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RE: Community Blues: UPMC finally feels our pain (March 27) Mr. Potter, you have nailed UPMC on perpetrating what is known as “passiveaggressive” behavior. I also believe that a lot of “charities” shielding themselves under [501(c)(3)] umbrellas probably need some sort of watchdog facility to monitor their comings and goings. Good work and great reporting. — Web comment from “Metronyc”
RE: On the Road: Walter Salles’ moody, energetic film is more enjoyable than Jack Kerouac’s book (March 27) On the Road unreadable? Kloman probably wanted more parentheses. At least Ginsburg [sic] turned out OK. — Web comment from “Kurt” Kloman, You should probably be a little more considerate and respectful of the movie’s source material. The book is neither “unreadable,” nor will we “waste time” reading this work that is generally considered a gateway to a new style of literature as well as a new reality for many. … Simply ridiculous, City Paper. — Web comment from “Ray Smith”
RE: Police Drama (March 27) I know we are supposed to respect the police, but I really feel our police are reacting horribly to situations. They are becoming more of a danger than security. … [J]ust because a man has a badge doesn’t mean he is honest. Any police officer that carries out a questionable act should be seen as a criminal, just as any civilian, and stripped of his/her duties until an investigation is completed. … Their actions are getting out of hand. — Comment on City Paper’s Facebook page from “Katherine Tackett Miller”
CORRECTIONS: Due to an editing error, our March 27 story “Police Drama” misstated when the three officers involved in Leon Ford Jr.’s traffic stop changed their body language. The officers’ hands moved toward their weapons not when they first approached the car, but after one says he noticed what he believed was a firearm in Ford’s sweatpants. Our March 13 story, “Dragged Down,” misstated John DeBartola’s role in the Miss Pittsburgh Public Access TV Pageant. DeBartola is the show’s executive producer, not its executive director. The story also misattributed a quote. It was DeBartola, not director/producer Brian Tee, who said that previous Keystone Alliance/Gaylife Newsletter pageants had attracted “hundreds” of applicants.
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N A RECENT Thursday, staff at Lawrenceville’s Thunderbird Café methodically carried high-top tables out of the bar. They were making room for that night’s act — funk band Turkuaz — who would later perform on the Thunderbird’s mezzanine level stage. The venue, which has been around since 2000, has become a home for a variety of music — from local and national blues and roots music, to indie rock and the weekly Space Exchange jazz series. That popularity and a current space crunch, says owner John Pergal, is the reason he and his wife, Ami, are pursuing a $3 million development project to consolidate several properties in the block between 41st Street and Almond Way along Butler Street. The plan would create a new two-story building that will
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house an expanded Thunderbird, raising the venue’s capacity from 246 to 600, and a new three-story building that would hold a restaurant kitchen and residential units above.
Thunderbird Café owners want nightclub to grow, but expansion plans don’t sit well with Lawrenceville residents {BY LAUREN DALEY} “The issue we have now is it gets so crowded we can’t even do a good job for our customers,” he says. “It’s a good problem to have, but we need to expand.” Pergal says the idea is to create a “supper club” for 300-400 customers with live
shows three or four nights a week. The current Thunderbird encompasses 5,500 square feet; the new facility would be 8,900 square feet. “I didn’t buy this place because I wanted to own a bar,” says Pergal, a musician. “I do it for the love of live music.” But not everyone in Lawrenceville is singing the same tune. Some, like Pittsburgh City Councilor Patrick Dowd, worry that Pergal isn’t pursuing the proper city-code variances for the project. “While it’s great to have such a venue and I think the city needs such a venue,” Dowd says, “the fact is that building wasn’t designed for that use. The street wasn’t designed for that use.” Residents who oppose the project say it will only exacerbate problems with parking, noise and disruption the neighborhood already experiences. They have
been collecting petitions to present at a community meeting April 3 and to the city’s Zoning Board of Adjustment, which will hold a hearing April 11 on Pergal’s application for zoning variances and exceptions for the project. As of press time, residents had collected 173 signatures from opposed residents living within 500 feet of the bar. “[There are] already people leaving drunk, shouting,” says Joy Snyder, who lives on Eden Way behind the bar. If the expansion went through, she says, “any value I have on my modest house would just be gone.” But Pergal says he’s working with groups like Lawrenceville United and the Lawrenceville Corporation to grow responsibly and work with the community. And since his company, Lawrenceville Holdings LLC, owns the Thunderbird and 20 other properties in Lawrenceville, including the New Amsterdam bar, Pergal says he wants to be a good neighbor. “A lot of people are trying to paint it as something it’s not,” Pergal says. “But I’ve done nothing but put everything I own into Lawrenceville.” has transformed into a haven for artists, architects, developers and businesses attracted to the charming and architecturally unique row houses that line the streets. Much of that development — including the growth of Thunderbird into a neighborhood institution — and proximity to assets like the park, library and restaurants, is what attracted residents like Snyder, Allison Hydzik, Hal Medrano, Molly Stephany, Lynne Glover and Lynn Lewandowski — all of whom live near the bar and oppose the expansion. “We understand it — we live in a vibrant neighborhood,” says Lewandowski. “But the expansion needs to be responsible.” Lewandowski and Hydzik both live on Fisk Street, which runs perpendicular to the bar and to Butler Street, which positions them to see much of the unattractive side of the neighborhood. “I’ve picked up beer bottles on Sundays. We see people stumbling,” says Hydzik. And the noise of disruptive Butler Street bar patrons walking back to their cars parked on residential streets has awakened Hydzik’s two young children. Chris Lasky, vice president of Massaro CM Services LLC and designer/consultant on the plan with Pergal, says that planners are aware of neighborhood concerns and want to work with the community. They say it’s not fair to pin neighborhood problems solely on the Thunderbird,
pointing out that the bar takes patron and resident safety seriously and uses, for example, a door-person who makes sure patrons don’t leave with drinks. Problems on Butler Street, Pergal says, “could be from any bar.” The current proposal, they say, includes tree shields and fencing to mitigate noise, and parking options. The club plans to lease two lots for valet parking on 38th Street. But the residents, and Councilor Dowd, worry about the building’s capacity to hold such a large crowd — and the environs’ ability to deal with more traffic, noise and people as a result. “You can’t fit a 600-pound canary into a two-foot bird cage,” says Medrano. “That’s the issue — trying to expand capacity.”
Lawrenceville United and Lawrenceville Corporation will hold a
COMMUNITY MEETING on the proposed Thunderbird Café expansion at 6 p.m. Wed., April 3, at the Arsenal 6-8 Auditorium, 220 40th St. (Enter from steps on 40th Street)
The Zoning Board of Adjustment will hold a
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HEARING at 9:10 a.m., Thu., April 11, in the first-floor conference room of 200 Ross St., Downtown, to review Thunderbird’s request.
“If they try to skate around and avoid the actual facts or actually calling things as they are, then it becomes very difficult to have a conversation. More importantly, it becomes difficult to reach a compromise,” Dowd says. “That’s where you have standoffs in communities.” Pergal’s application to the zoning board of adjustment requests two variances for parking, special exceptions for offsite parking and to expand under the zoning classification of “restaurant general.” But Dowd and others question if that’s the proper use, arguing that the applications should be for what’s known in zoning code as “public assembly,” which encompasses structures used for “spectator sports, entertainment events, expositions and other public gatherings” — and Dowd says is prohibited in residential neighborhoods. Lasky and Pergal say the uses and exceptions they applied for in the zoning code are correct and just an expansion of their current approved use. “The idea that we are putting in a dance club or [large assembly facility] is just not accurate, and hopefully, those who have concerns will understand more accurately what we are doing through CONTINUES ON PG. 08
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the community meeting Wednesday night,” Lasky says. Lasky and Pergal also reject the assertion that additional patrons would create the same kinds of problems faced by the South Side, which has more than 100 active liquor licenses. Lawrenceville has approximately 35 liquor licenses. “The idea that Butler Street cannot handle the people is a fallacy,” says Lasky. “Fortieth [Street] and Butler is one of the busiest intersections in the city, and the busiest in Lawrenceville. If you take the property that we are combining for this development, we could [legally] put in separate [facilities] that together would equal and go beyond what we are proposing for the development.” City zoning officials deferred comments about the zoning application to City Zoning Administrator Susan Tymoczko, who was out of the office and could not be reached by press time. The Zoning Board of Adjustment will hold a hearing on the proposed variances and special exceptions on April 11, and Lasky says the panel could take three to four weeks to issue a ruling. An appeals process could follow, if necessary. Lasky and Pergal say that a best-case scenario would allow them to break ground in August, with five to six months of construction to follow.
Lasky says Thunderbird’s owners are also participating in the neighborhood’s efforts with community groups Lawrenceville United and Lawrenceville Corporation, and the Responsibility Hospitality Institute, which has contracted with the city to develop a plan to manage nightlife. “There are some people who live in the neighborhood because they went to the Thunderbird. They like it and consider it an asset to have,” says Lauren Byrne, executive director of resident-advocacy group Lawrenceville United. “We aren’t hearing many people say, ‘We hate it’ or ‘We want it to go away.’ They value it but want to mitigate any issues of quality of life from expansion.” Pergal’s company approached the community groups a year and a half ago with his expansion plans, and at the time the plans “were much larger,” says Matthew Galluzzo, executive director of the Lawrenceville Corporation. Galluzzo says Pergal has been responsive to concerns about the size. But to some residents, any expansion of the space to bring more patrons to a bar for loud music is too much. Some say they are prepared to move if the expansion goes through. “I’d hate to move — the thought of it makes me cry,” says Lynne Glover, a Fisk Street resident. “But [then], the thought of this expansion makes me cry.”
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POLICE STATIONS City police may get to live anywhere they want regardless of who wins mayor’s race {BY CHRIS POTTER} PITTSBURGH’S MAYORAL primary is still
more than a month away, but a winner already seems to be emerging: city police officers who’d rather live someplace else. For years, Pittsburgh police have bridled under a requirement that they live within city limits. But the tide has turned in their favor: Of the major contenders for the Democratic Party nomination, none has shown much interest in maintaining the requirement. The only such candidate who professed strong support for the requirement, City Controller Michael Lamb, dropped out of the race April 1.
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Until recently, even a mayor had little to say on the issue: Residency was required by state law. But Harrisburg voided that mandate last year. Under Act 195 — which passed despite objections from most of Pittsburgh’s House members — if the city wants to keep officers from leaving, it must do so through contract negotiations. “When state law required residency, we didn’t have to give anything up for it,� recalls Joe Mistick, a Duquesne University law professor and a former city official in Sophie Masloff’s administration. By contrast, because “collective bargaining is driven by the priorities of the parties when they sit down,� a mayor’s stance now matters much more. At the outset of the campaign, both Lamb and Mayor Luke Ravenstahl supported keeping the requirement. In an interview last week, Lamb touted the “public-safety benefit from having the police 24 hours a day� — contributing to neighborhood safety even when offduty. Another justification was ensuring
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that taxpayer-supported salaries remain in the city. Early on, the only active candidate willing to negotiate over the issue was City Councilor Bill Peduto. “When people look at the surface of the issue,� he says, “they want to live in neighborhoods that have police. But we already have out-ofcity residency. Officers are taking jobs elsewhere.� Still, he says, the requirement “isn’t something to just give away.� He’d seek to keep officers in the city for the first few years of employment, and offer police the chance to move away later. In return, Peduto says, he’d seek higher standards for police recruits, and a stricter policy on promotions. “No more jumping rank,� Peduto says, noting several cases where lower-ranking officers have leapfrogged over their superiors, prompting charges of favoritism. “Professionalism is much more important than where an officer sleeps at night,� he adds.
State Rep. Jake Wheatley
Peduto may or may not win the election, but he seems to have already won this debate. With Ravenstahl and Lamb out of the race, the field now includes two more skeptics on residency: state Rep. Jake Wheatley (D-Hill District) and former state Auditor General Jack Wagner. CONTINUES ON PG. 12
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requirements in 2012; ofďŹ cers there are allowed to move outside the city after ďŹ ve years on the force. Since then, about 100 of the force’s 6,600 ofďŹ cers have done so, says Eugene Blagmond, their union’s political coordinator. “People worry about a mass exodus, and it just doesn’t happen,â€? says Blagmond. “Selling a home is cumbersome. ‌ Even if you want the freedom to do something, it doesn’t mean you’re going to act on that freedom.â€? But Zack Stalberg, who heads Philadelphia government-watchdog group The Committee of Seventy, says it’s too soon to draw conclusions from Philly’s experiences. “It could take years for it to play out,â€? Stalberg says. For one thing, “housing prices here are still lower than they were several years ago, and you’re probably not going to sell your house if it’s worth less.â€? But in any case, Stalberg says, residency requirements are “kind of a mixed blessing. It does help keep the middle class in the city. But because of the requirement, city employees are a very signiďŹ cant voting bloc, and politicians play to that.â€? Which means, he adds, that while police unions may “gain the freedom for their members to live anywhere, they may lose some political clout.â€?
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In March, Microsoft was fined 561 million euros (about $725 million) by the European Commission after, apparently, a programmer carelessly left out just one line of code in Microsoft’s Service Pack 1 of European versions of Windows 7. That one line would have triggered the system to offer web browsers other than Microsoft’s own Internet Explorer, which Microsoft had agreed to include to settle charges that it was monopolizing the web-browser business. (Also in March, the government of Denmark said that Microsoft owed it about a billion dollars in unpaid taxes when it took over a Danish company and tried to route its taxes through notorious tax havens such as Bermuda. According to a March Reuters report, Denmark is among the first European countries to challenge such U.S.-standard tax shenanigans and is expecting payment in full.)
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Being identified with the number 666 (the “mark of the beast” in the Bible’s Book of Revelation) continues to trouble the righteous. Walter Slonopas, 52, felt required to resign as a maintenance worker for Contech Casting in Clarksville, Tenn., in February after receiving his W-2 form, which he noted was the 666th mailed out by Contech this year. (However, perhaps Slonopas is not so innocent. He had been working for Contech for less than two years, yet had already been “assigned” the number 666 twice — on the company’s payroll books and the company’s time-clock system.)
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Society continues to suffer from questionable company policies that encourage precisely the wrong behaviors. Bartender Twyla DeVito said she knew that one of her regulars at the American Legion Post in Shelby, Ohio, was too inebriated to drive home and thus telephoned police, alerting them to a potential drunk driver. An officer responded, observed the driver, and arrested him when his blood-alcohol read twice the limit for presumed impairment. Two days later DeVito was fired because, as her boss allegedly said to her, “[I]t’s bad for business to have a bartender that will call the cops.”
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Fathers caught up unfairly in state laws on child support have appeared in News of the Weird, but Lional Campbell’s story seems unusually harsh. Authorities in Detroit continue to bill Campbell for past-due support (which Campbell admits he owes even if he’s unsure how much), but only recently did he discover that they were counting $43,000 past-due to support “Michael,” who had died
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25 years ago at age 3. Campbell said he had thought the support was for another child, born seven years after Michael, but it turns out that neither the authorities nor Campbell knows precisely which fatherhood Campbell is paying for. The latest audit reduced Michael’s $43,000 balance to about $6,500.
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In Tiringoulou (pop. 2,000) in the Central African Republic, phantoms are thought often to steal penises, or shrink them, but according to a March dispatch in the magazine Pacific Standard, the stories’ origins may simply reflect distrust of outsiders. Townspeople over-attribute worldly powers to strangers, and when outsiders’ business deals go sour, men check their genitals. Also, animal-organ poachers operate nearby and arouse suspicion that they may be after human genitals, as well.
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Poor Planning: (1) In San Diego, Calif., in February, two people broke into a Hooters after closing and stole a jukebox, apparently, said police, mistaking it for an ATM inside the darkened restaurant. (2) Jose Perales Jr., 24, was charged with breaking into Dr. John’s Lingerie Boutique in Davenport, Iowa, in February. Surveillance video revealed he was wearing men’s clothing when he entered, but left in a dress and blond wig. In fact, while changing clothes, his bare back was visible, revealing “Perales” tattooed on his shoulder.
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miles away) just to make her granddaughter’s school dance. Although her daughter told a Minneapolis Star Tribune reporter that her mother “can make it from A to B faster than maybe the average person,” Lacy collected four speeding tickets during one 2½-hour stretch, including for speeds of 88, 99 and 112. Of course, she arrived late.
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News of the Weird mentioned in October that China and Japan are currently engaged in an ownership dispute over two islands in the South China Sea and had dispatched ships to the region to accompany their countries’ verbal blustering. (Taiwan also claims the islands.) The Japanese daily Nikkan Spa reported in December that China’s very recent takedowns of Internet pornography from Japan was likely caused by the spat. In comments on Internet porn sites, some Chinese subscribers patriotically vowed to give up watching Japanese sex videos, even if it meant going without one of their favorites — the Japanese star Aoi Sola.
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News of the Weird has noted the street-wise pointers offered by al-Qaida’s online magazine Inspire, and the new issue, released in February, offers yet more tips for causing infidels mayhem. This issue ignores large-scale destructions (such as bringing down airliners) and focuses on smaller chaos, such as torching parked cars, greasing up sharp-angled roadways to force cars to skid, and outfitting pickup trucks with knives affixed to the grill. Insight also cautions the jihadists to use care to protect themselves in the process.
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BETTER EATS FOR BRADDOCK {BY BILL O’DRISCOLL} The Braddock Community Café is a breakfast-and-lunch counter with a mission. This initiative of the Braddock Youth Project opened in December to add healthier food choices to a world crowded with fast food. The brightly painted space is located inside the Niya Page Community Center, a former church owned by Mayor John Fetterman. Five days a week, from 7 a.m.-3 p.m., manager Sabrina Sykes and a part-time staffer serve affordably priced breakfast sandwiches, turkey wraps, chicken gyros, salads and homemade soups. No super-sizing here — all meals are 500 calories or less. Snacks are healthful items like apples and mixed nuts. And instead of pop, there’s bottled spritzertype drinks. When possible, ingredients are local, organic and fair trade, with coffee from New Hope Coffee and some produce from Youth Project gardens. Youth Project youths make the business decisions — including what’s on the menu — with guidance from an Americorps staffer. Healthy adaptations have included subbing Greek yogurt for sour cream and slow-cooking buffalo chicken instead of deep-frying. How’s the menu going over? “We have mixed reactions,” says Sykes. “You can buy a really big salad here. People were very excited about that.” Meanwhile, “We have people who walk in and go, ‘Where’s the French fries?’ and walk out again.” “I always get people to try things,” she says. “If you can get them to eat it, they’re like, ‘Oh, that’s pretty good.’” DRISCOLL@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
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Conflict never goes out of season, and after a real-estaterelated hiatus last year, Conflict Kitchen is back. Set up at Schenley Plaza in Oakland, the grab-and-go eatery — which aims to bridge political strife with country-specific street food — is offering a dozen or so Iranian specialties. Noon-6 p.m. daily. www.conflictkitchen.org
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with a brief restaurant wish list. The boxes for Ethiopian and tapas were firmly checked, eventually. Her next wish, Japanese noodles, took rather longer to reach fulfillment. Happily, Ramen Bar has now arrived in Squirrel Hill, bringing with it traditional ramen options, along with an intriguing penchant for applying the ramen technique to a variety of classic dishes from across Asia. For those who associate the appellation “ramen” solely with those collegestudent-sustaining cellophane packets, we feel obliged to clarify why a ramen restaurant should be reason to celebrate. Real, homemade ramen soups bear as much resemblance to the shelf-stable version as backyard-grilled burgers do to fast-food pucks. Wheat noodles are long, slightly chewy and submerged in one of several homemade broths with myriad other ingredients reminiscent of ice-creamparlor add-ins. Part of the pleasure of dining at a ramen restaurant is in customizing your bowl to your tastes.
