Lynn Cullen Live 04/17/17
Video Archive Shooter on Facebook Live. Reality shows compete with real life government. Arkansas executions are stayed by a Arkansas judge and a federal judge. Audio Only Archive Stream or download the last 5 shows on the MP3 downloads page.
Lynn Cullen Live 04/14/17
Video Archive Trump bombs and then goes on vacation. Assad denies bombing. Bill O’Driscoll on fake news. Audio Only Archive Stream or download the last 5 shows on the MP3 downloads page.
Recapping a night of raucous fun with Me First and The Gimme Gimmes
The show was a nice reminder of the positive outcomes of not taking yourself too seriously and giving yourself over to punk pleasure.
“Cocktails & Camaraderie” event at Pittsburgh’s Soldiers & Sailors Tomorrow
Gathering is a happy hour that blends in military history
Music To Sweep To 13: Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet
Today we’re sweeping to “The Sinking of the Titanic.”
Pittsburgh City Paper editorial cartoonist Jen Sorensen named Pulitzer Finalist
Jen Sorensen, Pittsburgh City Paper‘s weekly syndicated editorial cartoonist, has been named a 2017 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Editorial Cartooning.
These Southwestern Pennsylvania reps questioned Syrian air strikes under Obama, but support them under Trump
Republicans Mike Kelly, Tim Murphy and Bill Shuster change stances on military intervention in Syria under the last two presidents without explanation.
MP3 Monday: Punchline
Feeling down in the dumps these days? Does every day on your calendar simply say “be sad 9 a.m. – bedtime”? Have you been called a “Gloomy Gus” more than once in the past week? If so, perk up, because Punchline has written a song to put the pep back your step. “Darkest Dark” is…
You Eat With Your Eyes First
Do food stylists actually use Elmer’s glue in their shoots?
Janitors calling for $15/hour demonstrate on Pittsburgh Pirates opening day
Janitors at PNC Park are in the midst of difficult contract negotiations with the Pittsburgh Pirates
Pittsburgh-area candidates for judges and sheriff meet with police-accountability group
The Alliance for Police Accountability hosted judicial and law-enforcement candidates to highlight their role in the criminal justice system.
Pittsburgh’s City of Asylum seeks help on last push for federal matching funds
As noted last month in CP, not only the National Endowment for the Arts but also the National Endowment for the Humanties is being targeted for complete defunding by the Trump Admistration. And one local nonprofit that stands to lose out if the NEH is cut or cut back is City of Asylum, which shelters…
Listen Up! April 5
Music from Charly Bliss, The Rizzos, Delicious Pastries and others.
Bon Jovi brings This House is Not for Sale tour to PPG Paints Arena
Cut Short: Bon Jovi sings through a sore throat, but calls it an early night at PPG Paints Arena.
Lynn Cullen Live 04/06/17
Video Archive Attack in Syria. Callers, callers, callers! Sessions demanded a look into consent decree for country’s police departments. Trump excuses Bill O’Reilly’s behavior. Audio Only Archive Stream or download the last 5 shows on the MP3 downloads page.
Peter and the Starcatcher at Pitt Stages
PETER AND THE STARCATCHER continues through Sun., April 9. Charity Randall Theatre, 4301 Forbes Ave., Oakland. $12-25. 412-624-7529 or play.pitt.edu Adapted from a novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, Peter and the Starcatcher, now at University of Pittsburgh Stages, is the origin story of Peter Pan and others from J. Barrie’s classic tale. But…
Real News About Fake News
1 A guide for navigating “good news” and “bad news” in the fake-news era 2In the current news climate, it’s time to question where news outlets get their information 3Media consumers are taking memes at face value, but they often contain misinformation 4TV news is not the best place to “go local” 5MedLocal TV newscasts…
Critics’ Picks, April 6-12
[ROCK] + THURS., APRIL 6 Cincinnati’s Leggy possesses the larger-than-life feel of rock ‘n’ roll days gone by. Its latest release is a full-length, self-titled compilation featuring songs from its three EPs, Cavity Castle, Nice Try and Dang. With those EPs sewn together, Leggy is a raucous, reverb-soaked venture that shows the band’s range and…
Media consumers are taking memes at face value, but they often contain misinformation
The knowing smile of Gene Wilder in his role as Willy Wonka. Basketball legend Michael Jordan with tears streaming down his face. The wild eyes of the unknown woman who’s been dubbed “overly attached girlfriend.” Grumpy Cat. Memes make us laugh. They’re accessible and condensed ways to share your views. And since the aim is…
Café Carnegie’s Sonja Finn strives to keep local and seasonal all year long
The opening of the Café Carnegie this past December was something new for more than visitors to the Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History, who were long used to cafeteria-style lunches in the museum’s lobby: Now they could enjoy a full-service restaurant, plus a wine, beer and coffee bar. It was also a big…
Real News About Fake News Quiz
Now that you’ve read the issue, it’s time to see what you’ve learned.
