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RYS THOMAS IS in the middle of Fifth Avenue with hundreds of others marching in Pittsburgh’s annual Pride parade — and even though it just started to rain, the glee coursing across her face is unmistakable.

“This is our day,” says Thomas, between throwing fistfuls of gold glitter onto spectators. “Pride is for everyone.

Doesn’t matter if you’re black or trans or white. … It’s our day to show everyone we’re awesome [and] have a right to feel human.”

And while Thomas, who is black and identifies as lesbian, says this year’s Pride is just like those in years past, she also acknowledged this year’s festivities are partly defined by protests that Pittsburgh Pride, organized by the nonprofit

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Delta Foundation, is not inclusive and caters mostly to affluent, white gay men.

It’s a critique that makes her bristle.

“If African Americans feel like they don’t belong, then that’s on them because Pride as it is now is for everybody,”

Roots Pride started a conversation about inclusiveness. Did it gain enough momentum to continue the discussion? {BY ALEX ZIMMERMAN} says Thomas, who marched as part of the Hot Metal Hardware gender performance troupe. “Maybe it’s not as political, but

this is a day to be happy.”

But some groups did take advantage of the Pride march to make the case that “pride is political” and that Delta should work harder to include those who are often marginalized within the LGBT community, particularly queer and trans people of color.

Among them was Dreams of Hope, a queer youth arts organization, whose participants created posters to celebrate LGBT-rights activists such as Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson. “We’re excited Pride exists,” says Cavanaugh Quick, a program and office manager at Dreams of Hope who identifies as a femme trans man. But Quick says Delta “hasn’t done a good job” of being inclusive.

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celebration,” Quick adds, “but if we have of these folks to have a conversation that to take care of us, that’s what we’ll do.” was hard to have and hard to hear. We To some degree, that’s already start- heard things we’ve never heard before. ing to happen. About a month ago, Roots We are sorry that we have caused some Pride Pittsburgh established itself both pain in our community and the board of as a protest of the Delta Foundation and the Foundation is committed to learnhost of alternative Pride events, after Del- ing more about how the Delta Foundata controversially hired singer Iggy Aza- tion can work together to create a more lea to headline Pride, despite comments inclusive Pride.” she made in the past that many But it remains to be seen whether consider to be racist and homothe criticisms will lead to tangiphobic; Azalea later cancelled ble changes in the way Delta her appearance. That gave is structured and whether EO FOR VID E OF way to larger criticisms of Roots Pride organizers G COVERAPRIDE, the Delta Foundation that will continue to mount ROOTS ww. have long simmered under political pressure. go to w aper the surface.

“Pride celebrations hisp y pghcit Roots Pride supporttorically began as a politi.com ers argue the Delta Foundacal action to place yourself in tion’s claim to represent the the public eye and defend your interests of the whole LGBT comright to exist,” says Harrison Apple, munity is inconsistent with its leader- co-director of the Pittsburgh Queer History ship, which consists almost entirely of Project. “We’re at a pinnacle moment.” white men. They also argue that Delta’s spending has gone unchecked and goes FOR THEIR PART, Roots Pride organizers mostly to organizing concerts and parties, say they will continue to ask for greater instead of to other LGBT organizations. financial transparency and explanation Delta board president Gary Van Horn of how Delta supports queer and trans did not return requests for comment, but people of color. the organization did issue an apology “It’s always been bigger than Iggy on its Facebook page a few days before Azalea,” says Joy KMT, a Roots organizer. the Pride march: “We are happy to see “It’s about structurally … how one orgathe largely positive response to Nick Jo- nization can take up so much space and nas [who replaced Azalea] joining us for not leave room for others.”

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intergenerational paint party, a protest, a Saturday-night party of its own at the Renaissance Hotel, and a healing circle and river walk that attracted dozens during PrideFest on Sunday. “Whatever Delta does, we’re going to continue to create those spaces,” says KMT. Billy Hilemen, a Pride organizer in the early 1990s (before Delta took it over) and one of the participants in Roots Pride’s {PHOTO BY ASHLEY MURRAY} events, says one compromise could be Friday’s Roots Pride events featured an for Delta to retain control of Pride in the intergenerational paint party.

Street, the big Saturday night concert, but hand over some control of the march and But not everyone agrees Delta should Sunday-afternoon festival, “since Delta have to change. seems to be invested in the SaturdayDeryck Tines, who attended a meeting night party on Liberty [Avenue].” that included representatives of several Thomas Waters, a former Delta LGBT organizations, including Delta board member who blogs about and Roots Pride, argues that othLGBT issues, agrees that could er than language in Delta’s misH RG be a worthwhile comproPITTSBU E sion statement that suggests PRID mise, but wonders whether it represents everyone in the : S O T IN PHO 6 it’s realistic.

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groups, Pittsburgh Filmmakers and Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, merged.

Though the merger followed the temporary closure of the debt-ridden PCA, longtime Filmmakers executive director Charlie Humphrey said at the time that, long term, the move might be at least as beneficial to Filmmakers.

A decade later, things haven’t quite worked out that way. On June 2, Filmmakers/PCA dropped a bombshell on the local arts community, announcing the layoffs of 18 full- and part-time employees, about one-fifth of its staff. Most of the layoffs were at Filmmakers’ Oakland headquarters, including: Brady Lewis, the group’s longtime director of education; half of its equipment-office staff; and its entire marketing department. (Particularly shocking was the layoff of Lewis: He was the only upper management let go, and his roots with the group extend nearly to Filmmakers’ inception, in 1971.)

At the PCA’s iconic Shadyside building, layoffs included curator Adam Welch, a

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rising star in the city’s arts scene.

Filmmakers/PCA executive director Charlie Humphrey says the layoffs came in response to a large but temporary cash-flow problem he hopes will be rectified as soon as this fall — when, he says, many of the laid-off might be rehired. “I’m optimistic that we can restructure the way we’re doing business now and we can create efficiencies and create better paths of revenue and get where we need to be,” says Humphrey. Humphrey is forgoing his own salary in June, and taking a 30 percent pay cut in July and August.

While remaining staff will be stressed, summer programming at Filmmakers/ PCA will continue largely as scheduled.

But many current Filmmakers employees, saying problems at the organization run deep, are pessimistic about the future.

As one staffer put it two days after the layoffs, “It feels like a lot of this is just the

the layoffs was due partly to unforeseen capital expenses, including a “fairly catastrophic” HVAC failure at the PCA. There were also “major upgrades in software and computers that we had not planned for,” he says. The upgrades, Humphrey acknowledged in a phone interview, came following a 2014 legal dispute over software “licensing issues” that was settled with a nondisclosure agreement, a process that also contributed to the cash shortfall.

Overall, he says, such expenses totaled more than $150,000.

Humphrey blames another portion of the cash shortfall on his own overly optimistic estimates of how quickly new Filmmakers education programs would generate significant revenue. He tells CP that the first two years of Filmmakers’ eight-month “intensives” program in filmmaking and photography fell about 10 students short of his expectations, for a revenue gap of $168,000.

But current and former Filmmakers staffers (most speaking on condition of anonymity out of concern for their jobs) tell a different story.

Brady Lewis, who created the intensives program, tells CP that his own year-by-year projections for the classes fell behind actual enrollment by only about one student.

Many associated with Filmmakers charge that Humphrey is “kind of blaming it all on the education program, that it underperformed,” as one former staffer puts it — and even that Lewis himself was being scapegoated. Staffers say that at an all-staff meeting called after the layoffs, and in a letter addressed to staff, Humphrey emphasized under-enrollment as the culprit — a theme news stories about the layoffs picked up on.

Humphrey says that he does not blame Lewis for the shortfall. “It’s not Brady’s fault,” he says.

Humphrey acknowledges that his expectations for enrollment differed from Lewis’ projections. (Humphrey declined to comment further about Lewis’ layoff; Lewis says he can comment further only with Humphrey’s permission, a statement Humphrey says might have resulted from a misreading of language in Lewis’ severance agreement. “Brady is free to say whatever he wants,” says Humphrey.)

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Humphrey is widely respected: Along with rescuing the PCA, he guided Filmmakers’ explosive growth in the 1990s and, more recently, helped save the struggling Pittsburgh Glass Center.

Within Filmmakers, however, staffers say, poor morale predates the layoffs. Many describe the work environment as “dysfunctional.â€? They say buildings including Filmmakers’ North Oakland headquarters are in poor repair, suffering everything from broken ofďŹ ce equipment to leaky roofs. “I feel like the facilities are physically crumbling around us, and sometimes it feels like a metaphor for the organization as a whole,â€? says one current staffer.

Morale was, if anything, damaged by the post-layoff staff meeting. Staffers say that when they asked Humphrey what the short-term plan was, he told them to expect “chaos.� “I think I said, ‘Expect it to be chaotic,�

Humphrey tells CP. “I don’t know how you could expect it to be anything else.� But the comment worried some. “It feels more like a sense of desperation,� says one staffer. “There is no plan for moving forward.�

Other concerns date at least to the merger.

Some staffers say that as Humphrey has taken on new projects, like merging with the PCA and launching nonproďŹ t news organization PublicSource, he seems less interested in Filmmakers itself. Filmmakers staff “have felt neglected by Charlie’s leadership, because he pursues these other interests,â€? says one current staffer. “He gets really excited about non-Filmmakers activities and doesn’t perceive our core Filmmakers program as a priority for him.â€?

Humphrey acknowledges that Filmmakers’ headquarters “needs some new life breathed into it.� But he says that for arts groups, lean times and morale swings are “the nature of the beast.� And he says he remains deeply invested in Filmmakers. “I love this place,� he says. “I feel that I demonstrate that every day. And if you’re going to ask me which of my children I prefer, you’re not going to get an answer from me.�

get back to a more entrepreneurial way of thinking.�

Filmmakers is best known for its exhibition program — including the Three Rivers Film Festival and year-round screenings at the Regent Square Theater and Harris Theater — and the PCA noted for its art exhibits. But most of the group’s earned income is from education, especially Filmmakers’ college-level classes in ďŹ lm, photography and media, and PCA’s art classes for kids and adults. Humphrey says the big blow to earned income wasn’t the merger, but the gradual loss of Point Park University ďŹ lm students after Point Park began its own cinema program in 2003. Meanwhile, in the digital era of affordable gear and DIY instruction, enrollment by independent students has declined, too.

Filmmakers/PCA has balanced its budgets with help from foundation grants, including $ 1 million over the past three years from the Heinz Endowments, largely to support new education initiatives. On June 9, the Filmmakers/ PCA board unanimously approved a $ 5.2 million budget for the ďŹ scal year that begins in July. “Organizations go through tough times ‌ but I have a lot of conďŹ dence we’ll get through it,â€? says longtime board member Cheryl Capezutti. “I feel really conďŹ dent in Charlie’s leadership.â€?

Humphrey is working on a recovery plan. Such a plan, he said, would retain Filmmakers’ college-level classes, including the intensives, and he adds that Filmmakers is looking to strengthen ties with the colleges and universities who still supply most of their students. But Humphrey is also looking to include more classes along PCA lines: workshops and short-run classes for more casual independent students. (Examples, he said, might be “How to Get the Most out of Vine,� or an introduction to Photoshop.) Humphrey notes that while classes at Filmmakers bring in more revenue than do those at the PCA, PCA’s shorter-run classes are more profitable in “dollars per contact hour� than Filmmakers’ full-term sessions.

If the groups’ future remains uncertain, its support in the funding community, apparently, remains strong. “We do have faith in the management and we believe very strongly in the mission of Pittsburgh Filmmakers and Pittsburgh Center for the Arts,� says Heinz Endowments spokesman John Ellis. He says the foundation has supported both groups for decades “and will continue to do so.�

“WE NEED TO GET BACK TO A MORE ENTREPRENEURIAL WAY OF THINKING.�

HUMPHREY AGREES that Filmmakers/PCA faces big challenges. Prior to the merger, Filmmakers earned up to 85 percent of its income, with only 15 percent coming from grants and other contributions — a sterling ďŹ gure for a nonproďŹ t arts group.

Today, says Humphrey, earned income is about 60 percent. “I don’t like that number,� Humphrey says. “We need to

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At the trial of Philip Lyle Hansen in New Zealand’s Wellington District Court on assault and sex charges, dating from 1988 to 2011, Crown Prosecutor Sally Carter told the jury that the defendant liked “gummy ladies.” She bolstered her case by playing a video in which a woman who dated Hansen explained that when they moved to the back seat of his car to have sex, he produced a pair of pliers and pulled six of her bottom teeth.

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Police said Ronald McNeil, 39, and others attending a graduation party in College Station, Texas, argued until they eventually came to blows. The host asked McNeil to leave. He did but returned with a handgun and fired 14 times. He told police he intended only to scare the guests, but his gunshots injured two and killed the 19-year-old, a bystander.

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While Lucy Filipov served as acting director of the Veterans Affairs office in Philadelphia, she “misused her title” to coerce her subordinates to attend a party at her house and pay for psychic readings by the wife of a VA colleague, according to the agency’s inspector general. Filipov’s email invitation said the wife, who goes by the name “The Angel Whisperer,” would be charging $35 for private readings to “talk to dead people.” Federal investigators who interviewed all the employees who attended said that most seemed unimpressed by the experience. (The Washington Times)

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IN BLOOM {BY MARGARET WELSH} 4121 Main, Bloomfield’s newest coffee shop, is an oasis. The space is small but welcoming, and full of fresh flowers and natural light from the large storefront windows. Patrons are talking or reading, but — thanks to the intentional absence of Wi-Fi — no one is working on laptops.

But there’s more to this shop than coffee, even if it does boast a top-ofthe-line espresso machine and beans from the highly regarded Heart Coffee Roasters in Portland, Ore. “Basically, [we] founded the shop based on how we creatively wanted to express ourselves,” explains Kira Hoeg, who opened the shop in February with artist and event-planner Thommy Conroy. “Thommy has been working in floristry for awhile now, and I’ve been working in coffee, and we [wanted] to bring the two together with a focus on design.”

While you’re grabbing your morning coffee, you can pick up one of Conroy’s hand-tied bouquets (a selection of his paintings currently hangs on the walls, but Hoeg says they plan to rotate artists on a seasonal basis), or chat with the owners about putting together a wedding, party or other event.

“We consider this our concept shop,” says Hoeg, who — among other stops in her coffee career — helped design the coffee bar at Marty’s Market. “This [gives] people a chance to stop in and have a coffee. If that’s all the person does with the business, that’s wonderful. If they’re interested in something else, that’s a way for them to connect with us.”

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Then, unexpectedly, came the latest Pittsburgh renaissance, driven largely by young folks and newcomers who celebrate that elusive quality: authenticity. Pittsburgh’s Rust Belt heritage went from tarnished memory to badge of civic pride. With this, the pierogie, in particular, staged a roaring comeback on menus all over the city, from blue-collar bar to haute cuisine venues.

Now, a pierogie-serving pizzeria/deli run by Ukrainian immigrants makes us ask if we might have come full circle. Lviv,

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named after the principal city of Galicia, a district of western Ukraine that has also been part of Poland, is run by a mother and daughter who offer not only pierogies, but haluski, kielbasa and more, without irony.

Alongside are the pizzeria and Milly’s Deli, consisting of a case of standard cold cuts.

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CP APPROVED There’s not much to the interior; menu boards provide the main wall decor and describe a profusion of creatively named hoagies covering all the Italian-American standards, plus many more “specialty creations.”

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ian exploration to the pizza, ordering a pepperoni and Lviv’s Ukrainian Deluxe, which featured bacon, mushrooms, onions, green peppers and two kinds of sausage — one called “dry Eurayska” and the other, simply, “sausage.” The crusts of both pizzas were well above average, puffed up in the oven for a chewy texture with crisp edges.

But the star was clearly the Ukrainian pie, packed with sweet, savory and salty flavors on top of the bright tomato sauce and melty, creamy cheese.

Pierogies were tender and filled with fluffy, cheesy potato. Standard options include this popular potato-and-cheese offering as well as sauerkraut, and potato and jalapeno. (Diners can call ahead at least two days for any of numerous special varieties, including spinach, reuben, cottage cheese and chives, and apricot.) Pelmeni, a more Russian-style dumpling with meat, shared the same wrapper that enclosed a simple, savory ground-beef filling.

Traditional sour cream and dill would have added a nice dimension, but the meat alone was tasty enough.

One item new to us was chebureki.

Listed on the menu under “wraps,” these were, essentially, giant-size, deep-fried pelmeni. The wrapper was a bit thicker, and the result was a crackling-crisp exterior paired with chewy interior, reminiscent of an eggroll. The meat filling was the same, but seemed juicier in its deep-fried package.

One legacy of the many Eastern Europeans who came here a century ago is plenty of variation in spelling of the region’s native foods: kielbasa or kolbassi, halupki or golumpki? Lviv sidesteps the latter issue at least, offering straightforward “stuffed cabbage.” Translucent, ultra-tender leaves held a filling that was more rice than meat, resulting in a fall-apart texture that made a good contrast to the firm pelmeni.

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Kielbasa, served with good, finely shredded sauerkraut, also had a remarkably tender interior. Where many kielbasa are quite coarse, Lviv’s was so finely ground it was almost like ring bologna inside its snappy casing. Kielbasa often tastes of garlic, salt and little else, but Lviv’s was subtler, with smoky pork, laced with mild spices, coming to the fore.

Homemade fruit turnovers are on the menu, too, but alas, they were out the night we visited.

Dining on Eastern European cuisine at Lviv was like stepping back into Pittsburgh’s past and ahead into its future at the same time: a past of resourceful immigrants, adapting traditions from their home countries to keeping body and soul together in the new world, and a future in which Pittsburgh is truly a global city with cuisine from every country that has contributed to its success.

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To date, their products have been available at the distilleries themselves, but have had to compete heavily with industry giants to be featured in state stores.

