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The Warhol welcomes back saxophonist Ken Vandermark to the museum’s intimate theater, this time with fellow experimental jazz composer Nate Wooley, who Time Out New York has dubbed “an iconoclastic trumpeter”. The two are touring together in support of a new duo release on Pleasure of the Text, Wooley’s own label. This unique evening will feature two solo sets, followed by a duo set. Vandermark’s current projects include Made To Break, The Resonance Ensemble, and duos with Paal Nilssen-Love and Tim Daisy.

Wooley performs regularly with such icons as John Zorn and Anthony Braxton.

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The Andy Warhol Museum receives state arts funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency and The Heinz Endowments. Further support is provided by the Allegheny Regional Asset District.

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NEW DIMENSION Carnegie Library opens new doors with its 3-D printer {BY ALEX ZIMMERMAN}

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over the Carnegie Library’s $ 2,300 3-D printer armed with nothing but a purple bottle of hairspray.

The hair product, he explains through a spray of mist, is essential in keeping objects it’s printing from sliding around inside the machine, ruining them. “The machine isn’t as intelligent as people assume,” says Roberts, a senior librarian. “It often comes down to a goofy thing like making sure there’s some hairspray.”

Roberts is responsible for overseeing the program that allows the general public to use the library’s 3-D printer — a technology that allows for everything from creating prototypes on the fly to more artistic ventures. On a recent afternoon, Roberts is trying to print a model dachshund, almost identical to one requested by a library patron. And despite the hairspray, the dog’s legs are sliding from their intended position, and small globs of molten plastic are being applied to the wrong spots, giving the hound a decidedly misshapen look.

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ES ROBERTS often finds himself perched

Items made by the public with the 3-D printer

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He stops the process, pulls the halffinished dachshund out of the microwave-sized printer, makes a quick adjustment on his laptop and starts over.

Roberts, who learned to run the library’s 3-D printer from scratch, says he was originally unconvinced it would be a good idea to make the tool available to the general public. He expected people to request useless keepsakes. “I was totally skeptical,” he says.

The library wound up with the printer through a $ 30,000 Library Services and Technology Act grant awarded in 2013 designed to “inspire libraries to participate in the maker movement.” movement. At first, they used the he printer mostly as a teaching chi h ng tool, not for ondemand public printing. But that at changed last July, y, and a flurry off media coverage e spurred the public lic to start using it.

A model Australopithecus ralopithecus Africanus skull

Not all requests ests could be met, of course. The 3-D model of Princess Leia’s gun un from Star Wars violated the library’s y’s policy against building weapons. But ut in the roughly seven months since the library opened the tool up to the public, Roberts has been impressed by some of the enterprising projects people have come up with. There was the schoolteacher who printed the skull of Australopithecus Africanus for a class. And a brother/sister team who printed part of a prototype device that will measure which of the city’s streets are most bike-friendly. Then there was the research assistant who printed his own brain.

And even though most of the 61 objects the public has printed so far — including everything from a BMW motorcycle keychain to a model of the Athena of Velletri — were pulled from Thingiverse, a website that lets people share digital files of 3-D objects, Roberts maintains that the library’s program is helping familiarize people with the technology, even if they’re not all designing their own objects from scratch.

“It was meant to start connecting people to [the tech sector] who have never been there before,” says Roberts. “It’s kind of a cultural connecting piece.”

those roads in Pittsburgh that is residential and the speed limit is 25 miles per hour, but you would have no idea.”

A 26-year-old urban- and environmental-studies graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, Plummer wondered whether she could build something that would collect “proactive” data to give bikers, policymakers and law enforcement ways of making bike commutes safer.

“Too often it’s death statistics or crash statistics” that are used to decide where to put a bike lane or change signs to improve traffic flow — “and that’s too late,” Plummer says.

To fix that problem, p ob pr blem she came up with the concept conccept she calls the “Sentinel Box” — a device devi containing sensors and a ca camera that attaches to the frame of any bicycle fra and can measure everyfrom a passing car’s thing fr speed to t whether it passed closely. If deployed on too clo enough bikes, the boxes enoug could extensively map where the most dangerous spots are for bikaround the city (or ers a even give public-safety officcials a tool for making ccitations under the state’s rarely enforced state’ safe-passing law). safe-pa Plummer enlisted her brother, Ethan, a 23-year-old recent California University of Pennsylvania grad who studied computer and robotics engineering, to build the box. He had some experience with 3-D printing and heard he could use the library’s printer at virtually no cost.

He designed the housing for the computer, sensors and camera using 3-D modeling software — “anything that wasn’t electronic was 3-D-printed,” Ethan says — and within just a few days of sending the digital file to the library, the duo had a prototype in hand.

Without 3-D printing, “It probably wouldn’t have been possible for as cheap as we did it for,” he explains. “It would probably be a lot more rough around the edges — a piece of plywood that all this stuff is stuck onto.”

Allison and Ethan Plummer are still in the process of tweaking the Sentinel for a pilot phase and are working out some

kinks (how to make the box water-tight, for one).

But Allison, who works at Lawrenceville-based RedZone Robotics analyzing sewer data, is hoping to recruit volunteers in the near future and put 50 Sentinel Boxes on the road.

Eventually, “We’d like to expand this out into a safety-surveying businesses and offer it as a service to cities, interest groups, municipalities,” she adds.

It’s the kind of project that changed librarian Roberts’ mind about the utility of the printer. In fact, he waived the library’s standard 5-cents-per-gram fee for materials (though the printing would have cost just $ 5.55). “These guys really made me realize the potential for it,” he says, “It’s not just a trinket machine.”

BUT NOT EVERYONE who uses the printer

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William Bird and the small model of his brain

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in unexpected ways has a practical objective in mind. When William Bird heard the library offered 3-D printing, “within a second, I thought: I have to print my brain.”

The 23-year-old self-described “brain geek” happened to have an MRI of his own brain through his work as a research assistant in a Pitt lab that focuses on traumatic brain injury. In “a slow afternoon at work,” he taught himself to navigate three-dimensional-imaging software, which he used to separate his skull from his brain (the MRI picks up both) and combine the roughly 100 MRI slices into a digital file he could send to the library.

The end product, which fits comfortably in the palm of Bird’s hand, is a scaled-down version of his brain. Though

he acknowledges that the grey, printed and offers monthly classes that teach replica “isn’t going to tell us anything we the basics of 3-D printing, and another don’t know from an MRI,” the brain’s fold- recently launched class that focuses on 3-D ings are still unique to him. “Each brain is modeling. (Check http://bit.ly/CLPtech for specific times.) like a thumbprint,” he explains.

Roberts says the library has expanded Bird’s brain is mostly a conversation piece that sits on his desk: “Most people its 3-D printing operation, including can’t say they can hold a replica of their purchasing additional printers so more branches can experiment with brain in their hand.” But he’s already the technology. (The Oakland thinking about other brainbranch is currently the only related 3-D projects: Models GET AN one that will print objects based on people with speUP-CLOSE E for the public.) The East Libcific pathologies or traumas DEMO OF TH CARNEGIE erty branch, for instance, that could give patients a ’S RY A LIBR has a smaller version of the clearer idea of what’s goR TE 3-D PRIN printer used in “The Labs” ing in their brains; a brain online at pghcitypaper — a technology program made of several pieces that .com geared toward teenagers. can be taken apart to better But despite some of the understand its internal strucideas the library’s printer has ture; and, of course, another replica of his own brain that is bigger and helped spawn, Roberts still wonders how ubiquitous 3-D printing will become and more detailed.

“It’s exactly what libraries should do,” how important it will remain to the library Bird says of the 3-D printing program: years down the line.

“We have a typewriter in this room, and “media and resources, not just books.”

In terms of 3-D printing, the library is we’ve joked that in 20 years, we’ll wonder already making that commitment. Origi- why we have this thing,” Roberts says. nally funded through a grant, the pro- “It could just turn into another piece of gram is now financed by the library itself technology we just played with.”

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Pa. ranks low in pre-K services for low-income students {BY REBECCA NUTTALL} LAST AUGUST, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan visited Pittsburgh to announce a grant competition, offering a total of more than $ 200 million for early-childhood education. That same month, Mayor Bill Peduto formed a blue-ribbon task force to focus on early learning and to make recommendations for the state’s application.

At the time, it seemed like the city was destined to get one of the federal grants.

But when the recipients were announced last month, Pennsylvania was not among the winners.

“If we would have received [a grant], we would’ve had opportunities to open additional classrooms and increase the number of children we serve,” says Carol Barone-Martin, executive director of earlychildhood education for Pittsburgh Public Schools.

“We were looking forward to expanding more slots in programs we already partner with, and building new partnerships.”

This setback comes as a recently released report from the Education Week Research Center found that Pennsylvania ranks near the bottom for enrollment in early-childhood education programs.

Now locals are looking to the state for additional resources to expand earlylearning opportunities.

The report, released last week, found that less than 50 percent of Pennsylvania’s 3- and 4-year-olds are enrolled in preschool.

While this statistic closely aligns with the national average, Pennsylvania was ranked 41st among all states and earned a D+ rating overall for criteria including preschool and kindergarten enrollment, enrollment among children in poverty and the number of full-day programs.

Despite overall enrollment, Pennsylvania doesn’t fare as well in enrollment for low-income children. According to the report, there is a 19.9 percent gap between early-childhood enrollment rates for nonpoor children and poor children. For this category, Pennsylvania was ranked at the bottom of the list as 48th in the country.

“It’s well documented, the difference between children who receive a quality pre-K experience and those who don’t,” BaroneMartin says. “We see a difference in how those students perform. The students who don’t [receive it] come into kindergarten with far less.”

According to the Education Week report, 64 percent of 3- and 4-year-olds in families who earn $100,000 or more are enrolled in pre-K programs. Only 40 percent of 3- and 4-year-olds in families making $ 50,000 or less are enrolled in pre-K. In Pittsburgh, the federal grants would have gone toward developing or expanding high-quality pre-K programs in highneeds communities.

“We would like to see that all children have access to free preschool, and right now it’s limited,” Barone-Martin explains. “It’s always a letdown when you don’t get a grant that you’re hoping for.”

Now the school district has its sights set on Governor-elect Tom Wolf’s upcoming budget proposal, and hopes to see an increase in funding allocated for early-childhood education.

“Each year, we always hope there will be funding focused on early childhood, so we can offer this opportunity for more children,” says Barone-Martin. “This year we’ll be anxiously awaiting the budget.”

For its part in expanding early-childhood learning opportunities, last month the Heinz Endowments announced it was committing $ 9 million to early-childhood education over the next few years.

“It will support a range of initiatives that will further the work that the groups in Pittsburgh are doing in early learning,” says Marge Petruska, senior program director of children, youth and families for the Heinz Endowments.

One of the ways these grants will be used is as challenge grants to corporations.

If corporations want to commit money toward early-childhood education, as PNC Bank has done with the $73 million it’s invested nationally, the Heinz Endowments will match that commitment.

Petruska says the grants could also go toward advocacy efforts at the state level and making sure early-childhood learning is a priority in Gov. Wolf’s administration.

“Now, even more so since we didn’t get the grant, there’s a new sense of urgency to step up state advocacy,” Petruska says.

“It not just about early-childhood programs — it’s work that has to be done with professional development of staff at these facilities and ensuring these programs are high quality.”

“WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT ALL CHILDREN HAVE ACCESS TO FREE PRESCHOOL, AND RIGHT NOW IT’S LIMITED.”

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FRENCH LESSONS {BY CHARLIE DEITCH} LAST YEAR, as a professional journalist, I

wrote somewhere in the neighborhood of 110 stories for this paper.

Some, I think, were important — highlighting the need for legislation criminalizing revenge porn and legalizing medical marijuana, for instance. Others were fun — an interview with Henry “The Fonz�

Winkler and a story about how 2014 could be Josh Harrison’s breakout year.

But regardless of topic, there wasn’t one time that I thought, “This story could get me killed.� In fact, in a career that began in 1992, I don’t know that I’ve ever felt that way. I’ve been hit, pushed, cursed at, threatened with a Taser and publicly referred to as “Deitch the Douche� by an infamous local agitator. But still, I never believed that something I wrote could ultimately lead to my death.

Then on Jan. 7, two masked gunmen entered the Paris ofďŹ ce of Charlie Hebdo, a French satirical magazine, and opened ďŹ re with automatic weapons. They targeted and killed 12 people at the paper, including the editor, Stephane Charbonnier, and several cartoonists.

A total of 21 people would die at the hands of the gunmen before they were killed by police on Jan. 9.

The killers were Muslim extremists who targeted the newspaper because of its decision to print cartoons depicting the prophet Mohammed. At Charlie Hebdo, those journalists made their bones by using uninching satire to illustrate the insanity of extremism, and because of that, extremists took their lives.

In response, many have honored these journalists for their work by printing and posting the simple phrase Je Suis Charlie (“I am Charlie�). And they should be honored, especially by other journalists, not just today but every time we come to that crossroads with a story, column or cartoon and wonder, “Should I write that? Is it worth the trouble?�

Free speech is a wonderful thing, and it’s easy to put into practice when the stakes are low. But these journalists did it in the face of threats and very real violence.

In 2011, the ofďŹ ce was ďŹ rebombed after it printed an issue that claimed Mohammed as “guest editor.â€? “A thousand lashes if you don’t die laughing,â€? a caricature of the prophet said on the cover. But despite

that, Charlie Hebdo continued to publish and take equally hard-hitting shots with the idea that open and free expression can bring about change.

And those journalists were not alone.

According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, 61 journalists were killed in 2014 for doing their job. Some were caught in the crossďŹ re of combat, but some were murdered because they reported on something that someone else didn’t like. The types of stories that reporters write everyday.

In August, for example, Octavio Rojas HernĂĄndez, a reporter for just two months with El Buen Tono, a newspaper in Vera Cruz, Mexico, was murdered after publishing a story linking a police ofďŹ cial to “a ring of gas thieves.â€?

As American journalists working in the United States, it’s easy not to be worried about dying for something we write or report. According to the CPJ, since 1992, ďŹ ve journalists were killed in this country simply for doing their jobs. That’s three fewer than were killed in France last week.

When you’re covering things like city councils, state governments and judicial elections from an ofďŹ ce in Pittsburgh, you probably don’t feel like your life is in danger, even if what you write pisses someone off. For a lot of us, the worst thing we face is a phone call from someone who didn’t like what we wrote, and a few choice obscenities.

But if we as journalists truly want to honor those that died last week in France, or Octavio Rojas Hernandez, or the dozens of other journalists who die every year, we need to step up our games. There are important issues in this country, in this state, in this city that deserve coverage by journalists who aren’t afraid to speak up and inform the public. Some issues are well documented and others have yet to be covered.

Regardless, if we truly believe that “Je Suis Charlie� should be more than a hashtag that will likely burn out by the end of next week, the best thing we can do is become better journalists by telling stories and making statements that will make a difference regardless of the consequences.

Don’t get me wrong. I am proud of my career, and believe I have done some good work. But I am not “Charlie.�

At least not yet.

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After police linked Ralik Hansen, 28, to a smash-and-grab robbery at a New York City jewelry store, he eluded them for seven months, until a FedEx delivery driver knocked on the door of his Brooklyn home.

Thinking it was the police, Hansen hid under the couch, FBI investigators said, but his gun accidentally fired, killing him. (New York’s WCBS-TV)

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A couple told police in Lakewood, Wash., that they returned from a holiday trip to find someone had stolen all their furniture and replaced it with a beat-up recliner, a TV stand, empty beer bottles and pizza boxes. Police also found a pizza receipt made out to Steven Slavens, 19, who lives in the apartment next door, and a traffic citation for Eladio Lozada-Berg, 19, his friend. Slavens admitted taking the furniture but insisted that he thought the couple had moved and left it behind on purpose, so he called LozadaBerg to help him claim it. (Tacoma’s The News Tribune)

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When Guns Are Outlawed: (1) Police charged David Anderson Hampton Jr., 26, with using a cardboard roll of wrapping paper to choke his wife at their home in St. Peters, Mo. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) (2) Authorities said Jeanine Fey, 53, attacked her mother with a stapler at the victim’s home in Washtenaw County, Mich. (Lansing’s WLNS-TV)

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An Air France passenger jet traveling from the Dominican Republic to Paris with 142 passengers and 12 crew made an emergency landing at Ireland’s Shannon Airport after a fire alarm sounded in the forward cargo hold. Although the onboard extinguishers had activated, emergency workers found no fire on board and blamed the alarm on heat generated by a shipment of chili peppers. (The Irish Times)

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Separate Defense Department studies concluded that the Pentagon needs to spend billions of dollars over the next five years to fix “systemic problems across the nuclear enterprise.” Emergency repairs to the Air Force’s and Navy’s aging nuclear weapons infrastructure are necessary because neglect has caused their decay. For example, investigators found crews maintaining the nation’s 450 intercontinental ballistic missiles had only one wrench able to attach nuclear warheads, so they were required to share it.

“They started FedExing the one tool” to three bases spread across the country, one official said, because no one had checked in years “to see if new tools were being made.” (The New York Times)

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“Men are idiots, and idiots do stupid things,” concludes a British study that surveyed winners of the Darwin Awards (darwinawards.com) over the past 20 years.

It found that 88.7 percent were male. To win an award, individuals “must eliminate themselves from the gene pool in such an idiotic manner that their action ensures one less idiot will survive.” Examples cited by the

five researchers, all men, include a thief trying to steal an elevator cable by unbolting it while standing in the elevator, causing his death when it plummeted to the ground; a man who hitched a shopping cart to the back of a train trying to get a free ride home and was dragged two miles to his death; and the terrorist who mailed a letter bomb and, when it was returned for insufficient postage, opened it. The study suggests drinking is often a contributing factor, supporting “the hypothesis that alcohol makes men feel ‘bulletproof.’” (British Medical Journal)

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A 48-year-old man attacked a 44-yearold man with a sword, according to Cleveland police, after they accused each other of having homosexual tendencies.

