Dance for a good cause tomorrow night at Pittsburgh’s In Bed By Ten
Early-evening dance party benefits Western Pennsylvania Fund for Choice
Pittsburgh protesters continue to hound Senator Pat Toomey during recess
Planned Parenthood and hundreds of protester with “Tuesdays with Toomey” visited Sen. Pat Toomey’s Pittsburgh office this week
U.S. Congressman Keith Rothfus dodges 130 constituents in first week back in district
Rothfus has a history of dodging the press, and now he appears to be avoiding his constituents.
Deitch: The arrogance and complacency of Congressional Republicans will be their downfall
If our elected representatives don’t want to listen to their constituents, their constituents will find someone who will.
A conversation with this week’s Pittsburgh City Paper cover artist Joe Mruk
A conversation with this week’s Pittsburgh City Paper cover artist Joe Mruk
CP Video: Protesters stage ‘town hall’ outside Senator Pat Toomey’s Pittsburgh office
Protesters focused on protecting the First Amendment in today’s Tuesdays With Toomey event at Station Square. Video by Renee Rosensteel
U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy cancels Pittsburgh event to dodge his constituents
Congressman Murphy cancelled a Duquesne University event after learning that a group of constituents were planning to attend.
Pittsburgh housing advocates rally for better living conditions at Penn Plaza
Penn Plaza residents claim living conditions have deteriorated, and the city says it will seek legal action if building owners don’t comply.
MP3 Monday: Cledus and the Cadillacs
Each week, we post a song from a local artist, for free online. This week, it’s Pittsburgh-style honky-tonk from Cledus and the Cadillacs. The best way to describe the band’s sound? Take Dwight Yoakam’s “Guitars, Cadillacs,” a touch of George Jones’ “Your Heart Turned Left,” a dash of Dave Dudley’s “Six Days on the Road”…
Solidarity rally and march tomorrow in Pittsburgh’s Schenley Plaza
Pitt College Democrats host multi-issue event
Members of Pittsburgh legal community call for resistance against Trump administration
Pittsburgh’s legal community says they will fight the ideology, agenda, and actions of Trump’s administration.
Lynn Cullen Live 02/17/17
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. Trump’s press conference. Blames anti-Semitic attacks of opposition to “make him look bad” Gun laws made more lax. Comments about the Congressional Black Caucus. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Pat Toomey holds telephone town hall
After weeks of continents protesting, calling and demanding to speak to Sen. Toomey, he finally holds a 40-minute telephone town hall
Food, Mood and Attitude
“Before I knew how to read or to write, I knew about the correlation between food, mood and attitude.”
Pittsburgh immigrants walk out of work, school to march in Beechview
Hundreds of Pittsburgh immigrants walkout of school and work in Day Without Immigrant campaign.
Essay film ‘Robopaths’ to screen tomorrow at Glitter Box
Essay film by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE explores the dangers of people acting robotically
Audit by City Controller Michael Lamb finds mismanagement at Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority
Controller Michael Lamb says PWSA’s issues are “a perfect storm of mistake and incompetence.”
Listen Up! Feb. 15
Every Wednesday (in this case, a Thursday), we make a Spotify playlist containing tracks from artists mentioned in the current music section. Listen in the bathtub while reading the stories in this week’s paper for a fully immersive experience. This week’s is half jazz and half metal, like a Dillinger Escape Plan guitar solo.
Lynn Cullen Live 02/16/17
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. Flying person carrying drones in Dubai. Piri Reis map. Avoiding talking about Trump. Women and immigrants take a day to show the world what it’s like without them. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or…
Pittsburgh City Paper Booze Battles: Girasole vs. Bites & Brews
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…
Critics’ Picks, Feb. 16-22
[FUNK] + THU., FEB. 16 Do you want the funk? Well, you’re about to get that funk, when George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic roll into Stage AE tonight on the first stop of their exclusive (10 dates only) Mardi Gras Madness Tour. In the 1970s, Clinton, at the helm of bands Parliament and Funkadelic, blended…
Climate conundrum: Is carbon capture and storage a good idea or not?
