Pittsburgh’s Silver Eye Photography Gallery Moving to Bloomfield
After 30-plus years, a South Side fixture pulls up roots for the Penn Avenue arts corridor
Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey renews attacks on sanctuary cities
Republican U.S. Senator reissues his attack on policies that advocates say are welcoming to immigrants
Listen Up! Oct.12
Every Wednesday, we make a Spotify playlist containing tracks from artists mentioned in the current music section. Grab a paper and listen along:
Music To Sweep To 05: Punch Drunk Love
Jon Brion’s score delivers creepy, uneasy themes wrapped in schmaltz.
Hip-hop artist/activist Blak Rapp Madusa hosts a pre-screening of her new film, Her Time to Shyne
The film explores the impact of hip hop on the lives of black women
Science Center’s IMAX Film on Climate Change is silent on Its human causes
Film highlights melting glaciers, worsening tornados and wildfires without exploring the underlying cause
Slideshow: Protesters gather outside Donald Trump rally in Ambridge
A slideshow of Donald Trump’s visit to Ambridge Monday.
MP3 Monday: Rue
This week’s MP3 comes from lo-fi indie-punk band Rue. The four-piece, lead by Laura Lee Burkhardt, just released a new song, “Reversed.” It’s a highly catchy tune, full of odd musical turns and pleasantly unexpected vocal patterns. Give it a listen (or five, if you’re me) below. Download link has expired, sorry!
Video: Aide to Congressman Keith Rothfus calls funding Planned Parenthood “Hitleresque”
Congressman Keith Rothfus’ campaign spokesman calls funding for Planed Parenthood “Hitleresque.”
A photo essay of the University of Pittsburgh’s 37-34 shootout win over Georgia Tech
A photo essay of Pitt’s 37-34 shootout win to Georgia Tech.
Lynn Cullen Live 10/10/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. The second presidential debate. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
Music To Sweep To 04: Useless Creatures
The music of Andrew Bird (when he’s not singing) is the perfect soundtrack for getting shit done.
Liberty Bridge construction to continue through July 2018
The rehab project of Pittsburgh’s Liberty Bridge started in August 2015 and is scheduled to be finished in July 2018.
Rally against sexual harassment shuts down McDonald’s in Oakland
Pittsburgh activists are calling on McDonald’s to support workers experiencing sexual harassment on the job.
A conversation with Switchfoot drummer Chad Butler
“The goal of this band has always been to communicate hope.”
Pittsburgh Steeler DeAngelo Williams fighting breast cancer head on
October is a busy time for any NFL football player. But for Pittsburgh Steelers running back DeAngelo Williams, it’s even more so. Every October, for the past several years, NFL teams wear pink all month to raise money for the American Cancer Society. The inspiration for this program was actually Williams’ mother, Sandra Hill. Hill…
Ginny, 1956
I can still feel the lure of Grace’s store on Bower Hill: anything a person needed, shovels to shoestrings, to beer in the back room. Saturdays with my dad, among all the hardware, I only had eyes for the Ginny Doll Fashions, hung on the right-side pegged wall. There: count my precious money; choices must…
Pittsburgh Left: Whether you’re pro-pink or anti-pink, cancer doesn’t discriminate
A few years ago, my wife and I decided to take up golf. We weren’t sure whether we’d like the game, so we started cheap. I bought a used set of clubs from a garage sale and then cobbled her together a set from garage sales and thrift stores. I was able to find just…
Hand to God at City Theatre
HAND TO GOD continues through Oct. 16. City Theatre, 1300 Bingham St., South Side. $15-69. 412-431-2489 or www.citytheatrecompany.org Sublimation might not be healthy, but it sure is entertaining. At least that’s the message behind Robert Askins’ Hand to God, making its Pittsburgh premiere at City Theatre. Jason is a teenager with problems. He lives in…
A controversial attempt to honor a butoh master comes to town
