Local organization to launch drive for two million pencils
Local nonprofit launches pencil drive
Jordan Miles appeal resurrects reminder of poor community-police relations
Jordan miles appeals March 2014 verdict in police brutality case.
Listen Up! August 26
Every Wednesday, we make a Spotify playlist containing tracks from artists covered in the current music section. Take a look (at the paper) and a listen (to the playlist)!
Concert announcements: Big K.R.I.T., Zombi, The Sword, more!
Well, it’s Tuesday, again, and because we are so very reliable here at City Paper, that means it’s time for some freshly announced shows! Big K.R.I.T. comes to Altar Bar on October 29 ($23 -25, on sale now). Meg Myers and Jarryd James stop by that venue on October 16 ($15-18, on sale Friday). Coming to…
Allegheny County Council infighting continues
Proposed ordinance said to make the council more transparent by some in county council, others say it will make new bills even harder to pass.
Penn Plaza residents rally downtown against the loss of affordable housing
Residents of soon to be renovated building rally, while their leadership meets with the mayor’s office.
MP3 MONDAY: My Cardboard Spaceship Adventure
This week’s track comes from local pop-punk outfit My Cardboard Spaceship Adventure, who just released a new full-length, Seeker, in July . Stream and/or download the catchy power ballad “I Lost Again” below. To download, right-click here and select “save as.”
Lynn Cullen Live 8/24/15
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. Vittorio Casamonica laid in state in Rome. Trump leads in unexpected groups. The trouble with microbeads. Cultures that don’t kiss. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
GASP to hold event on pollution and autism tomorrow night
Local organization GASP hosts discussion on air quality and childhood autism.
Anti-Flag returns home to play one of their biggest Pittsburgh shows
Megan Thompson Anti-Flag will play X Fest II tonight at Stage AE. In between stints in Europe, Pittsburgh’s punk overlords Anti-Flag play the second date of X Fest. Chris #2 took some time to talk to us about the band’s new record, rough times, the political climate and more. How was touring in Europe? How…
Lynn Cullen Live 8/21/15
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. Carter announces cancer diagnosis and remembers his life’s work. US Airways final flight. RIP George Houser of the early freedom riders. Republican candidates attack the 14th Amendment. Wooing at Buccos games. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and…
Song premiere: Carousel, “2113”
If you’re a fan of bluesy classic rock, you may have already heard that Pittsburgh’s very own Carousel has a new record coming out — it’s first with guitarist Matt Goldsborough, also of Pentagram and The Skull. The Tee Pee Records signees will release 2113 — the follow-up to 2013’s Jewelers’ Daughter — on August 28, and the…
Langston Hughes-Inspired Performances Tonight and Tomorrow at the Kelly-Strayhorn
New York-based actor Anthony Thompson embodies “Jesse B. Simple”
Exit Laughing at South Park Theatre
EXIT LAUGHING continues through Aug. 29. South Park Theatre, Corrigan Drive and Brownsville Road, South Park. $12. 412-831-8552 or southparktheatre.com When one happens to run a summer “straw hat” theater, one is always on the look-out for the dream play. It should be a light comedy taking place on one set with a small cast…
YOU ALMOST BITE A GUY’S NOSE OFF BECAUSE HE TRIES TO KILL YOU AND A WHORE JUMPS ON YOUR BACK AND YOU THINK OF THE BIG WHOREHOUSE IN THE SKY AND THAT AIN’T BRAGGING
It’s not brag or a boast or believing that I’m the only one that can see the sunshine in a rainstorm and can’t really tell you why because I don’t know why I’m telling you the story in the first place … maybe it’s just because I’m supposed to tell you maybe it’s because of…
Straight Outta Compton
Straight Outta Compton Directed by F. Gary Gray Starring O’Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Paul Giamatti History is written by the victors, and sometimes those eventual winners are hard to predict. Like teenagers in the rough town of Compton, south of Los Angeles, amid the violence of the crack and gang scene. But…
Savage Love
I’m a woman in a straight relationship. I woke up this morning, and my BF wasn’t in bed with me. He felt ill in the middle of the night and went to sleep in the spare room — where he found a condom in its wrapper behind the nightstand. Now my BF thinks I’m cheating…
Fort Tilden
