Community rallies around Woodland Hills High School students
This week, activists rallied in support of a Woodland Hills High School student at a district board meeting.
Martin Esquivel-Hernandez could be released tomorrow, Dec. 8
Tomorrow Esquivel-Hernandez could either be freed or deported without seeing a judge.
Listen Up! Dec. 7
Every Wednesday, we make a Spotify playlist containing tracks from artists mentioned in the current music section. Give it a listen below:
First Night Pittsburgh announces New Year’s line-up
New and returning events for all ages Downtown on New Year’s Eve
Pittsburgh’s Bloomfield neighborhood gets its first luxury lofts
Bloomfield, Pittsburgh’s Little Italy, to gain 18 new luxury condos for sale at up to $451,000
With the goal of broadcasting on the FM band, 24-hour jazz station WZUM-AM approaches its Dec. 31 fundraising deadline
By Dec. 31, Pittsburgh Public Media needs to close on the purchase of a license that will bring the station to FM band at 101.1
Final week for “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat” at Quantum Theatre
Chamber opera based on best-selling Oliver Sacks book continues through Sunday
Attack Theatre’s “Unbolted”
A review of Attack Theatre’s latest new work
Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority responds to lead concerns with series of community meetings
At a community meeting last week, the Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority responds to lead concerns.
Pittsburgh celebrates Krampusnacht in Market Square
Pittsburghers celebrate with Krampus in Market Square
A ‘Pittsburgh City Paper’ conversation with journalist Simran Sethi, author of ‘Bread, Wine, Chocolate: The Slow Loss of Foods We Love’
Last Friday, Simran Sethi, gave a lecture entitled, “On the Emotional Geography of Biodiversity,” at Chatham University’s Eden Hall campus in Gibsonia.
Lynn Cullen Live 12/06/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. Last Tango in Paris rape scene. Donald Trump. The Eagle Huntress Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
Photo Slideshow: Duquesne breaks 15-year City Game losing streak by upsetting the Pitt Panthers 64-55
As our own Mike Wysocki told you in our current issue, the City Game, the multi-decade basketball rivalry between Pitt and Duquesne, hasn’t really gone the Dukes’ way in recent years. But that all changed Friday night when the Panthers fell 64-55. Pitt had won the past 15 outings and many thought the then 6-1…
MP3 Monday: Silence
This week’s track comes from gothy peace-punk band Silence. Back in April, the four-piece released its gloomily melodic debut full-length The Deafening Sound of Absolutely Nothing, on West Virginia-based label Profane Existence. Stream or download the upbeat post-punk jam “The Deafening Sound of Absolutely Nothing, Part 1,” from that record for free below. To download, right-click…
Lynn Cullen Live 12/05/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. White America goes berserk (and racist) over the Mall of America’s first black Santa. Army Corps of Engineers will not grant easement to Dakota Access Pipeline. Hilary Clinton removes her makeup. Trump makes a call to Taiwan. Jump rope teams go international. Christmas goes commercial.…
Music To Sweep To 10: Big Saxophone Man
Do you know the big saxophone man Colin Stetson? He’s a composer and wind-instrument pro whose collaboration resume is stacked to the rafters with indie rock VIPs. Just a few: TV On The Radio, Arcade Fire, Animal Collective, Bon Iver, Godspeed You Black Emperor, David Byrne, Feist, Tom Waits, LCD Soundsystem, Sinead O’Connor. Maybe he’s…
Part Three: The agony and the ecstasy of Pittsburgh Brewing Company, brewers of Iron City Beer
Iron City was once marketed to the people of Cleveland. You can guess how that went.
Lynn Cullen Live 12/01/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. Young family killed as a result of high speed chase. Trump on hiring and maintaining jobs. Creator of Big Mac. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
CP Podcast: Let’s Rent A Car! CP Turns 25
In this week’s podcast, we’re celebrating 25 years of City Paper. Alex Gordon, Rebecca Addison, Bill O’Driscoll and Margaret Welsh discuss their favorite stories, biggest mistakes and try to determine which ridiculous pun-based headlines are real or fake.
