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LONG DIVISION
How big pro-voucher contributions circulated in Pennsylvania between 2011-2012 AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN ACTION FUND
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STUDENTS FIRST/ FIGHTING CHANCE PACS
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“Arrived in Pittsburgh in 4.5 hrs with one stop. Whoever planned Monroeville should be fired, what a sprawling mess! #thanksgiving #roadtrip”
EXECUTIVES WITH SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP
(Walton, DeVos families contribute $3,755,600; $206,000 in outside funding.)
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“For me, and for many others, this election was indeed about building a stronger network of people willing to fight hard for democracy itself. I especially cheer the work of the ACLU, B-PEP and so many other organizations who worked so hard at registration, Election Protection and to defeat the pernicious intent behind the Voter ID law.” — Web comment from “Helen Gerhardt”
“IF PEOPLE FOLLOW THE MONEY TRAIL, THEY’D LEARN A LOT ABOUT WHAT’S REALLY GOING ON.”
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* Records filed by Students First only show $1,870,000 from the federation during this period. Based on campaign-finance reports submitted by the entities named above. “Other PACs” also includes the following groups: Association for Concerned Taxpayers, Citizens Networking for Progress, Commonsense for the Commonwealth, Democrats for Education Reform, Economic Development PAC, Public Education Excellence, Women for Change. Chart does not reflect all spending or contributions: Some expenses – including contributions to candidates running for local office, or to standalone political committees, or those whose recipients could not be identified – are not included. Contributions rounded to the nearest $5.
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seemingly overnight. “I felt like the money was being poured on my head,” recalls Roebuck, a Philadelphia Democrat. Muhammad “put up billboards all across the district, and had six or seven people working at every polling place.” And then there were the mailings,
like the one blaring, “James Roebuck has sold out our children to special interests.” Finally, Roebuck says, “My wife said, ‘I hate coming home, because I’m tired of always finding mail about you in the door slot.’” Roebuck couldn’t even tell where the money was coming from. The “special CONTINUES ON PG. 08
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interestsâ€? mailer — which blasted Roebuck for the sorry state of Philadelphia’s public schools — was sent by a group billing itself as “Public Education Excellence.â€? Roebuck had never heard of the group, which state records show was created just weeks before the election. Still, it contributed $7,500 directly to Muhammad’s campaign, while spending $4,000 on its own mailings. Muhammad could not be reached for comment. But a City Paper review of campaign activity suggests that roughly half of her money came from a network of political committees sharing a small group of contributors — and a common goal: expanding the use of school vouchers. And while Roebuck’s case was extreme, it wasn’t isolated. During the 2012 elections, a small group of voucher proponents contributed over $1.5 million to some 150 candidates for state ofďŹ ce. (The number is likely much higher, since some reports are incomplete, and ďŹ nal reports aren’t yet available.) Much of that money was funneled through a network of political committees. Big money is a ďŹ xture of politics in Pennsylvania, where there is no limit on contributions to political campaigns. The Marcellus Shale gas-drilling industry, for instance, spent $1.6 million in 2010 — the height (so far) of its political activity. But while those contributions, as tracked by MarcellusMoney.org, came from executives at more than 50 companies, the vast majority of voucher money came from just seven wealthy donors. Among them: Three executives with a Philadelphia-area ďŹ nancial business, and two of the wealthiest families in America. Roebuck is a staunch opponent of vouchers — he boasts of once kicking some supporters out of his ofďŹ ce — but beat Muhammad by 11 points. And he notes that while Republicans have controlled Harrisburg for the past two years, supporters of “school choiceâ€? have enjoyed only moderate success. “When you spend that much money, and don’t produce the results you want,â€? Roebuck says, “I don’t know what your next move is.â€? We may soon ďŹ nd out. “We didn’t talk enough about education during this election, but education is a statewide issue, and that’s what we’re going to see next year,â€? says Jessie Ramey, a public-schools advocate based in Pittsburgh. “If people follow the money trail, they’d learn a lot about what’s really going on.â€?
State Rep. Jim Christiana
NO MORE BAKE SALES THAT TRAIL became a lot more visible
in 2010. Voucher proposals generally tap taxpayer money to help students pay for attending private schools. They’ve long been popular with conservatives who favor freemarket solutions to problems, and with some urban Democrats who see them as a lifeline for students in underperforming districts. Yet vouchers have gotten little traction, due to opposition from teachers’ unions and critics who say the program takes money that should be spent on improving public schools. But the political landscape shifted two years ago, when three executives at the Susquehanna International Group — Arthur Dantchik, Joel Greenberg and Jeffrey Yass — spent more than $5 million trying to elect Anthony Williams governor. Williams, a Democratic state Senator from Philadelphia, had made vouchers the centerpiece of his quixotic campaign. He ďŹ nished an undistinguished third in the Democratic primary, but his campaign signaled a turning point for voucher backers. “When you’ve got millions of dollars, even if you lose, it puts a certain spring in your step,â€? says Larry Feinberg, a voucher opponent and founder of the Keystone State Education Coalition. The Susquehanna executives, whose Philadelphia-area ďŹ rm trades derivatives and other ďŹ nancial products, have said little in public about their political activity; the company did not respond to City Paper’s requests for comment. But campaign-ďŹ nance reports suggest that they, and other voucher supporters, haven’t given up. The Susquehanna execs direct most of their campaign cash through a political action committee (PAC) called
“IT CERTAINLY CREATES A PERCEPTION OF BROAD-BASED STRENGTH WHERE IT MAY NOT EXIST.�
“Students First.” That PAC contributed nearly $950,000 to political candidates this election cycle. And it wasn’t acting alone. Students First’s other major source of contributions is the American Federation for Children, a Washington, D.C.-based group whose mission to is “promot[e] school choice, with a specific focus on advocating for school vouchers” and similar programs. Of the more than $2 million in contributions to Students First between 2011 and Oct. 22 of this year, City Paper found that $1.87 million came from the Federation. (That number may understate the Federation’s support. Federation records show a $500,000 contribution to Students First in June 2012, but Matthew Keeler, a spokesman at Pennsylvania’s Department of State, says there is no report on file covering Student First’s activity during that period. Students First officials did not respond to repeated phone calls and emails. The former head of Students First, Joseph Watkins, declined comment on that report.) Students First and the Federation are “partner organizations,” says Federation spokesman Malcom Glenn, whose “highest priority is making sure kids get a highquality education.” The groups work “in a collaborative process” to decide which candidates to support. Since 2011, the Federation itself has raised $5.5 million. Of that, $3.75 million comes from members of the Walton family — of Wal-Mart fame — and Betsy and Richard DeVos, the cofounders of Amway.
The DeVos family is no stranger to conservative political causes: They have also supported the National Organization for Marriage, which opposes marriage equality for same-sex couples. “I guess all these people have so much money, tossing a million dollars at a race is like me buying a sandwich,” says Feinberg, who has tracked pro-voucher political contributions on his website, keystonestateeducationcoalition.blogspot.com. And it bothers him that “you’ve got million-dollar logs being thrown on the fire from out-of-state.” And something else troubles him as well: “Instead of making contributions directly, they go through a bunch of other entities to do it.”
MATH PROBLEMS WHEN IT comes to vouchers, following
the money isn’t easy. For starters, while Students First receives large sums from the Federation, the Federation gets much of its money from … the executives who bankrolled Students First. Dantchik, Greenberg and Yass have given the Federation $1.5 million since 2011, according to Federation records. Confused? You ain’t seen nothing yet. (See chart, “Long Division.”) Earlier this year, a new political committee, Fighting Chance, was established with $395,000 — all of which was contributed by Students First and the Susquehanna executives. It’s not clear what Fighting Chance’s goals are: The organization’s chairperson
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tainly creates a perception of broad-based strength where it may not exist: It looks like support from all these very idealisticsounding names, when they may just be subsidiaries of a parent group.” And the problem with such “crypto-PACs,” as Kaufmann calls them, is “you have a PAC called Citizens for a Glorious Pennsylvania, and all you have is a treasurer’s and a president’s name, so you don’t know much about it.” Malcom Glenn says the proliferation of such committees reflects a broad coalition of voucher supporters. “These organizations are part of a broader reform movement, and some have a more specific focus,” he says. Joe Watkins, who founded Students First in 2010 and left it earlier this year, agrees. “I don’t think it’s unusual for political-action committees to support other groups,” he says. “Different groups work with different populations.” But the voucher groups seem especially close-knit. For example, state records show that Commonsense and the “For a Better PA Fund” share the same chairperson: Sheila Flickinger. Flickinger is a staffer at the state House Republican Campaign Committee; she did not return calls for comment. And the network features some strange bedfellows. In August, for example, the “Democrats for Education Reform” reported giving $10,500 to another new group, the Association of Concerned Taxpayers, which CONTINUES ON PG. 12
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is a Harrisburg lobbyist, Patricia Welty, but she directed calls to Fighting Chance’s spokesman, Jamie Santora. Santora did not return calls for comment. But Students First and Fighting Chance both give money to many of the same politicians — and to an array of smaller PACs, many of which were established only this year. Those new groups have cryptic names like Public Education Excellence, For a Better PA Fund and Commonsense for the Commonwealth. City Paper reviewed records for nine such groups: Students First and Fighting Chance were the largest, if not the only, sources of support for all of them. Most of these groups were comparatively small, and concentrated solely on the Roebuck/Muhammad race, but others are active statewide. State Rep. Mark Mustio (R-Moon), for example, received $9,000 from three different groups: Students First, Fighting Chance and Commonsense — even though the latter two organizations rely almost entirely on the first for their funding. In all, the groups tracked by City Paper have contributed more than $1.5 million to 157 state politicians. Nearly all were legislators, though Students First gave Gov. Tom Corbett $25,000. Nearly three dozen statelevel politicians received $10,000 or more; eight of them received more than $50,000. Those totals don’t include polling and other expenditures — including mailings like those attacking Roebuck — that could benefit favored candidates, but which can’t be traced through state records. Contributions to Republicans outweighed those to Democrats by $806,500 to $742,080; most Democratic recipients were black officials from the Philadelphia area. (Many are said to have political ties to Williams, though he declined comment.) Shifting money around between committees “isn’t illegal, but ‘shell game’ might be a good description,” says Barry Kaufmann, executive director of Harrisburg watchdog group Common Cause. “It cer-
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spent the money on a mailer. But the Association’s chairman, Ryan Shafik, is a political consultant whose firm, Rockwood Strategies, boasts solely of working for Republicans. (The firm’s website includes a testimonial from U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey.) Neither Shafik nor Mark Fabbi, who is listed as treasurer for the Democratic group, responded to calls for comment.
STAR PUPIL? BASED ON records currently filed with the
state, the state’s top recipient of pro-voucher money in 2011-12 was state Rep. Jim Christiana, a Beaver County Republican. With $151,000 in donations, he beat out even Williams, the movement’s previous standard-bearer, who received $142,250. All but $1,000 of Christiana’s donations came either a few months before, or a few months after, he sponsored a bill to extend the “Educational Improvement Tax Credit,” a program that allows businesses to deduct contributions made to private schools from state taxes. Although the program, which was later incorporated into a bill signed by Gov. Tom Corbett, can benefit public districts as well, it is widely seen as a victory for private schools. Still, Christiana says it’s “completely off-base” to suggest he sponsored the bill to repay contributors. “I’ve been a supporter of choice in education since 2007, when I first started to run for the state House,” he says. “Candidates that support the issue tend to get funded, but nobody can be held to anything by the money they receive,” agrees Watkins, formerly of Students First. “You have a dialogue with them, in the hope that they care about the issue.” Anyway, Christiana says, it’s not as if voucher opponents lack funding: “I don’t begrudge the teachers’ union spending tens of thousands of dollars to oppose me in previous elections. But public-sector unions have a stranglehold on a lot of elected officials in Harrisburg.” Teachers unions are a powerful force: One teachers union, the Pennsylvania State Education Association, spent $1 million of its own money in 2012 alone, most of which went directly to candidates. But the vast majority of that money — more than $975,000 — came from contributions of $250 or less, money given by rank-andfile teachers and other supporters. “You’ve got a dozen people with a lot of money, versus thousands and thousands
of teachers,” says Feinberg. “Just from a democracy standpoint, you have handfuls of people trying to set public policy. They’re not winning every battle, but they’re winning enough.”
FINAL EXAM FOR ALL THE money spent by voucher advo-
cates, it’s not clear the 2012 elections helped the cause. “We’re still making assessments of what we’re going to do in the New Year,” says Malcom Glenn, the American Federation for Children spokesman. But he adds that “a majority of the folks who were supported by Students First were victorious. We think that speak to an appetite on behalf of voters for more choice.” However, the vast majority of candidates backed by voucher supporters were incumbents. Many, like Christiana, faced token opposition or none at all. And as with the Roebuck race, voucher proponents had setbacks: In Pittsburgh’s South Hills, Republican Raja lost an open state Senate seat to Democrat Matt Smith — despite a $7,500 contribution from Students First. Voucher backers are circumspect about the work ahead. “Change takes time,” says Joe Watkins. “People who present good ideas have to keep doing so again and again. As with a lot of movements, the ball hasn’t moved forward as quickly as they might like.” But Watkins’ own career shows that those who support privatizing schools may be making headway. This summer, Gov. Corbett appointed Watkins to overhaul the long-suffering Chester-Upland School District. Watkins released his recovery plan last week: It envisions the possible use of charter schools and vouchers if the district can’t right itself by 2015. “This stuff is in the weeds right now, and voucher advocates are counting on people not paying attention to it,” says Jessie Ramey, a University of Pittsburgh professor whose blog Yinzercation has become a gathering place for local public-school supporters. Among other things, the blog has decried decreasing funding for public schools under Corbett; Ramey worries that vouchers will make things worse. “We’re being sold a bill of goods: Vouchers take public money and send money to parochial and private schools.” And in any case, Ramey says, “We ought to care that our state policies are being bought and paid for.”
“THIS STUFF IS IN THE WEEDS RIGHT NOW, AND VOUCHER ADVOCATES ARE COUNTING ON PEOPLE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO IT.”
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SALTS OF THE EARTH IT’S SOMETHING of a mystery: Levels of chemical compounds called bromides have been rising and falling in the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers and no one knows exactly why. Wastewater from oil and gas drilling might be implicated, but in any case, further increases could spell trouble for the region’s drinking water. Bromides are salty compounds found in seawater — and in the briny residues of ancient oceans located deep underground where coal mines and oil and gas wells go. Bromides are nontoxic, but in drinkingwater sources they’re undesirable because they react, ironically enough, with the chlorine that treatment plants use as a disinfectant. Byproducts include trihalomethanes, a class of chemicals including carcinogens, and conventional drinking-water treatment eliminates neither bromides nor THMs. Bromides weren’t a problem here until mid-2010, when levels spiked in both rivers, and the Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority detected elevated THM in its distribution system. (Concentrations remained under federal limits.) The rise coincided with increased Marcellus Shale gas-drilling activity. Drillers were carting millions of gallons of briny wastewater to sewage plants, where “treatment” consisted of slowly dumping it into local streams. The THM spike worried PWSA, which recruited the University of Pittsburgh’s engineering school to help study the problem. Researchers began sampling river water daily at PWSA’s intake (near Waterworks Mall) and monthly at 42 other sites in the Allegheny watershed. In May 2011, the state Department of Environmental Protection got drillers to agree to voluntarily stop taking their waste to any treatment facilities, including sewage plants, that didn’t operate under brinedischarge limits. This seemed to help at first, as bromide concentrations in both rivers dropped. (Another possible reason was a downturn in drilling activity due to low gas prices.) In the Mon, bromide has since returned to 2009 levels, says Jeanne VanBriessen, the Carnegie Mellon University engineering professor who directs the Center for Water Quality in Urban Environmental Systems. But on the Allegheny, bromide rose again; Leonard Casson, a Pitt engineering professor, says it’s back to 2010’s highs. What happened? Bromide sources include drainage from the region’s countless abandoned coal mines, plus small amounts from steel mills and coal-fired power plants.
But PWSA’s research (which Casson presented Nov. 9, at Pitt’s annual Health Effects of Shale Gas Extraction conference) suggests that currently, up to half the bromides are coming from a handful of industrial wastewater-treatment plants in the Allegheny watershed whose chief customers are oil and gas drillers. “We sampled upstream and we sampled downstream, and oh, my gosh, there’s a big contribution,” says Casson. In one instance, downstream bromide levels were 18 times higher. Thanks to the voluntary ban, such facilities are no longer receiving Marcellus wastewater, says DEP spokesman Kevin Sunday, in an email. However, they can still receive brine from conventional drilling. DEP regulates all discharges of treated wastewater. (Notably, there are no brinetreatment facilities in the Mon watershed.) “We are actively studying bromide levels in the Allegheny River basin in order to determine if further reductions are necessary,” writes Sunday. Environmental advocates and researchers alike say reductions are needed. “If you’re going to use river water as your drinking water, you shouldn’t discharge bromide,” says VanBriessen. Disposal options for brine are limited. According to the nonprofit Pittsburghbased group Fractracker, for example, in the final six months of 2011, Pennsylvania produced 4.5 million barrels of drilling brine. About half was reused in fracking operations, an increasingly popular method for Marcellus operations. One quarter was sent to treatment plants. And one quarter was sent to deep-injection wells, many of them in Ohio. Injection is also the favored disposal method in most shale-gas-producing states. But Pennsylvania mostly lacks the necessary underground rock formations. (Moreover, two years ago, researchers say, deep-injection wells were the cause of rare earthquakes in Youngstown.) Meanwhile, anticipating continued high bromide levels, PWSA is testing new equipment designed to remove THMs from drinking water. “It’s not really fair that PWSA customers are having to pay for [discharges] upriver,” says Casson. Smaller water authorities will have trouble affording such improvements, he adds: “My concern is this may cause a public-health problem for drinking water.” Next, PWSA and Pitt will seek to pinpoint the bromide’s source. “Whatever it is,” says Casson, “it’s got to stop.”
