Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto says Trump’s tax cuts and proposals will increase economic inequality in region
Peduto said tax cuts and President Donald Trump’s budget proposal could force cities and towns to increase their local taxes to pay for necessities.
Chantal’s Specialty Cheese Shop opens in Bloomfield
A soft opening for Chantal’s Speciality Cheese Shop.
Environmentalists say Allegheny County’s air quality is a repellent to companies like Amazon
Allegheny County has some of the worst air quality in the U.S., and environmentalist and grassroots group say it’s hurting our prospects of attracting newcomers.
Lynn Cullen Live – 3/20/18
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Penn Plaza tenant group calls on city officials to reject proposed East Liberty development
Former Penn Plaza tenants want developers to include affordable-housing in their new proposed development.
Lynn Cullen Live – 3/19/18
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Pittsburgh activist Blak Rapp Madusa starts crowdfund for legal fees following North Versailles arrest while filming police
The well-known Black Lives Matter rapper and activist was arrested following an altercation on Feb. 24 and is raising money for her legal defense.
Lynn Cullen Live – 3/16/18
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Two traditionally Republican suburbs in the South Hills were key for Conor Lamb’s special election victory
Grassroots volunteers focused intensely on Bethel Park and Upper St. Clair and got many Republicans who were upset with Trump to back a Democrat.
Lynn Cullen Live – 3/15/18
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Lynn Cullen Live – 3/14/18
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Warmer spring weather is a great match for light, crisp lagers
Spring is nigh, which means it’s time to return to gardening, baseball and good lager beer. Rich Belgians and boozy imperial stouts are all well and good for the winter hibernation. But when the thermometer starts climbing and the days get longer, I reach for something light, crisp and low in alcohol. And though they…
Uptown’s Eco-Innovation District is slated for three public-art projects
Calling all artists. The city is currently seeking proposals for a public-art project in Uptown. The new projects will be the first in a series of art installations in the Uptown Eco-Innovation District. Launched in fall 2015, the Eco-Innovation District is a city program encouraging environmentally friendly and sustainable development in the neighborhood. As part…
Judge’s courtroom conduct sends wrong message to victims of abuse
With the recent historic increase in the number of victims reporting past sexual and domestic violence, questions arise as to why victims wait so long before reporting such incidents. If you have been asking yourself such questions, you need look no further than the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas to find some answers. In…
New Local Release: Astrology Now’s Semi-Hollow Review
Astrology Now Semi-Hollow Review Self-released www.astrologynow.bandcamp.com In just 10 songs, Astrology Now’s debut, Semi-Hollow Review, proves it’s a band whose music is worth sinking into. The initial singles on the record — “A Loud Sound for the Future” and “Is It Real” — each serve as their own immersive universes for listeners to lose themselves…
Michael and Yelena Barnhouse run Lola Bistro on the North Side
Lola Bistro is nestled among the beautiful 19th-century homes at the edge of the Mexican War Streets. It occupies the bottom floor of one such house, built in 1889, and at around 30 seats, makes for a very cozy space in which to dine. Since opening in 2012, Lola has been quietly turning out beautiful…
Kristine Irwin’s Voices of Hope
Kristine Irwin Voices of Hope Incredible Messages Press www.voices-of-hope.org Twelve years ago, Kristine Irwin was raped and dumped on the side of the road. In her debut memoir, Voices of Hope, released this month, she recounts her experience and how it affected not just her life, but also the lives of her friends and family. …
Jack Daniel and the legacy of Nearest Green
A year-and-a-half ago, Fawn Weaver began research that would resurrect the true narrative of Jack Daniel’s whiskey: that Daniel learned to distill from Nathan “Nearest” Green, an African-American slave he met as a child. As a young orphan, Daniel went to work for a preacher who rented Green from his master to distill his whiskey.…
Pittsburgh-based podcast I Got the Hell Out details 10 years spent in an Old Testament, polygamous, doomsday cult
Laura and Debby are sticking with first names for this story. They’re the hosts and creators of the Pittsburgh-based podcast I Got the Hell Out, which recounts Debby’s 10 years living as a member of an “Old Testament, polygamous, doomsday cult.” She got the hell out in October 2003 and has no interest in being…
Love, Simon
For years, the coming-out film was a staple of the gay-film-festival circuit. Some were dramas, but many were comedies that mined the awkwardness of telling friends and family for knowing laughs. Everybody’s story is different, but as with any of life’s passages, there are universal elements. And now a coming-out comedy is hitting the multiplexes…
A Wrinkle in Time
A Wrinkle in Time Directed by Ava DuVernay In 3-D, in select theaters It’s tricky business, taking a beloved classic children’s book — which finds its real power inside the reader’s mind — and translating that wonder to a box-office-friendly Disney film. Ava DuVernay (Selma) makes a go of it with A Wrinkle in Time,…
7 Days in Entebbe
