Music To Sweep To 09: Do Less
Best if you work in: surf board instruction, holistic anything
Music To Sweep To 08: Warcraft II
“Over the past six months, I’ve spent a lot of time listening to these songs and playing this game.”
Listen Up! Nov. 16
Every Wednesday, we make a Spotify playlist containing tracks from artists mentioned in the current music section. Give it a listen below:
Pittsburgh City Council hears from advocates on gender-equity bill
Pittsburgh City Council is considering a gender equity ordinance.
Critics’ Picks, Nov. 17-23
[DOOMGAZE] + THU., NOV. 17 True Widow has mastered the art of blending shoegaze, doom and drone into a palatable and infectious rapture of rock. It’s the kind of sound that surrounds you, softly consumes you and whisks you away from the real world. The Austin-based trio brings its carefully crafted new-gaze to Cattivo with…
New gas-leak-monitoring initiative has climate in mind
Environmental Defense Fund, Google Earth team to provide info to Peoples Gas
Pittsburgh undocumented immigrant could be released from detention next month
Martin Esquivel-Hernandez, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, could be released next month pending action from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Consolation prize: Allegheny County turns bluer among historic GOP victory in Pennsylvania
As Pennsylvania swang to the Republican Party for the first time since 1988, Allegheny County increased its Democratic voter edge.
MP3 Monday: Peabo Miles
This week’s MP3 comes from Pittsburgh-based hip-hop artist Peabo Miles; stream or download his slow-jam-y track, “No Strings Attached,” for free below, then maybe add it to your Tinder date-night playlist. This download has expired, sorry!
March against Dakota Access Pipeline tomorrow in Pittsburgh
March and rally here are part of an international day of solidarity against oil pipeline
Lynn Cullen Live 11/14/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. America’s people of color say, welcome to the fun white people. Steve Bannon selected as top adviser. Where are the inter-sectional feminists? Hate crime proliferate. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio…
Check out these upcoming Pittsburgh events to help recover from the recent election
Over the next few days several events in the city will help Pittsburghers move forward from the election.
Pittsburgh Police Chief Cameron McLay says goodbye to community
Pittsburgh community celebrates accomplishments of recently resigned Police Chief Cameron McLay.
Pioneering Disney animator Floyd Norman visits Pittsburgh tomorrow for screening, talk
A documentary on and a Q&A with Floyd Norman, Disney’s first long-term African-American animator
Affordable-housing advocates rally as part of international housing summit in Pittsburgh
Local, national and international advocates look to increase awareness and action towards affordable-housing causes.
The Zen of Handmade Pasta
What does it take to make six foot wheel of pasta?
Deitch: Just because Democrats lost the election doesn’t mean the battle is over
Just because Democrats lost the election doesn’t mean the battle is over
Pittsburghers unite to fight President-elect Donald Trump
Pittsburghers unite to form strategy for fighting president-elect Donald Trump.
Lynn Cullen Live 11/10/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. After the fall out. Trump plan for the first 100 days. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
In Checks & Balances, six sculptors explore duality
CHECKS & BALANCES continues through Nov. 27. SPACE, 812 Liberty Ave., Downtown. 412-325-7723 or spacepittsburgh.org For Checks & Balances, now at SPACE gallery, curator Murray Horne gathers work from a half-dozen Pitttsburgh sculptors exploring the idea of duality. It’s an expansive playing field, and most of the artists drive the concept forward with focus. These…
A revamped Sonoma Grille remains a sophisticated but not stuffy choice for Downtown dining
Sonoma Grille 947 Penn Ave., Downtown. 412-697-1336 Hours: Lunch daily 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; dinner Sun. 4-10 p.m., Mon.-Thu. 5-10 p.m., and Fri.-Sat. 5-11 p.m. Prices: Soups, salads, snacks and small plates $5-18; entrees $24-38; mixed grill, family-style entrees and chef’s table $18-60 Liquor: Full bar Sonoma Grille was a pioneer in the Cultural District dining…
An extended Pittsburgh Symphony strike threatens to change the dynamic of ‘one of the best in the world’
Last Thursday, dressed in gray and black, Roberta Scope didn’t really stand out sitting in the back row of Oakland landmark Rodef Shalom Temple’s towering Levy Hall — except for the bright yellow ribbon pinned to her chest. She had purchased the twirled strip of cloth to show support for the striking musicians of the…
Weird Pittsburgh: Napping lawyers, flipping the bird, and karma, as it always has been, is a bitch
A Pleasant Hills man accused of making millions in a mortgage-fraud scheme might get a new trial because his lawyer was caught napping in court. Prosecutors say James Nassida, former owner of Century III Home Equity, used fake property appraisals and inflated borrower incomes and assets to fool lenders into making millions of dollars in…
Moonlight
