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NOT SO UNDERGROUND

Meet the DJs and creatives leading Pittsburgh’s increasingly vibrant queer nightlife scene

BY MAT MONROY // INFO@PGHCITYPAPER.COM

AT THIS POINT, telling a nonPittsburgher that Pittsburgh is the unlikely home of a surprising number of queer nightlife events and electronic acts might be a cliché. Word has already started to get out.

Ricky Moslen, one of the founders and DJs of Jellyfish — arguably Pittsburgh’s most popular queer dance night — says that, even internationally, people have heard of the city’s reputation.

“I’ve even been asked by people outside of the United States traveling, like, ‘Oh, have you ever heard of Jellyfish?’ And I’m like, ‘Yeah, that would be me,’” Moslen tells Pittsburgh City Paper. “So I feel like it’s catching on. People know that Pittsburgh is a really cool place.”

Although it might be the biggest party — and the only one with Wikipedia-entry fame — Jellyfish represents only one of a handful of queer nightlife prospects in Pittsburgh. One five-minute scroll through Instagram will give you the dates, times, and dress codes of a plethora of queer parties at local clubs, bars, and breweries, most of them not explicitly queer venues.

Although longtime gay fixture Hot Mass remains the industry standard for high-profile DJs and committed, into-the-morning ravers, Cobra, Spirit, Trace Brewing, and Mixtape have also grown into hot spots for queer partiers.

Things weren’t always this in vogue. PreJellyfish, queer nightlife options in the mainstream were limited, and the events that were happening appealed to smaller audiences, Moslen tells City Paper.

“At the time, I don’t know of any other parties in Pittsburgh that were, you know, just directly calling themselves a queer party,” Moslen says. “And the parties at gay bars were often all dudes, you know, mostly white cis guys. And we were thinking, well, what about everybody else?

Although the creation of Hot Mass in late 2012 helped provide a space for professional touring DJs, Jules Malzof, co-founder of the dance night “Sweet Abyss,” says that for a long time, the scene remained uninterested in featuring different musical styles.

PHOTO: ELISA CEVALLOS. Ricky Moslen and Stephanie Tsong

JELLYFISH Instagram @jellyfishpgh

“AT THE TIME, I DON’T KNOW OF ANY OTHER PARTIES IN PITTSBURGH THAT WERE, YOU KNOW, JUST DIRECTLY CALLING THEMSELVES A QUEER PARTY."

DJ Juan

NOT SO UNDERGROUND, CONTINUED FROM PG. 5

“What I wanted to see and what we have seen with different spaces throughout this time is not just a space or a party that caters to a hopefully queer, not just like, cis gay crowd,” Malzof says. “But one that also really cares about music, too, and brings in really high-quality musicians and DJs.”

Sweet Abyss, created in March 2023 by Malzof and their partner Kiernan Laveaux, is one new event helping to spotlight DJ innovation. On select Wednesday and Saturday nights every month at Mixtape, guests can groove to a “night of transgender dance music.” Coined by their DJ friend 30,000AD, transgender dance music, or TDM, is a riff on IDM, a subgenre of electronic music known as “intelligent dance music.” It has a broad definition, but in a nutshell, TDM is all about disregarding conventions and applying a loose, genre-bending perspective to DJing, Malzof says.

“It’s more about, like, the approach to playing music, and how you play it. So being open to, you know, how you layer the rhythm, the way you blend it,” Malzof says. “It’s kind of like having this expression of transness through the way you collage sounds.”

During their Saturday night shows,

that means a mix of drum-and-bass, experimental samples, and classic house and techno. For Wednesday nights, expect a chilled-out assortment of synth wave, triphop, dub, disco, and “gay psychedelic vibes,” according to Malzof.

SWEET ABYSS

Instagram @sweetabyss412

Malzof, a Pittsburgh resident for the last 15 years, says that leading an event like Sweet Abyss is a special opportunity, especially given the current abundance of queer nightlife in the city.

“On any given night, there may be five or more events that could all reach some overlapping audience going on at the same time, in addition to all of the variety of events outside of that,” Malzof says. “I think that’s something slightly newer for Pittsburgh at this point, that folks have to choose or party hop so heavily within an overlapping sound and scene.”