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In October, state alcohol agents, assisted by local police in full riot gear, pointing their weapons, raided a bar in Largo, Fla., to shut down the latest gathering of the venerable Nutz Poker League, even though its players do not wager. (They meet at bars and restaurants, where management gives winners token gifts in exchange for the increased business.) A prosecutor told the Tampa Bay Times that Florida law defines illegal “gambling” as any game that permits players to win something — even if they don’t have to “ante up.” The raid (during which players were ordered to keep their hands where the officers could see them) came after a months-long undercover investigation.
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In September, two Moroccans tried to smuggle a Guinean man into Spain at the Melilla border in north Morocco by disguising him as a Renault car seat. One Moroccan drove, with the passenger perched on a seat in which the foam had been removed to make room for the Guinean. A police spokesman called the attempt “novel.”
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India’s notorious bureaucracy records deaths particularly ineptly, to the advantage of men seeking an alternative to divorce. They find it easier merely to swear out a death certificate on one wife so they can marry another, but that means the first wife will face years, and maybe decades, of campaigning to convince officials that she is not dead. BBC N ews chronicled the plight of Ms. Asharfi Devi, now 64, in September as she was finally declared “alive” after being deserted by her husband at age 23 and ruled dead at age 40. After Devi finally earned a hearing and brought relatives and evidence to the village council, deliberations took eight more months. N otwithstanding the ruling, the husband stuck to his story.
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Lee Gardner, 40, of Barnsley, England, swallowed a plastic fork 10 years ago, but said he “forgot” about it until violent stomach pains forced him to the hospital in August. And British student Georgie Smith, 19, became the latest person to accidentally swallow a regular-sized toothbrush (though the first doctor she consulted told her he couldn’t spot any “toothbrush” on an X-ray). Meanwhile, sinus-suffering Isaak Lasson, 6, of Salt Lake City was finally diagnosed in August to have accidentally stuck a Lego piece up his nose three years ago, and Hector Flores Jr., 7, of New York City, was found in October to have swallowed the whistle mechanism of a plastic duck, causing him to tweet when he laughed.
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Ulster, Northern Ireland, was the site of a serial drowning — in which one person jumps in to rescue another, and a third is needed to rescue the first two — this September. Rugby player Nevin Spence, along with his brother and father, died in a slurry tank on the family’s farm. Their sister, who also attempted a rescue, was hospitalized. Officials said they could not determine the order in which the men entered the pit until the sister was well enough to talk.
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Iowa, arranged to have himself shot in order to win his ex-wife’s sympathy. The first hit man shot Hieber in the leg, but the wife still ignored him, and a second job was arranged in March, with two different shooters, but that failed, also. Hieber was sentenced to 10 years in prison in August because it is illegal in Iowa to have yourself shot.
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Former U.S. Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho, who made the “wide stance” famous when he explained his alleged, notorious restroom encounter with another man in June 2007, has been sued by the Federal Election Commission because he used $217,000 in campaign donations to fund his legal defense against indecent exposure charges. Craig pointed out that visiting the restroom occurred during the ordinary course of Senate travel, and thus that he was entitled to spend campaign funds.
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Jonathan Lee Riches, perhaps America’s most prolific quixotic litigator (chronicled in News of the Weird for his lawsuits against, among others, George W. Bush, Charlie Sheen, Kanye West, Steve Jobs and — for luggage theft — Tiger Woods), was likely the person named “Naomi Riches” who filed a $3 billion October lawsuit in Pennsylvania against the acquitted child-murder suspect Casey Anthony, whom Naomi said had conspired with TV personality Nancy Grace to poison Naomi’s water supply. Anthony had also allegedly threatened to stab N aomi in the left eye as a symbol of the Illuminati conspiracy. (Judge David Baker quickly dismissed the lawsuit.)
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Two FBI agents, providing a back-story to “underwear bomber” Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s Christmas-time 2009 attempt to bring down an airliner in Detroit, said they believe the man accustomed himself to the tricked-out scivvies beforehand by wearing them full-time for the three weeks leading up to his flight (except for bathing). The agents, speaking to Detroit’s WXYZ-TV in September, suggested that the excessive wearing might have ruined the detonation mechanism.
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Hattiesburg, Miss., dentist Michael West has for years been a well-compensated, prosecution-friendly “expert” witness who claimed he could match bite marks on victims’ bodies to bite patterns of whichever defendant the prosecutor wanted convicted. In “dozens” of cases, according to an Associated Press report, he helped persuade judges and jurors that his analysis was just as solid as fingerprint identification. (Other forensic experts regularly ridiculed West’s “science.”) In August, the Clarion-Ledger of Jackson, Miss., uncovered a 2011 deposition in which West finally admitted that his bite-mark analysis should not have been used in court cases. It is not yet known how many defendants’ trials were tainted by West’s testimony.
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PHIPPS SPLASH {BY CHARLIE DEITCH} Last October, Phipps Conservatory made a decision that they knew some customers wouldn’t be crazy about — it removed soda from the Oakland attraction’s café. “There were concerns about doing this from some on our staff because we make a lot of money on soda,” says Richard Piacentini, executive director at Phipps. “But that didn’t matter to me, because I knew that we shouldn’t be selling it. “We wanted to replace it with a healthy drink that had less than 40 calories. We soon found out that none existed, so we decided to make our own.” Now in place of soda is an allnatural carbonated beverage, the Phipps Splash. The Splash has been available for a year, but recently a new Splash Bar was added to the café to “add a little theater to the experience,” according to Piacentini. The drink is simple, says Jeffrey Spirer, café and catering general manager; it’s fresh fruit juice and local, sodium-free seltzer water from the Pittsburgh Seltzer Co. The drink — I sampled orange and grapefruit — is light and refreshing, and the carbonation gives you that soft-drink feeling. It’s not as profitable as a soda fountain — soda sells for about $1.50 per glass but costs vendors just 12 cents — but ultimately that made little difference to the folks at Phipps. “Our mission had to precede cost considerations,” says Spirer. “It was the right decision, and our Phipps Splash gives our visitors a nice alternative to soda.” CDEITCH@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
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ALKING ABOUT neighborhood places for gathering, eating and drinking tends to bring to mind the humble corner bar, breakfast joint or coffee shop. But our lives extend beyond the merely humble, and we all have favorite places that are out of the ordinary, where the special occasion blends with the familiarity of the community right outside our doors. Slate Bistro is a stone’s throw from South Hills Village mall, but it embodies a neighborhood place as surely as anywhere everybody knows your name. The location, inside a modest converted house off the main drag of Fort Couch Road, contributes to the comfy-cozy feel, but so does almost everything else — from the intimate scale of the bar that greets guests to the decor that clearly reflects an individual’s taste, not a designer’s vision. It’s the kind of place where the server greets one as a friend and where you take out-of-town guests — not to impress them, but to share a personal landmark. All of this comes from chef Cheryl Tacka and her partner, David Sgro (who has a
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track record at high-end Italian restaurants throughout the Pittsburgh region), as well as family history in the South Hills. (A relative is memorialized in a shadow box with a drawing of the mid-century-modern entrance of the steakhouse his family used to run.) On Slate’s modern menu, which changes monthly, Italian cuisine mingles comfortably with French, Continental and even American Southwestern. Preparations are perhaps a touch baroque — every salad, for example, included between six and 12 ingredients — but we were enticed by the perfectly autumnal selection.
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Alas, the first step was a misstep. Rapini is bitter by nature, but so are many other things we like to consume (coffee and beer come to mind); the key is to temper the bit-
terness with complementary flavors and preparations that work with, not against, the nature of the vegetable. Our starter of rapini with Parmesan and pine nuts served mainly to showcase the vegetable’s most egregiously sulfurous notes, which overwhelmed the contributions of the dish’s other ingredients. It didn’t help that it was also over-cooked to suit a cafeteria steam table, army green and mushy. Fortunately, Angelique’s Slate salad was a veggie tale with a happier outcome. Tiny seeds in the cranberry vinaigrette signified real cranberries, not mere juice, and the dressing’s tartness was a seasonally appropriate alternative to citrus. The substantial plate of mesclun greens, mandarin oranges, chick peas, walnuts and blue cheese would make an excellent meal alongside a bowl of soup. Of our entrees, by far the most successful was the New York strip, a cut that can stand on its own but also plays nicely with bold accompaniments. The chef layered on the flavor, with thin-sliced, sautéed shiitake for umami; whole slices of salty, crispy
Owner Dave Sgro in the kitchen
Ordering Southwestern fare at a restaurant that doesn’t specialize in it is always a risk, but Angelique took it for shrimp and corn grits with andouille sausage, sweet red pepper and spicy pepper-jack cheese. Small bits of the cheese appeared to have been stirred in after the dish was cooked, and they concentrated delectably in the bites where they melted. The grits had a texture that was more polenta than Cream of Wheat, and the pleasingly plump shrimp, sweet corn, bright red pepper and spicy sausage brought complexity to every mouthful. Only parsley seemed like an outlier in this tasty dish. Slate serves its community with a varied menu of fine food, and monthly menu changes allow for experimentation and the regular discovery of new favorites. Such a strategy also allows for less-favored dishes to be retired — which, over time, should bring the quality consistently in line with the prices.
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pancetta; and generous shavings of nutty Parmesan. A peppercorn demi-glace unified the dish without smothering all the components, while playing up the traditional pairing of pepper and steak. Savory goatcheese bread pudding, served alongside, was lovely, but was so tender and mild as to recede into the background of such a robust main course. The reason that pork is so often paired with fruit is that the rich meat can stand up to the sweet counterpoint, but Slate’s boneless chops — not the Frenched, bone-in chop promised on the menu — were underseasoned to the point of blandness. While the thin, crisp apple slices and small chunks of soft fig weren’t themselves too sweet, in the absence of significant savoriness to the meat, the dish simply failed to come together. What seemed to be dried rosemary didn’t advance much flavor.
Marie Perriello knows her way around a bar. Over the last 10 years, she’s bartended at a private golf club and a high-volume nightclub, as well as cutting-edge restaurants Nine on Nine and Meat & Potatoes. She’s travelled to New York and Paris to hone her craft, and has worked with Pittsburgh bars on creating drink menus. Now, she’s created Stir Society, an inhome consultation business that can teach you how to craft cocktails as desirable as any you’ll find in Pittsburgh. “I really wanted to teach people about [mixing cocktails],” she says. “It’s really fun, and I’d love more people to do this.” The first step is a one-on-one consultation. Perriello says that since the world of cocktails is so broad, it’s important to determine what flavors you enjoy most. She’ll also examine your kitchen for everyday items — like jams and jellies — that can be infused with herbs and made into flavor-packed syrups. Each class is built around four cocktails custom-fit to a client’s skill level. She’ll teach budding mixologists straightforward techniques, like how to stir a martini or shake and strain a daiquiri. Longer, indepth sessions are available for those with a firm grasp of the basics. Classes start at $35 per person for 90 minutes, with cost, class length and quality of spirit increasing from there. Perriello sees in-home cocktail preparation as a logical next step in the culinary revolution. She even looks to The Flavor Bible, a book popular with chefs, when she creates new cocktails. “It’s all about balancing flavors,” she says. “Anything you can put into a dish, you can also put into a cocktail.” Given her culinary focus, it’s no surprise that her interest in teaching mixology circles back to one of Perriello’s childhood memories: the iconic PBS cooking show, Yan Can Cook. So to borrow from the show’s catchphrase “If Yan can cook, so can you” … if you can drink, Marie can make a mixologist of you. For more, see www.facebook.com/ StirSocietyPgh.
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AMEL’S. 435 McNeilly Road, Baldwin. 412-563-3466. This South Hills institution serves up a broad selection of Mediterranean favorites, from kabobs and pilafs to lemony salads, as well as staples of the American and Italian comfort cuisine. Amel’s atmosphere is lively with seating in the restaurant’s amusing and lavishly decorated warrens. KE
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BIG JIM’S. 201 Saline St., Greenfield. 412-421-0532. Pittsburgh has seen a massive expansion of high-end dining. This cozy eatery — with bar and separate dining area — isn’t part of that trend. It’s oldschool Pittsburgh: good food in huge portions, with waitresses who call you “hon.” The place you go to remember where you’re from. JE
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Legume Bistro {PHOTO BY HEATHER MULL} mall, but it makes up points with an urbane, lively, clublike interior and a sophisticated, contemporary menu that runs the gamut from the de rigueur (chicken satay) to the refreshing (gorgonzola hummus). And that’s just the appetizers. LE BRADDOCK’S AMERICAN BRASSERIE. 107 Sixth St., Downtown. 412-992-2005. Aiming for the theater crowd and the casual diner, the menu at this clubby venue ranges from hot sandwiches to steak and seafood dinners. Some of the creative offerings include a local twist: The mussels and frites “Strip District style” combines shellfish with kielbasa and beer, and the Pittsburgh Reuben sandwich incorporates a pierogie. KE
ELEVEN. 1150 Smallman St., Strip District. 412-201-5656. This multi-leveled venue (with balcony) perched on the edge of The Strip is noted for its innovative, contemporary American cuisine. Dishes are prepared with fresh, local ingredients and served in a classy modern space, to be complemented with an amazing wine selection. LE GULLIFTY’S. 1922 Murray Ave., Squirrel Hill. 412-521-8222. Gullifty’s desserts are so well known that people go to this neighborhood mainstay for nothing else. But Gullifty’s has spiced up its dining experience by adding barbecue to its line-up of sandwiches, pasta and pizza. Now, the lip-smacking BBQ sauce — offered on a variety of dishes — gives the sweets competition. JE
CORNERSTONE. 301 Freeport Road, Aspinwall. 412-408-3258. LAS VELAS. 21 Market Square, The contemporary American fare 2nd floor, Downtown. 412-2510031. Authentic “family favorite” at this warm and welcoming dishes are the standout at venue offers a creative take this Mexican restaurant, on a traditional menu. offering a vibrant Every dish is served antidote to Mexican with a twist, but none “cuisine” mired in — such as fancified . www per tired clichés. Trade a mac-n-cheese, slowa p ty pghci m taco for cochinita pibil roasted brisket sliders, .co (vinegar-marinated grilled lamb burger or pork), chilaquiles (tortilla pulled-pork nachos — is casserole) or alambres (meat too twisted. KE smothered with peppers, onions and cheese). Also notable: aboveEDEN. 735 Copeland St., average sides, including rice, Shadyside. 412-802-7070. beans and potatoes. KE The food here is inspired by the raw-food movement, but LEGUME BISTRO. 214 N. Craig it’s hardly dreary health food. St., Oakland. 412-621-2700. The The menu is simple, with a few former Regent Square bistro options in each category: starter, now has a more urbane Oakland main (raw), main (hot) and sweet. location. To its inspired cuisine Some dishes were frankly salads, based on fresh, seasonal and local, while others were raw, vegan Legume has also added a full bar adaptations of cooked comfort and in-house butchering. The foods. (Chicken can be added expanded menu might include: to some dishes.) There is also steaks, lamb kielbasa with celeriac an extensive menu of freshly puree, grilled escarole and lemonsqueezed and blended juices verbena panna cotta. LE and smoothies. JF
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Eden {PHOTO BY HEATHER MULL} THE BLACK BEAN. 239 Atwood St., Oakland. 412-621-2326. Though geared more for takeout than dining in, this little storefront is a great bet for quick, inexpensive Cuban fare: combination of beans, pork and plantains; the island’s signature ham and pork pressed sandwich, among others; empanadas; gumbo; and mixed grill. JF BLUE. Duncan Manor Plaza, McCandless. 412-369-9050. Blue may be located in a strip
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MEDITERRANO. 2193 Babcock Blvd., North Hills. 412-822-8888. This Greek estiatorio offers hearty, homestyle fresh fare in a casual, yet refined, setting. Salads, appetizers (many of them less-familiar) and casseroles are on offer as well as heartier fare like kalamarakia (octopus), roasted leg of lamb and stuffed tomatoes. LF
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TAMARI. 3519 Butler St., Lawrenceville (412-325-3435) and 701 Warrendale Village Drive, Warrendale (724-9333155). The concept is original and simple: blending the salty, citrusy flavors of Asia with the bright, spicy flavors of Latin America. Although the execution is high-end, individual dishes are quite reasonably priced, with lots of small plates — everything from Peking duck quesadilla to chipotle tuna tartare with avocado and wasabi. KE
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PARK BRUGES. 5801 Bryant St., Highland Park. 412-661-3334. This Belgian-style bistro offers more than moules (mussels), though those come highly recommended, in either a traditional creamwine preparation or spicy Creole. Rather than frites, try variations on French-Canadian poutine, such as adding chipotle pulled pork. Steaks, tarte flambĂŠe flatbreads and even a burger round out this innovative menu. KE
SPAK BROS. 5107 Penn Ave., Garfield. 412-362-7725. A pizza, sub and snack joint with fare for all: vegetarians, vegans and carnivores. You’ll find vegan pizza with soy cheese, seitan wings, steak sandwiches, pierogies — much of it made from locally sourced ingredients. J
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THE FOOD pantry’s shelves at the Northside Common Ministries are missing a crucial staple: canned goods. The cans used to come freely from the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. But the elimination of state funds in this year’s budget forced the food bank to increase the food prices that it charges to the 400 community pantries that it serves. Now, pantry manager Jay Poliziani is asking neighbors to help keep them stocked. “We didn’t budget for it,â€? Poliziani says. The pantry serves about 1,000 people per month. At $10 a case, it means an additional $10,000 to $12,000 annually. “That’s not outrageous. But it adds up,â€? he says. In East Liberty at the Corpus Christi Food Pantry, organizer Wanda Weber says it’s the bread that she used to get for free from the food bank that she now must ďŹ nd a way to pay for — and she does. She says she understands the price increases are necessary. “I beg, borrow and steal,â€? she says, to make sure she meets the needs of roughly 130 people she serves monthly. The price increases vary by category and source. But many items that once went to pantries at no cost are no longer free to acquire. While the food is technically not “sold,â€? the food bank has added handling fees. In addition to the cost for canned goods, produce, for example, is now 3 cents per pound. “As you can imagine for nonproďŹ ts across the board, it’s a challenging time to continue to meet the need,â€? says food bank CEO Lisa Scales. The food bank’s government funding has been cut about $500,000 this ďŹ scal year; more than half of that is a reduction in a key state program, the State Food Purchase Program. The program sent about $1.4 million to Allegheny County last year to reimburse the food bank’s administrative costs for handling the food it distributes. At the same time, there are about 1,800 new households served each month, according to foodbank staffers. The new cost structure could cause competition between the food bank and the community pantries for support. While Poliziani has gone to his neighborhood for help, Scales and pantry managers say there isn’t a simple answer for where donations will help most. “It has to be a personal decision for what people want to do,â€? Weber says.
