Classic Film on “The Other 9/11” Screens
Screening marks 40th anniversary of Chilean military coup
Lynn Cullen Live 09/10/13
Video Archive Phone guest: Susan; Obama’s shoes; possible diplomatic solution to Syria?; Pirates broke the curse!; the meaning behind the number 7; Breaking Bad Lego meth lab; legumes, fruits, & vegetables; scientifically, race doesn’t exist; Pope imposters calling random Italians; Madame Bovary’s Ovaries; Stevie Wonder on blind people w/ open carry permits in Iowa; drop…
Station to Station Event a Hit
700 fill Union Station for traveling showcase of music and art
Lynn Cullen Live 09/09/13
Video Archive Losing weekend for Pgh teams; opinions on Syria & Obama; Charlie Rose interviews Assad; shootings in Bloomfield; accused & captured stork in Egypt found dead; 107 year old man shot down in Arkansas by SWAT team; blind people can carry guns out in the open in Iowa; Callers: George, Moon / Clarence, Canonsburg…
Papadosio plays the Rex Saturday — check out a slideshow of photos from their Rootwire Festival
Melding deep-Earth roots with the wires and systems of the information age, Papadosio gives a sound to a revolutionary shift in the collective consciousness. And on Saturday, the Asheville, N.C.-based electro-rock syndicate is bringing that sound — and its messages — to the Rex Theater. Led by singer-songwriter Anthony Thogmartin (who, along with guests Dopapod,…
New Works Festival Opens in New Home
The festival for one-acts, in its 23rd year, has landed at Carnegie’s Off the Wall Theater. We have a review of the three one-acts in Program A, in Program Notes.
CMU Students Premiere New Web Series … in A Theater
“Redwood Time” stars Carter Redwood
New Works Festival Opens in New Home
A Review of the Festival’s First Installment
Lynn Cullen Live 09/06/13
Video Archive Guest: Chris Potter; what’s in store for next week’s CP; Iranian Prime Minister tweeted Happy Rosh Hashanah; the Syria situation; who with / against Obama; how military intervention has helped in the past ( mostly French military ); man slices head off w/ toy helicopter; gambling is bad, except when it’s state-run lotteries…
PA National Guard offering benefits to same-sex couples
The Pennsylvania National Guard is offering spousal benefits to legally married same-sex couples — even as state government continues fighting efforts to recognize same-sex marriage. Staff Sgt. Matt Jones, a public affairs specialist for the PA National Guard, says that benefits became available Sept. 3, per an order from the Pentagon that extends benefits to…
Shelter for the Storm? Bill Peduto to the rescue!
News that Penn Avenue coffeehouse Quiet Storm will likely close this October has rocked devotees of the beloved gathering place. But take heart: City Councilor — and presumptive future mayor — Bill Peduto hopes to offer shelter for the Storm. And in doing so, he may establish a template for his administration’s approach to urban…
In District 7 special election, Gross racks up another labor endorsement
In the special election to replace District 7 City Councilor Patrick, Deb Gross been racking up a series of endorsements. But these have come as little surprise, since they have been from unions like the city’s paramedics or the Service Employees union — organizations that have previously been part of the progressive coalition lined up…
Quiet Storm, vegetarian cafe which helped launch Penn Avenue resurgence, to close in October
The Quiet Storm, which has served vegetarian fare for over a decade and helped launch the resurgence of Penn Avenue, is set to close this fall. In an email to City Paper and a post on a local message board, owner Jill MacDowell has confirmed that her building’s pending sale is prompting her to close…
Mon Incline closures on Thursday and Friday
The Mon Incline will be closed from 9.30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday and Friday for routine electrical and track maintenance. The Port Authority will provide shuttle buses between the incline’s upper and lower stations during the closure. For more information, call Customer Service at 412-442-2000 (TTY 412-231-7007).
