Afronaut(a) seeks films for upcoming video magazine
The Pittsburgh-based film series needs artists and filmmakers to submit short works for “Underground,” its new video magazine.
Listen Up! March 2
Listen Up! Spotify playlist
Pittsburgh residents rally for Bernie Sanders and meet U.S. Senate candidate John Fetterman
About 750 people marched from Oakland to Downtown in support of presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and U.S. Senate candidate John Fetterman appears to pick up some new supporters.
Lynn Cullen 3/1/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. Lynn discusses Super Tuesday, Clarence Thomas’ first words in 10 years, misogyny vs. Hillary Clinton, and a joke. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
MP3 Monday:Moemaw Naedon and Billy Hoyle
Download a new song from Moemaw Naedon and Billy Hoyle
Campaign 2016’s Silly Season: A Weekly Tweet Roundup Feb. 26
This week on the Twitter presidential campaign trail, Jeb Bush tweets goodbye, Mitt Romney confronts Trump on tax records, and Bernie Sanders adds Woody Guthrie to his playlist.
Pittsburgh officials and newly formed pedestrian-advocacy group looking to provide boost to city steps
Pittsburgh city officials and new pedestrian-advocacy group PGH Walks in support of a project to address the derelict condition of the city’s more than 700 public steps.
Report says oil-train routes contribute to ‘environmental racism’ in Pennsylvania
Report finds that 70 percent of Pittsburgh’s environmental-justice communities live within “blast zones” of oil trains.
Louise LeCavalier dance performance tonight cancelled
Sudden illness prevents Louise LeCavalier premiere at Byham Theater.
What you need to know about Pittsburgh news this week
This week Uber drivers mark the company’s two-year anniversary in Pittsburgh with disappointment; things get interesting in the Pennsylvania House 19th District race; and TEDxPittsburgh calls for speaker nominations.
A conversation with this week’s Pittsburgh City Paper cover artist Pat Lewis
Illustrator Pat Lewis talks about his most recent City Paper cover and what it’s like to be an artist in Pittsburgh.
Lynn Cullen 2/25/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. The ugliest election season in human memory and how Jarad Day intends to cope. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
Knoxville’s Black Lilies grow through misfortune
Cruz Contreras couldn’t wait for 2016 to arrive. Last year proved to be a challenging one for the Black Lillies, the Knoxville, Tenn.-based alt-country band that Contreras fronts. Last February the band got off the Cayamo Cruise — a cruise-ship music festival featuring singer-songwriter acts like John Prine, Lucinda Williams and John Hiatt. It was…
Rhinoceros at Pitt Stages
RHINOCEROS continues through Feb. 28. Studio Theatre, Cathedral of Learning, Oakland. $12–25. 412-624-7529 or play.pitt.edu Rhinoceros is the perfect play for the election year we’re having, as one might argue that there is a rhinoceros — or perhaps several — running for president. Like all great plays, it is of its time, yet relevant to…
Uber just celebrated its second anniversary in Pittsburgh, but drivers say working for the company is no party
If you ask Uber drivers, most of whom prefer not to be identified for fear of being deactivated, their views on the company vary depending how long they’ve been at it. Newer drivers like all the things Uber touts as plusses: flexible working conditions, steady income, the chance to meet new people and explore unfamiliar…
The Full Monty at Carnegie Mellon
THE FULL MONTY continues through Sat., Feb. 27. Philip Chosky Theater, CMU campus, Oakland. $10-37. 412-268-2407 or drama.cmu.edu When The Full Monty opened on Broadway, in October 2000, it looked as if there would be a Tony Award sweep for this musical version of the popular British film about a group of unemployed steelworkers staging…
U.S. Senate candidates talk fracking in Pennsylvania
The race to see which Democratic challenger will take on Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey in November is getting fracking exciting. During a debate at Carnegie Mellon University a few weeks ago, former state Department of Environmental Protection secretary Katie McGinty denied receiving campaign dollars from the fossil-fuel industry. Days later, Braddock Mayor John Fetterman…
Canadian icon Louise Lecavalier makes her long-awaited Pittsburgh debut
LOUISE LECAVALIER/FOU GLORIEUX As of Feb. 26, this show had been cancelled due to sudden illness. For more information, contact the Theater Square Box Office at 412-456-6666 or trustarts.org. Canadian contemporary-dance queen Louise Lecavalier makes her long-awaited Pittsburgh debut Fri., Feb. 26, at the Byham Theater in So Blue. The critically acclaimed 2012 work is…
