MP3 Monday: Dream Phone
This week’s MP3 Monday comes from local supergroup Dream Phone. Stream or Download “Mind Reader,” from the band’s great new self-titled record, below. You can also read our review of Dream Phone here. This download link has expired, sorry!
Project End Human Trafficking Holds Fundraiser Tonight
The Project to End Human Trafficking hosts a gallery exhibit and fundraising event at the Square Cafe in Regent Square tonight.
Two ‘transit deserts’ get bus service back
Communities in Baldwin and Groveton celebrate their renewed bus service at a rally Downtown.
Listen Up! September 9
Every Wednesday, we make a Spotify playlist containing tracks from artists covered in the current music section. Grab a copy of the paper and listen while you read!
MP3 Monday on a Tuesday: Blue Soul Ten
This week’s MP3 Monday (coming to you on a post-holiday weekend Tuesday) is from Blue Soul Ten, a project of producer/composer Claye Greene. Stream or download the super chill track “Drive” from The Unspoken Warrior below. You can read our review of the record here; learn more about Blue Soul Ten at the Greenehouse Music…
‘Walk a Mile in Her Shoes’ event comes to Pittsburgh
The Walk a Mile in Her Shoes awareness event will be held in Pittsburgh on Sept. 12.
Lynn Cullen Live 9/08/15
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. Lynn’s review of “To Go Set a Watchman”. West Point pillow fight turns violent. The regulation of marijuana and what it means for medicine. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
Campaign 2016’s Silly Season: A Weekly Tweet Round-Up Sept. 4
Campaign 2016’s Silly Season: A Weekly Tweet Round-Up Sept. 4
Final Weekend for Pearlstein/Warhol/Cantor show at The Warhol
Exhibit has special local interest
Lynn Cullen Live 9/04/15
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. Oldest survivor of the San Francisco earthquake died yesterday. Kim Davis jailed for contempt. Guatemalan president steps down. Highmark ex-CEO bring suit for severance. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
CP Weekend Podcast – Sept. 4 – 6, 2015
This week: Dark dreams of Trundle Manor, brewery tours and the Allegheny County Music Festival.
Lynn Cullen Live 9/03/15
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. The plight of the Syrian refugees. Census of trees. On bein gthe odd one out. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
How will Bernie Sanders play in Pennsylvania?
Even before Hillary Clinton officially announced her candidacy, she was thought by many to be a shoe-in for the Democratic Party nomination. But in recent months, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has emerged as a legitimate threat, pushing Clinton onto uneven footing. On several issues, Clinton has had to shift her rhetoric to more closely mirror…
Point Park film students raise money for a documentary about music around the globe
If you want to get a small documentary made these days, crowdfunding seems to be the way to go. At least, that is what some film students from Point Park University are thinking. Their project is called “Our Rhythm” and it seeks to explore the stories of seven musicians who live in seven starkly different…
Robert Morris football looks to rebound after a dismal 2014
The state of Robert Morris football kind of reflects the university’s namesake. Robert Morris helped finance the Revolutionary War and is credited with introducing the dollar sign and putting his name on a couple of famous documents. He went from George Washington’s right-hand man, all the way to debtor’s prison. That’s where we find the…
Multi-instrumentalist Jennifer Baron releases a new record as The Garment District
THE GARMENT DISTRICT with SAGAS, HERBCRAFT 8 p.m. Fri., Sept. 4. Howlers, 4509 Liberty Ave., Bloomfield. $6. 412-682-0320 or howlerspittsburgh.com As the lead force in The Garment District, Jennifer Baron takes inspiration from artists and genres ranging from My Bloody Valentine to 1960s British psychedelia, creating her own swirling sonic stylings. On Sept. 4, at…
Savage Love
I’m confused about my sexuality. For many years, I thought I preferred hetero-romantic asexual relationships. Exposure to select reading material — thanks to my gender-studies classes — has me convinced I’m an asexual t-type (i.e., “top,” but I prefer not to use such connotative terms) female who is attracted to slight and feminine men. I…
Stuff We Like: Football edition
Bettis HOF Crunch. This box isn’t going to win any design prizes, but you know what these honey nut toasted oats taste like? Victory! Three Rivers Stadium T-shirt. Digging this locally made throwback to the Steelers’ old home. www.steelcitycottonworks.com Western Avenue Peppi’s Sandwich Shop. Just a quick walk from Heinz Field, this friendly joint has…
