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EVENTS 6.2 – 8pm IN DISCUSSION: AI WEIWEI AND ERIC SHINER Carnegie Music Hall (Oakland) This program is co-presented with Carnegie Museum of Art. Tickets $10

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Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood, A.J. Koury points to boarded-up houses and overgrowth.

“This is one square mile in Pittsburgh’s East End. It’s an interesting kind of place because it was really booming in the 1930s and ’40s, and then there was a period of rapid decline in terms of population,” says Koury, a data analyst. “Now it’s really been a place of concentrated economic disadvantage and high unemployment.”

Koury, whose background is in developmental psychology, works in the data-evaluation arm of Homewood Children’s Village. His co-workers manage on-site teams in three Pittsburgh Public Schools where most kids of Homewood attend — Faison, Lincoln and Westinghouse.

“They’re great kids who are up against some really hard things, hard things that grownups would struggle with,” he says.

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HCV provides before- and after-school services, including meals as well as tutoring and mentoring; backpacks full of food for the weekend; and summer programs. It also partners with several organizations in Pittsburgh, as a convener of social services.

Pennsylvania advocates and health officials push for mandatory lead-level tests in children {BY ASHLEY MURRAY} “We have some of the lowest [standardized] test scores in Pittsburgh,” Koury says.

And, that’s why next month, HCV will coordinate lead testing in Homewood homes.

Lead exposure can lead to cognitive problems, including learning disabilities.

The organization will start by handing out water-testing kits to neighborhood

residents, and it has partnered with a local company to process the results. HCV will be coordinating the testing on its own because testing children, and homes, is not mandatory in Pennsylvania. And while some state health and elected officials are pushing for tighter regulations, right now if a kid gets tested, it’s because a concerned parent, pediatrician or neighborhood group like HCV pushed the issue..

The next step “of what’s probably going to be a very long process,” Koury says, will be raising grant money to perform blood tests. But the effort is worth it if there’s a chance that lead exposure is contributing to the educational shortcomings of children in the community.

A snapshot of test scores at these predominantly African-American schools in the 2015 A+ Schools report reveals that third-graders at Faison achieved just 20 percent proficiency in reading. At the high

school level, at Westinghouse, 11th-graders achieved 34 percent proficiency in literature and 17 percent proficiency in algebra.

“If it’s the case that kids aren’t doing their homework, we can address that,” Koury says. “If it’s the case that kids are being exposed to lead, all the tutoring in the world can’t help.”

NO AMOUNT of lead is “useful” or “normal”

for humans, says Michael Lynch, medical director at the Pittsburgh Poison Center. But unless the poisoning is acute, its effects on a person’s cognitive abilities are difficult to pinpoint over time. Exposure can lead to damage to the brain and nervous system, slowed growth, learning deficiencies and behavioral problems, as well as hearing and speech problems.

“If a 20- or 30-year-old has some deficit or a lower IQ number, going back to when they were 4 or 5, saying it was lead exposure then is a hard thing to quantify,” he says. As for sources of lead poisoning in Western Pennsylvania, he says: “It’s almost exclusively around here paint or soil or dust from construction sites or demolition sites that contain lead as the source. Water is always considered as a potential source, but still remains a small percentage of our significant exposure sources.”

Paint on old window frames was the culprit for Sarah Godwin’s family in Erie, Pa. Godwin became a parent advocate with the Lead Safe America Foundation after her 9-month-old daughter’s blood contained levels of lead.

“Our bedroom and living room tested the highest [for lead] because of opening and closing the windows [in the summer],” Godwin says about the 1923 home she and her husband bought near Erie’s Frontier Park. “It wasn’t enough dust to see, but it was enough to poison my child.”

At age 3½, and with the family since moving to Houston, her daughter’s lead levels have decreased. Godwin says her daughter is on target developmentally in spite of being treated for conditions that cause her to pull out her hair and bite her nails and fingers until they bleed, and to rarely get a full night’s sleep.

“She’s finally getting out of that. That is coinciding with her lead levels going down,” Godwin said by phone. “Developmentally, I’m not sure how she’s going to do when school starts.”

On the heels of the Flint, Mich., water crisis, and other stories of lead exposure around the country, anxiety about lead poisoning is high. Lead can occur not only

in old plumbing, as in Flint, but in paint used in housing before 1978, when it was banned. Old paint can chip and dust can collect on surfaces where children play, crawl and then place toys and hands in their mouths. (The federal government outlawed lead piping or soldering on public water systems in 1986.)

In 1992, the federal government passed a lead-disclosure rule, requiring landlords and property-owners to give to renters and potential home-buyers an EPA-approved pamphlet about lead-paint hazards, and to disclose any known lead-paint hazards. The parties must sign a contract, and the renters or homebuyers have a 10-day window to decide whether they want to hire a lead inspector. (Unless there is a stronger state law or municipal ordinance in place, this is the protocol for counties and municipalities, and is the case in Allegheny County and Pittsburgh.

Philadelphia landlords are subject to stricter laws.)

To actually fix a leadpaint problem, a certified renovator must be hired. A quick search on the EPA’s database shows there are 793 such contractors within a 50-mile radius of Pittsburgh. Lead abatement can cost thousands of dollars, and neither the state nor the landlord is required to pay for it.

Godwin, of Erie, says that after contractors replaced the windows, door frames and baseboards, and resealed the floors to avoid dust migration, the bill came to around $50,000. A conscientious parent — she owns an all-natural parenting store — she had the soil around the home tested as well, and the family paid for a landscaping overhaul.

Koury, of Homewood Children’s Village, says that if expensive lead abatement were required in Homewood, the HCV would need to find funding.

The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development’s national budget for lead-hazard grants is around $100 million, about $13.4 million of which is currently being used in Lawrence County, Harrisburg, Philadelphia and Erie.

“Congress sets our lead-hazard-control grants budget; the Department continues to ask for funding each year,” writes HUD’s Jereon Brown in an email.

Loren Robinson, deputy secretary of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention with the Pennsylvania Department of Health, says that the state uses its HUD money to document and monitor cases of lead exposure.

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1978. Eighty-nine percent of houses in Allegheny County predate that year.

Koury’s research shows that an average of 20 percent of homes in the seven Census tracts that make up Homewood predate the 1980s.

Data in the state Department of Health’s 2014 Childhood Lead Surveillance report shows that of the roughly 1 million children under age 7 in Pennsylvania, 140,524 were tested — about 14 percent. Slightly more than 13,000 of them had blood lead levels at or above five micrograms per deciliter, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s reference point. The CDC lowered that reference point, from 10, in 2012, and instead of saying “level of concern,” it now says “reference value to identify children … who require case management.”

Godwin’s 9-month-old had a level of six.

In Allegheny County, 15 percent of the roughly 89,000 kids ages 7 and under were tested. More than 7 percent had blood lead levels at or above the current CDC reference point; that’s roughly 1,000 kids in the county.

So who are these 1,000 kids? Where are they living?

And how are they coming in contact with lead? So far we don’t know. City Paper filed a Right-to-Know request with the state health department for a breakdown of this data

by ZIP code, but has not yet heard whether the request was granted. Upon its initial inquiry, CP was told that the data were likely not on the public record because that might violate medical-privacy laws.

“It’s tough. Having universal testing will be big,” says Robinson.

That’s if it’s ever instituted.

In February, Allegheny County’s leading health official issued a call for mandatory blood lead tests for all children in Pennsylvania between the ages of 9 and 12 months, and again at 24 months.

“We think we’re under-screening for lead, particularly in a county where so much of our housing stock has lead paint.

This would help us understand our baseline, which we don’t really have a handle on,” says Dr. Karen Hacker, head of the Allegheny County Health Department.

In March, state Reps. Angel Cruz (DPhiladelphia) and Michael Schlossberg (D-Lehigh County) introduced a three-bill package — House Bills 1917, 1918 and 1919 — that would mandate childhood leadtesting, tighten water-testing restrictions and require landlords to test for lead more frequently. Respectively, the bills went to the Health, Environmental Resources and Energy, and Urban Affairs committees.

State Rep. Matthew Baker (R-Bradford), who chairs the Health Committee, says mandating testing is a “complicated issue” and would need to be discussed with the Environmental Committee.

“I am very cautious about mandates on health-care professionals,” Baker writes via email. “Pediatricians are well versed in screening for lead exposure and can do so if they know or suspect the patient lives in a home that previously had lead paint.”

He also raised concerns about the expense of testing.

As for a timetable, he says his staff is reviewing the bill package, and they have only received two inquiries about the legislation “so it does not seem to be a high priority at this point in time.”

Jeffrey Sheridan, press secretary for Gov. Tom Wolf’s office, wrote in an email that the governor “supports universal, mandatory lead testing statewide and is ready to work with the legislature to move mandatory lead testing legislation through the Pennsylvania House and Senate.”

However, state Rep. John Maher (R-Allegheny), who chairs the Environmental Committee, expressed concern about the threat of lead exposure.

“I’m determined that we will hold hearings soon, and I hope that we can better understand the sources of the problem and the possible solutions with an eye toward passing legislation in the fall,” he said by phone in May. “This is an issue of immediate importance … it’s not an issue of partisan discussion.”

Hearings haven’t been scheduled yet.

Maher says the committee is trying to find scientists who are proverbially “not carrying water for anybody.”

State Rep. John Petri (R-Bucks) chairs the Urban Affairs Committee where HB1919, regarding landlords testing for lead, currently resides. He did not respond to multiple phone calls.

Landlords whom City Paper spoke to expressed concern and confusion over a bill that would require them to test for lead each time a new tenant signs a lease.

But Schlossberg, whose district includes Allentown — where the highest percentage of kids in the state tested for elevated blood lead levels in 2014 — says lead paint that was once painted over could chip again.

“Since it hits renters, it tends to affect poorer residents, and in cities most of the time residents are minorities,” he says.

“IF IT’S THE CASE THAT KIDS ARE BEING EXPOSED TO LEAD, ALL THE TUTORING IN THE WORLD CAN’T HELP.”

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CURRENTLY THE onus to test children for

lead is on pediatricians.

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The American Academy of Pediatrics does not support universal testing, except in “high-prevalence areas,” like places with older housing stock. Other risk factors that the organization deems a reason to test 1- or 2-year-olds include if they are recent immigrants, refugees or adoptees, and if a child lives in poverty.

This is the stance that HUD and pediatricians like Dr. Joseph Aracri, chair of pediatrics for Allegheny General Hospital, support.

His private practice in Green Tree sees about 8,000 children from around the city. He says his office automatically screens for lead at age 9 months, but says the prevalence of lead is very low in Allegheny County.

“I’ve only seen a couple kids over the past 20 years that have been high,” he says.

Those children were adopted from China, where he says lead can be found in pottery and paint.

Asked if he supports universal testing, he says, “It’s inexpensive, it doesn’t hurt the kids. I’d be in agreement for it. We run [the test results] in our office.”

According to the state’s health department, the number of children ages 7 and

under tested has increased about 7 percent since 2013; and, blood lead levels at or above the CDC’s reference point has decreased about 7 percent.

When a child tests high, Robinson says, the DOH sends community-health nurses to educate the families about lead risks and other household dangers. At most, the department has 160 community nurses, each funded to address various health issues, not just lead.

While bureaucracy continues, Koury and the other employees at Homewood Children’s Village see older housing stock and troubled schools up close on a daily basis. To them, it’s worth it to raise their own grant funding to find out whether lead is hurting the cognitive abilities of the neighborhood kids.

“We’re basically turning over every rock,” Koury says. “I know people say, ‘It’s not the water, it’s more [the] paint.’ [Or they say,] ‘It’s not paint, it’s more [the] air quality.’ There are different schools of thought.

Here’s my thinking: If we can eliminate one possible avenue, then why wouldn’t we?

We’re looking at mentoring, tutoring, lead, asthma rates. We’re looking at everything because we’re trying to see the [whole] kid.”

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EMPLOYEELESS JOBS Is Uber’s search for driverless-car testers just a wild-goose chase for Pittsburgh job-hunters? {BY KIM LYONS} WHEN RYAN JOHNSON got the call from

Uber, he was excited. He had applied for a job testing driverless cars in Pittsburgh, which seemed a fit with both his training as a driver and his technical background as an IT admininstrator.

But Johnson has started to wonder whether he and any of the other people interviewed for “development vehicle operator” jobs were simply being exploited for their technical expertise, in a situation where the ride-hailing giant had no intention of offering him a job.

“It’s hard to get into the tech industry in Pittsburgh. If you’re just getting people’s hopes up, and can’t even tell them in a professional way that they did not get the job, it seems really shady.”

Johnson said the time required for the interview, which took place the week of May 16, was fairly substantial, consisting of a three-hour interview process and a “homework” assignment that took about three hours to complete. He also drove around the city with two Uber representatives.

“They were asking for all this detailed information, like, ‘How long would it take to drive over all of Pittsburgh’s bridges,’ and asked me to think about where I would most want to be picked up by a driverless car.” He drew a detailed flow chart on a white board, which he says he came up with on the fly.

Johnson said as of May 27 that he has

An Uber driverless vehicle (Uber photo)

yet to hear from Uber directly. Instead, he says the staffing agency that connected him with the job opportunity told him that Uber had decided not to hire any of the 40 or so people who did in-person interviews.

“She said they told her that ‘No one seemed like they wanted to be there,’” Johnson said.

“We are sorry this individual had a bad experience interviewing with us,” Uber spokesperson Molly Spaeth said in an emailed statement. “Every candidate should hear back yes or no whatever the outcome of the interview, and we are looking at what went wrong to ensure that it does not happen again. It is absolutely not true that we are gathering information from job candidates to inform self-driving research.”

Uber, which rolled into Pennsylvania and the Pittsburgh area in 2014, is currently battling state regulators over a proposed $11 million fine for operating illegally in 2014. Uber began operating in the city without a state taxi license and continued to operate after it was ordered to cease operations. The company has been warmly welcomed in Pittsburgh. Last year, it opened its

Advanced Technology Center in Pittsburgh, and in February it announced that it would be developing the Almono site in Hazelwood to test its driverless-car technology.

But the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission says Uber violated the terms of a cease-and-desist order in 2014, before the company had a license to operate in the state.

Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto, Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald and Gov. Tom Wolf sent a letter to the PUC earlier

this month, urging it to reconsider the fine, which would be the largest in PUC history.

“We are writing today to address fairness in business regulation, and especially fairness toward one business —Uber — which is investing hundreds of millions of dollars in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and is poised to invest millions more,” the three wrote.

“However, all this could be lost if we send the message that Pennsylvania is not a welcoming place for 21st-century businesses and other job-creators looking to make our state a home.”

Just this week, Uber responded to the PUC’s fine in a 102-page filing, asking the agency to reconsider the amount.

Within that filing, an affidavit from Uber’s Pennsylvania spokesman Jon Feldman says that payment of the fine “would affect [Uber’s] ability to continue supporting the technology economy in Pennsylvania.” He cited the opening last year of Uber’s ATC in the city “offering significant benefits to Pittsburgh’s economy.”

For his part, Johnson says that even if Uber called him with a job offer now, he’d turn it down. “I really feel for the Uber drivers now,” he said. “I just wanted to help anyone who was considering a job there and warn them not to waste their time.”

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A small-town official used his knowledge of arcane zoning laws to get out of a speeding ticket. A municipal police officer said he clocked Quincy Township Supervisor Kerry Bumbaugh driving 55 mph in a 35-mph zone, reports the Record Herald of Waynesburg. During an appeal hearing, Bumbaugh, 51, argued that the road sign was incorrect. Only in “urban districts” is the speed limit 35, he argued, and an urban district is defined as one where houses are within 100 feet of each other for a quartermile. Bumbaugh and three of his coworkers testified that, during off-work hours, they measured the distance between houses on the road where he was ticketed, and it was mislabeled a 35-mph zone. Franklin County Judge Jeremiah Zook acquitted him, but let Bumbaugh know he was not impressed: “What I want you to take from this, Mr. Bumbaugh, is not that you are being commended for defending yourself on this citation. What is clear that you [were] going 55 miles per hour” and “there’s little doubt in the Court’s mind that you were aware that there were signs indicating a speed limit of 35 mph.”

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Because it’s apparently come to this, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission is joining a nationwide campaign to warn people not to take selfies while standing on train tracks. “Snapping photos of yourself and your friends in potentially hazardous locations is a growing national trend, especially for young adults,” PUC chairperson Gladys M. Brown told PennLive.com. A recent study ranked train collision as the third-most-common type of fatality to transpire during the taking of a selfie, behind falling and drowning. Pennsylvania will soon post “See Tracks? Think Train!” advisories near rail lines, for any selfie-takers who don’t yet associate those two things.

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Waynesburg police, responding to a complaint about loud music before 9 a.m. on a Sunday, say that Jesse Watson “answered the door with a beer in his hand,” according to the Herald-Standard.

Watson, 44, argued that “trains and cars bother him,” so he should be able to blot out that noise with music, but reportedly agreed to turn it down. Ten minutes later, neighbors complained he was blasting tunes again. Confronted a second time, Watson allegedly threatened to “beat” officers. Hauled to jail, he reportedly yelled, threw off his clothes and tussled with corrections employees. The H-S reports that “the altercation at the jail lasted between 20 and 30 minutes and Watson was nude the entire time.”

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The Catholic Diocese of Erie has put a priest on leave due to allegations of sexual misconduct in an incident involving

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a 50-year-old diocese employee. According to a lawsuit reported in the Erie TimesNews, Rev. Daniel Kresinski, who once headed two churches in DuBois, repeatedly touched himself inappropriately in the presence of the employee. The suit claims that, when confronted with sexual misconduct, the diocese did nothing.

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Ryan Gustafson is set to wed the granddaughter of the late Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, but he needs to step up his super-villain game if he’s going to impress the in-laws, one of whom is the son of Amin, also known as the “Ugandan Butcher.” Gustafson, an American with ties to Uganda via his parents’ missionary work, was arrested in the country and charged with running a counterfeit ring that printed $1.4 million in fake U.S. currency, according to the Associated Press.

The 28-year-old allegedly feigned tubercu-

losis and tried to bribe a Ugandan official to stay in the country, where his future father-in-law is a powerful general, but was deported to Pittsburgh, where his fake money was reportedly distributed, to face federal charges.

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Attorney General Kathleen Kane is staying on the job, reminding Pennsylvanians she hasn’t been convicted of leaking emails to embarrass political opponents in the ongoing “Porngate” trial. Meanwhile, Patrick Reese, a member of her security detail, has been convicted and sentenced for spying on office emails. Yet, in spite of a no-convicts-inthe-AG-office policy that Kane approved when taking the job, Reese still has his $100,000-a-year taxpayer-funded job. The AG’s office succinctly told PennLive.com that Kane will “wait until Mr. Reese’s appeal is heard before acting.”

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THIS JUST IN {BY FRANCIS RUPP}

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A look at local news online and on the tube

FLAMING MODERATE

KDKA money-and-politics editor Jon Delano, a self-described “flaming moderate,” has an active (and flaming) Twitter presence.

Critics are accusing him of race-baiting. Recently, he posted a photo of Trayvon Martin flipping the bird with the caption, “Gun jury found #Zimmerman used in self defense against attack by #TrayvonMartin now up for auction? Whadya think?”

Erin Ninehouser decided to tell him. Ninehouser, co-director of HearYourselfThink.org, a nonprofit “fighting the toxic effects of inflammatory media,” has called him out repeatedly.

“It’s a shame that a respected local journalist like Delano feels like he has to mimic the inflammatory Fox ‘News’ style to get attention. Similar to Hannity and O’Reilly, who use the ‘we’re just asking questions, folks!’ cover to push conspiracy theories and prey on racial animus.”

Delano’s Twitter bio (@jondelano) reads, Just a regular dude who has worked a lot of great jobs, enjoys a good debate, RTs stories I disagree with just [to] stir the pot, and hates PC when it limits speech. “I’m a First Amendment absolutist,” Delano tells CP. “I may disagree vehemently with your point of view, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it. I think the First Amendment is key to a healthy democracy. If people are not free to speak their views, however abhorrent those views are to some, then you put at risk our democratic foundation.”

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On May 16, KDKA touted a story this way: “Prevent or even beat cancer!” In the promo, Susan Koeppen says, “Hey everybody, serious subject to talk about. We’re talking about cancer …” Dr. Maria Simbra, KDKA’s health editor, proceeds to report on “studies” on the correlation between cancer survival and exercise, and “possibilities,” and speaks to a doctor who is “hopeful.” In Simbra’s wrap-up, she says, “Still, a lot of unknowns about exercise and cancer …”

Being so flippant in a promo, as though this were a story on a new toothpaste, is both misleading and irresponsible.

