Vol. 27, No. 11
Regarding the fantastical fashions of Iris van Herpen
Is a given piece less significant as art because it is additionally fashion?
By Lissa Brennan
At SPACE, Doubt makes you look twice — and then look again
Every piece is more at second sight
By Natalie Spanner
Creatives for Climate seeks new ways to discuss the climate crisis
“To me, it’s much more hopeful to think about how we can create the world that we want.”
By Bill O'Driscoll
New program will take on xenophobia by partnering Pittsburgh natives with foreign-born residents
“Maybe no one has ever seen a group of 20 people in hijabs or Muslim attire at a Pirate game with 20 American friends.”
By Ryan Deto
Columbus, Ohio-based podcast Street Fight Radio brings its leftist comedy — and the Chapo Trap House podcast — to Spirit
“I like to think that we’re just cool. It’s just two cool Joes, yellin’ at the government.”
By Margaret Welsh
No Saint Patrick
Three questions we want Pat Toomey to answer at his next “town hall”
By Charlie Deitch
Confusion grows over funding sources of meal-delivery programs
“I’m afraid whatever happens, it’s not going to be good."
By Kim Lyons
Smallman Galley charity drinks program embraces Women’s History Month
“I hate when people use the word ‘female’ as some sort of qualifying adjective.”
By Celine Roberts
Bado’s Pizza Grill and Ale House, in Mount Lebanon, stays the course
It’s great to have a family-friendly restaurant where parents can indulge their connoisseurship of beer
By Angelique Bamberg and Jason Roth
Pittsburgh Pizza Week
By CP Staff
Real Irish Soda Bread
Green beer is loathed by the Irish.
Columbus, Ohio’s Condado Taqueria opens in Downtown Pittsburgh
The build-your-own taco menu is the highlight
By Rebecca Addison
Cataloguing Foods Facing Extinction
Slow Food’s Ark of Taste brings attention to foods we may lose
Listen, Liberal author Thomas Frank on Trump’s cabinet and more
“In a curious way, Donald Trump has also shown us what is possible.”
Pittsburgh’s Same uses patience and experimentation to create its own take on alternative indie rock
“We purposefully move very slowly.”
By Meg Fair
New Releases
A review of We Hold Hands and We Jump
Critics' Picks, March 15-22
Check out performances this week from Bit Brigade, The Bastard Bearded Irish Men, Local Natives, Screaming Females and more
By Alona Williams, Alex Gordon and Meg Fair
Pittsburgh’s Montell Fish is spreading the gospel through hip hop and R&B
“The pastor spoke to me and said ‘God has a plan for your life.’”
By Alex Gordon
Philadelphia surf-rockers Queen of Jeans riding high
“Any free moment I have I’m usually playing guitar or singing something ridiculous to myself.”
Critics' Picks, March 23-29
Check out performances this week from Bang on a Can All-Stars, Touche Amore, Fishbone, Concealed Blade and more
By Alona Williams and Meg Fair
Texture Contemporary Ballet closes its season with a program of new works
“I was enthralled by the grandness and fullness of their music.”
By Steve Sucato
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at Cup-A-Jo Productions
This production is daring and alive
By Stuart Sheppard
Dreamgirls at Pittsburgh Musical Theater
It’s one of the most entertaining musicals of the past 50 years
By Ted Hoover
Kong: Skull Island
Jordan Vogt-Roberts’ retelling of the King Kong legend takes a detour through Apocalypse Now
By Al Hoff
Beauty and the Beast
The animated Disney classic’s live-action make-over is over-stuffed and over-long
ASCEND brings new climbing and yoga options to Pittsburgh
“Even if you’re not climbing, it’s still just a cool place to hang out.”
Spoiler Alert: Pittsburgh sports fans love Mike Lange
“Mike Lange losing in any situation is laughable.”
Mike Wysocki ranks the 10 best Pittsburgh Pirates pitchers of the past 50 years
I did the math on a giant chalkboard, Good Will Hunting-style
By Mike Wysocki
Savage Love
“I cannot find a woman who will accept my panty fetish.”
By Dan Savage
Lynn Cullen Live 03/20/17
Audio & Video Archive
Lynn Cullen Live 03/15/17
Lynn Cullen Live 03/16/17
Lynn Cullen Live 03/17/17
Short List: March 16-22
Apple’s “Terms and Conditions” as a graphic novel; the Carnegie digs into virtual reality, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre and Dance Theatre of Harlem; Ta-Nehisi Coates speaks
By Mars Johnson
Goat Fest proves goats are the GOAT for landscaping in Pittsburgh
By Amanda Waltz
Better Food, Better Me combats food insecurity in Homewood
By Maia Williams
Tasty Creme of Library is a South Hills soft-serve staple
By Matt Petras
Affordable-ish Housing: Renters paradise(?) edition
By Michael Machosky