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Rachel Anne Hayes, 27, repeatedly slapped her 72-year-old grandmother in the face, according to authorities in Pinellas County, Fla., for refusing to accept her Facebook friend request. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Police arrested George Robert Pineda, 44, after they said he attacked his 53-year-old girlfriend in Ocala, Fla., for suggesting that he take anger-management classes. (Ocala Star-Banner)

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Judges of the annual World Pie Eating Championship had to nullify the results after discovering that the 24 meat-andpotato pies for this year’s speed-eating contest in Wigan, England, were twice regulation size. The supplier mixed up the event’s order with “a divorce party up the road,” competition organizer Tony Callaghan explained. “It was a shame, because these lads practice long and often. You can see how seriously they take it, practicing pie-eating late into the night on every street corner in Wigan town center.” (Britain’s Manchester Evening News)

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San Francisco-based Flight Car began offering travelers free parking at airports in San Francisco, Boston, Los Angeles, Seattle and Washington, plus a ride to the terminal and a car wash. In return, the owners agree to let FlightCar rent their cars to other drivers and receive a share of the rental fee. “Everyone goes to the airport, everyone has trouble parking, so it just makes sense,” FlightCar president and co-founder Kevin Petrovic said. (The Washington Post)

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When Costco changed a minor ingredient of its store-brand baby wipes to comply with a Minnesota requirement, some customers complained about a new “chemically” smell, and a few said the new formula burns their babies’ skin. “It’s an uncomfortable kind of stinging,” Jennifer Flores said. “My husband and I tried them and were like, ‘Oh my God.’” Others on Costco’s review site also reported burning and rashes. Costco’s Craig Wilson insisted that the Kirkland Signature Baby Wipes 900 CT are “very, very benign,” and explained, “People don’t like change.”

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SWEET AND UNIQUE {BY ANDY MULKERIN} Squirrel Hill native Lissa Guttman lived elsewhere for a couple of decades, and underwent a career transformation, from computer scientist to chocolate expert, after a move to New York City in 2001.

Now, she’s back — and she’s brought famed Jacques Torres chocolates here for the first time.

Torres, a renowned pastry chef who’s no stranger to the Food Network, was starting his own chocolate factory in Dumbo, Brooklyn, when culinaryschool grad Guttman was looking for a temporary food-service job soon after 9/11. “I knocked on his door,” Guttman says, and what she walked into was a decade-long job in Torres’ rapidly expanding operation.

Guttman returned to Pittsburgh last year, in part to bring her two kids closer to her family. While she’d moved on from Torres’ company to work for Illy coffee, they’d kept in touch. They hatched a plan for a pop-up Jacques Torres shop, the first outside of New York City, in Shadyside.

The Copeland Way shop, simply called Chocolate!, is a small operation that opened just before Christmas. Guttman serves hot chocolate (traditional or “wicked,” with a kick of warm spices), and offers Illy coffee as well. She plans to stay there at least until Easter, when, she says, she’ll formulate a new plan.

For now, at least, anyone wandering a few feet off Walnut Street can find quite a treat.

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The free 30-minute discussion will feature local food authors and cooks, and will be followed by a Q&A. Light (and presumably healthful) fare to be provided. Space is limited: Reserve at jvalentine@pdcdc.org or call 412-235-7263. 6 p.m. Mon., Jan. 26.

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HILE BLOOMFIELD is nominally Pittsburgh’s Little Italy, the truth is, Italian dining is woven throughout the complex ethnic tapestry of the city’s neighborhoods and suburbs.

Some of our Italian restaurants are fancy, and some are homey; some are fastidiously faithful to the recipes of a certain region, while some are not. But all of them trade on Americans’ deep embrace of the culinary traditions brought here over one hundred years ago by Italian immigrants, the foods and preparations that are now celebrated as the healthful, and delicious, Mediterranean diet.

La Tavola Italiana is a family-run Italian restaurant nestled deep in the back streets of Mount Washington. Actually, Boggs Avenue is one of the neighborhood’s major thoroughfares, but its disconnect from the one street everyone knows — Grandview — means visitors may need their GPS, or an old-fashioned map, to find it.

Once there, La Tavola’s low-slung building, with its large and sparsely decorated dining room in front and tiny pizza-take-

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out counter in back, seems light-years away from Grandview’s glitz. But a warm welcome — and a basket of warm garlic bread brought to our table — enfolded us immediately in La Tavola’s treat-everyone-like-aregular vibe.

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412-481-6627 HOURS: Mon.-Wed. 4-10 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 4-11 p.m.

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CP APPROVED The menu reflects the Sicilian heritage of owner Carmela Giaramita, who, with her husband, Joe, and daughter, Jolina — who serves as executive chef — continues to be intimately involved in the daily operations of the restaurant. In fact, the Giaramitas are expanding it: Carmela recently inaugurated “Carmela’s Kitchen,” a schedule of cooking classes and special dinners, and a bid to open a pizzeria in East Liberty goes back to

the restaurant’s origin, 20 years ago, as Joe Giaramita’s pizza shop.

If La Tavola’s pizzeria pie is anything like what we had at the sit-down restaurant, we’d like to be first in line. Pizza Margherita, offered on the antipasti list, featured a terrifically yeasty, chewy crust judiciously slathered with tomato sauce and crowned with creamy blobs of molten mozzarella.

Calamari fritti recalled that Sicily’s native cuisine comes fresh from the sea — and that Pittsburgh’s does not. While perfectly pleasing, these were unmistakably inland calamari, distinguishable from those on offer at many a local pub mainly by the evident expertise in their light, crispy, simply seasoned batter coats.

Far more exceptional was a special appetizer of eggplant Milanese, which might be more humbly described as fried eggplant fritters. Because of their thickness, each bite revealed three distinct strata, perfect in combination: a crisply browned, breaded exterior; an almost custard-like layer of well-cooked eggplant beneath this crust; and, in the center, a still-firm core of vegetal CONTINUES ON PG. 14

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goodness. In a town overrun with fried zucchini, La Tavola’s fried eggplant stands tall.

Entrees include Italian restaurant classics such as parmigiana, marsala and piccata, prepared with either chicken or veal, as well as hearty surf-and-turf fare like swordfish (roasted, with lemon, garlic and herbs), New York strip, and even rack of lamb (available as whole or half).

The meats, with their simple preparations, were tempting. But, being in the mood for pasta, we did not put them to the test. We tried, instead, spaghetti with meatballs, pasta con frutti di mare and a variant of spaghetti Bolognese, gnocchi alla Louigi.

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Aside from the obvious switch-out of potato dumplings for noodles, the latter featured homemade hot sausage and banana peppers adding some spicy high notes to the richly simmered bass ones of the of the Bolognese ragu. The gnocchi were pillowy and delightfully chewy, substantial without being heavy. But the balance of the sauce was thrown off by too much sweetness.

Sweetness also dominated the dark red, Northern-style sauce that came with the spaghetti. This was a shame because the meatball was perfect, tender with a flavor that balanced meatiness with nutty parmesan and aromatic herbs.

The frutti di mare — clams, mussels, shrimp and scallops — came in a much more congenial sauce, bright red and chunky, with just enough white wine and garlic flavor to unite the various shellfish.

Each was well cooked, with plump mussels and firm shrimp standing out.

La Tavola means “the table,” a name which communicates the essential experience of this restaurant. When we gather around the table, we nourish our physical and social selves by sharing good food with those whose company we cherish. This is a daily experience central to Italian culture, and one which La Tavola keeps alive on Mount Washington.

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TOASTY Cocktails to keep you warm After the snow-less holiday bonanza of recent weeks, it was easy to pretend Pittsburgh might waltz through a mild winter. However, now that January is here, my visions of drinking gin-and-tonics on the banks of the Mon have been quashed.

In search of more satisfying seasonal drinking, I went to see Lynn Falk, coowner of the South Side’s Acacia, for his suggestions on bundling up snugly in a liquid coat for the cold trudge through the coming months.

“Winter is our favorite time to create menus,” says Falk, gesturing to the small team of experienced bartenders who dream them up. “You can tell we love cardamom, apple and spice.” All of these warm flavors did feature on the menu, woven into the brown liquors common in winter cocktails, like brandy, dark rum and whiskey.

Following this model, the “Christmas in Bermuda” is a piquant, almost creamy mingling of dark rum, vanilla, Grand Marnier, ginger, simple syrup and expression of orange. This is exactly the kind of drink one would want handed to her, numb-nosed, when coming in out of the snow.

“WINTER IS OUR FAVORITE TIME TO CREATE MENUS.” Eggnog is another storied coldweather favorite. Though it’s typically made with brandy, Acacia uses gold rum and some lime zest, along with the important instruction that to be its best, it should sit overnight. This frothy delight is so popular that the staff goes on “nog watch,” hoping not to run out. “Most people have never had homemade eggnog,” Falk sighs, admitting that he has drunk his fair share out of the carton.

For those seeking a less traditional approach, Acacia’s menu suggests mezcal.

The “Pera en Escabeche” uses that spirit along with housemade spiced pickled pear, ginger, Allspice Dram and Hellfire bitters to satisfy drinkers who want a cold-weather drink without the heaviness of dark liquor.

Its smoky flavor, perfectly balanced by the vinegary sweetness of the pear, adds depth and heat, making this a unique but effective winter warmer.

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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 GREEN PEPPER. 2020 Murray Ave., Squirrel Hill 412-422-2277.

At this family-run restaurant, diners will find authentic Korean recipes refreshingly not reconstituted for timid Americans — no egg rolls or Chinese-American stir-fries.

Dumplings contain kimchi, and the soup is pumpkin. Entrees include the more-familiar bulgogi (barbecued beef), as well as bibimbap, in which meat and veggies are mixed with rice. KE THE LIBRARY. 2304 E. Carson St., South Side. 412-381-0517.

The entrée list at this bookishthemed bistro is short, usually a good sign that the chef is focusing on the strengths of his kitchen and the season’s freshest foods. Dishes revolve around the staples of meat, seafood and pasta, but in fearless and successful preparations that make the menu a worthwhile read. KE

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Selma’s Texas Barbecue {PHOTO BY HEATHER MULL} Downtown (412-471-8424). This restaurant offers outstanding Thai cuisine — from familiar options to chef’s specials that are truly special, such as gaprow lad kao (a Thai stir-fry) and salmon mango curry. The flavors here are best described as intense, yet without overwhelming the fresh ingredients. KF OFF THE HOOK. 98 Warrendale Village Drive, Warrendale.

724-719-2877. This fine-dining fish restaurant features a menu almost exclusively from the sea; even the pastas are seafoodcentric. The fresh-fish section has a variety of suggested preparations, from classic (almondine) to modern (finished with chimichurri). Off the Hook also offers a fresh-oyster bar, expertly curated wine selection and impeccable service. LE

panini and pasta — and their preparations represent a unique marriage of Old-World recipes and local ingredients. JE PUSADEE’S GARDEN. 5321 Butler St., Lawrenceville.

412-781-8724. Traditional Thai sauces and curries from scratch are among the reasons to stop by this charming eatery, which boasts an outdoor patio.

Don’t miss the latke-like shrimp cakes, the classically prepared tom yum gai soup or the spicy duck noodles. KF ROOT 174. 1113 S. Braddock Ave., Regent Square. 412-2434348. The foundation of the menu is also a basic formula: fresh, local and seasonal ingredients. To this, add an adventurous selection of meat products, such as bone-marrow brûlée and smoked salmon sausage. Dishes have lengthy ingredient lists, but it all comes together in satisfying and surprising ways. LE SELMA’S TEXAS BARBECUE. 9155 University Blvd., Moon.

412-329-7003. The decor suggests humble and down-home, but the ingredients and preparation seem tailored to appeal to foodies, with everything from lemonade to tartar sauce and baked beans made in-house. Best of all, each meat has its own custom rub and is dry-smoked for hours, then served unsauced so that diners can choose from the six different styles on offer. KF

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Tsuki Japanese Restaurant OSTERIA 2350. 2350 Railroad St., Strip District. 412-281-6595.

You won’t get better casual Italian cooking for your money than here. The menu has been pared to the essentials of Italian cuisine: antipasti, pizza,

THE SMILING MOOSE. 1306 E. Carson St., South Side.

412-431-4668. The Carson Street bar and nightclub offers a top-notch sandwich and salad menu, by bringing creativity, quality preparation and a knack for well-selected ingredients to the burgers,

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412-381-6000. Pittsburghers are crazy about this sushi bar/steakhouse, and every weekend pretty people crowd inside to watch the knifewielding chefs. Presentation is key for customers and restaurant alike: The interior is smart, the chefs entertaining, and the food is good, if pricey. LE

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Options include: shrimp skewers with smoked peppers, cornand-black-bean fritters and a roster of inventive sliders. JE STEELHEAD BRASSERIE AND WINE BAR. Marriott City Center, 112 Washington Ave., 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

TOMATO PIE CAFÉ. 885 East Ingomar Road, Allison Park.

412-364-6622. Located on the verdant edge of North Park, Tomato Pie is more than a pizzeria. It offers other simple Italian specialties including pasta and sandwiches, and the chef uses plenty of fresh herbs grown on the premises. FJ TRAM’S KITCHEN. 4050 Penn Ave., Bloomfield. 412-682-2688.

This tiny family-run storefront café packs in the regulars. Most begin their meal with an order of fresh spring rolls, before moving on to authentic preparations of pho, noodle bowls and fried-rice dishes. The menu is small, but the atmosphere is lively and inviting. JF

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Most of the myriad sushi rolls on offer center on just a handful of raw options, rounded out with traditional cooked ingredients such as eel and shrimp. The menu offers the full gamut of maki, from classics like cucumber or tuna to truly original creations, some of them just short of gimmickry. KF

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STOKE’S GRILL. 4771 McKnight Road, Ross Township. 412-369-5380.

There is an art to making a really good sandwich, and the technique has been mastered here. The lengthy menu spans traditional sandwiches but also burgers, quesadillas and wraps, as well as salads and homemade soups. Originality is a hallmark: “Green fries” are shoestrings tossed with pesto, artichoke hearts and bits of brie. FJ

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STONEPEPPER’S GRILL. 1614 Washington Road, Upper St. Clair. 412-854-4264. Though seemingly calculated to be just another chain, StonePepper’s relies on good proportions and expert preparations to give some distinction to familiar fare like pizza, burgers and salads.

Don’t miss the signature dessert: cinnamon-bun pizza. KE

TWISTED THISTLE. 127 Market St., Leechburg. 724-236-0450.

This cozy restaurant, set in a restored 1902 hotel, offers aboveaverage fare, reasonably priced.

Alongside the contemporary American flavors are numerous Asian-inspired dishes, such as soup made from kabocha pumpkin.

From po’boy oyster appetizers to crab cakes and over-sized short ribs, each dish is carefully conceived and prepared. KE

TOAST! KITCHEN & WINE BAR. 5102 Baum Blvd., Bloomfield.

412-224-2579. In this intimate restaurant, the emphasis is on local, seasonal ingredients simply yet inventively prepared.

Menu items change frequently and feature combinations both straightforward (shrimp and grits) and unexpected (add habañero cheddar and brown-sugar butter to that). Or try the chef’s tasting, a unique four-course dinner just for you. LE

VERDE. 5491 Penn Ave., Garfield.

412-404-8487. The menu here isn’t straight Mexican, but presents some traditional items, including tableside-prepared guacamole and grilled cornon-the-cob, with reconceived classics, invented, fusion-y dishes like tacos with roasted sweet potatoes, fried chickpeas and Mexican-style tzatziki.

There is also an extensive tequila list and a patio for warm-weather dining. KE

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In a city known for cold weather and bitter winters, Joel Kellem creates a different type of “chill.” He identifies with what he calls the “chill movement” — and goes by the nickname “The Chill God.” “People are responding to me and they love the chill movement,” he says.

“Yeah, it’s a different style; there are similarities [to other artists], but mine is based on positive lifestyle.”

“In the local Pittsburgh scene,” he adds, “there isn’t nothing like what I do.”

Kellem’s sound is something of a cross between Wiz Khalifa and Curren$y — with an extra-chill vibe you could sneak and play around the parents.

“Well, you can say it’s a representation of the life I live,” Kellem says. “I want to push positivity instead of negativity.”

Hailing from the Hill District, Kellem is focused on building not only his music career but his brand.

He recently created a clothing line, Chill God Clothing, which sold out of hoodies within two days of its launch. “It was crazy,” he says, “but people really support what we are doing.

We plan on launching the entire line [in the] spring of 2015.”

Marketing has played a big part in his success as both an artist and a clothing mogul. Each sweatshirt sold at the time of the line’s launch came with a copy of Kellem’s Friday Night Mixtape, putting his work in people’s ears in addition to on their bodies.

At press time, Kellem is working on his next release, Chill God. It seems this artist is always working on his craft. “Either I’m at the studio, [a] video shoot or a photo shoot. I’m hardly ever not at the studio or trying to get these records out for the people.” On Instagram, he has created a following of 3,000 users in a short time with his creative posts and photos from his various professional photographers.

Influenced by other very confident independent artists like Curren$y and Dom Kennedy, Kellem loves to reach out to more and more people, especially by performing. He plays Wed., Jan. 14, with Mickey Avalon at Altar Bar; if you’ve already missed that, he’s got plenty coming in spring. Keep up with him on Twitter at @JoelKellem.

Jasmine Tate (left), Jesse Mader and Bastard Bearded Irishmen are among the acts in Saturday’s Strip District Music Festival

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The festival, organized by local concert promoter Josh Bakaitus, will span the Strip, from Altar Bar (the event’s biggest venue) to the Pittsburgh Winery and smaller, less traditional venues.

“I go to 21st Street Coffee a lot,” says Bakaitus, by way of example. “I always thought it would be awesome to have something there. I wasn’t sure how the coffee shop would take me saying I want to have a punk show there.” It went over well enough: Bands including Relapse Records artist Broughton’s Rules will play at the café in an all-ages show during the festival.

Elsewhere, Bakaitus partnered with VIA, the only “guest curator” organization on the festival. The folks behind

the annual audio- and visual-art festival a n d i t s r e l at e d p r o g ra m m i n g a r e in charge of the goings-on at Penn Avenue Fish Co., an over-21 venue. DJs and producers like Chase Smith, Kraeji and Anthony Susan will keep the party vibe alive at the restaurant.

STRIP DISTRICT MUSIC FESTIVAL 11:30 a.m.-2 a.m. Sat., Jan. 17. Multiple venues throughout the Strip District. Pay what you want. www.stripdistrictmusicfest.com

Bakaitus says he came up with the idea for the festival in pretty short order late last year, after years of contemplating something similar. “For a couple of years since I started going to South By Southwest, I thought it would be cool to have something like this,” he says. “Five years ago, it didn’t feel like the time was right; now, I feel like the Strip as a neighborhood has so much more going on.”

Neighborhood festivals aren’t new

to Pittsburgh; in recent years, both Lawrenceville and the North Side have had major all-local fests. (One big difference: The Strip fest, taking place in January, fortunately doesn’t include an outdoor venue.) The North Side’s Deutschtown Music Festival signed on as a supporting organization for the Strip festival. (In the interest of full disclosure, City Paper is a presenting sponsor of the event as well.)

Another thing that sets the Strip District Music Festival apart from many similar events is the payment structure. Like some other neighborhood festival events, the Strip festival is technically free — but donations are encouraged on a band-byband basis online, a move that Bakaitus hopes will make the festival profitable for the artists.