Although Mixtape is not explicitly a queer venue, the space’s queer-friendly atmosphere and hospitable amenities such as non-alcoholic drink options and free water make it a good fit for Sweet Abyss, Malzof says.

“In an ideal world, there is a place that is centering, specifically, trans people and dance music. [Mixtape] felt like a place we could experiment at and try that,” Malzof says. “We were particularly interested in the fact that Mixtape has a history of being more of a queer or queer-friendly space.”

For Icy Pisces and Jin & Juice, the desire to create a welcoming space is exactly what drove them to start Kewchi Nana, a queer femme collective for house music fans who “grew up on Chris Brown’s ‘Take You Down’ type shit and Frankie Beverly,” says Icy Pisces.

KEWCHI NANA

Instagram @kewchi.nana

Since forming, Kewchi Nana, whose name comes from a line by rapper Sukihana on “Drug Dealer” by Cuban Doll, has thrown several Smoochie! Singles Party nights, annual post-Thanksgiving Pink Friday dance parties, and more.

Jin & Juice and Icy Pisces decided to

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sound was in the same place, basically,” Icy Pisces says. “Meaning, playing dance music, but still making it feel Black.”

Along with other popular collectives and dance nights such as MostBeautifullest and BLVCK T3K, Kewchi Nana proudly throws parties for the Black population that Pittsburgh nightlife has long underserved. Letting Black DJs play what they want is important, especially since clubs typically aren’t always interested in DJs with experimental music tastes, says Icy Pisces.

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“I think me and [Jin & Juice] were around when what we see now as the Black queer dancing scene really did not exist,” Icy Pisces says.

Jin & Juice adds, “I was put in a box, playing a lot of Top 40 and things that, like, yeah, okay, I can play it. But do I feel it? Do I like it?”

Jin & Juice and Icy Pisces have played sets together at Hot Mass and Jellyfish, but they mostly host their events in spots such as Trace Brewing and Spirit, venues that may not always have the same welcoming environment as a queer space.

Jin & Juice notes her negative DJing experiences at non-queer spaces, and how they’ve informed Kewchi Nana’s dancefloor safeguards.

“Some of these venues that are more mainstream or like bars, for instance, they’re not the most comfortable to work in, at least in my opinion. I’ve had some experiences where I don’t feel comfortable in that space,” she says. “And that’s one of our priorities, making sure our people are taken care of, down to providing free water, you know, just the basics. We want to make sure everybody feels good so they feel like they can stay.”

Although Jin & Juice commends venues such as Mixtape for their inclusive atmosphere, she also stresses the need for more queer places.

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can say it’s on the up and coming, like at Mixtape. Events with that kind of vibe are what we need more of in order to feel like we can fit somewhere and be able to sit and have a drink and not look over our shoulder or be harassed or things like that.”

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Feeling comfortable and supported helped Violet, who performs as Cereza Online, make the jump from dropping SoundCloud mixes to performing behind the decks at local DIY shows. At her first Pittsburgh gig — a slot on an electronic-music night lineup at Eden, a former house venue in South Oakland — Violet says the audience’s receptiveness gave her the room to perform instinctually.

DJ CEREZA ONLINE

Instagram @cereza.online

“I prepare my sets a little bit, but a lot of it is just like feeling out where the audience is at and where I’m at,” Violet says. “I think it is due to having a really supportive community where I can just go up and try something out and people will respond to it and be really supportive. So I think my confidence as a performer is relied on having those small venues.”

She’s a believer that any kind of venue can get a crowd grooving depending on the music, but she highlights fond memories of nights at Eden, where the small, basement-sized space lent itself to meeting other young queer people and artists.

“I remember just spending the whole evening cuddling on the couch with seven other trans women,” Violet says. “It just became the place where trans women go to sit on the couch together. And that is like something powerful that you don’t really get at a real venue, I think.”

Compared to parties at more mainstream spots, DIY venues don’t have to worry about dealing with club promoters or steep alcohol prices. But with that freedom comes the challenge of maintaining such a space.

“Doing a house venue is a freakin’ pain,” Violet says. “And so, I think if you want to have a very healthy DIY scene, you have to have people who are willing to like, support financially or with their labor, like keeping the spaces clean and, you know, keeping things organized and running. That’s the sort of work that supports the scene and it’s invisible.”

