Vol. 27, No. 10
Despite changing infrastructure needs in the Mon Valley, the Mon-Fayette Expressway refuses to die
“We will simply be the town that everyone drives over.”
By Ryan Deto
Pittsburgh-based Garment Project removes triggers for women with eating disorders
“I was still giving my clothing too much power over my ability to recover.”
By Rebecca Addison
Pittsburgh universities and libraries team up with the Carnegie Museum of Art for second-annual feminist Wikipedia edit-a-thon
“In any archive, it’s really important to consider who is deemed worthy of being canonized.”
By Meg Fair
New app promises easier time ordering drinks
Pittsburgh-based Srvd still rolling out
By Drew Cranisky
T-Funk, Full Pint Brewing Company
$6.50/pint
By Celine Roberts
Pittsburgh City Paper Booze Battles: Tres Rios vs. täkō
When Doves Cry Boozy Tears
Pittsburgh City Paper Booze Battles: Kaya vs. Pirata
A minty March with mojitos
Falernum, Maggie’s Farm Rum
$35/750ml
Tres Rios, on the South Side, offers Mex-American fare
It’s hip, it’s friendly, and the food is good
By Angelique Bamberg and Jason Roth
Artichoke Bisque
There’s about a million considerations, and being humans, especially humans that like beer, not everything will get addressed.
By Sara Raszewski, formerly of Soup Nancys
Dancing with the Green Fairy: Part Two
How did the destruction of Europe’s vineyards lead the rise of absinthe?
Political comic Lee Camp returns
“America has woken up and I think that’s probably a good thing.”
By Bill O'Driscoll
A Conversation with Poet Jan Beatty about her new book, Jackknife
“Sometimes I forget to put in the softer stuff.”
Jen Ashburn’s debut poetry collection goes home and away
A haunting clarity lingers in lines like these.
By Fred Shaw
What Kind of Daughter
By Jennifer Jackson Berry
Pittsburgh hip-hop artist Choo Jackson’s career is ready to roll into primetime
“I’m here to be on a bigger level.”
By Alex Gordon
Guitarist Mark Whitfield making his March 10 Pittsburgh show a family affair
“We just do what we do.”
By Mike Shanley
Patti Smith to play Horses live at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Music Hall
The record blended inspirations from Arthur Rimbaud, William Burroughs and Jim Morrison with garage rock
New York rapper Sammus, in Pittsburgh on March 13, balances academia with hip hop
“One of my goals was to push my music in spaces where I don’t think it would be heard traditionally.”
Tribute to Pittsburgh musician Dave Vucenich planned for March 10 at Gooski’s
Festival honoring Unread Records’ 200th release set for March 11
Critics' Picks, March 9-15
Check out performances this week from Seasaw, Tortoise, The Goddamn Gallows and more
By Alona Williams and Meg Fair
Findings at Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Co.
Capable of lifting both eyebrows and hearts, this play offers an instructive evening’s enjoyment
By Michelle Pilecki
1984 at Prime Stage Theatre
Richard Keitel directs an adaptation of George Orwell’s 1949 dystopian novel
By Drew Praskovich
Table 19
RSVP your regrets to this lackluster comedy about a wedding reception
By Al Hoff
Dan Savage’s Hump Film Festival of amateur porn shorts returns to Pittsburgh
“I’m Not Poly But My Boyfriends Are” is a sensational documentary
By Charlie Deitch
Kedi: The Cats of Istanbul
A charming documentary essay about stray cats, and the people who care for them
The Ottoman Lieutenant
A love story set amid World War I turmoil in Turkey never comes to life
The March edition of the Film Kitchen screening series has a “mental health” theme
In “The John Show,” Julie Sokolow sympathetically profiles local character John Riegert, the subject of an group art show last year
It’s the battle of the talkers in City Paper’s sportscaster bracket battle
Elvis left the building when he saw a cannonball comin’.
Key Players
A guide to City Paper’s sports-broadcasters bracket
The Wheeling Nailers are almost hockey heaven
Before 1986, you only had to be 18 to get drunk in the Mountain State
By Mike Wysocki
Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale says it’s time to get serious about marijuana legalization
He’s not saying let’s pass a law today and smoke a bowl tomorrow.
Savage Love
“Stringing people along is wrong, period.”
By Dan Savage
Lynn Cullen Live 03/13/17
Lynn Cullen Live 03/14/17
Audio & Video Archive
Lynn Cullen Live 03/08/17
Lynn Cullen Live 03/09/17
Lynn Cullen Live 03/10/17
Short List: March 9-16
A Literary Brothel for Grand Guignol; Girls Rock benefit art show at Percolate; The Guard at City Theatre; Drumline at the Benedum
By CP Staff
By Mars Johnson
A love letter, via Stormy Daniels, to the women and femmes who did not say no
By Jessie Sage
Pittsburgh loved its disco days, and Thomas Jayson packed the clubs
By Rachel Wilkinson
Pittsburgh’s heaviest hardcore band No Reason to Live will never die
By Eli Enis
Pittsburgh’s top 420 events
