Mar 29 – Apr 4, 2017

Mar 29 - Apr 4, 2017 / Vol. 27 / No. 13
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Savage Love

I’m a woman in my late 40s. In my early 20s, I married a much older man. We did all the requisite things: kids, house, intercourse once a week. When the sex fell off due to his declining health, he surprised me by suggesting we open our marriage. He said I was too young to…

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Lynn Cullen Live 03/31/17

Video Archive Cutting the budgets in the government. Michael Flynn wants immunity to testify. Lynn’s stories about Sally Jessy Raphael. Audio Only Archive Stream or download the last 5 shows on the MP3 downloads page.

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Lynn Cullen Live 03/30/17

Video Archive Melania Trump finally speaks. Python swallows a human whole. RIP the author of the Anarchist Cookbook. Audio Only Archive Stream or download the last 5 shows on the MP3 downloads page.

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Tsingtao Lager

Tsingtao is admittedly more of a summer beer, but it’s my favorite cheap lager (although Tecate gives it a run for its money). This Chinese beer has been around since 1903. It’s pleasant to sip ice-cold and doesn’t pack an alcoholic wallop, making it an excellent midday beer. Recommended by Celine Roberts, CP staff writer …

Celine Roberts

Mental-health advocates question U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy’s support for now-scrapped AHCA

Before the eventual scrapping of the American Health Care Act, dozens of health-care-related organizations came out in opposition to the bill, including prominent mental-health organizations like the American Psychological Association and the American Psychiatric Association. The latter sent a letter to Congressional leaders on March 22 saying the AHCA’s proposed rollback of Medicaid expansion “will…

Ryan Deto

Savage Love

Gay guy here. Met a guy online. He came over. We had incredible sex and then a great conversation lasting several hours. But — and you knew there was one coming — he told me that he lied about his HIV status. (I asked him before meeting him, like I do with anyone.) He is…

Dan Savage

Poet Kayla Sargeson’s full-length debut

The psychology of colors has been studied for centuries by the likes of Goethe, Jung and an army of marketers. With the longest wavelength, red is said to be the most physical of colors, raising pulses and stimulating “fight or flight” responses. It’s been described as stimulating, and lacking subtlety. And it works as a…

Fred Shaw

Dancer and choreographer Lindsay Fisher gets Over Exposed

LINDSAY FISHER performs OVER EXPOSED 8 p.m. Thu., April 6. New Hazlett Theater, 6 Allegheny Square East, North Side. $25. 412-320-4610 or newhazletttheater.org Cathartic journeys of self-examination and self-discovery are common in dance. In her first public dance production since returning to the area, Lindsay Fisher peels back the curtain on her public persona to…

Steve Sucato

James Adomian, Aparna Nancherla and Reformed Whores headline the second annual Burning Bridges comedy festival

BURNING BRIDGES FESTIVAL Fri., March 31-Sun., April 2. Various venues. $10-20. burningbridgesfestival.com This weekend, Pittsburgh welcomes the second annual Burning Bridges Comedy Festival. Organizer John Dick Winters promises an even more accessible event, with even bigger performances. Headliners include James Adomian, the elastic impressionist known for his appearances on Comedy Bang! Bang! and The Late…

Amani Newton

Five Bold Predictions for the 2017 Pittsburgh Pirates

Navigation Intro Coming off a down year, the Pirates are relying on an infusion of young blood to turn things around Pirates pitcher Gerrit Cole is looking for a bounce-back year in 2017 Participation in the World Baseball Classic could give the Pittsburgh Pirates an edge Make baseball hate again: Five Pirates opponents worthy of…

Charlie Deitch

M&J Bistro, on the South Side, offers excellent sushi and Asian-inspired fusion dishes

M&J Bistro 2017 E. Carson St., South Side. 412-251-0558 Hours: Mon.-Thu. 11:30 a.m.-9 p.m.; Fri. 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sat. noon-11 p.m.; Sun. noon-9 p.m. Prices: Appetizers, soups, and salads $3-14; entrees $10-30 Liquor: Full bar The bistro-style international restaurant is one of our favorite concepts, replacing greatest-hits menus and kitschy bazaar decor with more eclectic,…

Angelique Bamberg and Jason Roth

The Zookeeper’s Wife

The extraordinary efforts of ordinary people during terrible times form the basis of The Zookeeper’s Wife, an adaptation of the best-selling book by Diane Ackerman, directed by Niki Caro (Whale Rider, North Country). The backdrop for this based-on-real-life story is World War II and, in particular, the Holocaust. In Warsaw, Poland, husband and wife Jan…

Al Hoff

Chicano Batman, in Pittsburgh April 2, draws on classic tunes for its modern sound

CHICANO BATMAN 8 p.m. Sun., April 2. James Street Gastropub & Speakeasy, 422 Foreland St., North Side. $12-$15. 412-904-3335 or jamesstreetgastropub.com The style of music known as “psychedelic soul” enjoyed an all-too-brief heyday in the late 1960s. Deftly fusing elements of African-American soul and the dreamier end of psychedelic rock, the genre was exemplified by…

Bill Kopp

Derek Stevens Opens Union Standard in Union Trust Building

It’s been a very busy month for Union Standard. The new restaurant from chef Derek Stevens, formerly executive chef of Eleven, has been a long-anticipated opening both for the public and for Stevens, who’s been in Pittsburgh kitchens since the 1990s. The restaurant occupies a corner of Downtown’s jaw-droppingly beautiful and freshly renovated Union Trust…

Celine Roberts

Oedipus Rex at PICT Classic

OEDIPUS REX continues through April 8. PICT Classic Theatre at the Union Project, 801 N. Negley Ave., Highland Park. $15-50. 412-561-6000 or picttheatre.org Oedipus Rex, the 2,500-year-old hit by Sophocles as freely adapted and directed by PICT Classic Theatre artistic director Alan Stanford, is, uh, complex. Puns aside, the PICT production at the Union Project…

Michelle Pilecki

New Releases

Llore EP-Release Show 7 p.m. Thu., April 6. The Glitter Box Theater, 460 Melwood Ave., Oakland. facebook.com/glitterboxtheater Llore Fictional Creature Self-released www.lloremusic.com Llore’s debut EP, Fictional Creature, is a folk endeavor that transports the listener to a quiet fireside in the woods, listening to stories, passed down through generations, that seek to captivate, fascinate and…

Meg Fair

Critics’ Picks, March 30-April 5

[INDIE] + THU., MARCH 30 Brooklyn’s Ava Luna wields a manic energy, its music fusing elements of psych, indie rock, jazz and alternative R&B. The dueling vocals form a conversation that you don’t quite understand but can’t pull away from. Trippy spoken-word pieces drip over beats reminiscent of The Books on tracks like “Steve Polyester,”…

Alona Williams and Meg Fair

Scone Thugs & Harmony: Lemon Lavender Scone

Me and scones didn’t get along. I just didn’t like their scone faces. It’s like, “Hey buddy, what are you tryin’ to be? A biscuit? A cookie? Are you savory, or sweet? Get it together!” Then I tried one. By what I will freely admit to as an accident, I shoved a so-fresh-it-was-OMG-still-warm scone into…

Matt Schroeder, Om Nom Bake Studio

Pirates pitcher Gerrit Cole is looking for a bounce-back year in 2017

Navigation Intro Coming off a down year, the Pirates are relying on an infusion of young blood to turn things around Pirates pitcher Gerrit Cole is looking for a bounce-back year in 2017 Participation in the World Baseball Classic could give the Pittsburgh Pirates an edge Make baseball hate again: Five Pirates opponents worthy of…

Charlie Deitch

An autistic magician, One Man Apocalypse Now, Hillary Clinton meets Eva Peron, and much more at the Pittsburgh Fringe Festival

PITTSBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL Fri., March 31-Sun., April 2. Various venues, North Side. $8-15 per show (discounts available with festival button); day passes: $25-40; weekend pass: $95. pittsburghfringe.org Cody Clark remembers when he discovered his calling as a magician. As an autistic kid, he’d never felt quite capable at most tasks. But when he was 11,…

Bill O'Driscoll

Make baseball hate again: Five Pirates opponents worthy of your rage

Navigation Intro Coming off a down year, the Pirates are relying on an infusion of young blood to turn things around Pirates pitcher Gerrit Cole is looking for a bounce-back year in 2017 Participation in the World Baseball Classic could give the Pittsburgh Pirates an edge Make baseball hate again: Five Pirates opponents worthy of…

Mike Wysocki

Personal Shopper

Personal Shopper Directed by Olivier Assayas Starring Kristen Stewart Starts Fri., March 31. Regent Square In Olivier Assayas’ offbeat thriller Personal Shopper, Maureen (Kristen Stewart) is an American woman working in Paris as a personal assistant for a celebrity. Most of this sucky job entails securing free garments and accessories for her client to wear…

Al Hoff

Pittsburgh Pirates Preview 2017

Navigation Coming off a down year, the Pirates are relying on an infusion of young blood to turn things around Pirates pitcher Gerrit Cole is looking for a bounce-back year in 2017 Participation in the World Baseball Classic could give the Pittsburgh Pirates an edge Make baseball hate again: Five Pirates opponents worthy of your…

CP Staff

Onion Maiden graduates from a food cart to a restaurant in Allentown

When Pittsburghers think of comfort food, a meaty sandwich stuffed with fries typically comes to mind. The people behind Onion Maiden have different ideas — like Vietnamese noodle salad, tater tots covered in kimchi, or vegan hotdogs — but they still feel their dishes are comforting.   “We think of our food as comfort food,”…

Ryan Deto

Short List: March 30 – April 6

SPOTLIGHT: Fri., March 31 – Art Nikki Brugnoli revisits the postindustrial Pittsburgh of her youth — coke ovens and slag dumps — in drawings and prints. Newcomer Jiyong Hong uses sculpture and installations to make “geographical and memory maps” of the Pittsburgh she’s learning on walks through the city. Misty Morrison’s paintings explore what our…

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