Back in the so-called “golden age of airline hijackings” in the late 1960s and 1970s, one of the more notorious skyjackings was Air France Flight 139 in the summer of 1976. Traveling from Tel Aviv to Paris, it was taken over, after an Athens stop-over, by four hijackers — two members of the Popular Front…
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s New Works program brings dancer-choreographed works to life
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre performs New Works Program I: 8 p.m. Fri., March 16; 2 p.m. Sun., March 18; and 2 and 8 p.m. Sat., March 24. Program II: 8 p.m. Sat., March 17; 8 p.m. Fri., March 23; and 2 p.m. Sun., March 25. August Wilson Center, 980 Liberty Ave., Downtown. $28-109. www.pbt.org While there…
More New Films: These films are opening on March 16 in Pittsburgh
FACES OF (IN)EQUALITY: CARNEGIE MELLON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. The 12th annual festival of recent international films begins Thu., March 22. The program includes more than a dozen features and documentaries, as well as guest speakers and special events. The opening-night film is the Pittsburgh premiere of Life and Nothing More, Antonio Méndez Esparza’s drama about…
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings at New Hazlett Theater
Having not read Maya Angelou’s memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings for many years, the humor and charisma of the stage performance surprised me. All of the disturbing storylines from the book are there on stage — racism, sexism, sexual abuse, the dreary loneliness of teenage life — but the acting, staging and…
Jonathan Finlayson performs at City of Asylum Tue., March 20
Some trumpet players might pursue a career after hearing legendary players like Clifford Brown or Dizzy Gillespie, or iconoclasts like Lester Bowie, of the Art Ensemble of Chicago. Jonathan Finlayson found his inspiration closer to home. “The thing that sealed it for me was being around other kids that were, at the time, a lot…
U.S. Senate candidate Lou Barletta is pushing his anti-immigrant agenda in online ads and mailers
A Feb. 2 immigration article on the Kansas City Star website provided an interesting contrast for Pennsylvania readers. The article detailed the detainment of Bangladeshi undocumented immigrant Syed Ahmed Jamal, who has lived in the U.S. for 30 years, has no criminal record, and teaches at Kansas City-area universities. Jamal overstayed his visa and was…
The Haters Roast — The Shady Tour brings insult-slinging drag queens to town
If you’re attending the Haters Roast — The Shady Tour, a touring stage show featuring drag queens from the hit TV show RuPaul’s Drag Race, be forewarned. It’s a triple dose of hilarious insult-filled comedy: It’s going to be hater-y, roast-y and shady. Good thing this event is held in a library, because there is…
Clarion Quartet releases Breaking the Silence, music of composers suppressed by Nazi Germany
Theresienstadt looked like a normal Czech village when the Red Cross visited it for inspection in June 1944. There was a bank, a bakery and children singing and performing. But beneath the surface, a sinister truth lurked. Theresienstadt was a transitional concentration camp used by the Nazis during World War II. Many artists lived there,…
Free Will Astrology
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Although her work is among the best Russian literature of the 20th century, poet Marina Tsvetayeva lived in poverty. When fellow poet Rainer Maria Rilke asked her to describe the kingdom of heaven, she said, “Never again to sweep floors.” I can relate. To earn a living in my early adulthood,…
What’s Playing on Pittsburgh Screens: March 14-22
LEGEND OF THE MOUNTAIN. In King Hu’s 1979 drama, a scholar, tasked with copying a sutra, meets a mysterious old lady and her daughter in the mountains. He marries the daughter, but then learns she may be an evil ghost. In Mandarin, with subtitles. 6 p.m. Sun., March 18. Regent Square. filmmakers.pfpca.org THE 36TH CHAMBER…
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Savage Love
I’m a 33-year-old woman from Melbourne, Australia, dating a 24-year-old man. We’ve been dating for about eight months; it is exclusive and official. He’s kind and sweet, caring and giving. The thing is, he confessed to me recently that he doesn’t really “feel.” The way he explained it is, the only emotions he feels are…
Drink Me: Appreciating the dry martini at Whitfield, at the Ace Hotel
Location: Whitfield at the Ace Hotel, 120 S. Whitfield St., East Liberty Ambiance: Classy lounge meets hip-kid hangout with plenty of company What I drank: Dirty gin martini Cost: $13 Hot take: There’s almost nothing like a bracing, classic gin martini to take the edge off any day. Having tasted many around the city, this…
Top 5: Pittsburgh artists to follow on Instagram
@caldwellbeads Prepare to be blown away by Caldwell Linker’s artwork made out of tiny beads. Gems include portraits, words, jewelry and yes, even vaginas. @danielgurwin Graphic-design nerds, take note: If vintage signs make you drool, Daniel’s hand-lettering will be right up your alley. His process sketches are a personal favorite. @xiolathefairy Xiola Jensen’s whimsical illustrations…
Bird Brain: What was going through the Pirate Parrot’s mind during a recent GOP fundraiser
When the Pittsburgh Pirates traded Gerrit Cole, fans were mad. When they traded Andrew McCutchen, fans were irate. But when Pirates General Manager Frank Coonelly dragged the Pirate Parrot to a GOP event that featured U.S. Congressional candidate Rick Saccone and long-time Trump stooge Kellyanne Conway, fans lost every piece of their damned minds. Coonelly…