“New England” IPAs are all the rage
Bad Boy or Death Row? Wu-Tang or N.W.A.? Biggie or Tupac? In the world of ’90s hip hop, East Coast versus West Coast was a big deal. Fans chose sides, defending them vehemently and sometimes violently. Though that rivalry has, thankfully, quieted, there might just be another (albeit far more good-natured) one bubbling up in…
In the current news climate, it’s time to question where news outlets get their information
People want an easy answer to ending the spread of fake news. And while there are some easy fixes — like checking if websites end in “.co” instead of “.com” — for the most part, filtering through media options to get a balanced truth requires time, skill and persistence. Reliable News Sources These news outlets…
Icing for Icing Haters
I’m not big on sweets. I’m one of those icing haters. I am that person who annoys everyone at parties by taking my little white plastic fork and carefully scraping off almost all of the globby, going-to-send-you-into-diabetic-shock-immediately icing clinging to a perfectly good piece of baker’s confectionary. Hell, I don’t like cake that much, but…
Exploring modern mothering through an economic lens
Nancy always wanted a baby. And it was important for her to do things the “right way.” So, Nancy went to school, and got a job. Then she met a man, they got married, and Nancy had a baby boy. At first, Nancy envisioned doing what her own mother did, staying home while her kids…
Evisceration Nation
The Eviscerator:The Eviscerated:Date:Success?
Short List: April 6-13
SPOTLIGHT: Tue., April 11 – Stage On paper it seems unlikely: a musical adaptation of a graphic novel/memoir about a middle-aged lesbian ruminating on her strained relationship with her long-dead father. But the Broadway production of Fun Home won five Tony awards in 2015: best new musical, best performance by a leading actor, best direction…
DiAnoia’s Eatery, in Pittsburgh’s Strip District, offers all-day dining
Di Anoia’s Eatery 2549 Penn Ave., Strip District. 412-918-1875 Hours: Café opens Tue.-Sat. 7 a.m.; breakfast Tue.-Sat. 8-11 a.m.; deli Tue.-Sat. 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; dinner Tue.-Thu. 5-9 p.m., Fri.-Sat. 5-10 p.m.; brunch Sunday 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Prices: Sides and antipasti $5-15; pasta and entrees $16-33 Liquor: Full bar Justly renowned for its food markets, the…
Silver Eye’s Fellowship 17 impresses
FELLOWSHIP 17 continues through April 15. Silver Eye Center at Filmmakers Galleries, 477 Melwood Ave., Oakland. silvereye.org The artists in Silver Eye Center for Photography’s Fellowship 17 explore identity from two different angles. Kris Sanford, chosen by Arizona-based juror Rebecca Serf for the International Award, offers Through The Lens of Desire: two dozen repurposed found snapshots…
Pittsburgh City Paper Booze Battles: Stagioni vs. Pork & Beans
Each week, we order the same cocktail at two different bars for a friendly head-to-head battle. Go to the bars, taste both drinks 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…
Local TV newscasts keep it local
Here are the 54 half-hour local TV shows broken down by: the date and time it aired; the channel; what the lead story was; how many minutes into the broadcast a major national or international story was reported; and what that story was. Items in red denote that a national or international story led the…
Pittsburgh Left: Our paper may be alternative, but our facts are on the money
Early in my journalism career, I was working on a story involving a dispute between two parties (the details escape me), and my editor at the daily newspaper told me to make sure I got both sides of the story. Sounded reasonable enough. I vaguely remembered that being on a test or two in college.…
Pittsburgh Obama Academy junior Sead Niksic makes a splash in state swimming tournament
Sead Niksic is one of the most accomplished high school athletes in the Pittsburgh region whom you’ve probably never heard of. Niksic, a junior at Pittsburgh’s Obama Academy, holds two WPIAL swimming records (51.29 seconds in the 100-yard backstroke and 50.52 seconds in the 100-yard butterfly), and recently he placed second and third in those…
Green Chartreuse
“The vibrant, herbal spirit from which the color receives its moniker. A mysterious, vegetal elixir with a history as deeply compelling as the flavor. Chartreuse asserts its profile onto such classic cocktails as the Bijou, the Tipperary or the Last Word. A standard for any true cocktail bar.” Recommended by Sean Enright, bartender at Tiki…
The Eight Stages of a Golden Shower (Story)
Tracing the life, death and rebirth of a controversial intelligence document.