TAKAO KAWACHUCHI PERFORMS ABOUT KAZUO OHNO 8 p.m. Thu., Oct. 13. The Andy Warhol Museum, 117 Sandusky St., North Side. $12-15. 412-237-8300 or warhol.org The dance form known as butoh is built on the idea of a performer finding the soul of the dance within himself. So when Tokyo-based dancer/performance artist Takao Kawaguchi premiered his…
Titus Andronicus at Cup-A-Jo Productions
TITUS ANDRONICUS continues through Oct. 7. Cup-A-Jo Productions at Studio SixTHreeFouR, 634 N. Sheridan Ave., East Liberty. $10-20. cupajoproductions.com When it comes to blood, gore and seriously nauseous mayhem, nobody beats the Bard. Cup-A-Jo Productions and Studio SixTHreeFouR re-imagine Shakespeare’s early play Titus Andronicus in a deceptively cozy outdoor space with live music and literally…
Verona-based Pittsburgh Pickle Company continues to grow
By November, Pittsburgh Pickle Company will have moved production from the kitchen facilities of a Verona church to the former Victor Ravioli Company building, about a half-mile away. That commercial space has a storefront which owners (and brothers) John Patterson, Will Patterson and Joey Robl hope to turn into a deli. More space means more…
On Eyes on the Lines, Steve Gunn finds happy accidents in unfocused moments
STEVE GUNN with DINOSAUR JR 8 p.m. Sun., Oct. 9. Mr. Smalls Theatre, 400 Lincoln Ave., Millvale. $25. 412-821-4447 or mrsmalls.com On Steve Gunn’s latest, Eyes on the Lines, the singer-guitarist keeps his lyrics vague and his narratives sparse. To search for meaning or specifics in them is to miss the point entirely. On this…
I’m Gonna Pray For You So Hard at The REP
I’m Gonna Pray for You So Hard continues through Oct. 16. The REP at Pittsburgh Playhouse, 222 Craft Ave., Oakland. $10-29. 412-392-8000 or pittsburghplayhouse.com I’m Gonna Pray For You So Hard (at Point Park’s REP) is a 2015 play that desperately wants to be a mid-20th-century American drama. But the playwright, Halley Feiffer, lacking the…
The Birth of a Nation
The release of Nate Parker’s docudrama The Birth of a Nation is well timed in that there is currently a lot of public discussion about race relations in this country. And no thoughtful discussion can ignore the institutional racism of America’s past. Parker reaches back nearly 200 years to tell the story of Nat Turner,…
Critics’ Picks – Oct. 6-12
[BAROQUE POP] + SAT., OCT. 8 Following an instrumental album recorded inside the Coyote Gulch canyons in Utah, and a collection of Handsome Family covers, Andrew Bird’s latest, Are You Serious, feels like both a return to form, and a barer-than-usual peek at the man himself. In the last few years, the multi-instrumentalist — known…
Luv at Little Lake Theater Co.
LUV continues through Oct. 15. Little Lake Theatre, 500 Lakeside Drive, Canonsburg. $13.75-21.75. 724-745-6300 or littlelake.org Romance is in the air at Little Lake Theatre’s production of Luv, an absurdist comedy by Murray Schisgal. The setup is simple, if not frantic: Harry Berlin (a perfectly manic Art DeConciliis) is ready to leap to his death…
Film Kitchen unspools on Oct. 11
Highlights include “Underdog: The Devin Tate Story,” Barry Rothbart’s amusing parody of heartwarming sports documentaries. Premise: A 9-year-old who happens to have the body of bearded, 32-year-old couch potato is determined to make the 10- to 11-year-olds’ basketball squad. Also featured are shorts by Marcus Morelli, including the cute Star Wars riff “The Christmas Awakens”…
Short List: Oct. 7-13
SPOTLIGHT: Fri., Oct. 7 – Dance Originally commissioned by the Carnegie Museum of Art in 1995 for its Made in America exhibit, Some Assembly Required is one of Attack Theatre’s oldest and most reprised productions — yet it’s new every time. It has been performed throughout Pittsburgh, nationally and internationally. On Oct. 7-9, Attack returns to Carnegie…
Reel Q: The Pittsburgh International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
The 31st annual Pittsburgh International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, now known as Reel Q, runs Thu., Oct. 6, through Sat., Oct 15. It features 17 feature-length narrative and documentary films, three programs of shorts, and opening- and closing-night parties. The opening-night film is Strike a Pose (7 p.m. Thu., Oct. 6), Ester Gould and…
