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PHOTO: BRIAN KALDORF Brookline resident Bob Beiler says UPMC is holding the community “hostage,” stalling plans for a new grocery store by not moving a medical practice.
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Market Value Are UPMC’s demands holding up plans for a new grocery store?
UP UNTIL A YEAR and a half ago, grocery shopping was easy for Brookline resident Kay Thomas. There was a Foodland at the corner of McNeely Road and Sussex Avenue, and “I could walk down and buy a loaf of bread,” she says. But in January 2008, the Foodland closed. Since then, says Thomas, a Brookline resident of 50 years, “If you want a green pepper, you’ve got to go for a long ride.” The nearest grocers are the Kuhn’s Market in Banksville, or the Castle Shannon Giant Eagle. “We desperately need a grocery store here.” Last April, Thomas thought the community was about to get one. German grocery-store chain Aldi Inc. purchased the former Foodland for $1.6 million, with plans to erect a new, 25,000-square-foot store there. But [ BY CHRIS YOUNG ] more than a year later, those plans are still on hold — and some CYOUNG@STEELCITYMEDIA.COM say the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is to blame. Before starting construction on the new store, Aldi needed two tenants to move out of the building: McNeilly Hardware and UPMC’s Internal Medicine Associates. The doctors practicing at the location provide primary care — physical examinations, preventive screenings, immunizations — for adult patients. According to Bernadette Perri, who sold the building to Aldi, the hardware store moved out shortly after Aldi took over. “He was easy to deal with,” she says. UPMC, though, hasn’t budged. The medical giant doesn’t have to go anywhere: UPMC’s lease doesn’t expire until 2011. But for the community’s sake, says Perri, the health-care provider should have left by now. “This is an area that needs a grocery store,” she says. Aldi and UPMC are saying little about the situation publicly. But Perri — and many others in the community — believe UPMC is demanding that Aldi buy new equipment for the doctors before agreeing to relocate their offices. Perri, who has been discussing negotiations with those tied to Aldi, says the grocery store offered to help find new space for the doctors’ offices, as well as cover moving costs. “When I sold [the building] to Aldi … we thought UPMC would be reasonable,” she says. “But no way.” UPMC “might talk ‘community,’” Perri adds, “but when it comes down to it, they don’t do it well.”
a built-in market: With roughly 23,000 residents, Brookline is the city’s secondlargest neighborhood. And although the old Foodland site isn’t technically located in Brookline — it’s just across the city’s border with Baldwin Township — many city residents considered it “their” neighborhood store. Members of the South Pittsburgh Development Corporation, a Brookline community group, say Brookliners are desperate to have it return. “That’s on the wish list,” says Keith Knecht, the group’s vice president. “Everyone says, ‘I wish there was a grocery store.’ “It’s a real shame,” adds Knecht, who has also heard that demands for new medical equipment are stalling plans. “[Aldi] could have been under construction last fall.” “UPMC is kind of holding Brookline and parts of Baldwin Township hostage,” agrees Bob Beiler, a board member for the community group. “UPMC should not be standing in the way.” Still, some argue that the community is well served by the nearby doctors’ offices. “It would be nice” to have a grocery store, says Baldwin resident Gloria Barber. “But I know a lot of people around here who use that medical center. It’s really nice to have the doctors close.” Ray Hall, who manages McNeilly Autobody Supply, across the street from the old Foodland site, says he visits UPMC’s offices for regular checkups. While “I miss the Foodland not being there,” the 62-year-old says, “the way the doctor’s office is set up now is perfect.” Aldi spokesperson Martha Swaney would not answer a reporter’s questions, saying only that Aldi and UPMC are “still in negotiations.” UPMC spokesperson Frank Raczkiewicz flat-out denies rumors that UPMC wants Aldi to pay for new medical equipment. “I don’t know where they got that,” he says. The problem, he says, is “We’re having some difficulty finding a suitable location for our patients. “We would have gladly moved out immediately” after Aldi bought the building a year ago, Rackiewicz continues, “but our patients come first. When we find a spot that’s good for us, then we’ll certainly move.”
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MARKET VALUE Rackiewicz says there have been negotiations with Aldi about the cost of relocation, but says, “I don’t want to go into details.” Building-owner Perri says she’s identified two potential alternate locations for UPMC: one across the street from the Foodland site, and one in Castle Shannon. UPMC rejected both locations. Perri says UPMC worried that the parking lot for the Castle Shannon site was inadequate, but she says officials never gave her a reason for dismissing the location across the street from the Foodland site.
Still, others caution against bad-mouthing UPMC. Richard Weaver, for one, has recently started posting and handing out flyers, asking residents to write to UPMC and request that it step up its relocation efforts. “We don’t want to ruffle feathers,” says Weaver, an employee of the city’s Bureau of Building Inspection who recently lost a city council primary race to represent the area. “If you get confrontational with UPMC, they might say, ‘The heck with you.’” Weaver’s flyer asks residents to “write a nice letter to … UPMC executives for their help to get their offices relocated.” On the
“TELL THOSE DOCTORS TO GET THE HECK OUT AND GO SOMEPLACE ELSE.” — MARY L. MILLER, BROOKLINE “They don’t have to move by law,” says Perri. “But come on, let’s go! It’s just a big game, and I can’t understand why.” Perri argues that Mercy Hospital, which used to run the doctors’ offices before being acquired by UPMC in 2007, was much easier to work with. “If this had been Mercy, we wouldn’t have had to deal with this,” she says. “Mercy was wonderful.” SOME RESIDENTS are getting increasingly
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back, the flyer includes contact information for UPMC’s CEO Jeffrey Romoff, as well as two other officials. Trimming shrubs with her husband in the front yard of their Baldwin home on June 10, Norma Hirth says she would be happy to see Aldi open up a store, just a short walk from her home. “It would be good for the community,” the 72-year-old says. “Having a store here would be a lot more convenient.” But her husband, Curt Hirth, doubts that there’s much anyone can do to change the hospital giant’s mind. “UPMC,” he says, pausing to pick up a pile of hedge clippings. “That’s like arguing with God.” c
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An occasional series on environmental issues [ BY BILL O’DRISCOLL ] DRISCOLL@STEELCITYMEDIA.COM
Gas Heat HOW HOT A topic is natural-gas drilling? Consider a May 28 town meeting about the big Marcellus Shale gas deposit, held at the Elrama Fire Hall, in Washington County. In a Mon Valley town of 300 people, turnout numbered roughly 200. “I was expecting maybe 50 people,” says environmental activist Lisa Graves-Marcucci. State Rep. David Levdansky, who called the meeting, says it was “the most wellattended town meeting I’ve had in 25 years” in office. Levdansky (D-Elizabeth) ascribed the turnout to concerns about the naturalgas industry’s growing presence — residents’ uncertainty both about the legal aspects of leasing their land and about drilling’s environmental impact. Many attendees were from Washington County, where drillers are already active. But others came from nearby Elizabeth and Forward townships, where industry representatives have been urging property-owners to sign leases allowing drilling on their land. Many left the three-hour meeting dissatisfied. “Each meeting I attend … it becomes more underscored the state is ill-prepared for this type of drilling,” says Graves-Marcucci, a Jefferson Hills resident and state coordinator for the nonprofit Environmental Integrity Project. Critics contend that drilling contaminates ground and surface water, and is too lightly regulated. (See CP’s “There Will Be Crud,” April 22.) Two representatives of Range Resources, a Texas-based drilling company active in the region, also sat in. But the key talk was by Jon B. Laughner, head of the Beaver County office of Penn State’s Cooperative Extension Service educational network. Laughner addressed the challenges surrounding an anticipated gas-industry influx, but his PowerPoint display emphasized potential economic benefits of the Marcellus “play,” a vast region of deep deposits underlying most of Pennsylvania. He enthused about production in a smaller field down south. “Look at this!” he exhorted the crowd. “Eleven billion [dollars] in output, a 30 percent increase [over 2007] … That’s been very successful for Texas. “We’ve got a lot of good companies in Pennsylvania that want to do the right thing,” Laughner added. “They want to be good neighbors.” Laughner also noted that when drilling operations come to town, increased truck traffic and street crime follow. But when he arrived at slides headlined “Environmental Impacts,” Laughner said, “We’re going to skip over this quickly.” Attendees who’d come for just such
information objected. Some held news clippings about a Louisiana drilling site where 18 cows reportedly died after a chemical release. “Can we talk about the dead cows and what it’s doing to your property, instead of [about] creating jobs?” asked a young woman. Indeed, one attendee, Washington County farmer Terry Greenwood, claims that gas drilling contaminated his spring — and was followed by the still-births of 10 calves. Laughner said he’d revisit the slides later in his talk, but never did, saying that environmental impacts weren’t his field. He added that while “not everything has been perfect” with the drilling, “we’re satisfied” with the industry’s environmental record. Laughner was followed by Allan Ichler, of the state Department of Environmental Protection’s Oil & Gas Bureau, who did discuss environmental impacts in more detail. Ichler said that statewide, only a handful of complaints had convinced regulators to force drilling companies to replace damaged water supplies. Still, Laughner’s talk fueled suspicion that regulators and other officials are complicit with the multibillion-dollar industry. While the Extension is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and state and county governments, it often seeks to promote economic development. One man later told Laughner, “You sounded very much like a company man.” Copies of the “skipped-over” slides, which Laughner later mailed to City Paper, included one listing toxins like arsenic and cadmium as components of the wastewater left over from the deep-drilling process. Pennsylvania has only a handful of facilities equipped to handle the briny wastewater from drilling operations. More state oversight of drilling would be costly, Levdansky told attendees — and tougher rules would need approval from Republicans, who control the state Senate and who are traditionally industry allies. “The oil and gas industry basically has veto power,” he told the crowd. Levdansky backs Gov. Rendell’s call for a 5 percent “severance tax” on Marcellus gas — the kind levied by all other large gas-producing states. He also favors dedicating some of that revenue to conservation purposes. But Graves-Marcucci argues that a severance tax doesn’t protect the environment. “Why don’t we have a moratorium [on drilling] until we get the protections in place first?” she asked at the May 28 meeting, to general applause. “People say ‘gas,’” Greenwood, the Washington County farmer, said after the meeting. “I say, ‘Water’s more important than gas.’” c
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IS A JOURNALISM education by any other name still as good? The University of Pittsburgh recently announced it was merging the journalism track of its English writing program into a combined “nonfiction” track, where it will be taught alongside the school’s creative non-fiction program. “We will continue to support students with interests in print journalism, but in a context that allows for greater reflection and flexibility,” David Bartholomae, chair of Pitt’s English department, pledged in a May 29 mass e-mail. Journalism will now be taught “in the context of a liberal-arts rather than pre-professional program.”
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Singer says instructors have told him they’re worried the new non-fiction track might shift the focus away from those writing skills stressed by professional journalists. But he was more optimistic about a reference to “an expanded list of elective courses” made in Bartholomae’s e-mail to the school. “If this is the direction that they feel will make the program strongest, then that’s great,” Singer says. “I just hope to see them fulfill that commitment.” Others have found additional silver linings. “I think that in journalism nowadays, it’s a lot more useful to have many skills,” says Katelyn Polantz, last year’s Pitt News editor-in-chief. “I don’t think that you have to take journalism classes in order to be good at working at a newspaper.” On the other hand, she says, having a journalism-specific track did encourage fledgling writers to get into the business. “It takes a lot for someone to figure out where The Pitt News office is, walk up there and apply for a job,” Polantz says. So is the university making a smart trade by shifting its focus? “We’ll see,” Polantz says. “I’m glad it’s not my problem.” — Adam Fleming Melissa Meinzer contributed to this report. Editor’s note: Meinzer and Fleming are graduates of Pitt’s English writing program.
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“Youth need to be around us, around professionals,” she says of young gay people. To that end, the festival included a performance by Dreams of Hope, a performance troupe of LGBT youth and allies ages 13 to 21. In between films, they performed skits in the Center’s theater about the mangling of the word “gay” and clashes with parents and friends. The festival’s headline film, Noah’s Arc: Jumping the Broom, was a slick, funny romp that tracked a group of black male friends over a weekend at Martha’s Vineyard for the wedding of one pair. Other offerings included shorts and documentaries: black gay men sharing stories of negotiating expectations of masculinity; four kids surviving the rocky road of adolescence with the added wrinkle of being queer; and a look at the life’s work of black feminist lesbian poet and theorist Audre Lorde. The films were donated by Frameline, the nation’s biggest and oldest LGBT film nonprofit, and cable TV’s Logo Channel. “It was a good overture and a good first step,” says the August Wilson Center’s Wafer. “Next year, we can do even more programming. We’re looking forward to continuing the partnership. It’s very important for the August Wilson Center to participate in Pride, and to provide a new perspective and some degree of diversity.” — Melissa Meinzer
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Why are the 31st and 40th Street bridges arched so much? It’s not like they have to allow room for tall-masted ships to pass underneath … QUESTION SUBMITTED BY: ROBERT WERTZ
DON’T BE too sure. The mayor has talk- street replaced earlier, lower structures. ed about putting windmills on Mount Still others were torn down completeWashington — it’s all about renewable energy ly. Such was the case with the 43rd Street these days. Bridge — the lowest on the city’s stretch Up until the 1920s, though, many of the Allegheny. It was scrapped for a new Allegheny River bridges were much lower. bridge at 40th Street (completed in 1923) and Some cleared the river’s surface only by a cou- a companion span, at 31st Street (finished ple dozen feet: Passing ships were often fur- in 1928). nished with hinged smokestacks that could be In a textbook case of adding insult to folded back when passing beneath a span. injury, though, building the 40th Street Bridge In the late 1800s, Pittsburgh industrial- required buying land formerly occupied by ists began complaining to the Army Corps the Allegheny Arsenal — which belonged to of Engineers — which has jurisdiction over the military. Local officials had long comriver navigation — that the bridges impeded plained of the expense incurred by the Army river traffic. As one executive wrote, the city’s Corps’ navigation requirements — maybe the “mills, furnaces, etc., get much of their sup- War Department would cut them some slack plies by river.” And low bridge height “inter- and donate the land? No luck: The military rupts the delivery of regular supplies to the demanded market price before it would sell serious loss of industrial interests.” the land necessary to fulfill its own demands. Local officials resisted calls for change, as If today’s Pentagon were this shrewd, there’d the federal government’s Historic American be no such thing as a $600 toilet seat. Engineering Record file on the 40th Street In any case, these bridges were high Bridge makes clear. In a commissioned — nearly 200 feet over the river’s average report, the city noted that much more traf- depth. You can almost hear local officials fic went over the bridges than beneath them. saying, “That ought to shut the military up.” Accordingly, it argued, “The boats must be Aesthetic considerations no doubt played a made to fit the bridges, and not the bridges role as well. The 40th and 16th Street bridges were the to fit the boats.” The city had forgotten, though, that in only local bridges designed by outside archiAmerican politics, government policy must tects. As Kidney’s book details, that drove be made to fit the wishes of industrialists, local engineers crazy. “There was long a tenand not the wishes of industrialists to fit sion … between Engineering in its objectivity government policy. In 1912, the Corps of and Architecture, which sought to beautify,” Engineers found that “[n]avigation in the Kidney writes. An engineering group thunAllegheny River is obstructed by a numdered that “bridges are primarily engineering ber of low bridges” — especially those works demanding safety and economy …. located between Sixth and 43rd streets. which come indisputably within the province of engineers.” And after World War I, the city had to The architects struck back, with one do something about it. spokesman charging that the “three sis“At no point in the history of the ters” bridges “violate the principles world has a community been called of good bridge design. They are upon to erect so many major bridges fictitious structures,” he contendat one time,” noted a 1925 observer ed, because they look like the “susquoted in Walter Kidney’s book pension bridges but in reality [are] Pittsburgh’s Bridges: Architecture bridges of the cantilever type.” and Engineering. Oh, snap. Along the Allegheny, some GOT A VEXING Observers decried “this typibridges were lifted higher. (If QUESTION OF LOCAL INTEREST? cal factional Pittsburgh method you look at the piers of the railSend it to Pittsburgh of fighting among ourselves about road bridge next to the David L. City Paper, 650 Smithfield Lawrence Convention Center, St., Suite 2200, Pgh., PA some idea until the idea was lost 15222 or e-mail to: in the turmoil.” But in this case, you’ll see that the stone at the top cpotter@steelcitymedia. the result wasn’t so bad — the of the pier is much lighter than com. You can also fax to the stone beneath. That’s where 412-316-3388, or call Chris 40th Street Bridge especially is a Potter at 412-316-3342. the bridge was lifted up to make striking structure Please include your address more room below.) Others were Anyway, this is Pittsburgh. and phone number: replaced: The “three sisters” bridg- If we choose your question, You never know when tall-masted es at Sixth, Seventh and Ninth you’ll win something from ships might make a comeback. C our treasure trove.
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are you can find it at European Treasures on Wabash Street in the West End. “We’ve got items in this store from $1 to $3,000,” co-owner Valentina Busch said in mid-May. “We have been open in this location for seven-and-a-half years and in the city for 30, so we do know what we are doing. “But times have been difficult.” It’s not just the economy. Busch and her neighbors have been struggling, they say, because of a delay-plagued $53 million road-construction project. The project was meant to make life easier for those trying to get around and through the traffic nightmare known as the West End Circle. And it will. But for those whose businesses were actually located in the West End, there was a price to be paid. South Main Street, the heart of the area’s business district, was closed off for more than six months, and most of the businesses took a serious hit. Patti Harding, owner of Muetzel Florist and gift shop on nearby Wabash Avenue, says her business was down 30 percent last year. Kelly Sue Carryer, owner of Sue’s Cozy Corner, says her earnings are down about $10,000. Even at lunchtime on a sunny May afternoon, there are several empty tables at Carryer’s restaurant — just as there are several empty storefronts along Main Street outside. The district has lost bakeries, gift shops and restaurants — roughly half of its 15 or so businesses have gone under since 2007. More are likely to follow. “We are trying to survive. I’m just not sure how long we can do so without some assistance from someone,” says Busch. “Construction is a fact of life, but when it drastically hurts your business, how long can you go on?” For Busch, the answer is “until August 1.” PennDOT opened up South Main Street in April, connecting the street directly to and from the West End Bridge. But by then, Busch says, it was too late. She recently gave her landlord 60 days’ notice, and is hoping to move into a new location far away from the West End. Others may end up following suit. “We need help,” says Carryer bluntly. “We’re all struggling down here, doing the best we can. “These are tough circumstances and you’d think someone would be around to help us get through this, but there’s not.” “It makes you wonder,” asks Harding, who has owned Muetzel Florist on Wabash Street for the past 10 years. “Are we really wanted here?”
patterns in the region. It’s where Route 51/19, West Carson Street, South Main Street, Steuben Street and the West End Bridge all merge. Anyone who has ever driven through the area has probably done so in a cloud of confusion, rage and expletives. Part of the $53 million project began in 2002 with the so-called “hole-in-the-wall” built through a railroad embankment, and under a trellis to provide a straight shot from 51/19 to the West End Bridge. In early 2003 the project was finished, behind schedule. It was used for only a few months in 2003 as a detour during the Fort Pitt Bridge and Tunnel construction. It was then covered up and left unused, because actual work on the West End connector didn’t begin until fall 2007, roughly nine months behind schedule, due to funding problems. There were no disruptions until work actually started, but it was originally expected to wrap up this year. And a late start means a late finish: The new timeline for completion is fall 2010. By comparison, the final phase of the Fort Pitt rehab itself was finished in seven months. The West End was already put at a disadvantage by basic geography. The South Main business district is tucked behind Mount Washington, isolated from the rest of the city.
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Given such constraints, say some civic leaders, PennDOT did the best it could. “This was a massive and complex project and PennDOT absolutely did their due diligence,” says Andrew J. Marcinko, president of the West End Village Business Association. “We worked closely with the business leadership in the West End and did everything we could — and then some — to help,” says PennDOT spokesman Jim Struzzi.
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When some merchants wanted additional signage to tell drivers that West End businesses were still open, for example, the agency responded. In addition to the increased signs, Struzzi says, PennDOT’s contractors regularly attended business-association meetings to hear concerns, and included reminders in press releases that businesses were open. “PennDOT has been wonderful,” says Dru Simeone, executive director of the West Pittsburgh Partnership. “They have been as accommodating as they could be.” Still, she says, “I think it would be a wise investment for PennDOT to invest in communities during these long construction projects. If nothing else, it would at least help battle the perception that an area that is under construction is closed for business.” The WPP, she says, asked the highway agency for funds to hold events — “something like a ‘Traffic Jam’ with bands and food” — to help drive foot traffic to the area. PennDOT said no, and in some cases, PennDOT’s best may not have been enough. The West End was already difficult to navigate: Added construction didn’t help. Carryer, for example, says she used to get lunch patrons from the North Side. But “when you only have a half hour or hour for lunch,” she says, “you’re not going to drive into a construction zone to eat.” In April, South Main was reconnected to the outside world with a new bridge to take South Main Street over Saw Mill Run Boulevard. But additional traffic on the street hasn’t created much new traffic in local stores. “The street’s open, yes, but now cars can just drive by faster,” says Carlo Dozzi, owner of Buon Sapore, a West End store filled with handcrafted Italian imports ranging from ceramics to glasswork. “I was offered a deal to move to the SouthSide Works and given the current conditions in the West End, I couldn’t refuse.” Of course, some of the neighborhood’s hardship is bigger than any road project. Everyone — across Pittsburgh and across the country — is struggling during the current economic downturn.