The online magazine Glassblock, founded by Adam Shuck and David Bernabo, has launched! It promises “a platform to showcase the truly compelling and distinctive things happening here while simultaneously — crucially — not shying away from pointing out the work that’s still left to do.”

The magazine includes the humor column “Pittsburgh, In Theory,” by Bartholomew Q. Kryzinski, which “considers the internet’s various questions about Pittsburgh through the lens of post-structuralist critical theory.”

(Yes, I said “humor.”) The column poses the question, “Are there any celebrities that ‘live’ in Pittsburgh?”

Kryzinski responds, “That woman on the 54C wearing Steelers leggings and a Pirates jersey in a snowstorm?

She is the next Kardashian of Appalachia. Your neighbor sitting in a broken folding chair in his parking spot? The Rust Belt Bieber!

The raw, untapped possibility that surrounds you at every moment is staggering. Now that celebrity has been divorced from talent, everyone is a celebrity, everyone obscure.”

FLAGRANT OVERSIGHT

Speaking of democratic foundations, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette opted out of endorsing a U.S. presidential candidate, but its editorial board did take time from its busy day to scrutinize new Philippines president Rodrigo “Digong” Duterte (“The flagrant Filipino”), demonstrating its solid commitment to Pittsburgh’s 400 or so Filipino-identifying citizens, and that it really knows how to tap into a demographic.

In the final paragraph of the unsigned editorial, Duterte is compared to Donald Trump: “Both can validly be considered political outliers and potty-mouth speakers, but there the comparison ends.

Mr. Duterte has governed a tough, multicultural city of 1.5 million for 22 years, having been elected seven times. Mr. Trump has no previous such experience.”

Wise words, if Duterte were facing Trump this fall. Was this a non-endorsement of Trump wrapped inside a critique of a president 8,500 miles away? More importantly, how many licks DOES it take to get to the center of a Post-Gazette unsigned editorial?

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Underwear Bike Ride returns to Pittsburgh

MESSAGE IN A BOTTLENECK

Not so obscure is the marquee of the Zion Lutheran Church of Brentwood, located at the heavily traveled intersection of Route 51 and Brownsville Road. Motorists can always expect clever (and sometimes risqué) turns of phrase from “sign guy,” such as “A long time ago, in a Galilee far, far way” and “Forgiveness is swallowing when you want to spit.”

The “sign guy,” says Rev. Garrett Siemsen, assistant pastor of family ministries, is actually the moniker for a group of men and women that sometimes includes the janitor, who brainstorm each week to create a marquee message for the captive audience. Sometimes the message is from a book, and sometimes it’s original. The most popular messages are ones about — you guessed it — sports.

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YEAH, PLAYER, IT’S TIME FOR THE U.S. OPEN The 5th Judicial District of Pennsylvania and Allegheny County Pretrial Services urges you to enjoy your weekend out in Pittsburgh but

make the right choice,

don’t drink & drive.

{BY MIKE WYSOCKI} THE GOOD PART about golf is that you can

be an overweight man in your late 30s, smoke enough cigarettes to impress John Mellencamp and still win a major athletic competition. That’s what Angel Cabrera did the last time the U.S. Open was held in Oakmont, in 2007.

He’s known as “El Pato,” the Spanish word for duck, a nickname inspired by his waddling gait. The Argentine chainsmoker bested Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk and went on to win The Masters two years later — finally a victory for those social pariahs known as smokers. He may be the most successful party-golfer, right behind John Daly, who drinks, smokes and gambles. (Daly once reported $90 million in gambling losses over a 15-year period.)

On June 13, 235,000 people will again descend upon Oakmont to join the festivities. Oakmonters are renting out their homes on Airbnb for as high as $3,000 a night. I listed my apartment there for $30, but so far no takers; the fact that I don’t actually live in Oakmont may be part of the problem. In addition to those crowds, 156 golfers invade Allegheny County for one of golf’s four major championships. Yes, everyone will be there, like past winners Angel Cabrera and Ernie Els; millennial hotshots like Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth; and veteran favorites like Justin Rose, Bubba Watson and Sergio Garcia. Even the legendary Tiger Woods and alleged insider-trading specialist Phil Mickelson are coming.

The Oakmont Country Club started in 1903. It is continuously listed as one of the top five courses in all the land. It’s the place where Jack Nicklaus won his first major in 1962, beating out local favorite Arnold Palmer. Ben Hogan won it all here in 1953, and the aforementioned Cabrera the last time around. The course is generally regarded as one of the toughest 18 holes in golf and is known for its lightning-fast greens. Arnold Palmer, Latrobe native, golfing icon and drink inventor, said of the course: “You can hit 72 greens in the Open in Oakmont and still not come close to winning.”

For a sport steeped in segregation, misogyny and elitism, golf is pretty popu-

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lar. Nearly 25 million Americans play on more than 15,000 courses across the country. That Oakmont is in the top five out of 15,000 demonstrates how unique the course located in our backyard really is. It has hosted the U.S. Open eight times, the most of any course. It’s also hosted the PGA championship three times, including victories by World Golf Hall of Famers Gene Sarazen and Sam Snead. So besides football, baseball, boxing, basketball and hockey, we have a rich history in golf, too.

And while most golf fans are good people, not all of them are. Of course, I’m talking about the screaming fans: The backward-baseball-hat-wearing frat bros who yell, “You da man,” every time they see Tiger or Phil. The overzealous bromancers who scream, “Get in the hole!” every single time a golfer launches a swing or putt.

The “Boomshakalaka” and “Yeah, player” shouts might be the worst of the bunch. Golf is a mental, quiet, passive game that doesn’t need Jerry Springer-like enthusiasm to help it out.

These fans have a running competition to be the very first person heard as soon as the ball leaves the club. If you go, please don’t be one of those guys.

The 116th U.S. Open takes place in a sleepy little town of 6,000 along the banks of the Allegheny River. For six days, from June 13-19, it will be the focus of the golf universe. Besides the club, Oakmont is also known as the home of Reb Beach, a musician who played in Whitesnake, Winger and Dokken. Oakmont is all about golf and hair metal, and in a couple of weeks, a quarter of a million people will try to squeeze into it. I might even be one of them. You can get general admission tickets for as little as $30, much cheaper than I thought — Yeah, player!

GOLF DOESN’T NEED JERRY SPRINGER-LIKE ENTHUSIASM TO HELP IT OUT.

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to Anaheim, and after stints there and in Vancouver, Bonino was traded to the Penguins. In the May 30 championship seriesopener, with the score tied at two in the game’s final minutes, Bonino slapped a pass from Kris Letang into the net for the gamewinner. The Sharks actually sealed their own fate nine years ago when they traded Bonino for players who barely contributed to their team. Look for Bonino to play an even bigger role in this series along with his HBK linemates Carl Hagelin and Phil Kessel.

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No need to scream out in frustration — the Penguins have this one in the bag. Below: A Stanley Cup wager ticket from Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas

DONE DEAL Four totally unscientific reasons the Penguins will win the Stanley Cup {BY CHARLIE DEITCH} YOU WANT ME to talk about the Pitts-

burgh Pirates and major-league baseball — I can go on for hours. You want me to pontificate about the upcoming Steelers season? Just tell me when to start and tell me when to stop. In fact, I can hold my own in conversations about basketball, most college sports, the major Olympic events, pro bowling, professional nineball, pro poker and Class AA WPIAL fastpitch softball. (Go Ellwood City!)

But hockey has always been my Achilles’ heel. As a large guy with only one horrible life experience on ice skates, I just don’t get hockey. I know the teams, I know a lot of the players and I basically understand how the game works. But I’ve never been a huge fan.

That’s not to say I don’t support the Penguins, because I do. I’ve watched most of the playoffs this season as I do most years, but I have to admit that I rarely choose playoff hockey over a regular-season Pirates game.

However, I want the Penguins to win the Stanley Cup. And I’m happy to say that I know that’s going to happen. How do I, a man with no actual “knowledge” of or “aptitude” for the game, know the Pens will win? Let’s just say I have a “system” of prognostication that makes me an “ex-

pert.” I wouldn’t call it a psychic prediction, exactly, because technically my extrasensory abilities haven’t yet been certified by a higher power like the U.S. government or The 700 Club. But I’ve always had an uncanny knack for calling these things correctly.

Some call it luck, some call it magic (well, I call it magic), but whatever it is, here are my four reasons why the Penguins will win the Stanley Cup.

The Coin

Washington. San Jose right winger Joel Ward played the past five seasons in Washington. The Washington Capitals are the Penguins’ nemesis, and the Pens beat the Caps in round two of the playoffs.

The Karma In 2007, San Jose drafted center Nick Bonino late in the NHL draft. He would never play a game for the Sharks; they never gave him a chance. He was immediately traded

Many people believe a coin-flip iss sheer luck because it has a 50/50 chance ance of coming up either way. But that’s ’s how the unenlightened think. Each coin oin flip is actually controlled by a panel of four o fou ur deceased sports experts (Myron C Cope, ope, Howard Cosell, Harry Caray and Herb dH eb er Brooks) who spend the afterlife dire directectting coin tosses to predict outcomes me es of sports contests; the key is knowing owin ng how to read them. I flipped a quarter uarte t r 50 times and it came up tails 30 times.

Matt Murray, the Penguins’ rookie ookie goalie, wears No. 30. The symbol ol on the back of the quarter is an eagle, which is also a bird … like a Penguin. guin.

On the losing side of the coin is George eorge

I know enough about hockey and follow the Pens enough to know that former Penguins coach Mike Johnston’s tenure here was a Dumpster fire at a chemical plant. The pride of junior hockey’s Portland Winterhawks, Johnston never really fit in here. When he was fired, in December, the Penguins weren’t even in playoff contention and probably would have lost a seven-game series to the Winterhawks. However, he was replaced by Mike Sullivan, the first-year coach of the Pens’ AHL affiliate, the WilkesBarre/Scranton Penguins. Since his arrival, Sullivan has led the Pens to a 33-16 record, and they finished second in the Metropolitan Division. Does this story sound familiar? Well, it should. In 2009, Penguins head coach Michel Therrien was — to use a clinical term — “sucking ass.” He was fired that February and replaced by Dan Bylsma, who was at the time in his first season coaching at — that’s right, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.

Bylsma turned the team around, and the Pens made the playoffs and the Stanley Cup finals where they beat Detroit in seven games. Here’s hoping that after Johnston wins this Stanley Cup, he’s able to get a follow-up championship, unlike Bylsma.

The Ticket Last September, while walking through Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, I saw a guy wearing a Phil Borque jersey. I was planning to make some wagers on the World ni Series and the Super Bowl, but when I saw Se that jersey, I knew I had to put big money th down on the Pens. So I marched up to the do betting window and slammed down a $5 be bill on the counter and bet the Penguins at bi 12-to-1 odds. That means once this series is 12 complete, I’ll make 60 big ones. That means co $60, right? $6

TThe Conclusion Th bottom line, Pittsburgh hockey fans, is The you don’t have to worry about this series. yo There will be tense moments, for sure, but Th all you have to do is sit back and relax, beal cause you know the truth — that fate has ca already bought Sam a drink, and got his dog al one, too. on C D E I T C H @ P G H C I T Y PA P E R. C OM

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THIS WEEK IN CITY PAPER HISTORY In celebration of City Paper’s 25th Anniversary, each week we’re looking back at the headlines, pictures and people who graced our pages over the years.

THE GRAND RE-REOPENING (May 31, 1995) After opening in 1914 and going through previous revitalization efforts, the Regent Theater in East Liberty was having its third grand opening as part of the annual Mellon Jazz Festival. Spyro Gyra and Sonny Rollins were the first acts in the new digs. The $1.1 million revitalization project completely gutted the venue, making way for a modern 425-seat theater that local officials said would spark struggling East Liberty’s resurgence. “When you assemble a large positive gathering of people via arts and culture, the negative elements in the neighborhood retreat,” said Bill Royston, the facility’s executive director, when asked whether large crowds would gather despite East Liberty’s stigma as being unsafe.

“They do not become a threat. They are threatened.” Unfortunately, the theater closed again in 1996. But in 2000, it was reopened as the Kelly-Strayhorn Theater; the name it still holds today.

BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE (June 3, 1998) Writer Sean Whelan profiles the residents of Squirrel Hill’s Forbes Cottages.

The row-house complex on Forbes Avenue had long been a haven for indie-rock musicians, thanks in large part to the inexpensive rents and “remarkably tolerant neighbors.” But the musicians were told to vacate the buildings, which were scheduled to be leveled for a playground. Aside from musicians, the cottages were home to several elderly residents, who were also relocated. Said Ted Tarka, resident and leader of the band Mud City Manglers: “I’m afraid that we’re gonna

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City Paper’s Issue 22 should probably be known as the marriage-equality issue. On May 30, 2012, staff writer Lauren Daley began a multi-part series describing the difficulties that samesex couples face when they try to get married, using her experience as the backdrop. Daley and her girlfriend were planning their wedding in New York (where same-sex nuptials were legal at the time; they were banned in Pennsylvania).

But once they came back home, it was like their marriage wouldn’t exist. Daley writes: “Pennsylvania lawmakers don’t want my girlfriend and me to ever get married. But once we’re married out of state, those same officials seem equally intent that we never, ever part.

At least not without a lengthy court battle. Thanks to Pennsylvania’s ‘Defense of Marriage Act,’ which defines marriage solely as being between a man and a woman, same-sex couples have a murky legal status — even if their union has been ratified in another state.”

Unfortunately, Daley and her wife had moved to New York before May 21, 2014, the day same-sex marriage was declared legal in Pennsylvania. And on May 28, 2014, CP ran just a photo on its cover of a woman, smiling and triumphantly thrusting her fist into the air.

No words accompanied the image; words weren’t necessary on this day. move all our crap to another house only to find that the neighbors don’t want rock ’n’ roll scumbags practicing in the basement and drinking Black Label.” These homes were next door to another complex, also with several artists and elderly residents living there, known as Forbes Terrace. Those residents would be evicted two years later so the homes could be renovated and the rents raised.

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A PROMISE IS A PROMISE, UNLESS IT’S A PROBLEM (June 1, 2005) After several tries and several classic battles with former Mayor Tom Murphy, former Pittsburgh City Council President Bob O’Connor finally won a Democratic mayoral primary (which of

course in Pittsburgh means you’re the mayor because the general election is meaningless).

But O’Connor made a lot of promises in the primary, promises that staff writer Rich Lord wonders in this week’s cover story can actually be kept. “The very fact that business, labor and most of officialdom supported O’Connor may prove to be among his biggest challenges. Each group brings expectations and priorities and they will inevitably clash.”

FEAT OF CLAY (May 29, 2008) If you sat down to write a story about a small-town Rust Belt kid making good, you couldn’t come up with anything better than the real-life tale of Rankin boxer Monty Meza-Clay. By 2002, Clay was a state Golden Gloves champ and training for the U.S. Olympic team. In January 2002, he was cuffed and beaten by police officers in his hometown. He was left bloody in the snow. No police report was filed, but Meza-Clay sued the departments involved. A few months later, he was arrested for drugdealing. He would be acquitted two years later when the undercover informant recanted his statement and said police coerced him to set up Meza-Clay; surveillance footage from the alleged buy also showed no evidence of a sale, despite initial police claims to the contrary. By 2008, the featherweight was poised to become the No. 1 contender for the world title. Boxing politics kept him out of that fight, and he last fought in 2015. But even if he never fights again, he remains one of the most entertaining CP profile subjects of all time. “I look at it like things happen for a reason,” Clay said in the story. “God says ask and ye shall receive, but he never said when it was coming and what you had to go through to get it. All he says is ask and I’ll deliver. Well, look at where I am now, you dig? God sure delivered.”

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CITIZEN POLICE REVIEW BOARD Proudly promoting responsible citizenship and professional law enforcement through mutual accountability since 1997.

Dr. Emma Lucas-Darby, Chair • Mr. Thomas C. Waters, Vice Chair Mr. Elwin Green • Dr. Mary Jo Guercio • Ms. Karen McLellan Ms. Leshonda R. Roberts • Mr. Sheldon Williams Ms. Elizabeth C. Pittinger, Executive Director • Ms. Elizabeth F. Collura, Esq., Solicitor 816 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15219 412-765-8023 Voice • 412-765-8059 Fax • www.CPRBpgh.org

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AN EVENT DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR & VISIBILITY OF THE LGBT COMMUNITY. PROUD TO LIGHT UP YOUR LIFE!

Ready. Set. Pride!

Sunday, June 5th

www.typhoonlighting.com • 412.242.7050 1130 S. Braddock Ave. • Pittsburgh, PA 15218

Join us on Ellsworth Avenue in Shadyside as we kick-off Pittsburgh Pride 2016!

WET Pool Party Thursday, June 9 // 8pm-Midnight Skybar Pittsburgh 1605 E. Carson Street South Side

Pub Crawl Friday, June 10 // 8pm to 2am

Pittsburgh AIDS Center for Treatment The Pittsburgh AIDS Center for Treatment (PACT) provides continuous primary medical care and education for those who are infected with HIV or have AIDS. PACT also offers specialty services including women’s health care, Hepatitis-C care, and mental health care.

To make an appointment at the PACT clinic, or for information about HIV/AIDS, call 412-647-PACT (7228) or visit UPMC.com/PACT.

Affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

UPMC is ranked among the nation’s best hospitals by U.S. News & World Report.

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TWO STAGES OF ENTERTAINMENT, OVER 150 VENDORS, A CHILDREN’S ACTIVITY AREA AND MUCH MORE!

Pride in the Street with

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Equality March Sunday, June 12 // 12pm

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PrideFest Sunday, June 12 // 1pm to 6:30pm

Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania

Need a new doctor?

Come find your right match.

Tuesday, June 14 | 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Meet, mingle and make appointments with LGBT-friendly doctors from Allegheny Health Network and other community practices.

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THE CONCEPT IS SIMPLE: STREET FOODS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

HIGHLAND HANGOUT {BY AL HOFF} Adda, the new coffeeshop in Shadyside, takes its name from the Bengali word that means friendly conversation, or the place to hold such talks. And the name is also a nod to the shop’s stated commitment to be global in its approach — from fairly sourced tea and coffee and highlighting a world region each month (currently Africa). “Local” matters, too, with other goods coming from in town.

The quirkily shaped, bright and airy space is attractively decorated with a silver ceiling, white tile floors and turquoise painted walls. For more light, there are some primo window seats — a handful of stools face out onto the liveliness of Highland Avenue, or patrons can watch the buses and trains go by from the comfort of a cushioned windowseat overlooking the busway.

Thankfully, the menu is not overwhelming. A dozen or so teas include black, green and herbal; coffee is available in drip, cold brew and in-house Chemex options, plus the standard upgrades (espresso, lattes, add-ins, etc.). Cookies, biscotti and scones (with a clotted-cream option) satisfy those who need a sweet treat. (Adda is also planning occasional High-Tea events.) For savory noshes, there is a small selection of salads, a quiche of the day and “toasts” (one with tuna, black olive and egg, another with pea purée, mint, chili pepper and lemon).

A lot of smaller details make Adda a winner: Beverages are served on little wooden plates; patrons get a timer to know when to pour steeping tea; each table has a small vase of fresh flowers; and there is a small shelf of books to peruse.

Plus, friendly conversation is encouraged.

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From left: roast pork and broccoli rabe sandwich; pork spring roll; fresh-cut fries; and tapioca, with chorizo and roasted peppers

SMALL WORLD {BY ANGELIQUE BAMBERG + JASON ROTH}

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won in the restaurant business, but if anyone is living a foodie fairy tale, it might be Matt and Lauren Christie. The couple met at Wild Sage on Route 8 when he was a chef and she, a hostess. Partners now in marriage and in business, the two live upstairs from their own restaurant, Streets on Carson, in building they bought on the happening a buil South Side.

Streets is tied to several current trends, Str them the casual, affordable chief among a “small plates” approach to dining and the gastropub. Yet it stands out in the Pittsgastrop burgh food scene as unique. The concept simple: street foods from around the is simp world. Appealing enough, but chef Chrisalso formerly of Bridge Ten Brasserie tie — a takes it to not one, but two additional — take

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levels. First, he ups the intrigue by eliminating the usual suspects: no tacos, no sausages, no satay, no sushi. Second, the execution and attention to detail bring about a sense of revelation that is seldom experienced outside of actual travel.

STREETS ON CARSON 1120 E. Carson St., South Side. 412-918-1006 HOURS: Tue.-Thu. 11:30 a.m.-midnight; Fri. 11:30 a.m.-1 a.m.; Sat. 5 p.m.-1 a.m.; Sun. noon-10 p.m.

