City Paper story on growth of Pittsburgh’s Latino community available in Spanish
Staff Writer Ryan Deto took an in-depth look at the small, but fast-growing Latino community that has been sprouting up in South Hills Neighborhoods like Beechview. It didn’t make sense to us, however, that Deto writes a story about Pittsburgh’s Latino community and a lot of them wouldn’t be able to read it without difficulty,…
Pittsburgh Filmmakers fires longtime director of exhibitions
Gary Kaboly programmed the group’s three theaters and the Three Rivers Film Festival for decades.
City of Asylum/Pittsburgh Restaurant, Bookstore, Event Space Set for September
City of Asylum/Pittsburgh’s mission to be brought under one North Side roof
Listen Up! May 11
Every Wednesday, we make a Spotify playlist containing tracks from artists mentioned in the current music section. Listen below!
Pittsburgh educator creates online map to track city’s development
New map details most of Pittsburgh’s development as a research tool for the average citizen.
Pittsburgh holds Penguins Playoff Rally in Market Square
Mayor Bill Peduto hosted a rally Tuesday for the Pittsburgh Penguins.
MP3 Monday: Bindley Hardware Co
This week’s track comes from singer-songwriter Jon Bindley’s project Bindley Hardware Co. Stream or download the full, rollicking single “Stars & Stripes” below, and read more about Bindley here. To download, right-click here and select “save as.”
Pittsburgh Protesters march against conservative American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)
Activists protest corporate-funded American Legislative Exchange Council’s visit to Pittsburgh this week.
Concert announcement: Ms. Lauryn Hill to play Pittsburgh May 11
Lauryn Hill comes to the Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall next week
What you need to know about Pittsburgh news this week
This week, Pittsburgh Marathon runners sprinted across town, Port Authority launched a Spanish-language ad campaign and the Pittsburgh Foundation hit a technology glitch during its Day of Giving.
City Paper Weekend Calendar – May 6 – 8
Here are the top five things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend.
“One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” at barebones productions
Three performances remain for barebones’ “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.”
Lynn Cullen Live 04/05/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. The world’s oldest tree. Trump absconds with 160 year old Republican party. Can he be defeated with mockery? Republican convention issues. Sesame Street bases character on Trump. Painkillers and Prince. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android…
Pittsburgh schools’ proposed policies to protect transgender students go beyond the bathroom debate
University of Pittsburgh student Shane Taylor grew up in a small town. He says the only other transgender person he knew didn’t come out until age 25 or so. Today, you can’t tune into the news without hearing debates about transgender men and women having the right to use the bathroom of their choice. But…
Dinner
Navigation: Intro Breakfast Lunch Dinner Sweets Kid-Friendly Food Truck-a-Palooza The Abbey on Butler Street 4635 Butler St., Lawrenceville. 412-682-0200 / theabbeyonbutler.com A new restaurant featuring a coffee house, full-service bar, dining room and an outdoor patio. Try the smoked linguini pomodoro and the smoky provolone bacon burger. Adolfo’s Restaurant 4770 Liberty Ave., Bloomfield. 412-681-0505 /…
What’s holding up Pennsylvania’s LGBT Fairness Act?
