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Pittsburghers express hopes for life after vaccination

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THE BIG STORY

A SHOT OF HOPE

BY AMANDA WALTZ // AWALTZ@PGHCITYPAPER.COM

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S WE STAGGER AWAY from 2020, we look back at the past year as one of devastating loss and seemingly endless instability. But hopefully, two developments provide some reason to look ahead with cautious optimism. The coming days will see a new presidency promising a swifter, more organized response to the coronavirus crisis.

And already, two versions of the COVID-19 vaccine are making their way through frontline workers and vulnerable populations, and will eventually reach the general public.

Instead of New Year’s resolutions, Pittsburgh City Paper asked local artists, musicians, politicians, and community members to reveal the first thing they’re dreaming of doing once they receive their vaccinations. (Please note, that even after being vaccinated, recipients are still asked to wear masks and practice social distancing to be safe.) Hopefully, their responses will offer a bit of cheer in a time when many are still struggling.

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I AM RIP-ROARING READY to go see some live Pittsburgh music after getting the COVID-19 vaccine. I’m charged up to see some of my longtime faves, as well as discovering some new artists. I will continue to wear a mask and practice social distancing while COVID-19 still is circulating. I hope that everyone else does as well. In order for artists to prosper, venues to prosper, and the overall music scene to prosper, it is important for everyone to feel comfortable going to music venues again. Having only half the scene feeling comfortable enough to go out will hurt already-reeling venues and limit opportunities for artists. Masking and social distancing after vaccination should not be seen as bowing to “government control.” It should be seen as a way to chip in to help our common livelihood of live music bounce back as quickly as possible.

— Chip Dominick, vocalist/guitarist of Chip & The Charge Ups. thechargeups.com

AS SOON AS I GET the vaccine, I’m going to give my mom a very long hug (assuming she’s had it, too). I’ll also be very excited for the moment when I can have a karaoke party with friends in a public pool with lots of communal food and drinks.

— Casey Droege, executive director of Casey Droege Cultural Productions. caseydroege.com I CANNOT WAIT TO do in-person vending again. Getting to interact with clients, see friends and acquaintances, and most of all, have people try on clothes right then and there is something I miss dearly.

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I’LL PROBABLY TAKE an all-day walk

— stop in a

museum, get lunch somewhere, and not have to strategically plan where to source water or find a bathroom.

— David Bernabo, Pittsburgh filmmaker, visual artist, and musician. davidbernabo.info

ON THE LAST “normal” day, back in March, I saw a

movie at Row House Cinema (it was Kurosawa’s High and Low) then ate dinner down the street at Industry Public House, where my brother works. I haven’t been to an indoor movie theater, or had a meal in a restaurant, since. I think it’d be fitting if I did the same thing on my first day back; I’d like to sandwich the pandemic between identical outings.

Alternately — and with the likely wait before I’m vaccinated stretching into the summer — I’d gladly take a hot dog and a beer at PNC Park, having just experienced the first ballgame-free summer of my life.

—Sean Collier, associate editor at Pittsburgh Magazine, movie critic for WDVE Morning Show MY WIFE AND I look forward to hopefully taking our

daughters back to children’s story time on a weekly basis at the Homewood Library!

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ONCE MY FRIENDS and family members are

vaccinated, I can’t wait to have them over for a cozy home-cooked dinner and cocktails to prove that I have, in fact, completed my kitchen renovation. I look forward to holding my friend’s new baby and giving everyone a signature giant, guilt-free bear hug, especially my mom and gram. Tears are expected.

When we are all vaccinated, I look forward to the day when I can bust a move at In Bed

by Ten and participate in random suburban bar crawls.

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THE FIRST THING I want to do after getting

the COVID vaccine is to visit my oldest son, who lives out of state. Next would be a tropical adventure with my husband to celebrate our 41st wedding anniversary. Finally, I would seek out every opportunity to enjoy live performances from my favorite local vocalists and musicians, Geňa y Peňa with their soothing ballads from Puerto Rico, Kenia and her Brazilian jazz, and Guaracha, the Latin dance band.

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HUGS! I’VE REALLY MISSED physical contact.. I’d

ers, love to be able to hug my family, co-workers, rful and friends who have been so wonderful through the pandemic. Oh, wait, did you say fter we have to continue social distancing after ard the vaccine? Well, in that case, I look forward to re-opening behind-the-scenes tours and sks welcoming people to the Section of Mollusks ails, so they can see awesome things about snails, clams, and octopuses.