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Yoga, as it’s practiced in this country, tends to be a warm, bright affair, associated with orangey light, wood floors, soothing singing bowls and nature sounds. But yoga instructor Kimee Massie wanted to offer something different. As she puts it, “Not everyone wants to listen to birds and waterfalls.” So Kimee and her husband, Scott Massie, developed Black Yoga (sometimes rendered as “BLACK YO)))GA”), which sets Vinyasa flow yoga to drone and stoner metal. No strangers to heavy music, the Massies are also co-founders of the local label-and-more Innervenus Music Collective, whose recent catalog includes releases by Vulture, Molasses Barge and Sistered. Each class features a music mix curated by Scott and Chad Hammitt of the band Agnes Wired for Sound. Sunn O))) — a band that’s synonymous with drone metal (and is cleverly referenced in the Black Yoga logo) — is often on the mix, along with music by bands like Earth, Horseback and Om. But you’ll likely hear a little Portishead or an ambient Depeche Mode deep cut every now and then, too. At a recent class in the ominously named Murder Room at Commonwealth Press’ South Side warehouse — one of three places Black Yoga meets weekly — the Massies worked to counteract the cold darkness outside with a scattering of candles and lamps and several space heaters. (Whatever chill might have remained was diminished by Kimee’s warm welcome.) As the music buzzed in chests and brains, Kimee soothingly and methodically explained each pose in succession, sometimes pausing to help someone sort out left from right, or offer a modification, or a more challenging step. The ratio of men to women was about 50-50 — something that is typical for Black Yoga, but not yoga classes in general. “It’s hard for men to find a place to relax,” says Hammitt, a regular attendee. “They can go to the bar, but most yoga classes are oriented to women.” Kimee theorizes that more men are attracted to the music, but it’s hard to imagine anyone feeling uncomfortable in one of her classes, regardless of how challenging the poses — or the music — might be. “I always say,” she says with a bright smile, “If you can breathe, you can do Black Yoga.”
Now let’s try Upward Facing Doom: Black Yoga at Nadia Salon {PHOTO COURTESY OF MISER PHOTOGRAPHY}
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Sit up straight: Carousel (from left: Chris Tritschler, Jake Leger, Dave Wheeler, Jim Wilson)
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“I’ve been in whatever band that would have me, since I was, like, 14,” says bassist Jim Wilson. “But I always just really wanted to be in a good rock ’n’ roll band. And this is the first time it’s ever happened.” The core of Carousel is guitarist Dave Wheeler and drummer Jake Leger. The two played together in the heavier band Magic Wolf a few years back; before that Leger played in punk bands like The 53rd State, and Wheeler was best known for the super-heavy 70,000 B.C. After Magic Wolf broke up, Wheeler went underground for a bit, while Leger continued playing in the Karl Hendricks Trio. “There was a couple years there where I didn’t play original music at all,” Wheeler recalls. “Then I went to see the Trio at Howlers, and I thought, ‘Oh yeah, Jake’s awesome.’ I talked to Jake about how I wanted to do something a little more straightforward, and I wanted to do something with two guitars. What I had been recording on my four-track was harmonized guitars, in the style of Thin Lizzy or whatever.” “I was sad when Magic Wolf ended,” says Leger. “But I think this band is actually more in our wheelhouse. Magic Wolf — Dave would talk about it in terms of a formula, we sort of had a thing that was hard to break out of. I feel like we did need to start a new band to get away from some of the things we were doing.” Wilson came along when Wheeler realized they had similar interests. “I knew Jim was a good bass player, because I’d seen him play before; one of my coworkers had played with Jim and tried to recruit him for his band, and he told me, ‘Yeah, all he really does is hang out and listen to rock records.’ And I was like, really?” “For me,” says Wilson, “when we started playing together, it was like I was finally home.” Of course, in order to do harmonized guitars, they needed a second guitarist. They eventually settled on Chris “Twiz” Tritschler, who’s currently also in the metal band Lady Beast. “For me, it was a little bit different — it was more straightforward than what I was doing with my other bands,” Tritschler says. “But I caught on. What I really like about it is that it’s making me a better player. I’m learning a lot.” Next week, Carousel releases its first record, a three-track, 12-inch record with an epic, 12-minute opening track. It’s a
slow burner, and the epitome of guitar rock: The rhythm section holds down the beat while both guitarists ride blues riffs as far as they can go; “rhythm guitar” isn’t really something Carousel does. Besides the Thin Lizzy guitars, bands like Blue Cheer and early Sabbath are obvious Carousel antecedents. Contemporary comparisons that make sense are Mount Carmel, and even the bluesier side of Howlin Rain. (Wheeler’s vocals are strong and soulful, not unlike Ethan Miller’s.) With that under their belts, the members of the band are ready to do as much as possible with Carousel. “I’m past the point where I have a checklist,” says Wheeler. “Like, ‘We’ve got to play at this place, or we aren’t shit.’ But everybody’s committed to go as far as we can.” In Pittsburgh, straightforward rock can get you pretty far. With Carousel’s pedigree, the band can hold the interest of punk and metal fans, but with its no-frills bluesy rock material, it’d also fit right in at a yinzer bar.
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“I think the music has power,” says Wheeler. “People respond to rock ’n’ roll if you communicate it — it’s not that what we do is great; I think it’s that we have a responsibility. The music has power more than the band. Almost anyone can appreciate a band like us.” “When you’re a fan of straight-up rock ’n’ roll, there are a lot of different ways that can go,” says Wilson. “People have a million different definitions of rock ’n’ roll. But I think the four of us are on the same page — more so than any other group of people I know.” The common reaction that all four share is that it’s a lucky thing they found each other. “In 2012,” says Wheeler, “it’s hard to find people to play with who are willing to do a straightforward version of rock ’n’ roll that’s not cheesy, and not ironic in some way. I think that’s something I’ve found playing with the rest of these guys.” A M UL K E RI N @ P G HC I T Y PA P E R. C OM
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Derek Zanetti sounds sometimes like a folk-punker and at other times like Craig Finn on this, his most recent record under the name The Homeless Gospel Choir. (It actually came out a few months back.) Zanetti — who’s also released work on My Idea of Fun in the past, and who fits well with that crew — is a writer’s musician, clearly concerned about message and language as much as music. Nice. RAY DAWN LAST SLEEP OF ARTHUR (SELF-RELEASED)
Don’t let the title and artwork fool you: While there are Arthurian undertones, Ray Dawn’s new offering isn’t a nerd-fest. The EP features seven tracks crafted by two different producers, and features a couple of guest spots, including one by Beedie. Besides drawing parallels between Arthurian legend and contemporary hip-hop life, Ray Dawn manages to name-drop Bell’s Oberon and New Balance shoes. An intriguing entry. DON STRANGE & THE DOOSH BEARS THE MELON CHAIR (SELF-RELEASED)
Not a comedy act, but not an overly serious band either, as you might have guessed from the name. Don Strange presents well-written tunes with a little bit of humor thrown in: Think of it as The Silver Jews with Slim Cessna’s vocals and a touch of Weird Paul. Well-written stuff, and something that’s not being done much around here — worth checking out. AMULKERIN@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
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WHEN ASKED how Lamb of God has managed to hold together for more than a decade, bassist John Campbell doesn’t hesitate: “Success plays a part,” he says. “It’s an incredible rush to perform songs that you’re really proud of and passionate about in front of people who are validating you.” And this five-piece metal band from Richmond, Va., has been validated in all of the old-fashioned, mainstream ways that bands — increasingly — aren’t: record sales in the millions; Grammy nominations; huge tours with Metallica and Slayer; T-shirts emblazoned with the band’s trademark avian imagery and worn to tatters by sullen suburban teen-agers. But all of that became imperiled this past June, when singer Randy Blythe found himself in a Czech prison for his suspected involvement in the death of a fan during a concert the band played in Prague two years earlier. Reports of the actual incident vary. But according to some witnesses quoted in Czech newspapers, the 19-yearold fan repeatedly climbed onto the stage before he was, allegedly, roughly pushed to the concrete floor by Blythe. He suffered brain trauma and died a few weeks later from injuries. The U.S. Department of Justice was, according to Blythe’s Czech lawyer, unresponsive to the Czech authorities’ requests for help, and apparently nobody bothered to pass any of this news on to the band — at least until they flew into Prague this summer. Blythe was promptly arrested, and the rest of the band was held for questioning.
“It was incredibly difficult,” recalls Campbell. “Not only was Randy incarcerated and we had to cancel the tour, but this was all over a fan dying. There was quite a bit of emotion there. You’re told in the same breath that someone’s dead and you’re responsible. Those are some pretty heavy things to process.” Blythe remained in jail for more than a month. “I had a layman’s understanding of U.S. law, which doesn’t really relate when you’re dealing with the laws of the Czech Republic,” Campbell says. “It was unclear whether we had played our last show at that point.” Blythe will likely stand trial in Prague for manslaughter, but a date has not been set.
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In the meantime, the band is returning to business as usual — touring, playing and coming up with chugging riffs, throatscraping vocals and demanding instrumentation — and getting back to more familiar, everyday heavy-metal controversies. For example, the band was banned from a Los Angeles venue after the proprietors learned that it was once called Burn the Priest. Campbell chuckles lightly as he remembers that story — probably because it’s nothing like the situation the members are in now. “In the case of Randy, I think it’s very important not to lose the point of everything going on, which is that a kid did die. And the situation isn’t completely resolved at this point.” M W E L S H@ P G H C I T Y PA P E R. C OM
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Think of it as a convergence of good things: The Beatles meet AcoustiCafé meets charity. Tonight, for the fourth year in a row, the open-mic organization at Club Café features a special show featuring local artists covering the Fab Four. There are actually two shows (early and late) featuring music from two eras of The Beatles (early and late, as delineated by the famous red and blue hits compilations). Artists include Caleb Lovely, Judith Avers, Clinton Clegg and Rising Regina; the early and late shows are hosted by Pete Bush and Joel Lindsey, respectively. It all benefits the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. Andy Mulkerin 7 and 10 p.m. 56 S. 12th St., South Side. $10 each show or $16 for both. 412-431-4950 or www.clubcafelive.com
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Robby Lester is a Braddock resident, Occupy activist, vegan and musician; he’s also an author now, and he doesn’t pull punches in his new book, Period Mark. His highly personal, friendly-yet-agitated style is reminiscent of ’90s zinesters as he explores everything from depression and loss to travel, diet and what he refers to as “sexy time.” He also plays music under the name The Ghostwrite, and will perform as such tonight at the Smiling Moose for the book’s release event. Mace Ballard, Chelsea Jones, The Otis Wolves and Unraveler play as well. AM 10 p.m. 1306 E. Carson St., South Side. $5. 412-431-4668 or www.smiling-moose.com
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Dance Gavin Dance’s bio reads something like a soap opera. The band has been through countless break-ups and make-ups since forming in 2005, thanks in part to former vocalist Jonny Craig’s highly publicized battle with addiction (and that infamous MacBook scandal, in which he was alleged to have defrauded Twitter followers). Now with Tilian Pearson, formerly of Tides of Man, on vocals, the band has embarked on the Rock Yourself to Sleep Tour with A Lot Like Birds (which features former vocalist Kurt Travis), I, The Mighty, Hail the Robby Sun and The Orphan, Lester The Poet. Catch them tonight at the Altar Bar. Amanda Wishner 6:30 p.m. 1620 Penn Ave., Strip District. $1719. 412-206-9719 or www.thealtarbar.com
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If you grew up in the ’90s, you can probably remember a time, circa 2001, when Sum 41’s chart-topping single “Fat Lip” dominated every contemporary radio station in the ’Burgh. Since then, the Canadian punks have refused to slow down, releasing five studio albums (and exactly one documentary) and touring the world on an almost nonstop basis. The band is celebrating the 10th birthday of its sophomore album Does This Look Infected? this year with a North American anniversary tour. See Sum 41 tonight at the Altar Bar; IAmDynamite opens. AW 7:30 p.m. 1620 Penn Ave., Strip District. $25-28. 412-206-9719 or www.thealtarbar.com
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CIOPPINO SEAFOOD CHOPHOUSE BAR. Terrance Vaughn Trio. Strip District. 412-281-6593. HOWLERS COYOTE CAFE. Jeff The Brotherhood, Low Man, Dewey Marquee. Bloomfield. 412-682-0320. THE IRONWORKS. Blue Redshift. Oakland. 412-969-3832.
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ALTAR BAR. Lovebettie. Strip District. 412-263-2877. BELVEDERE’S. Buku. Lawrenceville. 412-687-2555. BRILLOBOX. Lungs Face Feet, Expensive Shit, Pandemic. Tropical Shit Party. Bloomfield. 412-621-4900. CLUB CAFE. Dan Bern, Akrasia (Early) Barry Jive & the Uptown Five, The Weathered Road (Late). South Side. 412-431-4950. GATEWAY CLIPPER FLEET. Dancing Queen. Station Square. 412-355-7980. HARVEY WILNER’S. Ancient Bloom. West Mifflin. 412-466-1331. HOWLERS COYOTE CAFE. The Sink Tapes. Bloomfield. 412-682-0320. KENDREW’S. Paparazzi. Aliquippa. 724-728-5959. LINDEN GROVE. Occasional Reign. Castle Shannon. 412-882-8687. MOONDOG’S. Norman Nardini. Blawnox. 412-828-2040. PENN BREWERY. 5 Guys Named Moe. North Side. 412-237-9400. REX THEATER. Chris Theoret’s David Bowie Show. Tribute concert. South Side. 412-736-9263. SMILING MOOSE. Sparks The Rescue, Handguns, The Composure, The Mondaze (early) The Split (late). South Side. 412-431-4668. THUNDERBIRD CAFE. Fletcher’s Grove, Jazzam. Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177.
Majesty’s Royal Quintet, The Ruckus Brothers, Rising Regina, Boulevard of the Allies, more. A Tribute to The Beatles presented by AcoustiCafe. South Side. 412-431-4950. DOWNEY’S HOUSE. Trainwreck. Robinson. 412-489-5631. THE FALLOUT SHELTER. The Next Doors. Aliquippa. 724-375-5080. HAMBONE’S. Dirty Charms. Lawrenceville. 412-681-4318. HOWLERS COYOTE CAFE. ATS Big Band, Rockabilly Josh Arnson, Love Letters. Bloomfield. 412-682-0320. THE HUNTING LODGE. Waiting for Ray. Finleyville. 724-348-7984. MOONDOG’S. The Igniters. Blawnox. 412-828-2040. MR. SMALLS THEATER. Cannibal Corpse, Misery Index, Hour Of Penance, Grisly Amputation. Millvale. 866-468-3401. THE PRAHA. 5 Alarm Flood. Tarentum. 724-224-2112. THE R BAR. The Dave Iglar Band. Dormont. 412-445-5279.
REX THEATER. Donna the Buffalo. South Side. 412-381-6811. SMILING MOOSE. The Ghostwrite. South Side. 412-431-4668. THUNDERBIRD CAFE. 28 North, TheCause. Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177. WILLEES TAVERN. No Excuse. Valencia. 724-625-9270.
