Police still searching for Lawrenceville man who disappeared four months ago
This week marks the four-month anniversary since Andre Gray suddenly disappeared — prompting some activists and members of the local LGBT community to renew their calls for help finding him.
Moth GrandSLAM Tonight
Ten local storytellers compete at the New Hazlett
Locals endorse Philly judge for Supreme Court
This year’s primary election falls on May 19, the same day as Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Kevin Dougherty’s birthday. On that day, he hopes voters will select him as the Democratic nominee for State Supreme Court in November’s general election. “I’m running for the Supreme Court, so I can bring my sense of justice, my…
“For the Tree to Drop” at PICT Classic
Four performances remain through Sunday
Listen Up! Feb. 25
Every Wednesday, we make a Spotify playlist containing tracks from artists covered in the current music section or included in our concert listings or mentioned on the CP Weekend Podcast. Listen while you read!
Concert announcements including Earl Sweatshirt, William Fitzsimmons, Mudhoney, more!
As we crawl slowly toward springtime, take heart! The spring/summer concert season is shaping up to be a good one. Here are some of the shows that have been announced over the last few days: Sad-sacks rejoice (or be less sad): Damien Rice brings his world tour to Stage AE, June 18. Tickets: $38.50-40, on…
Lynn Cullen Live 2/24/15
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. Being invested in the little moments in life. Countries with the best record for healthy eating? Go to Africa. Misophonia- the hatred of sounds. John Wilke, M.D. and outspoken anti-abortion advocate dies today but not before inspiring Todd Aiken to speak on topics he has…
Pittsburgh Winter Beerfest 2015
The 3rd Annual Pittsburgh Winter Beerfest was held at David L. Lawrence Convention Center on February 20 & 21. 2 Big nights of over 300 breweries with unlimited sampling. Pittsburgh City Paper was on-site as the presenting sponsor. Check out the photos from the event! Official Auto Sponsor: Day Subaru. Shutterbooth Sponsor: Great Lakes.
Lynn Cullen Live 2/23/15
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. The Lynn’s Oscars round up and Patricia Arquette. On thanking veterans for their service. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
Homeless and emergency shelters busy as extreme cold hits Pittsburgh
As record-setting cold hit Pittsburgh this week, CP visited two homeless shelters – Operation Safety Net and Light of Life Rescue Mission – to see what their needs are this winter.
Here’s what happens when you show up at a Pittsburgh gay bar and ask about masculinity
Zachary Bergeron, a senior communication design student at CMU, is hoping to bring a conversation about gay masculinity to Pittsburgh as part of a thesis project called “Masc Means.”
August Wilson doc premieres tonight on WQED
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand is surely required cultural viewing – for everyone, but perhaps especially for Pittsburghers. A 34-minute condensed version of this 90-minute PBS American Masters documentary was screened last night for an invited crowd of a few hundred at none other than the August Wilson Center for African American…
August Wilson doc premieres tonight on WQED
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand is surely required cultural viewing – for everyone, but perhaps especially for Pittsburghers. A 34-minute condensed version of this 90-minute PBS American Masters documentary was screened last night for an invited crowd of a few hundred at none other than the August Wilson Center for African American Culture.…
Lynn Cullen Live 2/20/15
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. Rudy Giuliani attacks Obama’s commitment to the nation in racist diatribe. David Gergen reviews David Axelrod’s book. University of Wisconsin faces potential budget cuts. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
CP Weekend podcast for Feb. 20-22: One-acts, presidential humor and SnowBall 2015
The CP’s latest CP Weekend podcast is now live. This Friday through Sunday, enjoy a diverse selection of one-acts, laugh at the expense of Rutherford B. Hayes (and the rest of the presidents) and rock out in Lawrenceville.