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g in Princess Jafar! I hope everyone is staying VID and staying safe! As soon as I get the COVID ery vaccine, I’ll do the same thing I do every night, try to take over Pittsburgh. Call 1-(34)-PRINCESS for more!

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I’VE GOT A BIG “to do” list ready to go once I

get the vaccine — and just about everything on it centers around reconnecting with the communities my wife and I love. I can’t wait to open the doors to our home in Manchester so that our community of close friends can hang out with our son, Perry. He’s changed quite a bit from the 6-week-old he was when the shutdown first happened to the almost 1-year-old he is now!

We’ll cram into our living room for a (very loud, competitive) game of Celebrity. If that’s day one, day two will be re-engaging with our community of artists and audiences down at Arcade Comedy Theater. People are yearning to laugh together more than ever — and I know so many performers in town ready to get back to work for Pittsburgh. And of course, we’ll end the evening with our Arcade family sharing a drink at Sammy’s Corned Beef on Liberty.

We will raise a glass of IC Light to resiliency, determination, kindness, and science.

— Michael Rubino, director of programming at Arcade Comedy Theater. arcadecomedytheater.com

I HAVE MISSED SO MANY things during our fight against COVID-19. During the last 10 months, I’ve realized how much I miss the simple things in life I took for granted. I have n. not hugged my own parents since this began. ient.

My father is a double-lung transplant recipient.

I’d like to give him a hug as soon as it is he safe to do so. I have a long list of all of the people I’d like to hug and thank!

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Pittsburgh Hardball Academy co-founders Nelson Cooper IV and Brian Jacobson

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HITTING HOME RUNS

Pittsburgh Hardball Academy focuses on increasing Black participation in youth baseball and getting its athletes into college

BY RYAN DETO // RYANDETO@PGHCITYPAPER.COM

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HERE ARE A LOT OF stereotypes

surrounding urban kids and the game of baseball. People assume that kids who grow up in the city are uninterested in the sport, according to Pittsburgh Hardball Academy co-founder Nelson Cooper IV. People assume that those who do play, particularly Black participants, are mostly “raw” and athletic, but lack fundamentals. And despite the dozens of Black athletes in the Baseball Hall of Fame, people still often assume that urban Black kids don’t really know how to play.

Cooper’s new baseball academy in Pittsburgh is working to combat those stereotypes because he acknowledges that his players still face these negative generalizations even today.

“A stereotype I have heard when our kids play is, ‘They are just a Black team,

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they are just an inner city team, they don’t know how to play the game,’” says Cooper. “I have heard it in the stands.”

But Cooper believes his academy has found the right formula to end those stereotypes in the Pittsburgh area by focusing on players from underrepresented and underserved backgrounds, and using baseball to help them succeed on and off the field. Hardball Academy not only offers professional coaching and opportunities to play in baseball tournaments, but also provides year-round academic and social enrichment programming, as well as college advisement and recruiting services. The goal is to get kids into college on baseball and softball scholarships.

Cooper played baseball on a scholarship at North Carolina Central University, a historically Black college, and understands that one of the main obstacles

in getting urban and underrepresented kids to play baseball in college, and then possibly professionally, is financial. Baseball often requires expensive gear, but also getting noticed by scouts is really only possible by playing in expensive tournaments and with travel leagues.

“We both identified a problem gap in youth baseball today,” says Cooper of himself and his co-founder Brian Jacobson. “For kids that are talented in baseball to make it to the next level, if they don’t have the finances, they have no chance of getting on the radar to college ball.”

Black participation in professional and college baseball has been declining for decades. According to the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports, the Major Leagues currently only have 8.4% Black players. And the NCAA says that only 6% of players in Division I ball are Black.

Cooper says a huge roadblock to increasing those percentages is mostly money, adding that it typically costs at least $8,000 a year per kid to play in competitive travel leagues. He says Hardball is focused on families who can’t afford those costs to “get those kids to be on the radar, and then get into college.”

Hardball’s goal is to have the program’s cost never be a barrier to entry. In 2020, which was Hardball’s first year, costs for participation ranged from $20-300 for athletes. For the next year, costs will increase to between $500-750 for the year and will eventually peak at $1,000 for a year, according to Cooper. This covers uniforms, videos, mentorships, team practices, travel costs, and lodging, as well as educational programs like SAT prep.

