Central Blood Bank promotes donations with The Walking Dead
The Central Blood Bank hopes to attract donors with The Walking Dead promotion.
Democratic U.S. Senate candidates to discuss issues at CMU forum
All three major candidates for Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate seat will discuss a wide range of topics at the 14th Ward Democratic Committee’s ‘Barbara Daly Danko Political Forum.’
Listen Up! Jan. 27
Every Wednesday, we make a Spotify playlist containing tracks from artists mentioned in the current music section. Listen while you read!
Mayor Peduto shares ‘State of Pittsburgh’ at Pitt School of Social Work
Mayor Bill Peduto tackles inequality and affordable housing in remarks at University of Pittsburgh
Info Sessions Upcoming for Major New Arts Festival
Jan. 30 and Feb. 1 sessions look to fall festival for upcycled materials.
Concert announcements: The Warhol Spring Sound Series, Savages, Brand New, more
The winter portion of the Warhol’s Sound Series is well underway (the next is Ekmeles on Jan. 30), but it is, of course, never too early to start talking about spring. Most, but not all of these are actually taking place at the Warhol: check out the museum website for more information. On March 17,…
Health-insurance enrollment event at Pittsburgh’s City-County Building tomorrow
Mayor’s Office hosts last-minute Affordable Care Act Open Enrollment event at City-County Building.
Opinion: Transit advocate Chris Sandvig on the new Downtown bus ‘super stop’
Local transit advocate applauds the creative way a new bus stop was completed and the benefit it will bring to the city.
MP3 Monday: Northern Gold
This week’s MP3 comes from Jake Anderkovitch’s emo-ish, indie-ish roots-rock project Northern Gold. Stream or download the rousing and catchy “Holding On” from the EP The Heart Was Heavy, below. This download link has expired, sorry!
Lynn Cullen Live 1/25/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. We elect opposites in this country. Michael Bloomberg’s mission. Jet packs on sperm. UPMC builds a new hospital. 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 Marty’s Market in the Strip District closed, the Allegheny County Jail Health Justice Project re-launched, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced new methane emissions rules and City Paper debuted its new podcast.
Twitter account sharing name with Pittsburgh police union posts Islamaphobic tweets
Twitter account sharing name with Pittsburgh police union posts Islamaphobic tweets
Campaign 2016’s Silly Season: A Weekly Tweet Round-Up Jan. 22
This week Rick Santorum names his new campaign tour after his sweater vests, Rand Paul tweets a photo of the President Obama and Chris Christie embrace for #NationalHugDay, and Mike Huckabee reviews 13 Hours.
Commuter survey shows higher percentage of bikers among city participants
The “Make My Trip Count Survey” shows high bike-commute percentages for Pittsburgh participants and interest in bike commuting from other city residents.
Dispatch from NYC: Scenes from Winter Jazzfest 2016
With a wristband serving as admission to all the events, it felt in some ways like a post-graduate school version of CMJ’s annual Music Marathon, with enthusiasts wearing out the pages of the program, trying to figure which band to catch at what time without missing a favorite who might be starting a half-hour later…
Lynn Cullen 1/22/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. Woody Guthrie and the Trumps. #Oscarssowhite. Kendrick Lamar’s new album. Dig in Kenya shows early warfare. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
Lynn Cullen 1/21/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. More on Flint. Thomas Tull moves a house. Possible 9th planet. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
Winter Music
Winter Guide: Winter Art Winter Stage Winter Music Winter Kids Winter Outdoors Winter Literary Winter Other Calliope opens the 2016 portion of its season with blues guitarist Eric Bibb. He’s better known in Europe than in the States (the New York native currently lives in Helsinki), but his soulful, rootsy style has drawn comparisons to…
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
Lisa Immordino Vreeland’s documentary is a straightforward work about a considerably more offbeat woman. Peggy Guggenheim was born into the wealthy New York banking family (her father went down on the Titantic when she was 13), but the rebellious young woman was a square peg amidst Manhattan’s glittery society. She decamped to Paris in the…
Ephesus Mediterranean Kitchen offers the stuffed Turkish flatbread known as pide
