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Andy Warhol, prince of pop art, dies
Image: Andy Warhol, Andy Warhol Getting a Pedicure (detail), 1982, Š The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.
Andy Warhol, an artist who grew up in Pittsburgh and who came of age by setting pop culture loose in uptown Manhattan, died yesterday of a heart attack. He was 58. The son of Slovak immigrants who came to Pittsburgh’s Soho district at the turn of the century, Mr. Warhol died in his sleep at 6:31 a.m. in New York Hospital. He had undergone gall bladder surgery on Saturday, but according to hospital spokeswoman Diane Goldin no complications had surfaced. The artist’s death, she said, was “clearly unexpectedâ€?. He had been admitted to the hospital Friday, Goldin said, and “his postoperative condition was stableâ€?. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Mr. Warhol’s death shocked family members in the Pittsburgh area, including brothers Paul Warhola of Elizabeth and John Warhola of the North Side. Every Sunday morning for the past 20 years, Paul Warhola said, he would make a phone call to his brother, Andy. Yesterday was different. “I called this morning, and for WKH Âż UVW WLPH LQ \HDUV VRPHRQH else answered the phone. It was my brother’s publicist. He said, ‘John, Andy died.’ “ “I looked at him as my brother, not a famous man.â€? added John Warhola, a manager at a local Sears, Roebuck and Co. store. “He was the kindest, nicest brother you could have.â€? Paul Warhola said his brother’s public Ă€ DPER\DQFH EHOLHG KLV JHQWOH QDWXUH “People got the idea that he was a wild character, but he was the nicest person in the world.â€? said Paul Warhola, the eldest brother. $V RQH RI WKH PRVW LQĂ€ XHQWLDO
artist of his day, Mr. Warhol gained his place in art history by turning routine glimpses of pop culture into critically acclaimed paintings and drawings. To his eye, chic was anything from a row of Campbell’s soup can to a candy-colored portrait of Marilyn Monroe. Indeed, the artist’s often splashy, IUHH Ă€ XQJ ZRUN ZDV LQ FRQWUDVW WR his signatory appearance – thin, pale and withdrawn, with hair as bright as talcum powder. “He made his own lifestyle a work of art,â€? Richard Oldenburg, director of the Museum of Modern Art, told the Associated Press. “He was one RI WKH Âż UVW SHRSOH WR UHDOO\ EHFRPH a star as an artist and, once celebrity cam, he certainly enjoyed it.â€? Here in Pittsburgh, friends and family said that time spent at Schenley High School and at Carnegie Institute of Technology seldom have a clear sign of pending brilliance. 1HLWKHU GLG \RXQJ $QG\ÂśV Âż UVW paying job, family members said. He sold fruit in the Strip District while a student at Schenley in the early 1940s. Even as an art student at Carnegie Institute of Technology, the troublesome young artist did not distinguish himself as part of the class of 1949 - a
group that included renowned artists Philip Pearlstein, Harry Schwalb, and sculptor Henry Bursztynowicz. Robert Lepper, a professor emeritus of art at Carnegie Mellon University, recalled that Andy Warhola – he didn’t change his name until moving to New York in 1949 – faced expulsion several times. Each time, the panel of 10 faculty members would weigh his lack of discipline against his potential. Each time, they would allow young Warhola to stay – though sometimes, recalled Lepper, the vote was close. Âł$QG\ ZDV LQ GLIÂż FXOW\ KLV Âż UVW two years and the faculty had a nice time quarreling whether to let him stay.â€? Lepper said. “I’d like to sat I gave him and A,â€? Lepper added. “But I probably gave him a B, probably because he didn’t come to class.â€? Instead, he was probably Downtown in a display window at Horne’s department store where, Lepper said, he worked part time dressing mannequins. “If anybody would have asked me who was least likely to succeed, I would’ve said Andy Warhola. What a guesser I am,â€? Lepper said from his home in Shadyside.
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Hopefully by the time you’re reading this on Wednesday, we’ll know — for better or for worse — who the president of the United States will be for the next four years. (This issue went to press before the votes were tallied.) Given our recent election-guide cover (inset at right), it’s probably not much of a secret which candidate the editorial position of City Paper leans toward. But what if former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney managed to upset President Obama in yesterday’s election? While our initial reaction might be that the Mayan end-of-the-world prediction is correct, here are five things to keep in mind in case you woke up to the headline “Romney Wins.”
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We can now talk about Mitt Romney’s War on Coal. GOP challengers and supporters spent a lot of time this election season blaming Obama and the EPA for the sagging coal industry despite a multitude of evidence that market factors — like low prices for natural gas — are actually the more likely culprit.
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Republican control of the presidency, the House and Senate is a long shot. While the White House is a tossup, many pundits believe Republican control of the House and Democratic control of the Senate are the likely scenarios for the next two years. Think about how little Obama was able to accomplish the past two years without control of both chambers. Who ever thought the prospect of the status quo would be a victory?
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We thought George W. Bush would be the end of the world, too. After W stole the White House in 2000, Democrats were convinced that he would never see a second term, until he did. Sure, eight years of Bush brought us a colossal housing-market collapse and an economic crisis not seen since the 1920s. But we did make it through. Well, some of us, anyway. On second thought, maybe we should run; Canada is only 237 miles away.
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HEN IT COMES to the city’s finances, Henry Sciortino is all about transparency. In his role as executive director of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority — one of two state-appointed financial overseers for the City of Pittsburgh — he knows the city’s finances inside and out. For the past eight years, he’s worked behind the scenes of city government to both woo and muscle city officials into making the decisions advocated by his board. And he has studied almost every aspect of city operations. How many trucks does the Department
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of Public Works have out on the street? How many employees out on workers’ compensation can return to work in a different capacity?
Has the time come to neuter the city’s fiscal watchdog? {BY AMYJO BROWN} “How do you manage the city if you don’t know its details?” Sciortino asks. “Due diligence is a big part of my life.” But when the questions turn toward
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agency’s role have become more pressing with the October announcement that another financial-oversight body — the state’s Act 47 team — announced that the city is ready to be released from its status as “financially distressed.” That would end Act 47’s jurisdiction over the city … and some say it’s time for the ICA to go as well. “The ICA should have been disbanded years ago,” says state Sen. Jim Ferlo (D-Highland Park), who voted to create the panel in 2004. “It hasn’t done anything productive.” THE ICA and the Act 47 panel were both created nearly a decade ago, when the city was forced to lay off more than 500 employees and shutter swimming pools and recreation centers to stave off a potential bankruptcy filing. Act 47 has been used by municipalities across the state as an alternative to bankruptcy, but state legislators and former Gov. Ed Rendell created the ICA as a second set of eyes on city finances. The ICA was also created to preclude suburban commuters from being taxed — a tax that Act 47 ordinarily would allow a distressed municipality to levy. The ICA’s five-member board is made of up of political appointees: Two members are chosen by the Democrats in the state House and Senate, two by Republican legislators, and one by the governor. The ICA can override budget proposals and force its will by withholding state funding to the city — including a minimum of $10 million in yearly tax revenue from casino proceeds. It was intended to be a “fiscal watchdog regarding actions by the city,” ac-
cording to its primary sponsor, Rep. Mike Turzai, quoted in 2005 in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. But City Council Budget Director Bill Urbanic says the agency “was more the punitive body for the city than anything.” Turzai did not return a request for comment. City officials say that since 2004, there’s no doubt that the city has regained its financial credibility. “[The Act 47 team] did an extensive amount of work going through the finances and [creating] an action plan that would help us get fiscally sound again,” says Urbanic. And the city’s fiscal condition has improved: After facing a $34 million deficit in 2004, the city’s proposed 2013 budget includes a surplus of $1 million, with $34.6 million in the bank. Its bond ratings have been upgraded from junk status in 2004 to a current A1 rating. Officials expect the city to be debtfree by 2026. But the ICA’s role in that process is still debated. When creating the panel, state lawmakers allowed the city to levy a new payroll tax on city businesses, and to raise a $10-per-year fee on workers to $52 annually. But in exchange, the city eliminated another business tax, forfeited parking-tax hikes, and gave up any hope of a tax on commuters — like one Philadelphia already levies — as long as the ICA is in place. Although the tax reforms were good for Pittsburgh businesses, says city Controller Michael Lamb, they did little to help the cash problem the city faced. “To the city’s bottom line, it wasn’t really a good thing.” In terms of revenue, CONTINUES ON PG. 10
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“we’re actually pretty much where we were before, maybe even behind where we were before.” Some think that if the city is released from Act 47 — which will be the call for the secretary of the state Department of Community and Economic Development to make after a public hearing is held Thu., Nov. 8 — the ICA handcuffs should be taken off as well. Joe King, president of the local firefighters’ union, has been lobbying state officials to do away with both Act 47 and the ICA: “We got the message; we got our house in financial order the best we can based on the revenues we have,” he says. “I think the responsibility [for spending] has to be thrown back on the local government. It’s their job. It’s their responsibility.” Not everyone agrees. “We can easily fall back on the same mistakes that we made in the past,” says Pittsburgh City Councilor Bill Peduto. Lamb also says the ICA’s presence is necessary. “Most of the positive steps [the city has made] have been the result of the ICA’s ability to withhold funding and force decisions to get made,” he says. For its own part, the ICA still says there is work to do. “The city still faces many challenges, including pension reform and long-term agreements with nonprofits” that currently don’t pay taxes, said ICA chairman Dana Yealy, in a statement following the Act 47 coordinators’ announcement that the city was no longer distressed. “We all look forward to the next milestone of recommending that the ICA also be dissolved. But we are not there yet,” Yealy told City Paper. Act 47 coordinator Jim Roberts agrees, saying the ICA should continue pressing the city to address its unfunded pension obligations, which as of the end of 2011 were about $626 million. Roberts also says that ICA board members, who are state appointees, are in a position to lobby legislators for changes needed at the state level, particularly regarding pension reform. “I would expect the ICA to be a central piece of that effort going forward,” he says. As for the administration, Mayor Luke Ravenstahl says that oversight isn’t good for the city’s image and is procedurally cumbersome. “At some point we prefer to be on our own. But we understand it’s
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a process,” Ravenstahl says. And while the process for getting out of Act 47 “is much clearer and better defined,” the circumstances for shedding the ICA are murkier. The ICA’s oversight was intended to sunset or expire in September of last year, according to the original legislation that created it, although an act of the legislature is required to abolish it. ICA officials have lobbied for its continuance. With the state set to review a proposal to end one oversight panel, Ravenstahl is wary of pressing too hard to scrap the other. The Act 47 team’s recommendation that the ICA remain in place is “something we understand,” he says. When the ICA should go, he says, is up to the lawmakers who created it. “The cost of oversight and [the] needs for it are state decisions.”
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charged with holding the city accountable for its financial decisions, the agency itself faces little of the same scrutiny. Sciortino offers little insight into how his organization has spent the state money that funds it. (Appropriations between 2004-05 and 2012-13 total more than $5 million.) Audits conducted by the accounting firm ParenteBeard through June 30, 2011, also provide little detail on where the ICA’s money has gone. In interviews, Sciortino and city officials have indicated ICA funds have been used, for example, for training publicsafety personnel for the G20, and for offsetting Lamb’s first major audit when he took over in the controller’s office. But the audits provide only broad categories for program revenues and expenses. CONTINUES ON PG. 12
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“‘Programmatic’ can mean anything,” says Sciortino. He declined to provide more detailed financial statements, saying that they didn’t exist. Board member J. Matthew Simon, who serves as chair of the finance and audit committee, declined to answer questions, referring them to ICA chairman Yealy. But Yealy also declined to answer specific questions about the ICA’s finances, instead referring those questions back to Sciortino. “The ICA board sets an initial operating budget and makes modifications as circumstances dictate. The board spends its allocation to fulfill the mandates in the Act,” Sciortino wrote in response to a question about whether a year-to-year breakdown of the ICA’s spending existed. City officials say they, too, have trouble getting answers about the ICA’s finances. Of special concern: what happens to the city’s allotment of gaming funds while the ICA is holding onto it. If that money were placed in escrow, city leaders say, when it’s released the city should be entitled to any interest it earned in the meantime. “The interest from the money, where is it going?” says Council President Darlene Harris. Even Lamb, who is supportive of the ICA, says that’s a fair question. “It was never clear to me how that money was held, how it was invested,” he says. “We haven’t really pressed them with that information, so I don’t want to say they are withholding it from us. It’s just that, we have questions about how it works.” city’ss finance department esti estiThe city mates, conservatively, that interest on the gambling money could have raised an additional $50,000, according to Joanna Doven, the mayor’s
spokesperson. That’s a trifling sum for a city with an operating budget of more than $450 million, but Urbanic says that’s not the point. “It’s unconscionable if they [are holding on to it]. It’s taxpayer money,” he says. Sciortino says the city receives “100 percent of gaming revenues,” which are held and invested by the state treasury until the ICA releases them. Interest earnings, he says, “are dependent on market conditions and timing of receipt and disbursement of funds. All spending is directed by the ICA board.” He declined to answer how the interest earnings have been spent. According to Michael Smith, spokesman of the Treasury Department, the ICA’s account is earning a daily rate of 0.082 percent. The balance of the accounts and history of interest earned on the account were not immediately available. Audits of the ICA’s books show “investment income” of $4,799 in the year ended June 30, 2010, and $8,049 in the year ended June 30, 2011. But the audits do not specify how much was originally invested, or whether the money was from city’s gaming revenues, or part of the ICA’s own allocation from the state. The ICA’s budget is administered by the Department of Community and Economic Development. Its funding was cut about 46 percent this year compared to last year’s allocation, giving it a 2012-13 operating budget of $228,000. Most of that will go to Sciortino, whose annual salary is $171,213, about 62 percent more than the mayor’s. (He also gets 58 days of th personal and vacation time a year.) pe Sciortino says the ICA’s cash flow is sometimes a problem because of the so timing of the state’s budget process. “At tim times we have not hired consultants betim cause we don’t have money to pay them,” ca he says. The ICA has spent heavily on hiring professional services and consultants pr who have studied ways the city can opw erate more efficiently. In eight years, the er ICA has furnished roughly a dozen studIC ies of city services such as fire, police and ie EMS. But most were conducted in 2004 EM and 2005 — and skeptics say they have an produced little change. pr “The studies were good and fine,” says Urbanic. “There are some junctions where Ur they helped with the communication beth ttween the council and the administra-
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tion. Beyond that, there wasn’t and still isn’t a significant amount of value.” Peduto agrees that opportunities have been missed — but he says that’s because Ravenstahl hasn’t followed up on the panel’s recommendations. “You can spend a lot of money on a new car, but if you never drive it, what was it worth?” he asks. The ICA has “certainly been involved in a lot of the major discussions and decisions that have been affecting us on financial matters.” Sciortino and Yealy point to the ICA’s success in advocating for a new financial-management system that the city recently installed. And when the city was threatened with the state takeover of its pension fund, the agency also lobbied for $45 million to be moved from the city’s reserve fund to the pension fund. But the best indicator of the ICA’s impact, defenders say, is the improvement of the city’s bond rating. “[The city is] welcome to take credit for that,” says Sciortino. But, he adds, the ICA’s very presence helped the city sell the bond raters on its story, allowing it to borrow money at lower interest rates. “That’s worth millions of dollars a year,” he says. Urbanic does dispute that the ICA had something to do with the improvements in the city’s bond rating. Credit belongs to Ravenstahl and city council alike he says, for scaling back expenditures and not issuing additional debt.
“We thank the ICA for also approving those things,” says Urbanic. “But the actual work was done by the city.” SCIORTINO IS vague about when he thinks the city will be ready to be released from oversight, saying it still needs to build “capacity” by investing in hardware and software tools to gather more detailed data about its operations. Yealy notes that the city’s debt needs to be further reduced, pension obligations have to be met and nonprofits have to provide more revenue to the city. For now, the ICA’s future may become a political football. A mayoral election is slated for next year, and two of the ICA’s champions — Peduto and Lamb — are likely to run. Meanwhile, opponents of the ICA include the firefighters’ Joe King, an influential voice in city politics. At its last meeting, the ICA urged that the city form a task force to look at ways nonprofits might contribute more to the city’s revenues. City officials have long sought more support from large nonprofits like UPMC, and agree they’d like the ICA to become an advocate for them. But they’ve been asking for that from the beginning. “We’ve already done committees,” Urbanic says. “It’s more of a time for action. If the goal [of the nonprofit committee, for example] is to bring this to Harrisburg and ask to make changes, it has value. If it doesn’t, there’s no value to it.” A B ROW N @ P G HC I T Y PA P E R. C OM
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“If the Messiah descends from the Mount of Olives as foretold in the Bible,” wrote the Los Angeles Times in an October dispatch from Jerusalem, the two largest Christian television networks in the U.S. promise to cover the arrival live from a hilltop in the city. Daystar Television has already been beaming a 24/7 webcam view, and Trinity Broadcasting N etwork bought the building next door to Daystar’s in September and has already begun staging live and pre-recorded programs using the broad expanse of the Holy Land city as background.
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Once again, in September, the upscale Standard Hotel, in New York City’s lower Manhattan, made headlines for the views it provides to amazed pedestrians. In 2009, it was the hotel’s floor-to-ceiling windows showcasing amorous couples at play (unless the guests knew to draw the curtains), especially delighting out-of-towners seeking inexpensive entertainment. N ow, a September report in the N ew York Daily N ews revealed that the restrooms at the hotel’s Boom-Boom Room restaurant posed a bigger problem: no curtains at all. One restroom user, from Australia, said, “Sitting on the royal throne, you don’t expect a public viewing.” On the other hand, the Daily N ews noted one gentleman relieving himself and waving merrily at the gawking crowd below.
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Valerie Spruill, 60, of Doylestown, Ohio, disclosed publicly in September that she had unknowingly married her own father following the dissolution of her first marriage, which had produced three children. Percy Spruill, a “nice man,” she said, died in 1998, and Valerie told the Akron Beacon Journal that she had heard family rumors after that but only confirmed the parentage in 2004 (with DNA from an old hairbrush). After eight years of silence, from embarrassment, she went public, she said, as an example to help other women who come from tumultuous childhoods in which many men are in their mothers’ lives.
