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[NEWS] were both looking at each other: 06 “We ‘Quiet Storm by day, AVA by night!’ And we clicked glasses.� — Quiet Storm owner Jill MacDowell on her plans to team up with fellow displaced business owner Justin Strong
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should’ve kept that building 19 “They and preserved it. A lot of history in that building.� — Jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal, on the old musicians’ union building, torn down to make way for the Civic Arena
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Cultural Trust, Local Artist Squabble Over Rubber Duck (Online only, Sept. 13) “I have to agree with [Joe] Wos and Professor [Mike] Madison. Though I love the PGH Cultural Trust, they are very, very wrong about this; and they should have checked with their lawyers, or, even better, done some research online about copyright law.” — Web comment from “Kaitlin Bledsoe”
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HEN NEWS first broke this
month that the Quiet Storm was closing, some city leaders were as surprised as fans of its Sunday brunch. Established in 2001, the beloved Penn Avenue coffeehouse and vegetarian eatery suggested new possibilities for the once-struggling business district straddling Friendship and Garfield. As a mural by Tarish Pipkins proclaims on its exterior wall, the Quiet Storm promised “progress no losses.” But suddenly, it seemed, change wouldn’t be quite that painless. Yet the Quiet Storm may not be about to abate, and while owner Jill MacDowell may be out, she’s not down. She’s already seeking a new location— and in the meantime joining another displaced East End pioneer: Justin Strong, who until recently ran East Liberty’s muchlamented Shadow Lounge and its sister bar, AVA. Next month, Strong plans to open a new location for AVA in the old Luna Bar,
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on Oakland’s North Craig Street. MacDowell will run the kitchen. And like Strong, whose club was a key part of rewriting people’s perceptions of the long-blighted Penn Circle area, she’s looking forward to moving into yet another scruffy business district.
Penn Avenue coffeehouse finds temporary shelter at AVA while search for a permanent home continues {BY CHRIS POTTER} “What I love about work is the uphill climb,” MacDowell says. “It’s pretty intoxicating to say, ‘We really did help turn this area around.’ It would be exciting to do that again.” The Quiet Storm will close sometime in October (no date has been set, though MacDowell says, “I think it would be
nice to go out on a Sunday brunch”), when it celebrates its 12th anniversary. But MacDowell and Strong are already looking ahead. “It’s pretty exciting,” says Strong: “two iconic places getting displaced, and then they join forces.” THE QUIET STORM was opened by Ian Lip-
sky at a time when Penn Avenue neighborhood businesses struggled amid shuttered storefronts. MacDowell, a food caterer and former editor of alt-weekly In Pittsburgh, came on board to serve brunch in September 2002. (By then, In Pittsburgh had been shut down and purchased by City Paper.) By the time she bought Lipsky out in 2005, the Quiet Storm had weathered some hard times: In 2004, management even flirted with making ends meet by selling shares to the community. Penn’s improving climate brought changes of its own. In 2007, MacDowell pulled the plug on live music, prompted by newly built housing next door. This year,
she cut out dinner hours, responding to the arrival of new restaurants that “were doing great dinners — and serving booze.” Through it all, MacDowell says, the Quiet Storm kept gaining strength: “I tell people, ‘If you haven’t been to the Quiet Storm, you haven’t really been to Pittsburgh.’” But dark clouds began gathering on the horizon last November, MacDowell says, when the building’s owner, Friendship Development Associates, put her on a month-to-month lease. The community group, which is going out of business, is winding down its real-estate holdings: By 2013, it was offering tours of the building to potential buyers. This summer, the FDA has agreed to sell the building to Greenfield-based Szmidt’s Old World Deli. “I feel like I’ve been in limbo,” MacDowell says. “Customers were asking me what was going on, staff was asking me.” Nor could the Bloomfield Garfield Corporation, which has been filling the void left behind by FDA, offer much help — despite its best efforts. The Quiet Storm “drew another generation to Penn Avenue, a generation that wouldn’t have found its way here otherwise,” says BGC Executive Director Rick Swartz. But finding a new home for it, he adds, “was tougher than anyone imagined”: Building owners, encouraged by Penn Avenue’s changing fortunes, were “holding out for some ransom. … [S]uddenly the wind is scented with money.” And while MacDowell says Swartz’s efforts showed “how much love there was” for Quiet Storm, “I had to start looking for parachutes.” So she reached out to Strong, who closed AVA this June, citing steeper rents in East Liberty’s rapidly gentrifying business district. After talking for a couple hours, MacDowell recalls, “We were both looking at each other: ‘Quiet Storm by day, AVA by night!’ And we clicked glasses.” Strong says he’s contracting with MacDowell to “operate the café side of things,”
providing breakfast and lunch during daytime, and food for bar patrons at night. An opening date has not been finalized: MacDowell says Oct. 20 is the target, depending on whether the kitchen is up and running. “I’m not going to do it until we’re ready.” MacDowell says that a few favorites from the Quiet Storm menu — and its beloved coffee — will make the move to North Oakland. She also pledges to “do my damndest” to protect the jobs of her 16 full- and part-time employees. But patrons will notice changes. Perhaps chief among them: The menu — which MacDowell says will feature “global comfort food with an emphasis on fresh and local” — will incorporate meat. Quiet Storm has previously focused on vegetarian and vegan offerings, but in North Oakland, its already popular brunch will soon feature bacon and sausage. Both entrepreneurs say North Oakland presents familiar challenges. Strong says it “reminds me of the early days in East Liberty: There’s still this hesitation and grit about the neighborhood.” The area may also be a stepping stone to elsewhere. MacDowell says she and Strong have committed to a six-month affiliation, “and then we’ll re-evaluate” how things are progressing. Both she and Strong, after all, are looking down the road to new homes for their flagship businesses. Strong says that while operating AVA, he hopes to find a permanent home for the Shadow Lounge, AVA’s better-known and older brother. That way, he says, “we could continue on the iconic path that it was on” as a venue for hip hop and other performances. MacDowell, too, is looking for other locations to reopen under the Quiet Storm banner. That location could also open as soon as this October, she says, or perhaps not until 2014. The affiliation with AVA, she says “is a way station at least.” But “I think we’re going to reopen somewhere, some way.”
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THERE’S CERTAINLY no shortage of public officials willing to help. The day after City Paper broke the news of Quiet Storm’s closing online, Pittsburgh City Councilor Bill Peduto, the city’s likely next mayor, pledged to assist MacDowell any way he could. “Any place that was where Penn Avenue was 15 years ago needs to have [an] anchor like that,” said Peduto, who called Quiet Storm “the Ritter’s of a new generation.” MacDowell has been visiting potential sites in city neighborhoods — sometimes in the company of community leaders. Among the contenders: Warrington Avenue in Allentown. With growth taking root in nearby Mount Washington and the South Side Slopes, “We’ve seen a lot of market movement in those areas,” says Aaron Sukenik, executive director of the Hilltop Alliance, a community-development group. But while “there’s a lot of people coming up there, there isn’t a coffee shop,” he adds. “Quiet Storm was such an anchor business for the East End, and we think it could do the same thing here.” Of course, no matter where Strong and MacDowell go, there’s a risk of ending up in the same place: back on the street. “Most of us who start businesses in neighborhoods that we want to help develop go into this thinking that if we turn it around, we will be set,” says Amy Enrico, whose Highland Park coffeeshop, Tazza d’Oro, is credited with revitalizing its own
environs. But “once development hits, very few of us can stick around. When you’ve got all the new shiny stuff going on, that’s when you’re most vulnerable.” “Keeping these entrepreneurs in the neighborhood is very important to the fabric of that community,” Enrico says. “We can’t forget the legacy these people left behind.” “There is a certain irony” in people like MacDowell ending up on the curb, says state Sen. Jim Ferlo (D-Lawrenceville), a board member of the city’s Urban Redevelopment Authority. “But we don’t live in a socialist system where the government controls private property.” If you don’t want to be displaced, Ferlo says, “owning your own building is critical.” That’s a lesson Strong has taken to heart, which is why he wants to re-create Shadow Lounge in a building he purchases. Based on the city’s burgeoning realestate market, he says, “There’s maybe a two-year window before stuff gets out of reach — at least from my perspective.” MacDowell, for her part, is philosophical about being displaced. “I don’t look at this as the end of anything,” she says. “These places are just buildings.” For that matter, “it’s never just been about the tofu.” Customers “also come for something else, and I don’t know if I can take credit for it. They come for a state of mind. And the sad thing would be for the magic to go away, because it can’t find a home.” C P OT T E R@ P G HC I T Y PA P E R. C OM
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small number of kids who need them … but these schools have become raiders. They raid the public-school budget and provide a bad education, and have high drop-out rates. ONE BIG SURPRISE IN YOUR BOOK IS THAT OVER THE YEARS, WHEN KIDS HAVE BEEN TESTED ON THE SAME STANDARDIZED QUESTIONS, SCORES ARE ACTUALLY IMPROVING, NOT GETTING WORSE. I have to say it was a surprise to me too. In my book three years ago, I didn’t say, “Guess what, the scores are up.” I was just going along with the conventional wisdom. There’s a very finely honed narrative: The schools are failing, failing, failing. But if you rank test scores by poverty and income, our low-poverty kids get incredible scores — higher than Finland and Japan and Korea. … I began looking at long-trend test scores and the picture is up, up, up. There has been dramatic improvement, especially for black and Hispanic kids. Graduation rates are the highest they’ve ever been. [But saying that] would fly in the face of this narrative.
“THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND A LOT OF THIS MOVEMENT IS MONEY.”
HOW WOULD YOU COMPARE PENNSYLVANIA’S SITUATION TO THAT OF OTHER STATES? Pennsylvania has more cyber charters than any other state. And if you were to ask me, what’s the biggest scam in education today, I would say it’s cyber charter schools. There’s probably some
BUT THERE ARE SCHOOLS THAT ARE FAILING, RIGHT? You don’t need standardized tests to tell you which schools they are. They’re the ones with high concentrations of poverty and segregation. That’s what the tests tell us every year, and then we say the way to fix the schools is to close them. That doesn’t fix them; it just scatters the kids, and whatever problems they had. … It’s not that schools are failing. It’s that America is failing to address poverty. C P OT T E R@ P G HC I T Y PA P E R. C OM
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The WPEC saved the City of Pittsburgh MANY PEOPLE use bulk-buying to save on things like groceries. But quietly, since $375,000 last year. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a big part of the 2008, the City of Pittsburgh and other local cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s larger sustainability effort: The Ofmunicipalities and institutions have been ďŹ ce of Sustainability & Energy EfďŹ ciency bulk-buying electricity. And the approach spearheads projects that saved the city not only saves them money; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also grow- about $1.3 million, says Sloss. Much of the savings came from conservation measures ing their use of renewable energy. The Western Pennsylvania Energy Con- like replacing old boilers, insulating steam sortium now includes 16 municipalities, lines and installing motion-sensor lights in from Baldwin and Millvale to Ross Town- ofďŹ ces. The historically low price of natural ship, plus Allegheny County government; gas also helps, driving down electric rates as well as heating bills. the Pittsburgh Parking AuBottom line: Pittsburghâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s thority; the Sports & Exhibiâ&#x20AC;&#x153;THEREâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S A energy budget, which was tion Authority; and â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the biggest single energy-user DEFINITE FEELING â&#x20AC;Ś $7.5 million in 2007, is still by far â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Pittsburgh THAT ITâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S REALLY THE $7.5 million. It was in 2007 Water & Sewer Authority. RIGHT THING TO DO, that Sloss â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a graduate (Pumping and treating all DESPITE THE FACT of the University of PittsGraduate School of that water is very energyTHAT ITâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S A LITTLE BIT burghâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Public and International intensive.) Other members MORE EXPENSIVE.â&#x20AC;? Affairs whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d worked in include the Pittsburgh Zoo city government since the and Carlow University. The WPEC currently purchases about Murphy administration â&#x20AC;&#x201D; created both the 170 million kilowatt-hours a year at bulk WPEC and the sustainability ofďŹ ce. All the rates â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the equivalent of some 20,000 savings replenish a â&#x20AC;&#x153;green trust fundâ&#x20AC;? that households. Members will save about $2 Slossâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ofďŹ ce spends on more sustainability million, says the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s creator, City of projects. The big current initiative is the retPittsburgh energy and utilities manager roďŹ t that by yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s end will have converted a James Sloss. That energy is used strictly third of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s streetlights to LEDs (which in buildings. A separate contract for street are pricey but last longer and use less energy and trafďŹ c lights saves Pittsburgh another than traditional lamps). All of this will help $134,000, says Sloss. (Perhaps surprisingly, the city pursue its goal to reduce its carbon the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 41,000 street lights use more en- emissions by 20 percent by 2023. Following electricity deregulation in ergy than its buildings do.) Moreover, under its latest contract with Pennsylvania, even residential customDuquesne Light Energy, the WPEC gets 25 ers can choose to buy their electrons from percent of its electricity from renewable renewable sources. But Cliff Blashford, sources like wind, solar and biogas â&#x20AC;&#x201D; up president of DLE (a Duquesne Light sister from just 5 percent on its ďŹ rst contract. company that supplies energy to busi(Actually, because state law requires gen- nesses regionally), says that very few big erators to include 4.5 percent renewables power customers seek out renewables as in their standard energy supply, the WPECâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the WPEC has done â&#x20AC;&#x201D; only about 1 in 20 of DLEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s customers, for instance. current ďŹ gure is more like 30 percent.) The WPEC, meanwhile, has been naSloss says that more than 80 percent of the WPECâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s renewable component comes tionally recognized, receiving a 2009 Green from wind farms. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to be a leader Power Leadership Award from the U.S. Environmental Proection Agency. It isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the in the area in renewables,â&#x20AC;? says Sloss. WPEC members save 15 percent or more only municipal buyersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; group pursuing reon their electric bills. For instance, Wilkins- newable energy: A similar consortium in burg saves nearly $10,000 a year, says bor- Montgomery County, Md., dates to 2004. ough manager Marla Marcinko. Without But such groups â&#x20AC;&#x153;arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t very common, and the premium for 25 percent renewables â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the WPEC is still a leader in this area,â&#x20AC;? writes which adds a few hundredths of a cent per Mollie Lemon, of the EPAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Green Power kilowatt hour â&#x20AC;&#x201D; those savings might be a Partnership, in an email. Why donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t more towns try group buys? few hundred dollars greater. But, says Marcinko, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a deďŹ nite feeling â&#x20AC;Ś that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fear of change, Sloss thinks. But the WPEC is really the right thing to do, despite the fact always seeking new members â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the more the merrier. that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a little bit more expensive.â&#x20AC;? D RI S C OL L @ P G HC I T Y PA P E R. C OM
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Beginning in 2011, about three dozen people in Tokyo have been meeting every Sunday morning at 6 a.m. on a mission to scrub down, one by one, the city’s grungiest public restrooms. “By 7:30,” according to an Associated Press reporter who witnessed an outing in August, the team had left behind a “gleaming public toilet, looking as good as the day it was installed.” Explained the hygiene-intense Satoshi Oda (during the week, a computer programmer), the mission is “for our own good” — work that leader Masayuki Magome compares to the training that Buddhist monks receive to find peace. (In fact, to fulfill the group’s motto, “Clean thyself by cleaning cubicles,” the scouring must be done with bare hands.) A squad supporter spoke of a sad, growing apprehension that the younger generation no longer shares the Japanese cultural conviction that restrooms should always be clean and safe.