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ALTAR BAR. The World/Inferno Friendship Society, O’Death. Strip District. 412-263-2877. CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF HOMESTEAD MUSIC HALL. Brian Setzer Orchestra Christmas Show. Munhall. 412-368-5225. SHADOW LOUNGE. MayCuz, a prior i, 8 Percent, Intrepidus, Zombie Bait, Cedarmoore, Not Quite November. Afton Band Showcase. East Liberty. 412-363-8277.
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HARD ROCK CAFE. Dharma Sons. Station Square. 412-481-7625.
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ALTAR BAR. John “Dr. Dirty” Valby. Strip District. 412-263-2877. BLVD PUB & KITCHEN. Lucky Me. Canonsburg. 724-746-2250. CLUB CAFE. The Elliots, Buddy Hally & Reb Beach, Caleb Lovely, Nameless In August, Clinton Clegg, Her
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MR. SMALLS THEATER. GWAR, DevilDriver, Cancer Bats, Legacy Of Disorder. Millvale. 866-468-3401. SMILING MOOSE. I Fight Dragons, MC Lars, Sky Fox, PCD Faded. South Side. 412-431-4668.
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BOCKTOWN BEER & GRILL. Matt Woods. North Fayette. 412-788-2333. CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF HOMESTEAD MUSIC HALL. Jake Shimabukuro. Munhall. 412-368-5225. CLUB CAFE. Ari Hest, Rose Cousins. South Side. 412-431-4950. HEINZ HALL. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra presents The Music of Michael Jackson. Downtown. 412-392-4900. SMILING MOOSE. Horizons, Voices & Vessels, What Great Fangs, Unconscious Disturbance. South Side. 412-431-4668. STAGE AE. Lamb of God, In Flames, HELLYEAH. North Side.
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ALTAR BAR. Sum 41, IAMDYNAMITE. Strip District. 412-263-2877. ARSENAL BOWLING LANES. Weird Paul Rock Band. Lawrenceville. 412-683-5992. HOWLERS COYOTE CAFE. Kiernan Mcmullan, Ryan Taylor, Zach Scmitt. Bloomfield. 412-682-0320. ROCK BOTTOM. Good Brother Earl. Waterfront. 412-462-2739.
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ARSENAL BOWLING LANES. ‘80s/ ‘90s Night: Mockster. Lawrenceville. 412-683-5993. AVA BAR & LOUNGE. Thursdays in AVA. Pete Butta, McFly, Bamboo, & Red. East Liberty. 412-363-8277. CLUB TABOO. DJ Matt & Gangsta Shak. Homewood. 412-969-0260. DISTRICT 3. DJ Solo Dolo, DJ Bamboo. South Side. 757-660-8894. INN-TERMISSION LOUNGE. Transmission: Classic Alternative Dance Party. South Side. 412-381-3497. KELLY’S BAR & LOUNGE. DJ Zombo. East Liberty. 412-363-6012. LEVELZ. Technophile. Underground techno DJs. South Side. 440-724-6592. PITTSBURGH CAFE. Noetik 5000. Hip hop, club & R&B. Oakland. 412-687-3330. ROWDY BUCK. Thursday Night Hoedown. South Side. 412-431-2825. TIKI LOUNGE. College Night: Top 40/Hip Hop. South Side. 412-381-8454.
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ARSENAL BOWLING LANES. JEKYL & HYDE. Fuk Dat Party. Mike & Co. Lawrenceville. South Side. 412-488-0777. 412-683-5993. BACKSTAGE BAR AT THEATRE SQUARE. Salsa Fridays. AVA BAR & LOUNGE. Nightclass. DJ Jeff Shirey, DJ Carlton, DJ Outtareach. East Liberty. DJ Paul Mitchell. Downtown. 412-363-8277. 412-456-6666. BLOOMFIELD BRIDGE BELVEDERE’S. Obvious. TAVERN. Fuzz! Drum & bass Lawrenceville. 412-687-2555. weekly. Bloomfield. 412-682-8611. CAPRI PIZZA AND BAR. CABARET AT THEATER Bombo Claat Fridays. Reggae/ SQUARE. Ritmo Wednesdays. DJ dancehall w/ Vybz Machine Intl. Juan Diego, DJ Carla. Downtown. Sound System, Fudgie Springer. 412-325-6769. East Liberty. 412-363-1250. PARENTE’S. DJ Lee. Trafford. THE NEW AMSTERDAM. 724-640-5908. Mad Tom Brown, Colin Pierce. SPOON. Spoon Fed. Hump day House & funk. Lawrenceville. chill. House music. aDesusParty. 412-682-6414. East Liberty. 412-362-6001. ONE 10 LOUNGE. DJ Goodnight, DJ Rojo. Downtown. 412-874-4582. ROWDY BUCK. Top 40 Dance. South Side. 412-431-2825. SHADOW LOUNGE. Proud RUGGER’S PUB. 80s Night 2 Be Local. East Liberty. w/ DJ Connor. South Side. 412-363-8277. 412-381-1330. SOLDIERS & SEVICHE. DJ Digital SAILORS Dave. Downtown. MEMORIAL HALL. 412-697-3120. Keith Sweat, www. per pa Johnny Gill. Oakland. pghcitym .co 412-621-4253. 1139 PENN AVE. DEEPER. Solid State Soul DJs: Brotha Mike & Scuzzi. BYOB. SEWICKLEY AMERICAN Clean, safe & LGBTQ friendly. LEGION. DJ Goodnight. Sewickley. Begins after the bars close 412-874-4582. Sat. night, 2 a.m. - 8 a.m. Downtown. AVA BAR & LOUNGE. Soundclash: SMILING MOOSE. Dreadpool Hip-Hop vs. Reggae. East Liberty. Parker, To Live and Die in 412-363-8277. NJ, Cornelius the Third, BELVEDERE’S. Down & Derby. Stillborn Identity, US. South Side. Lawrenceville. 412-687-2555. 412-431-4668. CATTIVO. Sinferno. DJ Ted Jacobs, I, Synthesist, more. Lawrenceville. 412-687-2157. DIESEL. DJ CK. South Side. WOOLEY BULLY’S. Jill West 412-431-8800. & Blues Attack. New Brighton. IRISH CENTRE. Femz Wit a Twist. 724-494-1578. LGBT after hours. “Come as you are.” 2 a.m.-6 a.m. Squirrel Hill. 412-829-9839. CHAMP’S SPORTS GRILL LAVA LOUNGE. Motown AND LOUNGE. Mr. B & Getdown Soul Night w/ the Bad Boyz. North Versailles. DJ Kool Kurt. South Side. 412-829-5100. 412-431-5282. FRANK’S PUB & GRILL. Pat ROWDY BUCK. Top 40 Dance. Scanga, The Blues Bombers. South Side. 412-431-2825. Bethel Park. 412-833-4606. S BAR. Pete Butta. South Side. GATEWAY CLIPPER FLEET. 412-481-7227. Jill West & Blues Attack, SHADOW LOUNGE. Title Town Jimmy Adler. Station Square. Soul & Funk Party. Rare Soul, 412-355-7980. Funk & wild R&B 45s. East Liberty. INN-TERMISSION 412-363-8277. LOUNGE. The Rhythm Aces. South Side. NOLA ON THE SQUARE. The BELVEDERE’S. DJ Heidi Olga Watkins Band. Downtown. & Jimmy. Lawrenceville. 412-471-9100. 412-687-2555. SEWICKLEY SONS OF ITALY. HOWLERS COYOTE CAFE. Sweaty Betty. Sewickley. Give A Man A Break. 412-741-3722. Sunday night soul w/ DJ SPENCER’S DOWN UNDER Ian Friend. Bloomfield. INC. The Teardrops. West Mifflin. 412-682-0320. 412-654-6421. RIVERS CASINO. DJs Bill Bara TWIN OAKS. Bobby & Digital Dave. North Side. Hawkins Back Alley Blues. 412-231-7777. White Oak. 412-678-3321. SMILING MOOSE. The Upstage Nation. DJ EzLou & N8theSk8. Electro, post punk, industrial, CAFE NOTTE. Billy Heid. new wave, alternative dance. Emsworth. 412-761-2233. South Side. 412-431-4668.
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ANDYS. Maureen Budway. Downtown. 412-773-8884. CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL. NAT w/ Walt Maddox. A tribute to Nat King Cole. Bethel Park. 412-833-5300. JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. The Jevon Rushton Band. North Side. 412-904-3335. LEMONT. Dr. Zoot. Mt. Washington. 412-431-3100. OMNI WILLIAM PENN. Frank Cunimondo & Pat Crossley. Downtown. 412-553-5235.
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720 RECORDS. James Johnson, Paul Thompson, Brett Williams. Lawrenceville. 412-904-4592. ANDYS. Eliseo Rael Percussion Ensemble. Downtown. 412-773-8884. THE BLIND PIG SALOON. Erin Burkett & Virgil Walters. New Kensington. 724-337-7008. NOLA ON THE SQUARE. The Ortner-Roberts Trio. Downtown. 412-471-9100.
ACOUSTIC BILLY’S ROADHOUSE BAR & GRILL. Mark Pipas. Wexford. 724-934-1177. MULLIGAN’S SPORTS BAR & GRILLE. Acoustic Night. West Mifflin. 412-461-8000.
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JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. The Eric DeFade Quartet (Early) Kevin Saftner (Late). North Side. 412-904-3335. OMNI WILLIAM PENN. Chris Pangikas. Downtown. 412-553-5235.
MON 26
AVA BAR & LOUNGE. Interval. DJ J. Malls, live jazz locals. East Liberty. 412-363-8277.
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ANDYS. Tania Grubbs. CAFE NOTTE. Bill Young. Downtown. 412-773-8884. Emsworth. 412-761-2233. BACKSTAGE BAR AT THEATRE SQUARE. The Flying Dutchmen. Downtown. CAFE NOTTE. Bucky Soft. 412-215-2770. Emsworth. 412-761-2233. CIOPPINO SEAFOOD ELWOOD’S PUB. Merritt CHOPHOUSE BAR. Bussiere. Cheswick. 724-265-1181. Moorehouse Jazz. Strip District. MARS BREW HOUSE. Rick 412-281-6593. Bruening. Mars. CJ’S. Tubby Daniels OLIVE OR TWIST. The Band, The Tony Vagrants. Downtown. Campbell Saturday 412-255-0525. Jazz Jam Session. Strip District. 412-642-2377. PITTSBURGH www. per JAMES STREET pa PUBLIC MARKET. pghcitym GASTROPUB & .co Broke, Stranded & SPEAKEASY. Chico’s Ugly. Strip District. Quintet. North Side. 412-281-4505. 412-904-3335. HAMBONE’S. Monday KELLY-STRAYHORN THEATER. Night Whiskey Rebellion 5th Annual Suite Life: A Billy Bluegrass Jam. Lawrenceville. Strayhorn Birthday Bash. Sean 412-681-4318. Jones leads the Pittsburgh Jazz Orchestra. East Liberty. 412-363-3000. THE HANDLE BAR & GRILLE. LITTLE E’S. Chelsa Baratz. Zak Shaffer. Canonsburg. Downtown. 412-392-2217. 724-746-4227. PENN BREWERY. Boilermaker Jazz Band. North Side. 412-237-9400. ALLEGHENY ELKS LODGE SPEAL’S TAVERN. The Hawks #339. Pittsburgh Banjo Club. Blues Band. Unknown. Wednesdays. North Side.
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LITTLE E’S. Jessica Lee & Friends. Entrepreneurial Thursdays. Downtown. 412-392-2217. PAPA J’S RISTORANTE. Jimmy Z & Friends. Carnegie. 412-429-7272. SEVICHE. Live Latin Jazz. Jason Kendall & DJ Digital Dave. Downtown. 412-697-3120.
Luke Zacherl of NOMaD, Otis. South Side. 412-431-4950.
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ANDYS. Mark Strickland. Downtown. 412-773-8884. THUNDERBIRD CAFE. Space Exchange Series w/ Chris Parker. Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177.
412-321-1834. PARK HOUSE. Dodgy Mountain Boys & the Park House Jammers. North Side. 412-596-2743.
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CAPRI PIZZA AND BAR. International Salsa Night. Live salsa dance music & lessons. East Liberty. 412-363-1250.
MICHAEL HURLEY: BACK HOME WITH DRIFTING WOODS
Sometime Holy Modal Rounder and full-time folk weirdo Hurley has been putting out albums since the early 1960s, though somewhat infrequently. Myself and a few of the shop regulars have been on a serious Hurley kick of late, and this collection of spare tunes — in both the sense that it’s just him and his acoustic guitar, and in that [the songs are leftovers from the sessions for his first LP — has been much in demand.
CLIFFORD BROWN/MAX ROACH QUINTET: AT BASIN STREET
My forays into jazz lately have centered around some exceptional players gone far too soon. Notably, I’ve been spinning a lot of Eric Dolphy and this particular cat, Clifford Brown. WaxTime Records has been putting out some gorgeous reissues lately, and this is just one of many in the shop right now. This is Brownie at his jubilant best, locked in with Roach and Sonny Rollins. Sadly, this unit didn’t record much together: Brown and pianist Richie Powell would die in a car crash soon after these sides were put down.
TY SEGALL: TWINS
Apparently, Ty Segall thinks he’s Robert Pollard. This is Segall’s third(!) album this year. And I gotta say, I’ve loved all of ’em. The man is definitely on a serious roll. This is some hard-driving good-time guitar freakage. No frills, no apologies, just as much glorious fuzz as you can handle.
SUN 25
CARNEGIE LIBRARY, OAKLAND. World Kaleidoscope: Dan Possumato & Friends. Oakland. 412-622-3151.
REGGAE THU 22
CLUB TABOO. The Flow Band. Homewood. 412-277-3787.
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BRGR. The Flow Band. Cranberry. 724-742-2333.
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99 BOTTLES. The Flow Band. Carnegie. FRANKIE’S. The Freedom Band. Squirrel Hill. 412-422-5027.
COUNTRY SAT 24
GHOST RIDERS 2. Xela Sound. Butler. 724-285-3415.
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CLUB CAFE. Lydia Loveless,
FRI 23 PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. A Waltz Tradition feat. Beethoven & the Strauss Family. Manfred Honeck, conductor; Yefim Bronfman, piano; Gregg Baker, baritone. Heinz Hall, Downtown. 412-392-4900.
SAT 24 PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. A Waltz Tradition feat. Beethoven & the Strauss Family. Manfred Honeck, conductor; Yefim Bronfman, piano; Gregg Baker, baritone. Heinz Hall, Downtown. 412-392-4900. RENAISSANCE CITY WINDS. Holmes Hall, North Side.
SUN 25 PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. A Waltz Tradition feat. Beethoven & the Strauss Family. Manfred Honeck, conductor; Yefim Bronfman, piano; Gregg Baker, baritone. Heinz Hall, Downtown. 412-392-4900.
MON 26 CHATHAM BAROQUE. Andrew Carnegie Free Library Music Hall, Carnegie. 412-276-3456 x 7.
TUE 27 GIAMBELLI. Mansions on Fifth, Shadyside.
OTHER MUSIC SAT 24 CATTIVO. I, Synthesist. Lawrenceville. 412-687-2157. LEMONT. Groove Doctors. Mt. Washington. 412-431-3100.
WED 28 CABARET AT THEATER SQUARE. Hello Donny: A Showtunes Sing-Along. http://trustarts.culturaldistrict. org/event/3941/hello-donny-ashowtunes-sing-along. Downtown. 412-325-6769.
HOLIDAY MUSIC WED 28 PITTSBURGH’S GRAND HALL. Latshaw Pops Orchestra. Christmas variety show. Lunch at 11:30 p.m. North Side. 412-323-9394.
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REX THEATER South Side. 412-381-6811. Over 21 show. Tickets: greyareaprod.com. 8p.m.
REX THEATER South Side. 412-381-6811. With special guests Bobby LaMonde’s Cursed Cabaret. Over 21 show. Tickets: rextheater.com. 8p.m.
SUNDAY 25
The Boogie Hustlers /City Dwelling Nature Seekers
Bastard Bearded Irishmen
ALTAR BAR Strip District. 412-263-2877. With special guests Lungs Face Feet, Ragweed & more. Over 21 show. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 8p.m.
B.B. King
BENEDUM CENTER Downtown. 412-456-6666. With special guest Mahjibee Blues. All ages show. Tickets: trustarts.org. 7:30p.m.
Rusted Root
GATEWAY CLIPPER Station Square. With special guests Gypsy & His Band of Ghosts and Lucy Stone. Over 21 show. Tickets: gatewayclipper.com or 412-355-7980. 8p.m.
Chris Theoret’s David Bowie Show
TRAX FARMS South Hills. Free. For more information visit traxfarms.com. 5p.m.
Lovebettie
CLUB CAFE South Side. 412-431-4950. With special guest Akrasia. Tickets: ticketweb.com/opusone. 7p.m.
Jake Shimabukuro
CARNEGIE LIBRARY MUSIC HALL Munhall. 412-368-5225. All ages show. Tickets: carnegieconcerts.com. 7:30p.m.
ALTAR BAR Strip District 412-263-2877. With special guests O’Death and Wild Yaks. All ages show. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 8p.m.
HEINZ HALL Downtown. Tickets: pittsburghsymphony. org or 412-392-4900. Through Nov. 25.
