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N EARLY OCTOBER, when Pittsburgh
City Council called for a moratorium on school closings, councilors threw themselves into a nationwide controversy when they also decided to challenge Pittsburgh Public Schools’ new system of teacher evaluations. Beginning this school year, Pittsburgh’s teachers will be evaluated, and any firings done, under a new system that relies more heavily on student achievement than did previous methods. Some teachers believe the bar is set too high. The pairing of the two issues in the council’s resolution was “curious,” says Carey Harris, executive director of A+ Schools, a community organization. “One [school closings] is something that’s easy to draw community energy around.
The other [teacher evaluations] is not.” Four years ago, the district joined the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers in developing a new system of teacher evaluations that combines classroom observations by principals and peers, student achievement on standardized tests, and
PPS, union at odds over teacher-evaluation standards {BY REBECCA NUTTALL} student surveys. That system was never used to fire teachers. But in July 2012, the state legislature passed Act 82, an education-reform bill instituting a similar standard: that teacher evaluations be based 50 percent on observation and 50
percent on other student achievement. The law requires this new evaluation system to be used to fire teachers who are deemed unsatisfactory. The change is a major one. “In education, this isn’t the way we’ve done business,” says PPS Superintendent Linda Lane. “Pretty much, unless it was really horrific in the classroom, we just kind of told everyone they were satisfactory and moved on. So that’s a big paradigm shift for educators and we understand there’s some angst around that.” This August, teachers got a look at what their evaluations would look like under these new requirements, and some weren’t happy with what they saw. Fifteen percent of PPS teachers were ranked as failing or in need of improvement. Teachers who receive two failing CONTINUES ON PG. 08
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CITY COUNCIL WEIGHS IN ON SCHOOL CLOSURES Pittsburgh City Council is urging Pittsburgh Public Schools to impose a moratorium on school closings. But district officials have a blunt response: If you want us to keep schools open, give us our money. In 2006, the state shifted .25 percent of the existing 3 percent wage tax from the district to the city’s coffers, part of a larger reorganization of the city’s tax structure after the city entered into Act 47 oversight to avoid bankruptcy. “In the last six years alone, this district lost $65 million … funneled over to the city to help you, City Council. It saved you from your financial issues,” school board member Theresa Colaizzi told council at an Oct. 14 hearing on school closures. “At the same time, it damaged the school district.” Council argues that closed school buildings become the city’s burden. For instance, the former Morningside Elementary building was vacant for six years before it was purchased this August by the Urban Redevelopment Authority to turn into apartments. “Even with our success stories about these closed schools, there’s been a considerable amount of public and city money that’s gone to that,” District 4 Councilor Natalia Rudiak said at the Oct. 14 hearing. “[The] wage tax is being diverted to the city but then we’re transferring that to the [URA] so we can thereby take care of our closed schools.” “There is no plan under the current five-year plan to lower [the city’s share of] the wage tax, and no options present to account for the lost revenue,” says Councilor Bill Peduto, the city’s presumptive mayorelect. “If we should stay under Act 47 oversight, a new five-year plan would be created next year. It is possible to consider options such as this during those discussions.” Now the school district faces a similar crisis as it struggles to stave off a $46.3 million deficit projected for 2016, and is looking to school closures as a possible solution. According to 2011 analysis from the Pew Research Center, the district saved $14.7 million by closing 22 schools in 2006. “If, in fact, the issue is we want to keep schools open, give us some of that money back,” says school-board member Sherry Hazuda. In total, nearly 30 schools have been closed over the past decade. “Without significant changes in either revenue or expenditure, we’re out of money by 2016,” says PPS Superintendent Linda Lane. “Anyone can see that over the last several years, we’ve been spending off our savings account, and ultimately that comes to an end in 2016. I know these are tough decisions. However, I have a fiduciary responsibility to the district to point out the problem and try to find the solution.” BY REBECCA NUTTALL
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consequences in our schools,” says Jessie Ramey, founder of education blog Yinzercation. Ramey believes teacher evaluations are having a negative impact on students by causing them to undergo too many hours of standardized testing. “My interest is in making sure we’re doing what’s right for students.” On the other side is A+ Schools, a nonprofit advocacy group that has supported the district’s t e a c h e r - e f f e c t iv e n e s s initiative. “ R es ear c h s up p or t s that [teacher effectiveness] is the biggest thing school districts can control that matters for kids,” Harris, of A+ Schools, says. “These evaluations should be about improvement and giving teachers meaningful feedback. “But with any evaluation, if you’re not improving, this is a high-stakes job, and unfortunately it sometimes does result in people being fired.” However, critics have questioned the independence of both of these organizations. According to a disclosure statement from the American Federation of Teachers, PFT’s parent organization, the union gave PIIN $15,000 for a “member education program” in October and November 2012. PFT President Esposito-Visgitis said the money was used to educate
the community on Pennsylvania’s new voter-identification law. Meanwhile, A+Schools lists the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as one of its donors. The foundation also donates money to the school district, including a $42 million grant that funded the district’s “Empowering Effective Teachers Plan,” through which the new teacher evaluations were developed. “I think that group [A+Schools] had initially started out as … something with a good intention. They were going to give parents an independent voice,” Pittsburgh City Councilor Theresa Smith, the resolution’s sponsor, said at a council meeting. “When you’re receiving money from the same people as the school district, I don’t think you’re going to have an independent view.” Ultimately, Smith removed from the resolution the portion related to teacher evaluations, but the controversy surrounding them will continue. “We took out some of the language regarding the teacher evaluations which I really didn’t want to take out of this legislation,” Smith says. “But I felt we needed to in order to make sure people understood this was something relative to a conversation about our schools.”
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couldn’t find a public-transit route for the 18-mile trip from Monroeville to Dormont that would take much less than two hours. So, in what she describes as “a moment of frustration,” she Googled “pittsburgh metro map.” And almost as soon as the search results popped up, she was posting a piece of Ben Samson’s little-known master’s thesis to Tumblr. The paper, which presents a vision for remaking Pittsburgh’s transit system, would soon be shared and reshared — catching the attention of other bloggers who like the idea of a unified Pittsburgh rail system — and soon, it was all over Facebook. “i need. i want. i must have,” wrote “shesonherway” on Tumblr. In Samson’s proposed system, Shar-
ma’s original journey would require just one transfer from the red line to the green line. But she could also transfer to any of the five other color-coded lines and get anywhere from as far out as the airports, Carnegie, Fox Chapel or McKeesport and arrive in Lawrenceville, the Strip District or South Side — and almost everywhere in between. Samson’s map also includes a red “spine line,” which moves underground from Downtown through Oakland and continues out to Monroeville. A Squirrel Hill native, Samson created the map while a grad student at Virginia Tech because, he says, “Everybody knows that the biggest problem with Pittsburgh nowadays is its infrastructure and public-transit system. It went viral because it speaks to the core of what the city needs.” The cost? At least $5 billion, Samson estimates, or the equivalent of about 10 North Shore connectors. (That project was so over budget that former Gov. Ed Rendell called it “a tragic mistake.”) To keep costs down, Samson figures up to 80 percent of the system could be created on existing “rights of way”— infrastructure such as busways, HOV lanes, freight lines or remnants of the trolley system. Most of it would be built at street level to avoid digging expensive tunnels.
“THE POINT ISN’T REALLY, ‘IS THIS FEASIBLE OR NOT?’ THE POINT IS TO START CONVERSATIONS”
But is the project feasible in the long run? And even if it is, should Pittsburghers want it? “The point isn’t really, ‘Is this feasible or not?’ The point is to start conversations,” Samson says, adding that it’s only a matter of time “before we have a largescale transit system.” And even though pretty much everyone agrees the current transit system is flawed, there is hardly consensus on whether a light rail is the way forward. “I think he presents some really great visualizations of a host of plans that have been out there,” says Chris Sandvig, regional policy director for the Pennsylvania Community Reinvestment Group. “But as a region we need to start the conversation at a different place: What kind of community do we want to live in?” Sandvig says getting traction on an answer will involve larger debates about regional development. Should the transit system be designed to move people to and from the suburbs? Can it be built to mitigate socioeconomic exclusion “so it’s not just some form of welfare”? Bus rapid transit is the future in Pittsburgh, many argue, because it shares light rail’s speed through less frequent station-stops, but can be built at a fraction of the cost. And it has gained some political momentum, with favorable reviews from Pittsburgh City Councilor and Democratic mayoral nominee Bill Peduto and Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald. For Samson, though, one of the biggest problems with bus rapid transit is its appeal: It just isn’t sexy. “It’s really going to be tough to change people’s minds to get people to say, ‘I’d love to take the busway.’” That’s a problem, he argues, because a key component of transit development is attracting enough “choice riders” — people who have cars, but choose to take public transit. “Rail has a sense of permanence; everyone is afraid that bus routes will change, or they’ll cut routes,” Samson says. Helen Gerhardt, a community organizer for Pittsburghers for Public Transit, agrees that light rail is a noble goal — but it’s hard to see past transit-funding crises and the immediate problems they create. “In a world of scarce resources, that map seems like cake with … deep frosting,” Gerhardt says. “The people I’m working with need protein and vitamin C.”
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Land developers for the iconic Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colo., (famous as the inspiration for the hotel in Stephen King’s The Shining) announced recently that they need more space and thus will dig up and move the hotel’s 12-gravesite pet cemetery. Neighbors told the Fort Collins Coloradoan in September that they feared the construction noise, but somehow ignored the potential release of departed spirits (though a “dog psychic” who lives in Estes Park seemed to volunteer her services to calm the pets’ souls).
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Teach Our Children Well: (1) Officials at Milford Haven School in Pembrokeshire county, Wales, punished Rhys Johnson, 14, in October for violating the dress code against shaved heads. He was helping raise money for an anti-cancer charity after a third relative of his contracted the illness. (2) North Andover (Mass.) High School punished honor student and volleyball captain Erin Cox in October for giving a drunk classmate a ride home. Cox was clean-andsober, but violated the school’s “zero-tolerance” attitude toward alcohol users (even though more student drunk-driving might result if sober friends feared school punishment).
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Walter Dixon knew that he was about to be relocated in December 2012 from a Joliet, Ill., correctional facility to begin serving a new federal drug-conspiracy sentence, but instead, state officials mistakenly freed him. Dixon protested, but said he was aggressively dismissed from the premises. It was not until September that he was finally re-arrested and began his new sentence. (Dixon was easily located because, though free, he had met regularly with his parole officer and was taking several vocational courses.)
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After consulting with a lawyer, Evan Dobelle, president of Massachusetts’ Westfield State University, accused of billing the state for unauthorized travel expenses, is reportedly considering claiming that he actually “self-reported” the violations as soon as suspicions turned up. Dobelle says he would thus be entitled to the protection of the state “whistleblower” statute, which shields inside informers when they expose wrongdoing. (Dobelle was placed on paid leave in October.)
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William Woodward of Titusville, Fla., awaiting trial on two murder counts in September, might normally have a weak defense under the state’s “stand your ground” law (which requires an “imminent” threat of a forcible felony), because evidence indicates that any threats against him were made previously and not at the time of the shooting. However, in a court filing, Woodward’s lawyers justified the pre-emptive ground-standing by referring to the “Bush Doctrine” employed by the U.S. in invading Iraq in 2003 (the U.S. “standing its ground” against Iraqi weapons of mass destruction). (The judge promised a ruling by November.)
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A 77-year-old motorist told police in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan, that he was going the wrong way on the Takamatsu Expressway only because he had missed his exit 1 kilometer back and thought it best just to turn
the car around and retrace the path back to the ramp. Police said his short September jaunt had caused a collision, not affecting the man’s own car.
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In October, Jeffrey Laub, 39, was sentenced on several traffic charges, including leading police on a 111-mph “Dukes of Hazzardstyle” chase through Logan Canyon near Logan, Utah, with the explanation only that he needed an emergency restroom because of something he ate. Judge Thomas Willmore called the excuse “one of the worst” he had heard, since Laub had passed several public toilets during the chase.
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In September, an appeals tribunal reinstated Gwent, Wales, police officer Shaun Jenkins, 36, who was fired in 2010 for having sex with a woman while on duty. The head of a police court concluded that Jenkins was on an authorized break at the time — no more improper than stopping for “a spot of tea.” (Investigators originally found it appalling that Jenkins was out of uniform during the escapade, but he pointed out that his gun remained on his person at all times, albeit down around his ankles.)
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The city council in Washington City, Utah, recently approved the construction of a firing range next to the Dixie GunWorx shop, even though the firing range’s neighbor on the other side is a women’s domestic-abuse shelter (whose officials fear that gunfire might retraumatize some of the victims who had sought refuge). Dixie’s CEO hinted to KSTU-TV that if the shelter victims had been armed in the first place, they could have prevented the abuse.
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Among the many arrested recently for having solitary sex in public was Philip Milne, 74, convicted in the U.K.’s Bedford Magistrates’ Court of touching himself on a transit bus although he claimed he was merely “shampooing” his troubled genital area and resented “being treated like a hardened criminal.” Also, Stuart Clarke, 48, of Provo, Utah, had explaining to do after a 2012 incident on Delta Air Lines. He said that he was rubbing his exposed penis only because it burned from accidental contamination with peppermint oil (which so distressed him that, upon landing, he left behind a checked bag). The FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force found that out and is currently investigating whether there is more to the “peppermint oil” story than embarrassment-avoidance.
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Least Competent Criminals: (1) A Tucson, Ariz., man apparently escaped a traffic stop in August, but not unscathed. After fleeing to a dead-end street, he climbed out the passenger window, but his foot got caught, and his still-moving car’s back tire ran over his sprawled torso. The motorcycle officer was not able to catch the injured man, who staggered off into the neighborhood. (2) Lucas Burke, 21, and Ethan Keeler, 20, attempting to break into a safe at New Yard Landscaping in Hopkinton, N.H., in October, possibly seeking drug money, unwisely chose to use an acetylene torch. Included in the safe’s contents was a supply of consumer fireworks, and, according to the police report, the resultant explosion “blew their bodies apart.”
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BOXED UP The newspaper you hold in your hands will only last a week, plus a few extra days of service lining birdcages, swatting flies or providing story ideas for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. But the newspaper box this issue came from? That will endure forever, an eternal tribute to humanity’s genius — just like the Great Wall of China, the Great Pyramid of Giza and wintergreen-flavored Necco wafers. So why not let local artists turn our boxes into artworks for future generations to admire? In that spirit, we invited artists to submit their own creative newspaper-box designs this summer. We commissioned 10 finalists — the boxes you see below — to be distributed around town. Now it is your turn to judge the most timeless design. You can find the locations of these ArtBoxes — and vote on your favorite — at http://tinyurl.com/ArtBoxCP. The artist with the most popular design will win $500 and, of course, a place in history. But don’t delay: While a thing of beauty is a joy forever, voting ends Nov. 22.
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Matthew Buchholz of Alternate Histories, Friendship / Age: 37 I love to incorporate vintage typography, signs and artwork into my work; for this box I used vintage theatrical posters that would have been plastered over buildings and brick walls back in the early 1900s, but changed everything to reflect the City Paper. I think it’s useful for people to be aware of the past and what came before us, even if it’s done in a faux-vintage style like mine. And it’s just fun! Why have a simple line of text when you can have filigrees, shadows, engravings and banners?
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The bridges in Pittsburgh are such iconic and grand structures. They are like the nervous system of our city, offering so many different and beautiful sights. Since the bridges bring so much life to Pittsburgh, I not only wanted to recreate the bridge, but also personify it in a playful way. As a child, the bridges seemed to be miles tall, so I painted the father and daughter pointing to the bridge to bring back that nostalgia of the world feeling so large. And it only seemed fitting that at least one of the Pittsburgh bridges would have an impressive ’stache!
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Nat Chambe Chamberlin, Gibsonia / Age Age: 38 The design on my A ArtBox is consistent with my style of w work, which is a distinct mix of cute and cre creepy, charming and gloomy, darkly the themed, macabre images of whimsical creatu creatures rendered in a colorful palette wit with tight lines. When people see it, I hop hope they are inspired and walk away with a ssmile.
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Alicia Diaz, z, Lawrenceville / Age: 288 I am primarily a figure painter, but ut nt decided to go in a different e direction and make this a fun piece d that kids and adults alike could enjoy. I love that Pittsburgh is eprogressively getting more bikeat friendly, so I created a character that e loves cycling. Her name is Molly the e Courier Pigeon. Molly loves to race r r, around town delivering City Paper, s, all while obeying traffic laws, e of course. I hope when people see es my ArtBox, they imagine themselves k in a cartoon where people talk e fast, pedal faster, and the g Speed Racer theme song is playing d. in the background.
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Rose Duggan, D Lawrenceville / Age: 24 Lawren The design is based on another one of my paintings. I thought it would wo work well in the larger context of the newspaper box, so for the pro proposal, I Photoshopped an enlarge enlarged image of the painting to wrap a around the structure. I think, on a base level, public art makes peo people feel that the city in which tthey live is special and loved and by extension, they feel better care cared-for. In the same way, I hope my ArtBox helps viewers see that p people in Pittsburgh are deeply eng engaged in improving the visual environment.
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Tim Goodier, Wilkinsburg / Age: 225 Urban imagery has always held my fascination. Most of the time it’s graff graffiti, rust or any large, bulky structure, really, so it would make sense that Pittsburgh’s numerou numerous bridges would capture my attention. Wh While this design isn’t a comprehensive look at the bridges in the city, they definitely serve as the inspiration. I hope my work with the ArtBox allows people to take a closer look at the b bridges around town and consider them as mor more than tools for transportation, but as aest aesthetic objects as well.
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Nora Thompson, son, Latrobe / Age: e: 48 Pittsburgh is so easily identifiable iable with its sports teams that sometimes its artistic history takes mbine a back seat. I decided to combine conic one of Pittsburgh’s most iconic ntext artists with his work in the context of the city where he came from. y can I want people to know they n and embrace art as something fun accessible to anyone. That, and I augh. want them to have a good laugh.
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Rebecca Watkins, Forest Hills / Age: 51 I hope viewers will see the b box as a cheerful surprise in their day. Colorfu Colorful flowers with strong outlines are common in the polymer clay beads I make, but I wanted to expe experiment with a larger scale. I used spray paint spon spontaneously with minimal planning and then outlined the flowers with a brush. Because this w was for the Pittsburgh City Paper, a few iconic build building silhouettes were a must. The flowers and “Gr “Grow Your Mind” stenciled on the top of the b box reference the paper’s goal to expand our minds with different viewpoints that might not b be heard elsewhere.