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Researchers at the University of Tokyo have developed a mirror that makes a person appear happy even when not. A builtin camera tracks facial features in real time, then tweaks the image to turn up the corners of the mouth and to create the beginnings of a smile in the eyes. Of what practical use would such a mirror be? Other Japanese researchers, according to a Slate.com report in August, believe that happy-face mirrors in retail stores would improve shoppers’ dispositions and lead to more sales.
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SyFy Channel’s recent original movie Sharknado briefly became a media sensation in July with a storyline involving large schools of oversized sharks lifted from the ocean by waterspouts and deposited, alive (and angry!) on land to wreak havoc. But as the website Mother Nature News subsequently reported, animals actually have been lifted to land in that fashion in the past. Previous documented news reports of the phenomenon include airborne fish (mudfish in the Philippines, perch in Australia); frogs (in Odzaci, Serbia, in 2005); jellyfish (Bath, England, in 1894); worms (Jennings, La., in 2007); and, according to an 1887 New York Times story, eight alligators in Silverton Township, S.C.
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Two macaques escaped from the Straussberg Adventure Park in eastern Germany in July, apparently on the run from the jealous bullying of “Cornelius,” the resident alpha male. When park officials recaptured the two, they reported that “Fred” and “Richard” would have to be castrated. It was not punishment, the officials explained; it was to calm them and reduce the overall “hormone imbalance” in the park, since males greatly outnumber females.
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The Costa Rican government announced recently that it would close all its zoos, effective March 2014, and free animals either to the wild or to safe “retirement” shelters. Since the country is known for its expansive biodiversity (500,000 unique organisms, despite occupying barely more than 1/100th of 1 percent of Earth’s area), it is time, the environment minister said, to allow the organisms to interact instead of imprisoning them. Costa Rica is also one of only four countries to ban the exploitation of dolphins.
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In July, following sustained criticism, Thomson Reuters business information company suspended an advance-release service for the crucial monthly “consumer confidence index” that has been known to signal stock markets to abruptly “buy” (driving up prices) or “sell” (sending them lower). The University of Michigan prepares and distributes the index promptly at 10 a.m. Eastern time on its release date, but Thomson Reuters offers two advance peeks. It pays the school about $1 million a year to see the index at 9:55 a.m., to share with its best customers. The suspended program gave an even earlier tip-off — at 9:54:58 — and high-frequency trading firms paid $6,000 more a month for those two seconds, which allowed their computer robots to execute hundreds of thousands of trades before other professional traders had access to the index.
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fun might not impress admissions officers at the city’s elite private schools. The CEO of one consulting outfit told the New York Post in July that $400 an hour gets expert monitoring of a 4-year-old in small groups, evaluating, for example, how the child colors in a book, shares the crayons, holds a pencil and follows the rules of Simon Says.
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The question in a vandalism case before the U.S. Court of Appeals in Boston in July was whether Ronald Strong’s messy bowel movement in a federal courthouse men’s room in Portland, Maine, was “willful” or, as Strong claimed, an uncontrollable intestinal event. Three rather genteel judges strained to infer Strong’s state of mind from the condition of the facility. A cleaning lady had described scattered feces as “smeared,” but Judge Juan Torruella took that to mean not “finger smears,” he wrote, but “chunks,” “kind of like chunky peanut butter.” Two other judges, outvoting Torruella, seemed skeptical that feces could have landed two feet up the wall unless Strong had intended it. (Even so, Judge Torruella was unimpressed, implying that if he were intending to smear feces in a men’s room, he surely would sully the mirrors, but that all mirrors were found clean.)
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John Anderson, the town administrator of Derry, N.H. (pop. 34,000), was accused by police in August of indecent exposure and lewdness after, naked, inviting a DirecTV salesman into his home and performing unspecified conduct in front of the man. Anderson was previously town manager of Boothbay Harbor, Maine.
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CAN-DO {BY BILL O’DRISCOLL} Pittsburgh’s canning revival continues with the Pittsburgh Canning Exchange. The group promotes local agriculture and refrigerator-less food storage. Its online newsletter, launched in July, already has 170 subscribers. And its first Community Canning Party, held Sun., Sept. 8, at Friendship’s Earthen Vessels Outreach, sold out its 12 slots. Guided by the group’s four twentysomething founders — two of them canning novices themselves — participants chopped, pressed, cooked and canned fresh local tomatoes, peppers, garlic and onions. They preserved 85 pints of home-made salsa (mild, medium and hot). The Sprout Fund-backed Exchange emphasizes that canning is both useful and not that hard, says co-founder Gabe Tilove. All you need is a stovetop, counter space and some inexpensive supplies, including the widely available glass jars. Even sterilizing the jars — a big worry for newbies — is easily mastered. “Canning is, ‘Follow the recipe exactly,’” says Tilove. Tilove and his fiancée, Chelsea Burket, can 40 jars of locally sourced tomatoes a season. “It’s really nice to be able to eat local tomatoes, local peaches into the winter months,” he says. “They’re great gifts, they’re great for dinner parties.” Next up: a Sat., Sept. 21, canning party for pickled peppers, at the home of a veteran O’Hara Township canner. The cost is $5; new and seasoned canners are welcome. The Exchange also plans a Nov. 3 swap (i.e., trade your tomatoes for some jam), at a location to be determined. For details, visit the Exchange’s Facebook page. DRISCOLL@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
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ALKING ABOUT the weather is a venerable human pastime, and Pittsburgh gives us a lot to work with. Usually, complaints seem to top the list. Can you believe how hot it’s been? Rain, again? But not this summer. For the past month, anyway, it’s been like waking up in Southern California every day. This sustained run of perfect, sunny days and cool, velvety evenings has led us to pursue a sort of Western Pennsylvania version of the West Coast lifestyle. No, we can’t surf, but we can eat outdoors every chance we get. One recent evening when it was too nice to retire indoors, we strolled to Daphne, on Ellsworth Avenue, to partake of its pretty little deck and Middle Eastern cuisine. Daphne’s accent is Turkish, but its menu will be familiar to even the occasional Middle Eastern diner: hummus, falafel, gyros, shish kebab. Though we noted a few lesser-known items in the mix, it was clear that if Daphne was going to distinguish itself, it was going to be through execution, not novelty.
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And it began distinguishing itself immediately, with a mixed-appetizer platter — three appetizers, our choice. We selected baba ghanoush, ezme (minced tomato salad) and lebni (strained yogurt with walnuts, herbs, garlic and olive oil) and were pleased by their presentation: Though served together on a single plate, long slices of cucumber were employed as barriers between them.
DAPHNE 5811 Ellsworth Ave., Shadyside. 412-441-1130 HOURS: Tue.-Thu. 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sun. 11 a.m.-10 p.m. PRICES: Appetizers, soups, salads and sandwiches $5-10; entrees $12-13 LIQUOR: BYOB
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and smoked, the puree didn’t taste very smoky. Lebni had a custardy consistency and a mild flavor in which yogurt’s tartness was balanced by walnuts’ bitter meatiness and by the bright bite of herbs. Ezme was vibrantly red blend of tomato, “hot spices,” garlic, onions, lemon juice and olive oil. Its surprisingly gazpacho-like flavor was an excellent foil for the other two, richer appetizers. The pitas served with the appetizers were superior: thick and pillowy, and slightly crisped by a moment on the grill. The mixed grill offered another opportunity to sample several preparations at once. Nearly paper-thin slices of gyro meat were as addictive as potato chips; even without all the fixings of the famous sandwich, the richly flavored lamb was supremely satisfying. Equally satisfying was adana, a skinless lamb sausage cooked on a skewer, with plentiful flecks of red pepper and lightly spicy seasonings. Two little lamb chops were cut thin, so as not to bust the budget. But even on a grill hot enough to sear their outsides, the chops’ interior CONTINUES ON PG. 16
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remained tender and cleanly flavored. Cubed white-meat chicken, cooked shishkebab style, might have been best of all. Richly marinated, the meat was juicy, tender and the opposite of bland. Grilled chicken breast doesn’t get much better than this. A lamb burger continued the theme of well-grilled meat, essentially putting kofta — ground, spiced lamb — between two halves of a bun. The fact that this bun was closer to a ciabatta than to a soft, American-style one was another point in its favor. The surprise of this dish was that the accompanying fries were well above average: crisp without and fluffy within. They were on the pale side, which limited their flavor potential, but nevertheless, a solid effort by a kitchen that doesn’t specialize in pub grub.
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The Daphne salad offered summer’s crunchiest vegetables — green pepper and cucumber — along with tomato and, instead of leafy greens, handfuls of fresh mint and parsley in a light lemon-olive oil dressing. Nor did we have any complaints about Daphne’s falafel: The golf-ball-size chick-pea fritters were suitably crunchycrispy outside and light inside, without graininess or toughness. They came with a dip whose creamy nuttiness suggested ample portions of tahini. Daphne’s desserts were a mix of housemade, locally sourced and, in the case of pistachio baklava, imported from New York City. We enjoyed a sturdy, cocoay tiramisu with a tiny cup of thick, sweet Turkish coffee. It was a wonderful way to finish a wonderful meal. Even if this weather doesn’t last, dinner at Daphne could become a habit. INF O @PGH C IT YPAPE R . C O M
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Local tiki enthusiasts hope to turn the tide with weekly gathering Richard Swartz is a self-described jackof-all-trades. He’s worked as an industrial designer, a photographer and, while performing under his stage name “Lucky the Painproof Man,” he is, is, according to Ripley’s, the “World’s Greatest Sideshow Performer.” Swartz, however, says that his real passion is tiki culture. He even proposed to his fiancé — “with the help of a firebreathing mermaid” and a banjolele — at last year’s Hukilau, the nation’s largest annual tiki gathering, in Fort Lauderdale. But here in Pittsburgh, tiki culture has Pitts maintain a foothold — even struggled to mainta in East Carson Street’s Tiki C Lounge. The décor is Lo there, but the cocktails the typically don’t reflect the typ handcrafted spirit of tiki. ha Years ago, Swartz says, “Everybody would says bring their own mugs, brin and we’d all hang out” at weekly event called Tiki a we Tuesdays. But over time, Tues “Those numbers drifted “Tho slowly. Sometimes I was the slow person at the bar.” only p Inspired by his experience at the Hukilau, and by recent monthly meetups of local tiki enthusiasts (including myself and bartenders from Tender and Butterjoint) in the upstairs room at Joseph Tambellini, Swartz has taken things into his own hands. He’s now running South Seas Thursdays, a weekly, made-fromscratch cocktail series that kicked off at the Tiki Lounge last week. Swartz, along with Greta Dunn of Café Notte (under the moniker Greta the Grass Skirt Goddess), plans on serving a rotating selection of tiki classics, including the Singapore Sling, Test Pilot and Ancient Mariner. The idea is to appeal to Pittsburgh’s small tiki subculture, while also introducing the drinking public to a style of cocktail that — aside from the work of Tender bartender Craig Mrusek — has long been absent from the local bar scene. “This is a type of drink, when made well, that’s still pretty unknown by most people,” Mrusek says. “They have the impression that tiki drinks are overly sweet and terrible, when, in fact, there’s a long history behind them of making incredibly elaborate, well-balanced cocktails.” INFO@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
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ALL INDIA. 315 N. Craig St., Oakland. 412-681-6600. With more than 200 items, All India’s menu is both epic and exciting, including novel choices such as Goan coconut shrimp and green jackfruit curry alongside the old denizens, chicken curry and the tandoor. Here, a thali, or combination platter, is a great option for the culinary explorer who wants the experience of multiple tastes. KF AVENUE B. 5501 Centre Ave., Shadyside. 412-683-3663. This intimate corner restaurant has only a brief, seasonal menu, but its offerings are all tantalizing, each combining several pedigreed ingredients. Such selections have included piquillo-pepper lasagna with a different filling in each layer; green-bean and sweetpotato tempura; and fresh pasta topped with beef short ribs, chard and crisped cipollini onions. LF BAR MARCO. 2216 Penn Ave., Strip District. 412-471-1900. At this former firehouse-turnedrestaurant, a small but wellcurated menu makes a perfect complement to this venue’s wine and cocktail list. The tapasinspired roster ranges from charcuterie plates and classics, like patatas bravas, to smokedpork tamales and grilled radicchio and endive salad. KE
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MAURAMORI CAFÉ. 5202 Butler Street, Lawrenceville. 412-4083160. This café-style breakfastlunch spot serves, as expected, bacon, eggs, pancakes, waffles, sandwiches, burgers and fries. This is still down-home cooking, but better-quality ingredients (applewood-smoked bacon) are emphasized, and care that goes into their assemblage (handformed burger patties). J
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MENDOZA EXPRESS. 812 Mansfield Road, Green Tree. 412-429-8780. The décor is pure kitsch — sombreros on the walls, etc. — and the location is a bit obscure. But the menu is ample, and the food is as authentic as you’ll find in Pittsburgh. (Try the rebozo, a scramble of chorizo, peppers and cheese.) JF MISS SAIGON 88. 256 N. Craig St., Oakland. 412-802-6388. This restaurant offers a full sushi bar and some Thai curries, but its Vietnamese specialties are the real reason to go. For appetizers, try shrimp mini-crepes or banh uot, a chicken and noodle dish. The salted lemongrass tofu entrée is a standout, as is the Spicy Miss Saigon soup, a wonderfully flavored pho. KF OLIVES AND PEPPERS. 6052 William Flynn Highway (Route 8), Bakerstown. 724-444-7499. This casual Italian spot that offers pizza, pasta and sandwiches as well as more refined entrees. The meat-and-cheese sandwiches are a forte, with ciabatta “panini” and hoagies options. The lasagna is enormous, its homemade noodles laden with a creamy five-cheese mix and a savory Bolognese sauce with meatballlike chunks of beef. KE PENN AVENUE FISH COMPANY. 2208 Penn Ave., Strip District (412-434-7200) and 308 Forbes Ave., Downtown (412-562-1710). These two fish restaurants fill the gap between humble lunch counter and snooty steakhouse — modern, funky and moderately priced. Much of the restaurant’s menu is casual fare such as sandwiches, sushi and tacos, with a rotating selection of higherend dishes, particularly at the Downtown location. KF WINGHART’S BURGER AND WHISKEY BAR. 5 Market Square, Downtown (412-4345600) and 1505 E. Carson St., South Side (412-904-4620). Big beefy burgers, wood-fired pizza and a selection of whiskeys make this an above-average bar stop, whether Downtown or on Carson Street. Burger toppings range from standard cheese and fried onions to arugula and truffle oil. Don’t miss the pizza with its excellent crust. JE
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menu at this year’s A Taste of Grow Pittsburgh fundraiser: “It’s a surprise,” is about all she’ll tell you. But the operations director for Grow Pittsburgh will say that “Food trends change, so you’ll see a crafting of new culinary tastings.” Her organization, which promotes urban agriculture, will host its fourth annual fundraiser on Sat., Sept. 22, at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. Organizers expect between 300 and 400 guests, both new and returning, to sample the unique culinary experiences offered by local eateries. Hickey also divulges that the event will likely highlight some more recent developments in the local food scene, like the rise of craft beer and the proliferation of preservation methods like smoking, fermentation, canning and pickling. “Our chefs are incredibly creative and adventurous,” she says. And a new participant in this year’s event, Lawrenceville’s Cure restaurant, reflects the increasing popularity of charcuterie and artisanal meats. The $75 ticket price ($60 for Grow Pittsburgh members) gets you a Grow Pittsburgh Mason jar and a wide range of beverages to put inside it: Guests will have access to craft beers donated by Frank B. Fuhrer Wholesale and local wine from Lawrenceville’s Engine House 25. You’ll also receive an empty plate to fill at 14 different tasting stations. Each station is offered by a restaurant or store partner including: Alma, Avenue B, Casbah, East End Food Co-op, Habitat, Root 174, Square Café and Whole Foods Market. And the event offers unparalleled access to the faces behind the region’s dining and agriculture scene. “Maybe it’s your first time experiencing E2,” says Hickey, “and you also get a chance to talk to chef Kate Romane,” who last year used Braddock Farms’ own heirloom tomatoes in a dish. The event aims to raise around $30,000 to further Grow Pittsburgh’s mission: encouraging, and educating people about, urban agriculture through programs such as the Edible Schoolyard and the adult Garden Primer class. Tickets are available through Showclix or at the door, so it’s not too late to grab a spot at the table this Saturday. Arrive hungry. I N F O@ P G H C I T Y PA P E R. C OM
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In the early ’90s, a movement known as Riot Grrrl began to emerge, beginning in Washington, D.C., and the Pacific Northwest and quickly spreading across the world. A punk-rock, feminist reaction to sexism, racism and homophobia, Riot Grrrl was characterized by a DIY aesthetic manifested in art, music and political and social action. But while bands like Bikini Kill and Bratmobile have become a kind of shorthand for the movement, Alien She, a new exhibit at Carnegie Mellon’s Miller Gallery, explores Riot Grrrl from a broader perspective. “Most coverage of Riot Grrrl is through the lens of music history,” explains curator Astria Suparak, via email. “[Curator Ceci Moss and I] wanted to focus on contemporary artists influenced by Riot Grrrl — an area that hasn’t been covered and that we are close to.” Taking its name from a Bikini Kill song, the exhibit focuses on the work of seven artists whose work is informed by some aspect of the Riot Grrrl ethos. The collection is extremely diverse, ranging from Allyson Mitchell’s framed T-shirt emblazoned with the phrase “I’m With Problematic” to Miranda July’s video chain letter for “lady moviemakers.” There is also Tammy Rae Carland’s autobiographical photo series: One entitled “I’m Dying Up Here (Glitter Drapes)” depicts a stage set for a standup comedian, stark and lonely against a sparkling backdrop. With Alien She, Suparak and Moss — both of whom identified with the movement when it was most active — aim to reflect both the diversity of the participants and the output of the movement by including handmade posters and zines, playlists, band shirts and other archival pieces representing Riot Grrrl scenes in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and South America. Which is not to say that Alien She is primarily a history lesson. “[We] were interested in how Riot Grrrl has influenced our friends, peers and artists working today, and the impact it has had internationally, with [imprisoned feminist punk band] Pussy Riot in Russia and many new Riot Grrrl chapters opening around the world,” Suparak explains. “Everyone we personally knew in Riot Grrrl is still, 20 years later, involved with art, music, education and/or activism. You can see the effect of this grassroots, creative movement on what we are all doing now.”
