Bike Pittsburgh hosting Pokémon Go midnight ride tonight
Community-driven ride to catch Pokemon is a part of BikeFest this year. Join the ride tonight in Bloomfield.
McGinty and Toomey pick up endorsements from gun-control advocacy groups in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race
This week, Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate candidates Katie McGinty and Pat Toomey picked up endorsements from gun-control advocacy groups.
Final week for “Seven Guitars” at Pittsburgh Playwrights, staged at August Wilson House
Five performances remain of the signature August Wilson play.
MP3 … Tuesday!
Our MP3 offering this week is from Robert Cook’s new album Grey Matter.
Five Minutes in Food History talks amari with Alyssa McGrath of Casbah Mediterranean Kitchen and Wine Bar
“The producers are using what is at hand, what emphasizes the terroir of that specific region.”
What you need to know about Pittsburgh news this week
This week in Pittsburgh, Drake dons a Penguins jersey, Wigle Whiskey crowdfunds a museum, cyclists prepare to explore greenspace in Allentown and Beltzhoover, and CP looks at recreational leagues for the LGBT community.
Sen. Pat Toomey wrote a book on benefits of free trade in 2009; now denounces Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal
Toomey’s “The Road to Prosperity” highlights benefits of free trade and unregulated capitalism. Now the U.S. Senator is calling the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal “flawed.”
Looking back at Pittsburgh City Paper’s 2015 Dick Dale story as he prepares to play the Rex Theater on Saturday
79-year-old Dick Dale plays live at the Rex Theater on the South Side Saturday
Lynn Cullen Live 08/19/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. Syria and how we see human plight. Trump “regrets” comments. More on burkinis. Ole Miss dorm rooms designed. Bear manages on two legs. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
Camp classic inspires Pittsburgh duo’s musical on Saturday
“Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?” is the jumping-off point for a Pittsburgh duo’s improvised musical
Drake and Future join forces at the Consol Energy Center
Drake and Future’s Summer Sixteen Tour stops at Pittsburgh’s Consol Energy Center.
GTECH’s bike tours combine green transportation with greenspaces
GTECH’s bike tour showcases greenspaces in Pittsburgh.
Lynn Cullen 08/18/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. Uber to test driveless cars in Pittsburgh. Flooding in Louisiana. Changing weather indicates global warming. France bans the burkini. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
Seven Guitars at Pittsburgh Playwrights
SEVEN GUITARS continues through Aug. 28. Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Co. at 1727 Bedford Ave., Hill District. (Free parking and shuttle at the Energy Innovation Center, 1435 Bedford Ave.). $25-35. www.pghplaywrights.org There is a definite frisson in entering the “stage” of Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Co.’s production of Seven Guitars — it’s the backyard of playwright August…
Peribáñez at Quantum Theatre
Peribáñez continues through Aug. 28. Quantum Theatre at the Rose Garden, Mellon Park, Shadyside. $38-46. 412-362-1713 or quantumtheatre.com For some reason drama, like dining, is always vivified when experienced outdoors. This is certainly the case with Quantum Theatre’s production of Peribáñez, performed in the Rose Garden of Mellon Park. There’s something transformational about such a…
New York City’s Casellula Cheese and Wine Bar is looking to open an outpost in Pittsburgh’s North Side
More than one year ago, New York City restaurateur Brian Keyser got a call from City of Asylum, the North Side arts-and-community space and writers’ sanctuary. It wanted him to open a version of his Casellula Cheese and Wine Bar in its new Alphabet City development. “At the time, I had no real connection to…
Grassroots Green Homes connects neighbors to save energy
Pittsburgh has a few large-scale initiatives to encourage building-owners to conserve energy and other resources — long-running programs like the Green Building Alliance’s 2030 District and Sustainable Pittsburgh’s Green Workplace Challenge. But a new, smaller-scale project is attempting something similar by harnessing the power of neighbors. Grassroots Green Homes intends to help residents of Oakland…
Alcoholic Sparkling Water is So Hot Right Now
In April, a six-pack of Truly Spiked & Sparkling, a new brand of alcoholic sparkling water launched by the Boston Beer Co., arrived on my desk. I eyed it suspiciously before finally succumbing to curiosity. I gathered some friends for what I thought would be a saccharine experience similar to drinking Smirnoff Ice, a clear,…
Weekend Comedy at South Park Theatre
WEEKEND COMEDY continues through Aug. 27. South Park Theatre, Corrigan Drive, South Park. 412-831-8552 or southparktheatre.com There was an inescapable feeling I had watching Weekend Comedy at South Park Theatre. I knew it was the first time I’d ever seen it, but I could have sworn I’d seen it before … many, many times. It…
Pittsburgh City Paper Booze Battles: Maggie’s Farm Rum Distillery vs. Maggie’s Farm Rum Distillery