PRICES: $6-15 LIQUOR: Full bar

CP APPROVED Which is good, because we can hardly imagine the air miles involved in tracking down actual Turkish balik, Brazilian bolinho, Czech chiebicek and more. Even

something as ordinary-seeming as flatbread with cheesy filling is here neither familiar crepe nor quesadilla, but instead tapioca. It’s a Brazilian dish that uses, yes, tapioca to make something that splits the difference between crepe and corn tortilla.

It was tender like the former, but chewy and faintly flaky like the latter.

Streets presented three filling options for tapioca (and the only choice on the menu between vegetarian or not): mozzarella, tomato and basil; chorizo with peppers; or duck confit with leeks, shallots and smoked gouda. We opted for the duck confit, and it was delectable. The rich duck took on mild zing from the shallots, caramelized but still juicy. The leeks had been sliced into ultra-thin straws, fried to a crisp, and scattered on top of the folded tapioca to highlight their flavor and texture.

We lingered in Rio with the bolinho feijoada, fritters of black beans loaded with meat and vegetables. These might be best described as Brazilian falafel. Where many kitchens use salt to kick up the impact of savory dishes, this one was an umami bomb, with ingredients such as pork and bacon, garlic, onion, kale and peppers filling the mouth with robust flavor.

Poutine was less subtle and more salty, but very satisfying. Tiny bits of molten cheese, enlivened by herbes de Provence, were well distributed on a bowl of fries coated, not drowning, in gravy. The potatoes themselves were fried in duck fat for an extra-savory flavor boost.

Arancini — arborio rice balls — contained a traditional Sicilian mixture of cheese (including pecorino Romano), prosciutto and basil. With a creamy texture and nutty flavor within a crunchy fried coating, these were like risotto fritters. A touch of sauce, lighter than a marinara, was tantalizing; we wish the kitchen had not used quite so much restraint, as there was so little, it was more of a garnish.

On the RoCKs

Thank you City Paper readers for voting us one of the Best Chinese Restaurants in Pittsburgh

{BY CELINE ROBERTS}

KEEPING LIFE ROSÉ

China Palace Shadyside

Two restaurants dedicate a week to the pink drink

Featuring cuisine in the style of

Peking, Hunan, Szechuan and Mandarin

After a substantial amount of positive press by food writers, bar managers, sommeliers and chefs, rosé continues to climb the ranks in the mind of the average imbiber.

What was once widely considered a nearly undrinkable, syrupy sweet wine-cooleresque pour has settled into its rightful place as an enjoyable, lighter-bodied wine that graces the menus of vetted bars the world over. In homage to spring and the coming of summer, chef Trevett Hooper and general manager Adam Osgood, both of Legume and Butterjoint, have dedicated a full week to the pink drink.

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A few sandwiches comprise the most substantial items on the menu. We were torn between Philadelphia pork and rabe (a more estimable choice than the ubiquitous cheesesteak) or Peruvian pan con chicharron. In a pinch we can always drive to Philly, so we looked to Lima for satisfaction, and it delivered. Pork belly was cooked until meltingly tender, then crisped at the edges and placed within a focaccia-like roll with sweet potato, onion, cilantro and chilies. While the succulent pork was the star, the supporting elements were strong and lively.

Similarly, the juicy patty of ground filet took center stage in the All-American Classic burger. Christie wisely resisted overwhelming the inherently mild filet, but the other components weren’t so deferential they didn’t get noticed.

Caramelized shallots were soft yet juicy, like the interior of a good onion ring, while cheddar was plentiful but not oozing. Bacon was lightly smoked, crisp at the edges but mostly chewy so that it lingered in the mouth for maximum flavor distribution.

In a post-fusion dining culture, Streets on Carson brings balance and boldness to a menu from many lands and to the individual dishes within it.

Hooper and Osgood drew up a three-course pairing menu that would allow them to showcase a few different rosés to provide customers with an array of styles, but without the restaurants having to stock their choices long-term.

“For us, me personally and in the business, we love rosé. It’s hard to have a large number of rosés on the menu because Pittsburgh still hasn’t quite caught on,” says Osgood. “However, we’ve sold more rosé by the glass over the fall and winter than ever before.”

Rosés work well with the fresh, herbal flavors of spring, so Hooper selected delicately flavored foods like asparagus, salmon and goat that give balance without being too overwhelming to the palate. The rosé menu began last week and will run until Legume doesn’t have any more to pour. If you miss out, head to Butterjoint and do a tasting of your own.

When choosing rosé, Osgood suggests following one’s existing preferences in red or white wine. White drinkers can start with a light-bodied, lighter-in-color bottle while red drinkers may prefer something darker and more robust to begin. Unlike other wines, 95 percent of rosés taste best when consumed the year they’re released.

A year or two is fine, but because aging kills the fruit flavors, opting for newer vintages is likely to bear better fruit.

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BUTCHER AND THE RYE. 212 Sixth St., Downtown. 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 CAFÉ NOTTE. 8070 Ohio River Blvd., Emsworth. 412-761-2233.

Tapas from around the globe are on the menu at this charmingly converted old gas station.

The small-plate preparations are sophisticated, and the presentations are uniformly lovely.

Flavors range from Asian-style crispy duck wings and scallopsthree-ways to roasted peppers stuffed with ricotta. KE EL BURRO COMEDOR. 1108 Federal St., North Side.

412-904-3451.A casual Southern California-style taqueria offers a variety of tacos, burritos and Cal-Mex specialties, such as carne asada fries, Tijuana dogs and chilaquiles (a homey casserole).

Tacos are come with a variety of fillings, including mahi mahi and shrimp, and burrito fillings run from standard to breakfast and French fries and steak. JF

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

OFF THE HOOK. 98 Warrendale Village Drive, Warrendale.

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

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GREEN FOREST. 655 Rodi Road, Penn Hills.

412-371-5560. Tucked into a nondescript office plaza is this churrascaria — a Brazilian all-you-can-eat restaurant. Servers pull barbequed meats right off the rotisserie grill and present them at your table, ready to carve off as much freshly cooked meat as you like. There are hot and cold buffets as well, but savvy diners load up on the juicy meats. KE IO. 300A Beverly Road, Mount Lebanon. 412-440-0414. The revamped Io’s (formerly Iovino’s) new simplified menu seems a near-perfect distillation of tasty, trendy and traditional. Some dishes are sophisticated classics, like pan-seared flounder with fresh tomato and asparagus.

Others are ever-popular workhorses like the BLT and fish tacos, or reinventions such as a Thai empanada or Pittsburgh’s own “city chicken”(skewered pork). KE

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PALAZZO 1837 RISTORANTE. 1445 Washington Road, North Strabane. 724-223-1837. This restored mansion provides a charming setting for fine dining.

The menu is primarily Italian, with traditional but thoughtfully considered dishes. The hearty, but refined, farfalle rustica pairs wild-boar sausage with wild mushrooms and a sherry sage cream sauce, while housemade crepes substitute for noodles in the crepe lasagna. LE SELMA’S TEXAS BARBECUE. 9155 University Blvd., Moon.

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

STOKE’S GRILL. 4771 McKnight Road, Ross Township.

412-369-5380. There is an art to making a really good sandwich, and the technique has been mastered here. The lengthy menu spans traditional sandwiches but also burgers, quesadillas and wraps, as well as salads and homemade soups. Originality is a hallmark: “Green fries” are shoestrings tossed with pesto, artichoke hearts and bits of brie. FJ TAVERN 245. 245 Fourth Ave., Downtown. 412-281-4345.

Step into this Downtown fancycasual pub, with smart looks and tasty, updated bar fare. “The Farm” entree featured sliders made with chicken, pulled BBQ pork and steak fillet, on a potato roll with red pepper and goat cheese. The fried calamari come with a basil-garlic aioli, and the robust Yuengling beer-cheese sauce was the perfect complement to “Pittsburgh potatoes.” JE TEPPANYAKI KYOTO. 5808 Bryant St., Highland Park.

412-441-1610. This Japanese restaurant offers fare drawn from the menus of lunch counters, train stations and family kitchens.

From salads containing burdock root and rice balls to cabbage pancakes and stir-fried noodles, this diner-style venue lets casual eaters expand beyond sushi. KE WILD ROSEMARY. 1469 Bower Hill Road, Upper St. Clair.

412-221-1232. At this cozy, contemporary, candle-lit cottage, the Italian- and Mediterraneaninspired menu changes every two weeks to showcase the freshest in-season ingredients. The menu offers fewer than 10 entrées, each matched with a small suite of carefully selected sides.

Expect quality ingredients — dayboat scallops, Maytag cheese, lamb, steak — and exquisitely prepared meals. LF

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One of the more labor-intensive ways to record an album involves having each musician record his or her instrument separately, guided only by a temporary guitar track. That’s just how the members of Paddy the Wanderer recorded The Neighbors Are Listening, a full-length album that comes on the heels of a handful of EPs. The process took about six weeks, but guitarists/vocalist Joey Troupe, who fronts the band, says it was worth it. “Coming into this, I did not like recording,” he admits.

“It was my least favorite part, up until this point, of being in a band. I think it was the comfort of being in our own homes and not having the pressure of studio time on the clock [that] really helped us to put out a product that we’re proud of.”

Together for three years, Paddy the Wanderer’s earlier releases leaned toward the classic pop-song formula: keeping songs under three minutes on average. The nine tracks on The Neighbors Are Watching, with few exceptions, go to the fiveminute mark or beyond. “It Won’t Be Long,” title aside, is a nine-minute, fourpart suite that offers the band’s own take on The Beatles’ Abbey Road medley.

The members use the time to their advantage, though. The overdriven groove of “Battle Cry” sustains momentum, boosted in part by a keyboard riff inspired by ’80s-cartoon theme songs, according to Troupe. “Can’t Help Yourself” proves the band hasn’t forsaken brevity, as it cranks out its thunder in a concise 2:29 blast.

Mood-shifts between songs might mean the band doesn’t have a distinct style, but Troupe likes it that way. “At a show, we don’t want it to sound like 30 minutes of the same thing. We want it to be distinct and maintain people’s interest,” he says.

Named for an Airedale terrier that greeted people on the docks of New Zealand in the 1920s and ’30s, the group celebrates the release of its album on June 3 as part of the monthly First Fridays event.

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Not going unnoticed: Dashboard Confessional (Chris Carrabba, second from left)

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ASHBOARD Confessional, the emo band that found success in the early-aughts, will headline this summer’s Taste of Chaos tour, which hits Pittsburgh June 7 at the Petersen Events Center. Dashboard Confessional will be joined by Taking Back Sunday, Saosin with Anthony Green, and The Early November. The Taste of Chaos tour kicks off June 3, the first time it’s been active in North America since 2009. Dashboard’s lead singer, Chris Carrabba, took time last month to chat with City Paper about Taste of Chaos, the death of Jon Bunch, the new Dashboard album and more.

WE’VE LOST A LOT OF IMPORTANT FIGURES IN THE MUSIC WORLD RECENTLY. AS A MUSICIAN, IS IT

CRUSHING TO YOU TO SEE SO MANY IDOLS PASS IN SUCH A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME? Yeah, it hits a little close to home, and this isn’t a guy who’s super-popular, but

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my friend Jon [Bunch] from Sense Field passed away a few months ago. He was

the third singer in Further Seems Forever, which was my first band, and he died unexpectedly. It’s different, probably, because maybe fewer people know him. But he’s so important to our scene, the scene that this [tour] is comprised of; we’ve lost an icon there. Maybe he doesn’t cross into the mainstream lexicon, but [he was] an important guy who helped build up something that we all carried forth from there.

SPEAKING OF THE SCENE, HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE GOING OUT WITH TAKING BACK SUNDAY, SAOSIN AND THE EARLY NOVEMBER? We’re going out with some of our best friends; with bands we’re huge fans of. I was on the phone with Adam [Lazarra of CONTINUES ON PG. 22

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Taking Back Sunday] for an hour, hourand-a-half yesterday, just talking about stuff. I’ve never been in another music scene, so maybe this is how it is. If it is, awesome; if it isn’t, I feel really lucky to be a part of a scene where we all came up together and we all helped to foster the bands behind us. We all helped to give a hand back to the people that pulled us up on. We all made it … we stayed close even when things got super-crazy. We’re talking about bands that started by playing basements and VFW halls. That’s a real thing. We’ve come up, we’ve gone through it together. We’re in it together.

We’re lifers.

I’VE BEEN TRYING TO GO THROUGH THE HISTORY OF THIS SCENE. IT SEEMS THAT BETWEEN 2000 AND 2002, ALL THESE BANDS THAT WERE UNDERGROUND TOOK OFF AROUND THE SAME TIME. IT’S CRAZY. It’s crazy to us, too. The biggest aspirations we probably had, if I’m being honest, were to play real clubs, instead of basements. And we far surpassed that.

But we kinda kept our heads together because we weren’t going out there like, “We’re gonna be the biggest bands in the world.” We kinda walked out there being

like, “We don’t know if anyone is going to ever listen to us. But this will be a lot of fun.”

HOW REFRESHING IS IT TO BE ABLE TO WORK ON NEW MATERIAL AND THEN ANNOUNCE IT LATER, WITH NO TIMEFRAME OR HARD DATES? It’s the very best. I’ve been actively writing and recording since last summer’s tour.

Since last summer’s tour, I haven’t toured again, except for going to Brazil with Maroon 5. I haven’t done interviews. I’ve just been kind of quietly sequestered, having fun making music with nobody paying attention. This is something that doesn’t happen to you once you’re an established band. It happens on your first record; you get to take a long time; enjoy what you’re doing; no one’s paying attention. When you’re a new band, the sense of urgency is “I want to be a band.”

The difference now is we are a band and we get to do this for pure joy. So I will have a new record. It’s been a long time since I’ve had a new record. But I’ll have a new record when I feel like I’ve made the exact kind of record I want to make and, this is the biggest part, I’ve finished having fun for the moment, chasing songs. It’s very liberating.

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

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

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

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Morgan Erina

SWEET ARTS {BY MEG FAIR} THE LAYER Cake Festival is a perfect

storm of musically diverse performances and live visual art with one purpose: promoting good music — especially that of local artists—in local music spaces.

Ziggy Sawdust, the festival’s organizer and a visual artist, has been organizing art, music and eco-conscious events in Pittsburgh since his return from the West Coast in 2013. Layer Cake is a larger labor of love, with its marriage of visual art, live music, comedy and cake.

Unlike the first Layer Cake Festival, which took place at one venue over the course of a single day, this event will be hosted across four venues on June 3 and 4. There are more than 170 bands performing, and that doesn’t include the comedians hosting the stages, or the more than 40 visual artists who will be live painting throughout the festival.

“There’s a natural relationship between art and music, so I wanted to pull them together,” says Sawdust.

The variety of music spans rock, soul, indie, metal and bluegrass. Performers

include Nox Boys, Jessica Lee Jazz and Blues, Wreck Loose, Gash, The John Trumaine Show, Christiane Dolores, the Chiodi Trio and Mars Jackson. Michael Monsour delivers his standup special on Friday; also that night, dancers for the Electro Belly Dance Troupe will join Amethyst & DJ Get Nasty for a threehour-long dance party at the James Street Gastropub.

LAYER CAKE FESTIVAL Fri., June 3-Sat., June 4. Multiple venues. $15-40. See website for more information: www.layercakefest.com

Layer Cake offers pieces of what larger outdoor festivals present, but in a more personal way. While festivals like Sonic Bloom, in Denver, and Wakarusa, in Arkansas, feature live painters, those festivals are in larger outdoor spaces. Layer Cake’s multiple indoor venues allow for more performer/audience interaction.

The locations this year are: James Street Gastropub, on the North Side; Mr.

Smalls, in Millvale; and Spirit and Cattivo, both in Lawrenceville. Sawdust has been laboring over a shuttle schedule to carry festival-goers from venue to venue without the stress of parking or driving.

(One-day passes are $15, and two-day passes with shuttle service included are $30 and can be purchased through June 3. Door prices increase to $20 and $40, respectively.)

“All I want people to worry about is having a good time,” he says.

While more than 170 bands may seem like a lot, Sawdust received a whopping 400 submissions from bands across the Midwest and farther north. While he couldn’t accommodate all those bands, he tried to include as many as possible.

The majority of the acts hail from Pittsburgh, but several of the performers come from Brooklyn and Columbus.

Philadelphia’s Low Cut Connie, a groovy rock band, will be a featured act on both nights.

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Jacquea Mae

up-and-comer Morgan Erina, who makes haunting, angsty music, will be performing Saturday night at James Street. Her songs are personal and give the audience a peek into her world. “[I write] mostly about hard events that have happened in my past, or recent heartbreaks. Sometimes I get inspired by others’ stories, sometimes I write about panic attacks or eating disorders,” says Erina, “It’s all connected somehow. Mostly, I just want to help people with my music and make everyone feel less alone.”

On the other end of the musical spectrum, Jacquea Mae will bring her bluesy, soulful music to the restaurant stage at Mr. Smalls on Saturday night. Mae is a powerful addition to the lineup, and also has a deep connection to Pittsburgh’s music scene.

She’s a prominent member of 1Hood Media, a collective of hip-hop artists and community activists who focus on socially conscious causes, and challenge injustice in the city by telling their stories.

It’ll be hard to feel alone at Layer Cake,

with Erina, Mae and many other acts providing opportunities to experience community and connectedness with the musicians and other attendees. Erina is not even most excited about performing herself. “I’m most excited to see all my friends performing,” she says.

As Layer Cake grows, Sawdust has plans to grow the festival to other cities. Sawdust is working to finalize dates for Philadelphia’s Layer Cake Festival for later this year, and will include musicians from Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Sawdust also hopes to expand to Columbus.

“My hope is to create a pipeline from Pittsburgh to a bunch of major markets and perform for full crowds in new spaces,” Sawdust says. “I want to get the Pittsburgh scene to travel a little.”

In addition to new cities, Sawdust wants the festival to expand its offering, such as including dance performances and tech innovators.

“I’m always thinking, ‘How can I make this bigger?’” says Sawdust.

“THERE’S A NATURAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ART AND MUSIC.”

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Tengger Calvary [FOLK METAL] + FRI., JUNE 03 Belvedere’s Ultra-Dive is back, after having been shut down by a fire. The recently re-opened bar is the spot for its devoted patrons, and is also a place full of surprises. For example, its first show back will showcase the larger-than-life Mongolian band Tengger Cavalry. The Cavalry fuses elements of metal, folk and new wave to create a purely original sound the band defines as “nomadic folk metal.” Tengger Cavalry performing at Belvedere’s means a chance to experience a unique glimpse into nomadic Mongolian folk tradition while enjoying some brews at your favorite dive. For fans of: Mongolian throat singing, horse-head fiddles and head-banging. Meg Fair 8 p.m.

4026 Butler St., Lawrenceville. $10. 412-687-2555 or www.belvederesultradive.com belvederesultradive.com

[EXPERIMENTAL RIMENTAL R&B] + SUN.,, JUNE 05 The annual ual Three Rivers Arts Festival pulls in a wide variety of musical al performers. One performance ance not to be missed is tonight’s t’s appearance of Ibeyi, an experimental rimental and soulful duo of French-Cuban h-Cuban background. The twins of Ibeyi create music that is eerie and beautiful, and features lyrics performed in Yoruba, a, a gorgeous Nigerian language that sounds nds absolutely magnificent cent paired with Ibeyi’s yi’s music.

It will surely rely sound doubly stunning tunning when experienced nced outdoors at Point State Park.

MF 7:30 p.m. 101 Commonwealth nwealth Place, Downtown. wn. Free. All ages. 412-456-6666 2-456-6666 or traf.trustarts.org tarts.org

Grammy nod and put out a body of work that ranges from haunting to sublime to just fun.

The band’s heart and brain, Alex Gonzalez, has recently released a new record, Junk, that takes the ’80s-pop influence heard on earlier albums and amplifies it approximately 1,000 times. “Do It, Try It” and “Bibi the Dog” are prime examples of M83’s imaginative and endearing pop sound. MF 7 p.m. 400 North Shore Drive, North Side. $32.50. 412-229-5483 or www.stageae.com

[METAL] + TUE., JUNE 07 Legendary metal act Hatebreed recently released a new record, The Concrete Confessional. Fast, brutal metal with incredibly raw lyrics have earned Hatebreed a legion of performing at devoted fans. The band will be perfo Mr. Smallss tonight, and you can expect expe to see music and lots of dudes getting way into the m buying merch that doesn’t come in a size smaller Hatebreed than large. (I’ve been looking for a H basketball jersey for years and can’t find anything smaller than a 2XL.) If there the aren’t hella circle pits and the most magnificent mag headbanging I’ve seen to date, I’ll be shocked.