Ephesus Mediterranean Kitchen 219 Fourth Ave., Downtown; 50 Freeport Road, Aspinwall; and 616 Lincoln Ave., Bellevue. ephesuspizza.com Turkey has a love affair with meat, cheese and vegetables combined with thin, crispy dough. But Turkey’s stuffed flatbread isn’t Italian-inspired pizza: It’s Turkish-born and called pide. “Just like how there are so many pizza shops here in…
Winter Kids
Winter Guide: Winter Art Winter Stage Winter Music Winter Kids Winter Outdoors Winter Literary Winter Other Don’t just watch football — get active! Join in the fun of NFL PLAY 60, which spreads out over all five floors of the Heinz History Center. Get some healthful eating tips, flex your feet in the 40-yard dash…
Scott Stapp breaks free of his own prison
SCOTT STAPP with ROCKETT QUEEN, DESCENDSION 7 p.m. Wed., Jan. 27. Altar Bar, 1620 Penn Ave., Strip District. $26-28. 412-206-9719 or thealtarbar.com A few years ago, it might have seemed inconceivable that one of the best-selling bands of the early aughts wouldn’t dominate the first page of a Google search for its name, but here…
Low-alcohol drinks are as complex and tasty as their beefier cousins
A few weeks ago, countless well-intentioned individuals resolved to drink less in the New Year. Then they remembered that January is a bleak, boring month and doled out a generous pour of something strong and brown. There are ways, however, to have a few drinks without the head-splitting Sunday mornings. Enter the shim. “Shims are…
Winter Outdoors
Winter Guide: Winter Art Winter Stage Winter Music Winter Kids Winter Outdoors Winter Literary Winter Other Celebrate the frozen H2O at the 25th annual Ligonier Ice Fest. There will be more than 50 ice sculptures to goggle at, some carved while you watch. Also, live music and fun food, like kettle corn. Jan. 23-24. Diamond…
For Baltimore’s rootsy singer-songwriter Stephen Lee, emo isn’t a bad word
STEPHEN LEE with FRY JONES, PRO WRESTLER 9 p.m. Fri., Jan. 22. Hambone’s, 4207 Butler St., Lawrenceville. $5. 412-681-4318 or hambonespittsburgh.com For Baltimore-based singer-songwriter Stephen Lee, touring the country by himself has its pluses and minuses. On the one hand, it gets lonely from time to time; on the other, he can listen to all…
Peduto gets mixed reviews on affordable-housing programs halfway through his first term
While Mayor Bill Peduto continues to receive high praise for his overall performance during the first two years of his term, there is one area where the mayor earned less than stellar marks: affordable housing. Experts say the city is in the midst of an affordable-housing crisis. According to a study by the nonprofit Housing…
Winter Literary
Winter Guide: Winter Art Winter Stage Winter Music Winter Kids Winter Outdoors Winter Literary Winter Other Poet and writer Rachel Zucker’s book Museum of Accidents was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; her nine books also include The Pedestrians, a double collection of prose and poetry. On the heels of her memoir,…
CMU’s Arts Greenhouse uses hip hop to grow confidence and social awareness in high school students
EMPOWERED: MLK SPOKEN WORD 9 p.m. Sat., Jan. 23. CMU’s Cohen University Center, 5032 Forbes Ave., Oakland. Free. 412-268-3451 or artsgreenhouse.org Located on the first floor of the College of Fine Arts building on Carnegie Mellon’s campus is the Arts Greenhouse, a socially-driven music program for high school students whose goal is to teach young…
Winter Other
Winter Guide: Winter Art Winter Stage Winter Music Winter Kids Winter Outdoors Winter Literary Winter Other A celebration of legendary local sportswriter and broadcaster Myron Cope seems a natural for a museum that spans both Pittsburgh history and sports. Bring your Terrible Towels and your memories to Yoi! Remembering Myron Cope. Jan. 31. Heinz History…
Critics’ Picks, Jan. 21-27
[FUNDRAISER] + FRI., JAN. 22 The Mr. Roboto Project has been working hard for Pittsburgh’s music scene for nearly two decades. The volunteer-run nonprofit has booked hundreds of great shows and provided an alternative to bar and club culture. Tonight, an old tradition of Roboto fundraising — one dating to the venue’s old Wilkinsburg location…
On its fourth record, Sweden’s Graveyard continues to give hard rock a good name
Hard rock — that nebulous and sprawling label that can mean everything or nothing at all, often simultaneously — is once again enjoying mainstream accessibility and relevance within taste-making circles. Along with albums like Baroness’ recent Purple and Hound’s Out of Space, Graveyard’s fourth offering, Innocence and Decadence, makes a great argument as to why. …
A friendly Pittsburgh City Council has been crucial to Mayor Peduto’s half-term successes, but has the relationship been too cozy?
