Every time Daryl Metcalfe is outraged, an angel gets his wings
Daryl Metcalfe says Voter ID court ruling is a victory for the “lazy”
“Day of Giving” Starts at Midnight
Donors sought to activate PittsburghGives matching funds
Presidential Debate Bingo Cards
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Zombie Store Opens In Lawrenceville
House of the Dead plans “Walking Dead” event
BREAKING: IDs will be asked for, not required at polls this November
OK, this just in: Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson has just issued a ruling that scraps the voter ID requirement in the November elections. Just as happened in the spring primary, voters will be asked for a photo ID that meets state requirements… but not required to present it. Simpson’s ruling does not throw out…
Voter ID Ruling in
We are still going through the VOter ID decision that was handed down just a short time ago, but wanted to share the link to Judge Simpson’s ruling. Judge Simpson granted the injunction in part: Petitioners’ Application for Preliminary Injunction is GRANTED in part. Based on the foregoing Supplemental Determination, the Respondents and their agents,…
Heads Up: Morning headlines for Oct. 2
Today, Pennsylvania — and to a large extent the entire country — is waiting to hear a Commonwealth Court judge’s (second) ruling on the state Voter ID law. Keep your computer tuned to this station for updates. In the meantime, Allegheny County’s own Voter ID program was rolled out last night. Just under three dozen…
Politics in the NFL, or, Philip Rivers
An Examiner report reveals that some Steelers personnel gave money to the Obama campaign — and Philip Rivers gave to Pittsburgh’s most notorious insane Republican son.
See the Pirates for 48 cents!
Get your Pirates tickets for less money than anything on sale at your local dollar store
Review of Continuum Dance Theater’s “The Movement”
Local company intrigues with revamped work
Food trucks rally to change Pittsburgh’s rules for mobile vendors
Pghmobilefood Pghmobilefood logo Pittsburgh’s food trucks are getting organized, hoping to making changes to Pittsburgh’s stringent mobile vendors rules. They’ve launched a new website, pghmobilefood.com, a new twitter account @pghmobilefood and they’ve scheduled a series of events to drum up support. Two lectures on “How to Change a Law,” are planned. Wednesday’s lecture features a…
Heads Up: Morning headlines for Oct. 1
A low point for Highmark … Sophie may be disenfranchised … and the Pirates set another milestone.
The Movement: A New Perspective at The Space Upstairs
Review of Continuum Dance Theater’s unique production.
2012 The PittsBurgher
The PittsBurgher is a burger competition and benefit music festival that featured performances by local entertainment including; live music with DJ’s, bands. The event took place from 1p-7p at the Rivers Casino Amphitheatre in Pittsburgh’s North Shore with over a dozen local restaurants sampling their best burger for the chance to be named “Best burger…
Lynn Cullen Live 10/01/12
Video Archive PittsBurgher recap; Soup Nazi — making a living off of 2 episodes of Seinfeld; dessert burger; TSA catching armed people in security who forgot they had a gun on them; women seem to be taking over, but still get paid less than men; cultural anxiety; patriarchal dividend is lost; biking in Europe vs.…
Vintage check writer, Cleveland Browns babywear and more
A few items currently available from Pittsburgh vendors on Etsy.
Soft-Core Corn
A Butler County farm family shows off its vegetables — and its good-looking men — in this new reality-TV show.
Discussion of Famed Local Political Cartoonist
Rob Rogers, Tim Menees discuss cartoonist forebear Cy Hungerford
Preview: The Antlers/Port St. Willow At Altar Bar 9/29
The Antlers/Port St. Willow perform at Altar Bar on Saturday, September 29th at 7pm.
Persad Center to hold 5k to benefit youth programs
November 5K race will raise funds, draw awareness to issues facing LGBT youth issues.
Heads Up: Morning headlines for Sept. 28
Voter ID decision due … Bill Peduto is in it to win it — almost … and the Marcellus Shale Coalition loves the little fishies.