Ajo-ramen with garlic, sliced pork, broccoli, egg, wontons, chives, green onion and crushed red pepper
Although ramen-noodle soups are traditional Japanese fare, the décor at Ramen Bar has taken the Japanese minimalist aesthetic in a modern direction: The primary feature is a wall-sized photo mural of a Tokyo street scene, all neon and glass and people, people everywhere. It evokes the experience of ramen as urban conve-
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character. But instead of the citrus zing of ponzu and the spice of hot sesame oil, it tasted mostly of soy sauce. Our enormous bowls of soup more than made up for this small seasoning deficit. They were served with appropriately large spoons and, of course, chopsticks (forks are available as well). One challenge with bringing ramen to America is the clash of etiquette. The Japanese technique for eating noodle soups involves slurping and scooping the noodles into your mouth in a manner considered most un-mannerly on these shores. There’s no ideal solution, but we’d suggest that you let your hunger — and desire not to drip broth on your shirt — be your guide. And the flavors are eminently slurpable. One bowl of traditional ramen with shoyu — chicken and aged soy sauce — broth was flavorful, with plenty of umami punch, and, in this wintry spring, deeply satisfying. The default protein was pork: two thick slices of roast shoulder that were tender, rich and easily pulled apart with chopsticks. CONTINUES ON PG. 16
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Next came a pair of soups from the “Specialties” section of the menu, both inspired by Chinese cuisine. Tan tan men was the ramen version of a ground-pork dish traditionally served over noodles in a sesame-based sauce, and Ramen Bar’s translation to soup was fluent. The broth was heady with sesame, permeated with spice, and what appeared to be handminced pork resisted the toughness that well-done ground meat can take on. The crowning touch, about which our server rightly raved, was slivered, fried garlic. Slow-cooked to balance its pungency with sweetness, it was a perfect garnish to the chili-punctuated earthiness of the bowl.
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TENDING TO THE NEEDY Local bartenders participate in “Wine to Water” fundraiser Water is everywhere in a bar; from fermentation through sanitation, it’s an essential part of the booze-making and -consuming experience. “Everything we do is water-based,” says North Carolina barman-turned-activist Doc Hendley. That fact inspired Hendley to create Wine to Water, a charity whose mission is to bring clean drinking water to impoverished towns and villages where that resource is scarce. His organization got a boost last year when legendary barkeep and writer Gaz Regan donated all of his tips from a guest bartending gig at The Dead Rabbit, a Manhattan cocktail den, to Wine to Water. Now the two have paired up for “Just One Shift,” a weeklong international fundraising effort. Bartenders from around the world will donate 100 percent of what they earn during a selected shift from April 8-14 — and several Pittsburgh bartenders are among those rallying to the cause. Nicole Battle and Maggie Meskey will team up for a punch-and-bourbon party at Benjamin’s on April 10; Meskey, who spearheaded the Pittsburgh effort, will also donate her portion of the Salt of the Earth tip split on April 12. Alyssa McGrath will do the same at Dish Osteria on April 11, and Alison Bresnahan at Spoon will contribute her April 14 earnings. For Battle, advocating for clean drinking water is nothing new. When she first moved to Pittsburgh, she worked as a canvasser for Clean Water Action, an organization that works to combat water pollution. “It’s easy to take for granted how easy we have it here,” she says. “If you’re going to come out and spend money on alcohol,” she says, “you might as well do it for a good cause.” Hendley is enthusiastic about the participation of Pittsburgh bartenders, and from bartenders around the world. “It’s really cool to have people stop and think for a minute about the water that’s in their glass,” he says. After all, “Fresh water doesn’t come easy to everyone.”
“IF YOU’RE GOING TO COME OUT AND SPEND MONEY ON ALCOHOL, YOU MIGHT AS WELL DO IT FOR A GOOD CAUSE.” Hiyayakko chilled tofu with bonito flakes, green onion and ginger
Mabo-ramen was another highly successful adaptation, this time of a Chinese dish that is already popular in non-soup form in Japan. Consisting of ground pork (again) and tofu in a spicy bean sauce, this translated into a deep red broth fully suffused with both savory and spicy notes. From the add-ins list, Angelique selected spinach, and found the just-wilted leaves to be the perfect vegetal complement. The tightly focused menu does admit a few non-ramen items, including curry rice. The mild flavor reminded us of Mussaman curry, which itself is Thailand’s version of an Indian curry. It was tasty, but rice-heavy; we wished we’d added in more vegetables to go with all the starch. Interestingly, it was served with a bowl of shoyu broth, which our server said was sometimes dumped in the rice to make it soupy, and other times drunk solo like a consommé. We would welcome a proliferation of ramen joints, but Ramen Bar does such a good job that it can shoulder the burden of standing alone. INF O @PGH C IT YPAPE R . C O M
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Rose Tea Café {PHOTO BY HEATHER MULL} FAT HEADS. 1805 E. Carson St., South Side. 412-431-7433. This place seems to expand every few years, with reason: terrific beer selection, chicken wings and industrial-sized sandwiches. There’s outdoor eating on the “fatio,” but timing is everything: No matter how many tables they add, you may end up waiting for one. JE GOLDEN PIG. 3201 Millers Run Road, Cecil. 412-220-7170. This little jewel-box of a diner offers authentic, home-style Korean
IBIZA. 2224 E. Carson St., South Side. 412-325-2227. An urbane wine bar and tapas restaurant, Ibiza is the sister restaurant to its next-door favorite, Mallorca. Ibiza’s menu starts in Spain but includes delicacies from Portugal, Argentina and other countries. Accompanied by a wide international selection of wines, Ibiza offers a transportive dining experience. KE JIMMY WAN’S. 1337 Old Freeport Road, Fox Chapel (412968-0848) and 1686 Route 228, Cranberry (724-778-8978). This upscale eatery delivers what Americans expect from a Chinese restaurant, plus fare with a modern, pan-Asian approach, complete with Japanese and French influences. Wan’s offers inventive appetizers such as sashimi ceviche, traditional and creative sushi, dim sum and Chinese-American entrees both familiar (Peking duck) and less so (dan dan noodles). KE
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“Show up at Benjamin’s in jeans or in post-party formalwear, and you’ll feel equally at home. The atmosphere is comfortable and welcoming, the food is simply outstanding…” – Pittsburgh City Paper
in Pittsburgh?
AS SPRING APPROACHES, Pittsburgh’s food trucks are beginning to come out of hibernation. But a proposal to make it easier for them to operate is languishing in Pittsburgh City Council. The bill, introduced by City Councilor Bill Peduto last October, sought significant changes to the city’s current rules. It eliminated prohibitions against parking in metered spots, or within 500 feet of a brick-and-mortar business selling similar fare. It also would have increased the time a truck could stay in one spot, from 30 minutes to four hours. But the measure died at the end of the year, and Peduto has not reintroduced the bill, because he doubts it has enough support on council. “It doesn’t make sense to introduce a bill only to see it fail,” says Peduto. The main sticking point, he surmises, is that his proposal could allow food trucks to operate next to brick-and-mortar restaurants offering similar cuisine. “Proximity is the major issue,” he says. Corey O’Connor, one of the councilors with doubts about Peduto’s overhaul, agrees. “I don’t think that it’s fair that if you’re selling pizza out of your truck, you can park in front of a pizza shop.” Restaurant owners also object. “As long as they can’t park in front of existing businesses, no one has an issue” with food trucks, says Jeff Cohen, a board member of the Western Chapter of the Pennsylvania Restaurant and Lodging Association, and owner of the Smallman Street Deli. “We want it to be a fair playing field.” But Peduto warns that proximity restrictions could get the city sued: As long as a food truck is in compliance with zoning rules, he says, “we don’t have the constitutional right to tell a business where it can locate.” O’Connor says he has other concerns, including the proposal to increase the amount of time a food truck remains in one location. But he says he likes the idea of “doing something new and innovative,” and is open to debating the issue. But “the bill just hasn’t come up,” he says, “so we put it on the back burner at this point.”
Come See Uncle Troy! Soul Food at Monroeville Mall
“I DON’T THINK THAT IT’S FAIR THAT IF YOU’RE SELLING PIZZA OUT OF YOUR TRUCK, YOU CAN PARK IN FRONT OF A PIZZA SHOP.”
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“WORDS AND MUSIC RUN THROUGH MY HEAD MOST OF THE TIME — VERY NICE TO HAVE THEM.”
BEAT
{BY ANDY MULKERIN}
Last December, Beck released an album’s worth of material for the first time in four years. But it wasn’t available on vinyl, or as a download: Song Reader was issued as a set of sheet music. Richard Gartner, a local musician best known for his work in Soma Mestizo, took that as a challenge. “I think it was primarily the form that attracted me to it,” says Gartner. He’s always enjoyed Beck, though he’s not a fanatic — “I kind of drifted away from following Beck” for a time, he says, “but I appreciate his work.” He dug the sheet-music idea enough, in fact, that he spent his Christmas vacation arranging the music — which Beck scored primarily for piano, guitar and banjo — for a band with horns and drums, which performs the album in its entirety Wed., April 3, at Club Café. Recordings of the performance will then be posted on the album’s website, www.songreader.net, where plenty have already added their own interpretations of the music. “There are a lot of electronic versions posted,” Gartner says, “which makes sense because you can do that by yourself. But I wasn’t seeing many big band-ish ensembles up there. I thought that would be a cool way to honor the music.” The band includes musicians from Sugar Daddy and the Big Boned Girls, of which Gartner is a member, plus some he’d never met until recently, like ukulele player Elliott Sussman. Gartner arranged the music in part to play to the strengths of the group. “There’s one song on which Beck included horn parts,” he says. “And I figured, ‘It would be great to get a horn line together! But why have them just play one song?’ There are 10 other songs that I arranged horn parts for. “Beck’s really giving carte blanche to the person interpreting it, which is so unusual.“ He does give cues in terms of tempo markings. But with that in mind, he’s perfectly fine with anyone doing anything with the songs.” After it’s all said and done and posted online, will Gartner delve further into being a bandleader? “We’ll see,” he says with a laugh. “I really just think of this as a project. But it’s been fun!” More on the project: everyonesouttogetyou.tumblr.com
Richard Gartner, Buddy Rieger and Elliott Sussman practice Beck.
TAKING NOTES ON BECK
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IKE NESMITH’S four-decade career encompasses some of the earliest combinations of country and rock, video experiments that paved the way for MTV, film direction, novels and the multimedia production company Pacific Arts. For a mere three years of that time, he was also in The Monkees. That might explain why his replies to Monkees questions — he conducts interviews only via email — aren’t as forthcoming as his comments about his output following the Pre-Fab Four. How did last year’s tour with fellow Monkees Peter Tork and Micky Dolenz come together, after years of polite declines from Nesmith? “We decided to do it,” he answers simply. It “feels like the end game — a resolution of sorts — and feels like it makes people happy. Does me.” Then again, Nesmith is embarking on his first solo tour in about 20 years.
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So much more than a Monkee: Mike Nesmith
The only Monkees song in his set will be “Papa Gene’s Blues,” a countrified nugget from their first album. The rest of the night focuses on his work with The First National Band and his solo projects. Considering he’s released more than 15 albums, it makes sense for him to focus on this vast part of his catalog.
MIKE NESMITH 7:30 p.m. Tue., April 9. Carnegie Library Music Hall of Homestead, Munhall. $24-45. 412-368-5225 or www.librarymusichall.com
Nesmith, who recently turned 70, knew what his career would be from a young age. “From the first time I heard music, I have never heard anything else. So it is the informing element of all thought for me — even literature, prose and narrative sing a silent song to me as I
read them. Same for speeches, conversation and the sounds of nature. It is one continuous symphony.” His earliest singles (recorded under the name “Michael Blessing”) went in a folk direction, while his contributions to The Monkees often featured a blend of Southern twang with the pop-song format. But Nesmith writes he never had one style that truly defined him. “I like country music — especially the blues nature of it and later the rock element,” he explains. “But I don’t see the lines of genre. I never know one from the other until I am way off in the margins. Sometimes I will start with your ‘Your Cheatin’ Heart’ and end up with Tito Puente — don’t ask me how I got there. But it’s always a ‘top-down/tune-up’ trip.” By the time he left the Monkees, in 1969, and started The First National Band, “country rock” had become a recognized style thanks to The Byrds and
Gram Parsons. But Nesmith writes that he wasn’t really tuned into that. “I hadn’t met [The Byrds] and hadn’t really heard them. I was up to my neck in Monkees, and FNB was the first step out of that. So [bandmates] John Ware and Red Rhodes and John London and I locked ourselves away and learned all these songs that had been laying around. I had no notion of country rock.” After years of being dismissed for his work with The Monkees, it appeared that the time might have been right for acceptance, but the early days of The First National Band were met with “lots of ridicule and outright laughter at us as we played,” he recalls. “It was hard traveling. No approbation — quite the reverse.” Nevertheless, the group scored several minor hits such as “Joanna” and “Silver Moon.” Nesmith’s songwriting style has always seemed a bit more poetic than a lot of either pop or country music at the time. The Monkees song “Daily Nightly,” for example, depicted the riots on the Sunset Strip, wrapping them in almost surreal metaphorical phrases. Nesmith is probably the first and only country singer to title a song with a nine-dollar word like “propinquity.” “Words and music run through my head most of the time — very nice to have them,” he explains. “And most of the time I just listen and write down what seems salient and new to me. Songs are also a great way for me to express affection, so I try to understand and use the feelings as they arise. This sometimes makes for sweetness, sometimes for thoughtfulness, and sometimes silliness. I never know. I just follow the songs along.” His 1977 song “Rio” was turned into a film, which inspired Nesmith to create PopClips, a Nickelodeon show that was the predecessor of MTV. Around the same time, he created Elephant Parts, a long-form video of songs and comedy sketches which earned him a Grammy. He also served as executive producer on the films Repo Man and Tapeheads. Nesmith admits he sometimes has a lot of ideas in his mind at once. “The directions of thought are infinite — as far as I can see whichever way I look,” he writes. “Sometimes an excursion down these avenues is just like a walk in the park, to relax and enjoy the surroundings. Sometimes they turn into a music video or Elephant Parts or MTV. Right now all roads seem to intersect through the net and beyond.” And regardless of age, Nesmith is intent to keep on creating. “I write a little every day,” he states, “and the music plays in my head non-stop.” INFO@ PGHC ITY PAP ER.CO M
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Wolter Wierbos of ICP Orchestra {BY MIKE SHANLEY}
BUY, SELL & TRADE NEW AND USED!
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GUITARS - BASSES - UKES AMPS - LESSONS - REPAIRS
Drummer Han Bennink and pianist Misha Mengelberg started the Instant Composers Pool (ICP) Orchestra, which incorporates virtually any compelling style of jazz with uninhibited improvisation — “instant composition.” Theatrics also factor into a performance, due largely to the zany Bennink. Trombonist Wolter Wierbos offers insight into the band’s M.O. DESCRIBE THE ATMOSPHERE BEFORE A SHOW. Always relaxed. We play pieces and we make small groups, from duos to quartets. The repertoire is very big, probably over 100 pieces, mostly written or arranged by Misha. But other band members also bring pieces.
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JAZZ ORCHESTRA Eric DeFade, Director
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George Vosburgh & Thomas Thompson, Co-Directors Stephen Story, Associate Director
Wednesday, April 17 at 8pm
DO YOU MAKE A SET LIST? We always have a set list. There is never a big discussion about that. But it takes some time to find it in our books, which contain a big pile of parts and scores. Just before we go on, it can be a chaotic mess in our dressing room, with everybody trying to find the music. Sometimes parts are mysteriously lost, or swapped with somebody else’s.
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BAROQUE ENSEMBLE Stephen Schultz, Director
Sunday, April 21 at 5pm Alumni Concert Hall, College of Fine Arts
GUITAR ENSEMBLE James Ferla, Director
Wednesday, April 24 at 8pm Mellon Institute Auditorium, Oakland
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THE BAND CAN SWING REALLY HARD, BUT YOU’RE ALSO COMFORTABLE BLOWING FREE. In ICP, you have to be both ways. You have to be able to read the notes, but also you have to come up with your own ideas and sound. Reactions have to be quick, and on the way we also have to compose the music, on the spot. That’s the interesting thing: the instant composing. Everyone in the band is very good in this. And you also can deliberately destroy the music [on] the spot.
Ronald Zollman, Music Director
Thursday, May 2 at 8pm Carnegie Music Hall, Oakland
CONTEMPORARY MUSIC ENSEMBLE
Daniel Nesta Curtis, Music Director
Friday, May 3 at 8pm Kresge Theatre, College of Fine Arts
A YEAR OF INSPIRING PERFORMANCES
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FOLK-PUNK SLAM DUNK {BY TYLER CRUMRINE} SEAN BONNETTE, guitarist and songwriter of Phoenix-based folk-punk duo Andrew Jackson Jihad, comes to Pittsburgh, with Ian Graham of Cheap Girls, to play 222 Ormsby this month. He talked with us about guitar sounds, Netflix and what we can only imagine is The Original Hot Dog Shop.
THE OPENING TRACK ON YOUR LAST ALBUM, KNIFE MAN, IS “THE MICHAEL JORDAN OF DRUNK DRIVING.” IS THERE ANYTHING YOU’D CONSIDER YOURSELF TO BE THE MICHAEL JORDAN OF? Maybe the Michael Jordan of Netflix? The Michael Jordan of hot dogs? Something not as bad as drunk driving, but something dumb. ANYTHING YOU’VE WATCHED LATELY ON NETFLIX THAT YOU’D RECOMMEND? Yes! Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call — New Orleans. Powerful, powerful, gnarly fucking film. It’s got Nicolas Cage and a post-heyday Val Kilmer. And it’s directed by Werner Herzog, but looks like a TNT Original Movie. I can’t make heads or tails of it; it’s crazy.