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an early age. “I was playing at 3 years old, so when I went to kindergarten, the teachers fainted,” he says with a laugh. Throughout his childhood and teenage years, Jamal was surrounded by a thriving jazz scene in Pittsburgh. There were professional educators such as Mrs. Dawson, his
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first music teacher, whom he began seeing at 7 years old, and Carl McVickers, who led a variety of orchestras at Westinghouse. But some of Jamal’s toughest critics and greatest teachers were his peers at the jazz clubs throughout the city.
“I was playing with Honey Boy Minor and guys 60 years old when I was 11, because I knew the repertoire,” he explains. “We had the musicians union. The union had a [16-year-old] minimum age, and I joined the union when I was 14.” “I escalated my age,” he explains with a laugh. “And the president was from Homewood, so he knew I wasn’t 16.” At a time when segregation limited opportunities for African Americans, Local 471 of the American Federation of Musicians in the Hill District became a central location for the representation of African-American musicians in Pittsburgh. The Musician’s Club, which was located on Wylie Avenue, provided a stage for such artists before being torn down in the 1950s to make way for the Civic Arena. “We had historic jam sessions there with Ray Brown; some of the other noted players would come through ... that’s where they’d go,” Jamal says. “They’d go to 471, CONTINUES ON PG. 20
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where we would have these wonderful, wonderful learning experiences. It was a wonderful thing that transpired there, and that went on for years until they tore it down. “They should’ve kept that building and preserved it,” he adds. “A lot of history in that building.” Currently there are several venues and organizations that are regularly promoting jazz in Pittsburgh: Roger Humphries at CJ’s every Thursday; Little E’s, and Andys at the Fairmont, both Downtown; the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s annual JazzLive Festival; and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. And, of course, there is the Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, which brings several prominent jazz figures to the city every year, while honoring local legends at its annual Pittsburgh Jazz Legends ceremony. But on the whole, Jamal doesn’t think jazz has the reputation today that it ought to. “You should see Duke Ellington every day on the tube, and so forth with Charlie Parker. It’s the only art form that we have developed here in the United States besides American Indian art, so it should be treated as such. That’s why you have people who know this raising money for buildings like the Jazz at Lincoln Center building … the Allen room, Frederick Rose Hall and the CocaCola Club — Wynton Marsalis was very instrumental in putting that together. He comes from one of the most phenomenal [jazz cities], New Orleans. So those people know what the contribution of this art form has been for the entire world.” “What do we have in Pittsburgh that still plays American classical music, also known as jazz? What stations play jazz?” he asks. The answer is none, in terms of local radio playing jazz music around the clock. Since 90.5 WDUQ changed its format from jazz to news talk in 2011 and became WESA, a listener might sparingly find jazz there, or on one of the college stations that barely reach beyond city limits. Pittsburgh Public Media, a group formed in the wake of the WDUQ sale, and which owns the WVBCFM 88.1 signal, hopes to bring the fulltime jazz format back to Pittsburgh. Right now, the station is broadcast from near the border of Pennsylvania and the West Virginia panhandle, and barely reaches the Pittsburgh area. “This is the music that built America, that built the industry and inspired The Beatles, you know,” says Jamal. “Look at Berklee, the college in Boston. You’ve got thousands of kids coming from all parts of the world to find out about that music. So you better tell the folks in our hometown to get on the ball and put some 24/7 stations on playing the music.” INF O @PGH C IT YPAPE R . C O M
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True blues: Scout Niblett
Scout Niblett doesn’t need much. Over six albums, she’s built an impressive sound with little more than a guitar, drums and her husky snarl. On her grungy, grave new album, It’s Up to Emma, she continues a career-long exercise in minimalism — this time, by assuming production duties herself. WAS THIS THE FIRST TIME YOU TOOK ON ALL THE PRODUCTION RESPONSIBILITIES ON AN ALBUM? Yeah, I’ve done singles and stuff before, but this is the first time I’ve mixed everything myself. … I went into the studio a bunch of times to try to do it and it just wasn’t getting finished for whatever reason, so I just decided to do it at home. YOUR ALBUMS ARE FREQUENTLY DESCRIBED AS SPARE AND MINIMAL, AND IT’S UP TO EMMA IS NO EXCEPTION. WHAT IS THE ATTRACTION THERE? I think there’s something much more intense that draws you in when you hear something very simple or very minimal. I just think less is more a lot of the time. I think people tend to add things, arrangements and stuff, that dilute [the song]. … I’m always wary of adding too much. WOULD YOU AGREE WITH COMPARISONS MADE BETWEEN YOUR MUSIC AND BLUES IN THE TRADITIONAL SENSE? I feel like what I do is blues music in the psychology of it. Even if I’m not playing twelve-bar blues, I feel like it’s more of an emotional thing. In that way, I think I am playing blues. INFO@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
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A tent is a house, too: Houses (Dexter Tortoriello and Megan Messina)
ABANDONED SOUNDS {BY ANDY MULKERIN} THE SONGS that the Los Angeles-via-Chica-
go duo Houses create aren’t so much written as they are crafted — layers of samples and instruments, built up on top of one another. But that doesn’t mean it’s a haphazard process — just different from the way many songwriters work. “It’s definitely like sculpture,” says Dexter Tortoriello, who writes most of the music in the band he shares with girlfriend Megan Messina. “I’ve tried to work with people who can sit down and say, ‘I just came up with this vocal part, let’s write a song to go with that.’ And that makes no sense to me. It’s just not the way I work. I wish I did more; it seems kind of nice. “I cut up samples and try to get all the songs just the way I want them before I even start thinking about which part could be the chorus, what part will be the bridge, what I’m going to sing over what.” But the music Houses make — as on its second album, A Quiet Darkness, released earlier this year — isn’t the beep-buzz-whirrrr stuff you might associate with “sound-sculpture” artists. Houses songs are generally mid-paced, understated affairs, a bit contemplative, recalling bittersweet material from bands like Low and Red House Painters. But the music is informed by a flurry of samples — in this case, many songs were recorded on the sly in abandoned homes the band found in California. “It was pretty much a lot of creepycrawling,” Tortoriello says with a laugh.
“There are a lot of weird ghost towns on Highway 10 coming out of California, and it’s a whole microcosm of forgotten things out there. I guess there were people who thought these would make booming cities, since there was nothing in between Arizona’s big cities and California’s big cities. But it’s just too hot, and there’s nothing there. There are a lot of remnants of people’s dream towns that didn’t pan out.” If the ghosts living in Houses’ songs are one thing that adds an element of suspense to A Quiet Darkness, another is Tortoriello’s unorthodox songwriting approach — like his take on vocals.
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“I think they’re very important to what we do,” he says. “But it’s just as important when they’re not there as when they are. On both of our records we have instrumental songs, and those are generally some of my more favorite songs off the albums. But you can’t push out an instrumental as a single, so less people are going to hear it — and even people listening to the album aren’t going to listen as closely. “But on the new record, for example, there are songs with choruses that have no vocals. That’s not a mistake.” A Quiet Darkness doesn’t contain too many mistakes; it’s a pretty record with a background that matches its sounds in terms of intrigue. And if you hear some ghostly sounds in there, don’t be alarmed — that’s just part of the story.
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Visiting Pittsburgh for the first time in a decade, Icelandic ambient post-rock band Sigur Rós will perform at Stage AE tonight. The group released its seventh studio album, Kveikur, in June and, with it, seems to be moving in a noisier, more aggressive direction. Up-andcoming ambient-electronic artist Julianna Barwick will also perform at the outdoor show, warming up the space with her ethereal and captivating vocal loops. Barwick’s sophomore album, Nepenthe, which was released last month, has received lots of positive press, and her live performances do not disappoint. Allison Cosby 6:30 p.m. 400 North Shore Drive, North Side. $34-37. All ages. 412-2295483 or www.stageae.com
and seemingly effortless; the instrumentation on the record is understated but comes together seamlessly. Critics adore her, as do fellow musicians — like Neko Case, who appears on the new record. Fellow Northwesterner Karl Blau opens. Andy Mulkerin 8 p.m. 56 S. 12th St., South Side. $15. 412-431-4950 or www.clubcafelive.com
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Strikingly unlike his late, famed father, Billy Mays III is less interested in yelling about cleaning products on TV and more interested in building ambient soundscapes through guitar loops and other electronic beats. Tonight, Mays will be bringing his intimate — and often meditative — sounds to Howlers under the performance name The Infinite Third. Progressive folk duo Faithful Sinners, which is composed of a guitar and a musical saw, and quiet country duo Western Pennsylvania will also be performing. Seeing the son of everyone’s favorite infomercial salesman and a live performance on a musical saw? Yes, please. AC 8 p.m. 4509 Liberty Ave., Bloomfield. $5. 412-6820320 or www.howlers coyotecafe.com
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SUN 22 BRILLOBOX. Starlight Girls, ZULA. Bloomfield. 412-621-4900. CLUB CAFE. Laura Veirs, Karl Blau. South Side. 412-431-4950. GARFIELD ARTWORKS. The Venetia Fair, Nevada Color, Partly Sunny, Our Family Portrait. 3 p.m. matinee show. Garfield. 412-361-2262. HAMBONE’S. Barzillai Band. Lawrenceville. 412-681-4318. HARMONY RIDGE. ZanaFest 2013. Granati Brothers, The Dallas Marks Band, Corned Beef & Curry, The Drowning, many more. Ambridge. 724-266-2414. SMILING MOOSE. My Cardboard Spaceship Adventure, Before You, Music From Another Room (early) Sadguigacea, Dendritic Arbor, Haethen, Dutchguts, Ubasute (late). South Side. 412-431-4668.
MON 23 ALTAR BAR. Walk The Moon. Strip District. 412-263-2877. ATRIA’S RESTAURANT & TAVERN. John McDonald Trio. North Side. 412-322-1850. THE SHOP. Kevin Greenspon, Big Wave of Pretty, Paul Quattrone, Hunted Creatures. Bloomfield. 412-951-0622.
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ATRIA’S RESTAURANT & TAVERN. Chuck Corby Trio. North Side. 412-322-1850. BRILLOBOX. Vance Joy, Nameless In August. Bloomfield. 412-621-4900. CLUB CAFE. J. Roddy Walston & the Business, Gene The Werewolf. South Side. 412-431-4950. HOWLERS COYOTE CAFE. Allison Self, Tillford Sellers & The Wagon Burners, The Beagle Brothers, Elliott Sussman. Bloomfield. 412-682-0320.
WED 25 ATRIA’S RESTAURANT & TAVERN. Johnny Angel’s All Star Jam Band. North Side. 412-322-1850. CARNEGIE LECTURE HALL. Kurt Vile & the Violators. Oakland. 412-237-8300.
THUNDERBIRD CAFE. Aliver Hall. Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177.
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SUN 22 CARNEGIE LIBRARY, OAKLAND. Jasiri X. Oakland. 412-622-3151.
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THU 19 BELVEDERE’S. Neon w/ DJ hatesyou. 80s Night. Lawrenceville. 412-687-2555. CLUB TABOO. DJ Matt & Gangsta Shak. Homewood. 412-969-0260. PARK HOUSE. Jx4. North Side. 412-224-2273.
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ATRIA’S RESTAURANT & TAVERN. Billy Price & the Lost Minds. North Side. 412-322-1850. SLOPPY JOE’S. Wil E. Tri & the Bluescasters. Mt. Washington. 412-381-4300.
BACKSTAGE BAR AT GATEWAY CLIPPER FLEET. Jill THEATRE SQUARE. Salsa West & Blues Attack, Billy the Kid. Fridays. DJ Jeff Shirey, DJ Carlton, Station Square. 412-355-7980. DJ Paul Mitchell. Downtown. GOOD TIME BAR. Shot O’ Soul. 412-456-6666. Millvale. 412-821-9968. CAPRI PIZZA AND BAR. Bombo NOLA ON THE SQUARE. John Claat Friday’s Reggae. East Gresh’s Gris-Gris. DownLiberty. 412-362-1250. town. 412-471-9100. DRUM BAR. DJ Eloy Garcia. North Side. 412-231-7777. EXCUSES BAR & www. per ONE 10 LOUNGE. GRILL. The Rhythm pa ty ci h g p DJ Goodnight, Aces. South Side. .com DJ Rojo. Downtown. 412412-431-4090. 874-4582. FRANK’S PUB & GRILL. ROWDY BUCK. Top 40 Dance. Shot O’ Soul. Bethel Park. South Side. 412-431-2825. 412-833-4606. RUGGER’S PUB. 80s Night MOONDOG’S. Vince Agwada w/ DJ Connor. South Side. & Jimmy Adler. Blawnox. 412-381-1330. 412-828-2040. NOLA ON THE SQUARE. Billy the Kid & the Regulators. Downtown. BRILLOBOX. Pandemic: TROPIXEL. 412-471-9100. w/ Joey J & Pandemic Pete. OLD ECONOMY VILLAGE. Bloomfield. 412-621-4900. The Olga Watkins Band. CAPRI PIZZA AND BAR. Saturday Ambridge Historical District Night Meltdown. Top 40, Hip Beer & Wine Tasting. Ambridge. Hop, Club, R&B, Funk & Soul. 724-266-4500. East Liberty. 412-362-1250. ROCKY’S ROUTE 8. Jill West & DIESEL. DJ CK. South Side. Blues Attack. Shaler. 412-487-6259. 412-431-8800. DRUM BAR. VDJ Dave Ott. North Side. 412-231-7777. BZ’S BAR & GRILL. The Olga REMEDY. Push It! DJ Huck Finn, Watkins Band. North Side. DJ Kelly Fasterchild. Lawrenceville. 412-323-2924. 412-781-6771. THE HOP HOUSE. Jimmy Adler ROWDY BUCK. Top 40 Dance. & the Charlie Barath Duo. Green South Side. 412-431-2825. Tree. 412-922-9560. S BAR. Pete Butta. South Side. TUGBOAT’S. Tim Woods Band. 412-481-7227. East Pittsburgh. 412-829-1992.
