President Obama, Vice President Biden endorse Katie McGinty for U.S. Senate
Among Democratic candidate vying to face U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey in general election, Katie McGinty receives endorsements from President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.
Pittsburgh’s ACTION United calling for mandatory advance notice for evicted tenants
The community advocacy group ACTION United is proposing the city require landlords give 18-month advance notice to residents who will be displaced by evictions.
Pittsburgh City Councilor Darlene Harris launches financial literacy series
District 1 Pittsburgh City Councilor Darlene Harris launched a series of financial education seminars.
Listen Up! March 30
Our Spotify playlist includes songs by artists mentioned in the March 30 issue
“Miss Julie, Clarissa and John” at Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Co.
Four performances remain of this smart recasting, from Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Co., of a stage classic.
A conversation with this week’s Pittsburgh City Paper Pirates Preview cover artist Joshua Gragg
Pittsburgh artist Joshua Gragg talks about his work and his predictions for the 2016 Pittsburgh Pirates season.
Four reasons the Pittsburgh Pirates are headed toward salvation in 2016 and four reasons they’re headed toward damnation
Pirates Preview: Four reasons the Pittsburgh Pirates are headed toward salvation in 2016 and four reasons they’re headed toward damnation While he may still be learning English, Pittsburgh Pirates’ Jung Ho Kang is fluent in the language of baseball Finding the right balance between data analysis and gut reaction is key to Pittsburgh Pirates’ success…
While he may still be learning English, Pittsburgh Pirates’ Jung Ho Kang is fluent in the language of baseball
Pirates Preview: Four reasons the Pittsburgh Pirates are headed toward salvation in 2016 and four reasons they’re headed toward damnation While he may still be learning English, Pittsburgh Pirates’ Jung Ho Kang is fluent in the language of baseball Finding the right balance between data analysis and gut reaction is key to Pittsburgh Pirates’ success…
Pittsburgh’s Thrival Innovation + Music Festival announces initial 2016 lineup
Thrival headliners include Chvrches, Thievery Corporation
Pennsylvania U.S. Senate candidate John Fetterman releases ad on impact of heroin addiction
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and Braddock Mayor John Fetterman released campaign ad detailing the region’s heroin epidemic.
Artists Sought to Create Temporary Works in Pittsburgh Communities
Info meetings begin this week, application deadline is May 2
Pittsburgh-based UPMC to raise minimum wage at most facilities to $15 per hour by 2021
After a nearly five-year struggle to improve employee wages at UPMC hospitals, today the employer announced they would be raising the minimum wage at most of their facilities to $15/hr by 2021
MP3 Monday: Jordan Montgomery
Stream or download a new track from Pittsburgh rapper Jordan Montgomery
Lynn Cullen Live 03/28/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. John Kasich is a jerk. Pitt hires new coach. Lahore bombings. Georgia governor plans to veto “religious freedom” bill. Bob Ebeling. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton opens campaign office in Pittsburgh
Former Secretary of State and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton opens campaign office in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty neighborhood.
A conversation with Dylan Rau of Bear Hands
Zach Brendza talks with Dylan Rau of Bear Hands
Kesha announced as Pittsburgh’s 2016 Pride headliner, but Roots Pride says problems still exists at Delta Foundation
The Delta Foundation’s Pride in the Street lineup includes Kesha and Haze, who identifies as pansexual and agender.
Pittsburgh’s Fort Pitt Museum Explores 18th-Century Indian Captivity Tomorrow
Presentations supplement ongoing “Captured by Indians” exhibit at Pittsburgh’s Fort Pitt Museum.
Pittsburgh’s Revision Space Gallery Holds Final Opening Reception Tonight
Owner Cindy Lisica concludes two-and-a-half-year run after moving to Houston
What you need to know about Pittsburgh news this week
This week, Sen. Bernie Sanders’ campaign opens a Pittsburgh office; Garfield’s Mixtape raises workers’ wages; Mayor Bill Peduto touts decreasing police complaints; and hundreds gather at a funeral to mourn victims of the Wilkinsburg shooting.
