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OCT. 24-31, 2018 VOLUME 28 + ISSUE 43 Editor-In-Chief LISA CUNNINGHAM Associate Publisher JUSTIN MATASE Director of Operations KEVIN SHEPHERD Managing Editor ALEX GORDON Senior Writers RYAN DETO, AMANDA WALTZ Staff Writers HANNAH LYNN, JORDAN SNOWDEN Photographer/Videographer JARED WICKERHAM Digital Media Manager JOSH OSWALD Marketing and Promotions Coordinator CONNOR MARSHMAN Graphic Designers MAYA PUSKARIC, JEFF SCHRECKENGOST Senior Sales Representative BLAKE LEWIS Sales Representatives KAITLIN OLIVER, NICK PAGANO Digital Development Manager RYAN CROYLE Office Coordinator MAGGIE WEAVER Advertising Sales Assistant TAYLOR PASQUARELLI Circulation Manager JEFF ENGBARTH Featured Contributors REGE BEHE, GAB BONESSO, LYNN CULLEN, TERENEH IDIA, CRAIG MRUSEK, JESSIE SAGE, STEVE SUCATO Intern ALEX POPICHAK Office Administrator RODNEY REGAN National Advertising Representative VMG ADVERTISING 1.888.278.9866 OR 1.212.475.2529 Publisher EAGLE MEDIA CORP.

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EVENTS 10.25 – 4:30pm 2018 TEACHER OPEN HOUSE Our annual open house event just for teachers.

Sponsored by NOVA Chemicals.

Tickets $10 (includes museum admission, studio materials and lite bites)

10.25 – 7pm THE BLACK ECSTATIC: AN EVENING OF POETRY & FILM Frick Fine Arts Building, Auditorium (Oakland) Co-presented with Center for African American Poetry (CAAPP) at University of Pittsburgh This program is presented in conjunction with The Warhol’s Devan Shimoyama: Cry, Baby exhibition.

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10.26 – 7pm SHOP TALK: KLEAVER CRUZ AND DEVAN SHIMOYAMA DISCUSS BLACK JOY, MASCULINITY, AND BARBERSHOPS The Warhol theater Co-presented with Center for African American Poetry (CAAPP) at University of Pittsburgh This program is presented in conjunction with The Warhol’s Devan Shimoyama: Cry, Baby exhibition.

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10.27 – 3pm DANDY ANDY: WARHOL’S QUEER HISTORY Join artist educators for Dandy Andy, a monthly tour that focuses on Warhol’s queer history.

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11.9 – 7pm SCREENING OF THE CHELSEA GIRLS The Warhol theater Andy Warhol’s epic double-screen masterpiece The Chelsea Girls in a new digital film transfer.

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Generous support of Devan Shimoyama: Cry, Baby is provided by the Quentin and Evelyn T. Cunningham Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation and The Fine Foundation.

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THE BIG STORY

BLACK CAT SYNDROME

BY LISA CUNNINGHAM // LCUNNING@PGHCITYPAPER.COM

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UPERSTITIOUS FOLKS would call it the luck of the black cat.

Last Thursday, less than two months after The Black Cat Market in Lawrenceville opened its doors, Pittsburgh PostGazette published a story saying the Allegheny County Health Department ordered the cat café to close. A similar Pittsburgh Tribune-Review story soon followed.

Only, it wasn’t entirely accurate.

As the first article came out, Black Cat cofounder/owner Indigo Baloch was wearing a gigantic black cat head in the front of the Butler Street shop, posing for a photograph for this week’s Pittsburgh City Paper cover.

At the back of the shop, inside a clean, playful room filled with benches, cat toys, and colorful blankets, two guests were visible through the window, laughing as they spent time with adoptable cats Remus, Ariana, Petunia, and Fleur.

The two owners, Baloch and Olivia Ciotoli, took to social media that evening, claiming the articles were a mistake.

“The Black Cat Market is able to remain open; however, food cannot be served at this establishment until it obtains a valid permit and meets all requirements of a food facility,” Ryan Scarpino, Public Health Information Officer for the county’s health department emailed City Paper the next morning.

Baloch says the health department never told them they needed to close, only that they can no longer sell baked goods until they submit additional paperwork and install a mop sink.

At the time of our visit, a small cooler behind the counter contained canned coffees and bottled teas, but no food or fresh-made coffee was available.

Black Cat hopes to start selling baked goods again in a few weeks.

In the meantime, it will keep regular hours for cat visits, shopping, and events.

(The previous supplier of the baked goods, home-based Good Chroma Bakery, was also listed as being shut down in the same article

for not having a health permit. The bakery confirmed on its Facebook page that it is now closed.)

BALOCH IS GENTLE with the adoptable cats in the back room.

She coos quietly, trying to coax out Remus, five years old and the market’s first black cat, but he’s shy and only comes out for a few seconds. Having him sit for a photograph is impossible. The three other cats in the room rub up against her legs affectionately, trying to get her attention.

She’s good with them. Makes sure to pet each of them equally.

She says many people who come in are excited to show her photos of their own cats, and then apologize for bothering her. “I always say, ‘Show me more! Show me videos!’”

When she closes the cat room door and moves to the front of the shop, Baloch is emotional about the journey opening the shop has been so far.

“We’re just two punk cat ladies,” she says from behind the counter.

Cat mugs and decorations sit beside the cash register in front of her, with more items for sale on a nearby shelf: a black cat candle holder, a black cat peeking out of a ceramic pumpkin planter.

She says the two of them first met while booking punk shows, and got along so well they opened DIY music venue Venus Fly Trap together.

In 2016, Ciotoli told City Paper they just joked about opening a cat café at first. “Then we [thought], ‘Wait, no, we could actually do this.’

So we started working on a business plan.”

Baloch spent time researching cat cafés in Japan. And the name?

Both women are fans of black cats. “Statistics show black cats are less likely to be adopted,” Baloch says. “We wanted to fight the superstition that black cats are bad luck.”

Their own luck so far, however, hasn’t been the best.

TWO MONTHS after opening, neither are taking a salary. “We’re

putting any profits back into the business,” Baloch says.

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Securing the permit to sell baked goods is just the first step. To have the café fully operational as they first planned, she says they’ll need a minimum of $20,000 to make necessary renovations to the site in order to qualify for a food assembly permit. They have an espresso machine ready to go, but that price doesn’t include the cost it’ll take for installation.

She also says loans are difficult because their business is so new.

A Kickstarter raised over $20,000 in just one month back in 2016, and the two women originally planned for a fall 2016 opening, but it took two years to finally open. Since then, The Colony Café opened in the Strip District last year, beating them as the first official cat café in town.

One update on their Kickstarter page said they had a location originally planned for Aspinwall, but it fell through.

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Kickstarter backers weren’t shy about their frustrations. And on Twitter, a parody account, @notblackcatmart, posted this as recently as June: “Pssst.

Guess who’s cafe still isn’t open? Lmao.”

When last week’s Post-Gazette article came out, haters took to Pittsburgh’s Reddit to poke fun.

Baloch, however, seems determined to succeed. It really was important for them to be women in the heavily maledominated punk scene, and she wants to have a shop that also is inclusive.

Their hearts, she says, are in event planning. Black Cat displays artwork from local femme and non-binary artists on its walls. They plan on having an art opening for each new artist who hangs their work in the shop and don’t plan on taking any commission from artwork sold.

“We’re not pay-to-play people,” Baloch says. “We’re artists ourselves, and we know how much that sucks.”

They recently held a Halloween pop-up and art show; upcoming events include a poetry reading, book launch, and a Spooky Game Night (see page 10.)

IT HASN’T ALL been unlucky.

Black Cat’s first two foster cats got adopted together by a guest who met them in the market earlier this month.

A few days later, the four new residents were brought in by Frankie’s Friends Cat Rescue in New Kensington. Guests can pay $4 per person to hang out with the cats for 30 minutes.

“We have had a great experience with them so far,” Katie Smith, Frankie’s Friends outreach manager tells City Paper.

Ohio artist Vanessa Port, who held an exhibit of her “Veepdoodles” black cat art in the market this past weekend, also said working with the two women was “really smooth and easy.” Port donated $250 of the proceeds from her show to Frankie’s Friends.

Will luck return to The Black Cat Market? National Black Cat Day is this Saturday, after all.

Baloch is hopeful. “We’re just doing our best to pull together the funds as soon as possible.”

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Katie Smith, outreach manager at Frankie’s Friends Cat Rescue in New Kensington says their black cats seem to find homes just as quickly as other cats.

“It seems that black cats are becoming more popular with time,” she says.

“Black cats have just as much love and affection to give as any other cat.”

There are even added benefits to owning them. “Black hair is harder to see, so your clothing and furniture may not look as ‘hairy’ as they would if you owned a different colored cat,” she says.

Their five-year-old black cat Remus also just had some luck: He got adopted this week from The Black Cat Market in Lawrenceville (see story on page 6).