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LOCAL MEAT {BY AL HOFF} Once a staple of any neighborhood, the local butcher shop is making a comeback. Now Bloomfield is home to the recently opened D.J.’s Butcher Block Specialty Sausage and Meats. D.J. Smulick is the proprietor of the Liberty Avenue shop. The West Deer native trained at the Culinary Institute of America, and has worked as a chef for the last 15 years. His goal is to offer fresh beef, pork, chicken, lamb and goat — much of it local. Fresh sausage is made in house, with a rotating selection that includes popular preparations such as Italian (sweet and hot), bratwurst, kielbasa and chorizo, but also some exotic flavors, such as pumpkin-sage chicken and raspberry-chipolte chicken. (Smulick has also been selling sausages at area farmers’ markets for the last three years.) The meat here is hand-cut and includes less-common preparations. An over-stuffed chicken drumstick catches the eye of each curious customer who stops in, and Smulick explains it as a French leg, or as he calls it, “chicken osso bucco.” Smulick is still setting up with local vendors to fill the store’s shelves with non-meat goods, but already he offers eggs, cheese, cider and some preserves and pickled items. He also plans to offer unusual meats or cuts, in tandem with a recipe. “I’ll have all the ingredients in the shop,” he says — adding, with a laugh, that even as butcher, he still thinks like a chef. AHOFF@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
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Chinese cuisines were still considered exotically foreign, restaurants deemed it necessary to describe them by vague analogy. Thus, pizza was first known to many Americans as “tomato pie,” and lo mein as “Chinese spaghetti.” It can be helpful to know that something new is actually a lot like something familiar. Today, though, foreign cuisines are so numerous and ubiquitous, even non-adventurous diners seem able to handle the real deal. On the other hand, there are only so many ingredients and cooking techniques, and it can save a lot of translation to use familiar terms. Which brings us to the kimchi “pancakes” at Dasonii Korean Bistro out in Robinson. Needless to say, there is no pitcher of maple syrup served with spicy, fermented cabbage, mixed with just enough batter to hold it together in a small, flat round and pan-fried to a crisp. It was so crispy, in fact, that pizza might have been a better comparison. The genius of this dish was in its blend of textures and flavors, with cabbage both tender and
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crunchy, and zesty, spicy kimchi balanced by just enough starch. Many Korean places refer to themselves as offering “barbecue,” but bulgogi is actually closer to American grilling, with marinated slices of meat cooked over hot coals rather than the slow, smoke-based cooking that barbecue normally suggests. While it’s
DASONII KOREAN BISTRO
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CP APPROVED common for bulgogi to be prepared with thinly-sliced meat, Dasonii — where grilling takes place back in the kitchen, not out front in the do-it-yourself style — also offers short ribs. A dining companion who had visited before suggested these, and Jason was glad he took him up on it, because it was one of the best meat dishes he has ever
tasted. The pieces, about the size of a steak fry, fairly burst with savory umami flavor, while their seasoning of garlic and pepper provided intensity, not sting, and a smoky char pervaded the meat without hiding it at all. The only down side was some tougher pieces — there’s a reason short rib is most often slow-braised — but Jason will remember this dish for its excellence. If bulgogi and kimchi remind us of barbecue and slaw, bibimbap might be described as a savory, hot sundae composed of noodles, vegetables and meat piled atop rice in a searingly hot pot, with a fried egg as the cherry on top. “Put an egg on it” may be the culinary cliché of the moment, but the Koreans have been doing it for centuries, and it’s always been the signature attraction of bibimbap, which Dasonii serves in a hot stone pot (“dolsot”) or an ordinary clay pot. We tried dolsot with seafood, whose delicate meat was surprisingly well cooked in the rough stone vessel. Small shrimp and large bay scallops were succulent and juicy, and diced squid sweetly tender (except for CONTINUES ON PG. 20
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a few pieces that spent too long in contact with the stone and grew tough). But we didn’t find much else to recommend the dish. Even with spoonfuls of coarse chili sauce dolloped in, there simply wasn’t much flavor. And while there was some textural interest in the rice which, as the menu promised, became crunchy in the bottom of the pot, our interest soon waned in the absence of much to taste. That interest picked back up with stirfried udon noodles. With bulgogi mixed in, this was another umami-fest, but this time with a touch more sweetness from oyster sauce and, of course, the wonderful, fat, soft texture of udon noodles. The Japanese use them primarily to fill out brothy soups, but their pliant yet substantial presence made them a perfect pairing for stir-fry.
Dasonii Korean Bistro’s side dishes
Finally, like so many Asian restaurants, Dasonii offers sushi. We appreciated that the nigiri were closer to morsels than mounds, this being closer to the spirit of sushi’s origins, and we found the fish fresh, if otherwise unremarkable. With its rolls, Dasonii departs from authenticity, offering almost exclusively elaborate stunt maki with long ingredient lists and lots of sauces drizzled on top; simple, classic tuna or cucumber maki were not even available on request. Nonetheless, we had nothing to complain about in our Dasonii roll, which combined tuna, salmon and an unnamed “white fish” for a sort of meat-lover’s sushi. It shows how far American dining has come that, to many, sushi is often the most familiar item on a Korean restaurant menu. But the real highlights at Dasonii are the Korean dishes, which deserve to be better known. INF O @PGH C IT YPAPE R . C O M
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LITTLE ITALY A bit of European wine culture, right in the South Hills
Off busy Route 19, and back behind the main dining room of Mount Lebanon pizza sensation Il Pizzaiolo, you’ll find an often-overlooked oasis in the South Hills: Enoteca del Pizzaiolo. In Italy, an “enoteca” is a repository for regional wine culture. (Imagine a store where Napa Valley winemakers offer samples, and you start to get an idea.) In America, however, the word is loosely translated to mean “Italian-ish wine bar.” Enoteca del Pizzaiolo might not offer a pure enoteca experience, but its heart is in the right place: All the wines on the extensive list are Italian. And its intimate space is decorated with a wood-fired hearth, leather chairs, and a collection of Italian cookbooks and wine guides. “We wanted to make it a bit more home-like. So you feel like you’re in a living room and not a crowded bar,” says head bartender Danielle DiNardo. “Italy can produce wine over every acre of its country. So we have a lot of variety in flavor here,” says waiter and former wine rep Brett Mahon. He recommends starting off with a sunny, slightly effervescent Gragnano Frizante from southern Campania and then moving on to a rich, full-bodied wine like a Babolo from the Piemonte region. Don’t skip the much-maligned Chianti, either. While jugs of Chianti are a bargainshelf mainstay at the state store, Dinardo stresses that at Enoteca, “You can get something really nice that’s been aged in barrel for years.” But a well-rounded Italian experience is more than just wine. Start your meal with an apteritivo — a light cocktail designed to stimulate the appetite. Negroni and Aperol spritz are solid, classic choices. The Bufala Negra is an American cocktail with Italian inspiration: bourbon combined with balsamic vinegar, basil, honey and ginger ale. The bold flavors manage to blend smoothly into a refreshing pre-meal cocktail. To finish, Mahon and DiNardo recommend a straightforward digestivo, perhaps something from their large amari collection. Then grab a book, relax by the fire, and dream of Italy. INFO@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
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AVENUE B. 5501 Centre Ave., Shadyside. 412-683-3663. This intimate corner restaurant has only a brief, seasonal menu, but its offerings are all tantalizing, each combining several pedigreed ingredients. Such selections include piquillopepper lasagna with a different filling in each layer; green-bean and sweet-potato tempura; and fresh pasta topped with beef short ribs, chard and crisped cipollini onions. LF BOCKTOWN BEER AND GRILL. 690 Chauvet Drive, The Pointe, North Fayette (412-788-2333) and 500 Beaver Valley Mall Blvd., Monaca (724-728-7200). Beer is the essence of Bocktown. Many of the dishes are less than $10, and designed to complement beer. The friendly staff creates a neighborhood atmosphere. JE CAFÉ DU JOUR. 1107 E. Carson St., South Side. 412-488-9695. This Euro-style bistro is “open-kitchen cozy” with a quaint courtyard for intimate outdoor dining. A modestly sized yet thoughtful menu offers small-to-large plates, highlighting Mediterranean- and European-influenced California cooking with an emphasis on fresh, seasonal produce and excellently prepared meats. KF
The Mintt {PHOTO BY HEATHER MULL} DAVIO. 2100 Broadway Ave., Beechview. 412-531-7422. Davio is a cozy restaurant (down to the family photos) with friendly service. The menu is classic Italian — no wacky ingredients or preparations — but only a few entrées seem lifted from the Standard Italian Restaurant Repertoire. Specialties are crab and veal. L DORMONT DOGS. 2911 Glenmore Ave., Dormont. 412-343-0234. This is an actual hot-dog (and veggie-dog) restaurant, with an emphasis on top-quality frankfurters, local bakery buns and fresh, innovative toppings. Try the Texas Avenue Dog, topped with chili sauce, cheddar, sour cream and Fritos, or the Bruschetta Dog, with marinated tomatoes, pesto and parmesan. J
spicy marinated chicken and Korean pancakes. KF HABITAT. 510 Market St., Downtown. 412-773-8800. Located in the handsome Fairmont Hotel, this restaurant — with a marvelously open kitchen — utilizes local and seasonal ingredients. The emphasis is on the kitchen’s ability to adapt and update traditional dishes from around the world, such as tandoori chicken tacos and rare-tunaand-avocado spring rolls. LE
KALEIDOSCOPE CAFÉ. 108 43rd St., Lawrenceville. 412-6834004. This intriguing menu refracts contemporary trends in sophisticated casual dining while still offering an atmosphere of offthe-beaten-path funkiness. While some dishes emphasize unusual juxtapositions of ingredients, such as a lobster-and-white-bean purée FUEL & FUDDLE. 212 Oakland alongside fish, or fig in a “rustic Ave., Oakland. 412-682-3473. marsala sauce,” other dishes The ambience conjures are of the moment, with the nostalgia of Route pistachio dust atop 66 road trips. Much duck cannoli or deepof the reasonably fried gnocchi. KF priced fare is in the . www per “goes well with beer” a p ty pghci m MENDOZA EXPRESS. category, and the beer .co 812 Mansfield Road, list includes a couple of Green Tree. 412-429-8780. house brews. But there’s The décor is pure kitsch — plenty that’s new: Pizza, baked sombreros on the walls, etc. — in a wood-fired brick oven, comes and the location is a bit obscure. with everything from Jamaican But the menu is ample, and the jerk chicken to hummus; entrees food is as authentic as you’ll find include glazed salmon and in Pittsburgh. (Try the rebozo, “truck-stop sirloin.” KE a scramble of chorizo, peppers and cheese.) JF GOLDEN PIG. 3201 Millers Run Road, Cecil. 412-220-7170. THE MIGHTY OAK BARREL. This little jewel-box of a diner 939 Third St., Oakmont. 412offers authentic, home-style 826-1069. Set in a renovated Korean cuisine, including bar surrounded by tiny houses, in-house chili sauce and various the Barrel combines fine dining kimchis. The brief menu includes with a comfortable neighborhood traditional appetizers such as feel. Dishes run the gamut dumplings and gimbop (sushi-like from veal tenderloin porcini rolls), as well as entrées ranging to a game platter with elk and from bulgogi (beef stir-fry) to
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Bocktown {PHOTO BY HEATHER MULL} CHINA STAR. 100 McIntyre Square, 7900 McKnight Road, North Hills. 412-364-9933. Though a standard Chinese-American menu available, the real action is on the humbly Xeroxed Sichuan menu that’s all in Chinese. Fortunately, there is a translated version available, and the names read like a gourmand’s exotic fantasy: duck with devil’s tongue yam, rabbits in flaming pan. These authentic dishes may sound mysterious, but they’re delicious. KE
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THE MINTT. 3033 Banksville Road, Banksville. 412-306-1831. This casual eatery successfully taps the multicultural cuisines of India’s eastern coast, with dishes such as gongura chicken and mutton biryani. Other regions are also represented with dosas, curries and tandoori specialties. For an appetizer, try Chicken 555, dressed with peanuts, curry leaves and a traditional pickle. KF
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OISHII BENTO. 119 Oakland Ave., Oakland. 412-687-3335. Bamboo walls and a low counter with colorful cloth cubes for seating denote a place for moderately priced Japanese food, including sushi. Oishii also adds a few Korean dishes for variety and spice; those seeking a little heat might consider bulgogi, the Korean BBQ. JF OVER THE BAR BICYCLE CAFÉ. 2518 E. Carson St., South Side. 412-381-3698. This two-wheel-themed café and bar offers a creative pub-grub menu (with many offerings named for bicycle parts). The salads are more impressive than those you’ll find at most bars, and the menu features vegetarian and vegan options. Try the battered zucchini planks wrapped around melty cheeses. JE PENN AVENUE FISH COMPANY. 308 Forbes Ave., Downtown. 412-562-1710. This Downtown fish restaurant fills the gap between humble lunch counter and snooty steakhouse — modern, funky and moderately priced. Much of the restaurant’s menu is casual fare such as sandwiches (hardly ordinary), sushi and tacos, with a rotating selection of a half-dozen higher-end dishes. Try the shrimp and crab pizza. KF TAMARIND FLAVOR OF INDIA. 257 N. Craig St., Oakland (412-605-0500); 2101 Green Tree Road, Green Tree (412-278-4848); and 10 St. Francis Way, Cranberry (724-772-9191). This menu combines southern Indian cuisine with northern Indian favorites, including meat, poultry, seafood and vegetable curries with rice. Chief among its specialties are dosas, the enormous, papery-thin pancakes that are perhaps the definitive southern Indian dish. JE TRAM’S KITCHEN. 4050 Penn Ave., Bloomfield. 412-682-2688. This tiny family-run storefront café packs in the regulars. Most begin their meal with an order of fresh spring rolls, before moving on to authentic preparations of pho, noodle bowls and fried-rice dishes. The menu is small, but the atmosphere is lively and inviting. JF
Beverly Pounds helps run the year-round Pounds Turkey Farm in Westmoreland County. {PHOTO BY AMYJO BROWN}
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also became wedded to the family’s 77-year-old Westmoreland County turkey business — Pounds Turkey Farm. From the start it seemed like the right fit for her. “Thanksgiving always was my favorite holiday growing up,” she says. The Pounds farm is one of the largest small farms in the area, and does all of its processing on site. Last week 1,100 turkeys were plucked, packaged and waiting on the farm’s cooler racks to fill early holiday orders. They’ll repeat the process seven more times between now and the week of Thanksgiving, distributing a total of about 8,000 locally raised birds. “Thanksgiving is tough, but it’s a time when you really bond,” Pounds says, of the business cycle on the farm, which raises and processes turkeys year-round. The farm also offers other lessholiday-oriented products such as smoked turkey keilbasa, turkey pepperoni and turkey trail bologna. “I loved raising a family here,” she says. But the turkey business isn’t for the fainthearted. Except for rare heritage breeds, turkeys can’t reproduce on their own. Farmers order chicks from suppliers who deliver them the day after they hatch. They have to be kept warm, usually in settings 100 degrees or hotter, and protected. And there’s always the threat of disease. “I will tell you, this will be the last year we will be doing turkeys,” says Erika Peterson of the Green Circle Farm in New Castle, who started out this season with 130 birds and now has 30. “Turkeys are a terrible, terrible crop.” “If people want a turkey, they should go shoot one,” she says. “The wild turkey population is flourishing.” An hour west of Pounds, in Blairsville, Joe Canton, of Canton’s Turkey Farm, talks about getting out of the business. He took over his family’s farm in 1977. He and the Pounds order their chicks from the same supplier, and “we’ll meet together and get to talking to each other while we’re waiting on the truck.” He says the Pounds — and his customers — always encourage him to keep on going. A self-described hobby farmer, he does about 2,000 birds annually, he says. “You hate like heck to quit,” he says. “It seems like you’d be letting people down.” A B ROW N @ P G HC I T Y PA P E R. C OM
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FOR THE LOVE “I can’t seem to shake musicians,” confesses Paula Angeli with a laugh, at the beginning of Frank Ferraro’s documentary, Wine and Dust: A Rock and Roll Love Story. “Honestly,” she continues, “it’s a good thing. Just as long as they don’t do it for a living, I’m all right.” With this, Ferraro gently lowers us into the deep end of foundering rock-star dreams and broken promises. Through interviews with more than 20 Pittsburghbased subjects, Wine and Dust investigates the tension that often exists between artists and the people that love them — in this case, between aging male musicians and their wives and girlfriends. (Ferraro had hoped to include more female musicians, but couldn’t find anyone willing to discuss their relationships so publicly. “The men,” he speculates, “will do anything to draw attention to themselves.”) Ferraro, a former sculptor, turned to filmmaking when Parkinson’s disease forced him to pursue new means of expression. The idea for Wine and Dust came to him when John Vento — a local musician who appears in the film, and who served as executive producer — mentioned some problems he’d been having with his girlfriend. “I wanted to [explore] the idea of finding a balance between love of music and love of family,” Ferraro says. “A lot of these men downplay their intense love of music. They say what their parents taught them to say about putting family first, but you have to be selfish to achieve success.” Tabloid stories of dysfunctional rockstar relationships are common, but Ferraro avoided including more than a few recognizable names. “I didn’t want people to get distracted by fame,” he explains. Norman Nardini is one of the more notable subjects; Ed Jonnet of the Neid’s Hotel Band is featured, as is former Silencer Mike Pella. Ferraro presents his subjects with a clear eye, eliciting moving responses without veering into the exploitive. Shot on MiniDV tape —“I wanted VHS quality because that’s the era these guys grew up in” — there’s a visual softness, adding to the film’s lyrical pacing and tone. With reserved narrative guidance (and no voiceover narration) Ferraro allows his subjects to speak for themselves.
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YAN GRAVEFACE can’t stop.
“As I’m talking to you right now, .even though I’m not innately nervous about this interview, I’m pacing,” says the Black Moth Super Rainbow guitarist, on the phone from his Savannah, Ga., home. “I’m just a vile human being in that regard. I can’t sit still. I work 20 to 22 hours a day every day. I have no personal [or] social life. I don’t have a couch, for example, because I would never be able to sit down and watch something. I don’t own a TV. “I write 1,500 to 2,000 songs a year,” he adds. “I’ve been writing that quantity of music since I was 17 or 18 years old.” Now 31, Graveface — a name he’s taken to protect his privacy — has amassed a truly massive back catalog of both music and experience. In allowing his creativity to take the lead, Graveface has seen some strange territory. He finds expression in no fewer than four bands: Black Moth, Dreamend, Marshmallow Ghosts (a semi-annual Halloweenthemed multimedia affair) and, most recently, Casket Girls. He runs a record label, Graveface Records (fast approaching its 70th
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Black Moth Super Rainbow, of whose members Ryan Graveface has the least unusual name
offering), on which he releases his own music and that of bands he’s personally curated. With few exceptions, he oversees every aspect of each release, from the artwork to the packaging to the distribution. He also runs a storefront, which he bills as a curiosity shop, from which he sells his label’s releases and displays the oddities that fascinate him and inform his work.