Lynn Cullen Live 03/25/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. WTAE comes down on Wendy Bell. Ted Cruz sex scandal. Easter Rebellion. John McCain editorial. Emery and chalk writings. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
African-American leaders in Philadelphia criticize Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala’s campaign ad
Leaders in Philadelphia’s African-American community criticized the television advertisement recently released by Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala who is running for Pennsylvania district attorney.
Pittsburgh’s Mixtape becomes latest business to raise wages for employees
Mixtape, a Garfield dance lounge, music gallery, cafe and events space, announced it had joined the ranks of local businesses that are raising wages for their employees.
U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders opens campaign office in Pittsburgh
Democratic presidential candidate and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders opens up a campaign office in the South Side in the run up to Pa.’s primary election.
Lynn Cullen Live 03/24/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. Wendy Bell and Damon Young. Obama questions Cubans on racism. Pittsburgh population is falling. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
Decades after its formation, influential krautrock band Faust wins young fans
FAUST with RADON CHONG, POWER FOOL 8 p.m. Sun., March 27. The Rex Theater, 1602 E. Carson St., South Side. $22-25. All ages. 412-381-6811 or rextheater.com Ask any group of artists, “Which is most important: fame, money or being appreciated?” and you’re guaranteed to get differing answers. Jean-Hervé Peron, bassist for legendary krautrock group Faust,…
This week in City Paper History
The Justice Department under President George W. Bush seemed to have a fascination with its U.S. Attorneys prosecuting high-profile morality and political cases. And during those years, Mary Beth Buchanan was the teacher’s pet. She prosecuted Cyril Wecht for charges that basically amounted to misusing paper clips owned by Allegheny County. She built a case…
Two exhibits at Pittsburgh’s ToonSeum survey the world of alt-weekly comics
ALT-WEEKLY COMICS and FEAR OF A BLACK MARKER continue through April 10. ToonSeum, 945 Liberty Ave., Downtown. 412-232-0199 or toonseum.org For an alt weekly to review an exhibit titled Alt-Weekly Comics is bittersweet. This lively touring show from the Small Press Expo and the Society of Illustrators surveys a rich history, from Jules Feiffer in…
Here are a few of Pittsburgh’s best bar snacks
Our weekly ode to choice libations is on hold to give their equally deserving partner, the bar snack, a moment in the sun. It might play second fiddle to night of sipping cocktails or clinking beers, but there’s nothing that can turn a bar from good to great like something tasty to crunch on. From…
LGBT wedding ceremonies: Just call it a wedding
Navigation Intro Picture Perfect Special Invites Alternative Band Fashion Experience Groom Style Big-Day Hair Blossoming Ideas Nontraditional Settings Just Call It a Wedding Drinking It In Don’t Let Them Just Eat Cake For same-sex couples, a wedding is a wedding — not a civil union, not a commitment ceremony, not a “same-sex wedding.” According to…
Wysocki: Pittsburgh should give an NBA franchise a chance
Two kids from Fox Chapel recently made news that spread throughout the country. Not for training dancing horses or racing yachts — that town’s preferred snooty sports — but for their plea to bring an NBA team to the city of Pittsburgh. It’s an idea that’s been floated in these parts since the Condors folded,…
Wedding Guide 2016
Navigation: Picture Perfect Special Invites Alternative Band Fashion Experience Groom Style Big-Day Hair Blossoming Ideas Nontraditional Settings Just Call It a Wedding Drinking It In Don’t Let Them Just Eat Cake Model: Danielle Mock Art Director: Lisa Cunningham Wedding Dress and Head Piece from Anne Gregory for the Bride 2975 W. Liberty Ave., Dormont /…
Sex With Strangers at City Theatre
SEX WITH STRANGERS continues through April 3. City Theatre, 1300 Bingham St., South Side. $15-56. 412-431-2489 or citytheatrecompany.org A rom-com for thinking people, Sex With Strangers at City Theatre combines humor, insight and a 21st-century version of the Faustian bargain: You can sell your soul but retain the marketing rights. Laura Eason’s crisp 2009 play…
Chicago’s The Hood Internet rejects physical media out of necessity