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But it’s not like this is the first downturn these businesses have seen. “We first opened up in 1979 when Jimmy Carter was president,” Busch says. “Do people forget what the economy was like back then?” “Muetzel’s has been here since 1947,” echoes Harding. “It’s been a part of the West End for a very long time. … I’ll take a 10 to 15 percent drop in my business and blame that on the economy,” she says. “But not 30 percent, and that’s what my business has been down the past year.” Will it recover? There is still a construction presence in the West End, especially at its entrance on Routes 51/19. While the entrance into the West End Village is a lot easier to navigate — the convoluted circle is gone and it is a clearly marked straight shot to get in and out — there are often long construction-related delays getting to that point.
poles and trees and sidewalks.’ But what good is a new sidewalk if there aren’t customers walking up and down them?” “It was tough when South Main Street was closed,” agrees Dru Simeone, executive director of the West Pittsburgh Partnership. But traffic is returning, she says, and the WPP is working on a master plan to help the area move forward. There have been five or six design-oriented businesses moving into the area in recent years. “When you look at the bigger picture,” Simeone says, “you see that the future for the West End Village is looking pretty bright.”
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“That bridge opening was a joke,” says Harding. “They made a big loop through here, but that doesn’t bring the people back, because there is still a lot of construction going on. “The best part is, two weeks later Equitable Gas shows up and starts ripping up the street 10 feet from my front door to replace gas lines. When you look at it all together, it really is sad.”
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BUSINESS OWNERS say that if anyone was going to help, it should be the West Pittsburgh Partnership. The WPP, located on Wabash Avenue almost directly across from Harding’s and Busch’s stores, is a nonprofit communitydevelopment corporation charged with helping the area’s businesses and the district move forward. “This area is not what it should be, and unfortunately the people who are supposed to be helping us aren’t doing a good job,” Busch says. The partnership “said, ‘Let us help you by getting new signs and light
The West End has heard such optimism before. On Aug. 24, 2006 — one year before the construction project began — the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ran a story on the West End under the headline: “West End and its cornucopia of businesses should not be bypassed.” The story featured 10 businesses poised to help revive the area. Of those 10 businesses, half have closed or are closing. “This is a great spot,” says Busch. “You have access to highways, you’re five minutes from Downtown, it’s a great place to live and I do think the future here is a bright one. “But you always hear, ‘Wait until tomorrow, wait until next month, six months, next year.’ I can’t wait any longer and neither can a lot of other businesses.” “Things are starting to happen here,” says Harding. “But I think this area is still at least three years away from the West End everyone envisions. What do I do until then?” Within the past two months, Simeone points out, the WPP started a loan program to help out area merchants. Business owners can seek between $1,500 and $10,000 for three to five years. The goal, she said, was to “help businesses that need assistance.” But the loans come with an 8 percent interest rate, and business owners like Harding balk at paying it. (So far, only one business has taken up the WPP on its offer.) Harding says that if the goal is to tide her over until traffic construction dissipates, she shouldn’t be punished with interest payments. “It wasn’t in my mind for a second to take a loan at 8 percent from this organi-
zation when they’re there to help us out,� Harding says. But the WPP’s resources are limited as well according to its most recent financial disclosure forms filed in July 2008. The organization spent roughly $111,000 on services, including low-income housing initiatives and other projects. City Councilor Theresa Smith, who represents the district, says something more ought to be done. “I would think that stabilizing businesses in the district during this time would be a good use of resources,� she says. Smith herself has approximately $30,000 in discretionary funds, money to be used across the district. And she says that “once word got out that I had $30,000, everyone wanted a little bit of it.� But the West End is just a small part of Smith’s District 2, and Smith wonders, “If we give out a little here and there, will that really be enough to help anyone?� Besides, she says, the city’s Urban Redevelopment Authority advised her not to give grants to individual businesses. The URA offers numerous forms of assistance to spur development, but those generally take the form of loans, says Rob Stephany, executive director of the URA. (Even Smith’s discretionary funds, he says, need to be paid back so that there’s money to loan to other businesses in the future.) Stephany admits that the repayment requirement has been waived in the past on rare occasions, but it’s not a practice the URA favors. “To just go in and give a grant often times doesn’t do anything but defray
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should be used to help business grow, he says — not just survive. “If a business wants $3,000 to put in a new computer system and cash register to help develop a mailing list or to coordinate a marketing strategy with a shop or gallery across the street, then that’s [a recipe] for suc-
its direction. Told that some West End businesses are still hurting, agency spokesman Jim Struzzi responded, “Still? We opened the road. “I think,� Struzzi adds, “it would behoove businesses to take it upon themselves to find ways to improve their businesses.�
“I DON’T KNOW HOW IT WILL ALL PAN OUT. I KEEP TELLING MYSELF I’M NOT GOING ANYWHERE, BUT MY POCKETS JUST AREN’T COOPERATING WITH ME.� — PATTI HARDING the businesses’ problems to a later date,� he explains. Stephany says that the URA is “excited about the West End,� and plans to help its businesses prosper. But funds
cess,� Stephany says. “But if somebody needs $3,000 to pay back rent, that’s not a [a recipe for] success.� Nor is it likely that PennDOT will change
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nesses reliant on heavy foot traffic” — businesses like small restaurants and retailers that provide services to neighbors. But “if you’re known for something like a good core of design-oriented businesses,” she says, “people will come and we will be successful by working together.” The WPP is in the process of completing a master plan for the area, which the group hopes will fulfill a vision that includes housing, retail and office space, as well as a green space called Independence Park, complete with an expansive trail system. “We have the road project ongoing and with our master plan we’re hoping to fill in the missing links with trails and green space to connect the West End with the rest of the city,” Simeone says. “In community development there are peaks and valleys. And while the time in the valleys are hard, it does make you stronger as a community.”
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Simeone says the WPP has sponsored events — like a progressive brunch — to help drum up support for the district. And she notes the organization is planning a cable commercial for the business district. For his part, Carlo Dozzi doesn’t blame the WPP, even as he prepares to relocate to the SouthSide Works in a few weeks. “We have barely survived through this phase of construction,” Dozzi says. “But there’s nothing the West Pittsburgh Partnership could have done about that.” Indeed, some West End business owners say that despite road construction and other setbacks, they still control their own fate. James Frederick, owner of the James Gallery on South Main Street, says he intends to be part of the West End’s future. Construction has been tough, he says, but “We all know the state the economy is in and there are businesses going out left and right. I don’t think you can blame that on road construction. Sometimes, businesses fail.” But Frederick, like Simeone, says the West End could become a hub for design-oriented businesses, several of which are already located there —businesses like Ceramiche Tile and Stone and Caldwell’s Windoware. “If you look around, you can see a lot of potential,” Frederick says. Adds Simeone: “We see the future of the West End as a destination district.” Becoming a destination for people outside the area, she allows, “can be hard for busi-
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Assuming you’re still around afterward. “I know there are plans for the West End,” says Harding. “I just don’t know if we’re included.” If not, she says, it won’t be for lack of trying. At Easter, for example, Harding sent out postcards to 50 of her best customers offering them a free $30 Easter lily for coming into the store. Only seven people came in to take advantage of the offer. “Others called to thank me but said, ‘We’re not going to come down there and fight that mess,’” Harding says. “I don’t know how it will all pan out. I keep telling myself I’m not going anywhere,” says Harding, “but my pockets just aren’t cooperating with me.” “We’ve been hanging on by the skin of our teeth and a lot of that is due to our very loyal customers,” says Carryer. “It’s just frustrating to see how great the West End will be in the future and being unsure of whether or not you’re going to make it.” For her part, Valentina Busch says she’ll be holding an event that may finally bring some new traffic to the area. “We’ll be having a big sale,” she says. “A going-out-of-business sale.” c
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FROM HIS HOME base at Neid’s Hotel in Lawrenceville, Slim Forsythe may be just a stone’s throw from the throngs of sweet young digital things at, say, a New Amsterdam dance night, but his is a different world — one you’re cordially invited to dip a toe into any ole time. Whether he’s working the stage with an old-school aw-shucks swagger or recording his original ditties, Forsythe’s classiccountry sounds are a window into an alternate reality; with Bury Me Up On That Northern Tier, his new full-length, Forsythe has mined his own history to forge a unique Northern honky-tonk mythos. >> While there’s plenty of country’s classic preoccupations (“False Hope Chaser” needs little explanation), Forsythe’s main topics are wholesome yet humorous fare: family and regional roots. The album starts with a spoken tribute to his upbringing; there’s a song about his son (“Happy Birthday, Sam”); and praise for all things Pittsburgh (“Slim Forsythe’s Swingin’ Monongahela Blues”). Also up for a several shout-outs is the Man Upstairs. But lest that earnestness dissuade you, it’s always dished up with Forsythe’s effortless delivery and wry humor. Backed by the Parklane Drifters — fiddler Scratchy Hutter, bassist Candy Mountain and multiinstrumentalist Big Rock — the understated style of the recording is just about perfect for the material. >> The CD-release show is Thu., June 18, with guests The Snyder Sisters at the Thunderbird Café, in Lawrenceville. If you miss the show — and we recommend you don’t — the album is available exclusively at Neid’s, so grab yourself a “famous fish sandwich” and a copy of Northern Tier, and step into Slim’s world for a spell.
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cally minded duo and solo touring acts stand a better chance to survive, even thrive, in the changing music marketplace. Though they started five years ago with a full band, these days The Bowmans are finding international success by staying small, and keeping it in the family. But just because Claire and Sarah Bowman are twins and seem to have done nearly everything together — including undergrad at Duquesne University — don’t assume they’re completing each other’s rhymes. “The real twin freakish connectiveness is on stage,” says Sarah, the guitarist and main songwriter, where on-the-fly adjustments and changes are conveyed with a BY AARON JENTZEN ] glance. “From my perspective, we’re just comAJENTZEN@STEELCITYMEDIA.COM municating,” but “The irony is that offstage, we hardly ever understand each other when we’re talking! It’s ridiculous — I think it’s because we rely on this assumption that we understand each other so well, that we’re not really explaining ourselves.” While you could say the Bowmans are based in Brooklyn, that’s a bit misleading on two fronts. For starters, the sisters have been vagabonding for the last couple of years, splitting their time between European tours and driving all over the U.S. in Sarah’s Toyota Corolla. “The back seat’s full of camping gear and instruments and CDs — we’ve got it kinda down
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to a science,” she says. Secondly, the Bowmans grew up far from the bright lights: Davenport, Iowa. As kids, they’d make up songs to accompany their puppet shows, and “when we got a little older, I was in the attic making karaoke versions of Depeche Mode songs on the synthesizer,” Sarah says. “Claire and I, we just sang together without even thinking about it. We would just improvise melodies and harmonies, and the harmonies were usually pretty medievalsounding and dark, and we’d end up playing around with singing dissonant tones and not resolving,” she says. “And that still is found in our music now.” College at Duquesne followed — Sarah studied cello in the music school, and Claire studied philosophy and psychology — along with four years of soaking in the unique pleasures of Pittsburgh. For Sarah, that meant the Symphony every weekend; for Claire, the Graffiti club. After grad school and various careers, the two found themselves carving out a niche in New York City’s “anti-folk” scene, based around the Sidewalk Café. Anti-folk “started in the ’80s in reaction to the West Village polished super-folky sound,” according to Sarah. “Thirty years later, ‘anti-folk’ applies to people who are doing anything outside the mainstream sound and using acoustic instruments — you get all kinds.” She cites Regina Spektor as a contemporary example. Through performing at the Sidewalk Café, they met promoters who got them started in Europe; most recently, the Bowmans were featured in Bob Harris’ live BBC broadcast. “There’s so much of a hunger for Americana music right now,” Sarah says, “and we’re just so lucky that we’ve got some elements that, in Europe, qualifies.” So far, the Bowmans have released one album — 2007’s Far From Home, which featured their trademark close harmonies alongside some Dixieland-style arrangements on jaunty songs like “Forever” and “On the Rod.” But they have a new, self-titled album in the can, and — remarkably — already paid for, through a presale campaign where fans bought the album six months in advance. For this second record, the Bowmans sought to stay consistent with their live performance, but also to “make the album that will reach the broader audience.” To that end, they worked with producer Malcolm Burn (Emmylou Harris, Bob Dylan), whom Sarah met while playing a cello session date. The sisters tracked their vocals and acoustic guitar live in the studio, avoiding the endless perfectionism that modern recording offers in favor of naturalism. Even the minimal overdubs — piano, steel guitar and other touches — were done in groups. “It felt like we were making music, instead of making a record,” Sarah says. While the album has been finished for awhile, it’s just out in the U.K. and won’t reach the U.S. until the fall. “It’s just a time to take it easy and figure out how things are going to unfold,” says Sarah, who notes they’re researching the best avenues available to independent artists in the changing industry. “It’s no time to hurry with a release.” While it may be awhile before you can hear the Bowmans’ new material on a recording, you can catch them back in their old stomping grounds on Sat., June 20, at Club Café. “Coming back to Pittsburgh is coming back home, in a way,” says Sarah. “I love that city, and tell everybody it’s the hidden gem.” Lately, she’s been considering moving back to the area. “If it didn’t rain so much, I’d be there in a heartbeat.” c
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WITH LYRICS that read like selections from the “Unabomber Manifesto,” the primary question when listening to The Paper Chase is, “How are we supposed to take this?” Even the band’s lead singer, guitarist and songwriter, John Congleton, once described his band’s music as “utterly horrifying.” The Dallas-based band’s heavy sound lies mostly in the bass and drums, with mid- to up-tempo beats accentuated by a lumbering, dirty five-string bass. Atop that is Congleton’s guitar, which really does sound piercing — mostly running, atonal arpeggiation that’s a furious accompaniment to elaborate string and piano arrangements, topical audio samples and maniacal, whisper-to-shout vocals. Each track on Someday All This Could Be Yours, Vol. 1 — TPC’s just-released fifth full-length — supposedly represents “a different natural disaster.” But I surmise Congleton is having a laugh, playing perceptions of fear and paranoia against themselves. The chorus to “I’m Going to Heaven With or Without You (The Forest Fire)” begins, “… [W]e’ll drink to anything if it keeps the tires rolling, keeps commuting smooth for you.” That’s followed by the line, “I’m drawing a bloodbath with or without you.” The band’s song titles alone — “It’s Out There and It’s Gonna Get You, “We Know Where You Sleep,” “Wait Until I Get My Hands on You,” “Daddy’s Got Your Nose” — beg more questions than I have space
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COUNTRY SONGS are populated with feuding couples and lonely drunks, and they’re set bars wherein all those folks can often be found, drowning their problems. Local musicians The Beagle Brothers continue in that fine tradition, yet their songs’ characters have a lot more depth than most down-and-out boozers. In “I Started a Fire Down in the Valley,” the protagonist realizes in the third verse that arson wasn’t the best way to get his lady friend’s attention: “In retrospect I must confess there could have been a better plan / the point I made might be conveyed in a singing telegram / or a few choice words explaining just how sorry that I am.” That level of confessional insight, as well as a few plot twists, makes the Brothers’ new All My Friends CD smarter than your average country album. Although real brothers Gabriel and Noah Smith front the group, the band name doesn’t refer to them. The name began with a rock band started over a decade ago in St. Mary’s, Pa.; Gabriel played drums originally and Noah was a roadie. “We always had this idea that we could do a rock ’n’ roll set and a country set, like Hank [Williams] III was doing for awhile,” says Gabriel, who now plays acoustic guitar, like his brother. “And we tried it out once and it sucked. The rock ’n’ roll set was garbage.” While limited initially, their country repertoire was showing potential by the time the Smiths, along with longtime friend and bassist Kyle Kline, wound up in Pittsburgh, in 2005. They talked their way into a booking at Sonny’s Tavern, a Bloomfield bar not exactly known for live music. The location fit them well because they weren’t exactly a
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Tone Ranger In just a few weeks, I’ll no longer have to answer my cell phone to the sound of Verizon Wireless Melody 6. Instead, every time somebody calls me, I’ll get to experience the sonorous rumble of skittering tenpins. >> This is thanks to Teresa Foley, a media-literacy teacher and artist who since April has been trekking around Pittsburgh collecting ’Burgh-based sounds that she fashions into ringtones. >> “As an artist I’m very interested in proliferating the personalization of technology,” said Foley. “I’ve taught people how to kick ass with their video cameras before, but this project is really exciting because cell phones are so portable.” >> Foley’s happy to design a ringtone free for anybody with a good idea through June as part of Locally Toned, a nonprofit, public-art venture backed by East Liberty-based media-design firm deeplocal. >> “If I’ve got the time, if it’s safe, I’m up for it,” she said. >> Foley and I met at Lawrenceville’s Arsenal Lanes on a Saturday morning to collect the raw materials for my bowling tone. Foley suggested arriving early to maximize our chances of capturing pure sounds. >> Everything she needed fit in a small tote — an mp3/wav recorder, Sennheiser headphones and a microphone pistol-grip that lets her record in hard-to-reach places. >> My marginal bowling skills afforded us a wide array of sounds, which Foley said she could isolate and rearrange to create either a montage or a linear sequence that represented, say, bowling a spare. >> Afterward, she had me pose with my neonlaced bowling shoes and took my picture for the Locally Toned Web site. Once it’s up and running, at month’s end, the site will provide Pittsburghers with an eclectic library of free, original sounds. The tones she’s designed thus far include a “Let’s Go Pens” chant, assorted farm-animal noises and the babbling of a re-circuited Furby. >> “I wanted to confront LOCALLY a system of commerce TONED OPEN with one of shared RECORDING creativity,” she said. SESSION >> Each tone will appear 4-9 p.m. Wed., June 17. as a dot on the site’s map Encyclopedia Studios 156 of Pittsburgh. Anyone who Destructica st clicks on the bowling dot, for 41 St., Lawrenceville. example, will be able to read Free. 412-904-3098. about Arsenal Lanes and To participate in my affinity for the sound Locally Toned otherwise, of bowling pins. contact locallytoned@ >> Foley requested that gmail.com we conduct our post-Arsenal interview at a “caffeine place.” At nearby Dozen Bake Shop, she told me what she’s learned about the relationship between Pittsburghers and their ears. >> “Some of the ringtones have had a visceral effect on people,” she said. “It’s very Pavlovian. One tone made somebody cry. One tone made somebody salivate. It’s been interesting to see what sounds are important to people.” >> Foley’s dream is to take the project global. >> “This is a total fantasy, but I’d like to get a Locally Toned van and go to different towns to find out what sounds resonate with people,” she said. “I’m interested in any place where people feel it might be a contribution to their community. I want this project to be joyful and useful to others.”
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See Changes The Analytical Eye is a curious name for the first retrospective of photography by veteran multigenre Pittsburgh artist Aaronel deRoy Gruber. The Silver Eye exhibit’s title
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“lights up.” “In the middle of a room,” the narrator grumbles, “a man sits alone, surrounded by turntables and records …” In the center of the darkened Carnegie Museum of Art gallery, a wooden shack with glassless windows is filled with record albums, players, suitcases, chandeliers, lights, amplifiers. The narrator’s Tom Waits-ian growl sets the scene — we’re outside of town, by the railroad tracks, where a woman walks down the road BY JUSTIN HOPPER ] “with her shoes in her hands.” Then we hear an INFO@STEELCITYMEDIA.COM operatic tenor — from a record placed on a turntable by the drama’s protagonist, R. Dennehy. We actually never see Dennehy, the sole character in Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller’s mechanical-performance installation Opera for a Small Room. His existence is merely implied by a series of mechanically generated shadows, and by the soundtrack itself, which includes the sound of a record stylus being lifted and replaced on a skipping album, or a completed LP audibly flipped over. Through sound and shadow, Cardiff and Miller create the illusion of action, of theater.