Over at Humane Animal Rescue, 13-year-old Baby Sue has been living at their East End shelter since late August.

But Matt Pietropaoli, Humane’s manager of communications, says black cats are generally abundant, which could add to the myth that black cats have a longer length-of-stay at shelters than other breeds.

Their shelters are also prepared for anyone who might just want to adopt a cat for a Halloween prop.

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Remus, The Black Cat Market’s first black foster cat from Frankie’s Friends

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On October 28, the shelter is teaming up with Steel City Squares for The Black Cat Boogie, a night of square dancing and “spooky fun” from 5-8 p.m. at Spring Hill Brewery.

If Baby Sue isn’t adopted by then, Pietropaoli says she’ll be a big focus of the event.

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ROM KID-FRIENDLY frights to spooky nights out, Pittsburgh has a lot going on this Halloween season. CP found some of the best all-ages and adult-only events for creeps both big and small. Just remember – costumes are always required.

The Main Event SATURDAY, OCT. 27 Head to Market Square for Fright Up Night, an evening jam-packed with events like zombie wrestling, a Night of the Living Dead-inspired pop-up bar, and other creepy, cool delights.

Families should head to Point Park University for an all-ages party with Halloween games, a pumpkin pie-eating contest, and free pizza. Adults will find Halloween-themed drink specials at various participating bars, plus costume contests, live music, and frightfully good food. Or cruise the final

Saturday Night Market of the season for handmade and artisan products that would make anyone scream. 510 p.m. 210 Forbes Ave., Downtown.

Prices vary. frightupnight.com

Fun for the Whole Family SATURDAY, OCT. 27 Dress up the little ghouls and goblins and head to Kelly-Strayhorn Theater for its annual Halloween Mayhem party.

The afternoon of kid-approved festivities includes a costume parade, youthled performances, and a DJ. Get creative with crafts in the theater lobby, or enjoy puppets, games, and more. 12-3 p.m.

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There is no shortage of dance parties to show off your delightfully ironic Sexy Hot Dog costume, but Cruze has more DJs than you can shake a stick at for That Halloween Party. Touted as “Pittsburgh’s premier underground Halloween dance event,” More the bash has 12 DJs spinSUNDAY, OCT. 28 Calendar ning dubstep, trap, drum The Oaks Theater casts a events and bass, and bass house, spell with its Cinebrunch all in an inclusive, LGBTQpresentation of Hocus Poon page 39 friendly environment. 8 p.m.cus. Chow down on savory 2 a.m.1600 Smallman St., Strip and sweet breakfast fare – District. cruzebar.com including pastries from The Oakmont Bakery – during an early Horror fans can head to the Regent screening of the 1993 comedy film starSquare Theater for a reception of The ring Bette Midler as the leader of an Fog with star Tom Atkins. The theater evil witch trio resurrected in modern will show a 4K restoration of John Carday Salem, Mass. 10 a.m. 310 Alleghpenter’s terrifying 1980 tale about a seaeny River Blvd., Oakmont. $14.50-16.50. side town under siege by a mysterious theoakstheater.com CONTINUES ON PG. 14

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fog full of vengeful spirits. Atkins will introduce the film and lead a Q&A session before the screening. Showtimes for The Fog continue through Thu., Nov. 1. 6 p.m.

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SATURDAY, OCT. 27 Spirit has two floors, tons of live music, and an entire night of partying for its Halloween Costume Contest & 80s Burnout Bash. Grab a beer and enjoy performances from a wide variety of Pittsburgh-based bands, including synthwave act Betamaxx, grungy hard rockers T-Tops, and the electronic stylings of Majeure. Don’t forget to don your best duds for a costume contest hosted by featured musician, BjORDAN. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. 242 51st St., Lawrenceville. $15 online, $20 at the door. spiritpgh.com

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Meet some furry friends during Black Cat Market’s Spooky Game Night. The event kicks off the first in a regular series of game nights, where guests are encouraged to play different featured board games and bring some of their favorites to share. For this round, expect an appearance from creepy selections like House on the Hill and Werewolf. Plus, $4 will get you unlimited entrance to the cat room all night. 6-10 p.m. 5171 Butler St., Lawrenceville. Free. blackcatmarketpgh.com

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30 Break out your best black eyeliner and studded collar for the Danse Macabre 3 Halloween party at Cattivo. Sink your teeth into a night of goth and industrial acts from all over, including headliner Aurelio Voltaire, a New York City singer-songwriter whose music is described as “a collection of murder ballads and tongue-in-cheek exercises in the macabre.” Also playing is the New York darkwave band NOIR, the Arizona synthwave-rock act FIRES, and Toronto-based musician Sue Hutton of Indarra, as well as DJ Eclipse and DJ

Allegheny Wine Mixer presents its high-art version of Halloween with Hell Night. The bar once again welcomes Opera on Tap – a nonprofit devoted to raising arts awareness by bringing opera to more intimate venues – as they belt out a selection of the creepiest, most violent, sexiest arias, duets, and trios. Drop a couple singles in the Wagnerian Helmet of Prosperity when it comes around – the more the audience tips, the crazier and spookier the night gets. 8:30-10:30 p.m., 5326 Butler St., Lawrenceville. Free. alleghenywinemixer.com

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SEW AND TELL

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ALLOWEEN IS right around the

corner, which means that for procrastinators, it’s time to start thinking about costume ideas and, for those who are creatively inclined, how to make a costume at the last minute.

Catherine Batcho, owner of Cut & Sew Studio in Morningside, offered advice for beginners creating costumes on a time crunch. Along with pay-bythe-hour open studio hours that provide access to sewing tools (cutting boards, sewing machine, etc.), Batcho books private lessons for the less sewing adept.

Mix premade items with items to modify This is one of the best tips for someone with little to no sewing experience or low on time. Sewing an entire costume from scratch is extremely involved, especially as a beginner. The best way to approach a DIY costume is to go to a thrift shop, or even better, go through your own closet. With a vision in mind, piece together a costume out of existing clothing and items that are modified. “If you have to have a shirt that has something on it or looks a certain way, maybe you already have a shirt, and you can modify it,” says Batcho. This is the quickest and easiest way to get a costume done. Build the outfit with items that you already have and make changes where needed.

Fabric choice is key A problem many sewing novices run into is hard-to-use fabric. People gravi-

Sewing with Cut & Sew Studio in Morningside

tate towards fabric that matches their vision, but costume fabric can be difficult to work with. “So, if you haven’t decided on your costume, picking something that will allow you to work with easier fabrics can be helpful.”

Batcho suggested sturdy and non-slippery woven fabrics for beginners. When looking for woven fabrics, it’s best to pull and feel the material. Take notice: Does it stay still or does it feel stretchy or slippery? That can be the guide on whether it’s an easy or hard fabric to work with.

“If you can choose between two different fabrics, definitely choose the one that is woven and won’t stretch. It’s what you think a pillowcase would be made from.”

For some, this may still not be enough to go off of when choosing fabric. Conveniently, Cut & Sew Studio is located next to Firecracker Fabrics. Batcho says that if you go to a store like Firecracker, they can advise what fabrics to use.

Function over finished What’s nice about costumes is that they don’t necessarily have to be finished the way a piece of wearable clothing often would. Things on the inside, such as edges and seams, can be left unfinished.

For beginners, sewing instructions can be hard to decipher, but since it’s a costume, try your best and see what happens. “Rely on what you think it should

look like and whip it together.” As long as the costume is functional, it can be worn and adored.

Think ahead In future years, plan ahead and attend sewing classes to create the ideal costume. Batcho has students who are still working on costumes but most have already finished. Time is important, and with enough planning, local tools like Cut & Sew can help achieve costumes of all types, no matter your sewing skill set.

“It’s a fun place to experiment and learn something new because it’s a little less pressure than getting into actual clothing, so it’s a nice step before.”

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Phantom Fright Night at Kennywood

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SCARY AMUSEMENT

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my whole life, I had never gone to a Phantom Fright Night at Kennywood until this month. I arrived with a friend of mine about an hour after the gates opened. Having tickets printed ahead of time makes check-in a breeze.

Be advised: Kennywood enforces a no reentry policy and a no costume policy during Fright Nights.

We were greeted at the entryway tunnel by a few masked actors, one wielding a chainsaw and another wearing a rad fallen-angel costume. The whole tunnel was full of that special-effects fog that lingers heavily, like dew in late summer.

The tunnel-o-fog set a great tone, however, the tone wasn’t completely carried through throughout the park.

It is worth noting that the Fright Nights are not a traditional “haunted attraction” but rather a Halloween-ification of Kennywood. Some Kennywood spaces are transformed into haunted houses,

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games are Halloween-themed, and creepy music is pumped throughout the park. Several of the rides and most of the coasters are open as well, which beats a standard haunted house.

