Experts to speak on connection between air pollution and brain health at Pittsburgh event
Group Against Smog and Pollution hosts medical and public-health experts to discuss air pollution’s effects on the brain.
Supreme Court nomination stalemate could have dire consequences, experts say
The refusal of Republican senators to vote on President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee to impact their re-election and the future of America’s courts.
Allegheny County Port Authority launches new Spanish-language ad campaign
Allegheny County’s public transportation is launching its first ever non-English ad campaign that targets the area’s growing Latino population.
Listen Up! May 4
Every Wednesday, we make a Spotify playlist containing tracks from artists mentioned in the current music section. Listen below!
On the Record with Gary Louris of the Jayhawks
THE JAYHAWKS, FOLK UKE 8 p.m. Sun., May 15. Mr. Smalls Theatre, 400 Lincoln Ave., Millvale. $22-25. 412-821-4447 or mrsmalls.com Three decades in, The Jayhawks are still best known for the 1995 single “Blue,” from the album Tomorrow the Green Grass. The band never reached superstar status, but the Jayhawks remain a relevant force in…
Pittsburgh planning department seeks volunteers for seasonal bike and pedestrian count
The city hopes to have volunteers at 36 intersections to gather data on cyclists and pedestrians that will factor into the city’s future bike lanes and pedestrian-infrastructure plans.
Lynn Cullen Live 05/03/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. Beyonce’s Lemonade. Malia Obama goes to Harvard. Keeping weight off is harder than you think. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
MP3 Monday: Cyrus Gold
Download a new song from Pittsburgh rockers Cyrus Gold
Runners fill streets for Pittsburgh Marathon
A photo essay of the annual Dick’s Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon
Tomorrow is Pittsburgh’s revamped Day of Giving
New rules require Day of Giving groups to raise own matching funds
Lynn Cullen Live 05/02/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. White House correspondence dinner. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
What you need to know about Pittsburgh news this week
This week Pennsylvanians voted in the primary; the South Side’s Lava Lounge marks its last week; and Pittsburgh’s city government hears recommendations from the Affordable Housing Task Force.
Pittsburgh City Council hears update on affordable housing task force
The city’s affordable housing task force presents draft of recommendations to Pittsburgh City Council.
Housing advocates request Pittsburgh officials create mandatory inclusionary zoning requirements
The city’s Affordable Housing Task Force recently released their recommendations and some housing advocates say they do not go far enough.
Lynn Cullen Live 04/29/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. Women and the legislature. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
UPDATED: Port Authority of Allegheny County board to vote on fare changes tomorrow
Allegheny County’s public-transportation authority is reducing some fares by eliminating the zone system and will vote on all changes during its monthly meeting.
Lynn Cullen Live 04/28/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. Can America’s women make a difference in this election? Fred Mayer- a life well lived. Driveless cars and tech. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
City Paper Weekend Calendar – April 28 – May 1
Here are the top five things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend.
The Huntsman: Winter’s War
Monday night I watched RuPaul’s Drag Race; Tuesday night I saw The Huntsman: Winter’s War. The former understands the appeal of smartly subverting stale entertainment tropes (the queens were making political campaign videos) and werqing wigs, side eye and over-the-top dresses. Sadly, the same cannot be said of the latter. Cedric Nicolas-Troyan’s film is part…
Pittsburgh-based band Cyrus Gold taps into the artistic benefit of adult responsibilities
CYRUS GOLD/T-TOPS SPLIT-RELEASE SHOW 9 p.m. Sat., April 30. Brillobox, 4104 Penn Ave., Bloomfield. $5. 421-621-4900 or brillobox.net The first thing Cyrus Gold frontman Keith Bryner notes about the band is that it’s made up of “old dudes.” Three of the four members are parents, and they’ve even played shows with drummer Gregg Weber’s son’s…
Stop by the Dari-Villa, in Bellevue, for fresh potato pancakes
We are in the midst of Passover, so why not enjoy one of the holiday’s well-known offerings: potato pancakes. Sure, the shredded-potato disks aren’t exclusively Jewish, but they are a pretty popular side dish in Western Pennsylvania. And if you want to enjoy them at their freshest, crispiest and fluffiest, Dari-Villa, in Bellevue, has you…
Techniques originated at the Pittsburgh Zoo make communicating with the animals a reality
Standing on a platform over a 90,000-gallon tank, an aquarist of the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium steps forward and begins waving her arms in the air. She’s catching the attention of a 660-pound Queensland grouper dwelling 27 feet below, at the bottom left corner of the tank. But her arm movements aren’t random; she’s…