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cultural artifacts, Cardiff and Miller perform a feat of emotional archaeology, one that suggests even obscure lives merit the diva’s stage. The approach suggests Cardiff and Miller’s previous work. In guided walks such as Jena Walk (Memory Field) and the 1999 Carnegie International piece In Real Time, the artists concentrated on “the physicality of memory” — looking at the places where the past is both enhanced and obfuscated by place and objects. Here, the artists concoct a tale of despair, redemption and, ultimately, tragedy. Dennehy is alone with the vicarious passion in these records. As the narrator tells us, “This place is falling apart. The animals are taking over; mice chewing on the walls. … If they start on the records, I’ll have to poison them.” Yet there’s also a clinging to opera’s elite appeal: A series of intricate (if cheap) chandeliers hang from the shack’s ceiling — alongside a Heinz can. Opera follows Dennehy through record after record, through a thunderstorm and a passing train, even into pop music: Hawaiian steel guitar, Percy Sledge. The work’s “end” is set to a new piece of music, voiced by the narrator, aping the sound and style of swamp-Goth laureate Nick Cave’s early solo albums. The blues-inspired sturm und drang reinforces the setting that acts as the artists’ vision of a modern American opera. Tragedy, they’re saying, is not merely the purview of La Traviata’s Paris. “The music doesn’t really change anything,” says the narrator in the piece’s finale, “but it helps him in some way he doesn’t really understand. … [I]t’s an opera, after all. Everyone dies in the end.” But it would belittle this tiny world, built of the wood and wire of a passionate orchestra and a bold soprano, to dismiss its magic as its hero lies dying on the story’s plinths. Alternately, the audience might conjure its own operatic finale — one that demonstrates that this music does change things. In my imagining of the Dennehy story, no
CARDIFF AND MILLER PERFORM A FEAT OF EMOTIONAL ARCHAEOLOGY THAT IMAGINES THAT EVERY LIFE MERITS THE DIVA’S STAGE. Still, Dennehy is based on a real person. The Canada-andGermany based artists say they found the enigmatic “R. Dennehy” collection of opera records in a secondhand store in a small town in British Columbia. They purchased the entire lot, and then wondered: Who was this Dennehy, obsessed with opera in remote Canada? Opera features hundreds of those albums, and while it may have little to do with Dennehy’s actual life, that’s not the point. By deciphering the joys, sorrows and passions of a man from his
one survives, or even necessarily dies happily. But on his deathbed, my Dennehy casts aside the records he drew his strength from. Like Prospero, my Dennehy chooses to grant them to others who can draw on the music’s power: Cardiff, Miller, you and I. “Now my charms are all o’erthrown / and what strength I have’s mine own.” c
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prompts us to analyze Gruber’s means of analyzing her subjects. Co-curators Linda Benedict-Jones and Graham Shearing have assembled 58 images dating from 1982-2001. It’s a showcase for the 90-year-old Gruber’s passion for experimenting with technology, from sepia-toning to archival inkjet printing, hand-tinting to digital manipulation. In making half of these images, she employed infrared film or digital infrared to create one of her signature looks, in which sunlight on fields shines like snow, and cloudy skies glimmer pink; further toning and tinting often follow. The effect can offer an impressionistic oak-lined Louisiana path (“Down the Lonely THE Road”) or the blue, ANALYTICAL white and gray moonEYE: scape of “Salt Cities of PHOTOGRAPHS Mono Lake.” BY AARONEL If analysis requires DEROY GRUBER breaking something into continues through its components, this is June 27. Silver Eye one way to do it. Indeed, Center, 1015 E. Carson such is Gruber’s interest St., South Side. in stylizing landscapes 412-431-1810 or that it’s a jolt to see even www.silvereye.org the naturalistic color of “Monet’s Garden Midday.” But there are many ways to analyze. In “Jekyll Island — Wall of History” (1989), Gruber offers deep perspective on a stone ruin — a weighty rumination. “Façade at Vezelay” show age and shadows turning an old building’s straight lines curvy — right alongside the copper-toned “Gehry Museum Side View,” in which the Bilbao Guggenheim’s wavy contours disrupt the expected planes, on purpose. In “Blue Bridge,” a gap in the bridge’s armature frames another section of the structure, creating a harmonic tension in the picture’s exact middle. (It took me a minute to read the
Restyled substance: Aaronel deRoy Gruber’s “Florida Gatehouse”
wider frame as a car windshield.) Stranger images await: In “Gothic Banyan,” for instance, the eccentric shading produced by the “halo-chrome” printing technique makes the sky framed by the tree’s sinuous branches look as bulbous as boluses of heavy cream. “Florida Gatehouse” renders a small structure in preternaturally even light, pastelly pink and silvery green — a toy building, crisp, weird and memorable. Yet some photos in the show’s “Nature” section (mostly garden and greenhouse shots) feel more decorative than analytical. Also on display is one of her best-known images — 1997’s “Downtown Pittsburgh Skyscrapers,” from the Carnegie Museum’s collection. It’s a softly hand-colored print, the raw image shot from Mount Washington, under a cumulus-clotted sky. Such work feels more romantic than analytical. But Gruber also offers a suite of images that express what the naked eye sees, only more so. “Pittsburgh Skyline — A Foggy Day” captures a dynamic view from the North Side, the foreground a slash of wet pavement, the fog a skirt for riverfront buildings, the Sixth Street Bridge angling in from the left. “Steel Temple Ruins” — shot during the construction of Homestead’s Waterfront shopping complex — offers a panorama: asphalt and bulldozed mud are the mundane foreground for the majestic anachronisms of 12 towering brick chimneys and the big puddle that reflects both them and a precious slice of sky. Perhaps best of all is “Dream City.” A dirt lot provides the extended foreground for a solemn 1997 view of the old Lawrence Paint Building, near Station Square, while in the distance Downtown’s skyscrapers shine behind their Point, like a magical island in the fog. Here’s romance and analysis, all at once.
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LANFORD WILSON’S Burn This has a timeless quality. The opposite of a “feel-good” play,
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Robert Bryden once labeled him: “The Oscar Wilde of the welfare state gentility.” You’re not five minutes into Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre’s production of Orton’s What the Butler
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Saw when you realize that if Wilde had been alive in 1967, and free to write as smutty as he wanted, he would have turned out something like this. Who else but Wilde, or Orton, would have a female character admit to faking orgasms by saying “My uterine contractions have been bogus for some time!” What the Butler Saw is Orton’s razorsharp satire of British sex comedies, classic Greek theater and, again and again, Wilde himself. This play shows why Orton was always in trouble with British censors, and why parts of the play — especially the ending — are still shocking even today. Other parts, meanwhile, are just dismaying. Orton was a man of his time, and it was a time of unbelievable sexual hypocrisy (something Orton railed about only when it suited his purpose). To put it another way: In order for some of the jokes in the play to work, you need to have a highly vicious opinion of women. Normally, that sort of thing is enough to turn me off for good. But because Orton’s lover, Kenneth Halliwell, beat in Orton’s skull with a hammer, I’m going to look past the flaws. And really, the rewards are high. Not only is Orton’s construction of comedy as impeccable as Wilde’s, he scores even higher when it comes to dramatic imagination; Orton’s WHAT THE theatrical invention BUTLER SAW is breathtaking. continues through Irish & Classical June 27. Stephen has brought together Foster Memorial Theatre, Forbes an impressive compaAvenue at Bigelow ny to tackle the show Boulevard, Oakland. (with the battle taking 412-394-3353 or place on Gianni Downs’ www.picttheatre.org remarkable set). Simon Bradbury directs Douglas Rees, Amanda Jane Cooper, Helena Ruoti, Sam Trussell, Martin Giles and Jeffrey Carpenter, and everyone is soooo close to where they should be. This is an industrial-strength farce, brutal in its twin demands of style and timing, and everybody needs to turn it up several notches as well as tighten up cues and blocking. To be fair, I saw the show on opening night, and farce — this kind of farce in particular — requires endless rehearsals and monomaniacal focus. Considering the talent involved, there’s no doubt that they’ll get there.
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ANTON CHEKHOV’S famous play The Seagull always lures producers, directors and actors. But its complexities remain a major challenge, especially because some audiences find anything by Chekhov to be turgid and long-winded.
Now a small company recently transplanted from Chicago, Wooden Rocket, tries to interpret the introspective, melancholy characters and make them interesting, meaningful and sympathetic. There should be some point in evoking the darkness of the Russian soul, the lost hopes smothered in polite, conventional conversation, the acclaimed subtexts. Such people could even be amusing and laughable; after all, Chekhov called this “a comedy.” Chief among the 12 characters are: the celebrated, no-longer-young actress Irina Arkadina; her playwright son Konstantin Treplyov; popular novelist Boris Trigorin; and Nina Zarechnaya, daughter of a rich landowner near a country estate owned by Irina’s brother. Konstantin loves Nina, but Nina is smitten with Boris, with whom Irina is carrying on an affair. Director Kelly Colleen McMahon has managed to keep the pace lively and to get her actors to give some semblance of real people. But neither director nor performers do much with the play’s subtle depth, going nowhere insightful or original, and creating something generic rather than specific. Don DiGiulio delivers Boris’ lines with considerable sincerity, capably suggesting a man who doesn’t know what he’s doing with his life, even if he hurts someone in the process. And Corey Reiger gives Konstantin a convincing sense of bewildered unhappiness. Ken Lutz, in the smaller role of Dr. Dorn, also conveys THE SEAGULL real substance. continues through But Diana Ifft’s June 20. Wooden version of Irina lacks Rocket at Pittsburgh bearing and definition. Playwrights, 542 Penn Ave., Laura Lee Brautigam’s Downtown. Nina, meanwhile, comes 412-394-3353 or across mostly as a whiny www.pghplay kid, Brautigam losing wrights.com herself in emotion instead of emulating other cast members in the basics of delivering the text. Reiger and Christopher Pelletier are the producers. They’re evidently responsible for the imaginative use of Russian landscape paintings as part of the set. And responsible for the program book, too? Anyone in the audience who doesn’t know The Seagull might struggle to identify characters who are referred to by multiple names in the dialogue, but are listed in the program by only one name each (i.e., “Konstantin” for “Konstantin Gavrilovich Treplyov”). Unlike the script, the program defines no one sufficiently, especially not the relationships between characters. Neither are settings of time and place noted. Moreover, on opening night, the women’s costumes looked tackily thrown together. This adds up to a sense of a company not ready for this celebrated work. c
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LOCATION: 1720 Murray Ave., Squirrel Hill. 412-521-1272. www.murray avenuegrill.com HOURS: Mon.-Sat. 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sunday brunch 11:30 a.m.2:30 p.m., dinner 3-11 p.m. PRICES: Appetizers $5-9; Salads, burgers and sandwiches $7-13; entrees $14-21 FARE: American ATMOSPHERE: Warm, cozy and casual LIQUOR: Full bar ★ ★ 1/2
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RESTAURANT CRITICS cannot afford to be creatures of habit. We
are itinerant diners, safari-ing weekly to new locations in search of the fresh, the tantalizing, the delicious. But sometimes we find, to our surprise, that what we were looking for has been right under our noses all along. Such was the case with the Murray Avenue Grill, whose unassuming storefront, shaded with a somber black awning, we must have passed a thousand times as we traversed Squirrel Hill’s bustling business district en route to Thai restaurants, Japanese sushi shops, Mexican taquerias, modern pan-Asian bistros, even a kosher kitchen. Only after gorging ourselves on Squirrel Hill’s global smorgasbord did we stop to consider what Murray Avenue Grill might have to offer. The answer is: quite a lot, as the crowd of eager diners packing into the narrow, deep space on a Friday night attest. Many were headed after dinner to a movie across the street at the Manor Theater. So come show time, a less crowded, more relaxed vibe took over, with families, date-night couples and regulars moving into the pendant-lit booths and freshly refinished bar. We settled into a booth at the very back of the restaurant to peruse the menu, which is a veritable encyclopedia (in content, if not in
length) of all-American fare, from wings and burgers to steaks, chops and saladsas-meals-in-themselves. We began with a trio of sliders, those trendy little miniburgers, and barbecued-chicken flatbread featuring the Grill’s signature “chipotle ’cue” sauce. The flatbread was a triumph of its genre. The bread itself was both chewy and crispy, as well as substantial enough to hold the weight of its considerable toppings without collapsing or becoming soggy. Sizable chunks of chicken breast — grilled, of course — were moist and tender, permeated with the sweet, smoky flavor of the chipotle sauce, and intermingled with just enough red onions to add zing. Melted mozzarella was creamy over all, and a sprinkling of fresh cilantro gave each bite a brightly herbal finish. The sliders featured Angus beef patties sandwiched between buns sprinkled with cornmeal (or a similar ground grain) for texture. The sliders could have been juicier, a common pitfall with mini-burgers. A single cherry tomato, served as a garnish, was a nice touch, but one per burger would have been better. Entrée burger options included not just the traditional grilled-beef patties, but turkey burgers, black-bean burgers and the Grill’s “famous” salmon burger, which Angelique tried. It was not bad. No, really, it was good. It was just that she was hoping for … something more. Perhaps more, or more distinctive, seasoning, though the salmon itself was rosy and moist. Or a bun with more character, and toppings more inspired than merely serviceable (lettuce, tomato and red-pepper mayonnaise). Jason prefaced his pork chop with an excellent cup of red-rock seafood bisque. Studded with morsels of seafood, this had a sophisticated flavor and was rich without being heavy. The 12-ounce chop, double-cut and as luxuriously thick as a summer beach read, was smoky, juicy, and cooked to order. It was charred on the outside, but the flavor of its inner meatiness prevailed in each bite. A side of garlic mashed potatoes were chunky and pungently garlicky. For dessert, chocolate cobbler pulled out all the stops: It was cake, brownie cookie and sundae all in one. It was very sweet … and so plentiful that we actually — brace yourselves! — could not finish. Murray Avenue Grill may not be as showy as the Squirrel Hill restaurants serving exotic foreign cuisines, but it offers a different pleasure: a variety of good, all-American fare that is well conceived and thoughtfully prepared. Don’t pass it by. c
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Railroad St., Strip District. 412-281-6593. Set incongruously but attractively in a parking-garage complex, this fine-dining restaurant offers “approachable Tuscan-inspired American cuisine,” with chophouse options in the modern spirit of wellsourced, seasonal ingredients. The signature dish — cioppino — is a hearty seafood stew. ELDU DINETTE. 5996 Penn Circle
South, East Liberty. 412-362-0202. This refined California-inspired pizzeria and wine bar offers a small menu mostly offering gourmet thin-crust pizzas. The focus here is on fresh, local and sustainable. Inventive pizzas include toppings such as wilted greens, littleneck clams, pepperoni, goat cheese and Brussels sprouts. Guests at the wine-bar counter get a front-row seat for the pizza-making. EKS LEGUME BISTRO. 1113 S.
Braddock Ave., Regent Square. 412-371-1815. The casual bistro offers
PASSPORT CAFÉ. 12087 Perry Hwy., Wexford. 724-934-3663. A confident kitchen brings together local ingredients with global influences, evident in appetizers such as lamb sliders with creamy grilled haloumi cheese, or calamari stuffed with mildly spicy pork sausage. The house-made gnocchi are exceptional; a dish of mussels and reginetta pasta, harmoniously balanced. The meals here are rich, bordering on decadent, without being heavy.
as steaks and chops, including game (bison, elk, boar). Among the few offerings from the sea are muffin-sized crab cakes packed with meat, not filler. ELDP TOCI’S BLACK DIAMOND GRILL. 6347 Library Road, Library. 412-831-2070. This is a friendly neighborhood restaurant with a broad menu: from wings and sandwiches to pasta primavera and bacon-wrapped filet mignon. Chief among the appetizers is the Diamond Chips Grande — a platter of nachos made with outstanding homemade potato chips, light and crisp yet sturdy enough to support a whole mess of delicious toppings.
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Ave., East Liberty. 412-362-5800. This small, clubby addition to the Red Room restaurant boasts big leather couches and small plates tailored for lounging and drinking, noshing and nibbling. While there can be some inconsistency among the offerings, the blue-cheese and port fondue, lentil sliders and fish tacos are all good picks. EKDS
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5305 Campbell’s Run Road, Robinson. 412-787-2525. At this high-end suburban steakhouse, which rivals any of the white-tablecloth venues Downtown, the brief menu focuses on the specialties of the grill, such
GOLDEN PALACE. 5920
Steubenville Pike, Robinson. 412-489-5398. That delight of Chinese dining — dim sum — is offered here daily. What’s in the steamer baskets may be suffer from limited description, but this should only intrigue the adventuresome diner: dumplings, egg rolls, sponge cake, beef balls, barbecued pork and over a dozen more reasonably priced items. EKDP NICKY’S THAI KITCHEN. 321
South Ave., Verona. 412-828-0339. This little, out-of-the-way restaurant offers outstanding Thai cuisine — from familiar options to chef’s specials that are truly special, such as gaprow lad kao (a variety of Thai stir-fry) and salmon mango curry. The flavors here are best described as intense, yet without overwhelming the fresh ingredients. FKO ROSE TEA CAFÉ. 5874 Forbes
Ave., Squirrel Hill. 412-421-2238 or 412-421-9579. This bubble-tea café has broadened its offerings to include highquality, authentic Chinese cooking, with a menu dominated by Taiwanese dishes,
FJDS WAI WAI. 4717 Liberty Ave., Bloomfield. 412-621-0133. Eschewing the epic list of dishes that most ChineseAmerican restaurants proffer, this attractively decorated storefront venue sticks to a modest number of basics with a few less-typical dishes such as Singapore mai fun (a dish of stir-fried rice noodles) or sha cha (a meat-and-vegetable dish from the Gansu province of China).
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253 Atwood St., Oakland. 412-687-8821. It’s the smorgasbord of Indonesian, Thai and Burmese curry and rice dishes that makes this cozy, funkily decorated café stand apart among singlecuisine ethnic restaurants. There’s also an extensive vegetarian menu. Weekends can get crowded, but efficient service means waits are usually brief. EJS
ZAIAKA. 924 Presque Isle Plaza, Rt.
286E, Plum Township. 724-325-1247. While Zaiaka’s offerings consist mostly of tried-and-true Indian classics like chicken korma and channa masala, owner Meena Kumar includes a few dishes rare in local Indian establishments, such as malai kofta (paneer with mixed vegetables) and lamb
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including a variety of seafood items. In place of the thick, glossy brown sauces which seem all but inevitable at most American Chinese restaurants, Rose Tea keeps things light with delicate sauces that are more like dressings for their fresh-tasting ingredients. FKS
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DiNiNG jalphrezi. “Zaiaka” means “flavor” in Hindi, and for the most part, this bright, cheerful dining establishment lives up to its name. FKDO
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Allegheny Ave., Oakmont. 412-8280570. The menu covers here mostly familiar ground, with red-sauce PANGEA. 736 Bellefonte St., Shadyside. 412-621-3152. This contempasta, chops and an unusual predilection porary bistro features not only individual for Mornay sauce. But that’s not to say that dinner here is rote. From the fritto baguette small plates but globally influenced tapas “flights,” which group three variations on to the rarebit-ish Chicken Wisconsin, the a theme. Hummus, for example, is flavored classics prove quite surprising. There are with northern Italian, Greek and Spanish plenty of trendy places, but if you want a near-flawless meal that aims to please your ingredients; seafood cakes are made of lump crab, lobster and Gulf shrimp, and palate, head over to the Chelsea Grille. salmon. Creativity in the kitchen and qualEJDO ity ingredients makes this an invigorating dining experience. DISH OSTERIA. 128 S. 17th St., South ELDS Side. 412-390-2012. Housed in a former corner bar, Dish is a European-style lively bistro that offers Italian and Mediterranean SEWICKLEY SPEAKEASY. 17 Ohio River Blvd., Sewickley. cuisine with a light touch. Besides being 412-741-1918. This little restaurant open late, it’s got a flexible menu: Need a has the charm of a bygone era and oldmartini after 11? With tiramisu? A sea scalfashioned food whose pleasures are worth lops appetizer or a filet mignon with sides? rediscovering. The Continental menu This is the spot. reminded us of occasional dress-up resEKDR taurant dinners from our childhoods, with chestnuts like duck á l’orange and Virginia MALLORCA. 2228 E. Carson St., spots, as well as more distinctive dishes, South Side. 412-488-1818. The ambisuch as tournedos dijon bleu and French ence here is full of Old World charm, with Acadian porterhouse. a just touch of hipness bolstered by attenELDM tive service. The fare is Spanish cuisine, and there’s no mistaking the restaurant’s THE TERRACE ROOM. 530 signature dish: paella, featuring a bright William Penn Place, Downtown. red lobster tail. In warm weather, enjoy the 412-281-7100. A traditional white-linen outdoor patio along lively Carson Street. Continental restaurant that still offers EKDR grandiose historical murals, sweating silver water pitchers and a menu rooted MIRABELLE. 215 Allegheny in the classical culinary tradition. The fare Ave., Oakmont. 412-517-8115. This
balances venerable dishes, like shrimp cocktail and coq au vin, with a few postmodern updates. Among the stand-outs are wonderfully designed salads. ELDU
ITALIAN AZZERIA. 3025 Banksville Road, Banksville. 412-344-3420. In this bright, colorful space that was once a working coal mine, a simple menu centered around the wood-fired oven offers top-notch pizza, panini and salads. Don’t miss the spice-rubbed oven-roasted chicken wings — meaty and flavorful, and far superior to the traditional deepfried variety.
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St., Highland Park. 412-665-9000. Washington Road, Peters Township. The menu at this convivial white-linen 724-942-3904. The menu at this cozy Italian restaurant straddles the ultravenue is a focused exploration familiar — the five choices in the of authentic Italian cuisine: chicken and veal section are homemade pasta and sauctrattoria staples — and the es, pizza and, instead of more unusual. There’s a MORE full-on entrées, tapas-size strong emphasis on fresh NLINE O portions of heartier fare pasta and inventively at www. r ape such as lamb chops and prepared seafood, such as pghcityp spareribs. All dishes are crusted Chilean sea bass in .com composed of locally grown, an orange buerre blanc and in-season, organic ingredients, berry marmalade. and almost everything is cooked ELDS in a 625-degree wood-fired oven in the open cucina. LO BELLO’S FIFTH AVENUE FJDN SPAGHETTI HOUSE. 809 Fifth Ave., Coraopolis. 412-264-9721. This BELLA FRUTTETO. 2602 Brandt delightfully old-school, casual Italian School Road, Wexford. 724-940restaurant owes much of its success 7777. Adjacent orchards are one of the to Rose Lo Bello — the septuagenarattractions at this comfortable, clubby ian cook and warm grandmotherly suburban restaurant. The Italian-inspired presence. Nestled into wooden booths, menu features the fruits of these orchards diners can savor the few hearty dinners in several apple-based dishes, including specials such as chicken cacciatore or
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CAFÉ ROMA. 4770 Liberty Ave., Bloomfield. 412-621-1534. Occupying an old-fashioned storefront in Pittsburgh’s Little Italy, this casual Italian venue offers mostly rich pasta-and-meat-based entrees, with a promise of Socilian authenticity, plus a selection of daily specials. Finish off the meal with one of several homemade desserts. FkDS JOSEPH TAMBELLINI RESTAURANT. 5701 Bryant
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the homemade pastas such as fettuccine, ravioli, gnocchi and angel hair. FKP LUCCA RISTORANTE. 317 S.
Craig St., Oakland. 412-682-3310. Offering Northern Italian cuisine with white-tablecloth service, Lucca’s is a swank place to take a date amid Oakland’s student-oriented budget eateries. It’s cozy and intimate inside, lively on the outdoor patio. Knowledgeable servers help diners navigate the impressive wine list and the seasonal menu. ELDS MATEO’S PASTA & PANINO.