Cooper says the academy is fundraising,

and he has invested his own money in the program. So far, Hardball has attracted some corporate sponsors like PNC Charitable Trust and is working with Pittsburgh’s POISE Foundation, as well as Major League Baseball’s Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities program. They are looking for more sponsors.

He says families should never worry about costs, and that he and Jacobson will always make it work if families can’t afford the fees.

Cooper says the goal of the academy is to field a team of BIPOC players, or an overwhelming majority of BIPOC players. Their inaugural team was 50% BIPOC, and their younger team next season will be 75% BIPOC. He is proud of the growth, but says it can be difficult to recruit players, since some athletes don’t think they can keep up with wealthier, suburban leagues.

And while Hardball has a focus on urban kids, Cooper says that there is no exclusion to the program and players have come from Pittsburgh Public Schools (which is over 50% Black) as well as Penn Hills and McKeesport.

“Kids that can say, ‘I did come from Pittsburgh Public Schools, and I am just

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Members of Pittsburgh Hardball Academy

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as good as anyone from this region.’ I don’t want this to be considered just an inner city program,” says Cooper. “I want

it to be a diverse program, in the city and the surrounding area.”

Hardball Academy is a passion project

for Cooper and Jacobson, who both have other full-time jobs. Cooper grew up in the Seattle area, and Jacobson is a native Pittsburgher who graduated from Peabody High School (which is now called Pittsburgh Obama 6-12). Cooper says expansion plans for Hardball Academy include a girls softball team and more youth teams.

And while the focus of the academy will always be on Black players and players of color, he says having some white kids on the team has been beneficial, too. Some white families have even approached Hardball specifically because they want their kids on a team with mostly Black players, and they want their kids to have Black mentors.

Cooper is optimistic that this spirit can help at least make a small dent in the region’s struggles with racism.

“If you take an underserved Black kid and white kid together, the way their world works, the white kid will have more opportunities,” says Cooper. “But I am hoping that that person being in a program with Black mentors like this, it won’t be something out of comfort for them, and they can become advocates against racism in the future.”

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TAKEOUT REVIEW: OAK HILL POST

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CTOPUS IS TRICKY. One wrong step and the mollusk, which at its best is completely tender and silky, becomes jaw-tiringly chewy. It can be treated a number of ways — charred, stir-fried, or blanched — but it takes time and patience to execute correctly.

Perhaps the best example of perfectlycooked tentacles is from Oak Hill Post, a new neighborhood haunt in Brookline.

The braised octopus — treated so well that all I could write down in my notes was three exclamation points in a row — can be found paired with handmade, stuffed tortelloni (beefed-up tortellini), Italian sausage, potatoes, brodo, and Grana Padano cheese.

Oak Hill Post, nicknamed “O,HI,” and

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run by Christian Schulz and Rebecca Nicholson of the pop-up Menuette, was originally meant to be a brick-and-mortar for the former pop-up series. But Schulz told Pittsburgh City Paper in August that he and Nicholson felt “there wasn’t a place for Menuette” in a pandemic world, so they “started over.”

Though I loved Menuette — I was

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lucky enough to snag food from them early in the pandemic before their rebrand — Oak Hill was created to be a direct response to community and industry needs. Their food, rivaled at any highend restaurant in the city, is affordable, and they are a no-tipping establishment.

Schulz told City Paper they chose to be a Post, rather than an eatery or restaurant, to stay away from a “system that maybe does more harm than good.”

But Oak Hill, which offers a mix of sandwiches and pastas, a market option, and more on their ever-changing menu, has brought the innovation, quality, and excitement of Menuette with a smaller neighborhood feel.

Back to the pasta: it was incredible.

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spice and gave body to the light octopus, further filled out by the hefty tortelloni (they were the size of small dumplings).

Tang from the warm olives poked through the rich components around it, the simple broth giving just enough flavor to tie everything together.

To pair with my pasta — which was a play on one of Oak Hill’s opening-day sandwiches — I chose a beets-and-greens sandwich, pickled veggies, and frozen buttermilk biscuits.