Like most ventures to amusement parks, you get what you sign up for. Once passed the entryway tunnel, it’s easy to avoid the actors.

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6 p.m.-12 a.m., Fri., Oct. 26 and Sat., Oct. 27; 6-11 p.m. Sun., Oct. 28. $29.99 online/ $33.99 at door. 4800 Kennywood Blvd., West Mifflin. kennywood.com/pfn

It’s nice to have control over the method of spooky. However, visitors spend a good portion of the night in lines to be scared before getting in separate lines for other attractions. Or, if my visit was any indication, you spend most of your time figuring out which

line goes where and whether or not the line is worth the time.

One exception would be Old Kennywood, which has been artfully transformed into “Gory Park.” The themed path comes complete with zombies, a car crash, and some spectacular actors.

Kennywood is a sprawling park, and it makes sense that most of the effort is directed toward the haunted attractions scattered throughout the park. But the keyword is scattered: there are parts of the park that aren’t decorated and feel more like trespassing in the off-season than a seasonal attraction.

Come prepared and research the attractions. There are so many options of haunts throughout the park, but signage is sparse and nondescript, and I only found out about some of the attractions by referring to a brochure after the fact.

Actors do terrorize folks in line for coasters or haunted houses, which is a

great touch. While in line for the Jackrabbit, some visitors ahead of us were startled by a man in a red flannel scraping some sort of pipe across the fencing.

Kennywood’s attention to detail shone through on its rides: the Jackrabbit is completely dark and its tunnel filled with fog. The Thunderbolt, Phantom’s Revenge, Aero 360, Black Widow, Bumper Cars, and Racer are all similarly darkened.

Other parts of the park are lit up in hues of orange and purple.

Phantom Fright Nights is best experienced as a group activity with people that are good sports and willing to wait in line.

Come prepared with some idea of what the group wants to do to make the most of the night.

Also, don’t get too thrown by the massive, darkened Christmas tree over by Kiddieland and the wreaths hanging off of refreshment stands. Unless a reminder of the creeping of time is an intentional scare. Now that got me.

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Jordan Snowden gets makeup applied at Scarehouse by makeup artist Molly Himes.

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AFTER

Mollie Himes, the makeup manager at Etna haunted house ScareHouse, effortlessly and flawlessly made me into a kick-ass boney beauty. The process only took about 20 minutes, and in that time, she completely transformed my face. Getting this look, or a variation of this look, is easier than you think, and the full technique is available at pghcitypaper.com.

After leaving ScareHouse, my boyfriend and I walked around Mount Washington so that I could stare at onlookers with my sultry, skeletal face. One guy screamed, “All right!” Then gave a thumbs-up. Another simply made eye contact and didn’t look away until we passed each other. Once that fun was finished, we headed back to the apartment to enjoy the rest of our Sunday evening. But I didn’t take the paint off right away. I didn’t even wash my face until right before bed. Since it’s spooky season, I hung out, being spooky. Every five minutes or so, my boyfriend would look at me, make a face, and laugh. He said that he kept forgetting what I looked like until he got an eye-full.

What was oddly satisfying about the whole endeavor was how easy the paint came off. Himes used water-based face paint and with one swipe of a makeup wipe my skin was paint free. I always assumed that using face paint was hard to apply and even harder to remove. But I was wrong. I plan to start painting my face every Halloween from now on.

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.FOOD REVIEW.

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OU PAY and they bring you food.”

My first attempts at describing Nu failed, as it was kindly pointed out that these steps happen at every restaurant. But Nu isn’t “every restaurant.”

Nu is the love child of a buffet and full-service diner: sit-down, plated meals with bonus bites from the “Nosh and Nibble” table. The small buffet features made-from-scratch bites, as the owners describe it, “a cocktail party without the booze.” The restaurant shares a door and ownership with Pamela’s P&G Diner in Squirrel Hill. The owners, selfproclaimed “Hybrid Jews,” serve Modern Jewish cooking.

The bistro is weekends-only, and I made it to Nu in time for Sunday Brunch (okay, more like lunch). Entering Nu is a bit of a maze, and it takes a second to figure out which doorway goes to Pamela’s and which opens to Nu. Once I ended up in the correct restaurant, I was seated quickly.

Nu’s decor is eccentric. Blue lights wrapped the wall behind me, without obscuring the egg and bacon portrait of Ron Swanson. Quippy signs hung on the wall, reading, “I don’t need coffee so I can survive, I need coffee so all of you can” or “A recent study has found that women who carry extra weight live longer than men that mention it.”

A chalkboard menu takes up the majority of one wall, listing the day’s choices. There were eight total, a range of traditional Jewish cuisine and American fare. I chose the shakshuka, two basted eggs on tomato chili served with mamaliga. The minute my order was in, I

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Veggie hash with basted eggs at Nu: A Modern Jewish Bistro

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headed to nosh and nibble.

There seemed to be no rhyme or reason behind what was on the nosh table.

It’s purely what the kitchen wanted to cook that day. I loaded a plate with coconut shrimp, a corn biscuit, latke hush puppies, haluski and kielbasa, stewed tomatoes, challah bread pudding, and blueberry walnut cake.

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a porridge made from yellow cornmeal, reminded me of fried grits. It was thick and crispy on the outside but creamy on the inside, with a little crunch from the cornmeal. The mamaliga was just the right consistency to soak up the tomato chili. The stewed tomatoes and onions were loaded with cumin, adding a smokiness to the eggs and mild porridge.

The owners of Nu bring you into their family, cooking what their parents and their parents’ parents taught them. It’s the ideal meal as temperatures begin to drop. It tastes like home.

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Nothing on the nibble table was subpar. It was traditional home-cooking, a spread comparable to my grandmother’s house on Thanksgiving. The only issue: I couldn’t keep noshing with an entree on the way.

Almost two plates into the small-scale buffet and my shakshuka arrived. The eggs were picturesquely placed on top of the tomato stew, finished off with a few green onions. I unceremoniously broke the yolks on both and mixed the dish together.

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How important is that cocktail strainer to making a good cocktail?

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asked about the various tools I use. Most often, people want to know what specific items they need at home in order to make decent drinks for themselves and friends. There are too many drink-making goodies to discuss in one go, but to start, I’ve listed three commonly-used bar tools below.

MIXING GLASS WHAT IS IT? Pretty much just a glass you make stirred drinks in. There are ornate, high-end ones made of heavy glass or crystal, and simple ones that are essentially a pint glass.

DO I NEED IT? If you’re going to make a lot of Manhattans, Negronis, OldFashioneds, etc., get one. The heavier, straight-sided ones are a bit more stable, and usually feature a spout, which makes pouring easier.

BASIC OR FANCY? Depends. If you want to feel like a sexy mixologist, grab a nice one. Otherwise, use that pint glass you stole from the local brewery.

SHAKER WHAT IS IT? Depending on the style, it’s a two- or three-piece set of metal tins used for mixing shaken drinks. They come in a variety of shapes and sizes.

DO I NEED IT? Yes ... unless you’re completely sure you’ll never make a drink that contains dairy, eggs, juices, or heavy

syrups. But that doesn’t sound like much fun.

BASIC OR FANCY? Basic. Shakers are one of the workhorses of the bar, so they need to be well-made and easy to use.

Again, like lots of barware, there are pricier options available, but you should look for a solid, utility model. Whatever type you choose, it should feel comfortable in your hands and allow you to shake vigorously without feeling like it will slip or come apart.

HAWTHORNE STRAINER WHAT IS IT? A perforated metal disk with a spring attached that fits on the top of your shaker or mixing glass (depending on the design). When pouring your cocktail, it keeps ice, fruit, and other debris from sliding into the glass.

DO I NEED IT? Maybe. If your shaker has a built-in strainer, then no. Otherwise, yes.

Also, you’ll need it for your mixing glass, unless you like to use a julep strainer (that’s a discussion for another time).

BASIC OR FANCY? Fancy. You don’t need a deluxe model, but you definitely don’t want the ones you see being used in 90 percent of bars and restaurants. Cheap Hawthorne strainers have weak springs, use thin metal, and are generally flimsy as hell. The good ones fit snugly into your glass or tin and can take repeated use without getting rickety.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad.”

Sagittarian author Jane Austen wrote that in her novel Northanger Abbey, and now I’m passing her message on to you, slightly altered. My version is, “If adventures will not befall Sagittarian people of any age or gender in their own neighborhood, they must seek them abroad.” And where exactly is “abroad”? The dictionary says it might mean a foreign country, or it could simply mean outside or in another place. I’d like to extend the meaning further to include anywhere outside your known and familiar world. Halloween costume suggestion: traveler on a pilgrimage or explorer on a holy quest.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “He believed in magic,” writes author Michael Chabon about a character in his novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. “Not in the socalled magic of candles, pentagrams, and bat wings,” nor “dowsing rods, séances, weeping statues, werewolves, wonders, or miracles.” Then what kind? Chabon says it’s the “impersonal magic of life,” like coincidences and portents that reveal their meanings in retrospect. I bring this to your attention, Scorpio, because now is a favorable time to call on the specific kind of magic that you regard as real and helpful. What kind of magic is that? Halloween costume suggestion: magician, witch, wizard.

