The challenges of staying cool, confident, and comfortable with your summertime style
During a recent morning constitutional, a particularly fit man glided quickly past me, his t-shirt tied to his waist bouncing up and down like a jersey cape. He had a beautiful, sculpted athlete’s body — he knew this, I noticed. I tried not to stare, but for the six seconds or so that he was…
Who’s the most interested in moving to Pittsburgh?
Accolades, new condos, and livability rankings aside, who is actually moving to Pittsburgh? A new study from Apartment List might provide some answers. The apartment-search site recently created its first-ever Renter Migration Report. The study analyzed millions of searches, from both registered and unregistered users, to see where people are preparing to, or interested in, moving…
Pittsburgh’s first ZeroFoodprint restaurant, Bridges & Bourbon, opens Downtown
The road to opening Bridges & Bourbon was not easy. The idea for Downtown’s newest restaurant was born years before construction started. In their 20s, David Keating, founder, mixologist, and sommelier, and his original business partner, Scott Shaffer, discussed opening a restaurant. Without financial backing and experience, they parted ways, only to reconnect years later…
Chatham University launches Food Bank Farm to grow fresh crops for communities in need
Students at Chatham University’s Falk School of Sustainability and Environment, located at the Eden Hall campus in Gibsonia, Pa., are no strangers to the world of farming. Eden Hall boasts nearly 400 acres of green space, which is often used to help students get hands-on experience with food and agriculture, water, natural energy, air quality,…
Pittsburgh Grooveline: June 20-26
Each week, the Pittsburgh City Paper compiles a list of Pittsburgh dance parties for you and your crew to bust loose to the best bangers, EDM, pop hits, and more. (All events are 21 and over unless otherwise stated.) Fri., June 21 Metropolitan Club Grand Opening with Funk Masta Fletch. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. 25 Market…
Celebrate National Buy Black Week with local businesses
June 17-23 is National Buy Black Week, with a goal to ignite Black economic freedom by investing the trillions of dollars spent yearly back into the Black community. While it’s important to support national and international Black-owned businesses, it’s even more beneficial to support local Black-owned businesses to ensure the money goes directly back into the Pittsburgh community.…
Bodiography announces new and classic dance performances for 2019-2020 season
Bodiography Contemporary Ballet is bringing great performances to dance fans in Pittsburgh and beyond with its 2019-20 season. The Pittsburgh-based dance company and school announced its new season with a number of local dates, starting with a company-in-residence at the Butler County Community College Succop Theater in Butler, Pa. (Sept. 28). On Nov. 22-23, La…
The Daily Show features two Pittsburgh Pride celebrations in a segment on corporate sponsorship
An episode of The Daily Show that aired on June 18 features a segment on Pittsburgh Pride, specifically the questionable practice of Pride celebrations heavily sponsored by corporations. On June 9, two Pride parades happened in Pittsburgh: the Pittsburgh Pride Equality March and People’s Pride. The Pittsburgh Pride March drew controversy in previous years for its prominent…
Free Will Astrology
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In the next four weeks, you’re not likely to win the biggest prize or tame the fiercest monster or wield the greatest power. However, you could very well earn a second- or third-best honor. I won’t be surprised if you claim a decent prize or outsmart a somewhat menacing dragon or…
Resonance Works Pittsburgh brings #MeToo movement to the stage in 2019-2020 season
In the most recent season of 15 major orchestras worldwide, 94.7 percent of concerts presented only works by male composers, according to a study by Drama Musica. But Pittsburgh performing arts company Resonance Works Pittsburgh and its founder Maria Sensi Sellner are working to change that. At least half of the composers in Resonance Works’…
Pittsburgh Irish Festival 2019, Wild Kindness open for submissions, and more Pittsburgh music news and announcements from this week
Pittsburgh Irish Festival The Pittsburgh Irish Festival is getting a little bit wetter this year, but in a good way. After cancelations due to extreme flooding during the 2018 event, the 29th Annual Pittsburgh Irish Festival, September 6-8, is taking place at a new location: The Lots at Sandcastle. Although the location is changed, guests can…
Which Pittsburgh Concert Venue are You?