In this comedy from Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers, two twentysomething roommates — Allie (Claire McNulty) and Harper (Bridey Elliott) — spend a summer day traversing Brooklyn, trying to get from Williamsburg to the beach. Fort Tilden is a nightmare of stolen bicycles, dubious car hires and getting lost, all in the hope of reuniting…
New City Paper column will provide insights into all Pittsburgh sports
The cheap seats are where I am the most comfortable. Every sporting event I attend, you can find me walking up to my seats rather than down to them. Sure, it’s a long walk, but the advantage is never having to worry about tipping someone for wiping off the seats; that’s for fancy people. Dealing…
Gueros
After causing trouble in his small town, young teen Tomas is sent to stay with his older brother, Sombra, in Mexico City. But Sombra is in a bit of a freefall: His college is on strike, he’s suffering panic attacks and slacking at home with his buddy. Then Tomas reintroduces him, via audio cassette, to…
Short List: August 19 – 27
SPOTLIGHT: Fri., Aug. 21 — Art Dennis Marsico spent much of his career as a travel photographer, with globe-hopping credits in glossy publications like Travel & Leisure. He’s still photographing journeys — geographic jaunts as well as the journey into old age. Marsico, 67, is the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts Artist of the Year.…
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
The 1960s spy franchise gets a reboot from Guy Ritchie. In it, a Soviet agent (Armie Hammer), a CIA agent (Henry Cavill) and an East German mechanic (Alicia Vikander) team up to prevent a mysterious group from getting a nuclear device. It’s an amusing, well-produced piffle, a chance to parade beautiful people in kicky clothes…
A century ago, Pennsylvania stood almost entirely stripped of trees
Look out the window while driving the turnpike, or flying across the state, and you’ll surely consider Pennsylvania pretty well forested. Hike a state park or forest, same deal: Despite centuries of farming, logging and heavy industry, and such recent incursions as the fracking boom, the commonwealth still has, if nothing else, plenty of leaves…
Phoenix
In this quiet drama from Christian Petzold (Barbara), a concentration-camp survivor named Nelly (Nina Hoss) searches postwar Berlin for her husband, Johnny (Ronald Zehrfeld). But Nelly has a new face from reconstructive surgery, and she has been cautioned that Johnny might have betrayed her. Still, she finds Johnny, who doesn’t recognize her, but sees a…
CP Weekend Podcast – Aug. 21 – 23, 2015
This week: Get jazzed, veg out and explore a corner of outer space.
The Third Man
In Carol Reed’s beautifully shot 1949 adaptation of Graham Greene’s novel, American pulp novelist Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten) visits post-World War II Vienna at the request of his friend Harry Lime (Orson Welles). But Lime’s just been killed in a mysterious accident, prompting Martins to poke about in the underbelly of the city still struggling…
Stuff We Like
Burgh Bees. Local beekeeping organization Burgh Bees opens its Homewood apiary to the public during the summer months. Learn about honeybees and hold a “frame” or a “drone” at the next event on Aug. 23. www.burghbees.com Masters of Sex. Bill Masters and Virginia Johnson are back for season 3 of this docudrama about some of…
Skull Fest returns for a seventh year, drawing punks from all over the world
SKULL FEST 7 Thu., Aug. 20, through Sun., Aug. 23. Various times and locations. Individual shows: $5-15, $70 for weekend pass. skullfestpgh.com Skull Fest began as a birthday party. In November 2009, a couple of punks — Dusty Hanna (of the band Oh Shit They’re Going to Kill Us) and Jimmy Rose (Annihilation Time, Eel)…
Blue North
Blue North 1701 Duncan Ave., Allison Park. 412-369-9050 Hours: Mon.-Sat. 4-10 p.m. Prices: Appetizers $6-15, entrees $13-32 Liquor: Full bar It’s been nearly 10 years since we first visited The Mighty Oak Barrel in Oakmont — now reopened under new management — to dine on its heady mixture of hometown charm and world-class food. And…
Wine and stories flow freely at Lawrenceville’s Arriba
Duane Rieder didn’t set out to sell wine. Though he had made wine for years as a hobby, Rieder kept busy working as a photographer and running The Clemente Museum, in Lawrenceville. He used the wine as a portfolio, putting his work on the labels as a way to stand out to potential clients. When…
Remember When Ice Cream in Windgap serves “Pittsburgh’s Largest Ice Cream Cone”
