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HOW PITT-PENN STATE DIES BY ADAM GRETZ // CPCONTRIBUTORS@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
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HE LAST COLLEGE football game between the commonwealth’s two prominent programs attracted the largest crowd for any sporting event in Pittsburgh. The next one is Saturday night, and the scene at Heinz Field is going to be spectacular: a packed house, with a near 50-50 split; generations of alumni and students; cheerleaders and marching bands; a football game serving as something bigger; a college party in a pro town. Who knows when the city will experience anything like it again?
There is no guarantee the 99th Pitt-Penn State college football game won’t be the last one in Pittsburgh, which might as well be the headquarters for this rivalry. (Pitt is the city’s university, and Pittsburgh is home to more Penn State alumni than anywhere.) After a game at Beaver Stadium next year, the 100th meeting in the storied rivalry, 2030 is the next year when Pitt or Penn State could resume a college football series that dates to 1893. There is no plan in place for a resumption. By 2030, the Pitt-Penn State football series will be older (137) than the number of miles between Follow featured contributor Adam Gretz on Twitter @AGretz
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Oakland’s Cathedral of Learning and State College’s Old Main (134). So, how is it possible — with all of this history between the schools, and all of this demand from the alumni, and all of these smart people calling shots at the institutions of higher learning — that Pitt and Penn State can’t figure out how to keep playing football every year? The short answer: college football isn’t about history, fans, or educators. It’s a business, a big business, a bottom-line, win-at-all-costs business that throws everything else out the window.
PEOPLE AT PITT clearly want to keep a
yearly football date with Penn State. They also clearly place blame on Penn State’s people for it not happening. It’s not an unfair position to take. Penn State’s football folks have rejected proposals from their Pitt counterparts. They seem to enjoy taking a public stance of showing disinterest in the rivalry. Between 2020 and 2030, Penn State managed to schedule series against West Virginia (Pitt’s other traditional rival) and Temple (the other major college football program in Pennsylvania), with the latter series slated to begin in 2026. Pitt had proposed playing Penn State in, you guessed it, 2026. Penn State fans are famously fervent, and they pridefully boast their
football team has no actual rival. No opponent is deemed worthy, and certainly not Pitt. It’s a contrarian position that manages to diminish and distinguish the rivalry, because Penn State supporters know their Pitt counterparts view a game against the Nittany Lions as the main event of any Panthers’ season. WHAT IS PENN STATE’S deal when it
comes to Pitt? Pettiness? Big brother taking swipes at little brother? Maybe. Or, perhaps Penn State takes a logical view of Pitt in the high-stakes game that is college football. There is no upside to regularly facing the Panthers for the Nittany Lions. Only one of Pennsylvania’s two college
football powerhouses is consistently a top 25 program, if not a national title contender — and Pitt isn’t it. In May, Nittany Lions coach James Franklin matterof-factly addressed a rivalry that was and is, but soon won’t be. “When you’re talking about Penn State doing what’s best for Penn State, I don’t know if it makes a whole lot of sense,” he said. Franklin’s job at Penn State is to chase national championships. A 42-39 loss to Pitt in Pittsburgh two years ago probably prevented Penn State from playing for one. And you know what they say about fooling somebody twice. Penn State fans might dismiss Pitt’s football program, but Penn State’s coach knows a yearly game against the Panthers will probably conflict with CONTINUES ON PG. 8
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F YOU HAVE a great quarterback, you have a chance to win the Super Bowl in any season. If you don’t, you have nothing. The Steelers have Ben Roethlisberger. The Steelers can win the Super Bowl. This NFL season will be his 15th, and Roethlisberger enters it still as one of the best in the world at the most valuable position in professional sports. How big of an advantage is having Big Ben for the Steelers? He is one of four AFC quarterbacks to start a Super Bowl since he entered the league. One (Peyton Manning) has retired. Another (Joe Flacco) is fighting to keep his job. The other is the guy who has twice taken out Roethlisberger with a Super Bowl berth on the line. What might Roethlisberger’s career look like if not for the existence of Tom Brady? Answering that question might be easier than assessing Roethlisberger’s legacy in Pittsburgh. His on-field resume speaks for itself. The only thing he doesn’t have on Hall-of-Famer Terry Bradshaw is titles (the score: Brad 4, Big Ben 2) and a league MVP. Otherwise, all Steelers’ passing records belong to Roethlisberger, who has spent more time as an elite quarterback than the combined total of predecessors. He is at least the most accomplished offensive player in the Steelers’ storied history. He is arguably behind only “Mean” Joe Greene as the greatest Steeler. A quarterback of his stature in a city where football is religion should be on a pedestal by himself. CONTINUES ON PG. 14
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But it’s difficult to argue Roethlisberger is beloved, and it’s impossible to say he is a lock to have his number retired, let alone a statue constructed in his honor. That’s because there still is the other part of his story. One of Pittsburgh’s most successful athletes has also been one of its most challenging for fans to fully embrace. Roethlisberger has delivered the highs, but also has let people down. He is now a family man who is opening a restaurant near the football stadium that will always be considered his office. He also was twice accused of sexual assault, once nearly perished in a motorcycle accident, and is the face of the Steelers in an era during which they have seemingly courted controversies. At times, he has created the controversy: almost yearly flirtations with retirement; almost annually passiveaggressive swipes at coaches or teammates; almost always mentioning injuries, especially when things go bad on the field; and, most recently, the almost predictable public reaction to the Steelers’ drafting of his potential heir, Mason Rudolph. There is almost always something when it comes to Roethlisberger. There has been almost nothing like
Roethlisberger, either. For all of their remarkable successes since the AFL-NFL merger — they have won the most Super Bowls, division titles and regular-season games — the Steelers have never been quarterbacked by a man their devoted fans have loved, or could love. Bradshaw has traded embracing and enraging them. Only one of his preRoethlisberger successors reached a Super Bowl, and Neil O’Donnell threw away that one. Despite having had a wing’s worth of Hall-Of-Fame players to adore, the Steelers Nation has never known what it’s been like to unconditionally love a player at the most celebrated position in American sports. Roethlisberger didn’t need to become that guy when he was drafted in 2004. But he could have been, and it would have been great if he had been. Whether or not he can still be probably has little to do with what he’ll do over his final seasons. He will throw touchdowns. He will win games. He might even again become super. But the story of Ben Roethlisberger in Pittsburgh only gets the ending everybody wants if the Steelers again climb the NFL’s mountain and their quarterback finally finds the high ground he needs to become a local hero.