Every concert venue in Pittsburgh has its own unique attributes. There’s the homey feel of The Rex, the palpable angst of The Mr. Roboto Project, the intimacy of Club Cafe. Which venue do you most align with? In honor of Pittsburgh City Paper’s Music Issue this week, we created a quiz so you can find…
Lynn Cullen Live – 6/18/19
Video Archive Scientists have found that dogs has evolved to make that puppy dog eyes look in order to communicate with humans, and that’s the first topic of discussion for Lynn and Susan today. They are also talking about the turn towards renting with younger generations today. Home ownership has become something that many don’t…
Pittsburgh-based StarKist criticized for advertising on controversial Fox News show
On May 30, a graphic was shown on the Fox News program The Ingraham Angle showing several right-wing media personalities who had been kicked off of Facebook. The title of the graphic read “Prominent voices censored from social media,” and the show’s host, Laura Ingraham, said, “Facebook now, what do they monitor now, ‘hate?’ That…
Allegheny County issues emergency enforcement to U.S. Steel following fire at Clairton Coke Works
After the second fire in six months at U.S. Steel’s Coke Works plant in Clairton damaged the troubled facility further, the Allegheny County Health Department issued an emergency enforcement order demanding U.S. Steel create a plan to minimize pollutant emissions. The order, released at about 5 p.m. Monday evening, gives U.S. Steel 24 hours to…
Will kids’ sports turn me into everything I hate?
My children just finished their first seasons of soccer. I never played organized soccer as a kid, but it seemed like a good entry-level activity for a 4- and 5-year-old. They wouldn’t need the coordination required to hit a baseball or the millions of dollars it takes to play hockey at any level. My expectations…
My Biggest Fan Is Me
I sold my comedy album last month to a gentleman who also asked me to sign it. I had just opened for popular stand-up comedian Jen Kirkman and was surprised mostly due to my low self-esteem, but I gladly obliged and repeatedly thanked him for investing in my art. A few days later he posted…
Lynn Cullen Live – 6/17/19
Video Archive There’s a lot to catch up on after a week away, but first Lynn is talking about her drive through Pennsylvania and New York. It was beautiful scenery, and it truly gives one a feel for the breadth of our country. A week away from the daily news was also wonderful. Taking some…
Norah Jones rocks Heinz Hall, Kyle Holbrook paints mural on the side of the Clemente Museum, and much more to see, hear and do this week
Mon., June 17 Photo: Brady Hall Neal Stephenson [Talk] New York Times bestselling author Neal Stephenson brings his dramatic sci-fi chops to Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures. Admission includes a hardcover copy of the writer’s newest thriller, Fall; or, Dodge in Hell, which you can get signed following the lecture. 7 p.m. Carnegie Library Lecture Hall, 4400…
Pittsburgh food headlines this week from Millie’s, La Prima, and Smallman Galley
Millie’s & My Goodness Market Millie’s Homemade Ice Cream, in its signature hot pink, is teaming up with My Goodness Market for a seasonal Regent Square pop-up. The ice cream shop, now with storefronts in Market Square and Shadyside, plans for a shop in Lawrenceville, a retro-ice cream truck, a summer soft serve residence in Bakery Square,…
The Dead Don’t Die lacks some life
Halfway through chomping on a severed chunk of bloody intestines, zombie Iggy Pop drops his flacid meat stick and chants, “Coffeeeee.” Forget brains, the zombies in Jim Jarmusch’s post-apocalyptic comedy The Dead Don’t Die crave the things they were most addicted to when they were alive. Fans hoping for gore, don’t fret — they still rip apart…
Pittsburgh’s urbanized areas are the oldest, whitest, and most native-born in the nation
While new industries like tech, education, and medicine have led the Steel City to an economic rebound and to the region’s culture diversifying with new ethnic restaurants, festivals, and youthful energy, the most recent census figures show we still have a lot of catching up to do compared to other cities. When looking at metro…
See the exhibit that 87 Pittsburgh artists have kept secret for months
When graphic designer Brett Yasko asked the local arts community to participate in a new group photography exhibit, now on view at SPACE Gallery, the theme was simple: secret. “That was it: one word,” says Renee Rosensteel, one of the 87 featured artists (and an occasional CP freelancer). The theme also defined the show overall,…
Streep steals show early in Big Little Lies season two
Season two of Big Little Lies is like a surprise dessert at the end of a heavy dinner: you’re too full, but it’s there, so you’re gonna eat it. The new season opens back in Monterey, Calif., after a summer of stress, relaxation, anxiety, grief, vacation, and new wigs for the five women involved in…
Now is your chance to leave a video message for Pittsburghers of 2120
If you have something pressing to say to the Pittsburghers of 2120, here’s your chance. Now through Sun., June 16, artist Toby Fraley will be accepting messages for Pittsburgh Time Capsule, a video booth stationed at Gateway Center Artist Market. The video messages can take on any subject and be as serious or silly as…
The Poetry to the People tour brings renowned poets to deliver readings outside Carnegie Library