732 Brookline Blvd., Brookline. 412-561-1814. This cozy neighborhood café serves homestyle Italian-American fare, specializing in panini sandwiches and straightforward pasta dishes. The steak pizzaiolo panini (here, more like hoagies) offered shaved beef in a spicy tomato sauce, and the toasted roll was an excellent vehicle for this savory treat. FJR SPADAFORA’S. 3932 Route
8, Allison Park. 412-486-1800. Though little more than an unassuming concrete-block box on the outside, inside this is a warm, welcoming familyrun trattoria offering Southern Italian specialties as well as Italian-American fare. Quality ingredients, thoughtful preparation and friendly service make this restaurant stand out in a region rich with Italian eateries. EKDM VIVO. 565 Lincoln Ave., Bellevue. 412-761-9500. The menu changes daily, according to the chef’s whims and the availability of fresh ingredients. Meat and
fish come in updated preparations, while appetizers inventively combine more adventurous ingredients. Entrées are served in traditional Italian style, beginning with a small, simple pasta course, followed by the main dish and, finally, a house salad to finish. FLDM
MEDITERRANEAN ALI BABA. 404 S. Craig St., Oakland. 412-682-2829. Service is quick at this Middle Eastern restaurant, designed to feed students and nearby museum-staff lunchers. It can get loud and close during busy times, but the atmosphere is always convivial. A wideraging menu ensures that carnivores, omnivores and herbivores alike leave full and satisfied.
EJDS ISTANBUL GRILLE. 305 N. Craig St., Oakland. 412-325-3346. This small dining room (next door to Chief’s bar) offers made-fresh-daily Turkish food, for take-away and dining in. The smooth creamy hummus is not to be missed; other starters include flavorful cold bean salads. There’s a selection of vegetarian entrees, such as zucchini pancakes, as well as kebabs offering a variety of superbly grilled meat.
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Brookline Blvd., Brookline. 412-531-0040. A cozy stop for feasting on Mediterranean favorites, including tidbits such as hummus, tabouli, baba ganoush and the distinctively Greek skordalia (potatoes mashed with olive oil and lemon to create a dip) as well as full entrees. The souvlaki, Greece’s signature
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grilled pork, was a triumph, with satisfying chunks of herb-coated meat. FKR LEENA’S FOOD. 121 Oakland Ave., Oakland. 412-682-1919. From gyros on whole-wheat pitas, the falafel sandwich — which strikes a balance between the lemony lettuce and tomatoes, and the moist, almost-meaty chickpea patties — to kibbee kabob, or fritters of minced lamb, Leena’s offerings of inexpensive, appealing Middle Eastern fare have gained a well-deserved foundation in Oakland’s restaurant scene.
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MEXICAN/ LATIN AMERICAN AMIGOS. Galleria Mall, 1500
Washington Road, Mount Lebanon. 412-344-5253. Among the worthy dishes at this Mexican-American eatery are: guacamole, crushed and mixed tableside; a skewered Tex-Mex chicken appetizer known as “Texas toothpicks”; and skirtsteak fajitas, featuring well-seasoned beef. While not striving for true authenticity, Amigos presents familiar south-of-theborder fare with quality and polish. EKDN RIVAS RESTAURANT. 319 W.
Main St., Carnegie. 412-429-7482. In a bright, tangerine-and-turquoise space that evokes the sunshiny tropics, the Rivas family serves up Nicaraguan cuisine. The menu offers ingredients similar to the more familiar Mexican fare — tortillas, rice, salsa — but with different preparations. This tropical taqueria is a welcome addition to the region’s broadening palate of authentic ethnic cuisines. FKDP
SEVICHE. 930 Penn Ave., Downtown. 412-697-3120. This Latin American-style tapas restaurant specializes in citrus-cured fish, while also offering a small selection of Latin-inspired tapas and finger sandwiches. The prices are modest for a place with such an upscale ambience, but then so are the servings. Still, the inventive dishes were superb — from yellowtail tuna, seared and served in a rich, ruby-colored malbec sauce, to Peruvian-style sashimi and a tostada filled with black beans and sweet blackened yellowtail. EKDU
HARRIS GRILL. 5747 Ellsworth Ave., Shadyside. 412-362-5273. A neighborhood bar and grill (with two outdoor patios) where fun is as important as the fresh food and the cold beer. What else to make of a place that serves “Britney Spears” (chicken tenders on a stick), Cheeses of Nazareth and The Wrongest Dessert Ever, and offers free bacon at the bar on Tuesdays?
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THE FLAME BBQ. 1805 Babcock Blvd., Shaler. 412-821-0202. This eatery offers a full range of barbecued meats, and in addition to sandwiches, burritos and platters, has created a couple of signature dishes. Its Stack-a-Mac and Pick-a-Pen are macaroni and cheese and French fries, respectively, topped with smoked meats. Pork ’n’ Mac proved to be a brilliant pairing: tender, moist meat with classic, creamy macaroni and cheese underneath.
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DORMONT DOGS. 2911 Glenmore Ave., Dormont. 412-343-0234. This is an actual hot-dog restaurant, with an emphasis on top-quality frankfurters, local bakery buns and fresh, innovative toppings. Try the Texas Avenue Dog, topped with chili sauce, cheddar, sour cream and Fritos, or the Bruschetta Dog, with marinated tomatoes, pesto and parmesan. Also, any style can be made with a veggie dog.
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KAYA. 2000 Smallman St.,
Strip District. 412-261-6565. Kaya is a local culinary mainstay, offering inventive, but rarely off-putting, Caribbeaninspired contemporary cuisine. The menu, much of which is vegetarian, changes daily. But it remains divided into tropas — tropical tapas — and entrees. Warm colors wash the walls and island artwork dots the post-industrial space. EKDU
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730 Penn Ave., Wilkinsburg. 412-242-4084. Southern comfort food gets the spotlight at this former bank location. The menu isn’t big, but it is straightforward: catfish, ribs and fried chicken. The fried meats are well seasoned, extra-crispy on the outside and extra-moist within; the sides — macand-cheese, potato salad and mashed potatoes — are all above average. Sunday is all-you-can-eat buffet. JO
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is like a Spanish omelet wrapped in a tortilla. If you have room for lunch, there are burgers, sandwiches and fresh pie. JN JEAN’S SOUTHERN CUISINE.
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PUB GRUB Braddock Ave., Regent Square. 412-241-4666. This established purveyor of some of Pittsburgh’s best frankfurters (plus plenty of beer to wash ’em down) recently expanded both its space and its menu. The venue’s revered pub fries and the classic wiener with kraut still draw, but the new star is the pizza, with a top-notch crust. D’s is better for being bigger, and continues to raise the preparation of salty, cheesy, fatty comfort food to an art. EJO
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COMEDY Drinking stories — everybody’s got one, but comedian Dave Attell’s tales of chugging Jägermeister and blacking out (he calls it “time travel”) are actually funny. “Jäger is fun yet disappointing,” he says. “It’s kind of like running downstairs on Christmas morning and realizing you’re Jewish.” Attell’s knack for blending insult with self-depre-
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cation got him on Entertainment Weekly’s “25 Funniest People in America” list. He’ll be at the Improv tonight, but be warned: His work isn’t for the politically correct or people who flinch at the f-word. AB 8 and 10 p.m. Also 7 and 9 p.m. Sat., June 20. 166 E. Bridge St., The Waterfront, Homestead. $30. 412-462-5233 DANCE SAT Lindy-hopping, jitterbugging Broadway stars Deb Lyons and Alan H. Green lead a cast of divas and, uh, divos in Pittsburgh CLO’s production of Paul Kelly’s Swing. With more than 30 dance numbers and zero dialogue, it’s an acrobatic musical, to say the least. The band takes center stage at the Benedum Center to tell the story of big-band music’s heyday with hits from the ’30s and ’40s including “I’ll Be Seeing You,” “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” and “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing).” AB 2 and 8 p.m. Continues through Fri., June 26. 719 Liberty Ave., Downtown. $18.50-70.50. 412-456-6666
Championship Scribbling, teams of four with names like The Wet Doodles and the Grateful Leads (groan) compete for prizes in games including Eraser Wars and the Great Scribblefest Relay. This “Olympics of mark making,” open to teams of all skill levels, doubles as the closing event for Connie Cantor’s exhibit, Scribbling for Dummies. exhi Contestants must be 15 or older Cont (register at connie@conniecantor. (reg com); beer and munchies providcom ed b by donation. Bill O’Driscoll 7 p.m p.m. 1416 Arch St., North Side. Free. 412-682-0348 Free ROCK Hey everybody, David Cook’s coming to Mr. Small’s tonight! Oh, wait — that would be David Cook, the My Favorite Highway frontman, not the guy from American Idol. The two do share a measure of mainstream suc-
cess, though — the band just released its new album How to Call a Bluff, on Virgin — and similar pop heartthrob ambitions. Atop the fresh-faced group’s commercial power-pop hooks, Cook’s voice evokes a more chipper Rob Thomas, belting out such original lyrics as “all you need is love.” My Favorite Highway plays tonight alongside Ace Enders, A Million Different People, Person L and The Dangerous Summer. Aaron
Jentzen 7 p.m. 400 Lincoln Ave., Millvale. $12. All ages. 412-8214447 or www.mrsmalls.com DJS Classic Material’s resident DJs — Selecta, SMI and Vex — along with MC Boaz, celebrate their second anniversary with special guest Pete Rock. The Bronx-based DJ, rapper and producer has collaborated with some of the biggest names in the game while becoming
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something of a legend himself. The Shadow Lounge show is a live DJ set with a slight chance of performance. The party will be hosted by J. Sands of Lone Catalysts. Lydia Heyliger 10 p.m. 5972 Baum Blvd., East Liberty. $20 ($25 at the door). 412-363-8277 or www.shadowlounge.net MUSIC The symphony is hardly the place for peanut butter and jelly, but oozing finger sandwiches are more than welcome at WQED FM’s outdoor Bach, Beethoven and Brunch concerts. At this morning’s season-opener, The Pittsburgh Philharmonic serenades picnickers at Mellon Park’s Rose Garden Lawn. The summer-long series continues next Sunday with classical music sextet Ion Sound Project. Look forward to late-season performances by the genre-bending, rock-infused Celloforte and the Allegheny Brass Band (Western PA’s only British-style brass group). Food is available for purchase. AB 10:30 a.m. Continues Sundays through Aug. 16. Fifth and Shady avenues, Shadyside. Free. 412-622-1436
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and Edith Piaf and busking in the streets of Paris. She hits the Byham Theater tonight, touring in support of her new album, Bare Bones. The album, her third in four years, is her first of all originals, but it’s probably safe to expect several covers ... and some French. She appears as part of the CD Live series, cosponsored by the Cultural Trust, Three Rivers Arts Festival and WYEP. Melissa Meinzer 8 p.m. 101 Sixth St., Downtown. $37. 412-456-6666
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pop band toured with bands as big as Green Day, bringing tunes like “Dick of Death” to hordes of likely confused leather-jacketed teens. Now holding a place in the pantheon of gay rock musicians, Pansy Division continues to tour sporadically — including the jaunt that brings it to Pegasus Lounge tonight (a show organized by CP contributor Manny Theiner). With Endless Mike & the Beagle Club, The London, and Icon Gallery. Andy Mulkerin 8 p.m. 818 Liberty Ave., Downtown. $10 (12 at the door). All ages. 412-281-2131
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see her perform in Pittsburgh, even though I’ve been playing her music all these years on the radio. I’ve promoted Pittsburgh Pride events on the radio before. I’ve always, always been supportive of the [LGBT] community. I thought that the crowd tonight was good. The sound was OK. The show was great. Me’Shell’s music doesn’t fit into any type of genre. If you look at her career and all the different types of people who she’s played with over the years, you can’t really pin down her sound. Which direction she goes all depends on how she feels when she gets up in the morning. That’s the way I see it. She’s such a great lyricist, composer and arranger. A lot of her lyrics are very personal. That’s just the way she is — very personal with her songwriting. She played a lot of new songs tonight that are going to be on her upcoming CD, but the best part for me was seeing how well she interacted with the audience. c
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incorporates more mainstream rock choruses and languorous lead vocals by Kat McDonald. The band plays Z-Lounge tonight, and seems, if not fully formed, certainly worth taking a chance on. AJ 8 p.m. 2108 E. Carson St., South Side. 412-431-1800 or www.zloungepgh.com
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habitats and help with storm runoff. Learn more — and actually go meet the ducks and flowers — tonight as part of the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy’s Walks in the Woods series of guided weekly jaunts rotating through Frick, Schenley, Riverview and Highland parks.
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BOOKS Kathleen George’s crime novels are no mere potboilers. The Pitt theater professor’s latest, The Odds (Minotaur Books) finds her usual protagonist, Det. Richard Christie, suffering through chemo. Meanwhile, the mystery revolves around a North Side killing and four hyperintelligent orphaned siblings banded
OUTDOORS Highland Park arose around its reservoir — home to charming duck families — and was expanded with a gorgeous Victorian-style garden and lots of ecological projects, like seasonal pools alongside Washington Boulevard. Such pools provide
TELEVISION Sure, he was recently a CP cover boy (“Meet Hamza Pérez,” May 27). But we’d be remiss not to note that if you missed the local screenings of New Muslim Cool, the documentary about Pittsburgh-based rapper and Islamic activist Hamza Pérez, its national broadcast premiere is tonight. Jennifer Maytorena Taylor’s poignant, funny and provocative film, airing through the acclaimed P.O.V. documentary series, follows Pérez, his family and colleagues through their eventful first years on Pittsburgh’s North Side. BO 10 p.m. WQED TV. www.wqed.org MUSIC It runs on sun: The second annual Summer Solar Concert Series makes those UV rays sing with weekly lunchtime performances delivered through a solar-powered sound system. The series, brainchild of the New Hazlett Theater, the Saturday Light Brigade radio show and the Children’s Museum, continues today with the country blues of guitarist Mick Martin, whose acoustic finger-picking has set him on stages with the likes of Sonny
Tonight, meet at the entry garden on Highland Avenue. MM 6:30 p.m. Walks continue through Sept. 23. Highland Park . Free. 412-682-7275
Terry and Brownie McGee, and Bill Monroe. BO 12:15 p.m. Series continues Wednesdays through August. Allegheny Square, North Side. (Rain location: inside Children’s Museum.) Free. www.solarconcertseries.org
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31st Street Pub. Hackensaw Boys, The Moonlighters. Strip District. 412-391-8334. Blue Violet Cafe. All Left Out. Rochester. 724-770-0690. Howler’s Coyote Cafe. DJ Stripey, Thee Starry Eyes. Bloomfield. 412682-0320. Lava Lounge. The Central Plains, Casino Bulldogs, Kick Old Man. South Side. 412-431-5282. Post-Gazette Pavilion. Phish. Burgettstown. 724-947-7400. Smiling Moose. Red Water Rojo, Sebak!, Recycled American Music. South Side. 412-431-4668.
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31st Street Pub. Long Time Darlings, Township. Strip District. 412-391-8334. Around The Corner Bar and Grill. Hand of Fate feat. Katie Simone & Randall Troy. Millvale. 412-8210747. Belvedere’s. Jim Dandies, Ghosts of Roanoke. Lawrenceville. 412687-2555. Bloomfield Bridge Tavern. Social Stitch, Dawn Canon. Bloomfield. 412-682-8611.
Blue Violet Cafe. Within the Ruins, Martyrdom, Seneca. Rochester. 724-770-0690. Club 46 - Clairton VFD. The Dave Iglar Band. Clairton. 412-2337302. Club Cafe. Mike Medved, Jim Relja (Early Show) Ozric Tentacles (Late Show). South Side. 412-431-4950. Double Wide Grill. Wizard Bomb. South Side. 412-390-1111. d’Vine Wine Bar & Lounge. Bill Toms & Hard Rain. Wexford. 724933-5533. Geno’s Restaurant and Big Belly Deli. Speakeasy Alley. Lawrenceville. 412-781-3432. Gooski’s. Slavic Soul Party, DJ Pete Spynda. Polish Hill. 412-6811658.
Theater/OnStage Burn This. Thursdays-Sundays. Thru June 28. New Hazlett Theater, North Side. 412-3204610. The Conqueror Worm. June 20-27. The Allegheny Playhouse, North Side. 952807-1893. Gloroius. Comedy about an opera singer who can’t sing. Thursdays-Saturdays. Thru June 27. Apple Hill Playhouse, Delmont. 724-468-5050. Harry’s Friendly Service. New Rob Zellers play, presented by Pittsburgh Public Theater. Mondays, Tuesdays, ThursdaysSundays. Thru June 28. O’Reilly Theater, Downtown. 412-316-1600. I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. Romantic comedy musical. ThursdaysSundays. Thru June 27. South Park Theatre, Bethel Park. 412831-8552. Ladies in Retirement. Presented by the WCCC Pavilion Players. Fridays-
Harvey Wilner’s. The Klick. West Mifflin. 412-466-1331. Houlihan’s. Rumors. Robinson. 412-787-7050. Howler’s Coyote Cafe. Cotton Jackson, The Bessemers, Allegheny Rhythm Rangers. Bloomfield. 412-682-0320. Mr. Small’s Funhouse. Emery, Closure In Moscow, Cali AC, Contest The Crown. Millvale. 866468-3401. Post-Gazette Pavilion. Dave Matthews Band, The Hold Steady. Burgettstown. 724-947-7400. Rock Room. Bowhunter, The Dregs, Who Goes There?, Dethlehem. Bowhunter CD release. Polish Hill. 412-683-4418. Rodney’s Lounge. Repeat Offenders. Irwin. 724-864-3222. Smiling Moose. The Hitchcock Curse, Solegion, Seven Remedies. South Side. 412-431-4668. South Park Amphitheater. Luka Bloom. South Park. Thunderbird Cafe. The Central Plains, The Deceptions, The What Else. Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177. Tilt’s Pub. Lou Lombardi’s Strangelove. Gibsonia. 724-4435211. Walnut Grove. Tres Lads. Wexford. 724-933-8410. Waterfront Town Center. Strange Brew. Homestead. 412-461-7820. SATURDAY 20
Altar Bar. Hank III & Assjack, Lucky Tubb. Strip District. 412263-2877. Badlands Bar & Grill. Tres Lads. Finleyville. 724-348-8030. Bloomfield Bridge Tavern. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, Blackbird Pie, Truth In Advertising. Bloomfield. 412-682-8611. Cafe Supreme. Angel Blue & the Prophets Band. Irwin. 412-2298861. Club Cafe. The Bowmans, The Natural Way of Farming (Early Show) Farewell Flight, Chad Sipes Stereo, Lorien (Late Show). South Side. 412-431-4950. Comfort Inn. Platinum. Penn Hills. 412-244-1600. Downey’s House. Dante’s Inferno. Robinson. 412-489-5631. Hard Rock Cafe. Bocamber. Station Square. 412-481-7625.
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Sundays. Thru June 27. WCCC Youngwood, Youngwood. 724925-5982. Macbeth 3. Presented by Unseam’d Shakespeare Co. Wednesdays-Sundays. Thru June 20. Open Stage Theatre, Strip District. 412-394-3353. Murder in Tinseltown. Presented by Pohl Productions. Fridays, Saturdays. Thru June 27. Crowne Plaza Hotel, Bethel Park. 724-746-1178. The Princess & the Pea. Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, 11 a.m. Thru June 26. Apple Hill Playhouse, Delmont. 724468-5050. The Seagull. Chekhov’s play, presented by Wooden Rocket. Fridays-Sundays. Thru June 20. Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre, Downtown. 312-5024918. Snoopy! Music presented by The Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh Charter School. June 18-20. Kelly-Strayhorn Theater, East Liberty. 412-3633000.
HQ 132. JellyRoll. Yukon. 724722-4450. Keystone Bar. The Sparrows. Ellwood City. 724-758-4217. La Casa Narcisi. For Art’s Sake. Benefit for music/arts programs, feat. Round Black Ghosts, The Deceptions, The Central Plains, The Armadillos, Paul Luc, Back Stabbing - Good People, Willis Tree, Martha Jane, Ben Hardt, Jay Wiley Band. Gibsonia. 724-4444744. Moondog’s. Musical Memorial for the Fallen Heroes. Feat. Subrosa, others. Blawnox. 412-828-2040. Mr. Small’s Funhouse. Ace Ender & A Million Different People, Person L, My Favorite Highway, The Dangerous Summer. Millvale. 866-468-3401. PD’s Pub. The Bridge (Pgh). Squirrel Hill. 412-422-5027. Post-Gazette Pavilion. Dave Matthews Band, The Hold Steady. Burgettstown. 724-947-7400. Redfin Blues. The Night Owls. Washington’s Landing. 412-3225837. Rhythm House Cafe. ekoostik hookah. Bridgeville. 412-221-5010. Rock Room. El Grosso, Tigerhorsesheeppigcow. Polish Hill. 412-683-4418. RPM’S. Order of Nine. Bridgeville. 412-221-7808. Smiling Moose. Vulture, Forged In Flame, Storm King, Bulletwolf. South Side. 412-431-4668. Sunseri’s. Glitz. Ross. 412-3649902. Waterfront Town Center. Strange Brew. Homestead. 412-461-7820. SUNDAY 21
Carnegie Library Of Homestead Music Hall. Indigo Girls, David Ryan Harris. Munhall. 412-3685225. Howler’s Coyote Cafe. Damon Moon & the Whispering Drifters. Bloomfield. 412-682-0320. Shadow Lounge. Oh No! The Afterlife, Havoc Theory, Through These Walls, Leviathan, Highland Pines, Late November. East Liberty. 412-363-8277. Silky’s Crow’s Nest. The Night Owls Band. Sharpsburg. 412-7823707.
