Fight over Penn Plaza highlights city’s inability to plan neighborhood growth equitably
Housing activists and public-policy experts are calling on city officials to provide more guidance on development projects in growing neighborhoods.
Welcome summer with Negroni Week
The annual Negroni Week is here just in time to beat the heat and support charity.
Lynn Cullen Live – 5/29/18
Video Archive Lynn is back from her long weekend, and Susan is joining her to start off the week. They’re discussing a lot of topics so far today including Lynn’s travel woes from yesterday, and the fact that Czechoslovakia was created in Pittsburgh 100 years ago. On a sadder note she is remembering one of…
Chicago immigration advocates travel through Pittsburgh, request federal support for DACA
Group from Faith Life and Hope Mission church is hoping to spread the message of reforming immigration policies in their 800-mile trek.
Five Questions with Dirty Projectors’ Dave Longstreth
“If ‘Teenage Me’ heard the music I’m making now, it would melt the face of Teenage Me and I would instantly cease to exist in all possible timelines.”
Lynn Cullen Live – 5/24/18
Video Archive Today is our last show of the week. To wrap things up we’re discussing the chaos presidency, the noon meeting of the Justice Department, and the NFL rule requiring players to stand for the National Anthem. Specifically Lynn is talking about former NFL quarterback Sage Rosenfels’ tweets on the topic. Audio Only Archive…
Lynn Cullen Live – 5/23/18
Video Archive Lynn has started this morning’s show talking about the bizarre case of parents who sued their 30-year-old son after he refused to move out of their house. Then in attempt to avoid depressing everyone she has taken a little trip down memory lane by sharing some quotes found in an old box. Now…
Finally, it’s farmers market season in Pittsburgh
Begone wilted vegetables in overly air-conditioned grocery stores! Citiparks farmers markets in seven communities are opening for the season with plenty of local and seasonal treasures to take home for dinner. Citiparks farmers markets serve as touchpoints for the community as well as places to pick up groceries. Live music, food vendors and local organizations…
Savage Love
I like watersports, and I heard about a guy in a rural area who holds piss parties in his backyard. I found a mailing list for those interested in piss play, and it wasn’t long before he posted about one of these parties. The host has very simple rules for who can attend: You have…
Learn Your Bourbon Terms
Bourbon has never been more popular. Enthusiasts geek out over rare bottles, local bars like Butcher and the Rye stock hundreds of varieties, and sought-after bourbons like Pappy Van Winkle can command thousands of dollars on the bourbon black market. After decades languishing in the shadow of vodka, bourbon is cool again. First, a quick…
Top 5 Things about 3 Rivers Comicon
Live Sketches Watching cartoonists create custom artwork on the spot for fans is incredible. If you’re lucky, some even throw in a sketch when signing books. Future Collectors Seeing kids’ eyes light up when posing next to their favorite costumed character is super sweet. Seeing them pack their arms with comics they want to read?…
A new home for microcinema in Pittsburgh
In the 1990s, as grunge filled the airwaves and magazines such as Bust and Bitch pushed the Riot Grrrl movement, another underground form of media emerged in San Francisco: microcinema. This DIY movement features low-budget, amateur-produced short films that arrived in Pittsburgh through Pittsburgh Extreme Radical Video — a series of microcinema events that brought…
A New Brain at New Hazlett Theater
There aren’t many people who could turn a vascular anomaly into musical comedy, but William Finn did just that with A New Brain. Not just a musical comedy, it’s a show filled with what may be some of the most beautiful music ever written. Finn is best known as the lyricist/composer of Falsettos – just…
The 46th Pittsburgh Record and CD Convention takes place at the Bridgeville VFD, Sat., May 26
There is something magical about getting lost in a record store, flipping through records looking for that special one. At the Pittsburgh Record and CD Convention, about 35 different vendors bring crates of vinyl in which to lose yourself, in addition to CDs and memorabilia. Tony Medwid, a vinyl enthusiast and record collector himself, has…
Blak Rapp Madusa brings her autobiographical one-person play to Alloy Studios on Fri., May 25