“Stop bullying” rally targeting UPMC planned for weekend
The campaign to call UPMC to account for a variety of long-running controversies is about to kick into a higher gear, with a Sept. 7 march and rally in Oakland. Union groups and others acting under the “Make it Our UPMC” umbrella have been organizing the event for some time, but it got a boost…
Thrival Festival brings big names together at Bakery Square
THRIVAL FESTIVAL featuring RJD2, FRIGHTENED RABBIT, DE LA SOUL, FORMULA412. Noon-10 p.m. (Music at 5 p.m.) Sat., Sept. 7. Bakery Square 2, Penn Ave., Shadyside. $20. thrivalfestival.com In the late ’00s, having returned to Pittsburgh after a couple of years working on Capitol Hill, Mount Lebanon native Bobby Zappala fell in with some friends who…
WPTS becomes one of a handful of college radio stations on iHeartRadio
Though Clear Channel Broadcasting is often blamed for the homogenization of radio, iHeartRadio, Clear Channel’s Internet radio platform, could help to preserve the artform. At least, that’s what Corey Mizell — DJ ChaChee on University of Pittsburgh’s college radio station, WPTS — hopes to see. WPTS became a member of iHeartRadio last December. iHeartRadio acts…
Critics’ Picks: Spetember 4 – 10
[HARD ROCK] + FRI., SEPT. 6 Late last year, Carousel released its debut EP, a collection of three big tracks that bridge the divide between new- and old-school Pittsburgh rock with wandering guitar riffs and a steady rhythm section. Earlier this year, the four-piece, which rose from the ashes of Magic Wolf, signed to Tee…
Up on the Farm: Could large urban farms be the future of two hilltop ‘zombie towns’?
St. Clair Village was once a bustling complex of 680 apartments, with hundreds of families and the kind of trappings, like local softball teams, you’d expect from a community built in 1949. Today, the site is cordoned off by fences, its 107 acres of overgrown grass sprouting amidst disused streets and fire hydrants, an abandoned…
Film Kitchen
This month’s installment of the series for local and independent film and video features recent work by four local artists. Highlights include four shorts by Chris Smalley. “Apocalyptic Isolation” is Smalley’s dark comedy blending romance, time travel and the end of the world; it begins when a young man, out walking with his girlfriend, is…
On the Record with Jack Brooks: The former Port Authority board member sounds off on the panel’s future
Later this month, the Port Authority board of directors will have an entirely new look and format, thanks to state legislation passed this summer. Mid-September, the board changes to an 11-member structure with appointees elected by the governor, the Democratic and Republican caucuses from both the state House and the Senate, and Allegheny County Executive…
Real Deal keeps his battle-rap game up … while teaching phys ed
“In the high schools, they find out pretty quick,” says Trevor Weller. The Mount Oliver native got a degree in physical education from Slippery Rock in 2007 and has been moved around as a substitute and full-time teacher at various Pittsburgh elementary and high schools since. What the high school students tend to find out,…
The Smell of Success
As every Pittsburgher now knows, the Indonesian corpse flower blooms only for a few days — and it reeks like rotting flesh during that time. When such a flower bloomed at Phipps Conservatory last month, thousands of locals turned out to see it, and smell it, for themselves. Even New York papers took notice, giving…
Ayatollah Jaxx talks rap and education
Like Trevor Weller, Farooq Al-Said — whose rap alias is Ayatollah Jaxx — competed in battles and the Rhyme Calisthenics MC competitions at the Shadow Lounge. Al-Said works with Hip Hop on L.O.C.K., a youth arts-education program that teaches elementary and high school students various elements of hip-hop music and culture, among other things. The…
A Test of Mettle
When Pittsburghers say “our universities and hospitals are the new steel mills,” they usually mean it as a compliment. This Labor Day weekend, it became a war cry. And health-care giant UPMC, whose 55,000 employees make it the region’s largest employer, became the central battleground. UPMC has been fending off a campaign to unionize hospital…
If you miss the Civic Arena, photographer Ed Massery has your fix
LAST LIGHT — THE CIVIC ARENA: THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF ED MASSERY continues through Sept. 28. Photo Forum Gallery at USX Tower, 600 Grant St., Downtown. 412-661-5800 or photoforumgallery.com Do you miss the Civic Arena? I know I do. Although I only saw a few concerts and sporting events over the years there, I loved the…
Savage Love
Settle this for us: Which is the bigger ask — a one-time, once-in-a-lifetime threesome or regular (and pretty damn elaborate) bondage sessions? Ruling On Private Enquiry Required Let me guess: Your partner is into bondage, and you’re not. But you’ve been tying him/her/some-other-point-along-the-gender-spectrum up for months, years or decades … and the partner regards your…
The Science Center’s BIKES is fun, but misses a lot