Why should you, as a consumer, be excited by this program? Essentially, because now Pennsylvania drinkers will have a much wider selection of locally produced liquors available in their communities. In a press release, Board member Mike Negra says that the PA Spirits Program is PLCB’s latest step toward supporting local craft-spirits makers. The PLCB has also featured local distillers and wineries in Taste magazine, and installed special “Made in PA” shelving in newly renovated state stores.

In a state with frustration-provoking, Quaker-based liquor laws, this support is a boon for locally beloved places like Maggie’s Farm, Boyd & Blair and Wigle Whiskey, and for lesser-known (for now) distilleries across Allegheny County and beyond. It seems that the legacy of the Whiskey Rebellion has not been forgotten.

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724-266-6362. Colorful and convivial, Azul dishes up Southern California-style Mexican cooking in a festive atmosphere. The menu offers the familiar fajitas, tacos and burritos — to be washed down with margaritas — as well as quirkier fare such as crunchy sticks of jicama and fried ice cream. JE

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412-391-2752. Amid the twee décor, diners can find outstanding food (and house-recipe cocktails).

Starters might be a remade Caesar salad with baby kale, roasted Brussels sprouts or rich mac-and-cheese. Game dishes, such as quail and rabbit, are available as entrees, as are popular standbys such as burgers, with fries and pickles. KE

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Olives and Peppers {PHOTO BY HEATHER MULL} There’s outdoor eating on the “fatio,” but timing is everything: No matter how many tables they add, you may end up waiting for one. JE JG’S TARENTUM STATION GRILLE. 101 Station Drive, Tarentum. 724-226-3301. An old-school continental menu and a well-restored train station make this restaurant a destination.

The menu leans toward Italian fine dining, plus steaks and chops.

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CENACOLO. Banco Business Park, 1061 N. Main St., North Huntingdon. 724-515-5983.

Local pasta-maker Fede runs this Italian restaurant highlighting its fresh noodles: Aside from platters featuring some cold meats and cheeses, there are half-a-dozen starters and a dozen pastas. Don’t expect classic sauces, but rather ingredients are chosen to complement the pasta shapes.

Don’t miss the fresh mozzarella, pulled to order. LF CHICKEN LATINO. 155 21st St., Strip District. 412-246-0974.

This quick-serve chicken joint serves up Peruvian-style, woodfired and deliciously seasoned rotisserie chicken. Besides the bird, hamburgers and the occasional special (pork, ceviche), sides include such south-ofthe-border staples as plantains, refried beans and fried yucca. J FAT HEADS. 1805 E. Carson St., South Side. 412-431-7433. This place seems to expand every few years, with reason: terrific beer selection, chicken wings and industrial-sized sandwiches.

Seviche {PHOTO BY HEATHER MULL} JIMMY WAN’S. 1337 Old Freeport Road, Fox Chapel (412-968-0848) and 1686 Route 228, Cranberry (724-778-8978).

This upscale eatery delivers what Americans expect from a Chinese restaurant, plus fare with a modern, pan-Asian approach, complete with Japanese and French influences. Wan’s offers inventive appetizers such as sashimi ceviche, traditional and creative sushi, dim sum and

Chinese-American entrees both familiar (Peking duck) and less so (dan dan noodles). KE KAYA. 2000 Smallman St., Strip District. 412-261-6565. Kaya is a local culinary mainstay, offering inventive Caribbean-inspired contemporary cuisine. The menu, much of which is vegetarian, changes frequently. But it remains divided into tropas — tropical tapas — and entrees. KE LOS CHILUDOS. 325 Southpointe Blvd., Suite 300, Canonsburg.

724-745-6791. This casual neighborhood taqueria offers classic Mexican-American fare sprinkled with more authentic options such as tinga (saucy stewed pork) and sopes, thick cornmeal cakes. Los Chiludos excels with Americanized Mexican dishes, imbuing them with authentic ingredients and preparations that recalls the fresh, flavorful fast food as it’s prepared in Mexico. JF OLIVES AND PEPPERS. 6052 William Flynn Highway (Route 8), Bakerstown. 724-444-7499.

This casual Italian spot that offers pizza, pasta and sandwiches as well as more refined entrees. The meat-and-cheese sandwiches are a forte, with ciabatta “panini” and hoagies options. The lasagna is enormous, its homemade noodles laden with a creamy five-cheese mix and a savory Bolognese sauce with meatballlike chunks of beef. KE OVER THE BAR BICYCLE CAFÉ.

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412-381-3698. This two-wheelthemed café and bar offers a creative pub-grub menu (with many offerings named for bicycle parts). The salads are more impressive than those you’ll find at most bars, and the menu features vegetarian and vegan options.

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This upscale Latin Americanstyle tapas restaurant specializes in citrus-cured fish, while also offering a small selection of Latin-inspired tapas and finger sandwiches. And what better to wash down an empanada or mini taco than a refreshing capirinha cocktail? KE

more representative of everyday fare, including various appetizers, noodle soups, hot pots and rice bowls. But, as the name suggests, there is also plenty of well-prepared sushi, including specialty maki. KE TEN PENNY. 960 Penn Ave., Downtown. 412-318-8000. This restaurant offers an appealing old-school “industrial” atmosphere — old wood beams and Edison light bulbs — with a contemporary American menu.

Expect to find new standards like roasted Brussels sprouts (with bacon), beet salad, goat cheese and flatbreads, as well as favorites like hamburgers (with fried egg), pasta, chops and stews. KE

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This Thai restaurant in the heart of Pittsburgh’s Little Italy serves up authentic dishes with warm, friendly service. The restaurant also offers an SIX PENN. 146 Sixth updated vegetarian Ave., Downtown. menu that features 412-566-7366. mock duck, vegetarian Open late for the pork and other meat www. per pa Downtown theater substitutes, as well pghcitym o .c crowd, this cheery as the more familiar restaurant satisfies non-meat offerings of theater buffs, families and tofu and vegetables. KF young professionals alike. The seasonal menu offers lively VIETNAM’S PHO. 1627 Penn updates on comfort food from Ave., Strip District. 412-281-8881. lobster mac-n-cheese to braised The menu features a manageable short ribs. Gourmet burgers and selection of noodle and rice pizzas make for quick meals. dishes and the eponymous pho Linger for homemade desserts, or soups. There’s also a tempting stop by after the show. KE assortment of simple vegetable dishes and appetizers that go SMILING BANANA LEAF. beyond mere spring rolls, such as 5901 Bryant St., Highland Park. whole quail with lemon leaves 412-362-3200. At this absolute and herbs, and ground-shrimp jewel-box of a restaurant, the patties on sugar-cane skewers. JF menu emphasizes authentic Thai dishes rather than ThaiWINTZELL’S OYSTER HOUSE. inflected Chinese food. Grilled 530 E. Bruceton Road, West meat appetizers are beautifully Mifflin. 412-650-9090. An seasoned, and the pad Thai offers Alabama seafood chain claims a lively balance of ingredients. a welcome northern outpost The assertively spicy pumpkin in the Pittsburgh suburbs. The curry features a special variety of menu is dominated by seafood, Thai gourd. JF with a few steak, burger, and chicken options, prepared in a SUSHI TOMO. 4812 McKnight Southern style — mostly fried, Road, North Hills. 412-630-8666. and accompanied by grits, This North Hills restaurant gumbo, hushpuppies and okra. offers a full range of Japanese And oysters, naturally, served in cuisine beyond sushi that is a variety of ways. EK

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PLAY OUTSIDE In the early ‘80s, France began holding the yearly Fête de la Musique, or Make Music Day, where amateur and professional musicians fill public spaces with live music.

The festival, which always takes place on June 21, the longest day of the year, has since spread internationally, with celebrations in more than 700 cities.

The concept has been a little slower to take hold in the States, but has cropped up in various cities over the years. This Sunday, June 21, Pittsburgh hosts its very first Make Music festival.

“We’re known for sports and steel, but we have this wonderful music scene,” says founder and organizer Jasmine Kurjakovic.

“It’s a great opportunity for people to show off their skills. It doesn’t matter their age or style of music or their level of playing, the idea is just to get out.”

Kurjakovic experienced Fête de la Musique firsthand, while studying in France.

“There’s music on the streets, music is just everywhere in the whole country. It’s just an awesome day,” she recalls. “The French government said, ‘We want music outside, we want it to be played everywhere.’ It’s always outside, it’s always free. The goal is to expose people to music who wouldn’t normally be exposed to music, and to inspire people to play instruments.”

While coordinating a city’s worth of outdoor performances may sound like a potential logistical nightmare, the event website allows things to naturally work themselves out. Musicians seeking places to play are matched up with shops, restaurants and other venues willing to host artists.

Once a musician and venue each agree to the match, it is automatically added to an event schedule: Currently, the list includes singer-songwriter Charmaine Evonne at East End Book Exchange and multiinstrumentalist Dhruva Krishna at Yoga Hive in the Strip District, among others.

There are some larger associated events — Steel City Ukuleles will perform at Schenley Plaza, in Oakland, and the Pittsburgh Children’s Museum will feature some young musicians. But signing up isn’t required — all it takes to participate is to find an empty spot, be it a street corner, a park or your front porch, and start playing.

“I love music,” says Kurjakovic, who grew up playing violin and piano. “Getting more people involved and making them more aware of music … anything to do that is just awesome in my book.”

“IT’S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO SHOW OFF THEIR SKILLS.”

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Superstar drummer: Ginger Baker

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MOMENT comes near the middle of Beware of Mr. Baker, the sobering 2012 documentary about Ginger Baker, in which the cantankerous drummer lets down his guard. The days of sharing the stage with Eric Clapton, ushering in the term “supergroup” through his time with Cream and Blind Faith, might have raised his profile. But playing side by side with legendary jazz drummers Art Blakey, Max Roach and Elvin Jones, essentially the architects of post-war jazz drumming, “Those are the things that are worth more than all the money in the world,” he explains. Then Baker gets teary-eyed.

It’s quite a contrast with the film’s opening scene, and the one which has contributed to his current reputation.

Here, filmmaker Jay Bulger is leaving Baker’s South African home, wrapping up several weeks of interviews. He confesses that he’s off to interview people from the drummer’s past, many of whom aren’t on the best terms with Baker.

Incensed at the idea, Baker promptly

thrashes Bulger on the nose with his walking stick, essentially confirming the description offered by a peer in the movie: Baker is a madman.

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Baker, who comes to town for this week’s Pittsburgh International JazzLive Festival, for a saint. Nor is this an excuse for the attack on Bulger’s proboscis. But there’s also more to him than a violent outburst and a few years of Cream.

On the phone from England, Baker speaks slowly, but frequently punctu-

ates his thoughts with a gravelly chuckle.

Maybe it’s a good day for him, or maybe he’s just glad that the questions cover topics other than “Sunshine of Your Love” or “Toad.”

He groans when the documentary is brought up in a conversation. “I’ve got mixed feelings about it,” he says. “Some of it, like the violent bit in it, was the culmination of putting up with a month of a bloody idiot asking me question after question, deciding to do things that I totally disagreed with. You know, some of it is good, but some of it is not good.”

While the film has raised his profile in some ways, he turns self-deprecating when asked if it’s helped him secure more gigs. “I think it’s probably had the … opposite effect,” he says. “[Promoters are] scared I’m going to beat ’em up.”

What has helped him in a positive sense is Why?, his 2014 album with his jazz quartet, now known as Jazz Confusion. The man once known for 16-minute drum solos leaves the bombast behind, preferring to incorporate the influence CONTINUES ON PG. 26

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of African music that he soaked up while hanging out with Fela Kuti. As he locks into a groove with percussionist Abass Dodoo on “Ginger Spice,” or lays down different rhythms in a reading of the Miles Davis/Wayne Shorter classic “Footprints,” there is a temptation to think that Baker has gotten into something new.

But Baker started with jazz music.

Mentored by English drummer Phil Seaman, Baker eventually joined the Graham Bond Organization, which included bassist Jack Bruce, a man with whom he would have a contentious and artistically productive relationship, when they played together in Cream.

The brief lifespan of that trio put him on the musical map, but Baker refuses to break his career down into his rock years, blues years or jazz years. Regardless of the setting, “I don’t consciously play different,” he says. “I just play to what I hear. I listen. That’s what it’s about.”

When talking about his encounters with American jazz drummers Blakey and Jones, Baker emphatically calls the performances drum duets, rather than showboating examples of drum battles.

“That’s a load of crap — drum battles. It’s nonsense. ‘I can play faster than you. I can do it.’ What’s that got to do with playing the drums?”

He and Blakey were the first to meet, at a festival in the early ’70s. “Both our kits were there. And some bright spark came up with the idea that we [play together]. No rehearsal, nothing. It ended up as the most fantastic duet. We both hit the same pattern at the same time and from that point on, it just went crazy,” he says with a hearty laugh.

Elvin Jones, who had played with John Coltrane, initially made disparaging remarks in an interview about Baker’s style. After playing with him, he changed his mind. “Elvin was a really good friend of mine from that time on,” he says.

“And Max too, you know. I really got on with them all. They accepted me on the same plane.”

At 75, Baker’s years of hard living have started to catch up with him, but the music overrides his limitations. “I don’t think about it when I’m playing. Afterwards …,” he trails off before laughing, casually.

“I’m pretty old now. And I’ve got lots of physical … ah, problems. But when I’m playing, I enjoy it. I get pretty exhausted at the end of a gig, you know.”

He confesses as the interview concludes that he’s not a very talkative person. But his mind is still sharp, and when asked for a final thought for Pittsburgh, he quips, “Tell people, I promise not to hit them, all right?”

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ON THE RECORD with Christ Carrabba {BY ZACH BRENDZA}

{PHOTO COURTESY OF DAVID BEAN}

Chris Carrabba

Dashboard Confessional has, essentially, been on hiatus, but frontman Chris Carrabba has been far from idle with T win Forks and Further From Forever.

CP talked to Carrabba about the band’s first tour in seven years.

WHAT’S YOUR FEELING TOWARD THE BAND AND MATERIAL NOW? There [are] things I would change radically. But for the most part, I would write like that right now. They’re potent and current to me. We have two new songs that we were going to play on this tour and I thought to myself, “There’s no sense in that.” Next time, I’ll play a couple new songs. If you’ve been waiting this long to see this band, and there’s a chance they might play your favorite song, but they skipped it to play a new song … I say, fuck that.

WHAT DO YOU SEE FOR THE FUTURE OF YOURSELF, YOUR BANDS, ETC.?

I love touring. Obsessively. That’s what I got in this for. It wasn’t to sell records, it wasn’t to move a cultural needle. I [wanted to] have an audience that would want to see me live. And now I’ve got it with three different bands. To me, that’s the most glorious thing.

WHAT PROJECT WILL YOU BE REMEMBERED FOR? There’s so much crossover. There [have been] quite a few times where all three [of my] bands [were] sitting in the same room, together. I know what I’ll be remembered for, but what [fans] won’t know is how much they overlap.

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Rambling man: Lukas Borsten

ON THE ROAD {BY ELISE D’HAENE} IN MAY, singer-songwriter Lukas Borsten

got into his 1999 Corolla and set out from his home in Portland, Ore., for his first solo tour, covering 50-plus towns and cities in more than 30 states.

Driving through Oregon’s eastern high desert — a vast, empty place where apparitions can plague the most seasoned drivers — Borsten began to feel his “perception of time shifting. I’ve stepped outside the normal. It’s very freeing, elating in a lot of ways, and scary.” As he crossed into Idaho, storm clouds trembled on the horizon and he had the sense of “entering a void, right off the edge of the world.”

His companion on the road is the audiobook of Pale King, by David Foster Wallace. At night, his favorite time to drive, Bob Dylan’s song “Gates of Eden” comes to him. “It’s a perfect night-driving tune,” he says. “It lets your mind flow, meditatively, and it allows me to listen in unexpected ways; there is awe, visually, everywhere I’m going I haven’t seen before, and so I listen and drift with the landscape.”

“For the first couple of weeks, I was consistently having tumultuous dreams; everything from show logistics going wrong to accidently driving off a cliff,” Borsten says, but by the time he hit Utah and western Colorado, his “subconscious seems to have settled down” and he’s been dazzled by the landscape and happenstance encounters with fellow travelers.

In his songs and on this tour, Borsten is a bit like Dylan’s cowboy angel riding with

the clouds — possibly in search of his own Eden. He’s happy to be traveling, playing music, meeting people in small towns who have a “desire to help you out … you know everything’s going to be OK because there’s an essential goodness in others — people really step up.”

Borsten trained in classical saxophone at the University of Puget Sound, and it’s hard to pinpoint his style. His primary band, Ghost Towns, comprises six players and a bevy of instruments: rhythm section, trumpet, violin, accordion, banjo and saxophone. Its sound is buoyant, twisted folk rock with an Eastern European gypsy vibe. He’s opened for Amanda Palmer with his band Lefty & the Twin, co-led with Brandie Gaudette, and also writes songs and plays with The Bottlecap Boys. His EP Piece of Me is about a break-up and the “desire to take something away from the experience, and maybe carry a little something of each other for the rest of our lives.”

“I’VE STEPPED OUTSIDE THE NORMAL.”

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Besides submerging himself in Dylan’s 1963-66 catalog, when writing songs Borsten reaches for the lyrical intensity of works such as Neutral Milk Hotel’s In the Aeroplane Over the Sea. “There are certain passages in certain songs that you’re lucky enough to grab from the air,” he explains, “and it’s the truest, purest expression of the experience.”

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At first, the Metric were shocked to be opening for Imagine Dragons. Even though the Canadian darlings have been successful (mostly in their home country), their towering synth-pop still seems modest compared to the band that nearly blew up the Grammy stage with Kendrick Lamar. But Metric’s Emily Haines has come a long way from where most of us were introduced to her —the muffled, vulnerable performance on Broken Social Scene’s “Anthems of a SeventeenYear-Old Girl.” Now more extroverted and confident, Haines and her band have raked in the Juno Awards and enjoyed a few alt-radio hits. Think of tonight’s show at Consol Energy Center as an advance victory lap for the band’s forthcoming Pagans in Vegas.