PR executives at a beer company offered to pay me a lot of money if I would sneak a product placement ad into your horoscope. They asked me to pretend there was a viable astrological reason to recommend that you imbibe their product in abundance. But the truth is, the actual planetary omens suggest the opposite. You should not, in fact, be lounging around in a haze of intoxication. You should instead be working hard to drum up support for your labor of love or your favorite cause. Very Important People will be more available to you than usual, and you’ll be wise to seek their input. Halloween costume suggestion: the Ultimate Fundraiser; Networker of the Year; Chief Hobnobber.

Kawakubo ventured further, declaring, “Strangeness is a necessary ingredient in beauty.” She also added another nuance to her definition: “For something to be beautiful, it doesn’t have to be pretty.” I’ll offer you one more seed for thought: wabi-sabi. It’s a Japanese term that refers to a kind of beauty that’s imperfect, transitory, and incomplete. I bring these clues to your attention, Pisces, because now is an excellent time to refine and clarify your notion of beauty—and re-commit yourself to embodying it. Halloween costume suggestion: the embodiment of your definition of beauty.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):

ARIES (March 21-April 19):

“What kind of idea are you?” asks author Salmon Rushdie. “Are you the kind that compromises, does deals, accommodates itself, aims to find a niche, to survive; or are you the cussed, bloodyminded, ramrod-backed type of damnfool notion that would rather break than sway with the breeze?” I pose this question to you, Aquarius, because I think you could be an effective version of either idea in the coming weeks. If you’re the latter—the cussed, damnfool notion—you may change your world in dramatic ways. Halloween costume suggestions: revolutionary; crusader; agitator; rabble-rouser.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “There is no beauty without some strangeness,” wrote Edgar Allen Poe. Fashion designer Rei

was a Cancerian like you and me. One of the factors contributing to his success was that he put his demons to good use, “by harnessing them to his chariot.” He also testified that he gained control over his demons by taking long walks after breakfast. “Demons don’t like fresh air,” he said.

“They prefer it if you stay in bed with cold feet.”

I suspect that now would be an excellent time to adopt his advice. Halloween costume suggestion: walk your demon on a leash, or make it into a puppet, or harness it to your chariot.

In her poem “Shedding Skin,” Harryette Mullen compares her transformation to the action a snake periodically carries out to renew itself. Since you now have an excellent opportunity to undertake your molting process, you may find her thoughts helpful. (I’ve rendered them in prose for easier reading.) “Pulling out of the old scarred skin—old rough thing I don’t need now—I strip off, slip out of, leave behind. Shedding toughness, peeling layers down to vulnerable stuff. And I’m blinking off old eyelids for a new way of seeing. By the rock I rub against, I’m going to be tender again.”

Halloween costume suggestion: snake sloughing its skin.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “Only the young and stupid are confident about

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):

sex and romance,” says 49-year-old author Elizabeth Gilbert, who has written extensively about those subjects. I agree with her. I’ve devoted myself to studying the mysteries of love for many years, yet still feel like a rookie. Even if you are smarter about these matters than Gilbert and I, Taurus, I urge you to adopt a humble and curious attitude during the next few weeks. The cosmos has prepared some interesting lessons for you, and the best way to take advantage is to be eagerly receptive and open-minded.

Halloween costume suggestion: sex researcher, love explorer, intimacy experimenter.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “My way of learning is to heave a wild and unpredictable monkey-wrench into the machinery,” wrote Gemini author Dashiell Hammett. But I recommend that you use his approach very rarely, and only when other learning methods aren’t working.

Most of the time, your best strategy for getting the lessons you need is to put lubricating oil into the machinery, not a monkey-wrench. That’ll be especially true in the coming weeks. I suggest that you turn the machinery off for a while as you add the oil and do some maintenance. Halloween costume suggestion: repair person; computer techie; machine whisperer.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The great Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman

Throughout the Halloween season, I encourage you to fantasize extensively about what your dream home would look like and feel like if you had all the money necessary to create it. What colors would you paint the walls? Would you have carpets or hardwood floors? What would be your perfect lighting, furniture, and décor? As you gaze out your windows, what views would you see?

Would there be nature nearby or urban hotspots?

Would you have an office or music room or art studio? Have fun imagining the sanctuary that would bring out the best in you. Halloween costume suggestion: the ultimate homebody.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Extraordinary things are always hiding in places people never think to look,” writes novelist Jodi Picoult. That’s crucial for you to meditate on during the coming weeks. Why? Because your superpower is going to be the ability to find extraordinary things that are hiding in places where people have almost never thought to look. You can do both yourself and those you care for a big favor by focusing your intensity on this task. Halloween costume suggestions: sleuth, treasure hunter, private eye, Sherlock Holmes.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “There is a season for wildness and a season for settledness, and this is neither. This season is about becoming.” Author Shauna Niequist wrote that. By the astrological omens, I endorse her perspective as true and useful for you. You’ve zipped through your time of fertile chaos, conjuring up fresh possibilities. When January arrives, you’ll be ready to work on stability and security. But for now, your assignment is to blossom. Halloween costume suggestions: beautiful creature hatching from an egg; strong sprout cracking out of a seed.

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HILE ACCOMPANYING Devan Shimoyama during a tour of his first museum solo exhibition, Cry, Baby, at The Andy Warhol Museum, the word “dazzling” comes to mind. The Pittsburgh-based artist and Carnegie Mellon University professor demonstrates a flair for the wild and dramatic, with paintings and sculptures liberally festooned with glitter, boa feathers, and rhinestones. But beneath all the pleas-

ingly distracting sparkle and fantastic imagery simmers racial, sexual, and economic anxieties, all of which powerfully resonate throughout Shimoyama’s work.

The show – all presented by Milton Fine Curator of Art, Jessica Beck – takes a tender approach to these issues, which disproportionately affect certain communities close to Shimoyama, a young, queer, Black man. As he puts it, Cry, Baby is all about “self-discovery, self-love, and

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self-care,” particularly for people who, like him, “don’t feel like they match a certain type of Blackness or masculinity.”

Even while he challenges boundaries on gender performance and sexuality, he embraces intimacy and vulnerability.

Nowhere is this more apparent than in his barbershop series, where he explores a key similarity between heteronormative Black men and drag performers – the need to project the appearance of beauty, glamour, and success. Using images taken from hairstyle flipbooks, he drapes the hyper-masculine space of the barbershop – a space in which Shimoyama admits he never felt

comfortable – in materials familiar to the drag scene, such as sequins, colorful beads, and costume jewels, as well as soft, feminine touches like silk flowers and bright, pink outlines. Interspersed are gold chains associated with wealth and power.

This plays into another set of paintings portraying Shimoyama and other Black men in the safe confines of their bathrooms. While the images may seem benign, even comforting, there’s an understanding that the subjects escape to these spaces out of necessity rather than choice.

Even as Shimoyama uses the barber-

shop series as a way to address the misogyny and homophobia, he’s careful to never demonize the barber figure, even in Sit Still, a self-portrait of Shimoyama weeping jewel tears as a hand brings a straight razor to his neck. He views Black masculinity as a safeguard, a defense mechanism these men use to keep them safe in a racist, hostile world.

As a person raised primarily by his mother and other female relatives, Shimoyama identifies more with women, a characteristic evident throughout the select works. While he obscures his subjects’ eyes with found materials, the eyes in his self-portraits are cut-out collage images of his mother’s eyes or the eyes of his other female relatives. The fantasy-driven Daphne and Daphne’s Prayers, two paintings that portray Shimoyama as an inversion of the Greek nymph, favor the feminine.

Shimoyama also draws on folklore and beliefs from his Japanese and Trinidadian background, ancient Babylonia and Sumeria, and the African diaspora.

This plays out most prominently in his repeated use of the snake. In contrast to the Christian concept of the creature as the Garden of Eden villain, Shimoyama’s sequin-covered, two-headed serpent aligns more closely with the African deity Mami Wata by serving as a companion, winding itself around each subject in a loving, protective embrace.

Shimoyama says many of his pieces are directly inspired by a need to make sense of the disbelief, horror, and betrayal he feels as a young person of color in America. He views his 2015 Fire Island photo series as a response to the Emanuel AME Church shooting and the death of Sandra Bland. His flower-covered sweatshirt and swing sculptures are dedicated to Trayvon Martin and Tamir Rice, respectively.