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SUN 22 SMILING MOOSE. The Upstage Nation. DJ EzLou & N8theSk8. Electro, post punk, industrial, new wave, alternative dance. South Side. 412-431-4668.
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WED 25 THE R BAR. Yoho’s Yinzide Out. Dormont. 412-942-8842.
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ANDYS. Lisa Hindmarsh. Downtown. 412-773-8884. CJ’S. Rodger Humphries & The RH Factor. Strip District. 412-642-2377. LITTLE E’S. Jessica Lee & Friends. Entrepreneurial Thursdays. Downtown. 412-392-2217. PAPA J’S RISTORANTE. Jimmy Z & Friends. Carnegie. 412-429-7272. WESTMORELAND MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART. Lucarelli Brothers, Peg Wilson. Greensburg. 724-837-1500.
JERGEL’S RHYTHM GRILLE. A-V. Warrendale. 412-295-1279.
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BLOOMFIELD BRIDGE TAVERN. Fuzz! Drum & bass weekly. Bloomfield. 412-682-8611. CABARET AT THEATER SQUARE. Ritmo Wednesdays. DJ Juan Diego, DJ Carla. Downtown. 412-325-6769. SPOON. Spoon Fed. Hump day chill. House music. aDesusParty. East Liberty. 412-362-6001.
HIP HOP/R&B SAT 21 CJ’S. The New Show Band. Strip District. 412-642-2377.
ANDYS. Tania Grubbs. Downtown. 412-773-8884. BACKSTAGE BAR AT THEATRE SQUARE. Ron Wilson,
Paul Thompson. Downtown. 412-325-6769. BONNIE & CLYDE’S. Roger Barbour Jazz Trio. Wexford. 724-934-2110. JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. The Boilermaker Jazz Band, Jazz Surgery w/ Tony Campbell. North Side. 412-904-3335. LITTLE E’S. The Ken Karsh Trio. Downtown. 412-392-2217. OMNI WILLIAM PENN. Joe Negri w/ Jeff Lashway. Downtown. 412-553-5235. SWEETWATER CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Ortner Roberts Duo. The Chaplin Project. Sewickley. 412-741-4405. THE WOODEN NICKEL. Judi Figel. Monroeville. 412-372-9750.
SAT 21 ANDYS. Bronwyn Wyatt. Downtown. 412-773-8884. CIOPPINO SEAFOOD CHOPHOUSE BAR. Moorehouse Jazz. Strip District. 412-281-6593. CJ’S. The Tony Campbell Saturday Jazz Jam Session. Strip District. 412-642-2377. JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. Gordon Grottenthaler. North Side. 412-904-3335. LITTLE E’S. The Andrea Pearl Trio. Downtown. 412-392-2217. NINE ON NINE. Tania Grubbs & John Bagnato. Downtown. 412-338-6463. SUPPER CLUB RESTAURANT. Erin Burkett & Virgil Walters. Greensburg. 724-850-7245.
SUN 22 COOPER-SIEGEL COMMUNITY LIBRARY. Tom Roberts. Fox Chapel. JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. Salsamba. North Side. 412-904-3335. JERGEL’S RHYTHM GRILLE. Tim Stevens - Leonard Johnson Project. Warrendale. 724-799-8333. OMNI WILLIAM PENN. Frank Cunimondo. Downtown. 412-553-5235. SONOMA GRILLE. Eric Susoeff. Downtown. 412-697-1336.
TUE 24 ANDYS. John Marcinizyn. Downtown. 412-773-8884. THUNDERBIRD CAFE. Space Exchange Series w/ Chris Parker, Matt Booth & David Throckmorton. Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177.
WED 25 ANDYS. Fred Pugh. Downtown. 412-773-8884. THE BLIND PIG SALOON. Erin Burkett & Virgil Walters. New Kensington. 724-337-7008. CJ’S. Sandra Dowe. Strip District. 412-642-2377. NOLA ON THE SQUARE. Benny Benack Trio. Downtown. 412-471-9100. RIVERS CLUB. Lucarelli Brothers, Peg Wilson. Downtown. 412-391-5227.
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ELWOOD’S PUB. The Fiddlers. Cheswick. 724-265-1181.
FRI 20 WHEELHOUSE AT THE RIVERS CASINO. Justin Fabus Band. North Side. 412-231-7777.
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Okkervil River Beachland Ballroom
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FRI 20 BEER NUTZ PLAZA. Tim & John. Fox Chapel. 412-963-6882. BIDDLE’S ESCAPE. John Raymond. Regent Square. 412-999-9009. CLUB COLONY. Jerry Coleman. Scott. 412-668-0903. ELWOOD’S PUB. The Unknown String Band. Cheswick. 724-265-1181. LEMONT. Dave Crisci & Tom Patera.
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Mt. Washington. 412-431-3100. MARIO’S SOUTH SIDE SALOON. Michael Todd. South Side. 412-381-5610. PARK HOUSE. Shelf Life String Band, Herb & Hanson. North Side. 412-224-2273.
SAT 21 CIP’S. The Colin McCann Band. Dormont. 412-668-2335. LEMONT. Jason Miller & Steve Jackson. Mt. Washington. 412-431-3100. OLIVE OR TWIST. The Vagrants. Downtown. 412-255-0525.
PITTSBURGH CAMERATA. Such Morning Songs. East Liberty Presbyterian Church, East Liberty. 412-441-3800.
SUN 22 KYLE LIVELY, ORGANIST. Heinz Chapel, Oakland. 412-624-4157.
TUE 24 DENYCE GRAVES & LAURA WARD. Mezzo-soprano & piano. Music in a Great Space. Shadyside Presbyterian Church, Shadyside. 412-682-4300.
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THU 19 LEVELS. Juan & Erica. North Side. 412-231-7777.
HAMBONE’S. Monday Night Whiskey Rebellion Bluegrass Jam. Lawrenceville. 412-681-4318.
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TUE 24 ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM. Angel Olsen, Pillars & Tongues. North Side. 412-237-8300. PAPA J’S RISTORANTE. Gene Stovall. Carnegie. 412-429-7272. REX THEATER. Pokey LaFarge. South Side. 412-381-6811.
WED 25 ALLEGHENY ELKS LODGE #339. Pittsburgh Banjo Club. Weds. North Side. 412-321-1834. PARK HOUSE. Bluegrass Jam w/ The Shelf Life String Band. North Side. 412-224-2273.
WORLD FRI 20 HAMBONE’S. Choro No Vinho. Lawrenceville. 412-681-4318.
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ATRIA’S RESTAURANT & TAVERN. Old Friends. Murrysville. 724-733-4453. ATRIA’S RESTAURANT & TAVERN. Rebecca. McMurray. 724-942-1108. ATRIA’S RESTAURANT & TAVERN. Jerry Coleman. Pleasant Hills. 412-714-8670. BILLY’S ROADHOUSE BAR & GRILL. Mark Pipas. Wexford. 724-934-1177. BOTTLEBRUSH GALLERY & SHOP. Songwriters In Harmony. Songwriters Workshop. Harmony. 724-452-0539. DOWNEY’S HOUSE. Graham Buckey. Robinson. 412-489-5631. MULLIGAN’S SPORTS BAR & GRILLE. Acoustic Night. West Mifflin. 412-461-8000. PERRYTOWNE DRAFT HOUSE. Ashley & Garret. McCandless. 412-367-9610. PITTSBURGH CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Tim Farrell. Shadyside. 412-361-0873.
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PITTSBURGH CAMERATA. Geneva College, Beaver Falls. 724-847-6737. TOM ROBERTS. Performance of 2 Charlie Chaplin movie scores. Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Sewickley. 412-741-4405.
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WED 25 CABARET AT THEATER SQUARE. Hello Donny: A Showtunes Sing-Along. http://trustarts. culturaldistrict.org/event/3941/ hello-donny-a-showtunes-singalong. Downtown. 412-325-6769.
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September 18 - 24 WEDNESDAY 18 Supersuckers / Hellbound Glory
ALTAR BAR Strip District. 412-263-2877. With special guests Thunder Vest. All ages show. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 7p.m
Aliver Hall THUNDERBIRD CAFE Lawrenceville. 412-6820177. Over 21 show. Tickets: greyareaprod.com. 9p.m.
Gov’t Mule STAGE AE North Side. All ages show. Tickets: ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000. Doors open at 6:30p.m.
THURSDAY 19 Spank! The Fifty Shades Parody
BYHAM THEATER Downtown. 412-456-6666. Tickets: trustarts.org. Through Sept. 21.
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Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion
263-2877. With special guests My Darling Fury & more. All ages show. Tickets: ticketfly. com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 8p.m
MR. SMALLS THEATRE Millvale. 412-821-4447. With special guest Pure X. All ages show. Tickets: 866-468-3401 or ticketweb. com/opusone. 8p.m.
CLUB CAFE South Side. 412431-4950. With special guest The Melodic & more. Over 21 show. Tickets: ticketweb.com/ opusone. 8p.m.
Laura Veirs
OUT OF THE BOX: Time Capsule Opening
CLUB CAFE South Side. 412-431-4950. With special guest Karl Blau. Over 21 show. Tickets: ticketweb.com/ opusone. 8p.m.
ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM North Side. 412-237-8300. Tickets: warhol.org. 2p.m.
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Saves The Day ALTAR BAR Strip District. 4 12-263-2877. With special guests Into it. Over it. & more. All ages show. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 7p.m
Walk The Moon
Scout Niblett
The XX
ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM North Side. 412-237-8300. Tickets: warhol.org. 8p.m.
STAGE AE North Side. All ages show. Tickets: ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000. Doors open at 7p.m.
FRIDAY 20 Michael Bublé
CONSOL ENERGY CENTER Downtown. Tickets: ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000. 8p.m.
Hot Action Cop ALTAR BAR Strip District. 412-263-2877. With special
Jimkata FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 CONSOL ENERGY CENTER
guests We Must Save The Princess! & more. All ages show. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 8:30p.m
TUESDAY 24
THUNDERBIRD CAFE Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177. Over 21 show. Tickets: greyareaprod.com. 11p.m.
MICHAEL BUBLÉ
J Roddy Walston & The Business
Bill Burr HEINZ HALL Downtown. Tickets: heinzhall.org, livenation.com or 412-392-4900. 8p.m.
ALTAR BAR Strip District. 412-263-2877. With special guests Magic Man. All ages show. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 7p.m
SUNDAY 22 Kishi Bashi
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CLUB CAFE South Side. 412431-4950. With special guest Gene The Werewolf. Over 21 show. Tickets: ticketweb.com/ opusone. 8p.m.
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{BY AL HOFF} Jerusha Hess’ Austenland portrays the comic outing that is an American woman’s journey to the titular English resort that is an “immersive Austen experience.” There, the Jane-Austen-obsessed Jane (Keri Russell) will don Empire-waist dresses, and swan around the grounds of a lovely estate, all while well-coiffed gentlemen vie politely for her attention.
All’s fair in Austenland: Bret McKenzie and Keri Russell
Needless to say, things go wobbly from the start: Two other female guests (Jennifer Coolidge, Georgia King) monopolize the only two men provided (JJ Feild, James Callis), while Jane discovers her cheaper package means drab dresses and sleeping in the maid’s room. She finds an unlikely ally and potential romance with Martin (Bret McKenzie), a scruffier fellow hired to portray the stableboy, but who is partial to belting out (forbidden) cheesy 1980s songs. It’s pretty low-hanging fruit to poke fun at any role-playing group, and the film lands a few smiles amid a rather slack plot. But the humor seems awfully broad for a film about Jane Austen, who, of course, is beloved for her more subtle but no less barbed comedies of manners. Casting real-life costume-dramaqueen Jane Seymour as the mistress of Austenland was a bit of inspired casting. But as much as I love Coolidge, her blowsy, boorish American-abroad act is like something retrieved from a centuryold music-hall act. Gentle, good people. Regent Square AHOFF@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
For one week only, you can see this special 75th-anniversary version of The Wizard of Oz which has been optimized for 3-D IMAX, at select theaters. Join Dorothy (Judy Garland) and her little dog, too, on their unforgettable Technicolor journey to the Land of Oz — a wondrous place that, ultimately, isn’t quite as wonderful as Kansas. Starts Fri., Sept. 20
COPS VS. CROOKS {BY AL HOFF}
Opposing soldiers: drug-maker Choi (Louis Koo), left, and policeman Zhang (Sun Honglei)
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HAVE TO give Drug War credit for a pretty catchy opening: In some Chinese city, a car careens out of control down a busy street, while its convulsing driver foams at the mouth. The car then drives into a restaurant. The driver slumps forward; near the gas pedal, a cell phone bleats unanswered. The driver turns out to be Timmy Choi (Louis Koo), a high-volume methmaker injured when his lab blew up. He lives and is soon confronted by Capt. Zhang (Sun Honglei), a cop who has been leading a team on a complex drug sting. Facing the death penalty for his crimes, Choi makes a deal with Zhang: He’ll turn informer, and lead the cops to even bigger gangsters. Drug War is Hong Kong action director Johnnie To’s first film to be shot in mainland China, and is more a taut procedural than a high-octane shoot-’em-up. (Fear not: There are two big gun-play scenes amid the data-mining and stake-outs.) The film draws its tension from the uneasy alliance between Zhang and
Choi, where each alpha dog must decide how much of his carefully constructed empire (drug sting and drug sales, respectively) can be immediately compromised in order to further his long-range goals. Initially, Zhang seems like a prototypical movie cop, stoic and deadpan. But in the two of the film’s most entertaining scenes, he is obliged to impersonate two gangsters — one a braying clown nicknamed “HaHa” and the other a deadeyed, twitchy drug addict.