Each week, we order the same cocktail at two different bars for a friendly head-to-head battle. Go to the bars, taste them both and tell us what you like about each by tagging @pghcitypaper on Twitter or Instagram and using #CPBoozeBattles. If you want to be a part of Booze Battles, send an email to…
The Innocents
The Innocents In French and Polish, with subtitles. Starts Fri., Aug. 19. Manor (Al Hoff) Anne Fontaine’s historical drama focuses on a brutal consequence of war (even in these modern days) that is rarely explored in any emotional detail: the rape of civilian women by conquering soldiers. This film, inspired by real events, takes place…
Lineup card
The Washington Wild Things play a four-game series starting with a doubleheader at 6:05 p.m. on Aug. 25 against the Joliet Slammers with fireworks to follow. Aug. 26 is Yoga Night along with a knit-hat giveaway at 7:05 p.m., followed by kids day on Sunday at 5:05 p.m. All games are at Consol Energy Park,…
Templeton Rye Small Batch Whiskey
Retail Price: $39.99/ bottle I love to make these into old fashioneds. I need something fancy, not just straight or on the rocks. It’s a beginning-of-the-night kind of drink while you’re waiting for dinner, but it is strong, so maybe just keep it to one and done. — Recommended by Becky Runco, bartender at Park…
Our Little Sister
This Japanese dramedy unfolds over several months in the lives of three twentysomething sisters who live together in the old family home. One is studious, and a nurse; another is flighty and boy-crazy; and the youngest is sweetly offbeat. While attending the funeral of an estranged relative, they discover they have a younger stepsister, 15-year-old…
Barbecue with a Twist
I’ve been meat-free for 15 years (seven as a vegetarian and eight years as a vegan), but I still love Southern-style comfort food. When I was 23, I discovered jackfruit at Bombay Food Market on Centre Avenue. I lived near the market and went frequently. During a trip with my roommate Lauren, we saw a…
Sausage Party
If you’ve seen a trailer for this animated film directed by Greg Tiernan and Conrad Vernon, you likely know what you’re in for. The raunchy comedy starring and co-written by Seth Rogen includes the kind of humor we’ve come to anticipate from Rogen and co-stars Jonah Hill, Bill Hader and Michael Cera, of Superbad acclaim.…
New York City-based artist Emily Yacina brings her intimate pop to the Mr. Roboto Project
EMILY YACINA, FLORIST, DINOSOUL, FIG 8 p.m. Sat., Aug. 20. Mr. Roboto Project, 5106 Penn Ave., Bloomfield. $10. therobotoproject.com The music of Emily Yacina is abundant in heartfelt tenderness. Her delicate soprano and lush acoustics make for thoroughly intimate pop that fills your daydreams with visions of billowing clouds. With material dating back to 2011,…
Short List: August 17-23
SPOTLIGHT: Fri., Aug. 19 – Art When Pittsburgh Center for the Arts named Richard Pell its 2016 Artist of the Year, it could hardly have expected Pell’s AOY exhibit to involve traditional art objects. After all, the Carnegie Mellon University art professor and a Smithsonian Artist Research Fellow founded the Center for PostNatural History, a…
The Breakfast at Shelly’s diner is a good reason to visit Pittsburgh’s Hilltop neighborhoods
Breakfast at Shelly’s 740 E. Warrington Ave., Allentown. 412-245-6785 Hours: Tue.-Sun. 8 a.m.-2:45 p.m. Prices: $1-9 Liquor: None We’ve just returned from New Jersey, the land of diners. On one suburban drive, we passed no fewer than seven, ranging from gleaming, stainless-steel palaces to modest, strip-mall storefronts. What they surely had in common was breakfast…
Pittsburgh’s City of Asylum teams with West Coast publisher to issue works in translation by persecuted writers
In 2014, University of Pittsburgh professor Angie Cruz was talking with Chris Heiser and David Shook about Phoneme Media, their publishing house out of Los Angeles specializing in translated works of literature from lesser-heard voices around the world. Shook, Phoneme’s founder and editorial director, and Heiser, the executive director, listened as Cruz praised Pittsburgh’s City…
Pittsburgh City Paper moves event listings online to provide more food, sports and features coverage
When I first discovered alt weeklies, it was the early 1990s and at my request, my mother got me a mail subscription to the Village Voice. I’d heard of its edgy journalism over the years and I wanted to see it for myself. After six months of the Voice, I subscribed to the Baltimore City…
Pittsburgh Ballet’s annual Ballet Under the Stars returns
PITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE’S BALLET UNDER THE STARS 7:30 p.m. Sun., Aug. 21, Hartwood Acres Park Middle Road Concert Area, 200 Hartwood Acres, Allison Park. Free. pbt.org Where Pittsburgh PrideFest’s annual dance showcase signals the beginning of the local summer dance season, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s annual Ballet Under the Stars program at Hartwood Acres ushers in its…
Pittsburgh punk ’n’ rollers the Mud City Manglers celebrate their 20th anniversary