Mayor’s education taskforce releases recommendations
After a year of meetings, the mayor’s education taskforce released a report today including 18 recommendations on ways the city and public schools can collaborate. “One year ago today we were fighting about school closings. We were fighting about teacher evaluations,” said Mayor Bill Peduto. “In less than a year this taskforce..has healed the wounds…
Artist’s “homecoming exhibition” opens Saturday
Pittsburgh-born artist Cory Elder presents his homecoming solo exhibition, [of], at Artists Image Resource starting this Saturday. Elder’s narrative paintings are somewhat Dali-esque, representing thoughts on faith, perception, truth and intent. Elder studied at the Savannah College of Art and Design and graduated in 2013. He then worked as an assistant to both printmaker Stefan Hoffmann…
Nearly 80,000 in Pittsburgh area sign-up for Affordable Care Act health plans
The official deadline for enrollment in the government’s Affordable Care Act Marketplace health plans passed this Sunday. In the week leading up to the deadline, more than 30,000 Pennsylvanians made the last-minute effort to sign up, bringing the total number enrolled in the state to 471,930, according to the latest U.S. Dept. of Health and…
Lynn Cullen Live 2/19/15
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. The Right suggests guns on campuses to deter rape. Hunting for pieces of meteor can yield $400 per lbs. Oliver Saks reveals to the Times that he has liver cancer. The President’s comments on Islam spark debate. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives…
CP Weekend Podcast – Feb. 20 – Feb. 22, 2015
This week on the CP Weekend Podcast: Enjoy a diverse selection of one-acts, laugh at the expense of Rutherford B. Hayes (and the rest of the presidents), and rock out in Lawrenceville.
Pittsburgh Playwrights’ Theater Festival in Black and White
THEATER FESTIVAL IN BLACK AND WHITE continues through Feb. 28 937 Liberty Ave Downtown $15-20 412-687-4686 or pghplaywrights.com Has it really been 11 years since Pittsburgh’s theatrical madman (and Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Co.’s founder and artistic director) Mark Clayton Southers launched the Theater Festival in Black and White? The goal was/is to break down the…
How fast can we transition to renewable energy?
How fast can we transition to renewable energy? The question seems a crucial one if we’re to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions rapidly enough to prevent the worst effects of climate change. Yet there’s little agreement over how soon, and even whether, a switch to all renewables is feasible. At one pole are people like Stanford University…
The Meeting at New Horizon
THE MEETING continues through Sun., Feb. 22 New Horizon Theater at Falk School 4060 Allequippa St. Oakland $15-20 412-431-0773 or newhorizon theater.org You should go see New Horizon Theater’s production of Jeff Stetson’s The Meeting. The show, directed by Eileen J. Morris, depicts an imagined encounter between Martin Luther King Jr. (played by Michael Green)…
‘Underseen Cinema’
Editor’s note: With Oscar season upon us, there are plenty of writers pontificating on “great films” and their importance. Thankfully, local author and filmmaker Mike Watt is not one of those writers. He concentrates on what he calls “underseen cinema.” He’s been chronicling such films for years on his blog, Movie Outlaw, and last year…
Pitt Stages’ The Dog in the Manger
THE DOG IN THE MANGER continues through Sun., Feb. 22 Charity Randall Theatre Stephen Foster Memorial 4301 Forbes Ave. Oakland $12-25 (free for high school students) 412-624-7529 or play.pitt.edu University of Pittsburgh Stages’ production of the Elizabethan-era The Dog in the Manger ably draws on its resources and minimizes the shortcomings inherent in undergraduate theater.…
Pittsburgh prepares for demolition of Greenfield Bridge
Video by Ashley Murray
Bodiography founder Maria Caruso stages her swan song as performer with her company