You can find a range of queer nightlife in Pittsburgh, from parties in packed basements to outdoor courtyards, but if there’s one throughline, it’s that having a supportive community is what

Violet moved from Washington, D.C. to Pittsburgh in 2020, attracted by online articles about the electronic-music scene at Hot Mass. Since then, she’s performed at DIY spots like The Deli, West Egg, and under the 40th St. Bridge, as well as with local college radio stations.

allows people to be themselves on the dancefloor.

“That’s how you incite a celebration, by making sure people feel safe and making sure that people feel comfortable,” says Icy Pisces. “You can’t shake your ass if you’re not comfortable.” •

“I REMEMBER JUST SPENDING THE WHOLE EVENING CUDDLING ON THE COUCH WITH SEVEN OTHER TRANS WOMEN. IT JUST BECAME THE PLACE WHERE TRANS WOMEN GO TO SIT ON THE COUCH TOGETHER. AND THAT IS LIKE SOMETHING POWERFUL THAT YOU DON’T REALLY GET AT A REAL VENUE ...”

MUSIC NOT QUITE PUNK

BY AUGUST STEPHENS // INFO@PGHCITYPAPER.COM

IT APPEARS THAT CROWDS who lean toward Blink-182, Turnstile, and Beach Goons have welcomed Destroy Boys into their music scene. For the first time since 2019, the Californiabased band returns to Pittsburgh on Sun., July 16 for a show at Preserving Underground in New Kensington, a music venue and record store specializing in alternative, hardcore and punk.

The band formed in 2015 while members Alexia Roditis and Vi Mayugba were in high school. Drummer Narsai Malik joined the band in 2018 and has played with them ever since. They signed with the Los Angeles-based label Hopeless Records in 2020, and have toured both internationally and nationally over the course of eight years.

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In true rock ‘n’ roll fashion, Destroy Boys arrives 10 minutes late to the afternoon interview because at least one of them had only just woken up. They bounce off each other’s energy as they speak with Pittsburgh City Paper

Over time, the group has noticed a difference in their crowds as headliners compared to their time as a supporting act.

“On this tour, for example, playing our own headline shows in between have really rejuvenated me in a way,” says Roditis. “Just remembering who we’re playing for is important. Besides myself we’re playing for really lovely people who want to scream our lyrics and have a fun time and mosh.”

Destroy Boys has been labeled as “alternative,” “riot-grrrl inspired,” and “punk” by media outlets, all genres they feel do not fully match their identity.

PHOTO: COURTESY OF DESTROY

“Melodic rock is the genre I tell people. Live, it may seem like we’re punk, but I don’t think we are punk because it does not seem musically accurate,” Roditis explains.

Even so, the band cites Pittsburgh punk/hardcore outfits Anti-Flag and Code Orange as having an impact on their music style and performance.

For an up-and-coming indie band, Destroy Boys has already seen its share of success over the years. Sorry. Mom, the 2016 album from Destroy Boys, produced “Duck Eat Duck World,” a track that later appeared on the soundtrack for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 . Their new single “Beg for the Torture” was released in April 2023 ahead of a summer tour that has already taken the band to several U.S. cities.

Destroy Boys has also garnered

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Kurt Vile and Courtney Barnett, Lotta Sea Lice

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The Guardian described this collaborative album — originally released in 2017 — as perfectly combining the “dreamy, drawling styles” of two great indie rockers.

James Hunter Six, Minute By Minute

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Fans of Van Morrison and Sam Cooke should nab this LP by British retro-soul singer James Hunter, who produced 12 original tracks with a brass-heavy backing band.

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attention for, as a 2021 interview with INTO puts it, tackling “queerness, identity and pain, all through a punk rock lens.” Roditis openly identifies as a queer, nonbinary person, and Mayugba has previously stated that the band’s name was “born out of bullying trauma” she experienced as a teen.

Because of this, Destroy Boys strives to provide fans with the angst, crowdsurfing, moshing, and socializing punk shows breed naturally without the toxic masculinity.

“I want them to be prepared to have a lot of fun. I want them to have shoes which will not fall off in the pit in case they decide to go in,” says Roditis. “I want them to open their ears and learn a little something and then get right back to working. Mostly I just want them to have a good fucking time in a comfortable space.” •

Sharon Van Etten, I Don’t Want To Let You Down and Are We There

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See why Sharon Van Etten has gained a reputation as one of the best singersongwriters working today with this 2014 studio album and 2015 EP.

