Real or Fake: Derby Horse Names
Is Brangelina just another divorced celebrity couple, or a well-groomed racehorse?
Cruel Noise Records’ John Villegas on cassettes and Record Store Day’s shortcomings
“You could be allocating this time and effort into things that actually matter, or things people might actually care about instead of every Iron Maiden single being reissued at once.”
Pittsburgh wrestling legend Bruno Sammartino passes away at 82 years old
After an amazing 82 years of life, local wrestling legend Bruno Sammartino has passed away.
Local comic Day Bracey clashes online with alt-right comedian Owen Benjamin over canceled Pittsburgh show
Bracey called on Pittsburgh to bar comedian Owen Benjamin after learning about his racists and anti-LGBTQ social media posts. Then chaos ensued.
Your Essential Cinco De Mayo Playlist
Music can make or break a party, and there’s nothing worse than a lifeless fiesta. Pittsburgh City Paper has your back this Cinco De Mayo with the hottest Latin hits of today and yesterday. Hey, we even took the time to compile them all in a neat Spotify playlist! You’re welcome amigo. BUT if you’re more…
A Bright Room Called Day at Carnegie Mellon University has a timely message
Nearly a decade before his 1993 Broadway explosion with Angels in America, Tony Kushner debuted A Bright Room Called Day and even here his enormous imagination and intellect are apparent. The show’s never been seen in Pittsburgh, a situation rectified by a remarkable Carnegie Mellon University production directed by Jed Allen Harris. As befits a…
Lynn Cullen Live – 4/17/18
Video Archive It’s Tuesday, so that means Susan is joining Lynn today. They started the show talking about climate change, specifically the delay Spring has on plants, and how some are not going to make it. Researchers at MIT have developed a machine, AlterEgo Project, that can read our minds. Tune in to as they…
Yinz can see Pittsburgh-born comedian Billy Gardell live at the Benedum Center on Nov. 17
Billy Gardell hits Benedum Center in November
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust announces this year’s Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival
Today, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust announced this year’s lineup for the festival which includes art, live music and more than a dozen food vendors.
Cannabis Quiz 2 – The Sequel
Now’s your chance to redeem yourself with Cannabis Quiz 2: The Sequel. See how much you’ve learned and you can enter to win a 600mg Bottle of LabNaturals PCR Brand CBD Hemp Oil. Winner will be notified via email on Monday, April 30th, and will be required to pick up the prize at LabNatural’s Squirrel…
MP3 Monday: The Lampshades
This week’s free MP3 is “Always On” by The Lampshades, an acoustic number filled with melancholic, dreamy harmonies about fearing loneliness and falling into bad romantic habits as a result.
Pittsburgh-area political candidates stump for votes during April 12 City Paper candidates’ forum
Candidates played trivia games about their districts, and touted progressive policy positions like universal healthcare and campaign-finance reform.
Five Things You Didn’t Know About Mint Juleps
Mint Juleps are the official drink of the Kentucky Derby. They are also a featured drink at our Cinco De Derby party. Add some knowledge to your cocktail trivia with our fun facts, and learn how to make your own delicious julep!
Lynn Cullen Live – 4/16/18
Video Archive It’s a rainy Monday morning. After discussing the parking situation in the city, and this weather we’ve covered the New Yorker piece by Adam Davidson stating this is the end stage of the Trump presidency. Then there are the arrests in a Philadelphia Starbucks over the weekend. Audio Only Archive Stream or download…
Farm to Table holds its annual conference April 14 & 15
Farm to Table Western Pennsylvania brings vendors, speakers and demonstrations to the David L. Lawrence Convention Center.
Ring of Honor’s Adam Page talks character development, Bullet Club and Twitter before Steel City Excellence Sat., April 14
Hangman Adam Page chats about singles opportunities, slow-burn storylines and engaging with fans via Twitter.
Lynn Cullen Live – 4/13/18
Video Archive Welcome to Friday! We’ve made it to the end of the week. Here’s more information on the endangered “punk” turtle we’ve been discussing this morning. Audio Only Archive Stream or download the last 5 shows on the MP3 downloads page.