A controversial technology touted to fight climate change is back in the news. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is the process of stripping carbon dioxide from the emissions of coal-fired power plants — the world’s largest source of greenhouse gasses — then compressing it into a liquid and piping it deep underground. While CCS has…
Vegan Chocolate Pudding
Almost 10 years ago, I found out that I had celiac disease. At the time, there were almost no easy dining options out there. Luckily, I love to cook and bake, so I started to perfect my own recipes. I avoid dairy, eggs, and soy for health reasons (oh, the joy of autoimmune disease!), so…
Short List: Feb. 15-23
FREE EVENT – Fri., Feb. 17 — Screen For Black History Month, Sembène, the Pittsburgh-based Film & Art Festival, presents At the Movies with Herb Boyd. The free, two-day screening-and-lecture series, at the Carnegie Library’s Homewood branch, starts Fri., Feb. 17, with 1981’s Death of a Prophet, and continues Feb. 18 with 2016’s The Birth…
Despite Biblical influences, Pittsburgh’s Slaves BC are making noise in the blackened hardcore scene
Zao with Slaves BC, Candiri, Fit for an Autopsy 7:30 p.m. Thu., Feb. 16. Mr. Smalls, 400 Lincoln Ave., Millvale. All ages. $16. 412-821-4447 or mrsmalls.com The heavy churn of Slaves BC’s new release, All Is Dust and I Am Nothing, levels everything in its vicinity. Commonly described as blackened hardcore, the Pittsburgh outfit employs…
Pittsburgh Left: It’s a sad day when the U.S. becomes a country that people have to flee
I read a lot of news websites and newspapers and, for as long as I can remember, I’ve gotten a knot in my stomach on reading the word “flee” in a bold, black headline. There are many words and phrases that one can use to describe the act of leaving — depart, hit the road,…
Mostly Other People Do the Killing combines improvisation with jazz standards
MOSTLY OTHER PEOPLE DO THE KILLING 8 p.m. Wed., Feb. 22. City of Asylum, 40 W. North St., North Side. Free. 412-435-1110 In writing about the New York jazz group Mostly Other People Do the Killing, the word “irreverent” quickly comes to mind. Consider the band’s name, paraphrased from musical inventor Leon Theremin when talking…
Proper fantasy-baseball management requires a real-life commitment
There’s a great scene in the Will Ferrell comedy Stepbrothers where Nancy (Mary Steenburgen) asks her new stepson Dale (John C. Reilly) what he’s been up too lately. Dale: “I manage a baseball team.” Nancy: “Little League?” Dale: “Fantasy League.” Now, I know that if you don’t play fantasy baseball, you’re not laughing right now.…
Social House 7 brings fusion Asian fare and sushi to Downtown Pittsburgh
Social House 7 123 Seventh St., Downtown. 412-709-6808 Hours: Lunch daily 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; dinner Mon.-Sat. 4-11 p.m., Sun. 4 p.m.-midnight. Prices: Soup, salad and appetizers $6-16; sharable plates $10-45 Liquor: Full bar Social House 7 is the latest venture from local restaurateurs AMPD Group. We weren’t sure what to expect: The bland, inscrutable name…
Pittsburgh fitness retailer supports youth sports teams
Youth sports is a growing industry in the United States, valued at $9 billion annually. And according to income-tax company TurboTax, that translates to an average cost of $671 yearly for parents across the country. But for many families, the cost of playing is too steep, forcing youth sports teams to come up with creative…
NYC’s Casellula Opens on the North Side
Unless you’re lactose-intolerant, it’s hard to disagree with Casellula’s motto: “We like cheese. A lot.” The new restaurant, nestled on the north side of Allegheny Commons, is the second Casellula to open its doors. In 2007, owner Brian Keyser opened the first, in New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen. A San Diego native by way of…
Alice in Wonderland at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
ALICE IN WONDERLAND at PITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE continues through Sun., Feb. 19. Benedum Center, 237 Seventh St., Downtown. $28-108. 412-456-6666 or pbt.org Choreographed for the English National Ballet in 1995, Derek Deane’s Alice in Wonderland might be the most elaborate ballet production ever based on Lewis Carroll’s 1865 novel. Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s performance this past…
Sinkane’s funk, pop and jazz influences are an optimistic and soothing oasis in turbulent times
Sinkane with Different Places in SPACE 8 p.m. Tue., Feb. 21. Club Café, 56 S. 12th St., South Side. $12. 412-431-4950 or clubcafelive.com Life & Livin’ It, the defiantly hopeful new record from Sinkane, arrives at a moment of national anxiety. Much like the protesters who took to the streets and airports in defense of…
JH: Mechanics of a Legend at The Hiawatha Project
JH: MECHANICS OF A LEGEND continues through Sat., Feb. 18. Hiawatha Project at the August Wilson Center, 980 Liberty Ave., Downtown. $30-35. 412-456-6666 or hiawathaproject.org To research a legend is often to explode it. But with JH: Mechanics of a Legend, Pittsburgh’s Hiawatha Project has turned the enigmatic tall tale about a black steel-drivin’ man…
The fast-casual Italian-inspired eatery Piada opens in Oakland.