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Otis Williams, the last surviving member of The Temptations, would prefer to be a supporting actor or manager rather than a full-fledged frontman. But then again, The Temptations were always kind of a democracy, with each of its five members fully equipped for lead-vocal duties. (It was David Ruffin who took the lead on the group’s biggest hits, including “My Girl” and “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg.”) Williams solidified the current lineup in 2007 with the addition of Bruce Williamson, and The Temptations have toured their standards around the country ever since.

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Although Three Rivers Arts Fest always seems to dominate the outdoor concert landscape, another worthy summer music series also kicked off earlier this month. Every Saturday of summer (except for July 4), Riverview Park hosts a show in Citiparks’ Stars at Riverview Jazz Series. This week’s featured performer is Yoko Suzuki, an accomplished alto-saxophonist who teaches several jazz history and performance courses at Pitt. Other upcoming performers include Roger Humphries, Kenia, Thomas Wendt and more.

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Over the past 25 years, Cornwell has maintained a new career that’s even eclipsed his initial run with The Stranglers. He’s still riding the wave of 2012’s chugging Totem & Taboo, so we can expect to hear plenty of that tonight, when Cornwell performs at 31st Street Pub with Continental and Bryan McQuaid. SC 9 p.m.

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31ST STREET PUB. Stinking Lizaveta, Broughton’s Rules, Urns. Strip District. 412-391-8334.

ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM. Betty Douglas & Co. North Side.

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BAYARDSTOWN SOCIAL CLUB. Meridian Brothers.

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LINDEN GROVE. Totally 80s.

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THE MR. ROBOTO PROJECT. The Honey Pot, Momcat, Lure, the Spectres.

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MR. SMALLS THEATER. Paul Weller w/ Hannah Cohen.

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CLUB CAFE. Nathan Angelo w/ Chris Ayer. EP release.

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DOWNEY’S HOUSE. Verdict.

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FRICK PARK. Bill Deasy, Donora, DJ Hank D. Part of The Summer Storm.

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HEINZ FIELD. The Rolling Stones. North Side.

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MEADOWS CASINO. Bon Journey. Washington.

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THE MR. ROBOTO PROJECT. The Mutiny, Southside American, Brandon Matsook. Bloomfield.

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RIVERS CASINO. Backseat Driver. North Side.

412-231-7777.

SKYLARK MOTOR INN. King’s Ransom. Moon. 412-264-5753.

SMILING MOOSE. Crown of Glass, Plot Twist, Glory Arose. (Early). Derketa, Funerus, Incinerate Creation, Radiation Sickness. (Late). South Side.

412-431-4668.

THUNDERBIRD CAFE. Chop Shop. Lawrenceville.

412-682-0177.

WIGLE WHISKEY BARREL HOUSE. Rock School Pittsburgh, Lone Wolf Club, & St. Bernard.

North Side. 412-235-7796.

SUN 21 FOX CHAPEL YACHT CLUB. Ras Prophet. O’Hara.

412-963-0640.

MR. SMALLS THEATER. Global Day of Music. Millvale.

412-821-4447.

PALACE THEATRE. The Temptations. Greensburg.

724-836-8000.

ROCK ROOM. Flesh Panthers, Absolutely Not, Secret Paper Moon, the Spectres. Polish Hill.

412-683-4418.

SHADYSIDE NURSERY. Truth & Rites, Working Poor.

Weather Permitting. Shadyside.

412-251-6058.

SOUTHSIDE WORKS. Big Gypsy.

Part of South Shore Riverfront Park Music Series. South Side.

412-481-4800.

TIKI BAR. The Dave Iglar Band.

Washington. 724-348-7022.

MON 22 BAYARDSTOWN SOCIAL CLUB. Unknown String Band.

Strip District. 412-251-6058.

CLUB CAFE. Mates of State w/ Good Graeff, Hey Marseilles.

South Side. 412-431-4950.

THE MR. ROBOTO PROJECT. Celeste, Primitive Man, Pray For Teeth, Egality. Bloomfield.

412-345-1059.

THUNDERBIRD CAFE. Butler St. Sessions w/ Dr. J’s Mojo Band.

Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177.

TUE 23

DJS CLUB TABOO. DJ Matt & Gangsta Shak. Homewood.

412-969-0260.

FRI 19 ANDYS WINE BAR. DJ Malls.

Downtown. 412-773-8884.

THE NEW AMSTERDAM. Desus.

Lawrenceville. 412-682-6414.

ONE 10 LOUNGE. DJ Goodnight, DJ Rojo. Downtown. 412-874-4582.

RIVERS CASINO. DJ Digital Dave.

North Side. 412-231-7777.

ROWDY BUCK. Top 40 Dance.

South Side. 412-431-2825.

RUGGER’S PUB. 80s Night w/ DJ Connor. South Side. 412-381-1330.

BRILLOBOX. Pandemic: Global Dancehall, Cumbia, Bhangra, Balkan Bass.

Bloomfield. 412-621-4900.

DIESEL. DJ CK. South Side.

412-431-8800.

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

412-781-6771.

RIVERS CASINO. DJ Maria Romano. North Side.

412-231-7777.

ROWDY BUCK. Top 40 Dance.

South Side. 412-431-2825.

S BAR. Pete Butta. South Side.

412-481-7227.

WED 24 CABARET AT THEATER SQUARE. DJ Juan Diego, DJ Carla.

Downtown. 412-325-6769.

SPOON. Spoon Fed. East Liberty.

412-362-6001.

HIP HOP/R&B SAT 20 REX THEATER. OnCue, Cato, Kyle Lucas, Norman Dean, Shad Ali, Fortified Phonetx, Tek Bennet.

South Side. 412-381-6811.

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WED 24

FRI 19

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

Mt. Washington.

412-381-4300.

ACOUSTIC

SAT 20

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FRI 19 CLADDAGH IRISH PUB. Weekend at Blarneys. South Side.

412-381-4800.

ELWOOD’S PUB. The Unknown String Band. Rural Ridge.

724-265-1181.

Iceage Now That’s Class

AKRON

SAT 20

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CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF HOMESTEAD MUSIC HALL. Beth Hart. Homestead. 412-368-5225.

Akron Civic Center

WED 24

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ALLEGHENY ELKS LODGE #339. Pittsburgh Banjo Club.

Wednesdays. North Side.

412-321-1834.

PARK HOUSE. Shelf Life String Band. North Side. 412-224-2273.

BROOKLYN {WED., AUG 05}

Shabazz Palaces North Side. 412-913-3516.

T’S RESTAURANT & LOUNGE. Sweaty Betty. Swissvale.

412-271-5049.

THE VALLEY HOTEL. Ron & The RumpShakers. Jefferson Boro.

412-233-9800.

SAT 20

JAZZ THU 18 ANDORA RESTAURANT - FOX CHAPEL. Harry Cardillo & Charlie Sanders. Fox Chapel. 412-967-1900.

KELLY-STRAYHORN THEATER. Sean Jones Quartet. East Liberty.

412-624-4129.

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REX THEATER. Todd Snider w/ Sam Lewis. South Side. 412-381-6811.

SOUTH PARK AMPHITHEATER. Stella James w/ Sydney Hutchko.

South Park.

SAT 20 FIRST NIAGARA PAVILION. Dierks Bentley, Kip Moore, Maddie & Tae & Canaan Smith.

Burgettstown. 724-947-7400.

WED 24 PALACE THEATRE. Merle Haggard. Greensburg.

724-836-8000.

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

Lawrenceville. 412-251-0097.

THU 18

OVREARTS. Celebrating the Re-Opening of Heinz Chapel. Heinz Chapel, Oakland. 412-624-4157.

TUE 23

KATZ PLAZA. Kenia. Downtown.

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NATHAN LAUBE. Organist performance in conjunction w/ AGO Mid-Atlantic Region Convention. St. Paul Cathedral, Oakland. 412-621-6082.

THU 18 ELWOOD’S PUB. The Fiddlers.

Rural Ridge. 724-265-1181.

LATITUDE 360. Marcus Anderson.

North Fayette. 412-693-5555.

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SUN 21

PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. Disney in Concert singers & PSO, led by Lawrence Loh, performs to film clips of Disney movies like Frozen, The Lion King & more. Heinz Hall, Downtown. 412-392-4900.

COUNTRY

CAPRI PIZZA AND BAR. Bombo Claat w/ VYBZ Machine Intl Sound System. East Liberty. 412-362-1250.

CIOPPINO SEAFOOD CHOPHOUSE BAR. Roger Barbour Jazz Quartet.

Strip District. 412-281-6593.

GROWN & SEXY II. Tubby Daniels. Strip District.

412-728-4155.

JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. James Johnson III. Speakeasy.

North Side. 412-904-3335.

LEMONT. Judi Figel.

Mt. Washington. 412-431-3100.

LITTLE E’S. RML Jazz.

Downtown. 412-370-9621.

PENN’S COLONY. Neon Swing X-Perience. Saxonburg.

724-352-9922.

RIVERVIEW PARK. Yoko Suzuki.

Observatory Hill. North Side.

412-255-2493.

VILLAGE TAVERN & TRATTORIA. Tony Campbell & Smooth Jazzsurgery. West End. 412-458-0417.

SUN 21

SPHINX CAFE. ORieL & The Revoluters. Benefit Performance for the children of Dominica.

Oakland. 724-289-0755.

FRI 19 SAT 20

PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. Disney in Concert singers & PSO, led by Lawrence Loh, performs to film clips of Disney movies like Frozen, The Lion King & more. Heinz Hall, Downtown. 412-392-4900.

CHANTICLEER. Co-presented by the Pittsburgh Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.

Shadyside Presbyterian Church, Shadyside. 412-682-4300.

PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. Steve Hackman fuses Brahms’ First Symphony & Radiohead’s OK Computer, as well as a mash-up of Brahms’ Tragic Overture & Radiohead’s “Street Spirit,” & an orchestral fantasy based on Radiohead’s “Idioteque.” Heinz Hall, Downtown. 412-392-4900.

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Robinson. 412-489-5631.

PITTSBURGH WINERY. Eve Goodman. Strip District.

412-566-1000.

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ANDYS WINE BAR. J. Malls. Downtown.

412-773-8884.

BACKSTAGE BAR AT THEATRE SQUARE. GREENDANCE Ron Wilson meets Virgil THE WINERY AT SAND paper pghcitym Walters. Downtown.

HILL. Sweaty Betty. .co 412-456-6666.

Mount Pleasant. 724-547ECLIPSE LOUNGE. Roger 6500.

Barbour Jazz Trio. Lawrenceville.

KENDREW’S. 32-20 Blues Band.

412-251-0097.

Aliquippa. 724-375-5959.

JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & MOONDOG’S. Jimmy Thackery.

SPEAKEASY. The Boilermaker Blawnox. 412-828-2040.

Jazz Band. Ballroom. George Heid PARK HOUSE. Still Not Sober.

III Trio. Speakeasy. North Side.

North Side. 412-224-2273.

412-904-3335.

THE R BAR. Ron & The NOLA ON THE SQUARE. Neon RumpShakers. Dormont.

Swing X-Perience. Downtown.

412-561-9634.

412-471-9100.

THE WOODEN NICKEL. RIVERS CASINO. Antoinette Strange Brew. Monroeville.

412-372-9750.

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FRI 19 PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. Disney in Concert singers & PSO, led by Lawrence Loh, performs to film clips of Disney movies like Frozen, The Lion King & more. Heinz Hall, Downtown. 412-392-4900.

WED 24

THU 18

BRILLOBOX. Girl Band, Spacefish.

Bloomfield. 412-621-4900.

THE MR. ROBOTO PROJECT. Hawking, Spare Arrows, Strong Hand. Bloomfield. 412-345-1059.

31ST STREET PUB. Hugh Cornwell w/ Continental, Bryan McQuaid. Strip District.

412-391-8334.

THE MR. ROBOTO PROJECT. The Neffs, Tomato Dodgers, Shirt/ Pants, The John Trumaine Show.

Bloomfield. 412-345-1059.

MR. SMALLS THEATER. The Mowgli’s w/ Vinyl Theatre, Handsome Ghost. Millvale.

412-821-4447.

SMILING MOOSE. Dear Rogue, OMNE (Early). Sons of Tonatiuh, Tartarus, Dendritic Arbor, Wrought Iron (Late). South Side. 412-431-4668.

412-456-6666.

THUNDERBIRD CAFE. Thoth Trio. Space Exchange Series.

Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177.

THUNDERBIRD CAFE. Honey Honey. Lawrenceville.

412-682-0177.

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931-607-8173.

RIVERS CASINO. Pete Hewlett & Scott Anderson Duo. North Side.

412-231-7777.

FRI 19 PITTSBURGH WINERY. The Mia Z Band, Ben Shannon,Mike Gallagher, Tom Breiding, Max Somerville, & Leslie Bowe. “Who’s Your Daddy?” Benefit Concert for Myasthenia Gravis Association feat. child/father musician duos. Strip District. 412-566-1000.

SAT 20 LIGONIER TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT FAIRGROUNDS. Springfield Exit. Ligonier.

724-238-8646.

WED 24 CABARET AT THEATER SQUARE. Hello Donny. A showtunes singalong. Downtown. 412-325-6769.

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REX THEATER South Side.

412-381-6811. Over 21 show.

Tickets: greyareaprod.com. 7p.m.

CLUB CAFE South Side.

412-431-4950. Over 21 show.

Tickets: ticketweb.com/opusone.

8p.m.

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FRIDAY 19

RODEF SHALOM GARDEN Shadyside. 412-621-6566.

Free event. 6:30p.m.

THE MATTRESS FACTORY North Side. 412-231-3169.

Over 21 event.

Tickets: mattress.org. 7p.m.

ArtAttack Pittsburgh

Garden Party with Arlo Aldo

Damien Rice STAGE AE North Side.

Tickets: ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000.

Doors open at 6:30p.m.

Lynch Mob ALTAR BAR Strip District.

412-263-2877. Over 21 show.

Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 8p.m.

The New Mastersounds REX THEATER South Side.

412-381-6811. Over 21 show.

Tickets: greyareaprod.com. 8p.m.

Heartless Bastards MR. SMALLS THEATRE Millvale.

412-821-4447. All ages show.

Tickets: ticketweb.com/opusone. 9p.m.

Los Lonely Boys

The Suffers

ALTAR BAR Strip District 412-263-2877. All ages show.

Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 8p.m.

Widespread Panic STAGE AE North Side.

All ages show.

Tickets: ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000 Doors open at 5p.m.

Mattress Factory Urban Garden Party

MONDAY 22 Melissa Etheridge

Pittsburgh JazzLive International Festival

CARNEGIE LIBRARY MUSIC HALL Homestead.

412-462-3444. All ages show. ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 8p.m.

Cultural District.

412-456-6666. Free event.

Through June 21.

STAGE AE North Side.

All ages show.

Tickets: ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000.

Doors open at 6p.m.

Disney in Concert Tale as Old as Time HEINZ HALL Cultural District.

412-392-4900.

Tickets: pittsburghsymphony.org.

Through June 21.

SATURDAY 20

Melissa Etheridge

Gino Vannelli

Ginger Baker's Jazz Confusion

CORBRIWOOD STAGE Gibsonia.

Tickets: pittsburghoptimist.com or 878-302-2234. 8p.m.

AUGUST WILSON CENTER Downtown. 412-456-6666.

Tickets: trustarts.org. 9p.m.

Nine Mile Run's Summer Storm Party

Brawl Under the Bridge

FERN HOLLOW Frick Park.

Tickets: ninemilerun.org. 6:30p.m.

HOMESTEAD GRAYS BRIDGE Homestead.

Tickets: bluedustpgh.com

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or kswa.net. 7p.m.

Beth Hart CARNEGIE LIBRARY MUSIC HALL Homestead.

412-462-3444. All ages show. ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 8p.m.

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TUESDAY 23 Barenaked Ladies

STAGE AE North Side.

All ages show.

Tickets: ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000 Doors open at 6p.m.

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“I DID EVERYTHING I COULD TO MAKE THAT WORLD COME TRUE”

A BEAUTIFUL MIND {BY AL HOFF} Yay, Pixar is back! (Let’s never speak again of Cars 2.) The digital-animation house that gave us Finding Nemo, Up and Toy Story returns to form with Inside Out, a film that is fresh, funny, wise, sweet, gorgeous to look at and, for a “kid pic,” epically high-concept.

But don’t panic! On one easily accessible level, Inside Out, directed by Pete Docter and Ronaldo Del Carmen, is simply a tale about some cute mini-people who have to get some shiny objects from

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Joy, in the mind’s memory library

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Point A to Point B through a kooky, colorful landscape. If you’re ready to handle more, know this action mostly takes place inside a girl’s brain, as her anthropomorphized emotions work to keep her stable and happy after she endures a traumatic move to a new city. Please meet: Joy (voiced by Amy Poehler), Sadness (Phyllis Smith), Fear (Bill Hader), Disgust (Mindy Kaling) and Anger (Lewis Black, naturally).

Now hold on, because Inside Out is also a loopy, satisfying deep dive into the metaphysics of what it means to be — the unseeable, complex, intertwined everevolving self that is thoughts, memories, dreams and emotions. Here, memories are colored marbles to be stored, retrieved or tossed into a bottomless pit. (Goodbye childhood piano proficiency, except “Chopsticks” and “Heart and Soul”!)

Out-of-balance emotions shut off access to “lands” such as “family” or “friends.”

Imagination is a skittery but useful coping mechanism; it’s also a pink elephant clown named Bing-Bong. You can literally get lost in the swirling maze that is long-term memory, though a good escape is the (literal) “train of thought.”

And in the outside world, there’s young Riley (voice of Kaitlyn Dias), trying to make sense of her warring emotions and troubled memories, a necessary and somewhat bittersweet step on her journey from child to young adult.

