Campaign 2016’s Silly Season: A Weekly Tweet Roundup Jan. 15
Campaign 2016’s Silly Season: A Weekly Tweet Round-Up Jan. 15
CMU exhibition highlighting robot locomotion opens tomorrow
“Ivan Sutherland’s Trojan Robot” celebrates pioneering walking machine.
Doc on local comedy scene airs tomorrow
“Comedy Confluence” explores the growth of stand-up, sketch, improv and more
Social worker Jessica Wolfe to run for state house seat held by Jake Wheatley
Pittsburgh social worker Jessica Wolfe will challenge District 19 Pennsylvania State Rep. Jake Wheatley in the primary election.
Listen Up! Jan. 12
Beedie, Palermo Stone, Teddy Duchamp’s Army, Torres, Julien Baker
Concert announcements:DJ Afterthought, TOBACCO, Hatebreed, more
Perhaps you’ve noticed that it’s a slow season for concert announcements —maybe because concert announcements are as susceptible to Seasonal Affect Disorder as anyone else. In any case, here are a few things to look forward to! DJ Afterthought performs with SCR, PK Delay, Ryan Bronson, Fly High Ent, Rizzo Blaze and Grizzy Yano at…
Josh Shapiro announces run for PA attorney general
Montgomery County Commissioner Josh Shapiro is running for Pennsylvania Attorney General.
Brian Fallon of the Gaslight Anthem talks Twitter, Painkillers and more
After his main project The Gaslight Anthem announced a hiatus last year, Brian Fallon set out to his own solo album. We caught up with Fallon earlier this week in between shows, now touring in advance of his first solo effort, Painkillers. I saw you tweet something about Miranda Lambert not asking you to get…
Peduto introduces new public safety director for City of Pittsburgh
New public safety director plans to better coordinate police, fire and EMS.
Was speaker at McGinty event a campaign staffer?
Toomey alleges that McGinty had a plant at campaign event.
The Morning Constitutional
A roundup of political news.
MP3 Monday: Stutter Steps
This week’s track comes from Stutter Steps, a new project by Ben Harrison, the Andy Warhol Museum’s performing arts and public programs curator. Below, you can stream or download “Fog” from the self-titled record, which was released late last year by Wild Kindness Records. To download, right-click here and select “save as.”
Lynn Cullen 1/11/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. Rest in peace David Bowie. Powerball. Yiddish lessons. El Chapo and Sean Penn. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
Campaign 2016’s Silly Season: A Weekly Tweet Round-Up Jan. 8
This week Huckabee takes a foodie of his PB&J sandwiches, Paul, Fiorina and Rubio spat over boot fashion and Trump argues golf with Samuel L. Jackson.
What you need to know about Pittsburgh news this week
Pittsburgh kicks off it bicentennial celebration, U.S. Senate candidate Katie McGinty makes a campaign stop at Pamela’s diner in the Strip and the National Aviary unveils a new free-flight show.
Steelers rally held Downtown for upcoming playoff game against Cincinnati
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto and Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald are among those pumping up Steelers fans at the Allegheny County Courthouse.
Pitt study shows racial bias in doctor body language
A University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine trial found doctors exhibit racial bias when interacting with patients.
U.S. Senate Candidate Katie McGinty focuses on the future of young Americans during Pittsburgh campaign stop
Katie McGinty brings her campaign for U.S. Senate to Pamela’s Diner in the Strip District.
Lynn Cullen 1/8/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. “D. Money” LePage wants drug dealers to stay in Connecticut. Joe Biden has regrets. Smart gadgets & shoes with flashlights in them. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
A conversation with Nic Snyder about his new project, SANDMAN
CHIV will sound familiar to Snyder’s fans, particularly those who fell hard for the sample-heavy interludes that dotted 1,2,3’s 2014 record Big Weather
Q&A with Enroll America President Anne Filipic as ACA open-enrollment deadline nears
Pittsburgh City Paper speaks to Anne Filipic, president of Enroll America, about how the Affordable Care Act is doing in Western Pennsylvania. Enroll America is a national nonprofit that seeks to insure all eligible Americans in Affordable Care Act coverage.
Premiere Aviary show brings new bird species to Pittsburgh
New free-flight program at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh features a palm-nut vulture and burrowing owls.
