart.
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ORN IN McKees Rocks but based in California, comedian JC Coccoli has a homecoming as part of the Pittsburgh Comedy Festival. An excerpt of her email interview with our Gab Bonesso, the full version of which is available at pghcitypaper.com.
HEY JC, THANKS SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS. I NEED TO KNOW, BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF CONFUSION, ARE YOU A PITTSBURGH COMIC OR A LOS ANGELES COMIC? I’m a beach-babe-surfer comedian based in Marina Del Rey, Ca., with OG roots from da BURGH. Born and raised in McKees Rocks to a single badass mom, I moved to LA around 14 years ago, and I’ll never stop bleeding that Black and Gold babyyyyy.
PITTSBURGH COMEDY FESTIVAL: JC COCCOLI
ALSO FEATURING: OSCAR CARVAJAL, JAMES HUESSY, AND SUZANNE LAWRENCE Sat. Aug. 25. 6:30 p.m. $15 (GA). City Theatre, 1300 Bingham St., South Side. pittsburghcomedyfestival.org.
BESIDES GROWING UP ITALIAN, WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO GO INTO COMEDY? That’s hilarious, because it is so true. Italians on their own are funny as hell. You know, as a quick-witted woman from the Burgh, my sense of humor developed because of the women and men around me. I took who and what we are as Pittsburghers around the globe, and that showed me that there is something unique about my hometown and the people living in
the city. My inspiration came from speaking up and talking about real things that were not so glamorous, and that was the golden ticket. I FIRST MET YOU LAST SPRING, AND I KNEW I RECOGNIZED YOUR LAST NAME. I JUST FOUND OUT THAT YOU’RE RELATED TO ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS FROM MCKEES ROCKS. I NEED TO KNOW HOW YOU SURVIVE IN L.A. WITHOUT MANCINI’S BREAD? OR DOES YOUR FAMILY SHIP IT TO YOU? Ha! Well it’s a pretty simple answer, I think about Mancini’s bread EVERY DAY OF MY DAMN LIFE. If I could make that bakery smell into a perfume, I would. In fact, maybe I will and sell it exclusively through City Paper. Plus, my second job, growing up as a young teenager in Pittsburgh, was being a food runner and a waitress at Primanti Bros. — so, as you could imagine, when I left all I could think about was French fries on sandwiches. The fact of the matter is, nowadays I eat really clean. (I would like to blame it on the food in Pittsburgh, but it’s a combination of that, genetics, and the cocaine I did in 2014; I have since stopped.) Growing up in the Burgh as an Italian/Russian, I wasn’t really educated on the power of nutrition and how it can fuel your body for the good. I mean, I had pierogis for breakfast, for goodness sakes. WHAT’S THE ONE THING YOU WANT CITY PAPER READERS TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR COMEDY? You are going to cry-laugh, the “hurtyour-stomach kind.”
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CALENDAR AUGUST 23-29
ARTWORK BY MOLLY STEADMAN
^ Thu., Aug. 23: Queer: new american tall tales
THURSDAY AUG. 23 MUSIC
Reverend Beat-Man and Nicole Izobel Garcia make for a curious but captivating pair. He’s a veteran Swiss musician and founder of Voodoo Rhythm Records whose persona recalls a more colorful version of Robert Mitchum’s mad preacher from The Night of Hunter. She’s a punk Angeleno known for wearing a nun’s habit on stage. This duo has been spreading the gospel of its “Blues Trash Church” with Reverend Beat-Man’s wild
rockabilly guitar, his hoarse, screaming vocals, and Garcia’s multi-instrumental talent. Get converted at Get Hip Records with the Braddock Brothers. 7-11 p.m., 1800 Columbus Ave., North Side. $15. All ages. gethip.com
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The Pittsburgh performance art series, folkLAB, continues its mission of showcasing oppressed and underrepresented voices with Queer: new american tall tales. Presented as part of folkLABS’s in Our Voice series, the show challenges cast members to create a new performance piece inspired by folklore of their choice. This latest hour-long adventure — the