Related Story: Peduto gets mixed reviews on affordable-housing programs halfway through his first term Peduto gets mixed reviews on affordable-housing programs halfway through his first term These days, Pittsburghers can’t open a newspaper, or visit a national news site, without being bombarded by accolades for our city. “The story of Pittsburgh is resonating,” Mayor Bill…
Land trust will help low-income residents purchase homes in Lawrenceville
In discussions of affordable housing, the conversation almost always centers on creating affordable rental units. The Lawrenceville Corp., that neighborhood’s nonprofit developer, is thinking a little differently. The group is starting a community land trust (CLT) with the intention of selling homes to low-income residents. Lawrenceville, which has been featured in the New York Times…
The Carnegie’s retrospective on silversmith and product-designer Peter Muller-Munk is thoroughly satisfying
SILVER TO STEEL: THE MODERN DESIGNS OF PETER MULLER-MUNK continues through April 11. Carnegie Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland. 412-622-3131 or cmoa.org What would John Ruskin and William Morris have made of Peter Muller-Munk? If they had seen Silver to Steel: The Modern Designs of Peter Muller-Munk, at the Carnegie Museum of Art,…
Second Latino-owned business in Pittsburgh’s South Hills vandalized
On the shelf between the bar and dining room in Beechview’s Casa Rasta restaurant sits a rock reading, “CuantaS mas piedras encuentra en mi camino … mas grande mi castillo.” That roughly translates to a Spanish saying that goes: “The more rocks in my path, the bigger my castle.” A vandal hurled the rock through…
A Conversation with Justice-Reform Advocate Bryan Stevenson
BRYAN STEVENSON 7:30 p.m. Mon., Jan. 25. Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland. $10-25. 412-622-8866 or pittsburghlectures.org Bryan Stevenson is a leading advocate for reforming the criminal-justice system. The Harvard-educated attorney and founder of the Montgomery, Ala.-based Equal Justice Initiative has spent decades defending the poor and wrongly condemned. And as he recounts in…
Savage Love
I am no longer sexually active, but I have a significant collection of sex toys from earlier years. I’m thinking of getting rid of most of them, and it seems such a waste for them to end up in the landfill. What’s an environmentally responsible way to dispose of dildos? I wish there was a…
Be Our Guest at the Theatre Factory
BE OUR GUEST continues through Sat., Jan. 23. The Theatre Factory, 235 Cavitt Ave., Trafford. $14-16. 412-374-9200 Fourteen people! If I took nothing else away from local playwright F.J. Hartland’s Be Our Guest, it’s that the cast comprises 14 people! Most new musicals don’t feature 14 people, let alone situation comedies like this. Some of…
In some ways, new gas-drilling rules are pretty limited in scope
The state’s Department of Environmental Protection recently released documents supporting its rewrite of Pennsylvania’s rules for oil and gas drilling. Those rules had not been updated since 2001 — several years before the Marcellus Shale boom dramatically increased gas drilling here and fundamentally altered its character. But how much would the proposed regulations — which…
New play explores the of role ex-Nazis in the U.S. space program
SOME BRIGHTER DISTANCE Jan. 23-Feb. 14. City Theatre, 1300 Bingham St., South Side. $15-56. 412-431-2489 or citytheatrecompany.org During last week’s State of the Union address, Tracy Brigden started when President Obama touted American ingenuity by referencing the moon landing. Coincidentally, Brigden’s theater company is readying the world premiere of a play about a scandalous but…
Wysocki: In terms of churning out talent, Aliquippa may be the greatest town in America
Aliquippa — named after Queen Aliquippa, the leader of a group of Mingo Seneca that lived along the three rivers — could possibly have the highest concentration of greatness of any town in America. Fewer than 10,000 people live there now, yet it has produced some very respectable NFL players like Ty Law, Jon Baldwin…
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi Directed by Michael Bay Starring John Krasinski, James Badge Dale, David Costabile If you’re still foaming about “Benghazi,” a.k.a. the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on a U.S. diplomatic outpost in that Libyan city that killed four Americans, including the ambassador, then by all means line up for Michael…