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MARKET GROWTH {BY CHARLIE DEITCH} Though the grand-opening celebration is a few weeks away, the Strip District’s Pittsburgh Public Market is up and running at its new location at 24th Street and Penn Avenue. “This past weekend was a very soft opening, but the vendors were ready to get back to making money,” says Becky Rodgers, executive director of Neighbors in the Strip. “The new building really is wonderful.” The Public Market opened in 2010 in the historic produce terminal on Smallman Street, but potential development plans there forced the market to find a new home. The new climate-controlled space, located at 2401 Penn Ave., is a better fit for the market, says Cindy Cassell, special-projects manager for Neighbors in the Strip. “The old spot in the produce terminal had a lot of limitations. There weren’t any 220 [-volt electrical] lines, so we couldn’t even cook there. But we negotiated away a lot of the market’s amenities at the time so we could open.” In the new locale, the market will be open Wednesday through Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with extended hours on Saturday (9 a.m.-5 p.m.). Market manager Tiffani Emig expects the number of shoppers and merchants to grow in the future. “We’ve had a ton of people through the door already and we’ve been bombarded with requests from businesses looking to move into the space. Infrastructure-wise, it’s just a better place to grow in.” CDEITCH@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
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MERICAN cuisine” used to be regarded as something of a mis.nomer. Immigrants to America adapted the culinary traditions of their home countries, improvising with what they could find in our markets. Some of the dishes that evolved, like the round, 8-cut pizzeria pizza and General Tso’s chicken, have been so widely adopted that they now seem more American than foreign. The uniquely American foods that emerged from this experimentation, like the famous hamburger, seem to symbolize our culture’s stereotypically simple, casual approach to food. But American cooking has matured, adopting and freely combining flavors, ingredients and techniques from around the globe even as authentic regional cuisines from everywhere become more readily available. All this cross-pollination is sowing a fertile field of recipes whose most American characteristic is their creativity. For example, at Biryani, an Indian restaurant in Monroeville, the most exciting section of the menu is the one labeled “Indo-
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American.” Biryani is the second restaurant to be opened by chef Amarjit “Billu” Singh and his American wife, Amy. The first, Billu’s Indian Grill, demonstrated a deft hand with the tandoor and a fluency in dishes from his native Punjab. Recently, the Singhs decided to upgrade to a larger space in Jonnet Plaza, which they painted in rich colors and decorated with artwork of temples and pea-
BIRYANI 4063 William Penn Highway, Monroeville. 412-856-1105 HOURS: Tue.-Fri. 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m. PRICES: Appetizers $4.50-10.50; entrees $9-14 LIQUOR: BYOB
CP APPROVED cocks. The dining room, and Mrs. Singh’s attentive service, were warm and welcoming. On the menu, a short greatest-hits list of traditional Indian dishes (such as chicken tikka masala, palak paneer) takes a back-
seat to chef Billu’s original Indo-American specialties. There are several lunchtime variations on wraps — “naanwiches” and kathi rolls — that package Indian foods in the American hand-held tradition. But the Indo-American menu also consists of a halfdozen dishes that range from near-universal foods, like fried chicken and catfish, to true fusion items. These include lamb burger and tamarind shrimp skewer, the latter with a fennel salad in sweet onion vinaigrette. In between are several typical American entrees with Indian inflections — or, if you prefer, vice versa — such as tandoor lamb chop with cheddar mashed potatoes. In these items, real thought has gone into translating Indian flavors and preparations into forms and combinations that are worth eating even if you love Indian cuisine at its most authentic. The best example was the lamb burger, which placed a simple lamb patty on a semi-soft semolina roll with mint-garlic yogurt sauce and “Asian” cabbage slaw. The tender, lightly spiced lamb on a bed of crisp, tangy vegetables, rounded out with the creamy, herbal sauce,
side of pretty good fries, dusted with subcontinental spices (seemingly a chili-heavy masala) were tasty on their own, and addictive dipped in the garlic aioli that we borrowed from our kids’ fried chicken. — Which was very good, if not quite as life-changing as the lamb burger. The meat, butchered into smaller chunks than is typical in the States, was moist and flavorful within, suggesting perhaps a tandoor-style yogurt marinade, and coated with a thin, crisp crust. It was even better in wing format (available as an appetizer), where the crust seemed a touch thicker and a dusting of spices added some zing. We recalled the fried catfish fondly from chef Billu’s previous menu; here we had it as part of an appetizer sampler. It featured terrifically tender, flaky, juicy fish within an almost magically light and crispy batter coating. The only hitch was too much salt dominating the seasonings in that batter.
Chef Billu makes naan bread.
Another welcome holdover was spicy ground lamb (seekh) kebabs. Unlike many chefs, Billu doesn’t overdo these in the tandoor, instead allowing just a hint of char while ensuring that the meat remains juicy and tasting of itself, not just its spicing. Of traditional Indian dishes, we tried chana masala and, of course, biryani. The former eschewed tomatoes to let the chick peas take center stage, while the latter — we ordered goat — was wonderfully savory and subtly spicy, without raisins, nuts or other distractions from the elemental flavors of meat cooked with onions and basmati rice. Like all our dishes at Biryani, these were plentifully seasoned, but not spicy. If the hamburger symbolizes an America that cannot spare the time — or the table manners — to sit down to dine with a knife and fork, let Biryani’s lamb burger symbolize something else: the open-minded culture and creative fusion that come from the merging of global tastes and traditions. INFO@ PGHC ITY PAP ER.CO M
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MAGICAL BREW Meadville-based Voodoo Brewery helps lead regional beer renaissance The town of Meadville, 90 miles north of Pittsburgh, might not look like a nexus for Western Pennsylvania’s craft-beer culture. However, Matt Allyn and his partners at Voodoo Brewery have been at the forefront of the regional beer movement since they brewed their first batch in 2007. The Voodoo owner spent years travelling as both a brewer and a consultant before deciding that it was time to return home to Pennsylvania to open a brewery. “Six years ago, I was looked at like a weirdo because I wanted to build something like this,” Allyn says. Now, the region is home to a number of craft breweries, including Sprague Farm and Lavery Brewing. “I saw the opportunity to take my years of knowledge and do something with it,” Allyn says. Voodoo Brewery produces just 1,200 barrels per year, but is building a larger production facility to expand its output. In Pittsburgh, Voodoo products can be purchased at the Carson Street Deli and D’s Six Pax & Dogz, as well as at a handful of suburban locations. Allyn’s original six recipes — which include an India pale ale, a pilsner, a brown ale and three Belgian-style beers — are still produced year-round. But he’s turned over day-to-day operations to Curt Rachacki, who’s now responsible for creating the brewery’s seasonal and specialty beers. Voodoo also operates a Meadville brewpub where Voodoo products are the only booze sold (except for three wine choices). That too was seen as a risk, Allyn says: “People … thought we needed to sell other products to survive.” The food at the pub is almost all raised locally, and the space is furnished with repurposed materials, high-efficiency light bulbs and a wood-pellet heating system. Voodoo’s beers are cooled on-demand, instead of being housed in giant, energyconsuming coolers. Allyn says he’s not a tree-hugger; all of his sustainability measures are rooted in practical business considerations. “I don’t like paying the electric company.”
“SIX YEARS AGO, I WAS LOOKED AT LIKE A WEIRDO BECAUSE I WANTED TO BUILD SOMETHING LIKE THIS.”
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BENJAMIN’S WESTERN AVENUE BURGER BAR. 900 Western Ave., North Side. 412-224-2163. A casual-chic burger-and-sandwich joint is a tasty addition to the North Side. The menu consists of a matrix of burgers (two sizes, nine topping combos, beef or veggie patty), four other sandwiches and eight beer-friendly “snacks” (from nuts to a charcuterie platter). Prices aren’t diner-cheap, but then some burgers come with red-wine-braised onion and truffle mustard. KE BIGHAM TAVERN. 321 Bigham St., Mount Washington. 412-431-9313. This Mount Washington spot has all the pleasures of a local pub in a neighborhood best known for dress-up venues. It offers pub grub with a palate, such as burgers topped with capicola and green peppers. There is also a dizzying array of wings, including a red curry-peanut, linking a classic American bar snack to the flavors of Asian street food. JE
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BRILLOBOX. 4104 Penn Ave., Bloomfield. 412-621-4900. A bar that serves well-designed retro chic with its whiskey and beer, Brillobox is (for now) the cool place to be. The menu isn’t lengthy, but it’s broad: Choose from bar staples or more inventive (and veggie-friendly) specialties such as Moroccan roasted-vegetable stew or herbed polenta wedges. JE
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Tender Bar + Kitchen CURRY ON MURRAY. 2121 Murray Ave., Squirrel Hill. 412422-3120. The menu here is fairly standard Thai, featuring your favorites but also offering few surprises. So alongside satay, larb salad, pad Thai and the popular street-food noodle dish,
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fried risotto appetizer enlivened with a elemental but sublime red sauce, or a perfectly cooked salmon on a Mediterraneaninspired bed of beans and vegetables, the fare exhibits the kitchen’s attention to detail. KF
JANICE’S SWEET HARMONY CAFÉ. 2820 Duss Ave., Ambridge. 724-266-8099. A musically themed diner offers tried-andtrue breakfast-and-lunch diner standards (with fun, musical names such as “Slide Trombone”). This is your stop for French toast, German apple pancake, fruit-filled pancakes, and savory options such as skillet fry-ups (eggs, home www. per a p fries, cheese, sausage). J pghcitym .co
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DOR-STOP. 1430 Potomac Ave., Dormont. 412-561-9320. This bustling, homey family-run venue is everything a breakfast-and-lunch diner ought to be. The food is made from scratch: Alongside standards (eggs, pancakes, and hot and cold sandwiches) are also distinctive options, including German potato pancakes, ham off the bone and a sandwich tantalizingly called a “meatloaf melt.” J
EASY STREET. 301 Grant St. (One Oxford Centre), Downtown. 412-235-7984. A relaxing Downtown venue succeeds with inventive bar fare such as a pork-belly sandwich and yellow-fin tuna tacos that straddle the Latin-Asian flavor divide. Less exotic fare is treated well, too: Pastrami is made in house, and the braised-beef sandwich features arugula, pickled onions and cambozola cheese. KE GIA VISTO. 4366 Old William Penn Highway, Monroeville. 412-374-1800. The menu at this welcoming Italian restaurant ranges from simple classics to elegant inventions. Whether it’s a
MEAT AND POTATOES. 649 Penn Ave., Downtown. 412-325-7007. This restaurant combines several current trends, including revisiting staples of the American pantry, the gastropub and nose-to-tail cooking, all in a lively Downtown space. Expect everything from marrow bones to burgers, flatbreads and chicken pot pie, as well as pots of rhubarb jam and handcrafted cocktails. LE NOODLEHEAD. 242 S. Highland Ave., Shadyside. www. noodleheadpgh.com. In a funky atmosphere, Noodlehead offers an elemental approach to the delightful street food of Thailand in which nothing is over $9. A small menu offers soups, noodle dishes and a few “snacks,” among them fried chicken and steamed buns with pork belly. The freshly prepared dishes are garnished with fresh herbs, pork cracklings and pickled mustard greens. JF STEELHEAD BRASSERIE AND WINE BAR. Marriott City Center, 112 Washington Ave.,
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Downtown. 412-394-3474. In this upscale hotel restaurant, the straightforward menu promises that the aquatic name holds more than brand value. While entrées include seafood and other meat in almost equal proportion, the soups and starters are dominated by the former, with old favorites like jumbo shrimp cocktail matched with more contemporary offerings. LE
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TABLES ON THE GREEN. 1299 Lane Ave., Natrona Heights. 724-226-0955. A golf course east of town may not be where one would expect to find refined Cajun and Creole cuisine, but that’s exactly what this clubhouse restaurant offers. The menu offers Louisiana bayou classics such as shrimp, grits, gumbo and blackened fish in an authentic and well-prepared manner. In a nod to Pittsburgh, steaks and Italian pasta dishes are also offered. LE
TIN FRONT CAFÉ. 216 E. Eighth Ave., Homestead. 412-461-4615. Though the menu is brief, inventive vegetarian meals push past the familiar at this charming Homestead café. The emphasis is on fresh, local and unexpected, such as asparagus slaw or beet risotto. In season, there’s a charming rear patio. JE VALLOZZI’S PITTSBURGH. 220 Fifth Ave., Downtown. 412-394-3400. The venerable Italian restaurant from Greensburg now has a Downtown outpost. In this elegant space, some classic dishes are updated; a few favorites, like turtle soup are retained; and the fresh mozzarella bar deserves to become a classic. Try the distinctive pizza, with a layered, cracker-like crust. LE WILD ROSEMARY. 1469 Bower Hill Road, Upper St. Clair. 412-221-1232. At this cozy, contemporary, candle-lit cottage, the Italian- and Mediterraneaninspired menu changes every two weeks to showcase the freshest in-season ingredients. The menu offers fewer than 10 entrées, each matched with a small suite of carefully selected sides. Expect quality ingredients — dayboat scallops, Maytag cheese, lamb, steak — and exquisitely prepared meals. LF
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TENDER BAR + KITCHEN. 4300 Butler St., Lawrenceville. 412-402-9522. A repurposed, elegant 19th-century bank offers craft cocktails and inventive small plates, focused on organic, sustainable, fresh and local cuisine. The bar food is mainly finger foods and/or plates seemingly intended for sharing. Besides fancified bar snacks such as potato chips, deviled eggs and popcorn, there are oysters, burgers and even desserts. KE
TRY THIS: Walk into your supermarket and ask for a Goldrush apple. Chances are, you won’t find it. But that’s Don Kretschmann’s “hands-down favorite” apple. The owner of Kretschmann Farm describes the Goldrush’s complexity as “sweet, but with tart overtones … an apple you want to savor because you can’t easily figure out why it tastes so good.” But with the proliferation of grocery stores after Word War II, jarred applesauce became the norm, apple pies became packaged and customer preferences shifted toward blemishfree, shiny fruit — a cosmetic ideal many varieties can’t meet. So names like Red Delicious and Gala have come to signify America’s fruit, while sales are bittersweet for varieties like Stayman, York, Baldwin and Winesap — subtly nuanced apples that are rarely sold commercially. Fourth-generation farmer Reed Soergel tends the 31-variety apple orchards of his family’s 1850 farm. Soergel wistfully recounts people buying apples by the bushel, purchasing them directly from farms to be stored and used as a “main food product.” Apples were selected for distinct properties and specific uses: one type for pies, one for applesauce. “The attitude was, why buy it when you can make it fresh?” says Soergel. Now, Americans favor convenience: Why make it fresh when you can buy it? The trend threatens lesserknown apples with a vicious cycle: The fewer varieties of apple that are offered, the fewer the public desires — and the fewer that are grown. Help change the cycle by visiting a farmer’s market or orchard to stock up on Empires, Goldrush (coming in now) or “Soergel’s Special,” a variety grafted from a sapling that sprouted under Mary Kay Soergel’s window — from her discarded applesauce seeds. “[People] need to be adventuresome,” Kretschmann says. “You’d be surprised what’s out there.” And luckily, the process seems to be a win-win for consumers. You can try tasty fruit while repopulating produce aisles and orchards with a diverse selection of America’s apples. “It’s like restoring old cars,” says Soergel. “Some of the older ones are a higher quality than the new. The paint job just isn’t as nice.” I N F O @PGH C IT YPAPE R . C O M
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A new perspective: Chris Rattie
When Chris Rattie sings, “It sure has been a hard coupla’ years,” on the opening track to his new record, All These Things, he’s not kidding. It all goes back to around 2010, when Rattie was a member of State Collegebased roots-rock band The Rustlanders. The story is as old as the music business itself: A hard-working, constantly touring band builds a fan base and puts out a record, as record companies start to take notice. The Rustlanders were sent to California to record a second album with producer/musician Don Was. Then things started to unravel. “I think that they saw that we were going to be a more of a roots band and not, I don’t know, The Jonas Brothers,” Rattie recalls. “So we kind of got shelved.” When The Rustlanders parted ways around 2011, Rattie began to channel his disenchantment into songwriting. But while All These Things is shaded with melancholy, it’s clear that Rattie has come full circle. “I’m not going to write, ‘Oh poor me, I got ripped off by a big record company,’” he says. “As I get a little further away from it, I really wouldn’t trade any of those experiences.” Recording the album has also given Rattie a chance to flex his songwriting muscles. “The Rustlanders were a little confining,” he admits. “We just had a [set] direction, musically.” All These Things, recorded with backing band The Brush Valley Rumblers, is full of idiosyncratic melodies and catchy, unexpected hooks — the Ryan Adams-esque “So Long!” gives way to “Hard Heart,” which evokes the big sound of ’80s-era Steve Earle or Dire Straits. A later track, “3am,” sounds like White Album noir. For Rattie — who lives with his girlfriend in a farmhouse outside of State College and works part time on a Christmas-tree farm — his story is ultimately about accepting change and embracing independence. “At the end of the day, I just want to make good music and play good shows,” he says. “I feel like I’ve seen the man behind the curtain, and it’s not all it’s cracked up to be.”
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The ultimate trip: Shaky Shrines (from left: Brendan Miller, Braden Faisant, Chris Weaver, Nate Campisi, Nate Hanson)
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who wr ite music with dark themes; a lot of it just comes from overactive imaginations. Then there are musicians like Shaky Shrines songwriter Braden Faisant. He, uh … actually works in a cemetery all day. “I’ve written all the songs there,” he explains. “It’s a cool thing because a lot of my job depends on riding around on a tractor, and zoning out and listening to a lot of droney music helps: Wooden Shjips and Spacemen 3, a lot of stuff that just lingers with you. And it helps me to figure out a lot of what I want to do, musically, melodically, instrumentally.” It explains a lot about Shaky Shrines’ sound and aesthetic. The five-piece, which is releasing its first full-length
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with (of course) a Halloween-weekend celebration, deals in heavy psychedelia and heavy ideas. Psych music from the ’60s and ’70s is a clear antecedent, but not the bright-and-cheery stuff.
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In the late ’60s and early ’70s, Faisant notes, “it was Rolling Stone reporting on the West Coast, and hippie flower-child stuff, and CREEM magazine was report-
ing on The MC5 and Iggy Pop. It was either working-man hard lyrics, very straightforward lyrics, or it was like, California dreaming. And we’re definitely not a California-dreaming band.” But they’re not precisely like the Motor City crowd either; Faisant notes that he listens to ’70s psych from around the world — India, the Pacific Islands. “My favorite part of psychedelic music is when everyone took the Eastern influences — the sitar became really popular in the U.S. and U.K. — then it was exported back to those countries,” says Faisant. “What came back then is what I think is really interesting. Music from Singapore; psychedelic cumbias from Peru. That kind of music is more interesting, because the West took
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{BY ANDY MULKERIN} In terms of gritty, garage-y rock ’n’ roll, the heartland has it — and few bands display that more confidently than Tulsa, Okla., four-piece, Broncho. The garage-punks released their first full-length, Can’t Get Past the Lips, almost three years ago, but it was re-released this summer by Fairfax Recordings, and brought with it all the trappings, including a tour that comes to Brillobox later this week.