Painted immediately after the 2016 presidential election, Flood exudes despair through the image of Shimoyama cowering on an American flag, snakes hissing in pain around him and his mother’s eyes, full of anger, watching from the backs of his hands as he covers his face. Weed Picker shows that even in times of calm, such as tending to one’s garden, tensions still loom, as signified by a telephone wire in the background from which hangs a pair of Yeezys (the line of sneakers made by Kanye West).

There is an overall immediacy and urgency to Shimoyama’s works. They demand attention and evaluation, not with shock, but with substantial flash and striking, meaningful imagery. It would be an understatement to call Cry, Baby impossible to ignore.

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HEN ASKED to classify his music, Anthony Resch, aka Royal Haunts, says dark pop, but collectively, his music doesn’t fall under one genre, unless “moody” counts as one. For Resch, making music is more about feeling than genre.

His 2018 single “The Art of Stealing from Yourself and Others” is a slow, minimalist, piano and vocal track, while another recent release, “Ghost Of The Spirit Of The Future,” is an ominous and chilling electronic trap track with no lyrics.

In the upcoming weeks, Resch will release an A/B side single featuring “GHOST!” and the self-titled “Royal Haunts,” whose eerie mood comes just in time for the spooky season.

Typically, Resch writes his songs with pop or rock structure. When sitting down to make music, he draws on influences from previous experiences and the world around him. “It’s a combination of me trying to access my inner vibes while also trying to push what’s possible in the studio. A lot of time that means reaching into the parts of my past and different parts of music,” says Resch. The result is always gloomy – a cloudy sky on a cool day.

Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Resch grew up listening to Bob Marley and Toots and the Maytals. His dad was a guitarist in a reggae band. From there, Resch’s interest in music graduated to alt-rock then pop, then indie rock, and eventually R&B. Traces of these influences are heard in the drumbeats of

“Tropical Depression” or the smooth, soulful singing on “Summer Solstice.”

“My sound can conform to whatever influences from my past that I’m latched onto in that point in time,” says Resch, drawing from the atmosphere of the cities in which he’s lived. “Music and visuals are tied together for me. In my late teens, I was trying to be in different places to find the visual energy that I was looking for.”

THE RELEASE COMES JUST IN TIME FOR THE SPOOKY SEASON. Resch briefly lived in London and New York before returning to Pittsburgh.

London’s gloominess matched how he felt on the inside. New York fulfilled his desire to seize the day. But Pittsburgh’s mix of old and new is where Resch drew much of his inspiration.

“Through those experiences, I did find the aesthetic I was looking for, but when I came back to my city, I realized how much of my whole sense was cultivated by Pittsburgh,” he says. “It’s got this weird energy where it’s gothic and classical, but it has a very proud and mystical vibe, right up alongside the blue-collar, working-class energy. I think that has influenced not just my music but me as a human being.”

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The Guest

Horror fans know they can always rely on the Halloween and Scream franchises for a creepy fix, but there are plenty of other, fairly obscure entries in this genre. Here are just a few.

GLEEFULLY GORY THE GUEST (2014)

Dan Stevens effortlessly transitioned from the gentlemanly Matthew Crawley on Downton Abbey to playing a seriously jacked, dangerously handsome stranger who charms his way into an unsuspecting family’s home around Halloween. With a sexy soundtrack and callbacks to 1980s films like The Stepfather and, strangely, The Terminator, this overlooked gem is worth checking out.

HORROR WITH HEART LADY IN WHITE (1988)

After being locked in a school cloakroom by bullies on Halloween night, a little boy witnesses the ghostly re-enactment of a brutal murder before being attacked by a dark figure — and that’s just the beginning.

Set in the 1960s, the movie adds innocence to its genuinely terrifying supernatural mystery by seeing it all through the eyes of a child (played by a young Lukas Haas).

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MONSTER HOUSE (2006) This computer-animated romp gives off Spielberg vibes — it was executive produced by the director — with a story about three young friends who battle a man-eating house. Kids will love the balance of goofiness and spookiness, but there are plenty of in-jokes for adults as well. • PITTSBURGH CITY PAPER OCT. 24-31, 2018

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Terrace House: Opening New Doors (NOW STREAMING) The Japanese reality show follows six people living in a beautiful house in the mountains, a concept not unfamiliar to American viewers. But unlike American reality shows with a similar format, Terrace House has a warmth and maturity that contrasts starkly with the shouting, tableflipping, and fake-leg-throwing we’re used to.

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Modern motherhood is a complicated thing, with dozens of tributaries leading to the end result of either having a child or deciding that the whole ordeal isn’t worth it. Kathryn Hahn and Paul Giamatti play a middle-aged couple desperately trying every method of conception before it’s too late, whatever that means.

SARDONIC SWEETS

The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (OCT. 26) This spooky take on the world of Sabrina Spellman, starring Kiernan Shipka (formerly Sally Draper on Mad Men), is nowhere near the ‘90s sitcom Sabrina the Teenage Witch. This iteration is darker, spookier, and witchier, as a teenage girl on her 16th birthday must decide whether to commit to the life of a witch or stay in the mortal world with her friends.

Making a Murderer (NOW STREAMING) The first season of this true crime show was an enthralling slow burn following the story of Steven Avery, a man wrongfully convicted of rape, and then later sentenced to life in prison for murder. Season two focuses on the legal path to overturning the case, and the systemic complications of the criminal justice system. •

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HERE ARE several ways to describe the new Netflix show, The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell: funny, sardonic, weird, macabre, vulgar, stylish, impressive, mouth-watering. But the best way to understand the cooking and crafting show is picturing an alternate universe where Sandra Lee, peppy queen of the homemade, took a turn for an Addams Family-inspired goth, combined with the surreal homemaking show At Home with Amy Sedaris.

The episodes are structured like a traditional cooking show, in the sense that McConnell talks to the camera as she cooks. But it’s also part sitcom, set in a fantastical, stylized world. In most episodes, McConnell bakes two creations: one elaborate, and one slightly more accessible to novice cooks. Ultimately, both are impossible to recreate at home.

The more elaborate creations include a meticulously decorated monster house,

made of cake, a glossy Ouija board, made of cake, and an elaborate chicken pot pie, shaped like a chicken. Gesturing to a towering sugary sculpture, McConnell says calmly, “We’re gonna pop this back in the fridge,” as if she’s just made a simple casserole.

In a way, McConnell is teaching the audience how to bake, but some of the creations clearly took days, if not weeks to complete. And while there might be some useful tips, the baking is mostly for ogling, not DIY instruction.

Cooking shows starring women usually have a maternal tone. Sandra Lee, Ina Garten, and Rachael Ray were always cooking meals for husbands, kids, families, friends. McConnell, too, is a caring homemaker of sorts.

At the beginning of the six-episode series, a giant furry creature named Edgar knocks on the door of McConnell’s massive mansion, looking for shelter. She welcomes him with open arms, of course, because her home is

a safe haven for all broken, half-dead semi-monsters. Her sidekicks are Rose, a horny, chocolate-loving raccoon wearing a pink bow with a fork for a hand, and Rankle, a mummified cat with a bad attitude.

The house is filled with stragglers, including a tarantula, a tentacled thing, and a ghost living in the mirror played by Dita Von Teese. McConnell whips up creations for her beloved creatures (which are made by the Jim Henson Company) but also for a grouchy neighbor, her grandma’s corpse, a hunk she met in the graveyard.

No matter how weird and demented shit gets, McConnell maintains an eerily calm demeanor, almost Stepford-like.

Her aesthetic is carefully manicured, with a wardrobe full of 1950s silhouettes, a perfect cascade of chocolate brown hair, and a face painted like a doll.

She’s the pristine guardian angel of a home full of weirdos. With her, they are safe. The outsiders can’t be so sure.

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HERE IS something very odd about

coming home and finding my mother’s bedroom door open. Mostly because Mom passed away three years ago and because the door was closed before I left for the day.

Hi, I’m Gabby. I live with my Ghost Family.

Seriously, I do.

In January of 2000, my father died in our family room. He lost a long and hardfought battle with bladder cancer. My mother passed away in 2015. She spent her remaining non-hospital days in that same family room. Hell, my mother honestly spent the 15 years following my father’s death virtually living in that family room as though it were a shrine for my dad.

In 2016, my brother suddenly passed away, and without the guidance of our parents, we opted to have him cremated.

Since I play the role of Norman Bates, caretaking the Bonesso Family Museum, it seemed natural for me to bring my brother’s urn home. It just made sense to have his remains in the family room. Or as I like to call it now, “The Ghost Family Room.”

I sometimes have a hard time being in that room. There is just a vibe. It feels cavernous and cold at times. Overall there is a wistful sadness of memories from our days of yore.

I recently watched a YouTube video where a woman said that you can use

Snapchat to see ghosts in your house.

Guys, I know. Just hear me out on this.

The woman in the video called out for a ghost in her house by name while using the dog ears filter. When she called out the woman’s name, dog ears appeared over a blank space - meaning that the filter can recognize a ghost’s facial image.