Dan Bern
TUESDAY 27
The World / Inferno Friendship Society
Honeck and a Waltz Tradition
ALTAR BAR Strip District 412-263-2877. With special guests Ducky Duke & The Vintage, Steve Everett and Dosed. Over 21 show. Tickets: ticketfly. com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 9p.m.
Cancer Bats & Legacy of Disorder. All ages show. Tickets: 866-468-3401 or ticketweb.com/opusone. 7:30p.m.
The Music of Michael Jackson
Brian Setzer Orchestra Christmas Show
B.B. KING
CARNEGIE LIBRARY MUSIC HALL Munhall. 412-368-5225. All ages show. Tickets: carnegieconcerts.com. 7:30p.m.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21 BENEDUM CENTER
SATURDAY 24 24 A Q&A Evening with Kevin Smith
CARNEGIE LIBRARY MUSIC HALL Munhall. 412-368-5225. All ages show. Tickets: carnegieconcerts.com. 8p.m.
Cannibal Corpse MR. SMALLS THEATRE Millvale. 412-821-4447. With special guests Misery Index, Hour of Penance & Grisly Amputation. All ages show. Tickets: 866-468-3401 or ticketweb. com/opusone. 7:30p.m.
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Lamb of God with In Flames STAGE AE North Side. With special guests HELLYEAH & Sylosis. All ages show. Tickets: ticketmaster.com or 1-800-745-3000. Doors open at 6p.m.
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LAST BITE {BY AL HOFF}
MOST OF THE TIME, IT’S A POIGNANT AND INCISIVE DRAMA ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS
The Twilight series grew dopier with each installment, but I hoped this final episode would bring at least closure to an increasingly muddled story. But alas, Breaking Dawn: Part Two, directed by Bill Condon, failed to deliver even this small comfort. The narrative gets even loopier, with loads more violations of Standard Vampire Rules. In a nutshell, after Bella and Edward’s half-breed child is born, the highpoobahs at the Volturi get prickly, and the Pacific Northwest crew prepares for an epic confrontation.
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Sunny days for vampires: Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart
Bella (Kristin Stewart), now a vampire, finally stops moping and becomes the world’s skinniest WWE contestant, smacking down werewolves, lionesses and giant rocks with gleeful abandon. Wolfy Jacob (Taylor Lautner) and moony Edward (Robert Pattinson) are now besties. About two dozen new characters — colorfully garbed, frightfully bewigged vampires from around the globe — are unnecessarily added, ostensibly recruited for the battle against the still-mysterious Volturi. (“It’s a Small, Undead World,” after all.) Once everyone is assembled, some relatively exciting events actually transpire (however dreadfully filmed and acted). But let the viewer beware: Vampires — and movies about super-nice vampires — are not to be trusted. Expect both appreciative and outraged howling from the audience. Sure, it all “ends,” but the fact that the film faded out on the word “forever” made me nervous that there could be an infinite number of episodes to come. AHOFF@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
LIFE OF PI. In Ang Lee’s
adaptation of Yann Martel’s novel, an Indian boy finds himself adrift on the ocean, in a tiny boat and in the company of a tiger. The film screens in 3-D in select theaters. Look for CP’s P review online at www.pghcitypaper.com.
Troubled, times two: Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper
{BY HARRY KLOMAN}
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ELL, FIRST, let’s get one thing out of the way. Silver Linings Playbook: worst ending ever. Now don’t worry: Nobody dies. (I wish.) It just has one of those cowardly Hollywood third acts (i.e., the last half hour) that wants to sell more tickets to an otherwise challenging and difficult film. And that’s a shame, because most of the time, it’s one of the most poignant and incisive dramas about mental illness remember. In scene after scene, I can rem David O. Russell (Flirting With director D Disaster), adapting Matthew Quick’s novel, ccreates beautifully measured mayhem before bringing each situation to a sort of livable resolve, just like mind of Patrick Solitano the troubled troub Cooper), his bipolar protagonist. (Bradley C Silver LLinings Playbook is not a comedy, although some people in the audience it laughed at some things. when I saw s the benefit of the doubt I’ll give them t
and assume they were merely uncomfortable with the movie’s swings from disquieting pathos to misbegotten farce. That, in fact, is what Patrick does: Just out of a mental hospital, where he was committed after a violent breakup with his wife, whom he seems to think will
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DIRECTED BY: David O. Russell STARRING: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert DeNiro
CP APPROVED want him back, he searches frantically for something positive in every situation that confronts him. But of course, if you have to search that hard, it isn’t there. His affable father (Robert DeNiro) is obsessive-compulsive and a gambler; his beleaguered mother (Jacki Weaver) does
her best to keep them both grounded. Then, Patrick meets Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence), a young widow with mentalhealth issues of her own. Needless to say, they’re a better cure for each other than all that silly medication and therapy. Much of Silver Linings Playbook illustrates what mental illness looks like in everyday life, and it’s unnerving to watch on screen, just as it is from across the dinner table. There’s some gentle humor that works, but also a lot of terrible storytelling choices. The acting is superb, and I can’t remember ever liking Cooper this much: You don’t know what his character will do next, an effect he achieves with effortless concentration. DeNiro, too, has rarely been this touching. It’s his best work since Taxi Driver. Together they tell the story of a struggling family that (in real life, at least) will probably never fully find peace, but that has an immutable instinct to try. I N F O@ P G H C I T Y PA P E R. C OM
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KEEP THE LIGHTS ON . Ira Sachs’ drama charts the relationship of a gay male couple over nearly 10 years, beginning in 1997. Erik (Thure Lindhardt), a Danish filmmaker (and a bit of a slacker) living in Manhattan, meets Paul (Zachary Booth), a publishing lawyer, during a casual hook-up. But the two quickly develop an intense relationship, and move in together. But in the ensuing years, the couple — together and individually — struggle with expectations, obsession, relationship boundaries and drug addiction. It becomes the proverbial toxic, co-dependent relationship, in which the two men crash, break up and re-connect, with increasingly poor results. Keep the Lights On has a European vibe, in its moodiness, and its use of small disjointed scenes to sketch out its fuller story. Likewise, it is a frank and unsentimental portrayal of a rocky, adult relationship, though some of this raw energy drains out of the final third, as Erik and Paul grow apart. Sachs depicts this melodrama in a low-key fashion (that occasionally veers into boring). But his best asset is Lindhardt: The Danish actor draws us into Erik’s troubled emotional state, and into his fumbling to sort out what he wants from love, and how much he can give. Paul, unfortunately, remains a cipher, and his journey is much less developed.
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Smashed Making Jack Frost “lovable” seemed like a stretch — sure, snow days are fun, but a lot of people die from winter weather. (Complicating this, Frost here is a dead ringer for evil Prince Joffrey, from HBO’s Game of Thrones.) But the kids at the screening clapped wildly at the end, so maybe in their world, there is a place for a puckish tweener who “skateboards” on ice, makes the best snowball fights ever and still has time to help his fellow guardians beat up the bad guy. In 3-D in select theaters. (AH)
The Nativity: A Christmas Gift retells the famous Christmas story, but always with a twist! Loosely based on the play by Langston Hughes, the 2012 Pittsburgh version of this holiday favorite blends the past and the present into one exciting display of dance and song. This year’s story delves into the real meaning of Christmas, as Christian parents try to educate their gift-oriented children on the true reason for the season, while the story of Mary and Joseph is illustrated through amazing African dance and uplifting Gospel music. SPONSORS:
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SMASHED. Thirtysomethings Kate (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) and Charlie (Aaron Paul) are married, live in a quirky part of Los Angeles and generally have a good time. But much of their fun is fueled by drinking massive amounts of alcohol, because hey, everything goes better with tequila, right? But things have not-so-subtly shifted from good times to bad times; in the opening scene, Kate has wet the bed — again. Then, Kate suffers a booze-related indignity at her elementary-school job, which leads to a shameful cover-up. A colleague (Nick Offerman) uncovers her lies — and her drinking problem — and steers her to AA. Writer-director James Ponsoldt’s dramedy is primarily about Kate’s recovery, and the messiness of sorting through life newly sober. There’s Charlie, who’s still drinking and angry; her estranged mom (Mary Kay Place); and a hard reckoning with the assorted costs of her addiction. Smashed gets a bit “message-y” at times, though its conflicts and resolutions are grounded enough to invite familiarity. (We’ve all hit our 30s with a “Kate” in the social mix.) The film is a breakout for Winstead who, up until now, has been in sillier genre fare (The Thing, Live Free or Die Hard, Final Destination 3). Her best scenes aren’t the showy ones as a raging, profane drunk, but the quieter ones where Winstead lets Kate’s sadness, shame, anger and, in time, resolve play out across her face. It’s no disrespect to Paul, but his immature, selfdestructive Charlie is mostly another shade of his role as Jesse Pinkman on Breaking Bad. Still, nobody does slacker goofball jumbled up with puppydog sad as winningly as Paul. Starts Fri., N ov. 23. Regent Square (AH)
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THE NEVERENDING STORY. A book leads a bullied boy into a fantasy land where he has a chance to be the hero. Wolfgang Petersen directs this 1984 family adventure film. To be screened with cartoons. 2 p.m.
Wed., Nov. 21; 2 p.m. Fri., Nov. 23; and 5 p.m. Sun., Nov. 25. Hollywood, Dormont THE GOONIES. It’s thrills, chills and adventure for a group of kids after they find a treasure map. Richard Donner directs this 1985 family film. 4:15 p.m. Wed., Nov. 21; 4 p.m. Fri., Nov. 23; and 7:15 p.m. Sun., Nov. 25. Hollywood, Dormont BON ES BRIGADE: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Stacy Peralta (Dogtown and Z-Boys) directs this recent biodoc about six teen-agers who form a skateboarding team in the 1980s, and go on to become stars of the sport. (The team was assembled by Peralta and George Powell, who made decks.) Composed of archival footage and interviews, this film tracks the development of now-standard trick moves, as well as the rise of a certain skater named Tony Hawk. The film opens a monthly series of early skateboarding films, running through March. 7:30 p.m. Fri., Nov. 23. Hollywood, Dormont PLAN ES, TRAIN S AN D AUTOMOBILES. Getting home for the holidays is a nightmare in John Hughes’ 1987 comedy. John Candy owns this movie; all his scenes are great — from the slapstick of the awkward sleeping arrangements with his unhappy travel companion (Steve Martin) to the slow reveal of his loneliness. It’s almost enough for you to forgive the padded nonsense about family and sleeping wives in Chicago, and the belabored offtone ending. 7:30 p.m. Tue., Nov. 27, at Hollywood, in Dormont. Also, 10 p.m. Fri., Nov. 23, and 10 p.m. Sat., Nov. 24, at Oaks, in Oakmont. EVERYON E MUST DIE. In local filmmaker Steve Rudzinski’s new comedy-slasher film, small towns live in fear of being the next to be hit by an unstoppable killer. Gags, gore and Western Pennsylvania backyards. 8 p.m. Wed., N ov. 28. Hollywood, Dormont. $5 PIN K SMOKE OVER THE VATICAN . Just as the Vatican seems to be doubling down on suppressing any dissent from liberals and free-thinking nuns, Jules Hart’s timely documentary looks at the struggles of Catholic women to be represented in the church hierarchy as ordained priests. 7:30 p.m. Thu., Nov. 29. Hollywood, Dormont AN DY WARHOL FILMS. Selections from Warhol’s Factory Diaries series (1971-75) and other shorts screen. Ongoing. Free with museum admission. Andy Warhol Museum, N orth Side. www.warhol.org
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PAGE ONE The founders of the region’s newest publishing outfit, Braddock Avenue Books, have a simple motto: Uncommon Books [for] Uncommon Readers. Robert Peluso and Jeffrey Condran are longtime friends and fellow English instructors at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. They set up shop in the struggling milltown of Braddock, in a building just across the avenue from U.S. Steel’s Edgar Thomson Works that also houses the Unsmoke Artspace gallery and artists studios. These men love books. And they love Pittsburgh. “The literary scene is percolating with events and activities,” writes Condran, himself a fiction writer, in an email. “All those presses, journals and zines are run by committed and energetic people. And the indie and used bookstores, too. … Even our choice of Braddock was a statement of our commitment to lived life. The spirit of place is inspiring in a dozen different ways.” “Every day, it gets more apparent that mainstream publishing has become risk-averse,” he adds. “Writing is serious business … because of the opportunities it offers for complex inquiry into the human condition. … We want a book to linger.” Finding such books is a challenge. “It can drive you crazy … but it’s also exhilarating every step of the way — watching manuscripts get tightened up, choosing cover designs, proofing (and proofing again!), choosing paper, getting distributors,” says Condran. “We also spent untold amounts of time on the website, braddockavenuebooks.com. … We had a vision and it was to make the site more than simply a place to go and look at our publications. We were determined that it be an ‘e-community,’ a place where people interested or involved in the literary life could find a home.” Authors, it seems, are knocking on their door. Their print schedule began with the Nov. 6 release of their first client Salvatore Pane’s first book, Last Call in the City of Bridges. It’s a funny, serious book set in Pittsburgh that takes place on the eve of Obama’s first election. In the pipeline: Why We Never Talk About Sugar, a short-story collection by Aubrey Hirsch, and the Ambridge-set How Blasphemy Sounds to God, by Gary Fincke (winner of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction for his collection, Sorry I Worried You). Look for Braddock Avenue Books publications online and in independent bookstores across the country.
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those. But as the continuing publication of O’Doherty’s text indicates, the ubiquity of hermetic white walls for display has persisted with few exceptions. The exhibition White Cube, Green Maze, at the Heinz Architectural Center, picks up on O’Doherty’s critiques. It showcases a
WHITE CUBE, GREEN MAZE
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handful of projects in which museum walls, rather than being austere and enclosed, are both open to nature and intertwined with landscape in provocative and invariably elegant ways. The catalog, with texts by curator Raymund Ryan and landscape historian
Marc Treib, also includes a new essay by O’Doherty addressing the phenomenon. Meanwhile, the entrance to the exhibition from the Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s Hall of Sculpture engages the issue with wit. A double-cube-shaped vestibule, newly built within the existing entry for this show, envelops the visitor. Its interior walls are not white, but rather completely covered with panoramic photoprints of lush landscapes (and relevant quotes) from the projects in the show. The Architectural Center remains a building within a building, so it is left to wryly invert the relationship of landscape to architecture in this entry piece, while displaying more nuanced versions of that relationship as seen elsewhere in the show. Among these, Iwan Baan’s photographs, specially commissioned for the exhibit to document all of the projects,
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deserve their special prominence. Baan’s images of the Benesse Art Site Naoshima, in Japan, showcase the multi-component complex that includes a children’s camp, a hotel and an art museum, among other features spread across three dramatically steep islands. The photographs emphasize the stunning juxtapositions of nature and architecture, showing how buildings are positioned to frame picturesque views of the seacoast — a longstanding tradition of Japanese architecture implemented here with architect Tadao Ando’s modernist restraint. A few remarkable aerial views underscore the poetic geometry in which Ando’s pavilions descend into the dramatic landscape and emerge from it again, choreographing acts of movement, viewing and contemplation. At Insel Hombroich, in Germany, Baan captures the sense of the introspective wanderer perambulating through the woods amid the shifting aesthetic stimuli of the historic, the natural and the novel. The photos have an immediacy that would have pleased romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich, noted for his scenes of solitary figures wandering in nature. Perspectives through leafy groves reveal framed views and paths to the open doors of compelling gallery spaces. The pavilions themselves are
works by Alvaro Siza, Raimund Abraham and, again, Tadao Ando — all modern masters. But the sense of architecture’s submission to the landscape, and interpenetration with it, is palpable. All the more provocative, then, that each project, to one degree or another, emerges on a post-industrial site. These range from the reclaimed industrial waterfront at Seattle’s Olympic Park to the reclaimed and reforested industrial sites of the Benesse Art Sites, and the remarkable salvaged rocket base at Insel Hombroich. As curator Raymund Ryan allows in museum text, the term “brownfield” could almost have been a part of the title. This is noteworthy, because modern architecture was originally the offspring of the values and techniques of the Industrial Revolution, and sometimes an agent of its wrongheaded urban and rural clear-cutting. Yet here, paired with sensitive implementations of landscape, modern architecture appears as an agent to artfully repair some of the ills of industry, much better than postmodern or digitally driven architecture has been able to do. O’Doherty’s original critique has not supplanted modern exhibition architecture, but rather provided it with a means to address its shortcomings and renew its relevance. I N F O@ P G HC I T Y PA P E R. C OM
A holiday tradition carnegie trees preview party
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carnegie trees and neapolitan presepio on view november 29–january 6
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FACING ANDY {BY NADINE WASSERMAN} ART IS OFTEN in dialogue with itself, as art-
ists commune with their antecedents and peers. So to fully appreciate their work, it helps to know the references. Viewing the mid-career retrospective Deborah Kass: Before and Happily Ever After, at The Andy Warhol Museum, is like playing an inside game of art history. From the first, Deborah Kass’ paintings were informed by artists such as Paul Cezanne, Marsden Hartley, Jasper Johns and Philip Guston. In the mid-1970s, painting was considered dead, but Kass chose it as her medium anyway. From her perspective, there were plenty of great painters around, particularly women such as Pat Steir, Susan Rothenberg and Mary Heilmann.