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ROCK/POP THU 02 ALTAR BAR. Kivowitz- Blackstock Household Fire Recovery Benefit & Thank You Concert. Performers include Miguel Sague, MACHETE - Kisumontao, Sosa, Zeeppo The-Clown & the Steel City Clown Brigade, Liz Berlin, Moemaw Naedon, Smokin’ McQueen, Shad Ali Slippy the Clown, HollyHood, Macabre Noir, West, Lita D’Vargas, Billy Pilgrim, Chance Encounters, LAZYBLACKMAN Hot Metal Hardware & Guaracha Latin Dance Band. Strip District. 412-263-2877.

DOWNEY’S HOUSE. Jett Juston.

Robinson. 412-489-5631.

PALACE THEATRE. West Hollywood Trip. Greensburg.

724-836-8000.

FRI 03 ARSENAL CIDER HOUSE & WINE CELLAR. Red Western.

Lawrenceville. 412-260-6968.

BALTIMORE HOUSE. Flying Blind. Pleasant Hills.

412-653-3800.

BAYARDSTOWN SOCIAL CLUB. The Goodfoots. Bayardstown Happy Hours. Strip District. www.bayardstown.com.

BELVEDERE’S. Tengger Cavalry,Tartarus. Lawrenceville.

412-687-2555.

CLUB CAFE. Blackbird Bullet, Take Off Charlie, Ugly Blondes.

South Side. 412-431-4950.

DIESEL. Meghann Wright & The Sure Thing. South Side.

412-431-8800.

HAMBONE’S. Adam Murphy & The River Society w/ Jeremy Caywood, Amy Mmhmm & Johanna Chastek. Lawrenceville.

412-681-4318.

KENDREW’S. Gone South.

Aliquippa. 724-375-5959.

REX THEATER. Marco Benevento w/ Superhuman Happiness.

South Side. 412-381-6811.

STAGE AE. Leon Bridges w/ Solo Woods. North Side. 412-229-5483.

WOOLEY BULLY’S. Erica Blinn.

New Brighton. 724-494-1578.

Woodstock. 60s party. Oakmont.

412-828-6311.

THE R BAR. King’s Ransom.

Dormont. 412-942-0882.

SPIRIT HALL & LODGE. Amoeba Knievel. Lawrenceville.

412-586-4441.

THUNDERBIRD CAFE. Colonel Eagleburger High Stepping Goodtime Band, Satyr/Elfheim.

Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177.

TIKI BAR. Right TurnClyde.

Washington. 724-348-7022.

SUN 05 THE R BAR. BTK, Cheryl Rinovato.

Dormont. 412-942-0882.

MON 06 CATTIVO. Subhumans, Pears, The Sicks. Lawrenceville.

412-687-2157.

STAGE AE. M83 w/ Bob Moses.

North Side. 412-229-5483.

JERGEL’S RHYTHM GRILLE. The GRID. Warrendale. 724-799-8333.

MR. SMALLS THEATER. Hatebreed w/ DevilDriver, Act Of Defiance. Millvale.

412-821-4447.

PETERSEN EVENTS CENTER. Dashboard Confessional, Taking Back Sunday, Saosin & The Early November. Oakland. 412-648-3054.

WED 08 HEINZ HALL. Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons. Downtown.

412-392-4900.

HOWLERS. God Module, Finite Automata, Standard Issue Citizen.

Bloomfield. 412-682-0320.

MR. SMALLS THEATER. Motion City Soundtrack w/ Have Mercy, Let It Happen.

Millvale. 412-821-4447.

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CLUB CAFE. Whilk & Misky w/ Buffalo Rose. South Side.

412-431-4950.

MR. SMALLS THEATER. Centrifuge Thursdays. At the Funhouse. Millvale. 603-321-0277.

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Pleasant Hills. 412-653-3800.

CLUB CAFE. Joe Grushecky & the Houserockers. South Side.

412-431-4950.

DOWNEY’S HOUSE. Waiting for Ray. Robinson. 412-489-5631.

HOWLERS. Dead River, the Anti-Psychotics, Brazilian Wax, Murder For Girls. Bloomfield.

412-682-0320.

OAKS THEATER. Kardaz Pyscedelic

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Each week we bring you a new song by a local artist. This week’s track comes from Johnstownborn artist and producer Brandon Locher.

Stream or download his cinematic new single, “Slow Steps,” for free at FFW>>, the music blog at www.pghcitypaper.com.

FRI 03 ACE HOTEL PITTSBURGH. TITLE TOWN Soul & Funk Party. Rare Soul, Funk & wild R&B 45s feat. DJ Gordy G. & J.Malls. East Liberty.

412-621-4900.

ALLEGHENY ELKS LODGE #339. DJ Project73. North Side.

412-321-1834.

ANDYS WINE BAR. DJ Malls Spins Vinyl. Downtown. 412-773-8884.

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

412-621-4900.

THE FLATS ON CARSON. Pete Butta. South Side. 412-586-7644.

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

ROWDY BUCK. Top 40 Dance.

South Side. 412-431-2825.

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

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CLUB CAFE. Chris Smither.

South Side. 412-431-4950.

ELWOOD’S PUB. Doc & Tina.

Rural Ridge. 724-265-1181.

PARK HOUSE. The Weathered Road. North Side. 412-224-2273.

Nothing Cattivo, 146 44th St., Lawrenceville {WED., AUG. 10}

CATTIVO. Illusions. w/ Funerals & Arvin Clay. Lawrenceville.

412-687-2157.

DIESEL. DJ CK. South Side.

412-431-8800.

MIXTAPE. Kiss Me Deadly! 80s Night w/ DJ Can’t Even. Garfield.

412-661-1727.

RIVERS CASINO. VDJ Rambo.

North Side. 412-231-7777.

ROWDY BUCK. Top 40 Dance.

South Side. 412-431-2825.

SMILING MOOSE. Rock Star Karaoke w/ T-MONEY. South Side.

412-431-4668.

SPOON. Spoon Fed. East Liberty.

412-362-6001.

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Snoop Dogg First Niagara Pavilion, 665 Pennsylvania 18, Burgettstown {SUN., OCT. 09}

Dinosaur Jr. Mr. Smalls Theatre, 400 Lincoln Ave., Millvale HILL DISTRICT. Roger Barbour Jazz Quartet. Community Days on Erin St. Hill District.

LEMONT. Dr. Zoot.

Mt. Washington. 412-431-3100.

THE MONROEVILLE RACQUET CLUB. Jazz Bean Live. Every Saturday, a different band.

Monroeville. 412-728-4155.

WICKED FOX. Eric Johnson Trio.

Fox Chapel. 412-794-8255.

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1LIVE STUDIO. DJ Goodnight: Open Elements. Avalon. 412-424-9254.

ANDYS WINE BAR. Dane Vannatter. Downtown.

412-773-8884.

ROCKS LANDING BAR & GRILLE ON SEVENTH. GRILLE. Tony Campbell Tony Campbell & Howie & the Jazz Surgery.

Alexander. Downtown.

McKees Rocks.

412-391-1004.

412-875-5809.

LEMONT. Mark Pipas. www. per STONE VILLA WINE Mt. Washington. pa pghcitym CELLARS. Erin Burkett .co 412-431-3100. & Virgil Waltersw/ Max LOGAN’S PUB. Baxx Leake & Mike Tomaro.

Band. Oakland. 412-578-8483.

Acme. 724-423-5604 REVEL + ROOST. Funk + Soul Fridays. Downtown. 412281-1134.

1LIVE STUDIO. DJ Goodnight: Open Elements. Avalon. 412-424-9254.

BLUES FRI 03 565 LIVE. Ms Freddye’s Blues Band.

Bellevue. 412-522-7556.

BISTRO 9101. Blues Orphans Trio.

McCandless. 412-635-2300.

CITY OF ASYLUM. Blvd of the Blues. North Side. 412-321-2190.

HOTEL SAXONBURG. Strange Brew. Saxonburg.

VINES. Still Not Sober. Mars.

724-742-0860.

SAT 04 MCKEESPORT TURNERS. Strange Brew. McKeesport. 412-664-9639.

MOONDOG’S. Jimmy Thackery & the Drivers. Blawnox. 412-828-2040.

JAZZ THU 02 ANDYS WINE BAR. Tania Grubbs.

Downtown. 412-773-8884.

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CLUB CAFE. JMSN w/ Tiffany Gouche, Mars Jackson. South Side.

412-431-4950.

HAMBONE’S. Calliope Old Time Appalachian Jam. Lawrenceville.

412-681-4318.

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SAT 04 ANDYS WINE BAR. Clare Ascani. Downtown.

412-773-8884.

BACKSTAGE BAR AT THEATRE SQUARE. Jeremy Fisher Jr. w/ Daniel May & Paco Mahone.

Downtown. 412-456-6666.

CIOPPINO SEAFOOD CHOPHOUSE BAR. Jerry & Louis Lucarelli, Sunny Sunseri, Guest Drummer, Peg Wilson. Strip District. 412-281-6593.

CULTURE RESTAURANT & LOUNGE. Fred Pugh & Tony Campbell w/ the Jazz Surgery Allstars. Downtown. 412-238-2222.

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Downtown. 412-773-8884.

JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. George Jones’ New View Trio. North Side.

412-904-3335.

RIVERS CASINO. Jessica Lee & Friends. North Side.

412-231-7777.

THU 02 CLUB CAFE. Mike Vial, Julia Devine, Kelly McCafferty, Mike Cali. Songwriters in the Round.

South Side. 412-431-4950.

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FRI 03 RIVERS CASINO. Antz Marching Shelley Duff. North Side. 412-231-7777.

SAT 04 EAST LIBERTY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Renaissance City Choir.

East Liberty. 412-441-3800.

RIVERS CASINO. Nick Fiasco.

North Side. 412-231-7777.

ALLEGHENY ELKS LODGE #339. Pittsburgh Banjo Club.

Wednesdays. North Side.

412-321-1834.

CLUB CAFE. Damien Jurado & the Heavy Light w/ Ben Abraham.

South Side. 412-431-4950.

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

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EAST LIBERTY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Renaissance City Choir.

East Liberty. 412-441-3800.

MON 06 HAMBONE’S. Ian Kane. Jazz Standards, showtunes & blues.

Lawrenceville. 412-681-4318.

WED 08 PALLANTIA. Jon Bañuelos, flamenco guitarist. Shadyside.

412-621-2919.

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

CELEBRATIONS BAR & GRILL. The Flow Band w/ Joe Spliff Finneydredlox, Deb Star, Sam Fingers & Doug Lane. Robinson.

724-695-4333.

SAT 04 WESTMORELAND COUNTRY CLUB. The Flow Band w/ Joe Spliff Finneydredlox, Deb Star, Sam Fingers & Doug Lane.

Westmoreland. 724-327-2345.

SUN 05 BAJA BAR AND GRILL. The Flow Band Reggae Rockers.

Fox Chapel. 412-963-0640.

COUNTRY THU 02 ELWOOD’S PUB. The Fiddlers.

Rural Ridge. 724-265-1181.

FRI 03 HEINZ HALL. Jackson Browne.

Downtown. 412-392-4900.

CLASSICAL FRI 03 PITTSBURGH OPERA. South Park Amphitheater, South Park. www.pittsburghopera.org.

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412-682-4300.

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WED 08

FRI 03 JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. Tom Tallitsch.

Album release. Roger Humphries Jam Session. Ballroom. North Side.

412-904-3335.

VALLOZZI’S PITTSBURGH. Eric Johnson. Downtown.

412-394-3400.

FRI 03 SAT 04

ARSENAL CIDER HOUSE & WINE CELLAR. Shelf Life String Band. Lawrenceville. 412-260-6968.

SUN 05 {SUN., AUG. 07}

STEEL CITY MEN’S CHORALE. First Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Oakland. 412-683-4121.

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SAT 04 Dinosaur Jr.

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ELWOOD’S PUB. West Deer Bluegrass Review. Rural Ridge.

724-265-1181.

RIVERS CASINO. The Vagrants.

North Side. 412-231-7777.

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PERLE CHAMPAGNE BAR. Bobby D Bachata. Downtown.

412-471-2058.

SAT 04 GUY KLUCEVSEK: COMPOSER, ACCORDIONIST. Carnegie Library, Oakland. 412-622-3114.

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THURSDAY 2

CATTIVO Lawrenceville.

412-687-2157. All ages show.

Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 7p.m.

NEW HAZLETT THEATER North Side.

Tickets: frontporchpgh.com or 1-888-71-TICKETS. Through June 5.

All Dogs

The Spitfire Grill

The New Mastersounds Venus in Fur with Kung Fu REX THEATER South Side.

412-381-6811. Over 21 show.

Tickets: greyareaprod.com.

8p.m.

The Dear Hunter ALTAR BAR Strip District.

412-263-2877. All ages show.

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

RuPaul’s Drag Race “Battle of the Seasons 2016 Extravaganza Tour” CARNEGIE OF HOMESTEAD MUSIC HALL Munhall.

All ages show.

Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 9p.m.

O’REILLY THEATER Downtown. Tickets: ppt.org or 412-316-1600.

Through June 26.

In Discussion: Ai Weiwei and Eric Shiner CARNEGIE MUSIC HALL Oakland. Tickets: warhol.org.

8p.m.

FRIDAY 3

Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival POINT STATE PARK, GATEWAY CENTER & CULTURAL DISTRICT Downtown. Free event.

For more info visit trustarts.org/traf.

Through June 12.

DOLLAR BANK THREE RIVERS ARTS FESTIVAL POINT STATE PARK, GATEWAY CENTER & CULTURAL DISTRICT THROUGH JUNE 12

Marco Benevento REX THEATER South Side.

412-381-6811. Over 21 show.

Tickets: greyareaprod.com.

9p.m.

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Art Install UMBRELLA CAFE Downtown. Free event. 6p.m.

Kyle Dunnigan ALTAR BAR Strip District.

412-263-2877.

All ages show.

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

Jackson Browne HEINZ HALL Downtown.

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

Doo Wop Weekend SEVEN SPRINGS. Tickets: 7springs.com.

Through June 4.

SATURDAY 4

Yappy Hour Outdoor Street Festival

BAKN Carnegie. Free event.

12p.m.

SUNDAY 5 JMSN - The Tour CLUB CAFE South Side.

412-431-4950. Over 21 show.

MONDAY 6

Kottonmouth Kings “20th Anniversary Show” ALTAR BAR Strip District.

412-263-2877. All ages show. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 8p.m.

M83

Tickets: ticketweb.com/opusone. STAGE AE North Side.

Tickets: ticketmaster.com or 8p.m.

1-800-745-3000. Doors open at 7p.m.

TUESDAY 7 Venom Inc

ALTAR BAR Strip District.

412-263-2877. All ages show.

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

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A COMPLETELY MADE-UP PILE OF POORLY TEST-MARKETED BALDERDASH

THE WORK OF ART {BY AL HOFF} Alison Klayman’s 2012 film Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry is a straightforward documentary about the contemporary Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. Arguably China’s most well-known artist, he enjoys fawning attention in the West, particularly for his pointed critiques of his homeland’s government, while in Beijing, his celebrity and influence is constantly checked by the authorities.

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Klayman interviews colleagues, sketches out Ai Weiwei’s background, and focuses on the preparations for two big upcoming shows in Berlin and London. The multi-disciplinary artist works in painting, sculpture, film, photography and installation art, and famously helped design the “Bird’s Nest” stadium for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. And he’s such a prolific tweeter, with his dispatches covering art, politics and the personal, that it may be fair to claim Twitter as another of his artistic disciplines.

The film builds much of its narrative around Ai Weiwei’s quest to uncover exactly how many children died in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. Stonewalled by the authorities, Ai Weiwei uses social networking to eventually identify more than 5,000 students, and later incorporates these names into one of several works designed to both honor the victims and reveal the government’s cover-up. The Sichuan-inspired pieces prove prime examples of how Ai Weiwei transforms the mundane — names, or children’s backpacks — into works of profound emotion and unmistakable political criticism. In English, and Mandarin, with subtitles.

AHOFF@PGHCITYPAPER.COM

In conjunction with The Andy Warhol Museum exhibit, Andy Warhol | Ai Weiwei, the film screens daily from Fri., June 3, through Aug. 28. Free with museum admission. Call for 412-237-8300 for daily times, or check www.warhol.org.

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(The dread never ends.)

But wait — the captain of the ship is Alice (of Wonderland fame), which made even less sense. Please be a dream sequence, I silently begged, as Alice turned the racing ship on its side, like this was Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift in the Straits of Malacca. But no, Alice, formerly of Lewis Carroll novels and now an anachronistic plaything of Disney script rooms, is a Far East adventurer.

In James Bobin’s film — a completely made-up pile of poorly test-marketed balderdash that bears no allegiance to Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland sequel — Captain Alice returns to London, goes to a party in a scandalous Chinese dress, does

some proto-feminist drawing-room jujitsu and finally pops through the titular mirror to return to Wonderland.

I could be here all day explaining the nonsensical plot that isn’t: Through the Looking Glass is a collection of set pieces, costumes, familiar characters and Disneycertified bromides about family, all in search of a coherent, compelling story.

ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS DIRECTED BY: James Bobin STARRING: Mia Wasikowska, Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen and Johnny Depp In 3-D, in select theaters

OK — it’s a quest to find the Mad Hatter’s missing family by going back in time.

There’s not one iota of semblance to the novel, which is sad if you enjoyed that work’s clever chessboard structure; the film does feature two flying time machines, if you need a shot of cheese-o steampunk.

And speaking of time — or, more

correctly, Time — he is portrayed by Sacha Baron Cohen, dressed up like a frontman of a Nordic metal band that, three decades later, still tours small clubs. Time says unfunny things like, “I’m running out of me,” and watching this film, you’ll just wish he goes much much faster.

Mia Wasikowska and Helena Bonham Carter reprise their roles as Alice and the Red Queen respectively, and I hope these two ladies-who-could-do-better bought something awesome with their paychecks. And dear ol’ Depp is back as the Mad Hatter, dolled up as the unholy love child of Carrot Top and late-career Michael Jackson. But all the clever wigs, dragqueen make-up and kooky contact lenses aren’t enough to distract us from Depp’s self-conscious, preening cosplay. Hatter, as written here, is meant to be funny, likable, poignant even, but mostly I rooted for his quick and painful end. The film is so far from the source material that there is no reason the Mad Hatter isn’t taken out by a ninja-star-wielding White Rabbit in the first scene.

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HEAVY METAL PARKING LOT. This 17-minute documentary might be the greatest popculture document of the 1980s ever. Simply, the filmmakers took their camera to the parking lot of the Capital Centre arena, outside Washington, D.C., before a 1986 Judas Priest (and Dokken) concert. The (mostly) shirtless and rocker-haired fans crowd the camera like boozy moths, explaining not just why the band and rock matters, but also revealing much about themselves. Among them are metal-head poets, philosophers, historians, lovers, fighters, diehards and skeptics. John Heyn and Jeff Krulik’s film is hilarious yet surprisingly sweet; its parking-lot stars both exotic and instantly recognizable. Not to mention, endlessly quotable: “After this, we’re going to Ocean City where we are going to party more.” Bootlegged for years, now it can be seen in real theaters. (Read more on page 47.)

Screens with “Heavy Metal Picnic.” Prize for best metal outfit; dress accordingly. 8 p.m. Sat., June 3.

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NEW THIS WEEK ME BEFORE YOU. Emilia Clarke stars as a young woman who falls in love with the paralyzed man she’s hired to care for. Thea Sharrock directs this romance. Starts Fri., June 3 POPSTAR: NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING. Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone direct this comedy about a former boy-band member (Andy Samberg) who fights to stay famous.

Starts Fri., June 3 RIVER OF FUNDAMENT. As part of the Three Rivers Arts Festival, the Harris is screening the new film from artist-sculptor-filmmaker Matthew Barney (The Cremaster Cycle) and his collaborator, composer Jonathan Bepler. Begun in 2007, the film is inspired by Ancient Evenings, Norman Mailer’s 1983 novel set in ancient Egypt, and by the West’s slide into industrial (and every other kind of) decay. There are automobiles, excrement, destroyed factories, Egyptian gods and reincarnation. The three-act film, which contains explicit imagery, runs more than five hours; there are 20-minute intermissions between acts. Fri., June 3, through Sat., June 11. Harris. Free.

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: OUT OF THE SHADOWS. Those shelled, pizza-eating saviors are back, and just in time to stop some dastardly plan to destroy the city. Dave Green directs this live-action action comedy. Starts Fri., June 3

REPERTORY BLOOD ON THE LEAVES. This new locally produced and cast drama gets its Pittsburgh premiere. A young man from the city heads to the woods to bury a body. But he is trapped by a falling tree, and is subsequently discovered by a hunter, sparking a stand-off. Vincent Branard directs. 7:30 p.m. Wed., June 1. Hollywood. $8 TOP GUN. Can Tom Cruise, the macho-sensitive, supersonic Navy pilot, still take your breath away? Find out whether Tony Scott’s 1986 actionromance still flies high. 7:30 p.m. Wed., June 1.