Jazz trumpeter Peter Evans brings his experimental style to Pittsburgh’s Andy Warhol Museum
PETER EVANS SEPTET 8 p.m. Tue., April 11. Andy Warhol Museum, 117 Sandusky St., North Side. $15. 412-237-8300 or warhol.org All hyperbole aside, Peter Evans has one of the most unique voices on the trumpet. When he picks up his horn, there’s no telling whether he’ll emit some guttural, low-end rumbles, reedy midrange lines or…
New record from Charly Bliss tackles inner demons with catchy pop hooks and joyous self-deprecation
OPERATORS with CHARLY BLISS 9 p.m. Fri., April 7. Cub Café, 56 S. 12th St., South Side. $10-12. 412-431-4950 or clubcafelive.com Charly Bliss is a perfect storm of bubblegum vocals crooning twisted lyrics. Its pop-punk instrumentation oozes bouncy energy while carrying a darker, complex message. Its forthcoming record, Guppy, is a brutally honest, super-catchy record…
Ranking the best Pittsburgh Pirates second basemen since Bill Mazeroski
What started a few weeks ago as an idea to figure out who was the best Pirates pitcher of the past 50 years has quickly turned into an obsession. The answer to that question was John Candelaria. Then our formula crowned Kent Tekulve as top reliever, and Bobby Bonilla as best third baseman. This week,…
How Journalists Can Mislead Readers: An Annotation
Fake news usually does not involve complete fabrications. Often, news-fakers cherry-pick a real fact and repackage it in a misleading context. This example was posted on Breitbart News on Nov. 30, 2016, by British-based writer James Delingpole. 1The world’s climate researchers overwhelmingly agree that climate change is real, man-made and happening now. But this snarkily written…
Baltimore at Pitt Stages
BALTIMORE continues through Sun., April 9. Henry Heymann Theatre, 4301 Forbes Ave., Oakland. $12-12.50. 412-624-7529 or play.pitt.edu Baltimore is the kind of play that is relevant more than it is revelatory. It adroitly captures the divergent mores of contemporary race relations. But this 2015 work by Kirsten Greenidge (and now at University of Pittsburgh Stages)…
The 11th annual Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival Faces of Identity continues in Pittsburgh
The Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival: Faces of Identity continues through Sun., April 9. Unless noted, films screen at McConomy Auditorium, on the CMU campus, and are $10 ($5 students/seniors). A complete schedule, including guest speakers and specials events, is at www.cmu.edu/faces. Some recent films screening this week: HOME CARE. Slávek Horák’s recent Czech dramedy…
If you must share fake news, make it sports
The rapidity with which Americans share fake news is astounding. We’re doing it so much that it makes me wonder whether it’s an addiction for some people; they engage in this reckless behavior even though they know it’s harmful. My suggestion is, if you can’t stop, then share fake news that is benign, like sports.…
Pittsburgh’s Molly Spear fights a creative rut with an album a week
Molly Spear was in a creative rut, or so she says. The Pittsburgh-based composer, pianist and guitarist currently plays in the math-rock trio Sick Bay (plus a number of other groups over the years), and seems to have a handful of ambitious projects on deck at all times. It doesn’t sound much like a rut,…
TV news is not the best place to “go local”
Our nation is on edge. There is a barrage of important national and international news, about events and policies that could significantly reshape our world and lives. So, yeah, we’re stressed! Take a media break, we’re advised. As if. Well, after six weeks of looking at local Pittsburgh newscasts, I can tell you that relying…
Lights Out at Pittsburgh Playwrights
LIGHTS OUT continues through April 15. Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Co., 937 Liberty Ave., Downtown. $22.50. pghplaywrights.org It’s a dark and stormy night when a Pittsburgh subway train gets stuck under Mount Washington during a power outage, leaving 10 diverse characters in search of sex, validation, redemption, heaven, a tall cold one and, in the end,…
Miwa Matreyek enters her own animations as a live shadow figure
MIWA MATREYEK performs This World Made Itself and Myth & Infrastructure 6 and 8 p.m. Sat., April 8. Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland. $12-15. 412-237-8300 or warhol.org Miwa Matreyek might still be working in commercial animation, she says, had she not thought to incorporate herself into her animations. As in February’s…
A guide for navigating “good news” and “bad news” in the fake-news era
There’s good news and there’s bad news: Use of the term “fake news” might have peaked. That’s good news because people are realizing that the label is growing meaningless — an insult tossed at information you don’t like. But it’s also bad because, well, fake news itself hasn’t gone away. We live, after all, in…
The second annual Japanese Film Festival takes place at Row House Cinema
Last year, Row House Cinema, in Lawrenceville, debuted the Japanese Film Festival. The festival, highlighting historically and culturally significant films from Japan, returns for a second year, and with expanded programming. The festival, offering seven films with multiple screenings, runs April 7-13 at Row House Cinema. The complete schedule, tickets and details about special events,…
10,000 Dads
We have 10,000 dads. “You’re so lucky!” say all our friends. “You’re so complicated!” say all our therapists. “Your mom must be so hot!” say all the sleazebags. But sometimes it’s hard. Having 10,000 homes and 10,000 toothbrushes is tricky. The holidays are rough, and remembering every dad’s birthday is impossible. Saying good morning takes…
Julien Baker on DIY, faith and where to get good coffee
The Decemberists with Julien Baker 7 p.m. Sat., April 8. Stage AE, 400 North Shore Drive, North Side. $40. 412-229-5483 or stageae.com Coffee is almost as important to Julien Baker as is her music. Well, probably not, but it’s up there pretty high. When City Paper catches up with Baker by phone, she’s parked outside…
Lynn Cullen Live 04/05/17
Video Archive Commericalizing and white washing protest movements by coporations. Fish Frys! RIP Carl Clark. Audio Only Archive Stream or download the last 5 shows on the MP3 downloads page.