I’m not proud to say that I tried this experiment at home.

I walked into the family room and tried the flower crown filter. A flower crown appeared over my head (as it should have) and then I called out for my family. I swear to God, a flower crown appeared on the screen next to me as though someone taller was standing there. I got so excited I screamed, “Who’s there?” and a third flower crown appeared right below the second one! It was like both of my parents were visiting me. I got emotional and turned off the camera.

Now I’m sure you’re all reading this and thinking, “Poor Gabby has lost her mind again,” but I disagree.

I love living with my Ghost Family. It makes missing them slightly easier on me. Plus, when the majority of your family are actual ghosts, it makes it hard to be afraid of ghosts.

Bottom-line: this Halloween don’t get scared if you hear a bump in the night. It might just be your late Mee Maw saying, “Hi.”

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ALONG THE WAY

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Driving down the Pennsylvania Turnpike is not exciting. The trip to Lititz is not long but seems to last years on the endless, winding road. Halfway through the trek, take a coffee break — a gigantic coffee break — with the Koontz Coffee Pot in Bedford, Pa.

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The “Coolest Small Town in America”

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The 18-foot tall pot, just off of Highway 30, was built in 1927. At one point in time, the U.S. was home to 15 oversized coffee pots. The Koontz pot was originally part of a lunch stand and gas station built to attract drivers on the Lincoln Highway.

If the pot was in service, it could serve 819,000 cups of coffee. Today, no coffee is served from the pot.

That’s another stop on the trip.

In the 1980s, the kettle was left to deteriorate and was almost demolished in 1990. New ownership of the pot in 2000 marked the building as an important piece of novelty architecture. In 2003, the attraction was moved across the street and restored fully by 2004.

The coffee pot is free to see and explore, so force fellow roadtrippers out of the car for the perfect photo op. It’s a 15-minute stop to discover one of Pennsylvania’s strangest attractions. •

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N THE HEART of Amish Country, surrounded by rolling hills and farmland, is the Coolest Small Town in America. Lititz, Pa., named the coolest town by Budget Travel in 2013, is quiet, quaint, and a charming weekend destination.

Downtown Lititz is rich with history, best explored on foot. Start a historical journey with the Moravian Church on Main Street. Lititz was founded by members of the Moravian Church in 1756, and the Moravian Brother’s House was used as a Revolutionary War Hospital. Visit at the Johannes Mueller House, further down the road, for a full Lititz history.

Continuing down Main Street, stop at Julius Sturgis Pretzel Bakery, the nation’s first commercial pretzel bakery, for a hands-on twist lesson and of course, a pretzel.

Downtown offers more than just history. Shops line the streets with something to tempt everyone — clothing, home decor, specialty food and kitchen boutiques, bookstores, and more. Taste

wine at Waltz Vineyards, smell everything at Heavenly Scents and Soaps, or pop into The Spotted Owl for ontrend apparel.

ONLY THREE AND A HALF HOURS OUTSIDE THE CITY, LITITZ FEELS LIKE A WHOLE DIFFERENT WORLD. Shopping works up an appetite, and luckily the Lititz restaurant scene is booming. For breakfast, check out Dosie Dough, a locally adored bakery with some of the best Long Johns and bagel sandwiches around. Rooster Street Butcher offers simple counter service.

Order the Rooster, a spicy chicken sandwich, for a locally-sourced lunch. Rest at Tomato Pie Cafe, a lighter-fare res-

taurant. Sit at the big windows to see a horse and buggy trot pass.

End the day with a beer from The Bull’s Head, an authentic British pub.

Spend the night above the pub at The General Sutter Inn or one of Lititz’s many bed and breakfasts.

No trip to Lititz would be complete without a stop at Wilbur Chocolate Factory. The old-fashioned candy factory opened in 1894 with the flagship chocolate: Wilbur Buds. Get your free sample (or two) at the factory store. Across from the candy store is Lititz Springs Park, a center point of the town. Walk by the river and stop to feed the large duck population.

Festivals are frequent in the small town. Hit Lititz on the second Friday of the month for live music, dancers, and late-night shopping. This winter, schedule a visit around the Fire and Ice Festival, featuring ice carving and a chili cook-off.

Trade city woes for small-town charm. Only three and a half hours outside the city, Lititz feels like a whole different world.

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ITTSBURGH BALLET Theatre opens its 2018-19 season with a triplebill of masterworks from two titans of the dance world, George Balanchine and Jiří Kylián. The Mozart in Motion program with the PBT Orchestra — running October 26-28 at the Benedum Center — is particularly significant in that it will be the last for company star Julia Erickson.

Erickson, who has been enthralling area audiences and critics alike with her artistic and technical skills for the past 17 years, says it is time for her to see what else the world has to offer.

“I am at a juncture in my career where I feel I need to take a leap and see what else is out there,” says Erickson. “I want more, even if it is not in dance.”

A Seattle-native, Erickson trained at the Pacific Northwest Ballet School and then spent two years with Texas Ballet Theater before joining PBT in 2001.

Her career at PBT has been chock-full of memorable roles and performances, including the deliciously wicked Queen of Hearts in Derek Deane’s

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Amanda Cochrane and Yoshi Nakano in Jirí Kylián’s Sechs Tänze

Alice in Wonderland, Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, Nikiya in La Bayadère, and in contemporary ballets such as William

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Forsythe’s In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated and the one she will reprise with partner Cooper Verona in all three of PBT’s Mozart in Motion performances, Kylián’s 1991 piece Petite Mort.

A French euphemism for orgasm, Petite Mort pits six couples and six fencing foils in a battle of the sexes.

Set to two Mozart piano concertos, the

18-minute ballet for a dozen dancers dazzles with illusionary reveals, killer choreography, and its female dancer corps floating about the stage behind stiff-gowned dress forms.

Also making use of those dress forms will be the second of Czech choreographer Kylián’s ballets on the program, 1986’s Sechs Tänze danced to Mozart’s “Six German Dances” (KV 571). The 15-minute comedic ballet, with its eight dancers in chalk-white makeup and its men in powdered wigs, is an outlandish representation of the Rococo period of Mozart, ripe with slapstick humor.

Erickson will also dance in the program’s opener, Balanchine’s 1956 piece “Divertimento No. 15” set to excerpts of Mozart’s composition of the same name. One of Balanchine’s best tutu and tiara ballets, the 33-minute work for 16 dancers is a tour de force in the Balanchine style.

While Erickson is retiring from PBT, she is not retiring from dancing. She has already begun testing the freelance market by guesting with Santa Monicabased Barak Ballet this summer and in September, with former PBT principal dancers Ying Li and Jiabin Pan’s Suzhou Ballet Theatre in China.

“It is going to be super hard to leave PBT and I will miss being stuck in a room with my favorite people for eight hours a day,” joked Ericson. “My relationships with them go beyond friendship, but I feel good about my decision and am seeing the vastness of possibility that lies before me.”

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N EVIL BEAST wreaks havoc on a desert village, and the villagers can’t seem to do anything about it until a teenage girl steps up. Facing the beast head-on, she kills it and brings it back as food for her family.

This beast? It’s a moose.

The Karoo region of South Africa is noted for its arid and harsh climate and foreboding geographic features. Those features form the backdrop for the impoverished village in Karoo Moose – No Fathers.

The performance, part of the Pittsburgh International Festival of Firsts, makes its U.S. debut Thursday at the Trust Arts Education Center Downtown.

Written and directed by Lara Foot Newton, director and CEO of the Baxter Theater at the University of Cape Town, Karoo Moose – No Fathers uses magical realism to explore themes of violence, family, and the loss of innocence of many South African children. The Trust Arts event page quotes Foot as having said, “something magical was needed to break the cycle of violence.”

The moose-killing main character is a teenage girl named Thozama, who is offered to a creditor as compensation to settle her father’s debts.

The creditor, Kola, and his criminal friends brutally rape Thozama, and she becomes pregnant. Kola continues to harass Thozama and her family

even after the baby is born. Eventually, Thozama confronts Kola. The moose both literally and figuratively represents Thozama’s struggle with hardships beyond her own creation or power.

Thozama shows the audience the potential of rising above the insurmountable to an inspirational effect.

Karoo Moose – No Fathers is brilliant and tragic, shedding light on the plight of children and teenagers facing these harsh conditions. It’s a tale that calls for this pattern of violence to end, that something external must take place to address it.

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The props and set dressing is minimal, leaving the focus on its dynamic and magical storytelling.

Before making its U.S. debut this weekend, Karoo Moose was performed in South Africa and London by Baxter Theatre Centre. The Baxter was created in 1976 as a haven for progressive works amid the apartheid era.

Karoo Moose, therefore, stands as a social commentary and a clarion call for action against international injustice and demands to be heard.

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Name: Njaimeh Njie Multimedia producer, filmmaker, photographer njaimehnjie.com WHAT ARE YOU WEARING? Suede boots, knit socks, green chinos, a vintage screen-printed shirt that is one of my dad’s prints, and an oversized khaki jacket.

