Issue of
Vol. 26, No. 50
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.”
By Drew Praskovich
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.”
By Ryan Deto
Pittsburgh City Council takes step to protect LGBT minors with conversion therapy ban
“There are kids that go into conversion therapy and kill themselves.”
By Rebecca Addison
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.
By Em DeMarco
Weird Pittsburgh: Moldy Cheese, real public toilets and a pile of body parts for just $10
By Nick Keppler
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
By Angelique Bamberg and Jason Roth
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.”
Miracle on Liberty
“We realized the only thing we could do was make it look like Christmas vomited everywhere.”
By Celine Roberts
Brunello di Montalcino, Caparzo La Casa 2007
Price $19/glass or $90/bottle
By CP Staff
Pittsburgh City Paper Booze Battles: Spice Island Tea House vs. Franktuary
Pimm’s liqueur
White Chicken Chili
“In our post-college years, my friends and I developed a rotating menu of Sunday cooking.”
By Alex Gordon
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.
Dennis Maher’s deconstructed/reconstituted Second Home is a thing of beauty at the Mattress Factory
This house is really, really cool
By Amani Newton
Pittsburgh’s indie-bookstore revival continues
“The idea that independently owned bookstores are a thing of the past has been way overestimated.”
By Ian Flanagan
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.”
By Troy Michael
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.”
By Ian Thomas
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.”
By Mike Shanley
Critics’ Picks, Dec. 8-14
Performances by Koji, Chrome Moses, Third World, Citizen and Adam Torres
By Meg Fair
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
By Lauren Rearick
Lungs at Off the Wall Productions
Not once was my attention anywhere else.
By Ted Hoover
The Lion in Winter at PICT Classic Theatre
An excellent cast makes this history play sing
By Stuart Sheppard
Midnight Radio’s Holiday Spectacular! at Bricolage
The show feels at once effortless and meticulously produced
By Gwendolyn Kiste
Point Park’s Ballet Off-Center program
“Portrait De Femmes” transported the audience to a surreal psychosexual world.
By Steve Sucato
The Tower
Keith Maitland’s affecting documentary-ish film recounts the horror of the 1966 University of Texas at Austin mass shooting
By Al Hoff
The Handmaiden
This erotic crime thriller has antecedents in Victorian melodrama and the slow burn of Hitchcockian suspense
Manchester By The Sea
Nocturnal Animals
Tom Ford’s thriller which twists three plots is a well-performed intellectual exercise that lacks emotional engagement
Film Kitchen
Locally produced short films and videos highlight this monthly screening series
By Bill O'Driscoll
Savage Love
Your husband sent those pics because he enjoys showing off the goods.
By Dan Savage
Lynn Cullen Live 12/02/16
Audio & Video Archive
Lynn Cullen Live 12/07/16
Lynn Cullen Live 12/08/16
Lynn Cullen Live 12/09/16
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.”
By Charlie Deitch
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.
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.
By Mike Wysocki
CP Podcast: Heavy Metal Africa
How metal thrives in Africa, and why no one thinks it does
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
DJ Grover
@ Baja Bar and Grill
Fri., Jan. 17, 7 p.m.
More Lynn Cullen Live
A dearth of flavor and underwhelming menu leaves little to recommend from newest Big Burrito concept
By Maggie Weaver
The displacement of Anthony Hardison from his Lawrenceville apartment is a microcosm of a neighborhood epidemic
Know the score: legendary composer John Williams (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Harry Potter) coming to Pittsburgh
By Hannah Lynn
The results are in: Here's who's using medical marijuana in Pennsylvania, and why