AMC Loews Waterfront. $5

Blood on the Leaves (2016) - 6/1 @ 7:30pm Don’t miss the premiere of this new, locally produced crime drama! Come meet the filmmakers! __________________________________________________

Brew Cinema: Fargo (1996) - 6/3 @ 8pm Local beer, an exclusive poster, and a screening of the classic Coen Bros. film. __________________________________________________

Heavy Metal Parking Lot (1986) - 6/4 @ 8pm Its the 30th anniversary of this head banging classic!

Plus a screening of Heavy Metal Picnic. __________________________________________________ Rocky Horror Picture Show 6/4 @ midnight With live shadowcast by the JCCP! __________________________________________________

Screenwriting with Steve Cuden 6/5 @ 4pm - A live seminar presented by Women in Film and Media Pittsburgh.

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A scene from River of Fundament, by Matthew Barney and Jonathan Bepler BAYOU MAHARAJAH. Lily Keber’s 2013 documentary profiles New Orleans piano-player James Booker, whom Dr. John once pegged as “the best black, gay, one-eyed junkie piano genius New Orleans has ever produced.” Booker began playing professionally as a teenager, and was a prolific sideman in the studio and on the road for many notable R&B greats.

He had a unique playing style and natural flair for showmanship. But Booker was also a troubled man who fought lifelong battles with substance abuse and, likely, undiagnosed mental illness. Still, his former friends and colleagues — Booker died at age 42, in 1983 — weigh in with affection with memories of his talent, influence and impossible nature. In a city of mad geniuses and colorful oddballs, Booker still stood out, and one senses he is missed even all these years later. 6:30 Thu., June 2 (film happy hour).

Parkway, McKees Rocks (AH)

THE FIFTH ELEMENT. Bruce Willis stars as a cabbie who gets mixed up in an epic battle to save mankind from destruction. Luc Besson directs this 1997 sci-fi actioner set in the 23rd century.

June 3-6 and June 8-9 (June 3 screenings are RiffTrax).

Row House Cinema FARGO. In the Coen brothers’ Oscar-winning 1996 dark comedy (and affectionate send-up of the upper Midwest), a pregnant, down-to-earth cop (Frances McDormand) calmly sorts out a kidnap-murder case, you betcha. 8 p.m. Fri., June 3. Hollywood

AS I AM: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF DJ AM. Kevin Kerslake’s new documentary profiles the well-known club deejay and mash-up artist DJ AM (born Adam Goldstein), who rose to fame in the 2000s before dying of a drug overdose in 2009. The film follows a standard linear narrative — from a troubled youth and early deejay ventures to AM’s ascension to being “the rock star of deejays” and the tragic plane crash that derailed his success. But the film ultimately peruses two concurrent tracks –— AM’s glittery career, all parties, bright lights and accolades, and his lifelong struggle to stay sober, much of which was rooted in darkness and insecurities. In his last year of life, he hosted the MTV drug-intervention show Gone Too Far, and the film includes footage of Goldstein candidly talking about his own struggles. Dozens of friends and colleagues — many of whom themselves enjoyed deejay success and/or struggled with substance abuse — flesh out the story. 7:30 p.m. Thu., June 2.

SouthSide Works (AH) DISTRICT B13. Parkour is the real star of Pierre Morel’s slam-bam 2004 pic (co-written by Luc Besson) about a cop and a vigilante who pair up to find a stray nuclear warhead in a lawless Paris neighborhood.

June 3-5, June 7 and June 9. Row House Cinema LEON: THE PROFESSIONAL. Jean Reno and Natalie Portman star in Luc Besson’s 1994 film about an assassin who takes in a little girl after her family is killed.

June 3-6 and June 8-9. Row House Cinema WASABI. Gérard Krawczyk directs this 2001 action thriller (penned by Luc Besson) about a French cop who goes to Japan to settle some scores. June 3-8.

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HEAVY METAL PICNIC. Back in 1985, some friends organized a huge “backyard” party in the 12-acre space surrounding their low-budget home in Potomac, Md., a Washington, D.C., bedroom community fast becoming home to McMansions. It was dubbed the Full Moon Jamboree; there were metal bands, bikers and beer, and the good times lasted 34 hours.

Some of it was captured on videotape, and the bacchanal later made the local news, which described the event as “a sort of mini Woodstock.” Twenty-five years later, in 2010, filmmaker Jeff Krulik catches up with some of the participants, who recount how the party came to be. Intercutting between the archival footage from 1985 and contemporary interviews shows that while folks might have gotten older, nobody regrets

Safety Last

SAFETY LAST. Harold Lloyd stars in Fred C. Newmayer’s 1923 classic silent comedy about a store clerk who organizes a stunt for publicity. The film features the famous scene of Lloyd hanging from a giant clockface.

To be accompanied by Clark Wilson, with live music played on the Pittsburgh area’s only Wurlitzer Theatre pipe organ. 7:30 p.m. Sat., June 4. Keystone Oaks Auditorium, 100 Kelton Ave., Dormont. $15-20. www.pittsburghtheatreorgan.com THE BLUE KITE. Tian Zhuangzhuang’s 1993 drama tells the story of a young family living in Beijing in the 1950s and ’60s during the rise of the Communist Party.

The film was banned in China upon its release. Screens in conjunction with the Andy Warhol Museum exhibition Andy Warhol | Ai Weiwei. In Mandarin, with

having a hard-rockin’ time when they were young.

Screens with “Heavy Metal Parking Lot.” 8 p.m. Sat., June 3. Hollywood (AH) DOLLAR BANK CINEMA IN THE PARK. Minions, Sun., June 5 (Schenley); Mon. June 6 (Highland Park); and Tue., June 7 (West End/Elliott Overlook). To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar, Wed., June 8 (Schenley). Films begin at dusk. 412-255-2493 or www.citiparks.net. Free TREMORS. Something is living underground and it’s about to make life tough in one isolated Nevada town. Kevin Bacon stars in Ron Underwood’s 1990 comedic horror film. 7:30 p.m. Wed., June 8. AMC Waterfront. $5

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“THEY ALL HAVE A HOPE FOR A BETTER FUTURE.”

MEMORYSCAPES {BY STEVE SUCATO}

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Taylor Knight and Anna Thompson in slowdanger’s memory 4 {PHOTO COURTESY OF RICK KLEIN}

Pittsburgh’s hottest hipster dance couple, Anna Thompson and Taylor Knight, a.k.a. slowdanger (like the roadsign), will present the fifth installment of their “memory” series June 9 at the New Hazlett Theater. memory 4, part of the theater’s CSA Performance Series, follows 2013’s memory 0: . . . and memory 1: Luminosity; 2014’s memory 2: D E M O; and 2015’s memory 3: swimmoon.

“Each program informed the next,” says Knight. “We have this ritual throughprocess of demolishing structures and ideas and then rebuilding on them. So everything has a throughline. Kind of like how our actual memories work.”

Conceptually, that throughline is the exploration of memory and how it is defined and redefined with each passing moment. Movement-wise, each work in the series took a different path.

The 70-minute, multimedia memory 4 represents the biggest deviation so far in that the previous works were duets danced by Knight and Thompson. This time the cast also includes dancer Jasmine Hearn and percussionist/ performer PJ Roduta.

“This one focuses a lot on traversing through your memoryscapes and seeking identity,” says Knight. “Each dancer has their own specific track they go down but are also pulled back into the group with the realization that togetherness is also important.”

Although abstract in its approach, says Thompson, the choreography hints at how we perceive memory via the movement phrases that are shown, varied upon, and then repeated.

Cinematic and atmospheric both visually and sonically, the memory series features choreography that is rooted in structure, but informed heavily by improvisation. The works contain an original and often ethereal mix of field recordings and audio samples culled and manipulated by Thompson and Knight. memory 4 will also find the performers vocalizing and creating sound live.

Additional layering will be added by local artist Celeste Neuhaus, who created sculptural objects that the dancers use, and video projections by Mike Cooper and Mario Ashkar.

In an excerpt of memory 4 I saw recently in Erie, Knight and Thompson occupied a darkened stage wearing headlamps, and danced a butoh-like duet that seemed to visualize the fragmentation of memory. It was both surreal and compelling — something the full work promises and then some.

Clockwise, from top: Carrie Mincemoyer’s “The Dandelions,” in New York City {PHOTO COURTESY OF CAROLINE VOAGEN NELSON}; Photo by Maranie Staab; Art (detail) by Jesse Best {PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ARTIST}; and Artist’s rendering of Squonk Opera’s Cycle Sonic {IMAGE COURTESY OF SQUONK OPERA}

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the Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival. In 2012, for instance, Pittsburgh’s resident performance-art rockers debuted their GO Roadshow there. In 2014 came Pneumatica.

But Cycle Sonic, the nationally touring group’s latest surrealist musical spectacle, set to premiere at the 57th annual fest, is really something else. In its quarter-century history, all the troupe’s shows have been stagebound (even if those stages have included a local junkyard). Pneumatica’s centerpiece was the immobile, 40-foot-tall inflatable “Lady Pneumatica,” and even the GO Roadshow stage — a flatbed truck — stayed put while the band played.

For a change of pace, Squonk co-founder and horn-player Steve O’Hearn envisioned a show featuring four giant doubledecker tricycles that four of the band’s five members — including drummer Kevin Kornicki with his full kit — would ride around like parade floats (pedaled by Squonk tech

crew). “It’s almost like a tractor ballet like you see at rodeos,” says Squonk co-founder, chief composer and keyboardist Jackie Dempsey. “It gives us a lot of things to do that we never did before.”

The bikes (built at Pittsburgh’s Maestro Frameworks) will bear Kornicki, Dempsey, guitarist David Wallace and bassist Nathan Wilson around Gateway Center-area

DOLLAR BANK THREE RIVERS ARTS FESTIVAL June 3-12. Downtown. Free. traf.trustarts.org

streets and sidewalks, while O’Hearn ambulates. The 30-minute show also includes larger-than-life puppets; a pair of 20-footlong pedaling legs; mechanized extra arms for musicians; and a musical sequence for horns and bike bells.

Cycle Sonic receives six performances June 11 and 12; like the rest of the fest, admission is free. But if Squonk’s shows will

help cap this year’s festival, there’s plenty leading up to them.

Other big draws in Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s Point State Park-centered program include the mainstage music acts, from Michael Franti on Fri., June 3, to Ruby Amanfu on June 12, with Beth Orton, Guster, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and more in between. Other standbys include the big artists’ market, food booths and food trucks, and hands-on art-making for kids. According to Sarah Aziz, the Trust’s program manager for special events, new features include the integration into the fest of the day-long, innovation-themed CREATE Festival (June 9); sensory-friendly “breakout areas” for people on the autism spectrum; and the fest’s first-ever feeding room for parents and kids, with a changing station, quiet space for breast-feeding and more.

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Front Porch Theatricals Presents

Final Five Performances!

June 2-5 New Hazlett Theater Directed by RACHEL M. STEVENS

The Spitfire Grill is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. Produced by Bruce. E. G. Smith, Leon S. Zionts & Nancy D. Zionts

Book and Music by James Valcq Lyrics and Book by Fred Alley

Tickets: www.frontporchpgh.com or 1-888-71-TICKETS Ticket prices: $30 online, $35 at door, $24 Students & Groups

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[CORRECTIONS] The May 25 article “Naming Your Price” contained several errors. James McNeel’s title at City Theatre was misstated; he is managing director. Professor Michael Rushton’s employer was misattributed; it is Indiana University. Also, City Theatre is in its 41st season; the number was misstated.

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Floodgates for Hydra (detail), by Jennipher Satterly

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acts matches black playwrights with white directors, and vice versa.) So is Bloomfieldbased Bunker Projects’ third annual Performance Art Festival (June 10 and 11), which moves Downtown with 16 hours of cuttingedge programming by 22 artists from the local to the international, at SPACE Gallery.

The Three Rivers Arts Festival also includes dance, poetry and film. A ticketed ($35) opening-night party on a docked Gateway Clipper is a fest fundraiser.

And, of course, there’s visual art, too.

Public art will include three large-scale installations by local artists. Carrie Mincemoyer’s “The Dandelions” comprises one dozen 10-foot-tall street-sign-style sidewalk sculptures made to look like dandelions.

Mincemoyer says that the sculptures were commissioned by New York City’s Department of Transportation to install outside an Upper West Side school, where they premiered in 2014. She says “Dandelions” is meant to improve the image of a “pioneer species,” medically and nutritionally useful, that most people consider a pest.

On the Gateway Lawn, look for “Multiverse Wall,” a large-scale two-sided abstract painting that artist Jesse Best calls a “virtual cosmic experience,” with a dark-hued side and a light-toned side. “I’m interested to see, even based on color, what side people are attracted to and what kind of universe they would choose to live in,” says Best.

The old Liberty Avenue tourist-bureau kiosk will feature Inside the Zaatari Refugee Camp 04.01.16-4.21.16, comprising 18 largescale photos made by Maranie Staab in a Jordanian camp for Syrian war refugees. The three-square-mile camp, which opened in 2012, was built for 60,000 people but is now home to some 86,000, says Staab. “These people have been displaced in the most aggressive and brutal way,” she says, but “they all have a hope for a better future.”

Nearby, a special project: a site-specific artwork-in-progress being created by youths in the Industrial Arts Cooperative’s Mobile Sculpture Project. Expect welding.

Finally, a few blocks up Liberty, at the Trust Arts Education Center, there’s the annual Juried Visual Art Exhibition. This year, jurors Casey Droege, Betty Douglas and Aaron Henderson sifted through nearly 400 submissions to select 58 works by 51 artists from the region working in a variety of media. And feel free to choose your favorite work for the exhibit’s People’s Choice award, which comes with a $500 prize.

Since the waning years of the 20th century, artist Jennipher Satterly has documented the pervasiveness of plastic in the consumer landscape. From plastic’s aesthetic qualities and myriad forms to its effects on the environment, she seeks to capture her subjects with painterly objectivity. She calls her method “the mark,” a meticulously calculated brush technique that she considers crucial to her approach. “It’s the most important thing that I do. It’s the reason why I do it,” she says. “Making those marks, for me, is magic.”

Taken as a whole, her work ponders what plastic’s ubiquity in the present will mean for the future. The New Jersey-based artist poses the question eloquently in written materials accompanying her exhibition at BoxHeart Gallery, Floodgates for Hydra: “What’s most compelling is the question of how to handle the byproducts of this level of consumption. Will we allow it to consume us?”

The show (which helps mark BoxHeart’s 15th anniversary) features works in which Satterly finds wonder and perpetuity in forms and objects that we take for granted, from the intricate oil painting of plastic bags adrift at sea from which the exhibition takes its title to sparsely rendered drawings of six-pack rings tangled in kelp. The show’s highlight, “KT7112,” a work in oil across 40 aluminum plates, offers an industrial detail presented in such scale and perspective as to suggest that the pipes depicted might extend forever beyond the paintings’ borders.

“It’s very important to me that from close up you see the act of painting, that it does look like it’s paying homage to an abstract-expressionist painter, but then if you step five feet back, 10 feet back — very often they get exhibited in museums and you can see them at 25 feet back — and your eye fuses those marks together and it becomes something,” she says.

For all the political weight her work carries, Satterly insists that pure artistic expression is central. “I certainly cannot deny the message being a form of activism, even in this case however small,” she writes in an email. “I do think there’s a big difference between making art to make a statement about something versus choosing subject matter that facilitates the type of art one wants to make. My first priority is to make a painting the way I want to make it.”

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FLOODGATES FOR HYDRA continues through June 24. BoxHeart Gallery, 4523 Liberty Ave., Bloomfield. 412-697-8858 or www.boxheartgallery.com

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COMFORT FOOD

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{BY TED HOOVER} WITH SUMMER almost here at last, virCOMING OUT of nowhere three years ago,

Front Porch Theatricals zoomed to the top of the local theater charts thanks to high production standards and top-drawer talent. The company’s latest, The Spitfire Grill, cements that reputation.

The show, based on a 1998 film, opened off-Broadway … on Sept. 7, 2011, which might partially explain why the critics were attracted to this blatantly feel-good adaptation, with music by James Valcq, lyrics from Fred Alley, and both writing the book.

Percy, a young woman straight out of prison, shows up in a nothing town called Gilead and gets a job at the titular café run by a crusty but benign proprietor named Hannah who, like the customers and the town itself, seem down for the count. Through some not particularly plausible plotting, Hannah and Percy create a nationwide raffle, offering the Spitfire to whoever writes the best essay explaining why he or she should win.

I don’t want to give away too much, but rest assured that hearts are warmed.

(And fans of the movie, be aware that the musical has a radically different ending.)

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Jonathan Berry and Rita Gregory in The Old Settler, at New Horizon

the rest of this “kitchen sink” musical.

If this was the choice of director Rachel Stevens, it’s her only ill-advised one of the evening. This is a tightly paced show, and Stevens never misses an emotional, or musical, beat. It’s thanks to her that Front Porch has another hit on its hands.

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THE SPITFIRE GRILL continues through Sun., June 5.

Front Porch Theatricals at the New Hazlett Theater, 8 Allegheny Square East, North Side. $24-30. www.frontporchpgh.com

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Valcq and Alley have provided a bluegrass-tinged, folk-fueled score; the music is beautiful, if oddly unmemorable. And there’s a lot of it — people in Gilead sure like to sing about their problems.

With so much music, it’s a blessing that Front Porch has put together a cast of powerhouse voices and a thrilling band led by Deana Muro. Lindsay Bayer, as Percy, soars with her gorgeous, expressive pipes. Erin Lindsey Krom and Clay Singer turn their numbers into musical bliss and, as comic relief, Becki Toth lands every joke.

Terry Wickline and Matthew J. Rush provide welcome grit to the script’s un fo r t u nate t end enc y toward sentimentality. There’s another character with no lines who expresses his pain through the miracle of dance. I’m not sure whether it’s the work of the writers or the director, but it’s at odds with

SPINSTER. Old maid. Miss Grundy. Wilis.

Unmarried women have been cultural punching bags and punchlines since Athena and her sister Virgin Goddesses hung up their chitons. One epithet I hadn’t heard before gives us the title of John Henry Redwood’s gentle 1996 romance, set in Harlem during World War II. Considered by some critics as Chekhovian in its approach to comedy, The Old Settler tells of the longings and aspirations of sisters (just two of them) as a male interloper rearranges relationships, with a young hussy upending all metaphorical apple carts. The small-cast one-set play provides suitable channels for New Horizon Theater’s creativity and talents.

Directed by Eileen J. Morris, artistic director of the Ensemble Theatre in Houston and a regular contributor to the Pittsburgh arts scene, Settler is a lovely and loving portrayal of African-American life of that era. Curi-

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ous about but daunted by Harlem’s new flash and audacity, the two sisters take pride as respectable church-going ladies preserving the music and traditions of their upbringing.

The story is simple enough: The elder maidenly sister rents a room to a stranger vouched for by a church deacon.

The young man, a wide-eyed country naif, raises the hackles of the younger, once-married sister. He thinks he’s looking for his girlfriend from back home, but instead finds a May-December romance with his sympathetic landlady.

A little rough around the edges, the cast is charming: Rita Gregory as Elizabeth, grasping at happiness; Brenda Marks as her sharp-tongued and eversuspicious sister Quilly; Melessie Clark running away from her old life to grab onto a new one; and the ever-able Jonathan Berry as the oddly named Husband Witherspoon, who has serious mommy issues. Kudos too to graphic designer Herbert Newsome for his landscape of the Harlem brownstone that adorns the program cover.

tually everybody wants to get away. Enchanted April, now at Little Lake Theatre, keeps with the season and follows the warm-weather respite of four vastly different society ladies in postwar England.

Based on Elizabeth von Arnim’s 1922 novel, this 2000 adaptation by playwright Matthew Barber preserves the itinerant spirit of the source material, and under director Jena Oberg, a regular behind-thescenes player at Little Lake, this production hits all the right notes.

At the end of a thunderstorm-plagued winter, eager daydreamer Lotty Wilton (Samantha A. Camp) reads a newspaper notice advertising an Italian castle to be rented during April. Desperate to escape her humdrum life, Lotty ropes the austere and quietly despondent Rose Arnott (Mary Meyer) into her scheme to abandon their absentee husbands for four weeks of adventure. However, to fund the trip, Lotty and Rose must take on two traveling companions: the temperamental Mrs. Graves (Marianne Shaffer), who expects the vacation will run on her schedule, as well as “modern” woman Caroline Bramble (Samantha DeConciliis), who harbors a penchant for dancing and hidden stashes of liquor. As their vacation unfolds, the women must cope with one another’s conflicting personalities, culminating in both hilarious and heartfelt results.