The sandwich, layered with thick, purple-bleeding beets, arugula, rapini, marinated olives, gribiche (a creamy, more-flavorful-than, but similar to mayo sauce), and boursin cheese, was placed on incredible bread. The slices were just bubbly enough to soak in the sauce and beet juice, but with crusty, salty edges.

I was initially afraid the beets would be too earthy and take over the whole sandwich, but the bitter greens and creamy spreads balanced the tender root, spiking the sandwich with herby, peppery flavors.

(I was too focused on the pasta to finish the sandwich — it was even better the next day when the flavors really started to soak into every corner.)

The Oak Hill at Home market is one of my favorite things Schulz and Nicholson offer. It’s filled with locally-sourced, high-quality items, including fresh pasta and sauces they make in-house, ready to cook at home.

Frozen biscuits and pickled veggies were my market choices. Even a bit squished from a brake-slamming incident on my drive home, they puffed right up in the oven. A tangy lemon curd cut through the rich, buttery layers. My container of pickled veggies lasted me only two days. The mix threw in a few surprises — Brussels sprouts, for one — and I ate them with everything.

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NYONE WHO ACCEPTS the reality of climate change understands that it will dramatically alter the lives of future generations. For many young or prospective parents, family planning comes with great anxiety about the future, and what it will mean to bring kids into an environment that is increasingly unstable. This is, at least in part, the focus of painter Ashley Cecil’s exhibit Violence in Eden, opening at ZYNKA Gallery on Sat., Jan. 9. The show will open with a limited artist’s reception available by reservation.

Cecil has previously worked with nature institutions to create art, including an artist residency she had at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. She learned about the straightforward science of trees, animals, and other aspects of nature, but this latest exhibit is a project inspired by the more emotional responses to the environment, in part due to becoming a mother during her research.

VIOLENCE IN EDEN Sat., Jan. 9-Sun., Feb. 20. ZYNKA Gallery, 904 Main St., Sharpsburg. zynkagallery.com

“To have a family is a very personal, natural thing to do, obviously, and I think a lot of people are feeling sort of robbed of the option,” says Cecil. “And if you do it, what sort of weight comes with that in the coming decades? There is a lot of anger and fear wrapped up in this show, too.”

Cecil describes an “awakening” she had about the similarities between the oppression of women and the way humans dominate nature. Much of the inspiration for the paintings in the exhibit stem from reading Clarissa Pinkola Estés’ book Women Who Run With Wolves.

Cecil says she had a paint-splattered copy next to her easel. The book incorporates stories of folklore that focus on nature, womanhood, and the cycle of life.

“I would say that these sources of inspiration are no less lacking in science

Ashley Cecil’s “Take Shelter”

about nature as the dry papers from science publications,” says Cecil. “It’s just a different way of articulating it.”

The paintings in Violence in Eden vary — some are more abstract interpretations of nature and others are literal depictions of naked women holding fruit.

Several pieces in a series called “Invasive Fertility” feature anatomical drawings of pelvic bones filled with fruit, which are being scavenged by critters, like a bat munching on figs. In the more literal “Broken Waters,” a mother holds her young child on her shoulders — his head above water — as she floats under it with her kid’s teddy bear and a group of dead fish. It epitomizes the metaphorical and literal fears so many mothers have about keeping their children safe.

Cecil says that while working on the pieces in her home, where she relocated her studio during the pandemic, her kids would ask questions about what they saw in the paintings, and she didn’t always know how to answer.

“My 7-year-old often times will come down here and he’ll ask, like, ‘Well, why is she screaming? Why are those fish dead?’

It’s been really hard to explain that, probably because I’m as confused as other people,” says Cecil. “Sometimes I’m not sure whether I’m feeling elation about the experience of being in this world and so grateful for it, or [I] wanna cry ’cause I’m so sad it’s being destroyed the way it is.”

Women so often experience emotional and physical violence towards their

bodies, and in her work, Cecil connects that with the violence humans have wrought on nature. It’s nearly gotten lost among all the other news of the year, but 2020 was one of the warmest years on record, which has been the case for the last several years. There have been recordsetting fires in California and within the Arctic Circle. The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season was the most active on record.

Cecil says she at first tried to find a synonym for “violence” for the title of the exhibit, but came to the conclusion that it was better to call it like it is.

“There were a lot of other synonyms I considered,” says Cecil. “Don’t dance around it, it is a violence against women and nature, and the whole environment that cradles life.”

