Savoir Adore hits Mr. Small’s 6/30
Savoir Adore will be playing Mr. Small’s Theater this Saturday, June 30th.
Shadow Lounge celebrates its 12th birthday this Friday
The Shadow Lounge’s 12-year anniversary will be held at the venue this Friday, June 29th, with a DJ set by Krts.
Donora Performs At WYEP’s Summer Music Festival, Begin Friends Forever Tour
Donora performs at jam-packed Schenley Plaza for WYEP’s 15th Annual Summer Music Festival, begin the Friends Forever Tour.
Lynn Cullen Live 06/26/12
Video Archive Phone guest: Susan; Pride parade in Chicago; Second City & fecal transplants; American comedy is sexist; pan handlers; violence in Chicago; Scalia belongs on a Fox News show, not the Supreme Court; no good deed goes unquestioned; BBC calls Supreme Court governing “freakish;” if people aren’t afraid, they can’t be controlled; David Blankenhorn…
Cave Canem Poetry at City of Asylum
Terrance Hayes is a pretty good poet. Arguably, he’s Pittsburgh’s most prominent poet right now. In 2010, the National Book Foundation thought enough of him to hand him the National Book Award for poetry. But the quality of Cave Canem’s annual visit to City of Asylum last night was such that Hayes took the opening…
PNC Bank HQ protested by aggrieved homeowner
Tears streamed down Alejandra Cruz’s face as she stared at a letter from PNC Bank. Standing outside of the bank’s Downtown headquarters, she shook her head. The bank, she said, would not renegotiate the mortgage on her family’s Minneapolis home which was foreclosed. “This is hard,” she said. Cruz, 26, and her brother David, 20,…
Lynn Cullen Live 06/22/12
Video Archive Uruguay to legalize marijuana & be controlled / marketed by the government; Sandusky’s son came forth to say he was molested as well; bus monitor taunted & bullied by teen boys, collection to send her on vacation started after viral video; we’ve hit the 2K mark on soldiers lost in Afghanistan; reading of…
Mala: Extended Interview
“It’s all-good to be educated in a field. Sometimes that education can bring limitation. So for me, it was just about trying to translate my experience of being in Cuba with the people.”
Lynn Cullen Live 06/21/12
Video Archive Guest: Tom Sokolowski; Sharon Needles’ transgressional art; we laugh as a nation with a Jewish sense of humor; Fortune 500 companies founded by immigrants; the Duquesne Club, the PAA, the Concordia; air conditioning & global warming; more on fecal transplants & regulating bacteria; Pakistan refusing children polio vaccine; Obit: LeRoy Neiman, artist; art…
Review: The Weeknd at Mr. Small’s, June 19
The line at Mr. Small’s yesterday evening for one of the first dates of The Weeknd’s first national tour stretched out past the second door, down to the steps that lead out to Lincoln Avenue. It was still sweaty at 8:30pm, and the cross-section of concert goers in line was impressive. There were groups of…
Dragged into Debate: Reality-TV fame puts spotlight on Sharon Needles’ controversial act
Real TV — the kind they air on Pittsburgh’s governmental television channel — is generally much less interesting than reality TV. But the two worlds collided June 12, when Sharon Needles, the Bloomfield-based drag queen who won national fame on the Logo network’s RuPaul’s Drag Race, came to Pittsburgh City Council. And it’s still not…
Rock of Ages
Rock of Ages Directed by: Adam Shankman Starring: Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin, Russell Brand What can you really say about Rock of Ages, a musical rom-com that doesn’t even take itself seriously? Adam Shankman’s bloated but cheap-looking spectacle is adapted from the Broadway hit, and seems to demand little more from…
On the Record with Ed Rendell
During his eight years as Pennsylvania governor, Ed Rendell was never afraid to speak his mind. And in December 2010, after a blizzard in Philadelphia forced the cancellation of an Eagles football game, Rendell went on TV to complain we were becoming a “nation of wusses.” The now-former governor has written a book by the…
I Wish
I Wish In Japanese, with subtitles. Fri., June 22, through Tue., June 26. Melwood Koichi, the 12-year-old boy at the heart of Hirokazu Koreeda’s I Wish, is bright, polite and hot for teacher. He also does his chores, like cleaning up the ash in his bedroom from the rumbling volcano that he and everyone else…
Farm Aid