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their music and gave it back to them, then they took it back, but still made it sound Western.” Faisant, who grew up in the South Hills, played years ago with Shrines guitarist Nate Hanson in math-rock band Science Is Dead; they got back together as Shaky Shrines after that band parted ways. The rest of Shrines consists of members of other old locals like October. The band’s first EP came out earlier this year, and was followed by a threetrack release and a few videos — like the one for “Everybody Knows,” which employs op-art animation in a somewhat tongue-in-cheek manner. (It was made by artist Sievert Arsta, who also designed the band’s goofy, graveyardthemed website.) YOU MIGHT FEEL a bit uneasy when you
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Some other Midwestern acts come to mind as contemporary cognates: the late Jay Reatard (from Memphis), or Smith Westerns (Chicago). What Broncho does that sets it apart from the garage crowd, though, is hitting the right balances — Can’t Get Past the Lips is old-school, but not nostalgic, it’s snotty but not spiteful, it’s immature but not stupid. Founder and singer Ryan Lindsey hits Jonathan Richman-like notes on tunes like “Psychiatrist,” talk-singing the introduction. (“I’ve got a psychiatrist for YOU!”) He evokes late-’70s punk on tunes like the album opener, “Pick a Fight.” (The track includes subtle wordplay even in its silly brutality: “You tried to get my girl, and now you’re gonna get it / Now you’re gonna get it, world, now you’re gonna get it!”) “Insert Coin” brings to mind ’80s post-punk; “Try Me Out Sometime” sounds like a poppy head-bobber until you digest that it’s referencing hook-up culture. Smart but not self-consciously intellectual — it’s a tough spot to hit, especially in garage rock, which often prides itself on not trying too hard. But Broncho lands it time and time again, and makes it sound effortless. AMULKERIN@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
BRONCHO with BUTTERBIRDS, VIKESH KAPOOR, THE BEAUREGARDS. 9 p.m. Tue., Nov. 5. Brillobox, 4104 Penn Ave., Bloomfield. $10-12. 412-621-4900 or www.brillobox.net
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throw on Shaky Shrines’ full-length, Mausoleum, even before the music begins. It’s by design. The death-comesfor-us-all vibe starts with the cover art (pictured left), which depicts the band’s members attending what appears to be bassist Nate Campisi’s funeral. Then take a look at the track titles: “Strangers’ Eyes,” “Dark, Dark Houses,” “Someone’s in the Basement.” “I like to think of this album as badtrip psychedelic music,” explains Faisant. “We take that ’60s mentality, then combine that with people’s everyday paranoias — things that people go to Internet message boards and talk about, maybe. Their compulsions and paranoias, things that you could think of as psychedelic, but people don’t. They just think of it as someone everyone has.” Though Campisi is a recording engineer at Mr. Small’s, the band doesn’t go in for the bright-and-shiny sounds. “Nate tells us what’s going to sound good on tape and what’s not,” notes Hanson. But most of the recording work is done in a relatively do-it-yourself manner, and with a certain amount of experimentation. Hanson and Faisant recorded the band’s earliest output between the two of them, sampling their own repetitive playing, then manipulating it. They’re suckers for different sounds. “I love awful-sounding guitars,” Faisant says, with barely a hint of irony. “When we were recording [demos] in my basement,” says Hanson, “Braden
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recorded each drum on the computer — we didn’t have microphones, just an old Mac, and we just used Garage Band. And because of how terrible the speakers were, it would blow it out, and we got this great distortion. Then we got to the point where we were in an actual recording studio, and wondering how we’re going to make the solos sound like that, get that disgusting sound. We ended up running the amp through the computer, then into the board.” It can take some work to get the right bad sound — but it’s worth it. The full-length runs the gamut: “Can’t Quit” is a far-out take on a basic surf-rock tune, while “Everybody Knows” sounds more post-punk. What might be the album’s coolest moment comes during “Dark, Dark Houses”; the song as a whole is a sweet pop number, but the chorus finds Faisant’s vocals distorted almost beyond recognition by a delay effect. It’s like a nice beach tune, if the beach you go to is on the moon.
in everything. And even though we’re super-connected with all this digital stuff, we’re still isolated. And that creates this sense of the other that overwhelms everything else. “And the thing that everyone’s most paranoid about — it’s not even paranoia, really, because it’s true — is that we’re all eventually going to die.” That’s something that Faisant is, of course, well versed in. He got a degree in elementary education, but took the cemetery job rather than pursue a teaching job right now. It seems to fit him well. “I wanted a job that would let me do physical labor and also — it’s called the ‘deathcare industry,’ and I love that. Your job is to help grieving families. Every aspect is very personal and unique to that family.” It also helps stoke the creative fires. “The imagery, to me, just fits so well — it’s this darkness, and it’s a taboo kind of thing. Everyone says, ‘Oh, it’s really creepy; you work in a cemetery.’ You have all these ideas of what it’s like, and what my job is. It’s not, and it’s exciting — it’s the perfect place for it.”
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{BY IAN THOMAS} Adventurous listeners who can hear the word “experimental” without running for the hills would do well to give Norwegian singer/songwriter Jenny Hval’s new one a spin. Innocence Is Kinky, her fourth album, challenges the audience time and again by eschewing the traditional notions of song structure. While the components of the album’s 10 songs come from the pop palette, she arranges them into complex, less-traditional pieces that evoke the likes of Kate Bush and Laurie Anderson.
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Exploration of mediated interactions seems central to her effort. From the opening line, in which she describes the act of viewing pornography online, Hval shocks by wryly describing the seemingly mundane. In doing so, she finds menace. “Nobody can see me looking, anyway,” she whispers, as though disappointed that her voyeurism cannot be quantified. Though her words, spoken and beautifully sung, sound like they are arriving across a wire, they hit the ear with jarring intimacy, prickling the hairs on the neck. Throughout, Hval’s vocals segue into pitched warbles, which steady themselves to become tones of such sonic purity that their human origin must be questioned. Scared yet? Don’t be. Sure, it is easier to imagine hearing these songs as part of an installation, echoing off the pristine walls of an otherwise silent gallery, than it is to imagine them as background noise to daily routine. But, while Innocence Is Kinky asks a lot, it pays out in equal measure, thanks to Hval’s confident execution. Though the songs are fragmented in their arrangement, the disparate parts shimmer with traditional sonic beauty and studio polish. INFO@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
JENNY HVAL with THE GARMENT DISTRICT. 8 p.m. Fri., Nov. 1. The Andy Warhol Museum, 117 Sandusky St., North Side. $12-15. All ages. 412-237-8300 or www.warhol.org
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Calliope, Pittsburgh’s folk-music society, fills a number of roles in the local music community: Beyond booking national acts and holding classes, Calliope sponsors the Songwriters Circle, a weekly open stage at the Bloomfield Bridge Tavern. Each year around this time, the group puts out a compilation of tunes written by its members; tonight at Calliope’s Roots Cellar (at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts), it’s celebrating this year’s Pittsburgh Songwriters Circle CD Release. The album includes the likes of Sue Gartland and Steve Gallo, and was produced, as it has been in the past, by Regent Square’s Doug Wilkin. Andy Mulkerin 6 p.m. 6300 Fifth Ave., Shadyside. $7. Luke All ages. 412-361Temple 1915 or www. calliopehouse.org
[POP] + FRI., NOV. 01 Queer singer and musician Bitch (Karen Mould) has changed up her sound on her latest project, BEACH, an indie-electro venture with fellow musician Alligator (Billie Jo Cavallaro). With Bitch on electric violin and vocals and Alligator making the beats, BEACH is playful, loud and unpredictable. The feminist, DIY aesthetic is still there, but the cleaner production and focus on electronic sounds takes this project up a notch. It will surely make a great live show tonight. Indie-folk singer Diana Chittester will open the early show at Club Café. Allison
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Known for his soothing falsetto vocals, Luke Temple — of indie-rock band Here We Go Magic — has been branching out on his own recently. With his solo project, Temple is experimenting with much funkier sounds, using only his voice, a drum machine, a bass guitar and a synth for his new solo LP Good Mood Fool, which was released earlier this month. It’s a tasteful throwback to the ’80s, with Temple’s sweet voice at the forefront. Temple will perform tonight at Brillobox with special guest Haunt Pawson. AC 9 p.m. 4104 Penn Ave., Bloomfield. $10-12. 412-6214900 or www. brillobox.net
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Church of Misery came up in the mid’90s in Japan, one of the first doom-metal bands to come out of that country, and gained fame in the United States after its Southern Lord debut, Master of Brutality. This one’s not for the faint of heart; the band likes its murderer imagery (many of its songs are named after serial killers and cult leaders), creepy samples and loud, stoner-y jams. The band plays the 31st Street Pub this evening along with Bloody Hammers, Against the Grain and Pentacost. AM 9 p.m. 3101 Penn Ave., Strip District. $10-12. 412-391-8334 or www.31stpub.com
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South Side. 412-431-4668. STAGE AE. Dr. Dog, Benny Yurco, the Revealers, Floating Action. North Side. THUNDERBIRD CAFE. Chris Rattie & the Brush Valley Rumblers, Brewers Row. Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177. THE WOODEN NICKEL. Bobby V. Monroeville. 412-372-9750.
31ST STREET PUB. The Azoic, Shutter Down, Noir Noir, Shutter Down. Strip District. 412-391-8334. CIOPPINO SEAFOOD CHOPHOUSE BAR. Terrance Vaughn Trio. Strip District. 412-281-6593. CLUB CAFE. The Toasters, Bat Zuppel, Nightly Standard. South ALTAR BAR. Side. 412-431-4950. August Burns Red, w. w w DOWNEY’S HOUSE. er Beartooth. Strip District. hcitypap g p Mike, Frank & Aaron .com 412-263-2877. of The Lava Game. BEAVER FALLS TURNERS Robinson. 412-489-5631. CLUB. The Dave Iglar Band. HOWLERS COYOTE CAFE. Beaver Falls. 724-843-7576. Tinmout, Coronado. Bloomfield. BLVD PUB & KITCHEN. Lucky Me. 412-682-0320. Canonsburg. 724-746-2250. MR. SMALLS THEATER. The THE BRONZE HOOD. Jukebox Devil Wears Prada, Once Nothing, Band. Robinson. Delusions Of Grandeur. Millvale. THE CENTER OF HARMONY. 866-468-3401. Broken Fences. Harmony. SMILING MOOSE. SWARM, 570-294-6450. Disillusion Effect, As Dreams CIP’S. The Woo Hoo Band. Fade, Burnicide. South Side. Dormont. 412-668-2335. 412-431-4668. CLUB CAFE. Backstabbing Good THUNDERBIRD CAFE. Ninth People, Mikey DeLuca & Iggy Ward, Coronado, Tinmouth. Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177.
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FRI 01 ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM. Jenny Hval, The Garment District. North Side. 412-237-8300. CLAIRTON AMERICAN LEGION. Daniels & McClain. Clairton. 412-233-9903. CLUB CAFE. Bitch Presents Beach, Diana Chittester (Early) Smackdab, Jimbo Jackson (Late). South Side. 412-431-4950. HAMBONE’S. Good Seed, Star Chamberlian, Ray Lanich. Lawrenceville. 412-681-4318. HARD ROCK CAFE. Jumpin Jack Flash. Station Square. 412-481-7625. HOWLERS COYOTE CAFE. Big Savage Mountain, The Keep it Downs, The Judas Bull. Dia De Los Muertos Party. Bloomfield. 412-682-0320. LINDEN GROVE. Switch. Castle Shannon. 412-882-8687. MR. SMALLS THEATER. Butch Walker, Marc Scibilia. Millvale. 866-468-3401. PARK HOUSE. Round Black Ghosts. North Side. 412-224-2273. RIVERS CASINO. Lucky Me. North Side. 412-231-7777. ROCK ANN HAVEN. Jukebox Band. Butler. 724-283-1826. SILKS LOUNGE AT THE MEADOWS. The Tony Janflone Jr. Band w/ Tony Janflone Sr. Washington. SMILING MOOSE. Wheatus.
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(Early) Rake, Bill Deasy (late). South Side. 412-431-4950. CONSOL ENERGY CENTER. Josh Groban, Judith Hill. Uptown. 412-642-1800. THE FALLOUT SHELTER. New Shores Burn, Rule of Two, Divine Tragedy. Aliquippa. 724-378-7669. HARVEY WILNER’S. ReCover. West Mifflin. 412-466-1331. HOWLERS COYOTE CAFE. Keith Kenny, Jeremy Caywood, Boon, Ray Lanich Band. Bloomfield. 412-682-0320. LEVELS. Matt Barranti & Bill Ali. North Side. 412-231-7777. LOUGHLIN’S PUB. The Shiners. Cheswick. 724-265-9950. OBEY HOUSE. The Turbosonics, JJ Bickle & the Liberators. Crafton. 412-922-3883. OLD TRAILS. Silkwood Shower. Washington. 724-225-0484. ROYAL PLACE. The Wurms. Castle Shannon. 412-882-8000. SIDEBAR. The Misery Jackals. Kittanning. 724-919-8276. SMILING MOOSE. Yamantaka, Sonic Titan. South Side. 412-431-4668.
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THREE STREETS GRILLE. King’s Ransom. Finleyville. 724-348-8030. THUNDERBIRD CAFE. The Hawkeyes. Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177. THE WAC CLUB. Daniels & McClain. Clairton. 412-233-4058.
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Watkins Band. North Side. PENN BREWERY. The Blues Orphans. North Side. 412-237-9400.
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SUN 03 BRILLOBOX. Night Beats, The Hidden Twin, Far Out Fangtooth. Bloomfield. 412-621-4900. HOWLERS COYOTE CAFE. Jayke Orvis & The Broken Band, Rachel Kate, Joshua Black Wilkins, Zach Schmidt. Bloomfield. 412-682-0320. MR. SMALLS THEATER. The Werks, Jazzam, Blue Redshift. Millvale. 866-468-3401. PALACE THEATRE. Cyndi Lauper. Greensburg. 724-836-8000. THUNDERBIRD CAFE. Distant Correspondent, Silver Thread, Southside American. Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177.
“The name Silencio comes as an obvious nod to the mysterious club in David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive. At first we entertained other Lynchthemed names, but stuck with Silencio because of its capacity to pin us with irony and ambiguity.”
MON 04 ALTAR BAR. Kreator, Overkill. Strip District. 412-263-2877. HOWLERS COYOTE CAFE. Shelf Life String Band, Grifters, Chet Vincent, more. “Pickin’ For Peduto.”. Bloomfield. 412-682-0320.
TUE 05 BRILLOBOX. BRONCHO, Butterbirds, Vikesh Kapoor, The Beauregards. Bloomfield. 412-621-4900. CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY. John Fogerty. California. 724-938-4600. CLUB CAFE. Matt Wertz, Elenowen. South Side. 412-431-4950. THE HANDLE BAR & GRILLE. Michael Todd. Canonsburg. 724-884-5944. SMILING MOOSE. Jungle Rot. South Side. 412-431-4668. STAGE AE. City & Colour, Sleepy Sun. North Side.
WED 06 31ST STREET PUB. Church of Misery, Bloody Hammers, Against the Grain, Pentacost. Strip District. 412-391-8334. BRILLOBOX. Luke Temple, Haunt Pawson. Bloomfield. 412-621-4900. THE HANDLE BAR & GRILLE. Sputzy Sparacino. Canonsburg. 724-746-4227. HARD ROCK CAFE. Black Lodge. Station Square. 412-481-7625. HOWLERS COYOTE CAFE. Robert “Fireball” Mitchell. Bloomfield. 412-682-0320. PALACE THEATRE. Blue Man Group. Greensburg. 724-836-8000. THE SHOP. Velvet Elvis, Lost Realms, Patton. Bloomfield. 412-951-0622. SMILING MOOSE. ANCIIENTS. South Side. 412-431-4668. THUNDERBIRD CAFE. Cosby Sweater, Arpetrio. Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177.
DJS THU 31 BELVEDERE’S. Neon w/ DJ hatesyou. 80s Night. Lawrenceville. 412-687-2555.
Silencio, which plays music from and inspired by the works of David Lynch, plays the Rex Theater (1602 E. Carson St., South Side) on Sat., Nov. 2, at 9 p.m. $10. 412-381-6811
CLUB TABOO. DJ Matt & Gangsta Shak. Homewood. 412-969-0260. PARK HOUSE. Jx4. North Side. 412-224-2273.
FRI 01 BACKSTAGE BAR AT THEATRE SQUARE. Salsa Fridays. DJ Jeff Shirey, DJ Carlton, DJ Paul Mitchell. Downtown. 412-456-6666. BRILLOBOX. Pandemic: Dance of the Dead. Bloomfield. 412-621-4900. CAPRI PIZZA AND BAR. Bombo Claat Friday’s Reggae. East Liberty. 412-362-1250. DRUM BAR. DJ Digital Dave. North Side. 412-231-7777. LAVA LOUNGE. 80’s Alternative. DJ Electric. South Side. 412-431-5282. ONE 10 LOUNGE. DJ Goodnight, DJ Rojo. Downtown. 412-874-4582. PERLE CHAMPAGNE BAR. DJ Midas. Downtown. 412-471-2058. ROWDY BUCK. Top 40 Dance. South Side. 412-431-2825. RUGGER’S PUB. 80s Night w/ DJ Connor. South Side. 412-381-1330. THE TILDEN. Sequence. w/ Tenova. Downtown. 412-931-5360.
SAT 02 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.
DRUM BAR. VDJ Dave Ott. North Side. 412-231-7777. PERLE CHAMPAGNE BAR. DJ Pat. Downtown. 412-471-2058. ROWDY BUCK. Top 40 Dance. South Side. 412-431-2825. S BAR. Pete Butta. South Side. 412-481-7227. THE TILDEN. Sequence. w/ Tenova. Downtown. 412-931-5360.
SUN 03 SMILING MOOSE. The Upstage Nation. DJ EzLou & N8theSk8. Electro, post punk, industrial, new wave, alternative dance. South Side. 412-431-4668. THE TILDEN. Sequence. w/ Tenova. Downtown. 412-931-5360.