Moira Myers is a transgender woman living in Beaver County and working in Butler County. From a love of the Steelers and Pirates to Lenten fish fries, these two counties to the north share many similarities to Allegheny County. But there’s one big difference. In Allegheny County, Myers can’t be fired for being a trans…
Born to Be Blue
Hot on the heels of another sort-of bio-pic about a wrecked jazz legend finding his mojo (Don Cheadle’s Miles Ahead, about Miles Davis) comes Robert Budreau’s take on Chet Baker. The drama is set in the early 1960s, when Baker (Ethan Hawke) washes up in Los Angeles and, with the help of a new girlfriend…
Dining Guide 2016
Make dining out an adventure — Whether you’re grabbing a quick bite before a game or celebrating at one of Pittsburgh’s upscale restaurants, our Dining Guide has a wide range of up-and-coming restaurants and classic city staples for any occasion. Let us guide you through Pittsburgh’s extensive dining scene one meal at a time. Don’t…
This week in City Paper History
Broadway, film and television actor Anthony Rapp isn’t a Pittsburgher. But the talented actor — a star from the original cast of the musical and film version of Rent (and who played Daryl Coopersmith in Adventures in Babysitting, a film beloved by Gen-Xers everywhere) — is no stranger to performing here, particularly at City Theatre.…
The Family Fang
Jason Bateman directs this adaptation of Kevin Wilson’s 2011 novel about a family of performance artists, and the fault lines and subsequent earthquakes that occur when the boundaries between art and life get blurred. The two Fang children have grown up as participants in their parents’ works — chiefly, outrageous scenarios acted out in public…
Keanu
Keanu Directed by Peter Atencio Starring Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele Keanu offers a standard comedic premise — two nice guys pose as gangsters — with a twist: They’re rescuing a stolen kitten named Keanu. The film benefits from Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele’s nimble work and a steady pace of throw-away jokes and pop-culture…
Apparently the Pirates offseason moves weren’t as crappy as originally thought
It’s a good thing that Neal Huntingdon is the Pirates general manager and not me. In an earlier column, I heavily questioned the Bucs’ offseason moves, but it turns out that, like with countless other things, I was wrong. Who would’ve thought that John Jaso, Jonathon Niese and Ryan Voglesong would be good moves? Neal…
Mad Tiger
The heart of the long-running band Peelander-Z, a punk-rock, art and assorted-stage-spectacle outfit, is members Yellow and Red. The band is from outer space, and each member adopts a color as an identifier. Alternately, the band comprises Japanese artists, musicians and performers who met in New York City in the late 1990s. Regardless, as depicted…
Pittsburgh hosts the 18th annual Russian Film Symposium
Especially heading into the summer months, it can seem like everything playing at the American cineplex is a sequel or remake. This year, the 18th annual Russian Film Symposium, themed “Recycle, Restage, Rewind,” looks at the relatively new practice of re-visiting films, whether as sequels or remakes, in contemporary Russian cinema. Among its quirks is…
Sweets
Navigation: Intro Breakfast Lunch Dinner Sweets Kid-Friendly Food Truck-a-Palooza Antney’s Ice Cream 1316 Poplar St., Westwood. 412-920-1300 / facebook.com/antneys This family-owned business offers homemade ice cream, sorbet and frozen yogurt. Bring your dog to enjoy a pup cup, a homemade frozen pet treat made with peanut butter and bananas. Bartram House Bakery and Café Multiple…
Mother’s Day
I didn’t like Valentine’s Day, and I checked out of the tedious New Year’s Eve to think about the pros and cons of owning a lemur. But both of those holiday-themed ensemble comedy misfires were better than the pile of crumpled Hallmark cards that is Garry Marshall’s latest. Set in an Atlanta suburb where white…
Breakfast
Navigation: Intro Breakfast Lunch Dinner Sweets Kid-Friendly Food Truck-a-Palooza Bakn 335 E. Main St., Carnegie. 412-275-3637 / eatbakn.com Bacon. Need we say more? Come try the Bakn-stuffed ‘cakes or pan-seared shrimp and grits signature breakfast item. Bistro 19 711 Washington Road, Mount Lebanon. 412-306-1919 / bistro19.com Bistro 19 goes above and beyond when it comes…