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Though Graveface is perhaps best known for his work with Black Moth Super Rainbow, he cedes creative control in that venture to the band’s founder, Tom Fec, who records under the name Tobacco. It was Graveface who initiated their collaboration, though, after reading a blogger’s review of the first Black Moth album, Falling Through
a Field, in which the record was compared to Graveface’s own Dreamend project. “I plugged [him] into Google and we just started working together,” Graveface says. “From that day, in several different ways, that was the beginning of our collaboration.” In working with Tobacco, Graveface makes his opinions known, often bluntly. Recalling his first time seeing Black Moth live at the now-defunct Project 1877 in Garfield, Graveface says, “I didn’t think they were exceptional live because it was basically just an iPod thing, so my advice to Tom was to find a full band. I think they would basically destroy the world if they were a real band because the music is so significant and powerful that it needs to be played by humans.” Soon after, Tobacco emailed to tell him that he’d found a drummer. Graveface’s input has been indispensable in pushing Black Moth Super Rainbow into fresh creative territory. Recently, his voice was among the loudest and most passionate to suggest that Tobacco turn to Kickstarter to finance the latest Black Moth Super Rainbow album, the ambitious and CONTINUES ON PG. 26
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Cobra Juicy represents Black Moth Super Rainbow’s umpteenth attempt at a fifth album. Having scrapped initial attempts out of fear that he was losing control of the band’s sound, the founder of the Pittsburgh-based band, Tom Fec, a.k.a. Tobacco, considered shelving the Black Moth Super Rainbow endeavor altogether in favor of work that would grant him greater autonomy. For a time, he worked alone. This solo exploration yielded 2010’s Maniac Meat, which served to reinvigorate his creative energy. More importantly, though, it reinvigorated Tobacco’s confidence. As a testament to that confidence — or maybe to his lack of faith in the recording industry’s willingness to embrace ambition — Tobacco opted to finance the album’s release via Kickstarter and release it on his own Rad Cult record label. Among the swag on offer to potential backers was a latex mask, a terrifying recreation of the grinning citrus visage that emblazons the album’s cover, with a USB of the album embedded in the tooth. In less capable hands, such elaborate packaging would smack of gimmickry. For a Black Moth Super Rainbow album, though, the concept is yet another layer of texture piled upon what is already a very tactile album. “It’s an essential part of the experience,” Tobacco says. With each listen, the mask makes more sense. Every lyric on the album is delivered through a vocoder, every riff doused in fuzz. Every sound is manipulated and coated in artifice. Blending the sunny psychedelia of The Flaming Lips with the cool electronic remove of Air, Cobra Juicy occupies some very strange sonic territory, at once saccharine-sweet and serpent-sinister. In spite of all the artistic subterfuge and the total autonomy under which it was brought to light, Cobra Juicy is ultimately Black Moth Super Rainbow’s most outward-looking and accessible effort to date. INFO@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
unconventional Cobra Juicy. The campaign netted more than $125,000 in donations, practically enough to wage a congressional electoral campaign. (See sidebar, “Unmasking Tobacco” at left.) Graveface writes at least five songs every night. He does this out of compulsion, with no goals beyond getting the songs out of his head. When it’s time to put out a record, he lets intuition dictate under which of his creative vehicles the best of his vast output should be released. This level of creative control is one of the advantages of working alone. To date, Graveface’s Dreamend project has been the throughline of his career. Though the Dreamend sound tends toward the lo-fi and the psychedelic, featuring acoustic guitars or banjos, the Dreamend designation is applied less for the sound of the music than for the feeling it evokes within its maker. Of all his projects, he says, Dreamend is the most emotionally taxing. “I can’t [even] play anything off the third Dreamend record because the premise is so depressing,” he says. “I don’t even think I could get through a concert, playing that stuff, without weeping.” Such singular dedication can take its toll. For Graveface, collaboration seems to ease some of the tension he feels. “I have very strong ideas,” he says. “I have apparently surrounded myself with people who knock it out of the park every time.” For the Casket Girls project, Graveface seems to have met his match in the Greene sisters, Elsa and Phaedra, who are willing and able to keep up with his rigorous creative pace. After running into them by chance, in Savannah, he gave them song structures that were originally intended for his Marshmallow Ghosts project, asking them to supply lyrics. They returned with words that were haunting in their beauty and wholly complementary to Graveface’s sound. The resulting record, Sleepwalking, combines the sisters’ haunting voices with Graveface’s menacing drone, yielding a sound that is equal parts shoegaze and Shangri-Las. It worked so well that he gave them more songs. Their collaboration has already yielded upward of 50 songs with more in the pipeline. His creative drive precludes Graveface from a normal life. His is an existence that is unique in its utter lack of compromise. Though his compulsion has often taken a toll on his social life, he understands that the creative pursuit, in whatever the form, involves some discomfort. Lately, he’s been learning taxidermy. ”I’m really interested in grotesque things,” he says. “But I have a very hard time, physically, doing grotesque things.” I N F O@ P G HC I T Y PA P E R. C OM
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CD REVIEWS {BY ANDY MULKERIN}
LONG TIME DIVIDED LONG TIME DIVIDED (SELF-RELEASED)
Debut release from the local five-piece. Hard rock with a metal edge; it’s clear that these guys worship at the altar of Metallica, but there are also hints of grunge and alt-rock in there (and even a piano-driven ballad). There are nods to the literary, too (a spoken-word intro is lifted from Robert Louis Stevenson), making it a well-rounded effort. No reason a track or two shouldn’t end up on hard-rock radio. LONG TIME DIVIDED CD RELEASE. 10 p.m. Sat., Nov. 10. Hard Rock Café, 230 W. Station Square Drive, Station Square. $10-12. 412-481-7625 or www.hardrock.com NEON SWING X-PERIENCE GRANDPA TEMPO, THE CHAIRMAN OF SWING (SELF-RELEASED)
Concept album from the swing-revival band, documenting the life of “Grandpa Tempo.” This one mixes NSX’s original material with the old stuff we’re accustomed to hearing — “Just a Gigolo,” “When the Saints Go Marching In” — plus some pop music that swings (“Zoot Suit Riot”) and the song from the cantina scene in Star Wars. Many of the tracks are recorded live, and surely it’s in concert, rather than on a disc, that the band shines; recordings from neo-swing bands, of course, run the risk of tempting us to just go listen to Louis Prima instead. STEEL CLOVER IN THE CELTIC SPIRIT (SELF-RELEASED)
Debut release from Sue Borowski, who recorded most of the instruments and vocals on the album herself, all while being treated for breast cancer. An impressive effort, especially given that the one original song sounds as genuine as many of the traditional Irish tunes. The recording quality is nothing standout, but it does its job: to make you want to hear more (preferably live). AMULKERIN@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
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BIG YEAR FOR THE KIDS {BY GREGG HARRINGTON} CODE ORANGE Kids’ busy 2012 started
right out of the gate on New Year’s Day. The band held a release show for its debut 7-inch, Cycles, at the Mr. Roboto Project. From there, the band undertook a vigorous touring regimen of the United States and Europe with the likes of Bane, Touché Amore, Defeater and Birds in Row. A split with Maryland hardcore/ doom band Full of Hell was issued in the spring by the predominantly emo and pop-punk label Topshelf Records. Perhaps the biggest highlight of the band’s year was signing to Deathwish, Inc., the label founded by Converge vocalist Jacob Bannon. Now, the year is coming to a close and the band’s first full-length album, Love Is Love//Return to Dust, is about to see the light of day. Recorded by Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou at Godcity Studios in Massachusetts, the album reveals that although the members of Code Orange Kids are still young, their songwriting is maturing at a rapid pace. Jami Morgan, who handles lead vocals, drums and lyrics in the band, is content with what Code Orange Kids laid down for its debut. “We’re definitely where I’d like us to be right now,” he says. “I’m really proud of this album.”
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better than the band’s previous offerings, building upon the foundation set in earlier recordings. The album’s 10 tracks are all over the place, in a good way: The fast parts are blistering, and the slow parts trudge through murky mires of auditory assault. It doesn’t hurt to have a pair of familiar faces gracing the album: Adam McIlwee, of Tigers Jaw, and Guy Kozowyk, of The Red Chord, contribute on separate tracks. The latter appearance, according to Morgan, was a spontaneous affair. “Jake [Bannon] was supposed to do vocals, but there was a conflict in time. Guy from The Red Chord walked into the studio to borrow a guitar, and Kurt asked him to do it. He spontaneously agreed, and he killed it. Afterward we hung out for a while and he really came to like our band. He hadn’t heard of us before coming to the studio.” Love Is Love//Return to Dust will receive the premiere-record-release treatment, with this year’s Sincerity Fest in Springdale serving as its release show. Alongside Code Orange Kids will be vegan straight-edge hardcore stalwarts Trial and local favorites including Complete Failure, Steel Nation, Unit 731 and Pray for Teeth. Per tradition, the festival is free of charge and will offer an all-vegan food selection at minimal cost. “We wanted to have a bunch of bands we care about be a part of it,” Morgan explains. “We just get to have a bunch of our friends play and bands we really like, and it all worked out really well.”
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Many other labels, including No Sleep, Topshelf and Rise Records, offered contracts to the band. However, when Deathwish offered to put out an album, the band couldn’t resist. “We’ve always wanted to do a record through them,” Morgan says. He explains that members of Touché Amore helped convince Bannon and company to sign Code Orange Kids. The album itself is leaps and bounds
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If you went searching for blues music, it’s likely that Toronto wouldn’t be your first stop. But that doesn’t mean that city’s Catl isn’t good at rendering old-style, Delta blues music. The trio, headed up by Jamie Fleming (he, properly speaking, is Catl), released its third full-length, Soon This Will All Be Gone, this year, and plays the Smiling Moose tonight. Andy Mulkerin 10 p.m. Catl 1306 E. Carson St., South Side. $8-10. 412-431-4668 or www. smiling-moose.com
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Even though it might’ve taken Motion City Soundtrack a couple years to find just the right line-up, the result was one of the pioneer bands of the current pop-punk sound. Although not as commercially successful as some of its counterparts, the five-piece has become known for its catchy synth-pop melodies and vocalist Jean Pierre’s deeply personal, yet completely relatable, take on lyrics. The guys have sold out a few Pittsburgh shows in the past, but tickets are still up for grabs for the show tonight. Catch them at Mr. Small’s with Jukebox the Ghost and Now Now. Amanda Wishnerr 7:30 p.m. 400 Lincoln Ave., Millvale. $20. 0. 412-8214447 or www.mrsmalls.com om
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CMU’s annual Fall Concert. Fresh off their 2012 fall tour, the Brooklyn natives are sure to bring the noise to the Wiegand Gymnasium, with heavy distortion and well-placed stomps and handclaps in tow. See them tonight with dubstep/hip-hop producer AraabMuzik. AW 8 p.m. Carnegie Mellon University. Free for CMU students with ID, $10 to public. 412268-2105 or www. activitiesboard.org
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Earth’s 2011 performance at the Braddock Carnegie Library was my pick for show of the year — intense, nearly holy, utterly engulfing. Others in the audience felt sleepy: Earth is as slow-paced and meditative as it is heavy. Since guitarist Dylan Carlson founded the band in 1989, it’s shifted from minimalist drone to something more akin to a post-rock Ennio Morricone. The metal roots are still there, though. As Carlson said of the dirge “Ouroboros Is Broken”: “If you speed it up, it’s practically a Slayer riff.” With Eagle Twin, Stebmo. Margaret Welsh 7 p.m. Altar Bar, 1620 Penn Ave. Strip District. $13-15. All ages. 412-206-9719 or www.thealtarbar.com
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THU 08
SAT 10
ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM. Dean & Britta. North Side. 412-237-8300. CIOPPINO SEAFOOD CHOPHOUSE BAR. Terrance Vaughn Trio. Strip District. 412-281-6593. CLUB CAFE. Tony Lucca, Matt Duke. South Side. 412-431-4950. HARD ROCK CAFE. Seasick Mama ZZ Ward. Station Square. 412-481-7625. HOULIHAN’S. ‘Lectric Larry. Robinson. 412-787-7050. HOWLERS COYOTE CAFE. The Tins, Coronado, The Show. Bloomfield. 412-682-0320. THE IRONWORKS. Blue Redshift. Oakland. 412-969-3832. LAVA LOUNGE. Blue of Colors, Barely Blind. South Side. 412-431-5282. SHADOW LOUNGE. Sloan. East Liberty. 412-363-8277. THE SHOP. Majeure, Maserati, Casual Male. Bloomfield. 412-951-0622. SMILING MOOSE. Radical Something, Che Flo, Sovren CATL. South Side. 412-431-4668. THUNDERBIRD CAFE. Dead Winter Carpenters. CD Release Party. Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177.
FRI 09
ALTAR BAR. Deicide, Liquified Guts, Invader, Irukandji. Strip District. 412-263-2877. CATHEDRAL OF LEARNING. Uke & Tuba. Friday Night Improvs. Cathedral basement. Oakland. 412-621-9339. CLUB CAFE. Charlie Hunter. South Side. 412-431-4950. GARFIELD ARTWORKS. Violent B.S., Relationships, Means to An End. Garfield. 412-361-2262. HARVEY WILNER’S. Cool Fish. West Mifflin. 412-466-1331. HOWLERS COYOTE CAFE. The Harlan Twins, The Old Hundred. Bloomfield. 412-682-0320. LINDEN GROVE. Dancing Queen. Castle Shannon. 412-882-8687. MR. SMALLS THEATER. The Rocket Summer, The Classic Crime, William Beckett, My Cardboard Spaceship Adventure. Millvale. 866-468-3401. OBEY HOUSE. Badd Newz. Crafton. 412-922-3883. SHEREE’S TAVERN. Ray Lanich. Sutersville. 724-872-9918. SMILING MOOSE. Paddy
ALTAR BAR. Lez Zeppelin. Strip District. 412-263-2877. BRILLOBOX. Yellow Ostrich, Sun Ray, Shining Light. Bloomfield. 412-621-4900. THE BRONZE HOOD. The Jukebox Band. Robinson. BROTHERS GRIMM. KardaZ. Coraopolis. 412-788-0890. CLUB CAFE. Tim Easton, Patrick Sweany, Henry F. Skerritt (Early) Horse Feathers, Frank Fairfield, Emily Rodgers (Late). South Side. 412-431-4950. DOWNEY’S HOUSE. Verdict. Robinson. 412-489-5631. THE FALLOUT SHELTER. Anna & the Off, Max Somerville, Leanne Regalla. Aliquippa. 724-375-5080. GARFIELD ARTWORKS. Andare, Curse The Sky, Never Established, Until We Have Faces, Tragedy in
Black. “Mosh for a Cure”: Benefit for Intracranial Hypertension. Garfield. 412-361-2262. HAMBONE’S. Corey King & The Ohio Weather Band, Peter Terry & The City Profits, The Wheels. Lawrenceville. 412-681-4318. HARD ROCK CAFE. Long Time Divided. Station Square. 412-481-7625. HOWLERS COYOTE CAFE. Lowly, the Tree Ghost, The Red Western, Grand Piano. Bloomfield. 412-682-0320. INN-TERMISSION LOUNGE. Auburn Ash. South Side. 412-770-4983. KELLY’S RIVERSIDE SALOON. Ray Lanich. Bridgewater. 724-728-0222. MCGROGAN’S TAPROOM. theCAUSE. Canonsburg. 724-745-9119. MILLERSTOWN INN. The Dave Iglar Band. Unknown. 724-445-2157.
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Each week, we bring you a new MP3 from a local band. This week’s offering comes from the forthcoming album from The Armadillos, voted Best Alt-Folk/ Alt-Country band by CP readers two years running.
“Pennyroyal Flowers” is your first look at their new album, Better Off a Stranger; stream or download it from FFW>>, our music blog at pghcitypaper.com.
MR. SMALLS THEATER. Black Moth Super Rainbow, The Stargazer Lilies, Casket Girls. Millvale. 866-468-3401. OLD TRAFFORD SPORTS CLUB. Shakedown. Trafford. 724-640-5809. PALACE THEATRE. Rusted Root. Greensburg. 724-836-8000. THE PRAHA. American Pie. Tarentum. 724-224-2112. ROCHESTER INN HARDWOOD GRILLE. Paparazzi. Ross. 412-364-8166. RPM’S. No More Johnny. Bridgeville. 412-221-7808. SMILING MOOSE. The Menzingers, Captain, We’re Sinking, World’s Scariest Police Chases, August Ruins (early) PGH Punk Karaoke (late). South Side. 412-431-4668. TJ’S HIDEAWAY. Zero Fame. Evans City. 724-789-7858.
SUN 11
ALTAR BAR. Rome. Strip District. 412-263-2877. CLUB CAFE. Husky, Hannah Georgas, Acrylic Clouds. South Side. 412-431-4950. CONSOL ENERGY CENTER. The Who. Uptown. 412-642-1800. GARFIELD ARTWORKS. Xiphoid Dementia, Funerary Call, Requiem, Dreamweapon. Garfield. 412-361-2262. HAMBONE’S. Bryan McPhereson, Ghostwrite, Guests of Guests, Bryan McQuaid. Lawrenceville. 412-681-4318. HOWLERS COYOTE CAFE. Sunshine Riot, Ivenfaint, Paradox Please. Bloomfield. 412-682-0320. MOONDOG’S. Stand Up For Homeless Veterans. Benefit feat. Miss Freddye, Shot O’ Soul, more. Blawnox. 412-828-2040. MR. SMALLS THEATER. Motion City Soundtrack, Jukebox The Ghost, Now, Now. Millvale. 866-468-3401. SMILING MOOSE. Pittsburgh High School Rock Challenge. South Side. 412-431-4668.
MON 12
BELVEDERE’S. Mortals, Nomad Queen, Radium Girls. Lawrenceville. 412-687-2555.
TUE 13
ALTAR BAR. Earth, Eagle Twin. Strip District. 412-263-2877. CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF HOMESTEAD MUSIC HALL. The Wallflowers, My Jerusalem. Munhall. 412-368-5225. CLUB CAFE. Shovels & Rope, Field Report. South Side. 412-431-4950. HAMBONE’S. Evil Genius. Lawrenceville. 412-681-4318. THE MR. ROBOTO PROJECT. Swearin’, Glowworms, cbend, One Up. Bloomfield. MR. SMALLS THEATER. Lisa Marie Presley, Derek Woodz Band. Millvale. 866-468-3401. REGENT SQUARE THEATER. Steven Severin. Plays live soundtrack to the film “Vampyr”. Regent Square. 412-682-4111.
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SMILING MOOSE. Amplifiers, Hrvrd, Red Hands, HRVRD, Sugar Glyder, Junior Astronomers. South Side. 412-431-4668.
ECLIPSE LOUNGE. Revolve. House & Breaks w/ Hana & Clevr. Lawrenceville. 412-251-0097. THE ELBOW ROOM. Nouveau Lounge Nights. w/ Pittsburgh DJ Company. Shadyside. 412-441-5222. THE NEW AMSTERDAM. ALTAR BAR. Go Radio. Strip Mad Tom Brown, Colin Pierce. District. 412-263-2877. House & funk. Lawrenceville. BRILLOBOX. Metz, Owl Style, 412-682-6414. Brochu. Bloomfield. 412-621-4900. ONE 10 LOUNGE. DJ Goodnight, CAFE NOTTE. Pete Hewlett DJ Rojo. Downtown. 412-874-4582. & Scott Anderson. Emsworth. PITTSBURGH CAFE. DJ 412-761-2233. FunkNJunk. Underground HOWLERS COYOTE CAFE. hip hop, funk & soul. Oakland. Said The Whale, Sleepy V, 412-687-3331. Cold Weather. Bloomfield. ROWDY BUCK. Top 412-682-0320. 40 Dance. South Side. PALACE THEATRE. 412-431-2825. Chris Isaak. Greensburg. RUGGER’S PUB. 724-836-8000. www. per 80s Night w/ DJ ROCK BOTTOM. a p pghcitym Connor. South Side. Good Brother Earl. .co 412-381-1330. Waterfront. SEVICHE. DJ Digital Dave. 412-462-2739. Downtown. 412-697-3120. TIKI LOUNGE. DJ Luke Duke. Dance, hip hop, rock & top 40. South Side. 412-381-8454. ARSENAL BOWLING LANES. ‘80s/ ‘90s Night: Mockster. Lawrenceville. 412-683-5993. 1139 PENN AVE. DEEPER. AVA BAR & LOUNGE. Thursdays Solid State Soul DJs: Brotha in AVA. Pete Butta, McFly, Mike & Scuzzi. BYOB. Clean, Bamboo, & Red. East Liberty. safe & LGBTQ friendly. Begins 412-363-8277. after the bars close Sat. night, CLUB TABOO. DJ Matt & Gangsta 2 a.m. - 8 a.m. Downtown. Shak. Homewood. 412-969-0260. BELVEDERE’S. Humanaut Presents DISTRICT 3. DJ Solo Dolo, “Out of Order”. Lawrenceville. DJ Bamboo. South Side. 412-687-2555. 757-660-8894. DIESEL. DJ CK. South Side. INN-TERMISSION LOUNGE. 412-431-8800. Transmission: Classic Alternative ECLIPSE LOUNGE. Do Sum’n Dance Party. South Side. Saturdays. Reggae Night w/ 412-381-3497. Dan Dabber. Lawrenceville. KELLY’S BAR & LOUNGE. 412-251-0097. DJ Zombo. East Liberty. THE ELBOW ROOM. Nouveau 412-363-6012. Lounge Nights. w/ Pittsburgh LEVELZ. Technophile. DJ Company. Shadyside. Underground techno DJs. 412-441-5222. South Side. 440-724-6592. IRISH CENTRE. Femz Wit a Twist. PITTSBURGH CAFE. Noetik 5000. LGBT after hours. “Come as you Hip hop, club & R&B. Oakland. are.” 2 a.m.-6 a.m. Squirrel Hill. 412-687-3330. 412-829-9839. ROWDY BUCK. Thursday LAVA LOUNGE. Motown Night Hoedown. South Side. Getdown Soul Night w/ 412-431-2825. DJ Kool Kurt. South Side. TIKI LOUNGE. College Night: 412-431-5282. Top 40/Hip Hop. South Side. ROWDY BUCK. Top 40 Dance. 412-381-8454. South Side. 412-431-2825. S BAR. Pete Butta. South Side. 412-481-7227. TIKI LOUNGE. DJ Luke Duke. ARSENAL BOWLING LANES. Dance, hip hop, rock & top 40. Mike & Co. Lawrenceville. South Side. 412-381-8454. 412-683-5993. AVA BAR & LOUNGE. Ready or Not Fridays. East Liberty. 412-363-8277. DIESEL. The Show. DJ Endless. BACKSTAGE BAR AT THEATRE Dance. South Side. 412-431-8800. SQUARE. Salsa Fridays. DJ Jeff RIVERS CASINO. DJs Bill Bara Shirey, DJ Carlton, DJ Paul Mitchell. & Digital Dave. North Side. Downtown. 412-456-6666. 412-231-7777. BALZER’S SOMEWHERE SMILING MOOSE. The Upstage INN LAWRENCEVILLE. Nation. DJ EzLou & N8theSk8. DJ B-Nasty. Lawrenceville. Electro, post punk, industrial, 412-682-0901. new wave, alternative dance. BELVEDERE’S. Obvious presents South Side. 412-431-4668. James Gyre Bday. Lawrenceville. TIKI LOUNGE. BP Mangler. 412-687-2555. South Side. 412-381-8454. CAPRI PIZZA AND BAR. Bombo Claat Fridays. Reggae/dancehall w/ Vybz Machine Intl. Sound System, KELLY’S BAR & LOUNGE. Fudgie Springer. East Liberty. Amazing Punk Night. Rotating DJs. 412-363-1250. East Liberty. 412-363-6012.