“I don’t take credit for it being a revolutionary thing,” Bakaitus explains, “but I feel like you don’t see it in this context very often.”

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the acts. Click a link and you can donate for that band or artist. Of your donation, 75 percent goes to the artist, and 25 percent goes to the festival for overhead and reinvestment in next year’s event. Bakaitus says that at the end of the event, records of how much each band netted from the donations will be posted on the festival site, in the interest of transparency and to encourage donations.

Last month, the festival faced a challenge when several bands that had been scheduled to play dropped off the bill after controversy arose over online comments made by the president of Drusky Entertainment, a marketing partner of the festival and Bakaitus’ employer.

Some of those acts, in light of Brian Drusky’s comments on recent anti-police-violence protests, chose instead to play Bloom-Fest Rock Against Racism, a one-night festival being held the night before the Strip festival. (See Critics’ Picks, page 22, for details on that event.)

Bakaitus told City Paper he supports that event and plans to attend.

In addition to the venues officially hosting shows for the festival, dance club Static will host DJs Mike Ley and Tenova as an unofficial festival-related event; links can be found on the event website to support those two artists as well, and attendees will have to note at the door that they’re there for the festival in order to receive free admission.

At the anchor venue, Altar Bar, a full complement of heavy bands, from the metal of Fist Fight in the Parking Lot to the indie rock of Instead of Sleeping and straight-ahead punk of The Cheats, will rule the day. The Pittsburgh Winery hosts a lineup of mostly singer-songwriter fare, with the likes of Jasmine Tate and Henry Bachorski, though full bands including Good Brother Earl and electrobrass outfit Beauty Slap play as well.

Other venues hosting music include Thin Man Sandwich Shop, Beerhive, Wigle Whiskey, 26th Street Market & Café and Framezilla.

Bakaitus is already planning to expand the event next year, with more prep time and the possibility of bringing in some touring bands. In the meantime, he’s taking a wait-and-see approach to the festival’s first year and the success of the pay-what-you-want model. “I really don’t know what to expect, as it’s the first year,” he says. “We’re starting with pretty much zero dollars in capital, but this will be a great steppingstone.”

“I’d encourage everyone going to the event to go to each venue,” he adds.

“Even if it’s just for one act. Each one’s a little bit different.”

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Saxophonist Ken Vandermark’s massive discography runs the gamut from solo albums to quintets and everything in between. A recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship grant, the Chicago resident doesn’t worry about being too prolific: “My interest is not in the albums. It’s in the music.”

On Wed., Jan. 21, he and trumpeter Nate Wooley perform at The Warhol, each playing a solo set, then together in a duet.

WHAT IS IT LIKE PLAYING SOLO ON SAXOPHONE AND CLARINET? Playing solo is the most difficult format challenge for me. I attempt to invent the material at each performance, which is a risk — but one that signifies the point of trying to improvise at the edge of what you know, and I like that. [The duet sets] work with original compositions that we improvise with, mostly composed by Nate and I and, in addition, a piece by John Carter and one by Bobby Bradford.

HOW IS THE LANDSCAPE FOR IMPROVISED MUSICIANS NOW, COMPARED TO SAY, 10-15 YEARS AGO? It depends on a shifting set of variables: The audience in one country seems to become more interested in the potentials of improvised music and another moves away from this. But, in general, the landscape of improvised music thrives on listeners who are curious about music as a whole, not pre-described categories.

WITH THE MACARTHUR FELLOWSHIP, DID YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW YOU WANTED TO USE IT? The idea was simple — put it into the music I loved to realize more options and possibilities. And yes, I was able to do that.

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PITTSBURGH WINERY LIVE IN THE CELLAR

Jan. 16 The Sparrows and ill Willis Jan. 17 Strip District Music Festival Noon-1AM

Jan. 23 “Songwriters in the Cellar” Hosted by Nathan Zoob with guests The Wreckids, Kayla Schureman, Mark Dignam, Max Somerville, Josh Verbanets

Jan. 24 Joe Grushecky Solo Acoustic Jan. 30 Boulevard of the Allies and The Telephone Line Jan. 31 River Whyess Feb. 6 The Black Lillies SOLD OUT! Feb. 7 Runaway Dorothy w/Mike Cali Feb. 8 Beauty Slap and Bridge City Hustle - 7PM Feb. 13 Silencio Feb. 14 The Gathering Field - 9PM Feb. 15 The Gathering Field - 3PM Feb. 21 Dharma Sons Feb. 27 Poogie Bell presents Smooth Jazz w/Bob Baldwin Feb. 28 Brooke Annibale - Full Band Mar. 5 City Dwelling Nature Seekers Mar. 7 “Songwriters in the Cellar”

LISTEN UP! You read City Paper’s music coverage every week, but why not listen to it too?

Each Wednesday, music editor Andy Mulkerin crafts a Spotify playlist with tracks from artists featured in the music section, and other artists playing around town in the coming days.

Tune in while you read, and judge for yourself whether that indie band’s guitar work is really angular, or if that singer actually sounds like Sandy Denny.

Find it on our music blog, FFW>>, at pghcitypaper.com

Hosted by Max Somerville with Jordan DePaul, Brittany Kennell, and Spencer Marshall

Mar. 8 River City Extension 7PM Mar. 12 The Mulligan Brothers Mar. 13 Big Jim and The Ravens

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Mar. 19 Mouths of Babes

doors at 7:30 show at 8PM

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Better music through drag: Moon Baby

MOON ON THE RISE {BY ANDY MULKERIN} MOON BABY, the story goes, is a “celestial deity” — a character straight out of space, who “after a brief affair with Neil Armstrong” came to Earth. And judging from Moon Baby’s ethereal vocals on her recent release urallpoor.us, a collaboration with lauded local beatmaker Wise Blood, it’s not an entirely far-fetched story.

The artist ended up in Pittsburgh, she explains, by implanting in the infant body of one Sam Perry, a Zelienople native who went to Grove City College before moving to Pittsburgh proper, where Moon Baby began performing in earnest. (Perry currently splits time between Pittsburgh and living in Florida with family; Moon Baby, of course, tends to follow suit.)

Moon Baby’s performance career began with a residency at the now-defunct Waffle Shop, the performance-spaceand-restaurant that spun off of CMU’s art school. She cut her teeth at local drag shows, musically and as a performer.

“When I was living full time in Pittsburgh, I was performing three or four days a week,” she says. “When I come back up, I want to perform a solid one show a month that I’m really, really proud of.”

“It was a really affirmative two years of nonstop performing,” she adds, “and it helped me to understand what I wanted.

Now that I’m seeing what I want happen, it’s kind of: Where do I go now?”

For Moon Baby, a show is more than just music: There’s the gender-performance aspect, and a more general performance-art tack. Her show this Fri., Jan. 16, will also involve excerpts from Hypnotramp, the novel she penned for National Novel Writing Month, part of a trilogy of self-mythologizing prose. The show is

at Assemble; Moon Baby has performed there numerous times while working to develop what she conceptualizes as a Moon Baby opera. (You can purchase an advance “ticket” in the form of a T-shirt available from Clothes Minded, 4740 Liberty Ave., Bloomfield — wear the shirt and you get into the show.)

In the meantime, last fall’s urallpoor.us stands alone as a project with Wise Blood; it stemmed from the two meeting and talking about working together. “We love working together, and it’s all very quick,” Moon Baby explains. “We do maybe three takes, then Chris just kind of meddles with it.” She works with other producers as well, including Taylor Knight, of Slowdanger.

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WITH WHITE TUXEDO, SLOWDANGER 9 p.m., Fri., Jan. 16. Assemble, 5125 Penn Ave., Garfield. $7. iamthemoonbaby@gmail.com

The recent EP came out on Future Gods, the label Wise Blood is on, getting national exposure via Vice’s Noisey blog. While gaining some national exposure, Moon Baby is looking forward to coming back to Pittsburgh full time, and building her own body of work here. Working in both the originalmusic and drag circles, she finds more than one community to inhabit.

“I kind of get impatient,” she says, “so I’ve tried to carve my own space by being a drag queen and creating these solo shows but with my own music.”

“Drag queens are expected to lipsync or to sing parodies, or to make club bangers,” she adds. “And all of those things are great, and I love all of those things. But I want to be a musician, and I want to do it through drag. I want to elevate my drag through music, and I want to elevate my music through drag.”

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[LOCAL] + FRI., JAN. 16 Tonight’s festivities on Liberty Avenue and its general environs came together quickly, after several bands dropped off of tomorrow’s Strip District Music Festival in reaction to online comments made by the head of the festival’s promoting partner, Drusky Entertainment, back in December. Some wanted to create an alternative event, and the result was tonight’s Bloom-Fest: Rock Against Racism. From rock bands like Harlan Twins and The Big Bend to rapper Jasiri Maceo X, jazz singer Phat Parker Man Dee and allaround musical utility player Gene Stovall, a nice swath of the local music scene represents tonight at venues including Howlers, The Shop and the Bloomfield Bridge Tavern.

It’s a benefit for a few organizations, {PHOTO COURTESY including We Change OF INES KAISER} Pittsburgh and Mothers With a Voice.

Andy Mulkerin 7 p.m. Various venues throughout Bloomfield. $10 pass for all venues. More info on Facebook event page found by searching: “‘BLOOM-FEST’ (Rock Against Racism).”

[FUNK] + FRI., JAN. 16 Few have played saxophone funkier, for longer, than Maceo Parker. The legend first made waves in James Brown’s band in the ’60s, later leaving to join Parlaiment-Funkadelic and pursue solo work. More recently, he’s worked with the likes of Trombone Shorty, and recorded and toured as the leader of his own band. The guy who blew on cuts like “I Got You (I Feel Good)” and “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag” is going strong after five decades of work,

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and he comes to the Byham Theater tonight, part of the Cohen & Grigsby Trust Presents series. AM 8 p.m. 101 Sixth St., Downtown. $2045. All ages. 412-456-6666 or www.trustarts.org

[INDIE ROCK] + SAT., JAN. 17 One of the big stories in the emo world last year was the first new album from Braid in more than a decade. All along, though, the band’s frontman, Bob Nanna (also of Hey Mercedes), kept alive his solo project, The City on Film. Tonight, he brings the act to The Mr. Roboto Project, accompanying New Jersey indie rockers Gates and Philly’s Young Statues.

Pittsburgh’s Skull Kid opens up. AM 7 p.m. 5106 Penn Ave., Bloomfield. $10. All ages. www. therobotoproject.org

[INDIE ROCK] + SAT., JAN. 17 It’s been a while since we’ve seen a proper show from Lohio (though Greg and Liz Dutton have performed some tunes out now and then, and there was that reunion for the mayor’s inauguration last year). The longtime indierock band, Greg Dutton’s vehicle through a rotating cast of bandmates, has a bigger reunion show tonight at Thunderbird Café, courtesy of HughShows. (Some ex-bandmates are coming into town for the event.) Friends and sometimes-Lohio-members Meeting of Important People play as well, and The Wreckids open with a few tunes. Follow Dutton through the many phases and lineups of the band, and party like it’s 2009. AM 10 p.m. 4023 Butler St., Lawrenceville. $10.

412-682-0177 or www.thunderbirdcafe.net

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ROCK/POP THU 15 ALTAR BAR. Upon a Burning Body, Veil of Maya. Strip District. 412-263-2877.

CLUB CAFE. Hamilton Leithauser, Ben Collier. South Side.

412-431-4950.

THUNDERBIRD CAFE. Raised by Wolves, Iron & Rope, Meet the Beatless. Lawrenceville.

412-682-0177.

FRI 16 ALTAR BAR. Reverend Horton Heat, Dale Watson. Strip District.

412-263-2877.

ASSEMBLE. The Moon Baby, White Tuxedo, Slow Danger.

Garfield.

BLOOMFIELD. “BLOOM-FEST” (Rock Against Racism). 30 bands at 6 Bloomfield venues, including Big Gypsy, Semi Supervillains, Paddy the Wanderer, The Chad Sipes Stereo, Coronado, Jasiri X, Wreck Loose, Phat Man Dee, The Bloody

Seamen, The Wire Riots, Roger Harvey, more. Benefits We Change ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM. Pittsburgh. www.facebook.

Amernet String Quartet w/ com/events/629444013832903/. pianist Amy Williams. North Side.

Bloomfield.

412-237-8300.

CLUB CAFE. Ray Lanich Band, DOWNEY’S HOUSE. The Highway 4 (Late). South Side.

James Claytor Band. Robinson.

412-431-4950.

412-489-5631.

THE HANDLE BAR THE HANDLE & GRILLE. Local.

BAR & GRILLE. Canonsburg.

Shannon & the 724-746-4227.

Mergers. Canonsburg. . w ww per HARD ROCK CAFE. 724-746-4227. a p ty ci h pg Mercury, Felecia Lynn HARVEY WILNER’S. .com Band. Station Square.

Lucky Me. West Mifflin.

412-481-7625.

412-466-1331.

RAMADA INN HOTEL KNUCKLEHEAD’S BAR. & CONFERENCE The Dave Iglar Band. Ross.

CENTER. Crush. Greensburg.

LOUGHLIN’S PUB. King’s 724-552-0603.

Ransom. 724-265-9950.

SHELBY’S STATION. Dave & LOWER BURRELL VOLUNTEER Andrea Iglar Duo. Bridgeville.

FIRE DEPARTMENT. Daniels SMILING MOOSE. & McClain. 724-339-9611.

Wrought Iron, Post Mortal MOONDOG’S. Bill Toms & Hard Rain. Blawnox.

Possession, Lythem. South Side.

412-828-2040.

412-431-4668.

RAMADA INN HOTEL & TERRACE GARDENS. Daniels & CONFERENCE CENTER. Fonic.

McClain. Clairton. 412-233-2626.

Greensburg. 724-552-0603.

SONNY’S TAVERN. Missing Pets, Dumplings, Flock of Walri, Gorgeous Bastards. Bloomfield.

412-683-5844.

STRIP DISTRICT. Strip District Music Fest. 70+ bands & artists at 11+ venues, including Gene the Werewolf, Dethlehem, Beauty Slap, Gypsy & his Band of Ghosts, Paper States, Slaves B.C., more. Strip District.

THUNDERBIRD CAFE. Meeting Yungn Voorheez of important People, Lohio.

Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177.

FULL LIST ONLINE

THURSDAY JAN 15/10PM

ALLINALINE, THE MOLECULE PARTY TWO MUFFIN RABBIT

Chop Shop

THURSDAY JAN 29/10PM

THE PARK PLAN, MURDER FOR GIRLS, GRAND BELL $2.75 PBR POUNDERS OR PBR DRAFTS

ALL DAY, EVERY DAY 2204 E. CARSON ST. (412) 431-5282 lavaloungepgh.com

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SUN 18 HOWLERS COYOTE CAFE. Ghost Guts. Bloomfield.

412-682-0320.

SMILING MOOSE. Nasty Habit, Shiva Skydiver, Fiveunder.

South Side. 412-431-4668.

MON 19 BLOOMFIELD BRIDGE TAVERN. Phat ManDee, Raised

by Wolves, John Miller, Evan Knauer, Ten Dollar Suit, Chris and Bill, Meet the Beatless, ATS, SexTetOffensive. 28th annual Martin Luther King Benefit for Duncan & Porter Homeless Shelter.

Bloomfield. 412-682-8611.

Each week, we bring you a new track from a local artist. This week’s offering comes from DJ Goodnight’s new mixtape, Pardon My Back; the song is “Sly Stone,” by Yungn Voorheez.

Stream or download it for free on our music blog, FFW>>, at pghcitypaper.com.

TUE 20 BLOOMFIELD BRIDGE TAVERN. Monique Foster. Bloomfield.

412-359-0563.

CONSOL ENERGY PARK. Linkin Park, Of Mice & Men. Washington.

724-250-9555.

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WED 21 CLUB CAFE. LRAD, Darger, Swiss Army, Bret Kunash, Jordan McLaughlin. South Side.

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SLOPPY JOE’S. Wil E. Tri & the Bluescasters. Mt. Washington.

412-381-4300.

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THU 15 BELVEDERE’S. Neon w/ DJ hatesyou. 80s Night.

Lawrenceville. 412-687-2555.

CLUB TABOO. DJ Matt & Gangsta Shak. Homewood.

412-969-0260.

OBEY HOUSE. The Bo’Hog Brothers w/ Eugene Morgan & the Junk Man. Crafton.

412-922-3883.

TAMBELLINI BRIDGEVILLE RESTAURANT. The Witchdoctors.

Bridgeville. 412-221-5202.

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THE CLOAKROOM. DJ SMI. East Liberty. 412-779-2624.

DRUM BAR. DJ Nugget.

North Side. 412-231-7777.

THE NEW AMSTERDAM. Desus.

Lawrenceville. 412-682-6414.

ONE 10 LOUNGE. DJ Goodnight, DJ Rojo.

Downtown. 412-874-4582.

ROWDY BUCK. Top 40 Dance.

South Side. 412-431-2825.

RUGGER’S PUB. 80s Night w/ DJ Connor. South Side.

412-381-1330.

SAT 17 565 LIVE. Bobby Hawkins Back Alley Blues. Bellevue.

412-522-7556.

BZ’S BAR & GRILL. DJ D.NO. North Side. 412-323-2924.

DIESEL. DJ CK. South Side.

412-431-8800.

DRUM BAR. VDJ Jack Millz.

North Side. 412-231-7777.

GUS’S CAFE. Pittsburgh Caribbean/International Saturdays. Lawrenceville.

412-315-7271.

REMEDY. Push It! DJ Huck Finn, DJ Kelly Fasterchild. Lawrenceville.

412-781-6771.

ROWDY BUCK. Top 40 Dance.

South Side. 412-431-2825.

S BAR. Pete Butta. South Side.

412-481-7227.

BOCKTOWN BEER & GRILL. Sweaty Betty. Monaca.

724-728-7200.

LOFT 1876. The Bo’Hog Brothers w/ Don Hollowood.

Beaver Falls. 724-846-9820.

NIED’S HOTEL. Shades of Blue. Lawrenceville.

412-781-9853.

PARADISE PUB. 32-20 Blues Band. Monaca. 724-888-2346.

THE R BAR. Ms Freddye Blues Band. Dormont. 412-942-0882.

JAZZ THU 15 ANDYS. Dane Vannatter.

Downtown. 412-773-8884.

CAVO. Carlton Leeper, Lito Corpuz Victoria Brady, Patrick Whitehead. Strip District.

412-610-1384.

JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. Roger Humphries Jam Session.

North Side. 412-904-3335.

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ANDYS. Bronwyn Wyatt.

Downtown. 412-773-8884.

BACKSTAGE BAR AT THEATRE SQUARE. Jeremy Fisher Trio w/ Tom Wendt. Downtown.

