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Anthony “Mo” Rabinovitz, owner of Curated Flame

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HEN CURATING THE SNACK SELECTION at his smoke shop, Anthony “Mo” Rabinovitz looks far and wide.

He’s driven all the way to Bethel Park to get Fried Pickle with Ranch-flavored Lay’s, and specially ordered a blue Fanta flavor called Shokata from Eastern Europe. There’s Halloween-themed Cap’n Crunch that turns milk green, and a brand of chips called Rap Snacks (there are, deservedly, two flavors dedicated to Cardi B).

“I just thought it would be a really cool thing to add, and it’s also fun as hell doing it,” says Rabinovitz about his snack selection.

“Fun as hell” is mostly the vibe Rabinovitz is going for at his shop, Curated Flame, which opened in Millvale in July.

The shop is bright and welcoming, with large windows that give ample natural light and colorful murals from local artists covering the walls.

One painting behind the register, an image of a gnarled Bart Simpson, was done by pop artist Matt Gondek. Local tattoo artist L. Hammel (also known by their Instagram handle @MathGoth) painted a kind of stoner grim reaper on one door, which is also printed and sold on sweatshirts in the shop. On another wall, local painter Jerome “Chu” Charles painted a bong filled with flowers, which Rabinovitz also gives away as stickers.

Rabinovitz has future plans to collaborate with local artists on unique and limited-run clothing, as well as designing some of his own, like a “marinorah” shirt for Hanukkah, of which there will only be nine, to mark the nine candles on a menorah.

While many smoke shops focus on vaping, Curated Flame specializes in glassware and accessories for people who use CBD, tobacco, marijuana, medical marijuana, and other herbs.

Data suggests that white and Black Americans use tobacco and marijuana with roughly the same frequency, but ownerships of smoke and vape shops, as well as dispensaries, don’t reflect that. And neither do the inside of the shops, which can feel unwelcoming to people who aren’t white men, or who are new to using marijuana, CBD, or other substances. The stereotype of a stoner is usually a white man, wearing tie-dye, and maybe sporting unkempt hair. But the reality of people who want to patronize smoke shops is far ranging, and includes people of color, women, queer people, patients treating illness with medical marijuana, and people buying CBD treats for their dogs who are scared of thunderstorms. Curated Flame aims to cater to all these demographics, and everyone in between.

Before opening his own shop, Rabinovitz ran a successful online business selling pre-rolled cones (ready-to-fill joints) in floral, rainbow, leopard print, and other colorful patterns. He also worked at another smoke shop but wanted the freedom and creativity of having his own, creating a space that, in addition to selling bongs made out of vintage liquor bottles, highlighted local artists. He wanted a space that felt more welcoming than many smoke shops, which are often dark, intimidating, and not especially welcoming to all types of people.

“Most of the people that own smoke shops, they think that the ‘stoner’ customer base is the quintessential archetype, but that’s not true,” says Rabinovitz. “It’s just not like the normal poncho, long-haired, white boy. It’s more than that now. That’s what my hypothesis was and now my customer base has just been super diverse.”

He says that in the short time Curated Flame has been open, he’s already had more women, specifically Black women come into his shop than he did the entire two years he worked at another smoke shop.

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“Typically Black people aren’t going to glass shops that often, so it’s just amazing to see this, that people are liking my shit, and there’s people that feel comfortable enough to come in here,” says Rabinovitz. “And I want people to feel comfortable.”

Part of the diverse boost in his business came from being featured on @BlackOwned.PGH, an Instagram account created in May by college student Kyley Coleman to highlight Black-owned businesses in the Pittsburgh area. The account posted about Curated Flame at the end of July, and Rabinovitz says even in October, he is still getting customers who say they heard about his business from the Instagram post. He says he can think of one other smoke shop in the city that might be Black-owned and doesn’t know of any that are owned by Black women.

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yet legal in Pennsylvania, Gov. Tom Wolf has pushed its legalization as an economic aid during the pandemic downturn, and local politicians like State Rep. Jake Wheatley (D-Hill District) have pushed for its passage. But in states where it has been widely legalized, the industry is still overwhelmingly white-dominated. In 2016, a Buzzfeed investigation found that about 1% of marijuana dispensaries in the country are Black-owned.

marijuan is legalIf recreational marijuana ized in Pennsylvania, Rabinovitz said it would increase his business as far as selling paraphernalia and merch.