When Gov. Tom Corbett’s proposed budget threatened to end funding for the Keystone Recreation, Parks and Conservation Fund, the outcry was immediate. The Keystone Fund conserves green space and supports trail projects, parks and more. Ending it, supporters claim, would harm landscapes, recreational opportunities and municipal budgets. According to the group PennEnvironment, Keystone Fund supporters…
Lynn Cullen Live 06/20/12
Video Archive Guest: Chris Potter; first day of summer, longest day of the year; new book on national security, how Obama changed the way we go to war; “I didn’t come from your rib, you came from my vagina;” Sandusky’s wife never heard screams; Sandusky’s attorney compares the case to All My Children; Kevin Sousa’s…
Nina Marie Barbuto uses art to build confidence … and community
Things are a bit frantic at Assemble this Wednesday afternoon. It’s about 4 p.m., and with the neighborhood kids due to arrive in 30 minutes, six twentysomethings bustle about the reclaimed Garfield storefront, setting up art stations, putting carpet squares on the floor, filling bowls with snacks. One fellow is sent lickety-split to the nearby…
Gerard Richter Painting
There are two reasons why dramas about artists usually end up being not very good. First, creation occurs inside the artist’s head. And second, watching the slow, meticulous process of painting or sculpting is boring. The fact that Corinna Belz’s film is a documentary doesn’t help and might even hurt: She can’t juice things up…
Savge Love
Is it normal for my man to be so attracted to boobs that even though mine are beautiful and perfect, my boyfriend still wants to look at every other woman with a set of big boobs that he can? Aren’t mine enough? Boyfriend Ogles Other Breasts You sound like a new reader, BOOB, so I…
Short List: June 20 – 27
Artist Fabrizio Gerbino has always been inspired by factories — the light therein, the work done there. Now, a piece of scrap ceramic he found in a workshop in his native Italy figures into “Purge,” his contribution to Factory Direct: Pittsburgh. The exhibition showcases work by 14 artists, each commissioned by The Andy Warhol…
Pork-n’ NAT
Pork-n’ NAT 8032 Rowan Road Cranberry. 724-776-PORK (7675) Hours: Tue.-Sat. 11 a.m.-8 p.m., Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Prices: Appetizers, sandwiches and salads $3.50-9.50; barbecue platters $12-22 Liquor: BYOB To get to Pork-n’ NAT, one travels through Cranberry’s burgeoning future and into its disappearing past — past a gauntlet of strip malls, big boxes and chain…
Round Corner Cantina keeps its edge with new drink list
More Info 3720 Butler St. Lawrenceville. 412-904-2279 or roundcornercantina.com Round Corner Cantina aims to straddle a line between speed and style. “Keep it simple: That’s the theme of where we’re going, because we do a lot of volume here,” says partner and bar manager Sarah Fitzgerald. But for Fitzgerald, simple doesn’t mean standard. Quickly mixed,…
Dream Cream Ice Cream
More Info 539 Liberty Ave. Downtown. 11 a.m.-11 p.m. daily. dreamcreamicecream.com Dream Cream Ice Cream is building its business on the idea of helping others achieve their dreams — but it started as a dream itself. Alecia Shipman, who works in education at the August Wilson Center, and Thomas Jamison, a former banker, were inspired…
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
A giant asteroid due to wipe out Earth in two weeks is just one of Dodge’s troubles. His wife has run off; his career in insurance is a dud; he’s depressed; and his flighty neighbor Penny has been inexplicably holding his mail, denying him the chance to catch up with the lost love of his…
Wild Purveyors Eager to Open Soon
If you’re the owner of a new restaurant or grocery store with customers drooling at the very idea of its existence, it’s hard to not be optimistic when aiming for an opening date. Unlike the food you plan to offer, however, so much is out of your hands. The contractors work as fast as they…
That’s My Boy
In Sean Anders’ comedy, hedge-fund manager Todd (Andy Samberg) is getting married at Cape Cod, and the last thing he needs is his oafish estranged dad (Adam Sandler) to show up and ruin things. Oh joy. It’s a new horrible Adam Sandler movie — now with more vulgarity! Sandler has made a dark art of…
Meet the Beagles
Country singers like to salute their peers and predecessors in song. David Allan Coe recorded “Dakota the Dancing Bear, Part 2,” a reference to Kris Kristofferson’s “Dakota the Dancing Bear.” Coe also put himself in good company in “Waylon, Willie and Me.” “That’s a classic country [device]. You don’t make your legacy — you have…
Comedian Ron Placone takes on media manipulation in his new one-man show.