At a 2016 protest and demonstration in downtown Pittsburgh, Blak Rapp Madusa stood on a small stage with other members of the 1Hood collective. There were artists, activists, protestors and journalists everywhere; chanting, singing, and applauding. But through it all, Madusa’s voice was loudest and clearest. She started her performance and everybody there stopped and…
Escape Velocity at New Hazlett Theater blends of dance, music and the art of the circus
Have you seen the movie about a group of artsy high-school friends reuniting years later to put on a show? Double Blind Productions’ Escape Velocity is a lot like it. “During high school, a few of us spent a lot of time late at night at Eat’n Park reading tarot together,” says Moriah Ella Mason,…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): The Aries poet Anna Kamieńska described the process of writing as akin to “the backbreaking work of hacking a footpath, as in a coal mine; in total darkness, beneath the earth.” Whether or not you’re a writer, I’m guessing that your life might have felt like that recently. Your progress has…
Civil Rights and Civil Wrongs, at Mattress Factory, explores the common spirituality, oppression and strength of people of color in South Africa and the United States
How can art promote dialogue and improve global relations? Civil Rights and Civil Wrongs, opening this weekend at the Mattress Factory, explores this question. The show, curated by Dr. Tavia La Follette, features seven artists (four from South Africa, three based in Pittsburgh). It takes a global perspective and explores the common spirituality, oppression and…
7 Days of Concerts
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HIRS Collective refuses to stop existing
HIRS Collective isn’t about to bow to mainstream whims and serve up the homonormative presentation of what being queer looks like. The collective’s motto is: “Looks like hell, sounds like sh*t, queer as f**k.” This stands opposite to the narratives in mainstream pop culture and media about LGBTQ folx which are often served to readers…
Can Community Land Trusts slow gentrification in Pittsburgh?
In with the rich and out with the poor is the way it has gone in Pittsburgh. Since 2010, there’s been a 5-percent increase in households with more than $100,000 in annual income, compared with a 7-percent decrease in those earning less than $50,000. The information from the most recent U.S. census figures points to…
Rising costs of dying has led Americans to turn to crowdfunding campaigns for funerals. How is that affecting Pittsburghers?
Skylynne Bogaski died four days before Christmas. She had only been alive for 13 months. Her condition, a genetic disease known as spinal muscular atrophy, had first presented as muscle weakness. At the end, she could not move her muscles. She could neither say if she was hungry nor feed herself if she was. But…
Hello My Twenties! on Netflix
If you’re sick of American sitcoms about post-college malaise and stunted coming-of-age storylines, seek out the South Korean series Hello, My Twenties! (Netflix) This show follows five women in their early to late 20s, living together and dealing with the day-to-day drama of crushes, dating, heartbreak, makeovers, tears, and hangovers. That may not sound particularly…
Drink Me: Red
Location: Bar Frenchman, 5925 Baum Blvd., East Liberty Ambiance: Tall ceilings and natural light make this spacious bar feel modern but warm. A long bar top and a glassed-in kitchen allow the diner to watch the professionals at work. What we drank: Red cocktail (Del Maguey Vida mezcal, Cappelletti aperitivo, Bauchant orange liqueur, lime, hibiscus,…
Sara Innamorato and Summer Lee say their victories can open doors for non-traditional and minority candidates in Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania state representatives Dom and Paul Costa have combined for more than 30 years of elected experience. They fit a typical mold of Southwestern Pennsylvania Democrats: extensive networks of family and friends in elected office, and many years working in local government. The system is set up for the Costas to stay in office without…
The Local releases Reverie
The Local Reverie Wednesday Records facebook.com/thelocal412 The Local is a trio that began with husband and wife duo Dean and Jenny Henry and their friend Ben Sweet. Since recording its debut EP Reverie, the band has added Eric Matlock on keys and percussionist/multi-instrumentalist Kevin Lynch, a fitting choice given the big, layered rock music sound…