(Current Pa. law states that dry flower can only be purchased by medical marijuana patients for vaporization, not smoking, for example.) But Rabinovitz says he likely wouldn’t be able to actually sell marijuana out of his shop the way he currently does with CBD, which is legal in

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all 50 states. For one, getting a license to sell marijuana is typically expensive. “[It could be] hundreds of thousands of dollars for a license, minimum, and I just feel like it’s gonna be a bunch of rich white people who can afford that and who are gonna buy up all the licenses,” says Rabinovitz. “A young Black guy is probably not gonna get one.”

But for now, Curated Flame is a comfortable spot for people who might not feel comfortable at a typical smoke shop, especially with medical marijuana bringing in new users from all ages and walks of life. Rabinovitz says he’s helped people who come straight from a dispensary, including some people who actually work at the dispensaries.

“Every time that I went in the smoke shops when I was younger, I felt uncomfortable. I felt stupid for asking questions,” he says. “And I don’t want anyone to ever feel like that.”

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protesters gathered in Downtown Pittsburgh to protest the confirmation of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. The organizers are part of Sunrise Pittsburgh, the local hub of a nationwide youth activism group focused on environmental and social justice.

Elise Silvestri, 15, led the protest as her peers stood behind her holding signs and banners reading, “No Confirmation Before Inauguration” and “Let the People Decide.” The event was staged outside the offices of U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Lehigh), who has already signaled support for Barrett’s hearing, despite opposing a hearing to fill a court vacancy in 2016, when Barack Obama was president.

As Silvestri puts it, the group wanted to call out Toomey’s hypocrisy in pushing for Barrett’s hearings, which started earlier that day, instead of prioritizing the process of the “economic relief Americans really need in COVID.” “I really just find it disgusting that Toomey is going forward with this,” says Silvestri.

Sunrise Pittsburgh is part of the Sunrise Movement, a nationwide initiative originally founded as a way to engage young citizens and combat climate change by endorsing candidates who support the Green New Deal. Though the group is usually focused on environmental advocacy, Silvestri says the Sunrise mission has grown beyond emphasizing the urgent need to address climate change to encompass social

justice movements, such as the Black Lives Matter movement.

Monday’s protest touched on anxieties the young attendees have about the court potentially destroying protections for LGBTQ people and women’s reproductive rights, if Barrett were to be seated.

Sunrise Pittsburgh member Dylan Shapiro, an 11th grader at the Pittsburgh Barack Obama Academy of International Studies, also spoke about worries that Barrett’s confirmation would put his rights as a bisexual man at risk, particularly when it comes to marriage.

Barrett, a federal appellate judge and Notre Dame law professor, signed a letter in 2015 addressed to Catholic bishops that included a statement reading that “marriage and family founded on the indissoluble commitment of a man and a woman.” The U.S. Supreme Court will likely hear an important LGBTQ case shortly after the election involving the rights of LGBTQ people to adopt.

Concerning reproductive rights, Barrett added her name to an ad that appeared in the South Bend Tribune. The ad from the group Saint Joseph County Right to Life advocated for the “an end to the barbaric legacy of Roe v. Wade and restore laws that protect the lives of unborn children.” Roe v. Wade is the landmark 1973 court decision that says the U.S. Constitution protects a woman’s right to have an abortion without excessive government restriction.

If Barrett were to be confirmed, the court would have a strong conservative majority of 6-3.

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ENNSYLVANIA STATE TREASURER Joe Torsella has a pitch for the Keystone State. Well, two pitches. The Democratic incumbent treasurer from Montgomery County is running for re-election this year, so he obviously is asking Pennsylvanians for their vote. But he also understands how dysfunctional Congress has been, and how that is mirrored on the state level in Harrisburg.

With that in mind, Torsella’s other pitch is simple: pay attention to the state row offices like Treasurer, Attorney General, and Auditor General, and not just during election years. They can accomplish a lot for Pennsylvanians.

“I’m trying to make an argument as dysfunctional as Washington is, and even the dysfunction that state capitals have, you can still get a lot more done,” says Torsella.

Last year, Torsella’s office sued several large financial firms for allegedly inflating bonds prices, and the companies settled with a payment of nearly $400 million to Pennsylvania. He also celebrated the creation of a statewide baby bond program, which he championed. Beyond state reforms, Torsella has also taken to using the state shares he manages to pressure large pharmaceutical companies to lower their COVID-treatment drug prices, and led a group of state treasurers in calling for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to resign as board chair of the tech giant.

