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Saigon to Pittsburgh: the queen of bánh mì
Sound Bite

Saigon to Pittsburgh: the queen of bánh mì

Lucy Sheets does business with insight and a smile

By Celine Roberts Sep 21, 2017

CP Podcast: Can a fantasy football team of only "morally upstanding" players hold its own?
City Paper Podcast

CP Podcast: Can a fantasy football team of only "morally upstanding" players hold its own?

"No Patriots."

By Charlie Deitch, Ryan Deto and Rebecca Addison Sep 20, 2017

Can socialist ideals gain support in Pittsburgh?
News

Can socialist ideals gain support in Pittsburgh?

“If people look into their family trees, they might realize they have been a socialist all along.”

By Ryan Deto Sep 20, 2017

The Me Toos and the Spectres debut their split release at James Street, Sept. 23
Music Features

The Me Toos and the Spectres debut their split release at James Street, Sept. 23

“They were pretty adamant about recording everything live.”

By Mike Shanley Sep 20, 2017

Proposed legislation could increase protections for victims of domestic violence
News

Proposed legislation could increase protections for victims of domestic violence

“Guns and domestic violence are a deadly combination, and the current law is just not enough.”

By Rebecca Addison Sep 20, 2017

<i>mother!</i>
Movie Reviews + Features

mother!

Darren Aronofsky’s psychological thriller is surreal, gross, darkly funny and stuffed with allegories

By Al Hoff Sep 20, 2017

Latest News

Katy Perry brings "Witness: The Tour" to Pittsburgh

By CP Staff, FFW>>

Tim Russell and Lucky 'The Painproof Man' Munro Team Up for Hurricane Relief

By Celine Roberts, Blogh

Final weekend for 'The Scottsboro Boys'

By Bill O'Driscoll, Blogh

Poll shows support for legal recreational marijuana, Pennsylvania Auditor General says time to legalize is now

By Ryan Deto, Blogh

Saigon to Pittsburgh: the queen of bánh mì

By Celine Roberts, Sound Bite

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News+Features
Can socialist ideals gain support in Pittsburgh?

Can socialist ideals gain support in Pittsburgh?

By Ryan Deto

“If people look into their family trees, they might realize they have been a socialist all along.”
Proposed legislation could increase protections for victims of domestic violence

Proposed legislation could increase protections for victims of domestic violence

By Rebecca Addison

“Guns and domestic violence are a deadly combination, and the current law is just not enough.”
Old-time South Siders recall the community-building legacy of Charlie Samaha

Old-time South Siders recall the community-building legacy of Charlie Samaha

By Bill O'Driscoll

“He really was the unofficial mayor of South Side.”
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Music
Tei Shi makes introspective pop from the ground up

Tei Shi makes introspective pop from the ground up

By Meg Fair

“It’s an assertive, powerful thing to perform.”
Ana Popović, a different kind of blues guitarist, plays Jergel’s Rhythm Grille

Ana Popović, a different kind of blues guitarist, plays Jergel’s Rhythm Grille

By Bill Kopp

“I have a perfect excuse to be different, because I was not born in the Delta.”
The Me Toos and the Spectres debut their split release at James Street, Sept. 23

The Me Toos and the Spectres debut their split release at James Street, Sept. 23

By Mike Shanley

“They were pretty adamant about recording everything live.”
New Local Releases: Aaron Myers-Brooks' <i>Conduits</i>

New Local Releases: Aaron Myers-Brooks' Conduits

By Justin Vellucci

New Local Releases: Outsideinside's <i>Sniff a Hot Rock</i>

New Local Releases: Outsideinside's Sniff a Hot Rock

By Meg Fair

Thursday Critics' Picks: Son Little at Club Cafe; Lucky Tubb at Hard Rock

Thursday Critics' Picks: Son Little at Club Cafe; Lucky Tubb at Hard Rock

By Hannah Lynn

Critics' Pick: Digable Planets at August Wilson Center

By Hannah Lynn

Critics' Pick: Paul Cauthen at Stage AE

Critics' Pick: Paul Cauthen at Stage AE

By Hannah Lynn

Critics' Pick: Charly Bliss at Cattivo

Critics' Pick: Charly Bliss at Cattivo

By Hannah Lynn

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Stage
The Battle of Homestead Foundation’s <i>The Homestead Strike of 1892</i>

The Battle of Homestead Foundation’s The Homestead Strike of 1892

By Michelle Pilecki

The actors are multi-cast in many roles on various sides of the conflict
Pittsburgh premieres of two notable plays

Pittsburgh premieres of two notable plays

By Bill O'Driscoll

City Theatre moves ahead without Tracy Brigden and with A Funny Thing …; Little Lake opens Middletown
<i>In the Company of Ghosts</i> at New Hazlett Theater

In the Company of Ghosts at New Hazlett Theater

By Steve Sucato

“I find that these ghosts take over and represent me in a new identity in the world.”
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Short List
Short List: Sept 21-28

Short List: Sept 21-28

By CP Staff

Art by LaToya Ruby Frazier and Sandra Gould Ford; Ian Cheng’s digital simulation at the Carnegie; Downtown Gallery Crawl; free stuff at RADical Days
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Food+Drink
Saigon to Pittsburgh: the queen of bánh mì