THE HOOD INTERNET, TOBACCO, more. 9 p.m. Wed., March 23. Spirit, 242 51st St., Lawrenceville. $15-17. 412-586-4441 or spiritpgh.com The bulk of the Hood Internet’s discography exists in the intangible world of Internet mixtapes housed on its website. That’s by design, and it may not be there forever. With the exception of the 2012 studio…
Engagement photo session tips for brides and grooms
Navigation Intro Picture Perfect Special Invites Alternative Band Fashion Experience Groom Style Big-Day Hair Blossoming Ideas Nontraditional Settings Just Call It a Wedding Drinking It In Don’t Let Them Just Eat Cake After you’ve said yes and chosen a wedding date, it’s time to start planning some of the fun stuff like engagement photos. Engagement…
The Drowsy Chaperone at Point Park Conservatory
THE DROWSY CHAPERONE continues through Sun., March 27. Pittsburgh Playhouse, 222 Craft Ave., Oakland. 412-392-8000 or pittsburghplayhouse.com I hadn’t gone into Point Park Conservatory Theatre’s The Drowsy Chaperone expecting to be devastated — but director Jack Allison and star Mason Alexander Park have a big surprise up their sleeves. We open with the character “Man…
Pitt professor addressing glitches in the transition to solar
Environmental advocates often talk as though moving quickly toward renewable energy were simply a matter of building more wind turbines and solar farms. And to some extent, it is: As the price of solar and wind drops, the barriers toward steeply reducing (even eliminating) our dependence on fossil fuels are largely political. The growth of…
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
The third book in Veronica Roth’s dystopian young-adult novel series has been divided into two films, and this is the first. And frankly, director Robert Schwentke’s adaptation is so tedious and uninteresting, I hope they abandon the whole venture and just set these actors free. Everybody looks so miserable in this film, pretending to care…
Kimono at Off the Wall Theater
KIMONO continues through Sat., March 26. Off the Wall at Carnegie Stage, 25 W. Main St., Carnegie. $5-30. 724-873-3576 or insideoffthewall.com Though it usually references the sufferings of soldiers, post-traumatic stress disorder is increasingly used to describe the impacts on victims of things like poverty and violent crime. In his new stage work, Kimono, Mark…
Critics’ Picks, March 24-30
[ACOUSTIC] + FRI., MARCH 25 Perhaps best known as an electric jazz guitarist, Ross Hammond performs a solo acoustic set tonight at Acoustic Music Works with local guests Daryl Shawn and Pairdown. Hammond’s renditions of folk and gospel standards and his open-tuned slide playing recall John Fahey’s style of American primitive guitar, which explores obscure…
Unique wedding invitations from local artists
Navigation Intro Picture Perfect Special Invites Alternative Band Fashion Experience Groom Style Big-Day Hair Blossoming Ideas Nontraditional Settings Just Call It a Wedding Drinking It In Don’t Let Them Just Eat Cake The most unusual wedding invitation I ever received was a 45 rpm record you had to play to hear the details. But you…
Pittsburgh rapper Jordan Montgomery’s debut album explores being young and black in modern America
The Black Lives Matter movement weighs heavily on Driving While Black, the debut album of local hip-hop artist Jordan Montgomery. Some of the references are subtle, and some are direct, like the inclusion of news clips about Sandra Bland and Tamir Rice at the album’s end. While the origins of the album predate the movement, Montgomery says that as Black Lives Matter…
Short List: March 24 – 31
SPOTLIGHT: Thu., March 31 — Comedy A few months after its 2014 comedy tour visited Pittsburgh, Baltimore’s Wham City debuted, on Adult Swim, “Unedited Footage of a Bear.” The nightmarish 10-minute film about a suburban mom and her “duplicate” — which starts out as a cheesy drug commercial — was dubbed “this year’s scariest video”…
Los Punks: We Are All We Have
Punk rock has proved a durable form of musical expression, because, let’s face it, there is always something to be angry about. Especially when you’re young and when you’re already feeling disenfranchised like the teenagers, most of them Hispanic, in Los Angeles’ hardscrabble eastern and southern communities. Angela Boatwright’s on-the-fly doc catches up with these…
Special wedding drinks and cocktails for the “locally conscious”