All of these initiatives trace back to Torsella’s belief in the positive power of government. In an era where most politicians campaign on just how antipolitician, anti-establishment they are, Torsella is trying to instead restore trust in large, governmentrun institutions that are often the only things that can effectively fight corporations, combat economic inequality, and root out complex corruption.

“That is part of the reason the integrity issue is important to me,” says Torsella. “That is only something that large institutions can do.”

When Torsella was first running for state treasurer in 2016, he knew the office had a lot of power, but was mostly focused on bringing back some normalcy.

Since the 1980s, three state treasurers have faced criminal indictments involving bribes and/or illegal campaign contributions.

“It can have a powerful purpose if someone has the right lens,” says Torsella. “You are the guardian of the literal two-word common wealth of the one-word commonwealth. But, I did not think about this when I was running. At some point along the way, I thought, ‘I can use their wealth to protect their interests,’ and I got more assertive about that.”

Torsella grew up in Berwick Borough in Columbia County in Northeastern Pennsylvania. He studied economics and history at the University of Pennsylvania, and then studied American history

as a Rhodes Scholar in the U.K. Upon returning, he started his career in politics by serving as a deputy mayor under then Philadelphia Mayor Ed Rendell.

As part of the Rendell administration, Torsella described the city’s financial turnaround as “taking control of the government and restructuring it for effectiveness,” according to Buzz Bissinger’s book A Prayer for the City.

After working under Rendell, Torsella ran the National Constitution Center, a nonprofit dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding of the U.S. Constitution. In 2011, he was confirmed to serve as the U.S. Representative to the United Nations as an Ambassador, after being nominated by then President Barack Obama.

It’s easy to see why Torsella is bullish on selling government and large institutions as a force for good. And this feeling has only intensified as he has watched many Pennsylvania communities deteriorate over the years. For example, Torsella speaks positively about his childhood in Berwick. But the borough has been losing population since the 1960s, and its current poverty rate is around 20%.

Berwick’s story is like many former industrial and prosperous Pennsylvania towns and is currently struggling to regain its former glory. This kind of decline can lead to community ties breaking, and trust in institutions faltering.

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“One of my most strongly held beliefs, and a lot of what is really ailing us now, is a deterioration in all the ties of community,” says Torsella. “So many different forces have severed us one from another, people are just at sea, the economic hardships become the driver.”

He says this goal of rebuilding a sense of community is what guides his decision-making in watching over the commonwealth’s money.

Last December, 13 large financial firms agreed to settle with Pennsylvania after Torsella sued them for accusations of inflating the price of bonds issued

by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. He won, bringing the total amount paid by financial firms accused of price-fixing of bonds issued by government-controlled companies to $386 million.

“The government bonds case is huge,” says Torsella. “I have been told by people that watch this stuff more, they have never seen an outcome that happened that quickly.”

Torsella is also proud of the creation of Keystone Scholars, which provides a $100 investment to all children born or adopted in Pennsylvania, and that money can be used for expenses associated with most trade schools, vocational programs, community college, and universities.

And Torsella has also made efforts to use Pennsylvania’s purse as a bully pulpit.

The state invests more than $33 billion on behalf of state taxpayers, and as such, owns a significant amount of shares in some influential companies.

Last year, Torsella’s office sought to use those shares to speak at the Facebook board meeting and led a call, with five other state treasurers, for CEO Mark Zuckerberg to remove himself as chair.

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“It’s about standing up when we think Pennsylvanians are being taken advantage of,” Torsella told Pittsburgh City Paper in 2019. “We use the power of the purse when we can.”

More recently, Torsella is pressuring pharmaceutical giant Gilead to lower the cost of its COVID-treatment drug, remdesivir. The drug, which received about $70 million in U.S. government funds during development, costs patients between $2,300-3,100 for treatment.

According to the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review, remdesivir only costs approximately $1 per vital to produce.

“There are other tools we are going to use,” says Torsella of these moves to use shares to pressure large companies.

Torsella says he is just trying to stick to advice his wife Carolyn gave him about his career. She told him, “Work where you are planted, and not wishing you were someone else.”

“Linear plans seem to work out pretty badly,” says Torsella. “For a lot of people who had the ABCDEF plan, it blinds you to the opportunities you have.”

However, his general election opponent, Republican Stacy Garrity, has criticized Torsella for looking to the future and not the present. Torsella’s name has been floated for a potential bid for higher office in 2022, like U.S. Senate or governor, especially after U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Lehigh) announced he would not seek re-election or run for governor.

