News+Features
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- News
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In wake of controversial shows, theater artists gather to discuss equitable casting
“Artistic directors and boards [of directors] must be aware something has to happen, not should.”
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- News
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Local cyclist takes on the Dirty Dozen in weight-loss journey
“The hard part of this is that there is another 363 days until I can prove I can do it.”
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- News
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Pittsburgh City Council takes step to protect LGBT minors with conversion therapy ban
“There are kids that go into conversion therapy and kill themselves.”
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- News
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350 & Counting
President-elect Donald Trump has dialed back some of his campaign rhetoric. But many are worried that he hasn't reeled in promises of defunding Planned Parenthood.
Food+Drink
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- Restaurant Reviews
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Q&M’s Fish, Chik & Ribs in Plum offers smoky barbecue and excellent sides
Built from a store of family recipes, the menu is broader than is typical for a barbecue place
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- Restaurant Reviews
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Tupelo Honey Teas opens up a new shop for tea and light fare in Millvale
“I want it to feel like an extension of my home. It’s warm and cozy.”
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- On The Rocks
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Miracle on Liberty
“We realized the only thing we could do was make it look like Christmas vomited everywhere.”
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- Personal Chef
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White Chicken Chili
“In our post-college years, my friends and I developed a rotating menu of Sunday cooking.”
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- One Bordeaux, One Scotch, One Beer
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Brunello di Montalcino, Caparzo La Casa 2007
Price $19/glass or $90/bottle
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- Sound Bite
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Bread, Wine, Chocolate: The Slow Loss of the Foods We Love
Journalist and author Simran Sethi explores the importance of biodiversity and how monoculture is making the world less delicious.
Music
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- Music Features
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Kristin Hersh of Throwing Muses and 50FOOTWAVE talks about her new solo record, near-death experiences, and finding balance in everything
“Balance just is. There isn’t anything else. Mathematically, there couldn’t be.”
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- Music Features
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Despite busy schedules and physical distance, the members of San Diego-based instrumental psych-rock band Earthless manage to stay on the same page
“We really don’t like to go too long without meeting up and playing on stage or getting together.”
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- Music Features
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Joined by bassist Harrison Bankhead, tenor saxophonist David Murray and drummer Kahil El’Zabar bring their long partnership to Pittsburgh
“I’m glad to be playing with him, because when we come together, there’s a certain power that I’ve never experienced with anyone else.”
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- Critics' Picks
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Critics’ Picks, Dec. 8-14
Performances by Koji, Chrome Moses, Third World, Citizen and Adam Torres
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- Local Beat
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This weekend, Pittsburgh indie-pop band Dinosoul releases a new EP and plays its biggest gig yet
Dinosoul’s intricate indie pop features lush instrumentals with compelling vocal duets
Screen
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- Movie Reviews + Features
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The Tower
Keith Maitland’s affecting documentary-ish film recounts the horror of the 1966 University of Texas at Austin mass shooting
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- Movie Reviews + Features
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The Handmaiden
This erotic crime thriller has antecedents in Victorian melodrama and the slow burn of Hitchcockian suspense
- Movie Reviews + Features
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Nocturnal Animals
Tom Ford’s thriller which twists three plots is a well-performed intellectual exercise that lacks emotional engagement
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- Movie Reviews + Features
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Film Kitchen
Locally produced short films and videos highlight this monthly screening series
Arts
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- Art Reviews + Features
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Dennis Maher’s deconstructed/reconstituted Second Home is a thing of beauty at the Mattress Factory
This house is really, really cool
Sports
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- Sports News
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Pittsburgh’s Command B.R.O.S. are making a splash in the world of scenario paintball
“Anybody can play this game. All races, ages shapes and sizes.”
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- Sports News
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Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown changes name to Ronald, media confused
The NFL takes the game too seriously when they fine guys for doing a four-pump twerk when three pumps is apparently the imaginary standard.
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- Sports News
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Trading Andrew McCutchen would send the Pittsburgh Pirates back to the bad old days
The Pirates seem content running a thrift store disguised as a baseball team.
Views
- Lynn Cullen Live
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Lynn Cullen Live 12/02/16
Audio & Video Archive
- Lynn Cullen Live
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Lynn Cullen Live 12/07/16
Audio & Video Archive
- Lynn Cullen Live
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Lynn Cullen Live 12/08/16
Audio & Video Archive
- Lynn Cullen Live
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Lynn Cullen Live 12/09/16
Audio & Video Archive
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Savage Love
Your husband sent those pics because he enjoys showing off the goods.
Web Only
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- City Paper Podcast
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CP Podcast: Heavy Metal Africa
How metal thrives in Africa, and why no one thinks it does
Books
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- Book Reviews + Features
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Pittsburgh’s indie-bookstore revival continues
“The idea that independently owned bookstores are a thing of the past has been way overestimated.”
Stage
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- Theater Reviews + Features
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Lungs at Off the Wall Productions
Not once was my attention anywhere else.
- Theater Reviews + Features
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The Lion in Winter at PICT Classic Theatre
An excellent cast makes this history play sing
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- Theater Reviews + Features
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Midnight Radio’s Holiday Spectacular! at Bricolage
The show feels at once effortless and meticulously produced
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- Dance + Live Performance
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Point Park’s Ballet Off-Center program
“Portrait De Femmes” transported the audience to a surreal psychosexual world.
Listings
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- Featured Events
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Short List: Dec 7-13
slowdanger’s “memory” dance; Michael Chabon visits with new novel; The Domesticity of Abandonment at SPACE; Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble