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What a card: Sean Bonnette of Andrew Jackson Jihad
distorted — not blown-out distorted, but naturally distorted, like the when the guitar strings are played real hard. I think that informed the way I [came to] generally play guitar when I play hard. I try and get that natural string distortion.
“MAYBE I’M THE MICHAEL JORDAN OF NETFLIX?”
IT’S BEEN SAID YOU’RE ALSO A FAN OF DAVID BOWIE — SPECIFICALLY THE SONG “QUICKSAND.” That’s my favorite, my absolute favorite way that a guitar can sound on a recording: The way it sounds on the opening of
SEAN BONNETTE WITH IAN GRAHAM AND MERIDIAN
7:30 p.m. Wed., April 17. 222 Ormsby St., Mount Oliver. $10. All ages. www.facebook.com/222ormsby
“Quicksand.” I’m not sure what effects they used or how they recorded it, but I really want to make my guitar sound like that someday. IS THAT A GOAL FOR FUTURE RECORDINGS? It’s worth a shot. It’s on me to write a song where that kind of guitar would be appropriate. But there’s something about it … the texture of that guitar is brutal, and at some point it gets
YOUR CURRENT TOUR IS STRIPPED-DOWN AND ACOUSTIC, THOUGH, RIGHT? Yeah! Selfishly, most of the reason I’m doing this tour is for the new songs. I’ve got a bunch of new songs I haven’t played in front of people yet. I’ve recorded them in demo form, but I wanna get to know the songs better before we go in to record them. ARE THESE ANDREW JACKSON JIHAD SONGS, OR A SOLO PROJECT? They are AJJ songs. DO YOU HAVE A TIME-FRAME FOR THE NEXT ALBUM? I know we are recording it in June at some point, but I’m not sure when we’re gonna release it. ANYTHING YOU WANT TO DO WHILE YOU’RE IN PITTSBURGH? The last time we played Ormsby, we went out to this insanely large restaurant. It was like a fast-food restaurant and they gave you a grocery bag full of fries. And there were all kinds of different pizza creations and gnarly junk food. That’s my lasting memory of the city of Pittsburgh — that the junk food was next-level. I N F O@ P G H C I T Y PA P E R. C OM
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OPUS ONE PRESENTS
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RED WANTING BLUE KVELERTAK REBELUTION CROWDER STEVEN WILSON (OF PORCUPINE TREE)
LOOPSTATION: MIKE WHY (EARLY) BACKSTABBING GOOD PEOPLE (LATE) CHRISTOPHER MARK JONES (EARLY) DON STRANGE & THE DOOSH BEARS, CAROL BLAZE AND PAUL LABRISE (LATE) 04/13 THEMETOOS & MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE (LATE) 04/14 DENISON WITMER & NOAH GUNDERSEN
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Zola Jesus
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precise guitar work to tracks by Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Jaco Pastorius and countless Last year, after a couple of heavily discussed others. Never content to sit still, he’s continued Internet releases and success opening a tour to compose throughout his career as well, for Dirty Projectors, Canadian electro-pop including forays into blues, funk and fusion. duo Purity Ring capped off a great summer He plays Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild tonight by releasing its debut LP, Shrines, last July. On with his Hollowbody Band. JL 7 and 9:30 p.m. the album, the pair kept it simple and played 1815 Metropolitan St., North Side. All ages. $53. to their strengths, ensuring they’d survive the 412-323-4000 or www.mcgjazz.org quickly mounting expectations. It’s a cohesive piece that consists of simple, immersive synths, [INDIE POP] + SAT., APRIL 06 sparse samples, lingering beats and saccharine Zola Jesus has become something of an undervocals that might fit a radio pop song — were ground pop icon since the 2011 release of her it not for the deeper, darker message they third full-length, Conatus, belie. Tonight Purity Ring and her subsequent tour plays Mr. Small’s with Blue {PHOTO COURTESY with Pittsburgh electronic OF KATE GARNER} Hawaii. John Lavanga artist Xanopticon (which 8 p.m. 400 Lincoln Ave., didn’t stop here). The Millvale. 412-821-4447 or Wisconsin-raised singer crafts www.mrsmalls.com music that’s influenced by European goth and indus[NEW MUSIC] + trial music from the ’80s, THU., APRIL 04 but is primarily song-based, Maybe you don’t know a without the relentless ton about contemporary Purity groove of so much dance flutists. But if you did, Ring music. She plays Carnegie Robert Dick would be someMellon University tonight in thing of a household name. a show that’s free and, if the The jazz player and classical weather permits, outside. composer has done it all, AM 8 p.m. CFA lawn, CMU including redesigning the campus, 5000 Forbes Ave., flute altogether. Tonight, Oakland. (If rain: Weigand he plays a solo recital as Gymnasium, University Center.) Free. All ages. part of the spring program presented by local www.activitiesboard.org new-music outfit Alia Musica. Saturday night, with the Alia ensemble, he presents a new ver[PUNK] + TUE., APRIL 09 sion of his work “Meristem”; other composers Seattle-based Iron Lung is an old-school powerincluding Alia founder Federico Garcia will be violence band that still does what punk bands represented as well. Andy Mulkerin 7:30 p.m. used to do: get in a van and tour the entire Full ensemble concert 7:30 p.m. Sat., April 6. Bricolage Theater, 937 Liberty Ave., Downtown. country for a few months at a time. When they’re home, the duo’s members also run Iron $10-15 each; $20 two-day pass. All ages. Lung Records (which has put out records for 412-361-0194 or www.alia-musica.org Pittsburgh bands like Brain Handle and Slices). And the band is basically Seattle royalty now, [JAZZ] + SAT., APRIL 06 having ended up on the Sub Pop 1000 Throughout the 40-odd years he’s been a procompilation, being released for Record Store fessional musician, jazz guitarist and composer Day this year. Tonight, Iron Lung plays The John Scofield has worked with a pantheon Mr. Roboto Project, where royalty belongs. of the genre’s legends. He began his journey Abysme, Illegals and Rabid Pigs open. by leaving Berklee School of Music to play AM 7 p.m. 5106 Penn Ave., Bloomfield. $8. for Chet Baker and Gerry Mulligan, and since All ages. www.therobotoproject.org then he’s brought his energetic, delightfully
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ROCK/POP THU 04 CIOPPINO SEAFOOD CHOPHOUSE BAR. Terrance Vaughn Trio. Strip District. 412-281-6593. CLUB CAFE. Brian Vander Ark, Wojo. South Side. 412-431-4950. GARFIELD ARTWORKS. Golden Bloom, Halle & The Jilt, Marc McDonough. Garfield. 412-361-2262. HOWLERS COYOTE CAFE. Lisa Doll & The Rock ‘n’ Roll Romance, The Pretty Greens, The Bloated Sluts. Bloomfield. 412-682-0320. LAVA LOUNGE. Locks & Dams, Coronado, Chet Vincent. South Side. 412-431-5282. MR. SMALLS THEATER. Purity Ring, Blue Hawaii. Millvale. 866-468-3401. SMILING MOOSE. Waxeater, Girlfight, Sikes! South Side. 412-431-4668.
GATEWAY CLIPPER FLEET. Rusted Root. Station Square. 412-355-7980. THE HANDLE BAR & GRILLE. The Bill Ali Band. Canonsburg. 724-746-4227. HARD ROCK CAFE. Runaway 31ST STREET PUB. Only Dorothy. Station Square. Flesh, Cut Throat Freak Show, 412-481-7625. Kabarett. Strip District. HOWLERS COYOTE CAFE. 412-391-8334. The Harlan Twins, King Stork, ALTAR BAR. Owl City. Strip MacGregor Burns, District. 412-263-2877. Alpaca Beretta. BAJA BAR AND Bloomfield. GRILL. DaPhunk 412-682-0320. Band. Fox Chapel. INN-TERMISSION . w ww per 412-727-8000. LOUNGE. Axe a p ty ci h pg BULLDOGS SPORTS Ripper, Mud City .com BAR AND GRILL. The Manglers, Thunder Dave Iglar Band. Latrobe. Vest, Crisis in America. 724-537-4444. South Side. 412-381-3497. CLUB CAFE. Mike Why, JERGEL’S RHYTHM GRILLE. The Jeremy Frantz Project, No Bad JuJu. Warrendale. Brennan Peirson (Early), The Stone 724-799-8333. Foxes, White Like Fire (Late). LEGACY LANES. The Elliotts. South Side. 412-431-4950. Baldwin. 412-653-2695. DANTE’S RESTAURANT & LINDEN GROVE. LOUNGE. The Kardasz Brothers. Mercedez. Castle Shannon. Brentwood. 412-884-4600. 412-882-8687. MR. SMALLS THEATER. The Cynics, Meeting Of Important People, Neighbours. Millvale. 866-468-3401. ROCK ROOM. Jeremy Porter & The Tucos. Polish Hill. 412-683-4418. SMILING MOOSE. The Composure, Automatic Habit (early) Amuck, The Camp, Barz Blackman (late). South Side. 412-431-4668. STARLITE LOUNGE. The Night Tones. Blawnox. 412-828-9842. THUNDERBIRD CAFE. Old E Allstars. Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177.
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DOWNEY’S HOUSE. Montford Total Package. Robinson. 412-489-5631. ELWOOD’S PUB. Triad Trio. Cheswick. 724-265-1181. THE FALLOUT SHELTER. Switchplay, Killer Moose. Aliquippa. 724-375-5080. KOLLAR CLUB. Marah. South Side. LIGONIER STREET GRUB & PUB. Salvasin, Wings For Armor. Latrobe. PETER B’S. Fungus, Highland Bro’s Band, Shag Dog, Melon Head. Sarver. 724-353-2677. PIZZA DADDIES. Lenny Smith & The Ramblers. Gibsonia. 724-443-0066. THE PRAHA. The Dave Iglar Band. Tarentum. 724-224-2112. THE R BAR. 3 Car Garage. Dormont. 412-445-5279. ROCHESTER INN HARDWOOD GRILLE. Waiting for Ray. Ross. 412-364-8166. ROOSTERS ROADHOUSE. Gary Prisby. Bridgeville. 412-221-1543. SMILING MOOSE. All We Are, America: The Robot, Our Family Portrait, We Must Save The Princess (early) Freddy T & the People, Machete Kisumontao, Ha Ha You (late). South Side. 412-431-4668. STAGE AE. Excision, Paper Diamond. North Side. THUNDERBIRD CAFE. Jones for Revival. Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177.
SUN 07 CLUB CAFE. Joshua James, Isaac Russell. South Side. 412-431-4950. THE DEAD HORSE CANTINA & MUSIC HALL. Red Lamb. ‘Anarchy for Autism’ benefiting Autism Speaks. McKees Rocks. 412-973-3295. GARFIELD ARTWORKS. Arbogast, Old Accusers, The Judas Bull. Garfield. 412-361-2262. HOWLERS COYOTE CAFE. The One Hit Wonder Spaktacular. Hosted by Elliott Sussman w/ guests Dan Getkin & the Masters of American Music. Bloomfield. 412-682-0320. MR. SMALLS THEATER. Tristan Prettyman, Satellite. Millvale. 866-468-3401. MURDER ROOM. NOISE. Feat. music by White Wives, the Wakening, live art, sound installations, more. South Side. SMILING MOOSE. Everyone Dies In Utah, The Overseer, Bleach Blonde, A Feral Palace, Let The River Swell. South Side. 412-431-4668.
MON 08 PALACE THEATRE. The Beach Boys. Greensburg. 724-836-8000. SMILING MOOSE. Kingsfoil, Communication Breakdown. South Side. 412-431-4668.
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ALTAR BAR. Big Wreck. Strip District. 412-263-2877. BRILLOBOX. Wovenhand, Wrekmeister Harmonies. Bloomfield. 412-621-4900.
CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF HOMESTEAD MUSIC HALL. Mike Nesmith. Munhall. 412-368-5225. JERGEL’S RHYTHM GRILLE. The GRID. Warrendale. 724-799-8333. MR. SMALLS THEATER. Hatebreed, Every Time I Die, Terror, Job For A Cowboy, This Is Hell. Millvale. 866-468-3401.
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ROWDY BUCK. Top 40 Dance. South Side. 412-431-2825. S BAR. Pete Butta. South Side. 412-481-7227.
SUN 07 RIVERS CASINO. DJs Bill Bara & Digital Dave. North Side. 412-231-7777. SMILING MOOSE. The Upstage Nation. DJ EzLou & N8theSk8. Electro, post punk, industrial, new wave, alternative dance. South Side. 412-431-4668.
6119 PENN AVE. Team Spirit. East Liberty. BRILLOBOX. IAmDynamite, The Virginmarys, The Yellers. Bloomfield. 412-621-4900. HOWLERS COYOTE CAFE. The BELVEDERE’S. DJ T$. Williams Band, Andrew Leahey Lawrenceville. 724-312-4098. & The Homestead. Bloomfield. ECLIPSE LOUNGE. DJ Zan Naz, 412-682-0320. DJ Outtareach. Lawrenceville. THE MR. ROBOTO PROJECT. 412-251-0097. Teepee. Bloomfield. MR. SMALLS THEATER. Galactic, Nigel Hall AVA BAR & LOUNGE. Band, David Shaw. DJ Outtareach. East Millvale. 866-468-3401. Liberty. 412-363-8277. www. per pa ROCK BOTTOM. BLOOMFIELD BRIDGE pghcitym .co Good Brother TAVERN. Fuzz! Drum & Earl. Waterfront. bass weekly. Bloomfield. 412-462-2739. 412-682-8611. SMILING MOOSE. Lydia. HAMBONE’S. Oldies DJ Mangler. South Side. 412-431-4668. Lawrenceville. 412-681-4318. THE NEW AMSTERDAM. DJ Gina Mungo. Lawrenceville. 412-904-2915. SPOON. Spoon Fed. Hump day BELVEDERE’S. Neon w/ DJ chill. House music. aDesusParty. hatesyou. 80s Night. Lawrenceville. East Liberty. 412-362-6001. 412-687-2555. CLUB TABOO. DJ Matt & Gangsta Shak. Homewood. 412-969-0260.
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FRI 05 BACKSTAGE BAR AT THEATRE SQUARE. Salsa Fridays. DJ Jeff Shirey, DJ Carlton, DJ Paul Mitchell. Downtown. 412-456-6666. BRILLOBOX. Pandemic. Gypsy Brass, Bhangra, Chalga, 8bit-Cumbia, Tallava, Afrobeats, Turkish Reggaeton, more. Bloomfield. 412-621-4900. THE NEW AMSTERDAM. Good Vibes Coalition. Lawrenceville. 412-904-2915. ONE 10 LOUNGE. DJ Goodnight, DJ Rojo. Downtown. 412-874-4582. ROWDY BUCK. Top 40 Dance. South Side. 412-431-2825. RUGGER’S PUB. 80s Night w/ DJ Connor. South Side. 412-381-1330. STATIC. Mercury Soul feat. DJ Masonic & members of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Strip District. 412-392-4900.
SAT 06 AVA BAR & LOUNGE. African Night. East Liberty. 412-363-8277. CAPRI PIZZA AND BAR. Saturday Night Meltdown. Top 40, Hip Hop, Club, R&B, Funk & Soul. East Liberty. 412-362-1250. CATTIVO. Illusions. w/ Funerals & Arvin Clay. Lawrenceville. 412-687-2157. DIESEL. DJ CK. South Side. 412-431-8800. MEXICO CITY. DJ Juan Diego VII. Salsa & Latin music. Downtown. 412-980-7653. THE NEW AMSTERDAM. Tom Cox, Jwan Allen, Preslav. Lawrenceville. 412-904-2915.
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CJ’S. The New Show Band. Strip District. 412-642-2377.
BLUES THU 04 ALLEGHENY WINE MIXER. The Breadline Preachers. Lawrenceville. 412-252-2337.
FRI 05 EXCUSES BAR & GRILL. Don Hollowood’s Cobra Kings. South Side. 412-431-4090. MOONDOG’S. Mr.B & The Bad Boyz. Blawnox. 412-828-2040. OBEY HOUSE. The Blue Bombers & Patrick Scanga. Crafton. 412-922-3883. PENN BREWERY. The Blues Orphans. North Side. 412-237-9400. SUB ALPINE CLUB. Norman Nardini. Turtle Creek. 412-823-6661.
SAT 06 BULGARIAN-MACEDONIAN NATIONAL EDUCATION AND CULTURAL CENTER. Gringo Zydeco. West Homestead. 412-461-6188. HAMBONE’S. The Midnight Special. Lawrenceville. 412-681-4318. HARD ROCK CAFE. Blues & R&B Showcase. Feat. The Muddy Kreek Blues Band, The Danetts, Vince Agwada. Presented by the P.R.O.M.I.S.E Group. Station Square. 412-481-7625. INN-TERMISSION LOUNGE. The
Rhythm Aces. South Side. SPEAL’S TAVERN. The Breadline Preachers. New Alexandria. 724-433-1322. TWIN OAKS LOUNGE. Jill West & Blues Attack. White Oak. WOOLEY BULLY’S. The Accelerators. New Brighton. 724-843-4702.
JAZZ THU 04 ANDYS. Tania Grubbs. Downtown. 412-773-8884. CJ’S. Rodger Humphries & The RH Factor. Strip District. 412-642-2377. LITTLE E’S. Jessica Lee & Friends. Entrepreneurial Thursdays. Downtown. 412-392-2217. PAPA J’S RISTORANTE. Jimmy Z & Friends. Carnegie. 412-429-7272.
FRI 05 ANDYS. Spanky Wilson. Downtown. 412-773-8884. BACKSTAGE BAR AT THEATRE SQUARE. Olga Watkins & Jay Weaver Acoustic Duo. Downtown. 412-456-6666. DANTE’S RESTAURANT & LOUNGE. Jerry & Louis Lucarelli, Sunny Sunseri, Vince Tagliari, Peg Wilson. Brentwood. 412-884-4600. JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. Roger Humphries. North Side. 412-904-3335. LITTLE E’S. Carlos Chico Ortiz IV. Downtown. 412-392-2217.
SAT 06 ANDYS. Kenia. Downtown. 412-773-8884. CIOPPINO SEAFOOD CHOPHOUSE BAR. Moorehouse Jazz. Strip District. 412-281-6593. CJ’S. The Tony Campbell Saturday Jazz Jam Session. Strip District. 412-642-2377. JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. Jimmy Ponder Trio. North Side. 412-904-3335. LITTLE E’S. Andrea Pearl. Downtown. 412-392-2217. MANCHESTER CRAFTSMEN’S GUILD. John Scofield’s Hollowbody Band feat. Kurt Rosenwinkel, Ben Street, Bill Stewart. North Side. 412-322-1773. RIVER CITY BRASS BAND. Big Band & Doo Wop Brass. Downtown. 800-292-7222.
SUN 07 ELWOOD’S PUB. Jeff Pogas. Cheswick. 724-265-1181. JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. RML Jazz Quartet. North Side. 412-904-3335.