WED 06 BLOOMFIELD BRIDGE TAVERN. Fuzz! Drum & bass weekly. Bloomfield. 412-682-8611. SPOON. Spoon Fed. Hump day chill. House music. aDesusParty. East Liberty. 412-362-6001. TENDER BAR + KITCHEN. DJ Zombo. Lawrenceville. 412-402-9522.
BLUES THU 31 THE HOP HOUSE. Yoho’s Yinzide Out. Green Tree. 412-922-9560. SLOPPY JOE’S. Wil E. Tri & the Bluescasters. Mt. Washington. 412-381-4300.
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DOWNEY’S HOUSE. Billy Price & The Lost Minds. Robinson. 412-489-5631. ELWOOD’S PUB. Ms. Freddye’s Home Cookin’. Cheswick. 724-265-1181. EXCUSES BAR & GRILL. The Rhythm Aces. South Side. 412-431-4090. THE HOP HOUSE. Shot O’ Soul. Green Tree. 412-922-9560. THE R BAR. The Sweaty Betty Band. Dormont. 412-942-0882. SPEAL’S TAVERN. Jimmy Adler, The Charlie Barath Duo. New Alexandria. 724-433-1322.
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ANDYS. Lilly Abreu. 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. MCDAIN’S. Kenny Blake. Monroeville. 412-373-3335.
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FRI 01 CLUB COLONY. Groove Doctors. Scott. 412-668-0903. LITTLE E’S. The Mark Lucas Band. Downtown. 412-392-2217. NOLA ON THE SQUARE. John Gresh’s Gris-Gris. Downtown. 412-471-9100. TAMBELLINI BRIDGEVILLE RESTAURANT. RML Jazz. Bridgeville. 412-221-5202.
SAT 02 CARNEGIE MUSIC HALL. 43rd Annual Pitt Jazz Seminar Concert feat. Geri Allen. Oakland. 412-622-3131. CIOPPINO SEAFOOD CHOPHOUSE BAR. Lucarelli Brothers, Peg Wilson. Strip District. 412-281-6593. CJ’S. The Tony Campbell Saturday Jazz Jam Session. Strip District. 412-642-2377. CLUB COLONY. Take Two. Scott. 412-668-0903. LITTLE E’S. Lilly Abreu. Downtown. 412-392-2217. NOLA ON THE SQUARE. Neon Swing X-Perience. Downtown. 412-471-9100. SUPPER CLUB RESTAURANT. RML Jazz. Greensburg. 724-691-0536.
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SUN 03 OMNI WILLIAM PENN. Frank Cunimondo. Downtown. 412-553-5235. SONOMA GRILLE. Jessica Lee. Downtown. 412-697-1336.
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MON 04 SAVOY RESTAURANT. Savoy Jazz. Strip District. 412-281-0660.
TUE 05 BACKSTAGE BAR AT THEATRE SQUARE. Max Leake. Downtown. 412-456-6666. THUNDERBIRD CAFE. Space Exchange Series. Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177.
WED 06 DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY. Jazz Chamber Groups. Uptown. 412-396-6000. NOLA ON THE SQUARE. Rick Matt. Downtown. 412-471-9100.
ACOUSTIC THU 31 BILLY’S ROADHOUSE BAR & GRILL. Mark Pipas. Wexford. 724-934-1177. ELWOOD’S PUB. Marshall Street Rents. Cheswick. 724-265-1181. LEVELS. Matt Tichon Duo. North Side. 412-231-7777. MULLIGAN’S SPORTS BAR & GRILLE. Acoustic Night. West Mifflin. 412-461-8000. PERRYTOWNE DRAFT HOUSE. Ashley & Garret. McCandless. 412-367-9610.
FRI 01 BIDDLE’S ESCAPE. Heather Knopf. Regent Square. 412-999-9009.
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DOUBLETREE MEADOWLANDS. Doug Edgell Band. Washington. 724-222-6200. ELWOOD’S PUB. Doc & Tina. Cheswick. 724-265-1181. LEMONT. Jason Miller. Mt. Washington. 412-431-3100. LEVELS. Juan & Erica. North Side. 412-231-7777. MULLANEY’S HARP & FIDDLE. Tim & John. Strip District. 412-642-6622. PITTSBURGH CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Pittsburgh Songwriters Circle. CD Release. Shadyside. 412-361-0873. STARLITE LOUNGE. The Night Tones. Blawnox. 412-828-9842. VINEYARD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP OF SOUTHWEST PITTSBURGH. Cathasaigh. Bridgeville.
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EVAN BELLAS. Organ concert. Aspinwall Presbyterian Church, Aspinwall. 412-781-2884. PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. Russian Masterpieces feat. Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor & Daniil Trifonov, piano. Heinz Hall, Downtown. 412-392-4900.
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TUE 05 PAPA J’S RISTORANTE. Gene Stovall. Carnegie. 412-429-7272.
WED 06 ALLEGHENY ELKS LODGE #339. Pittsburgh Banjo Club. Wednesdays. North Side. 412-321-1834. PARK HOUSE. The Armadillos, Bluegrass Jam w/ The Shelf Life String Band. North Side. 412-224-2273.
BULGARIAN-MACEDONIAN NATIONAL EDUCATION AND CULTURAL CENTER. Gringo Zydeco. West Homestead. 412-461-6188. PITTSBURGH PUBLIC MARKET. Vince Burns. Strip District. 412-281-4505.
COUNTRY FRI 01 PARK HOUSE. Molly Alphabet & her Country String Band. North Side. 412-224-2273.
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CHRISTINA’S. Steeltown. White Oak. 412-673-0199. HARVEY WILNER’S. Dallas Marks. West Mifflin. 412-466-1331. SILKS LOUNGE AT THE MEADOWS. Ruff Creek. Washington.
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DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY COMBINED CHOIRS. Duquesne University, Uptown. 412-396-6000. EAST END SONG STUDIO BAND. Cantar OLIVE OR TWIST. de Los Muertos Concert. . w w w The Vagrants. r First United Methodist citypape h g p Downtown. Church Pittsburgh, .com 412-255-0525. Shadyside. 412-439-4022. FLANDERS RECORDER QUARTET. A Musical Banquet CARNEGIE LIBRARY, with J. S. Bach. Synod Hall, OAKLAND. Ellen Gozion. Oakland. 412-621-6204. Oakland. 412-622-3105. PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY HAMBONE’S. Calliope East End ORCHESTRA. Russian Masterpieces Appalachian Jam. Lawrenceville. feat. Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor 412-681-4318. & Daniil Trifonov, piano. Heinz Hall, Downtown. 412-392-4900. WESTMORELAND SYMPHONY HAMBONE’S. Monday Night ORCHESTRA. Palace Theatre, Whiskey Rebellion Bluegrass Jam. Greensburg. 724-836-8000. Lawrenceville. 412-681-4318.
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SUN 03 FREDERICK HOHMAN, ORGANIST. Heinz Chapel, Oakland. 412-624-4157. PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. Russian Masterpieces feat. Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor & Daniil Trifonov, piano. Heinz Hall, Downtown. 412-392-4900. SHADYSIDE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CHANCEL CHOIR. Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem. Shadyside Presbyterian Church, Shadyside. 412-682-4300.
OTHER MUSIC THU 31 SEVICHE. Jason Kendall, Jim Graff. Downtown. 412-697-3120.
SAT 02 KEYSTONE OAKS HIGH SCHOOL. Paul Roberts. Organ concert. Dormont. 412-571-6000. LEMONT. Judi Figel. Mt. Washington. 412-431-3100. REX THEATER. Silencio. The music of Angelo Badalamenti/David Lynch. South Side. 412-381-6811. TJ’S HIDEAWAY. Dancing Queen. Evans City. 724-789-7858. WHEELHOUSE AT THE RIVERS CASINO. All Keyed Up. North Side. 412-231-7777.
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HAMBONE’S. Cabaret. Jazz Standards & Showtunes singalong. Lawrenceville. 412-681-4318.
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Oct 30 - Nov 5 WEDNESDAY 30 David Cook
ALTAR BAR Strip District. 412-263-2877. With special guests The Alternate Routes. All ages show. Tickets: ticketfly. com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 8p.m.
THURSDAY 31 Death Angel
ALTAR BAR Strip District. 412-263-2877. With special guests 3 Inches of Blood & more. All ages show. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 7p.m.
The Devil Wears Prada MR. SMALLS THEATRE Millvale. 412-821-4447. With special guests Once Nothing & more. All ages show. Tickets: ticketweb.com/ opusone or 866-468-3401. 8p.m.
FRIDAY 11
North Side. 412-237-8300. With special guests The Garment District. Tickets: warhol.org. 8p.m.
Dr. Dog STAGE AE North Side. With special guests Benny Yurco and the Revealers & more. Tickets: ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000. Doors open at 7p.m.
ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM
866-468-3401. 8p.m.
The Hawkeyes
Maureen McGovern
Dead Milkmen ALTAR BAR Strip District. 412-263-2877. With special guests Weird Paul and the Lopez. All ages show. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 9p.m.
CABARET AT THEATER SQUARE Downtown. 412-4566666. Tickets: trustarts.org. 7:30p.m.
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Kreator / Overkill
Jumpin Jack Flash - Rolling Stones Tribute Band HARD ROCK CAFE Station Square. 412-481-ROCK. Over 21 show. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 10p.m. MR. SMALLS THEATRE Millvale. 412-821-4447. With
THE PALACE THEATRE Greensburg. 724-836-8000. Tickets: thepalacetheatre.org. 7:30p.m.
DAVID COOK WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30 ALTAR BAR
special guests Marc Scibilia. All ages show. Tickets: ticketweb.com/opusone or 866-468-3401. 8p.m.
Dia de los Muertos at Verde VERDE MEXICAN KITCHEN & CANTINA Garfield. 412404-8487. Day of the Dead Celebration. 5p.m.
Tonight Alive / The Downtown Fiction
SATURDAY 22
The 9th Annual Lawrenceville Artists’ Studio Tour LAWRENCEVILLE. Free event. For more info visit lvpgh.com or 412-683-6488. 10a.m.
ALTAR BAR Strip District. 412263-2877. With special guests
ALTAR BAR Strip District. 412263-2877. With special guests Warbringer & more. All ages show. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 6:30p.m.
TUESDAY 55 Matt White
ALTAR BAR Strip District. 412263-2877. With special guests For the Foxes & Echosmith. All ages show. Tickets: ticketfly. com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 7p.m.
HARD ROCK CAFE Station Square. 412-481-ROCK. Limited all ages. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 8p.m.
The Werks
City and Colour
MR. SMALLS THEATRE Millvale. 412-821-4447. With special guests Jazzam & Blue Redshift. All ages show. Tickets: ticketweb.com/opusone or
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THUNDERBIRD CAFE Lawrenceville. 412-6820177. Over 21 show. Tickets: greyareaprod.com. 9p.m.
Cyndi Lauper: She’s So Unusual Tour
Butch Walker
Sound Series: Jenny Hval
Blessthefall & more. All ages show. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 7p.m.
STAGE AE North Side. With special guest Sleepy Sun. All ages show. Tickets: ticketmaster.com or 800-7453000. Doors open at 7p.m.
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WRONG PLAY {BY AL HOFF} Ridley Scott’s crime thriller The Counselor is a slick, but bleak, look at the hazards — moral, economic, spiritual and physical — of joining a business venture as attractively lucrative as drug-running. There’s big money, particularly in the cartel-driven enterprise on the TexasMexico border, but it’s also fair to say that few get out intact. And in a film penned by Cormac McCarthy (The Road, No Country for Old Men), one should come girded for poor outcomes and violence, delivered impassively and creatively.
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Michael Fassbender plays the titular counselor, who for unexplained reasons (the film is short on backstories), jumps in the deep end of the drug pool. He’s soon dog-paddling furiously with a cold-eyed power beauty (Cameron Diaz), her boyfriend and frontman (Javier Bardem, rocking another terrible hairdo!) and a cagey middleman (Brad Pitt). This is mostly a talky affair, with characters spouting epigrams about power, and not much action — just one shoot-out, a tepid car chase and two severe neck injuries. If your taste in crime dramas runs toward philosophizing gangsters, beautiful people (lounging in amusingly tacky sets) and nihilistic outcomes, you should find this A-list ensemble piece satisfying (in the expected unsatisfying manner). Says one wise survivor: “The world where you made the mistake is different from the world where you now want to fix the mistake.” Or to put it in the vernacular, “Good luck with that.” AHOFF@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
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Field work: Platt (Chiwetel Ejiofor) picks cotton.
self-consciously showy or overplayed. Likewise, the celebrity of some of the supporting actors can be distracting (the comical Paul Giamatti, the sainted Brad Pitt). But as a whole, this is a compelling and provocative film, anchored by a career-best performance by Ejiofor.
12 YEARS A SLAVE DIRECTED BY: Steve McQueen STARRING: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender Starts Fri., Nov. 1
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As Northup/Platt, Ejiofor has much to convey, and few lines other than “yes, master” to express himself. Platt’s plight is complicated by his knowledge of life as a fully realized free man, which makes his new status as a disposable tool especially devastating. En route to Louisiana, another slave advises him that his safety depends on playing the dumb beast: “Tell no one who you are, tell no one you can read.” This suppression of identity also feeds his second existential struggle, which the film establishes as universal among the slaves: whether to simply survive, at whatever cost to the self, or to live, and risk punishment or death? In a film critical of slavery we expect scenes of physical abuse — the beatings, rapes and back-breaking labor. But McQueen also outlays more complex psychological miseries: the perversion of religion in the name of slavery; the complicated power dynamics between slaves and between non-slaves; and the pervasive threat of violence. 12 Years continually underlines how
significant slavery was to the growth and wealth of this country. The opening scene, in which Platt and other newcomers are schooled in cutting cane, establishes the real value of slaves: an inexhaustible, virtually free labor force. Repeatedly in 12 Years, slaves are quantified in economic terms — by work potential, by pounds of cotton picked, by their usefulness as debt repayment. But broad social costs exist as well, from the micro (families separated) to the macro, in which slavery is depicted as a morally bankrupt institution that leaves no one untainted by its poison.
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NEW BAD GRANDPA. The brain trust behind Jackass — director Jeff Tremaine and performer Johnny Knoxville — attempt to elevate the pranks-and-stunts-and-assortedgross-outs franchise to pranks-and-stuntsand-assorted-gross-outs-PLUS-heartwarming. To that end, we get Bad Grandpa, where the assorted Jackass mayhem is incorporated into a larger story about a cranky senior citizen (Knoxville, made up as an oldster) tasked with ferrying his guileless grandson (Jackson Nicoll) across the country. Along the way, the pair enacts real-life hidden-camera pranks, many involving the use of prosthetic geriatric genitals. And somewhere between the beers and the exploding underpants, Grandpa learns a valuable lesson about family. It’s an awkward mix that occasionally
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12 Years is beautifully filmed, with a keen eye toward the conflation of beauty and horror. In one gorgeous shot, the camera travels through a seemingly endless field of cane … the same field that a group of slaves have been tasked with cutting, the landscape’s endless bounty now an endless labor. Bad Grandpa works, but Bad Grandpa’s biggest failing is simply that heartwarming or vulgar, the material feels stale. (The film’s big showpiece, in which the pair invades a kiddie beauty pageant, offers the same joke as Little Miss Sunshine, for Pete’s sake.) Nonetheless, the screening audience roared its approval, and apparently, there’s no limit to the laughs that can be wrung from one pair of fake old-guy balls. (Al Hoff) Ford (Benedict Cumberbatch) gives Platt (Chiwetel Ejiofor) a violin.
We watch McQueen’s film with the security that Platt’s story has a “happy” ending; after all, he only needs to serve out 12 years. But the ending is still discomfiting. Platt is freed from bondage, but there is no justice, and the economic and social institution he was imprisoned in is left intact. As the improbably fortunate Platt leaves the plantation, the camera scans those slaves left behind. History has written no escape clause for their misery: At best, there’s seven more years of hard labor, then a five-year war, before the “freedom” to live on in abject poverty.