Moonlight Directed by Barry Jenkins Stars Mahershala Ali, Alex R. Hibbert, Ashton Sanders, Trevante Rhodes, Naomie Harris Starts Fri., Nov. 11. Manor Set in Miami’s tough Liberty City neighborhood, Barry Jenkins’ luminous, deeply affecting Moonlight tells the story of one boy’s journey into manhood and self-discovery. The work is adapted from Tarell Alvin McCraney’s semi-autographical…
Pork & Beans opens Downtown
Richard DeShantz’s trifecta of Downtown restaurants, Meat & Potatoes, Butcher and the Rye and Täkō, has taught Pittsburgh to expect great things from behind the bar. Employing expert staffs, earning a James Beard semifinalist award for Outstanding Bar Program two years running, and creating excellently curated bar menus emphasizing each establishment’s individual character have all…
Center for Creative Reuse has a Secret Show
THE SECRET SHOW continues through Wed., Nov. 16. Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse, 412 N. Lexington St., Point Breeze. 412-473-0100 or pccr.org The facade of The Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse is a bold, green square painted onto a gray warehouse wall. It’s a cheery first impression. The center resells donated materials as art supplies.…
Doctor Strange
The latest installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, directed by Scott Derrickson, isn’t your usual superhero movie. Sure, there are the typical action scenes and explosions, but the superpowers here are more about brains than brawn. The story follows Dr. Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), a world-class surgeon with a pretty sizable ego and swanky home…
Sandra Bernhard returns with her new solo show, Feel the Bernhard
SANDRA BERNHARD 7 and 10 p.m. Sat., Nov. 12. Rivers Casino, 777 Casino Drive, North Side. $35. riverscasino.org Sandra Bernhard’s new touring show is called Feel the Bernhard. But at the veteran comedian’s two Nov. 12 performances at Rivers Casino, don’t expect to hear much about politics. For one thing, lately Bernhard airs topical commentary…
Poli Elisir Camomilla Liqueur
A sip of this delicate, chamomile-infused grappa makes the drinker feel like she is standing in a sunny field of small chamomile flowers in full bloom. This would be an excellent, subtle ingredient for cocktails, or at 30 percent ABV, a delicious drink served straight over ice. — Recommended by staff writer Celine Roberts Poli…
The Three Rivers Film Festival opens with the marriage-equality documentary The Freedom to Marry
If you’re looking for a good cleansing cry after the interminable dark ugliness that has been the recent presidential campaign, consider The Freedom to Marry. Eddie Rosenstein’s new documentary charts the decades-long fight to win marriage rights for gay couples, culminating in the recent landmark Supreme Court decision — spoiler alert! — that guaranteed same-sex…
Lineup Card
It’s November, and that means the WPIAL high school football playoffs are in full swing. There are 16 games across Western Pennsylvania this weekend, so it’s the perfect time to go out and support local sports. Here are a handful of games that we think represent the best of the best. All games begin at…
Up-and-coming choreographers set works on Point Park dancers in annual program
CONSERVATORY DANCE COMPANY PRESENTS CONTEMPORARY CHOREOGRAPHERS Wed., Nov., 16- Sun., Nov., 20. George Rowland White Performance Studio, 201 Wood St., Downtown. $10-24. 412-392-8000 or pittsburghplayhouse.com For the annual Contemporary Choreographers program of Point Park University’s Conservatory Dance Company, Department of Dance chair Rubén Graciani dug a little deeper into the well of talented professional choreographers to select four who…
Savage Love
I am a bi man in my late 20s in a poly relationship. My primary partner’s name is Erin. One of the rules she mandated is that I cannot date anyone else named Aaron or Erin. She thinks it would be confusing and awkward. Since those are fairly common names, I have had to reject…
With the release of its first full-length record, Grown, the stars are aligning for Pittsburgh’s The Commonheart
THE COMMONHEART CD-RELEASE SHOW with STEELTOWN HORNS 9 p.m. Sat., Nov. 12. Mr. Smalls Theatre, 400 Lincoln Ave., Millvale. $10. All ages. 412-821-4447 or mrsmalls.com Six members of The Commonheart, give or take, are huddled up, preparing for practice. That’s what counts as a quorum when there are nine people in your band. Some have…
Short List: November 9-12
SPOTLIGHT: Sun., Nov. 13 — Stage Is Pittsburgh ready for a “kids’ drag show”? We’ll find out Nov. 13, when Twinkle makes its local debut. The open-mic-style afternoon talent show, produced by Viva Valezz, isn’t strictly for drag: Kids ages 2-18 can perform any way they please, from singing or dancing to reading poetry, playing…
For North Carolina’s Mount Moriah, the political is personal
MOUNT MORIAH with JAKE XERXES FUSSELL 8 p.m. Mon., Nov. 14. Club Café, 56 S. 12th St., South Side. $12. 412-431-4950 or clubcafelive.com For North Carolina-based three-piece Mount Moriah, Southern identity has always been at the center of the music. While not always straightforwardly autobiographical, the band’s early work dealt heavily with frontwoman Heather McEntire’s…
Critics’ Picks, Nov. 10-16