“Joe Torsella is welcome to run for whatever position he wants, but he should be open and honest with Pennsylvania voters,” said Garrity in a statement on Oct. 5. “He should commit to fulfilling his term as a state treasurer if he wins, or he shouldn’t run at all.”

Torsella defends himself against these kinds of attacks, which are fairly typical for people holding Pennsylvania row offices. But he isn’t exactly shutting the door on another run for a larger office.

“People tend not to believe this, but I ran for this office because I want to hold this office. I am running for this office now because I want to hold this office,” he says. “Having said all that, I love public service, and if there is an opportunity, I am gonna think about the place with the most impact. Right now, that is treasurer.”

Other candidates for state treasurer this year include Timothy Runkle of the Green Party and Joseph Soloski of the Libertarian Party.

In the end, Torsella falls back on his education in American history as motivation to drive his desire to rebuild public institutions.

“The founders used to talk about the ‘British Constitution’ as a major issue.

What they meant by that word was a set of norms and institutions, not an actual document,” says Torsella. “The norms and institutions that you have to have for a functioning republic. We need norms and culture to back up those documents.”

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BREAKING BREAD The lessons Take a Negro to Lunch day brings to the modern day Black Lives Matter movement

BY TERENEH IDIA // CPCONTRIBUTORS@PGHCITYPAPER.COM

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EFORE BRING YOUR Daughter to Work day, there was an annual Take a Negro to Lunch day. What is unclear to me is if the proposed luncheon was connected to National Brotherhood (!) Week, both events tokenized toleranceapaloozas. It’s easy to look back and cringe, laugh, and shake our 21st-century, very woke AF heads.

However, the idea of Take a Negro to Lunch is so very timely in this era of commodified Black Lives Matter messaging; motivated by the desire to appear down, if not committed to real equity and justice, but well-meaning, trying.

Well meaning and trying.

The idea of Take a Negro to Lunch is steeped in a long standing and still practiced process of vetting the right kind of Black person. I first returned to Pittsburgh in 2002 to work for a local nonprofit public policy organization; by 2003, I knew I was not the Right Kind of Black Person, so I was on my way to Kenya in 2004.

There is usually only one of these lucky (?) Black people per table, organization, room. OK, maybe three, tops.

Now, if you just paused to count the Black people on your company’s Zoom call, you are proving my point. Even if the number is higher than three, equitable representation is rare or nonexistent in Pittsburgh. A recent study on “occupational segregation” by the University of Pittsburgh’s University Center for Social and Urban Research shows the lack of representation of African American people across professions in our region.

The 2020 BLM version of this luncheon is to move beyond the individual and look to support, uplift, center, and focus on Black-led organizations and companies. This is the well-meaning and trying part, which is important, necessary, and overdue. Please continue.

But what happens all too often is that the same Black entities get picked.

Again and again.

Information is gathered on what

YOU ARE NOT INVITING A BLACK PERSON TO YOUR TABLE, YOU’RE LEARNING HOW TO EARN A PLACE AND INVITATION INTO A BLACK SPACE. is the Right Kind of Black Organization from the same articles, posts, and segments circulated among white folks from white-led, white-legacy media.

What is left out is the due diligence of actually creating and connecting with the Black community. For a quick fix, to appear to be doing something, anything for racial justice, too many white organizations are just cutting and pasting what someone else has done.

Because of the deep segregation of the Pittsburgh region, white-led organizations do not really know who to call to ask, “Who do we partner with, support?”

Because these white-legacy organizations have no practice in racial equity and justice, they often turn to tokenism, the most distributed, discussed, and applied model for racial “equity“ to date.

BLM-washing, similar to green washing in the environmental movement, where “sustainability” has long been co-opted,

the current anti-racism work is benefiting a few wonderful and worthy organizations. To be clear, they deserve every dollar they are receiving and more. But what about real distribution of power, resources, and access?

The summer of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor inspired many whiteled, white-legacy organizations to do much-needed soul searching. But this process of becoming an equitable and just city, region, and country will take real effort. Creating relationships with Black Pittsburgh in all its complexity, contractions, multiplicity, legacy, and beauty takes openness, honesty of goals, and “put your elbows” in work.

There is no easy road to these connections, not here in Pittsburgh, especially not here, where honest conversations about racial disparity is met with gaslighting on a regular basis. Where social media posts on “Another List About How

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Great Pittsburgh Is To Live” is shared more often than real talk about how much work needs to be done for this to be true for all of us.