Lynn Cullen 1/7/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. The Hall of Famers of Donora, PA. Rubio’s boots. Guns. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
This was the year that everyone realized Pittsburgh has a food scene
A new year offers a clean slate. We decide what to leave in the past and what to strive for going forward. 2015 brimmed with things we would all like to leave behind, all far more important than beer and cocktails. But since no one wants me to attempt to sort out Syria or make…
Wysocki: Patience is finally paying off for fans of Duquesne hoops
There are a multitude of reasons to get down to the A.J. Palumbo Center and see the 2015-16 Duquesne men’s basketball team. The first of those being, they’re good. Coach Jim Ferry has his team off to its best start (10-2) in 36 years. The last time the Dukes were this good, Americans were driving…
A powerful exhibit takes stock of air pollution in the region
IN THE AIR continues through Feb. 26. Filmmakers Galleries, 477 Melwood Ave., Oakland. 412-682-4111 or www.pfpca.org. More at air.thedocumentaryworks.org The first photograph you’ll see in the Pittsburgh Filmmakers Galleries exhibit In the Air is an aerial shot by Scott Goldsmith of Shenango Coke Works, on Neville Island. The plant, long one of the region’s biggest…
Savage Love
I’m a 45-year-old straight male. Politically and socially, I consider myself an ardent feminist. There is nothing I enjoy more than giving a woman an orgasm or two. I’m very GGG and will cheerfully do whatever it takes. Fingers, tongue, cock, vibrator — I’m in. If it takes a long time, so much the better.…
Warhol by the Book offers an intriguing take on early Andy
One of the last truly notable works connected to Andy Warhol was a book: the edited, posthumously released diaries covering just over a decade of his life, beginning in 1976 and concluding just five days before his death, in 1987. It was an appropriate denouement, as many of Warhol’s earliest illustrations were seen on the…
Stuff We Like
Fire Cider from Lili Café. Here lies an herbal concoction that drops you into a deep inferno … but will clear up those stuffy sinuses post haste. 3138 Dobson St., Polish Hill Carnation. On his newest record, Daughn Gibson’s sound evolves from the country-western noir of his earlier efforts to spooky lounge music. Graeter’s Bourbon…
Reviews of recent chapbooks by local poets Robert Walicki and Stefan Lovasik
With these unseasonable winter temperatures, the title of Robert Walicki’s chapbook The Almost Sound of Snow Falling (NightBallet Press), seems an anomaly. And while weather has a physical presence in poems like “A Certain Stillness,” “The Skaters” and “First Snow,” what’s most effective is how details accumulate. Walicki, who curates local reading series Versify, allows…
Lynn Cullen 1/6/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. Our genes betray us. We build some new dogs. Slate writer covers Oregon from abroad. That, and lots more. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
The Revenant
The Revenant Directed by Alejandro Iñárritu Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, nature Starts Fri., Jan. 8 Alejandro Iñárritu’s drama The Revenant, set in the wilds of the early 19th-century American frontier, pits man against man and man against nature. Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a trapper who, after being attacked by a bear, is left…
Short List: January 7 – 10
SPOTLIGHT: Thu., Jan. 7 — Comedy If Hooking Up With The Second City sounds saucier than the storied comedy troupe usually gets when visiting Pittsburgh, well, it is. “Perhaps a bit more taboo and risque” is how touring-company member Kelsey Kinney describes this new mix of sketches, songs and improv about relationships, which hits Pittsburgh…
The winter months are a great time to catch up on smaller 2015 films you may have missed
This year, lots of popular movies made year-end best-of lists: You don’t need me to tell you to see Mad Max: Fury Road or Inside Out. Instead, here are some smaller, worthwhile films to catch up with during the dark winter months. It’s not easy being a girl: These films tackled female identity, and the…
Janis: Little Girl Blue
This new documentary from Amy Berg looks at the life and career of rock star Janis Joplin, who died in 1970, just weeks before the release of her solo LP Pearl. It’s an intimate and moving portrait, told through interviews with family, bandmates and friends (including Dick Cavett); archival footage; and Joplin’s own words (as…
Film Kitchen
