Children’s advocates say family courts unfairly favor fathers, even when they’re the abusers

“It’s really the same story of the #metoo movement, just in a much more dire setting where children are at stake.”

Analyzing Southwestern Pennsylvania’s potential U.S. Congressional districts

Some big changes could decide who represents who in Southwestern Pennsylvania.

Calling out the most underrated characters in the history of gaming

All I can picture is a machine-gun-wielding clergyman, usually played by Jean-Claude Van Damme

Proposed medical-marijuana regulations would give special privileges to dispensaries and growers partnered with Pa.’s university-connected research hospitals

“If I had known that this is what Chapter 20 would become. I probably never would have invested my money into getting a license.”

Seed-Swap Stories

“I really appreciate time with my mom to plant seeds.”

Clean Juice shop opens in East Liberty with organic juice and bowls

“The Beauty Bowl,” includes cold-brewed coffee, cacao, vanilla, activated charcoal, maple syrup and almond milk

Jean-Marc Brocard Chablis Vieilles Vignes 2015

$25.99/bottle

Beyond Bloody Marys: more brunch classic cocktails

Try a Negroni Sbagliato, Pimm’s Cup or Brandy Milk Punch instead

Pittsburgh City Paper Booze Battles: Poulet Bleu vs. Bar Marco

Brandy Alexander

Mal Blum and the Blums perform at Club Cafe Thu., March 1.

“There’s joy and there’s humor and there’s sadness.”

Jason Moran & The Bandwagon perform at the Kelly-Strayhorn Sat., March 3

His latest albums show how Moran continues to grow as an artist as well as an artistic director

New Local Release: Philippa Zang's slowing! down!

Cupcakke brings sex-positive hip hop to Spirit Hall Sun., March 4

This music is not for the modest or faint of heart

New Local Release: carnival room's drama queen

Critics' Pick: DJ Jazzy Jeff at Scenario Nightclub

Critics' Pick: Exodus at Spirit

Critics' Pick: Kississippi at Roboto

Game Night

A crack cast make Mark Perez’s silly comedy work

Annihilation

Alex Garland’s sci-fi thinky puts man in conflict with nature, and his own nature

Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge

A recent biographical drama about the Polish scientist who made radioactive discoveries

Nostalgia

An ensemble drama tied to the theme of how objects in our lives stand in for memories

The Party

You could do worse than watching this talented crew sling barbs at each other

Red Sparrow

It was like catching a laughably bad movie from the late 1980s on cable

Vanessa German’s sometimes.we.cannot.be.with.our.bodies at Mattress Factory

The detachment the work confronts is the kind that is self-imposed and necessary to preserve one’s own sanity

Point Park University Conservatory Theatre Co. stages The House of Bernarda Alba

Federico García Lorca’s drama is a classic portrayal of the psychological laceration of women by women

Shana Simmons Dance’s The Missing Peace explores the response to physical- and mental-health challenges

The multimedia contemporary dance work is unified by messages of struggle, hope and resilience

Savage Love

Your mom wanted to take this to the grave and you promised her that you would help her.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette appointment of new editorial-page editor will make things worse

I would weep for Burris’ persecution, but unfortunately, I’m already crying at the thought of his direct influence of the P-G’s editorial page

Free Will Astrology

Raise the Jolly Roger: Pittsburgh Pirates finally on the right side of a horrible, lopsided offseason trade

Corey Dickerson was an All Star last July, not seven years ago

This Week in Pittsburgh Sports History

How well do you know Pittsburgh sports?

In honor of our Gaming Issue, we present the hardest Pittsburgh sports puzzle ever … we hope

City Paper Gaming Issue

The world’s a mess, so why not play games! In our inaugural gaming issue, we celebrate game play in all of its forms — from board games and video games to games of chance and games of make believe.

In Pittsburgh and beyond, LARPing is much more than a side hobby

“Come out and be a hero for a weekend.”

Pittsburgh gamers say we’re living in a golden age of board games

“I’m not sure if we’re in the middle or coming out of this renaissance, but we’re in one now.”

The Pittsburgh Knights look to bring large-scale eSports competitions to the Steel City

“We see the Knights as being the fourth major global franchise in Pittsburgh.”

Mega Cat Studios brings retro gaming into the 21st century

“I like to visualize what it would be like if 8-year-old James would meet 32-year-old James. He’d probably high-five him.”

Pittsburgh’s Rivers Casino uses technology to make table games a social, accessible experience

“It’s a live game, but it’s very inviting.”

Do you know who’s buried in Grant’s tomb? Then you might want to hit up a trivia night in Pittsburgh.

Drink, think and be merry!