Vol. 25, No. 40
Brenda Stumpf explores decay and rebirth at Boxheart
The undercurrent of these works is the capability for continuance
By Lissa Brennan
Pittsburgh is starting to seriously address the affordable-housing crisis, but is it too late for the people who ignited the issue?
“This whole thing has been designed to shut people up.”
By Ryan Deto
Independent candidate hoping to break up two-party election for state Supreme Court
Pennsylvania is one of just six states with partisan judicial elections
By Rebecca Nuttall
LEARN Bus helps new immigrants navigate their new home
“They are very aggressive about getting what America promises.”
By Abby Mendelson
Pittsburgh City Paper obtains bipartisan state House task force recommendations on medical marijuana
Says any program should be operated by the state Board of Health
By Charlie Deitch
Brandy makes a comeback
“If you’re a bartender, you can’t help but be interested in it.”
By Drew Cranisky
Pittsburgh’ Specialty Coffee Week is slated for Oct. 19-25
Events range from espresso-tastings and a home-brewing workshop to a lecture and Q&A session on farm-to-cup
Heirloom
Charming downtown now boasts a spot that offers fine Italian and American dining
By Angelique Bamberg and Jason Roth
Author and nurse Theresa Brown discusses hospitals, nursing and her new book, The Shift
“We set things up to work for us.”
By Kelechi Urama
On its new self-titled record, local four-piece Run Forever hits its stride
“Most labels would have been like, ‘Are you crazy? We don’t have time for that.’”
By Margaret Welsh
A conversation with Built to Spill’s Doug Martsch
“I don’t think an artist who has all day to work on their art makes better art.”
By Nick Keppler
The first Layer Cake Music and Art Festival features a full day of music, comedians and live painters
“There are some really great people involved.”
By Andrew Woehrel
Critics’ Picks, Oct. 1-7
Concerts by Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires, Wayne “The Train” Hancock, Kadavar and MC Lyte
By Troy Michael and Andrew Woehrel
Lower Ninth at Caravan Theatre
A crisply staged one-act about a flooded New Orleans
By Michelle Pilecki
Choir Boy at The REP
Somewhere here is a daring exploration of tough issues, melded with riveting a cappella gospel music
By Alan W. Petrucelli
Dulcy at Pittsburgh Playwrights
It’s diverting, with plenty of the legendary Kaufman humor.
By Ted Hoover
Jersey Boys at PNC Broadway Across America
How this won the 2005 Tony for best musical is one of life’s unsolved mysteries
A top Indian classical-dance troupe opens the Pittsburgh Dance Council season
Nrityagram Dance Ensemble performs Samyoga: An Ode to Love
By Steve Sucato
The Martian
Ridley Scott’s science adventure is a crowd-pleaser, even if it misses the mark on being great
By Al Hoff
Finders Keepers
A wacky-but-true doc about two men fighting over one leg
The Intern
Nancy Myer’s new light comedy follows a May-December friendship
The Resurrection of Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts
Doc tracks the former pro-wrestling star as he fights back from years of substance abuse
Time Out of Mind
Spare drama invites viewers to experience homelessness
Mike Wysocki has seen the future and it involves soccer and Dippin’ Dots
“No one is getting a helmet driven into their head by a 260-pound linebacker who runs faster than a Smart Car.”
By Mike Wysocki
Savage Love
“One asshole move — and cheating on Mr. Two Months was definitely an asshole move — does not an asshole make.”
By Dan Savage
Stuff We Like
By CP Staff
The only purpose of English-only legislation is to obstruct the real business of government
I don’t know if English will ever become the official language of Pennsylvania, but I’m pretty sure that “idiocy” is the official language of Daryl Metcalfe.
Lynn Cullen Live 9/30/15
Audio & Video Archive
Lynn Cullen Live 10/01/15
Lynn Cullen Live 10/02/15
Lynn Cullen Live 10/05/15
Lynn Cullen Live 10/06/15
City holds Pittsburgh Pirates rally ahead of Wildcard game
By Aaron Warnick
CP Weekend Podcast - Oct. 2 - 4, 2015
By Celine Roberts and Aaron Warnick
Short List: October 1 - 8
Inaugural poet Richard Blanco; free touring Ann Arbor Film Festival; Beethoven meets Coldplay at the PSO; and One Man Breaking Bad
By Mars Johnson
Both the Evergreen Cafe owner and his adversaries are calling authorities over the new loading zone
By Matt Petras
Confessions of a non-monogamous, compulsively caregiving eldest daughter
By Jessie Sage
Ed Piskor exhibition postponed over sexual misconduct allegations
Is Pittsburgh headed for a Catholic renaissance?
By Colin Williams