The Magnetic Chart of 2016 Primary Awesomeness Welcomes Rick Perry
The Magnetic Chart of 2016 Primary Awesomeness Welcomes Rick Perry
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The Magnetic Chart of 2016 Primary Awesomeness Welcomes Lindsey Graham
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The Magnetic Chart of 2016 Primary Awesomeness Welcomes George Pataki
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The Magnetic Chart of 2016 Primary Awesomeness Welcomes Rick Santorum
Listen Up! May 20
Every Wednesday, we make a Spotify playlist containing tracks from artists covered in the current music section. Listen below: you may discover your new favorite band.
Omni William Penn Hotel is kinda, sorta bringing Joe Negri back
Three chances to catch Negri at the Omni William Penn this summer.
Expert on Diet, Health and the Environment Speaks Tonight
Paula Martin, who directs Carnegie Mellon University’s Health Promotions Program, speaks tonight at the Carnegie Library of Homewood about using your diet to promote both personal health and the planet’s well-being.
Concert announcements: Nightwish, Krill, Mourn, Young Rising Sons, more
You can check out a whole summer’s worth of concert listings when our annual Summer Guide hits stands tomorrow … but concert announcements never sleep, so here’s a few more to add to your extended calender! On August 8, Young Rising Sons plays at Stage AE with Hunter Hunted ($15, on sale Friday) Very early warning:…
Local author brings new translation of Homer’s Iliad tomorrow
Local educator and author will discuss his translation of the Illiad.
Lynn Cullen Live 5/19/15
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. Franklin Regional High School expands exemption policy. Hyper empathy and how it changes one’s view of the world. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
Updated: Delta Foundation faces backlash for Iggy Azalea concert at Pittsburgh Pridefest
Iggy Azalea booking prompts backlash against Pittsburgh’s Delta Foundation.
Lynn Cullen Live 5/18/15
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. Long lost sisters find one another in Colombia classroom. The story of Lynn’s adoption. Britteny Griner and Glory Johnson married. Are couple happier with more sex? Chelsa Wagner, not one of the boys. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new…
CMU and Breathe Project present interactive air quality maps for Allegheny County
New interactive maps can show you air pollution in your neighborhood.
Heads-up: Slovenia’s Laibach plays their first Pittsburgh show
Slovenian industrial/ avant-garde act Laibach has enjoyed a long and storied history. Since forming in 1980, the band has entertained audiences/ruffled feathers around the world, thanks to – among other things – their ambiguously totalitarian aesthetic and fearlessly experimental approach to both music and visual art. The band plays the Rex Theater this Sunday, May…
CP Weekend Podcast – May 15 – 17, 2015
This week on the CP Weekend Podcast: Take a walk in East Liberty, delve into the dark forests of Transylvania and dance flamenco.
Lynn Cullen Live 5/15/15
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. RIP B.B. King. A touching obituary from a man from Moon Twp. Russ Finegold to run again for Senator. ##waronterrier for Johnny Depp. Pittsburgh train derails at 10 mph. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps…
Eagle species unveiled at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh
National Aviary honors Endangered Species Day with new exhibit.
14th Ward Democrats urging voters to posthumously elect Barbara Daly Danko
Members of the 14th Ward Democratic Committee and the 14th Ward Independent Democratic Club are urging voters this morning to posthumously elect Barbara Daly Danko to Allegheny County Council. Daly Danko, who died last week after a 10-year battle with cancer, was previously endorsed by both groups. And because her death occurred so close to the…
Lynn Cullen Live 5/14/15
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. Pay has nothing to do with happiness for lawyers. Fox News to hold Republican debates. Republicans vote to cut funding to transportation after Amtrak tragedy. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio…
Our Town at Little Lake Theatre
OUR TOWN continues through May 23 Little Lake Theatre 500 Lakeside Drive South Canonsburg $12-20 724-745-6300 or littlelaketheatre.org Opening its 67th season, Little Lake Theatre presents the classic American drama Our Town, Thorton Wilder’s look at a small New Hampshire town 100 years ago. The trick of the 1938 Pulitzer-winning Our Town is that by…
Short List: May 13-19
SPOTLIGHT: Thu., May 14 — Stage Like many artists, Patrick Jordan has found himself drawn to Braddock. Now, the barebones productions founder will be spending even more time in the struggling mill town: barebones black box theater, the company’s permanent theater space, debuts with the Pittsburgh premiere of Miki Johnson’s play American Falls, May 14-31.…
Fences at Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Co.
