Vol. 27, No. 5
Most Wanted Fine Art to leave Penn Avenue
Established gallery plans a new museum elsewhere in Garfield
By Bill O'Driscoll
A dangerous intersection in Pittsburgh’s Regent Square neighborhood has residents calling for action
“I’ve heard reports of car crashes and car-pedestrian accidents for years.”
By Rebecca Addison
How does Pittsburgh’s amusement tax impact small local music venues?
“I don’t know that it hurts the venues so much, other than it’s just one more damn thing to have to worry about.”
By Ryan Deto
Video game Night in the Woods tells a mysterious tale of Western Pennsylvania
“Perfect characters or aspirational characters are kind of boring.”
By Billy Ludt
Postcards of Hope
Pittsburghers gather to write postcards to politicians
By John Hamilton
What do Trump’s executive orders mean for Pittsburgh’s immigrants and refugees?
“As Americans, we should be concerned with the suspension of due process.”
Hop Culture, a Pittsburgh-based online magazine about craft beer, launches for a national audience
“A lot of the writing we were seeing was more subjective than objective: reviews, opinions and thoughts. We’re more interested in stories.”
By Celine Roberts
Pittsburgh City Paper Booze Battles: Apteka vs. Cure
Sage and saffron bring savory elements to bourbon cocktails
Tincup American Whiskey
$29/750 ml bottle
By CP Staff
Goodfellas, in Swissvale, offers plenty of traditional pub grub and Italian-American food
Settle in with meatball hoagies, chicken parm or burgers
By Angelique Bamberg and Jason Roth
Spicy Mexican Soup
Golden hominy is like a starchy ball made from whole corn kernels.
By Rebecca Label
A new juice bar and grab and go comes to Lawrenceville
Reed & Co. offers cold-pressed juices, salads, baked goods and more
By Alex Gordon
A longtime local English professor publishes his first novel
Daniel Lowe’s All That’s Left to Tell explores the nature of storytelling itself
Through music, education and business, indie-rock legend Karl Hendricks left his mark on Pittsburgh’s music scene
“Karl had absolutely no attitude and no pretension. And that was rare.”
By Mike Shanley
Former Flyleaf front woman Lacey Sturm proves that hard rock is not dead with Life Screams
“If I am operating out of love, my capacity to create and serve is supernatural.”
By Troy Michael
Pittsburgh’s Secret House Sessions breathe new life into a forgotten home
“There are so many women in Pittsburgh who are quiet about being really good musicians.”
By Meg Fair
Critics' Picks, Feb. 2-8
Performances by Leo Kottke, Steve ’N’ Seagulls, DK Anderson and more
By Alex Gordon, Margaret Welsh and Alona Williams
A new Pittsburgh tape label Crafted Sounds highlights local bands for a cause
A majority of the proceeds for Have A Nice Day: A Pittsburgh Collection will benefit Planned Parenthood
The Royale at City Theatre
The play makes a passionate case for trailblazing, but also forces us to consider the cost
By Ted Hoover
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity at barebones productions
It’s good, boisterous fun, but the dialogue is shallow and hyberbolic
By Stuart Sheppard
The Hunchback of Notre Dame at Pittsburgh Musical Theater
There isn’t a weak voice in the house
By Gwendolyn Kiste
They Call Us Monsters
Provocative documentary from Ben Lear looks at issue of sentencing juvenile offenders
By Al Hoff
The Comedian
Robert De Niro plays a washed-up comedian in this unfunny outing
Hunter Gatherer
Good performances help ground this bittersweet and slightly off-kilter dramedy
A Dog’s Purpose
This sappy film is an insult to the intelligence of humans, and the fact-based reality of how dogs are
Neruda
The late-1940s travails of the Chilean poet get a fanciful bio-pic treatment
Things To Come
Isabelle Huppert stars in this French dramedy about setting a new course later in life
The Space Between Us
A preposterously plotted rom com that downplays its more interesting aspects
Why should we fight back against current travel restrictions? Two words: Bruno Sammartino.
Some future kid’s hero is being prevented from getting into this country because of fear
By Charlie Deitch
Mike Wysocki causes the University of Pittsburgh Panthers to suffer their worst loss in 111 years
That’s not just bad luck; that’s historic bad luck.
By Mike Wysocki
Savage Love
“She might freak out. She might be into it. She might freak out and then later be into it.”
By Dan Savage
Pittsburgh Left: Steve Bannon has his hand up Donald Trump’s ass working him like Elmo
Trump is introducing a partisan-political animal into a habitat where partisan politics has no place.
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Short List: Feb 1-9
Iris van Herpen’s wild fashion; Silver Eye Center’s Fellowship 17; Josh: The Black Babe Ruth on stage; novelist Peter Ho Davies
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