ENCHANTED APRIL continues through June 11. Little Lake Theatre, 500 Lakeside Drive, Canonsburg. $13.75-21.75.

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Settler balances binary tensions — urbane/rural, pious/profane, poise/poseur, and especially the sibling rivalry — then skewers them with shards of doubt for a bittersweet but believable resolution.

The four lead actresses are consistently on point, and with a strong cast of supporting players — Johnna A. Pro’s beleaguered estate cook Costanza provides a healthy dose of comedy relief — there isn’t a weak performance in the house. Likewise, TJ Firneno’s superb production design effectively contrasts the women’s drab London homes with the beautifully ornate and colorful castle in Genoa.

Before their month among wisteria and sunshine is over, these prim yet mismatched women celebrate, bicker, reconcile and ultimately discover everything their narrow lives had been missing. Romance ensues and broken hearts mend, and while the tidy outcome seems preordained from the earliest scenes, Enchanted April offers a bewitching dose of escapist joy. This is a charming production too sweet to resist.

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FOR INFORMATION ON HOW TO SUBMIT LISTINGS AND PRESS RELEASES, CALL 412.316.3342 X161. of The Ellipses Condition, will use “movement, music and chalkings to visually depict a contrasting tempo of experience.” It’s a pop-up show that comments on the surrounding urban environment, and you can check it out at any point during the workday. BO 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Strawberry Way at Grant Street, Downtown.

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+ THU., JUNE 02 {STAGE} Get in on the ground floor of four new plays at various stages of development at City Theatre’s Momentum ’16 festival. The four-day festival, which lets audiences give feedback to the playwrights, begins tonight with a reading of Sing the Body Electric, by City Theatre favorite Michael Hollinger (Hope and Gravity, Opus); it’s a story of two families in 1980 Florida.

Momentum also features Sharon Washington’s Feeding the Dragon, a coming-of-age story premiering at City next season; Pittsburgh native James McManus’ locally set Dry Bones; and Liza Birkenmeier’s thriller Radio Island. And there’s a Sat., June 4, Playwrights’ Panel and more. All Momentum events are free. Bill O’Driscoll 7 p.m. Continues through Sun., June 5. 1300 Bingham St., South Side. Free. Reservations suggested at 412-431-2489 or www.citytheatrecompany.org.

experience it for yourself, as the Pillow Project debuts this series of immersive public, site-specific performance-art installations. On Strawberry Way, right across from the U.S. Steel Building, poet/musician John Lambert and director and dancer Pearlann Porter,

Art by Stephen Knezovich

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Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery opens its summer show. Bound by Glass includes work by eight artists, including kiln-cast lead-crystal pieces by Carol Milne, and cut, polished and blown glass by Jon Goldberg. The other artists include Jen Blazina, Gregory Grenon, Owen Johnson, Weston Lambert, David Patchen and Steven Weinberg/ KASTAL. A reception is tonight.

BO 5:30-8:30 p.m. (free).

Exhibit continues through Sept. 3. 5833 Ellsworth Ave., Shadyside. 412-441-5200 or www.morganglassgallerycom

JUNE 03 New Order: Collage Now

sp otlight David Ives’ Venus in Fur is a Tony-winning 2009 play (and a 2013 Roman Polanski film) with a steamy premise: a sexually charged power struggle between a playwright and the actress who appears unnannounced to audition to play the slavemistress/lover in his adaptation of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch’s 1870 erotic novel Venus in Furs. Whitney Maris Brown (pictured), a Brooklyn-based actress, says friends kept telling her she’d be perfect for the part, and when she read the script, she agreed: She calls Vanda “one of the best female characters written in the past 30 years.” In town to play Vanda in the play’s local premiere, at Pittsburgh Public Theater, Brown says, “It’s not often that you see a female character using sex and sexuality for anything other than the male gaze.” She adds: “She’s just a really dynamic character. She’s funny, she’s silly, she’s messy — and she’s the complete opposite as well.” The relationship between Vanda and playwright Thomas is expressed largely through a play-within-a-play: their reading of parts adapted from Sacher-Masoch (whose own name was borrowed for the term “masochism”). The critically acclaimed Venus in Fur — The New Yorker’s Hilton Als called the off-Broadway-premiere staging “wildly intelligent and sometimes frightening” — is “definitely a play about power,” says Brown. The Public’s production is directed by Jesse Berger, with Christian Conn as Thomas. Bill O’Driscoll June 2-26. 621 Penn Ave., Downtown. $15.75-60. 412-316-1600 or www.ppt.org

{ART} While they’re not technically part of the Three Rivers Arts Festival, two Downtown exhibits opening tonight are close enough to stop by. Future Tenant opens New Order: Collage Now, a group show featuring eight local artists including Crystala Armagost, Stephanie Armbruster, Matthew Buchholz, Seth Clark and Ron Copeland.

And right next door to the arts fest, the Fort Pitt Museum holds an opening reception for History Inspires, a group show of work suggested by the 18th-century history of Western Pennsylvania, with contributors including Amber Kear, Ryder Henry, Dan Burfield and Meg Prall.

BO New Order: 6 p.m.

(819 Penn Ave.; www. futuretenant.org). History Inspires: 5:30-8 p.m. (101 Commonwealth Place; www.heinzhistorycenter.org).

{COMEDY} Is there such a thing in politics as “the woman card”? Or is the dramatic underrepresentation of women at all levels of governance in this country evidence enough that sexism still rules? Tonight, the John McIntire Dangerously Live Comedy Talk Show weighs in. The panel for Playing the Woman Card — Sexism in Politics? includes comic Gab Bonnesso, activist Gisele Fetterman (spouse of the Braddock mayor and U.S. Senate hopeful) and attorney and former Republican Allegheny County Councilor Heather Heidelbaugh.

Comedian McIntire hosts, and the Oaks Theater has a bar.

BO 8 p.m. 310 Allegheny River Blvd., Oakmont. $15-18. www.theoakstheater.com

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{WORDS} Storytelling is perhaps humanity’s oldest art. But that doesn’t mean it can’t use a little jazzing up. At Tall Trees Amphitheater in Monroeville Park, six raconteurs including Emmy-winning professional storyteller and author Jim May, present Tales Under the Trees, an all-ages, rain-or-shine event. The tellers will compete on traditional tales, personal stories and “liars’ tales” to be judged by the audience. The competition began last year, at the Three Rivers Storytelling Festival. Picnic baskets and lawn chairs are encouraged.

Tyler Dague 1-5 p.m. 2447 Tilbrook Road, Monroeville.

Free. 724-327-1102 or www.murrysvillelibrary.org

{ART} With dozens of social networks at our fingertips, hours spent daily consuming media and an endless desire for connection, what is your identity? That is the

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central question in the UnSmoke Systems Artspace exhibition You/U, which opens with a reception tonight. Local artists Ben Quint-Glick, Gianna Paniagua and Zach John Lee blend audio and digital technology with

sculpture, asking viewers to contemplate how people incorporate modern technologies into their environment and how that shapes the self. TD 6-10 p.m. (free). Exhibition continues through June 26 by appointment. 1137 Braddock Ave., Braddock. 415-518-9921 or www.unsmokeartspace.com

mixes humor and frank honesty to help children and families discuss difficult topics. TD Noon. 301 South Hills Village, South Hills.

Free. 412-835-0379 or www.barnesandnoble.com

{STAGE} The 12th Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Co.’s Theatre Festival in Black and White features new twists. The festival of oneacts still pairs white playwrights with black directors, and vice versa. Playwrights this year include such local names as Ray Werner, Kim El and F.J. Hartland. But now the fest is part of the Three Rivers Arts Festival; admission is free; and the scheduling is a bit different.

Today and June 11, all six plays are performed in afternoon sets of two; June 5-10, see evening performances of either Program A or Program B, each featuring three plays.

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What’s on your summer reading list? Beach read? Crime thriller? Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh challenges Steel City residents to read 90,000 books this summer. The challenge begins with today’s 16th Annual Summer Reading Extravaganza.

The all-ages festival will feature more than 70 exhibits, ranging from cooking demonstrations to science booths and animal displays. Young musicians from WYEP’s Re-imagine Media program will perform; extreme pogo-stick champs Xpogo will give demos; and Pittsburgh Riverhounds soccer players will be on hand for a meet-andgreet. Food trucks will donate 10 percent of their proceeds to the library. TD Noon-5 p.m., 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland.

Free. 412-622-3114 or www.carnegielibrary.org

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Summer Sing takes place on three Tuesdays in June at the Rodef Shalom Temple, starting tonight. The sessions cover Bach’s Magnificat, Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms and Mozart’s Requiem. Associate conductor Jon Erik Schreiber leads each session. TD 7-10 p.m. Also June 14 and 21. 4905 Fifth Ave., Oakland. $15, or $30 for all three sessions. 412-241-4044 or www.bachchoirpittsburgh.com

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THEATER THE 13TH OF PARIS. Vincent takes a spontaneous trip from his life in Chicago to the 13th arrondissement of Paris, carrying only a suitcase filled w/ the surprising love letters of his late grandparents.

412-831-8552 for reservations.

Thu-Sat, 7:30 p.m. Thru June 4.

South Park Theatre, Bethel Park.

AN AMERICAN IN PARIS. Following the fortunes of expat Jerry Mulligan as he tries to make it in Paris. Thu., June 2, 8 p.m., Fri., June 3, 2 & 8 p.m. and Sun., June 5, 1 & 6:30 p.m. Benedum Center, Downtown. 412-456-6666.

THE BFG. A story about a twenty four foot high giant & a little girl who team up to save the children of England from the child-eating giants. Sat, Sun, 2 p.m. and Fri., June 3, 7:30 p.m. Thru June 5.

The Theatre Factory, Trafford.

412-374-9200.

THE CONSORTS. Presented by the Summer Company. Genesius Theater. Sun, 2 p.m. and Thu-Sat, 8 p.m. Thru June 12. Duquesne University, Uptown. 412-396-6000.

THE DINNER DETECTIVE INTERACTIVE MURDER MYSTERY DINNER SHOW. Sat,

6 p.m. Pittsburgh Marriot City MATILDA THE MUSICAL. The Center, Downtown. 720-271-2996. story of an extraordinary girl who, ENCHANTED APRIL. At the armed w/ a vivid imagination & a end of an especially bleak winter, sharp mind, dares to take a stand two proper British ladies are & change her own destiny. Thru suddenly swept into the adventure June 2, 7:30 p.m., Fri., June 3, of their lifetime--one that 8 p.m., Sat., June 4, 2 & 8 p.m. includes romance, laughter and Sun., June 5, 1 & 6:30 p.m. & a glowing refreshment of spirit.

Benedum Center, Downtown.

Thu-Sun, 8 p.m. Thru June 9. Little 412-456-6666.

Lake Theatre, Canonsburg.

MOMENTUM 16. A theater 724-745-6300. festival of new works THE FOREIGNER. presented at stages Froggy LeSeuer, a British around the city by demolition expert who City Theatre. For a full runs training sessions at schedule, visit www. www. per a p a nearby army base has citytheatrecompany.org. pghcitym o .c brought a friend to a June 2-5. City Theatre, rural Georgia fishing South Side. 412-431-2489. lodge. Thu-Sat, 7:30 p.m.

MOTHER LODE. A play about Thru June 4. Apple Hill Playhouse, the end-of-life decisions that must Delmont. 724-468-5050. be made by dutiful daughters, as HENRY IV. Part 1 presented by well as the discord, conciliation, Poor Yurick’s Players. Fri-Sun, warfare & ultimate acceptance 7 p.m. Thru June 11. Tall Trees between strong, independent Amphitheater, Monroeville. women bound by love & family. www.pooryoricksplayers.org.

Presented by Off the Wall THE LION. A musical memoir Theater. Thru June 4, 8 p.m., that candidly illustrates one Sun., June 5, 3 p.m., Thru Aug. 13, man’s journey to find his inner 8 p.m. and Sun., Aug. 14, 3 p.m. roar. Sun, 2 p.m., Thu, Fri, 8 p.m.

Carnegie Stage, Carnegie. and Sat., June 4, 5:30 & 9 p.m. www.insideoffthewall.com.

Thru June 5. City Theatre, THE OLD SETTLER. A romantic South Side. 412-431-2489. comedy that celebrates African

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American women. Presented by New Horizon Theater. Sun, 3 p.m., Sat, 3 & 7:30 p.m. and Thu, Fri, 7:30 p.m. Thru June 5. Carnegie Library, Homewood, Homewood.

412-731-3080.

SERPENTINE: AN ALTERNATE REALITY GAME. A film-noir style Alternate Reality Game that examines a true Pittsburgh cold case. Be prepared to travel to different Pittsburgh locales in search of clues, meet up w/ different characters, collaborate w/ fellow participants & influence an unfolding month-long story whose conclusion will be based on your discoveries. Presented

by Uncumber Theatrics. Thu-Sun. Thru June 11. 349 Cedarville Street, Bloomfield. www. uncumbertheatrics.com.

THE SPITFIRE GRILL. After a five-year prison stint, feisty young parolee Percy Talbott lands a job in Gilead, Wisconsin at Hannah Ferguson’s struggling Spitfire Grill.

With no buyers in sight & little hope, Hannah decides to raffle off the grill. Soon, interest in the Spitfire is even hotter than the coffee Percy serves up! Thu, Sun, 2 p.m., Fri., June 3, 8 p.m. and Sat., June 4, 2 & 8 p.m. Thru June 5.

New Hazlett Theater, North Side. www.newhazletttheater.org.

STEEL MAGNOLIAS. The classic play about loving your friends, living your life & teasing your hair.

Fri, Sat, 7:30 p.m. Thru June 4.

Comtra Theatre, Cranberry.

724-773-9896.

VENUS IN FUR. A stage director anxiously searches for the perfect leading lady. Presented by Pittsburgh Public Theater. Sun, 2 & 7 p.m., Sat, 2 & 8 p.m., Wed-Fri, 8 p.m. and Tue, 7 p.m.

Thru June 28. O’Reilly Theater, Downtown. 412-316-1600.

COMEDY THU 02 COMEDY OPEN MIC. Hosted by Derick Minto. Thu, 9 p.m. Hambone’s, Lawrenceville.

412-681-4318.

PITTSBURGH IMPROV JAM. Thu, 10 p.m. Cabaret at Theater Square, Downtown. 412-325-6769.

FRI 03 Art by Bill Plympton

Filmmaker Jen Senko delves into her father’s transformation from a lifelong Democrat to an angry right-wing fanatic in her new documentary The Brainwashing of My Dad. Through interviews with cognitive linguists, grassroots activist groups and members of the media, her exploration leads her to how media coverage has changed since the Nixon administration. 7:30 p.m. Fri., June 3. Union Project, 801 Negley Ave., Highland Park. Suggested donation: $5-10. www.unionproject.org

HALFWAY THERE IMPROV. 9 p.m. The Lamp Theatre, Irwin.

724-367-4000.

JOHN MCINTIRE. Dangerously Live Comedy Talk Show. 8 p.m.

Oaks Theater, Oakmont.

412-828-6311.

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“Rock, Paper, Scissors” (glass and metal, 2016),

by Susan Taylor Glasgow.

From the exhibition Turned On: Lighting Hooks Up With Sculpture, opening Fri., June 3, at Pittsburgh Glass Center, Friendship.

VISUALART NEW THIS WEEK ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM. Andy Warhol | Ai Weiwei. A major international exhibition feat. two significant artists of the 20th & 21st centuries — Andy Warhol & Ai Weiwei. Free admission for opening day on June 3. North Side. 412-237-8300.

BACKSTAGE BAR AT THEATRE SQUARE. SOUND: a solo reuse art exhibition.

Work by Martin Thomas Smyczek II. Opening June 3.

Downtown. 412-456-6666.

BOOM CONCEPTS. Perpetual Propaganda. New & unreleased artwork from Fuck Being Normal (FKBGNM). The Perpetual Propaganda Collection was inspired by globalization, the desire for a united mankind, the need to preserve unique cultures & a deep frustration over humanity’s disregard for our planets health. Garfield. www.boomconcepts.com.

FORT PITT MUSEUM. History Inspires. Works by 10 local, contemporary artists who have drawn inspiration from the 18th century history of Western PA. Opening reception June 3, 5:30 - 8 p.m. Downtown.

412-281-9284.

FUTURE TENANT. Collage Now. A show about creating new meanings through juxtapositions by finding relationships & contrasts in the world around them to form ideas. Work by Crystala

Armagost, Stephanie Armbruster, Matthew Buchholz, Seth Clark, Ron Copeland, Kim Fox & Mary Dorfner Hay. Opening June 3. Downtown.

412-325-7037.

INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S ART GALLERY. Richard Rappaport. New paintings displayed during Unblurred on June 3, 6- 9 p.m.Garfield.

MINE FACTORY. One Hand Clapping. Work by artist/ photographer Deborah Hosking. Opening reception June 3, 6 - 9 p.m. Homewood.

MIXTAPE. Johnivory presents .

Witness the live remix of Mixtape as Johnivory installs & creates art, Live! Live soundscapes by Kalibra, Johnny Jitters, Ephen, Sound as Fuk. Garfield. 412-661-1727.

MORGAN CONTEMPORARY GLASS GALLERY. bound by glass. Work by Jen Blazina, Gregory Grenon, Jon Goldberg, Owen Johnson, Weston Lambert, Carol Milne, David Patchen & Steven Weinberg / KASTAL. Opening reception June 3, 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Shadyside. 412-441-5200.

MOST WANTED FINE ART GALLERY. Elizabeth Barreto Ortiz & Justin Waltenbaugh.

Opening reception June 3, 6 10 p.m. Garfield. 412-328-4737.

NEU KIRCHE CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER. Neu Girls Exhibition.

Showcasing the work of the

& Indian War & American Revolution. Downtown.

412-281-9285.

FRICK ART & HISTORICAL CENTER. Ongoing: tours of Clayton, the Frick estate, w/ classes & programs for all ages.

Point Breeze. 412-371-0600.

KENTUCK KNOB. Tour the other Frank Lloyd Wright house.

724-329-8501.

MCGINLEY HOUSE & MCCULLY LOG HOUSE. Historic homes open for tours, lectures & more.

Monroeville. 412-373-7794.

NATIONAL AVIARY. Butterfly Garden. Mingle w/ butterfly species native to the region, including Painted Ladies, Monarchs, Black Swallowtails, Red Spotted Purples, Viceroys & Giant Swallowtails.

Species in the exhibit will vary over the summer months. Masters of the Sky. Explore the power & grace of the birds who rule the sky.

Majestic eagles, impressive condors, stealthy falcons and their friends take center stage! Home to more than 600 birds from over 200 species. W/ classes, lectures, demos & more. North Side. 412-323-7235.

their monthly midnight sketch & improv show. BYOB. First Fri of every month, 11:55 p.m. Arcade Comedy Theater, Downtown.

412-339-0608.

KYLE DUNNIGAN. 8 p.m. Altar Bar, Strip District. 412-263-2877.

Neu Girls Art Fellows who have worked for 10 months after school developing their print & photography skills. Opening reception June 3, 6 p.m.

North Side. 412-322-2224.

NORTH HILLS ART CENTER. Regional Show – Multi-Media Juried Art Exhibit. Artworks featured in the show were submitted by local amateur & professional artists. Highlights of the show include works in oil, pastel, watercolor, fiber, stoneware & other media.

Opening reception June 4, 7 - 9 p.m. Ross. 412-364-3622.

PANZA GALLERY. Steve Emmett: Untold Stories.

Opening reception June 4, 6 - 9 p.m. Millvale. 412-821-0959.

PITTSBURGH GLASS CENTER. Turned On: Lighting Hooks Up with Sculpture. Work by Rik Allen, Christina Bothwell & Robert Bender, Amber Cowan, Jean Fernandes, Evan Kolker, Carmen Lozar & Matthew Urban, Adam Holtzinger & Susan Spiranovich Julian Maturino, Janis Miltenberger, Corey Pemberton, Susan Taylor Glasgow & Leo Tecosky.

Opening reception June 3, 6 9 p.m. Friendship. 412-365-2145.

TRUST ARTS EDUCATION CENTER. The Juried Visual Art Exhibition. Showcasing exceptional new art by regional artists in various stages of their careers & in a variety of media.

Opening reception June 2, 5:30 p.m. Downtown.

UMBRELLA CAFE. Pam Farbarcher & Oliver Wilson.

Work featuring skateboarding, vans & laces, faces on vinyl, good sensations, vibrant colors & multifaceted mixed media

by PA artist. Opening reception June 3, 6 - 10 p.m. Downtown.

412-391-8500.