Stuff We Like: Winter Edition
Healthy Ride Bike Share. Most cities shut down bike-share programs in the winter, but ours is open year-round. Enjoy a brisk winter ride. www.healthyride.pgh.com @WPXIScott. WPXI weatherman Scott Harbaugh has a huge following on Twitter and for good reason: Besides reporting weather conditions, he interacts with his followers. Follow for snow-delay updates, and stay for…
Winter Guide 2016
It’s the time of year that offers the sort of weather preferred by penguins and snowmen, as depicted on our cover. But that doesn’t mean you have to stay cooped up: Our staffers have rounded up plenty of local happenings and things to do through March. Bundle up and head out! Winter Guide Sections: Winter…
In Jackson Heights
Fredrick Wiseman’s latest documentary, In Jackson Heights, introduces viewers to the incredible diversity of the New York City neighborhood. It’s the summer of 2014, and the streets are lively — from gay-pride marches to World Cup celebrations. Wiseman’s camera highlights various religious and ethnic enclaves, while weaving a portrait of 21st-century America: an ever-hybridizing melting…
This Just In: A look at local news online and on the tube
What year is it? If I relied on the culture of middle-aged, white male comedians to try to figure this out, I’d guess we’re living in Pittsburgh circa 1977. That’s probably before a lot of you were even born. From the retro-aviator-bespectacled, ’70s-porn-star-groomed Pittsburgh Dad hawking for the Pennysaver — “You paid too much? I…
Winter Art
Winter Guide: Winter Art Winter Stage Winter Music Winter Kids Winter Outdoors Winter Literary Winter Other The new Silver Eye Center exhibit Fellowship 16 features the work of two winning photographers: Hong Kong-born Ka-Man Tse’s series “Narrow Distance” seeks to draw connections between LGBT culture and the Asian-Pacific Islander community, while Pittsburgher Aaron Blum offers…
Ip Man 3
This final chapter of Wilson Yip’s biographical trilogy about renowned Wing Chun martial artist Ip Man (Donnie Yen) is a mixed bag. There is an incredibly cheesy plot about a school being menaced by silly-looking gangsters, and this generates a fight scene or two. This drama, set in 1959, is tied into a real-estate deal…
Short List: Jan 20 – 27
SPOTLIGHT: Fri., Jan. 22 — Art An obvious highlight of this week’s Gallery Crawl is the first art exhibit in the revived August Wilson Center. The Other Side of Pop, curated by Sean Beauford, features artists seeking “to connect with those who observe pop culture as portrayed by mass media but may not be able…
Winter Stage
Winter Guide: Winter Art Winter Stage Winter Music Winter Kids Winter Outdoors Winter Literary Winter Other Quantum Theatre stages the American premiere of the latest from acclaimed Scottish playwright David Harrower (Knives in Hens; Kill the Old Torture Their Young). Ciara is a monologue by the adult daughter of a Glasgow mob boss who left…
Norm of the North
Less than two weeks into 2016, and I’m confident this truly dreadful film will stay well planted on the year’s Worst Films list. Trevor Wall’s animated family film is about a polar bear named Norm who can “speak human,” and goes to the big city to stop a corporate guy from building luxury homes in…
Caffe Mona
Caffe Mona 4200 Penn Ave., Bloomfield. 412-682-5338 Hours: Mon.-Fri. 7 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sun. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Prices: $3-10 Liquor: None Breakfast, of all meals, tends to exist at either end of the dining-out spectrum. You’ve got your diners and you’ve got your fancy brunch splurges fit for Mothers’ Day or Easter,…
CP Weekend Podcast – Jan. 21-24, 2016
This week: See Phipps’ most pampered plants or hear Little Women, opera style.
City Paper debuts new podcast
For our first episode, we speak to Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto about his second year in office and talk politics with City Paper Editor Charlie Deitch. We also visit Smallman Galley in the Strip District for a lesson on vegetable-forward cocktails. [audio-1] Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes®
Lynn Cullen 1/20/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. Palin’s endorsement of Trump, while son is arrested on Monday. RIP Jeff Cohen. Flint water. Antwaan Randle El speaks on injuries. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