412-325-6769.

BZ’S BAR & GRILL. Arianna Powell & Friends.

North Side. 412-323-2924.

BZ’S BAR & GRILL. JAMES STREET SIN Sunday w/ DJ GASTROPUB Digital Dave. North & SPEAKEASY. . w Side. 412-323-2924.

The Boilermaker ww per a p ty ci LINDEN GROVE. DJ pgh m Jazz Band. Lessons o .c Bugger’s Winter Dance at 7 p.m., music Party. Castle Shannon. at 8 p.m. Salsamba.

North Side. 412-904-3335.

LINDEN GROVE. Dr. Zoot.

BZ’S BAR & GRILL. 2Step Castle Shannon.

Tuesdays w/ MiaaGlow. North Side.

OMNI WILLIAM PENN. 412-323-2924.

Joe Negri w/ Jeff Lashway.

Downtown. 412-553-5235.

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SPOON. Spoon Fed. Hump day chill. House music. aDesusParty.

East Liberty. 412-362-6001.

HIP HOP/R&B FRI 16 BYHAM THEATER. Maceo Parker.

Downtown. 412-456-6666.

MON 19 ALTAR BAR. Turquoise Jeep, Landon Thomas. Strip District.

412-263-2877.

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ELWOOD’S PUB. The Fiddlers.

724-265-1181.

These tours aren’t coming to Pittsburgh, but maybe they’re worth a road trip.

SAT 17 ELWOOD’S PUB. The Agway Shoplifters. 724-265-1181.

CLASSICAL THU 15 THE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF PITTSBURGH. Feat.

Amanda Russo, MezzoSoprano. www.copgh.org Kresge Theater, CMU, Oakland.

412-279-2970.

WASHINGTON, D.C. {FEB. 24}

The Dodos Black Cat

CLEVELAND {MARCH 12}

of Montreal Beachland Ballroom

PHILADELPHIA {MARCH 29}

Swervedriver Union Transfer highlighting the relationship between jazz & R&B. North Side. 412-904-3335.

LEMONT. Mark Venneri.

Mt. Washington. 412-431-3100.

SUPPER CLUB RESTAURANT. Frank Cunimondo/Patricia Skala.

Greensburg. 724-850-7245.

SUN 18 LATITUDE 360. Marcus Anderson. North Fayette.

412-693-5555.

OMNI WILLIAM PENN. Frank Cunimondo. Downtown.

412-553-5235.

MON 19 ECLIPSE LOUNGE. Open Jazz Night w/ the Howie Alexander Trio. Lawrenceville.

412-251-0097.

TUE 20 THUNDERBIRD CAFE. Space Exchange Series w/ The Shift.

Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177.

VILLAGE TAVERN & TRATTORIA. The Dante’ Soulsville Project. West End. 412-458-0417.

ACOUSTIC THU 15 DOWNEY’S HOUSE. The Bottom Floor. Robinson.

412-489-5631.

FRI 16 ELWOOD’S PUB. The Unknown String Band. 724-265-1181.

SAT 17 OLIVE OR TWIST. The Vagrants.

Downtown. 412-255-0525.

WED 21 ALLEGHENY ELKS LODGE #339. Pittsburgh Banjo Club.

Wednesdays. North Side.

412-321-1834.

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ANDYS. Lisa Bleil. Downtown.

412-773-8884.

THE CLOAKROOM. Hill Jordan & the Slide Worldwide.

East Liberty.

CLUB CAFE. J. McCall Band, The Rick Struzzi Jazz Guitar Duo (Early). South Side.

412-431-4950.

JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. Jazz Loves Soul. James Street house party feat. multiple artists,

ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM. Ken Vandermark & Nate Wooley Duo. North Side. 412-237-8300.

ANDYS. Judi Figel. Downtown.

412-773-8884.

CAFE IO. Dave Brosky. Playing the Chapman Stick. Mt. Lebanon.

412-440-0414.

CREAMY CREATIONS. Rodney McCoy. Penn Hills.

412-799-3359.

RIVERS CLUB. Jessica Lee & Friends. Downtown. 412-391-5227.

BULGARIAN-MACEDONIAN NATIONAL EDUCATION AND CULTURAL CENTER. Orchestra Forte. West Homestead.

412-461-6188.

REGGAE FRI 16 CAPRI PIZZA AND BAR. Bombo Claat Friday Reggae w/ VYBZ Machine Intl Sound System.

East Liberty. 412-362-1250.

FRI 16 WALTER MORALES, PIANO. Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Part II Chatham University, Shadyside. 412-365-1100.

SAT 17 POKÉMON: SYMPHONIC EVOLUTIONS. Brought to life by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra w/ visuals on a giant screen, Pokémon: Symphonic Evolutions will take audiences of all ages on a powerful musical retrospective through the popular video game franchise’s most memorable melodies. Heinz Hall, Downtown.

412-392-4900.

OTHER MUSIC THU 15 LEVELS. Rebecca Kaufman Duo. North Side. 412-231-7777.

FRI 16 LEVELS. Joel Lindsey Trio.

North Side. 412-231-7777.

SAT 17 EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCH. Vanessa German, Dr. Herbert V.R.P. Jones w/ The Heritage Gospel Chorale of Pittsburgh. Hill District.

412-512-0589.

LEVELS. Bobby V. North Side.

412-231-7777.

SUN 18 JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. Travelin’. North Side.

412-904-3335.

MON 19 HAMBONE’S. Cabaret: Showtunes, Jazz Standards & Blues by Ian Kane.

Lawrenceville. 412-681-4318.

MCKEESPORT AREA HIGH SCHOOL. Vanessa German, Dr. Herbert V.R.P. Jones w/ The Heritage Gospel Chorale of Pittsburgh.

McKeesport. 412-512-0589.

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ALTAR BAR Strip District. 412263-2877. All ages show. With special guests Joel Kellem & more. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 7p.m.

THURSDAY 15

Upon A Burning Body / Veil of Maya ALTAR BAR Strip District.

412-263-2877. All ages show. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 6p.m.

Hamilton Leithauser / Ben Collier CLUB CAFE South Side.

412-431-4950. Over 21 show.

Tickets: ticketweb.com/ opusone. 8p.m.

District. 412-566-1000. Over 21 show. Tickets: showclix.com.

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Maceo Parker BYHAM THEATER Downtown.

412-456-6666. Tickets: trustarts.org. 8p.m.

Reverend Horton Heat

Tickets: warhol.org. 8p.m.

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Pokémon: Symphonic Evolutions with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Kevin Hart

HEINZ HALL Downtown.

412-392-4900. Tickets: pittsburghsymphony.org. 8p.m.

MONDAY 19

Strip District Music Fest

Comedian Rob Holloway

Escape Pod / Drunken Sunday

LATITUDE 360 Robinson Twp. 412-693-5555. Tickets: latitude360.com/pittsburgh-pa.

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PITTSBURGH WINERY Strip

WARHOL THEATER - ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM North Side.

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CLUB CAFE South Side.

412-431-4950. Over 21 show.

Tickets: ticketweb.com/ opusone. 10:30p.m.

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HEINZ HALL Downtown. 412392-4900. Tickets: livenation. com. Through Jan. 19.

ALTAR BAR Strip District.

412-263-2877. All ages show.

VARIOUS LOCATIONS, With special guests Mike Jack PENN AVE & SMALLMAN ST. & more. Tickets: ticketfly.com or For more info visit stripdistrictmusicfest.com. 12p.m. 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 7:30p.m.

ALTAR BAR Strip District. 412263-2877. Over 21 show. With special guests Robert Gordon & more. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 8:30p.m.

SOUND SERIES: Amernet String Quartet with Pianist Amy Williams

The Sparrow and ill Willis

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REX THEATER South Side.

412-381-6811. All ages show.

Tickets: greyareaprod.com.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 20 CONSOL ENERGY CENTER

BENEDUM CENTER Downtown.

412-456-4800. Tickets: trustarts. org. Through Jan. 25.

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VIEWERS EXPECTING TO SEE CIVIL-RIGHTS LEADERS TREATED AS INFALLIBLE HEROES WILL BE SURPRISED

The scent of elegy is as strong as the odor of burning pot in Inherent Vice, Paul Thomas Anderson’s adaptation of Thomas Pynchon’s 2009 novel about Southern California doper private eye Doc Sportello and the end of the 1960s.

The film opens in 1970, and neither the decade nor Doc’s newly reappeared old girlfriend, Shasta Fay Hepworth, are what they used to be. Shasta hips Doc (Joaquin Phoenix) to the case of eccentric vanished real-estate tycoon Mickey Wolfmann, launching Doc’s journey into a sun-lit noir caper, complete with nasty cops, neo-Nazis, brutal drug gangs, reflexive hippie paranoia and a sleazy, velour-suited, um, dentist.

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The first novel by postmodernist literary icon Pynchon (Gravity’s Rainbow) to reach the big screen is, unavoidably, a comedy. But mostly, Inherent Vice is a bittersweetly satiric rumination on how a counterculture premised on free love and better drugs unraveled (or perhaps was merely rewoven) into the old grim American venalities of money and power.

Don’t expect the more obvious emotional intensity of Anderson’s two most recent films, There Will Be Blood and 2012’s The Master. As rendered in Anderson’s adapted screenplay, Inherent Vice shares more with The Big Lebowski than with either of those two darkly sonorous works. Yet even at two-and-ahalf hours, Inherent Vice is less plot-driven, more discursive and also more lyrical than the Coens’ stoner noir about what people like Doc — admittedly, a P.I. who works out of a gynecologist’s office and huffs nitrous oxide — have lost.

So dig Pynchon’s splendid character names (Pup Beaverton, Japonica Fenway) and strong character turns by Benicio Del Toro (as Doc’s hapless lawyer), Reese Witherspoon (as Doc’s unlikely assistantD.A. girlfriend), Owen Wilson, Martin Short and more. Enjoy Anderson’s rich cinematic style, highlighting Phoenix’s darting hazel eyes and Josh Brolin’s squinting menace as bruising, flat-topped cop and wannabe TV star Christian “Bigfoot” Bjornsen. But remember: There’s always a reactionary citizens’ group when you don’t need one; that dead sax player might actually be an undercover snitch posing as a radical activist; and just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you.

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event. It’s 1964 and Martin Luther King Jr. is in Oslo to accept the Nobel Peace Prize. In a scene between King and Coretta Scott King, we’re shown a man out of his element.

“It doesn’t feel right,” says King (David Oyelowo), fumbling with an ascot his wife has told him to wear.

That’s part of what makes director Ava DuVernay’s drama different from other King biopics. Here we see a more human King, far removed from the man whose monument now stands in Washington, D.C. The film picks up after President Lyndon Johnson (Tom Wilkinson) has signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Despite that victory, African-Americans in the South are still being denied the right to vote. So King and members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference head to Selma, Ala., where the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee is working to register voters.

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A voice for change: David Oyelowo portrays civil-right leader Martin Luther King Jr.

King’s presence is unwelcome from the start. His group’s demonstrations are met with brutality by the local police, whose actions are condoned and even sanctioned by Alabama’s governor.

In a sense, the police are playing into King’s hands. Media film the violence and share it with the rest of the country. That earns more support for voting rights throughout the nation.

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DIRECTED BY: Ava DuVernay STARRING: David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo

CP APPROVED Selma shows King battling on multiple fronts. In meetings with Johnson, he tries to persuade the president not to delay on national voting legislation. In Selma, he must weigh the importance of his cause against the violence inflicted on protesters. And through it all, the FBI

works to assassinate his character and create a rift between King and his wife (Carmen Ejogo).

This film doesn’t skim over the ugly elements of King’s life. In a fight between King and his wife, they’re forced to come confront his infidelity. The at-times adversarial relationship between King and Malcolm X is explored. And King even finds himself criticized by the SCLC and SNCC. Viewers expecting a typical story that treats civil-rights leaders as infallible heroes and racism as a thing of the past will be surprised.

It’s impossible not to see similarities between Selma and current events.

Scenes of police brutality are all the more disturbing because they continue.

And media’s role during the civil-rights movement echoes the power of social media today.

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AMERICAN SNIPER. Clint Eastwood’s biodrama profiles Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper), a Navy Seal sniper who, while heralded in battles in Iraq, finds life on the home front more complicated. Starts Fri., Jan. 16.

Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971)

1/15 @ 7:30pm, 1/16 @ 10:00pm, 1/17 @ 4:00pm & 10:00pm, 1/19 @ 7:30pm Your golden ticket to imagination and adventure!

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BLACKHAT. Chris Hemsworth stars in this actioner about cybercriminals. Michael Mann directs. Starts Fri., Jan. 16.

LITTLE ACCIDENTS. The three intersecting dramas in writer-director Sara Colangelo’s feature debut are set against the backdrop of a fatal coal-mine accident months earlier.

Soft-spoken miner Amos (Boyd Holbrook) is the sole survivor, and is caught between factions who want him to stay quiet and protect the small West Virginia town’s jobs and those who suspect he knows the coal company’s negligence contributed to the deaths. Young Owen (Jacob Lofland, from Mud) lost his dad in the accident, and that complicates a series of bad decisions he makes. At the triangle’s third point is Diane (Elizabeth Banks), wife of the coal boss (Josh Lucas) now under investigation, and whose teenage son has gone missing; looking for connection, she strikes up relationships with both Amos and Owen.

It’s a well-crafted small-scale drama that quietly airs out huge internal struggles, primarily how folks with few emotional resources process grief and guilt. Coming to terms with the overarching tragedy of the coal-mine disasters is complicated by everything from class politics to the insular nature of the town, all of which Colangelo sketches in a few deft strokes.

7:30 p.m. Fri., Jan. 16; 7 p.m. Sat., Jan. 17; 7 p.m. Sun., Jan. 18; and 7:30 p.m. Wed., Jan. 21.

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PADDINGTON. The plucky lost-and-found South American bear of Michael Bond’s tales heads for the big screen in this live-action family comedy (with CGI bear). Paul King directs. Starts Fri., Jan. 16.

TITANS OF THE ICE AGE. This new IMAX feature from David Clark combines live photography of Alaska and remote areas of national parks with digitally recreated longago creatures such as wooly mammoths and saber-tooth tigers. Starts Fri., Jan. 16. Rangos Omnimax, Carnegie Science Center, North Side. www.carnegiesciencecenter.org

The Philadelphia Story (1940)

1/18 @ 4:00p, 1/20 @ 7:30pm George Cukor directs this classic starring Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, and Jimmy Stewart.

THE WEDDING RINGER. A hapless groom (Josh Gad) hires an affable best man (Kevin Hart) in order to convince wedding guests that he has a lively social network. Jeremy Garlick directs this comedy. Starts Fri., Jan. 16.

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The University of Pittsburgh and UPMC are seeking men and women ages 18 to 45 to take part in a research study of borderline personality disorder.

ROW HOUSE CINEMA. The Films of Stanley Kubrick: Full Metal Jacket (dark 1987 take on Vietnam), Jan. 14.

A Clockwork Orange (1971 adaptation of Anthony Burgess novel about youth run amuck), Jan. 14 and 15. 2001: A Space Odyssey (visionary 1968 classic), Jan. 14-15. Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (classic 1964 satire with Peter Sellers in multiple roles), Jan. 15. Musicals: Singin’ in the Rain (classic 1952 Hollywood production starring Pittsburgh’s Gene Kelly), Jan. 16-18, and Jan. 21-22. Grease (nostalgic 1978 look at the 1950s, starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John), Jan. 16-22. Chicago (2002 award-wining adaptation of the stage musical), Jan. 16-20 and Jan. 22. South Park: Bigger Longer Uncut (profane hijinks and songs from TV’s popular animated bad boys), Jan. 16-21.

Call or see website for times and complete listings.

4115 Butler St., Lawrenceville. $5-9. 412-904-3225 or www.rowhousecinema.com

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ROCKY. The endless sequels have made Sylvester p Stallone’s Philadelphia-based pugilist something of a joke. But the 1 1976 original, directed by John Avildsen, was a small-scale, sm bittersweet drama that was nominated for 10 Academy Awards, and won three, including Be Best Picture. Stallone, Talia Shire, Burgess Meredith and Burt Young star. 7:30 p.m.

Wed., Jan.14. AMC Loews. $5

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WILLY WO WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY. Mel Stuart’s 1971 adaptation of Roald Dahl’s story is heartwarming without being gooey, and still de deliciously weird. It’s a slow set-up o all the winners of the trip while we wait out s into Wonka’s secret candy factory — but once inside, the wonder, wackiness and even beg The sets are wonderful, colordanger begin! saturated structures, free from the dumb ef special effects that date other older fantasy films. As Wonka, Gene Wilder is a delight,

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THEY CALL ME TRINITY. Enzo Barboni’s 1970 Western, about two tw outlaw brothers who pose as the sheriff and deputy depu of a small town, continues the monthly Spaghetti Western Dinner Series — patrons get a spaghetti W Western and spaghetti. Dinner at 7 p.m.; screening at 7:30 p.m. Thu., Jan. 15. Parkway Theater, 644 Broa Broadway Ave., McKees Rocks. $8.

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Boyhood warm yet somehow malevolent. He doesn’t seem to care at all when bratty kids disappear. Sure, he says they’re coming back … What wicked pleasure to see irksome kids just vanish into psychedelic machinery.

7:30 p.m. Thu., Jan. 15; 10 p.m. Fri., Jan. 16; 4 and 10 p.m. Sat., Jan 17; and 7:30 p.m. Mon., Jan. 19.

Hollywood (Al Hoff) BOYHOOD. Richard Linklater’s remarkable film illustrates a childhood over 12 years of captured moments, while employing the same actors (Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke). The material is low-key and natural, with little sentimentality and the air of a lightly scripted documentary. Linklater’s work seeks to assuage our anxiety about our ephemeral nature, in particular the dramatic change as a small child is transformed into an adult through a million lost moments. Boyhood is both a celebration of, and an elegy to, this transition — an ode to being a kid or a parent, and all the sweet, fraught space in between. Starts Fri., Jan. 16.

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VISUAL ACOUSTICS. Eric Bricker’s 2008 documentary examines the life and work of photographer Julius Shulman. The artist was best known for his architectural portraits, including memorable photos of modernist homes in Southern California.