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HE HEART OF Steelers Nation is not
Heinz Field. It’s not inside a Monessen home where a banner reading “This is Steelers Country” acts as a curtain. It is not in some West Coast Steelersthemed restaurant where Pittsburgh expats gather to put French fries on salads. It’s the Pittsburgh International Airport. Every weekend during fall, the airport is covered in black and gold. Alyson Walls, of the Allegheny County Airport Authority, says it gets so crowded on Mondays following Steelers home games, the authority advises passengers to arrive earlier to accommodate for longer wait times. Fans fill the terminals, shop at the stores, eat at airport restaurants, and drink at the bars. From September through December, PIT might as well call itself “Steelers Station.” “Steelers Nation travels well,” says Walls. Starting in the 1970s, Pittsburghers started leaving the region in droves.
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Thousands resettled in areas with stronger economies. But their football allegiance never wavered, their children were raised Steelers fans, and now generations of people with ties to Pittsburgh make a pilgrimage of returning to “the town with the great football team.” Research published in Sports Business Journal shows Steelers fans live an average of 466 miles from Heinz Field. This
number is surprisingly high considering there are 12 other NFL teams within that radius. Other teams with fans living farther away, on average, are geographically isolated like the Seahawks (Seattle) and Cardinals (Arizona). The airport wants to highlight the intense love fans have for the Steelers and other Pittsburgh sports teams. “There is so much history and pride that is related to
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the sports teams, that we want to have a little a bit of that reflected in the airport,” Walls says. The “Black and Gold” store inside the airport has its busiest days during Steelers weekends. When local teams make the playoffs, the airport adds popup stores selling sports gear. Walls says those pop-ups can’t “keep that stuff on the shelves fast enough.” The airport also pays homage to the Steelers with the “Immaculate Reception” statue of Franco Harris. Walls says it’s the most photographed spot in the airport. And it’s not just Steelers faithful arriving to Pittsburgh; the opposing holds true, too. Huge volumes of Steelers fans travel from Pittsburgh to stadiums across the country. The Steelers regularly rate amongst the NFL’s top road draws, and their fans have famously filled large chunks of stadiums in Cincinnati, Washington, Dallas, San Diego, Denver, Charlotte, and Miami. And when those fans return to Pittsburgh, Walls says the airport makes sure they know they’re home. “We see a lot of comments on social media,” says Walls. “They know they are in Pittsburgh because they see Steelers and Pittsburgh culture represented at the airport.”
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F THE STEELERS are going to win Super Bowl LIII, the defense is going to need a savior. Lucky for them, they’ve got a Notre Dame grad who can be their version of Football Jesus: Stephon Tuitt. He was never the same last season after a biceps injury on the third play of the first game. The loss of Tuitt’s familiar form as a disruptor from the defensive front was noticeable, though more people point to the absence of linebacker Ryan Shazier as what ultimately did in the Steelers. Shazier can’t play this season. Tuitt will, and he has already shown signs
that he is back to his old self. In the third preseason game (aka the only one that kind of counts), Tuitt collapsed the pocket on the opening play from scrimmage. On the second play, he brought down Tennessee Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota for a sack. By the third play, I had already committed blasphemy by thinking, “He is Risen!” When we last witnessed the Steelers play meaningful football, their defense surrendered 164 rushing yards to the Jacksonville Jaguars at Heinz Field. It was no surprise, though. After the scary Shazier injury late last season,
the Steelers’ defense was worse by 1 yard-per-carry and 11 points-per-game. Even a football novice would recognize those trends as debilitating to a team with title aspirations. Well, the Steelers’ title aspirations tanked in their first playoff game. How’s that for debilitating? I’m not here to paint a pretty picture of the void left by Shazier. The solutions at his inside-linebacker position, Jon Bostic or Matthew Thomas, raise more questions than they answer. Still, Tuitt reviving his march toward dominance will make the Steelers’ defense formidable no matter that ShazierCONTINUES ON PG. 18
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The Steelers would take first or third in passing defense. They will also take away opponents’ rushing attacks if Tuitt is back to where he was before his injury. With him and Heyward holding down the front, defensive coordinator can get even more creative with packages that deploy seven defensive backs. It’s not all about Tuitt when it comes to these Steelers. But when it comes to these Steelers, it is all about that “Stairway to Seven.” Who is better built to help with that climb than a Football Jesus?
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tarian Walking Tacos. While it’s not pretty to look at, the result — a fun-sized bag of Aldi-brand nacho chips filled with chili, shredded cheese, chopped iceberg lettuce, and a dollop of sour cream — did not disappoint. To achieve the full “walking” effect, I forked it into my face while standing out on my patio, happily eating and sweating under the midday sun.