MUD CITY MANGLERS, BATTERED CITIZENS, DIRECT ACTION, HALSHUG 9:30 p.m. Sun., Aug. 21. Gooski’s, 3117 Brereton St., Polish Hill. $10. 412-681-1658 or skullfestpgh.com Sometimes those landmark birthdays sneak up on you. It wasn’t until Mud City Manglers frontman Ted Tarka was working out the details of the band’s Skull Fest 8 show that he realized,…
Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World
Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World Directed by Werner Herzog Starts Fri., Aug. 19. Regent Square Renowned filmmaker Werner Herzog admits to barely using a cell phone, yet his new documentary Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World promises an examination of the internet. His many documentaries have covered subjects as diverse…
Critics’ Picks, Aug. 18-24
[JAZZ] + SAT., AUG. 20 Summer may be exemplified best by the sounds of jazz floating through the evening air on a warm night. The Monroeville Jazz Festival will take place at Tall Trees Amphitheater in Monroeville Community Park West, a perfect place to spread a blanket and enjoy featured performers Chelsea Baratz and Adam…
Chicago hardcore punk rippers the Repos make their Pittsburgh debut at Skull Fest 8
THE REPOS, VANILLA POPPERS, PEACE TALKS, S.L.I.P. 10 p.m. Sat., Aug 20. Cattivo, 146 44th St., Lawrenceville. $10. 412-687-2157 or cattivopgh.com SKULL FEST 8 Thu., Aug. 18- Sun., Aug. 21. Various locations and prices. skullfestpgh.com As a kid, Joe Phillips, now the guitarist for the Repos, put a lot of consideration into his music purchases.…
Savage Love
DEAR READERS: I’m on vacation for three weeks — but you won’t be reading old columns in my absence, and you won’t be reading columns by anyone who isn’t Dan Savage. You’ll be reading new columns, all of them written by Dan Savage, none of them written by me. Our second guest Dan Savage is…
Skull Fest must-sees
Set cash aside for some 40s and tall boys of PBR, sew some floss back through that Aus Rotten patch and replace all your missing studs, because, Pittsburgh, it’s time for Skull Fest! Happening Thu., Aug. 18-Sun., Aug. 21, Skull Fest 8 boasts a lineup of more than 60 bands. Here are a just a…
New Releases
The Blue-Hots Collection Three 2014-2015: Spells (Self-released) www.theblue-hots.com The laughter at the end of “Gimme Something” conveys the excitement and pleasure the Blue-Hots must have felt in the studio. This opening track presents their skill at jazz vocalese, adding lyrics to a line that might normally be played by trumpet or saxophone. From there, these…
Pittsburgh’s LGBT sports leagues provide a safe space and competitive spirit
At Donora Field in North Park on Aug. 7, with the sun at its peak, players sit in pop-up tents, waiting with anticipation. The managers scrutinize their clipboards to determine team lineups in the final seconds before the umpire calls players to the field. The batter steps to the plate; the pitcher takes the mound.…
Weird Pittsburgh
An investigation by PennLive.com found that Pennsylvania is sitting on $3.1 billion worth of its residents’ money and other items while earning interest off it. The Disposition of Unclaimed and Abandoned Property Law requires banks, companies and executors of estates to turn over both money and material items whose rightful owner cannot be found to…
Florence Foster Jenkins
“Music is and has been my life,” avers Florence Foster Jenkins, a seventysomething New York City socialite. The real-life Jenkins, portrayed here with gusto by a padded and wrinkled-up Meryl Streep, dreams of singing. And so she does, for one memorable night at the Carnegie Hall in 1944. The joke — which we already know…
Despite its current ills, Fayette County has played a big role in sports history
In more than 1.5 million rounds of golf in PGA history, only one person has ever shot a 58. That person was Jim Furyk, who shot that score and made golf history at the recent Travelers Championship. It was the best round of golf ever. And to think, he learned the game at the Uniontown…
Some tips on the right ways to land a fly ball the next time you go to the Pittsburgh Pirates game
Perched high above left field on the airy steel ramp to the grandstand, Ross Sindler and his 10-year-old son, Jacob, are enjoying another summer afternoon at PNC Park. “It’s a different way to see the game,” Sindler said at the Aug. 11 Pittsburgh Pirates game, from a view that includes all of Downtown. Next to…
The New American Garden documents sea changes in landscaping
THE NEW AMERICAN GARDEN continues through Aug. 26. 937 Gallery, 937 Liberty Ave., Downtown. www.trustarts.org The challenge of any exhibition about the built environment — landscape, engineering, architecture, interiors — is that you are always showing representations of a thing that exists with greater richness and dimension elsewhere. The New American Garden, a show of…
Lynn Cullen Live 08/17/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. Why we criticize Hilary Clinton. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
Lynn Cullen Live 08/16/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. Kathleen Kane convicted on all counts. Corrupt politicans and the Goldwater rule. Hilary continually attacked. Greenland shark may longest living vertebrate. Pink dolphins in Rio. A cat’s life. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or…