Navigation Intro Picture Perfect Special Invites Alternative Band Fashion Experience Groom Style Big-Day Hair Blossoming Ideas Nontraditional Settings Just Call It a Wedding Drinking It In Don’t Let Them Just Eat Cake While champagne is the quintessential choice at weddings for toasts (or taking the edge off a bride’s nerves), modern couples are exploring unique…
Stuff We Like
Sree’s Indian. Fast, cheap and no-frills Indian eatery with vegan options offered daily. Open lunch hours only. 701 Smithfield St., Downtown Smithfield Street Bus Shelter. The build-out of the sidewalk on the 600 block simplifies walking, even as the brand-new canopy keeps things drier for busway commuters. BuyMeOnce. This website focuses on finding and selling…
Alternative wedding-band inspiration
Navigation Intro Picture Perfect Special Invites Alternative Band Fashion Experience Groom Style Big-Day Hair Blossoming Ideas Nontraditional Settings Just Call It a Wedding Drinking It In Don’t Let Them Just Eat Cake Wedding rings are, for many, the ultimate symbol of marriage. And while traditional jewelers offer copious options, including customizing and design services, some…
Sister Act at Pittsburgh Musical Theater
SISTER ACT continues through Sat., March 26. Pittsburgh Musical Theater at the Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Downtown. $29.75-49.75. 412-456-6666 or pittsburghmusicals.com Pittsburgh Musical Theater’s production of Sister Act doesn’t come alive until three-quarters of the way through the first act. It’s then that Deloris Van Cartier (Amanda Foote) joins with the convent-dwelling sisters for…
Fastball
Baseball, we are told, is as elemental as a guy with a rock throwing it as hard as he can at a guy with a stick, who then endeavors to hit it as hard as he can. Thus, the contest begins when the ball is pitched, and as Jonathan Hock’s entertaining documentary Fastball makes abundantly…
Pittsburgh spots to find the perfect wedding dress
Navigation Intro Picture Perfect Special Invites Alternative Band Fashion Experience Groom Style Big-Day Hair Blossoming Ideas Nontraditional Settings Just Call It a Wedding Drinking It In Don’t Let Them Just Eat Cake Trying on clothes in a fitting room is stressful enough. Is that mirror tilted? Why can’t they just change the flickering fluorescent light?…
Tasty desserts that go beyond the traditional wedding cake
Navigation Intro Picture Perfect Special Invites Alternative Band Fashion Experience Groom Style Big-Day Hair Blossoming Ideas Nontraditional Settings Just Call It a Wedding Drinking It In Don’t Let Them Just Eat Cake Is the wedding cake dead? After a city-wide search, the answer is a definite no. People still love the tradition of wedding cakes.…
Savage Love
I’m a 24-year-old male, married three years, monogamous. My wife and I are religious and were both virgins when we got married. I’m sexually frustrated with two things. (1) How can I get her to give me oral sex? (She has never given and I have never received oral sex. I regularly give her oral…
Groom fashion advice for a same-sex wedding
Navigation Intro Picture Perfect Special Invites Alternative Band Fashion Experience Groom Style Big-Day Hair Blossoming Ideas Nontraditional Settings Just Call It a Wedding Drinking It In Don’t Let Them Just Eat Cake Since the legalization of same-sex marriage in Pennsylvania and across the country, more gay couples have been tying the knot. With so much…
On the Record with Citizen Cope
CITIZEN COPE 8 p.m. Thu., March 31. Carnegie Music Hall of Homestead, 510 E. 10th Ave., Munhall. 412-462-3444 or librarymusichall.com Clarence Greenwood, a.k.a. Citizen Cope, was born in Memphis, grew up in Washington, D.C., and now dwells in Los Angeles. The singer-songwriter, who mixes blues and soul influences with folk and rock, took a few…
Hair and makeup tips for your big day
Navigation Intro Picture Perfect Special Invites Alternative Band Fashion Experience Groom Style Big-Day Hair Blossoming Ideas Nontraditional Settings Just Call It a Wedding Drinking It In Don’t Let Them Just Eat Cake Right now, braided updos and half-up styles are especially popular wedding-hair looks. And when it comes to makeup, it’s all about contouring and…
Skating Waves in Friendship
The city’s full of displaced rocks & automobile traffic, this I know & some say I’m crazy when they see me flyin’ by. Dogs bark, baffled by the human speedin’ on by. It’s true, I could ride the sidewalk but they’re riddled with cracks & walkers & let’s face it wheels are meant for the…
At Wood Street, Pastoral Noir explores an England real and imagined
