Vol. 27, No. 25
A prominent local podcast marks three years
Marta on the Move has hosted luminaries from Mayor Peduto to Alec Baldwin
By Matt Petras
Like so many former Western Pennsylvania company towns, Ford City is in dire need of a comeback
‘This is our second chance at our second chance.’
By Ryan Deto
Activists call for a ban on pre-K-5 suspensions
“Our youngest students in pre-K through fifth grade missed 3,160 days of school in the 2015-16 school year.”
By Rebecca Addison
Picturing Homestead
City Paper teams up with Instagram collective @SteelCityGrammers for a photo essay from Homestead
By CP Staff
Pittsburgh City Paper Booze Battles: Maggie’s Farm Rum Distillery vs. DiAnoia’s Eatery
By Celine Roberts
The Importance of Garnish
“The rewards far outweigh the efforts.”
Hazedelic Juice Grenade New England Style IPA, Grist House Craft Brewery
$6/pint
Senyai Thai Kitchen, in Shadyside, offers some new dishes in a well-designed space
Among the worthy dishes: golden mushroom and crab curry
By Angelique Bamberg and Jason Roth
Café Raymond, in the Strip District, makes a perfect stop for breakfast or lunch
It offers a selection of sandwiches, burgers, pastries and its popular blueberry-ricotta pancakes
New Orleans BBQ Shrimp
It’s a bit of a mystery how this iconic dish got its name.
By Tallulah E. Poodle, chef of Tallulah’s Pop-up at Sonny’s Tavern
Deutschtown gets a new coffeeshop
“We really did this for the community.”
By Bill O'Driscoll
A review of Geeta Kothari’s debut story collection, I Brake For Moose
While many of these stories end hopefully, there’s also a sense of fate at play.
Pittsburgh’s Ladyfest 2017 celebrates local lady music
“It’s nice to break down those walls and meet new people.”
By Meg Fair
40 Bands Highlight Pittsburgh’s Ladyfest 2017
Xenia Rubinos taps hip hop, jazz and punk rock for her latest record, Black Terry Cat
She hits town with a three-piece to perform at Club Café
Tomchess and his oud take center stage at Pittsburgh’s Hambone's
Pittsburgh’s King Fez and Tom Moran also join the evening
By Mike Shanley
Pittsburgh’s The Petals release second album Meld
The songwriting has an improvisational, meandering feeling to it, without veering into long windedness
By Hannah Lynn
Critics' Picks: Water Seed at Spirit
Critics' Picks: WYEP Summer Music Festival at Schenley Plaza
Critics' Picks: The Regrettes at Mr. Smalls
Critics' Picks: BJ Barham at Club Cafe
The Christians at Kinetic Theatre
Playwright Hnath tells the story so as to draw in everyone, believer or not
In the Next Room or the vibrator play at Throughline Theatre Company
Playwright Ruhl runs herself, and us, ragged with her scattershot delivery
By Ted Hoover
Clue: The Musical at the Summer Company
Stage version of the board game is lighthearted fun
By Michelle Pilecki
Elisa-Marie Alaio guides fireWALL dance theater in another premiere
Stroking Its Ego will push the boundaries of sensuality and eroticism
By Steve Sucato
47 Meters Down
It’s a kinda-dumb shark-freak-out movie, which is OK for lazy summer thrills
By Al Hoff
Beatriz at Dinner
Miguel Arteta’s social critique pits one emphatic ordinary person against the wealthy
Rough Night
Despite a great cast, this R-rated comedy isn’t as funny as it should be
By Charlie Deitch
Young Pittsburgh Passion women’s football team ends season with playoff loss in Chicago
“We have played above everybody’s expectation of us.”
By Ben Pope
Mike Wysocki’s list of sports’ greatest winners and losers
We have the highest parade-to-person ratio in the nation, if that’s a thing
By Mike Wysocki
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
Expanded gambling is a safe bet for Pennsylvania legislators
They’re essentially playing with what is known in casino parlance as house money
Savage Love
Two people can be absolutely crazy in love with each other and still not be good partners.
By Dan Savage
Lynn Cullen Live 06/23/17
Audio & Video Archive
Short List: June 21-28
Kaiju Big Battel at Multiple Choice; author Haroon Moghul; Silver Eye re-opens; David Blaine at the Byham
By PJ Patella-Rey
Pittsburgh loved its disco days, and Thomas Jayson packed the clubs
By Rachel Wilkinson
Bicycling with beer, pink Heinz "Barbiecue" sauce, and more Pittsburgh food news
Now Hiring in Pittsburgh: The Talent Group, Chatham University, American Eagle, and more
By Morgan Biddle
By some metrics, Fox Chapel is a sundown town
By David S. Rotenstein