Pittsburgh T-shirt shop Steel City creates ‘Pittsburgh Is Stronger Than Cancer’ design to benefit DeAngelo Williams Foundation
When Brandon Grbach heard DeAngelo Williams’ story on SportsCenter last October, he grabbed his sketchbook and sketched out “Pittsburgh Is Stronger Than Cancer.” He put it on a shirt and messaged Williams to ask whether his T-shirt company Steel City, which he started with his wife, Carly, in 2011, could sell them to help benefit…
The VIA Festival’s art program includes performances and a virtual-reality salon
VIA FESTIVAL Thu., Oct. 6-Sun., Oct. 9. Various venues. via-festival.com If you think that virtual reality, like video games, is all about guys playing first-person shooter, get into Weird Reality. The VR salon, part of this year’s VIA Festival, aims, in part, to disentangle the medium from what VIA co-founder and artistic director Lauren Goshinski…
Richard Pell’s Artist of the Year show is Extraordinary, indeed
THE MYTH OF THE GREAT OUTRIGHT EXTRAORDINARY! continues through Oct. 30. Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, 6300 Fifth Ave., Shadyside. 412-361-0873 or pfpca.org In The Myth of the Great Outright Extraordinary!, Richard Pell offers us a space to resist the obvious. In a world where we are so often called upon to divide and conquer…
Brian Howe, of Sikes and Greywalker, juggles more projects than he can easily count
ALL-SCENE ENTERTAINMENT FESTIVAL 4 p.m. Sat., Oct. 8. Mr. Smalls Theatre, 400 Lincoln Ave., Millvale. $10. 412-821-4447 or mrsmalls.com Brian Howe can’t count the projects he’s involved in on one hand. Between a hosting a podcast that’s now 100 episodes deep, fronting two bands and managing the graphic design and shipment department of Get Hip…
Little consensus exists over breast-cancer ribbon and branding
T-shirts, pins, flags, bookmarks, notepads and bandanas. If it has a pink ribbon on it, there’s a good chance Pittsburgh-area resident Meghan Koziel has received it. In the year since she was diagnosed with breast cancer, Koziel says she’s been overwhelmed by the amount of pink-ribbon merchandise she’s received. It’s not that she’s ungrateful; Koziel…
The Pittsburgh Penguins are sharpening their skates for their Stanley Cup title defense
Hockey has returned. It seems like we only just crammed 400,000 screaming fans into Downtown to celebrate the return of Lord Stanley. The Pirates’ three-year run of playoffs ended on Sunday, and now we need something to watch in between Steelers games. Hockey doesn’t match the popularity of football, basketball, baseball or even auto racing…
At this year’s Thrival Festival some were left high and dry by long lines
By many measures, this year’s Thrival Innovation + Music Festival was the most successful one yet. Now in its fourth year, a record-breaking 9,600 people descended upon Rankin’s Carrie Furnaces on Sept. 23 for the first night of Pittsburgh’s largest music festival. Many were drawn in part by EDM headliners The Chainsmokers, whose track “Closer”…
Pittsburgh City Paper Booze Battles: Kelly’s Bar & Lounge vs. Element
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…
Esperanza Spalding and the evolution of pop music
ESPERANZA SPALDING 8 p.m. Fri., Oct. 7. August Wilson Center, 980 Liberty Ave., Downtown. $55-65. 412-471-6070 or trustarts.org Cross-genre sensation Esperanza Spalding is something of an anomaly — albeit a welcome one — on today’s pop-music landscape. A fine singer with an impressive range, she’s also a supremely accomplished composer and musician, one with a…
Weird Pittsburgh: Dynamite, cat traps, jagoffs at the carwash and your constitutional right to call your favorite public official an asshole
A judge has upheld Pennsylvanians’ constitutional right to cuss out their elected officials at public meetings. Johanna Boratko, a mother of two middle-schoolers, brought her concerns about bullying to a March meeting of the board of the Greater Johnstown School District. When a board member tried to cut off her comments and demanded she be…
Pittsburgh Pirate Josh Harrison’s foundation helps kids dress for success
It wasn’t anybody’s fault that I didn’t get Josh Harrison’s phone call to my office last week. The Pirates were on the road as we were trying to connect to talk about the upcoming gala event to benefit the Josh and Brittney Harrisons for Hope Foundation. We never had a solid time confirmed. He thought…