Ciao! An outpost of Piada, the Italian-inspired fast-casual restaurant chain, opened last month in Oakland. It’s the Columbus, Ohio-based eatery’s first foray into Pennsylvania. The set-up is familiar to diners: Order from a wall menu of basic options, and follow your meal down a counter as employees build the dish per your instruction with various…
Twelfth Night at Pittsburgh Public Theater
TWELFTH NIGHT continues through Feb. 26. Pittsburgh Public Theater, 621 Penn Ave., Downtown. $15.75-65. 412-316-1600 or ppt.org Given a plot premised on death and shipwreck, newcomers to Twelfth Night might take a few minutes to grasp that it’s a comedy. Quickly it transforms into one of Shakespeare’s more antic works, though as Pittsburgh Public Theater’s…
Wylie Holdings has cashed in on Lawrenceville’s revitalization, but is it being a good neighbor?
In 2000, Lawrenceville resident Joseph Zmenkowski passed away at the age of 81. He had owned his home on Denny Street for 50 years. A year later, a small real-estate company called Wylie Holdings bought his home through an estate sale for $1,000. Sixteen years later, the property is listed on Wylie’s website as “ready…
The Long Hunt channel nature for its moody, minimalist debut, Wilderness Tales
Nature figures heavily in Wilderness Tales, the debut album from post-rock trio The Long Hunt. The songs are instrumental — there are no lyrics about wind whistling through leaves — but nature references are abundant. There’s a deer head on the cover (not a real deer, it’s papier mâché), the song titles are outdoor-centric, and…
Pittsburgh Tattoo shop celebrates civil-rights activists
It’s easy for everyday citizens to feel helpless and pessimistic when the political and social landscape suggests a post-apocalyptic dystopian universe. But Marcus Nati, tattoo artist and co-owner of Stay Gold Tattoo, in Coraopolis, refused to let the feeling of being overwhelmed stop him from helping out. For at least the month of February, Nati…
Wysocki: Seeing Pittsburgh Pirates pitchers and catchers report means it’s time for a new beginning
Spring training is so close you can almost smell the underground performance-enhancing drugs that haven’t been deemed illegal yet. The Cubs are world champions and Cleveland is the American League gold standard. So, yeah, there’s a weird feeling in the air as we head into the 2017 season. It’s been a boring offseason for the…
Maggie Nelson, Across Categories
MAGGIE NELSON 8:30 p.m. Thu., Feb. 23. Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series. Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, 650 Schenley Drive, Oakland. Free. pghwriterseries.wordpress.com The author of nine books of poetry, autobiography and criticism, Maggie Nelson defies easy categorization. But across her works, explorations of beauty and pain, eroticism, nuance and poeticism are a given. “I have keenness…
Fifty Shades Darker
People laughed. During the movie. At the serious parts. So there is some entertainment value in James Foley’s adaptation of E.L. James’ erotic novel, the second in her trilogy. Cannot speak for the book’s merits, but the film continues the no-yes-maybe-yes-no relationship saga between two boring, but pretty, people — naïve young thing Anastasia (Dakota…
I Am Not Your Negro
I Am Not Your Negro Directed by Raoul Peck Starts Fri., Feb. 17. Harris “The story of the Negro in America is the story of America. It is not a pretty story.” These words from James Baldwin (1924-1987) are an effective summary of Raoul Peck’s new documentary essay about Baldwin, I Am Not Your Negro.…
John Wick: Chapter 2
If you caught the first John Wick film, you know what you’re in for with this second installment directed by Chad Stahelski and written by Derek Kolstad. Basically, a lot of people die. Keanu Reeves stars as the titular character, a former hitman who’s looking forward to retirement — for the second time — when…
A Cure for Wellness
Gore Verbinski’s gothic thriller A Cure for Wellness could carry any number of trigger warnings — for geriatric nudity, sexual assault, medical gore, violence … and eels. This film might have supplanted The Tin Drum for Most Disturbing Scene With Eels. Actually, scenes. Eels really are the sine non qua of this film. The basic…
Savage Love
I’ve been reading your advice column in The Coast in Halifax for a while, and it seems that most solutions to relationship problems revolve around sex. Everyone wants it or needs it, we should fuck before dinner, or we can spice up our sex life in this certain way to be happy. What about someone…
SeaQuench Ale
“Dogfish Head Brewery’s creative spirit shines in its SeaQuench Ale. The beer offers a [tasting] sequence of three German-beer styles [highlighting] light malt and hops blended with sour flavors. Green- and black-lime juices and a touch of sea salt create a thirst-‘quenching’ finish. With only 4.9 percent ABV, it’s a perfect partner for seafood of…
Lynn Cullen Live 02/15/17
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. Lynn will be taking a break until March 1 starting at the end of the week. Corruption continues. Harrison Ford crashes his plane…again. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