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continues through Jan. 6. The Andy Warhol Museum, 117 Sandusky St., North Side. 412-237-8300 or www.warhol.org
In the 1980s, hardly any female artists of Kass’ generation were getting highprofile attention. Those who were, like Barbara Kruger and Cindy Sherman, were using photography and graphic arts to de-
construct the images from advertising and popular media. Appropriation was in vogue, and Kass began using it. She developed a technique in which “quotes” — sections of a painting that referenced other paintings — were pieced together like a sentence. Her subsequent body of work questioned the art-historical canon and its privileging of white, male artists. In 1991, Kass — who attended the School of Art at Carnegie Mellon University because Andy Warhol had — appropriated a Warhol piece for the first time. Riffing on his “Before and After” by pairing it with an image from Disney’s Cinderella, Kass used the piece to consider issues of identity and identification. Warhol became a vehicle for her to delve further into issues of ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation and self. Kass claims that Warhol and Barbara Streisand entered her consciousness simultaneously. Streisand, she explains, was the first star who looked like anyone Kass knew. And so she blended pop star and Pop icon into “The Jewish Jackie Series.” Thus began Kass’ Warhol Project, in which she reconsidered many of Warhol’s signature pieces. It is here that Kass is at her best, and this exhibition takes a bold step in placing her pieces side by side with Warhol’s. Warhol’s influence on artists and on our culture cannot be overstated: He has become a language unto himself. By using him and other cultural references, Kass expands on a discourse that defines not just herself, but the rest of us too.
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REAL PITTSBURGH {BY TED HOOVER} ONCE WORD gets out, I seriously doubt there’ll
be many left to go around, so right now put aside this review and get as many tickets as you can for South Side Stories. The new work written and performed by Tami Dixon makes its dazzling premiere at City Theatre. Dixon has been coaxing residents of Pittsburgh’s South Side into telling her the stories of their lives. With assistance from director Matt M. Morrow and dramaturge Carlyn Aquiline, she’s woven them into a one-woman show that’s just a big, fat, evening of bliss.
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I can’t remember the last time I was so captivated, so enthralled in the theater. Dixon’s known as a powerhouse performer, so her delicately and indelibly etched characters are no surprise, directed to crystalline point by Morrow. But South Side Stories is her first foray into playwriting, and I am set back on my heels by the surety and adventure of her writing. And I was a little nervous going in. Too often — and I’m as guilty as anyone —
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there is a great deal of condescension aimed toward “yinzers.” Dixon is not a native, so I was worried she’d miss the desperate authenticity of Pittsburgh lives and living. Boy, was I wrong. She summons a huge array of locals without a whiff of irony or remove, and we get an intermissionless 90 minutes of hardscrabble nobility and, for lack of a better word, “realness.” She doesn’t present these people as museum pieces we’re meant to admire for their plucky working-class honesty. Rather, she’s created full-blooded, full-bodied humans who couldn’t care about your patrician admiration. Since I’m sure this piece is going places, I would make one suggestion for the revision process: Dixon’s added a framing device from one of her own South Side experiences. It may be the “truest” of the stories she tells, but oddly it feels the most false. The poetic, intensely confessional tone calls attention to itself and feels grafted onto everything else. I close out by mentioning the perfectly styled projections provided by David Pohl. And I urge you to go get tickets – if there’s any left. I N F O@ P G HC I T Y PA P E R. C OM
CLASS ACT {BY ROBERT ISENBERG} THE HISTORY of Boston is a tale of two cities: On one side, there’s Harvard, the
Green Monster and the Liberty Trail. On the other, there’s Whitey Bulger, the busing crisis and the Big Dig. Over here, Ivy League schools and hipster cafés. Over there, fistfights and crumbling tenements. Every city has its class struggle, but Boston’s is old, entrenched and bitter. Good People, by David Lindsay-Abaire, is about Margie, a broke middle-aged woman who has just lost her job at the dollar store. She looks up an old boyfriend, Michael, who is a well-to-do physician, thinking his office might have an opening, any opening. Margie’s situation is urgent, because she cares for an adult daughter with special needs. Michael’s reluctance to help Margie is deceptively intense, because he escaped South Boston and hoped never to look back. Pittsburgh Public Theater presents this uncomfortable drama about poverty’s despair, and the themes perfectly match our zeitgeist. On the 99 Percent spectrum, Margie is a particularly pathetic case. At minimum wage, she barely subsists; without work, she and her daughter could actually die in the street. Set against New England’s cold and calloused culture, Margie’s world feels especially dire. Despite Lindsay-Abaire’s characteristic gallows humor, Good People vividly reminds us just how desperate most Americans are.
SLOW BLUES {BY ROBERT ISENBERG} FIRST THINGS first: Seven Guitars, by August Wilson, is receiving a very solid production at the Pittsburgh Playhouse. If you have never seen Seven Guitars, rest assured that Point Park Conservatory does the play justice. The ensemble is young, but the performances are mature. As the luckless musician Floyd “Schoolboy” Barton, Trumaine Verret-Fleming is charismatic and passionate, and as the imbalanced King Hedley, Saladin White II ably juggles both crazy talk and a challenging Caribbean accent.
continues through Dec. 2. Pittsburgh Playhouse, 222 Craft Ave., Oakland. $15-27. 412-392-8000 or www.pittsburghplayhouse.com.
The Public wisely conscripted Tracy Brigden, artistic director of City Theatre, to direct this photorealistic script. In performance, the characters do a lot of standing, sitting and talking, but they seem afraid to interact with their environments, and their unease adds to the general alienation. The drama centers on Margie and Michael, who are holding two distinct conversations — polite chitchat and silent squabble — and in these complicated roles, Kelly McAndrew and David Whalen dominate their scenes. As if to embellish the script’s bleakness, scenic designer Jeff Cowie has created a backdrop of touristy Boston images. The set looks like a bunch of postcards arranged in a scrapbook. This is the city locals want you to see, full of quaint pubs and beautiful skylines. As the story unfolds downstage, the façade fades, until the graphics become literally transparent. The glitzy city yields to the gritty one, but Margie may be noticed too late. INFO@ PGHC ITY PAP ER.CO M
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But here’s the difficult truth: Seven Guitars is an unbelievably boring play. In this critic’s opinion, when August Wilson wrote his Pittsburgh Cycle, he wrote nine masterpieces and one dud. That dud was Seven Guitars, a 160-minute melodrama, set in 1948, in which virtually nothing happens. Floyd is a narcissistic guitarist who wants to move to Chicago, but he doesn’t have the money. He hangs out in an alleyway with his friends, then he commits some kind of crime offstage, and then he dies. Since the story is told in flashback, there’s no suspense, no intrigue, only a bunch of bored people playing cards and trading recipes. At one point, the local lunatic slashes a rooster’s throat, but unless you’re really well versed in your turn-of-the-century cornet players, you’ll never really understand why. That said, Seven Guitars is considered a modern classic, and if you one day hope to comprehend Wilson’s play King Hedley II, you sort of have to watch this prequel. And if you have to watch it, this Playhouse production has everything. Jade King Carroll is an accomplished director, and Rich Preffer’s set design is picture-perfect. For two long acts, the young actors sing, play instruments and deliver complex monologues nearly bursting with metaphor. Everyone looks as committed as they can be. If you find yourself nodding off during one of the play’s endless digressions, you could try watching for Biblical references, or counting how many times Floyd and friends make sexual innuendos. Wilson’s greatest skill was his language, and even if the story is hackneyed, the dialogue in Seven Guitars is as sumptuous as the blues music that inspired it. These lines aren’t easy to learn, much less understand, and really listening to these vibrant student performers is the biggest compliment you can pay.
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Though the odd rose still heartily blooms outdoors, your odds of floral delight greatly increase under a roof. And they’re better still at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens. Today, Phipps opens its popular Winter Flower Show. The exhibit is as seasonal as it is flowering, with a Victorian-style hearth, an 1893 World’s Fair-themed Garden Railroad, elaborate Yuletidish decorations and the requisite panoply of poinsettias, amaryllis and paperwhites. Also, starting Sun., Nov. 25, visit evenings from 5-10 p.m. for Phipp’s new outdoor Winter Light Garden, with its glowing orbs, fountain of light and more (all LED-lit). Bill O’Driscoll 9:30 a.m10 p.m. Winter Flower Show continues through Jan. 6. $9-12 (free for kids under 2). Schenley Drive, Oakland. www.phipps.conservatory.org
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tonight, Aaron Kleiber — recently named best local comedian by Pittsburgh Magazine — hosts a pair of standup events highlighting Pittsburgh talent. Tonight’s show launches the monthly Pleasure Bar Comedy
For its fifth annual Suite Life: A Billy Strayhorn Birthday Bash, the Kelly-Strayhorn Theater goes even bigger than usual. Tonight’s show feting Pittsburgh-native jazz legend (and theater conamesake) Strayhorn features the 18-piece Pittsburgh Jazz Orchestra. The band’s led by nationally known trumpeter Sean Jones, and features top local talent, including vocalist Carolyn Perteete. Tonight’s
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An Evening With Kevin Smith is also the title of a DVD, and the recording of the filmmaker’s live Q&As spawned four sequels. For someone whose most famous movie was essentially guys hanging around chatting, this shouldn’t be a surprise. Comic books and God are two topics the creator of Clerks could riff endlessly on. (He once did so at a seven hour Q&A held in his native New Jersey.) The minutiae of Smith’s day-to-day life became the bestselling book My Boring Ass Life and in March he penned another, subtitled Life Advice From a Fat Lazy Slob Who Did Good. “Doing good” entailed creating “View Askewniverse”; the cinematic world that encompasses Clerks, Dogma and Jay and Silent Bob among others. But Smith abandoned this world for high-budget comedies like Zack and Miri Make a Porno. It is a move he regrets and fell out with one-time mentor Harvey Weinstein over. In 2011, he wrote and directed the very small and very un-PC indie horror flick Red State. At 42, Smith is retiring from directing and claims upcoming hockey saga Hit Somebody will be his last. Ask him why when he speaks Sat., Nov. 24 at Carnegie Library Music Hall of Homestead, open to all ages. Catherine Sylvain 8 p.m. 510 E. 10th Ave., Homestead. $45-60 (also $100 VIP meet-and-greet). 412-368-5225 or www.librarymusichall.com
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If there’s a correct way to say “So You Think You Can Dance,” it’s with unflagging enthusiasm. The live tour of the hit Fox reality-TV dance competition returns to Pittsburgh, featuring stars from its ninth and latest season. The top 10 finalists — including the two winners trained in classical ballet — will dance their most popular routines alongside original pieces tonight at the Benedum Center. Spectacle and athleticism merge in the show’s diverse range of dance styles, including ballroom, contemporary and hip hop. Catherine Sylvain 7:30 p.m. 719 Liberty Ave., Downtown. $39.50-65. 412-456-6666 or www.trustarts.org
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be something to schedule for the week after Thanksgiving. Fortunately, Venture Outdoors takes advance bookings, so you can safely pre-game with turkey. The nonprofit committed to connecting Pittsburghers with
Pittsburgh’s first erotic-poetry slam could also be its most elaborate slam generally. Exotic dancers and adultnovelty vendors will appear alongside poets competing to be named King or Queen of Slamrotica: “A new throne in raw poetic exposure.” Local spoken-word artists Leslie “Ezra” Smith and Candace Walker, a.k.a. Hotep, host. Judges include playwright Kim El and Shadow Lounge’s Justin Strong. An award is available for the best-dressed tonight at Homewood’s Galaxy Lounge. CS 8-11 p.m. 7246 Kelly St., Homewood. $7-10. 412-927-2498 or www.showclix.com/event/ SLAMROTICA
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actor, director, recording artist and, most recently, app creator. He’s a cultural icon whose CV includes everything from Star Trek to Priceline Negotiator. Now, at 81, he’s touring with his one-man show, Shatner’s World: We Just Live in It. He recently spoke with City Paper via telephone from his offices in San Fernando Valley, Calif. A full transcript of this interview can be found at www.pghcitypaper.com. WHAT CAN PEOPLE EXPECT FROM THIS SHOW? The show is about me and some of the adventures I’ve had, some of the lessons I’ve learned. But it talks about all kinds of things, from motorcycles to death to love to music to Star Trek to Next Generation to Boston Legal to the essence of comedy. WHAT MAKES IT INTO THE PERFORMANCE? I ponder the question of where you get your sense of humor. I found mine by going to a burlesque theatre when I was an adolescent to see a striptease artist. I became enamored by the artists: The guy [on stage] says, “I have a ringing in my ears,” and the doctor says “Don’t answer it.” YOU HAVEN’T BEEN ON BROADWAY SINCE THE 1960S. HOW DOES IT COMPARE TO PERFORMING ON-SCREEN? It’s all different and it’s all the same. You take a deep breath and say the words, but the energy involved in theater far exceeds what you do in front of the camera. Lauren Daley 7:30 p.m. Thu., Nov. 29. Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave., Downtown. $43-185. 412-456-6666 or www.trustarts.org
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THEATER BLACK TIE. A.R. Gurney’s comedy of manners, marriage & time-honored wedding toast. Fri-Sun. Thru Nov. 24. Little Lake Theatre, Canonsburg. 724-745-6300. CINDERELLA. Rodgers & Hammerstein’s musical. Fri-Sun. Thru Dec. 2. New Castle Playhouse, New Castle. 724-657-9369. GOOD PEOPLE. A play about what contemporary Americans will do to survive. Tue-Sun. Thru Dec. 9. O’Reilly Theater, Downtown. 412-316-1600. GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING. Musical tribute to Rodgers & Hammerstein. Wed-Sun. Thru Jan. 20. Cabaret at Theater Square, Downtown. 412-456-6666. IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE. Staged as a 1940s live radio broadcast. Nov. 23-25 and Nov. 27-Dec. 1. Butler Little Theatre, Butler. 724-287-6781.
MOON OVER BUFFALO. Story of two aging actors doing repertory theatre in Buffalo, New York in the 1950s. COMEDY OPEN MIC. Hosted by Fri, Sat. Thru Nov. 24. Derek Minto. Thu, 9 p.m. Thru Comtra Theatre, Cranberry. Nov. 22 Hambone’s, Lawrenceville. 724-591-8727. 412-855-2749. SISTER’S CHRISTMAS PITTSBURGH IMPROV CATECHISM. Play by JAM. Thu. Thru by Maripat Donovan. Dec. 27 Cabaret Thu-Sun. Thru at Theater Square, Dec. 16. City Downtown. Theatre, South Side. 412-325-6769. www. per 412-431-2489. pa pghcitym SOUTH SIDE o .c STORIES. JAMES J. HAMILTON, One-woman show MARK MCCALL, ZACK portraying the dynamism of SIMONS, SHANNON NORMAN, the Pittsburgh neighborhood. JOE KWACZALA, JAMES Tue-Sun. Thru Dec. 16. HESKEY, DEREK MINTO. City Theatre, South Side. Black Friday Blowout Comedy 412-431-2489. Showcase. 9:30 p.m. Hambone’s, THE SPIRIT QUEEN OF Lawrenceville. 412-681-4318. BLOOMFIELD. Reading of NOODLEBOWL COMEDY a play by Joanne Pompeo. SHOW. 9:30 p.m. Bloomfield Mon., Nov. 26, 7 p.m. Bridge Tavern, Bloomfield. O’Reilly Theater, Downtown. 412-605-4807. 412-316-1600. PITTSBURGH COMEDY SHOWCASE W/ MIKE WYSOCKI. Fri, 9 p.m. Corner Cafe, South Side. 412-488-2995. TERRY JONES, DAY BRACEY, ED BAILEY, ISAAC KOZELL, AARON KLEIBER. 9:30 p.m. Pleasure Bar, Bloomfield. 412-682-9603.
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You know sometimes you come to things that aren’t Broadway productions and you think: “I’m going to support it but not really enjoy it.” But this was really first-class. The singers were wonderful, the acting was fantastic, and the live musicians supported everything very well. The story wasn’t particularly unusual — just a bad situation that turns into a good one, but not in a Pollyanna sort of way. It was believable and had a nice ending that made everybody happy. It was distinct from other musicals I’d seen because it was more intimate. It’s supposed to be in a great big theater and it was a real pleasure to see it this way. And while it’s doing something for the community with a portion of the sales going to the Food Bank, the whole message of sharing what you have with other people was absolutely in the storyline itself as well.
ALEX STYPULA, SHANNON NORMAN, JOHN WINTERS, TIM ROSS, ROBERT X, AARON KLEIBER. Nothing Sacred Comedy Show. 9 p.m. The Ironworks, Oakland. 412-398-5061. AN EVENING W/ KEVIN SMITH. 7 p.m. Carnegie Library Of Homestead Music Hall, Munhall. 412-368-5225. MATT WOHLFARTH. Elves Gone Wild Comedy Show. Elfinwild Volunteer Firehall, Glenshaw. 310-909-6446. MONDO! AN IMPROVISED COMEDY CLATTER. Feat. Sean Collier. 10:30 p.m. Cabaret at Theater Square, Downtown. 412-325-6769. SCIT SOCIAL IMPROV JAM. For new & experienced improvisers. Sat, 6:30 p.m. Steel City Improv Theater, North Side. 412-322-1000. THE SERIOUS COMEDY SHOW. Last Sat of every month, 10 p.m. Backstage Bar at Theatre Square, Downtown. 412-325-6769.
