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10.16/10.23.2013 10.16/10. VOLUME 23 + ISSUE 42
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BEST OF PITTSBURGH 2013. Which local restaurants and retailers, musicians and muckety-mucks were crowned with glory by our readers this year? Find out!
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“I’m not just fighting Team Deb. I’m fighting an entire army.� — Pittsburgh City Council candidate Tony Ceoffe on the forces backing rival Deborah Gross, including Bill Peduto and the Democratic Party
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“Fossil fuels are bankrupting our future.� — Whit Jones of the Energy Action Coalition on the need for divestment
short ribs were glazed with a 16 “The savory, slightly sweet sauce and tossed with pickled papaya, ginger and garlic.â€? — Angelique Bamberg and Jason Roth review Aspara CafĂŠ
[MUSIC] guess the cops are just as bored as the 21 “Ikids.� — Sewickley native Jackson Scott, on the state of his hometown
[SCREEN] wanted to write something that 31 “Iallowed the side character of the ‘Gay
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{ADMINISTRATION} Business Manager BEVERLY GRUNDLER Circulation Director JIM LAVRINC Office Administrator RODNEY REGAN Technical Director PAUL CARROLL Interactive Media Manager CARLO LEO
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Best Friend’ to finally be the lead.� — George Northy on his GBF screenplay
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[ARTS] offers a vision of eternity, a scenario 82 “Itwhere these bodies are flesh and spirit at the same time.� — David Berger on Kurt Hentschlager’s immersive artwork Hive
[LAST PAGE] goal is simple: to revitalize and 111 “Our energize the neighborhood so that it can attract new people.� — Gena Turner, on efforts to revitalize the city’s longoverlooked Elliott neighborhood
{REGULAR & SPECIAL FEATURES} NEWS OF THE WEIRD BY CHUCK SHEPHERD 14 EVENTS LISTINGS 88 SAVAGE LOVE BY DAN SAVAGE 98 CROSSWORD PUZZLE BY BEN TAUSIG 99 FREE WILL ASTROLOGY BY ROB BREZSNY 100 +
Editor CHRIS POTTER News Editor CHARLIE DEITCH Arts & Entertainment Editor BILL O’DRISCOLL Music Editor ANDY MULKERIN Associate Editor AL HOFF Listings Editor MARGARET WELSH Assistant Listings Editor JESSICA BOGDAN Staff Writers REBECCA NUTTALL, ALEX ZIMMERMAN Staff Photographer HEATHER MULL Interns ALLISON COSBY, BRETT WILSON
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