[SINGER-SONGWRITER] + FRI., NOV. 11 Elizabeth de Lise, one half of Philly-based folk duo Lizdelise, has a voice that is smooth and lilting, drawing you in with each careful harmony and lyric. The atmospheric guitar work and electronic, ambient touches fill the space around her vocals. Sometimes playful, sometimes full of grief, Lizdelise’s special brand…
Andrew McCutchen trade talk is a conversation the Pittsburgh Pirates shouldn’t be having
We all need to calm down, take a deep breath and not do anything rash. Yes, the evil empire known as the Chicago Cubs has won its post-rebuilding World Series before the longer-in-rebuilding Pittsburgh Pirates could win theirs. But I’m starting to get the vibe that the Pirates are about to make the dumbest move…
New Releases
Cloud Indeterminate (Self-released) cl0ud.bandcamp.com Press play on Cloud’s latest release, a five-song, 45-minute sludge called Indeterminate, and you’ll hear the sounds of a storm approaching. Rain picking up, thunder booming, stormy stuff. A guitar riff (the only clean one on the album, by the way) enters a little later, and we spend a few minutes…
As Swampwalk, Pittsburgh’s Anna Hale uses her Gameboy to create danceable and brain-soothing tunes
SWAMPWALK RELEASE SHOW with VACATION, THE LOPEZ, BAT ZUPPEL 9 p.m. Fri., Nov. 11. Gooski’s, 3117 Brereton St., Polish Hill. $6. 412-681-1658 Anna Hale, who performs as Swampwalk, writes songs that sometimes feel like little brain-soothing meditations for day-to-day crises. She describes them, only half joking, as “mantras for the mentally disturbed.” They are songs,…
Cleveland edges out Chicago to become baseball’s biggest losers
It’s always nice to have somebody who is doing worse than you; it makes you feel a little better about yourself. As Pirates fans bemoan 37 championship-less years, our worries are nothing compared to fans of the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians. Generations of broken hearts and futility clashed in the 2016 World Series. It…
While they may be a hit with fans, cosplayers are doing it for themselves
No woman in the geek community is held to a higher standard than one who cosplays. Regardless of who approaches asking for her to pose for an obscenely strange photograph during a comic con, the expectation is — she must be kind, her costume must be accurate, and above all, she must be tough. During…
Pittsburgh City Paper Booze Battles: Tiki Lounge vs. Ease Modern Comfort Cuisine
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…
The Merchant of Venice at PICT Classic
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE continues through Nov. 19. PICT Classic Theatre at the Union Project, 801 N. Negley Ave., Highland Park. $15-50. 412-561-6000 or picttheatre.org Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice might be the hardest of his plays to interpret (after Hamlet), simply because of its harsh literalness, which can be difficult for modern audiences to…
Devil’s Food Cake
We all have the recipe we pull out in the clutch, and this devil’s food cake is mine. It has been in my family for ages, and it’s one of my favorite cake recipes: chocolately, moist, and serves a base for a variety of flavors of icing. It’s also a one-bowl wonder that can be…
To Kill A Mockingbird at Prime Stage Theatre
Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird was an immediate bestseller on its 1960 release and won the Pulitzer Prize. The 1962 film further embedded the book’s place in the culture, and the novel’s hero, lawyer Atticus Finch, has become such a touchstone (helped in no small part by Gregory Peck’s career-defining performance) that in 1997…
Dijlah in Lawrenceville debuts new breakfast menu
Breakfast cuisine in the Middle East covers a lot of ground, from egg-based dishes popular in Iraq to the dipping foods of Saudi Arabia and Lebanon. When Ali Alibeji, co-owner of Dijlah in Lawrenceville, noticed the lack of authentic Middle Eastern breakfast in Pittsburgh, he knew he wanted his menu to incorporate that diversity. Since…
Power couples made for a 2020 run for the White House
As I write this column, polling places aren’t scheduled to open for another 18 hours or so. But as sure as I’m sitting here, I’m confident of two things coming out of this election: Hillary Clinton will be the next President of the United States, and the race for the White House in 2020 will…
Lynn Cullen Live 11/09/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. We examine the state of this new republic. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
Lynn Cullen Live 11/08/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. Election day! Get out and vote! Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
Lynn Cullen Live 11/07/16
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. FBI again drops email investigation. 106 year old man brings us some joy. Assassination attempt on Trump? We’ll find out what happens tomorrow. White nationalist groups sight uptick in traffic on their websites. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new…
Pittsburgh LGBT student denied from homecoming dance claims discrimination
At Carrick High School, a lesbian student and school officials are at odds after the student was barred from last month’s homecoming dance. Sammyah Turner, a freshman at Carrick, and her mother, Maesha Turner, claim that Sammyah was denied entry because she’s a lesbian who prefers to dress in male clothing. Her homecoming outfit consisted…