On Sat., June 15, visitors to Carnegie Library’s main branch will find collections of books to borrow not only inside the building but outside of it. The Poetry to the People tour is a multi-city book truck road trip — beginning in New York and ending in New Orleans — that brings free books and…
Psychedelic-folk artist delivers an audiovisual, psychedelic experience through Squirrel Hill
Visual albums — a mix somewhere between a full-length music video and a movie — are not a new phenomenon. The Beatles did it with Hard Day’s Night, and Pink Floyd with The Wall. But more recent versions, most obviously Beyoncé’s Lemonade in 2016, renewed interest in the medium at a time when sitting down…
See the demolition and reconstruction of post-WWII Pittsburgh in Imagining the Modern: Architecture and Urbanism of the Pittsburgh Renaissance
A few pages in from the cover of the new book, Imagining the Modern, there is a great close-up construction photo of the Civic Arena. You can see the ambitious steel superstructure rising from concrete footings, in enough detail to see dimpled expanses of rivets holding the plates together, but far enough away that the…
Manager of Teen Programs Sean Beauford wants kids to know they don’t need permission to create
Name: Sean Beauford, Bloomfield Title: Manager of Teen Programs, Carnegie Museum of Art Tell me about the programs and the work they involve. One is the Youth Art Initiative, a group of 10 students that meets weekly. They could be visiting different departments, learning about different jobs, touring galleries, brainstorming ideas, planning what they’ve come…
What fat-washing cocktails does and where you can try it for yourself
“Duck fat-washed bourbon” is not an appetizing term. I cringed the first time I heard it, imagining an industrial sized blender full of duck fat and bourbon served smoothie-style. In reality, this is far from what’s involved in the world of fat-washed spirits. The fat-washing process adds flavor to a spirit akin to an infusion…
Free Will Astrology
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In the 1960s, Gemini musician Brian Wilson began writing and recording bestselling songs with his band the Beach Boys. A seminal moment in his development happened while he was listening to his car radio in August 1963. A tune he had never heard before came on: “Be My Baby” by The…
How Pittsburgh is at the forefront of HIV awareness, prevention, and care
Growing up in the 1980s in California, my earliest memories of learning about sex were in relation to the AIDS crisis. As a child, I remember being told how HIV is transmitted, what sort of sex puts you at greater risk, and how to protect yourself against it. While all of this information was shared…
Top 5 Local Concerts to see this week at Three Rivers Art Festival
With so many great musicians and artists performing at Three Rivers Arts Festival, how can you choose which ones to see? With a little help from a friend. Jordan Montgomery Lyricism of old hip hop meets beats and bass of modern day. 1 p.m. Sun., June 16 Stanwix Stage Slowdanger A sonic movement and visual…
A Letter Compiled From All Letters considers connections and communication in a digital age
The changing landscape of human correspondence and communication has provided fertile material for dance makers in recent years. Locally, The Pillow Projects’ Paper Memory (2010) and CorningWorks’ Parallel Lives (2014) were but a few that addressed such issues. Now dancer/choreographer Maree ReMalia, New York multimedia artist Gigi Gatewood, and Washington, D.C., dancer Lillian Cho bring a…
Pittsburgh native and one of the silent era’s biggest filmmakers finally gets her due
Throughout Pittsburgh, there are bridges, museums, theaters, and other monuments named after famous locals, whose contributions made indelible marks on everything from sports to science to the arts. So, you would think Lois Weber, a Pittsburgh native who went on to make hundreds of silent films and became a key figure in the founding of…
Ribs N Bread brings South Carolina barbecue to Oakland
Seven months ago, Ribs N Bread quietly arrived onto Pittsburgh’s barbecue scene. In the midst of a booming demand for barbecue in the city, owner and pit master Rander “Randy” Thompson, who founded the small, take-out only joint with his wife Becky, announced the grand opening of the Oakland restaurant through a single Facebook post.…
Neal Stephenson’s new novel explores an eternal digital afterlife called Bitworld where the dead continue on as digital souls
Neal Stephenson has explored cryptography, linguistics, space travel, and other complex ideas in his books and writing. He’s penned articles or consulted on geoengineering, numerical analysis, atrocity prevention, and transmedia projects. Fall; Or, Dodge in Hell, (William Morrow), Stephenson’s mammoth new novel (883 pages), involves parallel worlds, consciousness after death, cryonics, and myriad other speculative…
Suavity’s Mouthpiece releases ‘Nerdflesh,’ its first studio release in five years
The trek from Pittsburgh to Greensburg takes less than an hour, but when Suavity’s Mouthpiece band member J. Trafford relocated from the ‘Burgh to his hometown in 2014, it caused the band to go on a hiatus. “I had to move out of the city for personal reasons,” says Trafford, “and that sort of puts…
The new Philippine Nationality Room was a 20-year process, but worth the wait for Pittsburgh’s passionate Filipinos
After two decades of planning, the new Philippine Nationality Room in the Cathedral of Learning ran into a conflict in its final stages over the seating arrangement. The initial vision was to situate the classroom with long benches in a circular pattern, with a space in the middle where the professor would stand. It’s…