ARE YOU WEARING ANYTHING THAT IS A GIFT FROM SOMEONE? The shirt was a gift from my dad. Everything else was a gift to myself. [Laughs] WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE GIFT TO YOURSELF? I like this necklace a lot, the necklace and the ring. I got this necklace from Santiago, Chile at an open-air market. I got

the ring at this jewelry shop in St. Louis.

WHAT BROUGHT YOU TO CHILE AND WHAT ABOUT INSPIRED YOU TO BUY THE NECKLACE? My best friend and I just bought tickets to Chile and then we went to Argentina, having a girls’ trip. I saw the pendant, it just caught my eye, and it’s something that I end up wearing every day. It reminds me of my travels, but I just like that it is very causal and goes with a lot of things.

WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT THE T-SHIRT? My dad is a batik and fiber artist, among other disciplines. This screen he made in 1991 and then he brought it back out a year or two ago to make new T-shirts. I always remembered this print from when I was little, so it’s cool to have an article of clothing now that is a little nostalgic.

ARE YOU WEARING SOMETHING YOU DO NOT LIKE, BUT THAT IS PRACTICAL OR COMFORTABLE? Well, everything I am wearing is com-

fortable. [Laughs] The weather is changing so you have to dress for multiple weather situations in one day. So I can take off the jacket or throw it on if it gets cool again. It [the look] is very functional for different work or meeting environments. This is a look that is very versatile for me.

DOES IT FEEL LIKE A CREATIVE OUTFIT? For me, I don’t think about my artistic practice when I wear clothes. It really is all a matter of function.

If I need to be out for a long time, if I need to go for a job, what is going to serve me well in this environment? So this jacket, in particular, is great for shooting [photographs] because I can throw in batteries, I can throw in a pen, I can roll my sleeves up so I can be comfortable. The chinos as well — I can move around, and I can dress them up or down.

ARE THEY NEW CLOTHES, OR VINTAGE? [Laughs] I do not have any new clothes!

I buy new clothes once or twice a year.

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James Simon with his sculpture Book Art Bench

incurious passersby. His work is also on display in Cleveland, Tampa, and Chattanooga, Tenn.

Wrought from concrete and ceramics, the Book Art Bench is five feet long, four by four feet in height and depth, and weighs about 800 pounds. Funded by McAuley Ministries in celebration of its 10-year anniversary, and in conjunction with the Uptown Partners community group, the bench will initially be placed in a green space at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Gist Street. Frost freeze resistant, the sculpture will be moved to PHOTO: LIBBY HILF

AMES SIMON has been a carpenter and a stained glass artisan. He worked as a professional violin maker in England for 15 years. When he returned to Pittsburgh after years of globetrotting and opened a studio on Gist Street in Uptown in 2002, Simon turned to sculpture, sometimes dabbling in mosaic art.

As a sculptor, Simon found his true love.

“You can put your life experiences into the work if you choose to,” Simon says. “For me, clay is a wonderful way to express my imagination and tell stories.

I like telling my stories through clay.”

Simon’s new project is arguably his most intricate and diverse. The Book Art Bench features poetry by Yona Harvey about Pittsburgh native, musician, and composer Mary Lou Williams, and art by painter Luis Castellanos Valui of Guadalajara, Mexico.

“I’ve had the idea to make a large book for a long time, one way or another, in sculptural form,” says Simon. “My original idea was to make a really large, maybe a 15-foot book that could sit in parks and the content could change every so often … It came to me that everybody wants benches, and I could make it a much smaller book on a sculptural bench, and it would be more affordable.”

Simon is one of the region’s most accomplished artists. His most recognized local works, including the Fallen Heroes Memorial in Bloomfield, the Liberty Avenue Musicians, Downtown, and Uptown Rhythm on Duquesne University’s campus, are large-scale pieces that command the attention of even the most

other locations every six months, with new text and art.

Harvey, an assistant professor in the Writing Program at the University of Pittsburgh, selected Williams to revive interest in the composer’s career. Williams, who died in 1981, made more than 100 records, served as an arranger for Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman, and socialized and collaborated with Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, and Miles Davis.

“I chose Mary Lou Williams because the artist has sparked my curiosity and inspired my work for over twenty

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years,” says Harvey, whose work includes the poetry collection Hemming the Water and Marvel Comic’s World of Wakanda.

“She once lived in East Liberty, Teenie Harris photographed her, and she was a phenomenal composer and pianist. She shattered gender boundaries and false expectations about how a female musician should play. Every aspiring musician or music lover in Pittsburgh will benefit from knowing Williams and her work.”

Simon says the bench meshes his interest in books, literature, and music. For ten years, his studio was the site of the Gist Street Reading Series, curated by Sherrie Flick and Nancy Krygowski.

He was less familiar with Williams’ oeuvre but became enthusiastic after Harvey suggested her for the first installation of the Book Art Bench.

“I think it’s nice we chose somebody from Pittsburgh who had a really interesting career, an important person in the history of musicians, women, and African Americans and people in Pittsburgh. It’s a nice celebration of [Williams], and an education,” says Simon.

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^ Thu., Oct. 25: Artist talk with Njaimeh Njie and Alisha Wormsley

THURSDAY OCT. 25

ARTIST TALK

This free event offers the opportunity to hear from two of Pittsburgh’s most exciting artists: Alisha Wormsley (award-winning interdisciplinary artist known for public art installations The People Are The Light; her project, There Are Black People In The Future and its iteration on The Last Billboard, among others) and Njaimeh Njie, Pittsburgh Center For The Arts’ Emerging Artist of

the Year. Keep an eye out for Njie’s upcoming public art project in the Hill District and get a sneak peek with this Artist in Conversation event. (For more, turn to Tereneh Idia’s conversation with Njie on page 35.) 6 p.m. 6300 Fifth Ave., Shadyside. Free. center.pfpca.org/

FRIDAY OCT. 26 THEATER

Fall is truly the season of immersive performances, from haunted houses to

fright nights at Kennywood. Dynamic performance piece Unhinged, a collaboration between Cup-a-Jo Productions and Pittsburgh Fringe Festival, combines it all, offering a downright scary experience. The interactive show premiered last year, leading audiences on a haunted tour that acted out four different spooky stories, from a Halloween maze gone haywire, to a ghost haunting a serial killer. This year’s show, at the Aftershock Theatre, is sure to be just as creepy. It even comes with an age requirement and a liability waiver, so you know they mean business. Times vary. Continues through Sat., Nov. 3. 115

57th St., Lawrenceville. $17-20. 18 and older. pittsburghfringe.org

DRINKS

Howl at the moon with delight as you toast to booze and brews at the Pittsburgh Whiskey and Fine Spirits Festival. The “Monster Bash” event promises a night of great whiskey amongst good spirits.

Party goers can expect dozens of regional, national and international brands for sampling and purchasing. Additionally, a dinner buffet is included with the price of admission. It’ll be a graveyard smash. 6 p.m.

Rivers Casino, 777 Casino Drive, North Side. $100. pittsburghwhiskeyfestival.com CONTINUES ON PG. 40

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Sure Sure

THURSDAY Sure Sure 8 p.m. The Funhouse at Mr. Smalls, Millvale. mrsmalls.com

FRIDAY Alice Cooper 7 p.m. Stage AE, North Side. promowestlive.com

SATURDAY The Ataris 7 p.m. The Smiling Moose, South Side. smiling-moose.com

SUNDAY Brad Upton 6 p.m. Carnegie Library Music Hall of Homestead, Homestead. librarymusichall.com

MONDAY Machine Head 7 p.m. Stage AE, North Side. promowestlive.com

TUESDAY Völur, Joey Molinaro, and The Long Hunt 7 p.m. Spirit, Lawrenceville. spiritpgh.com

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^ Fri., Oct. 26: Palenque

ZOMBIE

Zombies have always been part of the cultural lexicon, but over the past few years, there’s been a bona fide zombie boom, to the point that it’s probably not worth listing all its iterations. To celebrate this phenomenon, and Pittsburgh’s own zombie culture, the Heinz History Center will host Walking Dead Meets Living Dead: Zombies in Pittsburgh. Smithsonian curator Eric Jentsch will discuss the history of zombies in pop culture, and colleagues of George Romero will cover the city’s own role in zombie culture. The night also features zombie-themed cocktails, special effects makeup, and movie poster making. Costumes are not required but encouraged, and the best getup wins a prize. 6 p.m. 1212 Smallman St., Downtown. $14. heinzhistorycenter.org

CAGE

Pittsburgh boasts tons of spooky movie trivia, one being that the famous Silence of the Lambs finale — which contains some of the goriest moments in the film — was shot in the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum. The building pays tribute to its cinematic past

DANCE

^ Fri., Oct. 26: Wreck Loose

with a special event and performance focused around a replica of the cage that contained Anthony Hopkins’ iconic Hannibal Lecter. Meet actors from the film, hear ghost stories with a military spin, see the future with psychics and tarot card readers, and more. 6-8 p.m.