Lynn Cullen Live 09/28/12
Video Archive Guests: Chris Potter, Gary Rotstein – Off the Record; Phone guest: Diana Rua – Diana Rua Media; Republicans think polls are part of media conspiracy; voter ID in PA; Rich Fitzgerald already giving money to Peduto’s mayoral campaign; Peduto lacks charisma; Democrats can’t be thinking we have the presidential election in the bag;…
Peduto: Putting the pedal to the metal
“Want to know how serious I am about this campaign?” Bill Peduto asked me, speaking from his cell phone. “I’m driving a Ford.” Which is a joke, of course, but one intended to suggest that Peduto — whose previous cars have included a Saab, a high-mileage Audi, and a presentable Cooper Mini — is no…
Author, Beekeeping Expert Speaks Here Tomorrow
“Bees in America” author Tammy Horn visits the Big Idea bookstore
Peduto files paperwork for mayor’s race
Peduto takes another step closer to 2013 Mayor’s race
Heads Up: Morning headlines for Sept. 27
Just the other day, some jagoff observed that, with all the 11th-hour hour changes made to the voter ID law, “it’s hard to see why opponents or supporters of Voter ID should have any faith in the law.” And guess what? At least one of the law’s jagoff authors is losing faith in it. State…
Lynn Cullen Live 09/27/12
Video Archive Guest: Tom Sokolowski; Judaism & Yiddish tidbits; Sokolowski’s drag transformation; New Hazlett Theatre was the first Carnegie Music Hall; Honey Boo Boo will air a 2nd season; what happened to the Garden Theatre; San Fran’s expensive tiny apartments; Obit: Andy Williams, singer — Moon River, etc…; Claudine Longet; NFL ref situation; Audio Only…
Final Weekend for Philip K. Dick Play
Review of a new play about a science-fiction cult hero
Final Weekend for Philip K. Dick Play
Brief review of “800 Words: The Transmigration of Philip K. Dick”
CPRB to investigate undercover procedures
In light of questions arising out of the Jordan Miles civil lawsuit, the Pittsburgh Citizens Police Review Board will hold a public hearing to look into the policies and procedures of the city’s undercover units known as “99 Cars.”
Final Days for Science Center’s Guitar Exhibit
A review of the Science Center’s big touring guitar display
Heads Up: Morning headlines for Sept. 26
Story of the day: “It’s possible there could be an injunction here,” says Commonwealth Court Robert Simpson in a re-hearing of the state’s voter ID law. This despite the fact that the state has, yet again, issued an eleventh-hour attempt to make registration easier. I’ve got a column out today arguing that the more of…
Erika Osborne’s work explores place as a concrete manifestation of nature.
ERIKA OSBORNE: IMPRINTING PLACE continues through Sun., Sept. 30. 707 Penn Gallery 707 Penn Ave. Downtown. 412-325-7017 Erika Osborne’s exhibit Imprinting Place expresses a consistent attitude toward a dominant theme — namely, that place is the nexus of our interface with nature. In other words, nature is neither an abstraction nor a symbol, but rather…
Midnight Radio returns with Secret Agents & Spies
MIDNIGHT RADIO: SECRET AGENTS & SPIES continues through Sept. 29. Bricolage 937 Liberty Ave. Downtown. $15-25. 412-394-3353 or bricolagepgh.org At first glance, watching a radio show doesn’t sound like the most theatrical of events. But if you let that dissuade you, you’ll never find out what a fun evening Bricolage’s Midnight Radio series can be.…
Japan’s chelfitsch Theater Company sends up office life.
CHELFITSCH THEATER COMPANY performs Hot Pepper, Air Conditioner, and the Farewell Speech 8 p.m., Fri., Sept. 28, and 8 p.m. Sat., Sept. 29. Kelly-Strayhorn Theater 5941 Penn Ave. East Liberty. $15-35. 412-363-3000 or kelly-strayhorn.org Modern office life has been a source of humor and consternation for decades, featured in everything from novels like Sloan Wilson’s…
STREB: Forces is part dance, part circus, part stunt show.