Saigon to Pittsburgh: the queen of bánh mì

By Celine Roberts

Lucy Sheets does business with insight and a smile
Liam’s Fish, Wings, & Things offers Southern-fried food in Wilkinsburg

Liam’s Fish, Wings, & Things offers Southern-fried food in Wilkinsburg

By Angelique Bamberg and Jason Roth

A simple but varied menu includes chicken wings, frog legs and fried green tomatoes

412 Food Rescue spawns 724 Food Rescue

By Bill O'Driscoll

Food-saving initiative begins in five surrounding counties
<i>Pittsburgh City Paper</i> Booze Battles: Cure vs. Umami

Pittsburgh City Paper Booze Battles: Cure vs. Umami

By Celine Roberts

How does the Bamboo cocktail fare?
Sparkling Traditional Mead, Laurel Highlands Meadery

Sparkling Traditional Mead, Laurel Highlands Meadery

By Celine Roberts

$15/750ml
Sazerac

Sazerac

By Sean Enright

It is a cocktail of immeasurable beauty
A homebrewer fulfills his dream at Eleventh Hour Brewing

A homebrewer fulfills his dream at Eleventh Hour Brewing

By Drew Cranisky

“I brew what I like to drink — which is pretty much everything.”
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Screen
<i>mother!</i>

mother!

By Al Hoff

Darren Aronofsky’s psychological thriller is surreal, gross, darkly funny and stuffed with allegories
<I>Stronger</I>

Stronger

By Al Hoff

David Gordon Green’s bio-pic is mostly about PTSD, and developing the skills to deal with it
<i>Brad’s Status</i>

Brad’s Status

By Al Hoff

Mike White’s low-key comedy is amusing if you can take another tale of a self-absorbed, mildly neurotic middle-aged man
<i>Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk</i>

Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk

By Al Hoff

A new documentary chronicles the decades of a DIY community, plus Green Day
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Sports
The real fantasy-football game is pretending that the NFL doesn’t have major character flaws

The real fantasy-football game is pretending that the NFL doesn’t have major character flaws

By Charlie Deitch

I love the game of football. I’m just not crazy about the NFL or some of the people playing it.
This week in Pittsburgh Sports History

This week in Pittsburgh Sports History

By Charlie Deitch

A look back at events that you’ve either forgotten about or never heard of in the first place
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Blogs
Katy Perry brings "Witness: The Tour" to Pittsburgh

Katy Perry brings "Witness: The Tour" to Pittsburgh

By CP Staff

Photo highlights from Katy Perry's concert at PPG Paints Arena
Tim Russell and Lucky 'The Painproof Man' Munro Team Up for Hurricane Relief

Tim Russell and Lucky 'The Painproof Man' Munro Team Up for Hurricane Relief

By Celine Roberts

“A lot of people have been affected by Hurricane Irma, in the United States and elsewhere, but people tend to forget these are Americans, too.”
Final weekend for 'The Scottsboro Boys'

Final weekend for 'The Scottsboro Boys'

By Bill O'Driscoll

Four performances remain of scathing musical The Scottsboro Boys
Poll shows support for legal recreational marijuana, Pennsylvania Auditor General says time to legalize is now

Poll shows support for legal recreational marijuana, Pennsylvania Auditor General says time to legalize is now

By Ryan Deto

A Franklin & Marshall College poll shows that 59 percent of Pennsylvania voters now say recreational marijuana should be legalized.
New musical work honoring enslaved African laborers is performed tonight

New musical work honoring enslaved African laborers is performed tonight

By Amanda Reed

"Unburied, Unmourned, Unmarked" receives free showing at the Carnegie Mellon School of Music, Trevor Weston, Edda L. Fields-Black, Tameka Cage Conley, Vanessa German
Uber marks one-year anniversary of driverless car launch

Uber marks one-year anniversary of driverless car launch

By Rebecca Addison

Uber ATG will be adding a new and improved model to its fleet of driverless cars.
Video of alleged police brutality incident in Pittsburgh draws ire, raises questions

Video of alleged police brutality incident in Pittsburgh draws ire, raises questions

By Rebecca Addison

A video taken Sept. 19 shows a Pittsburgh police officer repeatedly punching a man in the head.
Every Democratic Pennsylvania Congressman supports single-payer health care

Every Democratic Pennsylvania Congressman supports single-payer health care

By Ryan Deto

Pittsburgh-area congressman Mike Doyle joins four other Pennsylvania reps in supporting the U.S. House Medicare for All bill
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Views

Lynn Cullen Live - 9/22/17

Audio & Video Archive

Lynn Cullen Live - 9/20/17

Audio & Video Archive

Author and environmentalist Patricia DeMarco offers Pathways to Our Sustainable Future

By Bill O'Driscoll

“If you can find things that work in a place like this, you can help people see a way forward.”

Savage Love

By Dan Savage

If you truly make your husband miserable, he should leave you.

Lynn Cullen Live - 9/19/17

Audio & Video Archive
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Books
A Conversation with Osama Alomar

A Conversation with Osama Alomar

By Stuart Sheppard

The City of Asylum writer-in-residence from Syria on style, substance and not being understood

Scott Silsbee’s poetry collection Muskrat Friday Dinner

By Fred Shaw

The booziness feels cultivated as carefree philosophical stance

Friend

By Daniela Buccilli

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