second installment in the series — features a queer identifying ensemble that includes Princess Jafar, Gia Gigler, Harry J. Hawkins IV, Matthew Russak, Olivia Wahlberg, and Michael Young. All five performances take place at Aftershock Theatre. 8:30 p.m. 3577 Bigelow Blvd., Polish Hill. $20. 3577Studios.com
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AUG. 24 MUSIC
The stereotypical rock musician turns to sex, drugs, and booze for inspiration, but
the Pittsburgh duo Scratchy Blanket has much cuddlier muses. Members Shannon and Chloe send out positive vibes with their own sweet-natured, poppy brand of “polite indie rock about cats, seeing your own self worth, and finding inner fire” — in fact, the 2017 album with Boston act, Our Ghosts, was dedicated to three feline friends. The band will release its debut threesong EP Please Love Me during a show at Glitter Box Theater that includes performances by short fictions, Metacara, and The Childlike Express. 7 p.m., 460 Melwood Ave, Oakland. $5 suggested donation. theglitterboxtheater.com CONTINUES ON PG. 40
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MUSIC
The woozy, intoxicating experimental noise of TRNSGNDR/VHS comes to 3577 Studios, along with local support from axolotl and Olivia II, courtesy of Women In Sound and girlFX. Noise can be a divisive, punishing style of music, but the work from this artist, particularly the track “Geography” from the 2015 EP Condominium, is inexplicably inviting. It’s harsh, disorienting and hard to follow, but the smart compositions behind the chaos come through clear. The music is alluring delivered through headphones, but the live shows brings the art to a confrontational, provocative new level (at least judging from the sets available online; start there so you know what to expect). 8 p.m. 3577 Bigelow Blvd., Polish Hill. $10 donation. 3577studios.com
DRAG
What does it mean to have that Pittsburgh look? Drag performer Schwa De Vivre answers that very question with Pretty in Pittsburgh, an improv
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comedy cabaret show at the Arcade Comedy Theater. Schwa, who has appeared on an episode of the Food Network show Chopped, explores the many facets of the signature Pittsburgh style, from rhinestoneencrusted Steelers jerseys to haircuts stuck in the 1990s. 8-9:30 p.m., 943 Liberty Ave., Downtown. $12. 16 and over. arcade comedytheater.com
AFTERPARTY
If you’re not too pooped after the Flaming Lips show at Stage AE, head over to Spirit to check out the ^ Sat., Aug. 25: Mini-Factory
afterparty DJ’d by Brothers Griin, the band’s green-wigged drumming duo of Matt Duckworth and Nicholas Ley. These two have been throwing post-show get-downs since the band’s 2014 tour and found the afterparties lacking for quality, so they took it upon themselves to curate an alternative. So now, most Lips’ shows are followed by late-night parties featuring Ley and Duckworth’s flamboyant, fun, genre-agnostic mixes and remixes. If you like them behind the drums, it’s a safe bet you’ll enjoy them on the ones and twos. Or whatever they use. 11 p.m. 242 51st St., Lawrenceville. $7. 21 and over. spiritpgh.com
SATURDAY AUG. 25 ART
The Mattress Factory is home to many renowned art pieces seen on every 20-something’s Instagram story, like Yayoi Kusama’s “Infinity Dots Mirrored Room” and “Repetitive Vision.” Much of the museum’s artwork was created by nationally and internationally renowned artists. The Mini-Factory series allows the next generation of future artists to get hands-on experience using techniques that Mattress Factory artists use. This iteration is inspired by the works of Bill Woodrow and will allow young artists to create art from discarded items. 10 a.m. 500 Sampsonia Way, North Side. $5. Free for Mattress Factory members. mattress.org
FUNDRAISER
Suicide rates are growing in America.