TUE 09 ANDYS. Arianna Powell. Downtown. 412-773-8884. CABARET AT THEATER SQUARE. Kenny Garrett Quintet. Downtown. 412-325-6769. HEINZ HALL. Diana Krall. Downtown. 412-392-4900. THUNDERBIRD CAFE. Space Exchange Series feat. Jeff Berman. Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177.
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THU 04 ROBERT DICK. Solo flute recital, presented by Alia Musica. Bricolage, Downtown. 432-361-0194.
FRI 05 PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. The Brandenburg Concertos feat. Jeannette Sorrell, conductor & harpsichordist. Heinz Hall, Downtown. 412-392-4900.
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PITTSBURGH CIVIC ORCHESTRA. Upper St. Clair High School, Upper St. Clair. 412-279-4030. PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. The Brandenburg Concertos feat. Jeannette Sorrell, conductor & harpsichordist. Heinz Hall, Downtown. 412-392-4900. WESTMORELAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. Greensburg Country Club, Jeannette. 724-837-1810.
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Flood City Music Festival, featuring Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Trombone Shorty, Chuck Prophet, Rubblebucket, more
OLIVE OR TWIST. The Vagrants. Downtown. 412-255-0525. UNION PROJECT. Matt Otis. Highland Park. 412-363-4550.
JOSE RAMOS SANTANA. Shadyside Presbyterian Church, Shadyside. 412-682-4300. PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. The Brandenburg Concertos feat. Jeannette Sorrell, conductor & harpsichordist. Heinz Hall, Downtown. 412-392-4900.
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HAMBONE’S. East End Appalachian Old Time Jam. Lawrenceville. 412-681-4318.
DUETS: MUSIC FOR CELLO & PIANO. Feat. Sonata Op. 19 for Cello & Piano by Sergei Rachmaninov. Michael Lipman, cello; Yeeha Chiu, piano. Chatham University, Shadyside. 412-365-1100.
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ACOUSTIC THU 04 BILLY’S ROADHOUSE BAR & GRILL. Mark Pipas. Wexford. 724-934-1177. DOWNEY’S HOUSE. Mike & Frank of Lava Game. Robinson. 412-489-5631. ELWOOD’S PUB. West Deer Bluegrass Review. Cheswick. 724-265-1181. MULLIGAN’S SPORTS BAR & GRILLE. Acoustic Night. West Mifflin. 412-461-8000.
FRI 05 BIDDLE’S ESCAPE. Dan & Matt Kambic. Regent Square. 412-999-9009. CAFE AU VINEYARD. Dan & Doris Cush Cafe’ Au Vineyard. Bridgeville. 412-921-4174. ELWOOD’S PUB. Doc & Tina. Cheswick. 724-265-1181.
SAT 06 HARVEY WILNER’S. Straydogs. West Mifflin. 412-466-1331. HOWLERS COYOTE CAFE. Erika Blinn, The Way Home, The Hawkeyes. Bloomfield. 412-682-0320.
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ALLEGHENY ELKS LODGE #339. Pittsburgh Banjo Club. Weds. North Side. 412-321-1834. PARK HOUSE. Dodgy Mountain Boys & the Park House Jammers. North Side. 412-596-2743. PENN HILLS COFFEEHOUSE. Songwriter Showcase. Penn Hills. 412-798-2127.
WORLD SAT 06 COOPER-SIEGEL COMMUNITY LIBRARY. Callan. Fox Chapel. 412-828-9520.
SUN 07 ALLEGHENY UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH. Len Graham & Brian O’hAirt. North Side. 412-322-4261. CABARET AT THEATER SQUARE. Giada Valenti. Downtown. 412-325-6769.
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LEMONT. Mark Vennere. Mt. Washington. 412-431-3100.
SAT 06 BROWN CHAPEL AME CHURCH. Gospel Youth Explosion. North Side. 412-322-7847. KEYSTONE OAKS HIGH SCHOOL. Dave Wickerham. Playing the Mighty Wurlitzer Theatre Pipe Organ. Dormont. 412-241-8108. LEMONT. Mark Vennere. Mt. Washington. 412-431-3100.
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MR. SMALLS THEATER. Toots & The Maytals, The Pressure. Millvale. 866-468-3401.
LINCOLN PARK PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. River City Brass Band. Midland. 724-643-9004.
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CHARITY RANDALL THEATRE Oakland. 412-624-PLAY. Tickets: play.pitt.edu.Through April 14.
THUNDERBIRD CAFE Lawrenceville. 412-6820177. Over 21 show. Tickets: greyareaprod.com. 10p.m.
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Runaway Dorothy
HARD ROCK CAFE Station Square. 412-481-ROCK. With special guests Slant 6 & more. Limited all ages. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 8p.m.
The Revival Tour 2013 ALTAR BAR Strip District. 412-263-2877. With special guests Chuck Ragan, Ricky Votolato & more. All ages show. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 8p.m.
THURSDAY 4 Jimkata
THUNDERBIRD CAFE Lawrenceville. 412-6820177. Over 21 show. Tickets: greyareaprod.com. 9p.m.
STATIC NIGHTCLUB Strip District. 412-392-4900. Tickets: pittsburghsymphony.org/ mercurysoul. 9p.m.
The Six Brandenburg Concertos
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STAGE AE North Side. With special guest Paper Diamond & Vaski. All ages show. Tickets: ticketmaster.com or 800-7453000. Doors open at 8p.m.
BYHAM THEATER Downtown. 412-456-6666. Tickets: trustarts.org/dance. 8p.m.
B. U. S. 8 Annual Fundraiser NEW HAZLETT THEATER North Side. 412-320-4610. Tickets: bricolagepgh.org. 6p.m.
Owl City ALTAR BAR Strip District. 412-263-2877. With special guest Echosmith. All ages show. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 8p.m.
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JERGELS RHYTHM GRILLE Warrendale. 724-799-8333. $5 cover. For more info visit jergels.com. 7p.m.
MONDAY 8 Fathertime
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HEINZ HALL Downtown. 412-392-4900. Tickets: pittsburghsymphony.org. Through April 7.
guest The Wallflowers. Tickets: ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000. 7:30p.m.
Jazz Conspiracy Combo
HARD ROCK CAFE Station Square. 412-481-ROCK. With special guests Joel Ansett & The Tilt Room. Over 21 show. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 10p.m.
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TUESDAY 9 Mike Nesmith
CARNEGIE LIBRARY MUSIC HALL Munhall. 412-368-5225. All ages show. Tickets: librarymusichall.com. 7:30p.m.
Diana Krall - Glad Rag Doll World Tour 2013 HEINZ HALL Downtown. 412-392-4900. Tickets: pittsburghsymphony.org. 7:30p.m.
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JUST SAY NO {BY AL HOFF}
KIM NGUYEN’S FILM IS BEAUTIFULLY SHOT, COMBINING LYRICISM AND BRUTALITY
The Oscar-nominated No is the conclusion of Pablo Larrain’s film trilogy about Chilean life under Augusto Pinochet, and fittingly, this docu-drama recounts some of the significant last chapter. In a 1988 plebiscite, Chileans would vote “yes,” to keep Pinochet in power, or “no,” to hold an election.
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The power of no: Gael Garcia Bernal
Rene Saavedra (Gael Garcia Bernal), a young and relatively edgy advertising man, is hired to work on the “No” campaign. Each side will get 15 minutes of TV time for 27 days. Saavedra’s gamble is to engage disaffected and cynical non-voters by promoting a shiny new future, rather than focusing on the grievances of the past: life-after-Pinochet as a product for which he will create desire among consumers, a.k.a. voters. It’s as deceptively simple as a rainbow logo and a catchy jingle (“Chile, happiness is coming”). But opposition to the ruling forces in Chile isn’t so simple, or sunny. Saavedra’s boss is working on “Yes,” and the potential for violent reprisal from the government is very real. (Knowledge of Chile’s political history is helpful, but not necessary.) Regardless, No is a fascinating slice of history, particularly for students of political marketing, and Larrain, who used vintage cameras, deftly incorporates archival footage. No offers a fair amount of tension given the known outcome, a smattering of sly humor and an intriguingly enigmatic performance from Garcia Bernal. In Spanish, with subtitles. Manor AHOFF@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
Five folks head to an isolated cabin, find the Book of the Dead, and shit gets weird and scary fast. Fede Alavarez directs this remake of Sam Raimi’s 1981 neo-classic horror flick, Evil Dead. Starts Fri., April 5
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A long walk: Komona (Rachel Mwanza)
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HEN WE first meet Komona, she is 14 and pregnant. She tells her unborn baby, “Each day I pray to God that I don’t hate you.” In Kim Nguyen’s fictionalized account of an African child soldier, War Witch, Komona shares her story, explaining to her baby — and us — how her short life has already arrived at such a fraught place. At 12, Komona (Rachel Mwanza) is living in a small, poor village, when she is captured by guerrilla fighters and conscripted into their army of child soldiers. The first act demanded of her is that she kill her parents. Sobbing, she complies, and the initiation is complete: “You are now a rebel of the Great Tiger.” During the brutal jungle training, Komona, now carting an AK-47, has two small pieces of luck: She befriends the boy-slash-shaman known as The Magician (Serge Kanyinda), and she reports seeing ghost soldiers. These ghosts are likely manifestations of a troubled mind, a child’s processing of trauma, but the rebels decide she is a “war witch,” with
useful extrasensory powers. Yet what little protection this status confers is countered by her forced sexual submission to the rebel leader, and the grueling days spent mining rare-earth minerals.
WAR WITCH DIRECTED BY: Kim Nguyen STARRING: Rachel Mwanza and Serge Kanyinda In French and Lingala, with subtitles. Starts Fri., April 5. Harris
CP APPROVED The Oscar-nominated War Witch is a Canadian production, and though the story is set in an unnamed country, the film was shot in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a fair stand-in with its own history of child soldiers, blood minerals and unending guerilla warfare. Nguyen’s film is beautifully shot, combining lyricism and brutality. (The violence depicted here defines unspeakable, but is rarely shown in graphic detail.) For all the horrors, there is also
lightness, such as Komona’s sweet relationship with Magician, and the rare moments when they can be children. And the importance of mysticism and myth in these lives — from villagers to the Great Tiger leader — is deftly intertwined with the narrative, incorporated in both the dark and the light: A war witch is a fearsome being, but the pursuit of an elusive but lucky white rooster is a cause for delight. War Witch tackles a difficult subject without exploitation or bombast, relating the events from Komona’s bewildered point of view. Nguyen found a winner in Mwanza, who is not a professional actress, yet nonetheless brings depth and sensitivity to Komona’s horrifying account. The damage is irreparable, and the future uncertain; even Komona wonders if she has any humanity left to care for her own child. There are glimmers of hope, but the film heartbreakingly suggests that for young Komona, the best may simply be surviving. A HOF F @ P G HC I T Y PA P E R. C OM
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JURASSIC PARK IN 3-D. It’s been 20 years since dinosaurs — well, those impressive digital creations we encountered in Steven Spielberg’s 1993 actioner — stalked this earth. See how those big lizards hold up, and ponder anew the perils of messing around with science. Now in extra-scary 3-D. Starts Fri., April 5.
REPERTORY BLOOD IN THE MOBILE. When Danish filmmaker Frank Poulsen learns that rare-earth minerals used in his cell phone might be fueling destructive civil wars in the Democratic Republic of Congo, he investigates. Visits to the Finland HQ of the world’s largest cell-phone supplier, Nokia, get the corporate run-around. But his off-the-grid trek to remote parts of eastern Congo proves more illuminating. While it’s hard to definitely prove how money flows in this notoriously dysfunctional country, Poulsen does uncover plenty of sobering material in the squalid, lawless mining camps, run by armed gangs and staffed by child miners. Screens as part of CMU’s Faces of Media festival. In English, and some French, with subtitles. 7 p.m. Wed., April 3. McConomy Auditorium, CMU campus, Oakland. www.cmu.edu/faces. $8 ($5 students/ seniors) (Al Hoff)
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Regent Square Theater 5:00 - Hello! How Are You? (Romania/Spain/Italy, 2011)
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The Return of the Living Dead at Monsterama FACES OF MEDIA. Carnegie Mellon’s annual International Film Festival runs through April 13. This year’s theme is Faces of Media. Gaamer is a Ukrainian drama about a teen who is an Internet star known for his mastery of computer games (7 p.m. Thu., April 4, McConomy Auditorium, CMU campus, Oakland). On Fri., April 5, there is a Short Film Competition (7 p.m., McConomy). Director Scott Hamilton (The Garden) presents his new doc Fame High, about a performing-arts high school (7 p.m. Sat., April 6, McConomy). Fragments of a Revolution depicts the role of social media in Iran’s recent Green Revolution (2 p.m. Sun., April 7, Melwood). A Romanian couple spices up their dull marriage by going online, in Hello! How Are You? (5 p.m. Sun., April 7, Regent Square). From Nikolaus Geyrhalter (Our Daily Bread) comes the essay Abendland, about life after dark in various European cities (5 p.m. Wed., April 10, McConomy). The Punk Syndrome is a doc about a Finnish punk band whose members are mentally challenged (7 p.m. Thu., April 11, McConomy). Films are in English or various languages, with subtitles. For complete schedule, see www.cmu.edu/faces. $8 ($5 students/seniors)
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IT WAS THE SON. A family hopes to receive a settlement after a tragedy, but will a cash award make things better or worse? Daniele Ciprì directs this 2011 drama. The film opens a festival of recent Italian films, presented by the University of Pittsburgh. 7 p.m. Thu., April 4. Frick Fine Arts, Pitt campus, Oakland. Free. www.italianfilmfests.org/pittsburgh BLACK CAT WHITE CAT. Family feuds, gangsters and Gypsy music! Emir Kusturica directs this madcap 1998 Yugoslavian film. 8 p.m. Fri., April 5. Hollywood
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Paris-Manhattan Stewart) is an involuntary but enthusiastic couchpotato prototype: Bored to distraction, he needs to spy on his Greenwich Village neighbors. So while Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller is a characteristically terrific entertainment, it’s also a witty, probing look at spectatorship and voyeurism centered on a man who wants to see without being seen, and what happens once that’s no longer possible. 7:30 p.m. Wed., April 3. AMC Loews. $5. (Bill O’Driscoll)
REAR WINDOW. The convalescing photographer L.B. “Jeff” Jefferies (Jimmy
DRIVE-IN MONSTERAMA. It’s one sign of warmer weather: drive-ins! Riverside opens for the season with this two-night Monster-rama. Friday is 1980s horror: Friday the 13th, The Burning, The Return of the Living Dead and Day of the Dead. Saturday night is a slate of American International features from the 1970s: Scream, Blacula, Scream; Sugar Hill; Blood and Lace; and The Thing With Two Heads. Gates open at 7 p.m.; films begin at dusk. Fri., April 5, and Sat., April 6. Riverside Drive-In, Route 66, North Vandergrift. 724-568-1250 or www.riversidedrivein.com. $10 per night; overnight camping available for an additional $10 per person THE IDEA THIEF. Local filmmaker Jonathan R. Skocik’s feature-length shaggy-dog comedy depicts a struggling young writer who thinks his work is being stolen by a more successful author. It’s a convenient set-up for riffs about being creative and wanting more out of life, even if those pathways seem unclear. Produced and filmed locally, it even includes a metariff about wannabe Pittsburgh filmmakers going for — what else? — the low-budget zombie movie. 7 p.m. Sat., April 6. Hollywood. $5 (AH) BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FEST. The popular touring program of short films celebrating the outdoors — and all the totally extreme things you can do there — returns with two nights of big-screen adventuring. Saturday’s program includes films on: rock-climbing, biking, kayaking, snowmobiling and wire-walking by moonlight. On Sunday, check out: mountainbiking, big waterfalls, a South Pole trek, the Canadian Rockies and more rock-climbing. 7 p.m. Sat., April 6, and 5 p.m. Sun., April 7. Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Downtown. $12-24. www.ventureoutdoors.org BLACK MARIA FILM FESTIVAL TOURING PROGRAM. This touring festival, now in its 32nd year,
Film Kitchen offers a selection of cutting-edge shorts: animation, documentary, narrative and experimental. Black Maria founder John Columbus will introduce this year’s crop of award-winners. 7:30 p.m. Sat., April 6. Melwood THE WIZARD OF OZ. If your viewings of Victor Fleming’s 1939 musical film have been via TV only, you owe it to yourself to see this classic on the big screen. Join Dorothy (Judy Garland) and her little dog, too, on their unforgettable Technicolor journey to the Land of Oz — a wondrous place that, ultimately, isn’t quite as wonderful as Kansas. Midnight, Sat., April 6. Manor (AH)
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held over from last month’s screening are four shorts by Scott Whiteman: two music videos, the darkly comic “Sleeping Pills” and “Left Behind Like Son,” an unlikely mashup of two Kirk Cameron films. 8 p.m. Tue., April 9 (7 p.m. reception). Melwood. $5. 412-6819500 (Bill O’Driscoll) YOU’VE BEEN TRUMPED. Anthony Baxter’s documentary follows several years of struggle in Aberdeen, Scotland, as a handful of farmers and other country folk fight to keep Donald Trump from building a luxury golf resort immediately adjacent to their homes. And the proposed resort’s impact goes beyond a few property-owners: The land in question is a pristine wild coastal dune, among the last remaining such eco-systems in Great Britain. It’s a David-vs.-Goliath battle: Both sides are stubborn and media-savvy, but Trump’s side clearly has the influence of money and political connections. Screens as part of CMU’s Faces of Media festival. 7 p.m. Wed., April 10. McConomy Auditorium, CMU campus, Oakland. www.cmu.edu/faces. $8 ($5 students/ seniors) (AH)
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NORTH BY NORTHWEST. This 1959 thriller is the source for not one but two of director Alfred Hitchcock’s most memorable scenes: Cary Grant running from a crop-duster, 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. 7:30 p.m. Wed., April 10. AMC Loews. $5 (AH) ONE DAY MORE. A ladies man finally meets a woman he wants to pursue, but she’s set to move to New York. Massimo Venier directs this romantic comedy, which screens as part of a festival of recent Italian films, presented by the University of Pittsburgh. 7 p.m. Thu., April 11. Frick Fine Arts, Pitt campus, Oakland. Free. www.italianfilmfests.org/pittsburgh
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REGARDING “REGARDING WARHOL” Jim Krenn invites you to eavesdrop.