ENDER’S GAME. Gavin Hood directs this adaptation of Orson Scott Card’s science-fiction adventure, in which children are trained to fight insect-like invaders. Asa Butterfield and Harrison Ford star. Starts Fri., Nov. 1. LAST VEGAS. Jon Turteltaub’s comedy about four childhood friends who take on Las Vegas for a bachelor-party weekend was anything but a good time. There’s not much pleasure in seeing Michael Douglas, Morgan Freeman and Kevin Kline squander their talents on what amounts to Grown Ups: The AARP Years. (Robert DeNiro also stars, but he does little else these days but lazy comedies.) It’s a predictable checklist of jokes about being old (chiefly, having troubles with the body and “the Google”), juiced up with a pretty big dose of skeevy sexism. Because really, what could be funnier than watching a bunch of old guys shriek in horror at old women’s bodies, while openly oogling and macking on a CONTINUES ON PG. 40
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non-stop parade of bikini babes? (Oh, there’s some subplot about how Douglas is ill-advisedly marrying a woman who’s a third of his age, but that’s a plot device, not any meaningful commentary. Please note that the bride-to-be is introduced wearing only skimpy underwear for our oogling.) There’s some tacked-on stuff about loyalty, but taking this material at face value, there’s no mystery in why these four guys have remained friends since they were teens — they’ve never actually grown up. Starts Fri., Nov. 1. (AH)
of ’70s-style conspiracy subplots, the film is as lean and mean as its titular critter (though not nearly as slimy): Spaceship has monster on board; kill monster before it kills you. Scott engineers a series of differently calibrated scares, culminating in a cunningly contrived final confrontation with hero-by-default Sigourney Weaver. Still, the thin characterizations and thinner story wouldn’t amount to much without the dazzling design work. That’s especially true of Giger’s biologicalmechanical creature, a walking nightmare if there ever was one on film. Midnight, Sat., N ov. 2. Manor (Bill O’Driscoll)
REPERTORY HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL. Vincent Price stars in this 1959 horror classic from William Castle. Price plays an eccentric rich man who offers five strangers $10,000 each if they can spend just one night locked down in a mansion with an eerie history. 7 p.m. Wed., Oct. 30. Oaks
SQUID MAN. It’s the premiere of this made-inPittsburgh film about a down-and-out superhero — Squid Man, who can shoot ink from his fingers — who might have a second chance. Written and directed by Charlie Cline. 7 p.m. Sun., Nov. 3. Oaks JFK: A PRESIDENT BETRAYED. This new documentary from Cory Taylor looks at President Kennedy’s back-channel attempts to make peace with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev and Cuba’s Fidel Castro. 7:30 p.m. Wed., N ov. 6. Hollywood
CARNIVAL OF SOULS. This low-budget 1962 creeper from Herk Harvey is more atmospheric than nail-biting. But the story of a woman who survives a car crash only to wind up playing the organ in an eerily deserted amusement park in the Utah desert definitely gets under your skin. 7:30 p.m. Wed., Oct. 30. Hollywood (AH) PSYCHO. Alfred Hitchcock’s classic 1960 film is a thriller and treatise on troubled mother-son relationships. Embezzler-on-the-run Janet Leigh picks the wrong motel to catch some rest at, though the proprietor seems friendly enough … Psycho remains a textbook of masterful editing, and Bernard Hermann’s score is as creepy as ever. 7:30 p.m. Wed., Oct. 30. AMC Loews. $5 (AH)
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related films presented by Battle of Homestead Foundation. 7:30 p.m. Thu., Oct. 31. Pump House, Homestead. Free. 412-831-3871 THE BODY. Oriol Paulo directs this new Spanish horror thriller about a body that goes missing from the morgue. In Spanish, with subtitles. 7:30 p.m. Thu., Oct. 31. Hollywood L’AVVENTURA. The disappearance of a woman on a holiday trip draws together her friend and her boyfriend, in Michelangelo Antonioni’s landmark 1960 drama. In Italian, with subtitles. 8 p.m. Fri., N ov. 1; 5 and 8 p.m. Sat., N ov. 2; and 8 p.m. Sun., Nov. 3. Regent Square GREASE 2 SING-ALONG. This 1982 sequel to Grease, directed by Patricia Birch, features Michelle Pfeiffer as a Rydell High School student (Class of ’61), and Maxwell Caulfield as a British exchange student. This is the sing-along version, so bring your doo-wop skills. 7 p.m. Sat., Nov. 2. Hollywood
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THE GOONIES. A treasure map! A spooky cave! A group of kids embark on an adventure in this 1985 comedy from Richard Donner. 7:30 p.m. Wed., Nov. 6. AMC Loews. $5
I USED TO BE DARKER. A troubled young woman from Northern Ireland seeks refuge with relatives in Baltimore, Md., only to find they’ve got dramas of their own. Matthew Porterfield directs this drama. 10 p.m. Sat., Nov. 2, and 4 and 7 p.m. Sun., Nov. 3. Hollywood ALIEN. Giger’s monster and set designs are still the most impressive aspect of Ridley Scott’s 1979 outer-space horror show. With only the barest
L’Avventura DOWN BY LAW. In Jim Jarmusch’s cult-favorite 1986 film, three men (John Lurie, Tom Waits, Roberto Benigni) share a Louisiana jail cell and plot to escape. 7:30 Thu., N ov. 7; 9:15 p.m. Fri., N ov. 8; 9:15 p.m. Sat., N ov. 9; and 3 p.m. Sun., Nov. 10. Hollywood ANDY WARHOL FILMS. Selections from Warhol’s Factory Diaries series (1971-75) and other shorts screen. Ongoing. Free with museum admission. Andy Warhol Museum, N orth Side. www.warhol.org
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For Andrew Paul and Mark Clayton Southers, the choice of how to open their new theater company’s first season was relatively easy. Blue/Orange — British playwright Joe Penhall’s acclaimed, darkly funny 2000 play about schizophrenia, race and bureaucratic infighting — met their criteria of provocative theater targeting a diverse audience. Startup troupe The Phoenix offers the play’s Pittsburgh premiere, with performances Nov. 1-23 at the Downtown home of Southers’ Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Co. The production, directed by Paul, stars two actors familiar to local stages and a relative newcomer. David Whalen, perhaps Pittsburgh’s busiest stage actor, and Sam Tsoutsouvas — well known to Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre audiences — portray psychiatrists battling over the treatment of a young black man. One believes Chris might be an undiagnosed schizophrenic; the other thinks he should be discharged. Dayton, Ohio-based Rico Parker plays Chris — who claims his father is the bloody Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. Blue/Orange won several best-new-play awards. In the U.K., the 13-yearold play remains popular enough that a national tour was mounted last year. “The play treats a familiar theme — who’s mad and who’s sane? — with pulse-quickening insight and wit,” wrote reviewer Dominic Cavendish in The Telegraph of that touring production. “It cuts to the heart of controversial questions about cultural assumptions and racial prejudice with surgical precision.” In Pittsburgh, whose local landscape is crowded with theater companies large and small, The Phoenix is an ambitious venture — especially for its founders, who recently lost prominent roles in that terrain. In February, Paul was fired as artistic director of Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre, the company he cofounded in 1997. And Southers was laid off as head of theater initiatives at the August Wilson Center for African American Culture, due to budget constraints. Paul says Blue/Orange should resonate with American audiences, and not just because it confronts the volatile way race intersects with diagnoses of mental illness. “The play is so accessible because of the humor,” says Paul. “The issues don’t feel like they’re being pushed down your throat.” That humor does have a particularly sardonic, British tone. But as seen in rehearsal, Penhall’s dialogue combines the prickly music of a Harold Pinter with the brisk momentum of Penhall’s acknowledged influence, David Mamet.
HERE IS SOMETHING both odd and wondrous about Roads of Arabia: Archaeology and History of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. While it seems at first like a promotional tool for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and petroleum company Saudi Aramco, this touring exhibition actually presents an entirely unexpected view of Arabia. Many items displayed offer a remarkable first look into the recently discovered ancient cultural history of the Arabian Peninsula. Although railroad workers discovered large statues as early as 1909, it wasn’t until the 1960s that the Kingdom initiated an extensive archeological program to uncover Arabia’s rich and diverse cultural history. Many of the objects on display were found only within the past decade — and the material demolishes any long-held sense of Arabia as simply the domain of camels, nomads and barren desert. While the exhibition feels somewhat constrained, as if the Kingdom were not yet entirely comfortable with this new historical narrative tracing a rather cosmopolitan history, many of the artifacts are traveling outside of Saudi Arabia for the first time. The exhibition is organized by the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery of the Smithsonian, in association with the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities. The Carnegie Museum of Natural History is one of only five North American venues. The exhibition uses the idea of roads — or, more precisely, trade and pilgrimage routes — to explore a cultural history of the region, with archeological finds dating to the Paleolithic Era. Compiled mostly from the collections of the National Museum in Riyadh, as well as the Kingdom’s regional and university museums, libraries and foundations, Roads
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years and wears a belted robe with sword; another, dating to the 4th millennium BCE, depicts a head and torso with mournful expression. These ancient artifacts clearly,
if surprisingly, demonstrate that figuration was common in pre-Islamic Arabia. More than anything else, the exhibition shows the unexpected diversity of civilizations that inhabited the Peninsula and the cities and oases that served as a crossroads between East and West. An introductory film explains that caravan routes grew because of a robust trade in incense — a hot commodity in the 6th century BCE. The region became a crucial link in a far-reaching network that supplied incense to Egypt, North Africa and Mesopotamia, as well as to the Greco-Roman world, India, and China. The exhibition includes tools from the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods. These share space with carved stone animals found at Al-Magar. One, a figure of a horse, dates to approximately 7,000 BCE and offers clues to the domestication of horses at a moment in history far earlier than had CONTINUES ON PG. 42
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been previously proposed. Other sections contain objects that indicate cities and oases of great wealth. Tayma, in the northwest, was so prosperous that the Babylonian King Nabonidus occupied it. Because it was a crossroads, Tayma’s artifacts, such as the carved sandstone “al-Hamra cube,” exhibit influences from Babylonia, Egypt and Mesopotamia. Southwest of Tayma, the oasis at Dedan became the capital of the Lihyanites. Colossal statues depicting kings were discovered there. Several are on display and show a fusion of Egyptian and Greek styles. Nearby are large-format photographs of elaborate rock-cut tombs built by the later Nabataean Kingdom.
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November 1–2, 7– 9, 11–12, 14–16 8:00 p.m. Attack Theatre’s Spring Way Studio 2515 Liberty Avenue (Strip District) TICKETS www.attacktheatre.com/ATChalk 1.888.71.TICKETS (1.888.718.4253)
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One of the most prosperous cities that grew along the trade routes was Qaryat alFaw, in southern Arabia. As a commercial hub, it was a very cosmopolitan place, with a diverse population. The city contained luxurious multi-story houses, palaces, temples, markets and an advanced watersupply system. Many of the city’s artifacts and luxury goods, while locally produced, show the distinct influence of Hellenism and a blending of local and foreign aspects. Included in discoveries there are fragments of frescos, bronze gods and goddesses, and carved alabaster figures. The rest of the exhibition is devoted to the Islamic period, when incense routes became pilgrimage roads. Here the most striking items are the tombstones with elaborate scripts attesting to the diversity of Muslims who lived in Mecca, or traveled there from afar. Also of note is the massive 17th-century “Door of the Ka’ba,” donated to Mecca by the Ottoman sultan Murad IV and used until 1947. Of particular interest locally are largeformat photographs throughout the exhibition depicting prehistoric rock art. These images come from fieldwork conducted by Sandra Olsen, zooarchaeologist and director of Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s Center for World Cultures. Despite this exhibition’s 600-page catalogue, it feels as though there is much yet to uncover about the region’s complexity, and as though many more discoveries must still lie beneath the centuries of desert sand. INF O @PGH C IT YPAPE R . C O M
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For 11 years, artist-educators Frances Crisafio and Meda Rago have run Faces: A Children’s Art Collaboration, teaching selfportraiture to second- through fifth-graders at two public schools in Manchester. For certain students, depicting themselves through drawing and collage is hard. “You have some kids who are so unhappy with themselves that whatever they glue down on that paper, they rip it off,” says Crisafio. But the results can be extraordinary. HOLDUP in the HOOD, an exhibit at 707 Penn, includes 45 of Crisafio’s photos of participating students, all of whom are African-American, holding their selfportraits between their faces and the camera. The images, dating to 2007, have been exhibited in cities from Portland to Chicago, and won awards in Paris. The 707 show is their biggest local exposure yet. Half the portraits are simple pencil drawings on posterboard, typically guileless, wide-eyed and affecting. Most of the other photos capture collages, comprised of glossy magazine images. One is a portrait in food, with a roastedchicken face. Another is a near-cubist intersection of two faces. Yet another sports a mouth of manicured toes, the face a jumble of scraps. One boy has a cathedralsteps face, steering-wheel and car-tire eyes, and a snarling-wolf ear. Another collage is mostly a photo portrait of a bearded white guy, wearing camouflage and a cap reading “White Trash” and sitting in what looks like his bunker. One kid added a spiffy bow tie to a zebra-striped face. There’s much material from car and jewelry ads. One girl’s collage has a sleeveless dress for a nose and a body of perfume bottles and fashion accessories. Some collages are partial collaborations between a student and him or Rago, acknowledges Crisafio, a designer and photographer. Among the most striking photos, in fact, are larger prints not of completed collages, but of kids wearing “masks” — a boy donning owl’s eyes, for instance, another boy masked by a female model from a Neiman-Marcus ad. Viewer interpretations will vary; within the Faces program (funded by the Society of St. Vincent De Paul), what counts is process: “Getting [students] to look at the way they are and accept that and be happy with that,” says Crisafio. “It’s uncanny how much the final images — even though their faces are covered — look like the kid,” he adds. DRISCOLL@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
HOLDUP IN THE HOOD continues through Sun., Nov. 3. 707 Penn Gallery, 707 Penn Ave., Downtown. www.trustarts.org
ARTIST PERFORMANCE Non-Happening After Ad Reinhardt by Pierre Leguillon Saturday, November 9 6–7:30 p.m. Don’t miss this one-time event by 2013 Carnegie International artist, Pierre Leguillon followed by a discussion with Carnegie Museum of Art Director, Lynn Zelevansky. $25 ($20 members/$15 students); Includes one drink ticket; Reception follows; Preregistration required; Call 412.622.3288 for tickets. Learn more at carnegieinternational.org
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The Art of Falconry presented by the National Aviary
Open your eyes to the cultural history of the Arabian peninsula. Explore 200 archaeological objects only recently available for view in North America.
Get an up-close look at live birds of prey and learn about the historical significance of falconry within Arabian culture.
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pulsive incidents in the history of European colonialism and white supremacy — apart from the various genocides, that is — is the exploitation of a tiny, lone South African woman, Sarah Baartman. Billed as “The Hottentot Venus,” she was hauled around Great Britain and France as a freak-show attraction in the early 19th century. After her death in 1815, at the age of 25, she was dissected and studied, her skeleton and organs preserved and exhibited in France’s Musé de l’Homme. She was removed from public display only in 1976. Suzan-Lori Parks’ main character in her Venus is named “Venus Hottentot,” a large clue that Parks’ 1996 play is not an historical account, though there are many “footnotes” drawn from period writings. (Just sayin’: The real Ms. Baartman’s remains were not returned to and buried in her native land until 2002, even though Nelson Mandela had started asking the French government in 1994.) Given scant and often contradictory documentation, obviously, nobody can know the real details of Ms. Baartman’s life, so fiction and inventiveness are necessary. What also should be obvious is that a life of unrelenting pain and degradation does not make much of a story. Thus Venus is more pageantry than play. And at University of Pittsburgh Stages, director Cynthia Croot guides the show’s Pittsburgh-premiere production to succeed in filling the performance space with sights and sounds that help to relieve Parks’ tedium. In the title role, teaching artist-in-residence Bria Walker portrays a strong, sen-
sual woman trying to take command of her own destiny while grasping for love. She’s the dominant voice, but the most remarkable one is that of undergrad Christopher Collier in his first-ever production. He nearflawlessly handles reams of commentary and narration and a bit of character as the Negro Resurrectionist (referring to the occupation of graverobbers who supplied fresh cadavers to medical schools for study when human dissection was illegal).
VENUS continues through Nov. 10. Studio Theatre (Cathedral of Learning), 4200 Fifth Ave., Oakland. $12-25. 412-624-7529 or www.play.pitt.edu
Teaching artist Terry Hardcastle and eight students round out a busy cast. Applause also to the design and tech team: Gianni Downs, set; Alex Blanck, projections; Ali Schroer, sound; Mindy Eshelman, costumes; and stage manager Ali Zinman. I N F O@ P G HC I T Y PA P E R. C OM
MULTI-TASKERS {BY MICHELLE PILECKI} IN TERMS OF plot, it’s hard to figure out
what The Zero Hour is all about. But in the figurative hands of Off The Wall Productions, what it’s “about” is a chance for the audience to enjoy two amazingly talented women as a range of characters. Madeleine George’s 2010 play, directed here by Robyne Parrish, moves quite briskly and conquers its many demands. Neither of the two central characters has more than a tenuous grasp of reality. Rebecca (Erika Cuenca), the economic provider for the couple, becomes obsessed with her latest assignment to research and write
a seventh-grade textbook and study guide on the Holocaust. Her partner, O (Daina Michelle Griffith), pretends to be “out” as a lesbian when she seems to be agoraphobic, mostly staying inside their apartment. But the real fun is that Griffith portrays all the people and/or hallucinations that unhinge Rebecca, while Cuenca turns herself into both their mothers (who exist only in O’s head) with minimal costume change.
THE ZERO HOUR continues through Nov. 9. Off The Wall Theater, 25 W. Main St., Carnegie. $5-35. 724-873-3576 or www.insideoffthewall.com
The play seems to have a lot to say about Nazis, honesty, love, commitment, human sexuality, mothers, atrocities and how wonderful the 7 train is. (I fully agree.) Except for the last, though, none of it is particularly coherent. Rebecca tries to convince herself of her honesty while dodging it. O loudly proclaims her love for Rebecca, then does something horrid to her. Every single time. And running throughout Zero is the Holocaust, and how it is absolutely impossible to get one’s brain around it. Is it the “gold standard” of atrocities? Does it excuse other genocides? How can we honestly talk about it when we refuse to recognize the behaviors that come too close to home, e.g. the ongoing persecution of homosexuals? And really, how different is Lebensraum from Manifest Destiny? Like the main actors (not to neglect John Steffenauer in a small but significant scene), the design-tech team is also multi-faceted: Kim Crawford, technical director and props; Rich Preffer, set design, costumes and master carpenter (assisted by Rikki Costiloe); Ryan McMasters, sound and music; plus Bob Steineck, lighting; and stage manager Heidi Nagle. The subjects are serious but The Zero Hour is funny and polished. INFO@ PGHC ITY PAP ER.CO M
BULLETINS {BY TED HOOVER} THE ORSON WELLES radio presentation of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds, in an adaptation by Howard Koch, has been in the news recently because it’s the 75th anniversary of this show-biz legend: Told through a series of “we interrupt this broadcast” news bulletins about an invasion from Mars, the program was so real (and/or people are so stupid) that some believed a Martian attack was underway. Bricolage Productions presents the Koch script as part of its “Midnight Radio” series:
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the creation of television — also known as The Farnsworth Invention, the current offering of the Throughline Theatre Company. The Farnsworth Invention is written by someone who knows a great deal about television: Aaron Sorkin, the writer behind The West Wing and The Newsroom. Throughline has pulled out all the stops, ending its season with a period drama utilizing no fewer than 14 actors in a myriad of roles. Liam Macik is brilliant as David Sarnoff, one of the first media moguls in America. His commanding presence centers this production beautifully. As inventor Philo T. Farnsworth, Andrew D. Wolf brings the proper blend of quirkiness and high drama. Sadly, when he narrates action, Wolf speaks too quickly, and much of the exposition is lost. The ensemble cast is outstanding, whether playing doctors, movie stars, family members, executives or Wall Street workers. They also have the task of quickly changing the set and props. Kudos to this hard-working ensemble! Director Jordan Matthew Walsh keeps
THE PROPULSION OF THE STORY KEEPS YOU RIVETED FROM BEGINNING TO END.
Act I moving at a brisk pace. Act II tends to bog down, but that might be more the fault of the script than Walsh’s direction. Also, the play comes to a very unsatisfying end, but Walsh can’t be blamed for that, either. However, Walsh can be faulted for bringing his action too far downstage. Not only are the actors practically in the laps of audience members in the front row, they become virtually invisible to those in the back row. And why must that huge table and all those chairs have to come on and off stage? Couldn’t these set pieces stay on stage and simply be reconfigured for each scene?