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HERITAGE MUSEUM. Military artifacts and exhibits Actor Tim Hartman has a simple philosophy when on the Allegheny Valley’s it comes to entertaining kids (and their families): Keep industrial heritage. Tarentum. 724-224-7666. ‘em laughing while they learn something new. This AUGUST WILSON CENTER weekend he brings his improvisational, participatory FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN show The Hilarious Tales of Tim Hartman to the CULTURE. The Nazi Olympics: Berlin 1936. An exhibit Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, where he’ll share exploring 1936 Olympic Games stories like “How Jonny Pancake Almost Married the including use of propaganda, Princess of France.” 1 and 2 p.m. Fri., Nov. 23, and the boycott debate, history 1 and 2 p.m. Sat., Nov. 24. 10 Children’s Way, North Side. of the torch run, & the historic performance of Jesse Owens. Call 412-322-5058 or visit www. pittsburghkids.org Curated by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Downtown. 412-258-2700. pre World War II iron-making Artisan Cooperatives that BAYERNHOF MUSEUM. Transform Communities. Folk art technology. Rankin. Large collection of automatic objects illustrating the power of 412-464-4020 x.21. roll-played musical instruments women working together and music boxes in a mansion CENTER FOR POSTNATURAL to provide for their families, setting. Call for appointment. HISTORY. Explore the complex educate their children, promote O’Hara. 412-782-4231. interplay between culture, equality, & give back to their BOST BUILDING. Collectors. nature and biotechnology. communities. BugWorks. Feat. Preserved materials reflecting Open Fridays 5-8, Saturdays beautiful photography of the industrial heritage of 12-4 & Sundays 12-4. Garfield. insects, amazing specimens, Southwestern PA. Homestead. 412-223-7698. & live bugs! Life: A Journey 412-464-4020. COMPASS INN. Demos and tours Through Time & Population CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART. with costumed guides featuring Impact thru Jan., Winging It: Inventing the Modern World: this restored stagecoach stop. Experimental Gallery About Birds Decorative Arts at the World’s Ligonier. 724-238-4983. thru March, Lord of the Crane Fairs, 1851–1939. Furniture, CONNEY M. KIMBO Flies thru April. Ongoing: Earth metalwork, glass, ceramics, GALLERY. University of Revealed, Dinosaurs In Their textiles, & jewelry Pittsburgh Jazz Exhibit: Time, more. Oakland. produced by Herman Memorabilia & Awards from 412-622-3131. Miller, Tiffany, the International Hall of Fame. CARNEGIE SCIENCE more. Oakland. Oakland. 412-648-7446. CENTER. Ongoing: 412-622-3131. DEPRECIATION LANDS Buhl Digital Dome . CARNEGIE w ww per MUSEUM. Small living a p (planetarium), ty MUSEUM OF ci h g p history museum celebrating the .com Miniature Railroad NATURAL HISTORY. settlement and history of the and Village, USS Requin Neapolitan Presepio. Depreciation Lands. Allison Park. submarine, and more. Nativity scene feat. more 412-486-0563. North Side. 412-237-3400. than 100 human & angelic FALLINGWATER. Tour the CARRIE FURNACE. Built in figures, along w/ animals, famed Frank Lloyd Wright house. 1907, Carrie Furnaces 6 & 7 accessories, & architectural Ohiopyle. 724-329-8501. are extremely rare examples of elements. Empowering Women:
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ARTFORM GALLERY & TATTOO. If These Trees Could Talk. Work by Donnie Toomer. Opening reception Nov. 24, 7-11 p.m. Lower Burrell. 724-212-3153. CRAZY MOCHA COFFEE COMPANY. Prints by Justseeds Artists Cooperative. Opens Nov. 23, 8 p.m. Bloomfield. 412-681-5225.
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and Television. Long-term exhibition of Warhol’s film & video work. Permanent collection. Artwork and artifacts by the famed Pop Artist. North Side. 412-237-8300. BARCO LAW LIBRARY. Preta. New paintings by Joshua Nickerson. Oakland. BLUE OLIVE GALLERIES. All Local Artists. Multi media work. Artist in the Window. Sertum Botanicum: Original Botanical Illustratons. Frazier. 724-275-7001. 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,
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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. Downtown. 412-456-6999. CHATHAM UNIVERSITY. 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. CLAY PLACE AT STANDARD. Ceramic Artists of Kentucky. Group show curated by Joe Molinaro & Elmer Craig. Carnegie. 412-489-5240. EASTSIDE GALLERY. Ceramic Creatures. Work
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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. RIVERS OF STEEL NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA. Exhibits on the Homestead Mill. Steel industry and community artifacts from 1881-1986. Homestead. 412-464-4020. 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, and exhibits on local history, more. Strip District. 412-454-6000. SEWICKLEY HEIGHTS HISTORY CENTER. Museum commemorates Pittsburgh industrialists, local history. Sewickley. 412-741-4487. 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. SOLDIERS & SAILORS MEMORIAL HALL. Military museum dedicated to honoring military service members since the Civil War through artifacts & personal mementos. Oakland. 412-621-4253. 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. THE TOONSEUM. Pittsburgh Scores! The Pro Scoreboard Art of Kensington Falls Animation. Animations feat. on the Jumbotron at Pirates, Steelers & Penguin games. Downtown. 412-232-0199. WEST OVERTON MUSEUMS. Learn about distilling and coke-making in this pre-Civil War industrial village. Scottdale. 724-887-7910.
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by Bernie Pintar. East Liberty. 412-465-0140. FEIN ART GALLERY. New Work 2012. Pittsburgh Print Group exhibit. North Side. 412-321-6816. 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. GALLERY ON 43RD STREET. Small Works from Norway. Paintings by Dylan Cridtchfield-Sales. Lawrenceville. 412-683-6488. 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: Object/Place/Time. Mixed media paintings by Chuck Olson. West End. 412-922-9800. LA PRIMA ESPRESSO. Paintings/Prints of Italy. Prints of Vince Ornato’s oil paintings of Italy. Strip District. 412-281-1922. LAKEVUE ATHLETIC CLUB. Pop-Up Gallery. Work by a
variety of artists. Valencia. 724-316-9326. LAWRENCE HALL GALLERY. Landscape Expressions. Work by Lynn Fero. Downtown. 412-392-8008. MANCHESTER CRAFTSMEN’S GUILD. Flat Files. Illustration & cartoon art by Wayno. North Side. 412-322-1773. MATTHEWS ARTS GALLERY. The Silk Studio Exhibit & Sale. Bellevue. 412-761-0301. MATTRESS FACTORY. Feminist and.. New work by Julia Cahill, Betsy Damon, Parastou Forouhar, Loraine Leeson, Ayanah Moor, & Carrie Mae Weems. Ongoing Installations. Works by Turrell, Lutz, Kusama, Anastasi, Highstein, Wexler & Woodrow. North Side. 412-231-3169. MATTRESS FACTORY SATELLITE GALLERY. Gestures: Intimate Friction. Group show feat. Nina Marie Barbuto, Dee Briggs, Jeremy Ficca, Pablo Garcia, Jenn Gooch, Ling He, more. Guest Curated by Mary -Lou Arscott. North Side. 412-231-3169. MICHAEL HERTRICH ART & FRAME. Epression-ism. Paintings by Nellie Lou Slagle. South Side. 412-431-3337. MILLER GALLERY AT CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY. Imperfect Health: The Medicalization of Architecture. Feat. photographs, sculpture, architectural models & drawings, that together examine the relationships between design & health. Oakland. 412-268-4754. MODERNFORMATIONS GALLERY. The Good Fight. New works by Christian Breitkreutz. Garfield. 412-362-0274. MORGAN CONTEMPORARY GLASS GALLERY. Cheers, Salute, L’chaim To The Next 50! Group show feat. Ellen Abbott & Marc Leva, Alex Bernstein, Judi Charlson, more. Shadyside. 412-441-5200. MOST-WANTED FINE ART GALLERY. A Year in a Life. New works by Nina Sauer & Ryan Dunmeyer. Garfield. 412-328-4737. OLD ECONOMY VILLAGE. Faces & Places: Photographs of Old Economy. Never before seen photography from the late 19th & early 20th centuries. Ambridge. 724-266-4500. PANZA GALLERY. Returns. Work by Olga Brindar, Mia Tarducci Henry & David Grim. Millvale. 412-821-0959. PHOTO ANTIQUITIES. First Americans. A rare collection of portraits of Native Americans. The History of Photography. Plus preservation and education exhibits. Shantytown - The Ed Salamony Photographs.
Experience the Depression in Pittsburgh’s shantytown through this historic photographic documentary. North Side. 412-231-7881. PICTURESQUE PHOTOGRAPHY & GIFTS. Photography by Brenda Knoll. Lawrenceville. 412-688-0240. PITTSBURGH CENTER FOR THE ARTS. White Show: Subtlety in the Age of Spectacle. Group show feat. Jaq Belcher, David Burke, Ellen Carey, Mark Franchino, Jane Haskell, Marietta Hoferer, more. Romancing the Tone. Group show feat. Lenka Clayton, Corey Escoto, Rachel E Foster, David Leggett, Rebecca Mir & Sayward Schoonmaker. Small Step Giant Leap. Group show feat. members of the Keystone West artist collective. Shadyside. 412-361-0873. PITTSBURGH GLASS CENTER. American Idols. Exhibition by John Moran feat. glass busts of all 43 U.S. presidents. Friendship. 412-365-2145. SCHOOLHOUSE ART CENTER. South Arts Winter Show. Feat. life sized owl carved by wood sculptor George Nichol, paintings by local artists. Bethel Park. 412-835-9898. SILVER EYE CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY. No Job No Home No Peace No Rest. Installation by Will Steacy. South Side. 412-431-1810. THE SOCIETY FOR CONTEMPORARY CRAFT. Bridge 12. Work by Melissa Cameron, Betty Vera, & Kevin Snipes. Strip District. 412-261-7003 x 12. THE TOONSEUM. New Action Evolution. Impressionistic superhero paintings by David Leblanc. Downtown. 412-232-0199. UNSMOKE ART SPACE. Sweetness & Light. A collaborative installation by Keith Lemley & Taryn McMahon. Braddock. 415-518-9921. WESTMORELAND MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART. Your Art Needs You. 177 faded or damaged works which visitors can adopt, funding restoration. Born of Fire: The Valley Work. Greensburg. 724-837-1500. WILDCARD. Moving Between Dimensions. Screenprints by strawberryluna aka Allison Glancey & Craig Seder. Lawrenceville. 412-224-2651. WOOD STREET GALLERIES. The City & the City: Artwork by London Writers. Visual art by authors of experimental poetry, fiction, history & geography, exploring new ways to combine literature & art in an examination of the modern city. Downtown. 412-471-5605.
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48TH ANNUAL SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS PARADE. 5:30 p.m. Main Street, Butler. LE JARDIN CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE. 10:30 a.m.3:30 p.m. Le Jardin Flower Shop & Gary Pratt Designs, Greensburg. 724-834-7499. MY MACY’S HOLIDAY PARADE. Begins at 22nd & Liberty Ave., Downtown. 9-11 a.m. 412-237-1183.
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HOLIDAY MART. Jewelry, ceramics, fiber arts, more. Nov. 25-Dec. 2 Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Sewickley. 412-741-4405.
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MAKE YOUR OWN ORNAMENTS & GLASS SALE. Sat, Sun. Thru Dec. 16 Vessel Studio Glass, South Side. 412-779-2471. STOP SHOP & BE MERRY. Christmas shopping vendor expo. Nov. 24-25 Sigmas Conference & Event Center, Shaler. 412-543-8238.
SAT 24 - WED 28 PEOPLES GAS HOLIDAY MARKET. Entertainment, shopping, more. Nov. 24Dec. 23 Market Square, Downtown. 412-471-1511.
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THE HOLIDAY SHOP. Feat. art & crafts from over 180 regional artists. Mon. Thru Dec. 31 Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Shadyside. . w ww per 412-361-0873. pa
PET PHOTOS W/ SANTA. Sun, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Thru Nov. 25 Animal Friends, Ohio Township. 412-847-7000.
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BUDDY VALASTRO. Live holiday baking show w/ the Cake Boss. 7:30 p.m. Benedum Center, Downtown. 412-456-6666.
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SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE TOUR. Top 10 finalists from season 9 will perform. 7:30 p.m. Benedum Center, Downtown. 412-456-6666.
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MISTER ROGER’S SWEATER DRIVE. Collecting new & gently used sweaters. Thru Dec. 18 Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, North Side. 412-322-5058.
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EGYPTIAN TEA. Buffet luncheon, fashion show, more. Benefits Sahara Court No. 9, Daughters of Isis. 1-4 p.m. Nyia Page Community Center, Braddock. 412-956-4450.
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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.
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RALLY AGAINST DRONES. Corner of Murray & Forbes Ave., Squirrel Hill. 12-1:30 p.m.
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OAKLAND OPEN MIC. Poetry, music & political speeches welcome. Second and Fourth Fri of every month, 7 p.m. 610-731-1804.
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CARNEGIE KNITS & READS. Informal knitting session. Wed, 5 p.m. Carnegie Library, Oakland. 412-622-3116. 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. INTERGENERATIONAL BOOK DISCUSSION & LUNCHEON. Discussing The Life of Pi by Yan Martel. Register by Nov. 26 11:30 a.m. Baldwin Borough Public Library, Baldwin. 412-885-2255. PITTSBURGH POETRY EXCHANGE. Discussing The Essential Etheridge Kight. 7:30 p.m. Coffee Tree Roasters, Shadyside. 412-481-7663.
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THE HILARIOUS TALES OF TIM HARTMAN. Feat. The One & Only Delgado Cheese, How Jonny Pancake Almost Married the Princess of France, & other stories. Nov. 23-24, 1 & 2 p.m. Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, North Side. 412-322-5058.
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SANTA TROLLEY. Trolley ride w/ Santa, crafts, more. and Sat, Sun. Thru Dec. 16 Pennsylvania Trolley Museum, Washington. 724-228-9256.
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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.
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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.
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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.
OTHER STUFF FRI 23 When it comes to historical landmarks, “George Washington was here” is hard to beat. This weekend, the Harmony Museum invites visitors to join in a hike through Moraine State Park, where French and Indian War re-enactors — playing Washington, his frontiersman guide and others — will dramatically commemorate Washington’s 1753 travels through Butler County. The hike meets at the picnic shelter next to McDaniels Boat Launch. 9:30 a.m. Sat., Nov. 24. 225 Pleasant Valley Road, Portersville. $5. Call 724-452-7341 or visit www.harmonymuseum.org.
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.
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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BEAUTY & THE BEAST HOLIDAY. Sat, Sun. Thru Dec. 23 Gemini Theater, Point Breeze. 412-243-5201.
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SANTA’S ENCHANTED WORKSHOP. Stanley & his sister SuSu head for the North Pole to see if Santa is real or not. Presented by Theatre IV. 2 & 5 p.m. Palace Theatre, Greensburg. 724-836-8000.
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STOOGEFEST. 5 Stooge shorts on the big screen. Nov. 23-24 Grand Theatre, Elizabeth. 412-384-0504.
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. BRUNCH IN BLOOM. Seasonal & sustainably-grown brunch. Call for reservation. 11 a.m. & 1 p.m. Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Garden, Oakland. 412-622-6914. FROM PLANNING TO CANNING GARDENING CLASS. Fourth and Second Sun of every month Pittsburgh Public Market, Strip District. 412-281-4505. 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.
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GEORGE WASHINGTON COMMEMORATION. French & Indian War re-enactments, park hike, more. 9:30 a.m. Moraine State Park, Butler. 724-452-7341. 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. PSYCHIC FAIR. Last Sat of every month, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Chapel of Oneness, West Mifflin. 412-770-4961. 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. SOUTH HILLS SCRABBLE CLUB. Free Scrabble games, all levels. Sat, 1-3 p.m. Mount Lebanon Public Library, Mt. Lebanon. 412-531-1912. SPANISH CONVERSATION GROUP. Friendly, informal. Union
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HOLIDAY ENTERTAINING ON A DIME. Speaker: Jesse Sharrard, Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. 5:30 p.m. Catholic Charities Building, Downtown. 412-456-6696. 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. SMOKE & EPHEMERA. Discussion of Claire Hardy’s paintings. Speaker: Mario Fischetti, psychoanalyst & psychotherapist. 7 p.m. Mansions on Fifth, Shadyside. 412-661-4224. SPELLING BEE WITH DAVE AND KUMAR. Mon Lava Lounge, South Side. 412-431-5282.
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necessary. All ages welcome 412-613-9800. KELLY STRAYHORN THEATER. Accepting applications for the Next Stage Residency program for choreographers. Nov. 30. Kelly-Strayhorn Theater, East Liberty. 412-363-3000. LATSHAW PRODUCTIONS. Auditions for fall & Christmas traveling orchestra shows. Ongoing. Male/female singers & dancers. 412-728-2193.