Just as COVID-19 has shown the fragility of “women in the workplace” despite decades of Taking Your Daughters to Work, similar tokenism like a onetime or even cyclical BLM partnership is not enough.

To begin the real work of equity and justice, “Lunch” would include going to the local market, buying the ingredients together, listening and learning the meaning of each one. Sitting together, watching the meal being prepared, and maybe, if invited, helping in its preparation. You are not inviting a Black person to your table, you’re learning how to earn a place and invitation into a Black space. Be worthy, be honest, be open, be prepared to fail and succeed, for the long haul, for more than a day, a week, or a year.

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TAKEOUT REVIEW: HOTBOX BY WIZ

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ITTSBURGH-NATIVE RAPPER Wiz Khalifa has joined the ranks of celebrity restaurant owners with the launch of his national deliveryonly chain, HotBox, in Los Angeles, San Diego, Chicago, Denver, Houston, New York City, and of course, the Steel City.

The HotBox menu, labeled as a “topshelf munchie menu” and curated by the rapper, dropped in his hometown of Pittsburgh on Oct. 1. For the most part, dishes were what I expected — fried — aside from a somewhat unexpected list of healthy eats that included blackened salmon and grilled chicken.

I chose to stay away from the healthy side of the menu, instead going for fried mac ’n cheese bites crusted with Hot Cheetos, tangy Buffalo wings, a fried chicken sandwich, “Blazed Ends,”

and a dark chocolate brownie.

The prices were a bit outrageous. I’m used to getting my mac ’n cheese bites from Sheetz for around $3. The HotBox iteration, almost neon-red from the Cheetos, ran for $8. Wings went for $13, and a fried chicken sandwich and Blazed Ends cost about $15. But the real kicker was my brownie: a drizzle of hot fudge was $2 extra.

Price aside, the flavors were just fine. Everything fell in the category of mediocre bar food, something I wouldn’t normally have delivered to my house, but would be satisfied with at my neighborhood pub.

I expected a kick of spice from the Hot Cheetos mac bites, but it was barely detectable. The bites, however, were good. Inside, the mac ’n cheese — made

with big noodles — was still cheesy and creamy; the outer crust crunched with every bite.

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The wings were average at best, sporting very dry meat and a lackluster sauce. Khalifa’s Blazed OG Fried Chicken Sandwich followed in dryness, but, matched with cheddar cheese (another $2 upcharge), honey mustard, and pickles, was given new life. It was surprisingly good, save for the chicken patty.

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credited that to the fatty brisket — with a nice, crispy edge. My small cup of meat squares was drowned in a sticky, sweet barbeque sauce, which, if too much was added on one bite, made my mouth pucker.

Aside from some disappointments with my main dishes, I would have called HotBox pretty decent. But then, I bit into the brownie.

It was terrible. The edges were crispy in the way that brownies crunch after they’ve been left out on the counter for three days. All of the chocolate flavor was fake, leaving an aftertaste that I can only hope was an accident.

While I understand the relevancy of a delivery-only, ghost-kitchen restaurant concept in the current times, HotBox was a huge letdown.

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OCAL ARTIST AND DESIGNER Darrin Milliner

often takes on advertising and American consumerism in his digital collage work, which combines vintage imagery with cheeky messages like, “For A Healthy Start to Your Day, Eat the Rich!”

This month, Milliner, a Beaver County native who has shown his work in Pittsburgh and beyond, will emerge from the doldrums of the pandemic with Interlude, a new show at CDCP Project Space in Wilkinsburg. Even more, he wants to make it worth the trip for audiences still unsure about venturing out.

“I don’t want to give too much away, but from

the moment you walk in, it will be an audio visual experience as you move through the gallery,” says Milliner, adding that he wanted to create a unique semi-interactive experience to complement the 20 or so artworks hanging on the walls.

On display Oct. 17-31, Interlude is the result of a weeks-long artist residency launched by CDCP Project Space as a way to provide more opportunities for Pittsburgh artists.

“We identify people who we think their work is really strong and give them a couple weeks to play in the space with [the] goal of an exhibition

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at the end of the residency,” says CDCP Project Space founder Casey Droege. (CDCP stands for Casey Droege Cultural Productions.) Interlude is the second show to go up in CDCP Project Space since the gallery and shop reopened in late August, months after it closed on March 15 to comply with the COVID-19 shutdown.