Unknown Mortal Orchestra, II

(Jagjaguwar)

The psychedelic band led by Ruban Nielson released this appropriately titled second album, said to capture the turmoil of life on the road as a touring act.

PHOTO: COURTESY OF DESTROY BOYS Destroy Boys "Beg For The Torture"

“MELODIC ROCK IS THE GENRE I TELL PEOPLE. LIVE, IT MAY SEEM LIKE WE’RE PUNK, BUT I DON’T THINK WE ARE PUNK BECAUSE IT DOES NOT SEEM MUSICALLY ACCURATE.”

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THEATER BRADDOCK STAR

BY JORDANA ROSENFELD // INFO@PGHCITYPAPER.COM

REALTIME INTERVENTIONS continues its People of Pittsburgh Series with an original, interactive theater experience exploring the life and works of a remarkable Braddock resident.

The Constellationist, a live, biographical play-meets-variety show, illustrates the life of Pittsburgh-area resident Mary Carey, described in a press release as “a living ray of light and a cornerstone of the community of Braddock.” The production premieres Wed., July 12 at Attack Theatre Studios in Lawrenceville.

Sanford-Mark Barnes, a jazz trumpet player and member of the show’s

ensemble, is Carey’s neighbor, and sees her as a perfect subject for the series, which pays tribute to “extraordinary, ordinary Pittsburghers.”

THE CONSTELLATIONIST

Continues through Sun., July 16. Attack Theatre Studios. 212 45th St., Lawrenceville. $30, free for Braddock residents. realtimeinterventions.org

“Mary is the embodiment of what a neighbor and a community person is supposed to be here in Braddock,” says Barnes. “She knows the culture of Braddock, she knows the history of

Braddock, and she will do anything that she can to help everybody get to where they need to get to. This show is honoring her and bringing a legacy for her and her kids, grandkids, family members, to really get a perspective of how other people see Mary.”

Carey has, as her record proves, been a strong advocate for Braddock and its residents. She served as the art, culture, and information facilitator at the Braddock Carnegie Library for almost a decade, and supports operations of the Braddock Community Bread Oven, which hosts monthly pay-what-you-want community pizza nights. She also worked for

then-state representative Summer Lee. RealTime Interventions’ co-founders and artistic directors Molly Rice and Rusty Thelin moved to Pittsburgh in 2013, and launched People of Pittsburgh in 2022 with The Alchemist of Sharpsburg, a show about Candra, a “Hindu-practicing, black metal-listening game enthusiast with multigenerational roots” in the borough of Sharpsburg. Rice and Thelin say they created the People of Pittsburgh series to amplify the voices of overlooked communities.

“And what we mean by that is these are people that are not Pittsburghfamous. They are truly everyday people

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In order to reflect Carey’s focus on communities, the performance will include her actual neighbors, friends, and family members, who were directly involved in the process of the show.

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“Mary is a ‘we’ person,” Rice says. “When we approached her as the subject of our next People of Pittsburgh, Mary said, ‘You can write a play about me, but it has to include everybody.’

So we designed a creation process that includes everybody.”

People of Pittsburgh works to unite artists from different disciplines, and challenges them to collaborate on each show. Rice teamed up with Christine Bethea, a fiber artist, sculptor, and

newly-appointed member of the city of Pittsburgh’s Arts Commission, to helm the creation of The Constellationist. The show is written and conceived by Rice, who interviewed Carey and her friends and family to inform the performance. Thelin serves as the production’s director.

To tell Carey’s story through different disciplines, Rice created prompts to which ensemble members responded with short original compositions, including songs, jokes, trumpet solos, dance pieces, guitar compositions, stories, and even animated video storyboards. Rice then wove the compositions together with audio interviews into a “constellation” of moments from Mary’s life — as told by an entire community.

“We feel that everyone, if you look closely enough, is a work of art, and the way a unique human being is depicted should be as original as the person themselves,” says Thelin. •

“MARY IS A ‘WE’ PERSON. WHEN WE APPROACHED HER AS THE SUBJECT OF OUR NEXT PEOPLE OF PITTSBURGH, MARY SAID, ‘YOU CAN WRITE A PLAY ABOUT ME, BUT IT HAS TO INCLUDE EVERYBODY.’ SO WE DESIGNED A CREATION PROCESS THAT INCLUDES EVERYBODY.”