Savage Love
I’m a 31-year-old straight woman. I have a good job, great friends and average attractiveness. I’ve dated close to 30 men at this point, and I can’t wrap my head around this: I’ve never had a boyfriend or dated anyone for more than a couple months. It’s really starting to wear on my self-esteem. I…
Film Kitchen monthly series for local short film and video
The monthly series for local and independent artists features “There’s Nobody at the Bridge,” Arie Lombardozzi’s half-hour documentary about paranormal investigators in Erie County, focusing on the legendary Gudgeonville Bridge. Also screening are several shorts featuring writer, actor and comedian Tristan Reid; three selected episodes of filmmaker Alistair McQueen’s “The Nomi Darling Show,” featuring Reid’s…
A preview of the seventh annual newMoves Contemporary Dance Festival
NEWMOVES CONTEMPORARY DANCE FESTIVAL Thu., May 12-Sat., May 14 (Kelly-Strayhorn Theater, 5941 Penn Ave., East Liberty; pre-show mixers nightly). Marjani Forte’s being Here/ … this time: 7 p.m. Fri., May 13, and 7 p.m. Sat., May 14 (5530 Penn Ave., Friendship; pre-show mixers nightly). All pricing is pay-what-makes-you-happy. 412-363-3000 or kelly-strayhorn.org In its seventh year,…
Kid-Friendly
Navigation: Intro Breakfast Lunch Dinner Sweets Kid-Friendly Food Truck-a-Palooza Bella Frutteto 2602 Brandt School Road, Wexford. 724-940-7777 / bellafrutteto.com Skip the babysitter and take the family to Bella Frutteto where kids can enjoy tasty options like the chicken parmesan topped with marinara and mozzarella cheese, or the penne pasta topped with marinara, Alfredo or butter…
Stephen Petronio Company returns with a new work and a Merce Cunningham classic
STEPHEN PETRONIO COMPANY 8 p.m. Sat., May 7. Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Downtown. $19-55. 412-456-6666 or trustarts.org Last in Pittsburgh in 2011, New York City-based Stephen Petronio Company returns to the Byham Theater on May 7 with a program featuring local connections. The first of the program’s two works is famed choreographer Merce Cunningham’s…
All Safeties Off
It was Christmas Day in our backyard when I first shot my dad’s hunting rifle — felt it kick back into my shoulder as he looked on, keeping distance as shells went flying. I fingered the trigger, breathed the weight of it all burning hot metal swallowing painted targets my shaky hands steadying & aiming…
Maggie Leffler discusses what it took to complete and publish her new novel
MAGGIE LEFFLER BOOK-LAUNCH PARTY 7 p.m. Fri., May 6. Mystery Lovers Bookshop, 514 Allegheny River Blvd., Oakmont. Free. 412-828-4877 or mysterylovers.com You’d never expect it after meeting the confident and collected Maggie Leffler, but it took three arduous rounds of “no’s” from publishers and four full drafts for the local author to get her third…
Food Truck-a-Palooza Spring Food and Music Festival
Navigation: Intro Breakfast Lunch Dinner Sweets Kid-Friendly Food Truck-a-Palooza There aren’t many things we Pittsburghers love more than booze, sunshine and food. So why not combine all three? Saturday, May 21st, Pittsburgh City Paper, Q92.9 FM, BOB FM and GoodTaste! Pittsburgh team up to bring the food-truck event you will not want to miss! Food…
In the wake of a serious bus accident and subsequent lineup changes, Baroness moves forward with an ambitious new record
BARONESS with YOUTH CODE 8 p.m. Sun., May 8. Mr. Smalls Theatre, 400 Lincoln Ave., Millvale. $22.50-25. 412-821-4447 or mrsmalls.com John Baizley doesn’t seem to believe in small undertakings. After the last Baroness record, 2012’s 75-minute double album Yellow and Green, his follow-up with the band had to be filled with outsized ambition — “a…
Stuff We Like
Pittsburghers Cheering on Marathoners. If you can’t run, then get out and holler encouraging words to those who can. It’s the run that’s fun for everyone. Sign O’ The Times. After Prince died, many commentators cited this 1987 double LP as his creative peak. From sexy come-ons (“U Got the Look”) and searching pop (“I…
Tru at Pittsburgh Public Theater