Two Southwestern Pennsylvania Republicans will see thousands in extra income thanks to tax-cut bill loophole
A new study shows how reps like U.S. Reps Mike Kelly and Keith Rothfus will see significant personal-finance benefits
Lynn Cullen Live – 4/12/18
Video Archive Lynn is covering a lot today. We’ve been discussing Ronan Farrow’s investigative reporting and Trump’s history of paying off people to keep quiet. Trump’s tweets about bombing leading Syria and Russia to start moving items, and people out. Then there’s how Rachel Maddow has been drawing more viewers than Sean Hannity. Audio Only…
Lynn Cullen Live – 4/11/18
Video Archive We’ve got a special guest on the show today – writer Eric Lidji. He’s talking to Lynn about his writing and Pittsburgh. You can find more from Eric Lidji and get in touch with him at his blog at ericlidji.wordpress.com Audio Only Archive Stream or download the last 5 shows on the MP3…
Top 5: Marijuana Films
Reefer Madness This 1936 exploitation film preaches the extreme dangers of marijuana. It was made by a church group to scare adults into scaring their children — just one hit of weed will make you commit a hit and run, murder and sexual assault. It’s still used by mostly GOP legislators to keep weed illegal.…
Pennsylvania needs to let doctors decide what conditions can be best treated with medical marijuana
The era of medical marijuana in Pennsylvania is upon us, and it has tremendous potential to change how certain medical conditions are treated. Well, as long as the state thinks your condition warrants it. There are only 17 qualifying diseases and conditions on the state’s list, including ALS, cancer, PTSD, intractable seizures, nerve damage, multiple…
Medical marijuana making a big difference in the lives of sick children and their families
Stretched out in his recliner, Ryan Briggs is having a great nap. Laying there in his Bob Marley T-shirt, you can hear him gently snoring. Although his slumber is intermittently interrupted by a slight seizure, this is starting out as a good day. At just 18, Briggs has already had a pretty rough life. When…
Can medical marijuana help combat Pennsylvania’s opioid crisis?
According to 2016 data from the Centers for Disease Control, of U.S. counties with more than one million residents, Allegheny County had the highest drug-overdose death rate. In 2016, Allegheny County lost about 50 lives to drug overdoses per 100,000 residents. These deaths were primarily caused by residents overdosing on opioids like fentanyl and heroin.…
Attack Theatre’s If | Maybe | Then lets audiences choose their own adventure
Imagine a dance performance where you choose what you will see. Now imagine your choices give you an experience that somehow colors your perceptions of the dance performance differently than many of your fellow audience members report experiencing. This intriguing scenario is at the center of If | Maybe | Then, the latest brainchild of…
Hilltop Urban Farm sets goals and launches volunteer days
After five years of collaboration and planning, the Hilltop Urban Farm Project is ready to come into full bloom this spring. “This year, it’s going to look like a farm, not just a field of dreams,” says Sarah Baxendell, the Hilltop Alliance’s project manager of greenspace asset development. “We’re just going to get down to…
Built to Spill performs with Afghan Whigs at Mr. Smalls Sat., April 14
“I don’t know what I’m doing at all. I don’t understand music at all,” Doug Martsch told City Paper on the phone last month. Martsch is the lead singer of beloved indie-rock band Built to Spill. He’s the guy who wrote the immeasurably addictive hook in “Big Dipper” and the no-less-than inspiring guitar crescendo in…
Recoil at University of Pittsburgh
Watching Recoil — a new play about gun violence from the University of Pittsburgh Theatre Arts Department — got me thinking about how artists have addressed that topic over the past few decades. Specifically, I remembered Elephant, Gus Van Sant’s hyper-realistic fictional retelling of the Columbine school shooting, and how uncomfortable it made me. The…
What Else Is Playing Around Pittsburgh
BEIRUT. Jon Hamm and Rosamund Pike star in Brad Anderson’s political thriller about CIA operatives who have to work with a diplomat to retrieve a colleague. BLOCKERS. In Kay Cannon’s new comedy, three parents (Leslie Mann, John Cena, Ike Barinholtz) try to stop their high school daughters from having sex on prom night. This ripped-from-the-Old-Testament…
Alt-R&B artist Amir Miles signs distribution deal with Capitol Records
A lot has happened in the roughly 12 months since City Paper first wrote about Amir Miles, a fledgling alt-R&B artist who had recently dropped out of college to focus on his music full time. A year ago, he had just scored a gig as the opening act for GZA, of the Wu-Tang Clan, at…
Isle of Dogs
Isle of Dogs Directed by Wes Anderson Starring Bryan Cranston, Bill Murray, Greta Gerwig In Japanese and English Considering Wes Anderson’s cinematic ouevre, there are three camps of viewers: the diehard fans (“Wes is a whimsical genius!”); the haters (“Insufferable! Culturally insensitive!”); and the rest of us: “I liked it OK; it looked great; it…
The Healing Center partners with a chef to educate about edibles
Chris Kohan and Jay Richards are bringing three new medical cannabis dispensaries to the Pittsburgh area, but their vision goes beyond the sterile approach of a medical facility. The Healing Center, which will have locations in Washington, Monroeville and Cranberry, is designed to be a health-care community, offering massage therapy, counseling and support groups, as…
Three local EPs to check out
BITROT — DEMO Sinister, echoing growls lurk among tumultuous noise throughout the six blistering tracks on this EP. This unrelenting tone feels like being tossed around a cramped mosh pit, but one in which you always get picked up, before hitting the floor and having the chaos consume you. Painted Eyes — Demo 2018 The…
How much tax revenue would recreational marijuana bring to Pennsylvania?