DRUG WAR DIRECTED BY: Johnnie To STARRING: Sun Honglei, Louis Koo In Mandarin, with subtitles Starts Fri., Sept. 20. Harris
CP APPROVED Drug War has a neo-noir vibe, reminiscent of certain gloomy 1970s American procedurals. It takes place in a grimy mid-level city: Scenes shot at factories,
docks and highway rest stops are only occasionally relieved by those in fancy hotel rooms, the domain of drug kingpins. And despite the intensity of its cat-and-mouse game, there’s a certain resignation leading up to the inevitably chaotic outcome. Whether appeasing the Chinese censors or not, the opposing sides throughout are clear: The mainland cops are dogged, often interchangeable, warriors for law and order, whereas the criminals are capitalist vulgarians from Hong Kong, many sporting bizarre behavioral tics or physical deformities. (After his accident, Choi’s face appears to be literally rotting with corruption.) Yet there’s something to be noted about the film’s more cynical conclusion, which delivers the eternal, but seemingly unlearnable, lessons of the drug war: A life of crime is apt to be a short one; in the execution of justice, collateral damage can be uncontrollable; and when one gangster goes down, another is sure to fill in the void. A H OF F @ P G HC I T Y PA P E R. C OM
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and abstraction of, news events is challenged by his involvement in the 1968 Democratic Convention riots. The film constantly plays with “reality” and our perceptions of visual truth. The loose narrative is often shot in a documentary style (talking-head interviews or jumpy grab-and-go camerawork). Wexler also filmed on the street, incorporating that summer’s real — and much televised — events into the tale. Yet, if Wexler is using the reality of cops beating protesters to bolster his fictional story, how “real” is it? A film that continues to be provocative, especially during this time of real and “real” news events. The film continues a month-long, Sundaynight series of films about journalism. 8 p.m. Sun., Sept. 22. Regent Square (AH)
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BATTLE OF THE YEAR. It’s been 15 years since the trophy for Best Street Dancing (or something like that) has been won by Americans. Josh Holloway (Lost) plays a guy who puts together a super-fresh new team guaranteed to show the world who the prime pop-and-lockers are. Benson Lee directs. In 3-D, in select venues. Starts Fri., Sept. 20. THE FAMILY. Luc Besson’s alleged comedy about a Brooklyn hitman and his family hiding out in a movie-cute village in Normandy, France, combines a tired idea, coasting film stars, lackluster action and an unpleasant mix of comedy and violence. The former gangster is played by Robert DeNiro (delivering his millionth iteration of a housebound bad guy); he shlubs around with the occasional diversion (brutally beating the plumber) and half-heartedly sparring with his FBI minder (Tommy Lee Jones, on his millionth iteration of grumpy lawman). Meanwhile the missus (Michelle Pfeiffer) carps about French food (it’s full of butter), and sets fire to the supermarket (it was full of food full of butter). Not to be outdone, the couple’s two teen-age kids kick the shit out of their fellow students for — wait for it — being bullies. It’s witless, pointless and one less film you need to see. In English and virtually no French. (Al Hoff) PRISONERS. After two children are abducted, one of the fathers takes matters into his own hands. Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal star in this thriller from Denis Villeneuve (Incendies). Starts Fri., Sept. 20. SALINGER. Shane Salerno’s documentary seeks to uncover the life of the reclusive writer J.D. Salinger (The Catcher in the Rye). Starts Fri., Sept. 20. Manor SHORT TERM 12. Destin Cretton writes and directs this drama about a young woman (Brie Larson) who works at a facility for troubled teens. SouthSide Works THANKS FOR SHARING. Stuart Blumberg’s ensemble dramedy tracks a few weeks in
The Family the lives of three New York City men who are in a support group for sex addiction. Adam (Mark Ruffalo) has been “sober” for more than five years, but his tightly ordered life is being challenged by a new girlfriend (Gwyneth Paltrow, seemingly doing a light parody of her Goop lifestyle). Adam’s sponsor, Mike (Tim Robbins), is the silverback of the group, whose struggles include an estranged adult son with his own substance-abuse issues. And lastly, there’s Neil (Josh Gad), whom we meet in deep denial, but who takes his first steps with the help of a new buddy (pop singer Pink). Having a solid cast helps keep this tale crisp, and the issues of addiction (particularly its wider repercussions for friends and family) and recovery are presented without too much preachiness. Events wind up feeling tidier than they do in real life, but Blumberg does leave room for messiness and uncertain outcomes. Starts Fri., Sept. 20. AMC Waterfront and Manor (AH)
WEST OF ZANZIBAR. A magician (Lon Chaney) is left crippled after he brawls with a rival (Lionel Barrymore). But he converts his pain to twisted payback, spooling out a revenge plan over 20 years, with truly horrifying consequences. Tod Browning (Freaks) directs this 1928 dark drama, screening as part of the Unseen Treasures from the George Eastman House series, which features restored silent films. A new score for the film, composed by Douglas Levine, will be performed live by Levine and Ben Opie. 8 p.m. Fri., Sept. 20. Warhol. $10 (AH)
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ON THE WATERFRONT. Elia Kazan’s awardwinning 1954 dark drama about standing up to the mob, corrupt unions and cooperating (or not) with a crime commission is often seen as thinly veiled justification for Kazan’s naming names for the HUAC anti-Communist hearings. Regardless, this gripping story of a washed-up boxer and errand-runner forced to confront his shaky ethics features a cluster of fine method actors, including the young Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Rod Steiger, Eva Marie Saint and Lee J. Cobb, and gritty location shooting at the New Jersey docks. 7 p.m. Thu., Sept. 19 (AH)
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made many short films and videos. 7 and 9 p.m. Fri., Sept. 20, and 2 p.m. Sun., Sept. 22. Hollywood
DOCUMENTARY WEEK. The Parkway Theater begins a week of recent documentary films about various artists and artforms. Poetry: Bukowski: Born Into This (Mon., Sept. 23); Photography: Bill Cunningham New York (Tue., Sept. 24); Music: Who Is Harry Nilsson? (Wed., Sept. 25); and Architecture: Sketches of Frank Gehry (Thu., Sept. 26). All films start at 7:30 p.m. Parkway Theater, 644 Broadway Ave., McKees Rocks. $3 GIMME SHELTER. If Woodstock was all about the lovey-dovey hippie times, then this document of the Rolling Stones concert held soon after, at Altamont Speedway in Northern California, proves those times had turned dark. The Stones infamously hired Hell’s Angels as security with fatal results — all captured on film by documentarians David and Albert Maysles. Many things contribute to the end of an era, and there is never just one point where it all changes, but this 1970 concert film is a kinetic account of one clear moment. 7 p.m. Wed., Sept. 25. Melwood. $2 (AH)
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Thanks For Sharing. GREASE. The 1978 hit movie musical (itself adapted from a Broadway show) is a color-saturated, 1950s fantasy, where high school is for sock-hops, drivein movies, shop class and falling in love again with that perky Australian girl. Directed by Randal Kleiser, the film stars John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John at their dreamiest. The Saturday screening is the sing-along version. 10 p.m. Fri., Sept. 20, and 3 p.m. Sat., Sept. 21. Oaks
ZERO CHARISMA. When a new player joins his long-standing role-playing group, its leader finds his position in jeopardy. Katie Graham and Andrew Matthews direct this new nerd-centric comedy. 7:30 p.m. Thu., Sept. 19. Hollywood
ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW. Transvestite Dr. Frank N. Furter (Tim Curry) is so busy seducing a couple of naïve stranded guests (Susan Sarandon and Barry Bostwick) that he fails to notice his colleagues from outer space are planning a coup. With lots of singing and dancing, and everybody wearing underwear! Jim Sharman directs this 1975 cult classic, screened in 35 mm. Midnight, Sat., Sept. 21. Hollywood.
LOW MOVIE: HOW TO QUIT SMOKING. A profile of sorts of the band Low, and its 20-year relationship with director Phillip Harder, with whom the band
MEDIUM COOL. Haskell Wexler’s edgy véritéstyle film tracks a Chicago TV cameraman (Robert Forster) whose sanguine distance from,
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THE TAKE. This Canadian-produced 2004 documentary from Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein (author of No Logo) tracks a group of workers as they attempt to re-open an auto-parts factory as a collective, while somewhat fleshing out the larger anti-globalism movement and Argentine’s then deeply troubled financial state. The film opens a mini-series, “Fight Back: Global Politics of Resistance,” presented by Point Park University. In English, and Spanish with subtitles. 6 p.m. Mon., Sept. 23. University Center (Room 212), 414 Wood St., Downtown. www.pointpark.edu. Free
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SIGN PAINTERS. Faythe Levine’s earlier film, Handmade Nation, documented the rise in independent crafting. Her newest film, co-directed with Sam Macon, looks at a different aspect of handiwork, namely the vanishing art of painting and lettering commercial signs — which once meant everything from billboards and shop names, to sales banners and even street signs. Advance tickets available at www.showclix.com. 7:30 p.m. Thu., Sept. 26. Harris BRIDGE TO FREEDOM. This hour-long doc (part of PBS’ Eyes on the Prize series) chronicles the historic 1965 civil-right march from Selma, Ala., to Montgomery. A short film about recent votingright issues, “GOP ‘Changing the Rules’ to Suppress the Vote,” will also screen. The film screens as part of the Battle of Homestead Foundation’s monthly film series, featuring works related to labor and economic issues. 7:30 p.m. Thu., Sept. 26. Pump House, Homestead. Free. 412-831-3871 ANDY WARHOL FILMS. Selections from Warhol’s Factory Diaries series (1971-75) and other shorts screen. Ongoing. Free with museum admission. Andy Warhol Museum, North Side. www.warhol.org
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“EVERY DAY, THEY WERE LIKE, ‘WHERE’S NINA?’”
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You’re welcome: Performance artist Nina Sarnelle (pictured in character) prepares for visitors to her upcoming show group.
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NINA SARNELLE AND SCOTT ANDREW LEAD GROUP 1 and 5 p.m. Alloy Studios, 5530 Penn Ave., Friendship. Free; reservations required at www.iamgroup.me.
Via Craigslist, she sought people willing to host a week-long “performance” in their home, then connected with a Squirrel Hill family with two moms trying to expose their three kids to a broad range of art. One of the moms worked at CMU and was familiar enough with MFA artists to trust Sarnelle with a key and allow her to enter the home at random times. As the family went about its routine, Sarnelle silently blended
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Egress-ion therapy: Work by Ben Matthews
The latest exhibition at Mendelson Gallery is a welcome change from more traditional fine-arts shows. This Way to the Egress: Works by Ben Matthews reveals the twisted mind of an unpretentious man with silver hair who is not quite sure how he arrives at his bizarre imagery. The paintings are a synthesis of Victorian carnival posters, 1950s advertisements and zany botanical subjects, all approached with irreverent humor. Matthews’ work has connections to pop surrealism, which (according to a definition by critic Steven Henry Madoff) combines a dreamlike “fetish for the body” with pop art’s “celebration of … the packaged good.” The audience is drawn into the voyeuristic tent curious to see Matthews’ “liedetecting ear” or the man who “decapitates bulls with his jaws.” Matthews entertains himself in these pictures by intermingling cartoons, period script and retro-signology. He attempts to make the paintings look realistic by gouging their surfaces, letting ghost images shine through, and literally tearing their edges. Often, he seems to reference both natural selection gone awry and human tinkering with nature, as in his illustrations of manmade bees, plants that grow “Miles Davis” horns, and “Aftermath Seeds,” which produce pollution-spewing pickles. In an email interview, Matthews stated that he has many influences, including the daily paper. Listening to punk music, he avowed, “swayed” him in a less-traditional direction. “I try to provide an artifact from a time that can’t be placed,” he said. Some works erupt like raunchy jokes, but others are more subtle transfigurations, like the advertisement for “Chocoless,” featuring a purple hummingbird with a sack in its beak, and the bold claim “the more you eat the less you weigh.” Matthews grew up in Munhall, and gallery owner Steven Mendelson once wrote that the artist was probably affected by the view of decaying steel mills there. Matthews might also have been inspired by his mother’s collection of early cabinet photos, and exposure to his grandfather’s printing firm in Homestead. Whatever the inspiration, the work — showing concurrently at New York City’s venerable O.K. Harris Gallery — is both lowbrow and sophisticated. The paintings capture, in a funny, fantastic way, unspecified periods of Americana. The banners and ads appear real at first. But, like a sideshow, it’s all a scam, and we will be fooled into entering by appeals to both our eccentricity and our need to conform.
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into the fixtures, looking like a gymnast-ninja in a black leotard and facemask. “It was grownup hide-and-seek,” she recalls. “Every day, they were like, ‘Where’s Nina?’” One day, she huddled on top of the refrigerator. On another, she stood behind a shower curtain. (Once family members spotted her feet, they “usually” detoured to another bathroom, she says.) For the duration of a dinner party, she quietly laid at the center of a table beneath a tablecloth. Wire-thin Sarnelle, who wears a crown of wispy black and dyed-blonde hair, tends to spring the quirky and unconventional on audiences, no matter how large or small. On Oct. 5, as part of the VIA New Media & Music Festival, she and fellow CMU grad Scott Andrew are staging a collaboration called group. It’s a crowdparticipation project in which the two will rope spectators into their takes on communal activities ranging from sing-alongs to corporate teambuilding exercises and cult initiations. Publicity materials for group are deliberately ambiguous, asking, “A therapy session? A yoga class? An electronic music show?” “The idea is total control,” says Andrew. “We will use every psychological trick to cue in people [to] what they’re supposed to feel.” This includes the subtle (blocking out the windows of Friendship’s Alloy Studios to envelop the audience in CONTINUES ON PG. 34
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the space) to the ostentatious (a giant inďŹ&#x201A;atable shape to be pumped up during a deep-breathing exercise). The expansive VIA is as close as the two artists have come to a venue in sync with their approach. More often, they slide the unusual through usual channels. Take, for instance, Center for Autosexual Reproduction. In 2011, developers of East Libertyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bakery Square complex offered a space not yet ready for a business to artists (as selfconscious gentriďŹ ers often do). Andrew and Sarnelle proposed turning the storefront into a mock clinic for a ďŹ ctitious form of asexual childbearing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think they assumed theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d just get the usual installation of paintings,â&#x20AC;? says Sarnelle. The artists outďŹ tted the location as a clinic promising simply to â&#x20AC;&#x153;make you a child.â&#x20AC;? If you visited during the few hours a week it was open, you entered a waiting room complete with brochures and a ďŹ&#x201A;at-screen TV playing an â&#x20AC;&#x153;infomercial.â&#x20AC;? (â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to worry about the pain. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to worry about the mess, and the best part is it works!â&#x20AC;? says one smiling actress.) Then a â&#x20AC;&#x153;receptionistâ&#x20AC;? (a CMU theater major) led you through a dark passageway into a cofďŹ n-sized space. A host of disembodied, latex-gloved hands would emerge from ďŹ xtures to poke and prod you. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Halfway through, there would be some kind of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;emergencyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and we would tell the person they would need to be reborn as the child they wanted,â&#x20AC;? says Andrew. Cue a crawl down a tube meant to symbolize a birth canal, and then a â&#x20AC;&#x153;deliveryâ&#x20AC;? back to the parking lot. The center did promise to â&#x20AC;&#x153;make you a child,â&#x20AC;? didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t it? Their past projects could be experienced by only one person at a time. With group â&#x20AC;&#x201D; co-presented with the Kelly-Strayhorn Theaterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newMOVES dance festival â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Sarnelle and Andrew seek to bring their approach to a crowd. â&#x20AC;?The main thing we liked about it was the participatory component,â&#x20AC;? says Mac Howison, a program ofďŹ cer at The Sprout Fund. Sprout contributed $5,000 to group and $1,000 to The Sisters of the Lattice, a 2012 multi-location performance piece in which Sarnelle and Agnes Bolt, another CMU art student, portrayed â&#x20AC;&#x153;willfully conjoined techno-mysticsâ&#x20AC;? wearing a single giant toga-like garment. (The nonproďŹ t appreciated that Sarnelle ďŹ lled out the application in character.) group, Howison says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;actively pulls in audience members. â&#x20AC;Ś Our goal with these kinds of grants is community engagement, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never seen a show like this, which so insistently demands its audience be a part of it.â&#x20AC;? INF O @PGH C IT YPAPE R . C O M
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Texture dancers Amanda Summer and Alan Obuzor {PHOTO COURTESY OF KATIE GING}
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To say that Texture Contemporary Balletâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Alan Obuzor and Kelsey Bartman are prolific dance-makers might be an understatement. Since founding the Pittsburgh-based troupe in 2011, the pair has had a hand in creating more than 30 new ballets for it. For many choreographers, that would be a decadeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worth of output. For Textureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s latest program, Nearly Wild, the dynamic duo â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who also perform in most of their ballets â&#x20AC;&#x201D; take a break of sorts: Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re creating only two new ballets for the Sept. 20-22 program at the New Hazlett Theater. The rest of the 90-minute show in three acts features repertory works and two premieres by guest choreographers Oscar Carrillo and James Barrett. Bartmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lone new work is a solo she will perform entitled â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Rose.â&#x20AC;? Set to a melodic original score by Blake Ragghianti (performed live), the seven-minute ballet explores the tradition of rose-giving. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People are always longing to be given a rose or to give someone else a rose,â&#x20AC;? says Bartman. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is not the rose they want; it is the feeling of romance and love the rose symbolizes that they want.â&#x20AC;? Also from Bartman are 2012â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stills From Italy,â&#x20AC;? set to music by indie rockers Beirut and inspired by Elizabeth Gilbertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s novel Eat, Pray, Love, and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Greenerâ&#x20AC;? (2009), a female duet with music by Rufus Wainwright. Bartman created â&#x20AC;&#x153;Greenerâ&#x20AC;? while a member of Nashville Ballet, based on that adage about the grass on the other side. Obuzor and Bartman also combine on two ballets. One is 2012â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ding,â&#x20AC;? titled for the sound uttered by dancers during its creation, when theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d lovingly poke each other in the neck after one of them messed up a step. The other is the new, 25-minute version of 2011â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Broken Flow,â&#x20AC;? the third-act ballet for 13 dancers, with music by Cleveland rapper Kid Cudi. The work, says Bartman â&#x20AC;&#x153;is a response to Cudiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s music and contains quirky broken moments within graceful movement.â&#x20AC;? Also from Obuzor is his pas de deux â&#x20AC;&#x153;Home.â&#x20AC;? Rounding out Nearly Wild are the premieres of Point Park University senior Carrilloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Amargoâ&#x20AC;? (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bitterâ&#x20AC;?), a 16-minute ballet about depression, and recent Point Park grad Barrettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Brood,â&#x20AC;? a ballet inspired by the lifecycle of cicadas. INFO@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
Texture Contemporary Ballet performs NEARLY WILD. 8 p.m. Fri., Sept. 20; 8 p.m. Sat., Sept. 21; and 2 p.m. Sun., Sept. 22. New Hazlett Theater, 6 Allegheny Square East, North Side. $20-25. 412-320-4610 or www.textureballet.org
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Skull-diggery (from left): James Keegan, Sharon Brady and Alec Silberblatt in PICT’s A Skull in Connemara
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NOT ALL OF the best Irish playwrights are dead, but they do enjoy and exploit that state of being. Martin McDonagh revels in the dark side of the stereotypes of his ethnic/literary heritage in A Skull in Connemara, currently in the capable hands of Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre.