THE FARNSWORTH INVENTION continues through Sat., Nov. 2. Throughline Theatre at Grey Box Theatre 3595 Butler St., Lawrenceville. $12-15. www.throughlinetheatre.org
Walsh is also responsible for the sound design. While the actual choices are fine, the balance is terribly off-kilter. Often what is supposed to be underscoring makes the actors impossible to hear. Despite such flaws, however, The Farnsworth Invention is worth seeing. I N F O@ P G H C I T Y PA P E R. C OM
MIDNIGHT RADIO: WAR OF THE WORLDS continues through Nov. 9. 937 Liberty Ave., Downtown. $15-25. 412-394-3353 or www.bricolagepgh.org
Jeffrey Carpenter directs a cast including Paul Guggenheimer, Randy Kovitz, Jason McCune and Sean Sears, with Tami Dixon as the sound department. Acting with conviction and without any embroidery, this company does an exceptional job … and I really admired their ability to play the period of the piece without a raised eyebrow. The Ortner-Roberts Trio are the musicians for the evening — here being an even more integral part of the performance than usual — and their musicianship is entrancing. It’s been some time since I was so gloriously entertained in a theater. Thank you, Bricolage. I N F O @PGH C IT YPAPE R . C O M
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Few playwrights are hotter than Jez Butterworth. The Broadway production of the British playwright’s latest, Jerusalem, won a Tony, and 2008’s Parlour Song was a critically acclaimed Olivier Awardwinner. Quantum Theatre has the regional premiere of Parlour Song, a dark comedy about two married suburban guys — a demolitions expert and a car-wash operator — and one of their wives. Martin Giles directs a cast including internationally credited Brendan McMahon; recent Pittsburgh transplant Cameron Knight; and Pittsburgh native Sarah Silk. The show’s staged in a former chain-restaurant space in The Waterfront. The first performance is tonight. Bill O’Driscoll 8 p.m. Continues through Nov. 24. 201 W. Waterfront Drive, Homestead (across from the AMC Loews theater). $18-49. 412-362-1713 or www.quantumtheatre.com
internationally shown exhibit Comfort Women Wanted juxtaposes ad-like posters featuring the title phrase with posters depicting the silhouettes of the now-aged women, plus video documentation. The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust presents a special, month-long run at Wood Street Galleries, which opens with tonight’s event and artist talk. BO 5:30-8 p.m. (6:30 p.m.
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{ART} That photo of a seminal punk rocker like Stiv Bators or Darby Crash — or even an iconic early Joan Jett photo — might well be by Theresa Kereakes. In the 1970s, Kereakes dove into the Los Angeles punk scene, made friends and started shooting; her behind-the-scenes images have been widely exhibited and published. Sadly, many of her subjects are gone. But Kereakes herself offers prints of the dearly departed in Punk Rock Day of the Dead, part of Get Hip Recordings’ Get Hip-Get Art series. All the photos in this two-night, pop-up-style show are for sale, as are a Kereakesdesigned T-shirt and poster. BO 6-9 p.m. Also 6-9 p.m. Sat., Nov. 2. 1800 Columbus Ave., North Side. Free. 412-231-4766 x11 or www.gethip.com
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artist talk). Exhibit continues through Dec. 1. 601 Wood St., Downtown. Free. www.trustarts.org
Get your Dia de los Muertos running at Unblurred. Latinoinfluenced artists and marching bands are the theme at tonight’s Penn Avenue gallery crawl. There’s a Dia de los Muertos Hot Jam at Pittsburgh Glass Center; a Halloween photo booth at PULSE; ofrendas at Stuff N Such Society;
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Making connections is the underlying mission of the Kelly-Strayhorn Theater’s newest artist program, Fresh Works. The month-long residency gives Pittsburgh-based dancemakers 80 hours of studio time to create works that collaborate across artistic genres, culminating in a works-inprogress public showing. For Fresh Works’ inaugural showing, on Fri., Nov. 1, at The Alloy Studios, dancers/choreographers Maree ReMalia and Jil Stifel and visual artist Blaine Siegel present excerpts from works developed during their residencies. Ohio transplant ReMalia and her projectbased merrygogo dance troupe present a 30-minute excerpt from “The Ubiquitous Mass of Us” (working title), set to a soundscape by musician David Bernabo. Nine dancers including ReMalia and Stifel will perform the contemporary-dance work that examines, says ReMalia, “internal and external spatial divisions and the way we take up space, both seen and unseen.” In Siegel’s “Objects for Dance,” husband-and-wife pair Siegel and Stifel, along with ReMalia, offer a 20-minute excerpt of their hybrid art/dance collaboration inspired by and using woven-rope sculptures created by Siegel. The Stifel-choreographed movement for the work (performed in silence) looks at the way she and ReMalia are drawn to move with Siegel’s sculptures. “We try to perform the art,” says Stifel (pictured). “How can my body and my dancer’s mind animate physical objects?” Steve Sucato 8 p.m., Fri., Nov. 1. The Alloy Studios, 5530 Penn Ave., Friendship. $10. 412-363-3000 or www.kelly-strayhorn.org
and even Milonga de Noche de los Muertos, the tango night at Richard J. Walters’s law office/dance emporium. The non-muertos fun includes the release of the sixth issue of nationally known handmade story collection Birkensnake, at Most Wanted Fine Art. Wrap at Pandemic’s late-night Dance of the Dead, at Brillobox. BO 7 p.m. 4100-5400 Penn Ave., Bloomfied/Garfield. Free. 412-389-5521
from across the country. The lectures and workshops culminate in the competition called Belly Off in the Burgh, and two evening performances. The competition includes dancers of all ages and skill levels, and divisions for live and recorded music. Tonight’s the Pittsburgh Belly Off Gala Show; tomorrow’s the Grand Finale. All festival events are at Bloomfield’s Pittsburgh Dance Center. BO Gala Show: 7 p.m. Grand Finale: 7:30 p.m. Sun., Nov. 3. $10-15. 4765 Liberty Ave., Bloomfield. www. pghbellydancefestival.com
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{STAGE} ’Tis the season for spooky shows, and Prime Stage Theatre offers a sure-to-be haunting adaptation of literary classic Turn of the Screw. A governess is brought to an old English manor house to care for two children by an uncle who could care less about them, but strange things start to occur. Are ghosts to blame? Joe Warik directs Jeffrey Hatcher’s adaptation of Henry James’ novella; the cast includes George Saulnier in multiple roles and Lissa Brennan as the governess. Tonight is the first performance. Brett Wilson 8 p.m. Continues through Nov. 10. New Hazlett Theater, 6 Allegheny Square East, North Side. $10-30. 724-773-0700 or www. prime stage.com
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Hustlebot started out as a live concern, for years performing its long-form improv at local venues. Then the four-member troupe — David Fedor, John Feightner, Larry Phillis and Joe
drew jeers at Cannes. But the film — the first in a trilogy including La notte and L’eclisse — shortly got its due. BO 8 p.m. Also 5 and 8 p.m. Sat.,
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Wichryk — turned its focus toward video, the latest project being the 10-part web series Stoners With a Time Machine, currently in pre-production. Tonight, for one night only, Hustlebot is back on stage (with some video) at Arcade Comedy Theater. Catch them before they get too far with that time machine. BO 8 p.m.
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madness & a Darwinian power struggle at the heart of a dying National Health Service. Presented by The Phoenix Theatre. Wed-Sat, 8 p.m. and Sun, 2 p.m. Thru Nov. 17. Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre, Downtown. 1-888-718-4253. EMMA. Jane Austin’s story presented by Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center Student Company. Fri, Sat, 7:30 p.m. and Sun, 2 p.m. Thru Nov. 3. Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center, Midland. 724-576-4644. AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE. Play by Henrik Ibsen. Presented by the Shady Side Academy Senior School. Nov. 1-2, 7 p.m. and Sun., Nov. 3, 2 p.m. Hillman Center for Performing Arts, Fox Chapel. 412-968-3040. THE FARNSWORTH INVENTION. Play by Aaron Sorkin about Philo Farnsworth’s invention of the television & David Sarnoff, the RCA president who stole the design. Presented by Throughline
Theatre. Fri, Sat and Thu., Oct. 31. Thru Nov. 2. The Grey Box Theatre, Lawrenceville. 1-888-718-4253. GOD OF CARNAGE. 2 pairs of parents meet for a civilized discussion about a scuffle their young sons have had on the playground. Thu-Sat, 8 p.m. Thru Nov. 2. Little Lake Theatre, Canonsburg. 724-745-6300. HAMLET. Presented by Pittsburgh Classic Players. Fri, Sat, 8 p.m., Sun, 2 p.m. and Sun., Nov. 17, 8 p.m. Thru Nov. 10. The New Bohemian, Shaler. LOST IN YONKERS. Play by Neil Simon. Presented by the Northern Lights Theater Company. Fri, Sat, 7:30 p.m. Thru Nov. 9. Mars Area Public Library, Mars. 724-625-9048. MIDNIGHT RADIO: WAR OF THE WORLDS. Recreation of the Mercury Theater’s classic end-of-the-world radio play with a Pittsburgh spin. Live radio broadcast: Oct. 30, 90.5 WESA. Thu, 9 p.m. and Fri, Sat, 9 p.m. Thru Nov. 9. Bricolage, Downtown. 412-471-0999.
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MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT. 201 W. Waterfront Dr., Homestead. Presented by Quantum Theatre. Hilarious & twisted take on Wed-Sat, 8 p.m. and Sat, Sun, the story of King Arthur, the 7 p.m. Thru Nov. 24. 412-362-1713. Knights of the Round Table, & THE PICTURE OF DORIAN canned meat. Fri, Sat. Thru Nov. 9. GRAY. The Rage of the Stage Comtra Theatre, Cranberry. Player’s steampunk adaptation. 724-591-8727. Adult content. Thu-Sat, 8 p.m. Thru THE MOUSETRAP. Play by Nov. 2. South Park Theatre, Agatha Christie. Presented Bethel Park. 412-831-8552. by The Baldwin Players. PLAYING DOCTOR. Show times: 8 p.m., Rob Brewster used his 2 p.m. matinees. Fri-Sun. medical school money Thru Nov. 3. Baldwin to pursue a writing www. per Community United a p ty career, and tries to fake pghci m Methodist Church, .co it when his parents come Whitehall. 412-881-1002. for a visit. Nov. 2-3, 7 p.m. NIGHT OF THE LIVING R-ACT Theatre Productions, DEAD. Full-length opera of Robinson. 724-775-6844. George Romero’s film. Presented A RAISIN IN THE SUN. Presented by The Microscopic Opera by the Indiana Players. Fri-Sun. Company. microscopicopera.org Thru Nov. 3. Philadelphia Street Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 8 p.m. and Sun., Playhouse, Indiana. 724-464-0725. Nov. 3, 7 p.m. Kelly-Strayhorn RETRO RADIO REVIEW. An Theater, East Liberty. 412-363-3000. evening of live sketches inspired PARLOUR SONG. A suburban by radio shows of the 1930s & housing development is home to 40s, set in the ‘Burgh. Fri., Nov. 1, two friendly couples. But beneath 8 p.m. Arcade Comedy Theater, the bland routine of affluence, Downtown. 412-339-0608. illicit desires & painful memories THE ROCKY HORROR prompt mysterious occurrences. SHOW. Presented by Brisbane Management Group. Location released after ticket purchase. brisbane-management-group.com Wed-Sat. Thru Oct. 31. THE THREE GRACE(S) TRIPTYCH. Short film trilogy by Nicola Kuperus & Adam Lee Miller, live soundtrack performance by ADULT. Thu., Oct. 31, 7:30 p.m. Mattress Factory, North Side. 412-231-3169. TICK, TICK .. BOOM! Jonathan Larson’s autobiographical musical. Fri, Sat, 7:30 p.m. and Sun, 2 p.m. Thru Nov. 3. New Castle Playhouse, New Castle. 724-654-3437. TURN OF THE SCREW. Adapted from the novella by Henry James. Presented by Prime Stage Theatre. Fri, Sat, 8 p.m. and Sun, 2:30 p.m. Thru Nov. 10. New Hazlett Theater, North Side. 412-320-4610. VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE. Vanya & his sister Sonia tolerate a mediocre life until their movie-star sister Masha returns w/ her boy-toy Spike. Tue-Sun. Thru Nov. 3. City Theatre, South Side. 412-431-2489. VENUS. Suzan-Lori Parks’ explores race & history through the story of Venus Hottentot, a beautiful African Dancing Princess. Tue-Sat, 8 p.m. and Sun, 2 p.m. Thru Nov. 10. Studio Theatre, Cathedral of Learning, Oakland. WE WILL ROCK YOU. Musical feat. the hits of Queen. Thru Oct. 31, 7:30 p.m., Thru Nov. 2, 8 p.m. and Sun., Nov. 3, 6:30 p.m. Benedum Center, Downtown. 412-456-6666.
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Dreamers. Artwork by Christian Wolfgang Breitkreutz. Opening reception Nov. 1, 7-10 p.m. Signs From the Times. An Exhibition of New Works by Ron Copeland. Opening reception Nov. 1, 7-10 p.m. Garfield. 412-362-0274. PENN AVENUE ARTS DISTRICT. Unblurred Gallery Crawl. Nov. 1. Garfield. 412-441-6147-ext.-7. VOLUTO / COMMONPLACE COFFEE. Colorblind Pittsburgh. Paintings by Ryan Ian McCormick. Opening reception: Nov. 1, 7 p.m. Part of Unblurred. Garfield. 517-862-1963. WOOD STREET GALLERIES. Comfort Women Wanted. Work by Chang-Jin Lee. Opening reception: Nov. 1, 5:30-8 p.m.; Artist Talk at 6:30 p.m. Downtown. 412-471-5605.
ONGOING 707 PENN GALLERY. HOLDUP in the HOOD. Multimedia work by Francis Crisafio. Downtown. 412-325-7017. 709 PENN GALLERY. Proud to be an American? Photographs by Bea Chiappelli. Downtown. 412-471-6070. AMERICAN JEWISH MUSEUM. Finnish & Jewish. Photographs by Dina Kantor. Squirrel Hill. 412-521-8010. ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM. Theater of the Self. Photographic reprisals by Yasumasa Morimura. 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.
BACKSTAGE BAR AT THEATRE SQUARE. Eccentric Characters. Paintings & collages by Diane Keane. Downtown. 412-456-6666. BE GALLERIES. Endangered. Work by Elizabeth Castonguay. Lawrenceville. 412-687-2606. BFG CAFE. New Artists Showcase. Group show. Garfield. 412-661-2345. BLUE OLIVE GALLERIES. Pittsburgh Panoramas/Metals. Frazier. 724-275-7001. BOXHEART GALLERY. Hats Off to the Insane. New work by Sherry Rusinack. Bloomfield. 412-687-8858. THE BREW HOUSE. Threaded: A Glass Exhibition. A collection of contemporary glass and mixed media works by five Pittsburgh-based artists: Jason Forck, Elizabeth Fortunato, Theo Keller, Matt Eskuche, & Jarrod Futscher Artist reception Nov. 2, 7-10 p.m.; Email or call to view the exhibition by appointment. South Side. 843-469-8342. CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART. 2013 Carnegie International. Exhibition of new international art in the United States. Curated by Daniel Baumann, Dan Byers, & Tina Kukielski. Oakland. 412-622-3131. CHATHAM UNIVERSITY. Culture in Context. African Art from the Olkes Collection. Shadyside. 412-365-1232. CHRISTINE FRECHARD GALLERY. Allison Stewart. Paintings. Squirrel Hill. 412-421-8888. COHEN & GRIGSBY GALLERY. CONNECTIONS: The Work of Fabrizio Gerbino. Downtown. COMMONPLACE COFFEEHOUSE. A Sense of Seeing. Large oil paintings by Jacquet Kehm inspired by Eastern meditative art. Squirrel Hill. 412-436-0908. EAST LIBERTY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Christopher Ruane. Photography exhibit. East Liberty. 412-441-3800. ECLECTIC ART & OBJECTS GALLERY. 19th century American & European paintings combined with some of the world’s most talented contemporary artists & their artwork. The Hidden Collection. Watercolors by Robert N. Blair (1912- 2003). Hiromi Traditional Japanese Oil Paintings The Lost Artists of the 1893 Chicago Exhibition. Collectors Showcase. Emsworth. 412-734-2099. FILMMAKERS GALLERIES. Gravitational Pull. Multimedia work by Megan Biddle. Oakland. 412-681-5449. FRICK ART & HISTORICAL CENTER. Permanent collection
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of European Art. Point Breeze. 412-371-0600. GALERIE WERNER, THE MANSIONS ON FIFTH. Modern Moods: Paintings of Pittsburgh Between the Wars. Work by Claire Hardy. Oakland. 412-716-1390. GALLERIE CHIZ. A Magical Mirror of International Cultures Combining Real & Imaginary Worlds. Work by Masha Archer, Salvador DiQuinzio, Mitzi Hall, & Manuela Holban. Shadyside. 412-441-6005. GARFIELD ARTWORKS. Remaining Nameless. Work by Nick & Noell. Garfield. 412-361-2262. GLENN GREENE STAINED GLASS STUDIO INC. Original Glass Art by Glenn Greene. Exhibition of new work, recent work & older work. Regent Square. 412-243-2772. HUNT INSTITUTE FOR BOTANICAL DOCUMENTATION. 14th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Oakland. 412-268-2434. INTERNATIONAL IMAGES. Reclaiming Landscapes. Photographs by Student Art Show winner Christopher Sprowls. Sewickley. 412-741-3036. JAMES GALLERY. Necessary Fictions. Work by Patricia Bellan-Gillen. 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. LILI COFFEE*SHOP. Marian Phillips. Knife & oil paintings. Polish Hill. 412-682-3600. MANCHESTER CRAFTSMEN’S GUILD. Here & Now. Work by Sharif Bey. North Side. 412-322-1773.
Showcase. 8 p.m. Buckhead Saloon, Station Square. 412-232-3101. STAND-UP COMEDY OPEN MIC. Wed, 8 p.m. The BeerHive, Strip District. 412-904-4502.