Bodiography performs MY JOURNEY 8 p.m. Fri., Feb. 20, and 8 p.m. Sat., Feb. 21 Byham Theater 101 Sixth St. Downtown $20.75-55.75 412-456-6666 or trustarts.org After 14 years as Bodiography Contemporary Ballet’s most prominent and compelling dancer, Maria Caruso is retiring as a performer with her company. She will take her final bows in the…
Savage Love
My father is 65 years old and has been a devoted husband to my mother who has been battling a medical condition for the past 30 years — a condition that prevents her from engaging in sexual activity of any kind. He has not had sex in all this time and is desperately frustrated. He’s…
50 Shades of Grey
50 Shades of Grey Directed by: Sam Taylor-Johnson Starring: Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan They laughed. The audience laughed at much of the “serious” dialogue in 50 Shades of Grey. They sat patiently through pretty tame sex acts — that ice-cube thing is sooo 1980s — then laughed some more. And when the film ended,…
Short List: February 19 – 25
SPOTLIGHT: Thu., Feb. 19 — Stage In the antebellum South, a slave keeps running away. His owner has him hanged, and leaves the body displayed. The slave’s sister, Estella, wants to bury her brother. For the Tree to Drop began as local playwright Lissa Brennan adapting Antigone, then became its own work. The debut production…
Timbuktu
From director Abderrahmane Sissako comes Timbuktu, a pointed but lyrical film depicting the frightening effects that follow the imposition of strict Islamic law in the titular North African city. Sissako presents the arrival of self-proclaimed jihadists from Libya with little sympathy, showing them chasing a gazelle across the sand with their truck (“don’t kill it;…
Stuff We Like
Sphinx-like Snow Dog. He guarded, if somewhat cryptically, the dog run in West Park. Then he melted. Music From India Radio Show. Airing from 8-10 p.m. Sundays on WESA 90.5 FM. Hosted by Harish Saluja (left), a local filmmaker and artist, and Vijay Bahl, a medical doctor, who both tap their personal music collections. “50 Shades…
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Matthew Vaughan’s spy caper, adapted from the popular comic book, is a rather delirious send-up of oh-so-classy spies such as James Bond and those who trailed in his bespoke wake. Turns out there is a super-secret spy service hidden within a Saville Row tailor shop, and there’s a fresh wave of recruiting. So we get…
Dish Osteria
Dish Osteria 128 S. 17th St. South Side 412-390-2012 Hours: Mon.-Sat. 5 p.m.-2 a.m. (kitchen closes at midnight) Prices: Appetizers $5-10, entrees $15-27 Liquor: Full bar In restaurant years, 15 is a ripe old age. That’s how long ago Dish opened on a back street on the South Side, tucked quietly away from East Carson…
McFarland, USA
Disney + real-life story + sports + underprivileged and underestimated kids + gruff, dedicated coach = that movie you probably already saw. This latest, directed by Niki Caro, has some new paint: It’s set in the chiefly Hispanic, central California agricultural town of McFarland, and the competition is cross-country running in the 1980s. Kevin Costner…
At Butterjoint, charity pairs well with beer
BUTTERJOINT 214 N. Craig St. Oakland 412-621-2700 or butterjoint.com Tax season is upon us, meaning it’s again time to assess our charitable contributions. There are plenty of ways to donate, whether in cash, with time or just through raising awareness. But at Butterjoint’s new Donations and Libations nights, doing good comes with a side of…
Mr. Turner
British filmmaker Mike Leigh is perhaps best known for his ensemble domestic dramedies that double as explorations of contemporary social and political issues. So devoting nearly three hours to recounting the days of one man in 19th-century England is something of a shift. But Leigh’s profile of painter J.M.W. Turner, depicted here in his later…
Donuts are the latest food item to be distributed via CSA
FREEDOM FARMS 795 Pittsburgh Road Butler 724-586-5551 or freedomfarmspa.com With Pittsburgh’s ever-increasing community-supported agriculture programs, locals can get everything from vegetables and cheese to flowers. And now, thanks to Freedom Farms, they can also get donuts. This year, the family-owned business near Butler will offer the 26-week Daily Dozen Share, beginning in May, for $260.…