A SKULL IN CONNEMARA continues through Sept. 28. Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre at the Charity Randall Theatre, Stephen Foster Memorial, Forbes Avenue at Bigelow, Oakland. $20-48. 412-561-6000 or www.picttheatre.org
The 1997 comedy-cum-mystery features four characters (in every sense of the word) in County Galway, imbibing poteen, tall tales, a mishmosh of American culture, an even bigger dose of 1970s/’80s TV detectives, and suspicion and guilt (both the legal and Catholic sort). The story centers on a widower with an unusual (by our standards) occupation: exhuming the bones of corpses more than seven years dead, to make way for more freshly dead bodies. And exactly how he became a widower is of more than passing interest to his elderly neighbor and her two very different grandsons. Director Martin Giles knows his way around dark humor and foreboding situations, but Skull is too long and the timing too labored. While there are the occasional
chuckles in the dialogue, the richness of the play lies in the extended stage business and physicality. Lots of dirt gets disclosed, dished and tossed about, along with other parts of the scenery that include the exhumer’s cottage and the cemetery. Much praise for scenic designer Gianni Downs, tech director Aaron Bollinger and props master Johnmichael Bohach. James Keegan dominates the stage as Mick Dowd, still conflicted over the death of his wife, whose bones he is forced to newly contemplate. Sharon Brady bravely captures the deliciously repulsive old biddy wallowing in pettiness and pity, who knows more than she tells. Alec Silberblatt nicely fills the thankless role as a dim and not terribly good cop. Jason McCune throws himself mightily into the role of Mick’s foil, and let’s hope he doesn’t injure himself during the run. Part comedy, part drama, part mystery, A Skull in Connemara is all of these but none of them truly well. I N F O @PGH C IT YPAPE R . C O M
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IN 1898, Mark Twain wrote a farce called Is He Dead? that was set to open in London. Thanks to a fire in theatrical warehouse, second thoughts from Twain’s London agent Bram (Dracula) Stoker and a lukewarm reaction from the producer, the production was cancelled and Twain shoved the play into a drawer where it was soon forgotten.
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In 2001, a Twain scholar found the manuscript. And in 2007, via a long chain of events, Is He Dead? opened on Broadway in an adaptation by playwright David Ives. The show is now receiving its regional premiere at Little Lake Theatre. Here’s what you’re in for: A starving French artist, in order to raise the value of his paintings, pretends to be dying and — for reasons perhaps not altogether clear — dresses up as his (invented) twin sister. There’s young sweet love, old dirty love, comic villains and outsized supporting characters. Your typical farce — maybe even prototypical. It would be interesting to know how much Ives added and what Twain supplied, because it feels like every modern guy-ina-dress-mistaken-identity farce I’ve ever seen. So either Ives has turned the original into a G.I.D.M.I. classic … or Twain invented the paradigm.
an absurdist look at protecting the environment with its latest production, Saving the World, by Jason Burkett. Without spoiling too much, it’s a playwithin-a-play in which the actors run amok as the fictional playwright (also named “Jason Burkett”) totally loses control of his opus. It’s wacky and zany. And when the real Burkett is at his best, the play has flashes of brilliance (like the recurrent references to a particular make of automobile). But at other times, it is reduced to sophomoric humor, as when one actor is senselessly beaten by a stagecrew member wielding a large pool float. Act I is the stronger of the two acts. Act II gets somewhat repetitive and the humor is not as sharp. Director Kaitlin Kerr has been wise to keep the pace running at a breakneck speed, not giving the audience too much time to think. Saving the World centers on three research scientists: Dr. Degot (Casey Cunningham), Dr. Healy (Ursula Asmus Sears) and Dr. Sharon (the always hilarious Everett Lowe). Cunningham does a fine job portraying the “boy genius,” and Sears darts seamlessly between pregnant scientist and dominatrix. But it is Lowe who brings the most humor to the show, whether he is playing a Bible-thumping scientist or Satan. There is a (probably fictional) story of a great Polish actress who could reduce audiences to tears by reading the telephone directory aloud in her native tongue. Conversely, I am certain Lowe could find a way to read the phone book and have audiences rolling on the floor with laughter.
A WACKY PLAY VEERS BETWEEN BRILLIANCE AND SOPHOMORIC HUMOR.
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IS HE DEAD? continues through Sat., Sept. 21. Lake Theatre, 500 Lakeside Drive South (off Route 19), Canonsburg. 724-745-6300 or www.littlelaketheatre.org
I’m maybe not the biggest fan of G.I.D.M.I. farces, but this is a very slick, seamless gag-studded script building slowly to the hoot-’n’-holler finish — and the Little Lake audience was doing both with enthusiasm. Director Art DeConciliis could probably direct this sort of play blindfolded: He knows exactly how to play out the line and when to move in for the kill. Only a curious bit of hesitancy on the part of the cast keeps it from hitting the lunatic-farce jackpot. Nathan Bell heads an impossibly large cast (of 11!) with an ingratiating charm as the artist/sister. Troy Bruchwalski, Jeff Johnston and TJ Firneno are shameless as his co-conspirators, and Jenny Malarkey is appealing and unaffected as the love interest. Stephen Joel Crawford has fun playing multiple walk-on parts and Carol Lauck deserves mention for a impressive array of period-defining costumes. Reports of Mark Twain’s death might, at this point, not be exaggerated. But his “new” play is very much alive. INF O @PGH C IT YPAPE R . C O M
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SAVING THE WORLD continues through Sat., Sept. 21. Throughline Theatre Company at Grey Box Theatre, 3595 Butler St., Lawrenceville. $12-15. 888-718-4253 or www.throughlinetheatre.org
The talents of Michael McBurney (as “Jason Burkett”) are wasted, as he spends most of the play prostrate on the floor. Scenic designer Jessica Moretti has created a colorful “cartoony” set with skewed perspective that perfectly fits the insanity of Saving the World. Lighting by Jen Fisher has some severe dark spots, especially when characters move downstage. And I know that Lowe is tall, but his face needs to be properly lit. Throughline has found a way to bring its “Changing the World”-themed season to a conclusion in a slapstick way. I N F O@ P G H C I T Y PA P E R. C OM
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Even amidst crises of capitalism, old Karl Marx seldom gets much love. But David Haeselin, a Carnegie Mellon doctoral student, wants to illuminate the world of this towering if oft-derided German thinker. Haeselin’s exhibit Das Kapital: Illustrious But Ill-Read traces how Marx’s ideas really spread — not through his ponderous 1867 masterwork, but via pamphlets, various adaptations, journalism and such. Haeselin assembled the show at CMU’s Posner Center, a rare-book repository whose first editions of Das Kapital, The Communist Manifesto and more will be displayed. Haeslin speaks at tonight’s opening reception. Bill O’Driscoll 5-7:30 p.m. Exhibit continues through Dec. 1. CMU campus, Oakland. Free. www.cmu.edu/posner-center
Never mind today’s dark cinema — it’s hard to beat the depravity in the silent films directed by Tod Browning and starring frequent collaborator Lon Chaney. In 1928’s West of Zanzibar, Chaney portrays a bitter, crippled magician who plots a twisted 20-yearlong revenge against the man (Lionel Barrymore) who injured him. You won’t soon forget this film’s final reel. Zanzibar screens at The Andy Warhol Museum tonight as part of Unseen Treasures From the George Eastman House, which features restored silent films. The screening includes a new score performed live by Douglas Levine and Ben Opie. Al Hoff 8 p.m. Fri., Sept. 20. 117 Sandusky St., North Side. $10. 412-237-8300 or www.warhol.org
{FASHION} Rest in Pittsburgh bills itself as a showcase for local artists’ handmade, altered and wearable art from the city “where fashion goes to die.” If we rank among the country’s worst-dressed cities (as GQ deemed in 2011), The Shop art and performance space ranks right back with this free runway show and exhibit, offering work by a dozen artists including Seth LeDonne, Virginia Solitaire, Lizzee Solomon, Kitty Klottsalot and Clothes Minded’s Josh Fedorski. Afterward, there’s an artists’ reception and a dance party with DJ KMFD. BO 8 p.m. 4314 Main St., Bloomfield. Free ($5 donation requested). 412-951-0622
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Surely you’re up for some freebies. Starting today, and through Nov. 10, the Allegheny Regional Asset District offers RADical Days, its annual roster of free performances, events and admissions to venues that usually make you buy a ticket. (ARAD collects half of the county’s 1 percent sales tax, and funds things like libraries, parks, arts groups … and debt on stadiums.) RADical Days begins Sat., Sept. 21, at the Frick Art & Historical Center — which, admittedly, is always free; but today you can also take a free tour of the Clayton mansion, the Center’s usually ticketed Gilded Age showcase. On Sept. 22, at the Oakland branch of the Carnegie Library, there’s a 2 p.m. performance by local hip-hop emcee and activist Jasiri X. Other free admissions this week include Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens (pictured; Sept. 23) and Soldiers & Sailors Museum (Sept. 23-25). On Sept. 26, from 10 a.m.3 p.m., take behind-the-scenes tours at PNC Park and Heinz Field; that night, catch a free 8 p.m. performance by Squonk Opera at the New Hazlett Theater. Through Oct. 19, there’s plenty more, including concerts, film screenings and admissions to many of Pittsburgh’s major museums. RADical Days wraps Nov. 10 with a free-admission day at Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium. Bill O’Driscoll RADical Days runs Sat., Sept. 21-Nov. 10. Full schedule is at www.radworkshere.org.
