Vol. 27, No. 21
Using human hair and other unconventional materials, Sonya Clark explores family, cultural resilience and the slave trade
It’s an unsettling and invigorating collection
By Lissa Brennan
Pittsburgh stakeholders disagree on how to fund affordable-housing programs
“At some point, you have to take action if you honestly say you believe in this.”
By Ryan Deto
Pittsburgh nonprofits working to reduce transmission of HIV
“PrEP is for women, men, people of all genders and trans folks.”
By Celine Roberts
Backyard Bioluminescence
It’s nearly firefly season in Western Pennsylvania
By Em DeMarco
The Nonino family is distilling tradition
“She can only achieve this result with the help of other women in the wineries.”
Pittsburgh City Paper Booze Battles: Spork vs. Apteka
Flowers and Tequila
Chateau D’Esclans Whispering Angel Rosé 2016
$21.99/750ml
The Colombian Spot, on the South Side, offers the fare of this South American country
On the menu: arepas, corncakes stuffed with various fillings including, meats, cheese, beans and even fries
By Angelique Bamberg and Jason Roth
Substitute Cool Whip for Sweet-Tooth Cravings
For someone who is overweight, can’t swim and is as pale as a pile of snow, the beach has never been my scene
By Kelly Andrews
Wheel and Wedge opens a new artisanal cheese shop in Lawrenceville
“I view it like the craft-beer movement 10 or 15 years ago.”
By Rebecca Addison
Clo-pening with Rafael Vencio
A conversation with an inaugural cohort chef at Smallman Galley
Love is warm, spicy chickpeas
We shared everything and managed to do so with relative grace
A Conversation with Jim Breuer
The comic talks chemo, the Mets and online video
By Charlie Deitch
The state of American magazines and more at Creative Nonfiction’s Writers’ Conference
We check in with editors at The New Yorker and Harper’s
By Bill O'Driscoll
My Old Roommate Jane
By Allison Fleming
Documentaries on jazz legends John Coltrane and Lee Morgan
In the jazz canon, few musicians are as highly regarded as tenor saxophonist John Coltrane
By Mike Shanley
Baltimore’s Wildhoney hits Pittsburgh with a new record and a poppier sound.
“While we like guitars, and pedals are fun, it’s ultimately about the song.”
By Meg Fair
Pittsburgh’s Spectres having success doing more with less
“I just want to make rock ’n’ roll music that makes people dance.”
Critics' Picks, May 25-31
Check out shows this week from Cayetana, Old Crow Medicine Show, ’68 and more
By Meg Fair and Hannah Lynn
New Releases
Serpentine's 'criminal hymnal'
Violet at Front Porch Theatricals
Front Porch has managed to summon the perfect person for every role
By Ted Hoover
Ironbound at City Theatre
Rebecca Harris dominates the play as Darja
By Michelle Pilecki
KG Dynasty premieres its debut showcase
Hip-hop dance troupe performs Infinity
By Steve Sucato
ABBEY: In the Red honors the legacy of jazz great Abbey Lincoln
Production by SPdp and Soy Sos combines dance and live music
Everything, Everything
Teen rom-com between a cute boy and a cute girl, who can’t go outside
By Al Hoff
Chuck
The Wedding Plan
An Israeli dramedy about a wedding that goes awry
The Bandwagon Jumper’s Guide to Pittsburgh Penguins Hockey
Here are a few tips to get through the remainder of the postseason with some degree of authenticity and dignity
This week in Pittsburgh Sports History
A look back at events that you’ve either forgotten about or never heard of in the first place
Cheap Seats: Grading the Pittsburgh Pirates through their first 40 games
Gerrit Cole gets less support than a single mother who married a deadbeat dad
By CP Staff
Savage Love
“It was a pretty hard hit for us sexually and emotionally.”
By Dan Savage
The loss of Pittsburgh’s residency requirement for police officers could have a big impact on improved police-community relations
In 2013, more than 80 percent of city voters approved a measure making residency for police and fire personnel mandatory.
Lynn Cullen Live 05/24/17
Audio & Video Archive
Lynn Cullen Live 05/25/17
Short List: May 25-June 1
SuicideGirls Blackheart Burlesque; Carnegie Museum of Natural History explores The Power of Poison; OpenStreetsPGH is back; City Theatre cultivates Momentum
By Mars Johnson
Pittsburgh’s street trees are free upon request. So why do they often go to the city’s wealthiest residents?
By James Paul
The mayor and the tenor: when Masloff met Pavarotti
By David S. Rotenstein
Affordable-ish Housing in Pittsburgh: density or destiny edition
By Michael Machosky
The cassette-tape comeback has reached Pittsburgh's record stores
By Ethan Beck