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THU., JAN. 7 MUSIC • VIRTUAL Legendary Pittsburgh drummer Roger Humphries kicks off August Wilson African American Cultural Center’s first virtual Studio Session of the year with an exciting jazz quartet. Joining Humphries — whose band RH Factor was named second Best Legacy Band in Pittsburgh City Paper’s 2020 Best of Pittsburgh readers’ poll — is Yoko Suzuki on sax, Dwayne Dolphin on bass, and Max Leake on piano for a 90-minute set. 8 p.m. $12. trustarts.org

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Watching more movies than ever at home during the pandemic? Don’t forget to give your local theaters a little extra love, too. Today, the nonprofit, independent Tull Family Theater in Sewickley releases the 2020 comedy I Blame Society about “a struggling filmmaker who realizes the same skill set to make a movie is the same to commit the perfect murder.”Among the other diverse selections available to stream

include Citizens of the World, Sol, and Tazzeka. $10 for three-day rental. thetullfamilytheater.org

SAT., JAN. 9 ART • IRL/VIRTUAL Winter in the Mon Valley is a beautiful time to take photographs outdoors. And when you’re being guided by a PulitzerPrize winning photographer, the results are sure to be successful. Nature Photography with Martha Rial, a mix of location-based in-person photo shoots and virtual Zoom feedback sessions, will help photographers enhance their skills from a seasoned pro.

Hosted by Venture Outdoors, participants will also learn how the environment has been impacted by industry and document how nature survives. 9-10:30 a.m. Free with registration. ventureoutdoors.org

SUN., JAN. 10 LIT • VIRTUAL City of Asylum presents its first Free Association Reading Series of the year featuring three Pittsburgh writers. Susan

Buttenwieser, who teaches creative writing in New York City public schools in highpoverty neighborhoods, wrote the short story collection We Were Lucky with the Rain. M. Soledad Caballero is a professor of English at Allegheny College and an award-winning poet, published in the Missouri Review, Anomaly, and more.

Sam Pittman is the author of Mostly Water, which won the 2016 Rane Arroyo Chapbook Prize from Seven Kitchens Press. The virtual evening of live readings will be co-curated by writers Pat Hart and Marc Nieson. 5 p.m. Free with registration. alphabetcity.org

MON., JAN. 11 LIT • VIRTUAL Western Penitentiary, a 21-acre state correctional institution built in 1882, was located about five miles from Downtown Pittsburgh, until it was shuttered in 2017. Western Penitentiary: Life and Death Inside the “Wall” is presented as part of the DOORS OPEN Pittsburgh Stories series, hosted by DOP tour curator and board member Pam Gianni, Expect “stories of escape,

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madness, and brutality,” according to the event description. 7:30 p.m. $5. (Pay what you can.) doorsopenpgh.org

TUE., JAN. 12 TALK • VIRTUAL Heavy, concentrated industry polluted the Pittsburgh region for decades, even if things are now improving. Delve into that history, and the recent changes, with What’s Past is Prologue: Industrialization & Changing Landscapes, sponsored by The Frick Pittsburgh. The discussion will focus on the legacy of industry in Pittsburgh, and the impact industrialist and philanthropist Henry Clay Frick had on the city’s natural surroundings. 7-8 p.m. Free with registration. thefrickpittsburgh.org

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have you heard of Mary Lou Williams?

She was an American jazz pianist who grew up in East Liberty and was a friend, colleague, and mentor to these jazz greats and many others. Introduce your kids to Williams’ story during Hop into History: Pittsburgh’s Piano Girl, hosted by the Heinz History Center. Kids ages 3-5 are invited to join in on this interactive online session. 10:30-11 a.m. Free with registration. heinzhistorycenter.org

NATURE • VIRTUAL Urban agriculture is often seen as a key step to combating climate change, and while Pittsburgh is joining the trend, it still has some obstacles to overcome. Namely, its soil, which has high levels of lead and other contaminants. But experts are up for the task, and at the Third Annual Three Rivers Urban Soils Symposium, hosted

by Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, people can learn just how they hope to tackle the problem, as well as hear tips on how to become an expert urban gardener. 3-5 p.m. Free with registration. phipps.conservatory.org PITTSBURGH CITY PAPER JANUARY 06-13, 2021

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