WED 14
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MEXICO CITY. DJ Top 40. Downtown. 412-980-7653. SEVICHE. DJ Bobby D. Salsa. Downtown. 412-697-3120. TIKI LOUNGE. Old School Hip Hop. South Side. 412-381-8454. WINGHART’S - SOUTH SIDE. 3B (Burgers, Beer, & Bass). South Side. 412-475-8209.
Twisted Mind DVD Release Party. Wexford. 412-463-4689.
TUE 13
INN-TERMISSION LOUNGE. Ecid, Prhym8, Stillborn Identity, Fortified Phonetx, Apostropheus. South Side. 412-381-3497.
BLUES
TUE 13
THU 08
KELLY’S BAR & LOUNGE. DJ Llamo. East Liberty. 412-363-6012.
CENT’ ANNI’S. Don Hollywood’s Cobra Kings. Beechview. 412-207-9545. FRANKIE’S. Billy Price & the Lost Minds. Squirrel Hill. 412-422-5027. MOONDOG’S. Li’l Brian & the Travelers. Blawnox. 412-828-2040.
WED 14
AVA BAR & LOUNGE. Nightclass. DJ Outareach. East Liberty. 412-363-8277. BLOOMFIELD BRIDGE TAVERN. Fuzz! Drum & bass weekly. Bloomfield. 412-682-8611. KELLY’S BAR & LOUNGE. Shawn Watson. Reggae, funk, punk. East Liberty. 412-363-6012. SPOON. Spoon Fed. Hump day chill. House music. aDesusParty. East Liberty. 412-362-6001. TIKI LOUNGE. Todd Cheat’s Punk Rock Jukebox. South Side. 412-381-8454.
FRI 09
FRANKIE’S. Zoot Island. Squirrel Hill. 412-422-5027. JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. The Blues Orphans. North Side. 412-904-3335. LEGACY LANES. Ron & The RumpShakers. Baldwin. 412-371-1955. MOONDOG’S. Billy Price. Blawnox. 412-828-2040. NOLA ON THE SQUARE. The Olga Watkins Band. Downtown. 412-471-9100.
HIP HOP/R&B SUN 11
GRAZIE RESTAURANT & EVENTS CENTER. Billy Price, Shari Richards, Kenny Blake, Jill Paone Simmons, Andrea Pearl, Smooth Groove Band, more.
SAT 10
CENT’ ANNI’S. SoulMerchants. Beechview. 412-207-9545.
INN-TERMISSION LOUNGE. The Rhythm Aces. South Side. JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. Sweaty Betty Blues Band. North Side. 412-904-3335. KEYSTONE BAR. The Rhythm Hawks. Ellwood City. 724-758-4217. MOONDOG’S. Anthony Gomes. Blawnox. 412-828-2040. THE PAINT ROOM. Bobby Hawkins Back Alley Blues. Connellsville. 724-626-9532. THE R BAR. The Eldorado Kings. Dormont. 412-445-5279. SPEAL’S TAVERN. Angel Blue & the Prophets. Unknown. TWIN OAKS LOUNGE. Jill West & Blues Attack. White Oak.
TUE 13
BOCKTOWN BEER & GRILL. Breadline Preachers. North Fayette. 412-788-2333.
WED 14
CAFE NOTTE. Billy Heid. Emsworth. 412-761-2233. THUNDERBIRD CAFE. Joe Krown Trio. Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177.
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Altar Bar, 1620 Penn Ave., Strip District
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WED 14
720 RECORDS. James Johnson, Paul Thompson, Brett Williams. Lawrenceville. 412-904-4592. DANTE’S RESTAURANT & LOUNGE. Jerry & Lou Lucarelli Jazz Session. Brentwood. 412-884-4600.
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AVA BAR & LOUNGE. Interval. DJ J. Malls, live jazz locals. East Liberty. 412-363-8277.
TUE 13
MANSIONS ON FIFTH. Dane Vannatter & Jeff Lashway. Shadyside. MOUNT LEBANON PUBLIC LIBRARY. The Ortner-Roberts Duo. Mt. Lebanon. 412-531-1912.
FRI 09
THE HANDLE BAR & GRILLE. Tom Terling. Canonsburg. 724-746-4227. MARIO’S SOUTH SIDE SALOON. Michael Todd. South Side. 412-381-5610. THE PRAHA. Andy Mangini. Tarentum. 724-224-2112.
SAT 10
MARS BREW HOUSE. Ray Lanich. Mars. 724-625-2555.
JOHN CANNON. Organ concert. Eastminster Presbyterian Church, East Liberty.
SUN 11
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THU 08
MON 12
BYHAM THEATER. Lyle Lovett & His Acoustic Group. Downtown. 412-456-6666. ELWOOD’S PUB. The Agway Shoplifters. Cheswick. 724-265-1181. GHOST RIDERS 2. Xela Sound. Butler. 724-285-3415.
Mr. Small’s Theatre, 400 Lincoln Ave., Millvale
CARNEGIE LIBRARY, OAKLAND. The Jenny Wilson Jazz Trio. BILLY’S ROADHOUSE BAR & Oakland. 412-622-3151. GRILL. Mark Pipas. Wexford. ELWOOD’S PUB. Jeff Pogas. 724-934-1177. Cheswick. 724-265-1181. CAFE NOTTE. Bucky Soft. EMMANUEL Emsworth. 412-761-2233. EPISCOPAL CHURCH. DOWNEY’S HOUSE. Jazz at Emmanuel. Montford. Robinson. North Side. 412-489-5631. 412-231-0454. www. per THE MAP ROOM. pa JAMES STREET pghcitym Cara Luft, Mike Strasser. .co GASTROPUB & Regent Square. SPEAKEASY. Salsamba. 412-371-1955. North Side. 412-904-3335. MULLIGAN’S SPORTS BAR & OMNI WILLIAM PENN. Chris Pangikas. Downtown. 412-553-5235. GRILLE. Acoustic Night. West Mifflin. 412-461-8000. ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH. The Jazz Conspiracy. Mt. Lebanon. 412-531-7153.
PENN BREWERY. The Flow Band. North Side. 412-237-9400 x120.
THU 08
SAT 10
ASPINWALL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Felice Pomeranz, Eric DeFade, David Glover, Paul Thompson. Aspinwall. 412-848-7162. CIOPPINO SEAFOOD CHOPHOUSE BAR. Moorehouse Jazz. Strip District. 412-281-6593. CJ’S. Howie Alexander, The Tony Campbell Saturday Jazz Jam Session. Strip District. 412-642-2377. LITTLE E’S. The Eddie Brookshire Quintet. Downtown. 412-392-2217. MANCHESTER CRAFTSMEN’S GUILD. Nnenna Freelon, Benny Green Trio. North Side. 412-322-0800. MARKET DISTRICT. Frank Cunimondo & Patricia Skala. Robinson. 412-788-5392. THE SPACE UPSTAIRS. Second Saturdays. Jazz-happening series feat. live music, multimedia experimentations, more. Hosted by The Pillow Project. Point Breeze. 412-225-9269. SUPPER CLUB RESTAURANT. Frank Cunimondo & Patricia Skala. Greensburg. 724-850-7245.
SAT 10
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DANTE’S RESTAURANT & LOUNGE. Jerry Lucarelli, Lou Lucarelli, Sunny Sunseri, Ron Scholl, Peg Wilson. Brentwood. 412-884-4600. LITTLE E’S. Phoenix Jazz Projects. Downtown. 412-392-2217. OMNI WILLIAM PENN. Frank Cunimondo & Pat Crossley. Downtown. 412-553-5235.
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MARY PAPPERT SCHOOL OF MUSIC. The Jazz Ensemble. Jazz Goes to the Movies. Uptown. 412-396-6083. PAPA J’S RISTORANTE. Jimmy Z & Friends. Carnegie. 412-429-7272. SEVICHE. Live Latin Jazz. Jason Kendall & DJ Digital Dave. Downtown. 412-697-3120.
OLIVE OR TWIST. The Vagrants. Downtown. 412-255-0525. PITTSBURGH PUBLIC MARKET. David Shelow. Strip District. 412-281-4505.
MON 12
HAMBONE’S. Monday Night Whiskey Rebellion Bluegrass Jam. Lawrenceville. 412-681-4318.
TUE 13
BILLY’S ROADHOUSE BAR & GRILL. Pete Hewlett & Scott Anderson. Wexford. 724-934-1177.
WED 14
ALLEGHENY ELKS LODGE #339. Pittsburgh Banjo Club. Wednesdays. North Side. 412-321-1834. THE NEW AMSTERDAM. Jason Deutsch. Lawrenceville. 412-682-6414. PARK HOUSE. The Armadillos Dodgy Mountain Boys & the Park House Jammers. North Side. 412-596-2743.
WORLD SAT 10
TANA ETHIOPIAN CUISINE. Guaracha Latin Dance Band. East Liberty. 412-266-6876.
WED 14
BAR MARCO. Classical Revolution Pittsburgh: Aquitango. Strip District. 917-363-6089.
JON NAKAMATSU. Kresge Theater, CMU, Oakland. 412-922-0903. JUNIOR MENDELSSOHN CHOIR OF PITTSBURGH FALL CONCERT. Westminster Presbyterian Church, Upper St. Clair. 412-835-6630.
MON 12
TAKACS QUARTET W/ MARC-ANDRE HAMELIN. Carnegie Music Hall, Oakland. 412-622-3131.
TUE 13
EDGEWOOD CHAMBER CONCERTS. Klezmer & gypsy inspired works by Osvaldo Golijov & Lev “Ljova” Zhurbin. C.C. Mellor Memorial Library, Edgewood. 412-731-0909.
WED 14
CLASSICAL REVOLUTION PITTSBURGH PRESENTS AQUITANGO. www.classical revolutionpgh.org Bar Marco, Strip District. 412-471-1900.
OTHER MUSIC FRI 09
LEMONT. Tom Patera & Dave Crisci. Mt. Washington. 412-431-3100.
SAT 10
LEMONT. John Sarkis. Mt. Washington. 412-431-3100. SPINNING PLATE GALLERY. Turnstyles, The Simulation Hypothesis, Surviving the Odyssey. Friendship. 412-441-0194.
SUN 11
HEINZ CHAPEL. PalPITTations. University of Pittsburgh’s Health Sciences graduate a capella group. Oakland. 412-624-4157.
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CARNEGIE LIBRARY MUSIC HALL Munhall. 412-368-5225. With special guest Randy Montana. All ages show. Tickets: carnegieconcerts.com. 7:30p.m.
Dangermuffin THUNDERBIRD CAFE Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177. Over 21 show. Tickets: showclix.com 8p.m.
THURSDAY 8
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ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM North Side. Tickets: warhol. org. 8p.m.
Acoustic Africa Afropean Woman BYHAM THEATER Downtown. 412-456-6666. Tickets: trustarts.org. 7:30p.m.
MONDAY 12
METALOCALYPSE: Dethklok with All That Remains, Machine Head, The Black Dahlia Murder STAGE AE North Side. All ages show. Tickets: ticketmaster.com or 1-800-745-3000. Doors open at 6p.m.
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CONSOL ENERGY CENTER Downtown. Tickets: ticketmaster.com or 1-800-745-3000. 7:30p.m.
HENRY HEYMANN THEATRE Oakland. 412-624-PLAY. Tickets: play.pitt.edu. Through Nov. 18.
HEINZ HALL Downtown. 412-392-4900. Tickets: pittsburghsymphony.org/chicago. Through Nov. 11
FRIDAY 9 Deicide
ALTAR BAR Strip District. 412-263-2877. With special guests Liquified Guts, Invader & Irukandji. All ages show. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 8:30p.m.
31st Three Rivers Film Festival
MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. For more information and list of flims visit 3rff.com. Tickets: showclix.com. Through Nov. 17.
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White Christmas: The Musical
Lyle Lovett and His Acoustic Group
MAINSTAGE THEATRE LINCOLN PARK PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. Tickets: 724-643-9004 or lppac.org. Through Nov. 18.
SATURDAY 10 Lez Zeppelin
ALTAR BAR Strip District. 412-263-2877. With special guests Return of the Horse. Over 21 show. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 9p.m.
BYHAM THEATER Downtown. 412-456-6666. Tickets: trustarts.org. 8p.m.
SUNDAY 11
TUESDAY 13
ALTAR BAR Strip District. 412263-2877. With special guests Anuhea & Revolution Radio. All ages show. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 7p.m.
MR. SMALLS THEATRE Millvale. 412-821-4447. With special guests Derek Woodz Band. All ages show. Tickets: 866-468-3401 or ticketweb. com/opusone. 8p.m.
Rome
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CITY THEATRE South Side. 412-431-CITY. Tickets: citytheatrecompany.com. Through Dec. 16.
Motion City Soundtrack MR. SMALLS THEATRE Millvale. 412-821-4447. With special guests Jukebox The Ghost. All ages show. Tickets: 866-468-3401 or ticketweb.com/opusone. 7:30p.m.
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THUNDERBIRD CAFE Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177. Over 21 show. Tickets: showclix.com. 9p.m.
Lisa Marie Presley
Shovels & Rope / Field Report
CLUB CAFE South Side. 412-431-4950. Over 21 show. Tickets: ticketweb.com/opusone. 8p.m.
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SKYFALL IS ABOUT SOUL-SEARCHING AS MUCH AS SEEKING A GIZMO
FLYING HIGH {BY AL HOFF} The air journey depicted in Flight has all the ingredients to make it go wrong — bad weather, a mid-air mechanical failure and an impaired pilot — yet hard-won skills triumph, as a gutsy pilot successfully lands the plane. And while Robert Zemeckis’ drama has many of the ingredients to make it go right — a good cast, a riff on real-life events (shades of Sullenberger) and an intriguing moral dilemma — Flight is, at times, a bumpy ride.
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Vodka is my co-pilot: Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington plays Whip Whittaker, an airline pilot with a disastrous personal life buttressed by drugs and alcohol. He’s drunk when the plane he’s flying breaks down, yet he executes an astonishing crash landing, saving 96 of 102 passengers. (The mid-air breakdown scenes are not for the faint-of-flying.) Can Whittaker and his career survive an investigation, or his drinking? What if the hero is also a danger? Washington is riveting here as the troubled and often unlikable pilot, and he gets good support from pros like Don Cheadle and Bruce Greenwood, plus Kelly Reilly as a sad-sweet junkie. Portraying alcoholism is tricky, and the overly long film has some tone issues, veering from comic (John Goodman’s hilarious drug dealer) to Lifetime maudlin to preachy. It’s a fair character study, made watchable by a great actor, that I wish it had been more tightly written around its messy edges. AHOFF@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
An act of infidelity causes ripples across several continents in Fernando Meirelles’ ensemble drama 360, now out on DVD. Familiar turf but a good cast — Anthony Hopkins, Jude Law, Rachel Weisz, Ben Foster — makes the best of it.
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a chastened James Bond (Daniel Craig) returns to MI6 HQ in London. Relations are icy with M (Judi Dench), and a new supervisor (Ralph Fiennes) is eager to dial back field work. But Bond’s bungle has left a dangerous fellow, with ties to M, on the loose. (This villain is portrayed with brio by Javier Bardem, who adds another dreadful hairdo to his CV.) Skyfall, directed by Sam Mendes, is more invested in a broody story about Bond, M and the bad guy than in being a hyper-kinetic actioner. There is action, including an opening high-speed chase through Istanbul’s markets in which the requisite baskets of fruit are upended. But that chase has serious inter-personal consequences that propel the narrative. Oh, there’s a missing hard drive, but Skyfall is about soul-searching as much as it is about seeking a gizmo. What’s fascinating about Skyfall, and what gives it surprising heft, isn’t just
In the 21st century, James Bond (Daniel Craig) needs a new direction.
that MI6 is under literal attack, but that old-timers like Bond and M are fighting for their very existence. What is the role of such Cold War institutions, including 00-agents, now, when threats are often stateless and the terrorist might be the guy next door?