“How can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe, or how delineate the wretch whom with such infinite pains and care I had endeavoured to form?” I pondered these words, spoken by Dr. Victor Frankenstein upon seeing his monster in Mary Shelley’s iconic work, as I looked down on my Jalapeño Popper Football Cheese Ball. What affront to nature — crudely formed from cheeses This recipe made me question my life both cream and shredded, as well as hot choices. “Maybe I should learn a trade,” I peppers, bacon, and green onion – had I thought as I struggled to knead the sticky unleashed upon the world? And yet, even rice into vaguely football-shaped pieces. as I shrank from my cursed creation, “Maybe I should join the Peace that which I bore with my own Corps,” I sighed as I cut little obselfish hands, it did tempt me. longs out of the pale, slimy MORES TO What delicious wonders awaitturkey slices. The appeal of the PHO . at wwwp ed within its hideous form? InTurkey and Avocado Onigiri er a p ty ci pgh m deed, there are many, and they Football escapes me. The com.co go really well with pretzel thins. bination of deli meat and difficult, time-consuming preparation created a final product that’s best described as depressing. Plus, there’s When I first saw Walking Tacos on Pinternothing even remotely “onigiri” about est, I thought, “What is this sh*tshow?” them. For example, why use the world’s But my coworkers were quick to offer most boring guacamole for the spread that Walking Tacos — or, as I like to call when there’s the more thematically apthem, Hot Hand Chili — are in fact awepropriate choice of wasabi mayo? And if some and not a sh*tshow. I was pleased you’re wondering about those grass clipto find that they’re also easy to make. pings on the edges, I had trouble findBut because I can’t cook without messing nori, the dried seaweed needed for ing something up, I realized that I forgot the laces, and had to substitute bits of to buy one important ingredient — the spinach. My husband and my housemate, ground beef. Undeterred, I threw in a can however, both proclaimed the onigiri as of chili beans along with the required kid“not bad” and “surprisingly delicious,” so ney beans, unintentionally making vegemaybe appearances are deceiving.
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CARDIOLOGIST once told me that if you’ve eaten one hot dog in your life, you’ve eaten one too many. Doctors are no fun. I love hot dogs, but I love my vascular system more, so I try to avoid the real thing and substitute veggie dogs instead. For City Paper’s football issue, I put my spin on classic football fare (at least, it’s classic for we recluses who don’t leave the house and instead put on parties for one in a blanket fort). This dish is called Gabby’s Veggie Piggy Blankies. (I know the name is utterly juvenile, but so is the chef who designed it.)
INSTRUCTIONS: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Begin by chopping the peppers and onions. Next, sauté them in a pan with some olive oil. Remember to always season your veggies before cooking them. Once cooked, set the veggies aside. For the dipping sauce, put 1/2 cup olive oil, 1/2 cup of chopped onion, 1 cup of ketchup, 1/2 cup of gochujang, and 1/2 cup of orange marmalade in a small sauce pot. Begin to stir, and let it simmer at medium temperature. Think of it like making a barbecue sauce. Add salt, pepper, and paprika to taste. Grate orange rind and squeeze some fresh orange juice to lift the freshness profile of the sauce. Once it’s bubbling, turn the heat to low and use an immersion blender to smooth out the sauce. By now, the oven should be heated. Begin to build the pigs in a blanket. Spread out each crescent roll on a presprayed, flat cookie sheet. On the widest part of the dough, place a teaspoon of orange marmalade, a teaspoon of cooked peppers/onions, and one cube of cheese. On the thinnest part of the dough, place a quarter of a veggie dog and begin rolling it into a fun-filled blanket. Repeat this same process for each. Coat the top of the rolled blankets with melted butter or olive oil, then sprinkle sea salt, fresh cracked black pepper and orange rind on top. Place in the oven
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for 10-12 minutes (depending on oven). Once golden brown on top, remove from the oven and let cool for about five minutes. Serve on a platter with dipping sauce on the side. For an added touch, grate some orange rind on the top of the dipping sauce. This dish should provide a perfect blend of spiciness and sweetness. If you really hate spicy food, substitute the jalapeño/chili peppers for poblano or banana peppers (or skip peppers all together). If done correctly, no one should suspect the hot dogs are vegetarian.
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Even over the phone, Pittsburgh-born singer Sarah Marince’s voice comes through strong and clear. When City Paper reached her, she’d just gotten out of an appointment and voice-acting work to get to in her home recording studio in Orlando, but she was able to find a few minutes to chat. If her name doesn’t ring a bell, her face and voice certainly should. Marince was “the Eat’n Park girl” who sang the national anthem before Penguins, Steelers, and Pirates games. But since becoming Pittsburgh-famous by pitching for “the place for smiles,” she’s branched out into country music, modeling, television hosting, and that voice-over work. >>
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Marince has the voluminous blonde hair, big blue eyes, and gleaming white smile that embody the gold standard of beauty in America. It’s tempting to assume that, as a result, her path to success has been smooth, with littleto-no effort. That’s not the case. From a young age, Marince knew she wanted to work in entertainment. Her mother still has a picture of a 2-yearold girl holding a giant microphone and flaunting a pair of headphones. Hearing her own voice through speakers inspired a passion for performing that’s sustained her to this day. As she put it, she “had no choice.” Her rocker parents, Gary and Mary Kay Marince, met while working at WDVE-FM. Gary’s work as a programmer meant the radio was constantly playing at home or in the car. “I was strongly influenced by the voices I heard coming through the speakers,” explains his daughter. “Not just the music, but the advertisements as well.” A meeting with her idol, Martina McBride, helped clarify what she wanted from life. “Follow your dreams,” Marince recalls McBride saying. “Don’t let anyone ever tell you not to move to Nashville, that you’re not good enough.” During her senior year at Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School in Beaver County, Marince traveled between Pittsburgh and Nashville to work on her debut EP. Marince lived on her own in Nashville after graduation. The juggling act she seems to have mastered was then in its early stages. Her days began with 6 a.m. shifts at Panera Bread, leaving afternoons and evenings to write songs,
perform, and network. A couple of her songs, “In The Meantime” and “Can’t A Girl Change Her Mind” charted on Billboard, providing opportunities to open for the likes of Taylor Swift, Kenny Chesney, McBride, and even Pete Townshend. “Everything I did [in Nashville] led me to where I am now,” she says “I’m so thankful for that time [there].” The move to Orlando two years ago was calculated, and shows her maturation from that young girl who only wanted to hear her voice coming out of speakers. Marince eyed “the City Beautiful” instead of “the Music City” because Orlando provided a broader base for entertainment than Nashville. She still sings, having accepted vocal gigs at various Disney theme parks. Anyone who has been to one of the parks in the U.S. or overseas likely has heard her voice during a parade or a show. But while singing remains a “first love,” Marince concedes to having eyes for television. You might have seen her on HSN, for which she is a product host, or noticed her Labor Day on the field at Camping World Stadium during ESPN’s broadcast of an Alabama-Louisville college football game. You might see her in another commercial, this one for a baby product (she plays the young mother). TV calls to Marince now like hearing her voice did once upon a time. “The adrenaline rush is my favorite part,” she says. “There’s four or five cameras, someone in your ear, and a teleprompter. Whether you have 10, 15, or 20 minutes, when that’s done, it feels like it was a minute.”