The residency allowed Milliner, the second participant in the program, to embark on his first solo show. The first resident was street artist Jerome “Chu” Charles.

Droege, who heads the artist-run, woman-owned business CPCP has previously worked with Milliner, who has sold limited-edition prints through the CDCP CSA PGH program and the arts retail space, Small Mall. What attracts her to his work is the way he uses “retro ad language” to create these “really political pieces” that are still subtle.

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“He’s got a great sense of humor, and he addresses some really big issues with great finesse,” says Droege. “He’s really smooth with the way that he deals with this material and this subject matter.”

Milliner says his work is influenced by subvertising, a satirical artistic style known for spoofing corporate or political ads, and often reworks iconic brand logos to comment on issues ranging from industrial pollution to the exploitation of workers.

On his website called “Social Living,” Milliner displays and sells work that distorts the smiling, white, impeccably dressed figures familiar in ads of the 1950s and 1960s. He sometimes juxtaposes these with darker images; in one collage, Living In Your Shelter World, sunny depictions of white domesticity clash with a clipping of Ku Klux Klan members burning a cross. Milliner, who is Black, calls out the underlying racism of white-only ads, which for decades have been the standard in American marketing.

For Interlude, Milliner says he wanted to create an experience that will “spark some change or thought.”

“I really wanted to push my limits on what I can create,” he adds.

Milliner has also branched out beyond collage art with digital paintings, one of which will serve as a fundraising tool for a local organization. Over the

“HE’S GOT A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR, AND HE ADDRESSES SOME REALLY BIG ISSUES WITH GREAT FINESSE.” course of the exhibition, visitors can purchase limited-edition prints of his work Not my Sunshine for $45. Proceeds from the print sales will go to the Wilkinsburg Youth Project, a nonprofit that provides

work readiness training and other services to local youth with the mission of creating positive change in the borough.

Encouraging people to purchase art by offering pieces like Not my Sunshine at affordable prices remains a large part of CDCP’s mission.

“The whole business is about building an arts economy, and a big piece of that puzzle is figuring out ways to get people to buy artists’ work or hire artists,” says Droege, who adds that they identify artists who are reliable or easy to work with and find ways for them to sell or show their work. “It’s a little bit more of a professional development opportunity for the artists.”

This approach includes the artist residency, which will continue in the late-winter and early spring with Jessica Alpern Brown. CDCP Project Space will also present another exhibition in November featuring work by CDCP project manager, Nicole Czapinski, and Baltimore-based artist, Alex Ebstein.

For now, Interlude will serve as a bit of a return to normal with some restrictions in place. To accommodate the limited capacity necessary for social distancing, visitors must sign up for a time slot before coming to the gallery.

Face masks will also be required.

“I’m hoping that people will be excited enough about the work to take the time to check it out,” says Droege.

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FRI., OCT. 16 (IRL) THE LIVING STREET. 7:30 p.m. Blind Pig Saloon, 1100 Seventh St., New Kensington. $5. facebook.com/thelivingstreetmusic

Before it gets too cold, join Pittsburgh folk-rock duo The Living Street for another night of their soothing tunes performed on the Blind Pig Saloon’s patio.

SAT., OCT. 17 (IRL) HOUSE OF WAX. 2-9 p.m.

Spring Hill Brewing, 1958 Varley St., Spring Garden. Free. facebook.com/springhillbrewing

Hues, is both introspective and booming.

His auto-tuned vocals are evocative of mumble rap, and his lyrics touch on personal image, faith, and more.

Plus, each song on the project is named after a color.

TUE., OCT. 20 (MUSIC TO STREAM) CREEP. creep3.bandcamp.com For the first time ever, all three records from Pittsburgh ’90s rockpunk band Creep are available for download. “A VERY special thanks to Bill Domiano and Matt Ferrante for getting those tunes out into [the] big ole’ internet world and keeping them alive,” reads a Facebook post announcement.

“All proceeds now through the end of October will be donated to Rock For Life charities.”

Join DJ Poptone and DJ Allsortz as they use Halloween songs, soul, funk, punk, and more to “conjure up an unholy symphony of ghastly grooves and terrifying tunes” during Spring Hill Brewing’s House of Wax. Along with the music will be “heady potions” from the brewery and plenty of food.

SUN., OCT. 18 (IRL) TERRY GOULDING. 5-8 p.m. Wano’s Pond, 2120 Lincoln Ave., Latrobe. Free. Search “Terry Goulding” on Facebook.