Illahe Pinot Noir 2014, Willamette Valley
It’s very drinkable and fruit-forward. You get the blackberries right up front, plus it’s got sexy legs. It’s my favorite on the wine list, and we have 90 bottles that we sell by the glass.” — Recommended by Elizabeth Josefoski, bartender at Sonoma Grille. Illahe Pinot Noir 2014 is available by the glass and bottle…
Lineup Card
We’ve all been complaining about our lack of fall weather, but the cooler temps are finally on the way. And what better way to get out and enjoy the weather than going on a run? But you don’t have to jog alone — here are a few upcoming road races that you might want to…
Carmody’s Grill on Neville Island keeps a beloved name and tradition alive, while ably adapting to 21st-century standards and preferences
Carmody’s Grill 4905 Grand Ave., Neville Island. 412-458-1813 Hours: Mon.-Thu. 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 11 a.m.-midnight; Sun. noon-9 p.m. Prices: Appetizers $5-11; sandwiches and salads $8-16; entrees $10-20 Liquor: Full bar Carmody’s Restaurant and Lounge operated for 62 years in Franklin Park, becoming the kind of institution that served as an extension of home to…
Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman bring the music of Yes to Heinz Hall
ANDERSON RABIN WAKEMAN 7:30 p.m. Wed., Oct. 12 Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Downtown. $48.50-128.50. All ages. 412-392-4900 or pittsburghsymphony.org The history of progressive-rock giant Yes began in the late 1960s. The British group enjoyed its greatest success in the first half of the 1970s, with another peak at the height of the MTV era.…
Lynn Cullen Live 10/07/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. The role of shaving cream in teaching cursive. A royal Wolverine. The wrath of the smartphone. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
On his 10th record under the name Destroyer, Vancouver’s Dan Bejar moves further away from straight-ahead rock
DESTROYER with ZACHARY CALE 8 p.m. Mon., Oct. 10. Club Café, 56 S. 12th St., South Side. $15. 412-431-4950 or clubcafelive.com When talking about music that inspired him, Dan Bejar — who has released 10 thought-provoking albums and a few EPs under the name Destroyer — mentions the equally distinctive vocalist Scott Walker. That Ohio…
Honey Almond Granola
When I think about breakfast, my first thought definitely isn’t honey almond granola. It is eggs, hashed browns, pancakes and other savory delicacies — all of the things that I can’t eat right now. I could very easily wallow in self-pity, but I’d rather enjoy this homemade granola. The first time I made it, I used…
October isn’t just breast-cancer-awareness month
Every October, the entire country rallies around Breast Cancer Awareness month. There’s pink as far as the eye can see, and to be sure, working toward prevention, early detection and a cure is extremely important. The very pages you’re reading are, as I’m sure you’ve noticed, pink, and our news section hopefully gave you diverse…
How to plan a successful wedding bar
I’ve reached that magical and overwhelming age where everyone I know has decided to tie the knot. My girlfriend and I have our wedding routine down pat: She digs up the invitation to find the address, we grab a card and stuff it with cash, and I hope the one shirt I like to wear…
Lynn Cullen Live 10/05/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. Mike Pence running for president 2020? Rosalyn Litman, a real life Atticus Finch. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is on strike. Adolfo Kaminsky, a forger of documents that saved thousands of lives during WWII. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple…
Lynn Cullen Live 10/04/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. Donald Trump finally releases tax returns…no surprise he hasn’t been paying them. Women and the workplace. Second debate tonight. RIP to the man who created the Oscar Meyer Weiner song. More on Julian Assange. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our…