7 p.m. Fri., Jan. 16. Parkway, McKees Rocks. www. parkwaytheater.org. $3 TIMECRIMES. In this mind-bending 2007 cautionary tale from Nacho Vigalondo, a middle-aged Spanish man finds a lazy afternoon at his country home interrupted by some strange sightings beyond his fence. But going to investigate leads to a time machine and — you guessed it — trouble of the increasingly confusing kind: Is Hector going into the future to fix the past, or going into the past to fix the future? Continues a series of foreign films. In Spanish, with subtitles. 7 p.m. Fri., Jan. 16. Parkway, McKees Rocks. www.parkwaytheater.org. $3 (AH) BAD MOVIE NITE. Join the hooting as a mystery main feature — guaranteed “bad” — plays, along with a selection of short clips, how-to videos and other amusing strangeness. The newly renovated and re-opened Oaks Theater now offers table seating for this event. 8 p.m. Sat., Jan. 16. Oaks, 310 Allegheny River Blvd., Oakmont. $8-12 THE PHILADELPHIA STORY. The witty words simply fly in this 1940 drawing-room comedy set amongst the wealthy of Philly’s Main Line. A socialite has left her first playboy husband behind and plans to remarry somebody more suitable, only to have her ex — and the tabloid press — turn up during the week of her wedding. George Cukor

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adapts Phillip Barry’s stage play, with the dream cast of Katharine Hepburn, Jimmy Stewart and Cary Grant. 4 p.m. Sun., Jan. 18, and 7:30 p.m. Tue., Jan. 20.

Hollywood (AH) SHADOW OF A DOUBT. In a small, sleepy California town, a young woman (Teresa Wright) wonders whether her visiting uncle (Joseph Cotten) is the Merry Widow Murderer. Alfred Hitchcock’s 1943 domestic psychological thriller proves that there needn’t be international intrigue or breakneck pursuits to create nail-nibbling drama. The film continues a month-long, Sunday-night series of Hitchcock films. 8 p.m. Sun., Jan. 18. Regent Square (AH)

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VESSEL. Diana Whitten’s new documentary looks at a Dutch doctor who circumvents various countries’ legal restrictions on abortion by setting up Women on Waves. This allows the procedure to be performed at sea, in international waters, as well as provided women’s health-care training. The film is presented

by Planned Parenthood. 6:30 p.m. Wed., Jan. 21.

Melwood. $5 FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE. James Bond (Sean Connery) goes toe-to-poisoned-toe with the Soviets in the quest for a decoding machine. Terence Young directs this 1963 spy actioner. 7:30 p.m. Wed., Jan. 21.

AMC Loews. $5 DUANE MICHALS: THE MAN WHO INVENTED HIMSELF. Camille Guichard’s profile of the McKeesport-born Michals follows the photographer to important and influential locations in his life: the working-class Pittsburgh of his youth, his studio time in New York City, and his country home in Vermont.

Curator Linda Benedict-Jones and film co-producer Veronique Bernard will introduce the film, and Michals himself is scheduled to do a Q&A. 5:30-9 p.m. (film screens at 6:30 p.m.), Thu., Jan. 22. Carnegie Museum of Art Theater, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland. www.cmoa.org. $15 ($10 members), includes drink.

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. A trial in which a white lawyer (Gregory Peck) in a small Southern town defends a black man accused of rape forms the moral heart of Robert Mulligan’s award-winning 1962 adaptation of Harper Lee’s coming-of-age novel.

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SIXTEEN CANDLES. If you went to high school in the 1980s, you likely saw this 1984 John Hughes film — a sweet comedy celebrating the nerdy and gawky — 10 million times. Uh, if not, catch it on the big screen, and see why grown adults still pine for Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall. 7:30 p.m. Thu., Jan. 22; 10 p.m. Fri., Jan. 23; 9:30 p.m. Sat., Jan. 24; and 7:30 p.m. Mon., Jan. 26. Hollywood

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A big theme in the work of historian Marcus Rediker is his critique of “terracentrism”: the idea that history happens only on land. In his newest book, the University of Pittsburgh professor adds more wind to the sails of the notion that the modern world — its economics, politics, art — is largely a product of life at sea.

Outlaws of the Atlantic also furthers Rediker’s focus on what he calls “history from below,” in which the works of commoners get as much weight as the acts of kings. And, as a book subtitled “Sailors, Pirates and Motley Crews in the Age of Sail,” it’s an especially enjoyable voyage.

From the 16th century through the mid-19th, sailboats were the literal vessels of global commerce. That circumstance, Rediker argues, created the modern idea of labor as a commodity, for instance. It also gave nominally lowly sailors a near-monopoly on intercontinental information. Their (typically verbal) communications influenced everything from slave rebellions to high culture (from Shakespeare to, obviously, Defoe).

Rediker delivers engaging narratives, including the incredible story of Henry Pitman, a British physician court-ordered into slavery for treason who escaped in the OUTLAWS Caribbean only to be OF THE marooned by pirates.

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By Marcus Rediker Barlow, a veteran 17thBeacon Press, century British seaman 241 pp., $26.95 and writer, and a social critic after Rediker’s own heart, especially regarding the growing inequalities of wealth in Britan.

Rediker, whose earlier works include 2007’s magisterial The Slave Ship, also surveys the bigger picture with an iconoclastic look at pirate culture. It was a highly egalitarian society, he writes — they elected their captains! — with some Robin Hood in its creed: “Pirates constructed a culture of masterless men” and in their own way influenced Western political thought.

Rediker, who also wrote 2012’s The Amistad Rebellion, revisits that famous episode to emphasize “the alchemy of chains mutating, under the hard pressure of resistance, into the bonds of community” at sea. He also offers a fascinating analysis of how popular opinion (especially toward piracy) might have influenced the Amistad case in court.

And then there were “motley crews,” or protest mobs that in colonial and early America included both black slaves and white sailors. Perhaps most provocatively, Rediker argues that motley crews, with their rebellions against impressment, their mutinies and insurrections, were a key influence on the American independence movement. Later, he adds wittily, “Salt was the seasoning of the antislavery movement.”

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Art by Nathan Margoni (from left to right): “Run For Your Life,” “Digestive System” (detail, frontal view) and “Journey Through the Digestive System”

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BSESSIONS takes its title subject personally. The pieces in this SPACE gallery exhibit are not sweeping social commentaries or cultural criticisms, exploring a society prone to obsession — with money, objects, celebrities, taking pictures of themselves.

Rather, each artist narrows in on what has planted its flag in his or her brain space.

As a result, the show, curated by Tom Sarver, is fun and communicative.

Jeremiah Johnson contributes more than a dozen works, with recurring themes and images. Ranging from large paintings to smaller prints, often heavy with text, the Williamsport, Pa.-based

artist delves into his own thoughts, philosophies and relationship to his work.

“The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil” has a background of often-repeated images of devil-locked goth girls in cheerleader sweaters, fashion models,

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helmeted football players, city scenes of sagging buildings and country scenes of cows grazing in snow. Painting on top

of but not obscuring these is an enormous tree, in summer, leaves bright green and blown, roots digging into the earth. Many of the images here continue in other works, embellishing a distinct and personal narrative. “(Kevin Hays)” contains the bulk of the text, stream-ofconsciousness ramblings and ruminations on art, work, illness, sleep. Some of the best words are the philosophical statement, “Don’t let people tell you what to do because you know how to do better than anybody else. Or ... in life be moderate but in art it’s sometimes necessary to give people a good stiff punch in the gut.”

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January 21 Art History Class—Decisive Moments in Photography January 22 Film Screening and Q&A with Duane Michals—The Man Who Invented Himself February 12 Culture Club—Image to Word, A Public Reading

Becky Slemmons’ offering explores one of the first things that comes to mind when “obsession” is mentioned. “Obsessive love, one mark for each of the 9331 days we have been together ... and counting” is exactly what it sounds like: a gallery wall on its way to being filled with tick marks representing the time she’s known her partner. Slemmons, who lives in Pittsburgh, will often be present in the gallery adding to this piece.

Jason Lockyer’s focus is on animals and insects, the former through drawings and the latter through digital video.

“Drawings of dead stuff from Museums” collects renditions of taxidermied creatures ranging from the familiar ground squirrel and mole to the exotic-sounding pademelon kangaroo and duskyfooted woodrat. Lockyer, of Los Angeles, has drawn them all on identically sized paper in thick, percussive black lines of wax and pigment, all somewhat vermin-y, all a little wild-looking around the eyes. All look like they might nip you a good one even if they’re kind of cute. The video “Everyday is a dream when you’re alone” documents the activities of a busy bug. It’s installed in the gallery’s front window and can be viewed only from outdoors, speakers delivering the soundtrack to the sidewalk. This is a great technique, and doubtless has drawn people inside to see what else there is to see.

The human body elicits Nathan Margoni’s concentration, and the works he presents are not in any way a celebration of its beauty. In “Run For Your Life,” a pencil drawing of a giant foot floats above the viewer’s head, toenails overgrown and cracked, life-sized trash embedded in the sole — Dunkin Donuts cup, Lowe’s receipt, coins.

Faces burst screaming from toepads and cracked heel. “Journey Through the Digestive System” cross-sections a colossal man swallowing a writhing miniature one, with other figures progressing through his body to the inevitable end.

“Digestive System” takes it a step and dimension further. It’s a large sculpture, a florid face with gaping maw at one end followed by the neatly labeled “Esophagus,” “Stomach,” “Small Intestine” and “Large Intestine,” each bearing a window

Mary Ivy Martin’s video installation “Face Faucet”

of clear acrylic so we can peer at what’s been consumed as it travels along. In the back, there is a literal shitshow. Funny and gross, and I’m pretty sure kids would love it. Margoni lives in Benton Harbor, Mich.

“A cruel country where I am no longer afraid” is three identically sized panels by Pittsburghbased Laurie Trok, inked and cut paper suspended from the ceiling. The obsession here is not referenced by the abstract work, but is the work itself, generated by a painstaking process that results in three-dimensional pieces playing with shadows and light. These are hung into a triangle equilateral but open at the corners, so it can be experienced either by navigating its perimeter or entering its confines.

A large wall bears Mary Ivy Martin’s “Face Faucet,” a video close-up by this Brooklyn-based artist of water (perspiration?) dripping off nose, cheeks and chin to quench a plant. It’s a demonstration of caring and of interrelation with nature, supplemented by a second, untitled work, potted plants built of rosemary and hair.

The exhibit gives you the sense you’ve been told a personal secret by each artist, connected to them. “Obsession” feels likes a positive thing.

EACH ARTIST NARROWS IN ON WHAT HAS PLANTED ITS FLAG IN HIS OR HER BRAIN SPACE.

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IN CHRISTINE STROUDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S strong debut chapbook â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Buried Return,â&#x20AC;? songs of innocence are sung through the veil of experience, songs of experience are touched by an innocence that wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t yield.

About half of these 20 poems by Stroud, associate editor of Pittsburghbased Autumn House Press, recall youth or childhood (usually the speakerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s). The taut, plain-spoken pieces recall episodes from quiet ones (like a girl seeking attention from her hard-to-please grandmother) to more dramatic. In the prose poem â&#x20AC;&#x153;My Last Spanking,â&#x20AC;? the speaker recalls being age 7 and deďŹ antly refusing to cry when her father punishes her for pretending to be Christ on the cross.

Indeed, Stroudâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tone in these poems of youth is itself deďŹ ant, devoid of regret or remorse. Even when sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recounting an obvious injustice, like the savage beating of a high school girl whose assailants call her â&#x20AC;&#x153;dyke,â&#x20AC;? Stroudâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s style remains determinedly clinical: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Your queerness / was there, smudging those boysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; / decency, like the dark gray circles / C O H E N

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doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t change much, the perspective alters subtly. The speakers seem both more engaged and more easily wounded. In one, the speaker second-guesses her inability to kill a badly injured cat. Others, like the four hard-hitting poems in a series all titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Relapse Suite,â&#x20AC;? confront alcoholism and drug abuse with a heightened awareness of consequences.

True, even in such poems the observer feels slightly detached, looking back without judgment. In â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lotophagi,â&#x20AC;? depicting partners in opiated bliss, Stroud writes, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our eyes wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t open / they are dripping / with burnt yellow tar. / Late afternoon sweats. / I like you best / in lotus honey.â&#x20AC;? Yet the collectionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s surreal title poem signals something like regret as the speaker discovers that her dead grandfather, dead grandmother and a suicidal friend have returned as putrefying zombies. Even as she admires how â&#x20AC;&#x153;[s]unset light pushes through their decayed / stomachs,â&#x20AC;? the speaker is apologizing for not treating them better in life.

College. (He also contributes occasional book reviews to City Paper.) But as he writes in his author bio, for the past 25 years, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spent a â&#x20AC;&#x153;parallel lifeâ&#x20AC;? in the service industry. That experience informs poems like the title verse, whose speaker introduces himself in a â&#x20AC;&#x153;sweaty restaurant kitchenâ&#x20AC;? and refers to his own motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s series of jobs in food prep. The speaker and his mother play Scrabble and discuss their ďŹ ngers, nerve-ďŹ&#x201A;ayed by daily grinds; the poem concludes by sounding what might be this collectionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s keynote, with each character â&#x20AC;&#x153;searching / for the phrase that captures what it is / to feel at once / both capable and small.â&#x20AC;?

These working-life speakers take pride in jobs well done, yet with complete awareness of their designated roles in a â&#x20AC;&#x153;culture of demand.â&#x20AC;? One speakerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s consciousness is such that he canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t eat frozen strawberries without thinking of the working stiffs who hauled them cross-country. Still, though their perspective is implicitly political, such poems are far from sermons. Usually theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re conduits to more universal existential explorations, as when kitchen workers scarďŹ ng up a fallen plate of seafood (â&#x20AC;&#x153;the ďŹ rst scallops / some of us had ever triedâ&#x20AC;?) are located by the speaker â&#x20AC;&#x153;in a heaping world that needs us to believe / we can be oceans, pushing waves / toward a shoreline we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see / the worn down, far-off places of ourselves.â&#x20AC;?

Shaw hews to the â&#x20AC;&#x153;no ideas but in thingsâ&#x20AC;? school. But the inanimate objects that serve as his â&#x20AC;&#x153;trigger[s] to pull on the pastâ&#x20AC;? (as he says in one poem) arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t limited to kitchen tools. A long-owned plastic trash bin embodies a decade rapidly slipped by. A red pickup truck recalls a speakerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The hard plastic seats of the transit busâ&#x20AC;? spur memories of three times the speaker felt â&#x20AC;&#x153;like â&#x20AC;Ś a child / and all my bombs â&#x20AC;Ś water balloons.â&#x20AC;?

EVEN WHEN SHEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S RECOUNTING AN OBVIOUS INJUSTICE, STROUDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S STYLE REMAINS DETERMINEDLY CLINICAL.

IN HIS FINE debut chapbook, Argot,

Fred Shaw writes about many things: music, the humiliations of youth, a father.

But as suggested by the black-and-white cover photo of a bow-tied, white-aproned waiter grinning in a pantry, about half of these 26 poems are about (or at least take place at) work.

Shaw teaches writing and literature at Point Park University and Carlow

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Obsessions | Curated by Tom Sarver Works in painting, sculpture, site-specific installation, video and performance will draw inspiration from personal rituals, cultural trends and studio practices. Participants include Jeremiah Johnson, Jason Lockyer, Nathan Margoni, Mary Ivy Martin, Becky Slemmons and Laurie Trok. Tom Sarver is a Pittsburgh artist know for community-based projects, puppetry and site-specific works. windowSPACE | Sideways Museum, Organized by Tom Sarver A collection of works by Pittsburgh artists exploring folk and visionary art traditions. Featuring work by Jim Rettinger, Doug Hill, Dorothy Williams, Steve Smith, Tom Sarver and Joann Kielar.

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Its title notwithstanding, Titans of the Ice Age is not the new Michael Bay film. And even though it’s animated, and depicts the ice age, don’t expect talking squirrels. This release from Giant Screen Films (in association with Chicago’s Field Museum) seeks to accurately recreate the world

Our great-grandparents spent all their time interacting with physical objects, and rarely saw pictures of themselves or their surroundings. Now many people live online, and daily send images of ourselves global. In his first solo exhibition, local artist Danny Bracken explores how

We’re far from where the sidewalk ends in Shel Silverstein’s The Devil and Billy Markham. To be exact, we’re in hell. In a one-man show at Arcade Comedy Theater, Virginia-based actor Jonathan Stewart performs an epic rendition of a rhyming tall tale about a songwriter who loses a sucker’s bet with the devil. Originally written for a 1979 issue of Playboy, the production is set to live devilgrass/folk music by duo Atoka Chase. And it’s definitely not suitable for children.

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technology has changed our idea of place. How do the physical and digital worlds conflict with each other, and how might they be compatible? Bracken uses video, sound, sculpture and printed matter to explore such concepts, sometimes employing Pittsburgh neighborhoods as subject matter. The opening reception at 707 Penn Gallery is tonight.

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The Mask of Medusa, a chapbook by locally based poet Sheryl St. Germain, has inspired Kiss Me or Cut Off My Head, a new play by Brooke M. Haney. The New York-based Haney blends St. Germain’s poems with interviews of rape survivors. The hour-long work uses the myth of Medusa (who in one version of her myth was raped and punished for it) to confront rape culture in the U.S. and Kenya, and to challenge conventional thinking about sexual assault.

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sp otlight With racism again making headlines as a matter of life or death, and Selma in movie theaters, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day feels especially timely. Commemorations blend social conscience, service and art. The annual free Let Freedom Sing concerts (www.letfreedomsing.net) on Sat., Jan. 17 (Ebenezer Baptist Church, Hill District), and Mon., Jan. 19 (McKeesport Area High School) feature choirs from both city and suburbs; donations benefit area food banks. The Children’s Museum (www.pittsburghkids.org) offers hands-on art programs (through Jan. 19) and Jan. 19’s King for a Day event (10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.), which lets kids and adults read King’s iconic speeches aloud, and catch a performance by spoken-word artist Leslie “Ezra” Smith. Also on Jan. 19, from noon-4 p.m., the Kelly-Strayhorn Theater (www.kelly-strayhorn.org) holds the sixth annual East Liberty Celebrates Dr. Martin King Jr. (pictured), with free family-friendly activities and performances. The Union Project (www.unionproject.org) hosts a free, all-ages open discussion about bridging our differences — race, cultural identity, disability — concluding with a free community meal. Service opportunities include the Student Conservation Association’s day-long Jan. 19 event combining a morning’s work removing invasive species in Schenley Park with an afternoon festival at the park’s ice rink (rsouthers@thesca.org). And the Bloomfield Bridge Tavern hosts the annual MLK Day fundraiser for the North Side’s Duncan and Porter House for the Homeless, a concert featuring Phat Man Dee, Raised by Wolves, ATS and more (9 p.m., 412-682-8611). Bill O’Driscoll

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{COMEDY} This might be something new in town: an original live monthly sitcom. The Sisters Sorella is the brainchild of No Name Players’ Tressa Glover, who along with Julianne Avolio, Gab Bonesso and Maggie Carr wrote the script promising “3 sisters. 1 apartment. Total DysFUNction.”