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CP APPROVED It’s not just Bond feeling his mortality, and wondering if his time has passed. Skyfall is rife with similar allusions, among them: obituaries; total housecleaning; re-visiting childhood homes and disused secure locations; and paintings of warships being hauled off for scrap. But for us, there’s also fun in looking back. As befitting the 50th anniversary
of James Bond, Skyfall offers homage to memorable moments in the franchise. A confrontation in a Shanghai skyscraper becomes a real-life version of Bond’s distinctive credits sequences, as silhouetted men stalk each other before crazy, colored moving light patterns. Even the favorites are up for revision: Riding in Bond’s Aston Martin DB5, M grumbles, “Not very comfortable, is it?” Skyfall turns out to be thoroughly enjoyable, despite Bond’s brooding and its distinct lack of gee-whizzery. Here, the fancy gadgets have been scaled back for old-school tools and some MacGyvering, and there are no exotically constructed vehicles. It also helps to have pros like Craig, Dench, Bardem and Fiennes (plus Ben Wishaw as the new Q) deliver the script’s darker, self-reflective moments. In the new now, Bond v. 23 has been “killed,” and must rebuild to adapt — plus catch the bad guy and steal a kiss or two. When asked by the villain if he has a hobby, Bond says sardonically: “Resurrection.” A HOF F @ P G HC I T Y PA P E R. C OM
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THREE RIVERS FILM FESTIVAL The following films were available for preview. For a complete schedule and more information about the festival, see www.3rff.com. GREGORY CREWDSON : BRIEF EN COUN TERS. This documentary on art photographer Gregory Crewdson is director Ben Shapiro’s first full-length film, and it reads as such. Those who know Crewdson’s work, and those who are interested in the photographic arts, will find it worthwhile, but don’t expect anything riveting. We follow Crewdson around while he works on an eight-year series of photos, each painstakingly staged like a movie; the artist’s work is fascinating, but the documentary doesn’t elevate it, and may even dull it some. On the bright side, the film is only 77 minutes, so it doesn’t drag. 9:15 p.m. Fri., N ov. 9, and 3:15 p.m. Sat., N ov. 10. Melwood (Andy Mulkerin)
Tales of the Night TALES OF THE N IGHT. French animator Michel Ocelot gathers a half-dozen folktales from around the world, rendering them as shadowplays with silhouette characters and luminously colored backgrounds. Adults may find the premise forced (two kids and an adult envision tales in an abandoned theater) and the tales a bit saccharine. But they, too, will devour Ocelot’s visuals, in which the action is backlit by mandalas, pyramids or stained glass, depending on the milieu. Meanwhile, precocious kids may pick up a bit of history — though they might want something a bit edgier, and might even ask why there are no tales from Asia. 1:30 p.m. Sat., Nov. 10, and 5 p.m. Sun., Nov. 11. Melwood (Chris Potter)
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LEVIATHAN. At times, this film about commercial fishing by Véréna Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor is haunting. There is no narrator, and dialogue is sparse. Instead, cameras — some attached to the fishermen themselves — go everywhere: from the bloodied side of a bait bin and the floor of the ship, to resting eye-to-eye with a fish head and traveling under water. If you’re looking for a glossy documentary on commercial fishing, such as Deadliest Catch, this isn’t your movie. But for an honest and captivating depiction of the industry, as well as its impact on man and nature, this is worth every one of its 87 minutes. 6:45 p.m. Sat., Nov. 10, and 9:15 p.m. Wed., Nov. 14. Regent Square (Lauren Daley)
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CLAN DESTIN E CHILDHOOD. Set in Argentina in the late 1970s, Benjamin Avila’s coming-of-age tale is partly based on the director’s own past. With his parents running a small, armed anti-government group, 12-yearold Juan is forced to live a double life as “Ernesto.” (After an exile in Cuba, his alias is borrowed from Che, naturally.) Avila does N IGHT ACROSS THE STREET. Chilean filmmaker a fine job depicting how a boy of such an Raul Ruiz knew he was dying when he made age would be both this melancholy and thrilled and terrified occasionally playful to be immersed in meditation on life, death, the revolution, even dreams, poetry, art, the as it complicates sea, marbles and the word his “normal” life at “rhododendron.” The school. Juan’s lively non-narrative film recalls uncle provides many European arthouse films of the film’s humorous of the 1960s (think a less moments, but the flashy, more introspective reality of balancing an Fellini); the “story” jumps armed struggle and a in and out of time, loosely secure home life — connected by its main plus our historical character, an elderly man hindsight — suggests preparing for his death. As this is a drama he waits for death (literally, likely to end in sadan assassin), he reflects on ness. (The director’s his childhood obsessions mother is among with Beethoven and Leviathan Argentina’s infamous Long John Silver, both of “disappeared.”) In whom make appearances. Spanish, with subtitles. 9:30 p.m. Fri., For every scene that makes sense — the man’s N ov. 9, and 5:30 p.m. Sat., N ov. 10. Regent co-workers throw him a farewell party — another Square (Al Hoff) aspect remains enigmatic (his parting gift is a huge
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Night Across the Street wooden head which he enthusiastically embraces). It was difficult for me to find any entry point into this highly personal film, but your experience may vary. In Spanish, with subtitles. 8 p.m. Tue., Nov. 13. Melwood (AH)
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REAR WI N DOW. The convalescing photographer L.B. “Jeff” Jefferies (Jimmy Stewart) is an involuntary but enthusiastic couchpotato prototype: Bored to distraction, he needs to spy on his Greenwich Village neighbors. So while Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller is a characteristically terrific entertainment, it’s also a witty, probing look at spectatorship and voyeurism centered on a man who wants to see without being seen, and what happens once that’s no longer possible. 7 p.m. Fri., Nov. 9; 4 p.m. Sun., Nov. 11; 7:30 p.m. Tue., Nov. 13. Hollywood, Dormont (Bill O’Driscoll)
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A CLOCKWORK ORAN GE. In Stanley Kubrick’s 1971 adaptation of Anthony Burgess’ satiric novel, we follow the exploits of young Alex (Malcolm McDowell), a troubled youth of the near future with a penchant for ultra-violence, who is ordered by the authorities to undergo “reconditioning.” 9:15 p.m. Fri., N ov. 9; 6:15 p.m. Sun., N ov. 11; and 7:30 p.m. Wed., Nov. 14. Hollywood, Dormont
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Resurrection Game is really about worse evils than pesky folks who aren’t quite dead: An ex-cop (Jim Campbell) and a pair of zombie-exterminators (Amy Lynn Best and Bill Homan) suspect the undead plague might just be a smoke screen for the nefarious dealings of a big corporation. Yet no zombie fan will be disappointed. The film features: shuffling undead; man-on-zombie battles (including a man vs. zombie sword fight); a hot chick kicking zombie ass; and the occasional stray body part. Screening benefits the Lupus Foundation; also on hand are raffles, vendors and DJ Zombo. 7 p.m. Sat., Nov. 10. Hollywood, Dormont. $10 (AH)
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THE WIZARD OF OZ. If your viewings of Victor Fleming’s 1939 musical film have been via TV only, you owe it to yourself (and any young ’uns) to see this beloved family classic on the big screen. Join Dorothy (Judy Garland) and her little dog, too, on their unforgettable Technicolor journey to the Land of Oz — a wondrous place that, ultimately, isn’t quite as wonderful as Kansas. The 11 a.m. screening is also a CineBrunch, featuring food from Oakmont Bakery. The 3 p.m. screening is a special sing-along event, featuring Elaine Horn, a Judy Garland impressionist. (Horn has been officially sanction by Warner Bros. and the Garland family to recreate the role of Dorothy.) She will also help judge an Oz costume contest after the screening, so polish up your Tin Man suit. 11 a.m. (CineBrunch starts at 10 a.m.), and 3 p.m. (sing-along), Sat., Nov. 11. Oaks. Tickets: CineBrunch and 11 a.m. screening, $12; 11 a.m. film only, $6; 3 p.m. sing-along, $12 ($10 seniors/youth)
ON THE WATERFRON T. Elia Kazan’s awardwinning 1954 dark drama about standing up to the mob, corrupt unions and cooperating (or not) with a crime commission is often seen as thinly veiled justification for Kazan’s naming names for the HUAC anti-Communist hearings. Regardless, this gripping story of a washed-up boxer and errand-runner forced to confront his shaky ethics features a cluster of fine method actors, including the young Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Rod Steiger, Eva Marie Saint and Lee J. Cobb, and gritty location shooting at the N ew Jersey docks. TCM host Ben Mankiewicz and actress Eva Marie Saint will introduce the film. 7:30 p.m. Tue., N ov. 13. Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Downtown. Free, but RSVP required at www.tcm.com/roadto hollywood. (AH)
THE RESURRECTION GAME. Mike Watt’s locally produced 2001 “zombie noir” starts with a great premise: For whatever reason, zombies are now everywhere. They’ve simply become part of the landscape, as annoying as any other vermin. The
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“PEOPLE WANT THEIR LIVES TO BE WITNESSED.”
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Barbara Ehrenreich spoke with City Paper on Nov. 2, and couldn’t yet discuss the presidential campaign’s outcome. But the author and activist emphasized something a single Election Day won’t change: how little attention politicians and the media pay to Americans in poverty. Ehrenreich, who speaks Nov. 14 at Point Park University, is best known for 2001’s Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, about her cross-country odyssey as a voluntary member of the working poor. Today she says that even as poverty rates — and income inequality — climb, it’s only getting harder to be poor. Lately she’s been reporting on “how hard it is to keep from sliding further and faster once you are in poverty,” she says by phone from her home in Alexandria, Va. The trouble isn’t just bank fees that strike the poor disproportionately, or payday loans. There’s also wage theft by employers (say, requiring workers to report before clock-in time) and laws forcing defendants to pay court costs … or even the price of a jail cell. Poverty stories, inherently advertiserunfriendly, get little media play. In 2001, Ehrenreich and the nonprofit Institute for Policy Studies launched the Economic Hardship Reporting Project. The project raises funds to pay journalists to report on poverty issues, and then places the stories with news outlets. One recent article, by Annette Fuentes, documents the increasing criminalization of truancy. In Dallas, for instance, families of students who miss school can be fined up to $500. But the phenomenon is national. (Some Pennsylvania school districts do it, too.) Sounding a theme from her 2010 bestseller Bright-Sided: How Positive Thinking Is Undermining America, Ehrenreich also criticizes the federal welfare-to-work program Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. “What TANF is, is ‘think positively. We don’t know if there are any jobs out there. But we don’t talk about that. Just think positively.’ Which is a way of saying, ‘It’s all your fault.’” Ehrenreich says economic-justice issues get attention when the poor make noise — though that’s not happened because people fear so much for their jobs. Still, she says, the Occupy movement raised the issue’s profile by emphasizing our “common vulnerability” to job loss, medical bills and foreclosure: “It’s not just some set of people who are lazy, or have bad lifestyles or something, that fall into poverty.”
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Tami Dixon in rehearsal at City Theatre for South Side Stories, with a projection by artist David Pohl
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HEN SHE moved to the South Side Slopes, in 2005, Tami Dixon was awed by the view. From her window, she saw an urban panorama stretching from the Squirrel Hill Tunnels west to past the Point. But the more she learned about the South Side — including the South Side Flats below — the more Dixon was struck by what you could no longer see: the sprawling J&L Steel complex that had dominated the view for a century. The plant had similarly overshadowed life in the neighborhood, but now, she says, “you wouldn’t even know it was there.” The industrial leviathan had been leveled, and then replaced by office buildings and the retail-heavy 130-acre development known as SouthSide Works. Many of the people who had lived in the mill’s domain had disappeared, too. But not all of them. And those are the people whom playwright and performer Dixon honors in
South Side Stories, her one-woman show, premiering this week at City Theatre. The show consists of a series of vignettes and monologues, with Dixon changing accents, affects and body language to portray some 20 characters. The lonely widow of an alcoholic husband; a
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retired mill-worker; and others alternately recall the neighborhood’s working-class past and assess today’s gentrification and East Carson Street bar culture. “I’m really interested in stories of survival,” says Dixon. “This part of the city is a real testament to survival and transition and change. Some people have
weathered it better than others.” Most scenes are drawn from transcripts of interviews with actual South Siders that Dixon conducted over the past four years. (One exception is a verbal don nybrook over a parking chair between an ornery South Side woman and some bar-hopping party girls — a riotous amalgam of observed incidents.) And they’re woven together by Dixon’s personal Slopes saga — a true story that begins when a distraught neighbor accosts her on the street to tell her another neighbor has just died. Dixon, a Cleveland native, studied theater at Carnegie Mellon University and then spent a decade in New York City. She moved here to marry actor Jeffrey Carpenter. Together they run Bricolage Production Co., the troupe known for its Midnight Radio series and adventuresome shows like this past summer’s immersive-theater experience STRATA. CONTINUES ON PG. 38
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Dixon launched her South Side project in 2008, the year City Theatre artistic director Tracy Brigden (then a South Sider herself) helped her successfully apply for a TCG/Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowship. The funding allowed Dixon to study with theatrical mentors like director Ping Chong and improv-comedy guru Keith Johnstone. Meantime, she became one of Pittsburgh’s top stage actresses, with credits at City Theatre, Bricolage, Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre and more. And she began gathering South Side stories. One initiative was 2010’s Story Cart: a two-wheeled basket holding two chairs, an audio recorder and a sign reading “Tell Me a Story” that she set up on street corners and outside bars and coffeehouses. Through Story Cart and more informal talks with neighbors, Dixon recorded some 100 interviews. She was still gathering material in October, when she made pierogies with women at St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Church. “People want their lives to be witnessed,” says Dixon. “That’s how we know that what we’re doing matters.” Dixon says she was surprised that City Theatre included South Side Stories in its current season. But Brigden says Dixon’s reading of the script at City’s 2011 Momentum festival of new plays convinced her. “It was a no-brainer,” says Brigden. The play “had all the elements. … It’s moving and funny, and topical and universal.” The show is directed by Matt M. Morrow, a friend of Dixon’s since their undergraduate days together at CMU. The production, staged in the intimate Lester Hamburg Studio Theatre, features scenic design by Tony Ferrieri and scene-setting projections by artist David Pohl. Some characters in South Side Stories are comical, like the “cat lady” who delivers an hilarious stream-of-consciousness monologue about her love for critters. (“If I see a sign with an animal lost on it, I write the number dahn!”) Some are almost mournful, like a recent Florida transplant who feels isolated on the Slopes. But none is a caricature, and all are intensely human. Dixon says at least one interview subject will see the show: Mikey, whom she portrays sharing his story of youthful Catholic-school shenanigans and whuppings by his mother. She thinks South Side Stories has appeal outside of Pittsburgh: “I would love to go on a Rust Belt America tour, paying homage to this hard-core blue-collar family whose stories don’t often get told.” “I’m inspired by everyday people that are making it,” she adds. “I think by hearing other people’s stories you get a sense of, ‘We’re all in this together.’” D RI S C OL L @ P G HC I T Y PA P E R. C OM
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Luis Fabregas {PHOTO COURTESY OF JUSTIN MERRIMAN}
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ORGAN transplanation has become so commonplace that references to it often border on the blasé. But cutting an organ out of one human body and sewing it into another remains fraught business — for recipients, living donors, their families and doctors, too. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review investigative reporter Luis Fabregas weighs the full cost in his new book, A Transplant for Katy (Fourth River Press). The book traces two intersecting stories. Katy Miller was a vivacious Indiana County college freshman with a degenerative liver disease. In 2005, she became the first patient in a new protocol devised by revered transplantation pioneer Thomas Starzl. The protocol was designed to avoid the use of potentially life-threatening anti-rejection drugs. But Miller’s case ended so poorly that it finally called into question the very idea of live-donor transplants. In a phone interview, Fabregas says he wrote the book “to make sure [Miller] didn’t die in vain.” Fabregas, a native of Puerto Rico, is a Duquesne University grad who’s reported for the Trib since 1999, mostly on medicine. Transplant emphasizes the trust Miller and her family had in UPMC’s physicians: “They came to the best-known transplant center in the
world, and she was told this was going to change transplantation.” Starzl, meanwhile, was in Fabregas’ words “obsessed” with getting patients off immunosuppression drugs. And the transplantation boom he helped launch drove the demand for liver tissue, leading to increased use of live donors (who can give a portion of their livers). Live donation was championed by UPMC’s then-transplant chief Amadeo Marcos, who did Miller’s surgery. In Transplant, Marcos is the most controversial figure: It’s unclear whether he’s more motivated by helping patients or by the desire to grow UPMC’s prestigious and profitable transplant program. Starzl raised alarms about Miller’s case, but Marcos didn’t listen, Fabregas says: “That’s what’s disturbing, that they couldn’t work together to solve the problem.” (Marcos no longer works at UPMC.) Fabregas notes that greed and professional “hubris” played a role in the decision-making. But he is careful about apportioning blame. “I never wanted this book to be anti-transplantation,” he says. “You can’t paint transplantation with a wide brush … but this is a cautionary tale.” While he concludes, in hindsight, that Miller’s transplant wasn’t necessary, her own family still believes in transplantation as well, he says. “I still believe UPMC has the best doctors in medicine,” he says. “The question is what motivates some of those doctors.”
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Sunday, November 18 at 5pm Alumni Concert Hall
JAZZ ORCHESTRA Eric DeFade, Director
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erally a mixed bag, gimmicky, with a lot of laughs and an occasional gem. So it is with the current edition of Future Tenant’s Future Ten 9: 10 Minutes ’Til Doomsday. The eight one-acts tend to be internally inconsistent, often classifiable as comedy skits, but nothing painful. Most genuinely an actual play is Christopher Kent’s study of growing up, of the man leaving behind the things of a child. The hitch in his “Under the Bed,” sensitively directed by John Lane, is that the “things” is a literal “thing”: the monster under the bed who has become best buddy and confidante long after childhood. In a near-permanent snit, Matt Henderson makes the cuddly Balkazar’s petulance part of his charm. Robert Raedner stands well as straight man. Certainly the most clever bit of the evening is Damian Synadinos’ “Effect and Cause,” an amusing puzzle for the audience that I dare not disclose. But I can certainly applaud the metaphorical juggling act by director Joanna Lowe and Magan Dee Yantko and Justin Patrick Mohr in Fahrenheit 451, at Prime Stage Theatre the bizarre demands effected by Fred Betzner as the scientist, Joe Lyons as his antees that if you don’t like one play, it’ll stead, entertaining themselves to death. buddy, and Joel Ambrose as the graceful be over soon and there are more laughs Entire walls of people’s home are floor-toceiling televisions spewing a steady stream waiter under awkward circumstances. on the way. of über-reality shows and serving as an inINF O @PGH C IT YPAPE R . C O M teractive 24/7 link with the ever-watchful FUTURE TEN 9: authorities. So between all of that, and copious psychotropic drugs, the population 10 MINUTES ’TIL has been numbed into submission. {BY TED HOOVER} DOOMSDAY Not exactly an unforeseeable future. continues through Sat., Nov. 10. Future Tenant, 819 Penn Ave., Downtown. Given the import of what he’s saying, IN RAY BRADBURY’S 1951 novel Fahrenheit $10. www.futuretenant.org 451, the government in a dystopic future and the passionate call he issues at the end has outlawed books — the better to curtail for intellectual integrity, I wish I could say Other delectable morsels include Jay independent thinking — and city firemen I enjoyed the show more. The Prime Stage Koepke’s “The Oak Tree,” a response (an- are charged with burning libraries, rather production is under the very resourceful tidote?) to Shel Silverstein’s The Giving than putting out fires. Sixty years later, you direction of Justin Fortunato and a deTree, directed by Todd Betker; Cara and have to wonder how much relevance such a sign team working every theatrical trick it Austin Steinmetz’s over-the-top take story retains: What with the Internet, Kin- knows: J.R. Shaw’s lights, Johnmichael Boon comic-book heroes, “Super Fired,” dles, iPads, et al., pretty soon most people hach’s settings, Angela Baughman’s sound design and Paula Parker’s costumes. But it directed by Don DiGiulio; and Joe Ly- won’t know what a book looked like. can’t shake Bradbury’s adaptation loose ons’ even more extreme “Journey to the from its prose roots. There are huge ideas End of the Night of the Titanic Dragon FAHRENHEIT 451 in this work, a lot of them given wonderful Monsters.” DiGiulio directs the panoracontinues through Sun., Nov. 11. voice by Monteze Freeland playing Capt. ma that delivers lots of chuckles if very New Hazlett Theater, 6 Allegheny Square East, North Side. $10-35. Beatty, but you do feel like you’re being leclittle sense. 888-718-4253 or www.primestage.com tured to. It’s a fascinating oration, undeniRounding out the intimate evening are ably, but the theatricality is quite limited. Christopher Kent’s precariously pretentious Justin Patrick Mohr plays Montag, a fire“Hamlet Cows,” directed by Lowe; Sharon Prime Stage Theatre believes the story Goldner’s touching if unbalanced “Mrs. remains relevant, and presents the Pitts- man who begins to question his world and Greenblatt’s Place in the Universe,” directed burgh premiere of the Bradbury-written those who’ve create it, with a nice sense of the character’s inner-struggle. Daina Miby Lane; and the obvious comedy of Philip stage adaptation of his novel. Kaplan’s “Last Words,” directed by Bettker. The book-burning, as it turns out, is just chelle Griffith is strong as his medicated, If not quite apocalyptic, Future Ten 9: half of Bradbury’s bleak future. In place of but terrified, wife. And an impressive sup10 Minutes ’Til Doomsday at least guar- thought and learning, the citizens are, in- porting cast brings a great deal of power.