Sculptor Ed Parrish Jr. dazzles at the Irma Freeman Center
RUST BELT BLONDES continues through Dec. 17 (closing reception: 7-10 p.m. Fri., Dec. 2). Irma Freeman Center, 5006 Penn Ave., Bloomfield. 412-924-0634 or irmafreeman.org Sculptor Ed Parrish Jr. has been a dedicated advocate for metal arts in Pittsburgh since the mid-2000s. Initiating Hot Metal Happenings performance events, he ran city-wide iron pours for casting contemporary…
Seattle’s Supersuckers make raw rock ’n’ roll with just the right amount of humor and hubris
THE SUPERSUCKERS with JESSE DAYTON, GALLOWS BOUND 8 p.m. Tue., Dec. 6. Club Café, 56 S. 12th St., South Side. $16-18. 412-431-4950 or clubcafelive.com Michael Jackson anointed himself King of Pop, so it’s no surprise that other artists would engage in similar hubris. After touring and recording for a few years, the Supersuckers branded themselves…
Chichicapa Del Maguey Single Village Mezcal
“Chichicapa is a personal favorite. It’s very middle-of-the-road on the path to smokiness, with a medium nose. [It has] a lot of wonderful citrus and tropical notes that are residual from the agave being smoked underground in a desert climate alongside of guava and mangoes.” — Recommended by Catherine Cannon, bartender at Smallman Galley Chichicapa…
In his new book, Heavy Metal Africa, Pittsburgh-based author Edward Banchs explores Africa’s thriving — but overlooked — heavy music scene
HEAVY METAL AFRICA READING AND Q&A 7 p.m. Tue., Dec. 13. City Books, 908 Galveston Ave., North Side. 412-321-7323 or citybookspgh.com In Africa, heavy metal is thriving. But, unlike similar scenes across the globe, African metal has been largely ignored by the rest of the world. Edward Banchs, author of the new book Heavy Metal…
Pittsburgh City Paper Booze Battles: New Amsterdam vs. Proper Brick Oven and Tap Room
Each week, we order the same cocktail at two different bars for a friendly head-to-head battle. Go to the bars, taste them both and tell us what you like about each by tagging @pghcitypaper on Twitter or Instagram and using #CPBoozeBattles. If you want to be a part of Booze Battles, send an email to…
Critics’ Picks, Dec. 1-7
[PSYCHEDELIC] + THU., DEC. 1 A huge marker of the Van Allen Belt’s distinctive psychedelic style is its commitment to pairing the auditory art with visual manifestations of the sounds reaching your ears. Tonight, the Pittsburgh-based group will perform live at the premiere of its new music video, “Afternoon Walk of Shame,” at the Manor…
Panzanella: Tuscan Bread Salad, Fall Edition
This recipe is one that a friend of mine, Leah Helou, made. We used to have a weekly food exchange and it was so great! We were part of a group called Highland Park Food Co-Op. Every week, we had a deal: You are cooking for your family, so why not make an extra-big batch…
Despite the number of Americans living with ME/CFS, little is known about the debilitating illness
Open eyes, wiggle toes, sit up, sink down, back up again. It’s 10 a.m. and Stefanie is just waking up. As part of her usual routine, she’d usually stay under the covers for only another hour before gingerly climbing out of bed. But two days ago she overexerted herself. Add that to her usual brain…
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat at Quantum Theatre
THE MAN WHO MISTOOK HIS WIFE FOR A HAT continues through Dec. 11. 200 N. Highland St., East Liberty. $38. 412-362-1713 or quantumtheatre.com In 1985 there was probably not a bigger surprise bestseller than The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales, in which neurologist Oliver Sacks recounted some of…
Pittsburgh Left: The answers to three burning questions
I’m starting to realize that one of the casualties of this past election season was my ability to write about things other than someone named Trump or Clinton. As I sat down to write about something germane to our city or state, I couldn’t stop thinking about all the ways to call Donald Trump an…
Pittsburgh indigenous-rights advocate weighs in on Standing Rock
Right now, indigenous people are a greater part of our national discourse than in recent years. But despite this progress, Kelsey Leonard, a Pittsburgh-based indigenous-people’s rights advocate and attorney for indigenous people’s rights, says the impact that will have is uncertain. Leonard is part of the Shinnecock Nation, a tribe native to eastern Long Island,…
Weird Pittsburgh: Blaming the bartender; like a house afire; naked ambition in Bradford
A Lock Haven man is suing a casino, claiming that because its staff allegedly served him 15 double Jameson shots over 10 hours, it bears some liability for the beating he later inflicted on his then-fiancée and his subsequent incarceration and post-prison difficulties. An attorney for Nicholas Mullins, who spent two years in prison for…
Attack Theatre explores shifting perspectives in new dance work
UNBOLTED Thu., Dec. 1-Sat., Dec. 3. Attack Theatre at Pittsburgh Opera, 2425 Liberty Ave., Strip District. $15-45. 412-281-3305 or attacktheatre.com Shifting perspectives is the overarching theme of Attack Theatre’s latest creation, Unbolted, with four performances Dec. 1-3 at Pittsburgh Opera’s George R. White Studio. There will be physical shifts in perspective, as the 90-minute production…
This Just In: Strange endorsements and hiding in plain sight
Where’s Randyland again? Just when you thought you were safe from rote listicles, Pittsburgh Beautiful is now popping up annoyingly in Facebook feeds to bring you “The beauty that is Pittsburgh in Pictures.” “Though I’m not a native Pittsburgher,” waxes owner and founder Chris Klein, “my roots are … my grandmother was born in Castle…
A theater group seeks help to create a new sport