TRU continues through May 22. Pittsburgh Public Theater, 621 Penn Ave., Downtown. $15.75-60. 412-316-1600 or ppt.org For reasons not made entirely clear, the Pittsburgh Public Theater has exhumed Jay Presson Allen’s 1989 one-man show Tru, based on the work and words of Truman Capote — who was, at one time, the most famous writer in…
Dilemmas With Dinner at South Park Theatre
DILEMMAS WITH DINNER continues through May 14. South Park Theatre, Corrigan Drive and Brownsville Road, South Park. $12. 412-831-8552 or southparktheatre.com Formal dinner parties are possibly the most austere and uncomfortable of social occasions. Dilemmas With Dinner, a domestic farce currently playing at South Park Theatre, shows just how awkward such affairs can get. In…
Short List: May 4 – 10
Fri., May 6 — Festival Penn Avenue’s gallery crawl Unblurred gets bigger this month by teaming with the Geek Art/Green Innovators Festival. It’s the seventh annual incarnation of this interactive, multidisciplinary showcase of art, technology, ecology and performances curated by Passports: The Art Diversity Project. Highlights include a demonstration and exhibit by the venerable Pittsburgh…
Pittsburgh synth-punk duo the Lopez celebrates release of new 7-inch EP Kill Yr Selfie
THE LOPEZ/COTOPAXI CO-RELEASE SHOW with THE VILLAGE BICYCLE, BLOD MAUD 9 p.m. Fri., May 6. Howlers, 4509 Liberty Ave., Bloomfield. $7. 412-682-0320 or howlerspittsburgh.com For a band that identifies as “bratty snot rock,” the Lopez sure covers some seriously deep, dark stuff. The local husband-wife duo’s new 7-inch EP, brilliantly titled Kill Yr Selfie, sounds…
Morcilla brings a traditional but modern tapas experience to Pittsburgh
Morcilla 3519 Butler St., Lawrenceville. 412-652-9924 Hours: Wed.-Mon. 5 p.m.-close; Sat. and Sun. lunch 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Prices: Most pintxos, montaditos and croquetas $4-10; specialties, plates and platters $11-32 Liquor: Full bar Tapas have taken an interesting trajectory in American restaurants. From its authentic origins in Spanish cuisine, the concept soon broadened to become near-synonymous…
Lunch
Navigation: Intro Breakfast Lunch Dinner Sweets Kid-Friendly Food Truck-a-Palooza All India 315 N. Craig St., Oakland. 412-681-6600 / allindiapgh.com With a menu full of good Indian eats, including chicken tikka masala and tandoori chicken, All India is a fresh choice for foodies of all ages. The Artsmiths of Pittsburgh Koolkat Café 1635 McFarland Road, Mount…
412 Food Rescue marks its first year with 400,000 pounds saved
Some 400,000 pounds is a lot of weight for a 1-year-old to carry. But in March, 412 Food Rescue marked its anniversary with that tonnage of edible food saved from landfills and distributed to the needy, says CEO Leah Lizarondo, who co-founded the nonprofit with Gisele Fetterman. Donors provide the food, whether it’s been mislabeled,…
Mr. Smalls Theatre branches out with the Funhouse, a smaller, locally focused venue
With so many venues in Pittsburgh showcasing touring national acts, it’s easy to forget the depth and breadth of the local scene. Liz Berlin and Mike Speranzo, owners of Mr. Smalls Theatre, hope to change that with their new venue, the Funhouse, which held a slew of kickoff events beginning on April 15. “The need…
The Abbey on Butler offers a solid drink menu in a novel setting
Who says you can’t drink in church … or in a bronze, brass and aluminum foundry … or in a funeral home? Those are the previous incarnations of what is now the The Abbey on Butler Street, a new bar, coffee house and restaurant. After three years of preparation, The Abbey opened for business at…
Critics’ Picks, May 5-11
[GARAGE PUNK] + Thur., MAY 5 The fuzzy, fussy ’tude of local garage-punks Murder For Girls is at times surfy, reverby and dreamy, and other times screechy and frustrated. It brings to mind a mixture of ’90s Pacific Northwest riot grrrl and modern Best Coast-style pop. Two legendary alt-rock Kims are clear influences on Murder…
City Paper Podcast – Episode 016
This week on the City Paper podcast, we talk spinal-bustin’ moves with Pittsburgh’s Code Red wrestlers.
Lynn Cullen Live 05/04/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. Cruz drops out. Sanders wins Indiana. The political scene moves forward. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