“NO FRICK’N WAY”

Neighbors oppose transforming former Irish Centre into high-end apartments

BY JAMIE WIGGAN // JAMIE@PGHCITYPAPER.COM

PLANS TO BUILD an eight-story apartment complex on the cusp of Frick Park have united nearby residents in fierce opposition.

Billed as the Frick Park Friends, a collective of disgruntled neighbors cite environmental, safety, and aesthetic concerns with the 160-unit structure proposed to replace the former Irish Centre of Pittsburgh in Squirrel Hill South near its border with Swisshelm Park. As of late June, the group said they’ve collected more than 1,700 signatures opposing the development.

But with a zoning board hearing slated for next month, the group is gearing up for a tough face-off with Toronto-based

Craft Development Corporation and its local supporters.

“I believe the next month is going to be a propaganda arms race,” Sean Crist, a Frick Park Friends supporter, tells Pittsburgh City Paper.

For the proposal to move ahead, Craft must obtain multiple variances from the city. The horseshoe-shaped parcel where the building currently stands is zoned as park space, which prohibits residential developments or the construction of any building taller than 40 feet.

On June 27, East End Brewing hosted Frick Park Friends and Upstream PGH for a community listening session where the groups met with residents to persuade

them of their concerns.

Among them, Christina Cerkevich says she moved to Swisshelm Park around 2014 after several years in Nashville. While living in Tennessee’s state capital, she says she witnessed housing prices soar as its population surged and homebuilders constructed frantically.

“I see this as the start of that here,” Cerkevich says of the Irish Centre proposal.

Others are concerned by environmental and traffic safety considerations. The property looms over Nine Mile Run in an area prone to flooding and landslides. The only access comes via Forward

Avenue, which forms a sharp loop as it joins with Commercial Street in front of the existing building.

“My concern is that someone will get hurt if they build this,” Sarah Bartholomew-Fisher of Swisshelm Park tells City Paper Bartholomew-Fisher also points to nearby developments, including Walnut Tower and Summerset townhouse development, where landslides have occurred after construction.

For many, though, the biggest consideration is the aesthetic impact of constructing a large apartment block on the edge of a park.

“It’s like putting a big apartment

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building in the middle of Yellowstone,” Vicki Yann, a lifelong Swisshelm Park resident tells CP

Representing Craft, attorney Ray Baum argues many of the groups’ concerns are misguided. He notes there are environmental and traffic issues with the site, but argues these can only be remedied if a developer steps in and takes ownership.

“It’s a bad situation now, but it needs to be improved regardless,” Baum tells CP. “So I don’t think it will be improved unless this goes ahead.”

Baum says the apartment complex will include green roofs and underground storage tanks that would mitigate runoff into the creek during intense rainfall. He says his client has also offered to fund traffic improvements, and points to a preliminary traffic report stating the development would not “materially” add to the surrounding traffic issues.

Ultimately, these issues will be put to the Zoning Board of Appeals. A hearing had initially been set for July, however, Baum says his client is working to secure the support of the Squirrel Hill Urban Coalition beforehand, so requested a delay. Coalition members met earlier this week and agreed to support two of the three variance requests, but withheld support for a variance concerning building density.

While the majority of local sentiment leans against the development, the resistance is not unanimous. David Vatz, a Squirrel Hill resident and founder of ProHousing Pittsburgh, says even though the apartments are not billed as affordable, generating more housing within city limits will help dampen housing costs by adding to the supply. He also says dense urban housing creates much lower environmental costs than single family built homes further out.

“If you don’t build it in the city, it will just get built in the exurbs, where the carbon footprint will be higher,” Vatz tells CP

Vatz describes Pro-Housing Pittsburgh as a “grassroots” affiliation united around a belief that more housing is crucial to keeping markets in check.

“All of the studies that have come of this essentially say the same thing: If you don’t build more housing, prices are coming up,” Vatz says.

Although the developers say scaling down the project would make it financially unviable, many of those objecting to the development say they would welcome a more modest residential structure at the Irish Centre site.

