Feb 14-20, 2018

News

• Weed

  How to get a Pennsylvania medical-marijuana card

  According to the state health department, there are 83 practices in the Pittsburgh metro area that can certify medical-marijuana card applications.

  By Ryan Deto

  Feb 14, 2018

  
• LGBTQ

  Advocates say Pittsburgh’s drag performers need more latitude to shine

  “We’re trying to pull drag out of bars, so it’s more welcoming and more accessible, so other folks can see it.”

  By Rebecca Addison

  Feb 14, 2018

  
• News

  How could Trump’s infrastructure proposal affect cities and towns in Southwestern Pennsylvania?

  “Under the president's proposal the federal match for infrastructure projects would be boiled down to next than nothing.”

  By Ryan Deto

  Feb 21, 2018

  
• News

  Pittsburgh’s Cupid’s Undie Run raises money for neurofibromatosis research

  By CP Staff

  Feb 14, 2018

  

Food+Drink

• Drink

  City Paper is here to dispel some common drinking myths

  Myth: Different drinks get you drunk in different ways

  By Drew Cranisky

  Feb 14, 2018

  
• Drink

  Graham Cracker Porter, Allegheny City Brewing

  $6.50/pint

  By Celine Roberts

  Feb 14, 2018

  
• Drink

  Pittsburgh City Paper Booze Battles: Fire Side Public House vs. Streets on Carson

  We pair up a couple of upside-down negronis

  By Celine Roberts

  Feb 14, 2018

  
• Food

  Three meals at three Pittsburgh-area gentlemen’s clubs

  What’s the etiquette for eating in front of a professional dancer trying to make a living?

  By Alex Gordon

  Feb 14, 2018

  
• Food

  Chocolate Moonshine Co. brings (non-alcoholic) fudge treats to Lawrenceville

  The name comes from an old story about neighbors mistaking a basement fudge-cooking operation with a secret moonshine distillery.

  By Alex Gordon

  Feb 14, 2018

  

Arts+Entertainment

• Literary Arts

  Mark Whitaker’s new book Smoketown: The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance re-examines Pittsburgh’s past

  Black renaissance in Pittsburgh suited the city itself: Born of commerce and business, it was brawny, corporeal and expressive

  By Jody DiPerna

  Feb 14, 2018

  
• Literary Arts

  Jim Daniels’ Street Calligraphy

  With each collection, Daniels retains a strong voice while refining the view of his past

  By Fred Shaw

  Feb 14, 2018

  
• Music

  Andre Costello and the Cool Minors debut Resident Frequencies at Buhl Planetarium on Sat., Feb. 17

  The band will be performing its new record live to a choreographed laser show

  By Meg Fair

  Feb 14, 2018

  
• Music

  The Spirit of the Beehive perform at Club Café on Sun., Feb. 18

  “I don’t want to be influenced too much by other stuff.”

  By Eli Enis

  Feb 14, 2018

  
• Music

  Minneapolis’ Reina del Cid brings her new record and a new sound to Pittsburgh’s Smiling Moose

  “I’ve always thought of myself as more of a storyteller than a confessional writer.”

  By Charlie Deitch

  Feb 14, 2018

  
• Music

  New Local Release: Soda Club's Enjoy

  By Meg Fair

  Feb 14, 2018

  
• Music

  Critics' Pick: Mars Jackson, Sierra Sellers and Benji

  By Meg Fair

  Feb 14, 2018

  
• Music

  Critics' Pick: Spish's Love Dungeon

  By Meg Fair

  Feb 14, 2018

  
• Music

  Critics' Pick: WINGTIPS at Brillobox

  By Meg Fair

  Feb 14, 2018

  
• Music

  Critics' Pick: Ramona, SOLD at Rock Room

  By Meg Fair

  Feb 14, 2018

  
• Theater

  In the Heat of the Night at Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company

  A well-meaning and enjoyable 97-minute whodunit that nonetheless strains at its familiarity

  By Harry Kloman

  Feb 14, 2018

  
• Theater

  Exhalations Dance Theatre weighs in on technology’s impact on humanity in its latest production, Kinetic Emotion

  “Technology is something very relatable and impacts our lives every day.”

  By Steve Sucato

  Feb 14, 2018

  
• Screen

  Fifty Shades Freed

  You could live the whole rest of your life without seeing part three and be perfectly fine

  By Al Hoff

  Feb 14, 2018

  
• Sports

  The Pittsburgh Pirates have a history of players doing well after they are shipped out of Pittsburgh

  A look at five players who found greener pastures after they were escorted out of the ’Burgh

  By Charlie Deitch

  Feb 14, 2018

  
• Sports

  The five most painful times a Pittsburgh sports legend wore another team’s uniform

  Jagr, who’s worn many different uniforms against the Penguins, was always met with boos and even the occasional under-used hiss

  By Mike Wysocki

  Feb 14, 2018

  
• Sports

  This Week in Pittsburgh Sports History

  By Charlie Deitch

  Feb 14, 2018

  

Columns

• Opinion

  Savage Love

  Since you were planning to tell your parents eventually, the drama is inevitable.

  By Dan Savage

  Feb 14, 2018

  
• Free Will Astrology

  Free Will Astrology

  By Rob Brezsny

  Feb 14, 2018

  

Specials & Guides

• Love and Sex

  Love and Sex Issue

  Can you have love without sex? Can you date without actually being in the same room? Can you get a sex chair in avocado green? We answer these questions and more in our 2018 Love and Sex Issue.

  By CP Staff

  Feb 14, 2018

  
• Love and Sex

  Asexuals can love love, just not sex

  “It’s like going to see a movie your partner wants to see and you don’t.”

  By Meg Fair

  Feb 14, 2018

  
• Love and Sex

  Pittsburgh has a secret club for those looking to explore their sexuality

  “Most of what we do here is fantasy fulfillment.”

  By Rebecca Addison

  Feb 14, 2018

  
• Love and Sex

  Propose like your future depends on it

  City Paper will be giving one lucky reader the chance to pop the question in the pages of our weekly

  By Sabrina Bodon

  Feb 14, 2018

  
• Love and Sex

  Dating in virtual reality is here, and it could enrich the online-dating scene.

  “VR is such a powerful way to feel present with the people you care about when you can’t physically be together.”

  By Ryan Deto

  Feb 14, 2018

  
• Love and Sex

  Photography project centers LGBTQ couples

  “I love Pittsburgh, deeply, but I do feel like there is still a little homophobia if you’re out and about, especially in terms of these couples.”

  By Lauren Ortego

  Feb 14, 2018

  
• Love and Sex

  Pittsburgh burlesque is always changing

  “Every year the scene goes through a metamorphosis.”

  By Sabrina Bodon

  Feb 14, 2018

  
• Love and Sex

  Pittsburgh couple develops a chair to aid in more comfortable sex for all

  “Human beings deserve to experience love, sex and pleasure in whatever way is most satisfying and natural to them.”

  By Celine Roberts

  Feb 14, 2018

  
• Love and Sex

  Life Letters: A historical look at how meaningful correspondence and communication keeps couples together

  When WWII split them up, they weren’t two pie-eyed young lovers; they were two veterans of marriage who had spent at least half of their lives side by side

  By Charlie Deitch

  Feb 14, 2018