But none of this is as serious as it sounds! Inside Out is bright and lively, and should delight kids and adults alike. (It also has what may be the greatest cat joke ever.) The film is preceded by a short film, “Lava,” which frankly seemed conceived in bongwater, about a lovelorn, singing volcano. In 3-D, in select theaters.

“The Dark Knight,” in a suit made of cardboard and yoga mats, surveys Gotham.

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So recalls one of the Angulo children, explaining one facet of his family’s bizarre hermetic existence in the heart of New York City, now recounted in Crystal Moselle’s documentary, The Wolfpack. The Angulos — six brothers, one sister and their parents — live in a spare, shabby apartment in the Lower East Side.

Dad long fancied himself as a god, and after moving his family to New York in 1996, decreed that the outside world was too unsafe. Thus, the kids were homeschooled, and only rarely went outside.

But there were movies — VHS tapes, DVDs and camera equipment — and out of boredom, the boys began to recreate their favorite films. Out of household materials, they built props and costumes, and re-enacted and shot the films from scripts they typed from closed captioning. (Wolfpack opens with a scene from their Reservoir Dogs, featuring detailed guns made from cardboard and

duct tape.)

In the film, the boys — Moselle chooses not to individually identify them — tell their own story, through contemporary interviews, archival home movies and just hanging out with the filmmaker.

THE WOLFPACK DIRECTED BY: Crystal Moselle Starts Fri., June 19. Harris

CP APPROVED Oddly, the film omits how Moselle discovered the Angulos, but it’s explained in the press notes. In 2010, while shooting a film in the streets, she encountered the boys; she noticed their Reservoir Dogs suits, they noticed her camera. They had just started leaving the apartment, and Moselle spent the next five years documenting their bizarre coming-of age.

It’s a fascinating portrait that manages to skirt being exploitive; it helps that by the time Moselle started filming, the

boys — all of whom are bright, articulate and engaging — have gained agency and are re-fashioning their lives, one outside adventure at a time, however oddly.

(When sand is encountered for the first time at Coney Island, one boy calls out, “Lawrence of Arabia!”)

But their history is heartbreaking: Their home movies were a source of pleasure and an outlet for energy, but also a necessary coping mechanism for their weird, cult-like life. Not surprisingly, they were especially drawn to movies in which characters struggled with dark themes. After seeing The Dark Knight, says one: “I did everything I could to make that world come true, to escape my world.” There’s a lot to unpack here about the power of cinema, which for the Angulo boys functioned as an ad-hoc tutorial for the life outside, and as way to stay connected and sane. And it now shines a light on affirming transformation of the Angulos into participants in the real world.

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EVERYTHING ABOUT ‘THE WOLFPACK’ IS EXTRAORDINARY.” – Lisa Schwarzbaum, TIME

“It’s doubtful you’ll see a better documentary this year than this

SENSATIONAL FILM.” – Dennis Dermody, PAPER

“GRIPPING. YOU WON’T BE ABLE TO PULL YOUR EYES OFF THE SCREEN. Once you’ve met these kids, you won’t forget them — or the film that puts a hypnotic and haunting spin on movie love.”

– Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE

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NEW THIS WEEK THE CONNECTION. For true-crime completists, Cédric Jimenez’s new drama presents the French side of the international drug-smuggling venture known as the “French Connection.”

Heroin was moved from Turkey through France,

by French and Italian gangsters, and on to the United States, with the illegal traffic reaching its peak in the 1960s and ’70s. (The American angle was depicted in the gritty 1971 thriller The French Connection.)

In this chapter, Pierre Michell (Jean Dujardin), a police magistrate in 1970s Marseille, is assigned to take down the port city’s drug kingpin, Tany Zampa (Gilles Lellouche). What transpires will be familiar to any student of gangland procedurals: a scattering of successes and setbacks, amid corruption, incompetence and betrayal on both sides of the ledger. The film shifts between cop and gangster, pairing the men in their similarities as leaders, devoted fathers, wearers of well-cut suits. Connection plays out more drama than thriller, and it betrays a certain European melancholy, even as cheesy disco music plays or Jimenez unspools another kicky montage.

In French and Italian, with subtitles. Starts Thu., June 18. Parkway, McKees Rocks (Al Hoff)

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DOPE. The opening title of Rick Famuyiwa’s coming-of-age comedy reminds us that “dope” means drugs or somebody who makes mistakes, and that it’s also slang for “good, in a fresh kind of way.” All three meanings get a workout here, as high school senior Malcolm (Shameik Moore) has an awesome, crazy, messed-up week or so. Malcolm is a selfprofessed geek in a less-than-welcoming environment: the rough streets of Inglewood, Calif.

He’s college-bound, skateboards, plays in a punk band with his two geek pals, and dresses like a 1990s hip-hopper.

Then, an ill-advised trip to a party sets a dangerous farce in motion, as Malcolm and his buddies juggle a backpack of drugs, feuding drug dealers, a feckless hacker, a very odd Harvard alum, bitcoins and a nearly naked girl. In between the laughs, Malcolm learns some lessons about himself, how the world perceives him and

A transcendent work of art.”

– David Edelstein, NEW YORK MAGAZINE

C.C. & Company (1970) - 6/17 @ 7:30pm Biker action film starring Joe Namath and Ann-Margret.

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Soaked in Bleach

(2015) - 6/17 @ 10:00pm New documentary about the death of Kurt Cobain. _____________________________________________________

Bigfoot: The Movie

(2015) - 6/18 @ 7:30pm New horror/comedy film with lots of local talent! _____________________________________________________

Full Metal Jacket

(1987) - 6/19 @ 7:30pm, 6/20 @ 7:00pm, 6/21 @ 4:00pm, 6/24 @ 7:30pm The story of an 18-year-old marine recruit, directed by Stanley Kubrick. _____________________________________________________

Eli Roth Presents: The Stranger (2014) 6/19 @ 10:15, 6/20 @ 9:30pm, 6/23 @ 7:30pm

New supernatural thriller about a mysterious man’s

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Julie Taymor’s A Midsummer Nights Dream 6/21 @ 7:00pm, 6/22 @ 7:30pm FACEBOOK : THEWOLFPACKDOCUMENTARY INSTAGRAM : THEWOLFPACKFILM THEWOLFPACKFILM.COM

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Rocky Horror Picture Show - 6/20 @ Midnight with live shadowcast by the JCCP!

PITTSBURGH HARRIS THEATER 809 Liberty Ave (412) 682-4111

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Dope maybe — maybe — how to maximize the angles. Like many teen films, it plies plenty of standard tropes, but upends some others, ultimately delivering a fresh and positive look at adolescence’s pitfalls. Starts Fri., June 19. (AH) JURASSIC WORLD. They might as well have called it “Jurassic Fan Service.” If you love the Jurassic franchise, this fourth iteration, directed by Colin Trevorrow, is for you. You get pretty much the same story (re-created dinosaurs get loose in park, wreck shit); lots of CGI creatures rampaging in 3-D; and winks to the original 1993 film.

The set-up here is that the bigger, better park has created a bigger, badder dinosaur, the Verizon Wireless Indominus Rex, a genetic hybrid (part T. Rex, part market research!). When it gets loose, only two people can stop it: the humorless control-freak businesslady (Bryce Dallas Howard) — in high heels and a white suit, people! — and the goofy ex-Navy guy and dinosaur-whisperer (Chris Pratt).

Even though the trouble stems from god-playing with dinosaur DNA, World doesn’t spend much time exploring this cautionary aspect of scientific progress fueled by capitalism. If World has one subtext to drive home, it’s that uptight career women need to be literally run through the jungle (those heels!) until they get that it’s all about family, family, family! (This on an island of parentless creatures created in testtubes.) Lazy plotting and hokey dialogue all build to no battle that is a bona fide a big scene featuring a dino d have been a great place crowd-pleaser. That would rld d gets into another hackto end the film, but World an Redeemed by Mothering. neyed scene of the Woman g dinosaur. In 3-D, in select That’s the film’s surviving theaters. (AH)

REPERTORY Y CINEMA IN THE PARK. The Refugees of Shangriey), and Sat., June 20 (RivLa, Wed., June 17 (Schenley), erview). Maleficent, Thu.,, June 18 (Brookline); nd Sat., June Fri., June 19 (Arsenal); and dred-Foot 20 (Grandview). The Hundred-Foot henley); Journey, Sun., Jun 21 (Schenley); Mon., June 22 (Highland Park); d/ElTue., June 23 (West End/Elhu., liott Overlook); and Thu., The Connection June 25 (Brookline). The Hobbit: The Battle of the ne Five Armies, Wed., June in 24 (Schenley). Films begin at dusk. 412-255-2493 orr www.citiparks.net. Free ROW HOUSE CINEMA. Forbidden Love series.

Lolita (Stanley Kubrick’s classic 1962 adaptation of the Nabokov novel), June 17. Her (Spike Jonze’s futuristic 2013 tale about a man in love with an operating system), June 17-18. Moulin Rouge (colorful 2001 musical romance set in the famed Paris nightclub), June 17-18. Gone With the Wind (epic 1939 romance set amid the Civil War), June 18. First Anniversary Celebration of Most-Popular Films. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino’s influential 1994 dark comedic crime caper), June 19-24. The Royal Tenenbaums (meet this kooky New York family in Wes Anderson’s 2001 dramedy), June 19-21 and June 23-25. The Princess Bride (the 1987 “fairy tale,” replete with giants, swords, a princess and many quotable lines), June 19-22 and June 24-25. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (a 1975 comic revisionist look at King Arthur, his knights and one bloodthirsty rabbit), June 19-23 and June 25.

Call or see website for times and complete listings.

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

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SALT OF THE EARTH. Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado’s recent documentary profiles renowned photographer Sebastião Salgado, whom Wenders calls “a social photographer and a witness to the human condition.” Salgado’s visually dramatic, provocative and emotionally laden blackand-white portraits belie the static, two-dimensional nature of the medium; they are so charged with life, even his photos of unspeakable horror and tragedy. In English, and various languages, with subtitles.

1 Harris (AH) Through Thu., June 18.

TH LOST ARK. RAIDERS OF THE Spi In Steven Spielberg’s 1981 squa film, our square-jawed hero, archeologist Indiana Jones Ford) tackles every(Harrison Ford), gia boulders to thing from giant co snakes and conniving Nazis.

7:30 p.m. Wed., June 17. AMC Loews. $5 COMPAN If you can CC & COMPANY. see only one biker-exploitasta tion film starring Western g PA’s own gridiron legend Namat and AnnJoe Namath Margaret, make it this 1970 flick from Seymour 7:3 p.m. Wed., Robbie. 7:30 Ho June 17. Hollywood T BIGFOOT THE MOVIE. In lo this new, locally produced comedy-hor comedy-horror film from Show three guys Jared Show,

Jurassic World from Ellwood City have to sort things out when Bigfoot comes to town. The film features plenty of wellknown Western Pennsylvanians including Curt Wootton (“Pittsburgh Dad”), comedian Jim Krenn, WDVE’s Mike Wysocki and former news anchor Darieth Chisolm. 7:30 p.m. Thu., June 18. Hollywood FULL METAL JACKET. The journey from boot camp to Vietnam proves fraught for a group of Marines, in Stanley Kubrick’s 1987 drama. The film continues a year-long series featuring the films of Kubrick.

7:30 p.m. Fri., June 19; 7 p.m. Sat., June 20; 4 p.m. Sun., June 21; and 7:30 p.m. Wed., June 24. Hollywood

Her, at Row House Cinema

Amoedo, a man travels to a small Canadian town to see his wife, but mysterious events lead to a bloodbath. 10:15 p.m. Fri., June 19; 9:30 p.m. Sat., June 20; and 7:30 p.m. Tue., June 23. Hollywood FATHER OF THE BRIDE. Steve Martin stars in this 1991 remake of the classic 1950 comedy, in which dad has trouble letting his little girl go. 8 p.m. Sat., June 20.

Oaks, Oakmont. $8-10 JULIE TAYMOR’S MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM. This new film presents director Julie Taymor’s recent stage adaptation of the Shakespeare comedy about love and magical misunderstandings. 7 p.m. Sun., June 21, and 7:30 p.m. Mon., June 22. Hollywood ROMAN HOLIDAY. A sheltered princess runs away from her handlers in Rome and finds amore with an American newspaperman. Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck star in William Wyler’s 1953 lightly comic romance. The film continues a month-long, Sundaynight series of American classics. 8 p.m. Sun., June 21.

Regent Square

OUT OF THE BLUE. Dennis Hopper directed this 1980 film about a dysfunctional family: mom’s a junkie, dad’s an ex-con and their young daughter is obsessed with Elvis and the punk scene. The film will be screened in a 35 mm print and introduced by popculture archivist Mike Prosser. Call 412-681-5449 for showtimes. Fri., June 19, and Sat., June 20. Melwood ELI ROTH PRESENTS: THE STRANGER. In this new horror thriller written and directed by Guillermo

BACK TO THE FUTURE. Through the use of a kicky time machine, young ’80s dude Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) finds himself back in the 1950s, where he’s tasked with getting his parents to hook up, lest he never be born. Christopher Lloyd, Crispin Glover and Lea Thompson also star in Robert Zemeckis’ 1985 comedy. 7:30 p.m. Wed., June 24. AMC Loews. $5 8½. In Federico Fellini’s masterful 1963 film, Marcello Mastroianni stars as the Fellini-esque film director who struggles with artistic and personal crises, while seeking solace in memories and fantasies. In Italian, with subtitles. 8 p.m. Wed., June 24.

Melwood. $2

Would you like to Participate in a fertility study?

Volunteering couples are needed to join a research study in Monroeville You may qualify if you and your partner are: • A monogamous, heterosexual couple • Between the ages of 20-45 years old • Sexually active • Trying to conceive or using a non-vaginal form of birth control You will receive compensation for your time and participation.

The device is for home use, and has been cleared for OTC use by the FDA. You will be asked to use the device in the privacy of your home.

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SLEEPING ON IT

“WE’RE SORRY WE GOT INTO THIS ROW.”

In 1905, cartoonist and animator Zenus Winsor McCay, who had already established himself with the series “Dream of the Rarebit Fiend,” debuted “Little Nemo in Slumberland.” The weekly strip followed a young boy through somnolent adventures, encountering strangers in strange lands with a motley crew of cohorts, journeying to fantastical environments, with predicaments aplenty. No matter where in dreams Nemo and companions went, nor in what kind of fix they found themselves, the final panel was the same: wakefulness and a return to reality.

More than a century later, this work is still staggeringly impressive. As artwork, it’s a brilliant composition of line and color, enchanting representations of both a fantasy world and the reality of the characters who explore it. Narratively, it displays a keen grasp of dream psychology and its potential to reach ecstatic levels of bliss, then plunge into deepest terror. Viewing the strips 10 decades later, we feel not at all removed or disconnnected from the protagonist’s path (even if the strip includes some jarring, decidedly dated stereotypes).

In 2014, Locust Moon, a Philadelphia comics store, art gallery and small press, teamed with Pittsburgh-based cartoonist Jim Rugg to create Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream. This large-format book gathers contemporary comic artists to honor McCay’s masterpiece, venturing into his domain with their own inks and pencils. Now The Toonseum is hosting an eponymous exhibition of a few dozen of the book’s pages, and it is truly spectacular.

The two dozen participating artists — including Rugg, Carla Speed McNeil, Peter Bagge, Yuko Shimizu — tend to follow one of three basic constructs: recreating an existing Little Nemo epic; taking Little Nemo on a brand-new journey of their own device; or using their own characters within McCay’s format. Some are color, some are black-and-white; some pagesized, single-panel works, some meticulously laid out step-by-step narratives.

All demonstrate the reverence McCay has inspired as the father of comics serials, his continued relevance to modern comics artists, and the debt he’s owed.

All are absolutely spellbinding and a vivid reminder of comics history through a contemporary lens. If you’ve ever enjoyed a comic, whether as an adult reader of graphic novels or as a child grabbing that section of the Sunday paper, this exhibition is not to be missed.

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On the clock: Lamar Advertising’s neon Mount Washington sign

TIME TO TEAR DOWN THIS SIGN

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{BY CHARLES ROSENBLUM}

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OUNT WASHINGTON’S flashing neon billboard, with its 30-foothigh letters stretching across more than 200 feet, is either an icon or an embarrassment, depending on your view.

Recently it has become the subject of controversy between Mayor Bill Peduto, who wants the sign cleaned, but not otherwise changed, and owner Lamar Advertising, who wants to replace it with a gigantic video billboard, like in Times Square or the Dallas Cowboys’ stadium.

While some today consider it a sentimental favorite, this sign has been historically unpopular. When it was first installed, in 1921, Mount Washington residents actually sued to stop Alpha Sign Company, the earlier incarnation of longtime owner Pittsburgh Outdoor Advertising, but they lost. Indeed, Pittsburgh’s first zoning code of 1923 was implemented to address a num-

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ber of urban ills, including garish and misplaced billboards. Subsequent projects were prevented, but the Mount Washington sign was grandfathered in.

By 1954, the sign had fallen into disrepair. Meanwhile, the climate of cleansweep renewal that accompanied that era’s Pittsburgh Renaissance supported a renewed and widespread sentiment that the sign be taken down. Again, several Mount Washington civic groups advocated for its removal. Long-time advertiser Pittsburgh Brewing declared that it would end its lease of the sign as a civic gesture. The Pennsylvania Railroad, which owned some of the land on which the sign sat, donated its parcel to the city. Mayor David Lawrence even met personally with Pittsburgh Outdoor Advertising head Henry Posner, requesting removal, which the Zoning Board of Adjustment eventually ordered.