The fans of Steelers Training Camp
Video by Ashley Murray
In The Pittsburgh Anthology, local talents paint a multifaceted portrait of the city
THE PITTSBURGH ANTHOLOGY BOOK LAUNCH 7 p.m. Thu., Sept. 10. Brillobox, 4104 Penn Ave., Bloomfield. Free. 412-621-4900 or facebook.com (search “Pittsburgh Anthology Book Launch”) Pittsburgh stories are often stories about how people became Pittsburghers. Eric Boyd’s starts in North Carolina. That’s where his Pittsburgh-native father moved when he couldn’t find work here, and where he…
Short List: September 3-10
FREE EVENT: Fri., Sept. 4 — Art With Labor Day arriving late this year, the holiday weekend has more arts activity than usual. A good bet for kicking it off remains the Penn Avenue Arts District’s monthly gallery crawl, Unblurred. A dozen or more venues along Penn will be open. Highlights include the opening reception…
At Wood Street, multimedia installations alternately intrigue and disappoint
PATTERN AND NOISE continues through Sun., Sept. 6. Wood Street Galleries, 601 Wood St., Downtown. 412-471-5605 or woodstreetgalleries.org This is not your ordinary light show. Pattern and Noise, at Wood Street Galleries, is a multimedia installation created by British artist collective D-Fuse that challenges viewers to get involved with their environment, both electronic and natural.…
Tartine
Tartine 400 S. Main St., West End. 412-921-1600 Hours: Sun.-Mon. 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; Tue.-Thu. 9 a.m.-2 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 9 a.m.-2 p.m., 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Prices: $8-12 Liquor: BYOB With its tucked-away, village feel, the West End is somehow a fitting setting for a French café-style restaurant. Squint, and it’s easy to imagine you’re in a…
CP catches up with newly arrived novelist Ryan Blacketter
Ryan Blacketter has spent most of his life in the Pacific Northwest, in Oregon and Idaho, but never much felt like he belonged there. “I’m from Boise, and I go back to there every once in a while … but culturally it’s not really my thing,” he says. “It’s like all the liberals are conservatives.…
Downtown’s lone grocery, four months in
Downtown has plenty of places to buy canned soup and paper towels. But this employment hub, cultural center and burgeoning residential neighborhood hadn’t had a bona fide grocery since 2010. That changed in April, with the opening of Market Street Grocery — a market in Market Square. It’s the only place Downtown well stocked with…
CorningWorks does Beckett
CorningWorks’ The Glue Factory Project presents BECKETT & BEYOND Wed., Sept. 9-Sun., Sept. 13. New Hazlett Theater, 6 Allegheny Square East, North Side. $25-30 (Sept. 13 show is pay-what-you-can). 888-718-4253 or newhazletttheater.org Ponderings about human existence have underscored the recent dance-theater works of Beth Corning. The latest from the dancer and choreographer’s Glue Factory Project,…
It doesn’t take much to have a great home bar
If you’ve been out drinking recently, you’ve probably noticed quite a few double-digit numbers dotting the cocktail menu. It’s hard to find a well-made cocktail for less than 10 bucks, and prices often creep higher than that. For many of us, that means good cocktails are just an occasional treat. The solution? Make them at…
A unique artistic collaboration pays off at the Glass Center
OUT OF THE ARCHIVES AND INTO THE GALLERY continues through Sept. 13. Pittsburgh Glass Center, 5472 Penn Ave., Friendship. 412-365-2145 or pittsburghglasscenter.org The premise for Out of the Archives and Into the Gallery is a phenomenal one. In a collaboration between the Pittsburgh Glass Center and the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 15 regional glass…
Steelers Preview 2015
Navigation Can a young Steelers defense keep pace with its big-play offense? Mike Wysocki’s predictions for the 2015 Steelers season Five storylines for the upcoming Steelers season Quarterback Controversy: Adding context to the Michael Vick signing Video What’s on your favorite Steelers’ minds besides football? The fans of Steelers Training Camp Slideshows A photo essay…
Mistress America
Mistress America Directed by Noah Baumbach Starring Greta Gerwig, Lola Kirke Starts Fri., Sept. 4. It hasn’t been a bad season for mainstream and indie comedies headed by the ladies — from Trainwreck to Diary of a Teenage Girl. By offering actresses more than the standard one-note supporting roles, many of these films have opened…
Can a young Steelers defense keep pace with its big-play offense?