Swing! Presented by Pittsburgh CLO. June 20-26. Benedum Center, Downtown. 412-456-6666. That’s So Gay. PFLAG, Washington County. Tue., June 23, 7 p.m. 412-361-2065. ‘Til Death Do Us Part: Late Nite Catechism 3. Sister Kim returns in a show themed around marriage. ThursdaysSundays. City Theatre, South Side. 412-431-2489. . . . To A Summer’s Day. Bring Your Own Bard reading event presented by Pittsburgh Shakespeare. Wed., June 24, 8 p.m. Your Inner Vagabond, Lawrenceville. 412-683-1623. The Tragic Demise of Alfred the Squatty. Musical mystery. Sat., June 20. Grazie Restaurant & Events Center, Wexford. 724-934-7880. What the Butler Saw. Presented by Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre. Thru June 27. Charity Randall Theatre, Oakland. 412-624-PLAY.
MONDAY 22
Club Cafe. Dirty Sweet, Yuck Fu (Late Show) Mark Pipas as THE SLEAZE. Pop song singalong with THE SLEAZE. South Side. 412431-4950. Diesel. Eric Hutchinson, Meiko. South Side. 412-431-8800. TUESDAY 23
Billy’s Roadhouse Bar & Grill. Pete Hewlett & Scott Anderson. Tuesdays. Wexford. 724-934-1177. Brillobox. The Paper Chase, IvenFaint, The Sewing Machine War. Bloomfield. 412-621-4900. Club Cafe. Gabe Dixon Band, Jay Nash, Roy Jay, Joey Ryan, Conner Gilbert. South Side. 412-431-4950. Pegasus. Pansy Division, Endless Mike & the Beagle Club, The London, Icon Gallery. Downtown. 412-281-2131. Post-Gazette Pavilion. Jimmy Buffett & the Coral Reefer Band. Burgettstown. 724-947-7400. Rock Room. Beyond Daylight, Who Goes There?, Solar Bear. Polish Hill. 412-683-4418. WEDNESDAY 24
Arsenal Bowling Lanes. Anna Bananna. Lawrenceville. 412-6835992. Blue Violet Cafe. Knights of the Abyss, Knives Exchanging Hands, Broadcast the Nightmare, The Analyst. Rochester. 724-7700690. Club Cafe. Slaid Cleaves, Dean Kostlich (Early Show). South Side. 412-431-4950. Post-Gazette Pavilion. Aerosmith, ZZ Top. Burgettstown. 724-9477400. Rock Bottom. Good Brother Earl. Waterfront. 412-462-2739.
DJ’s THURSDAY 18
Arsenal Bowling Lanes. Mockster/ Swankcat. Lawrenceville. 412-6835993. AVA Bar & Lounge. Champion Sound. Dan Dabber, Vybz Machine, Phinesse & Gangsta Shack. Roots/ reggae/dancehall. East Liberty. 412-363-8277. Belvedere’s. Neon. DJ Hatesyou. ‘80s. Lawrenceville. 412-6872555.
Cefalo’s Restaurant & Nightclub. DJ George. Oldies. Carnegie. 412-276-6600. Elixir Ultralounge. DJ Nugget or DJ Endless. South Side. 412-481-1811. Envy. DJ Rich. Argentine tango. Garfield. 412-721-7771. Firehouse Lounge. Rob Chilldren. Hip hop & downtempo. Strip District. 412-434-1230. Pittsburgh Cafe. Noetik 5000. Hip hop, club & R&B. Oakland. 412-687-3330. Rumshakers. DJ Nitro. Hip hop & top 40. South Side. 412-431-5910. Smiling Moose. Old School Metal Nite. W/ DJs Mike & Paul. South Side. 412-431-4668. Z-Lounge. Extra Credit. Sean Kirby & guests. Drum & Bass. South Side. 412-431-1800. FRIDAY 19
Arsenal Bowling Lanes. DJ Zombo. Soul Bowl. Mockster & Swankcat. ‘80s New Wave Night. Lawrenceville. 412-683-5992. AVA Bar & Lounge. Flirt. DJ Vex. Hip hop, club, reggae. East Liberty. 412-363-8277. CJ’s. DJ T-Luv, DJ Slyjock. R&B. Strip District. 412-642-2377. Diesel. Absolut Red Fridays. DJ H. House & hip hop. South Side. 412-431-8800. Elixir Ultralounge. DJ Midas. South Side. 412-481-1811. Krobar. XBar. DJ Bill Bara. Dance. Strip District. 412-277-7615. Lava Lounge. ‘80s Dance Alternative. DJ Doug. South Side. 412-431-5282. Matrix. DJ McFly. Hip hop. Station Square. 412-261-2220. The New Amsterdam. Mad Tom Brown, Colin Pierce. House & funk. Lawrenceville. 412-682-6414. Nigro’s. DJ Sarkaztic. Hip hop & R&B. North Versailles. 412-673-5155. Paparazzi. Rob Chilldren. Hip hop, downtempo & top 40. South Side. 412-488-0800. Pittsburgh Cafe. DJ FunkNJunk. Underground hip hop, funk & soul. Oakland. 412-687-3331. Privilege UltraLounge. Agogo Fridays. Classic burlesque w/ Red Revolver Dance Co., resident DJ Michael St. John. Strip District. 412-253-7330. Remedy. Mary Mack & Operation Sappho. 80s pop. Lawrenceville. 412-781-6771. Rhythm House Cafe. DJ Adam. Club bass. Bridgeville. 412-221-5010. Rumshakers. DJ Nitro. Hip hop & top 40. South Side. 412-431-5910. Shadow Lounge. Style & Steel present: ENERGY. Feat. DJ’s Vex, Selecta, Vybz Machine. Hiphop, soul, reggae. East Liberty. 412-363-8277.
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Tiki Lounge. DJ Luke Duke. Dance, hip hop, rock & top 40. South Side. 412-381-8454. Z-Lounge. Ambition. Elysium & special guests. House. South Side. 412-431-1800.
Rhythm House Cafe. DJ Jack Millz. Club bass. Bridgeville. 412-221-5010. Smiling Moose. The Upstage Nation. DJ EzLou & N8theSk8. Electro, post punk, industrial, new wave, alternative dance. South Side. 412-431-4668.
SATURDAY 20
Alto. Rob Chilldren. Hip hop & top 40. Shadyside. 412-682-1074. AVA Bar & Lounge. No Way Out. Eric Justin & Tom Cox. Hosted by Selecta & SMI. House. East Liberty. 412-363-8277. Diesel. DJ CK. South Side. 412-431-8800. d’Vine Wine Bar & Lounge. NexPaige. Wexford. 724-933-5533. Elixir Ultralounge. DJ Midas. South Side. 412-481-1811. Finn McCools. DJ Sarkaztic. Hip hop & R&B. South Side. 412-254-5918. Firehouse Lounge. DJ Strobe. Global house. Strip District. 412-434-1230. Lava Lounge. Pop Rocks. Huck Finn & Glenn [Electric]. Indie dance, new wave, electro, hip hop. South Side. 412-431-5282. Matrix. Flick. Pop & hip hop. Station Square. 412-261-2220. The New Amsterdam. 77-84: The Old Future Sounds. DJ Miss Teen USA. Darkwave, post punk & early industrial. Lawrenceville. 412-682-6414. Privilege UltraLounge. Blowpop Saturdays. Electro-house w/ DJ Michael St. John. Strip District. 412-253-7330. Remedy. Edgar Um. Lawrenceville. 412-781-6771. Rumshakers. DJ Cadillac. Hip hop & top 40. South Side. 412-431-5910. Shadow Lounge. Classic Material 2 Year Anniversary w/ Pete Rock. W/ DJs Selecta, SMI, Vex & MC Boaz, hosted by J Sands. East Liberty. 412-363-8277. Smiling Moose. Super Secret Dance Party. W/ Nate the SK8, Easy Lou & BingBat. South Side. 412-431-4668. Tiki Lounge. DJ Luke Duke. Dance, hip hop, rock & top 40. South Side. 412-381-8454. Z-Lounge. Happy Ending. Chico & Nature. Old school hip hop & breaks. South Side. 412-431-1800.
AVA Bar & Lounge. Interval. J. Malls. Live & spun jazz. East Liberty. 412-363-8277. Embury. DJ Strobe & Friends. Strip District. 412-434-1230. Smiling Moose. Up One Skate Shop’s Old School Hip Hop Nite. South Side. 412-431-4668. Z-Lounge. Cosmic Leisure Radio. Hot Carl. Lounge, jazz & indie. South Side. 412-431-1800. Paparazzi. Rob Chilldren. Hip hop, downtempo & top 40. South Side. 412-488-0800. Peter’s Pub. Bonics. Hip hop. Oakland. 412-681-7465. Pittsburgh Cafe. DJ FunkNJunk. ‘80s-’90s dance. Oakland. 412-687-3331. Z-Lounge. S.I.N.. W/ DJ Chico. Hip hop, funk, soul & reggae. South Side. 412-431-1800.
FRIDAY 19
Carhops @ Fleetwood Grille. Souled Out. Fridays. Dormont. 412-561-5015. Moondog’s. Tommy Castro Band, The Nighthawks. Blues Festival kickoff party, benefits food bank. Blawnox. 412-828-2040. Paparazzi. The New Show Band feat. Chico Williams. South Side. 412-488-0800. Rhythm House Cafe. No Bad JuJu. Bridgeville. 412-221-5010. SATURDAY 20
Cefalo’s Restaurant & Nightclub. Jill West & Blues Attack. Carnegie. 412-276-6600. CJ’s. The Variety Band. Strip District. 412-642-2377. The Inn’Termission. Chizmo Charles & The Rhythm Aces. South Side. 412-381-3497. Kelly’s Riverside Saloon. Sweaty Betty Blues Band. Bridgewater. 724-728-0222. Mexi-casa. Blues Junkies. Dormont. 412-571-9001. Rock Falls Park. Hunter’s Harmonica Festival. Feat. Blues Orphans, Rockafellas, Eugene and the Nightcrawlers, Unblued, Sweaty Betty Blues Band & The Mertens. Slippery Rock. 724-794-2040. Thunderbird Cafe. The Pawnbrokers. Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177.
WEDNESDAY 24
Bloomfield Bridge Tavern. Fuzz. Cutups & Keebs. 3/25: Guest Ed Rush. Drum & bass. Bloomfield. 412-682-8611. Diesel. Code Blue Wednesdays. Bonics & DJ McFly. Hip hop & dance. South Side. 412-431-8800. Elixir Ultralounge. DJ Midas. South Side. 412-481-1811. Krobar. Hip Hop Nite. DJs from 106.7 WAMO. Strip District. 412-277-7615. Lava Lounge. All Mixed Up. Ian. Indie dance, hip hop, electro & 80s new wave. South Side. 412-431-5282. Rumshakers. DJ Nitro. Hip hop & top 40. South Side. 412-431-5910. Tiki Lounge. Mac & Metal. DJ Spahrtheonly. Classic metal. South Side. 412-381-8454. Z-Lounge. Z:Rewind. EZ Lou & Dale Cooper. ‘70s-’90s. South Side. 412-431-1800.
SUNDAY 21
Carson City Saloon. Carson City Gang feat. Chizmo Charles. South Side. 412-481-3203. Hartwood Acres. Mahajibee Blues. Allison Park. 412-767-9200. The Inn’Termission. Dying Breed, Warren King. South Side. 412-576-1767. Lambro’s Lounge. East End Dukes. Strip District. 412-231-7699. Paparazzi. Billy the Kid & the Regulators. South Side. 412-488-0800.
Hip Hop SATURDAY 20
Connections. C.O.H.A.D. LT, Voices in Christ, B.O.N.D.E.D., Mele Mel the Poetic Prophet, DJ Goodnight. Oakland. 412-621-6760.
Altar Bar. DJ Bill Bara. 80’s. Strip District. 412-263-2877. Arsenal Bowling Lanes. Mockster/Swankcat. Lawrenceville. 412-683-5993. Diesel. The Show. DJ Endless. Dance. South Side. 412-431-8800. Krobar. Hip Hop Nite. DJs from 106.7 WAMO. Strip District. 412-277-7615.
M A I N F E AT U R E
Atria’s Restaurant & Tavern. Southside Jerry Mellix. North Side. 412-322-1850. Jacktown Ride and Hunt Club. The Usual Suspects. W/ weekly special guests. North Huntingdon. 724-863-8151. Sloppy Joe’s. Wil E Tri and the Bluescasters. Thursdays. Mt. Washington. 412-381-4300. Sunseri’s. The Contenders. Ross. 412-364-9902.
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SUNDAY 21
Mellon Park. The 3rd Annual Fathers Day Picnic. Shadyside. 412-583-0376.
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Jacktown Ride and Hunt Club. The Usual Suspects. W/ weekly special guests. North Huntingdon. 724-863-8151.
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Riverview Park. Jay Ashby Quartet. North Side. 412-255-2493.
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Moondog’s. Blues/Rock Jam. Hosted by Freeport Road Gang. Blawnox. 412-828-2040. Royal Place. Blues Dance/Jam Session. Hosted by Smilin’ Dave & Friends. Castle Shannon. 412-882-8000.
SUNDAY 21
3rd Street Gallery. Don Aliquo. Carnegie. 412-276-5233. Byham Theater. Madeleine Peyroux. Downtown. 412-456-6666. Omni William Penn. Harry Cardillo. Downtown. 412-553-5235. Rhythm House Cafe. Tim Steven’s Project. Bridgeville. 412-221-5010. Tusca Global Tapas. Sunday Jazz Brunch. South Side. 412-488-9000.
Jazz THURSDAY 18
Firehouse Lounge. Etta Cox Trio. Strip District. 412-434-1230. Little E’s. Jessica Lee. Downtown. 412-392-2217. Omni William Penn. Harry Cardillo. Downtown. 412-553-5235. Remedy. Instant Coffee, Michael Johnson, Ed Um. Lawrenceville. 412-781-6771.
MONDAY 22
James Gallery. James Moody. W/ the MCG Jazz Quartet. West End. 412-922-9800.
FRIDAY 19
Andy Warhol Museum. OPEK, DJ Pete Spynda. North Side. 412-237-8300. Barella’s Lounge. Spider Rondinelli & The Pittsburgh Jazz Giants. Fridays. Jefferson Hills. 412-384-7978. Cefalo’s Restaurant & Nightclub. Dana Cefalo & Rick Gallagher. Carnegie. 412-276-6600. Little E’s. Ahveeky. Happy hour show. Jazz Surgery Feat. Tony Campbell. Downtown. 412-392-2217. Melange Bistro. Roger Barbour Jazz Quartet Kenny Blake. Downtown. 412-325-4310. Omni William Penn. Harry Cardillo. Downtown. 412-553-5235. Pangea Shadyside. Live Jazz. Guest performances. Shadyside. 412-621-3152. The Pioneer Grille. The Dan Baker Trio. Washington. 724-225-3200. St. Clair Park. David Bach Consort. Presented by Westmoreland Jazz Society. Greensburg. Wolcott Park. Gene Ludwig. Sewickley. 412-741-4405.
TUESDAY 23
Katz Plaza. Salsamba. Downtown. 412-456-6666. Little E’s. Sean Jones Trio. Downtown. 412-392-2217. Spin. Bensen & Pangikas. Shadyside. 412-362-7746. WEDNESDAY 24
3rd Street Gallery. Jazz at 3rd Street. Carnegie. 412-276-5233. Boston Waterfront. Spider Rondinelli & the Pittsburgh Jazz Giants. McKeesport. 412-751-8112. Club Cafe. Big Organ Trio. South Side. 412-431-4950. Gullifty’s. Mike Murray-Kenny Blake Jam Session. Squirrel Hill. 412-521-8222. Pugliano’s Italian Grill. Judi Figel. Plum. 724-327-8991. Sewickley Hotel. Anthony Thomas, Skip Peck, Richard Everett. Sewickley. 412-741-9457. Tana Ethiopian Cuisine. Jazz Wednesdays. W/ Tony Campbell. Tony Campbell & Jazz Surgery. East Liberty. 412-665-2770.
Acoustic THURSDAY 18
Backstage Bar at Theater Square. Heather Kropf. Downtown. 412-325-6769. Bruschetta’s Bar & Grille. Drew Bentley. Murrysville. 724-327-3535. Downey’s House. Mike Dunn. Robinson. 412-489-5631. Geno’s Restaurant and Big Belly Deli. Wrong Airport. Lawrenceville. 412-781-3432. Siba Mediterranean Cucina. Jeff Johns. Sevenfields. 724-741-6000.
SATURDAY 20
April’s On the Ave. Jazz Surgery Feat. Tony Campbell. Homewood. 412-731-1630. Barella’s Lounge. Spider Rondinelli & The Pittsburgh Jazz Giants. Fridays. Jefferson Hills. 412-384-7978. Gypsy Cafe. Don Aliquo. South Side. 412-381-4977. Little E’s. Fred Pugh Show. Downtown. 412-392-2217. Melange Bistro. Etta Cox & Al Dowe Band. Downtown. 412-325-4310. The Pioneer Grille. The Dan Baker Trio. Washington. 724-225-3200.
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Circle Inn. Gary Prisby. Crafton. 412-928-8895.
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Carnegie Museum of Art. Digital to Daguerreotype: Photographs of People. Oakland. 412-622-3131. Crazy Mocha Coffee Company. Still Moving. Works by Dallah Cesen. Opening reception June 19. Bloomfield. 412-681-5225. David Lawrence Convention Center. Art Institute of Pittsburgh Portfolio Review. June 19 only. Downtown. 412-291-6271. Eastside Gallery. Santonio Society. Opening reception June 20, 6:30-8:30 p.m. East Liberty. Luke & Eloy Gallery. Evolution: A 10 Year Retrospective. Works by Michelle Pajak-Reynolds. Opening reception June 20, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Lawrenceville. 412-784-1919. Powdermill Nature Reserve. Art for Nature’s Sake: Duck Stamps & Wetland Conservation. Rector. 724-593-6105. Sewickley Gallery and Frame Shop. Ron Korczynski & Claire Hardy. Ceramic works & oil paintings presented by The House of Two Sisters. Opening reception 6-9 p.m. Sewickley. 412-741-5858.
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Unsmoke Art Space. Wear & Tear. Works by Gavin Kenyon & Heather Powell in support of Delicious Donations’ local art grants. Opening reception June 27, 7-10 p.m. Braddock. 937-371-1986. Vessel Studio Gallery. Adam Kinney. Opening reception June 19, 6-10 p.m. South Side. 412-916-3645. CONTINUING ART/GALLERY EXHIBITS
3 G Gallery. Influenced by the Beatles. Downtown. 412-288-4320. 3rd Street Gallery. Paintings, Jewelry and Ceramics. By Philip Salvato and local artists. Carnegie. 412-276-5233. 709 Penn Gallery. Threaded Line. Exhibition by Lee Renninger. Downtown. 412-471-6070. American Jewish Museum. Nests. Installation by Anna Divinsky. Squirrel Hill. 412-521-8011 x105. Andy Warhol Museum. Warhol Live: Music & Dance in Andy Warhol’s Work. Pinball Wizard. Restored pinball machines. Conrad Ventur: Fragments of Fame. Permanent collection. Artwork and artifacts by the famed Pop Artist. North Side. 412-237-8300. Bella Arte Gallery. Explorations in Wire with Articles of Reclamations. Art by Ron Nigro. Shadyside. 412-362-7200. Carnegie Museum of Art. Forum 62: Maria Grazia Rosin. Oakland. 412-622-3131. Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Doublexposure: Photographing Global Climate Change. Photos by Bradford Washburn & David Arnold. Oakland. 412-622-3131..
Chatham University. Culture in Context. African Art from the Olkes Collection. Shadyside. 412-365-1232. Double Door Gallery. Life Drawing and Painting. Human figure exhibit. Original Art by Local Artists. Carnegie. 412-429-4003. DV8 Espresso Bar & Gallery. Blind Vision. Recent works by Joel Zupancic. Greensburg. 724-219-0814. EveryOne an Artist. Reflections . . . The Self-Portrait Reinterpreted. Lawrenceville. 412-621-2951. Fe Gallery. Grade A. Choice cuts from graduating seniors at CMU, Slippery Rock, WVU, IUP. Closing reception July 10, 7-9 p.m. Lawrenceville. 412-860-6028. Fein Art Gallery. Think About It. Presented by Associated Artists of Pittsburgh. North Side. 412-321-6816. Frick Art & Historical Center. Permanent collection of European Art. Point Breeze. 412-371-0600. Future Tenant. City Charter High School Art Show. Downtown. 412-325-7037. Gallerie Chiz. Nic Vincent: Gut and Irina Clopatofsky Velasco: In Line. Shadyside. 412-441-6005. Gallery on 43rd Street. Color of Light. Pastels by Diane Grguras. Lawrenceville. 412-683-6488. Greensburg Garden and Civic Center. Norwin Art League Show. Greensburg. 724-836-1757. Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. Wings of Paradise. Watercolors of silkmoths by John Cody. Oakland. 412-268-2434.