Pennsylvania’s medical-marijuana program rolled out this February, but some state politicians are already looking to the next step: recreational marijuana. Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale and Braddock Mayor John Fetterman believe the state should legalize recreational marijuana as a way to create jobs, increase tax revenue, and save police resources that are spent on marijuana-related…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries statesman Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States. He wrote one of history’s most famous documents, the Declaration of Independence. He was an architect, violinist, inventor and linguist who spoke numerous languages, as well as a philosopher who was knowledgeable about mathematics, surveying and horticulture. But his…
Eat Me: The Mantis
Location: Condado, 971 Liberty Ave., Downtown Ambiance: The decor is intense, like Day of the Dead meets your modern-design course in college. The corner bar is nice, because it gets light from all sides. What I ate: The Mantis Taco Cost: $4 Hot take: The jackfruit makes for a great vegetarian option, without sacrificing texture…
Worth checking out: local true-crime podcast Give Me Murder or Give Me Death
Give Me Murder or Give Me Death Epicast Network epicastnetwork.com If you’re sick of the drama surrounding your favorite true-crime podcast (ahem, Sword and Scale), tune into this local offering from hosts Lena Berry and Alex Stypula. Give Me Murder or Give Me Death puts a comedic twist on the true crime genre — think…
NAMI Keystone Pennsylvania and City of Asylum launch mental-health series with author Jordan Corcoran
Author Jordan Corcoran was diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder and panic disorder when she was a freshman in college. One of the biggest struggles she faced at the time was being able to effectively communicate what she was experiencing. “Mental illness is a very lonely illness if you don’t have the tools to communicate,” Corcoran…
Savage Love
I’m a 36-year-old straight woman. I was sexually and physically abused as a kid, and raped in my early 20s. I have been seeing a great therapist for the last five years, and I am processing things and feeling better than I ever have. I was in a long-term relationship that ended about two years…
Pittsburgh City Paper’s curated schedule for this week’s medical-marijuana conference
Are you attending the World Medical Cannabis Conference & Expo at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Downtown Pittsburgh this week? Well, City Paper wanted to give you our recommendations on which talks and events to attend while you get high on some seriously sticky medical marijuana knowledge. Here’s our picks: Thu., April 12…
Millvale’s Draai Laag relaunches as Strange Roots Experimental Ales
I fell in love with Draai Laag years ago after sampling a few funky, Flanders-style ales at its Millvale taproom. But as it turns out, beers with tasting notes like “horse blanket” have a somewhat limited appeal. Last month, Draai Laag officially relaunched as Strange Roots Experimental Ales, making the brewery far more accessible and…
Neon Swing X-Perience celebrates 20 years of music at the Hard Rock, Fri., April 13
Neon Swing X-Perience began when the band’s original members were in high school and came together for a talent show. Twenty years later, they’re still going strong. “It means that I don’t know when to quit, I don’t know when to give it up,” jokes Mike Urick, about the time he’s spent rocking and swinging…
Pittsburgh-produced TV show, Tomorrow’s World Today, comes to Science Channel in May
Tomorrow’s World Today premieres May 5 and airs at 8 a.m. Saturday and Sunday on the Science Channel. tomorrowsworldtoday.com Walking into Inventionland — a business incubator in O’Hara Township that’s part office space, part maker space — is like walking into a Disney theme park or Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. There’s a tree house, knights…
It can be difficult to look on the bright side, but it’s well worth it in the end
Americans love current events, like really current events. If something is happening in the world, we want to know about it right away. And thanks to social media and a 24-hour news cycle, we can learn about events, quickly pass judgment, and then move onto the next thing. I’m certainly guilty of that. Whether it’s…