EXHIBITS ALLEGHENY-KISKI VALLEY HERITAGE MUSEUM. Military artifacts and exhibits on the Allegheny Valley’s industrial heritage. Tarentum. 724-224-7666. ARTDFACT. Artdfact Gallery. An eclectic showroom of fine art sculpture & paintings from emerging artists. North Side. 724-797-3302. AUGUST WILSON CENTER FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE. Pittsburgh: Reclaim,
MATTRESS FACTORY. DETROIT: Artists in Residence. Work by Design 99, Jessica Frelinghuysen, Scott Hocking, Nicola Kuperus & Adam Lee Miller, Russ Orlando, Frank Pahl. Janine Antoni: Within. Chiharu Shiota: Trace of Memory. Site-specific installation focusing on the body w/ relation to place & space. Ongoing Installations. Works by Turrell, Lutz, Kusama, Anastasi, Highstein, Wexler & Woodrow. North Side. 412-231-3169. MILLER GALLERY AT CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY. Alien She. Work by Ginger Brooks Takahashi, Tammy Rae Carland, Miranda July, Faythe Levine, Allyson Mitchell, L.J. Roberts, & Stephanie Syjuco. Oakland. 412-268-3618. MORGAN CONTEMPORARY GLASS GALLERY. common discourse. Group show feat. work by Jen Blazina, Ron Desmett, Michael Janis, Susan Longini, Carmen Lozar, Heather Joy Puskarich, Demetra Theofanous & Randy Walker. Shadyside. 412-441-5200. PHOTO ANTIQUITIES. Photography of the Great Gatsby Era. See what cameras were popular in the Roaring 20’s including Kodak Vest Pocket Cameras & Vanity Cameras, beautifully housed in Art Deco styled cases. Some even came complete with a mirror and lipstick for those flappers on the go! North Side. 412-231-7881. PITTSBURGH CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Artist of the Year: Akiko Kotani. Emerging Artist of the Year: Lenka Clayton. Master Visual Artists: Preserving the Legacy. Work by Tadao Arimoto, Gary Jurysta, Contance Merriman, Risë Nagin, Chuck Olson, Marjorie F. Shipe, Paul Zelevansky, more. Shadyside. 412-361-0873. POINT PARK UNIVERSITY. DANCE. Work by Joyce
Renew, Remix. Feat. imagery, film & oral history narratives to explore communities, cultures, & innovations. Downtown. 412-258-2700. BAYERNHOF MUSEUM. Large collection of automatic roll-played musical instruments and music boxes in a mansion setting. Call for appointment. O’Hara. 412-782-4231. BOST BUILDING. Collectors. Preserved materials reflecting the industrial heritage of Southwestern PA. Homestead. 412-464-4020. CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. Roads of Arabia: Archaeology & History of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Archaeological materials exploring
Werwie Perry. The Lawrence Hall Gallery. Downtown. 412-391-4100. SENATOR JOHN HEINZ HISTORY CENTER. Poptastic! The Art of Burton Morris. Retrospective feat. nearly 50 works. Strip District. 412-454-6000. SOCIETY FOR CONTEMPORARY CRAFT SATELLITE GALLERY. Touch in Real Time. Work by Holly Hanessian. Downtown. 412-261-7003. THE SOCIETY FOR CONTEMPORARY CRAFT. ENOUGH Violence: Artists Speak Out. Feat. over 40 works by US & European contemporary artists. Strip District. 412-261-7003. SWEETWATER CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Oasis. Paintings by Leslie Ansley. Sewickley. 412-741-4405. TOONSEUM. Hagar the Horrible’s 40th Anniversary. Feat. 40 pieces of original art, as well as personal artifacts that give insight into the family that inspired Hagar’s family. The ToonSeum, Downtown. 412-232-0199. TRUNDLE MANOR. Coffin Cuties Art Opening. Photography by Mike Hearse. By appointment. Swissvale. 412-916-5544. UNSMOKE ART SPACE. With Things Inside. Installation by Carolina Ramos & David Lasky. By appointment. Braddock. 415-518-9921. WESTMORELAND MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART. Born of Fire: The Valley Work. Greensburg. 724-837-1500. WOOD STREET GALLERIES. Hive. 3D-animated audiovisual installation where gallery visitors confront a swirling mass of amorphous figures, appearing as a collective of matter as opposed to individual beings in deep space. Downtown. 412-471-5605.
the cultural history of the Arabian Peninsula. 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. CARRIE FURNACE. Built in 1907, Carrie Furnaces 6 & 7 are extremely rare examples of pre World War II ironmaking technology. Rankin. 412-464-4020 x.21. CENTER FOR POSTNATURAL HISTORY. Explore the complex interplay between culture, nature and biotechnology. Open Fridays
shop & gardens. South Park. 5-8, Saturdays 12-4 & Sundays 12-4. 412-835-1554. Garfield. 412-223-7698. COMPASS INN. Demos and tours PENNSYLVANIA TROLLEY with costumed guides featuring MUSEUM. Trolley rides and this restored stagecoach stop. exhibits. Includes displays, walking Ligonier. 724-238-4983. tours, gift shop, picnic area and CONNEY M. KIMBO Trolley Theatre. Washington. GALLERY. University of Pittsburgh 724-228-9256. Jazz Exhibit: Memorabilia & PHIPPS CONSERVATORY & Awards from the International Hall BOTANICAL GARDEN. Fall of Fame. Oakland. 412-648-7446. Flower Show. Thousands of DEPRECIATION LANDS chrysanthemums in various forms MUSEUM. Small living history & colors display festive scenes. 14 museum celebrating the indoor rooms & 3 outdoor gardens settlement and history of the feature exotic plants and floral Depreciation Lands. Allison Park. displays from around the world. 412-486-0563. Oakland. 412-622-6914. FALLINGWATER. Tour the PINBALL PERFECTION. Pinball famed Frank Lloyd Wright house. museum & players club. West Ohiopyle. 724-329-8501. View. 412-931-4425. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN PITTSBURGH GLASS CENTER. CHURCH. Tours of 13 Tiffany Lifeforms. Exhibition of natural stained-glass windows. imagery in lampworked glass. Downtown. 412-471-3436. Curated by Robert Mickelsen. FORT PITT MUSEUM. Friendship. 412-365-2145. Unconquered: History PITTSBURGH ZOO Meets Hollywood at Fort & PPG AQUARIUM. Pitt. Original movie Home to 4,000 props, photographs, animals, including & costumes alongside many endangered w. w w 18th century artifacts & er species. Highland Park. hcitypap g p documents, comparing .com 412-665-3639. & contrasting historical RACHEL CARSON events w/ Hollywood HOMESTEAD. A Reverence depictions. Reconstructed fort for Life. Photos and artifacts houses museum of Pittsburgh of her life & work. Springdale. history circa French & Indian 724-274-5459. War and American Revolution. RIVERS OF STEEL NATIONAL Downtown. 412-281-9285. HERITAGE AREA. Exhibits FRICK ART & HISTORICAL on the Homestead Mill. Steel CENTER. Ongoing: tours of industry and community artifacts Clayton, the Frick estate, with from 1881-1986. Homestead. classes, car & carriage museum. 412-464-4020. Point Breeze. 412-371-0600. SENATOR JOHN HEINZ HARTWOOD ACRES. Tour HISTORY CENTER. Pennsylvania’s this Tudor mansion and stable Civil War. In-depth look at complex, and enjoy hikes Pennsylvania’s significant and outdoor activities in the contributions during the Civil surrounding park. Allison Park. War feat. artifacts, military 412-767-9200. encampments, life-like museum KENTUCK KNOB. Tour the figures, more. From Slavery to other Frank Lloyd Wright house. Freedom. Highlight’s Pittsburgh’s Chalk Hill. 724-329-8501. role in the anti-slavery movement. KERR MEMORIAL MUSEUM. Ongoing: Western PA Sports Tours of a restored 19th-century, Museum, Clash of Empires, and middle-class home. Oakmont. exhibits on local history, more. 412-826-9295. Strip District. 412-454-6000. MARIDON MUSEUM. SEWICKLEY HEIGHTS Collection includes jade and ivory HISTORY CENTER. Museum statues from China and Japan, as commemorates Pittsburgh well as Meissen porcelain. Butler. industrialists, local history. 724-282-0123. Sewickley. 412-741-4487. MCGINLEY HOUSE & SOLDIERS & SAILORS MCCULLY LOG HOUSE. MEMORIAL HALL. Military Historic homes open for tours, museum dedicated to honoring lectures and more. Monroeville. military service members since 412-373-7794. the Civil War through artifacts NATIONAL AVIARY. Home to & personal mementos. Oakland. more than 600 birds from over 412-621-4253. 200 species. With classes, lectures, ST. ANTHONY’S CHAPEL. demos and more. North Side. Features 5,000 relics of Catholic 412-323-7235. saints. North Side. 412-323-9504. NATIONALITY ROOMS. 26 ST. NICHOLAS CROATIAN rooms helping to tell the story CATHOLIC CHURCH. Maxo Vanka of Pittsburgh’s immigrant past. Murals. Mid-20th century murals University of Pittsburgh. Oakland. depicting war, social justice and the 412-624-6000. immigrant experience in America. OLD ST. LUKE’S. Pioneer church Millvale. 421-681-0905. features 1823 pipe organ, WEST OVERTON MUSEUMS. Revolutionary War graves. Scott. Learn about distilling and 412-851-9212. coke-making in this pre-Civil OLIVER MILLER HOMESTEAD. War industrial village. Scottdale. This pioneer/Whiskey Rebellion 724-887-7910. site features log house, blacksmith
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HOLIDAY THU 31 ALL AGES TRICK-OR-TREAT ON BUTLER STREET. 6-8 p.m. Butler Street, Lawrenceville. 412-204-7190. BACHATA/SALSA HALLOWEEN COSTUME CONTEST. Feat. Bachata & Salsa lessons. 9 p.m. Perle Champagne Bar, Downtown. 412-471-2058. HALLOWEEN COSTUME PARTY. Costume contest, performance by The Express Girls, more. 7 p.m. Olive Or Twist, Downtown. 607-368-3837. MONTGOMERY CEMETERY. Halloween display & guided tour benefiting North Hills Community Outreach. 9008 Hampshire Court, Ross. 6-9 p.m. 412-487-6316. NIGHTMARE ON 7TH STREET: A HAUNTED HALLOWEEN MASQUERADE AFFAIR. Halloween cocktails, costume contest, more. 10 p.m. Enigma Elite Lounge, Downtown. 412-391-1004. ZOMBIES OF THE CORN. Zombie shoot, corn maze, wagon rides, more. Thu-Sat, 7 p.m. Thru Oct. 31 Freedom. 724-775-6232.
THU 31 - SAT 02 HAUNTED HILLS HAYRIDE/ VALLEY OF DARKNESS HAUNTED WALKING TRAIL. Live bands, karaoke, & DJs every Friday & Saturday. Benefits The Autism Society of Pittsburgh & The Spectrum Charter School. hauntedhillshayride.com Thru Nov. 2 Haunted Hills, North Versailles. THE SCAREHOUSE. Haunted house open select dates through Nov. 2. Thru Nov. 2 Etna. 412-781-5885.
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DANCE FRI 01 FOR THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH. Performance by the I am Saved Christian Contemporary Dance Company. Ages 13+. 7 p.m. Rodman Street Missionary Baptist Church, East Liberty. 412-363-8082. FRESH WORKS. Choreography by Maree ReMalia, Jil Stifel, & Blaine Siegel. 8 p.m. The Alloy Studios, Friendship. 412-363-3000.
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THE CHALK LINE. Performance by Attack Theatre. showclix.com/ events/8821 Fri, Sat, Mon, Tue and Thu., Nov. 7. Attack Theatre Spring Way Studio, Strip District.
FUNDRAISERS FRI 01 DALLAS MARKS COUNTRY BAND BENEFIT CONCERT. Benefits the Pennsylvania Transplant Fund, in honor of Mt. Pleasant native, Larry Keefer. 7 p.m. Youngwood Firehall, Youngwood. 724-600-6399. GARBAGE BAG GALA. “Trash”themed fashion show benefiting The Salvation Army Family Caring Center. garbagebaggala.org 6-9 p.m. Fairmont Pittsburgh, Downtown. 412-773-8800.
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GREEN TIE GALA. Dinner, dancing, silent auction, more. Benefits Sacred Heart Elementary School. 6 p.m. Heinz Field, North Side. 412-441-1582. PITTSBURGH PAYS TRIBUTE. Benefits The Navy SEAL Foundation & The 31Heroes project. 6:30 p.m. Senator John Heinz History Center, Strip District. 412-454-6000. A STEP BACK IN TIME. Buffet dinner, live entertainment, more. Benefits the Donora Smog Commemorative Committee. 6 p.m. Donora Borough Building, Washington. 724-823-0364.
SUN 03 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. PITTSBURGH KIDNEY WALK. Benefits the National Kidney Foundation. 7:30 a.m. Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium, Highland Park. 412-261-4115.
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I’ve been going to a lot of the Pittsburgh International Festival of Firsts shows, and this show was definitely one that I did not want to miss out on. I thought the show was hilarious, and it was a really fun rock ’n’ roll cabaret. The show was exactly what I expected in terms of it being very whimsical and really entertaining; it was an absolute riot. It really came as no surprise, though; every show I’ve seen for the Festival of Firsts has been phenomenal. I would have to say my favorite show from the Festival of Firsts would have to have been Kiss & Cry. That’s taking nothing away from this show, but after my friends and I saw Kiss & Cry, we were just so blown away we knew nothing could top it. I think the Festival has been a great thing for Pittsburgh. B Y B RE T T W I L S ON
Foundation. 6 p.m. Rivers Casino, North Side. 412-657-3483. TURKEY TOAST. Appetizers, craft beer, art exhibits, more. Benefits Every Child’s Thanksgiving program. 5:30 p.m. Most-Wanted Fine Art Gallery, Garfield. 412-665-0600.
LITERARY THU 31 ENGLISH LEARNERS’ BOOK CLUB. For advanced ESL students. Presented in cooperation w/ the Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council. Thu, 1 p.m. Mount Lebanon Public Library, Mt. Lebanon. 412-531-1912. THE HOUR AFTER HAPPY HOUR WRITER’S WORKSHOP. Young writers & recent graduates looking for additional feedback on their work. thehourafterhappyhour. wordpress.com Thu, 7-9 p.m. The Big Idea Bookstore & Cafe, Bloomfield. 412-687-4323.
FRI 01 POETRY (+/-) CRITICAL PLAYLIST SYMPOSIUM. Feat. Terrance Hayes, Lynn Keller, Dawn Lundy Martin, Chris Nealon, Brian Reed. 2-5 p.m. University of Pittsburgh, Humanities Center, Oakland. 412-624-8519.
SAT 02 ITALIAN CONVERSATION. Third and First Sat of every month, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Carnegie Library, Oakland. 412-622-3151.
MON 04 12 STEPS TO PEACE: USING CREATIVITY TO TRANSFORM ANXIETY. Writing & discussion group. Mon, 6-7 p.m. Thru Nov. 25 Carnegie Library, Squirrel Hill. 412-337-4976. DAVID NASAW. Monday Night Lecture Series. 7:30 p.m. Carnegie Music Hall, Oakland. 412-622-3131. OPEN POETRY WORKSHOP. Presented by the Pittsburgh Poetry Exchange. First Mon of every month, 7-10 p.m. Brentwood Library, Brentwood. 412-882-5694. READING ROUND TABLE. Feat. plays from August Wilson & new works by up & coming playwrights. First Mon of every month, 7 p.m. August Wilson Center for African American Culture, Downtown. 412-258-2700.
TUE 05 JAPANESE CONVERSATION CLUB. First and Third Tue of every month, 6 p.m. Carnegie Library, Oakland. 412-622-3151. KID’S BOOKS FOR GROWN-UPS BOOKCLUB. First Tue of every month, 10 a.m. Penguin Bookshop, Sewickley. 412-741-3838. LET’S SPEAK ENGLISH! Practice conversational English. Tue, 6 p.m. Carnegie Library, Squirrel Hill. 412-422-9650.
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BACKYARD EXHIBIT. Musical swing set, sandbox, solar-powered instruments, more. Ongoing Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, North Side. 412-322-5058. BALL. 500 beach balls, larger inflatable balls, a disco ball & music. Ongoing Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, North Side. 412-322-5058. TAPESCAPE. Massive indoor landscape made of 22 miles of packing tape. Thru Jan. 19, 2014 Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, North Side. 412-322-5058. TOUGH ART. Interactive artworks by Chris Beauregard, Katie Ford, Scott Garner, Isla Hansen & Luke Loeffler. Ongoing Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, North Side. 412-322-5058.
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JAMMIE JAMS. Ages 2-6. 5:30-9 p.m. Carnegie Science Center, North Side. 412-237-3400. ROCK BAND! Open stage for teen singers, songwriters & instrumentalists to play w/ Emma Cox & Elliot Beck. Presented by Hope Academy. Fri, 5:30-7 p.m. Thru Dec. 27 East Liberty Presbyterian Church, East Liberty. 412-441-3800 x 43.
SAT 02 CARKIDS: WHEEL POWER. Hunt through antique cars & carriages for tall wheels, short wheels, wheels of wire, & wheels of wood. Ages 4-8. 11 a.m. Frick Art & Historical Center, Point Breeze. 412-371-0600. CARRICK HAUNTED LIBRARY. Ages 6+. Thru Oct. 31, 5-7:30 p.m. and Sat., Nov. 2, 2-4:30 p.m. Carnegie Library, Carrick. 412-882-3897. DIA DE LOS MUERTOS FAMILY FIESTA. Music, food, dance & traditional arts activities in honor of those who have passed on. 2-5 p.m. Hill House Kaufmann Center, Hill District. 412-473-0100. GREAT PUMPKIN SMASH. Pumpkin-related demos throughout the day. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Carnegie Science Center, North Side. 412-237-3400. JR. ROLLER DERBY ORIENTATION. Ages 10-17. First Sat of every month, 11 a.m. Thru Dec. 7 Neville Roller Drome, Neville Island. 520-977-1207. MAKE IT!: HAMMER/DRILL/ SAW/GLUE. Ages 10-14. makeithardmaterials-eorg. eventbrite.com 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Assemble, Garfield. SKETCHBOOK: 2013 CARNEGIE INTERNATIONAL. Teen drawing
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SUN 03 MOTHER-DAUGHTER WORKSHOP: GOING GREEN & WHY IT MATTERS. Make green spa items, green cleaning kits, discuss food safety & learn how to start your own garden. Ages 12+. 1-4 p.m. Rodef Shalom Congregation, Oakland. 412-420-2290.
Doors open at 7:15, seating ends at 8 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Winchester Thurston, Upper School, Shadyside. 724-420-5826. RENAISSANCE DANCE GUILD. Learn a variety of dances from the 15-17th centuries. Porter Hall, Room A18A. Thu, 8 p.m. Carnegie 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.
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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS CAFE. Weekly letter writing event. Sun, 4-6 p.m. Panera Bread, Oakland. 412-683-3727. ARGENTINE TANGO CLASSES. Sun, 5-6 p.m. Thru Dec. 1 Wilkins School Community Center, Swissvale. 412-661-2480. BUSINESS/POLITICAL NETWORKING MIXER. All political parties welcome. 3 p.m. St. James A.M.E. Church, East Liberty. 412-441-9706. DIGITAL IMAGERS MEETING. Feat. “April in Paris” talk/work by Photographer Scott Davidson & photos of Lincoln Way, Clairton by multiple photographers. Room 1102, Scaife Hall. 1:15 p.m. University of Pittsburgh, Oakland. 412-414-5344. KRYON: KNOWLEDGE FOR TODAY. w/ Sandra Esch. Theosophical Society of Pittsburgh. 1:30-3 p.m. Chatham University, Shadyside. 412-462-4200.