The STREB company performs STREB: FORCES 8 p.m. Fri., Sept. 28, and 8 p.m. Sat., Sept. 29. Byham Theater 101 Sixth St. Downtown. $19-48. 412-456-6666 or trustarts.org Elizabeth Streb is a mad scientist. How else would you describe a woman who devises diabolically dangerous-looking scenarios for her group of “action heroes” (a.k.a. “action engineers”), who…
Beauty Is Embarrassing
Beauty Is Embarrassing Directed by: Neil Berkeley Fri., Sept. 28, through Mon., Oct. 1 Melwood Screening Room Wayne White seems pretty pleased with himself. And judging from Beauty Is Embarrassing, he should be. He was one of the creative geniuses behind Pee Wee’s Playhouse, the mind-scrambling 1980s children’s TV show. He spends his days building…
Making a Run: Candidate focusing on women’s health issues in suburban senate race
A year ago, Kimberly Pazzanita Villella had no intention of running for the Pennsylvania state Senate. But after a year of attacks on women’s health, the passage of a voter-ID law, and the pledge of huge tax breaks for the natural-gas industry amid cuts to education and social-service budgets, she says she really didn’t have…
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[REC]3: Genesis
The Spanish horror film [REC]3: Genesis starts cheerily. Surrounded by their friends and family, Clara (Leticia Dolera) and Koldo (Diego Martín) are getting married. But after an “infected” uncle starts tearing into guests — who in turn savagely bite others — this turns into the Zombie Wedding From Hell. The “[REC]” in the awkward title…
Dollar Signs: County, city weighing separate plans to monetize city assets
If you’re one of those people who bristles over corporate names on public structures, like PNC Park or Heinz Field — or you see red over billboards dotting the landscape — then new proposed fund-raising plans by Allegheny County and the City of Pittsburgh might throw you over the edge. In an effort to generate…
Hotel Transylvania
To protect his monster friends and, more importantly, his daughter, from the fire and pitchforks of frightened villagers, Count Dracula builds a secluded haven called Hotel Transylvania. Add an unexpected human infiltration and it’s not necessarily a bad premise for an animated kids’ film. But add Adam Sandler and one of his much-heard kooky voices,…
Anti-Social Media
One danger of social media, everyone knows, is oversharing. People post updates about the dumbest things: cute stuff their kid did … where they went for dinner … not to mention the status of their hostage drama and ensuing police stand-off. So it was last week, when Klein Michael Thaxton, 22, became a kind of…
House at the End of the Street
This horror thriller about a mother and daughter who rent an exurban house next to a murder site has flashes of intelligence and humanity. Teen-age Elissa (Jennifer Lawrence), for instance, observes that deadly violence never seemed to lower the rent in their old city neighborhood; meanwhile, there are brushes with complexity in her tenuous relationship…
Rich Ironies
Here’s how much Pennsylvania Republicans care about the integrity of elections: Thanks to the voter-ID law they passed earlier this year, democracy has apparently been entrusted, at least in part, to nursing homes. Feel more secure now? It took a Democrat, Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald, to illustrate just how flawed the law is. Last…
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Adapting his own YA novel to the screen, Stephen Chbosky proves an understated director, allowing his cherished 1999 source to wander in many awkward directions. If Pittsburgh native Chbosky means to mirror in form the erratic moods of adolescence, he’s successful, but it doesn’t create a cohesive movie. High school freshman Charlie (Logan Lerman) is a…
Savage Love
I was wondering what you think about the Folsom Street Fair, the annual gay leather/fetish/BDSM street fair in San Francisco. Do you think it is still a socially relevant display? Or do you think that when we are fighting for civil rights and equality it does more harm than good? Better Displaying San Francisco I’m…
Being Beedie