“We are not NIMBYS,” Terri Devereaux tells CP . We are not anti-development, whenever it’s ethically, legally, and environmentally sound.” •

SEVEN DAYS IN PITTSBURGH

BY CP STAFF

THU., JULY 13

MUSIC • NORTH SIDE

Solar Concert Series with Jason Gamble & Nashwan Asef Abdullah. 12:15 p.m. Buhl Community Park. Allegheny Square, North Side. Free. pittsburghkids.org/ solarconcertseries

ART • SOUTH SIDE

Associated Artists of Pittsburgh New Member Exhibition 2-7 p.m. Continues through Sept. 9. Brew House Association Gallery. 711 South 21st St., South Side. Free. brewhousearts.org

MUSIC • DOWNTOWN

Pittsburgh Black Music Festival. 4 p.m. Continues through Sat., July 15. Point State Park and Market Square, Downtown. Free. facebook.com/PghBlackMusicFest

FILM • EAST LIBERTY

Be there for the premiere of It’s In You, a new short film series produced and directed by Jibril Washington. Unfolding over three segments, It’s In You looks at three Black Pittsburgh creatives and athletes, sharing “unscripted stories about overcoming adversity, finding inner peace, and daydreaming about their destinies no matter what the world might have told them they should be.” The event takes place at Social Status and includes a panel discussion. 6:30 p.m. 5929 Penn Ave., East Liberty. Free. Registration required. linktr.ee/theIntrinsicmedia

FRI., JULY 14

MUSIC • NORTH SIDE

The Deutschtown Music Festival has found new life as the Northside Music Festival, and will soon take over a number of venues for a multi-day event. See 65 bands performing live throughout the North Side, including at The Government Center, Allegheny City Brewing, and other spaces. Visitors can also expect art vendors, family-friendly activities, and more than 30 food trucks. 5 p.m. Continues through Sun., July 16. Multiple locations, North Side. Free. northsidemusicfestival.com

MUSIC • LAWRENCEVILLE

Black Lotus Pizza Third Anniversary with Doomdrome, ThisGuise, and Luke Ferdinand 7 p.m. Black Lotus Pizza. 4065 Penn Ave., Lawrenceville. Free. instagram.com/blacklotuspizza

FILM • DOWNTOWN Moon Garden. 7:30 p.m. Continues through Wed., July 19. Harris Theater. 809 Liberty Ave., Downtown. $11. trustarts.org

DANCE • NORTH SIDE

Smooth Moves by Texture Contemporary Ballet 8 p.m. Continues through Sun., July 16. New Hazlett Theater. Six Allegheny Square East, North Side. $24-34. textureballet.org

COMEDY • STRIP DISTRICT

The Rudick Siblings 8 p.m. Doors at 6:30 p.m. City Winery. 1627 Smallman St., Strip District. $30-32. pittsburgh.citywinery.com

SAT., JULY 15

PODCAST • ALLENTOWN

Doug Loves Movies. 4:20 p.m. Bottlerocket Social Hall. 1226 Arlington Ave., Allentown. $30. bottlerocketpgh.com

FILM • LAWRENCEVILLE

Evil Dead and Evil Dead II Double Feature 8 p.m. Row House Cinema. 4115 Butler St., Lawrenceville. $25. rowhousecinema.com

DRAG • NORTH SIDE

Hot Metal Hardware presents Welcome to Barbi-land! 7:30 p.m. Continues through Mon., July 17. QMNTY Center. 525 East Ohio St., North Side. $15. 18 and over. facebook.com/ HotMetalHardwarePgh/events

THEATER • MCKEES ROCKS

Gemini Children’s Theatre to an “evening of story-telling and music from the perspective of a young trans woman.”