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HE LATEST production from City Theatre presents a fresh, womancentric spin on the tumult of the French Revolution. But there’s an amazing true story behind the big costumes, comedy, and music of The Revolutionists. The show marks the Pittsburgh debut of Lauren Gunderson, now considered the most produced playwright in the country. She started work on The Revolutionists in 2012 after an inspiring trip to Paris, where she happened upon a reference to early feminist playwright Olympe de Gouges in the footnotes of a Wikipedia article. “It just stopped me instantly,” Gunderson says. “I thought, ‘What? She’s a feminist playwright? What did that even mean back then?’” Set in 1793, The Revolutionists presents a revisionist historical narrative where de Gouges crosses paths with two other important women from the era, Marie Antoinette and Charlotte Corday. Though lesser known, Corday rivals Antoinette in terms of notoriety as the assassin of Jacobin leader Jean-Paul Marat. The story goes that Corday — who posthumously earned the badass nickname l’ange de l’assassinat, or the Angel of Assassination, for her crime — stabbed Marat
as he bathed. Gunderson also added Marianne Angelle, a fictional Caribbean spy fighting against French occupation in the West Indies. The character was created from an amalgam of Black revolutionary women either forgotten or underrepresented by history, including those involved in the 1790s rebellion in Saint-Domingue, what is now known as Haiti.
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Despite the serious subject matter, Gunderson describes the play as “a big, boisterous feminist comedy” with knowing jokes poking fun at Les Misérables. That being said, things do get real in the second act. “This is about the French Revolution and one of the characters is Marie Antoinette,” she hints. “You might have a sense of what’s happening and what we might be aiming for, at least for that character.” (If any mystery still remains, the Pitts-
burgh production’s set design includes a guillotine.) Although Gunderson started writing the play six years ago, she believes it very much relates to the social and political upheaval people are experiencing today, including the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements. “We’re talking about the divide between the rich and poor. We’re talking about a mistrust of power, and the misapplication or abandonment of justice. We’re talking about extremism and violence. And those are all the things we’re in the thrust of in America, certainly right now,” says Gunderson. She also views The Revolutionists as examining the role of art when a country is in crisis, a topic most aligned with de Gouges, who was executed when revolutionaries discovered an unfinished play they believed proved her support for the monarchy. While the play does feature an allfemale cast, Gunderson emphasizes that, “it’s not just a play for women” “I feel bad that I even have to specify that,” she says. “Women’s stories are actually universal stories. … Hopefully you’ll walk away with your heart working overtime.”
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N 2012, I UNFURLED my Terrible Towel near the mouth of the largest cave entrance in the world, determined to be the fan furthest afield in the Steeler Nation. I was at Deer Cave, in Mulu National Park, Borneo, Malaysia, over 9,000 miles away from Pittsburgh. As my friend snapped the photo, a gentleman in our tour group yelled, “You just ruined my vacation!” I later found out he was a Baltimore Ravens fan. I was not then, nor am I now, saddened by this fact. However, in 2018, I am not even sure where that Terrible Towel is, and I cannot remember the last time I sat down to watch a football game. It is like breaking up with my first love and I am not sure where I stand, what to do, if I should text or call. There is something painful about watching thousands of people cheering, jeering, booing — who seem to only care about the Black bodies in labor and entertainment and not the Black lives those bodies contain. When Colin Kaepernick sat — and then, at the request of a veteran — kneeled in protest to police brutality and injustice faced by African-Americans, it seemed a simple thing, a quiet protest, the kind that white people supposedly like. But just as the words emblazoned on a t-shirt, after Mr. Kaepernick was shut out of the NFL for his peaceful protest: “We march, y’all mad; We sit, y’all mad; We kneel, y’all mad; We die, y’all silent.” Our politics and sports can only blend when that slush fits a nationalistic red, white, and blue variety — singing the national anthem before football games began during World War II. That sounds political to me, folks. The fear-attraction-repulsion-admiration of the Black form in the United States plays out in so many ways, but especially in sports. Muhammad Ali was Enemy No. 1 until his Parkinson’s dampened his strength. Roberto Clemente is given more respect in death than he was in life. Serena Williams battles both racism and sexism — she revealed she is getting drug tested more than any other woman tennis player by the Women’s Tennis Association. Now, her court attire — a one-piece catsuit she wore to prevent blood clots — is under scrutiny for being “disrespectful.” I wonder if the Black children turned away from their first day of school for wearing their hair natural can relate? All of this regulation of Black bodies. And the NFL wants to monitor, penalize, or intimidate a grown-ass man, telling him if he can sit, stand, kneel or throw a ball. I don’t know, I think we will just have to remain broke up for now.
IT IS LIKE BREAKING UP WITH MY FIRST LOVE.
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staff, hugs and stories from last night’s drunken adventures. Chaos. 1 p.m. — Game begins. People start cheering once the Steelers hit the field. Booing begins for the other team. At this point, we get to take a breath. Only a few stragglers left to be served and everyone else is settled in. First touchdown — High-fives and yelling. Shots ordered. I have no idea what time it is. First opposing touchdown — More yelling and clearly “Ben needs to retire,” “The refs are a joke,” and “Why did they not call interference?” I think it’s almost halftime. Chug more coffee. Halftime — Complete rush to the bar for more drinks, closing out tabs or ordering food. Besides the half hour before game time, this part is the most hectic. Every customer needs something at halftime and you have 20 minutes to figure it out. Second half — Basically the same as first half, except some people have fallen asleep on the bar. End of game — Steelers win. Within hour, bar is a ghost town. Only about 20 people left, finishing up food or waiting for rides. Hour after game — The “After Game Zombies” arrive wanting cheese fries and six waters. Please friends, keep your shoes on and don’t fall asleep. I’ll keep the waters coming.