There is no better time than the present to raise awareness and money to help combat this epidemic. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention is bringing an opportunity to do just that in Pittsburgh. The Out of the Darkness Walk will gather thousands in an effort to fund education for suicide prevention and advocate for public-policy changes. Registration is free, and attendees are encouraged to fundraise for the event. The 5-kilometer walk starts at Highmark Stadium, follows the river trail and returns to the stadium. 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Highmark Stadium 510 W. Station Square Drive., Station Square. Free. afsp.donordrive.com
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THURSDAY Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons 7:30 p.m. Heinz Hall, Downtown. pittsburghsymphony.org
FRIDAY Cults, The Shacks 9 p.m. Cattivo, Lawrenceville. cattivopgh.com
SATURDAY The Childlike Empress, Jonathan Russell, Mystic Gemstonerz, Dahn N’at, Ru 9 p.m. The Glitter Box Theater, Oakland. ^ Fri., Aug. 24: Schwa de Vivre
FEST
There is a lot to be excited about in Wilkinsburg these days. Parts of the borough are finally seeing redevelopment, and the new mayor, Marita Garrett, is young and full of energy. (She is also the first black woman to be elected mayor of Wilkinsburg). Wilkinsburg Community Day celebrates these accomplishments. The festival will stage food booths and stands with local vendors and merchants. Carnival games and a photo booth will also be on the premises. Garrett will be on hand, repping her borough and joining residents in celebration. 12-5 p.m. Penn Avenue Parklet, Penn Avenue between Wood and Center streets, Wilkinsburg. Free. maritagarrett.com
FEST
As this long, construction-filled, oftenrainy summer ends and the kids from pre-K through graduate school gear up to return to classes, it’s good to remember the best “school subject”: recess. Spend some time outside at the third annual Summer Recess Outdoor
SUNDAY Here Lies Man, Solarburn, Night Vapor 8 p.m. Brillobox, Bloomfield. brilloboxpgh.com
MONDAY A Wilhelm Scream 9 p.m. Cattivo, Lawrenceville. cattivopgh.com
TUESDAY All That Remains 7 p.m. Mr. Smalls Theatre, Millvale. mrsmalls.com
WEDNESDAY Elkhound, Jenny and the Jags, Jesse W. Johnson 8 p.m. Howlers, Bloomfield. howlerspittsburgh.com
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^ Sat., Aug. 5: Body of Art
Food + Music Festival and soak up music and (hopefully) sun at Spirit. Indulge in local vendors’ food, like walking tacos from Round Corner Cantina or ice cream sandwiches from Leona’s. The jam-packed music schedule includes pop-influenced funk outfit Starship Mantis, garage pop-rock group Wreck Loose, and lo-fi musician and vlogger Weird Paul, the back-to-back winner of Best Hair in City Paper’s Best Of Pittsburgh poll. Stick around after nine hours of all-ages outdoor fun for the 21-plus afterparty inside, starting at 9 p.m. Noon. 242 51st St., Lawrenceville. Free. spiritpgh.com
MUSIC
Pittsburgh-based label Library Collective is closing out the summer with two killer shows/parties with lineups as diverse as its adventurous roster, which spans hip hop, psychedelia, and downbeat instrumentals. At the label’s home base in Overbrook, treat yourself to appearances by Lolo Ree, Livefromthecity, SMTATOE, Cliff Fields, Vapo Reeves, Isaiah Joseph
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mall and d Collymore Small el Onwu uka. Konscious Kel Onwuka. The lineup is different nt next week, so o don’t sweat it if you u can’t make this one. e. It’s sponsored by PBR, so there will be PBR. 2 p.m. 2544 Library ibrary Road, Overbrook. rook. Also Sat., Septt 1. $10. 21 and over. thelibrarycollective.org ective.org
COMEDY Y Tony Rock may ay be saddled by one ne of the most famous ous last names in comedy medy (yes, he’s Chris’ brother) other) but the dude has a flourishing standup andup career and a hell of a ^ Sat., Aug. 25: Tony Rock
resume. Aside from an extensive touring the career, he’s th he host of Apollo Live, the rebooted reboot o ed version of the venerable Live appearances Att The T Apollo, and made appearance in Hitch, Living Biblically y and his bro’s show Everybody Hates Chris. Check him out at Pittsburgh Improv, today East through Sun., Aug. 26. 7 p.m. 166 Ea Bridge St SSt., ., Homestead. $17. 21 and over. pittsburgh.improv.com
ANIMAL SPIRITS
The saddest part of havin having pets is knowing that they will w almost certainly die in your you lifetime. There are ways to cope, like weeping
over their tiny grave, getting a tattoo of their furry face, or adopting a new pet. But arguably the best way to make peace with the death of a pet is to listen to a talk from a pet communicator named Janet Jackson for Animals in Spirit at the Palace Theatre. Sharing a bill with Psychic Mike, Janet answers questions about your pet’s life such as “do animals have souls?” and “what do animals say about euthanasia?” There will be a Q&A so anyone can ask about their companions. 7 p.m. 21 W. Otterman St., Greensburg. $20-30. thepalacetheatre.org
ART
Art about the body can be stale. Museums and galleries often show the same kinds of bodies depicted in the same ways for decades. But in Body of Art, an exhibit at BOOM Concepts from artist C.B. Perry, in collaboration with photographer E. Night, Perry aims to celebrate body positivity with the exhibit and remind people that the human body is “art in motion.” A party
TUESDAY
for the event last week featured live body painting. On Saturday, there will be a closing reception for the exhibit along with an artist talk. 7 p.m. 5139 Penn Ave., Garfield.