TRANSlation: one young trans woman’s experience spotlights

transgender woman described as a jazz singer, a drag queen, an actress, and “a force.” The performance also serves as a fundraiser to support Esai’s upcoming gender-affirming procedure. 8 p.m. 420 Chartiers Avenue, Mckees Rocks. $20. Additional donations will also be accepted. geminitheater.org

CONVENTION • WEST VIEW

The Pittsburgh Record Convention Summer Show. 8 a.m. West View Banquet Hall. 398 Perry Highway, West View. $10. facebook. com/ThePittsburghRecordCdConvention

SUN., JULY 16

TOUR • HAZELWOOD

Doors Open presents Historic Hazelwood: A Tour of Pittsburgh’s “Melting Pot” 10 a.m. Mill 19. 4501 Lytle St., Hazelwood. $20. doorsopenpgh.org

PHOTO: COURTESY OF INTRINSIC MEDIA It’s In You at Social Status

PHOTO: COURTESY OF DOORS OPEN PITTSBURGH Historic Hazelwood: A Tour of Pittsburgh’s “Melting Pot”

MARKET • STRIP DISTRICT

Summerlands Street Market closes down 26th Street for the enjoyment of Pittsburghers. Presented at the Cinderlands Warehouse, the family-friendly event offers vendors selling art, candles, clothes, and food, as well as photo opportunities and live music. There is also cornhole and beer pong for the adults in the crowd, and a summer feast with burgers, corn on the cob, hot dogs, and pasta salad. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. 2601 Smallman St., Strip District. Free. cinderlands.com

MON., JULY 17

THEATER • DOWNTOWN

Playtime Live: The Station. 7 p.m. O’Reilly Theater. 621 Penn Ave., Downtown. Free. ppt.org

LIT • NORTH SIDE

Exploring Poetry’s Geographies with Katherine Hedeen, Zoë Skoulding, Victor Rodrigues Núñez, and Michelle Gil-Montero. 7 p.m. City of Asylum.

40 W. North Ave., North Side. Free. Registration required. Livestream available. cityofasylum.org

TUE., JULY

18

CAR SHOW • HOMESTEAD

Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix — Waterfront Car Show. 4 p.m. The Waterfront. 560 East Waterfront Drive, Homestead. $10 donation at the door. pvgp.org

MUSIC • LAWRENCEVILLE

Soul Glo with MSPAINT, JIVEBOMB, and Hormone 7 p.m. Thunderbird Music Hall. 4053 Butler St., Lawrenceville. $20. 18 and over. thunderbirdmusichall.com

WED., JULY 19

MUSIC • OAKLAND

Jazz in the Garden. 6-8:30 p.m. Phipps Conservatory. One Schenley Park, Oakland. $30-35. phipps.conservatory.org

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Texture Ballet at New Hazlett Theater

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A FEW SHORT

BY BRENDAN EMMETT QUIGLEY // BRENDANEMMETTQUIGLEY.COM

ACROSS

1.  Gentle touches

5.  What’s for dinner?

9.  Digital screen standard with a

4:3 aspect ratio

13.  Toledo’s lake

14.  Siren’s call

15.  To read, in Tours

16.  One-tenth of a polo field

17.  Israel’s national airline

18.  “When you put it that way ...”

19.  A few ___ short of a ___

22.  One writing

lofty verses

23.  Snap up

24.  Rubber-stamps

26.  Jazz Masters

Fellowships sponsor

27.  Ocean current

30.  Cyrus the Great’s realm

32.  It might be up a creek 34.  Thingamabob 35.  A few ___ short of a ___ 39.  With it 40.  One selecting health and 401k plans, say 41.  Forever and ever 44.  Cranny 45.  Modern-day guide, for short 48.  It can help you

get out of a rut

49.  Snack

51.  Fish taco topping

53.  A few ___ short of a ___

57.  Actress Parrilla

58.  Turning point

59.  Publication with the slogan “Cure Ignorance”

60.  Does the math

61.  Free-for-all

62.  Superfan that was added to the OED in 2018

63.  “We’ll fix it in ___”

64.  Administers of lethal injections in Greco-Roman times

65.  Like lemons and limes

DOWN

1.  Priest’s subordinate

2.  Play room?

3.  Mexican goat stew

4.  Some of the “everything” on an “everything bagel”

5.  Musical staff symbol

6.  “Only Murders In the Building” streamer

7.  Sonicare rival

10. The Simpsons character in a leisure suit

11.  People who might perform “Hamlet” in Klingon, probably

12.  Middle of a river?

20.  Environmentalist’s bugaboo at takeout

21.  Food coloring

25. The Idol cocreator Levinson

28.  Overnight stop in the country

29.  Five-star

31.  Bibimbap base

32.  Drink with free refills, sometimes

33.  Vaping device

35.  Pikes Peak spot

36.  Problem for turbines

LAST WEEK’S ANSWERS