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THE PITTSBURGH RECORD & CD CONVENTION XXXVII. Record vendors, memorabilia, more. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Clarion Hotel, Green Tree. 412-331-5021. PRESERVATION CELEBRATION. Canning swap, pickle contest, more. Presented by The Pittsburgh Canning Exchange & Slow Food Pittsburgh. 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Pittsburgh Public Market, Strip District. 412-281-4505. THEY COULD GET IT FOR YOU WHOLESALE: THE HISTORY OF PITTSBURGH’S FIFTH AVE. WHOLESALE DISTRICT. Presentation by Amy Comins Lowenstein & Eric Lidji. 1-3 p.m. Senator John Heinz History Center, Strip District. 412-454-6410.
MON 04 JFK: A PRESIDENT BETRAYED. Film screening presented by the Gathr Preview Series. 7:30 p.m. Hollywood Theater, Dormont. 412-563-0368.
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. SPELLING BEE WITH DAVE AND KUMAR. Mon Lava Lounge, South Side. 412-431-5282.
TUE 05 BASIC FLORAL DESIGN: INTRODUCTION TO WESTERN GEOMETRIC ARRANGING. Tue, 7-9 p.m. Thru Nov. 19 Phipps Garden Center, Shadyside. 412-441-4442 x 3925. ENERGY AUDITS: THE PATH TO A SAFE, HEALTHY & COMFORTABLE HOME. 6:30 p.m. Frank Sarris Public Library,
Canonsburg. 412-431-4449 x 249. MT. LEBANON CONVERSATION SALON. Discuss current events w/ friends & neighbors. For seniors. First Tue of every month, 10 a.m. Mount Lebanon Public Library, Mt. Lebanon. 412-531-1912. MY PEOPLE FILM SERIES. Films, discussions & more highlighting the lives & experiences of LGBTQ people of color. Tue, 7 p.m. Thru Nov. 19 The Alloy Studios, Friendship. 412-363-3000. TALKING W/ TRAVIS: FREE WELLNESS WORKSHOPS. Tue. Thru Nov. 5 Carnegie Library, East Liberty. 412-363-8232. WILKINSBURG CITIZEN’S POLICE ACADEMY. Tue, 6-9 p.m. Thru Dec. 4 Wilkinsburg Borough Building, Wilkinsburg. 412-244-2900.
proficiency. First and Third Wed of every month Carnegie Library, Oakland. 412-622-3151. TEA CLASS & TASTING. History of tea, steeping techniques, Storing Tea, Health Benefits, more. Tea samples & European cookies will be served. First Wed of every month, 7 p.m. Margaret’s Fine Imports, Squirrel Hill. 412-422-1606. WEST COAST SWING WEDNESDAYS. Swing dance lessons. Wed, 9 p.m. The Library, South Side. 916-287-1373.
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THE DAP CO-OP. Seeking performers & artists to participate in First Fridays - Art in a Box. For more information, email thedapcoopzumba@hotmail.com. 412-403-7357. THE HOUR AFTER HAPPY HOUR REVIEW. Seeking submissions in all genres for fledgling literary magazine curated by members of the Hour After Happy Hour Writing Workshop. afterhappyhourreview.com. INDEPENDENT FILM NIGHT. Submit your film, 10 minutes or less. Screenings held on the second Thursday of every month. DV8 Espresso Bar & Gallery, Greensburg. 724-219-0804. KELLY STRAYHORN THEATER. Seeking choreographers for the 2014 Next Stage Residency. Email cover letter, artist statement, contact info, work sample & description to nextstage@ kelly-strayhorn.org. Web-based submissions preferred (Vimeo, YouTube, etc.) 412-363-3000. THE NEW YINZER. Seeking original essays about literature, music, or film, & also essays generally about Pittsburgh. To see some examples, visit www.newyinzer.com & view the current issue. Email all pitches, submissions & inquiries to newyinzer@gmail.com.
LINCOLN PARK PERFORMING ARTS CENTER STUDENT COMPANY. Auditions for Stage Door. Nov. 4-6. For more information: centerauditions.org or auditions@lppacenter.org Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center, Midland. 724-259-6443. MARYLLOYD . CLAYTOR DANCE www per a p ty ci CAREER PLANNING COMPANY. Auditions pgh m o .c IN YOUR TWENTIES for upcoming local cable & THIRTIES: BEYOND access video productions. JUST PAYING OFF YOUR Oct. 31. Dancers/models. LOANS. Presented by Litzinger For appointment, call or email Career Counseling. 6:30 p.m. marylloydclaytordnaceco@ Carnegie Library, Squirrel Hill. verizon.net. 412-216-2616. 412-422-9650. MCCAFFERY MYSTERIES. COMPETITIVE SCRABBLE. Ongoing auditions for actors Seeking new players, no ages 18+ for murder mystery experience necessary. Wednesdays, shows performed in the Squirrel Hill. 412-422-7878. Pittsburgh area. 412-833-5056. DETROIT STYLE URBAN BALLROOM DANCE. 3rd floor. Wed, 6:30-8 p.m. [VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY] Hosanna House, Wilkinsburg. 412-242-4345. ENGLISH CONVERSATION (ESL). Wed, 10 a.m. Mount You don’t have to be computer-savvy to help locally Lebanon Public Library, based Computer Reach provide refurbished computers Mt. Lebanon. 412-531-1912. to needy schools, community centers and libraries around HOMEOWNER’S WORKSHOP. the world. At Computer Recycling Fridays, held weekly Learn how energy efficient from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Goodwill on the South upgrades can resolve problems. Side, volunteers work on both technical and non-technical Presented by The Diagnostic Energy Auditors of Western PA. projects, and training is provided. Email sevick@ 6:30 p.m. East End Food Co-op, computereach.com or visit www.computereach.com Point Breeze. 412-242-3598. for information. INTRODUCTORY LEVEL SCOTTISH GAELIC CLASS. Wed. Thru Nov. 6 Bottlebrush PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY STEEL CITY IMPROV THEATER. Gallery & Shop, Harmony. ORCHESTRA. Seeking young Auditions for Improv House 724-452-0539. composers to submit new works Teams. Nov. 3. Men/women LET’S SPEAK ENGLISH! Practice for annual Reading Session. ages 18+. Must be familiar w/ conversational English. Wed, pso.culturaldistrict.org/ long form improv. More 5 p.m. Carnegie Library, Oakland. event/6236/10th-annualinformation at steelcityimprov. 412-622-3151. reading-session Thru Nov. 8. com/auditions Shadyside. OBSCURE GAME NIGHT. Wed, 412-392-4828. 412-404-2695. 7 p.m. Thru Nov. 27 Hambone’s, THE POET BAND COMPANY. Lawrenceville. 412-681-4318. Seeking various types of THE PITTSBURGH SHOW OFFS. poetry. Contact wewuvpoetry@ ACTING OUT! PITTSBURGH A meeting of jugglers & spinners. hotmail.com. PRIDE THEATER FESTIVAL. All levels welcome. Wed, 7:30 p.m. WESTMORELAND MUSEUM Accepting submissions for Union Project, Highland Park. OF AMERICAN ART. Seeking showcase of locally written 412-363-4550. individual artists & artist groups lesbian, gay, bisexual, or PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY for month-long exhibitions transgender-theme 1-act plays. ORCHESTRA LUNCHTIME in a new transitional gallery Manuscript details at facebook. LECTURES. Tatjana Mead Chamis, measuring. Artists will be com/events/519459561475242/ Viola: “Inner Voice.” Dorothy responsible for all aspects of 412-256-8109. Parker Simmons Regency Rooms. their exhibition. Send images & BLAST FURNACE. Seeking 12:30 p.m. Heinz Hall, Downtown. a brief introduction to the work submissions for Volume 3, 412-392-4900. to: bljones@wmuseumaa.org w/ Issue 4. Submit no more than SPANISH II. Geared toward a cc: to jotoole@wmuseumaa.org 3 of your best poems in any those who already have a basic & jmcgarry@wmuseumaa.org. understanding of Spanish & theme. http://blastfurnace. Greensburg. 724-837-1500. are interested in increasing submittable.com/Submit
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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): What if you had the power to enchant and even bewitch people with your charisma? Would you wield your allure without mercy? Would you feel wicked delight in their attraction to you, even if you didn’t plan to give them what they want? I suspect these questions aren’t entirely rhetorical right now. You may have more mojo at your disposal than you realize. Speaking for your conscience, I will ask you not to desecrate your privilege. If you must manipulate people, do it for their benefit as well as yours. Use your raw magic responsibly. Halloween costume suggestion: a mesmerizing guru; an irresistible diva; a stage magician.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):
I had a dream that you were in the film O Brother, Where Art Thou? You were like the character played by George Clooney after he escaped from a prison chain gang. Can you picture it? You were wearing a striped jailbird suit, and a ball and chain were still cuffed around your ankle. But you were sort of free, too. You were on the lam, making your way from adventure to adventure as you eluded those who would throw you back in the slammer. You were not yet in the clear, but you seemed to be en route to total emancipation. I think this dream is an apt metaphorical depiction of your actual life right now. Could you somehow use it in designing your Halloween costume?
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I invite you to try the following exercise. Imagine the most powerful role you could realistically attain in the future. This is a position or niche or job that will authorize you to wield your influence to the max. It will give you the clout to shape the environments you share with other
people. It will allow you to freely express your important ideas and have them be treated seriously. Let your imagination run a little wild as you visualize the possibilities. Incorporate your visions into your Halloween costume.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In the course of earning a living, I have worked four different jobs as a janitor and six as a dishwasher. On the brighter side, I have performed as a songwriter and lead singer for six rock bands and currently write a syndicated astrology column. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you Aquarians are primed to cultivate a relationship with your work life that is more like my latter choices than the former. The next eight months will be a favorable time to ensure that you’ll be doing your own personal equivalent of rock singer or astrology columnist well into the future. Halloween costume suggestion: your dream job.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Author Robert Louis Stevenson loved the work of poet Walt Whitman, recommending it with
the same enthusiasm as he did Shakespeare’s. Stevenson also regarded Whitman as an unruly force of nature, and in one famous passage, called him “a large shaggy dog, just unchained, scouring the beaches of the world and baying at the moon.” Your assignment is to do your best imitation of a primal creature like Whitman. In fact, consider being him for Halloween. Maybe you could memorize passages from Whitman’s Leaves of Grass and recite them at random moments. Here’s one: “I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable, / I sound my barbaric YAWP over the roofs of the world.”
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Once when I was hiking through Maui’s rain forest, I spied a majestic purple honohono flower sprouting from a rotting log. As I bent down close, I inhaled the merged aromas of moldering wood and sweet floral fragrance. Let’s make this scene your metaphor of the week, Aries. Here’s why: A part of your life that is in the throes of decay can serve as host for a magnificent bloom. What has been lost to you may become the source of fertility. Halloween costume suggestion: a garbage man or cleaning maid wearing a crown of roses.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
Tune in, log on, hear the music that matters to you. wyep.org
What don’t you like? Get clear about that. What don’t you want to do? Make definitive decisions. What kind of person do you not want to become and what life do you never want to live? Resolve those questions with as much certainty as possible. Write it all down, preferably in the form of a contract with yourself. Sign the contract. This document will be your sacred promise, a declaration of the boundaries you won’t cross and the activities you won’t waste your time on and the desires that aren’t worthy of you. It will feed your freedom to know exactly what you like and what you want to accomplish and who you want to become. Halloween costume suggestion: the opposite of who you really are.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Are you up for an experiment? Not just on Halloween, but for a week afterward, be scarier than your fears. If an anxious thought pops into your mind, bare your teeth and growl, “Get out of here or I will rip you to shreds!” If a demon visits you in a nightly dream, chase after it with a torch and sword, screaming “Begone, foul spirit, or I will burn your mangy ass!” Don’t tolerate bullying in any form, whether it comes from a critical little voice in your head or from supposedly nice people who are trying to guilt-trip you. “I am a brave conqueror who cannot be intimidated!” is what you could say, or “I am a monster of love and goodness who will defeat all threats to my integrity!”
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Are you ready to be amazed? Now would be an excellent time to shed your soul’s infantile illusions … to play wildly with the greatest mystery you know … to accept gifts that enhance your freedom and refuse gifts that don’t … to seek out a supernatural encounter that heals your chronic sadness … to consort and converse with sexy magical spirits from the future … to make love with the lights on and cry when you come. Halloween costume suggestion: the archetypal LOVER.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Some people in your vicinity are smoldering and fuming. The air is heavy with emotional ferment. Conspiracy theories are ripening and rotting at the same time. Hidden agendas are seeping into conversations, and gossip is swirling like ghostly dust devils. Yet in the midst of this mayhem, an eerie calm possesses you. As everyone else struggles, you’re poised and full of grace. To what do we owe this stability? I suspect it has to do with the fact that life is showing you how to feel at home in the world no matter what’s happening around you. Keep making yourself receptive to these teachings. Halloween costume suggestion: King or Queen of Relaxation.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Unification should be a key theme for you in the coming weeks. Anything you do that promotes splicing and blending and harmonizing will get extra help, sometimes from mysterious forces working behind the scenes. The more you work to find common ground between opposing sides, the stronger you’ll feel and the better you’ll look. If you can manage to mend schisms and heal wounds, unexpected luck will flow into your life. To encourage these developments, consider these Halloween disguises: a roll of tape, a stick of Krazy Glue, a wound that’s healing, a bridge.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): What do you think you’d be like if you were among the one-percent-wealthiest people on Earth? Would you demand that your government raise your taxes so you could contribute more to our collective well-being? Would you live simply and cheaply so you’d have more money to donate to charities and other worthy causes? This Halloween season, I suggest you play around with fantasies like that — maybe even masquerade as an incredibly rich philanthropist who doles out cash and gifts everywhere you go. At the very least, imagine what it would be like if you had everything you needed and felt so grateful you shared your abundance freely. Meditate on death not as the end of physical life, but as a metaphor for shedding what’s outworn. In that light, what’s the best death you’ve experienced? Freewillastrology.com
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BRAINSTORMING Taking the bus can provide lots to think about {BY TAMI DIXON}
I WAS TRAVELING from Downtown to CMU, carrying a giant bass
guitar with me. I lugged my load, stopping to switch hands every 50 yards, to the bus stop across from Kaufmann’s famous clock, adjacent to the McDonald’s. I love riding the bus. Having someone else in the driver’s seat while I get lost in thought is my idea of freedom. The bus is also a perfect place to people-watch. I once saw a girl in the back of the bus change out of her work uniform and into party clothes with only a coat as cover. But with no bus in sight, I bent down into my backpack for my phone. Before I could retrieve it, two cracked and swollen feet appeared in my vision. “What is that you got there?” I looked up to see a man — could have been 50, could have been 80— wearing busted-up sliders, no socks, oversized scrubs held up by one hand and a dirty shirt. “It’s a bass guitar,” I said. “Oh, a bass guitar,” he said. “That’s a big one.” “It’s electric,” I said. “I played the trumpet,” he declared.
“Not my bus,” he said. It wasn’t mine either. He told me he was headed to Squirrel Hill, his favorite part of town. Great, we were waiting for the same bus. “That’s where all the Jews live,” he declared. “Do you know about them?” I bristled at the mention of a people as “them.” “The greatest people in the world were Jews,” he boasted. “They have all the brains. The best conductor in history: Leonard Bernstein. The greatest songwriter ever: Irvin Berlin, he wrote ‘White Christmas.’ He wrote more songs than anybody. Ira Gershwin, Steven Spielberg, Steve Allen, Barbra Streisand.” I asked him if he was Jewish. “No,” he said. “I’m a gentile, but I have some brains too. But the Jews can do anything. Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci — were they Jews?” I was frozen. I didn’t know. I couldn’t think past the fact that I was holding an actual conversation with this man. “Why don’t you tell me?” I asked. He furrowed his brow. “You should know that,” he cried. “This is simple stuff. I would have
MINUTES PASSED AND STILL NO BUS. THE TWO OF US STOOD IN SILENCE, AWKWARDLY CLOSE, BUT MILES APART. He told me about playing the trumpet in high school, and the good time he had doing it. Said he can’t play anymore. “I’m too old and I don’t have any teeth left,” he said. “Dentures won’t do. The pressure’s too much for them. You got to have a good mouth to make music with.” He told me about playing with Roy Eldridge, the trumpet virtuoso from Pittsburgh. He also said he played with Doc Severinsen, but didn’t like his manner. “Bad attitude,” he bellowed. “I loved his playing, his style, but he was mean, mean, mean. I didn’t like him. Everybody has good and bad in them. And you never know what you’re going to get. You got to be ready for anything.” “People are strange,” I said stupidly. “I didn’t say ‘strange,’” he corrected me. “I said ‘bad.’ There’s a difference. Strange is OK, but bad is bad. Hitler wasn’t strange. He was bad.” He went on about Hitler. Said he couldn’t imagine what good he had in him, but he did mention Hitler’s best-selling book: Mein Kampt, he called it. “Hitler killed a lot of people. You have to be an atheist to kill that many people. You can’t know God and do all that killing. He didn’t like the Jews.” A bus rolled up, the 71A.
expected you to know this. Don’t you have brains?” “I’m not Jewish,” I finally said. He went quiet. And so did I. Two strangers standing at a bus stop in limbo. Neither of us knew what to do next. I had the urge to reach down into my bag and retreat to my phone, but I didn’t want to make him feel bad. Minutes passed and still no bus. The two of us stood in silence, awkwardly close, but miles apart. Then: “I’m sorry. I’m sorry if I said something wrong just now. I’m old and sick and I have to remember that young people don’t have as many brains as me.” I didn’t expect that. An apology wasn’t part of the script I was creating in my head. “It’s OK,” I said. He told me some more about Jews with brains: Bob Dylan, Ben Bernanke, Albert Einstein. Then our bus came and like a flash he raced away, gunning to be the first in the door. He had brains, no doubt: Standing all the way to Squirrel Hill is no way to ride the bus. I N F O@ P G H C I T Y PA P E R. C OM
Tami Dixon is the producing artistic director of Bricolage Production Company. Along with Pittsburghers for Public Transit and Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group, Bricolage is a sponsor of Transit Tales, an effort to raise awareness of the importance of public transit. Learn more at www.transittalespgh.org. N E W S
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