With an Iron City beer in one hand and an unlit cigar in the other, Jim Krenn sits comfortably behind the mic, a position he’d been missing since his departure from 102.5 WDVE-FM more than a year ago. The longtime morning-drive DJ’s return comes via a weekly podcast, “No Restrictions,” streaming free on www.sideshownetworktv.com and www.jimkrenn.com, and available for download on iTunes. The show, which debuted in March, features Krenn and local comedian and impressionist Terry Jones. Joining them are Pittsburgh transplant John Evans, a 2008 semi-finalist on NBC’s Last Comic Standing, and former ’DVE contributor Mike Wysocki, who writes a “Twisted Sports” segment read in “Weekend Update” style. It’s structured like a morning show, including pre-recorded skits — like parody Food Network programs hosted by Jones’ Samuel L. Jackson. Familiar Krenn characters like Ralph the Cat and Stanley P. Kachowski will appear. But mostly, Krenn will showcase new voices, such as George Clooney, Paul Giamatti, Morgan Freeman, Bryant Gumbel and Deepak Chopra. Podcast guests have included cartoonist Rob Rogers, businessman and political candidate “Dok” Harris and comedian and filmmaker Tom Megalis. The next episode features comedian, actor and director Bobcat Goldthwait. The podcasts are recorded in Krenn’s agent’s studio, in Moon, and occasionally on location — including an upcoming Bigfoot Conference in Salt Fork, Ohio. In warmer weather they’ll tape some on his back porch. “The show is like a conversation at the corner of the bar — a few friends bullshitting around beers. The guests are sort of bellying up to the bar to join in,” Krenn says. “And the listener is just eavesdropping on the conversation. “‘No Restrictions’ is a reinvention for me in certain ways. This is going to be the signature comedy of my life, creatively. It’s the most exciting writing I’ve ever done. And podcasting is like the new frontier.” The show was selected as a “New & Noteworthy” podcast on iTunes. “It’s not exactly an old shoe, but a new shoe that fits really well,” says Krenn. Krenn is also doing more standup. This weekend he’ll take the stage at Latitude 40. Opening and emceeing for him are Jones and Wysocki — “so it will give the audience a sense of what the podcast is like.”
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These include three by Hans Haacke alone, plus Cady Noland, Ed Ruscha, Jean-Michel Basquiat, John Baldessari, Bruce Nauman, Cindy Sherman, Maurizio Cattelan, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, et al. The exhibit skews blue-chip and could lose some Jeff Koons sculptures to make way for more youthful energy along the lines of Ryan Trecartin, as this isn’t a post mortem; Warhol’s influence is far from over.
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In this, its second and final venue, the exhibit is presented in more expansive quarters while retaining its core — including the assertion that Warhol’s influence is profound, pervasive and hard to pin down. But it’s also somewhat different, with Warhol Museum Director Eric Shiner tweaking the exhibit by adding works
and reconfiguring the layout. The interpretive schemes remain largely intact, addressing such themes as appropriation, gay identity, collaboration and even abstraction. But according to Shiner, an effort’s been made to create juxtapositions based more on ideas and less on similarity of appearance. And the art that was added doesn’t hurt, from the tower of Brillo boxes by Charles Lutz (b. Pittsburgh 1982, lives — yep — in Brooklyn) filling the lobby to Kara Walker’s controversial screenprints and bonus Warhols. Virtually the entire museum was reinstalled to accommodate and buttress the exhibit, including adding cases of illuminating archival materials, from unpaid bills to pulp novels that Warhol collected. In fact, the exhibit tapers off at certain points, such that one has to look closely at the labels to tell which works by Warhol belong to it; but as with the Deborah Kass show that was recently installed throughout the museum, the more Warhol works on hand for comparison, the better. With approximately 145 works of art,
the emphasis is on painting — too much so — and to a lesser extent on sculpture. Also on display are photographs, film and video, and an occasional artist’s book or other outlier. The exhibit snares the usual suspects as well as some less expected, casting a wide net to include those who reinterpret Warhol’s ideas and artworks or reference them or react against them. Except where Super PACs are concerned, influence is notoriously hard to isolate because it flows here and there and sometimes both ways, and is often unnoted or even denied by those under its sway. Then there’s the complication of concurrent developments among Warhol, Gerhard Richter and others — not to mention Alex Katz’s claim, quoted in a wall label, that Warhol stole from him. Influence is a morass, but the juxtaposition of works gives one a lot to think about regarding the intangible, but undeniable, nature of influence beyond overt similarities.
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Jeff Koons’ “Puppy” (1998)
While pursuing success, Warhol took art beyond traditional subjects and the cloistered artist’s studio. His exercise of freedom in underexplored territories was inspiring then and now, and he helped open the way for new forms of video, political art, installation art and even the social interventions known as “relational aesthetics.” Warhol’s art addressed the audience more directly than much modern art had, and that’s the main thread that I see linking the artists influenced by him. You can debate what an artwork by Warhol means, but there’s never any doubt concerning what it’s about. Though Warhol was often working with subjects and themes of personal importance, the apparent simplicity of his art seemed to place us, the audience, at the center of things — which we now take for granted is our rightful place. INFO@ PGHC ITYPAP ER.CO M
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Stormin’ Mormons: Mark Evans (center) and Christopher John O’Neill (right) with Phyre Hawkins in The Book of Mormon
MORMONS! {BY TED HOOVER} WHEN The Book of Mormon opened on Broadway, in 2011, it was greeted with accolades that would have made Jesus blush … or should that be the Angel Moroni? Winning nine Tonys, Mormon was hailed as the reboot of the American musical; since it was from the South Park guys, people who don’t usually go to musicals (i.e., straight men) would go to this. The credits list the book, music and lyrics by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone. Lopez wrote the Tony-winning score to Avenue Q. Parker is listed as co-director with Casey Nicholaw, who supplies the choreography. A touring version is here as part of PNC Broadway Across America. In the beginning … we meet Elder Price, a young Mormon whose optimism matches his naiveté. For his mandatory missionary work, he’s hoping to be sent to Orlando … but gets Uganda. Worse, he’s paired with Elder Cunningham, a nebbishy, nerdy, needy nobody. But the Mormon church has done nothing to prepare them for life in this small Ugandan village. AIDS has infected 80 percent of the people, and a warlord is demanding the clitoral mutilation of the women.
You can write the rest of the plot yourself. They fail to convert any villagers, their friendship ends in acrimony … and the second act brings redemption and rebirth. What’s surprising about Mormon is just how negligible the script is; it’s really a series of big numbers with just enough words to get from one to the next. That’s not a criticism, but since it is Parker and Stone I was expecting a lot more in the way of jokey dialogue scenes. But be assured those numbers are funny, a lot of which has to do with Nicholaw’s choreography. I’m not much of a dance fan, but he manages to shove as many jokes into the movement as the writers do into the lyrics. Fully 50 percent of the fun of Mormon is Nicholaw’s doing.
FULLY 50 PERCENT OF THE FUN OF MORMON IS CHOREOGRAPHER NICHOLAW’S DOING.
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And, um, about those lyrics … I mention this only because several people have asked. The language is rough. And I don’t mean off-color schoolboy stuff. I mean that one of the lyrics is “Fuck
you, God! In the cunt!” If such language (and there’s a lot of it) bothers you, you’d probably best avoid this show. Samantha Marie Ware plays and sings Nabulungi, the love interest, with a powerful presence and gorgeous voice. Mark Evans and Christopher John O’Neill, as Price and Cunningham, display wellhoned comedy chops, and Evans makes easy work of his several power ballads. In a number of supporting roles, Grey Henson proves to be an oldfashioned song-and-dance man, and it’s left to Kevin Mambo, as Mafala Hatimbi, to be the show’s only nod to sincerity, and he’s quietly touching.
certain vices than with simply imagining them as older and none the wiser. Sure, Tigger (lustily played by Scott Vickinovac) is more than a little randy, no surprise for a teen-age cat. But the melancholic Eeyore (a charming bit of self-loathing by Sean Michael Gallaher) is no sloth. There’s nothing the least bit envious about Carrie L. Shoberg’s perky porcine Piglet, and it’s unfair to equate Adrienne Fischer’s much-put-upon Rabbit with greed. David J. Fielding does the pompous Owl proud, but there’s no sin in that. The overbearing (sorry) Joseph A. Roots plays Pooh with a heart of gold underneath the eating disorder. Vincent Anthony Bombara (what is it with all these triple names?) and Kira McManus complete the Milne ménage as Roo and Kanga, respectively. The “villains” are more fun: slick-talking Jen James as the Heffalump and Shoberg himself as the mad and maddening Woozle. Also multi-tasking, Ms. Shoberg has created costumes that are more than a match for hubby’s wordplay.
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FOR HER LATEST dance work, Mash Up Body, Philadelphia-based choreographer Kate Watson-Wallace took a page from the contemporary-music playbook. WatsonWallace worked with the processes of sampling, remixing and layering ideas and materials to create a 45-minute multimedia performance installation. Her troupe, anonymous bodies, will premiere the show April 5 and 6 at the Alloy Studios. “It’s a meditation on identity and presentation,” says Watson-Wallace by phone from New York, where the troupe, including Pittsburgh’s Jasmine Hearn, was putting the finishing touches on the piece.
has also created works for Philadelphia dance companies BalletX and Carbon Dance Theatre. Set to an electronic composition by Christopher Sean Powell, which he will perform live, Mash Up Body is a work in two halves. Watson-Wallace describes the first half as a dance that is beautiful and moody like a David Lynch film, and the second half as a comedic comment on the first. Primarily improvised, the show’s second half deconstructs the opening dance, poking fun at it and the conventions of, and audience assumptions about, contemporary dance. The dancers direct each other in dismantling and remixing the original dance, changing everything from its set and costumes to its lighting. The intimate work (which contains adult language and possibly nudity) plays with layering media images, sampling movement from a Madonna video and from well-known German choreographers Pina Bausch and Sasha Waltz. In addition, Mash Up Body looks at how we try on different identities in our modern lives, from our everyday personas to our identities at work or on social media. The dancers will manifest some of that onstage by trying to do multiple things at once and, at times, trying to “become” a fellow dancer. “I am definitely interested in order and chaos on stage,” says Watson-Wallace.
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Watson-Wallace is no stranger to Pittsburgh dance audiences. Her work and that of anonymous bodies, which she co-directs with Jaamil Olawale Kosoko, has been seen locally at the Kelly-Strayhorn Theater, both at annual newMoves Contemporary Dance Festival and in 2009’s shopping-themed work, Store. Watson-Wallace
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+ THU., APRIL 04 {STAGE} Quantum Theatre breaks more new ground in an old building. The company’s latest is Dream of Autumn, the worldpremiere English-language production of this 1999 work by acclaimed contemporary Norwegian playwright Jon Fosse. Works like Dream — about two old acquaintances (perhaps lovers?) meeting in a graveyard — have earned Fosse comparisons to Beckett. U.S.-based Fosse champion Sarah Cameron Sunde directs a cast including Martin Giles, Karla Boos, Laurie Klatscher, Gregory Lehane and Jennifer Tobin. The show’s staged in the former Park Schenley Restaurant, in Oakland’s grand
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{ART} The now-reopened Western State Penitentiary is the focus of Pittsburgh artist Mark Perrot’s photography exhibit E BLOCK, new at Filmmaker
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troupe enlists six playwrights to each take a 90-minute citybus ride, then starts a 24-hour clock during which six one-act plays based on those experiences must be written, cast and staged. Each year, many of Pittsburgh’s top writers, directors and actors participate. The clock on the eighth annual BUS starts ticking tonight, when there’s a reception and actor parade for those who spring for a top-tier VIP ticket. The six plays are staged tomorrow night, at the New Hazlett Theater (with another VIP reception and afterparty). BO VIP reception: 7-10 p.m. (937 Liberty Ave., Downtown; $150). Performance: 8 p.m. Sat., April 6 (6 Allegheny Square East, North Side; $4075). www.bricolagepgh.org
{STAGE} Perhaps the city’s most artistically ambitious annual fundraiser is Bricolage Urban Scrawl. The Bricolage stage
The one-inch button is a staple in the worlds of punk rock and activism. Tonight, as part of the Unblurred gallery crawl, The Mr. Roboto Project hosts Inch by Inch, Block by Block, an exhibit of more than 3,000 of these understated buttons. These donated buttons — recycled and recognizable leather-jacket and backpack accessories span a wide spectrum of uses. Also on display are new buttons designed by local artists that guests can enter a contest to win. In the spirit of recycling, visitors are encouraged to bring unwanted pins for a “take a pin, leave a pin” area. Tonight’s opening reception features live music by local acts Unstitched and
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Cynthia Croot is a writer, stage director and humanitarian activist who’s even represented the U.S. abroad, on a 2004 delegation to Syria. But she found her latest project in her backyard. Croot, a Pitt assistant professor of theater arts, was inspired by City of Asylum/Pittsburgh, the independent local incarnation of an international initiative to shelter writers persecuted or threatened in their homelands. COAP, founded by Henry Reese and Diane Samuels, housed its first writer, Chinese dissident poet Huang Xiang, in a house on the North Side in 2004. Several more writers from around the world have followed, even as COAP itself has become a cultural force, hosting literary and musical events. “I was moved that Pittsburgh played such an important role in the lives of these writers, and I wanted to do something to honor their stories,” says Croot. Croot, who has international directing credits, used interviews of and writings by Huang, Burmese journalist and poet Khet Mar, El Salvadoran novelist Horacio Castellanos Moya and the current writer-in-residence, Venezuelan novelist Israel Centeno, to craft their theatrical portraits. Further development of the stage work City of Asylum was done in collaboration with the production’s student cast (pictured). The show’s world-premiere run at Pitt Rep includes 10 performances at the Charity Randall Theatre. Bill O’Driscoll Thu., April 4-14. Stephen Foster Memorial, Forbes Avenue at Bigelow, Oakland. $12-25. 412-624-7529 or www.play.pitt.edu
{DANCE} What happens when you cross RuPaul with Carol Burnett and classical ballet? You get the world’s most beloved ballet-parody drag company, Les Ballets du Trockadero de Monte Carlo. Founded in 1974, the New York-based Russian-style troupe with the French name brings its awardwinning humor to the Byham Theater for a Pittsburgh Dance Council show. The Trocks have delighted audiences globally with their faithful renditions of ballet classics and contemporary works — performed by classically trained male dancers in every role — while spoofing ballet’s conventions, accidents
“Concerto Barocco,” entitled “Go For Barocco,” to music by Bach; and its signature work, “Swan Lake Act II.” Steve Sucato 8 p.m. 101 Sixth St., Downtown. $19-48. 412-4566666 or www.trustarts.org.
+ SAT., APRIL 06 {SCREEN} The Banff Mountain Film Festival returns to the friendly confines of the Byham Theater. The touring fest collects slickly made shorts about everything outdoors, from wildlife and conservation to extreme sports in spectacular locations. (Expect plenty of rockclimbing.) The year’s selections — with distinct programs tonight and tomorrow —
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{ART} The Gallery 4 marks its third anniversary with Salon Show 2013. It’s the Shadyside venue’s annual showcase for upand-coming artists. The open submission process is complete, and now you can see whose work was deemed appropriate for the gallery’s sometimesfunky, sometimes-edgy aesthetic. The show also includes new stuff from older hands including Brian Holderman, Matt Hunter, Shervin Iranshahr and Anthony Purcell. Tonight is the opening reception. BO 7-11 p.m. Exhibit continues through April 27. 206 S. Highland Ave., Shadyside. Free. 412-363-5050 or www.thegallery4.us
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Va., and what he calls the rural/backwards hills of West Virginia. He blends painting and collage (mining imagery including his own photoo graphs), and views collage as v a means of “assembling “a awareness.” Box B Heart hosts an opening reception today. re JI Noon-3 p.m p.m. Exhibit continues through April 27. thro 4523 Liberty Ave., Bloomfield. A Free. 412-687-8858 or 412-687 www.boxheartgallery.com www.boxhea
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+ THU., APRIL 11 {WORDS} One of the big stars of the urban sustainability movement speaks here tonight. Majora Carter rose to prominence by advocating for — and achieving — green development in her South Bronx community, everything from job training to a new riverfront park. The consultant, real-estate developer and broadcaster, known for her TED Talks, remains a sought-after speaker nationally on topics like harnessing the power of gentrification to actually improve poor neighborhoods, not just repopulate them with richer people. She’s at Carnegie Library for the Inspire Speakers Series, a collaboration of Phipps and the Green Building Alliance. BO 5:30-8:30 p.m. 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland. $25-45. www.go-gba.org
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residence at the South Pole finds herself in an unlikely conversation w/ the leader of the 1912 British Antarctic expedition, while her daughter embarks on her own adventure w/ an insomniac EMT. Thu-Sun. Thru April 7. Pittsburgh Playhouse, Oakland. 412-392-8000. BLOWIN’ IN THE WIND. Feat. music of Peter, Paul & Mary, The Mamas & Papas, John Denver, Simon & Garfunkle, more. Presented by Pohl Productions. Sat., April 6, Sat, Sun and Fri., April 19. Thru April 21. Crowne Plaza Hotel, Bethel Park. 724-746-1178. THE BOOK OF MORMON. Musical comedy by Trey Parker & Matt Stone. Tue-Sun. Thru April 7. Benedum Center, Downtown. 412-456-4800. CINDERELLA. Fri, Sat. Thru April 6. Comtra Theatre, Cranberry. 724-591-8727. CITY OF ASYLUM. Play by
Cynthia Croot giving a voice to the work of exiled artists from China, El Salvador, Burma, & Venezuela. Tue-Sun. Thru April 14. Charity Randall Theatre, Oakland. 412-624-7529. DREAM OF AUTUMN. Two former lovers face the forces of the past & future. Presented by Quantum Theatre. 3955 Bigelow Blvd., Oakland. Wed-Sun. Thru April 28. 1-888-718-4253. ELEANOR—AN AMERICAN LOVE STORY. The story of Eleanor Roosevelt. Presented by the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg. April 4-5. Palace Theatre, Greensburg. 724-836-9942. GODSPELL. Musical based on the Gospel According to St. Matthew. April 5-14. Grand Theatre, Elizabeth. 412-384-0504. LEND ME A TENOR. Opera comedy by Ken Ludwig. Presented by the CCAC–South Campus Theatre. Thu-Sat and Wed., April 10. Thru April 13. CCAC South Campus, West
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Mifflin. 412-469-6219. LITTLE GEM. Three generations of middle-class Irish women tell the story of one extraordinary COMEDY OPEN MIC. Thu. year. Tue-Sun. Thru May 5. Thru April 25 Hambone’s, City Theatre, South Side. Lawrenceville. 412-681-4318. 412-431-2489. MICHAEL CAPOZZOLA, TERRY THURGOOD. The life story JONES, MIKE BUZELLI. Comics 4 of Thurgood Marshall, first Comics. Benefits The ToonSeum. African-American Supreme 8 p.m. Little E’s, Downtown. Court Justice. Tue-Sun. 412-232-0199. Thru April 7. O’Reilly Theater, Downtown. 412-316-1600. COMEDY RIOT WINNIE-THE-POOH & SHOWCASE. THE SEVEN DEADLY www. per 9 p.m. Hambone’s, a p SINS. A vulgar twist pghcitym Lawrenceville. .co on the classic characters 412-681-4318. of A. A. Milne. Presented PITTSBURGH by The Rage of Stage Players. COMEDY SHOWCASE Thu-Sat. Thru April 6. Off W/ MIKE WYSOCKI. Fri, the Wall Theater, Carnegie. 9 p.m. Corner Cafe, South Side. 724-292-8427. 412-488-2995. YOU SAY TOMATO, I SAY SHUT UP! A 21st century love story where “Happily Ever BILL BELLAMY. April 5-7 After” meets “It’s Complicated” The Improv, Waterfront. Wed-Sun. Thru May 5. Cabaret 412-462-5233. at Theater Square, Downtown. 412-325-6769.