Embrace spring with a perfect mint julep
The Kentucky Derby is around the corner, and while jockey statistics and fancy hats are well and good, I am most looking forward to the season’s first mint julep. The julep is a study in balance: refreshing yet powerful, simple yet complex, beautiful yet dangerous. It symbolizes not just the Derby but America itself; in…
Roboburgh: Pittsburgh has always been a leader in the robotics revolution
Editor’s note: This is part of an occasional series that celebrates Pittsburgh’s Bicentennial. In 1939, Pittsburgh-based Westinghouse Electric took the World’s Fair by storm. Weighing in at 265 pounds and clad in brushed aluminum, Westinghouse’s seven-foot tall humanoid robot, Elektro, was unlike anything attendees had seen. “It’s 1939 and Westinghouse wants to show off for…
It’s time to stop the assault on transgender rights
I never thought I’d agree with Ted Cruz on anything, but after his Pittsburgh visit this weekend I realized we’re on the same page on a very important point. “I can tell you it doesn’t make sense for grown men to be in the bathroom with little girls,” Cruz told the crowd at Gateway High…
This Just In: A look at local news online and on the tube
Wendy Bell Is Back, and She’s Hungry If you didn’t know, embattled former news anchor Wendy Bell is back on Facebook, sans the WTAE call letters. For those who may have missed it (although I’m not sure anyone could), Bell was fired from the television station after some viewers and Facebook followers took issue with…
April and the Extraordinary World
Christian Desmares and Franck Ekinci’s engaging animated adventure takes place in an alternative timeline, in which 1940s Paris is a polluted, plantless dystopia, run haphazardly by coal and steam. The world got into such a bleak state after scientists were kidnapped (thus, electricity, internal-combustion engines and so on never got invented). Among those disappeared were…
Carnegie Museum researcher completes successful expedition to Peru
What does a month in the Cordillera Vilcabamba get you? If you’re herpetologist Jose Padial and his team, an expedition to this Peruvian mountain range lets you find more than a dozen new species of reptiles and amphibians — even if, technically, you’re unable to reach your ultimate goal. Padial, chief herpetologist at the Carnegie…
Blue Velvet
The pretty little town of Lumberton; Bobby Vinton crooning; and a severed ear lying on the lawn. David Lynch’s melodramatic 1986 thriller probed beneath the veneer of charming Americana to reveal a dark, sexually violent underbelly that both repulses and attracts (themes Lynch would revisit in 1989 on TV’s Twin Peaks). Blue Velvet is gorgeously…
Short List: April 27 – May 5
SPOTLIGHT: Sat., April 30 — Opera A series of 18th-century works by British painter William Hogarth, depicting a morality tale about a dissolute heir, inspired musical titan Igor Stravinsky to compose The Rake’s Progress. The opera, with its libretto by Chester Kallman and famed poet W.H. Auden, debuted in 1951; a 1975 British revival featured…
The Invitation
Everybody has likely attended one of those “duty” dinner parties where, for whatever reason, you just hope to lay low and leave early. That’s the case for Will (Logan Marshall-Green), who attends a get-together at the Los Angeles-hills home of his ex-wife Eden (Tammy Blanchard) and her new man, David (Michiel Huisman). The dozen or…
Critics’ Picks, April 28 – May 4
[STONEGAZE] + THU., APRIL 28 If I found out that the members of True Widow spend their time holed up in a haunted mansion listening to Earth and My Bloody Valentine, I wouldn’t be very surprised. The Dallas-based “stonegaze” band has always sounded like a trio of ghosts — ghosts with a low-key attitude and…
Michael Chow aka Zhou Yinghua: Voice for My Father is a perfect fit for the Warhol
MICHAEL CHOW AKA ZHOU YINGHUA: VOICE FOR MY FATHER continues through May 8. The Andy Warhol Museum, 117 Sandusky St., North Side. 412-237-8300 or warhol.org Seems like just about everyone is a multi-hyphenate these days. Whether you brand yourself as an actor/director/musician or artist/filmmaker/vintner or barista/poet/furniture-maker, clearly one talent is no longer adequate. It used…
On the Record with Julian Lage
JULIAN LAGE TRIO 8 p.m. Tue., May 3. The Andy Warhol Museum, 117 Sandusky St., North Side. $12-15. 412-237-8300 or warhol.org At 28, guitarist Julian Lage has a wealth of experience, playing bluegrass and jazz with people like Wilco guitarist Nels Cline and vibist Gary Burton. His new record, Arclight, features a mix of pre-bebop…
An Ambridge kid looks back in Rust Belt Boy
Paul Hertneky’s new book Rust Belt Boy (Bauhan Publishing, $21.95) is a nostalgic account of growing up in Ambridge even as the narrator senses its coming decline. Before even opening the book, the reader is struck with what one hopes is an intentional metaphor: The grinning face of Hertneky as a child graces the front…
This week in City Paper History