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A DECADE ago, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company had a wild idea: Why not solicit short scripts from black and white dramatists, then have the plays directed by members of the “other� race? Pittsburgh gushes theatrical talent, African American and Caucasian — and these people rarely meet across color lines. The Theatre Festival in Black and White is not, in practice, a superlative event. The sets are basic, acting abilities are varied, and some scene changes are nearly as long as the plays that follow. Nearly every one-act seems under-rehearsed, some plotlines are painfully didactic, and some performances are downright boring. But quality isn’t the point, as much as we may desire it. The point is to integrate artists from different backgrounds, and in this role, the festival has been a vital force for nine seasons, forging powerful relationships that would never have existed otherwise. This edition is particularly youthful and includes some strong work, offering hope that a new generation of cross-ethnic artists is gestating. The program consists of two alternating programs, A and B.
beautifully performed by four ďŹ ne young actors. Kudos to Kaitlin Mausser for tight direction and smart transitions. “Diseasedâ€?: It’s not easy to tell an Edwardian werewolf story, but Eva Diodati pulls it off. The most eccentric one-act is also one of the most engaging: Dr. Bertram (Andy Kirkland) visits a murderess in a British asylum (Lissa Brennan, who also directs), hoping to exploit her for a dissertation. Is she mad? Is she actually lycanthropic? Diodati’s moody tale asks what it means to be different — really different. “Styrofoam Cupâ€?: Nuclear or wind power? Playwright Judy Meiksin debates this topical issue through a driven young woman and her grandmother. The play is well researched, but there is neither action nor character. It’s like two canvassing brochures shooting each other with bullet points. What this play needs is some energy. “Bridge Cityâ€?: A pixieish young woman (Felicia Cooper) plans to leap from a bridge, but a know-it-all guardian angel (Harrison Single) gives her sage advice — as to how to best “executeâ€? her jump. Ted Elrick’s script is an homage to Steel City spans and a tribute to life. Despite decent acting and good intentions, the play is much too long, and you may secretly hope they both take the leap.
THIS EDITION IS PARTICULARLY YOUTHFUL AND INCLUDES SOME STRONG WORK.
PROGRAM A “The Tool�: A student describes his professor as a “tool.� The term is new to the prof, and he dwells on its implications. Mike Schwartz’s script is gleefully bizarre, like an SNL sketch with a Dostoyevsky twist. “The Vows�: Playwright Devonne Goode shows a groom (with best man) and bride (with maid of honor) hashing out their last-minute vows. Sentimental and good-humored, “The Vows� is also
tion — we know exactly where this is going. Unfortunately, so does almost anyone who gets racially proďŹ led when somebody ďŹ nds an abandoned bag. Playwright Pat Golden critiques our paranoid zeitgeist, but in the end, there are no answers. If you were cryogenically frozen in early 2001, “Casual Fridaysâ€? is full of surprises.
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American half-siblings. Or do they? Playwright Ray Werner is no Mel Brooks, and although his point is well taken, it’s blunted by bland humor. “Comfort Zoneâ€?: Marlon Youngblood’s drama (directed by Mark Whitehead) opens with startling intensity: Checkers owns a corner store, and he may have ratted to the cops about some local thugs. After 40 years, neighbors and friends air their grievances with Checkers, who only wants the gang violence to end. In the end, the magniďŹ cent dialogue deates, and the actors — an unusually accomplished bunch for this festival — seem to give up. Still, it’s always great to see festival founder Mark Southers onstage; Edwin Gibson is strong as Slick Atkins; and Tony-winner Anthony Chisholm is a treat to watch as Checkers.
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Though he was first known for plays dealing in the absurdist or bizarre (Fuddy Meers, Kimberly Akimbo), David Lindsay-Abaire also successfully works in a realistic key, as in the Pulitzer-winning Rabbit Hole. His latest, last year’s Good People, is set in his native, blue-collar South Boston neighborhood. There, tough, wise-cracking Margie, out of work, looks up an old high school boyfriend who’s now a wealthy doctor. The premiere production, on Broadway, was an awardwinning critical hit. The local premiere, starting tonight at Pittsbugh Public Theater, stars Kelly McAndrew and David Whalen and is directed by City Theatre’s Tracy Brigden. Bill O’Driscoll 8 p.m. Continues through Dec. 9. 621 Penn Ave., Downtown. $15-55. $12-3161600 or www.ppt.org
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features work by three artists connecting traditional craft media with other art practices. Australian metalsmith Melissa Cameron uses computer-aided design to manufacture jewelry from recycled found objects. New York artist Betty Vera weaves photographs into thread with a Jacquard loom. And Philadelphia ceramist Kevin Snipes imposes cartoonstyle sketches onto porcelain forms. Catherine Sylvain Opening reception: 5:308 p.m. Exhibit continues
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A pet parrot is more than just a conversation piece. Says Cathy Schlott, animal-training manager at The National Aviary: “Some of the traits that make parrots so appealing — long lifespans, ability to copy sounds, and intelligence — also make them very challenging to live with.” Today the Aviary offers a day-long workshop for current and prospective parrot owners. Positive Parroting covers training techniques, care, nutrition and health information on all parrots including parakeets, cockatiels, conures, macaws and cockatoos. CS 9 a.m.3 p.m. 700 Arch St., North Side. $50. 412-258-9439 or www.aviary.org
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novel and graphic novel. The protagonist is Collin Heart, a teen-ager in Pittsburgh who, in the midst of a mysterious global suicide epidemic, is attempting to complete a documentary about his dead friend. McCloskey is back from a 20-city reading tour for tonight’s release party at Downtown’s Awesome Books. Nate McDonough also reads, along with contributors via Skype. BO 7 p.m. 929 Liberty Ave., Downtown. Free. thecyberpunkapocalypse. tumblr.com
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Class releases its Fall 2 line of original streetwear, from T-shirts and crew necks to longsleeve shirts and hoodies. With its images of motorcycles and steel mills, and a sometimesthrowback aesthetic, WRK’n Class salutes the region’s bluecollar roots. It boasts that its clothing is American made, from domestic cotton to the stitching. The release includes an early-evening party. BO Noon-8 p.m. (party: 4-8 p.m.). 5169 Butler St., Lawrenceville. Free. 412-781-6847
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Writer Neil Gaiman has an enviable ability to blend fantasy and reality in his work, while making real a number of his own dreams. From starting out as a journalist struggling to interest British newspaper editors in stories about comics, Gaiman went on to create his own best-selling comic series, The Sandman (1989), whose main character is the embodiment of dreams. His first solo novel, Stardust, was adapted into the 2007 fairytale film starring Robert De Niro. He spun mythology into the classic American road trip with his bestselling 2001 novel American Gods, and followed childhood hero C.S. Lewis’ footsteps by winning the Carnegie Medal, for his 2008 children’s novel The Graveyard Book. More recently, Gaiman achieved the dream of just about anyone growing up in Britain in the 1970s by writing an episode of Doctor Who. Gaiman speaks Wed., Nov. 14, in a special Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures event at Carnegie Music Hall. Neil Gaiman & An Evening of Stardust marks the 15th anniversary edition of the novel, but Gaiman has confessed he “will undoubtedly talk about other things, especially The Ocean at the End of the Lane.” The 2013 release will be his first solo novel for adults since 2006. Catherine Sylvain 7:30 p.m. Wed., Nov. 14. 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland. $15-30 ($10 students). 412-622-8866 or www.pittsburghlectures.org
ers and more. It’s all courtesy of New Dimension Comics. Frequent NDC guest Ron Frenz (Spider-Man, Thor) headlines a roster of some two dozen mainstream and indie comics artists at Century III Mall. For the ultimate fan-boy (or -girl) experience, there’s even a trivia contest hosted by Dr. Who impersonators. BO 11 a.m.-5 p.m. 3075 Clairton Road, West Mifflin. $3. 412-965-1487 or www.ndcomics.com
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“A one-word name refuses gender identity, marital status, sociopolitical or cultural and geographical identity by not separating the family name and the first name,” states Kimsooja. “A one-word name is an anarchist’s name.” The Korean-born artist combines performance, video and installation to address the displaced self. She has worked in New York City, Paris and Seoul since her first solo exhibit in 1979. She speaks tonight at the Carnegie Mellon School of Art’s Kresge Theater for its Visiting Artist Lecture Series. CS 5 p.m. 5000 Forbes Ave., Oakland. Free. 412-2682409 or www.cmu.edu/art
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work. Artist in the Window. Metal photography by JP Diroll. Frazier. 724-275-7001. BOKSENBAUM FINE ARTS GALLERY. A Photographic Journey: Israel, Palestine, Egypt & more. Photography by Alex Goldblum. Squirrel Hill. 412-421-3212. BOULEVARD GALLERY. Traveling Art Show. Multimedia art exhibit presented by the North Hills Art Center. Verona. 412-828-1031. BOXHEART GALLERY. Minimally Charged. Paintings by Jackie Hoysted. Bloomfield. 412-687-8858. CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART. Whistler & Rebellion in the Art World. An exhibit feat. Whistler’s aesthetically radical prints. White Cube, Green Maze: New Art Landscapes. 6 innovative institutions dedicated to the experience of culture & nature. Cory Arcangel: Masters. Repurposed readymade digital technology. Oakland. 412-622-3131. CATHOLIC CHARITIES BUILDING. Park Journeys: Yellowstone. Work by Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild students. Opens Sept. 28, 5:30 p.m. Part of the Gallery Crawl. Downtown. 412-456-6999. CONTINUES ON PG. 47
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THE AMISH MONKEYS. Improv sketch comedy. 8 p.m. Gemini Theater, Point Breeze. 412-243-5201. BILL BENDEN, AUGGIE COOK, TOM MUSIAL. Funny Fundraiser. 6:30 p.m. Glassport Citizens Hose Co. #1, Glassport. 412-672-2025. DR. GODDESS: SMARTMOUTHED. 10:30 p.m. Cabaret at Theater Square, Downtown. 412-325-6769. THE LUPONES: MADE UP MUSICALS. 8 p.m. Steel City Improv Theater, North Side. 412-322-1000. THE UNION: RUNNIN’ DOWN A DREAM. 9:30 p.m. Steel City Improv Theater, North Side. 412-322-1000.
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THE DEATH SHOW: AN IMPROVISED FUNERAL. 8 p.m. Steel City Improv Theater, North Side. 412-322-1000. JOE EBERLE, SHARON DALY, DAVID KAYE. 7:30 p.m. Village Tavern & Trattoria, West End. 412-458-0417. NEBBY SPECTRES. Second Fri of every month, 9:30 p.m. Steel City Improv Theater, North Side. 412-322-1000. PITTSBURGH COMEDY SHOWCASE W/ MIKE WYSOCKI.
COMEDY KICKOFF. Free Pizza and DJ 6-8 p.m., comedy, sketches, videos 8-9 p.m., Band 9-10 p.m., DJ till 11 p.m. Presented by Performance for People. Mon. Thru Dec. 17 Rex Theater, South Side. 412-381-6811. ERICK WILLIAMS. Mon, 9 p.m. Thru Dec. 31 Inn-Termission Lounge, South Side. 412-381-3497. OPEN MIC COMEDY. Hosted by Aaron Kleiber. Mon, 9 p.m. Thru Dec. 31 Pleasure Bar, Bloomfield. 412-682-9603.
TOTALLY FREE MONDAYS. Mon, 8 p.m. Steel City Improv Theater, North Side. 412-322-1000.
the historic performance of Jesse Owens. Curated by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Opens Oct. 25. Downtown. 412-258-2700. BOST BUILDING. Collectors. OPEN MIC STAND UP COMEDY Preserved materials reflecting NITE. Hosted by Derek Minto & the industrial heritage of John Pridmore. Tue, 9:30 p.m. Southwestern PA. Homestead. Smiling Moose, South Side. 412-464-4020. 412-612-4030. CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART. SCHITZ N GIGGLZ COMEDY Inventing the Modern World: NIGHT. Open mic comedy Decorative Arts at the hosted by Brad Ryan. World’s Fairs, 1851–1939. 8:15 p.m. Obey House, Furniture, metalwork, Crafton. 412-922-3883. glass, ceramics, textiles, & jewelry produced by . w w w Herman Miller, Tiffany, JOKEE OAKEE. aper p ty ci h g p more. Oakland. Comedy open stage .com 412-622-3131. hosted by Tonnochi:B. CARNEGIE MUSEUM Wed Younger’s, North Side. OF NATURAL HISTORY. 412-452-3267. Empowering Women: Artisan STAND-UP COMEDY OPEN Cooperatives that Transform MIC. Wed, 8 p.m. The BeerHive, Communities. Folk art objects Strip District. 412-904-4502. illustrating the power of women working together to provide for their families, educate ALLEGHENY-KISKI VALLEY their children, promote HERITAGE MUSEUM. Military equality, & give back to their artifacts and exhibits on communities. BugWorks. Feat. the Allegheny Valley’s beautiful photography of insects, industrial heritage. Tarentum. amazing specimens, & live bugs! 724-224-7666. Life: A Journey Through Time AUGUST WILSON CENTER & Population Impact thru Jan., FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN Winging It: Experimental Gallery CULTURE. The Nazi Olympics: About Birds thru March, Lord Berlin 1936. An exhibit exploring of the Crane Flies thru April. 1936 Olympic Games including Ongoing: Earth Revealed, use of propaganda, the boycott debate, history of the torch run, & Dinosaurs In Their Time, more.
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Oakland. 412-622-3131. CARNEGIE SCIENCE CENTER. Ongoing: Buhl Digital Dome (planetarium), Miniature Railroad and Village, USS Requin submarine, and more. North Side. 412-237-3400. COMPASS INN. Demos and tours with costumed guides featuring this restored stagecoach stop. Ligonier. 724-238-4983. FALLINGWATER. Tour the famed Frank Lloyd Wright house. Ohiopyle. 724-329-8501. FORT PITT MUSEUM. Reconstructed fort houses museum of Pittsburgh history circa French & Indian War and American Revolution. Downtown. 412-281-9285. FRICK ART & HISTORICAL CENTER. Ongoing: tours of Clayton, the Frick estate, with classes, car & carriage museum. Point Breeze. 412-371-0600. HARTWOOD ACRES. Tour this Tudor mansion and stable complex, and enjoy hikes and outdoor activities in the surrounding park. Allison Park. 412-767-9200. KENTUCK KNOB. Tour the other Frank Lloyd Wright house. Chalk Hill. 724-329-8501. KERR MEMORIAL MUSEUM. Tours of a restored 19th-century, middle-class home. Oakmont. 412-826-9295. MARIDON MUSEUM. Collection includes jade and ivory statues
from China and Japan, as well as Meissen porcelain. Butler. 724-282-0123. MCGINLEY HOUSE & MCCULLY LOG HOUSE. Historic homes open for tours, lectures and more. Monroeville. 412-373-7794. NATIONAL AVIARY. Home to more than 600 birds from over 200 species. With classes, lectures, demos and more. North Side. 412-323-7235. PHIPPS CONSERVATORY & BOTANICAL GARDEN. 14 indoor rooms & 3 outdoor gardens feature exotic plants and floral displays from around the world. Oakland. 412-622-6914. PHOTO ANTIQUITIES. Tintypes. Photographs on polished steel that brought the first lower-cost, indestructible photos within price range of the average person. North Side. 412-231-7881. PITTSBURGH ZOO & PPG AQUARIUM. Home to 4,000 animals, including many endangered species. Highland Park. 412-665-3639. RACHEL CARSON HOMESTEAD. A Reverence for Life. Photos and artifacts of her life & work. Springdale. 724-274-5459. SENATOR JOHN HEINZ HISTORY CENTER. Gridiron Glory: The Best of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. More than 200 football artifacts, rare photos, & one-of-a-kind documents. Ongoing: Western PA Sports Museum, Clash of Empires, CONTINUES ON PG. 48
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CHATHAM UNIVERSITY. InterRelated: One Artist’s Response to Silent Spring. Monoprints, mixed media & installation by Kate Cheney Chappell. Culture in Context. African Art from the Olkes Collection. Shadyside. 412-365-1232. CHRISTINE FRECHARD GALLERY. Sculptural Works. Work by Pasquale Pristera, Anita Kushner, William Rock, & Felipe Garcia Huidobro. Squirrel Hill. 412-421-8888. EASTSIDE GALLERY. Ceramic Creatures. Work by Bernie Pintar. East Liberty. 412-465-0140. FE GALLERY. CREEP. Installation pieces from 9 artists. Costume party Nov. 10, 7-11 p.m. Lawrenceville. 412-860-6028. FILMMAKERS GALLERIES. Marcellus Shale Documentary Project. More than 50 photographic images which tell the stories of Pennsylvanians affected by the Marcellus Shale gas industry. Curated by Laura Domencic. Oakland. 412-681-5449. FRICK ART & HISTORICAL CENTER. Impressions of Interiors. Paintings by Walter Gay. Permanent collection of European Art. Point Breeze. 412-371-0600. GALERIE WERNER, THE MANSIONS ON FIFTH. Moods of Pittsburgh II: Expired Mills, Inspired Landscapes. Group show. Oakland. 412-716-1390. GALLERIE CHIZ. Crossing Borders. Work by Peter Calaboyias, Manuela Holban, Japa, Marina Mozhayeva, more. Shadyside. 412-441-6005. THE GALLERY 4. Silver Bullet. New work by Brian Holderman (including at custom pinball machine). Shadyside. 412-363-5050. GAY & LESBIAN COMMUNITY CENTER. A World of Art. Work by Leah Bevilacqua, Jon Howe, Gemma Allan, & Sylvia K. Downtown. 412-422-0114. GLENN GREENE STAINED GLASS STUDIO INC. Original Glass Art by Glenn Greene. Exhibition of new work, recent work & older work. Regent Square. 412-243-2772. HUNT INSTITUTE FOR BOTANICAL DOCUMENTATION. Portraits of a Garden, Brooklyn Botanic Garden Florilegium. Showcasing watercolors & drawings of 48 American botanical artists, archiving plants growing at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Oakland. 412-268-2434. INTERNATIONAL IMAGES. Journey Through Georgia. Work by Dato Shushania, Vissarion Bakradze, Alexander Bandzeladze & Gogi Mikaladze. Sewickley. 412-741-3036. JAMES GALLERY. HYBRIDS:
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and exhibits on local history, more. Strip District. 412-454-6000. SOCIETY FOR CONTEMPORARY CRAFT SATELLITE GALLERY. Badges & Buttons, Waistcoats & Vests. Highlights badges by 20 makers from the US & the UK. Downtown. 412-261-7003 x 12. ST. ANTHONY’S CHAPEL. Features 5,000 relics of Catholic saints. North Side. 412-323-9504. ST. NICHOLAS CROATIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. Maxo Vanka Murals. Mid-20th century murals depicting war, social justice and the immigrant experience in America. Millvale. 421-681-0905. WEST OVERTON MUSEUMS. Learn about distilling and coke-making in this pre-Civil War industrial village. Scottdale. 724-887-7910.