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While a therapist would probably disagree, eating your feelings is a great way to cope with problems. And there are so many problems. Eat Yr Feelings at Glitter Box Theater will be an eclectic night, complete with a pie-eating contest to cover up all those gross emotions. There will also be music from macabre accordion songwriter Sarah and the Keys and local indie rockers Spish. The evening will close out with Icky Vicky’s Broken Heart Sideshow Act, which could only be a good time with a name like that. A portion of the donations from the event go to a local food bank. 7 p.m. 460 Melwood Ave., Oakland. $10 suggested donation. theglitterboxtheater.com
Ever wish you could cosplay the Bond universe while also supporting a kidney charity? Turns out you can, with Pittsburgh’s 7th annual James Bond Soirée at Cake Nightclub. The main event will feature a Bond-themed fashion show, a Daniel Craig impersonator, DJs, and “real life spies,” whatever that means. For the high rollers who purchase a VIP ticket, there are also yachts and limos. The upscale and Bond-inspired dress code is strictly enforced, so don’t show up in a Pierce Brosnan T-shirt! The event also benefits the National Kidney Foundation. 8 p.m. 1900 Smallman St., Strip District. $30-2,000. cakepgh.squarespace.com
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SUNDAY AUG. 26 FEST
I–V–vi–IV might just look like a cluster of confused Roman numerals, but to a musician, I–V–vi–IV is the chord progression that’s spawned countless chart-toppers, everything from rock hits like the Velvet Underground’s “Sweet Jane” and U2’s “With or Without You” to fan-favorites of drunken karaoke stars like Blink-182’s “What’s My Age Again?” So listen for that progression at the Four Chord Festival as emo, rock, and punk bands from around the country descend on Xtaza Nightclub. Scream like a teenager to the sounds of Less Than Jake and Hit the Lights, then get political and wild with the Pittsburgh-bred Anti-Flag. 11 a.m.
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^ Sun., Aug. 26: Puppies and Pounders
1620 Smallman St., Strip District. $36.50. fourchordmusicfestival.com
PUPPIES
Cold drinks and cute doggos await at the final Puppies and Pounders happy hour of the summer. Grab some pizza at Slice Island and head out to the Spirit patio,
where you’ll find beer from Pabst Blue Ribbon, contests by Lawrenceville Pet Supply, and a Doggy Bingo Scavenger Hunt. There’s also a doggie pool where four-legged guests can cool off with other furry friends. 3-7 p.m. 242 51st St., Lawrenceville. No cover. 21 and over. spiritpgh.com
Millennials are killing everything, apparently: diamonds, Buffalo Wild Wings, beer. (That last one is dubious.) Generation X gets blamed by millennials for screwing up things like the economy, while Gen Z’s young members are too focused on their fidget spinners to care — at least that’s what it seems like based on recent headlines. But long before generations were even named, the Greatest Generation lived through the Great Depression. Don’t worry — that’s not what podcast “The Greatest Generation” is about at all. It’s actually a Star Trek podcast that takes its name from Star Trek: The Next Generation, often heralded by Trekkies as the longrunning, often-rebooted series’ high point. This podcast is now discussing Deep Space Nine, though, and its cross-country tour will stop at Rex Theater for a live recording of the show. 8 p.m. 1602 E. Carson St., South Side. $25-30. rextheater.net •
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