Remarkably, defying both Lawrence and public opinion, Pittsburgh Outdoor Advertising sued to have the sign maintained on the part of the land that it still owned, under the premise that it preceded the city’s zoning code. According to a 1954 Pittsburgh Press article, Pittsburgh Outdoor Advertising “ridiculed hilltop residents for tolerating dilapidated houses and other unsightly business structures, claiming this ‘distracts’ more than the beer sign.” Cott Beverages, a new (and seemingly uninformed) vendor in the Pittsburgh market at the time, leased the sign, which flashed “17 Beverages” and “It’s Cott to be Good,” while also eliciting further outcry. “We’re sorry we got into this row,” a company official commented.

Alcoa leased the sign in 1967 and perpetuated the compromise that continues to this day. The sign would continue to flash bright-orange neon, but it would have only

ENCOUNTERS {BY BILL O’DRISCOLL} In 1974, Madhu Bazaz Wangu and her husband moved from India to Pittsburgh.

It took some adjusting. “People would talk to me louder than they needed to,” she recalls, and though fluent in English, she had trouble understanding the local accent.

Wangu also found that fellow Indian immigrants often isolated themselves socially, as a group. “I didn’t want to do that at all,” she says. “I found that really strange.” When Indians referred to native-born Americans as “they,” Wangu says, she asked, “What about you, aren’t you Americans?”

Wangu was then a professional artist on her way to a career in academia as an historian of Asian religions and Indian art. (She taught at schools including the University of Pittsburgh and, during a stint in Massachusetts, MIT.) Now retired, she’s self-published her first book of short fiction. Chance Meetings ($12) is about people seeking light in a world of strife and darkness.

Wangu’s earlier published works include a book on Indian goddesses, and books on Hinduism and Buddhism for young adults. Her field of study informs stories in Chance Meetings including “Cadmium and Crimson,” a memorable, fable-like account of a competition between two Indian casket artisans, one younger and brash, the other older and beatified.

Though “Cadmium and Crimson” is set in what Wangu calls a romanticized rural India, most of these 13 stories take place in present-day India and America.

“Secret Healer” details the harrowing, Dickensian journey of a poor rural boy who becomes an indentured servant in the city. Wangu drew on experiences with friends and family in India. “They have these helpers they are not very nice to,” she says. “It breaks my heart.”

“Guari’s Freedom” concerns a young artist who comes to Pittsburgh in an arranged marriage only to find herself, unexpectedly, required to be a full-time housekeeper for her husband and his parents.

The collection’s subtitle, “Stories About Cross-Cultural Karmic Collisions and Compassion,” is also reflected in “An American Dialogue,” whose Islamophobic central character confronts her prejudice only in the face of tragedy.

Chance Meetings concludes with an early version of the first chapter of Wangu’s forthcoming novel An Immigrant Wife, based partly on her own life.

Wangu, of Wexford, also founded and leads the Mindful Writers Group, a meditation-and-journaling practice.

As a reader, she says, “I try hard to look for books which are life-affirming.”

As a writer, “I’m hoping this book will help people.”

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the time and public-service messages. But the sign continued its regular descents into disrepair. In 1979, Alcoa decided that the sign was “an eye-sore during the day,” reported the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in 1980.

The company hired Al Sauls Design to develop the tessellated gray-and-white background that spells Pittsburgh. This oncesubtle treatment is now barely visible.

Meanwhile, Pittsburgh Outdoor Advertising became Patrick Media. In 1991, it sold to Martin Media, which became Lamar Advertising, the current owner. Current advertiser Bayer first sponsored the sign in 1995.

Now comes Lamar’s proposal to replace the sign. “Their initial request was to make it the country’s largest LED billboard,” says Mayor Peduto, “which we were never supporting.” A Lamar spokesperson did not respond to requests for comment. According to former Pittsburgh City Councilor Doug Shields, zoning law (which he helped rewrite in 2011) forbids any change from the sign’s current use, precisely because that use precedes the original code of 1923. The Ravenstahl administration, Shields explains, simply did not enforce the zoning code.

Peduto has a contrasting view. “Lamar needs to clean it or sell it … [to] abide by the rules that created it.” He insists that, if it remains, the use as a community sign must continue. “We’re willing to work with them to get a new corporate [sponsor, but] we’re not going to turn it into a large advertising billboard.”

While only a few have suggested actually removing the billboard, in an era when appreciation of Pittsburgh’s green hillsides is greater than ever, that’s just what Lamar should do. The move would have significant precedent. In 1933, the Coca-Cola Company installed a huge sign along what is now P.J. McArdle roadway, including an 80-foot clockface that was touted as the world’s largest. By 1959, amid continuing anti-billboard sentiment, the Pennsylvania Railroad, which owned part of the land on which the sign sat, gave its parcel to the city. Pittsburgh Outdoor Advertising, which operated and leased the sign, was forced to remove it. The company sold the clockface and mechanicals to Duquesne Brewing, which put the iconic timepiece on its South Side building, where it remains today, albeit under changed ownership and sponsorship. But the original billboard is long gone, a logical outcome of the sentiment that the hillside looks better with trees than it does with illuminated advertising.

Pittsburgh has lost signs that it should have saved, such as Westinghouse’s iconic flashing logos where PNC Park is now. With the Mount Washington billboard, though, we have been keeping a sign we should lose.

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From left: Clare Chiusano, Lindsey Bliven and Mario Williams in Mary Poppins, at Pittburgh CLO

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POPPING {BY ALAN W. PETRUCELLI}

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ARY POPPINS , the Broadway

musical that’s been hyped higher than the nanny can fly, lives up to its reputation.

And then some.

As descended from the classic 1964 Disney film and P.L. Travers’ stories, Mary Poppins flies (literally) into the Banks family’s Cherry Tree Lane house to care for enfants terribles Michael and Jane, who have worn out six nannies in four months.

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continues through June 21.

Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave., Downtown. $20-65.75. 412-456-6666 or www.pittsburghclo.org

The new Pittsburgh CLO staging of producer Cameron Mackintosh’s 2004 adaptation includes the familiar Richard and Robert Sherman score. This production soars with the high-octane “Step in Time” and “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.” (There are additions and substractions, the best new song being “Anything Can Happen.”) Statues come to life; Bert tap-dances across one rooftop and leaps to another; Mary has aerial arrivals and departures, though she doesn’t soar across the stage and out over the audience, as she did during her last visit here.

Mackintosh has made this a darker Mary Poppins. Julian Fellowes’ book is surprisingly honest about family woes, child neglect and financial fears. Such darker moments may frighten kids — they certainly scared the sugar out of my inner child.

The show introduces Miss Andrew, Mr. Banks’ former nanny. Lean and lanky, she’s the mutated offspring of Cora Witherspoon and Cruella de Vil, a truly troubling presence who symbolizes children’s fears and causes nightmares fueled by castor oil and brimstone and treacle.

But if darkness is simply the absence of light, Mary Poppins, woman and wonder, sheds more than enough light on the meaning of life to make this near-three hour voyage worthwhile.

The cast, directed and choreographed

by Linda Goodrich, is a powerhouse. As Mary and Bert, Lindsey Bliven and David Elder have a warm and fuzzy chemistry; she may seem brusque and no-nonsense, but deep inside that practically perfect heart is a woman smoldering with love.

Susan Cella deserves a nod as blustery housekeeper Mrs. Brill and, in the show’s most heartbreaking scene, she doubles as the Bird Woman. (Her “Feed the Birds” brought me to tears.) Mason Alexander Park steals every scene she clutches as the shrill and harrowing Miss Andrew.

Mary and company promise us that anything can happen ... and in this luscious, overstuffed production, it does.

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[ART REVIEW]

LADIES FIRST

HUMANOIDS

{BY TED HOOVER}

{BY LISSA BRENNAN} just for having won the MacArthur Award, or because the stage version of her graphic novel Fun Home won this year’s Tony for best musical. There’s also “The Bechdel Test,” a checklist for judging gender bias in film. (1) The movie must have at least two named female characters; (2) they must talk to each other; and (3) the talk must be about something other than men. The Bechdel Test rules out most major movies of the past 30 years. That’s another reason theater is better than film: Women and their lives are explored on stage in a way unknown in Hollywood.

Pittsburgh CLO Cabaret’s latest production, Girls Only: The Secret Comedy of Women, is a case in point. This two-character show is a revue-style collection of black-out skits and songs examining what women talk about when a man’s not in the room.

Though it may be suburban and hetero in outlook, there’s joy to be had seeing a subject covered in a manner never broached in most popular entertainment.

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continues through Aug. 16. The Cabaret at Theater Square, 655 Penn Ave., Downtown. $34.75-44.75. 412-325-6766 or www.clocabaret.com

Writer/performers Barbara Gehring and Linda Klein created the script in 2004 as part of a Denver-based comedy series.

It was an instant hit — the duo toured, and CLO presented the show back in 2012.

This production is a home-grown affair, with local performers (Sara Williams and Julianne Avolio) and a local director (Luanne Nunes de Char.)

It’s impossible not to like Girls Only.

Williams and Avolio, brimming with charm, are seemingly having the time of their lives on stage.

The first half doesn’t quite take off; Williams and Avolio, using their own names, recount the experiences of Gehring and Klein in the first person and it never doesn’t feel forced. But the second half soars in two back-to-back skits: a spoof of craft shows using feminine, um, “product,” and a silent bit in which the performers put on panty hose to the music of the Nutcracker’s “Waltz of the Flowers.” That Gehring and Klein (and Williams and Avolio) manage to locate and detonate such laughs from such quotidian subjects suggests what makes Girls Only such a delight.

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CARTOONIST Alison Bechdel isn’t famous

One of the most exciting things about art in the 21st century is the continual blurring of the line between street art and fine art. No longer must an artist leap between them. Rather, artists can generate work that is simultaneously both — planting one foot on each side and making the work they want to make, allowing the “promotion” from “urban” or “raw” to “museum-worthy” to follow.

Pittsburgh has a few galleries showcasing work that can be so described, one of which is now featuring one of the brightest stars in town, Ben Patterson.

Patterson’s work takes several directions, but what’s primarily offered at The Gallery 4 follows a humanoid character through its interactions with other species and forms. This humanoid is plush and muted, with concave eye sockets, an otherwise blank face, undefined limbs and unarticulated appendages. It also bears more than a touch of resemblance to the “grays” of the alien population.

Its companions — birds, bears, insects, shark — are as sharp as it is soft, each strand of fur and feather clean and precise and vividly real, actualizing the featureless humanoid creature that communes with them with moving intimacy. What’s clear is connection, and the comfort that it can bring. That connection is not limited to those that are the same as us: It’s beyond race or gender, it’s beyond species, it’s not boundaried by the body.

These beings are rendered with refinement and delicacy, evoking the old-school representation of Audubon prints and the contemporary beautiful brutality of Walton Ford. Were they created with pencils or oils, they’d be lovely enough. But that they were set down with chalk pastels — CHALK! PASTELS! — will drop your jaw all the way to the goddamned floor.

Patterson’s character experiences more than these moments of union, also in situations more mundane: nap time, drink time, encounters with patriotism, avoidance of proselytizing, and the escape of throwing a line in the water. For these, the style is cruder, cartoonish, but equally vibrant. Cast figures of the subject own one gallery wall, and the exhibition is completed with an assortment of embellished and transformed thrift-store finds. All of the works are enjoyable and demonstrate a keen eye supplemented by a sharp wit. The large depictions of humanoid/animal interaction reveal a big heart.

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+ THU., JUNE 18 The late Mike McAlary was a two-fisted New York City newspaper columnist with a checkered legacy. For instance, he exposed the torture by police of Haitian immigrant Abner Louima, but — in columns that got him sued for libel — he also wrongly claimed that a rape victim had fabricated the crime. Lucky Guy, a 2013 play by Nora Ephron, tells McAlary’s story.

The Broadway production starred Tom Hanks. Little Lake Theater Company’s local premiere opens tonight. It’s directed by Jena Oberg and stars Greg Caridi as McAlary.

Bill O’Driscoll 8 p.m.

Continues through July 3.

500 Lakeside Drive South, Canonsburg. $12-20. 724-7456300 or www.littlelake.org

+ FRI., JUNE 19 {FOOD} Conflict Kitchen turns its spotlight from international conflict to the domestic kind.

Today and tomorrow, the Schenley Plaza take-out kiosk is

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will encourage conversation about America’s internal racial conflict. Seven chefs — both African-American chefs and black chefs from regions like the Caribbean — will present a menu of “struggle plates,” including slave cuisines, African-derived dishes and traditional soul food. An informal discussion about Juneteenth and current African-American struggles takes place on Saturday at noon. Ashley Murray 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Fri., June 19, and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sat., June 20.

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JUNE 25 “Naomi Sims” taken over by representatives of the African-American community to mark the 150th anniversary of Juneteenth.

While past menus have highlighted cuisines from countries with which the U.S. is in conflict — Afghanistan, North Korea, Iran — Juneteenth celebrates the emancipation of slaves in the United States.

Organizers hope that the event

Pack comfortable shoes before you leave for work today, because Dancing in the Square is a perfect way to kick off the weekend.

Each installment of this weekly free dance event, sponsored by the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership and national charity USA Dance, has a different instructor, music and style. Today’s event features instructors from Absolute Ballroom, in Larimer, as well as special guests Bill Fords and the Detroit Urban Dancers. Dancers of all ages are welcome.

Joseph Peiser 5-7 p.m.

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An animal-shaped bottle (a pig?) from the third or fourth century CE. A mold-blown flask from the first century CE (pictured). A 1,700-year-old bowl. These are three of the ancient glass pieces selected from the Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s collection by 17 glass artists as the inspiration for new work and a show at Pittsburgh Glass Center. Out of the Archives and Into the Gallery, an exploration of history and historic artistic technique, opens with a reception tonight. BO 6-9 p.m. Exhibit continues through Sept. 13.

5472 Penn Ave., Friendship.

Free. 412-365-2145 or www. pittsburghglasscenter.org

sp otlight Between 1854 and 1929, the Children’s Aid Society created by social reformer Charles Loring Brace shipped some 250,000 impoverished children from New York City to prospective homes elsewhere in the U.S. The “orphan train” (so-called although most of the kids weren’t technically orphans, and many didn’t go by rail) delivered some children to comfort and happiness, others to the dark side of foster care. It’s a history made for opera, and Los Angeles-based playwright Julie Tosh and Pittsburgh-based composer Douglas Levine oblige with Mercy Train, an hour-long chamber opera commissioned by Microscopic Opera Company.

Tosh’s libretto alternates between 1925, when two young African-American sisters are left on a mercy train by their mother, and the present day, where two young girls who’ve skipped school are taking the subway to Coney Island. Levine, an accomplished composer for the stage, says his music for the show ranges from a “quasi-Americana style” to funky modern pop. It’ll be played by a seven-piece band including a string quartet, conducted by Roger Zahab. The lead roles are played by two classically trained but pop-savvy adult performers, Pittsburgh favorite Anqwenique Wingfield and Emily Burns, who’s currently based in Germany.

(Both are pictured.) Mercy Train, directed by Kellee Van Aken, gets four performances this weekend at the New Hazlett Theater.

Bill O’Driscoll Fri., June 19-Sun., June 22. 6 Allegheny Square East, North Side. $15-35. www.microscopicopera.org

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co-sponsored by the Sierra Club.

This free, completely solarpowered and family-friendly event features a rock-climbing wall, face painting, live music from local artists Ben Shannon and the Beagle Brothers, and more. JP 11 a.m.-4 p.m. 70 River Front Drive, Millvale.

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{FOOD} It’s hard to believe that at one time Pittsburgh was considered the Western frontier, especially given its lack of tumbleweeds.

But today and on the third Saturday of every month this summer, Fort Pitt Museum harkens to that time culinarily with its Living History: Cooking program. Re-enactors will use seasonal ingredients to prepare foods common to the diets of 18th-century Pittsburghers. Don’t expect Primanti’s; this demonstration will feature a bread pudding made with raisins and lemon.

Living History programs are included with museum

{WORDS} The Pittsburgh Area Jewish Committee calls tonight’s event Pittsburgh’s first SermonSLAM, and we know what you’re thinking. But this SermonSLAM (inspired by similar events in cities around the U.S.) is nondenominational, even nonspiritual, and sermons are limited to five minutes; the theme is “loving-kindness.”

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admission. JP 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Point State Park, Downtown. $3-6. 412-281-9284 or www. heinzhistorycenter.org/fort-pitt

{ENERGY} Every day of summer might be a celebration in the sun, but today is a celebration of the sun. Find out how you can put solar power in your home at business-advocacy group Solar Unified Network of Western Pennsylvania’s second annual Allegheny Solarfest, at the Millvale Riverfront Park,

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“I’d like to take the stigma away from a sermon.” BO 7 p.m. 6022 Broad St., East Liberty. Free, includes refreshments. www.pajc.net

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These handmade vessels showcase the wide variety of styles, techniques and firing methods used in contemporary ceramics. JP 7-9 p.m. Exhibit continues through Aug. 8.

200 Broad St., Sewickley.

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Acclaimed conductor Steve Hackman leads the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s new FUSE@PSO series at Heinz Hall, and the first installment matches Brahms’ First Symphony with Radiohead’s OK Computer. Hackman has performed his unique blends of classical and pop with the likes of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and Colorado Music Festival Orchestra, and his residence in Pittsburgh is a must-see for any music-

the U.K. and Russia. Other guests include Pittsburgh Post-Gazette columnist Tony Norman and Yaghoub Yadali and Israel Centeno, the two writers-at-risk (respectively, from Iran and Venezuela) whom City of Asylum is currently sheltering. BO 7-9 p.m. 318 Sampsonia Way, North Side. Free. Register at www.cityofasylum.org.