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ALL THAT JAZZ! PRIME STAGE THEATRE GALA. New Orleans cuisine, cash bar, auction, more. Hosted by Jeff Calhoun. 6:309:30 p.m. New Hazlett Theater, North Side. 724-773-0700. NCJW DESIGNER DAYS PATRON EVENT: A CHECKOUT LINE. Shopping, hors d’oeuvres, raffles, more. Benefits the National Council of Jewish Women Pittsburgh. 6-9 p.m.
[COMEDY] Monroeville Convention Center, Monroeville. 412-421-6118.
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AFTER HOURS AT THE LIBRARY. Live music by Phat Man Dee, make your own wine charms, play “Are You Smarter Than a Librarian,” more. 5:30 p.m. Carnegie Library, Downtown. ARBOR AID. Hug A Tree Photo 412-622-6502. Booth, live music by Valeria y BIGGIES BULLIES BASH. Lucia & Lone Pine String Drink specials, raffles, Band, more. Benefits more. Proceeds go Tree Pittsburgh. toward helping 6:30 p.m. The Wheel bully breed dogs. Mill, Homewood. www. per pa 6-9 p.m. Carson City 412-362-6360. pghcitym .co Saloon, South Side. GIRLS OF STEEL 412-481-3203. FUNDRAISING PARTY. THE CHILDREN’S A night of music & fun HOMETOWN HERO LUNCHEON. to benefit the Girls of Steel Lunch, silent & Chinese auctions, Robotics Team. www.girls program by Dr. Jennifer Arnold. ofsteelrobotics.com 6:30-11 p.m. Benefits The Children’s Home Assemble, Garfield. of Pittsburgh & Lemieux HIP HOP TIME MACHINE. Feat. Family Center. 11:30 a.m.DJs J.Malls, Selecta, Sean MC, & 1:30 p.m. Consol Energy Center, Thermos playing hip-hop from Uptown. 412-441-4884. 1970s-00s. Presented by Pgh JAMI LUVFEST. Live music, food Party for a Purpose, benefiting & beverages, raffles. Benefits the The Arts Greenhouse. 9 p.m. Greater Pittsburgh Community Shadow Lounge, East Liberty. Food Bank, in memory of Billie 412-302-4284. Marlowe. www.jamiluvfest.com OLDIES DANCE W/ DJ TERRY 7-10 p.m. The ToonSeum, LEE. Advanced ticket sales only. Downtown. 412-232-0199. Most Holy Name of Jesus Parish, SYMPHONY FOR A CAUSE Troy Hill. 412 231-2994 x.3. FOODRAISER. Symphony POINTE IN TIME GALA: A performance on a big screen, PARISIAN CABARET. Moulin refreshments, more. Bring a Rouge-themed party feat. live non-perishable food item to auction, various entertainment, benefit the PHSA. 8 p.m. Faith more. Benefits Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. 6 p.m. Westin Convention Center Hotel, Downtown. 412-454-9137.
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WEIHNACHTSMARKT. Christmas market feat. over 40 artisans & vendors, wagon rides, more. Benefits Historic Harmony. Nov. 10-11 Harmony Museum, Harmony. 724-452-7341.
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BOOK ‘EM BOOKS TO PRISONERS WORK PARTY. Read & code letters, pick books, pack ‘em or database ‘em! Sundays 4-7 p.m. or by appt. Thomas Merton Center, Garfield. 412-361-3022. ISABELLA’S CELEBRATE LIFE LUNCHEON & AUCTION. Benefits The Children’s Home of Pittsburgh & Lemieux Family Center. 1 p.m. J&L Grill Co., South Side. 412-944-2300. KNOCK OUT CANCER. Dining, live entertainment, auctions, more. Benefits Young Women’s Breast Cancer Awareness Foundation, Obediah Cole Foundation for Prostate Cancer, National Ovarian Cancer Coalition, & the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. 6-9:30 p.m. Galleria Mall, Mt. Lebanon. MUSICAL BENEFIT FOR THE HOMELESS. Artistree, Kevin Howard, Ms Teresa Hawthorne, & Gina Yohe. Benefits Light of Life Rescue Mission. 7 p.m.
Dr. Goddess — a.k.a. Kimberly Ellis — is a writer, activist, Ph.D, social-media force (she’s been called one of the “Most Influential Black Women on Twitter”), and performer who played 15 different roles in 2004’s Dr. Goddess! A One Woman Show. This Saturday, she’ll present her new comedy/variety show, SmartMouthed: Dr. Goddess Stands Up! Expect sketches, songs, poetry and a healthy dose of the doctor’s razor-sharp irreverence. 10 p.m. Sat., Nov. 10. Cabaret at Theater Square. 655 Penn Ave., Downtown. $10. Call 412-325-6769 or visit www.drgoddess.com. The Improv, Waterfront. 412-462-5233. WOODY’S WASHES 5TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION. “Yappy” Hour refreshments, raffles, more. Helps benefit Angel Ridge Animal Shelter. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Woody’s Self Serve Dog Wash & Pet Boutique, South Park. 412-714-4644.
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LADIES HOSPITAL AID SOCIETY FALL LUNCHEON. Cooking demo w/ chef Ian Knauer, vintage handbag auction, more. 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Lemont, Mt. Washington. 412-648-6106. YWCA RACIAL JUSTICE AWARDS DINNER. Honoring people & organizations that have made lasting contributions to the region by helping eliminate racial inequity. 5:30 p.m. Westin Convention Center Hotel, Downtown. 412-255-1261.
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GERTRUDE STEIN POLITICAL CLUB OF GREATER PITTSBURGH. Meetings of group devoted to LGBT issues in electoral politics. Second Thu of every month, 7 p.m. United Cerebral Palsy of Pittsburgh, Oakland. 412-521-2504.
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OCCUPY PITTSBURGH TEACH-IN: TRANSFORMING EDUCATION FOR THE 99%. Discuss resisting student debt, education & community, adjunct faculty organizing, more. 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. William Pitt Union, Oakland. 412-860-9513.
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THE 3 POEMS BY . . . Poetry discussion group feat. work by Wislawa Szymborska. 7:30 p.m. Carnegie Library, Oakland. 412-622-3151. BOUND TOGETHER BOOK CLUB. The Devil in the White City by
Erik Larson. 6:30 p.m. Carnegie Museum of Art, Oakland. 412-622-3288. ENGLISH LEARNERS’ BOOK CLUB. For advanced ESL students. Presented in cooperation w/ the Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council. Thu, 1 p.m. Mount Lebanon Public Library, Mt. Lebanon. 412-531-1912. THE HOUR AFTER HAPPY HOUR WRITER’S WORKSHOP. Young writers & recent graduates looking for additional feedback on their work. Thu The Big Idea Bookstore & Cafe, Bloomfield. 412-687-4323. PAUL YOON. Author of Once the Shore. Part of the Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series. 8:30 p.m. Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Oakland. 412-624-6508. PITTSBURGH WRITES. Weekly writer’s workshop. Thu Crazy Mocha Coffee Company, Sewickley. 412-708-3312. SPANISH CONVERSATION CLUB. Second and Fourth Thu of every month, 6 p.m. Carnegie Library, Oakland. 412-622-3151.
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CONVERSATION SALON. Second Fri of every month, 2 p.m. and Fourth Wed of every month, 1 p.m. Northland Public Library, McCandless. 412-366-8100. ELISE D’HAENE & SAMANTHA BARRETT. Part of the Mad Fridays Reading Series. 7 p.m. Delanie’s Coffee, South Side. 412-927-4030. OAKLAND OPEN MIC. Poetry, music & political speeches welcome. Second and Fourth Fri of every month, 7 p.m. 610-731-1804. VIRGINIA EUBANKS. Reading & book signing w/ author of Digital Dead End:Fighting for Social Justice in the Information Age. 6 p.m. The Big Idea Bookstore & Cafe, Bloomfield. 412-687-4323. WRITERS’ OPEN MIC NIGHT. All genres of written/spoken word welcome. Second Fri of every month, 7-9 p.m. Reads Ink Bookshop, Vandergrift. 724-567-7236.
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A FILM ABOUT BILLY. Release party for Daniel McCloskey’s new graphic novel. 7 p.m. Cyberpunk Apocalypse, Lawrenceville. PITTSBURGH WRITERS PROJECT - ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS. Second Sat of every month, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Green Tree Public Library, Green Tree. 412-921-9292.
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AN EVENING W/ BARBARA EHRENREICH. Author of Nickel & Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America. Part of the Global Cultural Studies Public Speakers’ Series. 6 p.m. Point Park University, Downtown. 412-391-4100.
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SEUSSICAL. Thu-Sat. Thru Nov. 16 Duquesne University, Uptown. 724-630-4805.
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BACKYARD EXHIBIT. Musical swing set, sandbox, solar-powered instruments, more. Ongoing Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, North Side. 412-322-5058. CHARLIE & KIWI’S EVOLUTIONARY ADVENTURE. Join Charlie as he travels back to the Age of Dinosaurs to discover how evolution works. Feat. story theater & discovery area. Presented by Commonwealth Connections Academy. Tue-Sun. Thru May 12 Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Oakland. 412-622-3131. MISSING LINKS (THE RAINBOW JUMPY). Bounce, jump, roll, run & walk through a 30-foot inflatable “jumpy” art piece created by Felipe Dulzaides. On loan from The New Children’s Museum, San Diego CA. Thru Feb. 3, 2013 Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, North Side. 412-322-5058. TOUGH ART. Interactive artworks feat. John Pena, Scott Andrew, Jonathan Armistead, Jeremy Boyle, Kevin Clancy & Will Schlough. Thru Jan. 13, 2013 Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, North Side. 412-322-5058.
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CELEBRATE! FITNESS. Learn how to make healthy exercise & food choices, create their own jump ropes from recycled materials, more. Ages 8-12. 10 a.m.-12 p.m. & 1-3 p.m. Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Garden, Oakland. 412-622-6914. COOK IT! Chef Angelo shows you how to prepare easy, delicious recipes for your next family feast. Sat. Thru Nov. 17 Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, North Side. 412-322-5058. FREE COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA FOR FAMILIES. All levels of orchestra instruments are invited. Parents are invited to join & play w/ their children. Sat, 3-4:30 p.m. Thru May 18 East Liberty Presbyterian Church, East Liberty. 412-441-3800 x 11.
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JACK & THE BEANSTALK. Interactive musical. Sat, Sun. Thru Nov. 11 Gemini Theater, Point Breeze. 412-243-5201.
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CRANBERRY TWP. CINDERELLA PAGEANT. All-Natural Pageant for Young Ladies ages 0-26.
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BROWN BAG LUNCH BUNCH. A lunchtime story for kids ages 3-6. Mon, 12:30 p.m. Penguin Bookshop, Sewickley. 412-741-3838. HERBAL ALCHEMY ADVENTURES II. Learn the art of potion making w/ everyday plants. Ages 7-13. Mon, 3:155 p.m. Thru Nov. 19 Irma Freeman Center for Imagination, Garfield. 412-924-0634. LITTLE PEEPERS: MUNCHKINS MONDAYS. Story telling and bird programs. Second Mon of every month National Aviary, North Side. 412-323-7235.
CANDLELIGHT OPEN HOUSE. An 18th century evening of camaraderie & commerce. 4-8 p.m. Historic Hanna’s Town, Greensburg. 724-836-1800. CHINESE CONVERSATION CLUB. Second Thu of every month, 6-7 p.m. and Fourth Thu of every month Carnegie Library, Oakland. 412-622-3116. CITY DHARMA. Soto Zen Meditation. jisen@deepspringzen. org Thu, 6:30-8:15 p.m. Church of the Redeemer, Squirrel Hill. COME ALIVE THROUGH REGENERATIVE DESIGN. Speakers: Bill Reed & Joel
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The Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank’s Fall FoodShare Drive is underway. Volunteers are needed to attend to donation areas, and to hand out “most needed” shopping lists — which encourage shoppers to buy a few extra items to donate — at area Giant Eagle stores. Many locations and dates available. Families and groups are welcome. Through Nov. 17. Visit www.pittsburghfood bank.org/volunteer for information. STUDIO STUFF: SPLAT MONSTERS. Experiment w/ different techniques to move paint. Ages 2-5. Mon, Wed, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Thru Nov. 14 Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, North Side. 412-322-5058.
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STUDIO STUFF: SPLAT MONSTERS. Experiment w/ different techniques to move paint. Ages 2-5. Mon, Wed, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Thru Nov. 14 Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, North Side. 412-322-5058.
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WISE WALK. 1-mile walk around Oakland. Fri, 10:30 a.m. Thru Jan. 25 Carnegie Library, Oakland. 412-622-3151.
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THREE RIVERS THUNDER DRUM CIRCLE. Flagstaff Hill. Sat, 3 p.m. Schenley Park, Oakland. 412-255-2539. WILDERNESS SURVIVAL 101. Presented by Venture Outdoors. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Frick Park, Regent Square. 412-255-0564.
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SURVIVAL BASICS. Tue, 3-4:30 p.m. Schenley Park, Oakland. 412-477-4677.
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WEDNESDAY MORNING WALK. Naturalist-led, rain or shine. Wed Beechwood Farms, Fox Chapel. 412-963-6100.
Glanzberg. Inspire Speakers Series. 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Garden, Oakland. 412-622-6914. AN EVENING W/ DARIETH CHISOLM: WOMEN MAKING IT WORK. 6:30 p.m. HHCG Corporate Office, Penn Hills. 412-423-8298. GEEKS RULE! Feat. Geek TV, Geeks Game Night, Dr. Sketchy night, Toons & Brews, Yoda Yoga, Geek Show & Tell, more. Every other Thu, 7:30 p.m. Thru Dec. 13 The ToonSeum, Downtown. 412-232-0199. INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF PITTSBURGH. Social, cultural club of American/international women. Thu First Baptist Church, Oakland. iwap. pittsburgh@gmail.com. MEET ‘N MAKE. Open crafting night. Second Thu of every month, 6-8 p.m. Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse, Homewood. 412-473-0100. PFLAG BUTLER. Support, education & advocacy for the LGBTQ community, family & friends. Second Thu of every month, 7 p.m. Covenant Presbyterian Church, Butler. 412-518-1515. RENAISSANCE DANCE GUILD. Learn a variety of dances from the 15-17th centuries. Porter Hall, Room A18A. Thu, 8 p.m. Carnegie Mellon University, Oakland. 412-567-7512. WEST COAST SWING. Swing dance lessons for all levels. Thu, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh Dance Center, Bloomfield. 412-681-0111.
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POST-COMBAT PROBLEMS IN THE 21ST CENTURY. Addressing the issues faced in America with the return of tens of thousands of U.S. servicemen & women from Iraq & Afghanistan. Part of the Wecht Institute’s 12th annual conference. http://www.duq.edu/ events/post-combat Nov. 8-9 Duquesne University, Uptown. 412-396-6000.
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21+ NIGHT: THE ART & SCIENCE OF GLASS. Learn about the science of melting glass & how it gets its color. Feat. glass blower & artist, Bob Greer. 6-10 p.m. Carnegie Science Center, North Side. 412-237-3400. AFRICAN DRUM WORKSHOP. w/ Aboubacar (Amo) Soumah from Guinea West Africa. All levels welcome. 6:30-8 p.m. Irma Freeman Center for Imagination, Garfield. 412-403-7502. LANCE OUT LOUD BOOK SIGNING & RECEPTION. w/ Pat Loud & Christopher Makos. Screening of An American Family, discussion on Lance Loud & Andy Warhol, more. 7 p.m. Andy Warhol Museum, North Side. 412-237-8300. LUBE IDOL. American Idol-style singing contest. Fri. Thru Jan. 18 Quaker Steak & Lube, Cranberry. 724-778-9464. PUBLIC ART WALKING TOUR. Begins at Market St. & Fifth Ave., Downtown. 7 p.m. 412-391-2060 x 237. WHEN HOMELAND TERROR PASSES FOR BUREAUCRATIC SECURITY: THE WIRE MEETS THE OFFICE. Lecture w/ Professor Alan Nadel. 4:30 p.m. Carnegie Mellon University, Oakland. 412-268-6094.
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COUNTRY CHRISTMAS BAZAAR. Nov. 9-10, 11 a.m.4 p.m. St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, Carnegie. 412-279-3615.
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AFRICAN DANCE WORKSHOP. w/ Mamady Sano, from Guinea, West Africa. All levels welcome. 2:30-4 p.m. Waldorf School of Pittsburgh, Bloomfield. 412-403-7502. AFRICAN NIGHT. Live music & dance performances, drum circle, more. 7 p.m. Irma Freeman Center for Imagination, Garfield. 412-403-7502. FALL FLEA MARKET. 8 a.m.12 p.m. Bulgarian-Macedonian National Education and Cultural Center, West Homestead. 412-461-6188. FARM TO TABLE HARVEST TASTING. Sample fresh foods from dozens of local farms & restaurants, sip local wines, beer, & enjoy live music from Two Turntables & a Saxophone. 3-7 p.m. Bakery Square, Unknown. THE FIRST STEP: MECHANICS OF STARTING A SMALL BUSINESS. 9-11 a.m. Hosanna House, Wilkinsburg. 412-648-1389.
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Pittsburgh’s seen something of a record-fair boom in recent years, but none is as long-
running as the Pittsburgh Record & CD Convention. It’s back for the XXXVth time — that’s 35 if you’re rusty — and any collector is bound to find something in the mix of psych, metal, doo-wop and most everything else. Famed local DJ Terry Lee will be around from noon until 2 p.m. 10 a.m.–4 p.m., Sun. Nov. 11. DoubleTree Hotel, 101 DoubleTree Drive, Green Tree. Free; $10 early-bird admission from 8-10 a.m. 412-331-5021. KOREAN FOR BEGINNERS. Korean grammar & basic conversation. Sat, 1 p.m. Carnegie Library, Oakland. 412-622-3151. KOREAN II. For those who already have a basic understanding of Korean & are interested in increasing proficiency. Sat Carnegie Library, Oakland. 412-622-3151. SATURDAY NIGHT SALSA CRAZE. Free lessons, followed by dancing. Sat, 10 p.m. La Cucina Flegrea, Downtown. 412-708-8844. SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING. Lessons 7-8 p.m., social dancing follows. No partner needed. Mon, 7 p.m. and Sat, 7 p.m. Grace Episcopal Church, Mt. Washington. 412-683-5670. SECOND SATURDAY AT THE SPINNING PLATE. Art exhibits w/ various musical, literary & artistic performances. Second Sat of every month Spinning Plate Gallery, Friendship. 412-441-0194. SECOND SATURDAY WORKSHOP: PASTEL DRAWING. Explore techniques to make the most of pastels to create quick, yet detailed, drawings. 11 a.m.2 p.m. Trust Arts Education Center, Downtown. SEW AWESOME 1: TOTE BAGS FOR FOOD BANKS. Introduction to machine sewing. Helps benefit the Pittsburgh Tote Bag Project. 1-4 p.m. Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse, Homewood. 412-473-0100. SPANISH CONVERSATION GROUP. Friendly, informal. Union Project cafe. Sat, 3:30-5:30 p.m.