Current main offenders include the “Captain Underpants” series and The Perks of Being a Wallflower novel. Who will protect us from such filth? Not Pittsburgh’s chapter of the
off with Pulitzer-winning journalist Michael Moss. Last year, the New York Times staffer had a best-seller with Salt, Sugar, Fat, in which he investigates how food giants are
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+ SUN., SEPT. 22 If we’d had the Internet in, say, 1980, would we still have had zines as we know them? Regardless, at The Third Annual Pittsburgh Zine Fair, you’ll hear about the extant pleasures of creating — and reading — these handmade publications with small publishing runs and, sometimes, big ideas. Zines’ heyday spanned early punkrock days and the Riot Grrrl era; today’s fair, at the Union Project, features more than 50 artists and writers, many based in Pittsburgh, still plying the form. Also enjoy zine archives from the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and The Mr. Roboto Project; a zine reading nook; and a drop-in zine-making workshop. BO 2-8 p.m. 801 N. Negley Ave., Highland Park. Free. pghzinefair@gmail.com
of E. coli when a microbiologist told him to research what food companies were intentionally adding their products, as it was a bigger health hazard than even E. coli. Do you know what your food is made of? BW 7:30 p.m. Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland. $15-40. 412-622-8866 or www.pittsburghlectures.org
American Civil Liberties Union. Instead, each year, the group joins the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and WYEP to bring us FREADom. Tonight, local celebs including “God Hates Jags” comedian Davon Magwood, Braddock Mayor John Fetterman, actress Chrystal Bates and musician Laura B. read from their favorite banned or challenged works. There’s also a tribute to censored and challenged TV fare including I Love Lucy, Maude and the nefarious SpongeBob. BO 7 p.m. 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland. Free. 412-681-7736 or www.aclupa.org/freadom
misleading people about what they think they are eating. The Wall Street Journal called Moss’ work “vital reading for the discerning food consumer.” Moss was investigating an outbreak
One of the bigger names to visit the Music in a Great Space series lately launches the group’s new season. Denyce Graves is an American mezzo-soprano known on four continents for her opera work. Tonight, at Shadyside Presbyterian Church, Graves performs with Laura Ward, herself an internationally credited pianist. The eclectic program includes selections from the two operas most associated with Graves — Carmen and Samson et Dalila — plus classic show tunes like “The Man I Love” and
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not quite chilly enough to seek refuge. But maybe you could use some Sanctuary. That’s the title, and the theme, of the new show by members of the Pittsburgh Society of Artists Guild. The juried multimedia exhibit, at Millvale’s Panza Gallery, will be drawn from submissions from the PSA’s more than 350 artist members. The juror is Patricia BellanGillen, a Carnegie Mellon University art professor and an acclaimed and widely exhibited artist in her own right. BO 5-8 p.m. Exhibit continues through Oct. 19. 115 Sedgwick St., Millvale. Free. 412-821-0959
{MUSIC} The Pittsburgh Jazz Orchestra begins off the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s jazz season with a performance at the Cabaret at Theater Square. The 10-piece orchestra is led by Sean Jones, the former lead trumpeter for Wynton Marsalis’ Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra who revived the dormant Pittsburgh group in 2009. Tonight’s arrangements are by Mike Tomaro, the group’s associate director and Jones’ colleague at Duquesne University. BO 8 p.m. 655 Penn Ave., Downtown. $25.75. 412-4566666 or www.trustarts.org
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Stage & Steel Productions. Fri, Pierpont Finch up the executive Sat. Thru Sept. 28. SS Peter & Paul ladder in the business world of Ukrainian Orthodox Church Hall, the 1950s. Fri-Sun. Thru Sept. 29. Carnegie. 412-480-4758. McKeesport Little Theater, ROMEO & JULIET. Presented by McKeesport. 412-673-1100. Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the IS HE DEAD? A recently Parks. Sept. 21-22. Frick Park, discovered comedic by work Blue Slide Playground, Squirrel Mark Twain. Thu-Sun. Thru Hill. 412-404-8531. Sept. 21. Little Lake Theatre, SAVING THE WORLD. Play by Canonsburg. 724-745-6300. Jason Burkett. Presented THE LION KING. Thru by Throughline Theatre Sept. 29. Benedum Company. Thu-Sat. Thru Center, Downtown. Sept. 21. The Grey Box 412-456-6666. Theatre, Lawrenceville. THE ODD COUPLE. www. per 1-888-718-4253. Comedy by Neil Simon. pa pghcitym A SKULL IN .co Fri, Sat. Thru Sept. 28. CONNEMARA. Play Comtra Theatre, by Martin McDonagh. Cranberry. 724-591-8727. Presented by Pittsburgh Irish & PITTSBURGH NEW WORKS Classical Theatre. Wed-Sun. Thru FESTIVAL. Premiering Sept. 28. Charity Randall Theatre, Bored Of Education!, Even, Oakland. 412-561-6000. One 2nd, Dinner Theatre of SYLVIA. Comedy by A.R. the Absurd, Whistleblower, Gurney about a dog & the Hotline. Thu-Sun. Thru Sept. 29. dysfunctional couple that adopts Off the Wall Theater, Carnegie. her. Presented by the Indiana 412-944-2639. Players. Fri-Sun. Thru Sept. 22. POLYGOON’S REVENGE. Philadelphia Street Playhouse, Interactive medieval theater Indiana. 724-464-0725. performance. Presented by
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EXHIBITS ALLEGHENY-KISKI VALLEY HERITAGE MUSEUM. Military artifacts and exhibits on the Allegheny Valley’s industrial heritage. Tarentum. 724-224-7666. ARTDFACT. Artdfact Gallery. An eclectic showroom of fine art sculpture & paintings from emerging artists. North Side. 724-797-3302. AUGUST WILSON CENTER FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE. Pittsburgh: Reclaim, Renew, Remix. Feat. imagery, film & oral history narratives to explore communities, cultures, & innovations. Downtown. 412-258-2700. BAYERNHOF MUSEUM. Large collection of automatic CONTINUES ON PG. 42
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CHATHAM UNIVERSITY. Culture in Context. African Art from the Olkes Collection. Shadyside. 412-365-1232. CHRISTINE FRECHARD GALLERY. Beauty at the Edge of the Unreal. Pop art by Stephane Pedno. Squirrel Hill. 412-421-8888. CRAZY MOCHA COFFEE COMPANY. Marsha’s Peace Art; Abstract & Pointillist. Work by Marsha Lee Moore. Bloomfield. 412-681-5225. ECLECTIC ART & OBJECTS GALLERY. 19th century American & European paintings combined with some of the world’s most talented contemporary artists & their artwork. The Hidden Collection. Watercolors by Robert N. Blair (1912- 2003). Hiromi Traditional Japanese Oil Paintings The Lost Artists of the 1893 Chicago Exhibition. Collectors Showcase. Emsworth. 412-734-2099. FRICK ART & HISTORICAL CENTER. The Clayton Days, Revisited: A Project by Vik Muniz. Feat. his 65-photo collection. Point Breeze. 412-371-0600. GALLERIE CHIZ. Text meets Texture. Work by Nancy McNary-Smith & David Montano. Shadyside. 412-441-6005. THE GALLERY 4. Elementals. Collaborative works by Matt
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Pirates will do in the playoffs, but I am very intrigued to University of Pittsburgh Jazz see it all especially being in Pittsburgh and getting to be a Exhibit: Memorabilia & Awards part of this exciting time. from the International Hall of Fame. Oakland. 412-648-7446. B Y B RE T T W I L S ON DEPRECIATION LANDS MUSEUM. Small living NATIONALITY ROOMS. 26 history museum celebrating the military encampments, life-like rooms helping to tell the story settlement and history of the museum figures, more. From of Pittsburgh’s immigrant past. Depreciation Lands. Allison Park. Slavery to Freedom. Highlight’s University of Pittsburgh. Oakland. Pittsburgh’s role in the 412-486-0563. 412-624-6000. FALLINGWATER. Tour the anti-slavery movement. Ongoing: OLD ST. LUKE’S. Pioneer church famed Frank Lloyd Wright house. Western PA Sports Museum, features 1823 pipe organ, Ohiopyle. 724-329-8501. Clash of Empires, and exhibits on Revolutionary War graves. Scott. FRICK ART & HISTORICAL local history, more. Strip District. 412-851-9212. CENTER. Ongoing: tours 412-454-6000. PHIPPS CONSERVATORY of Clayton, the Frick estate, with SEWICKLEY HEIGHTS & BOTANICAL GARDEN. classes, car & carriage museum. HISTORY CENTER. Museum Summer Flower Show. Glass Point Breeze. 412-371-0600. commemorates Pittsburgh art surrounded by colorful HARTWOOD ACRES. Tour industrialists, local history. blooms. Feat. work by this Tudor mansion and Sewickley. 412-741-4487. Daviea Davis, Jason stable complex, and SOLDIERS & SAILORS Forck, Steven Sadvary, enjoy hikes and MEMORIAL HALL. Military Lisa Platt, more. 14 outdoor activities museum dedicated to honoring indoor rooms & 3 in the surrounding military service members since www. per outdoor gardens pa park. Allison Park. the Civil War through artifacts pghcitym .co feature exotic plants 412-767-9200. & personal mementos. Oakland. and floral displays from KENTUCK KNOB. Tour 412-621-4253. around the world. 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SAT 21 BUTLER FALL FESTIVAL. Food, crafts, car cruise, children’s activities, more. Main Street, Butler, Butler. 724-822-0474. LEBO BREW FEST. Beer festival benefiting the maintenance & programming for the Mt. Lebanon Veterans Memorial. Academy Ave. parking lot, Mt. Lebanon. mtlebanon.org 4-7 p.m. LIGONIER HIGHLAND GAMES. Scottish games, food, music, more. Benefits the Clan Donald Education & Charitable Trust. 9 a.m. Idlewild & Soak Zone, Ligonier. 814-931-4714.
SAT 21 - SUN 22 ERNTEFEST: A GERMAN HARVEST FESTIVAL. Learn to churn butter & make rope, children’s activities, beer brewing, more. Sept. 21-22 Old Economy Village, Ambridge. 724-266-4500. PITTSBURGH RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL. Medieval entertainment, children’s activities, artisan market, more. Southeast of Pittsburgh off I-70, exit 51A, Route 31. Sat, Sun. Thru Sept. 29 724-872-1670.
DANCE FRI 20 - SUN 22 NEARLY WILD. Performance by Texture Contemporary Ballet. Sept. 20-22 New Hazlett Theater, North Side. 412-552-3114.
FUNDRAISERS THU 19 WINES UNDER GLASS GALA. Celebrating Phipps’ 120th anniversary. 7:30 p.m. Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Garden, Oakland. 412-651-5281.
SAT 21 12TH ANNUAL KATIE WESTBROOK 5K & DOG WALK. Benefits the Student Bar Association Centennial Endowed Fund. 8 a.m. Duquesne University, Uptown. 412-396-6186. 13TH ANNUAL PRESIDENT’S CHALLENGE 5K RUN/WALK/ WHEEL. Benefits the Pittsburgh Steelwheelers. 8 a.m. Heinz Field, North Side. 412-487-7644. ELWOOD’S FALL FESTIVAL. Benefits the West Deer Dog Shelter. 2 p.m. Elwood’s Pub, Cheswick. 724-265-1181.
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ModernFormations Gallery, Garfield. 412-362-0274. CHARLES BOCK. Reading w/ author of Beautiful Children. 8:30 p.m. Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Oakland. 412-624-6506. LILLIAN L. MEYERS, PH.D. Book signing party for the book, I’m Sorry For Your Loss. 7 p.m. 3rd Street Gallery, Carnegie. 412-276-5233.
FRI 20 BRIDGES & RIVER SHORES FREE WALKING TOUR. Fri. Thru Sept. 27 Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel, Downtown. 412-471-5808. GHOSTLY TALES OF GETTYSBURG. w/ Steve Anderson. 7:30-9 p.m. YWCA Butler Co., Butler. 724-283-8116. RAY HALLIDAY, NANCY KRYGOWSKI, E. L. LEONE. 7-8:30 p.m. East End Book Exchange, Bloomfield.
SAT 21 PENNWRITERS SPRINGDALE WRITERS GROUP. Third Sat of every month Springdale Free Public Library, Springdale. 724-274-9729.
SUN 22 3RD ANNUAL PITTSBURGH ZINE FAIR. Over 50 local artists & writers, as well as zine archives from the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh & The Mr. Roboto Project. 2-8 p.m. Union Project, Highland Park. 412-363-4550. FREADOM: A CELEBRATION OF THE RIGHT TO READ. Banned book readings from Davon Magwood, John Fetterman, more. 7 p.m. Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Oakland. 412-624-4125.
MON 23 12 STEPS TO PEACE: USING CREATIVITY TO TRANSFORM ANXIETY. Writing & discussion group. Mon, 6-7 p.m. Thru Nov. 25 Carnegie Library, Squirrel Hill. 412-337-4976. MICHAEL MOSS. Author of Salt, Sugar, Fat. Monday Night Lecture Series. 7:30 p.m. Carnegie Music Hall, Oakland. 412-622-3131. SARU JAYARAMAN. Reading & discussion w/ author of Behind the Kitchen Door. 6:30 p.m. First Unitarian Church, Shadyside. 724-833-5158.
TUE 24 LET’S SPEAK ENGLISH! Practice conversational English. Tue, 6 p.m. Carnegie Library, Squirrel Hill. 412-422-9650.
WED 25 PITTSBURGH POETRY EXCHANGE. Discussing Like a Man Gone Mad by Samuel Hazo. 7:30 p.m. Coffee Tree Roasters, Shadyside. 412-621-6880.
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KAYAKING ADVENTURES: UNDER THE CREEK. Ages 12+. 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Jennings Environmental Center, Slippery Rock. 724-794-6011. WAGMAN DARK SKY STAR PARTY. Presented by the Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh. 7:20 p.m. Wagman Observatory, Frazier. 724-224-2510.
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SAT 21 2013 GLOBAL PEACE GAMES. Ages 8-21. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Wilkinsburg Boys & Girls Club, Wilkinsburg. 412-228-0597. DUCK CALL ORCHESTRA. Record your own duck calls that will play as Florentijn Hofman’s 40-foot-tall “Rubber Ducky” tub toy travels towards the Roberto Clemente Bridge. Sat. Thru Sept. 21 Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, North Side. 412-322-5058. PLAY W/ CLAY ON THE POTTER’S WHEEL. Ages 3+. Sat, 12-2 p.m. Thru Oct. 5 Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, North Side. 412-322-5058. THIS PARTY HAS BEEN BANNED. Kick-off Banned Books Week w/ scavenger hunt, crafts, music, food, more. For
THU 19 EMPATHY FIRST. A compassionate communication & conflict transformation study group based on the work of peace activist, Dr. Marshall Rosenberg. 7424 Washington St., Swissvale. First and Third Thu of every month, 7 p.m. 412-271-7660. INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF PITTSBURGH. Social, cultural club of American/ international women. Thu First Baptist Church, Oakland. iwap. pittsburgh@gmail.com. LEGAL RESOURCES IN PITTSBURGH: NEIGHBORHOOD LEGAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION. Learn about legal professionals that offer free civil legal services for individuals &families in Pittsburgh. 12:15 p.m. Carnegie Library, Downtown. 412-281-7141. MEDITATION & WHOLE LIFE TRANSFORMATION. Supreme Meditation & the Science of CONTINUES ON PG. 46
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THU 19 - SUN 22 PITTSBURGH COCKTAIL WEEK. Feat. specialty cocktails representing the best about Pittsburgh, classes, more. Various locations. pghcocktailweek. com/2013/04/pittsburgh-cocktailweek-2013.html Thru Sept. 22
FRI 20 HMH: SOUTHERN HEAT. Drag show presented by Hot Metal Hardware. 9 p.m. Cattivo, Lawrenceville. 412-345-3464. PUBLIC ART WALKING TOUR: DOWNTOWN. 12-1 p.m. BNY Mellon, Downtown. 412-391-2060 x 237. R.I.P: REST IN PITTSBURGH. Fashion show w/ designs by Meg Prall, Autumn Zwibel, Lizzee Solomon, Vibeka McGyver, more. Reception & dance party to follow. 7 p.m. The Shop, Bloomfield. 412-951-0622. SALSA CLASICA KICK-OFF PARTY. Salsa dancing workshop. steelcitysalseros.com 10 p.m. Cabaret at Theater Square, Downtown. 412-353-3759.
FRI 20 - SUN 22 HORROR REALM FALL CONVENTION. VHS viewing room, vendors, Q&A panels, appearances by Nicholas Brendon, Josh Stewart, PJ Soles, Chilly Billy Cardille, Kyra Schon, more. Sept. 20-22 Crowne Plaza Hotel, Bethel Park. 412-883-5300.
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SAT 21 ALCOSAN OPEN HOUSE. Mini-workshops, Ask The Plumber booth, tours, Environmental Jeopardy, more. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. ALCOSAN, North Side. 412-732-8002. BALKAN DANCE PARTY. Folk dance lessons, live music, more. Third Sat of every month, 7:30 p.m. Thru June 21 Bulgarian-Macedonian National Education and Cultural Center, West Homestead. 412-461-6188.
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“A van ran over a frozen puddle and a chunk of ice flew up and hit him in the face and he went to sleep for two weeks. After that, he thought he could see into people’s souls and he couldn’t get the taste of cheese out of his mouth.” FROM “CHUNK OF ICE,” BY RAY HALLIDAY, PART OF HIS SHORT-STORY COLLECTION THE KID THAT EVEN THE DOGS DIDN’T LIKE
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gives a reading with fellow San Francisco writer L.E. Leone and local poet Nancy Krygowksi, at the East End Book Exchange. 7 p.m. Fri., Sept. 20. 4754 Liberty Ave., Bloomfield. 412-224-2847 or www.eastendbookexchange.com
BAPTIST HOMES COMMUNITY DAY. Petting zoo, Cura Hospitality healthy food demos, sign language demos, more. 12-3 p.m. Baptist Homes, Castle Shannon. 412-563-6550. DANCE FOR PARKINSON’S PITTSBURGH. Dance classes designed for people w/ Parkinson’s Disease to explore the art of dance & live music. Sat, 2:30-3:30 p.m. Thru Nov. 23 Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Strip District. 412-387-2542. DISCOVERING GREENSBURG SCAVENGER HUNT. Challenge your knowledge of Westmoreland County. 11 a.m.2 p.m. Seton Hill University, Greensburg. 412-841-2433. HAPPY GRUMPS. A social hour for the wise older crowd. Bring your concerns, rants & hopes for some fun & good conversation. Sat, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Thru Dec. 28 Ritter’s Diner, Bloomfield. 412-337-4976. HILL DISTRICT TOUR--CENTRE & WYLIE AVENUES. Meet at Centre Ave. & Crawford St., Hill District. 2-3:30 p.m. 412-471-5808. I MADE IT! MARKET. Nomadic indie craft market feat. bicycle-themed items. 12-5 p.m. Carnegie Science Center, North Side. 412-237-3400.