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): When Warsan Shire was a child, she immigrated to the UK with her Somalian parents. Now she’s a renowned poet who writes vividly about refugees, immigrants, and other marginalized people. To provide support and inspiration for the part of you that feels like an exile or fugitive or displaced person, and in accordance with current astrological omens, I offer you two quotes by Shire. 1. “I belong deeply to myself.” 2. “Document the moments you feel most in love with yourself — what you’re wearing, who you’re around, what you’re doing. Recreate and repeat.”
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Once in a while came a moment when everything seemed to have something to say to you.” So says a character in Alice Munro’s short story “Jakarta.” Now I’m using that message as the key theme of your horoscope. Why? Because you’re at the peak of your ability to be reached, to be touched, to be communicated with. You’re willing to be keenly receptive. You’re strong enough to be deeply influenced. Is it because you’re so firmly anchored in your understanding and acceptance of who you are?
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In 1928, novelist Virginia Woolf wrote a letter to her friend Saxon Syndey Turner. “I am reading six books at once, the only way of reading,” she confided, “since one book is only a single unaccompanied note, and to get the full sound, one needs ten others at the same time.” My usual inclination is to counsel you Sagittarians to focus on one or two important matters rather than on a multitude of semi-important matters. But in accordance with current astrological omens, I’m departing from tradition to suggest you adopt Woolf’s approach to books as your approach to everything. Your life in the coming weeks should be less like an acoustic ballad and more like a symphony for 35 instruments.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Not many goats can climb trees, but there are daredevils in Morocco that do. They go in quest of the delicious olive-like berries that grow on argan trees. The branches on which they perch may be 30 feet off the ground. I’m naming them as your power creature for the coming weeks. I think you’re ready to ascend higher in search of goodies.
you feel like you could weave your body and soul together with the color green or the sound of a rain-soaked river or the moon rising over the hills? I ask these questions, Taurus, because now is an excellent time to draw on the instinctual wisdom of your feral qualities.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): By volume, the Amazon is the largest river in the world. But where does it originate? Scientists have squabbled about that issue for over 300 years. Everyone agrees the source is in southwestern Peru. But is it the Apurímac River? The Marañón? The Mantaro? There are good arguments in favor of each. Let’s use this question as a poetic subtext as we wonder and meditate about the origin of your life force, Virgo. As is the case for the Amazon, your source has long been mysterious. But I suspect that’s going to change during the next 14 months. And the clarification process begins soon.
You have the soulful agility necessary to transcend your previous level of accomplishment.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): From 49-45 BC, civil war wracked the Roman Republic. Julius Caesar led forces representing the common people against armies fighting for the aristocracy’s interests. In 45 BC, Caesar brought a contingent of soldiers to Roman territory in North Africa, intent on launching a campaign against the enemy. As the general disembarked from his ship, he accidentally slipped and fell. Thinking fast, he exclaimed, “Africa, I have tight hold of you!” and clasped the ground, thus implying he had lowered himself on purpose in a ritual gesture of conquest. In this way, he converted an apparent bad omen into a positive one. And indeed, he won the ensuing battle, which was the turning point that led to ultimate victory and the war’s end. That’s good role modeling for you right now.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Below are sweet words I’ve borrowed from poets I love. I invite you to use them to communicate with anyone who is primed to become more lyrically intimate with you. The time is right for you to reach out! 1. “You look like a sea of gems.” — Qahar Aasi 2. “I love you with what in me is unfinished.” —Robert Bly 3. “Yours is the light by which my spirit’s born.” — E. E. Cummings 4. “Tell me the most exquisite truths you know.”
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “Close some doors today,” writes novelist Paulo Coelho. “Not because of pride, incapacity, or arrogance, but simply because they lead you nowhere.” I endorse his advice for your use, Gemini. In my astrological opinion, you’ll be wise to practice the rough but fine art of saying NO. It’s time for you to make crisp decisions about where you belong and where you don’t; about where your future fulfillment is likely to thrive and where it won’t; about which relationships deserve your sage intimacy and which tend to push you in the direction of mediocrity.
— Barry Hannah 5. “It’s very rare to know you, very strange and wonderful.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald 6. “When you smile like that you are as beautiful as all my secrets.” — Anne Carson 7. Everything you say is “like a secret voice speaking straight out of my own bones.” — Sylvia Plath
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Now is an excellent time to feel and explore and understand and even appreciate your sadness. To get you in the mood, here’s a list of sadnesses from novelist Jonathan Safran Foer: sadness of the could-have-been; sadness of being misunderstood; sadness of having too many options; sadness of being smart; sadness of awkward conversations; sadness of feeling the need to create beautiful things; sadness of going unnoticed; sadness of domesticated birds; sadness of arousal being an unordinary physical state; sadness of wanting sadness.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Do you have any feral qualities lurking deep down inside you? Have you ever felt a mad yearning to communicate using howls and yips instead of words? When you’re alone, do you sometimes dispense with your utensils and scoop the food off your plate with your fingers? Have you dreamed of running through a damp meadow under the full moon for the sheer ecstasy of it? Do you on occasion experience such strong erotic urges that
CANCER (June 21-July 22): To casual observers you may seem to be an amorphous hodgepodge, or a simmering mess of semi-interesting confusion, or an amiable dabbler headed in too many directions at once. But in my opinion, casual observers would be wrong in that assessment. What’s closer to the symbolic truth about you is an image described by poet Carolyn Forché: grapes that are ripening in the fog. Here’s another image that resonates with your current state: sea turtle eggs gestating beneath the sand on a misty ocean beach. One further metaphor for you: the bright yellow flowers of the evening primrose plant, which only bloom at night.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I want to make sure that the groove you’re in doesn’t devolve into a rut. So I’ll ask you unexpected questions to spur your imagination in unpredictable directions. Ready? 1. How would you describe the untapped riches in the shadowy part of your personality? 2. Is there a rare object you’d like to own because it would foster your feeling that the world has magic and miracles? 3. Imagine the perfect party you’d love to attend and how it might change your life for the better. 4. What bird most reminds you of yourself? 5. What’s your most evocative and inspiring taboo daydream? 6. In your past, were there ever experiences that made you cry for joy in ways that felt almost orgasmic? How might you attract or induce a catharsis like that sometime soon?