ONGOING 28 WEST SECOND GALLERY & STUDIO SPACE. The 6th Annual Women’s Exhibition. Exhibiting works will include mixed media, painting, photography & sculpture by Suzanne Andrews, Saige Baxter, Stacy Butera, Christine Davis, Sarah Hunter, Nicolena Loshonkohl, Megan Merz, Roberta Myers, Moira Richardson, Hudson Rush, Sue Seyak, Lauren Stanley, Bequie Soike & Sandra Zulawinski.

Greensburg. 724-205-9033.

937 LIBERTY AVE. Humanae/ I AM AUGUST. A series of photographs of everyday Pittsburghers by Angelica Dass.

Downtown. 412-338-8742.

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SAT 04 DINNER W/ THE NOLENS. An improv show features Jethro & Kristy Nolen performing w/ guests.

BYOB. First Sat of every month, 8 p.m. Arcade Comedy Theater, Downtown. 412-339-0608.

JOHN EVANS, MIKE WYSOCKI, MIKE SASSON. 7:30 p.m. The Lamp Theatre, Irwin. 724-367-4000.

MON 06 COMEDY SAUCE SHOWCASE. Local & out-of-town comedians.

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

UNPLANNED COMEDY JAMBONE’S IMPROV. Hosted by Woody Drenen. Mon, 9:30 p.m.

Hambone’s, Lawrenceville.

412-681-4318.

EXHIBITS ANDREW CARNEGIE FREE LIBRARY MUSIC HALL. Capt.

Thomas Espy Room Tour. The Capt.

Thomas Espy Post 153 of the Grand Army of the Republic served local Civil War veterans for over 54 years & is the best preserved & most intact GAR post in the United States. Carnegie. 412-276-3456.

CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. Dinosaurs in Their Time. Displaying immersive environments spanning the Mesozoic Era & original fossil specimens. Permanent. Hall of Minerals & Gems. Crystal, gems & precious stones from all over the world. Population Impact. How humans are affecting the environment.

Oakland. 412-622-3131.

CARNEGIE SCIENCE CENTER. H2Oh! Experience kinetic water-driven motion & discover the relations between water, land & habitat. How do everyday decisions impact water supply & the environment? Ongoing: Buhl Digital Dome (planetarium), Miniature Railroad & Village, USS Requin submarine & more.

North Side. 412-237-3400.

FALLINGWATER. Tour the famed Frank Lloyd Wright house.

724-329-8501.

FORT PITT MUSEUM. Captured by Indians: Warfare & Assimilation on the 18th Century Frontier. During the mid-18th century, thousands of settlers of European & African descent were captured by Native Americans. Using documentary evidence from 18th & early 19th century sources, period imagery, & artifacts from public & private collections in the U.S. and Canada, the exhibit examines the practice of captivity from its prehistoric roots to its reverberations in modern Native-, African- & Euro-American communities. Reconstructed fort houses museum of Pittsburgh history circa French

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

Springdale. 724-274-5459.

SENATOR JOHN HEINZ HISTORY CENTER. From Slavery to Freedom.

Highlight’s Pittsburgh’s role in the anti-slavery movement. Ongoing: Western PA Sports Museum, Clash of Empires, & exhibits on local history, more. Strip District.

412-454-6000.

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

412-407-2570.

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FRICK PARK VOLUNTEER SWEEPS

The Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy is seeking volunteers to help clean up Frick Park by cutting vines, pulling invasive plants and clearing trash. All tools will be provided. The sweep will be from 5-7 p.m. on Tue., June 7. For more information or to register, visit www.pittsburghparks.org.

NATIONALITY ROOMS. 29 rooms helping to tell the story of Pittsburgh’s immigrant past.

University of Pittsburgh. Oakland.

412-624-6000.

PHIPPS CONSERVATORY & BOTANICAL GARDEN. The Butterfly Forest. An interactive exhibit w/ 21 species of butterfly & the elusive Luna moth. Summer Flower Show. From whirligigs & water fountains to rotundas & Rube Goldberg machines, Playgardens for guests of all ages w/ interactive elements.

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 MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY. Glass Lantern Slides. Glass lantern slides from 1890 to 1920.

Displaying 660 different movie cameras, showing pictures on glass, many hand-painted.

The largest display of 19th Century photographs in America.

North Side. 412-231-7881.

PITTSBURGH ZOO & PPG AQUARIUM. Home to 4,000 animals, including many endangered species.

Highland Park. 412-665-3639.

FESTIVALS FRI 03 - WED 08 DOLLAR BANK THREE RIVERS ARTS FESTIVAL. A 10 day festival of visual & performing arts. For a full schedule of event, visit http://traf.trustarts.org.

June 3-12 Downtown Pittsburgh, Downtown.

DANCE SAT 04 - SUN 05 SUGAR & SPICE. Featured on the program will be 3 graduating seniors from the Carnegie Performing Arts Center; Adrienne Elion of Carnegie, Caroline Rager of Beaver Falls & Megan Blackwell of Crafton. www.carnegie performingartscenter.com 8 p.m. and Sun., June 5, 2 p.m. Andrew Carnegie Free Library Music Hall, Carnegie. 412-276-3456.

FUNDRAISERS FRI 03 CHERISH THE CHILDREN BENEFIT. A showing of the stage comedy, “Late Nite Catechism.”

Proceeds benefit traumatized youth served by Glade Run. 6 p.m. Pittsburgh Marriott North, Cranberry. 724-772-3700.

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WET YOUR WHISTLE HAPPY HOUR FUNDRAISER. Fundraiser w/ door prizes, silent auction, libations, food, music, more.

Benefits Prime Stage Theatre.

5:30 p.m. Wigle Whiskey Barrel House, North Side.

EVENT: Allegheny County Marbles Program official tournament practice, South Side

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Toynbee Tile

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Street improvements, such as re-paving, mean that only one of these infamous street-art tiles remains in Pittsburgh. Admire it while you can.

Smithfield and Oliver streets, Downtown

UnREAL Last year, Lifetime surprised us all with this smart, funny and female-positive original show, a behind-the-scenes look — and a deconstruction of — a reality-TV dating show akin to The Bachelor. It’s back for Season 2 (you can dive right in) on Mon., June 6.

Alice in Wonderland

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On the 150th anniversary of its original publication, revisit Lewis Carroll’s classic (and its sequel, 1872’s Alice Through the Looking Glass) not only for its delightfully canny nonsense humor but also to recall its vast cultural influence.

15TH HAT LUNCHEON. Guests are invited to sip champagne & don their most stylish hats ato benefit the Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra. Greensburg Country Club, Jeannette. 724-837-1810.

FLEA FOR TREES. Community flea market to benefit Tree Pittsburgh.

8 a.m.-2 p.m. Teamsters Hall Local 249, Lawrenceville. 412-682-3700.

FULL BLOOM SUMMER DANCE PARTY 2016. Live performances, food & drinks from the East End’s bars & restaurants & dancing.

9 p.m.-12 a.m. Kelly-Strayhorn Theater, East Liberty. 412-363-3000.

SOUNDS OF PITTSBURGH CHORUS BENEFIT. Fund raising dinner to support the Sounds of Pittsburgh trip to the international competition in Las Vegas in October. Entertainment provided by the Sounds of Pittsburgh Chorus. 4-7 p.m. Coraopolis United Methodist Church, Coraopolis.

412-264-3727.

WALK FOR CHILDREN’S. Children’s 5k walk & Patient Champion Parade. Flagstaff Hill.

412-692-3990. 10 a.m. Schenley Park, Oakland. 412-255-2539.

LITERARY FRI 03 BRANDT STREET PRESS BOOK LAUNCH. 6:30 p.m. Panera Bread, Downtown. 412-683-9616.

SAT 04 ON RETURNING: WELCOME BACK NIKKI ALLEN. Readers include: Nikki Allen, Renee Alberts, Jason Baldinger, Dan Shapiro, Scott Silsbe & Vanessa Vesch. Hosted by Red Bob Junghanz. 7 p.m. East End Book Exchange, Bloomfield.

412-224-2847.

SUN 05 PAUL ZEISE. St. Brendan’s Speaker Series. 6:30 p.m. St. Brendans Episcopal Church, Sewickley.

412-364-5974.

MON 06 STORYSWAP. An open forum to swap stories. First Mon of every month, 7 p.m. Northland Public Library, McCandless. 412-366-8100.

TUE 07

Reyna’s Taco Shack Round out a weekend trip to the Strip District with a taco plate from the cart outside Reyna Foods.

Enjoy delicious tacos, chips, rice, refried beans and great people-watching from the sidewalk tables.

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KID’S BOOKS FOR GROWN-UPS BOOKCLUB. First Tue of every month, 10 a.m. Penguin Bookshop, Sewickley. 412-741-3838.

MEET GREGG SHAPIRO. Meet Gregg Shapio for a reading & signing of his new book, “How to Whistle.” 7 p.m. Classic Lines, Squirrel Hill. 412-422-2220.

THE MOTH. A themed story-telling series where all the stories must be true, be about the storyteller & be told w/o notes. Every show has a

CRITIC: Christine Carvajal, 50, a teacher from the South Side WHEN: Wed.,

May 25 This is the practice for the Allegheny County tournament next week. [My daughter’s] been playing marbles for four years, and last year, she made it to the national tournament. She came in second in the county. And they usually take the top three kids from the county championship to nationals: a week in New Jersey and a week of playing against other kids from other states around the country. Pittsburgh has more national champions for marble-shooting — it’s a dynasty. There is a long legacy of winners in Southwestern Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh. We saw a documentary called Mibsters that was made by Jeff Eddings. It was about his son going to nationals from Pittsburgh. It requires a lot of time, and I just enjoy seeing my daughter play. She’s been working very hard. It requires so much effort and concentration and skill. It’s a lot more than just shooting a marble.

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theme. First Tue of every month, 8 p.m. Rex Theater, South Side.

412-381-6811.

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.

THROUGH TAI CHI & FLUTE. Tai Chi Instructor Helena Trent will teach the gentle, low-impact movements of this ancient martial-art & Native-American Flute Player Earl Dingus of the Cherokee Nation, who will teach & sooth minds & bodies w/ music & stories. Pre-registration is required at www.alleghenycounty.us/ parkprograms. 1-3 p.m. North Park, Allison Park. 724-935-1766.

SPEAK LIFE STORYTELLERS. WILDWOOD BIODIVERSITY Join Captain Adam Keene & First INVENTORY. Assist in a new plant Officer Langston Kelly in a musical & animal identification research & poetic storytelling journey that project for the area that was once will allow us to engage w/ a coal mine & most recently the each other, to ask questions lake dredging deposit site. & swap stories. June 2-3, Activities will also include 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. habitat improvement Children’s Museum through the broadcasting of Pittsburgh, North of native grassland Side. 412-322-5058. seed species. For more www. per a p information, call pghcitym .co 724-935-2170. 10 a.m.FAMILY FITNESS FEST. 12 p.m. North Park, http://starpittsburgh.cbslocal.

Allison Park. 724-935-1766. com. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. North Park, Allison Park. 724-935-1766.

BASIC K9 TRAILBLAZERS HIKE. Spend a Sunday afternoon enjoying a guided trail hike w/ your canine comrade. Pre-registration is FOREST BATHING OUTING. A required at www.wpahumane.org. restorative amble through the 12 p.m. Hartwood Acres, Allison woods of North Park. Bring a camp Park. 412-767-9200. chair. For more information, call 724-935-2170. Pre-registration is required at www.alleghenycounty. us/parkprograms. 7-9 p.m. North FARMER-TO-FARMER Park, Allison Park. 724-935-1766.

EXCHANGE. Topic: Farm Biodiversity & Climate Change “TAKING IN THE FOREST” 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Harvest Valley

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IN DISCUSSION: AI WEIWEI & ERIC SHINER. A conversation between artist Ai Weiwei & The Warhol’s Director Eric Shiner. The conversation explores themes in the exhibition like the influence of these two artists on modern & contemporary life, focusing on the parallels, intersections & points of difference between their practices.

8 p.m. Carnegie Music Hall, Oakland. 412-622-3131.

MARKET SQUARE FARMERS MARKET. Thu. Thru Oct. 27 Market Square, Downtown.

412-471-1511.

SECULAR COMMUNITY POTLUCK. Bring your family, friends, or come alone. Socialize & introduce people to our Sunday Assembly Pittsburgh community in a more informal way. 7 p.m. Repair the World’s Workshop, East Liberty.

FRI 03 “THE BRAINWASHING OF MY DAD” DOCUMENTARY SCREENING. Filmmaker Jen Senko chronicles her journey to reclaim the kind-hearted father she knew from his ideological indoctrination

by Fox & hate radio. http:// hearyourselfthink.org. 7:30 p.m.

Union Project, Highland Park.

412-363-4550.

SAT 04 BURGH, BITES & BIKES. A food tour on bikes from Lawrenceville to Millvale. Begin at 4200 Butler St. www.biketheburgh.com. 2-4 p.m.

Butler Street, Lawrenceville.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS NIGHT. Prior to the Pirates & Angels game, Crisis Center North will be on hand for an information fair.

1:30-4 p.m. PNC Park, North Side.

412-323-5000.

LANTERN FEST. Roast s’mores, decorate lanterns & enjoy entertainment, including: a stage show, face painters, princesses, inflatables &live music. After sunset, release the lanterns. 4 p.m.

Lernerville Speedway.

LGBTQ+ YOUTH PROM: DISRUPTION. An all youth event during Pride month, at The Warhol. This year’s theme “DISRUPTION” explores LGBTQ+ activism, boundaries & resistance.

The event is open to LGBTQ+ youth & allies ages 13–20 years old. 7 p.m.

Andy Warhol Museum, North Side.

412-237-8300.

PENN BREWERY’S PA MICROBREWERS’ FEST & 30TH BIRTHDAY BASH. Sample brews from 25+ breweries & enjoy retro entertainment from Norm Nardini & Jimmy & Steve of WDVE fame.

5 p.m. Penn Brewery, North Side.

412-237-9400 x120.

SUN 05 AVIVAH ZORNBERG. Lecture from a world-renowned Torah scholar.

9:30 a.m. Temple Sinai, Squirrel Hill.

412-421-9715.

BIOBLITZ. family-oriented festival, allowing people of all backgrounds to connect with the

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ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM. Exposures: Hanging Fruit.

An original installation by Zhiwan Cheung. Permanent collection. Artwork & artifacts by the famed Pop Artist. What They Say, What They Said. A collaboration between The Andy Warhol Museum, BOOM Concepts & Artists Image Resource (AIR). D.S. Kinsel’s mural is the project’s introductory iteration of prints installed on the Rosa Villa, a shuttered building across the street from The Warhol.

North Side. 412-237-8300.

ARTDFACT. Artdfact Gallery.

The works of Timothy Kelley & other regional & US artists on display. Sculpture, oil & acrylic paintings, mixed media, found objects, more. North Side.

724-797-3302.

THE ARTSMITHS OF PITTSBURGH. Celebrating a Legacy. Presented by Women of Visions, Inc., an African-American women’s art collective.

Mt. Lebanon. 412-341-2299.

AUGUST WILSON CENTER. With I Wish I Knew How It Felt to Be Free. Work by Hebru Brantley. Vanessa German, Introspective. An ambitious hybrid of multidisciplinary work curated to highlight the dimensions of German’s life & work as a citizen artist & activist.

Downtown. 412-258-2700.

BIDDLE’S ESCAPE. Strange Beauty: Autoradiography from Fukushima. The work of Japanese photojournalist Takashi Morizumi explores the affect of radiation from the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant disaster on everyday objects.

Regent Square. 412-247-1870.

BOXHEART GALLERY. Floodgates for Hydra. Paintings

by Jennipher Satterly. That was the River, This is the Sea. Paintings by Joshua Hogan, sculpture by James Shipman & a window installation by Daria Sandburg. Bloomfield.

412-687-8858.

CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART. Associated Artists of Pittsburgh.

Work from 56 regional artists.

Celebration Red. Conceptual artist, Allison Knowles reprises her 1962 work by asking visitors to bring in a red item to contribute to a large grid.

environment and take part in real-time science through activities such as bird watching in Schenley Park, meeting local scientists & artists, creating unique art, participating in family-friendly activities & exhibits, enjoying live music & browsing local vendors’ products & goods. 5 a.m.-5 p.m.

Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Garden, Oakland. 412-622-6914.

CIRCLE OF FAITH: DANCING W/ DIVERSITY. Celebration of

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Oakland. 412-622-3131.

CHRISTINE FRECHARD GALLERY. Summer Series. Work from Artur Vasilevich. Michael Lies, painter/filmmaker will exhibit a few paintings. Squirrel Hill. 412-421-8888.

EAST OF EASTSIDE GALLERY. Creative Journeys. Work from Jerome D’Angelo, Alexis Dillon & Maura Keeney. Forest Hills.

412-465-0140.

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.

GALLERIE CHIZ. Narratives: Reveries of Reality. Work

by Lindsay Feuer, Elizabeth Fortunato & Brian Sesack.

Shadyside. 412-441-6005.

GALLERY ON 43RD STREET. Domestic Detritus. Watercolors & acrylic paintings by Joseph Shepler. Lawrenceville.

412-683-6488.

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

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

GREENSBURG ART CENTER. Expired Mills: Inspired Landscapes. Oil paintings by Claire Hardy. Greensburg.

724-837-6791.

HILLMAN LIBRARY. 1989 China/Avant-Garde Exhibition: Reflections. Materials from the archive of Gao Minglu, research professor, Pitt Department of History of Art & Architecture & a leading scholar of Chinese contemporary art. Thornburgh Room. www.humanities.pitt. edu. Oakland. 412-648-3330.

HOYT INSTITUTE OF FINE ART. His Stories & Her Stories.

The work of illustrators John Manders & Stacey Hogue.

Kathleen Zimbicki. A solo exhibition of watercolors. New Castle. 724-652-2882.

inclusion for all & LGTBQ in every faith community. Families & kids welcome! 2 p.m. Schenley Plaza, Oakland. 412-682-7275.

SONNTAG: SUNDAYS IN DEUTSCHTOWN. Beer from Northside breweries, Wigle spirits, German food from Berlin Street Foods & German activities. Sun, 2-5 p.m. Thru Oct. 23 Wigle Whiskey Barrel House, North Side.

SUMMER READING EXTRAVAGANZA. A free outdoor

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HUNT INSTITUTE FOR BOTANICAL DOCUMENTATION. Great Expectations. There is great expectation in the promise & energy held within a bud or a seed, & phases of this continuous cycle of plant development are beautifully illustrated w/ collection items.

Oakland. 412-268-2434.

MATTRESS FACTORY. Ongoing Installations. Works by Turrell, Lutz, Shiota, Kusama, Anastasi, Highstein, Wexler & Woodrow.

North Side. 412-231-3169.

MATTRESS FACTORY SATELLITE GALLERY. Factory Installed. Work by David Bowen, Kevin Clancy, Wendy Judge & Lauren Kalman. North Side.

412-231-3169.

ON THE SKIDS. The Woods.

Art & illustrations by Seth Storck & Dave Slebodneck. Knoxville. www.ontheskidsstudiosand gallery.tumblr.com.

PENN AVENUE ARTS DISTRICT. Unblurred Gallery Crawl.

Garfield. 412-441-6147-ext.-7.

PITTSBURGH CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Arts in Education. Large scale fiber art works by students.

Marcellus Shale Documentary Project: An Expanded View. New photography & video works

by Noah Addis, Nina Berman, Brian Cohen, Scott Goldsmith, Lynn Johnson, Martha Rial, and Joe Seamans & graphics

by FracTracker Alliance that document the social & environmental effects of natural gas drilling in the region.

Shadyside. 412-361-0873.

SEWICKLEY PUBLIC LIBRARY. Giselle Potter.

The art work of a well known children’s book & editorial illustrator. Original artwork produced for children’s books, as well as sketches & unfinished art that will highlight the illustrator’s process. Sewickley.

412-741-6920.

SILVER EYE CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY. The Hereditary Estate: Daniel Coburn. The solo exhibition explores the dark undercurrent of the artist’s family history through a series of lyrical & mysterious photographs. Homo Bulla: Megan Ledbetter. The solo exhibition is a study of surfaces & life cycles in the American South. South Side. 412-431-1810.

festival for all ages, features music, crafts, games, storytelling, a giant slide, food trucks, a used book sale & more to kick off the summer reading program.

Visit carnegielibrary.org for the full schedule. 12-5 p.m. Carnegie Library, Oakland. 412-622-3114.

MON 06 CAFÉ SCIENTIFIQUE. Discuss today’s science issues w/ experts & ask your own questions. Call us at

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CONCEPT TO LAUNCH. A 6-week entrepreneurial training program for women in the early stages of starting a business called “Concept to Launch.” Program is open to 15 participants & will cover the following topics: developing the business concept, industry & market research, identifying target customers, pricing & marketing strategies, startup financials, legal business entities & pitching your business. Tue, 6-8 p.m. Thru July 12 Carnegie Library, Homewood.