INCLINE HAUNTED WALKING TOUR. Begins at the bottom of the Monongahela Incline. Sat. Thru Oct. 26 412-302-5223. OUT OF THE BOX: TIME CAPSULE OPENING W/ TIME CAPSULE CATALOGUERS. Take a first look inside one of Warhol’s unopened boxes. 2 p.m. Andy Warhol Museum, North Side. 412-237-8300. PLANNING & PLANTING WORKSHOPS. Learn basic soil science, cold frame design, fall planting, more. Sat. Thru Sept. 28 Shadyside Nursery, Shadyside. 412-532-6896. SATURDAY SPEAKER SERIES: ALLEGHENY ARSENAL – A CIVIL CATASTROPHE. w/ Sue Morris & Mary Frailey Call. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Senator John Heinz History Center, Strip District. 412-454-6000. 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. WESTMORELAND COUNTY HISTORIC HOUSE TOUR. A self-driving tour to visit 5 homes. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 724-532-1935 x 215.
SUN 22 AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS CAFE. Weekly letter writing event. Sun, 4-6 p.m. Panera Bread, Oakland. 412-683-3727. STEEL CITY SALSEROS WORKSHOPS. Salsa dancing workshops at various locations in East Liberty & Downtown. steelcitysalseros.com
PFLAG WASHINGTON. Support, education & advocacy for the LGBTQ community, family & friends. Fourth Wed of every month First Presbyterian Church, Downtown. 412-471-3436.
McKeesport. 412-673-1100. THE NEXT MILLIONAIRE! Looking for actors & actresses for the movie production of The Next Millionaire. Call Robert for further details. 412-904-2954.
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CENTER. Auditions for The Nutcracker. Sept. 21. Dance students, male/female age 5-adult. carnegie performingartscenter. BRYAN FAZIO com/auditions Carnegie. CONGO DRUMMING: 412-279-8887. BASICS & BEYOND. www. per COMTRA THEATRE. pa Music workshop, ages pghcitym Auditions for Deathtrap. .co 14+. Mon. Thru Oct. 21 Sept. 21-22. Men/women, Bottlebrush Gallery & Shop, cold readings. comtraplayers. Harmony. 724-452-0539. com Cranberry. 724-591-8727. THE O.N.E OPENING LINCOLN PARK PERFORMING NIGHT EXTRAVAGANZA. ARTS CENTER PROFESSIONAL Pittsburgh Fashion Week kickoff COMPANY. Auditions for White show. pittsburghfashionweek. Christmas. Sept. 21-22. Male/ com 7 p.m. Highmark Stadium, Female dancers/singers & a female Station Square. age 10-12, tap/jazz combinations & SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING. 32 bars of a Broadway-style song. Lessons 7-8 p.m., social dancing Bring sheet music, accompanist follows. No partner needed. provided. centerauditions.org/ Mon, 7 p.m. and Sat, 7 p.m. index.php/professional-company/ Grace Episcopal Church, white-christmas Lincoln Park Mt. Washington. 412-683-5670. Performing Arts Center, Midland. SELF-GUIDED OLD 724-259-6443. ALLEGHENY COUNTY JAIL MUSEUM TOUR. Mon, 11:30 a.m.- MCKEESPORT LITTLE THEATER. 1 p.m. Thru Sept. 30 Old Allegheny Auditions for The Westing Game. Seeking 3 teenage boys (one County Jail Museum, Downtown. Asian), 1 40-something African412-471-5808. American woman, 1 20-something male. Also, men & women ages 40-60. Call for appointment. POP-UP FASHION. Part of
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WED 25 DETROIT STYLE URBAN BALLROOM DANCE. 3rd floor. Wed, 6:30-8 p.m. Hosanna House, Wilkinsburg. 412-242-4345. ECOGAMES: BOARD GAMES THAT MAKE IT FUN TO LEARN ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT. Allegheny Front’s Green Gatherings. www.alleghenyfront. org 6:30 p.m. WYEP Community Broadcast Center, South Side. 412-381-9131. IN PURSUIT OF BEAUTY: FARMING NATURALLY & WORKING COOPERATIVELY. Program by Zeb Bartels of Clarion River Organics. 6:30 p.m. East End Food Co-op, Point Breeze. 412-242-3598. INTRODUCTORY LEVEL SCOTTISH GAELIC CLASS. Wed. Thru Nov. 6 Bottlebrush Gallery & Shop, Harmony. 724-452-0539. LET’S SPEAK ENGLISH! Practice conversational English. Wed, 5 p.m. Carnegie Library, Oakland. 412-622-3151.
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Savage Love {BY DAN SAVAGE}
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My lesbian wife and I live in an apartment. The noise pollution between flats can be pretty bad, and keeping noise down after certain hours is a common courtesy. I wouldn’t play loud music after a certain hour, or let doors slam, or break out the drum kit. If any of these things happens after around 11:30 p.m. on a work night, I don’t think I’d feel any qualms about going to whoever is being inconsiderate and asking them to keep it down. But what about noisy sex? My neighbor’s girlfriend is pretty loud during sex. If the racket were being made before midnight, I could bear it. It would be gross, because he’s slimy and has a terrible hipster mustache, but I’d cope. But what about sex at crazy o’clock? Is it OK to pound on the wall and ask them to keep it down? SLEEPY LESBIANS NEXT DOOR
I happen to agree with Robert Lopez, Jeff Marx and Jeff Whitty, creators of the Tony Awardwinning musical Avenue Q, on the subject of thin walls and noisy sex: “You can be as loud as the hell you want when you’re makin’ love.” But you and your wife can be as loud as the hell you want when they’re making love. You can pound on the walls, scream and yell, etc. Even if your neighbors don’t take the hint, the noise you make may bring their sex to a quicker end. Females of certain species — including our own — get loud during sex, i.e., scream and yell, because it helps the males climax more quickly. (Female copulatory vocalization: It is a real thing with its own Wikipedia page.) If his girlfriend’s vocalizations turn your inconsiderate mustachioed hipster neighbor on, the screams of his lesbian neighbors could push him past the point of no return. Squicked out by the thought of giving your hipster neighbor an aural reach-around? Look at it this way: The quicker he comes, the sooner you can get back to sleep.
serves as confirmation. “Have you slept with anyone else?” is right up there with “Did you gay-fuck my sister with that butt plug?” So unless this woman is an idiot, you don’t need to tell her. She knows. Straight male here. I took a writing course, and some of us students created a writing group to workshop things we’ve been working on. One of the guys in the group is gay, and a while ago, he confessed that he had very strong feelings for me. I told him that I wasn’t into guys. The other day, he sent an email telling me there was something he wanted to discuss. We met for dinner, and he told me that he felt like I had been sending messages to indicate my interest in him. He told me that he noticed that I had started to dress like him, and that this was sometimes a way closeted men showed interest in other men. He mentioned that one week he had worn a red sweater, and the following week I had worn a red T-shirt. He also said he felt like the stories I had been workshopping were secretly about him. This entire thing has taken place purely in his head. I told him this, and now he says he is hurt and doesn’t want to see me at the group. He suggested that we share the group, alternating meetings, but I refused. We’re both adults who should have the emotional maturity to handle this. Am I being too harsh?
THE FAILURE TO IMMEDIATELY ANSWER CERTAIN QUESTIONS IN THE NEGATIVE IS EQUAL TO ANSWERING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. FOR EXAMPLE: “IS THAT YOUR BUTT PLUG?”
I was in a monogamous relationship with a woman for two years. We split up and remained friends. Months later, on a drunken night, we had sex. At that point, neither of us had slept with anyone else. But after we had sex, I slept with two others (using protection). Now my ex-girlfriend and I may get back together, and she has asked: Have I slept with anyone else? So far, I have managed to avoid answering. And, yes, we are currently sleeping together. Do I tell her? BLOWJOBS AND RIGHTS OF PRIVACY
The failure to immediately answer certain questions in the negative is equal to answering in the affirmative. Examples: “Are you gay?” “Did you fuck my sister?” “Is that your butt plug?” Any attempt to avoid answering these questions — issuing a nondenial denial (“Me? Gay? Why would you think that?”), requesting an unnecessary clarification (“You mean your sister?”), stalling for time (“Can we talk about this later?”) —
PULLED INTO DRAMA
Closeted gay men don’t use colored T-shirts to send messages to out gay men. They use Craigslist. Look, Jeffrey Dahmer — a.k.a. the Milwaukee Cannibal — ate a friend of mine. By which I mean to say: Some gay people are insane. I’m not saying you’re in danger of being eaten. But if your account is accurate, this guy is more than a little unpleasant and a whole lot batshit. Confide in some friends in your writing group about what’s going on, and be prepared to leave the group or form a breakaway group if Mr. Red Sweater continues to detect clues in your wardrobe. Also: Do not spend time alone with this guy. Someone who would accuse you of making super-secret passes via T-shirt is capable of making baseless accusations about much worse. Finally, a pro tip: Writers don’t need a writers’ group to write. They just need to write. GAY AND COUPLED AND NOT MONOGAMOUS? A Savage Love reader and sex researcher is studying “relationship satisfaction among nonmonogamous gay couples.” His research is focused on gay male couples that have sex with other men but not relationships with other men, i.e., not guys in poly relationships, just open ones. If you qualify and have a few minutes to spare for science — science! — take the survey at socialsci. com/s/relationshipsurvey. On the Savage Lovecast, Dan speaks with a human-rights attorney on how Chelsea Manning can expect to be treated in prison, at savage lovecast.com.
SEND IN YOUR QUESTIONS TO MAIL@SAVAGELOVE.NET AND FIND THE SAVAGE LOVECAST (DAN’S WEEKLY PODCAST) AT THESTRANGER.COM/SAVAGE
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VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): A Chinese entrepreneur named Nin Nan dreamed up a unique way to generate capital: He sold dead mosquitoes online for a dollar apiece, advertising them as useful for scientific research and decoration. Within two days, he received 10,000 orders. Let’s make him your patron saint and role model for the next few weeks, Virgo. May he inspire you to come up with novel ways to stimulate your cash flow. The planetary omens suggest that your originality is more likely than usual to generate concrete rewards.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “The most important thing is to find out what the most important thing is,” wrote Shunryu Suzuki in his book Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind. That’s your assignment for the next three weeks. Do whatever it takes to find out beyond any doubt what the most important thing is. Meditate naked an hour a day. Go on long walks in the wildest places you know. Convene intense conversations about yourself with the people who know you best. Create and sign a contract with yourself in which you vow to identify the experience you want more than any other experience on earth. No waffling allowed, Libra. What is the single most important thing?
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Sometime in the next nine months you may feel moved to embark on an adventure that will transform the way you understand reality. Maybe you will choose to make a pilgrimage to a sacred sanctuary or wander further away from your familiar comforts than you ever have before. Right now is an excellent time to brainstorm about the pos-
sibilities. If you don’t feel ready to actually begin your quest, at least formulate a master plan for the magic moment when you will be ripe.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In the indigenous culture of Hawaii, “mana” refers to a spiritual power that may abide in people, objects and natural locations. You can acquire more of it by acting with integrity and excellence, but you might lose some of it if your actions are careless or unfocused. For instance, a healer who does a mediocre job of curing her patients could lose the mana that made her a healer in the first place. I believe that similar principles hold true for nonHawaiians. All of us have an ever-shifting relationship with the primal life force. What’s the current state of your own personal supply, Sagittarius? It’s time to make sure you’re taking full advantage of the mana you have been blessed with. Your motto: “Use it or lose it.”
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you should sneak a peek into the hiding place where your insatiable cravings are stored. If you’re brave enough, also take a look at your impossible demands and your unruly obsessions and your suppressed miracles. Please note: I’m not suggesting that you immediately unleash them all; I don’t mean you should impulsively instigate an adventure that could possibly quench your ravenous yearnings. But I do believe you will benefit from becoming better acquainted with them. You could develop a more honest relationship, which would ultimately make them more trustworthy.
shimmying and jiggling and waggling. One of our problems, Watts said, is that we’re “always trying to straighten things out.” We feel nagging urges to deny or cover up or eliminate the wiggling. “Be orderly,” we command reality. “Be neat and composed and predictable.” But reality never obeys. It’s forever doing what it does best: flickering and fluctuating and flowing. In accordance with astrological omens, Taurus, I encourage you to rebel against any natural tendencies you might have to fight the eternal wiggle. Instead, celebrate it. Rejoice in it. Align yourself with it.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):
GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
Don’t tape your thumbs to your hands and stalk around pretending to be a dinosaur. Don’t poke three holes in a large plastic garbage bag and wear it as a tunic while imagining that you are a feudal serf in a post-apocalyptic, sci-fi dystopia. Don’t use a felttip marker to draw corporate logos on your face to show everyone what brands of consumer goods you love. To be clear: I would love you to be extravagantly creative. I hope you will use your imagination in novel ways as you have fun playing with experimental scenarios. But please exercise a modicum of discernment as you wander way outside the box. Be at least 20 percent practical.
Author Elaine Scarry defines “the basic impulse underlying education” as follows: the “willingness to continually revise one’s own location in order to place oneself in the path of beauty.” Consider making this your modus operandi in the coming weeks, Gemini. Always be on the lookout for signs that beauty is near. Do research to find out where beauty might be hiding and where beauty is ripening. Learn all you can about what kinds of conditions attract beauty, and then create those conditions. Finally, hang around people who are often surrounded by beauty. This approach will be an excellent way to further your education.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “Take a lover who looks at you like maybe you are magic,” says the poet Marty McConnell. That’s good advice, Pisces — not just in regards to your intimate relationships, but about all your other alliances, too. If you’re seeking a friend or consultant or business partner or jogging companion or new pet, show a preference for those creatures who look at you like maybe you are magic. You always need to be appreciated for the sweet mystery and catalytic mojo you bring to your partnerships, but you especially need that acknowledgment now.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “If Taylor Swift is going to have six breakups a year,” observed comedian Bill Maher, “she needs to write a new song entitled ‘Maybe It’s Me.’” He was referring to Swift’s habit of using her romantic misadventures to stimulate her lyric-writing creativity. With that as your prompt, Aries, I’ll ask you to do some soul-searching about your own intimacy issues. How have you contributed to the problems you’ve had in getting the love and care you want? What unconscious behavior or conditioned responses have undermined your romantic satisfaction, and what could you do to transform them? The next eight weeks will be prime time to revolutionize your approach to relationships.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Philosopher Alan Watts used to talk about how the whole world is wiggling all the time. Clouds, trees, sky, water, human beings: Everything’s constantly
CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Life is either always a tight-rope or a feather bed. Give me the tight-rope.” So declared writer Edith Wharton. But she was an Aquarius, and more temperamentally suited to the tight-rope. Many of you Cancerians, on the other hand, prefer to emphasize the feather-bed mode. I suspect that in the next nine months, however, you will be willing and even eager to spend more time on the tight-rope than is customary for you. To get primed for the excitement, I suggest you revel in some intense feather-bed action in the coming weeks. Charge up your internal batteries with an extraspecial deluxe regimen of sweet self-care.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Half of a truth is better than no truth at all, right? Wrong! If you latch onto the partially accurate story, you may stop looking for the rest of the story. And then you’re liable to make a premature decision based on insufficient data. The better alternative is to reject the partially accurate story and be willing to wait around in the dark until the complete revelation comes. That may be uncomfortable for a while. But when the full truth finally straggles in, you will be very glad you didn’t jump to unripe conclusions. Unleash an outrageous boast about how you’re going to pull off a certain feat that you’ve previously lacked the chutzpah to attempt. Testify at Freewillastrology.com.
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