Work by Chris Mason includes an 8-minute preview version of “Guaracha Latin Dance Band,” a documentary about the local musical institution founded by Cuban-born Miguel Sagué Jr. and continued by his son, Miguel Sagué III, showcasing the band’s blend of salsa, jazz and Afro-Cuban traditions. Also featured is “The Mind Cure Records Story,” three shorts…
With a new record and a tour with metal heavyweights Lamb of God and Anthrax, Deafheaven is ready to prove itself to skeptics
DEAFHEAVEN with LAMB OF GOD, ANTHRAX, POWERTRIP 6 p.m. Fri., Jan. 15. Stage AE, 400 North Shore Drive, North Side. $35-39. 412-229-5483 or stageae.com After the first time I saw Deafheaven, my thighs came away from the show with a horizontal indent running across them. That’s as high as the stage went at the Rock…
Career saxophonist and Bruce Springsteen band member Eddie Manion celebrates a new solo record at the Strand Theater
EDDIE MANION ALBUM-RELEASE SHOW 7 p.m. Sat., Jan. 9. The Strand Theater, 119 N. Main St., Zelienople. Sold out. 724-742-0400 or thestrandtheater.org Name a song from the Bruce Springsteen catalog and saxophonist Eddie Manion can probably play it off the top of his head. From 2012 to 2014, he joined Bruce Springsteen and the E…
Indie pop band City Steps gets synthy on its new EP
CITY STEPS with AUTOMAGICK, BLITHEHOUND 10 p.m. Sat., Jan. 9. Club Café. 56 S. 12th St., South Side. 412-431-4950 or clubcafelive.com A typical City Steps performance usually features some tried-and-true elements: Who-ish backbeats with guitar melodies that evoke Belle & Sebastian, as well as Scottish post-punk forebears like Aztec Camera or Orange Juice. On top…
Critics’ Picks, Jan. 7-13
[ROCK] + FRI., JAN. 8 Four stylistically disparate bands come together for a great cause at Altar Bar tonight as part of They Can Cover Their Ears But We Won’t Stop Screaming, an event to raise awareness of sexual assault. The all-ages concert, benefiting Pittsburgh Action Against Rape, features talks from victims and performances from The Thinker and The…
New Releases
Wooly Woman Free (Self-released) woolywoman.bandcamp.com Brought to you by former pro BMX biker Gregory Smee, this set of upbeat and summery psych-pop has a strong retro-’60s vibe. It also brings to mind the work of similarly minded ’90s Welsh bands like Super Furry Animals or Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci. (The record is also fittingly titled: Smee…
Three Pittsburgh psychics make predictions for 2016
With a presidential election looming, local and national movements for workers’ rights, and continuing threats of terrorism domestically and abroad, 2016 is poised to be a volatile year. Not knowing what’s on the horizon can cause a lot of angst, so City Paper consulted with three “fortune tellers” to gain some insight into what the…
Sakura
Sakura 5882 Forbes Ave., Squirrel Hill 412-422-7188 Hours: Mon.-Thu. 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Fri. 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sun. 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Prices: Appetizers, soups and salads $2-12; entrees $6-23 Liquor: Wine and beer Eight years ago, we dined at Sakura Teppanyaki & Sushi, a Japanese restaurant with more home-style offerings than was typical at the…
Hunt Armory deal might be bad for Pittsburgh’s affordable-housing fund
On Dec. 16, Mayor Bill Peduto was part of an hour-long, nationally live-streamed discussion on the topic of affordable housing with the Department of Housing and Urban Development in Washington, D.C. During the talk, Peduto detailed the Penn Plaza crisis in East Liberty and the resulting agreement, a deal that included a new special affordable-housing…
Pittsburgh food scene is currently awesome, but there are still some niches to be filled
In recent years, Pittsburgh has rightly received numerous accolades for its lively dining scene, and we’re all grateful to have moved on past boring burgers, pizza and wings. But there are some holes in the casual-fare landscape that I’d like to see filled. Some might seem kooky or weird, but I ate at (or walked…
Pittsburgh dog massager offers comfort and relief to the four-legged set
Raylene Hoover’s life is a sitcom premise: She is a professional dog massager who’s allergic to dogs. Hoover got started pet-sitting in people’s homes in 2004, founding Critter Sitters mostly for older pets who can’t go to kennels. Some of these elderly dogs had hip dysplasia and arthritis. To aid her own joint problems, Hoover…
CP Weekend Podcast – Jan. 6-10, 2015
This week: Check out Title Town’s new digs, or rock out for a good cause.