FENCES continues through May 30 Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Co. 937 Liberty Ave. Downtown $27.50-35 412-687-4686 or pghplaywrights.com There’s something fatalistic about August Wilson’s writing. So many of his plays — like all true stories — end in death, and some begin that way. Fences, now at Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company, is no exception. And the…
Stuff We Like
Dear Pittsburgh, I Love You. Local artist Amy Garbark screenprints adorable typewritten love letters to the city on tea towels, T-shirts, lapel pins and more. Another favorite from her shop: “P is for Pierogi” baby bibs. www.garbelladesign.com Ta-Nehisi Coates Speech at Johns Hopkins. In the aftermath of protests against the police killing of Freddie Gray,…
Next to Normal at Stage 62
NEXT TO NORMAL continues through Sat., May 16 Stage 62 at Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall 300 Beechwood Ave. Carnegie $15-18 412-429-6262 or stage62.com Next to Normal is a rock-styled musical about a dysfunctional family, with a heartrendingly dark undertone to some genuinely funny material. With tone-setting help from music composed by Tom Kitt,…
The Commoner
The Commoner 458 Strawberry Way Downtown 412-230-4800 Hours: Breakfast Mon.-Fri. 6:30-10:30 a.m.; Lunch Mon.-Fri. 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m.; dinner Sun.-Wed. 4 p.m.-midnight.; Thu.-Sat. 4 p.m.-1 a.m.; Bruch Sat.-Sun. 7:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Prices: Appetizers, soups and salads $6-16; entrees $14-30 Liquor: Full bar Even in a city increasingly accustomed to high-profile restaurant openings, The Commoner stands out.…
The Pittsburgh premiere of Scottish Ballet’s acclaimed A Streetcar Named Desire
Scottish Ballet performs A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE 8 p.m. Tue., May 19 Byham Theater 101 Sixth St. Downtown $19-55 412-456-6666 or www.trustarts.org For the second time in three years, local dance audiences will be treated to a ballet production of Tennessee Williams’ classic play A Streetcar Named Desire. Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre performed choreographer John Neumeier’s…
Marty’s Market adds a bottle shop
I often hear people griping about having to go to three (or 10 or 12, if they’re dramatic) different places to get everything they need for the weekend. “Here for the meat, there for the beer, a whole other store to get the wine!” What a nightmare. But there is hope, and its name is…
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out a Window and Disappeared
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out a Window and Disappeared Directed by: Felix Herngren Starring: Robert Gustafsson, Iwar Wiklander In English, and various language, with subtitles Starts Fri., May 15. Regent Square “Nobody has meant more to me in my life than my cat, Molotov,” says Allan, a very old Swedish man, in the opening…
Pizza Taglio in East Liberty offer Roman-style pizza
There is no shortage of pizza joints in Pittsburgh, and yet a new spot can still entice. Pizza Taglio has taken over the old AVA spot in East Liberty, and on a warm night, the open-to-the-street, well-polished space looked — and smelled — quite inviting. Taglio has a simple menu: a dozen pizzas (split evenly…
Hot Pursuit
I sort of felt sorry for Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara, shrieking and flailing about in the unfunny mismatched-buddy comedy Hot Pursuit. But these are a couple of pros, and this mess must have looked just as dumb on the page. Now you gotta own it, ladies, while we suffer through it. Directed with little…
Heaven Adores You
“I’m not the sort of person to be really, really famous.” So said singer-songwriter Elliott Smith in an interview, and it’s one of the main themes of Nickolas Dylan Rossi’s profile of the troubled artist, who died in 2003. Even his death at age 34 was flagged as “media-ready,” a still-unresolved knifing that might —…
On its new record, Dendritic Arbor progress beyond its black metal roots
DENDRITIC ARBOR ALBUM-RELEASE SHOW with THANTIFAXATH, IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT 8 p.m. Sat., May 16 House of the Low Voice 228 39th St. Lawrenceville $7 dendritic arborpa@gmail.com When music journalist and noted metalhead Kim Kelly wrote a glowing review of Romantic Love, the newest release from local metal band Dendritic Arbor, she described the title as “sardonic.”…