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living, churning out a prolific output and receiving more than 80 national and international grants and awards, some might call it a career and retire to a beach chair. Thankfully for fans of critically-acclaimed dancer/ choreographer Beth Corning, she is still passionately driven to create and perform quality, thoughtful, and thoughtprovoking dance-theater pieces unlike any in the region. Opening the 10th anniversary season of her dance company CorningWorks is the waiting room, September 5-9 at North Side’s New Hazlett Theater. The piece takes its inspiration from a NPR show about funereal customs from around the world. Corning says she was struck by the Jewish religious ritual of Shemira — watching over the body of a deceased person from the time of death until burial. More specifically, Corning says she was intrigued by the practice of hiring a guardian called a shomer (if male) or a shomeret (if female) to sit with the body when
the family is not present. What does somebody do for hours alone in a room with a casket? While the catalyst for the hour-long work was about exploring that very question, Corning says the work isn’t necessarily about death but rather life.
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7 p.m., Wed, Sept. 5, 8 p.m., Thu., Sept. 6 Sat., Sept. 8 and 2 p.m., Sun., Sept. 9. New Hazlett Theater, 6 Allegheny Square East, Northside. $25-30. 412-320-4610 or corningworks.org
The 14th production in Corning’s the Glue Factory Project series in Pittsburgh, the waiting room, is a multi-disciplinary and somewhat surreal dance-theater piece steeped in metaphor (as are many of Corning’s works). It is set to an eclectic score featuring classical, contemporary, and Klezmer music. Corning — along with input from fellow cast members, actor Jacob Goodman, visual and performing
artist John Carson, and Cleveland-based dancer/choreographer Catherine Meredith — created a script that tells the story of Samuel the shomer (played by Goodman), who, through a series of events, reveals some of the stories that shaped him into the man he is. One of those stories is a childhood memory of “The Naked Lady” portrayed by Meredith. “I am embodying her reality — a woman sleepwalking through life, disenchanted, despondent, and stuck in this mundane world,” says Meredith. “She believes her life has largely gone unnoticed, but still there exists a man [Samuel] who credits her with having a profound impact on his own journey.” Stephanie Mayer Stanley’s symbolic set design, along with video projections of nature scenes by Jakob Marisco and Jessica Medenbach help bring Samuel’s story to life. “We are all dealing with a concurrence of nature which death is a part,” says Corning. “How do we acknowledge that elephant in the room and what’s the story we tell?”
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sassinated, Martin Luther King Jr. began organizing an economic justice movement against American poverty called the Poor People’s Campaign (PPC). In 2017, the movement was revived under a campaign of the same name with goals of dismantling systemic racism, inter-generational poverty, environmental issues, and other intersecting topics. The new PPC put out a call for art representing the values of the campaign; international printmaking collective Justseeds responded. This collective is spread across North America, but its distribution center is based in Pittsburgh. The pieces will be on display in the exhibit Learn as We Lead, Walk as We Talk, Teach as We Fight at Bloomfield studio Pullproof beginning with an opening reception on September 7. The pieces cover social issues ranging from homelessness to clean water access to the right to health care. Local Justseeds members Shaun Slifer and Mary Tremonte also selected other works from the collective covering related topics.
TEACH AS WE FIGHT OPENING RECEPTION
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All of the pieces in Teach as We Fight are available in free, high-res PDF downloads. Many (though not all) other projects made by Justseeds are also available for free download, which is fitting with the social justice messages portrayed in the art. There’s always a dissonance when art about equality is not accessible to everyone. In an era when activism is often expressed through social media, having shareable images, particularly eyecatching ones, is key. “When the standing rock occupation was going on, we were pulling in a lot of graphics from outside artists and posting things that people can download. Some of those images, we provide them in high-res so people can reprint them on paper,” says Slifer.
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There’s not a lot of money in activismcentered art, but for a project such as PPC — with “poor” in its name — it would be a disservice to not make the materials available to those whose issues it represents. “I would characterize it as service design. We’re not getting paid like a professional graphic designer would get paid,” says Slifer. PPC gave Justseeds certain phrases and messages it wanted in the art, and the collective went from there. Some pieces take the tone of a political cartoon, such as “Four Evils” by Eric J. Garcia, which depicts the devil in an Uncle Sam hat, holding a pitchfork whose prongs represent different social injustices. Others, including “Power to Poor People” by Paul Kjelland, directly quote King on the issue of poverty. Justseeds is now in its 11th year as a collective and has grown from 16 members to 29, and it’s grown in diversity. While Slifer, one of the founding members, says it originally came from a mostly punk ethos, the group is now more comprehensive. “The network of other individuals in the United States who are doing leftist political imagery was pretty small,” he says. “We have a broader impact, a broader influence. Now there’s a lot of folks from other backgrounds besides white anarcho-punks.”
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THU., SEPTEMBER 20 ILUMINATE 7:30 P.M. BYHAM THEATER DOWNTOWN. $35-50. 412-456-6666 or trustarts.org.
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FRI., SEPTEMBER 21 THRIVAL MUSIC X ARTS 4 P.M. HIGHMARK STADIUM STATION SQUARE. $30-35. 412-224-4900 or ticketmaster.com.
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SUN., SEPTEMBER 23 LIFE OF AGONY 7:30 P.M. REX THEATER SOUTH SIDE.