Chase away the Sunday scaries by joining local musician Terry Goulding for a relaxing evening at Wano’s Pond while he plays solo acoustic hits, spanning from the ’60s to today.

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North Side rapper Lang’s latest release,

BOB MINTZER “ASK THE ARTIST” INTERVIEW. 7 p.m. Free. mcgjazz.org As of September, MCG Jazz hosts a live chat session each month with an artist who has recorded on the MCG Jazz label. October’s artist is Grammy award-winning Bob Mintzer. Mintzer and host Marty Ashby will discuss the artist’s latest musical endeavors and how his work has been affected by the pandemic. Get questions ready, because those watching the event will be able to join in on the interview.

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OIS LOWRY WAS EIGHT when she picked up Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings’ The Yearling. It was the first book for adults she read, and one that still impacts her 75 years later. Stories, according to Lowry, “are a way of rehearsing one’s life,” and The Yearling was the foundation of that philosophy.

“It presented me with things I would encounter later in my own life,” says Lowry, “and gave me a way of reacting to them in the safety and comfort of my own home. And I think the things I write, that’s what they do for kids.”

Lowry will appear virtually on Sun., Oct. 18 as a guest of Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures’ New and Noted series.

Twice awarded Newberry Medals — for Number the Stars in 1990 and The Giver in 1994 — Lowry started as a freelance journalist and photographer.

From stories for the New York Times’ Sunday travel section to feature articles in Down East magazine, a publication that covers all things in Maine, Lowry “did a little bit of everything,” she says.

Writing for magazines taught Lowry about the power of observation, a skill she put to use in fiction. “It’s the noticing of details,” she says. “You can tell now that my college degree was in English

and literature. And it was Henry James who said, ‘a writer is someone on who nothing is lost.’ … It’s the ability to notice everything, and not that I learned to do it, but I mastered it, I think, when I was doing magazine stuff. And I think I still try to use that facility now.”

LOIS LOWRY 2:30 p.m. Sun., Oct. 18. Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures New and Noted virtual event. Free. pittsburghlectures.org/lectures/lois-lowry

Photography also became a useful tool when Lowry turned to fiction. She recalls not only working in a darkroom — “photography was quite different then” — but also learning “how far to open up the lens, what to focus on, what to blur, how to compose a scene,” she says. “All of that carries over into the writing of fiction.”

Lowry published her first novel for young adults, A Summer to Die, in 1977.

Her latest release is The Willoughbys Return, a sequel to The Willoughbys (2008). But The Giver (1993) — part of a quartet of books that includes Gathering

Blue (2000), Messenger (2004), and Son (2012) — is arguably her best-known work, and most controversial. The Giver has made banned book lists.

Lowry says challenges to The Giver were surprising to her “because they took things out of context. One of the things that was often mentioned as a reason for challenging, or banning, The Giver was that the book recommended euthanasia, which was not the case.”

Lowry has had much better experiences with film versions of her work.

Netflix recently released an animated version of The Willoughbys starring Ricky Gervais, Maya Rudolph, Terry Crews, and Martin Short. And The Giver, released in 2014 and featuring Meryl Streep and Jeff Bridges, was a wonderful experience.

“Jeff Bridges was very involved in the making of that film and he was very inclusive of me,” Lowry says. “Often that’s not true — the writer gets set aside and the movie is much different than the book and the writer has to accept them. But Bridges was terrific.

They brought me over to South Africa where they were filming so I could watch, and he even asked me if I would like to have a small part in the movie.

But I declined.”

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SOULSHOWMIKE’S ALBUM PICKS Marrow by Brenda Nicole Moorer

BY MIKE CANTON // INFO@PGHCITYPAPER.COM

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week, so selections for The Soul Show can be based on a skim and a vibe. One album that deserved more, and I made a note of it, was Marrow by Brenda Nicole Moorer. She’s based in Atlanta, the current musical hotbed, and is a native of Milwaukee. This new album was released by New Jerseybased Ropeadope Records, a label I’ve come to expect much from in the jazz to hip-hop continuum and beyond.

One of my favorite tracks for airplay has been the closer, “Flying Lessons,” which nods to Joni Mitchell’s work. It’s the song that made me mentally scribble down that this is a 2020 Top Ten Album candidate for WYEP’s The Soul Show announcements at year’s end.

In this second installment of Soulshowmike’s Album Picks, I’ve decided to present my track-by-track notes: 1. “Lost & Found”: A short intro that hints at the folk/jazz that’s coming.