BIKES: SCIENCE ON TWO WHEELS continues through Jan. 1. Carnegie Science Center, North Side. 412-237-3400 or CarnegieScienceCenter.org Like many visitors to BIKES: Science on Two Wheels, at the Carnegie Science Center, I had a moment of happy recognition. Where some will find semblances of their childhood bikes displayed, I spotted the 1976 Schwinn Varsity Bicentennial:…
Short List: September 4 – 12
Spotlight: Sun., Sept. 8 On Sun., Sept. 8, Pittsburgh will be one of just nine cities to host Station to Station, a railroad-enabled night of contemporary art, film and music. This “Nomadic Happening” is the latest from artist Doug Aitken, known for projects like blanketing MOMA with projections. Station to Station offers each city a…
South Park Theatre’s The Art of Murder
THE ART OF MURDER continues through Sept. 14. South Park Theatre, Corrigan Drive and Brownsville Road, South Park. $12. 412-831-8552 or southparktheatre.com Playwright Joe DiPietro leads something of a double life. On one hand, he is the book writer of several big New York musicals: I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change; All Shook Up;…
Wintzell’s Oyster House
Wintzell’s Oyster House 530 E. Bruceton Road, West Mifflin. 412-650-9090 Hours: Sun.-Thu. 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 11 a.m.-midnight Prices: Appetizers, soups, salads, and sandwiches $6-12; entrees $14-23 Liquor: Full bar There are any number of specific reasons we find local restaurants more appetizing than chains, but they all boil down to one thing: a unique…
Revisit “girl power” with The Spice Girls Live at The Inn
TERRY BOYD: THE SPICE GIRLS LIVE AT THE INN continues through Sept. 27. The Inn, 5601 Butler St., Lawrenceville. 412-298-5703 or collegeinnprojects.com How many Spice Girls can you name? You can be sure Terry Boyd can name them all: Scary, Sporty, Baby, Ginger, Posh. That’s because Boyd’s not just a fan, he’s a fan with…
Local schools commit to healthy cafeteria choices
Kelsey Weisgerber isn’t your typical lunch lady. The 26-year-old food-service director for the Environmental Charter School (ECS) in Regent Square is busy innovating her school’s lunch program. And it’s working. “Miss Kelsey,” she says a seventh-grader once told her, “I never realized you were giving me the healthiest thing I eat all day.” This year,…
John Hodgman explains how he coped with the world’s failure to end
JOHN HODGMAN with Gab Bonesso. 7 p.m. Fri., Sept. 6. Rex Theater 1602 E. Carson St., South Side. 412-381-6811 or rextheatre.com Known as a correspondent on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, and for his best-selling books of fake trivia, John Hodgman is something of a Renaissance man. This week, the professorial humorist — who…
For ritual wines, Pinsker’s offers more than Manischewitz
For millennia, wine has been an integral part of the Jewish faith. Glasses are raised in prayer to celebrate holidays and to commemorate special occasions. “We’ve been drinking wine ever since the temples in Israel,” says Shlomo Perelman, owner of Pinsker’s in Squirrel Hill. For most American Jews in the modern era, religious wine has…
Getaway
Getaway isn’t just the title of this car-chase clunker: It’s a useful suggestion. But if you somehow get suckered into this drive-by disaster from Courtney Solomon, at least go forewarned. Forget about plot. A former race-car driver (Ethan Hawke) is forced to drive around Sofia, Bulgaria (that’s right, Bulgaria), under the direction of a mysterious…
Preserving fruit is all the rage, but what if you have the berries and no time for canning?
You can’t turn around these days without being strongly encouraged to preserve the bounty of summer fruit, and by the most adorable (read: labor-intensive) methods possible. Surely you’ve seen the glossy photos of quilted glass jars, compete with amusingly designed labels and bits of raffia tied around the top? But what if you haven’t much…
The Grandmaster
Here’s a line of dialogue you won’t find in many tragic romances: “That Crushing Fist is quite something.” Or this: “The 64 Hands have endless variations.” Both are spoken in the first reel or so of The Grandmaster. The new film by arthouse favorite Wong Kar Wai is essentially a romance about two people thrown…
Lynn Cullen Live 09/04/13
Video Archive Phone guest: Susan; Pirates will have a winning season!; Syria, Assad, drones & trusting our government; are we heading into war?; movie reviews; same sex marriage benefits & taxes; Caller: George, Moon. Audio Only Archive
Adjust Your Tracking: The Untold Story of the VHS Collector
Press “play,” then pause. This new documentary from Dan M. Kinem and Levi Peretic looks at the world of obsessive VHS-tape collectors, who search through the stacks of now-forlorn video cassettes seeking treasures. First, there’s a recap of VHS history, from its “miraculous” advent in the 1970s (record TV to watch later!) and its glory…
Bark in the Dark!
Pittsburgh City Paper was on-site at Animal Friends’ Bark in the Dark on Saturday August 24th at Hartwood Acres. Animal Friends’ Bark in the Dark is a Pledge walk and summer festival with appearances by Comedian Jim Krenn and tons of vendor shopping.