Episode one at Arcade Comedy Theater features Glover, Avolio, Carr, John Feightner, Connor McCanlus and special guests Hustlebot. The show also offers live music and live commercial breaks. But is there a theme song? Find out when the premiere episode is staged late-nightt tonight and tomorrow. w. BO O 10 p.m. Also 10 p.m. Sat., at., Jan. 17. 811 Liberty Ave., ve., Downtown. $10. www.nonameplayers.org nameplayers.org

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{ART} BoxHeart received more than 600 entries from artists around the world for its 14th annual iteration of Art Inter/ National … here and abroad.

See the 24 works by 20 artists the gallery selected at today’s opening reception.

Contributors include Israeli artist Revital Falke, Malaysian hardwood sculptor Anniketyni Madian, Bulgarian-born Elena Peteva and artists from Canada, Colombia, Iran,

AT., JAN. 17 + SAT., Deep inside de a January cold snap, p, it’s easy to imagine the appeal of Phipps Conservatory onservatory and Botanical nical Gardens’ annual Orchid rchid and Tropical Bonsai Show.

This year’s ’s iteration features hundreds of specimens mens of the much-loved ved flower, in both garden den beds and hanging baskets. The show, which hich opens today, complements mplements Phipps’ permanent ermanent collection n of tropical bonsai. Programming rogramming includes talks on orchids ds and bonsai, free with

Formed in 1991 to play contemporary music, the Florida-based Amernet String Quartet has gone on to win awards and garner critical praise internationally. The group The New York Times lauded as “immensely satisfying” visits tonight courtesy of The Andy Warhol Museum and Pitt’s Music on the Edge. The quartet perform works including Elliot Carter’s 20th-century classic String Quartet No. 5, Eric Moe’s “The Salt of Broken Tears” and Cambodian-American composer Chinary Ung’s “Spiral III.” And composer Amy Williams joins the group on piano for her work “Cineshape 2.” BO 8 p.m. 117 Sandusky St., North Side. $10-20. 412-6247529 or www.music.pitt.edu

{COMEDY} Kevin Hart is hardly new to show business: He’s been acting in television and movies and doing standup since the early 2000s. But in 2014, Hart became huge. His buddy comedy Ride Along, with Ice Cube, made $154 million worldwide, and he’s slated to star this summer alongside Will Ferrell in the prison comedy Get Hard and in a Ride Along sequel next summer. But at his core, this Philadelphia-bred performer is a standup comedian whose shows are full of high energy and quick wit. Hart is at Heinz Hall tonight and tomorrow for four shows. Charlie Deitch

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by USA Today as “the season’s best musical,” Pippin follows a prince on a journey to find meaning in his existence.

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Smith performs scenes from his first one-man play, Book of Ezra. Mon., Jan. 19, 1 p.m. Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, North Side.

412-322-5058.

CLICK, CLACK, MOO. A Pittsburgh International Children’s Theater presentation of Theatreworks USA production.

All day long Farmer Brown hears “click clack moo, clickety clackety moo..” The cows are typing & protesting their working conditions! “Cows that type?

Hens on strike! Multiple Locations.

Thu., Jan. 15, 5:30 & 7:30 p.m., Fri., Jan. 16, 7 p.m., Sat., Jan. 17, 11 a.m. & 2 p.m. and Sun., Jan. 18, 2 p.m. 412-456-6666.

THE DEVIL & BILLY MARKHAM. Jonathan Stewart presents a one-man performance of the play written by Shel Silverstein.

Feat. live music by Atoka Chase. Mature audiences.

BYOB. Jan. 16-17, 8 p.m. Arcade

Comedy Theater, Downtown.

412-339-0608.

KISS ME OR CUT OFF MY HEAD. A collaborative workshop between theatre artists & the non-profit organization Shining Hope for Communities, raising money for Margaret’s Safe Place.

Confronting rape culture in America & Kenya through the lens of the Medusa myth.

Fri., Jan. 16, 8 p.m. MostWanted Fine Art Gallery, Garfield. 412-328-4737.

LIGONIER CABARET NIGHT. An evening of fun & entertainment by various local talent. Hors d’ oeuvres, Beer & Wine. Donation $30.00 per person. Sat., Jan. 17, 7:30 p.m. Ligonier Theater.

724-238-6514.

MOTOWN THE MUSICAL. The story of Motown founder Berry Gordy’s journey from featherweight boxer to the heavyweight music mogul who launched the careers of Diana Ross, Michael Jackson,

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Smokey Robinson & more.

Thru Dec. 3, 8 p.m. Heinz Hall, Downtown. 412-392-4900.

MURDER FOR TWO. COMEDY OPEN MIC 1 actor investigates the crime, HOSTED BY DEREK MINTO. the other plays all of the Thu, 9 p.m. Thru Jan. 29 suspects & they both play Hambone’s, Lawrenceville. the piano. Wed-Sat, 7:30 p.m.

412-681-4318. and Sat, 2 p.m. Thru OPEN STAGE Jan. 18. Cabaret at COMEDY NIGHT. Theater Square, Thu Eclipse Lounge, Downtown.

Lawrenceville.

412-325-6769.

412-251-0097. www. per MY MOTHER’S pa PITTSBURGH pghcitym ITALIAN, MY .co IMPROV JAM. FATHER’S JEWISH Thu, 10 p.m. Cabaret & I’M IN THERAPY. Steve at Theater Square, Solomon’s one man show Downtown. 412-325-6769. about family. Sat., Jan. 17, 2 & 8 p.m. and Sun., Jan. 18, 2 p.m.

Byham Theater, Downtown.

CHRISTINA PAZSITZKY. 412-456-6666.

8 p.m., Fri., Jan. 16, 8 & 10 p.m., PIPPIN. a Tony Award-winning Sat., Jan. 17, 7 & 9:30 p.m. musical w/ music & lyrics by and Sun., Jan. 18, 7 p.m.

Stephen Schwartz based on a The Improv, Waterfront. book by Roger O. Hirson.

412-462-5233.

Jan. 20-23, 7:30 p.m., Sat., Jan. 24, 2 & 8 p.m. and Sun., Jan. 25, “BEST OF THE BURGH” 1 & 6:30 p.m. Benedum Center, COMEDY SHOWCASE. Downtown. 412-456-6666.

Come out and see Pittsburgh’s best comedians every Friday.

Fri, 8 p.m. Thru Feb. 6 Corner Cafe, South Side. 412-488-2995.

MAGICIAN-COMEDIAN EXTREME MICHAEL GIGLIOTTI. Amazing strolling magic & comedy. Fun for the whole family feat. Caesars Palace award winning Master Magician MICHAELANGELO. Fri, 5-7 p.m.

Mullen’s Bar & Grill, North Side.

412-231-1112.

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Latitude 360, North Fayette.

412-693-5555.

SAT 17 DENNIS ROSS, T-ROBE, DAVID KAYE. 5:30 p.m. Rostraver Ice Garden. 724-379-7100.

WOLFIE’S STAND-UP SHOWCASE W/ MIKE WYSOCKI. 8 p.m. Oaks Theater, Oakmont. 412-828-6322.

SUN 18 FOUSEYTUBE. 8 p.m. Rex Theater, South Side. 412-381-6811.

MUSICAL IMPROV SUNDAYS. Sun, 8 p.m. Thru Feb. 22 The Maker Theater, Shadyside.

412-404-2695.

“WHAT NOW” W/ KEVIN HART. 7 & 10 p.m. Heinz Hall, Downtown.

412-392-4900.

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VISUALART NEW THIS WEEK HAITI FRIENDS. P’Arty Art of Parties. Haitian art party w/ music, art, education & wine. Jan. 16, 7-11pm.

Point Breeze. 412-361-4884.

SILVER EYE CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY. Fellowship 15: Projects by Christopher Meerdo & Matthew Conboy. Feat. work by Christopher Meerdo showcasing work from his projects Iceland & Cataphote & Matthew Conboy, presenting work from his project “Objects in mirror are closer than they appear”. Both artists will give a brief gallery talk describing the scope & inspiration of their work. Opening reception Jan. 16, 6-9pm. South Side.

412-431-1810.

ONGOING ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM. Permanent collection. Artwork and artifacts by the famed Pop Artist. North Side. 412-237-8300.

ARTDFACT. Artdfact Gallery.

The works of Timothy Kelley & other regional & US artists on display. Sculpture, oil & acrylic

paintings, mixed media, found objects, more. North Side.

724-797-3302.

ARTISTS IMAGE RESOURCE. Printwork 2014: AIR’s 3rd Annual National Juried Exhibition.

North Side. 412-321-8664.

BACKSTAGE BAR AT THEATRE SQUARE. Post-Impressionism to Abstract. Artwork by Vickie Schilling & Nadya Lapets.

Downtown. 412-325-6768.

CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART. Storyteller: The Photographs of Duane Michals. The definitive retrospective & largest-ever presentation of this innovative artist’s work.

Oakland. 412-622-3131.

CHATHAM UNIVERSITY. Culture in Context. African Art from the Olkes Collection.

Shadyside. 412-365-1232.

CHRISTINE FRECHARD GALLERY. Pasquale Pristera & Zivi Aviraz. Feat. artworks by the “wood zipper artist,” Pasquale Pristera & Zivi Aviraz.

Squirrel Hill. 412-421- 8888.

COHEN & GRIGSBY GALLERY. Snap Judgments: Capturing the Architecture of the Allegheny

County Courthouse. Work

by David Aschkenas. By appointment. Downtown.

412-297-4900.

CRAZY MOCHA COFFEE COMPANY. Artwork by Crystala Armagost. Bloomfield.

412-681-5225.

ECLECTIC ART & OBJECTS GALLERY. 19th century American & European paintings combined with some of the world’s most talented contemporary artists & their artwork. The Hidden Collection. Watercolors by Robert N. Blair (1912- 2003).

Hiromi Traditional Japanese Oil Paintings The Lost Artists of the 1893 Chicago Exhibition.

Collectors Showcase. Emsworth.

412-734-2099.

FRICK ART & HISTORICAL CENTER. Charles Courtney Curran: Seeking the Ideal. Work

by French-trained American artist, known for his sparkling canvases of women in gardens & other outdoor settings.

Permanent collection of European Art. Point Breeze.

412-371-0600.

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Feb. 23 Pleasure Bar, Bloomfield.

412-682-9603.

TFM IMPROV COMEDY. Full throttle improv every Monday night starring our resident house teams. Mon, 8 p.m. Thru Feb. 23 The Maker Theater, Shadyside.

412-404-2695.

UNPLANNED COMEDY’S JAMBONE. Mon, 9:30 p.m. Thru Jan. 26 Hambone’s, Lawrenceville.

412-681-4318.

TUE 20 TUESDAY NIGHT STAND-UP. Tue, 9 p.m. Hot Rod Cafe, Mt. Washington. 412-592-7869.

WED 21 BEERHIVE COMEDY. Open Mic. Hosted by Aaron Kleiber. Wed, 8 p.m.

Thru March 25 The BeerHive, Strip District. 412-904-4502.

COMEDY OPEN MIC. Hosted by Ronald Renwick.

Wed, 9:30 p.m. Scarpaci’s Place, Mt. Washington. 412-431-9908.

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.

ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM. Exposures. A window display & artist product series feat.

Daniel Pillis. North Side.

412-237-8300.

AUGUST WILSON CENTER FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE. Pittsburgh: Reclaim, Renew, Remix. Feat. imagery, film & oral history narratives to explore communities, cultures, & innovations.

Downtown. 412-258-2700.

BAYERNHOF MUSEUM. Large collection of automatic 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 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.

CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH. Tough Art. An annual exhibition of original, interactive artworks “tough” enough to withstand kid handling. Take a walk through a prism forest, create

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FUTURE TENANT. Along the intergalactic sheep. North Side.

724-316-9326.

Path II. A solo exhibition by 412-322-5058.

Christopher Boring. Downtown. MATTRESS FACTORY. COMPASS INN. Demos & Artists in Residence.

412-325-7037. tours with costumed guides Installations created GALLERIE CHIZ. Attention. featuring this restored in-residence by Danny Bracken, Rising Star! Works on stagecoach stop. 724-238-4983.

John Peña, Ryder Henry, paper by Charity Baker & CONNEY M. KIMBO Kathleen Montgomery, & Dorthy Forman. Jewerly by GALLERY. University of Benjamin Sota. Part of the Masha Archer. Shadyside.

Pittsburgh Jazz Exhibit: 2014 Pittsburgh Biennial.

412-441-6005.

Memorabilia & Awards from THE GALLERY 4. Quintessence. Ongoing Installations. the International Hall of Fame.

Works by Turrell, Lutz, Kusama, 5th anniversary show feat.

Oakland. 412-648-7446.

Anastasi, Highstein, Wexler Mark Ryden, Scott Hove, Joe DEPRECIATION LANDS & Woodrow. North Side.

Sorren, Jeremy Fish, Glenn Barr, MUSEUM. Small living 412-231-3169.

Audrey Kawasaki, Camille Rose history museum celebrating MENDELSON GALLERY. Garcia, James Jean, Sam Flores, the settlement & history of the David Lewis, Terry Shutko John Puglisi, more. Shadyside.

Depreciation Lands. Allison Park. & Friends. Shadyside.

412-363-5050.

412-486-0563.

412-361-8664.

GALLERY-VERY FINE ART. FALLINGWATER. Tour the MILLER GALLERY AT Group Show. Work by famed Frank Lloyd Wright CARNEGIE MELLON Linda Price-Sneddon, house. 724-329-8501.

UNIVERSITY. Armin Hoffman: Peggy Habets, James E. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN Farbe/Color. Celebrating our Trusko & others. South Side.

CHURCH. Tours of 13 Tiffany Armin Hofmann exhibition 412-901-8805. stained-glass windows. of silkscreens &emerging GLENN GREENE STAINED Downtown. 412-471-3436. talent from CMU School of GLASS STUDIO INC. FRICK ART & HISTORICAL Design 2014 Seniors. Oakland.

Original Glass Art by CENTER. Ongoing: tours 412-268-3618.

Glenn Greene. Exhibition of Clayton, the Frick estate, MORGAN CONTEMPORARY of new work, recent work & with classes & programs GLASS GALLERY. older work. Regent Square. for all ages. Point Breeze. texture&tension. Work by 412-243-2772.

412-371-0600.

Alex Bernstein, Marsha Blaker, JAMES GALLERY. Headliners.

HARTWOOD ACRES. Tour Byul Go, Romina Gonzales Group show of paintings, this Tudor mansion & stable & Edison Zapata, Weston mixed media works, glass complex. Enjoy hikes & Lambert, more. Shadyside. & ceramics Feat. Christine outdoor activities in the 412-441-5200.

Aaron, Eileen Braun, Claire surrounding park. Allison Park.

PHOTO ANTIQUITIES. Cotts, Jamie Harris, Ben 412-767-9200.

Photos on Glass. Lantern slides: Johnson, Micheal Madigan, KENTUCK KNOB. Tour the 1880 to 1920, hand-painted, Susan Morosky, & Scott Turri. other Frank Lloyd Wright house. sometimes with a single hair to West End. 412-922-9800.

724-329-8501. color a small line. North Side.

LA PRIMA ESPRESSO. KERR MEMORIAL MUSEUM. Paintings/Prints of Italy. Prints of 412-231-7881.

Tours of a restored 19th-century, PITTSBURGH CENTER FOR Vince Ornato’s oil paintings of middle-class home. Oakmont.

Italy. Strip District. 412-281-1922. THE ARTS. 3 Guild Shows. 3 412-826-9295. different shows presented at LAKEVUE ATHLETIC MARIDON MUSEUM. PCA: Women of Vision presents CLUB. Pop-Up Gallery.

Collection includes jade & ivory statues from China and Japan, as well as Meissen area and Trolley Theatre. porcelain. Butler. 724-282-0123.

SENATOR JOHN HEINZ Washington. 724-228-9256.

MCGINLEY HOUSE & HISTORY CENTER. From PHIPPS CONSERVATORY MCCULLY LOG HOUSE. Slavery to Freedom. Highlight’s & BOTANICAL GARDEN. Historic homes open for tours, Pittsburgh’s role in the anti14 indoor rooms & 3 outdoor lectures and more. Monroeville. slavery movement. Ongoing: gardens feature exotic plants 412-373-7794.

Western PA Sports Museum, and floral displays from around NATIONAL AVIARY. Home to Clash of Empires, and exhibits the world. Orchid & Tropical more than 600 birds from over on local history, more. Strip Bonsai show feat. colorful 200 species. With classes, lectures, District. 412-454-6000. orchids curated in collaboration demos and more. North Side.

SEWICKLEY HEIGHTS w/ the Orchid Society of 412-323-7235.

HISTORY CENTER. Museum Western Pennsylvania. Oakland.

NATIONALITY ROOMS. commemorates Pittsburgh 412-622-6914.

26 rooms helping industrialists, local history.

PINBALL PERFECTION. to tell the story of Sewickley. 412-741-4487.

Pinball museum & Pittsburgh’s immigrant SOLDIERS & SAILORS players club. West View. past. University of MEMORIAL HALL. War in 412-931-4425.

Pittsburgh. Oakland. the Pacific 1941-1945. Feat. . w ww per PITTSBURGH 412-624-6000. a collection of military artifacts a p ty ci h g p OLD ST. LUKE’S. ZOO & PPG showcasing photographs, .com Pioneer church features AQUARIUM. Home to uniforms, shells & other 1823 pipe organ, 4,000 animals, including related items. Military museum Revolutionary War graves. many endangered species. dedicated to honoring military Scott. 412-851-9212.

Highland Park. 412-665-3639. service members since the OLIVER MILLER RACHEL CARSON HOMESTEAD. Civil War through artifacts & HOMESTEAD. This pioneer/ A Reverence for Life. Photos personal mementos. Oakland.

Whiskey Rebellion site and artifacts of her life & work.

412-621-4253. features log house, blacksmith Springdale. 724-274-5459.

ST. ANTHONY’S CHAPEL. shop & gardens. South Park.

RIVERS OF STEEL NATIONAL Features 5,000 relics of Catholic 412-835-1554.

HERITAGE AREA. Exhibits saints. North Side. 412-323-9504.

PENNSYLVANIA TROLLEY on the Homestead Mill. Steel ST. NICHOLAS CROATIAN MUSEUM. Trolley rides and industry and community artifacts CATHOLIC CHURCH. Maxo exhibits. Includes displays, from 1881-1986. Homestead.

Vanka Murals. Mid-20th century walking tours, gift shop, picnic murals depicting war, social 412-464-4020.

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“Storytellers: Truth be Told,” Craftsmen Guild presents “Illusions” & Fiberarts Guild presents “Construct”. Shadyside.

412-361-0873.