Pittsburgh nonprofits team up to provide computers to Latino families
In a 3,000-square-foot space behind Construction Junction, in North Point Breeze, volunteers sit among boxed-up computers on old Home Depot shelving, and they split duties between disassembling and refurbishing Macs and PCs. “We only want computers that work. Then we erase them and put educational software on them,” says Dave Sevik, executive director of Computer…
Chimes at Midnight
Chimes at Midnight Directed by Orson Welles Starring Orson Welles, Keith Baxter, John Gielgud 7 p.m. nightly Fri., Feb. 26, and 7 p.m. Sat., Feb. 27. 7:30 p.m. nightly Mon., Feb. 29; Wed., March 2; and Thu., March 3. Hollywood. Orson Welles’ masterpiece Chimes at Midnight first screened in 1966, at Cannes; an astonishing half-century…
A Seat at the Table
Because of a 25-year-old drug conviction, whether McKeesport council-member elect Corry Sanders can serve on council is being determined in court and by PA’s Board of Pardons. Read the full version here
Risen
I have to respect Risen for finding a new angle on an oft-told tale, namely the events during and after the crucifixion of Jesus. Kevin Reynolds has taken the Easter story, expanded it into Pentecost and re-positioned the narrative as a police procedural told from the perspective of a Roman tribune. For political reasons, Clavius…
Wysocki on what you can do to secure hockey’s future
A lot of people may not know it, but 1984 was the year everything changed in Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh Penguins were a mess. In fact, they routinely had smaller crowds than the local indoor-soccer team and were still several years away from their first Stanley Cup. But that year marked the arrival of Mario Lemieux,…
Florida is poster child for the effects of climate change — and for denial of it
In mid-January, plenty of Pennsylvanians would rather visit Florida. But this is 2016. A few decades from now, Florida will be a very different place — somewhat smaller, and much wetter and saltier. And nobody seems to have a real plan to cope. I just spent 10 days in Florida, a state some call a…
Savage Love
Gay, thirtysomething male in D.C. My boyfriend of three years has been acting strange — not taking his antidepression meds, says he’s feeling weird. He has withdrawn from me, sleeps 15 hours a day, and has been canceling commitments to socialize with friends. That I am fine with — he’s blue and I get it.…
Aferim!
A shorthand pitch might be: a road trip with 19th-century Romanians yelling profane things at one another. But Radu Jude’s handsomely produced dramedy is more than that. It’s shot in black and white, and recalls 1960s arthouse cinema, with earthy language. (“Aferim” means “bravo,” and is frequently uttered ironically.) A constable and his son set…
On Steps
I visit my mother at her new house after dinner and we wait for the harvest moon on her porch steps. In the suburbs, the ferns are fresh and fragrant, the wind white and wet.…
Eddie the Eagle
It’s an inspirational comedy about one rather offbeat real-life Olympic competitor. Eddie Edwards (Taron Egerton) is an ordinary British guy who decides to compete for a medal in ski-jumping. So he heads off to Germany to learn how to ski-jump and from there, hopefully, to sail into the 1988 Calgary Games. As luck would have…
Stuff We Like
Thick-cut Toast at B52. Lawrenceville’s new vegan cafe elevates a simple snack with toppings like preserves and cashew cheese (perfectly mimicking the flavor of tart goat cheese). 5202 Butler St. Rich People Things: Real-Life Secrets of the Predator Class. Chris Lehman’s smart and scathing series of essays on Things Rich People Like, including meritocracy, the…
Jack of the Red Hearts
Janet Grillo’s dramedy is a low-key domestic affair in which a troubled young woman nicknamed Jack (AnnaSophia Robb) lies her way into a job as an assistant to a lively autistic girl named Glory (Taylor Richardson). And not surprisingly, through her subterfuge, Jack discovers the importance of caring for other people, and takes a few…
Short List: February 24 – March 2
SPOTLIGHT: Fri., Feb. 26 — Stage Failure doesn’t get enough credit. Or so say the folks in Michigan who in 2012 founded Failure:Lab, a storytelling series meant to remove the stigma around failure, which they view as often being merely the first step toward success. The series has spread nationally; its Pittsburgh incarnation, which debuted…
Race