The Remember When ice-cream stand in Windgap takes remembering seriously. A recent Friday night found Doowop Dan playing oldies by the picnic tables outside the pink-and-white painted building. As the Kennywood version of “Palisades Park” filled the air, a line of young and old formed at the window. Everyone’s a kid here: Remember When is…
On its new record, Beach House rocks a little harder while keeping it simple
BEACH HOUSE with ROMANTIC STATES 8 p.m. Sat., Aug. 22. Mr. Small’s Theatre, 400 Lincoln Ave., Millvale. Sold out. 412-821-4447 or mrsmalls.com Beach House lives in open spaces. Most of Victoria Legrand’s songs stray from detail, letting the feelings in the margins take over as she repeats the same lines over and over, until we’ve…
Organizers of Total Trash round out the summer with a Guided by Voices dance party
THE CLUB IS OPEN: A GUIDED BY VOICES PARTY 9 p.m. Sat., Aug. 22. Spirit, 242 51st St., Lawrenceville. $3. 412-586-4441 or spiritpgh.com During the back half of August — when summer sluggishness is at its peak and the realization that carefree days in the sun will soon come to an end sets in —…
Critics’ Picks, Aug. 20-26
[BRASS] + FRI., AUG. 21 Whether from its collaborations with Dr. John, its performance with Juvinile on HBO’s Treme, or its wailing brass on Modest Mouse’s “The Devil’s Workday,” you probably already know the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. Since 1977, the group has seamlessly blended its New Orleans roots with an impressive range of genres, proving that there’s no…
At the Carnegie, a powerful show of work by women photographers from Iran and the Arab world
SHE WHO TELLS A STORY: WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS FROM IRAN AND THE ARAB WORLD continues through Sept. 28. Carnegie Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland. 412-622-3131 or cmoa.org There is still time for you to visit She Who Tells A Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World more than once. This is good,…
Caustic Christ members join up for a one-off reunion
Caustic Christ’s Skull Fest reunion was serendipitous. The band’s guitarist, Bill Chamberlain, who lived in Pittsburgh for several years before moving to Massachusetts, is also a member of fest headliners the Pist. And since all the members would be in town anyway, organizer Dusty Hanna suggested they play a show. “We didn’t have to put…
A review of Wall Paintings at SPACE
WALL PAINTINGS continues through Aug. 30. SPACE, 812 Liberty Ave., Downtown. 412-325-7723 or spacepittsburgh.org On the night of July 10, at the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Gallery Crawl, local artists came to SPACE to make a series of paintings directly on the Downtown gallery’s walls. Curious crowds sipped wine and watched as artists busily brought their…
UPMC hospital service workers have been trying to form a union for three years. Are they any closer?
View the interactive timeline On Aug. 4, shouts of “we fight, we sweat, put $15 on our check” echoed through the archways of the City-County Building as hundreds of protesters chanted in support of Pittsburgh hospital service workers. The rally was a gathering of UPMC and other area hospital workers whose main goals were to…
A Conversation with Gary Scott Smith
While American society might be increasingly secular, you can’t understand the presidency without understanding the role of religion. So contends Gary Scott Smith, the Grove City College history professor whose latest book, Religion in the Oval Office (Oxford University Press), explores the part faith played in the lives and adminstrations of 11 U.S. presidents, from…
Digital badges allow students to validate their skills
SATs, ACTs, GPAs, résumés, curriculum vitae. For prospective college students and recent college graduates, these measures of academic aptitude can mean the difference between attending the college or getting the job of their dreams, and struggling to find one at all. But balancing high test scores, grades and extracurricular activities in order to present oneself…
Lynn Cullen Live 8/19/15
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. Ashley Madison information leaked by hackers as promised. Why students are taking on more debt. Women’s Viagra equivalent Addyi, released onto the market.Two women graduate from the Army Ranger course but won’t be allowed to pass on to the Ranger Regiment. Audio Only Archive Listen…
Lynn Cullen Live 8/18/15
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. Donations come with rules. Batman, beloved bringer of joy at children’s hospitals, dies. Legendary producer, Bob Johnston, dies at 83. PGH Zoo refuses to comply with standards regarding elephants. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps…