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Before Naomi Campbell or Tyra Banks become household names, there was Naomi Sims. Sims, who grew up in Pittsburgh, was the first African-American model to grace the cover of the New York Times Fashions of the Times and have major spreads in American Vogue and Bazaar. Tonight, art historian Kilolo Luckett delivers her lecture “Naomi Sims: First Black Supermodel, Art Insider, and Beauty Icon,” at the Carnegie Museum of Art Theater. The free talk discusses the late Sims’ life and a career that saw her work with Andy Warhol and establish successful cosmetics and wig companies. JP 6:30 p.m. 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland. Free. 412-622-3131 or www.naomisimsproject.com {PHOTO COURTESY OF RENEE ROSENSTEEL}

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Amnesty International Pittsburgh Group 39 presents Write to Witness, an event spotlighting the value of writers, journalists, poets and bloggers as witnesses to the truth. City of Asylum’s Alphabet City Tent hosts readings by local poets and local writer Sarah Shotland, about her work teaching writing in jails and prisons.

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Presented by Pittsburgh Public Theater. Wed-Fri, 8 p.m., Sat, 2 & 8 p.m., Sun, 2 & 7 p.m. and Tue, 7 p.m. Thru June 28.

O’Reilly Theater, Downtown.

412-316-1600.

THE CURIOUS SAVAGE. A comedy about Ethel P. Savage, a woman whose husband recently died & left her a large inheritance. June 19-21, 7 p.m.

The Avenue Theater, Rochester.

724-775-6844.

A GOOD NIGHT’S SLEEP. A children’s show based on an old Russian/Jewish folk tale about a father whose family pesters him w/ so many of their concerns that he is unable to sleep at night. Sat., June 20, 10 a.m. & 2 p.m. and Sun., June 21, 2 p.m.

The Crystal Ballroom, Herminie.

724-527-7775.

HAMLET. Shakespeare’s classic presented by Food for Groundlings & CCAC South Campus Theatre.

Thru June 20, 7:30 p.m. CCAC South Campus, West Mifflin.

412-469-1100.

MAKING GOD LAUGH. In 1980, 3 grown children all return home, where we learn of their plans & dreams as they embark on their adult lives. The show follows typical American family over the course of 30 years’ worth of holidays. Sun, 2 p.m. and Thu-Sat, 7:30 p.m. Thru June 27.

South Park Theatre, Bethel Park.

412-831-8552.

MARY POPPINS. The troubled Brooks family gets a little help from Mary Poppins. Fri, Sat, 7:30 p.m. Thru June 27.

Comtra Theatre, Cranberry.

724-773-9896.

MERCY TRAIN. The Microscopic Opera Company presents an opera by Douglas Levine & libretto by Julie Tosh. Fri., June 19, 8 p.m., Sat., June 20, 2 & 8 p.m. and Sun., June 21, 2 p.m. New Hazlett Theater, North Side. A family friendly opera propels two trains through a little known piece of American

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history to a present that reveals PITTSBURGH IMPROV JAM. Thu, 10 p.m. Cabaret at the secrets from the past.

Theater Square, Downtown.

Presented by Microscopic Opera.

Fri., June 19, 8 p.m. and June 20-21, 412-325-6769.

2 & 8 p.m. New Hazlett Theater, North Side.

PABLO FRANCISCO. 8 p.m., OUT OF THIS FURNACE. Fri., June 19, 7:30 & 9:45 p.m., Based on a 1941 Thomas Sat., June 20, 7 & 9:30 p.m.

Bell novel. Studio Theater. and Sun., June 21, 7 p.m.

Presented by Unseam’d The Improv, Waterfront.

Shakespeare Co. 412-462-5233.

Wed-Sat, 7:30 p.m. and Sun, 4 p.m. Thru June 27. Cathedral www. per FATHER’S DAY of Learning, Oakland. pa pghcitym SHOW. Early. 8 p.m. .co 412-621-0244.

The Maker Theater, THE SPELL OF SLEEPING Shadyside. 412-404-2695.

BEAUTY. Presented by South OPEN MIC COMEDY NIGHT. Park Children’s Theatre. Wed, Late. 11 p.m. The Maker Theater, 10 a.m., Tue, 10 a.m. & 6:30 p.m.

Shadyside. 412-404-2695. and Mon, 6:30 p.m. Thru June 24.

PLAY DATE. Short form improv.

South Park Amphitheater, South 10 p.m. The Maker Theater, Park. 412-831-8552.

Shadyside. 412-404-2695.

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412-681-4318.

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Scarpaci’s Place, Mt. Washington.

412-431-9908.

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by Garrett Titlebaum. 10 p.m.

The Maker Theater, Shadyside.

412-404-2695.

MACHENATION IMPROV COMEDY SHOW. 8 p.m.

The Maker Theater, Shadyside.

412-404-2695.

COMEDY SAUCE SHOWCASE. Local & out-of-town comedians.

Mon, 9 p.m. Pleasure Bar, Bloomfield. 412-682-9603.

TOTALLY FUN MONDAYS. SCIT resident house teams perform their brand of long form improv comedy. Mon, 8 p.m. The Maker Theater, Shadyside. 412-404-2695.

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Star Parties at the Wagman Observatory. June’s skies promise viewings of Jupiter and Venus above the setting moon. Saturn will also be visible, hanging low in Libra. View the Hercules cluster and the Ring Nebula with borrowed telescopes, or dust off your own and bring it along. Guides and handouts will be provided to help you navigate the stars, weather permitting. 8:55 p.m. Fri., June 19, and 8:55 p.m. Sat., June 20. Nicolas E. Wagman Observatory, 225 Kurn Road, Tarentum. Free. 724-224-2510

HERITAGE MUSEUM. Military artifacts & exhibits on the Allegheny Valley’s industrial heritage. Tarentum.

724-224-7666.

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“Haiiro No Kaze – Study Nr. 2” (collage, graphite illustration, cut paper, mixed media on illustration board), by Sit. From the exhibition Immediate Realities, at Revision Space, Lawrenceville.

NEW THIS WEEK ART SPACE 616. Trace Elements. Work by William Earl Kofmehl III & Stephanie Armbruster. Opening reception June 20, 6-9 p.m. Sewickley.

412-259-8214.

GALLERIE CHIZ. High Voltage. Works by Ron Nigro, Aaron Regal & Bruce Senchesen.

Opening reception June 19, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Shadyside.

412-441-6005.

HILL HOUSE KAUFMANN CENTER. Nathan Schritter. An exhibit of work in traditional black & white photography of regional jazz greats. Opening reception 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Hill District. 412-281-1026.

REVISION SPACE. Immediate Realities. Feat. work by international street artists & pop-surrealists.

Opening reception June 19, 6-10 p.m. Lawrenceville.

412-735-3201.

SWEETWATER CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Sips, Shots & Gulps. A national exhibition of handmade ceramic drinking vessels. W/ work by: Charlie Alessi, Mariana Baquero, Seth Charles, Christy Culp, Myka Hayden, Kyle Hendrix, Leslie Hinton, Molly Johnson, Madeline Klusmire, Lucien M. Koonce, Gretchen Kriner, Cassandra Loos, Carolyn Mimbs, Abbie Nelson, Maryann Parker, Caitlin Ross, Lindsey Scherloum, Ian Shelly, Molly Uravitch, Dallas Wooten & Lisa York. Opening reception June 20, 7-9 p.m. Sewickley.

412-741-4405.

VAGABOND GALLERY. A pop up gallery featuring work from local artists through the end of July. Feat. the art of local artists Carolyn Pierotti, Chris Galiyas, Elizabeth Claire

Rose, & Lora Finelli. Opens June 19, 6-9 p.m. Shadyside.

412-913-4966.

ONGOING ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM. Exposures. Works from Pittsburgh based artist, Cecilia Ebitz’s “Good Intentions,” inspired by the work & teachings of Corita Kent.

Pearlstein, Warhol, Cantor: From Pittsburgh to New York.

Work from these artists from their time as students at Carnegie Tech to their early days in New York. Glycerine & Rosewater. A site specific artwork by the German/Dutch artist Stefan Hoffmann, using his unique process of vertical silkscreen printing. Permanent collection. Artwork & artifacts by the famed Pop Artist.

North Side. 412-237-8300.

ART INSTITUTE OF PITTSBURGH. Impractical Magic: The Other Side of Practical. Work from Art Institute students & alumni.

Downtown. 412-263-6600.

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.

BARCO LAW LIBRARY. Only Perfect Quiet. Painting

by Tony Cavalline. Barco Law Library Gallery. Oakland.

412-648-1376.

CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART. Visiting Van Gogh: Still Life, Basket of Apples. Van Gogh’s “Still Life, Basket of Apples” (1887),”Le Moulin de la Galette” (1886–1887), “Wheat Fields after the Rain” (1890), & Paul Signac’s “Place des Lices, St. Tropez”, visiting from the Saint Louis Art

Museum. Sketch to Structure.

Unfolding the architectural design process to show how buildings take shape. Jacqueline Humphries. Comprised of entirely new works, the artist’s first solo museum exhibition in nearly a decade of her silver & black-light paintings. She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World. The work of 12 leading women photographers who have tackled the notion of representation w/ passion & power, questioning tradition & challenging perceptions of Middle Eastern identity.

Oakland. 412-622-3131.

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

Shadyside. 412-365-1232.

CHRISTINE FRECHARD GALLERY. Mara Light.

Paintings inspired by the neo-classical, Renaissance & romantic eras by Mara Light.

Squirrel Hill. 412-421-8888.

CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP MUNICIPAL BUILDING. Cranberry Artists Network Member’s Show. http://www. cranberryartistsnetwork.com.

Cranberry.

ECLECTIC ART & OBJECTS GALLERY. 19th century American & European paintings combined w/ 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. Permanent collection of European Art. Point Breeze.

412-371-0600.

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Respected rock writer Paul Trynka’s well-researched revisionist bio makes a convincing case for the talented Jones as the key Stone, one whose signal contributions (including uncredited songwriting) were gradually effaced by his surviving bandmates.

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preserved & most intact GAR post in the United States. Carnegie.

412-276-3456.

BAYERNHOF MUSEUM. Large collection of automatic roll-played musical instruments & EVENT: music boxes in a mansion setting.

Call for appointment. O’Hara. , 412-782-4231.

Downtown BOST BUILDING. Collectors.

Preserved materials reflecting CRITIC: the industrial heritage of , 26, a student Southwestern PA. Homestead.

412-464-4020. from Brentwood CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. Animal Secrets. Learn about the WHEN: hidden lives of ants, bats, chipmunks, raccoons & more.

Dinosaurs in Their Time.

Displaying immersive environments spanning the Mesozoic Era & original fossil Pittsburgh Pride is just one big party; it’s festive and specimens. Permanent. Hall of Minerals & Gems. Crystal, good-spirited. It’s really nice to see all the different gems & precious stones from organizations that have come out to support the LGBTall over the world. Population rights cause, and just generally raising awareness about Impact. How humans are LGBT and other social issues. I came down today just to affecting the environment. check it out; this is my friend’s first Pittsburgh Pride, so I Oakland. 412-622-3131. wanted to bring him. They have a lot of stuff going on, CARNEGIE SCIENCE CENTER. H2Oh! Experience there’s all this music and food, and it’s nice to be able to kinetic water-driven motion stroll around Downtown. We checked out the steel-drum & discover the relations band and that was pretty interesting. They did a really between water, land & habitat. nice cover of “Hey Jude.” For the most part, though, How do everyday decisions we have just been hanging around the booths; the impact water supply & the environment? Ongoing: Buhl [Pittsburgh] CLO booth was definitely my favorite.

Digital Dome (planetarium), B Y J OS E P H P E I S E R Miniature Railroad & Village, USS Requin submarine & more.

North Side. 412-237-3400.

CARRIE FURNACE. Carrie Blast MCGINLEY HOUSE & public & private collections in Furnace. Built in 1907, Carrie MCCULLY LOG HOUSE. the U.S. and Canada, the exhibit Furnaces 6 & 7 are extremely rare Historic homes open for tours, examines the practice of captivity examples of pre World War II lectures & more. Monroeville. from its prehistoric roots to iron-making technology. Rankin.

412-373-7794. its reverberations in modern 412-464-4020 x 21.

MOUNT PLEASANT GLASS Native-, African- & Euro-American COMPASS INN. Demos & MUSEUM. The Bryce Family communities. Reconstructed fort tours w/ costumed guides feat. & the Mount Pleasant Factory. houses museum of Pittsburgh this restored stagecoach stop.

Telling the story of the Bryce history circa French & Indian North Versailles. 724-238-4983. family & their contributions.

War & American Revolution.

CONNEY M. KIMBO 724-547-5929.

Downtown. 412-281-9285.

GALLERY. University of NATIONAL AVIARY. Masters FRICK ART & HISTORICAL Pittsburgh Jazz Exhibit: of the Sky. Explore the power CENTER. Rolling Hills, Satanic Memorabilia & Awards from & grace of the birds who Mills: The British Passion for the International Hall of Fame. rule the sky. Majestic eagles, Landscape. This exhibit explores Oakland. 412-648-7446. impressive condors, stealthy landscape painting in Britain DEPRECIATION falcons and their friends take form the Industrial LANDS MUSEUM. center stage! Home to more Revolution to the Small living history than 600 birds from over eras of Romanticism. museum celebrating 200 species. W/ classes, lectures, Ongoing: tours the settlement demos & more. North Side. of Clayton, the . w w w & history of the 412-323-7235.

Frick estate, w/ aper p ty ci h g p Depreciation Lands.

NATIONALITY ROOMS. classes & programs for .com Allison Park.

26 rooms helping to tell the story all ages. Point Breeze.

412-486-0563. of Pittsburgh’s immigrant past.

412-371-0600.

FALLINGWATER. Tour the University of Pittsburgh.

HARTWOOD ACRES. Tour this famed Frank Lloyd Wright house.

Oakland. 412-624-6000.

Tudor mansion & stable complex.

724-329-8501.

OLD ST. LUKE’S. Pioneer church Enjoy hikes & outdoor activities in FIRST PRESBYTERIAN features 1823 pipe organ, the surrounding park. Allison Park.

CHURCH. Tours of 13 Tiffany Revolutionary War graves. Scott.

412-767-9200. stained-glass windows.

412-851-9212.

KENTUCK KNOB. Tour the Downtown. 412-471-3436.

OLIVER MILLER HOMESTEAD. other Frank Lloyd Wright house.

FORT PITT MUSEUM. This pioneer/Whiskey Rebellion 724-329-8501.

Captured by Indians: Warfare & site features log house, blacksmith KERR MEMORIAL MUSEUM. Assimilation on the 18th Century shop & gardens. South Park.

Tours of a restored 19th-century, Frontier. During the mid-18th 412-835-1554. middle-class home. Oakmont. century, thousands of settlers of PENNSYLVANIA TROLLEY 412-826-9295.

European & African descent were MUSEUM. Trolley rides & MARIDON MUSEUM. captured by Native Americans. exhibits. Includes displays, Collection includes jade & ivory Using documentary evidence from walking tours, gift shop, statues from China & Japan, as 18th & early 19th century sources, picnic area & Trolley Theatre. well as Meissen porcelain. Butler. period imagery, & artifacts from Washington. 724-228-9256.

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Lernerville Speedway This dirt track just northeast of town is a fun escape from the hustle and bustle of city life. Great for people-watching. The semi-annual school-bus races are a must! Bring earplugs. www.lernerville.com

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This seasonal beer from Block House Brewing has hints of grapefruit and other fruits.

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Dry Lake Elizabeth There’s a sort of majestic pathos to being (1) the world’s smallest “lake” to begin with, and (2) sitting drained for months while the city that owns you figures out the plumbing. West Park, North Side

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PHIPPS CONSERVATORY & BOTANICAL GARDEN. Butterfly Forest. Watch butterflies emerge from their chrysalises to flutter among tropical blooms. Summer Flower Show.

Watch as model trains chug through living landscapes & displays of lush foliage & vibrant blooms. 14 indoor rooms & 3 outdoor gardens feature exotic plants & floral displays from around the world.

Tropical Forest Congo. An exhibit highlighting some of Africa’s lushest landscapes.

Oakland. 412-622-6914.

PHOTO ANTIQUITIES. Orotones. A display of glass plate images which have been enhanced w/ real gold-laced lacquers to bring a gilded-tone to the people & places depicted.

North Side. 412-231-7881.

PINBALL PERFECTION. Pinball museum & players club.

West View. 412-931-4425.

PITTSBURGH ZOO & PPG AQUARIUM. Home to 4,000 animals, including many endangered species. Highland Park. 412-665-3639.

RACHEL CARSON HOMESTEAD. A Reverence for Life. Photos & artifacts of her life & work. Springdale.

724-274-5459.

RIVERS OF STEEL NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA. Exhibits on the Homestead Mill. Steel industry & community artifacts from 1881-1986.

Homestead. 412-464-4020.

SENATOR JOHN HEINZ HISTORY CENTER. We Can Do It!: WWII. Discover how Pittsburgh affected World War II & the war affected our region.

Explore the development of the Jeep, produced in Butler, PA & the stories behind real-life “Rosie the Riveters” & local Tuskegee Airmen whose contributions made an unquestionable impact on the war effort. From Slavery to Freedom. Highlight’s Pittsburgh’s role in the antislavery movement. Ongoing: Western PA Sports Museum, Clash of Empires, & exhibits on local history, more.

Strip District. 412-454-6000.

SEWICKLEY HEIGHTS HISTORY CENTER. Museum commemorates Pittsburgh industrialists, local history.

Sewickley. 412-741-4487.

SOLDIERS & SAILORS MEMORIAL HALL. War in the Pacific 1941-1945.

Feat. a collection of military artifacts showcasing photographs, uniforms, shells & other related items. Military museum dedicated to honoring military service members since the Civil War through artifacts & personal mementos. Oakland.

412-621-4253.

ST. ANTHONY’S CHAPEL. Features 5,000 relics of Catholic saints. North Side.

412-323-9504.

ST. NICHOLAS CROATIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. Maxo Vanka Murals. Mid-20th century murals depicting war, social justice & the immigrant experience in America. Millvale.

412-407-2570.

WEST OVERTON MUSEUMS. Learn about distilling & coke-making in this pre-Civil War industrial village.

West Overton. 724-887-7910.