Chrome Sparks’ Jeremy Malvin works on turning a year’s worth of lunches into music
CHROME SPARKS DJ SET opening for RJD2 with MR. OWL, JAMES GYRE, HEADPHONE ACTIVIST 8 p.m. Fri., Feb. 20. Mr. Small’s Theatre 400 Lincoln Ave. Millvale $20-22 All ages 412-821-4447 or mrsmalls.com Jeremy Malvin had a big year in 2014, lunch-wise: The Squirrel Hill-born electronic musician known as Chrome Sparks ate lunch with a different…
Juan Wauters leaves the limitations of The Beets behind in his solo work
JUAN WAUTERS with AM FACES, WILL SIMMONS & THE UPHOLSTERERS 9 p.m. Thu., Feb. 26 Brillobox 4104 Penn Ave. Bloomfield $8-10 412-621-4900 or brillobox.net “I don’t like you, you’re a fool / Let me hip you to something,” Juan Wauters sings on “Let Me Hip You to Something,” the opening track of his 2013 album …
Troxum enjoys exposure from a well-received video
TROXUM with MAN’DANCE, PETITE TORO 9 p.m. Sat., Feb. 21 Thunderbird Café 4023 Butler St. Lawrenceville $5 412-682-0177 or thunder birdcafe.net Troxum — the nom de musique of Jan-Tosh Gerling — has had some success in the realm of electronic music locally, most notably when he played the VIA Festival main stage last year, at…
Critics’ Picks, Feb. 19-25
[BLUES] + THU., FEB. 19 One of the most prominent artists in blues brings her booming voice to an intimate setting tonight. Shemekia Copeland, who was declared the “Queen of Blues” by Chicago and the state of Illinois, recently returned to Alligator Records, where she made her most successful string of albums. After earning as…
New Releases
BILLY PILGRIM EP RELEASE with SHAD ALI, UNSUNG 9 p.m. Thu., Feb. 19 Howlers Coyote Cafe 4509 Liberty Ave. Bloomfield $10 (includes EP) 412-682-0320 or howlers coyotecafe.com Billy Pilgrim Big Empty Things (Self-released) www.rashadjamaalisbillypilgrim.com Billy Pilgrim — longtime local artist of many names, and former vocalist for MegaDef — brings an unconventional sound on this eight-track…
Locally based, internationally touring Alexis Gideon world-premieres his latest video opera
THE CRUMBLING 8 p.m. Fri., Feb. 20, and 8 p.m. Sat., Feb. 21 New Hazlett Theater 6 Allegheny Square East North Side $12-15 412-320-4610 or newhazlett theater.org Alexis Gideon grew up in Manhattan, playing guitar in the All City Jazz band and laying the groundwork for his career as a composer and musician. But Gideon…
OxyCide is supposed to make hospitals cleaner and safer for patients, but what about the staff that has to use it?
When Robert Ross has to use the cleaning solution OxyCide as part of his job as a housekeeping employee at UPMC Magee-Women’s Hospital, it’s not a pleasant experience. “It burns my eyes, it makes them water. It burns my throat,” says Ross. “The best way to describe it is it’s like working with onions. You…
Matt Hunter revisits his earlier paintings to inspire new work
REVIVAL continues through Feb. 28 3G Gallery 1001 Liberty Ave. (Westin Convention Center) Downtown 412-288-4320 Revival, a new show by Matt Hunter at 3G Gallery, showcases 34 new works by the painter, who lives in the West End and regularly has shows throughout Pittsburgh’s East End. Hunter, a native Pittsburgher, studied at the Pratt Institute…
Pittsburgh’s Equal magazine ceases publication but questions linger
When the staff of Equal magazine put the final touches on its November issue, only one person expected it to be their last. The publication’s editor, Joe King, had announced he’d be leaving the magazine, the city’s only LGBT-oriented publication, and wrote a resignation letter slated to appear in that issue. “I just assumed they…
Lynn Cullen Live 2/18/15
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. Joe Biden needs to keep his hands to himself according to a caller. Environmental disasters in West Virginia. U.S. plans to drones commercially. Giant fireball lit up Pittsburgh sky Tuesday morning. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and…