PITTSBURGH GLASS CENTER. Emerge/Evolve.

Ft. selected works from Emerge 2014, Bullseye Glass Company’s eighth biennial kiln-glass exhibition for emerging artists, & work by three past Emerge finalists.

Friendship. 412-365-2145.

REVISION SPACE. Terry Boyd “Pins & Needles” Solo Exhibition. Drawing & embroidery techniques, incorporating drama, abstraction & performance into multi-faceted & intense pieces. Lawrenceville.

412-735-3201.

SPACE. Obsessions.

Showcasing six artists from across the U.S., exploring the nature of obsession through painting, sculpture, sitespecific installation, video & performance. Ft. artists: Jeremiah Johnson, Jason Lockyer, Nathan Margoni, Mary Ivy Martin, Becky Slemmons & Laurie Trok.

Downtown. 412-325-7723.

TUGBOAT PRINT SHOP. Tugboat Printshop.

Open studio. Lawrenceville.

412-621-0663.

WESTMORELAND MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART. Thrust Excavation. Work

by Chris McGinnis. Greensburg.

724-837-1500.

justice and the immigrant experience in America. Millvale.

421-681-0905.

WEST OVERTON MUSEUMS. Learn about distilling and coke-making in this pre-Civil War industrial village. 724-887-7910.

DANCE SAT 17 KAT DE LAC PRESENTS: THE STEEL CITY KITTY SHOW! Burlesque show. 10:30 p.m.

Smiling Moose, South Side.

412-431-4668.

MON 19 ELECTROBELLY DANCE & MUSIC TROUPE (EARLY).

7 p.m. Club Cafe, South Side.

412-431-4950.

FUNDRAISERS SUN 18 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.

OPEN ARMS KARAOKE FUNDRAISER. Raising Awareness of Obsessive Compulsive & Anxiety Disorders.

6 p.m. Level 20 Sports Lounge, Bethel Park. 412-595-7953.

WED 21 RED SHOE CREW 2015 KICK OFF. Food, drinks, networking & auction. All proceeds benefit the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Pittsburgh. 5:30-7:30 p.m. Perle Champagne Bar, Downtown.

412-471-2058.

LITERARY THU 15 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.

Lot 17, Bloomfield. 412-687-8117.

SAT 17 ALEXANDER, LANGSTROTH & PANEPINTO. Kick off of the Versify Reading Series, feat. poets, Lisa Alexander, Gail Langstroth & Lisa Panepinto. 7 p.m. East End Book Exchange, Bloomfield.

412-224-2847.

ITALIAN CONVERSATION. Third and First Sat of every month, 11 a.m.-12 p.m.

Carnegie Library, Oakland.

412-622-3151.

PENNWRITERS SPRINGDALE WRITERS GROUP. Third Sat of every month Springdale Free Public Library, Springdale.

724-274-9729.

MON 19 COMICS DECODED BOOK CLUB. Third Mon of every month, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Carnegie Library, Oakland.

412-622-3151.

TUE 20 JAPANESE CONVERSATION CLUB. First and Third Tue of every month, 6-7 p.m.

Carnegie Library, Oakland.

412-622-3151.

LET’S SPEAK ENGLISH! Practice conversational English.

Tue, 6 p.m. Carnegie Library, Squirrel Hill. 412-422-9650.

PITTSBURGH CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY READING GROUP. Tue, 6 p.m. East End Book Exchange, Bloomfield.

412-224-2847.

WED 21 CARNEGIE KNITS & READS. Informal knitting session. First and Third Wed of every month,

4:30-5:30 p.m. Carnegie Library, Oakland. 412-622-3151.

ON FREEDOM CORNER. Create collages using images from both the Pittsburgh & national movement. Write your ‘American Dream’ on a picket sign & pose in front of our collage mural. Thru Jan. 19, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, North Side. 412-322-5058.

KING FOR A DAY. All ages are invited to read the inspiring words of Dr. King. Hosted by The Saturday Light Brigade Radio Show. 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, North Side. 412-322-5058.

MAKER STORY TIME. Explore tools, materials and processes inspired by books. Listen to stories read by librarian-turnedTeaching Artist Molly. Mon, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, N orth Side. 412-322-5058.

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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.

BOUNCE. Interactive exhibit celebrating the world’s most amazing ball. Experience how it moves, how it looks & the story of how it came to be.

Jan. 15-March 8, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, North Side. 412-322-5058.

FRI 16 - SAT 17

SAT 17 - SUN 18 BEAUTY & THE BEAST. Based on the classic story, an interactive musical production.

Sat, Sun, 1 & 3:30 p.m. Thru Feb. 8 Gemini Theater, Point Breeze. 412-243-5201.

FRI 16 - SAT 17

CRITIC: Valerie Simko, 18, a student from Slippery Rock WHEN: Fri.,

Jan. 09

It was a collection of different performers, four women.

There was a mix of different styles: One did folk, one did more indie music, one did comedy and one did classic country. It was a real variety. We randomly ended up here because the bluegrass jam we were going to got canceled, but I’m glad we did. I really liked that it was something different and that it was live musicians from the area, and the Merle Haggard covers [by Molly Alphabet] were especially good. It was definitely not something you’d hear on the radio. The bar had a nice vibe and a homey atmosphere, which was good for local performers. We were talking about how there’s not much talent in really popular current music, but this was just local performers sharing their different tastes and musical styles and I liked their passion. They were really talented.

SURVIVAL BASICS. Tue, 3-4:30 p.m. Schenley Park, Oakland. 412-477-4677.

THU 15

MANY HANDS. Get your hands dirty to create clay birds that symbolize your dreams.

Birds will be photographed & displayed at the museum.

Jan. 17-19, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, North Side. 412-322-5058.

Alphabet, Liss Victory, Chattel Tail and Joanna Lowe, Hambone’s, Lawrenceville

TUE 20

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The Girlie Show with Molly

OUTSIDE

WED 21

FRIDAY NIGHT CREATURE FEATURE. A creature painting & a creature movie.

Fri, 7-11 p.m. Thru Jan. 22 The Night Gallery, Lawrenceville. 412-969-7197.

GOOD FRIDAYS. 1/2-price regular museum admission & a cash bar. Fri, 5-10 p.m. Thru Jan. 30 Andy Warhol Museum, North Side. 412-237-8300.

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FROZEN PAINTING. Come experiment painting w/ frozen paint. 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, North Side. 412-322-5058.

HOMEWORK HELP. For grades 1-8. Tue, 3:30-5:30 p.m.

Assemble, Garfield.

PLAY W/ CLAY. Work oneon-one with our ceramic artist & learn the art of the potter’s wheel. Fri, Sat, 12-2 p.m.

Thru Jan. 31 Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, North Side.

412-322-5058.

ALICE IN WONDERLAND. Presented by Pittsburgh Musical Theater & the West End Community. For kids age 4-10. PMT Studios, West End. 412-539-0900.

FAMILY FRIENDLY KIDS OPEN MIC. Sat, 6 p.m.

Hambone’s, Lawrenceville.

412-681-4318.

LEARN TO ICE SKATE. Teaching basic skating fundamentals of balance, edge control & stopping.

Classes for all ranges of expertise. All ages. Schenley Park Ice Rink. Sat, 10 a.m.

Thru Feb. 28 Schenley Park, Oakland. 703-597-6905.

MARTY’S MARKET KIDS’ CORNER. Ages 5-11. Sat, 3-5 p.m. Marty’s Market, Strip District. 412-586-7177.

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WEDNESDAY MORNING WALK. Naturalist-led, rain or shine. Wed Beechwood Farms, Fox Chapel. 412-963-6100.

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OTHER STUFF ADVANCED ITALIAN CONVERSATION. Thu, 10 a.m.

Mount Lebanon Public Library, Mt. Lebanon. 412-531-1912.

ART NIGHTS AT THE SPACE UPSTAIRS. Bring your own medium for a communal creation night w/ music by King Friday.

Third Thu of every month, 8 p.m.

The Space Upstairs, Point Breeze.

412-225-9269.

LUNCH & LEARN: FINDING RELIABLE HEALTH INFORMATION ONLINE. Join us for an information session & learn how to research & evaluate medical information online.

12:15 p.m. Carnegie Library, Downtown. 412-281-7141.

RENAISSANCE DANCE GUILD. Learn a variety of dances from the 15-17th centuries.

Porter Hall, Room A18A. Thu,

[VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY]

ASSET, INC

ASSET, Inc. — a Pennsylvania-based nonprofit devoted to the improvement of science education — needs volunteers to work as project-packers at its Materials Support Center.

STEM mobile laboratories are refurbished at the MSC site, and volunteers help keep lab-rental fees affordable for schools. Tasks vary, but might include cleaning, sorting and packing of materials. Volunteers must be 18 or older.

412-481-7320 or www.assetinc.org

CONVERSATIONAL CHINESE & CHINESE CULTURE. Thu, 7 p.m. Mount Lebanon Public Library, Mt. Lebanon.

412-531-1912.

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF PITTSBURGH. Social, cultural club of American/ international women. Thu First Baptist Church, Oakland. iwap. pittsburgh@gmail.com.

8 p.m. Carnegie Mellon University, Oakland. 412-567-7512.

WEEKLY WELLNESS CIRCLE. Group acupuncture & guided meditation for stress-relief. Thu DeMasi Wellness, Aspinwall.

412-927-4768.

WEST COAST SWING. Swing dance lessons for all levels. Thu, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh Dance Center, Bloomfield. 412-681-0111.

WOMEN’S NETWORKING. Open

to business women. Bring business cards or marketing material. 6 p.m. Max & Erma’s, Scott. 412-432-6123.

FRI 16 AFRICAN DANCE CLASS. Second and Third Fri of every month and Fourth and Last Fri of every month Irma Freeman Center for Imagination, Garfield.

412-924-0634.

BURNS BASH. An evening celebrating Roberts Burns & all things Scottish. Dinner, dessert, whiskey tasting, highland dancers, bag pipers & silent auction. Business attire or Highland dress. 7 p.m.

Pittsburgh Golf Club, Squirrel Hill.

412-622-5772.

THE FLAVOR OF PITTSBURGH! On the Pittsburgh’s Popular Food Culture Tour visit iconic ‘Burgh eateries featured in Man vs.

Food; Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives; Food & Wine magazine; Huffington Post & more.

Fri, 10 a.m., Fri., Feb. 27, 10 a.m., Fri., March 13, 10 a.m., Fri., April 17, 10 a.m. and Wed, Fri, 10 a.m. Thru May 8 Crazy Mocha Coffee Company, Downtown.

412-323-4709.

FRIDAY NIGHT CONTRA DANCE. A social, traditional American dance. No partner needed, beginners welcome, lesson at 7:30. Fri, 8 p.m.

Swisshelm Park Community Center, Swissvale. 412-945-0554.

SALSA FUEGO. Dance conference w/ a full day of lessons for all levels & two nights of dancing w/ multiple djs & performers. 8 p.m. and Sat., Jan. 17, 9-2 a.m. St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, Oakland. 774-310-1744.

SAT 17 BEGINNER TAI CHI CLASSES. www.pittsburghtaichi.com Sat, 9 a.m. Friends Meeting House, Oakland. 412-683-2669.

KOREAN II. Sat, 11 a.m.12:30 p.m. Thru Jan. 31 Carnegie Library, Oakland.

412-622-3116.

OVER THE RIVERTOWNE. Guests will meet up at Rivertowne North Shore, then head to Export, Pa to visit Rivertowne’s Brewing facility. Tasting & touring at the facility.

Transportation to & from the brewery, samples at the bottle shop & the brewery, guided tour of the brewery & snacks. 11 a.m.

Rivertowne North Shore, North Side. 412-323-4709.

SATURDAY SIPPER: SPANISH WINES. Mini wine class. 2-3 p.m.

Dreadnought Wines, Strip District.

412-391-8502.

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.

SMALL BUSINESS BASICS. Workshop for women interested in starting their own business or expanding their current business.

Mellon Board Room.

8 a.m.-1 p.m. Chatham University, Shadyside. 412-365-1253.

SOUTH HILLS SCRABBLE CLUB. Free Scrabble games, all levels. Sat, 1-3 p.m.

Mount Lebanon Public Library, Mt. Lebanon. 412-531-1912.

SPANISH CONVERSATION GROUP. Friendly, informal.

At the Starbucks inside Target. Sat, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Target, East Liberty. 412-362-6108.

SWING CITY. Learn & practice swing dancing skills. Sat, 8 p.m.

Wightman School, Squirrel Hill.

412-759-1569.

WELLNESS FAIR. Discover new resources for healthy living. Giveaways. 10:30 a.m.

City of Bridges Chiropractic.

412-432-6123.

WIGLE WHISKEY BARRELHOUSE TOURS. Sat, 12:30 & 2 p.m. Wigle Whiskey

Barrel House, North Side.

412-224-2827.

SUN 18 AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS CAFE. Weekly letter writing event.

Sun, 4-6 p.m. Panera Bread, Oakland. 412-683-3727.

ARABIC FOR BEGINNERS. Arabic for Beginners gives an introduction to the language & culture of Saudi Arabia.

Second Sun of every month, 2-3 p.m. and Third Sun of every month, 2-3 p.m. Thru April 19 Carnegie Library, Oakland. 412-622-3151.

ARGENTINE TANGO CLASSES. Learn Argentine Tango w/ the Pittsburgh Tangueros. All levels. No partner required. Sun, 5-7 p.m.

Thru Feb. 1 Wilkins School Community Center, Swissvale.

412-661-2480.

BOARD GAME NIGHT. Third and First Sun of every month, 6 p.m. Brew on Broadway, Beechview.

412-437-8676.

CHINESE II. Chinese II is geared toward those who already have a basic understanding of the language and are interested in increasing oral and written proficiency, as well as enhancing their understanding of Chinese culture. First Sun of every month, 3:30-4:30 p.m. and Third Sun of every month, 3:30-4:30 p.m.

Thru April 19 Carnegie Library, Oakland. 412-622-3151.

PFLAG GREENSBURG. Support, education & advocacy for the LGBTQ community, family & friends. Third Sun of every month, 2 p.m.

Trinity United Church of Christ, Greensburg. 412-518-1515.

PITTSBURGH REPTILE SHOW & SALE. Buy, sell, trade, & learn about reptiles.

9 a.m.-3 p.m., Sun., Feb. 15, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. and Sun., Feb. 22, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Harmar House.

724-516-0441.

SUNDAY MARKET. A gathering of local crafters & dealers selling unique items, from home made foodstuffs to art. Sun, 6-10 p.m. The Night Gallery, Lawrenceville.

724-417-0223.

TEA CLASS & TASTING. History of tea, steeping techniques, Storing Tea, Health Benefits, more. Tea samples & European cookies will be served. Reservations required. Sun, 7 p.m. Thru Jan. 25 Margaret’s Fine Imports, Squirrel Hill. 412-422-1606.

WISHCRAFT: HOW TO GET WHAT YOU REALLY WANT. Support group for life goals. Sun, 1-2 p.m.

Carnegie Library, Squirrel Hill.

412-371-1707.

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[COMEDY] of MLK’s work. Activities & performances. 12-4 p.m.

Kelly-Strayhorn Theater, East Liberty. 412-363-3000.

LAUGH & LEARN SESSION ON ENERGY & PUBLIC POLICY. Laugh & Learn is a public energy forum to explore public policy formulated around & impacted by the regional energy industry.

6 p.m. Jerome Bettis’ Grille 36, North Side. 412-554-7746.

MARTIN LUTHER KING BIRTHDAY BASH. In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. & his visionary spirit, the Mattress Factory is opening up our doors to everyone on MLK Day! We want to share some birthday cake & celebrate the life of this admired historic figure.

Check out our installations, participate in some hands-on workshops & collaborate on a dream cityscape. 12-4 p.m.

Mattress Factory, North Side.

412-231-3169 ex 536.

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. WRITING AWARDS & CONCERT. Award ceremony & music. A book of award winners’ work is published & distributed at the event.

4:30 p.m. Rangos Ballroom University Center, Oakland.

412-268-2850.

MORNING SPANISH LITERATURE & CONVERSATION. Mon, 10 a.m.

Mount Lebanon Public Library, Mt. Lebanon. 412-531-1912.

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ROBOTO MONTHLY 3 rounds of 3 minute poems.

MEETING. Meet w/ the Tue, 7:45 p.m. Capri Pizza and Roboto board of directors to Bar, East Liberty. 412-362-1250. find out what’s happening at the space & help guide AFTERNOON TEA DANCE. its future. Third Mon of Lessons offered to beginners. every month, 7 p.m. The Wed, 12-2:30 p.m. Thru Mr. Roboto Project, Bloomfield.

Feb. 25 Pittsburgh Dance 412-853-0518.

Center, Bloomfield.

RUSSIAN FOR BEGINNERS. DECISIVE MOMENTS First and Third Mon of IN PHOTOGRAPHY. every month, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

French photographer Henri Carnegie Library, Oakland.

Cartier-Bresson was the master of 412-622-3151. the candid image, as seen SCOTTISH COUNTRY in his highly influential book, DANCING. Lessons 7-8 p.m., The Decisive Moment. In social dancing follows. this four-part course, Linda No partner needed. Mon, Benedict-Jones, curator of 7 p.m. and Sat, 7 p.m. photography, discusses Grace Episcopal Church, “decisive moments” Mt. Washington. in 20th-century 412-683-5670. photography. Wed, SPELLING BEE 10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

WITH DAVE AND w. w w Thru Feb. 11 KUMAR. Mon Lava er hcitypap g p Carnegie Museum Lounge, South Side. .com of Art, Oakland.

412-431-5282.

412-622-3131.

DETROIT STYLE PITTSBURGH MOOD URBAN BALLROOM DANCE. PROUD. Pittsburgh Mood 3rd floor. Wed, 6:30-8 p.m.

Disorder Support Group Hosanna House, Wilkinsburg. is a peer sponsored group 412-242-4345. and is LGBTQIA friendly.

ENGLISH CONVERSATION Get focused about mental (ESL). Wed, 10 a.m. Mount health topics & make new Lebanon Public Library, friends. Tue, 7 p.m. Thru Mt. Lebanon. 412-531-1912.

Feb. 24 Crazy Mocha Baum, KNOW THE SHOW BEFORE Friendship. 412-465-0381.

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by Christopher Rawson, this mic poets & slam poets. program allows patrons to

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Light refreshments. Register online. 6:30 p.m. Trust Arts Education Center, Downtown.

412-471-6070.

LET’S SPEAK ENGLISH! Practice conversational English. Wed, 5-6 p.m.

Carnegie Library, Oakland.

412-622-3151.

THE PITTSBURGH SHOW OFFS. A meeting of jugglers & spinners. All levels welcome.