PASTORAL NOIR: NEW ENGLISH LANDSCAPES continues through April 3. Wood Street Galleries, 601 Wood St., Downtown. 412-471-5605 or WoodStreetGalleries.org Although it contains only six works, it would be difficult to rush through Pastoral Noir: New English Landscapes. If you’ve ever spent time in the English countryside you can understand why so much literature and art…
Bell Farm
Bell Farm Hyatt Regency, 1111 Airport Blvd., Pittsburgh International Airport. 724-899-6050 Hours: Breakfast Mon.-Sun. 6:30-11 a.m., Sat.-Sun. 6:30 a.m.-noon; lunch daily 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; dinner daily 5:30-10 p.m. Prices: Soup, salad, small plates $6-15; entrees $15-35 Liquor: Full bar The only thing reliably less promising than airport food used to be airport hotel food. But…
A choreographer and a local drag star team up for Right of Way
CORNINGWORKS PRESENTSRIGHT OF WAY Wed., March 30-Sun., April 3. New Hazlett Theater, 6 Allegheny Square East, North Side. $25-30 (April 3 show is pay-what-you-can at the door). 888-718-4253 or newhazletttheater.org With gender equality and LGBTQ rights perennial hot-button issues, CorningWorks dives headlong into the conversation with the world premiere of its latest Glue Factory Project…
Joe & Pie in Downtown Pittsburgh offers quality coffee, pizza and more
The concept for new restaurant Joe & Pie seems pretty simple: coffee and pizza. But there’s more on the menu at this new Downtown eatery than the two named items. Run by co-owners Kairat Ussenov and Symbat Sarin, Joe & Pie offers a slew of breakfast, lunch and dinner options, including omelets, chicken and lamb…
Flower arrangements for your wedding day
Navigation Intro Picture Perfect Special Invites Alternative Band Fashion Experience Groom Style Big-Day Hair Blossoming Ideas Nontraditional Settings Just Call It a Wedding Drinking It In Don’t Let Them Just Eat Cake When it comes to choosing the perfect flowers for your wedding, Lauren Work Phillips, the owner of The Farmer’s Daughter Flowers, says preparation…
Allegheny County begins charging for courthouse weddings to generate revenue
It’s official: We can now have our extravagant weddings inside the Allegheny County Courthouse. We can invite hundreds of guests, dance the night away, imbibe cocktails, munch fancy hors d’oeuvres, and even set up a cookie table inside the 130-year-old historical structure. Thanks to legislation passed by Allegheny County Council in December, private citizens and…
The 10th annual Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival Faces of Conflict continues in Pittsburgh
The Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival: Faces of Conflict runs through April 3, with more than a dozen feature films and documentaries. Unless noted, films screen at McConomy Auditorium, on the CMU campus, and are $10 ($5 students/seniors). A complete schedule, including guest speakers and specials events, is at www.cmu.edu/faces. Some recent films screening this…
Pittsburgh history lives on, online
A skeleton key to the Schenley Hotel. Blueprints for a new jail from the 1920s. A token from the 1877 Pittsburgh Exposition. Souvenirs from the Duquesne Garden and the Schenley Park Casino. An original 1795 map of Pittsburgh. These are just a few of the nearly 100 historical artifacts owned by John Schalcosky, a 33-year-old…
City Paper Podcast, or “Untitled” – Episode 010
This week on the City Paper podcast, we talk Pittsburgh Pirates, weddings and this year’s Farm to Table Pittsburgh conference.
Brain-Feaster Sunday
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Lynn Cullen Live 03/23/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. President’s trip to Cuba. Brussels attacks. Justices being confirmed. Refugees and ISIS. SHOW MORE Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
Lynn Cullen Live 03/22/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. Brussels attacks. Cockatoo solves problem. Men’s tennis criticized. AIPAC conference. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
Lynn Cullen Live 03/21/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. AI intelligence. Prisoner reform. Yeats and the future. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
Lynn Cullen Live 03/18/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. David Brooks’ mea culpa. Pittsburgh Catholic Diocese to argue before Supreme Court. Gun law for conceal carry on college campuses in Georgia. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