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THURSDAY SEPT. 6 ART
Who better to spend a Thursday night with than a T-Rex and a collage of atomic bomb blasts? The Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History are opening their doors every Thursday evening in September for their Free Thursday Evenings series. In addition to opening its doors, the Carnegie Museum of Art is offering Crossroads: Carnegie Museum of Art’s Collection, 1945 to Now to
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participants. Capturing the spirit of a post-WWII at the crossroads of history and society, the museum is dusting off works rarely seen from its expansive collection to ponder where contemporary art has been. 3 p.m. – 8 p.m. 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland. cmoa.org
TRIVIA
Think you know everything there is to music? Looking to support a good cause while listening to great jams? Test your knowledge of music past and present at CureRock’s Music Trivia Night. This event benefits CureRock, an organization that raises awareness and
funds for the fight against childhood cancer. 7 p.m. Hough’s Taproom, 563 Greenfield Ave. Greenfield. curerock.com
COMEDY
It’s comics versus audience members when Apis Mead and Winery serves up Crowd Work Comedy Show’s Hurry Up and Say Something Funny. Sample a wide selection of mead, wine, local beer, and cocktails, as local comics work the room in a battle to see who can stay on stage the longest. Hosted by Day Bracey, the event encourages several performers to interact with guests. If a comic commands the room, they get to stay on stage — if
the crowd takes over, the comic gets a red light telling them it’s time to leave. The mic may even cut out if a comic wears out their welcome. 8 p.m. (Doors 7 p.m.). 206 Mary St., Carnegie. apismead.com
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THURSDAY The Builders and the Butchers with The Hills and the Rivers 8 p.m. Club Café, South Side. clubcafelive.com
FRIDAY Claire Morales 7 p.m. The Smiling Moose, South Side. smiling-moose.com
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culture and food, there’s something for everybody at this perennial favorite held at Riverplex, in Homestead. Check out live performances from Gaelic Storm, Screaming Orphans, and many more local and national musicians; Irish history and storytelling with Alan Irvine; and all the bangers, mash, ham, cabbage, boxty and corned beef your heart desires. And of course, Irish dogs with those cold noses. 4 p.m. Continues through Sun., Sept 9. Riverplex, 1000 Sandcastle Dr., Homestead. $12-15. pghirishfest.org
Golden Age stars like Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, and Lana Turner. Screenings continue through Sept. 13. 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. 1035 S. Braddock Ave., Regent Square. $8. cinema.pfpca.org
FILM
In the 1940s and ‘50s, a handsome ex-Marine named Scotty Bowers became a confidante and lover to many big screen actors and actresses who feared being outed and shunned in pre-Stonewall America. His incredible story comes to life when Regent Square Theater presents Scotty and Secret History of Hollywood, a documentary about his intimate relationships with ^ Fri., Sept. 7: Scotty and Secret History of Hollywood PHOTO: GREENWICH ENTERTAINMENT
THEATER
“There are two kinds of people in this world, winners and losers,” and Little Lake Theatre Company is a winner. Director Sara Barbisch brings the musical Little Miss Sunshine, based on the 2006 Academy Award-winning film, to the Canonsburg-
based theater company. To keep your child from getting any beauty pageant ideas, this is recommended for ages 15 and older. 8 p.m. 500 Lakeside Drive, Canonsburg. $14-$22.50. littlelake.org
7 p.m. KeyBank Pavilion, Burgettstown. livenation.com
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MUSIC
If you’re a fan of Run the Jewels and haven’t heard of local experimental duo BBGuns, formerly LAZYBLACKMAN, then you’re missing out. Like the hip-hop super duo, BBGuns features a spunky blasé lyrical flow, but with an indie rock twist. Lazy JP and Barz Blackman’s debut album, Thirst, is peppered with raw punk energy, blurring the lines of rock, hip hop, and pop. They perform in the Living Room at Full Pint Wild Side Pub, and you can quench your thirst with one of Full Pint Brewing’s local beers. Joining the experimental group are rappers, My Favorite Color, and MULUmusic. 9 p.m. 5310 Butler St., Lawrenceville. Free. fullpintbrewing.com
TAILGATE
3:30 p.m. Pittsburgh Irish Festival, Homestead. pghirishfest.com
MONDAY The Nude Party 8 p.m. Club Café, South Side. clubcafelive.com
TUESDAY Red Fang with Big Business & Dead Now 8 p.m. Spirit, Lawrenceville. spiritpgh.com
WEDNESDAY Waxahatchee 8 p.m. The Andy Warhol Museum, North Side. warhol.org
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students will have the opportunity at the Pitt-Penn State Tailgate. But what makes this function worthy of Pitt kids’ time is the t-shirt decorating contest. Distribution begins at 10 p.m., but organizers recommend early arrival to guarantee getting a shirt to decorate. And decorate you must, because word from the Pitt Program Council is “taking a shirt and leaving is not permitted.” Hey, you know something is serious when they’re telling you what is allowable when it comes to free stuff. There will be free food, which presumably can be eaten without rules. 9:30 p.m.-12 a.m. William Pitt Union lawn, 3959 Fifth Ave., Oakland. Free to all with valid Pitt (Oakland) student IDs. ppc.pitt.edu/events/pitt-vs-psu-tailgate
MUSIC
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round three of its five round tournament. Competitors have been going head-tohead since March for a chance to win a cash prize of $2,000 and the 2018 Drummer vs DJ crown. So far, DJ ADMC & Dylan Wood (2017 Drummer vs DJ Champs) and DJ KB & Allen-Mychael Jackson are still in the running after placing first and second, respectively, in the previous rounds. If you can’t attend this one, no worries. The championship DJ vs Drummer battle will be held on Dec. 7. And, no, they don’t take requests. 10 p.m. 5115 Butler St, Lawrenceville. $7-$10. fareshbrand.com
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Camping is a great way to connect with the outdoors. It can also be a great way for the unprepared to get trapped in the wilderness. Luckily, True North Wilderness Survival School teaches monthly Wilderness Survival 101 classes for beginning hikers and campers to learn about handling “wilderness emergencies.” The one-day, seven^ Tue., Sept. 11: Oompa