Matthews Arts Gallery. Vicki Ivancik Paintings, William Spolar Drawings. Bellevue. 412-761-0301. Mattress Factory. Ongoing Installations. Works by Turrell, Lutz, Kusama, Anastasi, Highstein, Wexler & Woodrow. North Side. 412-231-3169. Mendelson Gallery. On Echo River, A Unicorn Mountain Group Show. Shadyside. 412-361-8664. Michael Berger Gallery. Thomas Nozkowski. South Side. 412-441-4282. Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery. Vision Realized. Shadyside. 412-441-5200. Moxie Dada. Scribbling for Dummies. Abstract expressionism paintings by Connie Cantor. North Side. 412-682-0348. Panza Gallery. Three Point Perspective. Paintings by Gloria Dufresne, Patrick Lee, Mark McLaughlin. Millvale. 412-821-0959. Photo Antiquities. The History of Photography. Plus preservation and education exhibits. North Side. 412-231-7881. Picturesque Photography & Gifts. Photography by Brenda Knoll. Lawrenceville. 412-688-0240. Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. Guided By Ancestors, In Between Presence & Absence, From Out of This Planet Earth, Domestic Landscapes, SALIGLIA: A Seven Deadly Sins Exhibition, Revisiting the Work of Henry B., Now From Then. Shadyside. 412-361-0873. Pittsburgh Filmmakers. Leaf In the Water. Photography by Malgorzata Mosiek. Organic Cosmic Mandalas. Photography
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by Philomena O’Dea. Oakland. 412-681-5449. Point Park University. by Frank Herbert Mason. Lawrence Hall Gallery. Downtown. 412-392-8008. Rex Theatre. Muse-Inspired Paintings by Sam Thorp. South Side. 412-381-6811. Silver Eye Center for Photography. The Analytical Eye: Photographs by Aaronel deRoy Gruber. South Side. 412-431-1810. The Society for Contemporary Craft. The United States of America: Life, Liberty, And the Pursuit of Crappiness EAT: An Art Space About Food Beyond Shared Language: Contemporary Art & the Latin American Experience. Strip District. 412-261-7003. Space. Smoke & Mirrors. Guest curated by Jesse Hulcher, theme: “Faking it.” Reception June 12, 5:30-9 p.m. Downtown. 412-325-7723. Sweetwater Center for the Arts. Recto-Verso. Artist books. Sewickley. 412-741-4405. Westmoreland Museum of American Art. Daniel Bolick: Resurrected Modern Masters: Midcentury Abstraction from the Smithsonian American Art Museum Born of Fire: The Valley Work. Greensburg. 724-837-1500. Wood Street Galleries. Machine Improvisations. Media art by Telcosystems (Netherlands), other international artists. Downtown. 412-471-5605. Zombo Gallery. Chicks & Beer. Pin-up paintings by Eric Luden & photography by Laura Petrilla. Lawrenceville. 412-904-3703.
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Downey’s House. Ziggy (of The Delaneys). Robinson. 412-489-5631. For All Seasons. Bill Couch. Carnegie. 412-276-4444. Jacksons Restaurant, Rotisserie & Bar. Sputzy & Jeremy Unplugged. Canonsburg. 724-743-5005. Mario’s South Side Saloon. Michael Todd. South Side. 412-381-5610. Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle. Hduo. Strip District. 412-642-6622. Nied’s Hotel. James. Lawrenceville. 412-781-5438. SATURDAY 20
Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle. John Fister. Strip District. 412-642-6622. SUNDAY 21
Falls City Pub. The Weathered Road. Ohiopyle. 724-329-3000. Jekyl & Hyde. The Shelf Life. South Side. 412-488-0777. TUESDAY 23
d’Vine Wine Bar & Lounge. Jeff Johns. Wexford. 724-933-5533. WEDNESDAY 24
Allegheny Elks Lodge #339. Pittsburgh Banjo Club. Wednesdays. North Side. 412-321-1834.
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Gypsy Cafe. The Gypsy Strings. Weekly Eastern European & Tambura music. South Side. 412381-4977. Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle. Corned Beef & Curry. Strip District. 412642-6622.
Paradise Island Bowl. The Flow Band. Neville Island. 412-2646570. TUESDAY 23
Penn Avenue Parklet. The Flow Band. Wilkinsburg. 412-244-2900.
Country FRIDAY 19
Punch & Junior’s. Gary Pratt. Jeanette. 724-523-2292. SATURDAY 20
Harvey Wilner’s. Steeltown. West Mifflin. 412-466-1331. Kendrew’s. Whiskey Grin. Aliquippa. 724-375-5959. Trafford Polish Club. Dallas Marks. Trafford. 412-372-9855.
Classical SUNDAY 21
Bach, Beethoven & Brunch. Feat. Pittsburgh Philharmonic. Mellon Park, Shadyside. 412-255-8975.
Other Music
SATURDAY 20
Angel’s Nightclub. Americas Latin Orchestra. South Side. 41263-4838. WEDNESDAY 24
Club Dreamz. Salsa DJ Ndamix. Strip District. 412-589-3575.
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Heinz Hall. PNC Pittsburgh Symphony Pops. The Music of Ray Charles featuring his protege Ellis Hall. Downtown. 412-3924900. FRIDAY 19
937 Liberty Ave.. Pittsburgh Gospel. Fridays. Downtown. 412261-1692 x1. Courthouse Tavern. Wee Jams. Downtown. 412-338-8608. Lemont. Phil & Roxy. Mt. Washington. 412-431-3100. SATURDAY 20
AVA Bar & Lounge. Kingdom Light Ministries. Church unusual, gospel & praise. East Liberty. 412-363-8277. Lemont. James. Mt. Washington. 412-431-3100. TUESDAY 23
Lemont. Mark Pipas. Mt. Washington. 412-431-3100. WEDNESDAY 24
Beginning Of Empire. Vocal Noise Initiative. All invited to perform in recorded rhythmic chanting & other vocal expressions. Squirrel Hill. 412-452-4122.
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PD’s Pub. The Flow Band. Late show. Squirrel Hill. 412-422-5027. Sports Rock Cafe. The Flow Band. Strip District. 412-5521199. A 4 Place. The Flow Band. Penn Hills. 412-736-2489.
Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh. Mick Martin. North Side. 412-322-5058. Jekyl & Hyde. Aaron Shafer/ Gary Factor/Nik Westman/Clinton Joseph. South Side. 412-4880777. The New Amsterdam. Jason Deutsch. Lawrenceville. 412-6826414. Penn Brewery. Grkman Duo. Wednesdays. North Side. 412237-9400. Wright’s Seafood Inn. Sputzy & Jeremy Unplugged. Heidelberg. 412-279-7900.
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Billy’s Roadhouse Bar & Grill. Mark Pipas. Thursdays. Wexford. 724-934-1177. Wright’s Seafood Inn. Bill Jander. Heidelberg. 412-279-7900.
Connections. Creative Arts Group. Oakland. 412-334-4783. Frank’s Lounge. Open Stage. Hosted by The Guitarslinger. Thursdays. Delmont. 724-4689999. Hot House Tap & Grille. Open stage w/ Rick Ashcroft. Monongahela. 724-258-4212. Hot Rod Lounge. Hosted by Mark Cyler. Delmont. 724-773-0067. Irwin Eagles. Gil’s Blues Power
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Amani International Coffeehouse & Cafe. Open Talent. North Side. 412-322-0647. Duke’s Station II. Bill Hill & The Local Talents. Castle Shannon. 412-207-0354. Keynote Cafe. Open Stage. After the show. Jeanette. 412-6385263. SUNDAY 21
Around The Corner Bar and Grill. Yinzide Out. Millvale. 412821-0747.
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Hart’s Lounge. Open Stage. Hosted by Model. McDonald. 724926-2660. Keynote Cafe. Open Stage. All genres of music welcome. Jeanette. 412-638-5263.
Club Cafe. Open Stage. Rotating hosts. South Side. 412-323-1919. Rex Theatre. Open Stage. South Side. 412-381-6811. Thunderbird Cafe. Open Stage. Hosted by Craig King & CBG Connection. Lawrenceville. 412853-8609.
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Open Stage. Hosted by Gil Snyder. Weekly special guests. Irwin. 724-863-9847. Keynote Cafe. Acoustic Open Stage. Under 21. Jeanette. 412638-5263. Lefty’s Bar. Open Stage. Hosted by Jeff Engbarth. Strip District. 412-429-8741. The Lodge. Open Stage. Featured artist weekly. Allison Park. 412492-1606. Obey House. Electric/Acoustic. Hosted by Partly Cloudy. Crafton. 412-922-3883. Parkview Bar & Grill. Nicole Belli, Jeff Pogas, Derrick Edwards. Acoustic. Thursdays. Brackenridge. 724-224-2124. Spartaco Sporting Club. Open Stage Auditions. New Kensington. 724-212-3739. Trinity’s. Acoustic. Hosted by Larry the Kidman. Washington. 724-852-2022. Valentine’s. Open Stage. Hosted by Bighouse Pete & Doc. Springdale. 724-274-9500.
Around The Corner Bar and Grill. Open Stage. Hosted by Diane Ray & The Night Owls. Millvale. 412821-0747. Aspinwall Grille. Hot Off The Grille Band. Hosted by Dave Klysz. Aspinwall. 412-782-6542. Magoo’s Bar & Bistro. Open Stage. Hosted by Cherylann Hawk. McCandless. 412-6352300. Moondog’s. Acoustic Open Mic. W/ Mike Vasey & Jim Stamps. Blawnox. 412-828-2040. Pasternak’s Roadhouse. Acoustic Open Stage. Hosted by Marty Feick. Elizabeth. 412-751-7900. PD’s Pub. Purple Tuesdays. Hosted by the Dan Eaby Project. Squirrel Hill. 412-422-5027. Roy’s By the Tracks. Open Stage. Hosted by Bill Couch. Finleyville. 724-348-7118. Shootz Cafe & Billiards. Open Stage. Hosted by Verity’s Lie. South Side. 412-488-3820. WEDNESDAY 24
The Blue Haven Lounge. Open Stage. Hosted by All My Monsters. Cheswick. 724-2749963. Corner Cafe. Grand Snafu. South Side. 412 855-2749. Future Tenant. Open Stage. Musicians, comedians & poets welcome. Downtown. 412-3257037.
Geno’s Restaurant and Big Belly Deli. Open Mic Night. Hosted by Preston Comfort. Open Stage. W/ Preston & Tim. Lawrenceville. 412-781-3432. Jozart Studios. Open Stage. California. 724-938-9730. Jekyl & Hyde. Acoustic Open Stage. Hosted by Aaron Shafer/ Gary Factor/Nik Westman/Clinton Joseph. South Side. 412-4880777. Keynote Cafe. Hard Rock Wednesday. Jeanette. 412-6385263. Niko’s Coffee House. Open Stage. Robinson. 724-809-4858. Ozzie’s Bar & Grille. Open Stage. Hosted by the Sofa Kings. West View. 412-931-3990. The Pit Stop. Open Stage. Feat. the Smokin’ Hot Band. Country/ blues/rock etc. Elrama. 412-3847487. Port Vue Pub. Open Stage. Hosted by Matt Tichon. McKeesport. 412-664-0399. Sam Morgan’s. Acoustic Open Stage. Hosted by Big House Pete & Barbary Wine. Cheswick. 724274-2554. Shadow Lounge. Rise and Shine. East Liberty. 412-363-8277. Sieb’s Pub. Open Stage. W/ Jack Knight. Ross. 412-364-8511. Sing Sing. Open Mic Nite. Hosted by Josh Cochran & the Sing Sing Players. Waterfront. 412-4617426. Tolerico’s. Open Stage. Hosted by Ed Jenkins & Casey’s Kids. Monroeville. 412-372-3262.
Comedy THURSDAY 18
An Evening of Improvised Comedy (Early Show). 7 p.m. Club Cafe, South Side. 412-4314950. Irony City Improv w/ Hustlebot. 7 p.m. Club Cafe, South Side. 412431-4950. Skittsburgh Open Mic. Thursdays, 9 p.m. St. James Place Tavern, South Side. 412370-4915. THURSDAY 18 - SATURDAY 20
Richie Byrne, Joe Eberle, Josh Copen. The Funny Bone, Station Square. 412-281-3130. FRIDAY 19
Friday Night Improvs. Fridays. Comedy improv show. University of Pittsburgh, Oakland. 412-6821435. Mark Eddie. 10 p.m. Rhythm House Cafe, Bridgeville. 412-2215010. FRIDAY 19 - SATURDAY 20
Dave Attell. The Improv, Waterfront. 412-462-5233. Eddie Clark, Josh Copen. The Funny Bone - Sheraton Four Points, Mars. 724-776-6900. SATURDAY 20
Pittsburgh Pundits Political Comedy w/John McIntire and Gab Bonesso. Third Saturday of every month Cabaret at Theatre Square, Downtown. 412-4566666. The Dead Dad’s Club Comedy Show. 6-9 p.m. AVA Bar & Lounge, East Liberty. 412-3638277. Pittsburgh Pundits w/ PYP. 9 p.m. Backstage Bar at Theater Square, Downtown. 412-3708055. Steve Swanson, m0 m0zuch, Greg Gerken. 9 p.m. Corner Cafe, South Side. 412-488-2995. MONDAY 22
Laugh Out Loud Comedy. Hosted by Mo Mozuch. Mondays Shadow Lounge, East Liberty. 412-3638277.
TUESDAY 23
Best of the Burgh. Weekly showcase of local/regional talent. Tuesdays The Funny Bone, Station Square. 412-281-3130. Open Mic Stand Up Comedy Nite. Hosted by Mitch Mekulsia. Tuesdays, 9 p.m. Smiling Moose, South Side. 412-431-4668. WEDNESDAY 24
All Pro Wednesdays. Touring professional comedians weekly. Wednesdays The Funny Bone, Station Square. 412-281-3130.
Exhibits Bayernhof Museum. Large collection of automatic rollplayed musical instruments and music boxes in a mansion setting. Call for appointment. O’Hara. 412-782-4231. Bost Building. Safety First. Homestead. 412-464-4020. Carnegie Museum of Natural History. The Horse. Comprehensive look at the bond between horses and humanity. Ongoing exhibits: Earth Revealed, Dinosaurs In Their Time, Virtual Egyptian Temple Tour and more. Oakland. 412-622-3131. Carnegie Science Center. Ongoing: Buhl Digital Dome (planetarium), Miniature Railroad and Village, USS Requin submarine, and more. North Side. 412-237-3400. Depreciation Lands Museum. Small living history museum celebrating the settlement and history of the Depreciation Lands. Allison Park. 412-4860563. Fallingwater. Tour the famed Frank Lloyd Wright house. Ohiopyle. 724-329-8501. First Presbyterian Church. Tours of 13 Tiffany stained-glass windows. Downtown. 412-4713436. Frick Art & Historical Center. Ongoing: tours of Clayton, the Frick estate, with classes, car & carriage museum. Point Breeze. 412-371-0600. Hartwood Acres. Tour this Tudor mansion and stable complex, and enjoy hikes and outdoor activities in the surrounding park. Allison Park. 412-767-9200. Kerr Memorial Museum. Tours of a restored 19th-century, middleclass home. Oakmont. 412-8269295. Meadowcroft Museum of Rural Life. Hands-on programs & exhibits about western PA’s early inhabitants, from pre-Columbian times to the 19th century. Avella. 724-587-3412. National Aviary. Home to more than 600 birds from over 200 species. With classes, lectures, demos and more. Penguin Point opens May 23. North Side. 412323-7235. Nationality Rooms. 26 rooms helping to tell the story of Pittsburgh’s immigrant past. University of Pittsburgh. Oakland. 412-624-6000. Old Economy Village. Harmony in Wood: Furniture of the Harmony Society. Ambridge. 724-2664500. Old St. Luke’s. Pioneer church features 1823 pipe organ, Revolutionary War graves. Scott. 412-851-9212. Oliver Miller Homestead. This pioneer/Whiskey Rebellion site features log house, blacksmith shop & gardens. South Park. 412835-1554. Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Garden. 13-room greenhouse features exotic plants and floral displays from around the world. Currently: Frabel Glass at Phipps, Headwaters of the Amazon. Oakland. 412-622-6914.
Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium. Home to 4,000 animals, including many endangered species. Highland Park. 412-665-3639. Rachel Carson Homestead. A Reverence for Life. Photos and artifacts of her life & work. Springdale. 724-274-5459. Rodef Shalom Congregation. Rodef Shalom Biblical Botanical Garden. Display of Biblical plants & plants with Biblical names. Special program this year: Lookin’ Good, Then and Now: plants used for cosmetic purposes. Oakland. 412-621-6566. Senator John Heinz History Center. Ongoing: Western PA Sports Museum, Clash of Empires, and exhibits on local history, more. Current: Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War, Lincoln Slept Here. Strip District. 412-454-6000. Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall. Exhibits commemorate local veterans from the Civil War to Operation Desert Storm. Oakland. 412-621-4253. St. Anthony’s Chapel. Features 5,000 relics of Catholic saints. North Side. 412-323-9504.
Special Events THURSDAY 18
Pittsburgh Young Professionals 21st Birthday Bash. Doc’s Place, Shadyside. 412-263-1056. SATURDAY 20
Phat Man Dee & Tommy Amoebas Traveling Variety Show/Great Podcast Experiment. Podcast series launch w/ circus, belly dance & jazz. 10:30 p.m. New Hazlett Theater, North Side. 412-320-4610. SUNDAY 21
All-American Soapbox Derby. Eden Park Blvd., McKeesport. 9 a.m. 412-207-2681. Child Rights & You - Festival in the Park. Music, Indian dance, yoga, henna & more. Flagstaff Hill. 4-8:30 p.m. Schenley Park, Oakland. 412-327-1388.
Festivals THURSDAY 18 - SATURDAY 20
Summer Solstice Spectacular. Arts, entertainment activities, food, meet Jack Lambert. enjoybellevue.org
Dance SATURDAY 20
Journey Through the Scriptures. Presented by Pazaz Christian Dance Academy. 6 p.m. Palace Theatre, Greensburg. 724-8368000. Never Would Have Made It. Visionary Performing Arts Academy 10th anniversary children’s dance performance. 6 p.m. Byham Theater, Downtown. 412-441-1907. Tamalyn Dallal. Belly dance showcase w/ music by Ishtar. 8 p.m. Union Project, Highland Park. 412-260-8432.
Benefits/Fundraisers THURSDAY 18
Fresh Local FUN Raiser. Boyd & Blair Vodka benefit for the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture. 6:30 p.m. Pennsylvania Pure Distilleries, Glenshaw. 412-6970411. SATURDAY 20
Notre Dame Scholarship Fundraiser. Music by The Undertones & John Fister, games & more. 4 p.m. Mullaney’s Harp & Fiddle, Strip District. 412-6426622.
Juneteenth commemoration. 2-5 p.m. Carnegie Library, Hill District, Hill District. 412-2813753. Summer Speaker Series: McKeesport’s Architectural Heritage. Michelle Wardle & John Barna. 2 p.m. McKeesport Heritage Center, McKeesport. 412-678-1832. Informal Spanish conversation group. Saturdays, 3:30 p.m. Tango Cafe, Squirrel Hill. 412421-1390.
Pre-Grand Prix Car Show & Fundraiser. Karaoke, raffles & more to benefit the Autism Society of Pensylvania. 6 p.m. Geno’s Restaurant and Big Belly Deli, Lawrenceville. 412-781-3432. My So-Called Bike. Free Ride! Mobile Bike Repair Project & Book ‘Em benefit. W/ DJs Mary Mack, Jenny Jihad, Sean MC & more. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Construction Junction, Point Breeze. 412-2435025. WEDNESDAY 24
Jeans, Jewels & Jazz. Benefit for the Cancer Caring Center w/ the Kenny Blake Trio & Chizmo Charles. 7-10 p.m. Bailey Avenue Mansion, Mt. Washington. 412622-1212.
JB Potluck Club. Discussing The Weekend Baker. 2 p.m. JosephBeth Booksellers, South Side. 412-381-3600. German Conversation Club. Fourth and Second Monday of every month Carnegie Library, Oakland. 412-622-3151. Squirrel Hill Writers Group. Weekly writers’ workshop -- long or short fiction, scripts, no poetry. 412-953-3947 (Pat), 412979-0263 (Tom). Rick Campbell. Mellon Living Room. 8-10 p.m. Chatham University, Shadyside. 412-365-1125.
Amnesty International Film Screening: Live Like a Refugee. With discussion. 7 p.m. Shadow Lounge, East Liberty. 412-3638277.
Spoken & Written Word THURSDAY 18
SUNDAY 21
Old-Fashioned Wooden Toys. Play with pre- & post-colonial toys. 1-4 p.m. Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, North Side. 412322-5058. MONDAY 22 - WEDNESDAY 24
Intro to Sewing Camp. June 22-26, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Cut & Sew Studio, East Liberty. 412-8656565. TUESDAY 23
Zine Collective for Teens. 7 p.m. Joseph-Beth Booksellers, South Side. 412-381-3600. ONGOING
Andy Warhol Museum. Arts activities and special programs: Weekend Factory, Creative Collaborations and more. Tuesdays-Sundays. North Side. 412-237-8300. Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh. Activities, displays, games, performance, crafts and much more. Bob the Builder -- Project: Fix It, thru Sep. 27. North Side. 412-322-5058. Citiparks Recreation Centers. Nine year-round centers in city, with programs in sports, fitness and arts. Plus individual programs and features. 412-4226543. Pittsburgh Toy Lending Library. Toys and playspace, especially
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Human Nature. Hosted by Yah Lioness & Ezra. Live music accomp. by Hambone Jenkins. Tuesdays Shadow Lounge, East Liberty. 412-363-8277. Japanese for Beginners. Center for Museum Education, classroom A. Fourth Tuesday of every month Carnegie Library, Oakland. 412-622-3151. Edgewood Toastmasters. Communication, leadership & public speaking. Tuesdays, 6:30-8 p.m. C.C. Mellor Memorial Library, Edgewood. 412-512-9564.
for preschoolers. East End. Wednesdays-Sundays. 412-6824430.