412-731-3080.

THE SOCIETY FOR CONTEMPORARY CRAFT. Fiberart International 2016.

The 22nd in a series of triennial juried exhibitions sponsored by the Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh, Inc, featuring works by established & emerging artists the exhibition provides a unique opportunity to see current trends & innovations in this constantly evolving medium.

Pattern & Place: Art Quilts by Valerie Goodwin. Strip District.

412-261-7003.

SOUTHERN ALLEGHENIES MUSEUM OF ART. The Light in Nature & Time: Paintings

by Fred Danziger. Ligionier.

724-238-6015.

SPACE. Degrees of Seperation.

Works by Tamara Cedré, Nicole Herbert, Michael Dax Iacovone, Nate Larson, Carlene Muñoz, Daniel Pillis, Derek Reese, Scott Turri & Barbara Weissberger span spiritual, mental & physical distance. Downtown.

412-325-7723.

SWEETWATER CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Interwoven States Exhibition. Juried exhibition highlighting the diverse textile practices of our regional fiber arts community & the creativity in which artists express contemporary aesthetics & concepts. Sewickley.

412-741-4405.

TUGBOAT PRINT SHOP. Tugboat Printshop Showroom.

Open showroom w/ the artists.

By appt. only. Lawrenceville.

412-980-0884.

WESTMORELAND MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART. Telling Tales: Stories & Legends in 19th Century American Art. 53 pieces that portray themes of American ambition, pride & the spiritual elements of American life. Greensburg. 724-837-1500.

WOOD STREET GALLERIES. All Around Us: Installations & Experiences Inspired by Bugs.

Works by Jennifer Angus, Daniel Campos, Garnet Hertz, Ivana Adaime Makac, Robin Meier & Andre Gwerder, Nathan Morehouse, Daniel Zurek& Sebastian Echeverri, Matthijs Munnik, Stephanie Ross, Jeff Shaw, Susana Soares, Bingrui Tang & CMU CREATE Lab. Downtown. 412-471-5605.

WED 08 FARMERS AT PHIPPS. Wed, 2:30-6:30 p.m. Thru Oct. 26 Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Garden, Oakland. 412-622-6914.

FLEET FEET SPEED SQUAD. At the track. Coach Alex from Fleet Feet Sports Pittsburgh hosts weekly Wednesday night speed workouts.

The workouts are free & open to the public. Anyone who wants to improve their speed & form are encouraged to join. Wed, 7 p.m.

Jefferson Elementary, Mt. Lebanon.

412-851-9100.

A MINDFUL DISCUSSION: THE SUBJECT OF COMPASSION IN THE WRITINGS OF THICH NHAT HANH. This class will explore readings & practices for offering love, care, protection & compassion to ourselves. 7 p.m. Mount Lebanon Public Library, Mt. Lebanon. 412-531-1912.

OPEN CRITIQUE W/ LAUREN GOSHINSKI. A monthly get together for local artists wanting feedback on current projects.

7:30 p.m. Neu Kirche Contemporary Art Center, North Side. 412-322-2224.

THE PITTSBURGH SHOW OFFS. A meeting of jugglers & spinners.

All levels welcome. Wed, 7:30 p.m.

Union Project, Highland Park.

412-363-4550.

AUDITIONS THE AMISH MONKEYS. Looking to take on 1-2 new performers.

Experience as an improv performer required. Schedule an audition at amishmonkeys@gmail.com. No monologue necessary. Bring a photo if possible. 21 +. 4:30-5:30 p.m., June 18 & 7:30-8:30 p.m., June 22.

Father Ryan Arts Center, McKees Rocks. 412-771-3052.

COMMUNITY MEN’S CHOIR. Looking for male-identified singers interested in joining community men’s choral ensemble. Volunteer role, 1 2.5 hr rehearsal/week, 2 concerts a year. For more info, visit www.steelcitymenschorale. org. Thru Aug. 6. First Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Oakland. 412-683-4121.

JULY PGH. BICENTENNIAL COMEDY/VARIETY REVIEW. Seeking 2 males & 2 females.

Singers, actors & improv. All Ages.

Call 412-353-3756. Thru June 30.

Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Garden, Oakland. 412-622-6914.

THE LOTUS. If you have a personal story to tell about your coming

412-237-3400. 7-9 p.m. Carnegie Science Center, North Side.

412-237-3400.

SENIOR RESOURCE PANEL. An elite group of local senior-care experts—from physicians & elder law attorneys to financial planners & Medicare representatives — who will share their expertise & answer questions. 10 a.m.

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

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out, how it got better for you, how you overcame hurdles to live your authentic life, we want to hear from you. The Lotus is about celebrating & empowering our young LGBT generation. Straight allies welcome too. Deadline for story submissions is June 15. Email pitch@artsoutloud.org to send us your story synopsis. First Unitarian Church, Shadyside. 412-621-8008.

PITTSBURGH SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARKS. “Auditions for “Comedy of Errors.” Eight positions available, union & non-union.

Prepare one comedic Shakespearean monologue. Dress to move & be outside. Clowning experience a bonus but not required. June 4, 1 - 4 p.m. Email hmmeade@ pittsburghshakespeare.org or call 412-818-3548. Frick Park, Blue Slide Playground, Squirrel Hill.

SUBMISSIONS 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 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. afterhappy hourreview.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.

PITTSBURGH QUARTERLY. Looking for new work by local poets. Please check out Robert’s poem “Home Movies” at http://pittsburghquarterly.com/ between-the-issues-items/ item/1082-home-movies.html.

Ongoing. Pittsburgh Quartley, Fox Chapel.

PITTSBURGH WATERCOLOR SOCIETY AQUEOUS INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. Open to any artist 18 or older working in water-based media.

Works submitted for consideration to PWS Aqueous Open must be primarily water based media on an unvarnished paper surface.

Work must have been completed within the last two years & not previously shown in a PWS exhibit. For more information visit ww.pittsburghwatercolorsociety. com. Thru July 11. Spinning Plate Gallery, Friendship.

THE POET BAND COMPANY. Seeking various types of poetry.

Contact wewuvpoetry@hotmail. com Ongoing.

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I don’t care w here you go to the toilet.

I only care that after, you sing the ab cS while you wash your hands.

We wade through the crap so you don’t have to.

{BY DAN SAVAGE}

There’s this boy — he’s 29; I’m 46 and female. We met when we were 23 and 41.

I was not and am not into little boys. The Kid chased me, and I turned him down for months — until I got drunk one night and caved. It was supposed to be a one-night stand, but it isn’t anymore. We’ve never been “together,” because the Kid wants kids and happily ever after and all that horseshit, and I don’t (and I’m too old even if I did). The Kid has been in several relationships over the years, looking for The One, and I genuinely hope he finds her. But in the meantime, the Kid runs to me when he hits a hiccup in a relationship, and I let him — meaning, he gets mad at her and fucks me madly. Afterward, I get him to talk about it — he tells me what happened, and I always try to advise him how to make it better, how to make it work. But so far it hasn’t, and we’re “us” again until he meets another girl.

I’m afraid that I’m giving him a reason not to work on these relationships and he will never find the kids/ forever thing he’s looking for. Should I let him go for his own sake?

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These lies are understandable: People don’t want to be judged or shamed. But when a CSS couple lies about how they met, TRUTH, they reinforce the very shame and stigma that made them feel like they had to lie in the first place. And they play into the sex-negative, selfdefeating assumption made by singles who attend sex parties and spend time in cages — these single people who do sleazy things often refuse to date the people they meet at sex parties, etc., because they believe no LCR ever had a CSS. If couples that had sleazy starts told the truth about themselves, singles would be less likely to rule out dating people they met sleazily.

I despised your advice to LIBIDOS, the poly married woman who you counseled to have sex with her husband even though she has zero desire to do so. You came close to telling her to throw away her consent. Somewhere between a third and half of women have been sexually assaulted. Would it be possible for most of them to suck it up and sleep with someone they had no desire for without ending up resenting or hating that person? Even if LIBIDOS won life’s coin toss on sexual assault, she would most likely come to resent her husband if she had passionless sex with him. From the husband’s perspective, wouldn’t being lied to in this way ruin him? The truth is really the only solution here. The road you set this woman down leads only to bitterness and divorce.

“A COUPLE THAT MET IN A SEX DUNGEON WILL SAY THEY MET DOING A TEAM-BUILDING EXERCISE AT A WORK RETREAT.”

I don’t see any conflict between what the Kid says he wants in the long run — kids and happily ever after and all that horseshit — and the things his actions indicate he wants now, i.e., your rear and your ear. He’s young, he hasn’t met a woman he could see himself with for the long haul, and he appears to be in no rush — he can have his first kid next year or 20 years from now.

And the meantime, DCMC, he has you.

Here’s where I detect some conflict between statements and actions: The fact that you keep fucking the Kid while he’s technically still with other women is a pretty good indication that you’re not ready to let go of him either. So going forward, maybe you should offer the Kid your advice when he’s seeing someone, fuck the shit out of him when he’s single, and don’t waste too much time worrying about whether fucking you incentivizes being single.

Because single/you may be what he wants right now.

If I first met someone on a hookup site or at a sex party and then we start seeing each other, what’s the best way to explain how we met when we’re at a social event and people ask?

TORRID REVELATIONS UNDERMINING TOTALLY HONESTY

The truth is always nice — and in your case, TRUTH, telling the truth about your relationship could be constructive.

There are a lot of people out there in loving committed relationships (LCR) that had crazy sleazy starts (CSS). But very few people in a LCR with a CSS tell the truth when asked how they met. A couple who met at a sex party will say they met at a dinner party; a couple that met inside a cage in a sex dungeon will say they met doing a team-building exercise at

SERIOUSLY HORRIFIED ABOUT THAT

LIBIDOS, a poly woman with a boyfriend (whom she’s fucking) and a husband (whom no one is fucking) asked me if she should “force” herself to fuck her husband. She also mentioned having a kid and not wanting to get divorced. And it was my opinion — an opinion she sought out — that she might wanna fuck her husband once in a while. Advice isn’t binding arbitration, SHAT, and if fucking her husband is a traumatizing ordeal, as opposed to a dispiriting chore, she should ignore my advice and keep not fucking her husband. And seeing as LIBIDOS asked me whether she should fuck her husband, it seemed safe to assume that she was open to the idea.

You weren’t the only reader to take me to task for my advice to LIBIDOS. Apparently, there are lots of people out there who don’t realize how many long-marrieds — men and women, gay and straight, poly and mono — fuck their spouses out of a grim sense of duty.

It seems a bit extreme to describe that kind of sex as a consent-free/sexual-assault-adjacent trauma. Choosing in the absence of coercion to go through the marital motions to keep your spouse happy is rarely great sex, but slapping the nonconsensual label on joyless-but-traumafree marital sex is neither helpful nor accurate.

On the Lovecast, Emily Bazelon and Mistress Matisse on decriminalizing prostitution: savage lovecast.com.

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Free Will Astrology

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I foresee fertile chaos in your immediate future, Gemini. I predict lucky accidents and smoldering lucidity and disciplined spontaneity. Do you catch the spirit of what I’m suggesting? Your experiences will not be describable by tidy theories. Your intentions will not fit into neat categories. You will be a vivid embodiment of sweet paradoxes and crazy wisdom and confusing clarity. Simple souls may try to tone you down, but I hope you will evade their pressure as you explore the elegant contradictions you encounter. Love your life exactly as it is! Methodical improvisations will be your specialty. Giving gifts that are both selfish and unselfish will be one of your best tricks. “Healing extremes” will be your code phrase of power.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): According to many sources on the internet, “werifesteria” is an obscure word from Old English.

But my research suggests it was, in fact, dreamed up within the last few years by a playful hoaxster.

Regardless of its origins, I think it’s an apt prescription to fix what’s bugging you. Here’s the definition: “to wander longingly through the forest in search of mystery and adventure.” If you are not currently seeking out at least a metaphorical version of that state, I think you should be. Now is an excellent time to reap the catalytic benefits of being willingly lost in a wild, idyllic, relaxing setting.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I’m debating about which of your astrological houses will be your featured hotspot in the coming days. I’m guessing it will come down to two options: your House of Valid Greed and your House of Obligatory Sharing. The House of Valid Greed has a good chance to predominate, with its lush feasts and its expansive moods. But the House of Obligatory Sharing has an austere beauty that makes it a strong possibility, as well.

Now here’s the trick ending, Leo: I’d like to see if you can emphasize both houses equally; I hope you’ll try to inhabit them both at the same time.

Together they will grant you a power that neither could bestow alone.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Between now and July 25, there’s a chance you will reach the peak of a seemingly unclimbable mountain. You could win a privilege that neither you nor anyone else ever dreamed was within your reach. It’s possible you’ll achieve a milestone you’ve been secretly preparing for since childhood. Think I’m exaggerating, Virgo? I’m not.

You could break a record for the biggest or best or fastest, or you might finally sneak past an obstacle that has cast a shadow over your self-image for years. And even if none of these exact events comes to pass, the odds are excellent that you will accomplish another unlikely or monumental feat.

Congratulations in advance!

that I think you could use. “Pain serves a purpose,” she says. “Without it you are in danger.

What you cannot feel you cannot take care of.”

With that in mind, Scorpio, I urge you to take full advantage of the suffering you’re experiencing.

Treat it as a gift that will motivate you to transform the situation that’s causing you to hurt.

Honor it as a blessing you can use to rise above the mediocre or abusive circumstances you have been tolerating.

Fortesa Latifi: “I Am Still Learning How to Do the Easy Things.” During the next phase of your astrological cycle, I invite you to specialize in this study.

You may imagine that you are already a master of the simple, obvious arts of life, but here’s the news: Few of us are. And the coming weeks will be a favorable time for you to refine your practice. Here’s a good place to start: Eat when you’re hungry, sleep when you’re tired and give love when you’re lonely.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

ARIES (March 21-April 19):

Aphorist James Guida contemplates the good results that can come from not imposing expectations on the raw reality that’s on its way. “Not to count chickens before they’re hatched,” he muses, “or eggs before they’re laid, chickens who might possibly lay eggs, birds who from afar might be confused with chickens.” I recommend this strategy for you in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. Experiment with the pleasure of being wide open to surprises. Cultivate a mood of welcoming oneof-a-kind people, things and events. Be so empty you have ample room to accommodate an influx of new dispensations. As James Guida concludes: “Not to count or think of chickens.”

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “No gift is ever exactly right for me,” mourns Capricorn poet James Richardson. Don’t you dare be like him in the coming days. Do whatever you must to ensure that you receive at least one gift that’s exactly right for you. Two gifts would be better; three sublime. Here’s another thought from Richardson: “Success repeats itself until it is a failure.” Don’t you dare illustrate that theory.

Either instigate changes in the way you’ve been achieving success, or else initiate an entirely new way. Here’s one more tip from Richardson: “Those who demand consideration for their sacrifices were making investments, not sacrifices.” Don’t you dare be guilty of that sin. Make sacrifices, not investments. If you do, your sacrifices will ultimately turn out to be good investments.

“My mother gave birth to me once, yeah yeah yeah,” writes author Sara Levine. “But I’ve redone myself a million times.” I’m sure she is not demeaning her mom’s hard work, but rather celebrating her own. When’s the last time you gave birth to a fresh version of yourself? From where I stand, it looks like the next 12 to 15 months will be one of those fertile phases of reinvention.

And right now is an excellent time to get a lightning-flash glimpse of what the New You might look like.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):

Author Rebecca Solnit offers some tough advice

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We are inclined to believe that the best way to see the whole picture or the complete story is from above. The eagle that soars overhead can survey a vast terrain in one long gaze. The mountaintop perspective affords a sweeping look at a vast landscape. But sometimes this perspective isn’t perfectly useful. What we most need to see may be right next to us, or nearby, and it’s only visible if our vision is narrowly focused.

Here’s how poet Charles Bernstein expresses it: “What’s missing from the bird’s eye view is plain to see on the ground.” Use this clue in the coming weeks.

Psychologists say that a good way to eliminate a bad habit is to replace it with a good one. How will you do that? Freewillastrology.com

get your yoga on! schoolhouseyoga.com gentle yoga yoga levels 1, 2 ashtanga yoga meditation

yin yoga prenatal yoga mommy & me yoga for kids

Your theme comes from the title of a poem by

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20):

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Life will invite you to explore the archetype of the Ethical Interloper in the coming days. The archetype of the Helpful Transgressor may tempt you, as well, and even the Congenial Meddler or the Compassionate Trickster might look appealing. I urge you to consider experimenting with all of these. It will probably be both fun and productive to break taboos in friendly ways. You could reconnoiter forbidden areas without freaking anyone out or causing a troublesome ruckus. If you’re sufficiently polite and kind in expressing your subversive intentions, you might leave a trail of good deeds in your wake.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):

The voices in our heads are our constant companions. They fill our inner sanctuary with streams of manic commentary. Often we’re not fully cognizant of the bedlam, since the outer world dominates our focus. But as soon as we close our eyes and turn our attention inward, we’re immersed in the jabbering babble. That’s the bad news, Aries. Now here’s the good news. In the coming weeks you will have far more power than usual to ignore, dodge or even tamp down the jabbering babble. As a result, you may get a

chance to spend unprecedented amounts of quality time with the still, small voice at your core — the wise guide that is often drowned out by all the noise.

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THE CONCEPT was simple: Film fans partying before a Judas Priest

concert in suburban Washington, D.C. The result was epic: a 17-minute cult-hit documentary titled “Heavy Metal Parking Lot,” now celebrating its 30th anniversary, and screening this Saturday at the Hollywood Theater, in Dormont.

On May 31, 1986, filmmakers John Heyn and Jeff Krulik1 took borrowed equipment to the parking lot of the Capital Centre, and waded into the jubilant sea of metal fandom: shirtless dudes throwing horns and girls with blown-out hair “trippin’ Jack Daniels,” leaning on muscle cars and shit vans, invoking their gods with bellowed hosannas of “Prrrrriiieeeessssttttt!”

When I first watched this film back in the 1980s2, I laughed at the fans, so tragically dressed and so guileless in their idiotic, boozy profundity: “They should make a joint so big it fits across America and everybody smokes it.” I’ve incorporated some of the keepers — “Busch and Budweiser — you got your choice” — into my own joke repertoire.

And I wasn’t alone. “Heavy Metal Parking Lot” became a word-ofmouth hit of sorts, passed around on bootlegged videotapes to be shared among fans of metal and of funny videos, and also among those who admired how “HMPL” transcended its micro budget and easy laughs to become a meaningful piece of cinema3.

Because “HMPL” turns out to be surprisingly layered: Shot and presented without judgment, it’s both a snapshot of a specific time, place and culture, and a timeless paean to being young.

It’s a perfect encapsulation of the mid-1980s’ mostly white, suburban affection for heavy metal: the look; the derision of other music (“Madonna can go to hell as far as I’m concerned. She’s a dick.”); the attendant partying; and the (admittedly mild) rebellion it offered. The

film even includes a parents-just-don’t-understand moment offered by a Cap Centre worker: “I never seen such thing in all my life till I’ve been working here. The way these young people talk, and the way they dress, and the way they make noise.”

But every snapshot of carefree youth is already marking the past; these kids are grooving with their tribe on a warm night before the grind of adulthood makes such experiences rarer. “HMPL” also keens with that last-hurrah wistfulness of such canonical nostalgic works as American Graffiti or Dazed and Confused. And it’s all real, unvarnished.

HEAVY METAL PARKING LOT 8 p.m. Sat., June 4. Hollywood Theater, Dormont. Screens with Heavy Metal Picnic (2010). Pat Clark4, formerly of the 1980s Washington, D.C., video scene, will introduce the film. Oh, and come dressed to rock: The best-dressed headbanger gets a prize.

In the ensuing years, “HMPL” moved from crappy VHS dubs to legitimate and modern formats, including a website (www.heavy metalparkinglot.com). It may have started out as a goof, but “Heavy Metal Parking Lot” has earned a rightful place in the canon of Great Rock Documentaries (it made Rolling Stone’s cut at No. 33); it’s celebrating its 30th birthday with a tour, an exhibit at the University of Maryland and even a limited-edition craft beer.

Never mind the three decades that have since passed — in “Heavy Metal Parking Lot,” the good times are forever: Friends are the best, Judas Priest rules, and that one girl is still “headed to Ocean City to party more.”

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DISCLOSURE NO. 1: I was friends with Jeff Krulik and John Heyn in 1986. Still am. DISCLOSURE NO. 2: I received a free copy of “HPML.” On Betamax. Still plays. DISCLOSURE NO. 3: I played that tape for dozens of people over the years, contributing to the film’s pre-internet viralness. Still do. DISCLOSURE NO. 4: Pat Clark is my husband, and also subject to Disclosures No. 1-3.

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