Navigation Can a young Steelers defense keep pace with its big-play offense? Mike Wysocki’s predictions for the 2015 Steelers season Five storylines for the upcoming Steelers season Quarterback Controversy: Adding context to the Michael Vick signing What’s on your favorite Steelers’ minds besides football? The fans of Steelers Training Camp A photo essay from the…
Jimmy’s Hall
Having escaped various dramas in his native Ireland ten years earlier, socialist activist Jimmy Gralton (Barry Ward) returns in 1932 to his elderly mother’s farm. Once home, some of the locals beg him to re-open the community hall. Ken Loach’s drama, Jimmy’s Hall, is based on real events, and recounts what happens when the hall…
Mike Wysocki’s predictions for the 2015 Steelers season
Navigation: Can a young Steelers defense keep pace with its big-play offense? Mike Wysocki’s predictions for the 2015 Steelers season Five storylines for the upcoming Steelers season Quarterback Controversy: Adding context to the Michael Vick signing What’s on your favorite Steelers’ minds besides football? The fans of Steelers Training Camp A photo essay from the…
No Escape
“Dad, are people trying to kill us?” Well, sweetie, corporate colonialism can create violent blowback. But whatever — John Erick Dowdle’s thriller, set in an unnamed Southeast Asian country that resembles Thailand, isn’t concerned with global economics. It’s got a more old-fashioned angle to plumb: emasculated American man who gets his mojo back by saving…
Five storylines for the upcoming Steelers season
Navigation: Can a young Steelers defense keep pace with its big-play offense? Mike Wysocki’s predictions for the 2015 Steelers season Five storylines for the upcoming Steelers season Quarterback Controversy: Adding context to the Michael Vick signing What’s on your favorite Steelers’ minds besides football? The fans of Steelers Training Camp A photo essay from the…
We Are Your Friends
Based on its trailer, Max Joseph’s dramedy appears to ask: “What if Entourage were about DJs?” In execution, though, the story is more Tony Montana than Vinnie Chase, at least in the characters’ minds and those of the filmmakers. For the party people in this film, the stakes couldn’t be any higher: Electronic Dance Music is serious business. …
Quarterback Controversy: Adding context to the Michael Vick signing
Navigation: Can a young Steelers defense keep pace with its big-play offense? Mike Wysocki’s predictions for the 2015 Steelers season Five storylines for the upcoming Steelers season Quarterback Controversy: Adding context to the Michael Vick signing What’s on your favorite Steelers’ minds besides football? The fans of Steelers Training Camp A photo essay from the…
Z for Zachariah
If you prefer your End Times tales to be more thoughtful and less gory, you might want to visit this quiet corner of the post-apocalyptic world. The story takes place in an unidentified part of the United States, which has been contaminated by some form of deadly radiation. But through some geographic quirk, one rural…
What’s on your favorite Steelers’ minds besides football?
From video games to favorite junk foods, your favorite Steelers players share what’s on their minds when they’re off the field. Produced by Aaron Warnick with contributions from Ashley Murray
Critics’ Picks, Sept. 3-9
[SHOEGAZE] + THU., SEPT. 3 Swervedriver has always fallen under the umbrella of shoegaze, but approaches the genre from a louder, more confrontational place than many of its contemporaries. Vocalist Adam Franklin never gets lost in the dizzying layers of guitars and feedback, and the band has mastered the fusion of American alt-rock and British…
On its new record, To Your Death, Christian Mistress ups the heavy-metal ante
CHRISTIAN MISTRESS with HIGH SPIRITS, SAVAGE MASTER, ABYSME 9 p.m. Tue., Sept. 8. The Smiling Moose, 1306 E. Carson St., South Side. $10. 412-431-4668 or www.smiling-moose.com There are few things metalheads enjoy more than parsing the particulars of genres and subgenres, and when Christian Mistress is on the turntable, it’s hard to describe the band…
Bernie Sanders: How a Vermont socialist improbably won key elections — and a national stage
Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign is surging. In July, nearly 10,000 supporters gathered in Madison, Wis., to hear the 73-year-old socialist U.S. senator denounce the Koch brothers and corporate greed. Another 7,500 came to hear him in Portland, Maine. He fired up a crowd of 11,000 in Phoenix, Ariz. More and more Americans are tuning in…
With a new guitarist and an even newer record, Carousel stays true to its Pittsburgh roots
CAROUSEL ALBUM RELEASE SHOW with CRUCES, MANSION 9 p.m. Fri., Sept. 4. Spirit, 242 51st St., Lawrenceville. $8. 412-586-4441 or spiritpgh.com There are many aspects of Carousel’s sophomore release, 2113, that feel pulled wholly out of the 1970s, when rock music was more of a decree by its makers than a conversation with its audience.…
Lynn Cullen Live 9/02/15
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. KY clerk still refuses to grant marriage licenses. Sony emails show that they were catering to the NFL during the filming of Concussion. Yahoo CEO tells employees she’ll be working through the birth of her twins. Dayton police officer pulls over black man for “making…
Lynn Cullen Live 09/01/15
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. Trump and Carson. Obama declares Mt. McKinley to go back to Denali. Pope declares abortion absolvable. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