For Real/Time Interventions’ SPORT Invention Workshops, the central question has been, “What new sport does the world need?” The theater troupe’s Molly Rice and Rusty Thelin want to create such a sport in collaboration with Pittsburgh residents. Four workshops have taken place since July. Rice calls them “a combination of devised theater, a neighborhood pick-up…
Our cheat sheet to the movies opening over the Christmas holiday week
Cold weather, spending time with family (or avoiding family members), extra days off work and better-than-average movies are all good reasons to head for the megaplex during the holidays. Below is a round-up of some of the films Santa will be leaving under the tree Christmas week; these are booked to open between Dec. 21…
Savage Love
My boyfriend of almost two years is wonderful, and we have had very few issues. But there is one thing that has almost been a deal-breaker. He fiddles with his penis almost constantly — in front of me and in front of our roommates. I’ve confronted him about it a number of times. He said…
Bad Santa 2
Truthfully, much of the holiday experience is a retread of what occurred in previous years — they call it tradition — so we shouldn’t be too surprised when Bad Santa 2 turns up. It’s as dinged up as that artificial tree you bought 10 years ago, but whatever: It’s Christmas, it’ll do. The plot does…
Pittsburghers trade their ice skates for flippers
From the surface of the water, local underwater-hockey player Ben Holtzman says his sport “looks like sharks feeding.” Flippers splash water into the air as players chaotically circle a small orange puck. But under the water, the sport is graceful. Players slide across the pool’s floor like rays gliding along ocean currents, easily traversing the…
After finding a place for himself in Pittsburgh, venerable saxophonist Richie Cole finds reinvention on a new record
RICHIE COLE CD RELEASE 8 p.m. Fri., Dec. 2. James Street Gastropub, 422 Foreland St. North Side. $10. 412-904-3335 or jamesstreetgastropub.com. RICHIE COLE & PITTSBURGH ALTO MADNESS ORCHESTRA – A VERY CARNEGIE CHRISTMAS. 7:30 p.m. Sat., Dec. 3. Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Ave., Carnegie. $10-15. 412-276-3456 or carnegiecarnegie.org Duran’s Restaurant,…
Pittsburgh Pirates release 2017 promo calendar featuring bobbleheads, water bottles and T-shirts on Saturdays
This past season, Pittsburgh Pirates announcer and former pitcher Bob Walk fell out of his chair during a broadcast on Root Sports. It was caught on camera and in the confined space of the announcer booth, there was certainly a chance that he could have been seriously hurt. But he was not hurt, and now…
Nancetta’s Ristorante in O’Hara makes a mark with authentic, upscale Italian specialties
Nancetta’s Ristorante 1200 Old Freeport Road, O’Hara Township. 412-781-2220 Hours: Lunch Mon.-Fri. 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.; Dinner Tue.-Thu. 4:30-10 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 4:30-11 p.m. Prices: Small plates and antipasti $3-30; pasta and flatbread pizza $11-28; meat entrees $19-48 Liquor: Full bar There’s no shortage of Italian dining in the Pittsburgh region. Even discounting pizzerias, options range from…
Duquesne hasn’t always been the City Game’s perennial loser against the University of Pittsburgh
College rivalries are becoming a thing of the past. Conference realignments are the biggest cause, separating traditional rivals. Pitt football fans used to love annual clashes against traditional rivals like Penn State, West Virginia and Notre Dame. Now we get them for just a couple of years at a time. Pitt’s basketball rivalries with Villanova,…
The Vietnamese eatery Bahn Mi & Ti opens in Lawrenceville
The merging of food cultures has created some excellent results, among them the popular Vietnamese sandwich known as bahn mi. The colonial French introduced the baguette, and the Vietnamese stuffed it with their grilled meats, pickled vegetables and fresh herbs. A selection of the sandwiches awaits diners at the newly opened Bahn Mi & Ti,…
Short List: Dec. 1-7
Fri., Dec. 2 – Art She was expecting quirky. Instead, Jane Bernstein got blown away. Last year, while visiting Croatia, the Carnegie Mellon University English professor stopped at Zagreb’s Museum of Broken Relationships, a showcase of objects commemorating just that. From a child’s ride-in pushcar and a pair of red stiletto heels to a plastic…
Getting immersed in the interactive work of Brazilian artist Hélio Oiticica
HÉLIO OITICICA: TO ORGANIZE DELIRIUM continues through Jan. 2. Carnegie Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland. 412-622-3212 or cmoa.org Hélio Oiticica: To Organize Delirium, a comprehensive retrospective now at the Carnegie Museum of Art, provides an in-depth look at the far too short career of its namesake Brazilian trailblazer. But looking is only the…
Assembled by bassist Mark Perna, the Year of the Don series offers an in-depth look at the work of tenor sax-player Don Aliquo
While recording Richie Cole’s upcoming album with the Pittsburgh Alto Madness Orchestra, producer/bassist Mark Perna was approached by George Heid, the studio owner and engineer with whom Perna had a long-standing relationship. “Do you want to see your archives?” Heid asked him. “He came back with boxes and boxes of tapes,” Perna says. “I know…
Lynn Cullen Live 11/30/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. Trusst makes innovations in bra technology. Candid Camera to Cuba. Vets join up with the Standing Rock Water Protectors. Trib prints it’s last issue today. Happy 117th birthday to the world’s oldest person. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new…
Lynn Cullen Live 11/29/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. President elect continues to tweet. Journalism under fire. Holocaust on ice. Dylann Roof allowed to represent himself. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