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The Pittsburgh Tote Bag Project is an all-volunteer effort to collect and distribute tote bags to the region’s food pantries. It is currently celebrating holiday-food traditions with its Holiday Ethnic Food and Tote Drive, and is seeking food donations in reusable bags. Families and groups are encouraged to organize donation projects. A list of specific ethnic food needs and other information can be found at www.tote4pgh.com. MCCAFFERY MYSTERIES. Ongoing auditions for actors ages 18+ for murder mystery shows performed in the Pittsburgh area. 412-833-5056. THE TALENT GROUP. Open casting for models and actors 1st Monday of every month. 11:45 AM, 5:45 PM. 412-471-8011.
COOPERATIVE DISCUSSION COURSE. Learn about cooperative economics, history, & philosophy. Wed, 7-9 p.m. Thru Dec. 5 The Big Idea Bookstore & Cafe, Bloomfield. 412-687-4323. LET’S SPEAK ENGLISH! Practice conversational English. Wed, 28 WEST SECOND GALLERY & 5 p.m. Carnegie Library, Oakland. STUDIO SPACE. Seeking art work 412-622-3151. & crafts for Deck The Halls: Annual PFLAG WASHINGTON. Holiday Exhibition. Nov. 30. Email Support, education & advocacy 5 jpg. samples of work & include for the LGBTQ community, resume/bio w/ artist statement family & friends. Fourth to info@28westsecond.com. Wed of every month Greensburg. 724-205-9033. First Presbyterian ASSEMBLE. HyperLocal Church, Downtown. call for artists, 412-471-3436. technologists, THE PITTSBURGH & makers. Seeking SHOW OFFS. A artists in the Garfield/ www. per meeting of jugglers pa pghcitym Friendship/Bloomfield & spinners. All levels o .c area to submit work welcome. Wed, for the HyperLocal 7:30 p.m. Union Project, Show + Art Bazaar. Email Highland Park. 412-363-4550. assemblepgh@gmail.org WEST COAST SWING for information. Garfield. WEDNESDAYS. Swing 412-432-9127. dance lessons. Wed, 9 p.m. GALLERY FLYNN. Seeking work The Library, South Side. by film & visual artists to display 916-287-1373. in new gallery. McKees Rocks. 412-969-2990. INDEPENDENT FILM NIGHT. ATL-NYC PRODUCTIONS. Submit your film, 10 minutes Auditions for new TV show, or less. Screenings held on I Want To Be Discovered. the second Thursday of Log onto www.iwant2b every month. DV8 Espresso discoveredonline.com & Bar & Gallery, Greensburg. post video of group or individual 724-219-0804. talent. 3 minutes max. MCKEES ROCKS DISCOVER ME! Auditions COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT for actors & actresses for the CORPORATION. Seeking movie production Discover Me! qualified architect for design of Call Robert for further details. the renovated facade & building 412-904-2954. exterior of the historic Roxian GREATER HARMONY CHORUS. Theatre. For more information, Seeking women to help bring email office_admin@mckeesrocks. the holiday spirit to senior living com. 412-331-9901. facilities. No singing experience
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{BY DAN SAVAGE}
I am a 22-year-old straight female. I used to babysit for a wealthy family. The dad of this family is very into martial arts/ fighting and has invited me over for “self-defense training.” I have accepted his invitations a few times, and it has always started off as a normal workout in their home gym. But he is always pretty anxious to get to the self-defense part. Often he will blindfold me and then come at me, and I must then wrestle my way out of the situation using the moves I’ve learned. I did this a few times, and found it a bit unsettling. However, he never touched me inappropriately. Last time we did this, he told me he wanted to see how much pain he could take. He asked me to kick him in the groin with no protection until he couldn’t take it anymore. I thought, “This is strange,” but I was curious, so I did it. He was able to take it for a surprisingly long time. I haven’t been back since, but for the past six months, he has been pestering me to come back. Recently, he suggested that we have a “competition.” I will kick him in the balls — or anywhere else — and if he gives up, I get $150. If I give up, by getting too tired, I give him $20. His wife knows about the workouts, but he said he doesn’t want me to tell her about the fighting. Is there a sexual component to this? I have never heard of anything like this before. But I am a poor college student, and for $150, I’ll stand there fully clothed and kick this guy in the balls!
manipulated you into doing sex work, because once the session is under way, you don’t want him thinking, “If I could get her to do this, I can probably get her to [remove her clothes/watch me masturbate/have sex with me].” Being direct with someone (“No, I’m not taking my clothes off, asshole!”) after you’ve accepted a dishonest premise (“Sure, rich guy, this isn’t about sex, you’re just testing yourself!”) requires you to admit that you were being dishonest, too. Most people are reluctant to admit to dishonesty, and a skilled manipulator will exploit that inhibition to get what he wants. So tell him you’ll play, but you’re not going to play along. He has to agree to your conditions: Everything that happens is agreed to in advance, you both remain fully clothed, no recordings are made, and you get the $150 — make that $250 — whether or not he bails.
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There are no nonsexual components to this, and if you’ve never heard of something like this before, you must be a new reader. What we’ve got here is a rich guy attempting to manipulate his kids’ former babysitter into doing sex work — no, scratch that. What we’ve got here is a rich guy who has already manipulated his kids’ former babysitter into doing sex work, and that’s pretty fucking creepy. (Your previous workouts with the wrestling and the kicking? Unpaid sex work.) Don’t get me wrong: I don’t think his ballbusting fetish is creepy. It’s extreme, as fetishes go, and there are risks. But the risks are his. Paying you to kick him in the nuts doesn’t put his wife at risk (kick-to-sack is not a known mode of STI transmission), it won’t take food out of his children’s mouths, and, as he presumably has all the children he wants, ball-bustinginduced sterility might be a blessing/vasectomy in disguise. If you need the money, and don’t think you’ll be scarred by the experience, tell the guy you’ll consider doing this — you’ll remain fully clothed and kick him in the nuts — but only if he levels with you: He’s getting off on this. If he can’t level with you, don’t do it. You don’t want this rich asshole to think he’s
I am a straight man who has always known that he is a poly. The woman I love is a monogamous person. When we started being sexual, it was a strictly friends-with-benefits arrangement, although a sexually exclusive one at her insistence, and I agreed because neither of us expected anything longterm. But we fell in love, and now I can’t imagine life without her. I love her like I’ve never loved any other woman. But she has asked me to betray my sexual identity by remaining sexually exclusive. I am not asking the same of her: She does not have to sleep with other people to keep me in her life. Can someone who is poly be happy with someone who isn’t? POLYAMOROUS POLYMATH
You are not “a poly.” Poly is not a sexual identity or orientation. It’s not something you are, it’s something you do. There’s no such thing as a person who is “a poly,” just as there’s no such thing as a person who is “a monogamous.” There are only people — gay, straight, bi. Some people are in monogamous relationships, some are in polyamorous relationships, some are in monogamish relationships, some are in four-star-general relationships. These are relationship models, not sexual identities. So the question isn’t “Can a poly be happy with a monogamous?” The question is can you, despite your preference for nonmonogamous relationship models, be happy in this relationship? Do you love your girlfriend so much that you’re willing to pay the price of admission that she’s demanding? Since your girlfriend has already indicated that she’s not willing to have a nonmonogamous relationship, the choice is yours. If you truly can’t live without her, you’ll have to be monogamous. If that’s not something you’re willing or able to do — “willing” and “able” are two different criteria, and you’ll need to make an honest self-assessment on both counts — then end this relationship and find someone whose romantic desires more closely align with your own.
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you to do some almost equally pithy things. You have the potential to be extremely concise and intense and focused in all you do. I urge you to fulfill that potential. Pack every speech, gesture and action with a concentrated wealth of meaning.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):
Your redesigned thrust-vectoring matrix is finally operational. Love those new nozzles! Moreover, you’ve managed to purge all the bugs from your cellular tracking pulse, and your high-resolution flux capacitor is retooled and as sexy as a digitally remastered simulation of your first kiss. You’re almost ready for take-off, Sagittarius! The most important task left to do is to realign your future shock absorbers. N o more than a week from now, I expect you to be flying high and looking very, very good.
pher Seneca, and now I’m passing it on to you. It’s an excellent time for you to think about the issue. Ask yourself: Have you been cooperating with fate so that it has maximum power to shepherd you? Have you been working closely with fate, giving it good reasons to consistently provide you with useful hints and timely nudges? Or have you been you avoiding fate, even resisting it out of laziness or ignorance, compelling it to yank you along? Spend the next few weeks making sure your relationship with fate is strong and righteous.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):
ARIES (March 21-April 19):
The plot twists will be intriguing. The actors may be unpredictable, even erratic. Blossoming and decay will be happening simultaneously, and the line between wisdom and craziness could get blurry. There’s not nearly enough room in this little horoscope to describe the epic sweep of the forces working behind the scenes. Are you willing to confront uncanny truths that other people might regard as too unruly? Are you brave enough to penetrate to the depths that others are too timid to look at, let alone deal with? I hope you are, Capricorn, because that will give you the power to ultimately emerge from the drama with your integrity shining and your intelligence boosted.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):
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Psychologists have done studies that suggest we subconsciously adopt the qualities of fictional characters we read about or see in movies. That’s not a problem if those characters are smart, ethical, highly motivated people whose ideals are similar to ours. But if the heroes of the stories we absorb are jerks who treat others badly and make messes wherever they go, our imitative urges may lead us astray. Right now is a crucial time for you to be extra careful about the role models you allow to seep into your imagination. You’re especially susceptible to taking on their attributes. I say, be proactive: Expose yourself intensely to only the very best fictional characters who embody the heights you aspire to reach.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):
“The fates guide him who will; him who won’t, they drag.” So said the ancient Greek philoso-
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“Don’t think about making art, just get it done,” said Andy Warhol. “Let everyone else decide if it’s good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.” I encourage you to adopt that mini-manifesto for your own purposes in the coming weeks, Aries. If you’re not an artist, simply substitute the appropriate phrase for “making art.” It could be “creating interesting relationships,” “exploring exotic lands,” “changing corrupt political institutions,” “fixing environmental problems” or even “making money.” The main point is: Focus on doing what drives your quest for meaning, and forget about what people think of it.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
A Jungian writer whose name I have unfortunately misplaced made the following observations: “In a man’s psyche, the unconscious is experienced as chaotic, filled with violent and irrational processes of generation and destruction. But to a woman’s psyche the unconscious is a fascinating matrix of sacred images and rituals which in their wildly contradictory meanings express the secret unity of all life.” After analyzing the astrological omens, I suspect that you Taurus men now have an unprecedented opportunity to experience your unconscious as women do. As for you Taurus women: You have the chance to get a vivid, visceral understanding of how true this description of the female unconscious is.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
Let’s talk about the Decision. I’m referring to the Choice you have been dancing around and fretting about and analyzing to death. By my esti-
mate, there are at least 15 different solutions you could pursue. But just seven of those solutions would meet the requirements of being intelligent, responsible and fun. Of those seven, only four would be intelligent, responsible, fun and enduring. Of those four, only two would be intelligent, responsible, fun, enduring and the best for all concerned. I suggest you opt for one of those two.
CANCER (June 21-July 22):
I’m not necessarily asserting that you need to edit yourself, Cancerian. Only you can decide that. But I will state unequivocally that if there is in fact any editing needed, now would be a good time to do it. You will have extra insight about what aspects of your life might benefit from being condensed, corrected and fine-tuned. It’s also true that the rectifications you do in the coming weeks will be relatively smooth and painless. So look into the possibilities, please. Should you calm your blame reflex? Downsize a huffy attitude? Shed some emotional baggage?
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):
How many times have you been in love, Leo? Just once or twice? Or have you dived into the depths of amorous togetherness again and again over the years? Whatever the case may be, I bet you have strong ideas about the nature of passionate romance and profound intimacy. That’s natural and normal. But I’m going to ask you to temporarily forget everything you think you know about all that stuff. I invite you to become innocent again, cleansed of all your mature, jaded, hopeful and resentful thoughts about the game of love. In my astrological opinion, there’s no better way for you to prepare for what will come next.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
A medical research journal reported on a British woman who accidentally swallowed a felttip pen. It lay there in her stomach for 25 years. When surgeons finally removed it, they were surprised to find it still worked. I am not suggesting that anything remotely as exotic or bizarre will be happening to you, Virgo. I do suspect, though, that you will soon have an experience with certain metaphorical resemblances to that event. For example, you may retrieve and find use for an element of your past that has been gone or missing for a long time.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
“Sapiosexual” is a relatively new word that refers to a person who is erotically attracted to intelligence. Urbandictionary.com gives an example of how it might be used: “I want an incisive, inquisitive, insightful, irreverent mind. I want someone for whom philosophical discussion is foreplay. I want a sapiosexual.” In the coming weeks, Libra, I suspect you will be closer to fitting this definition than you’ve ever been before. The yearning that’s rising up in you is filled with the need to be stimulated by brilliance, to be influenced by wisdom, to be catalyzed by curiosity. What good old thing could you give up in order to attract a great new thing into your life? Testify at Freewillastrology.com.
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Fifty years later, what have we really learned from Rachel Carson’s master work? {BY BILL O’DRISCOLL} IN SILENT SPRING, published 50 years ago this fall, Rachel Carson
warned of a season when the birds, and all of nature, would fall mute to chemical poisoning. These days, though, I’m worried about the silence of a different animal: the humans making all the pollution. Not that Springdale native Carson missed her mark. Silent Spring was published in 1962. Within a decade, President Nixon created the Environmental Protection Agency. The pesticide DDT, whose indiscriminate use was among Carson’s prime targets in Silent Spring, was banned. Landmark federal legislation including the Clean Water Act was passed. As evidenced by the 1970 genesis of Earth Day, awareness grew about the harm humans could do the planet. Much of that harm, people now realized, was wrought with the household and industrial chemicals we’d regarded as modern miracles — insect-killers, weed-killers — but whose dark side Carson was key in revealing. Carson’s environmentalism was revolutionary. This wasn’t Teddy Roosevelt grandly conserving far-off places most of us would never see. This was stuff happening in our own backyards, even our own bodies. But while Carson changed our thinking, if you re-read her epochal book today, you’ll wonder how much differently we’re actually behaving. We know that too much pesticide use is bad. But most of the concepts Carson popularized we either never truly learned or have failed to act on. And we hardly ever talk about them.
ed for health effects. Globally, deforestation proceeds ceaselessly. Soils erode, aquifers wane, fisheries decline. Fossil fuels are burned, releasing greenhouse gasses that warm the planet and turn the oceans increasingly acidic. Had Carson truly changed us, such issues would be front and center. But while the impact of climate change is obvious in droughts, floods and superstorms, for instance, our major-party presidential candidates didn’t mention the issue during their months-long campaign. A world where both presidential contenders boast about how much oil and gas they’ll drill is not Rachel Carson’s world. Yes, it’s easy to forget our progress from the days when pollutants were utterly unregulated. But it seems even easier to forget — or to never acknowledge — scourges like deforestation and the acidification of the oceans. Many people are fighting the good fight. In Carson’s spirit, people cut their energy use, eat low on the food chain, and eat — and farm — organic. Scientists alert us to environmental degradation, activists fight for a greener world, and engineers explore nontoxic alternatives to industrial processes. But the numbers of such people remain small, their impact slight. Consider perhaps Carson’s biggest intellectual contribution: the idea that “in nature nothing exists alone.” Nature works precisely, endlessly because of organisms minutely adapted to their envi-
A WORLD WHERE BOTH PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDERS BOAST ABOUT HOW MUCH FOSSIL FUEL THEY’LL DRILL IS NOT RACHEL CARSON’S WORLD. Silent Spring’s second chapter alone is a litany of issues still plaguing us a half-century on. The sheer ubiquity of long-lived man-made poisons in air, water, soil and living flesh; the scourge of toxins concentrating up the food chain; how growing lots of one crop in one place worsens insect problems, and how insects evolve to resist pesticides; the destructiveness of invasive species; even how we reflexively bow on such questions to corporate prerogatives of power and profit. In later chapters, Carson notes that while we manufacture chemicals one at a time, in nature they mingle, creating further unpredictable hazards. And she adds how overuse of pesticides sterilizes soils, stripping the micro-organisms, insects and so-called weeds that together give them life. All these basic problems, though known to science for decades, remain largely unaddressed. And given how little we cite them when we talk about food or pollution, it can feel as though Carson never wrote about them at all. For while Carson decried our “relentless war on life,” we haven’t called a truce. We’ve escalated instead. Pesticides, and indeed all petrochemicals, are manufactured and used in greater quantities than ever; despite Carson’s warnings, most of them remain untest-
ronments; Carson’s examples included species of mites who live inside fallen spruce needles. A small push, she showed, can ripple throughout an ecosystem. You can’t kill a predator without causing its prey to explode in number. You can’t pave a songbird’s habitat and still hear that bird. But the idea that all life is interconnected and interdependent still eludes us. Man’s “war against nature is inevitably a war against himself,” Carson warned. That idea should guide almost every decision we make. Instead, it’s rarely part of even environmental policy, let alone broader discussions about, say, the economy. A lot of this silence is corporate power trying to keep things as they are. While we citizens have scant say, for instance, about the quality of the air we breathe, advertising still serves fantasies of material omnipotence — yours for a push of the gas pedal or click of the mouse. We recycle, sure. But few Americans seem willing to change their lives all that much. And surveys indicate hardly anyone votes based on environmental issues. We’re too quiet about the environment. And we’re courting a spring more silent than Carson ever dared imagine. DR ISC O L L @ P G H C I T Y PA P E R. C OM
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