Wed, 7:30 p.m. Union Project, Highland Park. 412-363-4550.

SPANISH II. Geared toward those who already have a basic understanding of Spanish & are interested in increasing proficiency. First and Third Wed of every month, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Carnegie Library, Oakland. 412-622-3151.

TAROT CARD LESSONS. Wed, 7 p.m. Dobra Tea, Squirrel Hill. 412-449-9833.

WEST COAST SWING WEDNESDAYS. Swing dance lessons. Wed, 9 p.m.

The Library, South Side.

916-287-1373.

AUDITIONS 56TH ANNUAL DOLLAR BANK THREE RIVERS ART FESTIVAL. The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is accepting applications for participants in the 56th annual Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival.

The Festival seeks visual & performing artists of all disciplines. The open application period ends on February 1, 2015. Submit application online. Festival theme is Unseen/Unheard.

THE BALDWIN PLAYERS. Auditions for “Fox on the Fairway”. Jan. 17, 2-4 pm, & Jan. 18, 7-9 pm. Seeking 3 men & 3 women aged 20 to early 50s; Sides will be provided.

E-mail auditionsbp@gmail.com for an audition slot.

Schoolhouse Art Center, Bethel Park. 412-835-9898.

BOBCAT PLAYERS. Auditions for the 2015 season. Jan. 10, 15 & 17. For appointments call or email bobcatplayers@ gmail.com. Visit www.bobcatplayers.com for information. 412-953-0237.

THE CARNEGIE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. Auditions for the ballet Madeline, the small girl who lived in Paris. Jan 17.

Seeking girls ages 5+. Carnegie Performing Arts Center, Carnegie. 412-279-8887.

CREATE FESTIVAL. Individuals & companies working at the intersection of creativity and technology are encouraged to: submit recent projects for the annual CREATEfest Awards; propose compelling workshops, talks or panels to raise awareness of creative technology trends in this year’s theme of “Interconnectivity;” & propose ideas for engaging arts &

“It’s cool, you guys have legalized weed and prostitution,” Christina Pazsitzky tells an Amsterdam audience in her 2012 comedy special Red Light Comedy. “I’m from Los Angeles. So, we have weed, but we call it medicine. And we have prostitution, but we call it show business.” Pazsitzky has worked as a writer for Chelsea Lately and co-hosts the podcast Your Mom’s House with her husband, fellow comic Tom Segura. Check her out this weekend, when she brings her charmingly self-deprecating standup to the Improv. Thu., Jan. 15, through Sun., Jan. 18. 166 E. Bridge St., The Waterfront, West Homestead. 412-462-5233 or www.pittsburgh.improv.com

technology experiences throughout the festival.

Submissions due Feb. 1.

GREENSBURG CIVIC THEATRE. Auditions for The (Almost) Totally True Story of Hansel & Gretel. Jan 17.

Children & adults ages 8 +, with auditions consisting of cold readings from the script.

Visit gctheatre.org/auditions.html Greensburg Garden and Civic Center, Greensburg.

724-836-1757.

SUBMISSIONS 2014-2015 WALDMAN INTERNATIONAL ARTS & WRITING COMPETITION. Seeking creative writing, short film & visual arts submissions from middle & high-schoolers exploring the theme of Real Life Superheroes in the Face of Persecution.

Submissions accepted through Jan 15, 2015. 412-421-1500.

BOULEVARD GALLERY & DIFFERENT STROKES GALLERY. Searching for glass artists, fiber artists, potters, etc. to compliment the exhibits for 2015 & 2016.

Booking for both galleries for 2017. Exhibits run from 1 to

2 months. 412-721-0943.

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 THE NEW YINZER. Seeking original essays about literature, music, TV 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.

PITTSBURGH KNIT & CROCHET FESTIVAL DESIGN CONTEST. Calling all fiber designers to submit their creative original designs.

For guidelines see the website.

Thru Feb. 28.

Savage Love {BY DAN SAVAGE}

My fiancée is extremely bothered by me looking at porn. It revolves around insecurities that have gotten so bad that even other girls bother her. (We can hardly go to a beach anymore.) I don’t have any weird relationship with porn — no addiction, no violent stuff and I look pretty infrequently.

She acknowledges that it’s a normal thing but is unable to get past it. She has gone through two counselors on her own, and we have gone through two couples counselors.

They have ALL said the same thing: “It’s completely reasonable to want him to not look at porn, and if he loves you, he won’t look at it anymore.” I have been asked how often I look at it, why I won’t stop looking at it, why is it so important to me. They have recommended “clinics” to help me abstain from porn. This all happens after both of us say that our goal is for this to not be a problem, and even after we’ve told them that she used to be totally OK with it (four years ago), but now she feels crazy and doesn’t want to feel this way about it. Our last therapist said my refusal to go to a clinic showed that we had a toxic relationship! I’m dumbfounded.

Every time we see a therapist like this, it damages our relationship.

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there are more likely to be sex-positive,” said Ley, “and less likely to jump on the ‘porn is the root of all problems’ bandwagon.” You can follow Dr. David Ley on Twitter @DrDavidLey. My husband and I have been married for 10 years and have two children. We had a wild sex life in the beginning, but his job (he’s military) took him away so many times that our relationship (and the sex) took a nosedive. Upon coming back from deployments, he would always have an addiction to porn. I would believe him when he’d tell me that he stopped, but every time he’d come back it would start again. For the past year, he was going onto anonymous webcam sites and engaging in mutual masturbation with random women. I found out, and we are talking now about our problems and working to resolve them. The camming has stopped and we are going to attend counseling as a couple, but I also think he should attend counseling for himself. Our newfound communication and intimacy has reawakened my libido, and now I want it more than him. I don’t know how to handle my newfound libido and his lack of interest. I need him to be more adamant about showing me he wants me.

Am I reading too much into it and being too needy?

“IT MIGHT TAKE SOME TIME (AND COUNSELING) BEFORE YOU TWO RECONNECT AND RE-ESTABLISH YOUR SEXUAL GROOVE.”

“The therapists seen by LOST have drunk the Kool-Aid: Porn is automatically bad, stopping porn use is always the best answer, the person who doesn’t like porn is always right,” said Dr. David Ley, writer, clinical psychologist and author of The Myth of Sex Addiction. “Such therapists develop target-fixation when porn is involved and lose sight of other, real issues that need to be addressed.”

The most obvious issue that needs addressing is your fiancée’s evident and apparently metastasizing insecurity. (Yesterday you had to stop watching porn, today you can’t go to the beach, tomorrow you won’t be able to have female friends.) But since all the therapists you’ve seen thus far were batshit-crazy sexphobes — or “fixated” on porn, as Dr. Ley put it — her issues haven’t been addressed.

“LOST’s fiancée probably sees his use of porn as a reflection of his level of attraction to her,” said Ley. “Or she’s worried that a man who looks at porn is a man who will cheat. I understand and empathize with her fear.”

But Ley wonders whether something else is at work here. “LOST’s fiancée might be dealing with a form of anxiety disorder, where obsession is sometimes expressed through irrational fears of infidelity,” said Ley. “A therapist who specializes in cognitive behavioral therapy (the ‘other kind of CBT’) for anxiety disorders may be helpful, and less likely to get distracted by blaming porn.”

To find a therapist who specializes in CBT and isn’t a batshit-crazy, smut-shaming sexphobe, Ley suggests you find a therapist through the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (aasect. org) or the “Kink Aware Professionals Directory” at the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (ncsfreedom.org). “The therapists LOST will find

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“Increased porn use in men is very often a response to loneliness or stress or depression,” said Ley. Deployment to a war zone, needless to say, can be highly stressful and very lonely.

“Sexual arousal is VERY good at diverting us from things we’re bothered by,” said Ley. “For many people, that’s fine, and it works great to let off steam. But if you’re not taking care of the real issue — loneliness, depression, stress — then the porn use can sometimes become its own problem.”

Ley agrees that your husband should get some solo counseling in addition to the couples counseling you’re planning on getting together.

As for your out-of-sync libidos, PAR, try to bear in mind that all of this — the discovery that it wasn’t just porn, the communication that’s happened in the wake of that revelation, the reawakening of your libido — basically just went down. It might take some time (and counseling) before you two reconnect and re-establish your sexual groove.

“PAR’s husband might be intimidated by his wife’s libido and desire — if he is a guy who is struggling with unmanaged feelings of depression and anxiety,” said Ley. “So he could benefit from seeing a therapist and doing some work around how he is coping with these feelings while on deployment, and how he communicates these feelings to his wife. This way, she would know that when he’s not interested in sex, it’s because he’s stressed or depressed, not because of the porn.”

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Rinse.

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On the Lovecast, Dan and Heather Havrilesky of Ask Polly discuss unfortunate tattoos: savagelovecast.com.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Most plants move upwards as they grow. Their seeds fall to the ground, are blown off by the wind or are carried away by pollinators. But the peanut plant has a different approach to reproduction. It burrows its seeds down into the soil. They ripen underground, where they are protected and more likely to get the moisture they need to germinate. The peanut plant’s approach to fertility might be a good metaphor for you Capricorns to adopt for your own use. It makes sense for you to safeguard the new possibilities you’re incubating. Keep them private, maybe even secret. Don’t expose them to scrutiny or criticism.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In his poem “The Garden,” Jack Gilbert says, “We are like Marco Polo who came back / with jewels hidden in the seams of his ragged clothes.” Isn’t that true about you right now, Aquarius? If I were going to tell your recent history as a fairy tale, I’d highlight the contrast between your outer disorder and your inner riches. I’d also borrow another fragment from Gilbert’s poem and use it to describe your current emotional state: “a sweet sadness, a tough happiness.” So what comes next for you? I suggest you treat yourself to a time out.

Take a break to integrate the intensity you’ve weathered. And retrieve the jewels you hid in the seams of your ragged clothes.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “All the colors I am inside have not been invented yet,” wrote Shel Silverstein, in his children’s book Where the Sidewalk Ends. It’s especially important for you to focus on that truth in the coming weeks. I say this for two reasons. First, it’s imperative that you identify and celebrate a

certain unique aspect of yourself that no one else has ever fully acknowledged. If you don’t start making it more conscious, it may start to wither away. Second, you need to learn how to express that unique aspect with such clarity and steadiness that no one can miss it or ignore it.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You will never make anything that lasts forever.

Nor will I or anyone else. I suppose it’s possible that human beings will still be listening to Beethoven’s music or watching The Simpsons TV show 10,000 years from today, but even that stuff will probably be gone in five billion years, when the sun expands into a red giant star. Having acknowledged that hard truth, I’m happy to announce that in the next five weeks you could begin work in earnest on a creation that will endure for a very long time.

What will it be? Choose wisely!

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): What does your soul need on a regular basis? The love and attention of some special person? The

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Stimulating social interaction with people you like? Music that drives you out of your mind in all the best ways? The English poet Gerard Manley Hopkins said that the rapture his soul needed more than anything else was inspiration — the “sweet fire,” he called it, “the strong spur, live and lancing like the blowpipe flame.” So the experience his soul craved didn’t come from an outside stimulus. It was a feeling that rose up inside him. What about you, Taurus? According to my analysis of the astrological omens, your soul needs much more than usual of its special nourishment.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In 1987, California condors were almost extinct.

Fewer than 30 of the birds remained. Then the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service launched an effort to capture them all and take emergency measures to save the species. Almost 28 years later, there are more than 400 condors, half of them living in the wild. If you act now, Gemini, you could launch a comparable recovery program for a different resource that is becoming scarce in your world. Act with urgency, but also be prepared to practice patience.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):

Daniel Webster (1782-1852) was an American statesman who served in both houses of Congress.

He dearly wanted to be President of the United States, but his political party never nominated him to run for that office. Here’s the twist in his fate: Two different candidates who were ultimately elected President asked him to be their VicePresident, but he declined, dismissing the job as unimportant. Both those Presidents, Harrison and Taylor, died after a short time on the job. Had Webster agreed to be their Vice-President, he would have taken their place and fulfilled his dream. In the coming weeks, Cancerian, I advise you not to make a mistake comparable to Webster’s.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

In one of his poems, Rumi writes about being alone with a wise elder. “Please,” he says to the sage, “do not hold back from telling me any secrets about this universe.” In the coming weeks, Leo, I suggest you make a similar request of many people, and not just those you regard as wise.

You’re in a phase when pretty much everyone is a potential teacher who has a valuable clue to offer you. Treat the whole world as your classroom.

In 1939, author Ernest Vincent Wright finished Gadsby, a 50,000-word novel. It was unlike any book ever published because the letter “e” didn’t appear once in the text. Can you imagine the constraint he had to muster to accomplish such an odd feat? In accordance with the astrological omens, I invite you to summon an equally impressive expression of discipline and self-control, Sagittarius. But devote your efforts to accomplishing a more useful and interesting task, please. For example, you could excise one of your bad habits or avoid activities that waste your time or forbid yourself to indulge in fearful thoughts.

CANCER (June 21-July 22):

Have you been tapping into your proper share of smart love, interesting beauty, and creative mojo? Are you enjoying the succulent rewards you deserve for all the good deeds and hard work you’ve done in the past eight months? If not, I am very upset. In fact, I would be livid and mourn-

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Libran engineer Robert Goddard was the original rocket scientist. His revolutionary theories and pioneering technologies laid the foundations for space flight. Decades before the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, he and his American team began shooting rockets aloft. Members of the press were not impressed with his unusual ideas, however. They thought he was a misinformed crank. In 1920, The New York Times sneered that he was deficient in “the knowledge ladled out daily in our high schools.” Forty-nine years later, after his work had led to spectacular results, the Times issued an apology. I foresee a more satisfying progression toward vindication for you, Libra.

Sometime soon, your unsung work or unheralded efforts will be recognized.

In the plot of the TV science-fiction show Ascension, the U.S. government has conducted an elaborate covert experiment for 50 years. An outside investigator named Samantha Krueger discovers the diabolical contours of the project and decides to reveal the truth to the public. “We’re going full Snowden,” she tells a seemingly sympathetic conspiracy theorist. She’s invoking the name of Edward Snowden, the renegade computer administrator who in the real world leaked classified information that the U.S. government wanted to keep hidden. It might be time for you to go at least mini-Snowden yourself, Scorpio — not by spilling state secrets, but rather by unmasking any surreptitious or deceptive behavior that’s happening in your sphere. Bring everything out into the open — gently if possible. But do whatever it takes.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):

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ful if I found out that you have not been soaking up a steady flow of useful bliss, sweet revelations, and fun surprises. Therefore, to ensure my happiness and well-being, I COMMAND you to experience these goodies in abundance.

What part of the past are you still enslaved to?

What can you do to free yourself? Testify at FreeWillAstrology.com.

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Classical Music in the Wood Street T Station An agreement between the Port Authority and WQED-FM, with sponsorship from the folks at the airport, brings music to your trolley wait. It all lends an ironic elegance to the sight of fellow commuters shuffling off to Cube Land.

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Tom Coleman sets musical instruments back 10,000 years … on purpose {BY MARTY LEVINE} BEFORE YOU CAN understand why Tom Coleman makes stringed instruments from driftwood and bone, and rebuilds old guitars for traveling buskers to play amid rubble along the Monongahela River, at a spot dubbed the Temple of the Dog, you have to understand his philosophy: If you’re going to do something right, you might as well reinvent the last 10,000 years of the craft.

By yourself.

Tom Coleman is, first, a carpenter. Philosopher seems to be a close second. The carpenter’s house in Carrick still has a large hole in the living-room ceiling from when he bought it more than a year ago, but the philosopher has filled this room with lutes, mandolins and ouds (a pear-shaped stringed instrument).

Coleman, a lanky 49, is animated by his quest to reiterate several millennia worth of musical achievement, rarely pausing to sit. He discovered this passion when he spent years helping to turn St. Michael’s Catholic Church on Pius Street into condos. “In working on things like a bell tower and the body of a church, I got to understand the church itself is an instrument,” resonating with its organ. In an earlier age, he says, “I think out of the scraps of architecture, people made musical instruments.”

Rockabilly Hall of Famer Chuck Owston, who long ago took up world music, has known Coleman for a decade. When Coleman had his apartment above the Beehive on the South Side, about seven years ago, Owston recalls, “he had made a resonator of a guitar out of a Charles Chips can. It was fascinating. It sounded like one of those National steel guitars or something that Son House played.” It also had a deer antler for the bridge. “He had made another one and he gave it to me. He said, ‘This one is more blues-oriented, because it’s made from barbecue chips.’”

perfect: the acoustic stringed instrument.

Coleman lets their wooden origins — from the water or defunct trees — define their personalities. “The wood is so beautiful that washes up from the river,” he says. “When you cut into it, it is like flesh.”

The body of his first creation, Log, is a bulbous, asymmetrical rectangle. It has four fretless notes, two with doubled strings like a tamburitza, the small sound hole of a balalaika, the headgear of an oud and the tuning of a cello. So of course it sounds like a sitar. Near the string-tightening pegs is a bone from the Temple, while the face is scrap from St. Michael’s bell tower.

Bride of Log is a little heavier, with a narrower neck, and sounds more like a guitar. Chuck Owston has used the third instrument, Son of Log, to play a ZZ Top song at Club Café, and is now recording a CD with it. It has a beautiful headstock at the

“I’VE SET MYSELF SO FAR BEHIND, THERE’S THOUSANDS OF YEARS AHEAD.” That’s about the time Coleman began playing street music, learning to repair instruments and making busker friends. But buskers who congregate attract attention from the police, so he helped fix up the Temple of the Dog, a secluded spot across the railroad tracks from the South Side Flats and into the trees on the Mon’s floodplain. He paved it with scrap bricks and has collected several years of performance recordings from the site.

He shows one of the instruments he rebuilt, an 11-stringed oud, in whose face he inlaid bone and shell from the Temple and his yard, and mandalas cut from scrap building material.

For his original instruments — every temple needs its sacred instruments — he began last April to use found, natural materials, save for the strings. He reconceived by experiment what multiple world cultures have taken thousands of years to

top of the neck — a scroll a la violins and cellos. Fourth is Plank, a flattish rectangle from the Mon. It has seven neck strings, plus 14 more on the body that resonate sympathetically.

Coleman brought out his fifth instrument, still in the scrap stage, but already a beautiful, pear-shaped bowl with driftwood’s whirls and striations. Now called Cello Log, it has the sleek lines of a futuristic sports car in front and an eerie but entirely musical sound palate. “It’s the last one of this series,” he says. “After the fifth one, I’m going to start using fire.”

And so Coleman has reached the Cro-Magnon stage: Instrument-makers use heat to create steam to bend lighter woods into more resonant shapes.

“I’ve set myself so far behind with these design strictures,” he enthuses. “There’s thousands of years ahead.”

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