hour course at Harrison Hills Park covers various seasons and weather conditions, with emphasis on the seven priorities of survival, and a focus on shelter building, and fire starting. It’s probably also a good set of skills to have when the impending apocalypse hits. 9 a.m. 5200 Freeport Road, Natrona Heights. $100. exploretruenorth.com
TOUR
Local food is the best food. When something is grown in the ground right outside your doorstep, you know it’s fresh. There are a number of urban growers in town and East End Food Co-Op wants to showcase them all. The Pittsburgh Urban Farm Tour lets fans of fresh produce celebrate several local fruit-and-veggies-havens. More than 10 participating locations are featured on the tour, including Black Urban Gardeners & Farmers Co-op, Garfield
Community Farm, Hilltop Urban Farm, and Braddock Farms. Participants can choose their own route and select locations will serve refreshments and offer demonstrations. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Various Locations. $15. eastendfood.coop
occasionally dressing up as Cher, with featured guest Georgia Bea Cummings, who can often be found performing at There Ultra Lounge. The event is BYOB, so crack open a cold one and set a sparkly tone for the week. 5 p.m. 1206 Arlington Ave., Allentown. $10. blackforgecoffee.com
FESTIVAL
Americana music, art and food return to McKees Rocks for the fifth annual FEASTival. The free event promises local food trucks and music throughout the daylong festival. Railroad Earth will bring a blend of Americana and atmospheric music, alongside Pittsburgh-based indie rockers Wreck Loose. The event is open to all ages and festival proceeds go right back into the McKees Rocks community. 2 p.m. McKees Rocks Municipal Lot. Rte. 51 and Furnace St. McKees Rocks. Free. pghfeastival.com
TUESDAY SEPT. 11 BOOKS
Local author David Drayer is sharing stories from his new book Wayward Son: Travels and Reflections. The book aggregates stories from Drayer’s wanderings in the form of blog posts and newspaper columns, from open-ended motorcycle rides to late evening hikes. He describes the jobs he’s taken on over the years as “day jobs … to support my writing habit,” ranging from corn harvester to busboy to Christmas-tree pruner. A Western Pennsylvania native, Drayer’s previous works include three novels and a novella. A book signing will follow the reading. 6:30 p.m. Carnegie Library, 47 Wabash Ave., West End. Free. clpgh.org.
BAR CRAWL
We are in the prime of 1990s nostalgia. Twenty-somethings everywhere are reveling in classic and irreplaceable iconography, like overalls and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Join the ‘90s Bar Crawl in the South Side and experience all the fun kitsch of the decade, with the added benefit of alcohol that you couldn’t have back in the day. Attendees get an array of souvenirs, including a snap bracelet. There will be drink specials and on-theme music at the participating bars, which includes Trixie’s, Smiling Moose, and Tiki Lounge. Grab your Fresh Prince VHS tapes, slap on some blue eye shadow, and get crawlin’. 3-10 p.m. Various locations. $20. 21 and older (obviously?). 90sbarcrawl.com
EVENT
DJs can be cagey about how they approach production, the tricks and workarounds they’ve developed after years of meticulously working a particular program or instrument. But that’s not the case for the Pittsburgh Ableton Users’ Group, which prioritizes education and collaboration among the city’s music producers and creators. This is the group’s first public meeting, so don’t be shy if you have questions or need some guidance from the veteran users. The format for the meeting looks pretty open-ended, but for anybody looking for an Ableton roadmap is bound to find what they’re looking for here, at PNC Recital Hall at Duquesne’s Mary Pappert School of Music. 7 p.m. Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Ave., Downtown.
SUNDAY SEPT. 9 TOUR
Take in some of Pittsburgh’s most distinct architecture during the Mexican War Streets Society’s self-guided Mexican War Streets House & Garden Tour. The North Side neighborhood — where many of the streets are named after battles and generals of the Mexican–American War — gives visitors a glimpse of the efforts behind restoring and maintaining some of the oldest and finest homes in the city. The tour also features a midway of vendors and mobile eateries. 11 a.m.5 p.m. Welcome table near Monterey St. and Eloise St., close to the YMCA. North Side. $18 advance/$20 day of tour. mexicanwarstreets.org
PHOTOSHOOT
Are you an LGBTQ performer in Pittsburgh? Here’s your chance to be immortalized in Queerbook, a sort-of yearbook containing images of LGBTQ talent from all over the country. The project by queer photographer Chris Jay aims to show the wide variety of
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entertainment in the LGBTQ community, including drag queen/kings, actors, dancers, musicians, and comedians. The event takes place at Better. A Studio For You. 3-5 p.m. (those being photographed can arrive as early as 1 p.m.). 4514 Liberty Ave., Bloomfield. Registration required for performers. $25 - $50 suggested donation (Donation not required to be photographed). thequeerbook.com
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Sundays are a universal bummer, reminding everyone that life is mostly just a countdown to the next weekend or day off. Some pick-me-ups are energizing enough to make the week ahead seem less daunting, like Soul Sunday’s Drag Show at Black Forge Coffee House. The monthly drag queen show is hosted by VyVyan Vyxn, known for
Boston rapper/poet/educator Oompa is dropping by Spirit, along with three of Pittsburgh’s most exciting, budding artists: Sierra Sellers, Benji, and Clara Kent. November 3rd is Oompa’s most recent album, featuring eleven tracks of smart, soulful production and her poignant, crystal clear lyricism focusing on life as a black, queer woman. But it’s been two years since that release and she’s overdue for a follow-up, so she’s ramping up for a new full-length and tour (via a partnership with PledgeMusic). Throw in a few bucks to help the cause if thought-provoking, old-school hip hop is your thing. She’ll be backed by her band, appropriately named the Chocolate Factory. 9 p.m. 242 51st St., Lawrenceville. $10. 21 and over. spiritpgh.com • PITTSBURGH CITY PAPER SEPT. 5-12, 2018
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