Rusted Root, Mike Stout, Jasiri X and others join to help individuals harmed by fracking
FREEDOM FROM FRACKING: CLEAN AIR, WATER AND ENERGY FESTIVAL 6 p.m. Sat., May 16 Mr. Small’s Theatre 400 Lincoln Ave. Millvale $30-35 412-821-4447 or mrsmalls.com This Saturday, Pittsburgh performers will donate their time to raise awareness of the dangers of hydraulic fracturing at the Freedom From Fracking: Clean Air, Water, and Energy Festival, at Mr.…
Local rock band A.T.S hits the 30-year mark
A.T.S. ANNIVERSARY SHOW with THE FULL COUNTS, MEET THE BEATLESS 10 p.m. Sat., May 16 Howlers 4509 Liberty Ave. Bloomfield $5 412-682-0320 or howlers coyotecafe.com A lot has happened since 1985, the year local garage/post-punk outfit A.T.S. first started calling itself a band. From the beginning, the group had been difficult to classify. Several years…
Critics’ Picks, May 14-20
[JAZZ] + THU., MAY 14 Although the Sacramento jazzman has been at it for more than 10 years, Ross Hammond had never gotten around to releasing a solo acoustic album — that is, until last month’s Flight. Hammond’s guitar-playing remains as intricate as ever, but for this go-round, he channels his Kentucky roots for a…
On the Record with Interpol’s Daniel Kessler
INTERPOL with ALGIERS 7 p.m. Sat., May 16 Stage AE 400 North Shore Drive North Side $28-30 412-229-5483 or stageae.com It’s been more than a decade since Interpol emerged as the New York City post-punk band adored by college co-eds who preferred smart suits over the Strokes’ tattered Chuck Taylors. Last year’s El Pintor was the group’s first release as a…
Is a debate over a Lawrenceville foundry just about clean air — or is the neighborhood’s future growth at odds with its industrial past?
Or click here to see the interactive timeline Parking is scarce along Lawrenceville’s main artery, Butler Street, on a Friday night. Bars and restaurants are packed. Come Saturday morning, a line snakes out of a gourmet French bakery. Development in the neighborhood is booming. “We’re the only neighborhood I can think of that has a…
Café Con Leche brings visibility to Pittsburgh’s Latin Community
The swirling colors are simply dazzling. Wearing a full-length blue skirt, the drums up and hot behind her, Teanna Medina dances for Yemaya, a West African deity, or Orisha, also known as queen of the ocean. Moving like the sea itself, she recalls the deep African roots of Caribbean culture. The scene in Most Wanted…
Why can’t Pittsburgh’s building boom produce better buildings?
Pittsburgh is about to get a very nice mixed-use building for multi-unit housing and retail on Baum Boulevard, in Friendship. The Vitmore (whose developer is Vitmore LLC) is a seven-story, 103-unit project, designed by Workshop/APD architects of New York. Its combination of community support, sustainable amenities and high-quality architectural design is making it an exception…
Last Campaign: Barbara Daly Danko should be posthumously elected to Allegheny County Council
It was late in the afternoon on Nov. 6, 2013, and I was sitting in the Crazy Mocha on Fourth Street with Barbara Daly Danko. She was pissed and confused. “Charlie, it’s a park!” she told me, incredulous that anyone would think drilling under Deer Lakes Park was a good idea. But that was the…
A review of poet Richard St. John’s Each Perfected Name
From a neighbor’s lost turtle to sparrows in Bahrain to prom night on the Gateway Clipper, small moments loom large in Richard St. John’s newest poetry collection, Each Perfected Name (Truman State University Press). These brief instances often add up to something more insightful. In the elegiac title poem, St. John focuses on the passing…
Savage Love
My wife is one of those women who needs manual stimulation of her clit during sex to climax. Before meeting her, I had several long-term girlfriends, and not one needed to do this in order to climax. Before we got married, I explained that I wanted to explore and push the boundaries, and she promised…
Lynn Cullen Live 5/13/15
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. Train derailed from Phily, kills 6, injured 150. 1.7% of GDP goes to infrastructure. Teaching science and math in a way that preserves creativity. North Korean man is publicity executed by anti aircraft missile. Citizen’s United and its unintended consequences. Audio Only Archive Listen to…
