Vol. 26, No. 52
The Museum of Broken Relationships is a poignant archive
It’s all pretty sad, but also funny, poignant, enchanting and ingenious
By Amani Newton
City Paper presents Letters to Pittsburgh Santa
“Could you bring the Port Authority a watch so they can at least make them buses run on time.”
By CP Staff
Pittsburgh’s Police Athletic League toy drive gets record number of donations
“We all want to make a difference in the lives of others.”
By Kim Lyons
Weird Pittsburgh: A thirsty Santa, crow crap and a cat who’s a rat
“I didn’t want to have to be the one to have to deal with a bride whose dress had been dipped in it.”
By Nick Keppler
Cointreau Liqueur
$31.99-35.99/750 ml
By Celine Roberts
Pittsburgh City Paper Booze Battles: Miracle on Liberty vs. Acacia
Eggnog
New York Times spirits writer Robert Simonson chronicles the cocktail revival
A Proper Drink ranges from London to San Francisco
Downtown’s Roost offers a fine-dining experience above its sibling, Revel
Some dishes were a success, but others struggled with too many components
By Angelique Bamberg and Jason Roth
Josh Sickels, of The Takeover UK and 1,2,3, moves on to pizza
Rockaway Pizzeria is set to open in White Oak in January
By Alex Gordon
Have Food, Will Travel
Sound Bite rides along with 412 Food Rescue as they deliver rescued food to Pittsburgh communities.
Two local poets find profundity in haiku and other brief forms
Reviews of new collections by Scott Pyle and Don Wentworth
By Fred Shaw
Author Jennifer Matesa talks about sex after getting sober
“I talked to a number of people in their late 20s and early 30s who had never had sex sober.”
Forsaken author J.D. Barker, now a Pittsburgher, anticipates his next novel
Horror/thriller writer’s The Fourth Monkey is due in June
By Ian Flanagan
In the years after a big hit and a big miss, The Verve Pipe learns from its mistakes
“We had a three-month budget for $400,000; we took nine months and spent $1.2 million.”
By Bill Kopp
Murrysville-born experimental musician Andrea Parkins approaches her work from a Rube Goldbergian perspective
“All of these things put together are moving something through time.”
By Mike Shanley
Panic and paranoia get their day in the sun with String Machine’s debut
That parallel between his paranoia and external turmoil became the driving force for Threads
Critics’ Picks, Dec. 22-28
Performances by Hardo & Jimmy Wopo, The Trans-Siberian Orchestra, River Oaks, Southside American, Honey and more
By Meg Fair
Jackie
Pablo Larrain’s bio-pic recounts the public and private experiences of Jackie Kennedy after her husband’s assassination
By Al Hoff
La La Land
The self-consciously old-fashioned musical rom-com aims to entertain and seduce
Collateral Beauty
Even big stars can’t save this feel-good movie with a misguided plot
Lion
Dev Patel stars in this gentle testament to the power of memory and the lure of home
By Harry Kloman
Duckpin bowling is alive and well in Pittsburgh
New players are welcome at Garfield lanes “as long as 20 people don’t show up at once.”
By Ryan Deto
From Super Toe to the Scorcher Chamber, a short list of favorite childhood sports toys
That son-of-a-bitch Super Toe planted the ball right through the glass in the front storm door
By Charlie Deitch
Cheap Seats: How will Pittsburgh sports teams perform under a Trump presidency?
Maybe Jeff Reed is the guy we need to unite the nation
By Mike Wysocki
Savage Love
Unless you’re made of marshmallow fluff and unicorn farts, you’ve lied to him once or twice.
By Dan Savage
Lynn Cullen Live 12/16/16
Audio & Video Archive
Lynn Cullen Live 12/19/16
Lynn Cullen Live 12/20/16
Lynn Cullen Live 12/21/16
Lynn Cullen Live 12/22/16
Lynn Cullen Live 12/23/16
Pittsburgh's Letters to Santa - 2016
Short List: Dec. 22-29
The Art of Lazar Ran; The Roast of Ralphie from A Christmas Story; The Battle of Algiers; Cirque Dreams Holidaze
By Heather Schor
Etna’s Gaza resolution divided neighbors and drew rightwing media scrutiny. Can the borough heal?
By Colin Williams
With their natural hunters gone, it falls to humans to handle Pittsburgh’s deer explosion
By Grace DeLallo
Boldly going to the Duquesne Club and Rivers Club, where few but rich white men had once gone before
By Rachel Wilkinson
Mega Cat brings a fresh, pixelated look to the Five Nights at Freddy’s franchise
By Matt Petras