It seems strange to go back just one year for an item to not only include, but feature in our history section. But April 22, 2015, marked a first for City Paper. The main feature was on kids’ rock camps, and the plan was to recreate an iconic album cover using kids. Not satisfied with…
The Glass Center’s Lifeforms 2016 works best when it gets visionary
LIFEFORMS 2016 continues through May 15. Pittsburgh Glass Center, 5472 Penn Ave., Friendship. 412-365-2145 or pittsburghglasscenter.org Nature is sufficient unto itself. However, the Pittsburgh Glass Center exhibit Lifeforms 2016 suggests that art about nature demands something notably beyond mimesis. The show, a sequel to a 2013 PGC exhibit, includes 55 works by artists from 15…
The Summit, on Pittsburgh’s Mount Washington, hews to the gastropub spirit
The Summit 200 Shiloh St., Mount Washington. 412-918-1647 Hours: Daily 5 p.m.-2 a.m. Prices: $3-14 Liquor: Full bar Mount Washington’s Shiloh Street has always had a mixed character. It’s close enough to the view that it strives for tourist dollars, but at heart it’s the neighborhood main street, with a venerable sports bar and unabashedly…
Green Room
Green Room Directed by Jeremy Saulnier Starring Alia Shawkat, Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots Starts Fri., April 29 Fans of bloody siege flicks will dig Jeremy Saulnier’s new suspense thriller Green Room, about a punk band trapped by killers. But the more you know about punk and DIY culture, the more fun you will have. It…
Savage Love
I am a trans man and I have no love life. But I did just hook up with a friend two nights ago. It was the first time I’ve had sex in more than a year. My problem is that it was a “one-time thing.” I was hoping to be FWB at least. I’m furious…
The music of Frankie Cosmos takes you on a search for light amid the darkness
Frankie Cosmos with Eskimeaux, Yowler and Fun Home 7 p.m. Fri., April 29. The Mr. Roboto Project, 5106 Penn Ave., Bloomfield. $12. therobotoproject.org Greta Kline writes songs that could fit on the back of a postcard. It’s not that they’re transmissions from a more alluring venue; they just scan as concise thoughts that suggest further…
Wysocki: Pine-Richland High School is awesome
Some 16-year-olds are awkward, immature and just hoping to get through high school. Others, like Phil Jurkovec, of Pine-Richland High School, are fielding full-ride collegiate offers from Pitt, Penn State, Ohio State (sorry THE Ohio State), Notre Dame, Michigan State, UCLA, Wisconsin, West Virginia and Temple. OK, so it won’t be Temple. But most other…
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest at barebones productions
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST continues through May 7. barebones productions at the New Hazlett Theater, 6 Allegheny Square East, North Side. $29.99. 888-718-4253 or barebonesproductions.com James Agee described Humphrey Bogart’s portrayal of Hemingway’s Harry Morgan as “Nietzsche in dungarees,” and you get a similar sense of ironic grandeur with Patrick Jordan’s portrayal of…
Stuff We Like
Zoe for President. Fake yard signs touting “Zoe for President in 2064” posted outside of YMCAs to promote its youth development: “Today’s toddlers are tomorrow’s presidents.” Cute and refreshing in the midst of a heated presidential election. Draai Laag Bottles. The Millvale brewery that specializes in Belgian-style suds now has bottles for sale at its taproom, and also…
Blues vocalist Janiva Magness opens up on ‘Love Wins Again’
JANIVA MAGNESS 8 p.m. Sun., May 1. Jergel’s Rhythm Grille, 103 Slade Lane, Warrendale. $18-23. 724-799-8333 or jergels.com Though award-winning blues vocalist Janiva Magness has recorded a dozen albums to date (her latest, Love Wins Again, was released April 8), she came to songwriting long after her career began. “I did not want to be…
Grease at Pittsburgh Musical Theater
GREASE continues through Sun., May 1. Pittsburgh Musical Theater at the Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Downtown. $29.75-49.75. 412-456-6666 or pittsburghmusicals.com Whatever else you can say about Grease, you have to admit it has an identity problem. In 1971, Chicagoans Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey wrote music, lyrics and book for a down-and-dirty satire about…
Lynn Cullen Live 04/27/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. The post primary round up and the future of self-cleaning clothes. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
Lynn Cullen Live 04/27/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. The post primary round up and the future of self-cleaning clothes. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
City Paper Podcast – Episode 015 – Election Special
This week on the City Paper podcast, we dissect the Pa. primary election results.
Lynn Cullen Live 04/26/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. PA primaries, labiaplasty, but mostly the primaries. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
Lynn Cullen Live 04/25/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. Bernie vs. Hilary. RIP Prince. Inter-generational love. Increase in the suicide rate of middle aged white women. Voter registration laws. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