Ron Placone performs THE MADNESS IN THE MESSAGE: START TALKING 8 p.m. Sat., June 23. Also July 21, Aug. 25 and Sept. 22. 808 Tripoli St., North Side. $5. 412-322-1000 or ronplacone.com Ron Placone recalls the time he was interviewed by CNN. A camera crew asked him about an incident at a club where he…
Lucero lives on the road, but stays true to Memphis
LUCERO. 8 p.m. Sun., June 24. Mr. Small’s Theatre 400 Lincoln Ave. Millvale. $20. All ages. 412-821-4447 or www.mrsmalls.com Lucero has bridged the divide between laidback alt-country and punk rock — and maybe even emo — for more than a decade. The Memphis-based band recently released its latest full-length, Women and Work, on ATO; bassist…
A Kelly-Strayhorn works-in-progress dance series showcases a wide range of choreographers and companies
EAST LIBERTY LIVE! DANCE Begins 8 p.m. Fri., June 22; series continues through Aug. 31. Kelly-Strayhorn Theater 5941 Penn Ave. East Liberty. $10 per show. 412-363-3000 or kelly-strayhorn.org As part of the Kelly-Strayhorn Theater’s performance series East Liberty Live!, five performances of dance works-in-progress will cap a summer of artist residencies. The showings will preview…
Intro to Riffology
GUITAR: THE INSTRUMENT THAT ROCKED THE WORLD Through Sept. 30. Carnegie Science Center 1 Allegheny Ave. North Side. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun.-Fri., and 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Sat. 412-237-3400 or carnegiesciencecenter.org If the Carnegie Science Center strikes you as slightly less than rock ‘n’ roll, then: (A) Buy a ticket to the next Led Zeppelin laser…
A Chorus Line
A CHORUS LINE continues through Sun., June 24. Benedum Center 709 Liberty Ave. Downtown. 412-456-6666 or trustarts.org There’s a reason certain shows are considered “classic,” as you’re reminded by Pittsburgh CLO’s terrific production of A Chorus Line. It’s easy to forget the seismic reverberations Chorus Line sent through the musical-theater world in 1975 — no…
Critics’ Picks: June 22 – 26
[INDIE ROCK] + FRI., JUNE 22 West Coast indie-rock staple Modest Mouse has been captivating listeners with its unique and quirky sounds since 1993. The band’s long history has seen a few members come and go, including former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr and Grandaddy mastermind Jim Fairchild. Although the band’s most recent full-length offering came…
And a Nightingale Sang
AND A NIGHTINGALE SANG continues through June 30. Little Lake Theatre 500 Lakeside Drive (off Route 19) Canonsburg 724-745-6300 or littlelake.org It’s hard for Americans to imagine the Blitz. The German bombardment of Britain was so long, so widespread, so routinely surreal, that the era shaped its own culture. Here was the British Empire, once…
On the Record with Mala
MALA with THUNDER ST. CLAIR, JAMES GYRE, MR. OWL. 9 p.m. Thu., June 21. Lawrenceville Moose. 210 51st St. Lawrenceville $10-12. www.facebook.com/obviouspgh Mark Lawrence, who goes by the stage name Mala, heads up the Deep Medi Musik label and is known as one of the early purveyors of the dubstep sound. But at heart, he’s…
AIR showcases nice work by resident artists
PATTERNS OF GRACE and NEW WORK BY TINA BREWER continue through July 12. Artists Image Resource 518 Foreland St. North Side. 412-321-8664 Artists Image Resource is a multi-tasker, its North Side warren hosting open-studio sessions and teen-education programs, plus exhibitions that often overlap with artists’ residencies in which work is produced on-site. So it is…