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TUE 09 OPEN MIC STAND UP COMEDY NITE. Hosted by Derek Minto & John Pridmore. Tue, 9:30 p.m. Smiling Moose, South Side. 412-612-4030.
WED 10 JOKEE OAKEE. Comedy open stage hosted by Tonnochi:B. Wed Younger’s, North Side. 412-452-3267. STAND-UP COMEDY OPEN MIC. Wed, 8 p.m. The BeerHive, Strip District. 412-904-4502. WHAM CITY COMEDY TOUR. 8 p.m. Arcade Comedy Theater, Downtown. 412-339-0608. CONTINUES ON PG. 41
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NEW THIS WEEK 28 WEST SECOND GALLERY & STUDIO SPACE. Whatever Works: A Hang Your Own Art Exhibition. Work by Robert Drakulic, Brent George, Robyn Graham, Michael Hegedus & James Miller. Opening reception: April 6, 7-10 p.m. Greensburg. 724-205-9033. 3RD STREET GALLERY. Visions of Nature. New works by Nan Hought & Pat Patterson. Opening reception April 6, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Carnegie. 412-276-5233. 707 PENN GALLERY. Adult Arcade. New works by Marc Burgess. Opening reception, April 5, 6-9 p.m. Downtown. 412-325-7017. 709 PENN GALLERY. In Cast of Characters. Curators Vicky Clark & Cindy Lisica bring together 6 diverse artists to question the nature of our everyday existence & our relationship to larger-thanlife heroes & gods. Opening reception April 5 6-8 p.m. Downtown. 412-471-6070. ARTISAN. Tintype Venom of the Sun, Poison of the Moon. A sibling show featuring pottery by Michael Rozzi & prints by Adrienne Rozzi. Opening April 5, 7-10 p.m. Garfield. BOXHEART GALLERY. Shed. Mixed media collage by Tate Hudson. Artist reception: April 7, noon-3 p.m. Bloomfield. 412-687-8858. BOULEVARD GALLERY. Follow Your Dreams. Work by Pamela Price & Karen McKee. Artist reception: April 6, 6-9 p.m. Verona. 412-828-1031. BUNKERPROJECTS. Incarnate. Stop & go animation by Annalisa Barron. Opens April 5, 6-9 p.m. One night only. Garfield. 814-574-7930.
CAVO. Marvel. Local artist showcase feat. D.S. Kinsel, Ricky Pirozzi, Angel O’ Connor, Derrik Hubenthal, Mike Ramsey, Tori Krout, more. Opens April 4, 8 p.m. Presented by RAW: natural born artists. Steubenville. 412-339-0917. CHRISTINE FRECHARD GALLERY. Laura Jean McLaughlin, Jane Ogren. Opening reception: April 4, 58 p.m. Squirrel Hill. 412-421-8888. EAST END BOOK EXCHANGE. The Surreal Banana Peel: Whimsical Collage Wizardry. Work by Joel Brown. Opening reception: 6-8 p.m. Bloomfield. 412-224-2847. FILMMAKERS GALLERIES. E Block. Photography by Mark Perrott. Opening reception: April 5, 6-9 p.m. Oakland. 412-681-5449. GALLERIE CHIZ. Flying Bird to River Town & More. Paintings by Tim Menees & ceramics by Holly Van Dine. Opening reception: April 5, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Shadyside. 412-441-6005. THE GALLERY 4. Salon Show 2013. Group show feat. work selected from 100s of entries. Opening reception April 6, 711 p.m. Shadyside. 412-363-5050. GALLERY ON 43RD STREET. April in Paris. Photography by Scott Davidson. Opening reception: April 5, 7-10 p.m. Lawrenceville. 412-683-6488. GARFIELD ARTWORKS. Unfinished Business. New paintings by Natiq Jalil & Paige Babin. Opening April 5, 7-10 p.m. Garfield. 412-361-2262. IRMA FREEMAN CENTER FOR IMAGINATION. SAFE LIGHT. Multi-media collaboration between Nick & Dennis Childers. Opening reception: April 5, 7-
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10 p.m. Garfield. 412-924-0634. MODERNFORMATIONS GALLERY. Four Suites. The artwork of Susan Constanse, Jean McClung, John Morris, & Laurie Trok. Opening reception April 6, 7 p.m. Garfield. 412-362-0274. MORGAN CONTEMPORARY GLASS GALLERY. teapots! Work by Nancy Adams, Marilyn Andrews, Ronit Dagan, Eric Boos, Barbara Poole, Frank FLynn, Lavon Williams, more. Opening reception: April 5, 5:308 p.m. Shadyside. 412-441-5200. OUTLAW STUDIOS. CandyLand. Work by Nat Chamberlin & Brian Holton. Opens April 5, 7-10 p.m. One night only. Strip District. 412-471-1085. PENN AVENUE ARTS DISTRICT. Unblurred Gallery Crawl. April 5. Garfield. 412-441-6147-ext.-7. THE ROCKING HORSE. Point Park University Photography Senior Thesis Show. Opening reception: April 5, 6-9 p.m. Lawrenceville. 412-235-7885. SHAW GALLERIES. Discovering Realities. Paintings by Deborah Baugh. Opening reception: April 5, 5-8 p.m. Downtown. 412-281-4884. SILVER EYE CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY. Continuum. Work by Doug DuBois & Aaron Blum. Gallery talk & reception April 12, 6-8:30 p.m. South Side. 412-431-1810. SWEETWATER CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Small Shrines. Juried exhibit feat. 2D & 3D works made in honor, dedication or celebration of an individual, a group of people, a place, a thing or an idea. Artist reception: April 26, 6-9 p.m. Sewickley. 412-741-4405. CONTINUES ON PG. 42
Regarding Warhol: Sixty Artists, Fifty Years. Juxtaposing prime examples of Warhol’s paintings, sculpture, & films with those by other artists who reinterpret, respond, or react to his work. North Side. 412-237-8300. BOST BUILDING. Collectors. Preserved materials reflecting the industrial heritage of Southwestern PA. Homestead. 412-464-4020. CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART. 20/20: Celebrating Two Decades of the Heinz Architectural Center. Feat. timeline highlighting important exhibitions & events, a display of 20 objects from the collection selected by current or past curatorial staff, more. Oakland. 412-622-3131. CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. Empowering Women: Artisan Cooperatives that Transform Communities. Folk art objects illustrating the power of women working together to provide for their families, educate their children, promote equality, & give back to their communities. BugWorks. Feat. beautiful photography of insects, amazing specimens, & live bugs! Ongoing: Earth Revealed, Dinosaurs In Their Time, 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. CENTER FOR POSTNATURAL HISTORY. Explore the complex interplay between culture, nature and biotechnology. Open Fridays 5-8, Saturdays 12-4 & Sundays 12-4. Garfield. 412-223-7698. COMPASS INN. Demos and tours with costumed guides featuring this restored stagecoach stop. Ligonier. 724-238-4983. DEPRECIATION LANDS MUSEUM. Small living history museum celebrating the settlement and history of the Depreciation Lands. Allison Park. 412-486-0563. FALLINGWATER. Tour the famed Frank Lloyd Wright house. Ohiopyle. 724-329-8501. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Tours of 13 Tiffany stainedglass windows. Downtown. 412-471-3436. 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, middle-class home. Oakmont. 412-826-9295.
EVENT: Shadow Lounge Legacy Series, East Liberty CRITIC: Chad Glick, 35, a musician from East Side WHEN: Sat.,
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I think the venue has given a lot of artists an opportunity to perform when they otherwise would not have. I went to high school with [Shadow Lounge owner Justin Strong]. He has always been a go-getter and if it wasn’t for him, this whole area wouldn’t be developing these big multimillion-dollar buildings everywhere. There have been some rocky times around the closing [of Shadow Lounge] and a lot of things were said about some people involved, but tonight is great because it’s like a reunion of sorts. Despite everything, it is great to see everyone here to celebrate this venue. Shadow Lounge has been a really special place for creative types in the city, and tonight we get to celebrate that. BY JEFF IHAZA
MARIDON MUSEUM. Collection includes jade and ivory statues from China and Japan, as well as Meissen porcelain. Butler. 724-282-0123. MCGINLEY HOUSE & MCCULLY LOG HOUSE. Historic homes open for tours, lectures and more. Monroeville. 412-373-7794. NATIONAL AVIARY. Home to more than 600 birds from over 200 species. With classes, lectures, demos and more. North Side. 412-323-7235. OLD ST. LUKE’S. Pioneer church features 1823 pipe organ, Revolutionary War graves. Scott. 412-851-9212. PENNSYLVANIA TROLLEY MUSEUM. Trolley rides and exhibits. Includes displays, walking tours, gift shop, picnic area and Trolley Theatre. Washington. 724-228-9256. PHIPPS CONSERVATORY & BOTANICAL GARDEN. Spring Flower Show. Feat. bold blooms & sweet scents based on Frances Hodgson Burnett’s children’s classic, The Secret Garden. 14 indoor rooms & 3 outdoor gardens feature exotic plants and floral displays from around the world. Oakland. 412-622-6914. PINBALL PERFECTION. Pinball museum & players club. West View. 412-931-4425. PITTSBURGH ZOO & PPG AQUARIUM. Home to 4,000 animals, including many endangered species. Highland Park. 412-665-3639.
RACHEL CARSON HOMESTEAD. A Reverence for Life. Photos and artifacts of her life & work. Springdale. 724-274-5459. RIVERS OF STEEL NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA. Exhibits on the Homestead Mill. Steel industry and community artifacts from 1881-1986. Homestead. 412-464-4020. SENATOR JOHN HEINZ HISTORY CENTER. 1968: The Year that Rocked America. Nearly a dozen interactive video presentations & more than 100 evocative artifacts that explore how the year 1968 helped shape our modern world. From Slavery to Freedom. Highlight’s Pittsburgh’s role in the anti-slavery movement. Ongoing: Western PA Sports Museum, Clash of Empires, and exhibits on local history, more. Strip District. 412-454-6000. SENATOR LOWRIE HOUSE. The Civil War in Pennsylvania. Butler. 724-283-8116. SOLDIERS & SAILORS MEMORIAL HALL. Military museum dedicated to honoring military service members since the Civil War through artifacts & personal mementos. Oakland. 412-621-4253. ST. NICHOLAS CROATIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. Maxo Vanka Murals. Mid-20th century murals depicting war, social justice and the immigrant experience in America. Millvale. 421-681-0905. CONTINUES ON PG. 42
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TRINITY GALLERY. Evolution. New work by Matt Gatto. Opening reception: April 6, 7-9:30 p.m. Lawrenceville. 412-687-2458. TUGBOAT PRINT SHOP. “The Moon” Print Release Party. Open studio & sneak peak of upcoming works. Opens April 5, 5-8 p.m. Lawrenceville. 412-621-0663. THE UNION HALL. Light/Dark: Shades of Self & Surface. Paintings by Rachael Ryan. Opening reception: April 5, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Strip District. 412-471-1900. UNSMOKE ART SPACE. Faster Than Walking. Work by Lindsey Peck Scherloum & Sarah Leavens. Opening reception: April 6, 6-9 p.m. & by appointment. Braddock. WHITEHALL ARTS. Spring Art Exhibit. Paintings in various mediums, all for sale. Opens April 8. Mt. Lebanon. 412-668-0573.
ONGOING ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM. I Just Want to Watch: Warhol’s Film, Video and Television. Long-term exhibition of Warhol’s film & video work. Permanent collection. Artwork and artifacts by the famed Pop Artist. North Side. 412-237-8300. BARCO LAW BUILDING. The Art of Japanese Noh Drama Tsukioka Kogyo, 1869-1927. Japanese woodblock prints from the collection on Richard & Mae Smethurst. Oakland. 412-648-1490. BE GALLERIES. Where I Live. Paintings by Paul Rouphail, poems by Maria Rouphail. Lawrenceville. 412-687-2606. BFG CAFE. Support Local Artist Exhibit. Group show, through April. Garfield. 412-661-2345. BLUE OLIVE GALLERIES. All Local Artists. Muli media, pottery, woods & jewelry. Frazier. 724-275-7001. BOTTLEBRUSH GALLERY & SHOP. Audrey Nicola. Seneca Valley High School student’s Senior Show. Harmony. 724-452-0539. THE BREW HOUSE. 42.8864° N, 78.8786° W. Feat. work by 10 artists from the Buffalo (NY) Arts Studio. Part of the Distillery 7 Exchange Program. South Side. 412-381-7767. CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART. Japan is the Key: Collecting Prints & Ivories, 1900–1920. Collections from the early years of the Carnegie Institute. Oakland. 412-622-3131. CHATHAM UNIVERSITY. Culture in Context. African Art from the Olkes Collection. Shadyside. 412-365-1232. FE GALLERY. Austerity & Self-Sustainability. Installation by John Eastman & Donovan Widmer. Lawrenceville. 412-860-6028. THE FRAME GALLERY CARNEGIE MELLON. 15th
Annual Kaleidoscope Exhibition. Work by students in Carnegie Mellon University’s BXA Intercollege Degree programs. Through April 6. Squirrel Hill. 412-268-2000. FRICK ART & HISTORICAL CENTER. A Kind of Alchemy: Medieval Persian Ceramics. A look at the diversity of ceramics made in ancient Persia, now present-day Iraq, Iran, & Afghanistan. Feat. 10th-century splashware, buffware, slippainted ware, lusterware & 14th-century fritware, more. Permanent collection of European Art. Point Breeze. 412-371-0600. FUTURE TENANT. MM/DD/ YYYY. Artwork by current CMU School of Art undergraduate students. Downtown. 412-325-7037. GALERIE WERNER, THE MANSIONS ON FIFTH. The Classic Collection: European & American Classical & Academic Styles. Early 19th & 20th century paintings. Oakland. 412-716-1390. GLENN GREENE STAINED GLASS STUDIO INC. Original Glass Art by Glenn Greene. Exhibition of new work, recent work & older work. Regent Square. 412-243-2772. GREENSBURG ART CENTER. Illumination. Juried exhibition by the Pittsburgh Society of Artists & Greensburg Art Club. Greensburg. 724-837-6791. JAMES GALLERY. unwrapped. Shibori-dyed quilts by Jan Myers-Newbury. West End. 412-922-9800. LA PRIMA ESPRESSO. Paintings/Prints of Italy. Prints of Vince Ornato’s oil paintings of Italy. Strip District. 412-281-1922. LAKEVUE ATHLETIC CLUB. Pop-Up Gallery. Work by a variety of artists. Valencia. 724-316-9326. MATTRESS FACTORY. Feminist and.. New work by Julia Cahill, Betsy Damon, Parastou Forouhar, Loraine Leeson, Ayanah Moor, & Carrie Mae Weems. Ongoing Installations. Works by Turrell, Lutz, Kusama, Anastasi, Highstein, Wexler & Woodrow. North Side. 412-231-3169. MILLER GALLERY AT CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY. Basement Miracle. Masters of Fine Arts candidates present their final work. Feat. Scott Andrew, Felipe Castelblanco, Craig Fahner, Steve Gurysh, Luke Loeffler, Dan Wilcox & Erin Womack. Oakland. 412-268-3618. OLD ECONOMY VILLAGE. Faces & Places: Photographs of Old Economy. Never before seen photography from the late 19th & early 20th centuries. Ambridge. 724-266-4500. PHOTO ANTIQUITIES. Cameras & the Famous Photos They Took. Including a copy of Daguerre’s
first camera, James Bond’s mini Minox spy unit, the Big Bertha that caught Bill Mazeroski rounding third base in 1960 Winning Series, more. North Side. 412-231-7881. PICTURESQUE PHOTOGRAPHY & GIFTS. Photography by Brenda Knoll. Lawrenceville. 412-688-0240. PITTSBURGH CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Above Dusk. Paintings by Kara Ruth Snyder. Homographies. Installation by Lizzy De Vita. Public Lives. Watercolors by William McAllister. Somewhere In Between. Installation by Lenore D. Thomas. Transience. Work by Stephen Chalmers. Untitled 1. Work by Jeremy Boyle & Mark Franchino. Shadyside. 412-361-0873. PITTSBURGH GLASS CENTER. Consciousness. Flameworked glass by Eunsuh Choi. Friendship. 412-365-2145. POINT PARK UNIVERSITY. Point Park Project 1: Kaleidoscope. Work by Di-Ay Battad, Katie Mackowick, Chris McGinnis, & Daniel Luchman. Downtown. 412-391-4100. SCHOOLHOUSE ART CENTER. The Lion & the Lamb. Oil paintings, pastels, photographs & sculptures by local artists. Bethel Park. 412-835-9898. SOCIETY FOR CONTEMPORARY CRAFT SATELLITE GALLERY. Kevin Turner: New Work. Sculpture. Downtown. 412-261-7003 x 15. SOUTHERN ALLEGHENIES MUSEUM OF ART. Red, White & Blue in Black and White: The American Scene in Prints, Drawings & Photographs. 35-some works on paper from the museum’s collection, from photographs to lithographs. Ligonier. 724-238-6015. SPACE. Mean Girls. Work by Jenn Gooch, Sonja Sweterlitsch, Randie Snow, Vanessa German, more. Downtown. 412-325-7723. STOKE’S GRILL. A Female Perspective. Work by Kim Freithaler, June Kielty, Nadya Lapets & Vickie Schilling. Ross. 412-369-5380. THE TOONSEUM. The Art of Akira. Production art from Katsuhiro Otomo’s film. Downtown. 412-232-0199. WESTMORELAND MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART. An Art(ist) in Motion. Work by Aaronel deRoy Gruber. Born of Fire: The Valley Work. Greensburg. 724-837-1500. WILDCARD. everyday balloons. Work by Chris Bencivenga & Becki Hollen. Lawrenceville. 412-224-2651. WOOD STREET GALLERIES. Power Pixels 2013. New selfgenerative video installations, includes the world premiere of Miguel Chevalier’s latest work, Digital-Archi (Meta Cities). Downtown. 412-471-5605.
FESTIVALS SAT 06 PITTSBURGH’S TARTAN DAY CELEBRATION. A family oriented Scottish festival. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Bethel Presbyterian Church, Bethel Park. 412-835-0405.