FUNDRAISERS FRI 19 URBAN GARDEN PARTY. MF’s signature fundraiser. 7 p.m.

Mattress Factory, North Side.

412-231-3169.

SAT 20 ROYAL BALL FUNDRAISER 2015. A fundraising gala benefiting Gemini Children’s Theater & all its programming for young children & teens. 12-4 p.m.

Syria Shriners Pavilion, Cheswick.

412-243-6464.

SUN 21 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.

POLITICS THU 18 SHOULD THE LEFT CAMPAIGN FOR BERNIE SANDERS? Participate in a discussion on electoral politics.

7 p.m. Thomas Merton Center, Garfield. 412-361-3022.

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CAVE CANEM. Jazz pianist Tom Roberts & readers Cornelius Eady, Toi Derricotte, Amber Flora Thomas, & Willie Perdomo.

7:30 p.m. City of Asylum, North Side. 412-321-2190.

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.

SHEILA KELLY, ZIGGY EDWARDS & MICHAEL ALBRIGHT. Authors reading poetry from their latest work.

7 p.m. Classic Lines, Squirrel Hill.

412-422-2220.

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DAVE RULLO. A reading & book signing by local poet.

7 p.m. Classic Lines, Squirrel Hill.

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

724-274-9729.

VISUAL ART FUTURE TENANT. Bedtime Stories. A group show of artists working in a variety of media including painting, photography, sculpture & sound. Participating Artists: Aaron Blum, Olga Brindar, Ashley Cecil, Eric S Dickson, Gary Duehr, Charles Johnson, Michael Koehler, Victoria Mills, Josh Mitchel, David Stanger, Christopher Ruane, Sherry Rusinack & Wanda Spangler-Warren. Downtown.

630-388-8365.

GALERIE WERNER, THE MANSIONS ON FIFTH. upStage – An Exploratory of Dance.

Work by Peggi Habets, Claire Hardy, Jeannie McGuire & Christine Swann.

Oakland. 412-716-1390.

THE GALLERY 4. Thoughts & Feelings. New & collected works by Ben Patterson, a chalk pastel artist & painter.

Shadyside. 412-363-5050.

GALLERY ON 43RD STREET. Diane Grguras.

New pastel paintings.

Lawrenceville. 412-683-6488.

GALLERY-VERY FINE ART. Group Show.

Work by Linda Price-Sneddon, Peggy Habets, James E. Trusko & others. South Side.

412-901-8805.

GLENN GREENE STAINED GLASS STUDIO INC. Original Glass Art by Glenn Greene.

Exhibition of new work, recent work & older work. Regent Square. 412-243-2772.

GREENSBURG GARDEN AND CIVIC CENTER. Norwin Art League’s Show.

Greensburg. 724-836-1757.

HUNT INSTITUTE FOR BOTANICAL DOCUMENTATION. Elements.

Drawings & watercolors of bird nests w/ a focus on the natural & man-made materials incorporated into these architectural structures.

The featured artists are Sue Abramson, Wendy Brockman, David Morrison & Kate Nessler.

Oakland. 412-268-2434.

TUE 23 PITTSBURGH CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY READING GROUP. Tue, 6 p.m. East End Book Exchange, Bloomfield.

412-224-2847.

STEEL CITY SLAM. Open mic poets & slam poets. 3 rounds of 3 minute poems. Tue, 7:45 p.m.

Capri Pizza and Bar, East Liberty.

412-362-1250.

WRITE TO WITNESS. An event focused on the importance of the written word, the right to bear witness to the truth & the censorship & violence faced by writers, poets, bloggers & journalists. Feat. writers & speakers,

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IRMA FREEMAN CENTER FOR IMAGINATION. The Big Little Show. An exhibition curated by Sheila D. Ali w/ local & international artists: Abira Ali, Alberto Almarza, Bill Shannon, Dougie Duerring, Eliza Henderson, Etta Cetera, Katy Dement, Laverne Kemp, Lisa Demagall, Nino Balistrieri (ACBIII), Michael “Fig” Magniafico, Merrily Mossman McAllister, Ryder Henry, Sandra Streiff, Sheila Ali & Waylon Richmond.

Garfield. 412-924-0634.

JAMES GALLERY. All Terrain Vehicle. Exploring the contemporary landscape through painting & photography.

Bound. Woven fiber forms by Elizabeth Whyte Schulze. West End. 412-922-9800.

LA PRIMA ESPRESSO. Paintings/Prints of Italy.

Prints of Vince Ornato’s oil paintings of Italy. Strip District.

412-281-1922.

LAKEVUE ATHLETIC CLUB. Pop-Up Gallery. Work by a variety of artists. Lakevue.

724-316-9326.

LOCAL 412. Hands Up. A group show of national artists exploring the “hands up, don’t shoot” rallying cry that grew from the killing of Michael Brown. Friendship.

412-361-6132.

MAGGIE’S FARM DISTILLERY. Grain Of Salt.

Works by Lizzee Solomon.

Strip District. 724-884-3261.

MANCHESTER CRAFTSMEN’S GUILD. MCG Invitational Arts Exhibition. Showcasing the winners of the Friedberg Family Arts Scholarships: Jameelah Platt, Breanna Stanton, & Sarah Hudson.

North Side. 412-465-0140.

MATTRESS FACTORY. Ongoing Installations.

Works by Turrell, Lutz, Shiota, Kusama, Anastasi, Highstein, Wexler & Woodrow.

North Side. 412-231-3169.

NORTH HILLS ART CENTER. 2015 Regional

educational materials & ways to take action to support individuals at risk. 7 p.m. City of Asylum, North Side. 412-321-2190.

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DR. ADAM STARKS. Book signing. 6:30 p.m. Shaler North Hills Library, Glenshaw.

412-486-0211.

PITTSBURGH POETRY EXCHANGE. Book discussion hosted by the Pittsburgh Poetry Exchange. This month’s meeting is about Richard St. John’s “Each Perfected Name”. The author will be present. Fourth Wed of every month, 7:30 p.m. Coffee Tree Roasters, Shadyside. 412-481-7636.

Show. More than 40 artworks are on display, submitted by local amateur & professional artists. Mediums include oil, pastel, watercolor, fiber, stoneware & threedimensional pieces in metal.

Ross. 412-364-3622.

PERCOLATE. Quartet.

Work by Katy DeMent, Samir Elsabee, Shamus Fatzinger & Nora Gilchrist.

Wilkinsburg. 412-606-1220.

PITTSBURGH CENTER FOR THE ARTS. 90 Pittsburgh Neighborhoods. Work by Ron Donoughe. Shadyside.

412-361-0873.

PITTSBURGH FILMMAKERS. PhAb Now! Photography by Corey Escoto, April Friges, Lori Hepner, Jesse Kauppila, Todd Keyser & Barbara Weissberger.

Oakland. 412-681-5449.

THE SOCIETY FOR CONTEMPORARY CRAFT. Bridge 13. Work by Elisabeth Higgins, Keith Lo Bue, & Jason Walker. Strip District.

412-261-7003.

SPACE. Repetition, Rhythm & Pattern. Work by Kim Beck, Corey Escoto, Lilly Zuckerman, Megan Cotts, Brian Giniewski, Kate McGraw, Crystal Gregory, Alex Paik, Anna Mikolay, Helen O’leary, Lindsey Landfried & David Prince. Downtown.

412-456-6666.

THE TOONSEUM. Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream.

Contemporary comics artists honor Winsor McCay’s work w/ original art. Downtown.

412-232-0199.

TRUNDLE MANOR. Zocto31’s Firmamental Coagulation.

Painted works by Lorne Zeman.

Swissvale. 412-916-5544.

TUGBOAT PRINT SHOP. Tugboat Printshop Showroom.

Open showroom w/ the artists.

Fridays 10 a.m.-4 p.m. & by appt. only. Lawrenceville.

412-980-0884.

WOOD STREET GALLERIES. The World Revolves Around You. Work by HC Gilje.

Downtown. 412-456-6666.

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VERY ERIC CARLE. A play & learn exhibit featuring activities inspired by five of Eric Carle’s classic books: The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Very Quiet Cricket, The Very Lonely Firefly, The Very Clumsy Click Beetle & The Very Busy Spider. Ongoing Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, North Side. 412-322-5058.

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COMIC BOOK CRAFTASTIC. Students in grades 6-12 are invited to make rolled paper beads,

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Registration required. 1:30 p.m.

Baldwin Borough Public Library, Baldwin. 412-885-2255.

COOK IT! A series of interactive cooking demonstrations hosted by Big Red Room Café Chef, Angelo Galioto.

12:15 p.m. and Fri., June 26, 12:15 p.m. Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, North Side.

412-322-5058.

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MORNING BIRD HIKE. A 2 mile birding hike for teens & adults. Bring good footwear & a bird identification book.

Binoculars are recommended.

Registration required. 9-10:30 a.m.

Raccoon Creek State Park, Hookstown. 724-889-3611.

NIGHT HIKE. Explore the park at night. Bring a flashlight & folding chair. Registration required. 9-10:30 p.m. Raccoon Creek State Park, Hookstown.

724-889-3611.

M3: MATERIALS, MEDIA, AND ME! Explore a new material & make a project every Saturday of the summer!

For youth in 4th through 8th grade. Sat. Thru Aug. 29 Assemble, Garfield. 412-432-9127.

MON 22

MAKER STORY TIME. Explore tools, materials & 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, North Side.

412-322-5058.

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PUPPET MAKING. Learn how to make different types of puppets using everyday materials w/ Art resident, Felicia Cooper.

June 22-26, 11 a.m.-3 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. 412-432-9127.

WED 24 FREE FAMILY SKATE NIGHT. 6:40 p.m. Southpointe Iceoplex, Canonsburg. 724-745-6666.

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FRI 19 - SAT 20 MINGO CREEK PARK STAR PARTIES. Solar observing, planetary show & celestial observance. June 19-20, 5:30 p.m. Mingo Creek Park Observatory, Washington County. 724-348-6150.

WAGMAN STAR PARTIES. An opportunity for amateur astronomers, students & the public to observe the wonders

Third Thu of every month, 8 p.m.

The Space Upstairs, Point Breeze.

412-225-9269.

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

RENAISSANCE DANCE GUILD. Learn a variety of dances from THE WESTERN the 15-17th centuries. Porter PENNSYLVANIA MUSHROOM Hall, Room A18A. Thu, 8 p.m.

CLUB. Meet WPMC Identifier Carnegie Mellon University, Dick Dougall the parking lot Oakland. 412-567-7512. between the first two lakes URBAN HOMESTEADING after the park entrance. 10 a.m.

SERIES: STRAW BALE Deer Lakes Park, Tarentum.

GARDENING. Taught 724-265-3520. by a Penn State Master Gardener. 6 p.m.

Office of Penn State FARMERS AT Extension, Point Breeze.

PHIPPS. Shop for .

412-482-3464. www per local, organic & a p ty ci WEEKLY WELLNESS pgh m Certified Naturally .co CIRCLE. Group Grown on Phipps front acupuncture & guided lawn. Wed, 2:30-6:30 p.m. meditation for stress-relief.

Thru Oct. 28 Phipps Thu DeMasi Wellness, Aspinwall.

Conservatory & Botanical 412-927-4768.

Garden, Oakland. 412-622-6914.

ZEN MEDITATION. Hosted WEDNESDAY MORNING

by City Dharma. Thu, 6:30-8 p.m.

WALK. Naturalist-led, rain or and Sat, 7-8:30 a.m. Church shine. Wed Beechwood Farms, of the Redeemer, Squirrel Hill.

Fox Chapel. 412-963-6100.

412-965-9903. of the June sky w/ Saturn, its rings & several of its moons.

Observe the moon three & four nights after New Moon, the Hercules Cluster & the Ring Nebula. June 19-20, 8:55 p.m. Wagman Observatory, Tarentum. 724-224-2510.

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

FRI 19 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.

CROSSROADS: AN ORAL HISTORY. A video compilation of interviews celebrating the musical & cultural legacy of Pittsburgh’s Hill District during the golden era of Jazz w/ a panel discussion led by jazz radio veteran, Evelynn Hawkins. 12 p.m. Hill House Kaufmann Center, Hill District.

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.

PITTSBURGH’S POPULAR FOOD CULTURE TOUR. Taste local foods that celebrity chefs, magazine writers & bloggers adore. 10 a.m.

Market Square, Downtown.

412-323-4709.

SUMMER FRIDAYS AT THE FRICK. Picnicking, tours, wine bar, yard games, music & different food trucks every week.

Fri, 5-9 p.m. Thru Aug. 7 Frick Art & Historical Center, Point Breeze.

412-371-0600.

SAT 20

ALLEGHENY SOLARFEST. A family friendly event celebrating solar power w/ live music, food trucks & activities. 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Millvale Riverfront Park, Millvale.

412-901-6766.

BEGINNER TAI CHI CLASSES. Sat, 9 a.m. Friends Meeting House, Oakland. 412-683-2669.

BIG CITY LINE DANCE. The Dancing DJ, will lead two dances:

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4 p.m. Cultural District, Downtown.

412-281-0995.

GLOBALPITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL BARBECUE. Food vendors representing different cultures, music, & prizes. 12 p.m. Bayardstown Social Club, Strip District.

412-392-4513.

JAZZ TOURS OF THE HISTORIC HILL DISTRICT. Visit the Hill District’s legendary jazz spots in this guided tour & relive a part of Jazz History at such hot spots as the Court of Ideas, the Crawford Grill, the Legacy, The New Granada & the Original Savoy Ballroom.

Pick up is in front of the Benedum Center at the corner of 7th St. & Penn Ave. 10, 11:30 a.m. & 1 p.m.

Benedum Center, Downtown.

412-456-6666.

LAWRENCEVILLE FARMERS’ MARKET. Near Allegheny Valley Bank. Sat, 1-4 p.m. Thru Oct. 31 412-802-7220.

THE PITTSBURGH BREWERY TOUR. Visit the three most iconic breweries in Pittsburgh. Tour includes safe transportation to all locations, an entertaining guide, craft beer samples & guided tours at each brewery.

11:30 a.m. The BeerHive, Strip District. 412-323-4709.

PITTSBURGH FILM OFFICE MOVIE TOUR. Tour city backdrops of movies such as The Dark Knight Rises, Flashdance, & more. 10 a.m., Station Square.

412-323-4709.

RUST BELT CULINARY TOUR. visit a renovated church hall, a modernized mill bar, & other revamped treasures. 10:30 p.m., Station Square. 412-323-4709.

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.

SERMONSLAM. An all-ages, intercultural event where slammers are encouraged to deliver five-minute sermons, speeches, spoken word, poetry, writing, movement/dance, or some other form of creative expression related to loving-kindness. www. eventbrite.com. 7 p.m. Repair the World’s Workshop, East Liberty.

SWING CITY. Learn & practice swing dancing skills w/ the Jim Adler Band. Sat, 8 p.m.

Wightman School, Squirrel Hill.

412-759-1569.

TASTE OF BEECHVIEW. Local restaurants, artisans, live music by Andre Costello & Grand Piano, more. 2-5 p.m.

Citiparks Farmer’s Market Beechview, Beechview.

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

412-224-2827.

WINE TIME AT THE COLONY. Wines from award-winning

vintners, gourmet foods & confections, plus a marketplace of gifts created for wine enthusiasts.

1 p.m. and Sat., Sept. 12, 1 p.m.

Penn’s Colony, Saxonburg.

724-352-9922.

WOMEN’S SELF CARE SUPPORT GROUP. Reduce stress, tackle anxiety & strengthen boundaries while building practical coping techniques & tools in a confidential, healing & supportive environment. Sat, 10:30 a.m.

Anchorpoint Counseling Ministry.

412-366-1300 ex. 129.

ZEN MEDITATION. Hosted

by City Dharma. Thu, 6:30-8 p.m. and Sat, 7-8:30 a.m. Church of the Redeemer, Squirrel Hill.

412-965-9903.

SAT 20 - SUN 21

JURASSIC DAYS. Observe live reptiles, compare them to their ancestors, meet our juvenile Spinosaurus & search for fossils in a special Jurassic Days dig site. June 20-21, 12-4 p.m. Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Oakland.

412-622-3131.

SUN 21 BOARD GAME NIGHT. Third and First Sun of every month, 6 p.m. Brew on Broadway, Beechview. 412-437-8676.

CLIMATE ACTION RALLY. Pittsburgh350 & other environmental organizations calling for action on the climate crisis. 2 p.m.

Allegheny Commons, North Side.

412-244-9907.

DRAG BRUNCH. Kierra Darschell brings some of the best local and national Drag Queens and Kings to the ballroom.

12 p.m. James Street Gastropub & Speakeasy, North Side.

412-904-3335.

FAMILY YOGA. 9 a.m.

Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Garden, Oakland.

412-431-7888.

FATHER’S DAY CAR CRUISE. Live performance from Billy Price Band. 2-9 p.m.

Hartwood Acres, Allison Park.

412-767-9200.

MINDFULNESS TRAINING. For Children, Youth & Families. 1 p.m.

Carnegie Library, Squirrel Hill.

412-400-3773.

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.

RADICAL TRIVIA. Trivia game hosted by DJ Jared Evans. Come alone or bring a team. Sun, 7 p.m. Oaks Theater, Oakmont. 412-828-6322.

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DAY. Lecture by Donna Grecco. Presented by The Theosophical Society. F117 Falk Hall. 1:30-3 p.m.

Chatham University, Shadyside.

412-365-1100.

STEEL VALLEY BREW TOUR. Visit breweries in the Pittsburgh region & learn about the steel mills that once dotted the Monongahela River. 11 a.m. Station Square.

412-323-4709.

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.

WYLIE’S CAR CRUISE. Old & new cars, dash plaques to first 50 cars registered, 50/50 raffles & prizes. 1 p.m.

Rivertowne Brewing Company.

724-519-2145.

Highland Park. 412-363-4550.