Union Project, Highland Park. 412-362-6108. ST. URSULA PARISH CRAFT & VENDOR FAIR. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. St. Ursula School, Allison Park. 412-654-4721. SWING CITY. Learn & practice swing dancing skills. Sat, 8 p.m. Wightman School, Squirrel Hill. 412-759-1569. VENDOR & CRAFT EXPO. 11 a.m.3 p.m. Haine Elementary & Middle School, Cranberry. 724-776-2016.
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GALLERY GOODIES. Arts & crafts market. Sat, Sun. Thru Dec. 2 Fe Gallery, Lawrenceville. 412-254-4038.
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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS CAFE. Weekly letter writing event. Sun, 4-6 p.m. Panera Bread, Oakland. 412-683-3727. ARABIC FOR BEGINNERS. Second and Third Sun of every month Carnegie Library, Oakland. 412-622-3151. FROM PLANNING TO CANNING GARDENING CLASS. Fourth and Second Sun of every month Pittsburgh Public Market, Strip District. 412-281-4505. HEALTHY HAIR CONVENTION. Demos, classes, more. For all hair types. 11 a.m.-7:30 p.m. DoubleTree Monroeville, Monroeville. 1-888-937-5159. LIVING IN THE ONENESS OF A POST-2012 NEW EARTH.
Presented by the Theosophical Society in Pittsburgh. Woodland Hall, room 103. 1:30 p.m. Chatham University, Shadyside. 412-462-4200. PITTSBURGH COMIC & COLLECTIBLES SHOW. Presented by New Dimension Comics. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Century III Mall, West Mifflin. 412-655-8661. THE PITTSBURGH RECORD & CD CONVENTION XXXV. Record vendors, memorabilia, more. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. DoubleTree Hotel, Green Tree. 412-331-5021. PUTTING PITTSBURGH ON THE MAP OF AMERICAN JEWISH URBAN HISTORY. Lecture by Deborah Dash Moore, University of Michigan. Q&A session & dessert reception to follow. 6 p.m. Jewish Community Center, Squirrel Hill. 412-624-2280. SEW AWESOME 2: APRONS FROM TOTE BAGS. 1-4 p.m. Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse, Homewood. 412-473-0100. SPECIAL NEEDS BALLROOM PROGRAM. Free ballroom dance classes to teens & adults w/ intellectual disabilities. Sun, 1-2 p.m. Thru Nov. 25 Steel City Ballroom, Mt. Lebanon. 412-999-3998. STEEL CITY ROLLER DERBY. The Penn Bruisers vs. The Allegheny Avengers. 6 p.m. Romp & Roll Skating Rink, Glenshaw. 412-486-4117.
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WORKPLACE VIOLENCE PREVENTION SEMINAR. Presented by AlliedBarton Security Services. RSVP encouraged. 7:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Rivers Club, Downtown. 212-532-2208.
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ART BAR. A grown-up art class for all levels. Materials are provided. 7 p.m. Club Cafe, South Side. 412-573-9590. GRIEVING DURING THE HOLIDAYS. Program presented by Family Hospice & Palliative Care. 5:30 p.m. Presbyterian Church of Plum Creek, Plum. 412-793-4525. LET’S SPEAK ENGLISH! Practice conversational English. Wed, 5 p.m. Carnegie Library, Oakland. 412-622-3151. OBSCURE GAMES/PUB GAME NIGHT. 7 p.m. Hambone’s, Lawrenceville. 412-681-4318. THE PITTSBURGH SHOW OFFS. A meeting of jugglers & spinners. All levels welcome. Wed, 7:30 p.m. Union Project, Highland Park. 412-363-4550. PITTSBURGH’S LARGEST HAPPY HOUR. Business networking mixer. Presented by the Pittsburgh Social Exchange. 6-8 p.m. Luke Wholey’s Wild Alaskan Grille, Strip District. 412-904-4509. SOFTWARE ENGIBEERING. Software community event w/ tech talks, local craft beer, & food. 6:30 p.m. ShowClix www. per Headquarters, a p pghcitym Downtown. .co 412-352-4802. WEST COAST SWING WEDNESDAYS. Swing dance lessons. Wed, 9 p.m. The Library, South Side. 916-287-1373.
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CHINESE TEA CEREMONY. Experience traditional Gong Fu Cha to cultivate & explore the true Way of Tea. 7-9 p.m. Phipps Garden Center, Shadyside. 412-441-4442 x.3925. FARM TO COMMUNITY CONFERENCE. Discuss how fresh food can be made available to everyone in Southwestern PA. 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Regional Learning Alliance, Cranberry. 412-420-2290. THE FUTURE OF PITTSBURGH PUBLIC ART. Discussion w/ Barbara Goldstein & Jon Rubin. Doherty Hall. 6 p.m. Carnegie Mellon University, Oakland. 412-391-2060 x 237. SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING. Lessons 7-8 p.m., social dancing follows. No partner needed. Mon, 7 p.m. and Sat, 7 p.m. Grace Episcopal Church, Mt. Washington. 412-683-5670. SPELLING BEE WITH DAVE AND KUMAR. Mon Lava Lounge, South Side. 412-431-5282.
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CIVIL WAR & PITTSBURGH. Speaker: David Albert, retired Air Force Officer & Historian. Presented by the Squirrel Hill Historical Society. 7:30 p.m. Church of the Redeemer, Squirrel Hill. 412-417-3707. KIMSOOJA. Carnegie Mellon School of Art Fall Lecture Series. Kresge Theater, CMU, Oakland. 412-279-2970. ROCK N ROLL BINGO. Tue. Thru Nov. 20 Tiki Lounge, South Side. 412-381-8454.
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Savage Love {BY DAN SAVAGE}
DEAR READERS: I’m writing this week’s column in a drug-induced coma. Well, not quite a coma, but close. I was fighting a cold, and it morphed into an insanely painful sinus infection. So my advice is probably going to be suckier than usual.
out and has threatened to force all our mutual friends to pick her over me. I’m also worried that she will tell everyone about my pegging kink. I’m comfortable with that aspect of myself, but other people don’t need to know. Do I stick up for kinks or deny it and blame a vengeful ex?
This probably falls into the category of a so-what’s-the-problem problem: I’m a bearish 44-year-old who can’t get a hot Latin 18-year-old guy to stop sucking my dick. Craigslist was involved initially. But now he comes by for weekly sessions of mutual head and leaves immediately afterward. He’s a sweet kid but deeply closeted; given what I know of his family and friends, he’s years away from coming out. I’m under no illusion that I’m what he’s looking for, but I am an available sexual outlet. The trouble is he won’t kiss and won’t do anything social with me, and the novelty of getting naked with an 18-year-old has worn off. I’m mindful of your rule about treating younger partners like campsites: Leave them in better shape than you found them. But I don’t know where to go next.
KINK-OUTING IS NOT KIND
Denying it won’t work if your vengeful ex has photos or video that she’s willing to deploy. So if there’s documentary evidence, KIN K, prepare to own your kink and laugh it off. Assholes and vengeful exes can only use the details of your turn-ons against you if you’re ashamed of them. Shrug off the reveal, laugh along with any good-natured ribbing, and look on the bright side: You could have female friends who are interested in pegging and, after they hear the news, interested in you.
VENGEFUL EXES CAN USE THE DETAILS OF YOUR TURN-ONS AGAINST YOU ONLY IF YOU’RE ASHAMED OF THEM.
NOT WILD ABOUT THE BOY
It’s possible that this 18-year-old is into you. He could be one of those younger guys who prefer older men. However, the eat-and-run routine makes it somewhat likelier that you’re not, in fact, what he’s looking for, but rather all he feels he can safely get. You’re far enough away geographically, and far enough removed socially, that there’s no risk of exposure. He’s not going to run into you when he’s walking around with his friends, and the odds that you know someone in common are nonexistent. Anyway, here’s what you do: Tell him that he’s hot, tell him that he’s a good little cocksucker, but that’s not enough to sustain your interest. You’re not asking to meet his friends or family — you’re not asking him to risk exposure — but if he wants to keep blowing you, he’ll have to risk a conversation now and then, maybe even watch a movie at your apartment. Tell him you can’t be friends-with-benefits with someone who isn’t a friend. A lot of desperate-to-stay-closeted cases convince themselves that they won’t have to come out if they can get their sexual needs met in one place and their emotional needs met in another. By showing him that a healthy gay person integrates his sexual and emotional needs — which you’ll have done whether he keeps coming over or not — you’ll be honoring the campsite rule. I’m a man who just got out of a two-year relationship with a great girl. She was always a little controlling, so I’m glad to be out of the relationship. But I was still providing her with emotional support, and she started bothering me for advice on what to do about her rebound relationship. I suggested to her that we needed to re-evaluate our boundaries. She flipped
I know you were raised Catholic but are now an atheist. I’m curious if you might still believe in God if you exposed yourself to other faith traditions that are more accepting of gay people. Have you looked at Buddhism or Hinduism? There is a great deal of evidence for reincarnation, and what better way to say “it gets better” than by saying you get to do it again and again until you get it right? BORN AGAIN AND AGAIN
The Catholic Church’s stance on homosexuality gave me a big sad when I was an adolescent, but I didn’t come to the conclusion that there is no God based solely on that. My sexuality prompted me to question not just the faith in which I was raised, but all faiths. I simply don’t know how any reasonable person can look at all world religions, and come to the conclusion that one particular tribe or prophet or science-fiction writer got it right and every other tribe, prophet and sciencefiction writer got it wrong. But if I was gonna pick a faith based on gayness alone, I would go with Antinous. He was the big gay lover of the big gay Roman emperor Hadrian. Hadrian was hopelessly in love with Antinous, a Bithynian teenager. Hadrian’s Bithynian, like the N WATB’s Dominican, must have given amazing head, because after Antinous drowned while swimming in the N ile, Hadrian had him declared a god. Take it away, Wikipedia: “The grief of the emperor knew no bounds, causing the most extravagant veneration to be paid to Antinous’ memory. … As a result, Antinous is one of the best-preserved faces from the ancient world.” My husband, Terry, looks like Antinous — it’s true — so, yeah, I’d hit and/or worship that. As for reincarnation, have you seen Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants? I wouldn’t mind coming back as that magical pair of pants — only I’d like to be passed between Broadway stars Cheyenne, Andrew, N ick and Kyle. And instead of being a pair of magical blue jeans, I’d like to be a magical dance belt. If there’s a religion that could make that happen, sign my ass up.
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{BY ROB BREZSNY}
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): This is not prime time for you to rake in rewards, collect hardearned goodies and celebrate successes you’ve been building toward for a long time. It’s fine if you end up doing those things, but I suspect that what you’re best suited for right now is getting things started. You’ll attract help from unexpected sources if you lay the groundwork for projects you want to work on throughout 2013. You’ll be in alignment with cosmic rhythms, too. Your motto comes from your fellow Scorpio, writer Robert Louis Stevenson: “Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.”
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):
On a beach, a man spied a pelican that was barely moving. Was it sick? He wanted to help. Drawing close, he discovered that ants were crawling all over it. He brushed them off, then carried the bird to his car and drove it to a veterinarian. After a thorough examination, the doctor realized the pelican was suffering from a fungus that the ants had been eating away — and probably would have removed completely if the man hadn’t interfered. Moral of the story: Sometimes healing takes place in unexpected ways, and nature knows better than we do about how to make it happen. Keep that in mind during the coming weeks, Sagittarius.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):
A farmer in Japan found a 56-leaf clover. Well, actually, he bred it in his garden at home. It took effort on his part. Presumably, it provided him with 14 times the luck of a mere four-leaf clover. I don’t think your good karma will be quite that extravagant in the coming week, Capricorn, but there’s a decent chance you’ll get into at least the 16-leaf realm. To raise your odds of approaching the 56-leaf level of favorable fortune, remember this: Luck tends to flow in the direction of those who work hard to prepare for it and earn it.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):
The largest bell in the world is located in Moscow, Russia. Called the Tsar Bell, it’s made of bronze, weighs 445,170 pounds, and is elaborately decorated with images of people, angels and plants. It has never once been rung in its 275 years of existence. Is there anything comparable in your own life, Aquarius? Some huge presence that has never actually been used? The time is near when that stillness may finally come to an end. I suggest you decide how this will occur rather than allowing fate to choose for you.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):
Are you interested in experiencing a close brush with a holy anomaly or a rowdy blessing or a divine wild card? If not, that’s perfectly OK. Just say, “No, I’m not ready for a lyrical flurry of uncanny grace.” And the freaky splendor or convulsive beauty or mystical mutation will avoid making contact with you, no questions asked. But if you
suspect you might enjoy communing with a subversive blast of illumination — if you think you could have fun coming to terms with a tricky epiphany that blows your mind — then go out under the night sky and whisper a message like this: “I’m ready for you, sweetness. Find me.”
ARIES (March 21-April 19):
The data that’s stored and disseminated on the Internet is unimaginably voluminous. And yet the 540 billion trillion electrons that carry all this information weigh about the same as a strawberry. I’d like to use this fun fact as a metaphor for the work you’re doing these days — and the play, too. Your output is prodigious. Your intensity is on the verge of becoming legendary. The potency of your efforts is likely to set in motion effects that will last for a long time. And yet, to the naked eye or casual observer, it all might look as simple and light as a strawberry.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
What if you have a twin sister or brother that your mother gave up for adoption right after you were born and never told you about? Or what if you have a soul twin you’ve never met — a potential ally who understands life in much the same ways that you do? In either case, now is a time when the two of you might finally discover each other. At the very least, Taurus, I suspect you’ll be going deeper and deeper with a kindred spirit who will help you transform your stories about your origins and make you feel more at home on the planet.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
I urged my readers to meditate on death not as the end of physical life, but as a metaphor for shedding what’s outworn. I then asked them to describe the best death they had ever experienced. I got a response that’s applicable to you right now. It’s from a reader named Judd: “My best death was getting chicken pox at age 13 while living in the Philippines. My mother banished me to the TV room. I was uncomfortable but hyperactive, lonely and driven to agony by the awful shows. But after six hours, something popped. My suffering turned inside out, and a miracle bloomed. I closed my eyes and my imagination opened up like a vortex. Images, ideas, places, dreams, people familiar and strange —
all amazing, colorful and vibrant — flowed through my head. I knew then and there that no material thing on this Earth could hook me up to the source of life like my own thoughts. I was free!”
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Conservationists are surprised by what has been transpiring in and around N epal’s Chitwan N ational Park. The tigers that live there have changed their schedule. Previously, they prowled around at all hours, day and night. But as more people have moved into the area, the creatures have increasingly become nocturnal. Researchers who have studied the situation believe the tigers are doing so in order to better coexist with humans. I suspect that a metaphorically similar development is possible for you, Cancerian. Meditate on how the wildest part of your life could adapt better to the most civilized part — and vice versa. (Read more: tinyurl.com/HumanTiger.)
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):
What is a dry waterfall? The term may refer to the location of an extinct waterfall where a river once fell over a cliff but has since stopped flowing. Döda Fallet in Sweden is such a place. “Dry waterfall” may also signify a waterfall that only exists for a while after a heavy rain and then disappears again. One example is on Brukkaros Mountain in N amibia. A third variant shows up in “Cliffs Beyond Abiquiu, Dry Waterfall,” a landscape painting by Georgia O’Keeffe. It’s a lush rendering of a stark landscape near the New Mexico town where O’Keeffe lived. Soon you will have your own metaphorical version of a dry waterfall, Leo. It’s ready for you if you’re ready for it.
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You are getting to where you need to be, but you’re still not there. You have a good share of the raw materials you will require to accomplish your goal, but as of yet you don’t have enough of the structure that will make everything work. The in-between state you’re inhabiting reminds me of a passage from the author Elias Canetti: “His head is made of stars, but not yet arranged into constellations.” Your next assignment, Virgo, is to see what you can do about coalescing a few constellations.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
Doctors used to believe that ulcers were caused by stress and spicy foods. But in the 1980s, two researchers named Barry Marshall and Robin Warren began to promote an alternative theory. They believed the culprit was H. pylori, a type of bacteria. To test their hypothesis, Marshall drank a Petri dish full of H. pylori. Within days he got gastric symptoms and underwent an endoscopy. The evidence proved that he and his partner were correct. They won a Nobel Prize for their work. (And Marshall recovered just fine.) I urge you to be inspired by their approach, Libra. Formulate experiments that allow you to make practical tests of your ideas, and consider using yourself as a guinea pig. Name 10 items you would put in a time capsule to be dug up by your descendants in 500 years. Testify at Freewillastrology.com.
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AD HOMINEM Political ads we hated to love {BY CHRIS POTTER}
AS THIS ISSUE goes to press, we have no way of knowing how the 2012 elections went. But there is at least one clear group of winners — all the TV stations who have reaped billions from airing political ads — and one group of losers: the poor saps who end up watching them. And even though those ads are about to disappear from the airwaves, every year a few prove especially difficult to dislodge from your brain. Which, if you think about it, is a victory in itself, no matter what the polls say. Here are some that deserve recognition — even if the candidates they champion do not. C POT T E R @PGH C I T Y PA P E R. C OM
Best use of regional accent Tom Smith (R-US Senate)
Never mind that what’s really killing the coal industry is the increasing use of natural gas: This out-of-work miner’s grievance against “Buhrawck Ohhbawma” oozes Western Pennsylvania cred. Also, “Colt Bowman?” In a region where hunting is a religion, that’s the political-ad equivalent of a porn-star name.
Most coma-inducing spot
Most obvious pander to geezers
“When I was a kid, these hills were easier to climb,” says Bob Casey at the start of this spot. And to think: People say Casey is dull! Obviously there’s a metaphor here — “our entire country is climbing back,” Casey says — but you can’t even tell the hill is all that steep. Meanwhile, Casey’s red button-down shirt matches the fall foliage of a tree just down the hill. Which just proves that Casey is a rare breed of politician: the kind who, if he’s not careful, risks blending into the background of his own TV ads.
Members of the Greatest Generation fought World War II, and gave us the New Deal. But now one of them wants you to know that federal deficits are just like the Nazis. “Today our freedoms are threatened again — this time by wasteful spending,” a D-Day veteran tells us. Oddly, the ad doesn’t urge you to support anyone in particular — and 60 Plus is a shadowy 501(c)4 organization that doesn’t disclose its funding. But its message is clear: If you spot wasteful spending, choose the candidate who will liberate France.
Most blatant tokenism
Best use of silhouette art
This ad, intended to convince voters that conservatives understand women’s issues, is the rare GOP spot to include an actual black person. But while other women shown are working at jobs and taking care of families, the ad’s lone black female is shown … running in a track event. But hey — at least the ad didn’t show her collecting a welfare check. And people say Republicans are insensitive!
On the right is a silhouette of Republican Keith Rothfus, who is challenging Democrat Congressman Mark Critz. Here, however, Rothfus looks like someone who failed his audition with a Kinks cover band. And just who is the object of Rothfus’ disaffected gaze, squaring off against the candidate from across the Capitol itself? Nothing less than the iconic Pennsylvania supervoter: a geezer wearing a driving cap and wielding a walker.
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Keith Rothfus (R-US House)
Rothfus launched his own ad campaign by trying to convince people he was just a regular human being — and not, despite outward appearances, some kind of mantis-being who seeks to lay its eggs in your chest cavity. The ads boldly claim that Rothfus is capable of dropping his kids at school and repairing bicycles — just what you want in a Congressman. But this stuff works: Not long ago, a Democratic operative told City Paper that voters he’s spoken with have said, “I like that Rothfus. He’s a regular guy.”
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