DANCE THU 04 - FRI 05 THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT FONTINA. Performance by Texture Contemporary Ballet. Thru April 5 New Hazlett Theater, North Side. 412-552-3114.
FRI 05 LES BALLETS TROCKADERO DE MONTE CARLO. Male parody ballet troupe. 8 p.m. Byham Theater, Downtown. 412-456-6666.
FRI 05 - SAT 06 MASH UP BODY. Performance installation choreographed by Kate Watson-Wallace & created by Christopher Sean Powell & Jaamil Kosoko. Feat. dancers Devynn Emory, Jasmine Hearn, Cori Olinghouse, & Marjani Forte. April 5-6 The Alloy Studios, Friendship. 412-363-3000.
FUNDRAISERS THU 04 ART IN BLOOM PREVIEW GALA: SKYLINE AFTER DARK. Cocktails, light fare, preview of the Art in Bloom exhibit. 7-11 p.m. Carnegie Museum of Art, Oakland. 412-622-3325. STAYING FIT & COMPETITIVE AT ANY AGE. w/ Dr. Vonda Wright & Dr. Aimee Kimball. Helping Women Helps the World Lecture Series, benefiting Bethlehem Haven. 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Fairmont Pittsburgh, Downtown. 412-391-1348 x 224.
FRI 05 OUTSIDE THE BOX. Live entertainment, artwork raffle, more. Benefits Future Tenant. 6-11 p.m. Union Project, Highland Park. 215-206-4428.
FRI 05 - SAT 06 B.U.S. 8. A large cast of playwrights, actors, directors, & tech crew are asked to write & stage 6 brand new plays in just 24 hours, for Bricolage’s signature fundraiser. April 5-6 New Hazlett Theater, North Side. 412-471-0999.
SAT 06 6TH ANNUAL RACE FOR GRACE. 5K & 1 Mile Walk. Benefits the Reflections Of Grace Foundation. 7 a.m. Norwin High School, North Huntingdon. 412-848-7201. BENEFIT: THE ART OF GIVING BACK. Student art sale. Benefits
Seneca Valley Intermediate & Senior High Schools. 12-3 p.m. Bottlebrush Gallery & Shop, Harmony. 724-452-0539. SHAKE YOUR BOOTIES. Benefits The Children’s Home & Lemieux Family Center. 6:30 p.m. Heinz Field, North Side. 412-441-4884. YL3RUNWAY BENEFIT: LEGACIES, IMPACTING GENERATIONS. Fashion show benefiting YoungLives Three Rivers. 2-4 p.m. Pittsburgh Marriott North, Cranberry. 724-772-3700.
SUN 07 19TH ANNUAL MGA SPORTS MEMORABILIA AUCTION. Benefits the Myasthenia Gravis Association of Western PA. 3-7 p.m. The Club at Nevillewood, Collier. 412- 276-1000. BOOK ‘EM BOOKS TO PRISONERS WORK PARTY. Read & code letters, pick books, pack ‘em or database ‘em! Sundays 4-7 p.m. or by appt. Thomas Merton Center, Garfield. 412-361-3022. BOWL FOR KIDS’ SAKE. Benefits Big Brothers Big Sisters of Butler County. 12-5 p.m. Family Bowlaway,Butler. 724-287-4733. UNSEAM’D SHAKESPEARE COMPANY ‘S 20TH ANNIVERSARY FUNDRAISER. Hors d’oeuvres, selections from this season’s productions, more. 6:30-8 p.m. Truth Lounge, South Side. 412-621-0244.
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to the Age of Dinosaurs to discover how evolution works. Feat. story theater & discovery area. Presented by Commonwealth Connections Academy. Tue-Sun. Thru May 12 Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Oakland. 412-622-3131. MOVE WITH ART. Pull levers to move a 10-foot wooden man, create images on a giant Kaleidoscope, feed rubber balls to a life-size
Duquesne University, Uptown. 412-396-6000.
FRI 05 COFFEE, TEA & TEENS. Discussion group for parents of teens. Registration requested. First Fri of every month, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. North Hills Youth Ministry Counseling Center, West View. 412-366-1300 x 25.
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PITTSBURGHERS FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT A grassroots organization made up of riders, drivers and others who value mass transit, Pittsburghers for Public Transit sees public transportation as a right. Join the group for a volunteer training session on Sun., April 14, to learn more about the transit crisis, and how you can help. 2-4 p.m. Human Services Building, 1 Smithfield St., Downtown. Call 412-518-7387 or visit www.pittsburghforpublictransit.org.
SATURDAY NIGHT STORIES. 7 p.m. Biddle’s Escape, Regent Square. 412-999-9009.
PSO BOOK CLUB. Temperament: How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western Civilization by Stuart Isacoff. 1:30 p.m. Heinz Hall, Downtown. 412-392-4900.
GREEN PARTY MEETING. First Thu of every month, 7 p.m. Citizen Power, Squirrel Hill. 412-231-1581.
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PITT-GREENSBURG WRITERS FESTIVAL. Feat. Scott Silsbe, Tony Buba, Scott McClanahan, Yona Harvey, Aaron Smith, more. April 8-11 University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, Greensburg. 724-836-7481.
MT. LEBANON WRITER’S ENGLISH LEARNERS’ BOOK GROUP. Share & edit work CLUB. For advanced ESL for personal use or students. Presented in publication. 7 p.m. cooperation w/ the Mount Lebanon Public Greater Pittsburgh Library, Mt. Lebanon. Literacy Council. 412-531-1912. www. per Thu, 1 p.m. Mount pa pghcitym Lebanon Public .co Library, Mt. Lebanon. CARNEGIE KNITS & 412-531-1912. READS. Informal knitting THE HOUR AFTER HAPPY session. Wed, 5 p.m. Carnegie HOUR WRITER’S WORKSHOP. Library, Oakland. 412-622-3116. Young writers & recent graduates JULIANNA SCOTT. Author of looking for additional feedback YA book The Holders. 6 p.m. on their work. thehourafter Barnes & Noble - Settlers Ridge, happyhour.wordpress.com Third Robinson. and First Thu of every month The Big Idea Bookstore & Cafe, Bloomfield. 412-687-4323. RE-STARTING! AMERICAN HISTORY BOOK DISCUSSION BACKYARD EXHIBIT. GROUP. April 1865, The Musical swing set, sandbox, Month That Saved America solar-powered instruments, by Jay Winik. Every other Thu, more. Ongoing Children’s 9:15 a.m. Thru April 18 Mount Museum of Pittsburgh, Lebanon Public Library, Mt. North Side. 412-322-5058. Lebanon. 412-531-1912. CHARLIE & KIWI’S TOI DERRICOTT. Poetry reading. EVOLUTIONARY ADVENTURE. Power Center Ballroom. 7 p.m. Join Charlie as he travels back
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TUE 09 SURVIVAL BASICS. Tue, 3-4:30 p.m. Schenley Park, Oakland. 412-477-4677.
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[FESTIVALS] Mellon University, Oakland. 412-567-7512. WEST COAST SWING. Swing dance lessons for all levels. Thu, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh Dance Center, Bloomfield. 412-681-0111. W&J COLLEGE ENERGY SUMMIT. Discussion of U.S. energy security. 1-6:30 p.m. Washington & Jefferson College, Washington. 724-531-6863.
THU 04 - WED 10 NORTH HILLS COMMUNITY OUTREACH FREE TAX PREP. To qualify, your 2012 income was up to $40,000 if filing jointly or up to $20,000 if filing as an individual. Appointments are available Mon & Tues afternoons through April 15. Call for appointment. Thru April 15 NHCO North Boroughs, Bellevue. 412-307-0069.
FRI 05 GRACIOUS LIVING & STYLISH ENTERTAINMENT. Presentation by Danielle Rollins, followed by a buffet luncheon. Part of the Art in Bloom exhibit. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Carnegie Music Hall, Oakland. 412-622-3325. JAZZ CONSPIRACY SWING DANCE. 8-9 p.m. dance lesson. 9- midnight open dancing 8 p.m. James Street Gastropub & Speakeasy, North Side. 412-904-3335. THE LIFE & CONSTITUTIONS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. w/ Dr. Cleon Cornes. 10 a.m. Mount Lebanon Public Library, Mt. Lebanon. 412-531-1912. OBSCURE: A NIGHT OF GOTH, KINK & PERFORMANCE ART. DJs, photo booth, vendors, more. First Fri of every month, 9 p.m. Thru June 7 Cattivo, Lawrenceville. 412-339-0825. RAINBOW RISING COFFEE HOUSE. For gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered individuals and friends. Music, games, movies, entertainment and more. Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Smithton. First Fri of every month. 724-872-5056.
This weekend, the Fourth Annual Geek Arts/ Green Innovators Festival takes over the Penn Avenue arts corridor. Friday, GA/GI infiltrates the Unblurred gallery crawl; Saturday’s events include the Global Game Jam at Most Wanted Fine Art — featuring video games created in 48 hours — plus the Lights! Camera! FASHION! show at Pittsburgh Glass Center, and an interactive installation at Assemble. Founder Christine Bethea discusses the festival’s goal of drawing together the eco, arts and technology industries. WHAT IS GA/GI’S MISSION? [It’s] to celebrate the creativity that defines all of those different industries, to give them a chance to network, and give the community an opportunity to see them working in tandem. The overall philosophy behind it is “never perfect, just beautiful.” We want to see programs and projects in process. WHAT ARE YOU EXCITED ABOUT THIS YEAR? I’m looking forward to [seeing] what collaborations the festival can create. That is our main mission. The more that happens, the happier that makes us. 6-10 p.m. Fri., April 5, and throughout Sat., April 6. Friendship, Bloomfield and Garfield. www.gagi4.blogspot.com
FRI 05 - SAT 06 8TH ANNUAL GLOBAL David Lawrence Convention PROBLEMS, GLOBAL Center, Downtown. 412-565-6000. SOLUTIONS CONFERENCE. Peace & Justice. Keynote speaker: George J. Mitchell. April 5-6 CELEBRATION NIGHT. Live Duquesne Club, Downtown. jazz, neighborhood bake-off, art 412-536-1022. workshops, more. 6-9 p.m. The GEEK ART/GREEN Corner, Oakland. 412-683-1400. INNOVATORS FESTIVAL. FREE HYDROPONIC FOR HOPE Local artists & green WORKSHOP. Hydroponic innovators examine the gardening workshop. intersection of Parish Hill Building, art, technology & North Park. 1-4 p.m. ecology. Part of North Park, Allison Park. Unblurred. April 5-6 724-371-0416. Penn Avenue Arts HIGH TEA W/ KK District, Garfield. www. per FASHION SHOW. a p ty 412-596-6521. pghci m http://kk.kaufmann. .co co/ The Inn on Negley, Shadyside. 347-899-0747. INDIAN CLASSICAL DANCE CLASS. Sat. Thru April 20 TEKKOSHOCON X-2. Japanese Mookshi Wellness Center, Regent pop culture convention. http:// Square. 412-407-7829. www.tekkoshocon.com/ April 5-7
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SAT 06 - SUN 07 25TH PASTORAL ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION. Banquet luncheon for Overseer L.C. Carter & Elder Ellen Carter, at Grand Concourse Restaurant, Station Square. Closing ceremony April 7, 10:15 a.m. & 5 p.m., at King of Kings Baptist Ministries, 5169 Broad St, E. Liberty. April 6-7. 412-661-3550. BANFF MOUNTAIN
FILM FESTIVAL. Outdoor adventure films. Presented by Venture Outdoors. April 6-7 Byham Theater, Downtown. 412-255-0564.
Society in Pgh. Woodland Hall, room 103. 1:30 p.m. Chatham University, Shadyside. 412-365-1100.
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BOUNDARIES & SELF CARE. A support group for women 30+. Second and Fourth Mon of every month Anchorpoint Counseling Ministry, North Park. THE DEN. Second and Fourth Mon of every month Carnegie Library, Oakland. 412-622-3151. GERMAN CONVERSATION GROUP. Every other Mon, 7:30 p.m. Thru April 22 Mount Lebanon Public Library, Mt. Lebanon. 412-531-1912. HOW TO PRESERVE FILM & DIGITAL IMAGES 150 YEARS. Association of University People. 7:30 p.m. Friends Meeting House, Oakland. 412-471-1212. MORNING SPANISH LITERATURE & CONVERSATION. Mon, 10 a.m. Mount Lebanon Public Library, Mt. Lebanon. 412-531-1912. SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING. Lessons 7-8 p.m., social dancing follows. No partner needed. Mon, 7 p.m. and Sat, 7 p.m. Grace Episcopal Church, Mt. Washington. 412-683-5670. SCREENPLAY PLOT DEVELOPMENT COURSE. Presented by Pittsburgh Filmmakers. Mon, 6:45 p.m. Thru April 29 Mount Lebanon Public Library, Mt. Lebanon. 412-531-1912. SPELLING BEE WITH DAVE AND KUMAR. Mon Lava Lounge, South Side. 412-431-5282.
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS CAFE. Weekly letter writing event. Sun, 4-6 p.m. Panera Bread, Oakland. 412-683-3727. COLLABORATION - A PHOTOGRAPHER & PAINTER CREATE TOGETHER. Talk by Renee Greenlee & Lena Loshonkohl. Room 1102. 1:15 p.m. Scaife Hall, Univ. of Pittsburgh, Oakland. 412-414-5344. HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS EVENT. Film screening & discussion w/ representative from The Project to End Human Trafficking. 1:30 p.m. Calvin Presbyterian Church, Zelienople. 724-816-1559. ITALIANO-ESPRESSO. Italian conversation club. Presented by Mondo Italiano. Sun, 11 a.m. Thru June 30 Biddle’s Escape, Regent Square. 412-478-3682. RIVERS OF STEEL SUNDAY HERITAGE MARKET. Farm & artist market. First Sun of every month and Third Sun of every month. Thru Sept. 15 Homestead Pump House, Munhall. 412-464-4020. THE TEST OF TRUE LOVE BOOK. Presented by Francesca Szarnicki & the Theosophical
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Savage Love {BY DAN SAVAGE}
I am trying to understand some sexual fantasies I have. They involve having sex with a woman who has a penis. Sometimes I fantasize that my wife grew a penis. The fantasies started when we first tried pegging a few years ago. We recently had our first child and can no longer find the time for such kinky sex. These fantasies have caused a strain in our relationship, and I don’t understand why I am having them or what I should do about them. I do not want to engage in a relationship with another person, I just want to know if it’s normal to have these fantasies. CONFUSED BUT HOPEFUL
Normal? No, most men don’t fantasize about their wives sprouting penises, so your fantasy isn’t normative. But no one’s sexual fantasy is. Fantasies are subjective and personal. Even the most common appeal only to small subsets of people. Here’s what you should do about your fantasies for now: Shut up and fantasize about them. Your sex life has taken a hit because you’re new parents. And considering what that pegging awoke in you, your wife may be experiencing pegger’s remorse right now. She may worry your fantasies will ultimately lead to cheating or leaving — not something a new mom (or dad) wants to contemplate. So shut up and beat off for now. In a year or maybe two, after your sex life has kicked back into gear, your wife might be willing to either explore your fantasies through role-playing games, or give you a pass to get with a woman with a dick. To understand more about your fetish, google “gynandromorphophilia.”
recently, and occasionally looked at her profile. When she posted a couple nice photos of herself, I stupidly liked them. Now she’s messaged me a couple times, and I am terrified. There are no pictures on my profile, so she doesn’t know it’s me. I don’t know what to do: Ignore the messages, come clean or what? EX CURRENTLY KEEPING SECRET
We can’t stop our exes from checking out our online personal ads, blogs, etc., but you stepped over the line when you liked your ex’s photos. That amounted to initiating contact with a woman who made it clear she no longer wished to be in contact with you. You could respond to her messages with “Hey, it’s me,” but she may feel that you tricked her into getting back in contact. A nonresponse from a presumed stranger will be less upsetting than a hello from you. There are lots of lurkers and flakes on dating sites, and it’s pretty common to send one or two messages to someone and never hear back. So don’t respond.
YOUR FANTASY ISN’T NORMATIVE. BUT NO ONE’S SEXUAL FANTASY IS.
My boyfriend recently became interested in motorcycles, which makes me nervous. We had a talk, and he settled on a motorcycle/scooter hybrid that goes only 50 miles per hour. Now he’s looking into upgrading to a full motorcycle. I am genuinely worried for his safety. However, it’s his life, we don’t have kids and I certainly don’t control him. How do you deal with your fear over a loved one’s safety when they do something that makes you nervous? WANTS IMPROVED MOTOR PRACTICES
My husband recently became interested in growing a mustache, which made me nervous for my sanity. (All of my uncles had mustaches when I was a kid, and the thought of kissing a guy with a mustache made me think of kissing my uncles and … ick.) He grew one while I was out of town. It’s his face, and I certainly don’t control him. But I control my face, and I refused to press mine to his — or press any other part of my body to any part of his — until the mustache was gone. It was gone the next day. Maybe you could take the same approach? I am a straight male. I was introduced to Fetlife — and to BDSM generally — by my former girlfriend, who has a profile on the site. The relationship ended a year ago, and things got tempestuous. We tried to be friends, but she changed her mind, and now we don’t speak. I joined Fetlife
I’m a 20-year-old full-time college student. I work two jobs and participate in athletics. I have little time to find someone to be with. But I recently became “involved” with a member of the faculty. He’s 20 years older, and we have so much in common that it should be illegal! Should I cut the cord now? Or continue enjoying the hottest, sweetest person I’ve ever met? SINCERELY SMITTEN STUDENT HESITATES
Enjoy. And if your faculty member honors the Campsite Rule, i.e., he leaves you in better shape than he found you (no diseases, no unplanned pregnancies, no avoidable drama/trauma), you are in turn obligated to honor the Tea and Sympathy Rule. That is, when you speak of this in future years, you will be kind (no nuttiness, no anger that a relationship that was unlikely to work out long term didn’t turn into an LTR, no sabotaging his academic career by naming names in a tell-all post on FuckedMyProf.tumblr. com). Have fun. I have to take issue with your recommendation to Socially Interactive Sister. She was thinking about hiring someone to relieve her 22-year-old brother of his virginity. Why would you recommend a sex worker when you could recommend a professional surrogate partner therapist? These professionals work with licensed sex therapists and have training to work therapeutically with folks just like SIS’s brother. Additionally, you incorrectly associate sex work with the movie The Sessions, which deals with surrogate partner therapy. Sex work and surrogate partner therapy are not the same. This will make it more difficult for those of us who are trying to legitimize surrogate partner therapy. I have no issue with sex work, but SPT is truly different. You can find more info at surrogatetherapy.org. ADVOCATE FOR SURROGATE PARTNER THERAPY
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Art cannot be modern,” said Austrian painter Egon Schiele. “Art is primordially eternal.” I love that idea. Not all of the artifacts called “art” fit that scrupulous definition, of course. Katy Perry’s music and the film Wreck-It Ralph may have some entertainment value, but they’re not primordially eternal. I bring this up, Aries, because I think you have entered a particularly wild and timeless phase of your own development. Whether or not you are literally an artist, you have a mandate to create your life story as a primordially eternal work of art.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “All my best ideas come from having no answer,” said pioneer filmmaker John Cassavetes, “from not knowing.” I hope that testimony cheers you up, Taurus. As hard as it may be for you to imagine, you are on the verge of a breakthrough. As you surf the chaotic flow and monitor the confusing hubbub, you are brewing the perfect conditions for an outburst of creativity. Rejoice in the blessing of not knowing!
GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
1. “I will be engrossed in fascinating experiences that feed my curiosity, but I will not be obsessed with grueling frustrations that drain my energy.” 2. “I will be committed to love if it opens my eyes and heart, but I will not be infatuated with maddening conundrums that jiggle my fear.” 3. “I will give myself freely to learning opportunities that offer me valuable lessons I can use to improve my life, but I will be skeptical toward rough-edged tests that ask far more from me than they offer in return.”
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
Sant is a Hindi word that comes from a Sanskrit verb meaning “to be good” and “to be real.” Personally, I know a lot of people who are either real or good. But few are both. The good ones tend to be overly polite, and the real ones don’t put a high priority on being nice. So here’s your assignment, Gemini: to be good and real; to have compassionate intentions even as you conduct yourself with a high degree of authenticity; to bestow blessings everywhere you go while at the same time being honest and clear and deep. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you have the power to pull off this strenuous feat.
“Pole of inaccessibility” is a term that explorers use to identify places on the Earth that are hard — and interesting! — to get to. On each continent, it’s usually considered to be the spot that’s farthest from the coastline. For instance, there’s a pole of inaccessibility near the frozen center of Antarctica. Its elevation is more than 12,000 feet and it has the planet’s coldest average temperature. As for the oceanic pole of inaccessibility, it’s an area in the South Pacific that’s most remote from land. By my reckoning, Libra, you would benefit from identifying what your own personal version of this point is, whether it’s literal or metaphorical. I think it’s also a great time to transform your relationship with it.
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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):
Let’s take a look back at the first three months of 2013. How have you been doing? If I’m reading the astrological markers accurately, you have jettisoned a portion of the psychic gunk that had accumulated in you during the past six years. You have partially redeemed the shadowy side of your nature and you have to some degree ripened the most immature part. There’s also the matter of your heart. You have managed some healing of a wound that had festered there for a long time. So here’s my question for you: Is it possible for you to do more of this good work? The target date for completion is your birthday.
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Naturalist Charles Darwin formulated the theory of evolution, which has been one of history’s most influential hypotheses. A crucial event in his early development as a scientist was a five-year boat trip he took around the world when he was in his 20s. The research he conducted along the way seeded many of his unique ideas. The writing he did established his reputation as a noteworthy author. And yet before his journey, his father tried to talk him out of embarking, calling it a “wild scheme” and “a useless undertaking.” Did your parents or other authorities ever have a similar response to one of your brilliant projects? If so, now would be a good time to heal the wound caused by their opposition.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I’ve got three sets of affirmations for you, Virgo. Say them out loud and see if they might work for you.
his communion with the glaciers and peaks of the Sierra Nevada mountains, he came close to seeing them as living entities that evolved over long periods of time. “Glaciers move in tides,” he wrote. “So do mountains. So do all things.” With Muir as your inspiration, I invite you to identify the very gradual currents and tides that have flowed for years through your own life, Capricorn. It’s prime time to deepen your understanding and appreciation of the big, slowmoving cycles that have brought you to where you are today.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): American author William Faulkner won a Nobel Prize for literature, an indication that he had abundant talent. The prose he wrote was often experimental, cerebral and complex. He was once asked what he would say to readers who found it difficult to grasp his meaning “even after reading it two or three times.” His reply: “Read it four times.” My counsel to you, Aquarius, is similar. When faced with a challenging event or situation that taxes your understanding, keep working to understand it even past the
point where you would normally quit. There will be rewards, I promise.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “Dear Rob: I just consulted an astrologer, and he told me that my planets are very weak because they’re in the wrong houses and have bad aspects. Please tell me what this means. Am I cursed? Is there any way to remedy my afflictions? — Paranoid Pisces” Dear Pisces: Whoever told you that nonsense is an incompetent astrologer. You shouldn’t heed him. There’s no such thing as one’s planets being weak or being in the wrong houses or having bad aspects. There may be challenges, but those are also opportunities. Luckily, the coming weeks will be prime time for you Pisceans to overthrow the influence of inept “experts” and irresponsible authorities like him. Reclaim your power to define your own fate from anyone who has stolen it from you. Imagine a bedtime story you’d like to hear and the person you’d like to hear it from. Testify at Freewillastrology.com.
Every April, the ancient Romans celebrated a festival known as Robigalia. Among the rites they performed were ceremonies to exorcize the god of rust and mildew. I suggest you consider reviving that old practice, Scorpio. You would benefit from spending a few days waging war against insidious rot. You could start by scrubbing away all the sludge, scum and gunk from your home, car and workplace. Next, make a similar effort on a metaphorical level. Scour the muck, glop and grime out of your psyche. “You know that place between sleep and awake, the place where you can still remember dreaming? That’s where I’ll always love you. That’s where I’ll be waiting.” Tinkerbell says that to Peter Pan in J.M. Barrie’s famous story. Sometime soon, I think you should whisper words like those to a person or animal you love. It’s time for you to be as romantic and lyrical as possible. You need to bestow and attract the nourishment that comes from expressing extravagant tenderness. For even better results, add this sweetness from French poet Paul Valéry: “I am what is changing secretly in you.” And try this beauty from Walt Whitman: “We were together. I forget the rest.”
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Naturalist John Muir (1838-1914) had an ecstatic relationship with the California wilderness. He studied it as a scientist and he worshiped it as a mystical devotee. During the course of
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Are you interested in a long-term method of birth control? YOU MAY BE ELIGIBLE IF YOU: • Are a non-pregnant woman between 16 and 35 years old • Are in need of contraception • Have regular periods • Are willing to come to Magee-Womens Hospital to complete up to 14 or more visits over a five year period The Center for Family Planning Research is conducting a research study of an investigational contraceptive intrauterine device (IUD). Participants will receive study-related exams and study-related birth control at no cost. To see if you qualify, please call the Center for Family Planning Research at 412-641-5496 or visit our website at www.birthcontrolstudies.org.Participants will be reimbursed up to $1030 over five years.
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SUBOXONE TREATMENT Caring Help for Opiate Addiction
• Experienced, caring therapy and medical staff. • Private, professional setting. • Downtown office near public transportation and parking. • Medication by prescription coverage or self-pay.
Immediate openings. Now accepting Highmark and self-paying clients.
412.246.8965, ext. 9
Addiction & Recovery Health Services
JADE Wellness Center
Premiere Outpatient Drug and Alcohol Treatment Family Owned and Operated Treating: Alcohol, Opiates, Heroin and More
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a new once a month injection for alcohol and opiate dependency
IMMEDIATE OPENINGS Includes Med Management & Therapy
SUBOXONE We Treat: ~ Opiate Addiction ~ Heroin Addiction ~ And Other Drug Addictions
• Group and Individualized Therapy • NOW Treating Pregnant Women
NO WAIT LIST Accepts all major insurances and medical assistance
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BAD BACK OR NECK PAIN?
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Zhangs Wellness Center
412-401-4110 $40/hr DOWNTOWN 322 Fourth Ave. (1st Floor)
Phoenix Spa New Young Professional Free Table Shower w/60 min. Open 10-10 Daily 4309 Butler Street (Lawrenceville)
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WELLNESS CENTER
PSYCHIC
~ 6 Thursdays ~ Starts April 4 7 – 9 p.m. ~ $215 Friends Meeting House 4836 Ellsworth Ave 15213
Place your Classified advertisment in City Paper. Call 412.316.3342
massage
Chinese Tuina Massage
Psychic Development Intermediate Class
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WELLNESS
Trigger point Deep tissue Swedish Reflexology BLOOMFIELD 412.683.2328 STAR Superior Chinese Massage Free Table Shower w/60min Open 10-10 Daily
1310 E. Carson St. 412-488-3951
China Massage $50/HR Free Table Shower 1788 Golden Mile Hwy Monroeville, PA 15146 Call for more information
MIND & BODY
412-621-3300
Mingkun Massage
Health and Wellness Directory
Aming’s Massage Therapy
• $40 per 60 min massage • 2hr free valet parking at the Concourse with the purchase of a 60 or 90 min massage 125 W. Station Square Dr. Station Sq. Freight Shops
PH. 412.389.8637 minkunmassage.com
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Therapy
724-519-7896
DEEP TISSUE MASSAGE
MIND & BODY
Therapeutic Massage Therapy Relief is just a call away. Our licensed professional staff can assist with Fibromyalgia, Circulation, Low Back Pain, Muscle Spasms. Shadyside Location
412-441-1185
TWO LOCATIONS 1190 Washington Pike, Bridgeville (across from Eat n’ Park)
412-319-7530 4972 Library Road, Bethel Park
(in Hillcrest Shopping Center)
412-595-8077
Xin Sui Bodyworks Grand Opening
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$49.99/ hour Free Vichy Shower with 1HR or more body work (Body shower and Body Scrub) Essential Oil used at no extra charge 2539 Monroeville Blvd Ste 200 Monroeville, Pa 15146 Next to Twin Fountain Plaza 412-335-6111
GRAND OPENING!
TIGER SPA
Judy’s Oriental Massage
GRAND OPENING!!! Best of the Best in Town!
Appointments & Walk-ins are both welcome 10am to 10pm
FULL BODY MASSAGE
420 W. Market St., Warren, OH 44481 76 West, 11 North, 82 West to Market St. 6 lights and make a left. 1/4 mile on the left hand side.
Open 9am-12 midnight 7 days a week! Licensed Professionals Dry Sauna, Table Shower, Deep Tissue, Swedish
$40/hr Now with Vichy Shower 4125 William Penn Hwy, Murrysville, PA 15668 Across the street from Howard Hanna’s
724-519-2950
330-373-0303 Credit Cards Accepted
Accepting All Major Cards
MUSICIANS LEGAL SERVICE REHEARSAL VEHICLES ADOPTION ANNOUNCEMENTS ENTERTAINERS STUDIO SPACE Advertise your GOODS in City Paper and reach over 300,000 readers per month. Now that’s SERVICE!
get your
yoga on! Power Vinyasa Yoga: Light your practice on fire at Inner Hearth Yoga, offering alignment-focused group classes in Point Breeze.
It’s not just for Shadyside anymore. 4519 Liberty Ave, Bloomfied www.clayyoga.com 412-335-1332
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ADOPTION
CASH FOR CARS: Any Car/Truck. Running or Not! Top Dollar Paid. We Come To You! Call For Instant Offer: 1-888-420-3808 www. cash4car.com (AAN CAN)
PREGNANT? CONSIDERING ADOPTION? Talk with caring agency specializing in matching Birthmothers with Families Nationwide. LIVING EXPENSES PAID. Call 24/7 Abby’s One True Gift Adoptions 866-413-6293 Void in Illinois/New Mexico
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AIRLINE CAREERS – Become an Aviation Maintenance Tech. FAA approved training. Financial aid if qualified – Housing available. Job placement assistance. CALL Aviation Institute of Maintenance 877-4923059 (AAN CAN)
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REHEARSAL Rehearsal Space starting @ $150/mo Many sizes available, no sec deposit, play @ the original and largest practice facility, 24/7 access, 412-403-6069
ESTATE SALE Find your next place to “WORK” in City Paper!
Antique Dealers Estate Sale of Laura Bachman Antique Furniture, Dolls, Lamps, Paper, Hardware Collectables, Kitchen Womans small clothing Tools, major Costume Jewelery Collection.
“PRICED TO SELL” Sat & Sun April 6&7 Hrs. 9-4 Lawrenceville 7228 Butler St. 15201
THE BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUCATION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PITTSBURGH Sealed proposals shall be addressed to and deposited at the School District of Pittsburgh, Administration Building, Room 251, 341 South Bellefield Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 until 2:00 P.M., local prevailing time for: Security System Integration King PreK-8 Lincoln K-8 Pioneer/South Brook 6-8 Science and Technology Academy 6-12 Electrical Prime Project Manual and Drawings for bidding purposes will be available for purchase by the Contractors on March 27, 2013 at Modern Reproductions, 127 McKean Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 from 9 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. Modern Reproductions may be contacted by Phone 412-488-7700 or Fax 412-488-7338 to determine the cost of the Project Manual and Documents. The cost of the Project Manual Documents is non-refundable. Project details and dates are described in each project manual.
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OFFICIAL ADVERTISEMENT
We are an equal rights and opportunity school district. Parent hotline: 412-622-7920/www.pps.k12.pa.us
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1. Blow sound 5. They start with 7-Down 8. Nicks and Buckingham bandmate Christine 13. It might prevent a gas explosion 14. Necklace in Obama’s birth state 15. Bill mentioned often in the course of 2008 presidential mudslinging 16. Sheets for shoppers 17. Seven-foot golf assistant? 19. Boundary 20. Commit election fraud, perhaps 21. Restraint choice for a root beer magnate’s dog? 24. Beastie Boys rapper who died in 2012 27. Low-rent NYC building 28. Her full name has just one vowel repeated four times (aaaaand this entry officially jumps the shark) 29. Array of food 32. They’re beneficial to the core 35. Barbera’s partner in animation 36. “Jacques, I rate your face a perfect score, but your butt is trés mediocre!” 40. Met field 41. Cops might make them wail 42. Heavily Hispanic California region 44. Tribe near Salt Lake City
45. Bon ___ (witticism) 48. Banned bug killer 49. Device that automatically cooks a certain French dish “au vin”? 53. Car company that makes the Tribeca 56. Middle alternative? 57. Copy of a copy of a Persian Gulf republic? 60. Historic European waterway, to the Germans 61. Sucks or blows, as it were 62. A Turner 63. Certain minced oaths 64. Mr. T’s crew 65. Scottish criminal 66. Gross lid issue
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22. “Moving ___ the next topic, please ...” 23. Big dummies 25. Yankee Robinson who was MVP of the 2013 World Baseball Classic 26. ___ Yauch (real name of 24-Across) 30. Long-distance options 31. “Foiled!” 32. Two of four, e.g.: Abbr. 33. Golden ratio letter 34. Truth ___ (what the U.S. military once hoped LSD could be) 36. For all kinds of students, in a way 37. Popular glowing rectangle 38. Domestic decision for a duck 39. It lost to VHS in part because the porn
industry didn’t adopt it 43. Celebrity-endorsed diet supplement berry 45. Company lover? 46. Like much modern shopping and dating 47. Terrifying (or at least super irritating) group for anyone who isn’t their age, often 50. Senator Hatch 51. One might scare a visitor to California 52. Zildjian product 54. Chemical in fertilizer 55. Practice with blindfolds and gags, for short 57. Sked note where a cancellation happened, maybe 58. Blockbuster 59. “That which was to be demonstrated,” in proofs {LAST WEEK’S ANSWERS}
PURE AS A MONKEY HITTING YOU WITH A HAMMER
{BY JIMMY CVETIC}
Kitty came down to the gym Because a friend who helps lost souls And stray alley cats asked me to help her. She was going to jail for a quick minute and Needed someone to be her soft shoulder. The bell rang, ending the round Eight boxers turned and gawked as she stuck out her hand. “I’m Katherine but my friends call me Kitty.” I stuck out my fist. “I’m Dog. Glad to meet you Kitty.” She pounded my fist back. I looked at her and Couldn’t help noticing she had a fighter’s nose That looks west when the fighter is looking east. “You used to box?” She said, “You’re staring at my nose. Nah, I never boxed.” “Well?” She said, “Oxi-Cottons. I snorted a couple too many.” “A couple?” She said, “Let’s just say I swam with the sharks.” I said, “Katherine is an Irish name. You Irish?” “I’m part Irish. I was named after my Nana and she was from Galway Bay.” I said, “You look Irish. Your eyes give you away.” She said, “I was in the Irish Smiling Eyes contest But I didn’t win.” I said, “You should have.” “My Nana wants me to get my nose fixed.” Kitty started to pull her nose east and west, “I have no cartilage,” With her index finger pushing her nose in like she was ringing a doorbell. “My Nana said if I get off the Oxi’s she’d pay to get it fixed.” I said, “Okay, tell me what happened.” She said, “I got some County time and Got to turn myself in to do some sit-down.” I said, “All right, you got some sit-down time. For what?” She said, “We kinda robbed the lady of her Oxi’s.”
I said, “Kitty, you kinda my ass. You robbed the lady. Let’s start again.” She said, “All right we robbed her. ’Cept I didn’t know he was going to beat her.” “And?” “I left the door unlocked And he was just supposed to take her safe. Rob her Oxi’s. ’Cept she heard him and tried to stop him and he hit her with the gun.” I asked, “He hit her with the gun?” Kitty said, “She shouldn’t have grabbed him. He hit her a couple of times.” “A couple of times?” “He hit her about ten or fifteen times. I didn’t know he was going to hit her.” I said, “He pistol-whipped her.” “I was scared and I ran out the door.” I said, “Let me guess: You met up with him later and got your share of the loot?” She said, “I didn’t take any money, Just got some Oxi’s. I don’t even know how much he took.” I asked, “How many Oxi’s?” She said, “About one hundred.” I said, “That’s a stack of Franklins.” She said, “About five thousand, but We snorted a few.” “What do you want me to do, Kitty?” She said, “Can you ask the judge to give me house arrest? I got a couple of boys that I put on the bus every day. And I been having seizures.” “You have seizures?” She said, “Yeah, I did some damage to my brain And sometimes I black out and I don’t remember too much after that, ’Cept when I wake up I have a spoon stuck in my mouth, So I don’t swallow my tongue. Doctor said I did some damage. You might say the monkey hit me with a hammer on top of my head.” I said, “Monkeys do that sometimes.” “Can you help me, Dog?” “I don’t know. You go to meetings?” “Sometimes, but I help my Nana and Got to take care of the boys.” I said, “Bullshit your monkey, but don’t bullshit me.” She said, “All right, I hate meeting, Because all the guys want to fuck me.” I said, “That’s what guys do.” She said, “I might be an addict but I ain’t no whore.” I said, “All right, get to some meetings and try to Keep your chastity belt on and I’ll talk to the judge.” She said, “Thanks, Dog.” I asked her, “Did you know the name Katherine means Pure?” She said, “I didn’t know that.” I said, “Me either, but Between now and sit-down time try to keep your nose clean.” She walked out of the gym And I could hear the Tap … tap … tap Of the jump ropes and Thought of a man planting seeds. I N F O@ P G H C I T Y PA P E R. C OM
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