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

TEACHER WORKSHOP. A teacher workshop to coincide w/ the exhibition Pearlstein, Warhol, Cantor: From Pittsburgh to New York. Hands-on studio & silkscreening projects.

4:30 p.m. Andy Warhol Museum, North Side. 412-237-8300.

AUDITIONS AFTERSOUND: FREQUENCY, ATTACK, RETURN. Artists & practitioners will be considered for an extended on-line exhibition that pushes the envelope of how sound might be visualized. Send your

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Pittsburgh Oasis and the Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council are seeking adult volunteers, ages 50 and older, for an intergenerational tutoring program. Volunteers will receive training to tutor children individually to develop their reading skills. The participating schools are within the Pittsburgh Public Schools and Woodland Hills School District. For more information, contact John Spehar at 412-232-2021 or jdspehar@oasisnet.org.

MON 22 BOUNDARIES & SELF CARE. A support group for women 30+. Second and Fourth Mon of every month Anchorpoint Counseling Ministry.

412-366-1300.

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.

TUE 23

CAPOEIRA ANGOLA. Tue, 6:30-8 p.m. Irma Freeman Center for Imagination, Garfield.

412-924-0634.

WED 24 BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP. For Widows/Widowers over 50. Second and Fourth Wed of every month, 1-2:30 p.m.

St. Sebastian Church, Ross.

412-366-1300.

DETROIT STYLE URBAN BALLROOM DANCE. 3rd floor.

Wed, 6:30-8 p.m. Hosanna House, Wilkinsburg. 412-242-4345.

PFLAG WASHINGTON. Support, education & advocacy for the LGBTQ community, family & friends. Fourth Wed of every month First Presbyterian Church, Downtown.

412-471-3436.

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

Wed, 7:30 p.m. Union Project,

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COMTRA THEATRE. Auditions for Seussical! the Musical.

Shoes for a dance audition. Ability to play mulitple instruments a plus. Bring a headshot. No appt. necessary. June 23, 6:30-10 p.m. & June 25, 6:30-10 p.m. Cranberry.

724-773-9896.

CRUSH CHARITY FASHION SHOW. Looking for models of all shapes & sizes. All models must be 18 & over. Dress to impress. Females must audition in Heels. Males must be dressed appropriately. Bring work samples & contact info.

June 20, 12 p.m. The Club Level at Lee Davis & Associates Consulting, Downtown. 412-467-6373.

THE HERITAGE PLAYERS. Auditions for “Seventh Annual Summer Broadway Revue”.

Seeking performers ages 13-19.

Please prepare a one minute dialogue & 32 bars of a Broadway song of your choice. June 22 & June 24, 7 p.m. Schoolhouse Art Center, Bethel Park. Auditions for the musical, “The Secret Garden”.

August 9, 7 p.m. Thru Aug. 9. Seton Center, Brookline. 412-254-4633.

THE JUNIOR MENDELSSOHN CHOIR OF PITTSBURGH. Seeking young singers from 8th through 12th grades. Prepared solo of your choice, preferably a classical selection (art song, aria, etc.)

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THE PITTSBURGH SAVOYARDS. Stage & vocal auditions for “Iolanthe”, June 22, 7:30-9 p.m. & June 24, 7:30-9 p.m. Prepare a song from either Gilbert & Sullivan (preferred), standard musical theater or classical.

Accompanist provided. Bring resume & headshot. No appt. necessary. Our Lady of Victory Maronite Catholic Church, Carnegie. 412-734-8476.

STRAND THEATER. Auditions for 2015/2016 season. June 20, Children will be seen from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., All others from 1 to 6 p.m. St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Zelienople.

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Entrants must complete the online entry form (www.theauthorszone. com) & submit payment by August 1, 2015 for their work to be considered. 412-563-6712.

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. Ongoing.

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.

Ongoing. 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 Ongoing.

INDEPENDENT FILM NIGHT. Submit your film, 10 minutes or less. Screenings held on the second Thursday of every month. Ongoing. DV8 Espresso Bar & Gallery, Greensburg.

724-219-0804.

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. Ongoing.

THE POET BAND COMPANY. Seeking various types of poetry. Contact wewuvpoetry@ hotmail.com Ongoing.

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Savage Love {BY DAN SAVAGE}

My boyfriend and I both spent a lot of time masturbating when we were young, and pretty much trained our brains to come only one way. He can only come from masturbating furiously, or sometimes from a marathon of jackhammer sex. A few years before I met him, I toned down the masturbating to retrain my brain and pussy and tried a bunch of new things, and I can now come from different acts and positions. It wasn’t easy, but I am so happy with this versatility. I’m starting to get annoyed that he isn’t working harder to overcome this jackhammering reliance. It hurts, it’s super boring, and it makes me feel like I might as well be an inflatable doll. We’ve talked about it, and he says he’ll masturbate less, and that does help (read: Now it’s a half hour of jackhammering instead of hours), but I’m still eager for more variety — and to be able to walk after sex and ride a bike the next day. For what it’s worth, about half the time he just lets me come buckets and then gives up on himself. Can you recommend anything that would help him?

HOPING A MASSIVE MASTURBATOR EVENTUALLY RETRAINS EXACTING DICK

do the same with women. The “ultimate intention” of whatever woman your boyfriend fucks should concern you less than your boyfriend’s ultimate intention. Does he ultimately intend to stay with you? Or would he ultimately prefer to be with someone else? If he wants to stay with you, then you’ll have to trust that your same-sex relationship is strong enough to withstand a little opposite-sex hooking up.

I’m a 25-year-old heterosexual female, and I’ve been in a long-term friends-with-benefits relationship for a little more than four years. My FWB partner and I have recently decided to start dating. The issue is that going on dates seems awkward and forced.

It doesn’t help that neither of us has been in a relationship before. I really do like the guy (and our sex life is amazing), but I’m not sure how to move past the in-between phase we’ve found ourselves in. Have we been in FWB-land too long to come back?

“I’M STILL EAGER FOR MORE VARIETY, AND TO BE ABLE TO WALK AFTER SEX AND RIDE A BIKE THE NEXT DAY.”

Here’s how you retrain his dick: Your boyfriend stops doing what he’s always done — no more masturbating or fucking in the style to which his dick has become accustomed — but he keeps on having sex and he keeps on masturbating. But he is not allowed to revert to jackhammering away at your pussy or his fist if he doesn’t get off. If he doesn’t come, he doesn’t come. Eventually his dick, in desperation, will adjust to newer, subtler sensations.

Or not.

Some guys can retrain their dicks, but some people have carved too deep a groove into themselves and their junk. Other people really do require intense stimulation to get off, and they have to figure out how to incorporate that intense stimulation into partnered sex without destroying their partners’ orifices. But the only way to find out if your boyfriend’s dick can be retrained is to try to retrain it.

Oh god, Dan! Help! How do I get over my jealousy over my bisexual boyfriend, who now wants to act on his urges for women?

We’ve been together and had a happy gay life for 15 years, open with men for only three of those years. He says he would never cheat on me, but he’s getting to the point where he is gonna hook up with women.

There’s more to it, though. He is perfect in every facet of his life. A perfect person and a gift to the world, so any woman would be crazy not to want him for herself. We are deeply in love, but I’m afraid of a woman’s ultimate intention for a guy like my partner.

JEALOUSY ANNOYS GAY GUY

Gay and bi men are just as interested in having partners who are perfect in every facet of life, JAGG, and yet you trust your boyfriend to fuck other guys and come home to you. You’ll just have to trust your gift-to-the-world boyfriend to

LOST IN DATINGLAND

Dating is what people do before entering into a relationship, and you two are already in a relationship. It was a FWB relationship, yes, but it was still a relationship. And people in relationships don’t typically go out on dates. So, yeah, the reason going out on a date with your boyfriend feels awkward is because you’re not dating, you’re together. So be together: Go places, do things, have dinner, see friends, go home, sex amazingly. Spend more time together, build on what you’ve already established and stop stressing about performing the roles of “boyfriend” and “girlfriend.”

Recently, while masturbating, as I was approaching climax, I had a sharp pain in my abdomen, kind of like a hernia. It really sucked and it ruined my orgasm. This has happened a handful of times. I tested negative for a hernia. I’m a 52-year-old male in reasonably good shape; I’ve been going to the gym on the reg for the past few months.

This sucks in that when my wife and I play, part of it involves my wife putting me in four-point restraint, masturbating me, then tickling me post-orgasm. It would really suck for this to happen while tied up and has me concerned about our sex play.

Advice, an explanation, or a good theory would be welcome.

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I would advise you to speak to your doctor, GROAN, but I don’t think you should worry about this too much. And I would theorize that you tense a particular muscle or set of muscles when you masturbate and every once in a great while this muscle group revolts and spasms painfully; your return to gym-going may have contributed to your most recent spasm.

So long as your doctor gives you the all clear, GROAN, I don’t think you should stop going to the gym — or masturbating or letting your wife tie you to the bed.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Before E. Annie Proulx became a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, she wrote a series of how-to books, including a dairy-foods cookbook and an instructional text on making your own hard cider. But the manual of hers that I especially want to call your attention to right now is Plan and Make Your Own Fences & Gates, Walkways, Walls & Drives. It might be inspirational for you to read it. You’re in a phase when it makes perfect sense to create new paths for yourself to travel on. This will allow you to forgo at least some of the paths that others have built and that can’t actually take you where you need to go.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): I’m getting itchy to see you blow your own cover.

I would love you to come all the way out of your hiding place, even if just for a while, and see what happens if you make full disclosures and brave displays. My hope is that you will close the gap between the real you and the images that people have of you. Does that sound interesting? Or have you become so fond of being a big riddle that you can’t imagine any other way to be? Maybe I can tempt you to be more self-revelatory if I add this: Taking your disguises off even briefly will enable you to discover intriguing secrets about yourself.

And then once you put your disguises back on, you will seem more mysterious than ever.

be scary to those who aren’t ready to be cured.

The solutions you propose could be disruptive to anyone who is addicted to his or her problems.

That’s why I advise you to be discerning about how you share yourself. P.S. The medicine you are generating is not too potent for your own use.

It’s exactly what you need to transform limitation into liberation.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

A new cycle will begin for you after your birthday. Between now and then you will be wrapping up the current cycle. I invite you to do so with a flourish. Don’t just wait around passively for the themes of the last 11 months to fade away or go to sleep. Instead, set an intention to bring them to a climactic close. Schedule a splashy graduation or a grand finale. Plan a cathartic party or a celebratory rite of passage. Take a playful leap of faith or try that magic trick you’ve been saving for the perfect moment. Or all of the above!

Each of us has at least one pesky ghost or nagging demon that occupies a dark corner of our psyches. It may have been there for years, or we might have picked it up more recently during a phase of temporary insanity. In any case, most of us can benefit from conducting a periodic banishing ritual. Now would be prime time for you to do just that. Ready? With your imagination, draw a clockwise circle of your favorite-colored light on the floor or ground. Next, identify an image that makes you feel happy and safe, and visualize four versions of it at the four cardinal points, hovering three feet above your circle. Then say this: “I dissolve any hex and banish any pest that has been draining my energy. I purge any wasteful emotions, unsound ideas, and trivial desires that I may have grown attached to.” To put the seal on your magic, laugh for two minutes.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):

“I’m tired of all this nonsense about beauty being only skin deep,” said author Jean Kerr. “That’s deep enough. What do you want, an adorable pancreas?” In accordance with the current astrological omens, Virgo, you should feel free to play around with that impish idea. Just for now, appreciate and enjoy the surfaces of things. Make decisions based on first impressions and instant analyses. Give your attention and energy to what looks appealing to you, and don’t think too hard about stuff that presents a boring appearance.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Now is a favorable time to wish upon a star. In other words, you can enhance the likelihood that your wish will come true if you choose this phase of your cycle to enlist the assistance of a higher power. It’s your duty to make sure, however, that you wish upon the right star. Pick a higher power that can truly help you with your wish, not necessarily one that has worked for other people’s wishes. Here’s another crucial detail: Be precise in formulating your wish. No foggy thinking or sloppy language allowed!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): If you are fully committed to being both honest and kind, you will have more power to heal other people than you’ve had in a long time.

You will have a resemblance to a magic potion or a wonder drug. Here’s a caveat, however: The therapeutic influence you have to offer might

By my estimation, 97 percent of the population is chronically starving for the pleasure of being listened to with deep empathy and focused intelligence. Very few of us enjoy the prolonged and undivided attention of a receptive ally on a regular basis. It’s rare to be in the presence of a person whose sole agenda is to be innocently curious about you. Your assignment, Capricorn, is to go on a quest to remedy this shortfall. Figure out how you can get the skillful listening you’re missing. (P.S. One way to prime the magic is to offer yourself up as a skillful listener to others.)

between the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. It’s renowned for its tidal range. When high tide comes, the water may be as much as 53 feet higher than what it is at low tide. The shift back and forth happens twice a day. I’m wondering if in the coming weeks your emotional ebb and flow will have a similar variability. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you could experience both very high highs and very deep depths. Please note that when I say “depths,” I don’t mean sadness or despair. Rather, I’m talking about a profound ability to feel your way into the heart of things.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Would you like to stop pushing and struggling for a while? Is there a clenched attitude you would love to let go of? Do you wish you could take a break from having to give so much and try so hard and be so strong? Then do it! Now would be a good time to take a sabbatical from any situation that feels too demanding or frustrating.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Theologian Karl Barth speculated that when the angels get together to praise and honor God with music, they perform the compositions of Bach. But when they are playing for each other, they are more likely to choose Mozart. I guess that’s because Mozart’s stuff is loose and free and inventive compared to Bach, who’s formal and sober and systematic. Mozart is more for parties, while Bach is for serious occasions. I’m seeing the coming days as a time when you, like the angels, should be especially willing to express yourself in very different ways, depending on the audience.

Test this hypothesis: By giving up a useless “valuable” you don’t really need, you’ll ensure the arrival of a real valuable that you do need.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): At this year’s Grammy Awards ceremony, British singer Sam Smith won in four categories. His tune “Stay With Me” was named Song of the Year. In one of his acceptance speeches, Smith expressed appreciation for the difficult muse who inspired the song. “I want to thank the man who this record is about, who I fell in love with last year,” he said. “Thank you so much for breaking my heart, because you got me four Grammys.”

I invite you to come up with a comparable expression of gratitude, Aquarius. What experience that seemed like tough luck at the time has actually turned out to be a blessing? Now would be a perfect time to acknowledge and relish and make full use of the unexpected grace.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The Bay of Fundy is a branch of the Atlantic Ocean

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{BY WAYNE WISE}

IN 2011, THE FIVE ORIGINAL members of the Alice Cooper Group were inducted

into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. During the performance, bass player Dennis Dunaway looked like the happiest man in the world.

“I really was having the absolute time of my life,” Dennis said in a recent interview. “After years of feeling like I had been erased from my own history, that night validated my contribution.”

IN 2008, SPIN MAGAZINE LABELED THE EVALINE ONE OF THE BEST PARTIES IN AMERICA.

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Dunaway recounts his history in a new autobiography, Snakes, Guillotines, and Electric Chairs (Thomas Dunne Books, 2015). Dennis, along with high school friends Vincent Furnier, Michael Bruce, Neal Smith and Glen Buxton, formed the band that would become Alice Cooper in their home town of Phoenix, Ariz. Frontman Furnier quickly became identified as Alice and went on to a lifelong solo career. But the career of the original band spans 10 years and seven albums, during which time it went from being billed as “The Worst Band in L.A.” to becoming one of the most successful, highest-grossing and most controversial rock acts in history.

Dunaway is the co-writer of some of the band’s biggest hits, including “I’m Eighteen” and “School’s Out.” His wife Cindy, sister of drummer Neal Smith, is responsible for convincing the band to wear the outrageous outfits and makeup, making her one of a handful of people who can claim to have invented glam rock.

While Dunaway has been involved in a number of projects since then, these days he plays in Blue Coupe with Joe and Albert Bouchard, founding members of Blue Oyster Cult. In 2012, they toured in support of Alice. Their live show features original material as well as versions of classic rock hits from both bands.

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The reasons for this were many. Each year had a theme, with decorations and amusements designed around it. The residents of the Evaline and a dedicated group of friends spent weeks transforming the house into another world. A giant circus tent would be erected over the backyard in case of inclement weather and to expand the parameters of the party. Live bands would perform in the living room and DJs would keep the dance party alive until dawn.

One year was the Heaven and Hell party, the two regions comprising the upstairs and the basement.

There were parties based on Orwell’s 1984, a World War II VE Day celebration, and others. One year, we built Coney Island, complete with game booths lining a boardwalk. We built a working rollercoaster in the backyard.

It was a good party. So much so that in 2008, Spin magazine covered it as one of the “Best Parties in America.” At its height, between 700 and 800 people would attend over the course of the evening.

I was there at the beginning. Every year this reunion of old friends looked forward to getting together and preparing for the event. The last Evaline Halloween party took place in 2012, the 20th anniversary of the original.

Dereck Walton and I first met at a different Halloween party, in the fall of 1990. One thing we have always shared is a love of Alice Cooper, particularly the early albums. We had both discovered the band as young teens, in the 1970s, and carried that fandom into our adult lives.

We both participate in a Facebook group dedicated to the original band. Dennis Dunaway posted there that he had written an autobiography and was seeking a publisher. Dereck connected Dennis with his girlfriend, Sharyn Rosenblum, a publishing executive in New York. (She worked with Chris Kyle, of American Sniper fame.) Though her company passed on the book, her connections helped Dunaway procure a publication deal.

As a result, the Evaline Party has been reborn.

Evaline’s “Bizarre Costume Cabal & Freak Scene” will be a full-blown Halloween party in June. A copy of Dunaway’s book is included in the ticket price. Also appearing are Tish and Snooki, of Manic Panic, as backup singers, as well as a special guest appearance by another member of the original Alice Cooper Group, guitarist Michael Bruce.

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