Pittsburgh rapper Beedie has the artistic pedigree — but the road to success for the young MC hasn’t been an easy one. Still, maybe being born into a line of musicians and actors suggests a little bit of destiny at work as the 24-year-old is poised for next-level success. Born in New York City, Beedie…
Short List: September 26 – October 2
Maybe you haven’t heard of “psychogeography,” but it’s heard of you. It’s the study, through art, of how people interact culturally with the urban landscape. (History animating city streets, for instance.) The City & The City: Artwork by London Writers is a psychogeographic exhibition opening at Wood Street Galleries as part of the Pittsburgh Cultural…
Julia Holter gets comfortable with working together
JULIA HOLTER with THE GARMENT DISTRICT. 8 p.m. Tue., Oct. 2. The Andy Warhol Museum 117 Sandusky St. North Side. $12-15. 412-237-8300 or warhol.org When listening to so-called bedroom recordings — those albums intimately recorded at home in relative solitude rather than in a conventional studio — imagining those rooms is nearly irresistible. How chilly…
Piacquadio’s
Piacquadio’s 300 Mount Lebanon Blvd. Mount Lebanon. 412-745-3663 Hours: Mon.-Thu. 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Fri. 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sat. 4-11 p.m. Prices: Appetizers, soups and salads $4-10; entrees $10-24 Liquor:Full bar It’s no surprise that Italian was one of the first foreign cuisines to become utterly assimilated into American home cooking. A simple, satisfying Italian meal…
Macro mixes Jesus and the X-Men
Klint Macro came to Pittsburgh to attend the Art Institute in the early ’90s. During his first go-around in the city, he connected with Puppetshow, the band made up of John Perkovic, Jeanne Weiss and Adam Sivitz. He probably didn’t envision then that, by the late 2000s, he’d be working with them on a project…
Wholey New Business: Luke Wholey puts seafood experience behind Wild Alaskan Grille
Overhearing a table of customers ordering the oysters, Luke Wholey waved away his general manager’s suggestion that he let one of the employees in the kitchen shuck them. Jogging to the second-floor cooler of his new restaurant, the Wild Alaskan Grille in the Strip District, the 28-year-old immediately went to work on the job himself:…
CD Reviews
Instead of Sleeping The Reds, the Blacks, the Grays (Self-released) A 20-minute EP from the local indie-rock four-piece. Clean, bright vocal harmonies, well-written tunes dealing with relationships and such. This band is on the cusp of pop-punk (especially in the vocals), but the tunes are generally a little too downtempo, and the compositions a little…
After 70 years of distributing beer, the LaRusse family calls it quits
After more than 70 years in business, Tarentum-based Anheuser-Busch wholesaler LaRusse Distributing Company has closed its doors. Owner Phil LaRusse Jr. felt that his business had grown as much as it was going to, and that the culture of the beer business had become too corporate for his taste. “It was time to get out,”…
Critics’ Picks: September 26 – October 2
[INDIE FOLK] + THU., SEPT. 27 Danielle Ate the Sandwich (real name Danielle Anderson) is just as unique as her moniker sounds. The ukulele-wielding singer/songwriter and Colorado native has come a long way — from posting quirky videos on YouTube to opening for big names like Weezer and Mumford & Sons. With tongue-in-cheek lyrics and…
Changing bulbs
For many of us, garlic is garlic. Depending on whether you like its strong flavor, that’s either the best or worst thing about it. But Ron Stidmon wants you to know there isn’t one kind of garlic, any more than there is one kind of apple. “There are garlics that are sweet, and garlics that…
With pointed humor, Dave Newman’s new novel portrays the life of a lowly college writing instructor.
Raymond Carver Will Not Raise Our Children By Dave Newman Writers Tribe Books, $16.95, 316 pages #excerpt { padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; width:500px; } Write what you know is a dictum straight from page one of any creative-writing instructor’s playbook. It’s advice well-heeded by local writer Dave Newman in his second novel, Raymond Carver…