Pittsburgh Men’s & Women’s Rugby Football Clubs. Seeking new players, no experience necessary. 412-292-5756. Pittsburgh Park Conservancy. Docent-led tour of various parks. Historical, conditioning and nature hikes. 412-682-7275. Sports Monster. Competitive league play in a variety of sports and skill levels. 412-253-7474. Venture Outdoors. Sponsoring a wide array of outdoor activities, including rock-climbing, nature walks, fishing, kayaking, canoeing, biking and more at various venues around the region. 412-255-0564.
Outside FRIDAY 19
Extreme Croquet. The Conservancy, Butler. 724-5862591. Car Free Fridays Launch Party. Meet up with other non-car commuters & receive special info & incentives. Fridays, 8-10 a.m. Schenley Plaza, Oakland. 412512-6765. SATURDAY 20 - SUNDAY 21
Summer Cruise on Lake Arthur. June 20-21 Moraine State Park, Butler. 724-368- 9185.
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Animal Traces. Learn about what animals are in the park by the evidence they leave behind. 7 p.m. Alameda Park, Butler. 724284-5383. Laughter Yoga. Free, fun, relaxing. Third and First Thursday of every month, 7 p.m. First Unitarian Church, Shadyside. 412271-7660. Make Technology Your Job Searching Friend. 7 p.m. Brentwood Library, Brentwood. 412-882-5694.
Technology Treasure Hunters. Treasure hunt in the park w/ GPS units. Pre-registration required. 10 a.m. Raccoon Creek State Park, Hookstown. 724-899-3611. Family Fishing Program. Learn fishing basics. Pre-registration required. 1-4 p.m. Moraine State Park, Butler. 724-368- 8811. WEDNESDAY 24
Morning Walk. Wednesdays Todd Nature Reserve, Sarver. 412-9636100. Wednesday Morning Walk. Naturalist-led, rain or shine. Wednesdays Beechwood Farms, Fox Chapel. 412-963-6100. Walks in the Woods - Highland Park. Fourth Wednesday of every month, 6:30 p.m. Thru Sept. 23 Highland Park, Highland Park. 412-682-7275.
FRIDAY 19
GYT - Get Yourself Tested. Free rapid HIV testing & other STI testing. Fridays. Thru June 26 Planned Parenthood Western PA, Downtown. 412-434-8971. West Coast Swing Dance Party. Hosted by Stephanie Batista. Third Friday of every month, 9 p.m. Wightman School, Squirrel Hill. 412-4215708.
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Let’s Speak English! Practice conversational English. Second and Fourth Wednesday of every month Carnegie Library, Oakland. 412-622-3114. Pittsburgh Poetry Exchange. This month, discussing Carl Sandburg, Collected Poems. Borders - North Hills, Ross. 412635-7661. Aaronel deRoy Gruber: A Life in Art. Noontime Brown Bag Lecture. 12 p.m. Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg. 724-837-1500. Midday Toastmasters. Rm. 8096. Wednesdays, 12-1 p.m. Forbes Tower, University of Pittsburgh, Oakland. 412-664-0100. Schenley Park Lecture. Susan Rademacher explains how Edward Bigelow envisioned & created the Schenley Park experience. 12 p.m. Schenley Park, Oakland. 412-682-7275. Smithfield Critics Book Discussion Group. Joyce Carol Oates’ We Were the Mulvaneys. 12 p.m. Carnegie Library, Downtown. 412-281-7141. Kathleen George. Discussing & signing The Odds. 7 p.m. JosephBeth Booksellers, South Side. 412-381-3600.
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Fallingwater Faces. Special program on the people behind Fallingwater. Fridays. Thru Nov. 20 Fallingwater, Ohiopyle. 724329-8501. Make Technology Your Job Searching Friend. 12:15 p.m. Carnegie Library, Downtown,. 412-281-7141. Tamalyn Dallal. Discussing & signing 40 Days & 1001 Nights. 7 p.m. Joseph-Beth Booksellers, South Side. 412-381-3600. Faces Seen, Hearts Unknown. Personal stories of cultural identity from the Latino community. 1 p.m. The Society for Contemporary Craft, Strip District. 412-261-7003 x 15. Pittsburgh Signs Project. Meet the authors, Jennifer Baron, Greg Langel, Elizabeth Perry & Mark Stroup. 2 p.m. Mount Lebanon Public Library, Mt. Lebanon. 412531-1912. Slave Narrative Reading & Overview Workshop. Langston Hughes Poetry Society’s annual
Lift Off to Summer! Build a tissue paper hot air balloon. 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, North Side. 412-322-5058.
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Books in the Afternoon Book Discussion Group. Ethan Canin’s America, America. Carnegie Library, Oakland. 412-622-3116. Fallingwater: A Place for Renewal. Special program on the building of the house. Thursdays. Thru Nov. 19 Fallingwater, Ohiopyle. 724-329-8501. Pittsburgh Writes. Weekly writer’s workshop. Thursdays Crazy Mocha Coffee Company, Sewickley. 412-708-3312. Read Your Poems Series. Firsttimers welcome. Thursdays 412488-9713. Final Wishes: Legal Issues for Caregivers & Older Adults. W/ Martha Mannix. 12:15 p.m. Carnegie Library, Downtown, Downtown. 412-281-7141. Book Signing & Launch Party. From Intuition to Entrepreneurship: A Woman’s Guide to Following Her Dream. First Commonwealth Bank, Squirrel Hill. 6:30 p.m. 412-9535486. Dr. Ellen Sucov. Discussing Fragmented Families & how family conflict is addressed in various forms of literature. 7 p.m. Lauri Ann West Memorial Library, O’Hara. 412-828-9520 x 15. Local Author Information Session. 7 p.m. Joseph-Beth Booksellers, South Side. 412-3813600.
Bank Theatre, Verona. 412-2517904. Schoolhouse Rock, Jr. Valley Players of Ligonier, Ligonier. 724238-6514.
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Pittsburgh Parts-a-Rama. Auto parts flea market. Butler Fairgrounds, Butler. 412-3667154. SATURDAY 20
Bluebirds - The Fledging Experience. Learn about bluebirds and how to attract them to your backyard. Moraine State Park, Butler. 724- 368-8811. Small Business Basics. DeVry University, Downtown. 412-3956560. Woodworking Demonstrations. Different topics weekly; all experience levels welcome. Saturdays, 9:30 a.m. Rockler Woodworking & Hardware, Ross. 412-364-7751. State & Federal Incentives for Solar Installations. Learn about installing solar panels w/ Michael Merck of West Penn Energy Solutions. 10 a.m. Mount Lebanon Public Library, Mt. Lebanon. 412531-1912. Yoga at Schenley Plaza. Mondays, 12 p.m. and Saturdays, 10 a.m. Thru Aug. 29 Schenley Plaza, Oakland. 412-682-7275. Summer Solstice Party. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. National Aviary, North Side. 412-323-7235. The Pillow Project Open Dance Class. In The Space Upstairs.
Saturdays, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Construction Junction, Point Breeze. 412-225-9269. South Hills Scrabble Club. Free Scrabble games, all levels. Saturdays, 1-3 p.m. Mount Lebanon Public Library, Mt. Lebanon. 412-531-1912. Plein Air Painting Demo. W/ Bill Vrscak. 2-5 p.m. Double Door Gallery, Carnegie. 412-429-4003. Scribblefest. Artist Connie Cantor and host Captain Mayhem present an evening of people making marks on things with pens. 18+ only. 7 p.m. Moxie Dada, North Side. 412-682-0348. SUNDAY 21
Summer Solstice. Community picnic w/ music by Slim Forsythe & the Parklane Drifters, Devilish Merry. 7-10 p.m. Boyd Community Center, O’Hara. 412898-8566 x 11. MONDAY 22
Yoga at Schenley Plaza. Mondays, 12 p.m. and Saturdays, 10 a.m. Thru Aug. 29 Schenley Plaza, Oakland. 412-682-7275. TUESDAY 23
Drink and Draw. Drop-in, costumed model session alternating Tuesdays 6-9 PM. Water-based & dry mediums welcome, $10. Every other Tuesday Brillobox, Bloomfield. 412-621-4900. Updating Your Self-Marketing for the New Economy. Academic Hall, rm. 309. 6-8 p.m. Point Park University, Downtown. 412-3923433. Preserving the Harvest Class. Learn how to make jam, jelly & more. 7 p.m. Buffalo Inn, South Park. 412-835-8740. Psoriasis Dialogues: Expert Advice & Patient Experiences.
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Pittsburgh Miniature Society. Meeting of group promoting the craft of making scale models (dollhouses, vignettes, etc). Fourth Wednesday of every month Christ Episcopal Church, Ross. 412-486-0419. StudioNights. Art open studio. Wednesdays Double Door Gallery, Carnegie. 412-429-4003. Wine Dinner. Summer Sippers wine tasting. Reservations required. 7 p.m. Enrico’s, Strip District. 412-391-8502. ONGOING
Competitive Scrabble. Seeking new players, no experience necessary. Wednesdays, Squirrel Hill. 412-422-7878. Conversational Salon. Discussion of politics, philosophy, society. Free. 412-365-1519. Pittsburgh Chess Club. Wightman School Community Building, Squirrel Hill. 412-4211881. Red Cross CPR, First Aid Training. Classes on various Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays. Call for details. Red Cross Headquarters, Downtown. 888217-9599. Wine Tasting. Sampling of Dreadnought Wines. First and Third Friday of every month. Palate Partners, Strip District. 412-391-8502. West Coast Swing Dance Party. Hosted by Stephanie Batista. Third Friday of every month, 9 p.m. Wightman School, Squirrel Hill. 412-421-5708. Blend. Pittsburgh’s urban/ metro professional happy hour,
at Seviche and Sonoma Grille, Downtown. Last Wednesday of every month. 412-697-3120.
Auditions/ Call for Artists 19th Annual TRASH Homebrew Competition. Homebrew, cider, and mead competition to be judged at Rivertowne Pour House. Samples needed by July 3. trashhomebrewers.org 412952-9474. Black & White World Productions. Auditions for short filmPsst..My Mom’s a Lesbian, June 17-19. Also seeking production help. Chatham University, Shadyside. 724-7743914. Boswelle & Associates. Auditions for “Boz Girls,” to appear in music videos, promotions, magazines, etc. 412-216-2434. Comtra Theater. Auditions July 18-19 for Lend Me a Tenor. Comtra Theatre, Cranberry. 724773-9896. Friends in Harmony. Tenor, soprano, accompanist needed for this volunteer singing/social group. Free training. 412-2159631. Future Ten Play Festival. Accepting original ten-minute plays for its 6th season. Details at futuretenant.org Thru July 15. International Images, Ltd. Seeking old pots and pans to be donated for recreation of Roberto Fabelo’s installation from the 10th Havana Biennial. Drop off Tue.-Sat., 11am-4pm. International Images, Sewickley. 412-741-3036. Market 20th & Penn. Seeking potters, glass blowers, fiber artists, visual artists & sculptors for weekly exhibitions in new
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artisans venue in the Strip District. 724-770-0926. McKeesport Little Theater. Auditions for The Wizard of Oz, June 26-28. McKeesport. 203843-6042. OpheliaStreet.com. Quirky online literary magazine seeking submissions. Ongoing. Pittsburgh Savoyards. Seeking stage director for Oct./Nov. production of Gilbert & Sullivan’s Patience. Resumes/letters accepted thru June 30. 412-734-8476. Shadyside Art Festival on Walnut. Applications to participate in festival (Aug. 29-30) available at www. artfestival.com 954-472-3755. The Theatre Factory. Auditions for the musicals Weird Romance, Jerry’s Girl, The Light in the Piazza and plays On Golden Pond, A Tuna Christmas & Noises Off, June 28. Call for appointment. Trafford. 412-374-9200.
Volunteers American Civil Liberties Union. Seeking help in all areas. Oakland. 412-681-7736. Animal Advocates. Staffers needed to work in West End thrift store. 412-928-9837. Animal Friends. To work in all areas at this shelter for homeless animals. Ohio Township. 412566-2103. Beginning With Books. Reading and mentoring program. 412-3618560. Bethany Hospice. To work with patients and families. Training provided. 412-781-2221. Carnegie Museum of Art. Information volunteers needed. Oakland. 412-622-3359. Carrick Litter Patrol. Seeking promotions help from people interested in photography, video making & website development. Ongoing. 412-805-0881. Christopher’s Guests. Volunteers and interns needed for fundraising, marketing & event planning. 412-362-2333. Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Program. Seeking volunteer advocates for abused and neglected children. 412-594-3606. Dress For Success Pittsburgh. Organization prepares economically disadvantaged women succeed in the workforce. Looking for image consultants, administrative workers, donation pick-up coordinators & more. Also accepting donations. Ongoing. 412-201-4204. Gateway Health Hospice. Work with patients and their families. Training provided. 412-536-2020. Gay & Lesbian Community Center. Staffers in all areas to help this service organization and staffers for the phone line. Squirrel Hill. 412-422-0114. Girl Scouts Trillium Council. For short- and long-term positions to assist troops in the tri-state area. 724-435-7918. Green Party of Allegheny County. Volunteers needed for community outreach. 412-2311581. Harmony Hospice. Administration tasks, client companionship and more. 412276-4700. Heartland Hospice. Free training and local assignments. 412-9282126. Hunger Services Urban League of Pittsburgh. Office and administrative help needed. 412325-0746.
Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers. Seeking compassionate volunteers to assist older adults by providing rides to doctor appointments, help with grocery shopping, friendly visiting, and more! Ongoing. 412-345-7420. North Hills Community Outreach. Help families in hardship and crisis, nonmedical support for frail seniors. 412487-6316. North Hills Youth Ministry. Volunteer tutors needed. 412366-1300 x23. Pet Adoption League. Westmoreland County no-kill shelter with many puppy mill rescues seeking foster homes and volunteers for all aspects of shelter operation: dog walking, cat cuddling, fund raising, etc. Yukon, PA. 724-953-9050. Pittsburgh Action Against Rape. Daytime medical advocates, hotline work, special events and/ or speakers bureau. South Side. 412-431-5665. Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force. For special events, mailings, community education, client services and more. Wilkinsburg. 412-242-2500 x132. Pittsburgh Independent Media Center. Media-literacy education, radio/TV production, writing/ research, Web site development. 412-923-3000. Pittsburgh International Children’s Theater. Volunteers needed for Oct-March city-wide Family Series shows as well as May Children’s Festival. 412-3215520. Pittsburgh League of Young Voters. Help with outreach at concerts, clubs and fairs. 412728-2197. Pittsburgh Parrot Rescue. To work tables and seminars, make bird toys, fundraising and more. 412-761-2268. Rebuilding Together Pittsburgh. Help low income seniors who are in need of home repairs to be safe warm & happy in their own homes. Ongoing. 412-681-1950. Reinventing Pittsburgh, Inc. Web surfers to identify famous people who grew up in the tri-state area. 412-561-0321. Riding for the Handicapped. Seeking staff for the Therapeutic Riding Program. Knowledge of horses is not necessary. 412-364-9444. South Hills Interfaith Ministries. Tutors needed for after-school homework club. And preschool assistants. 412-854-9120. Southwinds, Inc. Non-profit agency which provides quality residential care and life skills training for adults with developmental challenges throughout Allegheny County. Ongoing. 724-941-7600 x36. Sweetwater Art Center. To help with event preparations. Sewickley. 412-741-4405. Twilight Wish Foundation. Currently forming a Pittsburgh chapter. 1-877-839-9474. Union Project. Cleaning, painting, decorating, stained-glass restoration and more. Highland Park. 412-363-4550. United Steelworkers’ Activist Corps. Looking for Political Activist Volunteers for member mobilization, communication, and strategic political actions. Free t-shirts, food. Downtown. Ongoing. 412-562-2475. WYEP. Seeking volunteer receptionists. South Side. 412381-9131 x212.
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HARD ROCK CAFÉ Station Square. 412-481-ROCK. with special guests B Foundation and Tripshod. Over 21 show. 9 p.m.
Bill Callahan THUNDERBIRD CAFÉ Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177. Over 21 show. Tickets: 1-800745-3000 or ticketmaster. com. 8 p.m.
CityLive NEW HAZLETT THEATER North Side. 412-320-4610. Tonight’s event features the topic “The Environment’s Impact on You!” Guest panelists include Jane Houlihan, Amanda Parks, Justin Strong and Heather Arnet. With moderator Josh Knauer. 6:30 p.m. Cocktails and conversation to follow.
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Marvin, Motown and the Music of Ray Charles HEINZ HALL Downtown. 412-392-4900. With Marvin Hamlisch, conductor, and Ellis Hall, pianist and vocalist. Tickets: pittsburghsymphony. org. Through June 21. Thu. at 7:30 p.m., Fri. & Sat. at 8 p.m., Sun. at 2:30 p.m.
Dave Matthews Band POST-GAZETTE PAVILION Burgettstown. 724947-7400. With The Hold Steady. Tickets: 1-877-5988703 or livenation.com. Fri. & Sat. at 7 p.m.
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ACME, PA (Between Exit 75 And Exit 91 On The Pa Turnpike). 724-547-2525. Two-day music festival including Particle, Hot Buttered Rum, Everyone Orchestra, Willie Waldman Project Big Band, Mike Doughty, Jerry Hannan Band, Gent Treadly, Jazzam, Trainjumpers and more. Tickets: ilovemusicchurch.org.
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Downtown. 412-456-6666. With Kelly Joe Phelps. Tickets: pgharts.org. 8 p.m.
Speakeasy, Die Hard SPAGHETTI WAREHOUSE Strip District. 412-261-6511. Special Father’s Day matinee. Call for reservations. 1:15 p.m.
Randy Owen PEPSI-COLA ROADHOUSE Burgettstown. 724-947-1900. Of Alabama, with special guest Abby Abbondanza. Tickets: ticketmaster.com. Dinner show. 7:30 p.m.
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World Class Stained Glass in Pittsburgh FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Oakland. Talk by Albert M. Tannler, author and stained glass scholar, and church tour. Presented by the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation. 2-4 p.m.
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JAMES GALLERY West End. 412-922-9800. With the MCG Jazz Quartet. Tickets: 412322-0800 or mcgjazz.org. 7:30 p.m.
Indigo Girls CARNEGIE MUSIC HALL Homestead. All ages show. Tickets: 412-368-5225 or librarymusichall.com. 7:30 p.m.
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Regent Square EASY VIRTUE. In the late 1920s, the very proper country estate of the oh-so-British Whittakers is rocked by the arrival of the scion’s new bride, a vivacious, oh-so-modern American woman who races
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automobiles. This is a mostly frothy re-work by Stephan Elliott of a Noel Coward play, and purists are best advised to stay home sorting their 78s. What unfolds is meant to be a witty, tragicomic parlor-room piffle in which the stuffy elites are taken down a peg, the Lost Generation is mourned one last time, and the kicky new class of youth laughingly drive off into a (oh, one does so hope!) class-free future. There are moments when it works, even if it all seems a bit done before: Kristin Scott Thomas is the imperious lady of the manor, Jessica Biel her Yankee foil, and their sniping is amusing. But it’s hard to sustain both screwball comedy and a critique, particularly if the targets are a rarefied group who’ve long since left the stage. (When was the last time the gentry was shocked by a Thanksgiving dinner, or the lack of tennis skills?) Elliott, who made the divine hybrid Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, here can’t quite seem to hit the target. The clothes are pretty, the banter breezy, but his “modern touches” grow distracting. The Jazz Age pop-musical stylings employed as Greek chorus get a little too cute, especially the reworking of anachronistic tunes like “Car Wash.” Pass the smelling salts. Starts Fri., June 19. Manor (AH) AA
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another: “Is it any worse for us to be so overindulgent and to let people die who have no money than actually killing them ourselves?” And who is the woman in the burka — her facial covering adorned with dangling silver beads — who stops by the house one night as Simon and Tom put up their Christmas lights? She says the Jews killed Jesus, then comes back a few days later to apologize, and to discuss faith and identity with Tom, who tells her, in so many words, that he couldn’t care less about her struggle to be openly Muslim in a Judeo-Christian country. Egoyan (The Sweet Hereafter) unravels a multi-layered mystery in Adoration that’s at once emotional, psychological and historical. He tells it in four or five different time periods, moving freely between them, and filters it through three generations: Simon’s belligerent grandfather, who died a few months earlier; his uncle, who the grandfather says is angry but who seems stupid to some people, because “anger sucks up a lot of intelligence”; and the high school kids, a loquacious and lenient generation who are understanding when they need to be judgmental, especially of themselves. As in Ararat, Egoyan’s weave of ATOM EGOYAN, the lugubrious Canadian artist, has always required patience, story, idea and character is inseparable, but as his work deepens and matures, he’s become worth the wait. His new drama, Adoration, is a companion piece to his even better earlier and it effects a riveting and relevant one, Ararat, and the two share themes, motifs and sensations. Each deals with piece of cinema in our perilous posthistory, both personal and political, and each tells its story through the intel- 9/11 world. His puzzle challenges you lectual journey of a young man trying to comprehend. They’re both intimate to listen to every word, and if his charand impassioned films from their characters’ points of view, and that angle acters seem to speak with too much insight, it’s only because they’re well draws us into their passions. Adoration centers on Simon (Devon Bostick), a high school kid raised from read and well educated (this is set in age 8 or 9 by Tom (Scott Speedman), his disillusioned uncle, after his parents Canada, remember, not the U.S.). The third act of Adoration hinges died. His mother was a violinist, his father a violin-maker and a Lebanese immigrant whose intractable father-in-law hated him and challenged him at on a coincidence that feels a bit too contrived, and it brings the drama to family gatherings. During an exercise one day in French class, Simon’s teacher (Arsinée a resolution that’s more emotionally Khanjian) reads a story about a pregnant woman whose terrorist husband than intellectually satisfying. I suppersuades her to take a bomb on a plane. (Why the teacher pose that’s a quibble, but only because BY HARRY KLOMAN ] chose that essay is, like every other choice in the film, both I wanted Egoyan to surprise me more INFO@STEELCITYMEDIA.COM personal and political.) The assignment is to translate the honestly. Simon’s Internet stunt text, so Simon does it from the point of view of the child who’s born after the draws out neo-Nazi Holocaust-deniers and tattooed survivors, and the woman gets caught at customs. His teacher, impressed with the work, STARTS authorities begin to scrutinize persuades him to adapt it for a presentation in her drama class. FRI him because of it, for these But Simon’s classmates think it’s literally about him, and he are times in which we have doesn’t deny it, which stirs discussion, among the kids and then some to watch what we say. Was adults, in several video chat rooms. Simon even joins them online, NT GE RE RE SQUA Simon’s faux father a coward making up answers to their questions. Should they forgive Simon for for not blowing up the plane himnot sharing his family history sooner? Should they pity him or hate his terrorist father or share his guilt? It’s a way of engaging that brings people self and dying a martyr? One young together while keeping them apart, and it allows them to drop bombs of their Timothy McVeigh wannabe says there’s no greater satisfaction than being alive own without really having to confront the destruction. “We buy Nikes because we think we’re gonna look cool,” one girl says. to see the havoc you’ve wreaked. He’s “He wanted to blow up a plane so he could have 40 virgins in the afterlife.” talking about all of us, from artist to And another: “We’re victims of our circumstances and that’s the norm. So terrorist, and — if there are any — all there’s nothing out of the ordinary about how the father was raised.” And points in between. AAAB
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“I DON’T SEEK activity in bathrooms.” Over
the title credits, Sen. Larry Craig explains what transpired in that now-infamous men’s room at the Minneapolis airport two years ago. Craig, a family-values hard-liner from Idaho, found himself caught up in the ongoing gay-or-not-gay public discussion, and is among the subjects of Kirby Dick’s new documentary on closeted lawmakers. Dick is the filmmaker who previously drew back the curtain on the questionable tactics of the MPAA movie-ratings organization in This Film Is Not Yet Rated. For its part, Outrage is more opinion essay than recitation of fact, and that’s obvious from the very beginning. Accompanied by foreboding cello music, the opening intertitles read: “There exists a brilliantly orchestrated conspiracy to keep gay and lesbian politicians as closeted as possible. This conspiracy is so powerful the media will not cover it, even though it profoundly hurts many Americans.”