2. “Find Your Way”: Great tempo changes.

3. “Catch Me Falling”: I’m In Love — strings abound, delivery playful, gorgeous piano.

4. “Marrow”: Airy ambience in recording, great guitar, “La La La”s are awesome.

5. “The Core”: Rejoiceful, with great backgrounds, a bit ethereal; reminds me

of Ala.Ni of France.

6. “Return To Sender”: Here comes the beginning of the Joni-isms; some talksinging that makes you want to meet her; more spaciness (not sure if the background is her own vocal overdubbing, but it works).

7. “Your Light”: Effortless, effortless delivery.

8. “Take A Little Trip”: Who has the nerve to cover this Minnie Riperton classic? Yes, she does. Moorer doesn’t mimic the original’s “doobydoobydo” stylings, but those should remain in Riperton’s queendom anyway. Brenda injects some trip-beats to make this song her own. (For you babykinses, Minnie was Maya Rudolph’s five-octave mom.)

9. “Little Prayer”: Here come more Joni hints, this time quickly and instrumentally.

10. “Flying Lesson”: And then it explodes. I remember how Robert Glasper’s “Black Radio” snuck up on me this way, when the closing Nirvana cover had me staring at the car player and knobs. If you are in a single-song frame of mind, cheat a little and let Track 9 lead you into 10. This is some beautiful voicing and music.

By the way, an exciting release comes out at the end of October: Joni Mitchell Archives Vol. 1: The Early Years (19631967). Can’t wait.

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FILM Explore the wildlife of Pennsylvania with a virtual edition of the annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival. The festival, created by the Pennsylvania Resources Council, brings together local and national films that tackle climate change, land restoration, food systems, and more. The Air That We Breathe, a film by WQED, focuses on Pittsburgh’s poor air quality.

7 p.m. $10-20. prc.org/filmfestival

MON., OCT. 19 LITERATURE Did you know that Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Josh Bell has a book club with the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh?

Well, you do now! Join Bell for a Zoom discussion of Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates’ influential memoir on race in America. 12 p.m. Free with registration. carnegielibrary.org/event

FRI., OCT. 16 HALLOWEEN Despite its title, The Nightmare Before Christmas is definitely a Halloween movie, when Halloweentown’s king tries to turn Christmas into a spooky holiday. Catch this modern classic with Row House Cinema’s Drive-In at The Terminal. Snacks and drinks are available for purchase.

6:30 p.m. $30 per car. 2121 Smallman St., Strip District. rowhousecinema.com

TUE., OCT. 20 LITERATURE As the second anniversary of the Tree of Life shooting nears, a new anthology, Bound in the Bond of Life, brings together essays from journalists who covered the event, members of the synagogue’s congregation, and activists who spoke out after the event. City of Asylum will mark the publication of the book with a virtual talk from its editors, Beth Kissileff and Eric Lidji.

7 p.m. Free. alphabetcity.org/events

SAT., OCT. 17 HALLOWEEN If you’re hesitant about taking the kids trick-or-treating this year, the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium has it covered with its ZooBoo Drive-Thru Fundraiser.

Families can drive through the zoo while seeing animals and collecting treats.

Groups are encouraged to dress their ride in “car-stumes.” Continues Sun., Oct 18.

9 a.m. $60 per vehicle. 7370 Baker St., Morningside. pittsburghzoo.org

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These listings are curated by Pittsburgh City Paper writer Hannah Lynn.

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IN The Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania: No. GD-20-4152. In re petition of Breanna Joy Goetz for change of name to Breanna Jay Goetz. To all persons interested: Notice is hereby given that an order of said Court authorized the filing of said petition and fixed the 30th day of October, 2020, at 9:45 a.m., as the time and the Motions Room, City-County Building, Pittsburgh, PA, as the place for a hearing, when and where all persons may show cause, if any they have, why said name should not be changed as prayed for

IN The Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania: No. GD-20-7372, In re petition of Sarani Jiggetts parent and legal guardian of Shaniah Mickens for change of name to Ya’simah A’schira Era’she Bey and Na’simah Na’sajah Nire’l Bey. To all persons interested: Notice is hereby given that an order of said Court authorized the filing of said petition and fixed the 2nd day of November, 2020, at 9:45 a.m., as the time and the Motions Room, City-County Building, Pittsburgh, PA, as the place for a hearing, when and where all persons may show cause, if any they have, why said name should not be changed as prayed for.

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