Track athlete Jesse Owens is rightly well known for winning four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, which were presided over by Adolf Hitler. A double victory — over competitors and over the white-supremacist ethos that fueled Nazism. Stephen Hopkins’ bio-pic fleshes out the story, beginning at Ohio State, where Owens (Stephan James) comes…
Della Terra Italian Bistro
Della Terra Italian Bistro 100 Perry Highway, Harmony. 724-473-0630 Hours: Tue.-Thu. 4-9 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 4-10 p.m. Prices: Appetizers, salads, pizza and calzones $4-13; pasta and entrees $18-32 Liquor: Full bar A couple of years ago, having worked up a hunger on the trails at McConnell’s Mill, we replenished ourselves with a supremely satisfying meal at…
This week, Pittsburgh jazz fans have an opportunity to see three renowned and boundary-pushing artists
It’s rare to have three high-ranking jazz musicians hit Pittsburgh independently during the same week. This triumvirate of music gets even more unusual because several of their performances overlap this weekend. All three of them maintain the foundation of jazz in their approach, but they head in vastly different directions, while also continuing to maintain…
Cheese balls top the menu at the new Carmody’s Grille on Neville Island
Carmody’s Grille 4905 Grand Ave., Neville Island. 412-458-1813 or carmodysgrille.com Anyone who has ever visited Carmody’s Restaurant in Franklin Park will remember two things right away — the late-’70s/early-’80s décor and the cheese balls. The latter was a thick warm ball of provolone, breaded ever so slightly, and paired with a great marinara. The cheesey-tomatoey…
Jason Isbell cleans up and issues a classic
JASON ISBELL, SHOVELS & ROPE. 7:30 p.m. Wed., March 2. Benedum Center, 237 Seventh St., Downtown. $30-50. 412-456-6666 or trustarts.org It’s not that Jason Isbell wasn’t a great songwriter five years ago. Isbell spent his twenties as one of the platoon of songwriters in alt-country band Drive-By Truckers, and by 2011, he’d released three records…
A new Lawrenceville joint focuses on shots and beers
A few months after opening, The Goldmark is hitting its stride. The Lawrenceville bar-meets-music-venue — named for Peter Goldmark, inventor of the vinyl record — is bro-chic. A small fridge of Red Bull sits atop an original, carved wooden bar surrounded by exposed brick walls, hung with art and hiding the occasional candle-lit nook. Red…
Critics’ Picks, Feb. 25 – March 2
[DJ] + SAT., FEB. 27 It’s hard to classify the Philadelphia-based producer RJD2. Does he make electronica? Hip hop? Funk? Soul? Indie rock? The truth is that RJD2 combines a lot of elements into a bizarre melting pot that sometimes sounds like backpack hip hop (think more Aesop Rock, less A$AP Rocky), sometimes sounds like…
Maximum Minimum in Unum seeks unity in extremes
MAXIMUM MINIMUM IN UNUM continues through Sun., Feb. 28. Miller Gallery, CMU campus, Oakland. 412-268-3618 or cmu.edu/millergallery Art exhibits whose themes concern form are pretty common. But Maximum Minimum in Unum, at the Miller Gallery, is headier than most. The show gathers 15 artists, all Carnegie Mellon University School of Art alumni whose work, according…
On its new record, indie-folk band Arlo Aldo delves into life’s big mysteries
ARLO ALDO RECORD-RELEASE PARTY with MARAIGE BLANC and TOTAL TRASH 7 p.m. Sat., Feb. 27. Commonwealth Press Warehouse, 2315 Wharton St., South Side. $10. arloaldo.com “In order for loss or death or a separation to have any kind of importance, you have to love it,” Arlo Aldo’s David Manchester says, his insouciance giving way to…
The Carnegie Library’s free course Arabic for Beginners draws the curious
Instead of watching romantic comedies, students at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh spent their Valentine’s Day perfecting their Arabic script. Arabic for Beginners provides students of all ages with a crash course in the language and culture of Saudi Arabia every second and third Sunday of the month at the library’s main branch, in Oakland.…
Lynn Cullen 2/24/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. Supreme court appointments. 1 year old sentenced to life in prison in Egypt. Mildred Moss, home economics professor schooled football players. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
City Paper Podcast, or “Untitled” – Episode 006
A Pittsburgh Uber driver tells why he’s disappointed with the company, and crowds line up for the South Side Soup Contest.
Lynn Cullen 2/23/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. St. Louis and the Girl Scouts. Bob Dylan lyrics in court decisions. Unpaid labor for women. Women bike in the Gaza Strip. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