Among the few politicians out and about: Rep. Barney Frank
alt weeklies or by bloggers, such as Michael Rogers of BlogActive. Rogers calls closeted law-makers “traitors” and sees his role as critical to exposing “individuals who are working against the community that they then expect to protect them.” While the gay community is not monolithic on such public revelations, Dick doesn’t bring in any dissenters. Instead, his interview subjects, who include longtime gay-right activists, cite the watershed nature of the 1980s AIDS crisis. Prior to that, gay individuals implicitly had a right to privacy, which in theory could keep them safe from persecution, discrimination and even prosecution.
THE FOCUS ISN’T ON THE SALACIOUS, BUT ON THE BROADER CONCERN THAT A SECRET SEXUAL LIFE CAN DETERMINE CRITICAL POLICY DECISIONS. So, does Dick make his case? Well, it sort But after AIDS, explains Rodger McFarland, of depends on whom you believe. If, like the former executive director of the Gay Dick, you believe that Craig and others, such Men’s Health Crisis, closeted gays — paras Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, are closeted ticularly those in positions of power — were gay men acting against gay interests, then “colluding with genocide by failing to respond yes. But if, like the longtime Mrs. Craig or to the public-health crisis.” Today, the push for new legislation more the freshly minted Mrs. Crist, you agree that these men are straight — or at least that they often involves issues such as gay marriage, deserve strict privacy — then Dick doesn’t parental rights and wider anti-discrimination protections. If these seem dry policy offer much hard proof. But if Dick is correct, his larger argument compared to the days of furious Act Up — that closeted politicians cause incalculable street theater, consider that the actions harm to the larger gay community — is not of a key few may still have wide-ranging consequences: It was Republican strategist just true. It’s also infuriating and depressing. Dick examines a few notable campaigns Ken Mehlman, the frequent subject of “gay” whispers, who made the anti-gay-marto out prominent politicians, including riage issue the hallmark of the 2004 Craig, Crist and former New York STARTS presidential campaign. Mayor Ed Koch. The focus isn’t on FRI By film’s end, Dick has made his the salacious, but on the broader point pretty clearly: Being closeted concern that a secret sexual life can HARRIS only perpetuates the sense of shame determine critical policy decisions. It’s and fear, and leads to more closets. He a reverse form of influence, Outrage argues, in which a closeted politician acts quotes Harvey Milk, who three decades ago posited that “if every gay person would come strenuously against gay interests. Barney Frank, the openly gay U.S. out,” the stigma would collapse. On a macro level, Outrage argues, the Representative from Massachusetts, concurs. He says that people have “a right to privacy closet engenders a defensive “straight act” but not a right to hypocrisy,” particularly if that not only stymies gay rights but drums those people are in a position to affect the up further prejudice for cynical political gain. For the closeted individual, it’s a fraught, lives of others. Few of the political outings detailed in unfulfilled double life where each action is the film occurred in the mainstream media. parsed between “who I really am” and “how But Dick never looks too deeply at the estab- I should appear.” No wonder a simple trip to lished media’s lack of investigation. Instead, the men’s room can become a front-page, lifemuch of the digging is done by reporters at destroying catastrophe. AAA
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(That role goes to scene-stealer Thomas Hayden Church, who portrays his business rival partial to spouting phony Native America-ish mumbojumbo to win over clients.) During a hectic time at work, Dad discovers that really listening to his mildly estranged daughter — and her imaginary friends — is just the insider tip he needs. But Karey Kirkpatrick’s family comedy hits several road bumps. One, most of the plot — and the best jokes — are aimed at adults, not kids. Two, it fails to explain its key plot point: How can imaginary people living under a blanket know about business deals? And three, its final message is a work-and-family fantasy that is just insulting to peddle to real families these days. Little Yara Shahidi, who plays Murphy’s daughter, is adorable, but she’s also that brand of precocious child actor that Hollywood favors with virtually no resemblance any 7-year-old in real life. Kids aren’t simply vehicles for cute lines some middle-aged screenwriter wrote; they’re kids. (AH) AA
THE PROPOSAL. A boss (Sandra Bullock) makes her assistant (Ryan Reynolds) marry her so she cannot be deported to her native Canada. Employermandated marriage: This is the new now. Anne Fletcher (27 Dresses) directs this romantic comedy. Starts Fri., June 19. TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN. A
bunch of outer-space robots with silly names are back to unleash havoc on Earth, unless a teenager (Shia LaBouef) and his friendly robot named Optimus Prime can stop them. Michael Bay directs. Starts Wed., June 24. YEAR ONE. Jack Black and Michael Cera (Juno) star
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Jarmusch is an enigmatic thriller, set in Spain, about a thief. Isaach DeBankole, Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton and Gael Garcia Bernal star. In English, and various languages, with subtitles. Starts Fri., June 19. Manor THE MERRY GENTLEMAN. Film’s current fascination with sympathetic hitmen is likely due to the dramatic noodling that comes with a character who, as befits his profession, takes a life as nonchalantly as the rest of us take a business meeting. Yet more often that not, filmmakers decide the inherent contradiction is enough, and never bother to unveil the character in any other deeper or more interesting ways. That’s the case in this small-scale drama, directed by Michael Keaton, that pairs a winsome woman named Katie (Kelly MacDonald) with a taciturn, but kindly hitman named Frank (Keaton). Katie, who has fled an abusive marriage, also attracts the attentions of a pushy cop, and, of course, lurking somewhere is her husband. This all plays out at a very mannered pace — and at Christmas time, which is another movie cheat for conveying the loneliness that draws these unlikely souls together. Katie buys a tree alone and Frank spends the holiday in the hospital, while fairy lights twinkle around the edge of the frame. The spare exposition also makes it difficult to sort out some of the plot points (why is Frank a killer and a tailor?). But ultimately it’s the ordinary Katie (in a fine performance by MacDonald), as the locus around whom the bad men in this story orbit, who is more fascinating than the guy with the killer job. Starts Fri., June 19. Squirrel Hill. (AH) AAb OUTRAGE. (See review.) Starts Fri., June 19. Harris
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two of director Alfred Hitchcock’s most memorable scenes: Cary Grant running from a cropduster, and the gravity-defying climax on the face of Mount Rushmore. Employing a popular Hitchcock theme — wrongly accused — an ad man (Grant) is mistaken for a spy and chased across the country. And then there’s that delicious banter between Grant and his co-star Eva Marie Saint. This 50-year-old film still sparkles. Through Thu., June 18. Harris (AH)
is a clever adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma. Now set in Beverly Hills, it features a heroine named Cher (Alicia Silverstone) and kickier fashion. The film continues a summer-long, Sundaynight series of beloved comedies. 8 p.m. Sun., June 21. Regent Square SALT OF THE EARTH. Herbert Biberman’s 1953
drama about struggling zinc miners in New Mexico continues a monthly spring-summer series of labor-related films presented by the Battle of Homestead Foundation. Made by a director, writer and producer who were all then blacklisted, the film is sympathetic portrayal of actual events. The cast is primary non-actors, and the role of women
The Girlfriend Experience
in labor struggles was highlighted. Branded subversive, the film was rarely screened for decades. To be screened by video projection. 7:30 p.m. Thu., June 25. Pump House, Waterfront Drive, 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
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aerial shots of Manhattan he wants, but this film, bereft of New York’s infamous color, could have happened in any city with a subway. (AH) AA THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE. In his new film,
Steven Soderbergh tells the story of Chelsea, a prostitute who doesn’t merely charge an extra $50 to swallow. As played by the adult-film star Sasha Grey, making her legit debut, Chelsea actually “dates” her clients: dinner, a movie, conversation, canoodling, maybe sex — whatever. She’s not exactly a candidate for the whores of Mensa, but then these guys want someone to listen to them more than they want a date with deep thoughts. Soderbergh seems to be saying that intimacy has become a commodity, and that relationships are all a crock. That’s a cliché in stories about call girls. (Why not freshen it up and explore an established marriage where everything is negotiated?) When The Girlfriend Experience isn’t too dark to see what’s happening, Soderbergh lights it in industrial blue and the orange glow of light bulbs. He chops his storytelling up, cutting backward and forward in time, somewhat needlessly but not too intrusively. It’s the sort of arty film you make when you don’t need the money because you’re wealthy from directing Danny Ocean movies. Manor (HK) AAb MANAGEMENT. This is one of those frustrating
movies: You can see where it wants to go, yet it just misses the mark. Writer-director Stephen Belber’s small-scale dramedy takes place over a year or so, when two lonely folks bump into each other and sporadically meet for awkward, incomplete follow-ups. You kinda hope they make a meaningful connection, but then again, it’s hard to really care about two people whose motivations are more often off-putting than relatable. Mike (Steve Zahn) is a man-child still sulking around his parents’ motel in Kingman, Ariz.; traveling saleslady Sue (Jennifer Anniston) is first a guest
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remake of the gritty 1970s classic should never have happened. The old film didn’t need a facelift, and even if you’re just in the market for a popcorn action film, this is a pretty middling offering. After a four-man team (headed by John Travolta) hijacks a New York City subway train, a dispatcher (Denzel Washington) plays negotiator. Pelham has likable A-list stars — and never lets you forget it. I didn’t find either actor believable; instead I watched Washington do his grace-under-pressure thing and Travolta chew the scenery in bug-eyed, motor-mouth mode. Scott is one of those heavyhanded directors who foregrounds every plot detail, draining away all the intrigue. He’s also constitutionally incapable of just leaving the camera alone. We’re forever swooping, hurtling, jumping from here to there. And for a thriller, Pelham is woefully short on suspense. It really felt like two guys talking, wrapped up with a chase scene, the ending of which couldn’t have been more … uh … pedestrian. Scott can load up all the expensive
Management
at the motel, then the object of Mike’s obsession. While romantic comedies often take the sting out of what the real world calls stalking, Mike’s tactics in Management just made me uncomfortable. As did Sue’s rather unrealistic reactions. Thus, the story verged on creepy, even though it
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“ ! ORIGINAL, ABSORBING AND MOVING.” -Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
was clear Belber was aiming for sadly sweet. The second half of the film, in which Sue returns to her cartoon of an ex-rock-star boyfriend (Woody Harrelson), further muddies the waters by introducing broader comedy and increasingly movieonly scenarios (i.e., Mike parachutes into Sue’s pool). Management should have been a wistful little charmer about life’s ordinary dreamers making their way, but its weirdly shaped pieces just didn’t fit together. Squirrel Hill (AH) AA
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Shall We Kiss? SHALL WE KISS? What could come of a simple kiss? That’s the question posed by the first two protagonists of writer-director Emmanuel Mouret’s relationship comedy. They are nameless strangers who, having met and shared a pleasant evening, now ponder how to say goodbye — if at all. So, the woman relates a tale of her seemingly happy friends in Paris, whose one embrace drastically affected her life. Most of the elegantly constructed film recounts this story-within-astory, of Nicolas and Judith and their kiss. Along
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the way, there are diversions into still more layers of this story-within-a-story, as well as the dramatic ripples sent out through the pair’s other relationships. Occasionally, Mouret returns to two strangers for editorializing or related commentary. It’s all very French: talky but airy, populated with handsome people in even more attractive settings. It’s not particularly naughty — there’s more fretting than bedding — and thus there is a certain parlor sophistication. Certainly, its conclusions aren’t particularly dramatic or revelatory. After all, what is new in the realm of infidelity and failing relationships? The pleasure is in how the inevitable journey is navigated. Fans of sleek, semi-cerebral Euro-comedies should find this a welcome diversion. In French, with subtitles. Manor (AH) AAA
tary, Mike Tyson recounts his tumultuous life. Tyson is obviously a must for fans of the sweet science, but the film’s larger narrative about a man in search of redemption and understanding transcends any specifics about boxing. All the highlights and lowlights are there, from Tyson’s meteoric rise in the ring to his ear-biting 1997 match with Evander Holyfield that completed Tyson’s transformation from champ to chump. Today, the cocky young man with the cheeky smile has morphed into a heavier-set 40-yearold who looks literally weighed down by the past. Despite repeatedly stressing how he can’t trust anyone, Tyson is remarkably open, both with information and with emotion. The lack of outside voices defining Tyson in the film, or putting his story into a larger context, means every viewer plays armchair analyst. It’s still a teensy bit discomfiting that even in this well-intentioned work, Tyson cannot fully escape being the Curious
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I HAVE BEEN with my current boyfriend
for about three years and we are living together. About a year ago, our relationship started to go bad when I found out I was pregnant and ended up having an abortion. Every time I look at him, all I see is this baby I didn’t have and I feel horrible to the point where now I don’t like him to even touch me anymore. I don’t want to hurt him. I just don’t see how I can carry on in this relationship anymore. Compounding all of that, an old flame from Europe is back in my life, and I am still in love with him and I know he still loves me. This guy was my knight in shining armor in college but he had to return to the U.K., so we couldn’t really have anything. But now the possibility is there because our lives are at a stage where we could move and make it work. The old flame looks better and better all the time, but I don’t want to hurt anyone. I don’t see any route at this point that won’t end with at least one person in tears. Please help! DE FI N I T E LY OU T OF MY DE PT H
PRESUMABLY THERE was a good reason why
you decided against having a child with the boyfriend. Perhaps you told yourselves that it wasn’t the right time, DOOMD, but it seems more than likely you realized, consciously or subconsciously, that he wasn’t the man with whom you wanted to have children. Or perhaps the boyfriend was so strongly opposed to becoming a father that you decided to have an abortion — an abortion you resent him for. Either way, I don’t see how your current relationship survives. And we haven’t even addressed the existence of the Euro. You still have strong feelings for your old college flame, and if you stay with the boyfriend for the rest of your life just to spare his feelings, your resentments will metastasize. Again, I don’t see how this relationship survives. You’ve asked me to identify a way out — a route out — that spares everyone’s feelings. Sorry, but I can’t help you. If you pass on the Euro because you can’t stand the thought of hurting the boyfriend, you’ll be miserable. And if you stay with the boyfriend, you’re only postponing his misery. Your resentments will grow and spread, until they kill this relationship. If the Euro has moved on by that point, all three of you will wind up miserable and alone.
my affair experience to build a better sex life with my wife? CAN ’ T S H AK E TH E OTH ER WO M AN
MAYBE YOU AND the wife just aren’t as
sexually compatible as you and this other woman, and never will be. Maybe the only thing you can do is focus on the other things the wife brings to the table, the emotional if not sexual satisfactions. Or … Sometimes we feel freer sexually when we’re with people we care about less. When we’re with someone we’re never going to see again (a one-night stand) or someone we probably shouldn’t see again (another woman), we’re not as concerned about scaring that person off. When we’re with someone who has “potential” — someone with long-term prospects — we tend to be a little more cautious. The stakes feel higher, and that can be inhibiting. We’re less willing to take risks, we’re less open, we’re less likely to act on our fantasies. So it’s possible that your problem with the wife isn’t sexual incompatibility, but sexual inhibition. Have you tried fucking the wife like you fucked the other woman? Have you ever risked fucking the wife like you’ve fucked women you’re never going to see again? SIXTEEN MONTHS is way too soon to be
discussing marriage? Really. Really? How long are we supposed to drag out the courtship, Dan? While I agree with you that three months is much too soon, I’d argue my own personal case: My wife and I married almost a year to the day of our first date, and that was 26 years ago. So while your advice to Lady In A Relationship was sound, your blanket assessment of the relationship landscape overlooks those of us who have a brain. Jussayin’ … M R. R IG H T
GOOD THING I GIVE advice for a living, and
don’t do binding arbitration. People are free to disregard my rants if they think I got it wrong, and to make up their own minds. And maybe I went a little overboard: Depending on the couple, 16 months could be the right time to start discussing marriage. Still, a long engagement is always a good idea, regardless of how long you’ve been dating. If you’re positive he or she is “the one” at three months — or eight months, or 16 months — he or she will still be the one at three years.
I’VE BEEN MARRIED for 12 years. Six months
ago, I separated from my wife, and during that time I had an affair. Ultimately, I figured out that I couldn’t make a long-term relationship work with this “other woman,” and I am now working to reconcile with my wife. But the sex with the affair partner was incredible — not just because she was new, but because we were highly compatible sexually. So now I’m worried that though I think my wife and I can rebuild all the other parts of our marriage, I’ll always unfavorably be comparing my wife to this other partner. (I fantasize often about the affair partner.) Sex was OK but not great before our separation, but I know we both want it to be a rewarding part of our marriage going forward. Will the memories of my affair partner fade with time? Can I somehow use
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MY FIANCÉ AND I — we’re a straight couple
— are getting married in July. We don’t need any more than we already have, so we’re asking friends and family to make donations to nonprofits that are dear to us in lieu of traditional gifts. We’re including Planned Parenthood on our list, and we would like to include a nonprofit that advocates for marriage equality. Which one would you suggest? SOON TO BE MARRIED
THANKS FOR thinking of us, which is
more than President Obama is willing to do: I would recommend that you put Lambda Legal (they’re lawyers, they sue) and Freedom to Marry (they’re advocates, they woo) on your list. Unlike most national gay organizations, Lambda Legal and Freedom to Marry do good work and get results. Thanks and congratulations! c
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “I guess I just prefer to see the dark side of things,” says actress and comedian Janeane Garofalo. “The glass is always half empty. And cracked. And I just cut my lip on it. And chipped a tooth.” As witty as that thought may be, I don’t recommend you make it your approach in the coming days. My analysis of the omens suggests that reality will be especially malleable. Even more than usual, it will tend to take the shape of your expectations. So please, Aquarius, try hard to see the lovely, graceful, unbroken glass as half-full of a delicious, healthy drink.
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Morningside- 1BR, fully eq kit, w/w, w/d in bldg, on busline, porch & off strt prkg, incl. gas, $525+e 412-688-9793 Morningside- Spacious 2 BR apt on the 2nd floor of Victorian Home. H/w flrs. 1 Block to bus line. Conv. to colleges & Downtown. $600 heat incl. 412-401-0735 Oakland- 1 & 2BR apts, eq. kit, $675-695+utils. MJ Kelly Rlty 412-271-5550+ Oakland- 1BR apts. $695 MJ Kelly Rlty 412-271-5550 Oakland- 2BR, Lg. living area, close to Univ, $900 incl g&e, 412-287-9666 Point Breeze Lg 1BR, HW. Wlkin Closet, laud. Clean Quiet Custodian Bldg $649 incls all utils. 412-363-9910 Shadyside Area Charming 1BR. HW. Balc, laud. prkg 167 Morewood $699 + elecl 412-363-9910 Shadyside Lg 3BR, HW, Equip kit., Laudry. 816 Ivy $1495 + e 412-363-9910 Shadyside-Eff, 1, 2, & 3BR, eq kit, close to shops & trans, prkg. $545-$995+ MJ Kelly Rlty 412-271-5550 Sq. Hill- 3BR house, 2BA, eq kit, eq free laundry, finished game room, a/c, h/w flrs, yard, gar, close to trans, schools, & temples. Aug. $1,495+ Tony 412-241-5365
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HOUSE FOR SALE Looking for a perfect & affordable home close to the city? Call: Judi SAY-HAY
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