4141 Fifth Ave., Oakland. $10. soldiersandsailorshall.org

Experience the arts and culture of Colombia when Kelly Strayhorn Theater presents Palenque. The Pittsburgh-based Latin American band, Bésame, and Melissa Teodoro, professor of dance at Slippery Rock University, created an original production to showcase the music, dance, and poetry of the Colombian Atlantic Coast. Featuring the Slippery Rock University Afro-Colombian Dance Ensemble, the show uses songs, movement, and spoken word to transport the audience to a typical scene in a Colombian village, all while paying tribute to the country’s African ancestry.

7-9 p.m. 5941 Penn Ave., East Liberty. $10-15. kelly-strayhorn.org

MUSIC

If you’ve worn out Wreck Loose’s 2017 full-length OK, Wreck Loose and you’re feeling ready for more, get a taste of the new stuff at Spirit with the premiere of the new song (and video) for the spooky, vaguely Halloween-themed “Trapped In The Basement” and its un-spooky, non-Halloween themed B-side, “Dumbest Guy In The Room.” Those’ll be available

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^ Sat., Oct. 27: Fluggleburgh

on 7” vinyl; Bad Custer and Cisco Kid open. 9 p.m. 242 51st St., Lawrenceville. $10. spiritpgh.com

SATURDAY OCT. 27 CIRCUS

Combine acrobatics, flow, and juggling and you get Fluggleburgh, a three-day festival for all-things circus arts. The Pittsburgh circus-arts community will convene at the Winchester Thurston School to show off its craft and offer workshops and demonstrations of circus acrobatics. Different tracks are available to Flugglers (flow + juggle = fluggle) ranging from juggling to aerial acrobatics.

The event provides a communal practice space and some high-flying skills on full display. Oct. 26-28, times vary. Winchester Thurston School. 555 Morewood Ave., Shadyside. $5 for a day, $20 for the weekend and show. bit.ly/fluggleburgh

STAGE

Earlier this month, playwright Dominique

Morriseau was awarded a coveted MacArthur Fellowship (“genius grant”).

Now, Pittsburghers have the chance to witness her work in person with her critically acclaimed Pipeline, staged at City Theatre.

The work follows a young man named Omari and his experiences after being suspended from a distinguished, predominantly white private school. City Theatre’s artistic producer Reginald L. Douglas directs. 5:30 p.m.

Continues through Sun., Nov. 18. $15 for those under 30, $29 otherwise. citytheatre.culturaldistrict.org ^ Sat., Oct. 27: A Few Bad Apples

DRINKS

Forgotten fruit isn’t forbidden fruit.

At least, that’s the idea behind A Few Bad Apples, where discarded fruit is used to produce cider.

This year, they’re back for the fourth annual Ciderfest at The WBU Event Space, celebrating the 14th year of sustainable cider making.

Fest-goers will taste three courses of cider along with live music, beer from Spring Hill Brewing, and food from Gaucho Parrilla Argentina. Halloween lovers can compete in the Ciderfest Costume Contest for a chance to win

A Few Bad Apples Cider party. A portion of the proceeds will go to Allegheny CleanWays, an organization cleaning up the city’s dump sites. 6 p.m.

WBU Event Space, 1958 Varley St., Spring Hill. $20. brownpapertickets.com

HALLOWEEN

Celebrating Sober October? Looking for a Halloween event for teens?

Don’t want to be surrounded by costumed drunk people in a bar?

Empath, a team that specializes in sober, social events, is putting on its first-ever Sober Halloween Bash.

Those 16 and over are invited to The Shop in Homewood for a haunting, alcohol-free night complete with music — Mrs. Paintbrush, Dinosoul, BBGuns, and DJ Mary Mack, food and snacks, vendors, tarot, non-alcoholic mixed drinks, and more. Costumes are encouraged, as there will be prizes and giveaways from local businesses for those who dress up. Note: many of the vendors will be cash only. 7 p.m. 621 North Dallas Ave., Homewood. $15. empathpittsburgh.com CONTINUES ON PG. 42

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thriller, and Pittsburgh-based J.D. Barker offers exactly that. His work incorporates elements of horror, crime, mystery, science fiction and the supernatural. On his website, he describes his interest in the genre stemming from a childhood spent imagining what lay behind a bedroom door or lurking down the hall. Barker’s most recent effort, co-written with Dacre Stoker (great grandnephew of Bram), is a prequel to Dracula inspired by notes and texts left behind by its author. Barker will discuss and sign his book at the Monroeville Half Price Books.

7 p.m. Half Price Book,. 3757 William Penn Highway, Monroeville. Free. hpb.com/061

OCT. 29 BDAY

Have a happy little time when WQED honors Bob Ross, the late artist and host of the cult PBS show, The Joy of Painting.

Before his death in 1995, Ross entranced public television viewers and became a cultural icon with his calming presence, signature 1970s art teacher ‘fro, and the affinity for the trees and bushes he painted.

Celebrate his birthday at Paint Monkey in the Ice House, where WQED remembers Ross with a two-hour paint class, refreshments, and, of course, birthday cake. Bob Ross wigs encouraged. 6-10 p.m.

100 43rd St., Lawrenceville. $20. wqed.org

MUSIC

Opening for the Australian psych-rock band Pond at Mr. Smalls is the inimitable Juan Wauters. Two albums deep, the El Salvador-born, Queens-based songwriter has established a lane for himself with minimalist, irreverent songwriting and lyricism (Moldy Peaches’ lo-fi unfussiness and Jonathan Richman’s straight-faced sardonic delivery come to mind, but that’s just the top layer). If you want to start with his catchier fare, go for “Sanity Or Not” from 2014’s N.A.P. North American Poetry, or “I’m All Wrong,” from 2015’s Who Me? You’ll be hooked. 8 p.m. 400 Lincoln Ave., Millvale. $15. mrsmalls.com

DEBATE

Political races within the city of Pittsburgh typically get all their action during the May primaries. But this year, state Rep. Dan Frankel (D-Squirrel Hill) is challenged

by Green Party member Jay Ting Walker.

They will face off in the general election on November 6. To inform voters on that race, Frankel and Walker are holding a debate at Taylor Allderdice High School Auditorium. The debate is hosted by the League of Women Voters of Greater Pittsburgh. Frankel is a longtime state representative and has championed bills supporting gun reform and LGBTQ rights.

Walker is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America and he supports a ban on fracking and free college for middle-class students. Allderdice students will provide questions for the forum. 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Taylor Allderdice High School, 2409 Shady Ave., Squirrel Hill. Free. lwvpgh.org

MUSIC

The name Iron Gag conjures up a hard, metal suppression device.

But the New Hampshire shorelinebased band doesn’t take after its namesake in the slightest bit. Heavy and intense, Iron Gag’s music is hostile, aggressive, and powerfully loud. After spending time touring with Atlanta-based hardcore metal group, Malevich — with whom Iron Gag recorded a split aptly titled, Split — Iron Gag is now hitting the road solo with its 2018 album Malingering. Along with local hardcore bands Ashen, Unfurl, and Lung Ripper, Iron Gag performs at Black Forge Coffee House for an evening that will blow your mind, and eardrums into a dark, hardcore metal hole. 6:30 p.m. $10. 1206 Arlington Ave., Allentown. blackforgecoffee.com

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^ Tue., Oct. 30: The War and Treaty

TUESDAY OCT. 30 MUSIC

The War and Treaty are “just two lovebirds singing without reverb,” or so says the go-to tagline for the married roots/ soul duo of Michael Trotter and Tanya Blount-Trotter. They’ve been churning out irresistible gospelinfused blues rock since founding the group in 2016 and the new record, 2018’s Healing Tide, is not to be missed. Some might recognize Blount-Trotter from her appearance in Sister Act 2, which featured a duet with Lauryn Hill. If you don’t, familiarize yourself with this phenomenal pair at their show at Rex Theater, with Courtney Marie Andrews. 7 p.m.

1602 E. Carson St., South Side. $20. rextheater.net

BOOKS

^ Tue., Oct. 30: Juan Wauters PHOTO: NICOLE UCEDO

October is the perfect time to curl up with a suspense

Year after year, horror movie fans re-watch the same scary classics, over and over. But what about the less critically acclaimed movies? What about, say, a ‘90s horror movie about body modification with a screenplay by the lead singer of a heavy metal band? Bad Movie Bingo at Smiling Moose will feature the seasonally appropriate Strangeland, written by Dee Snider, lead singer of Twisted Sister. Snider stars as a sadist who lures teenage girls into a torture den but slips up when he kidnaps the daughter of a detective. There will be a performance during intermission, and costumes are encouraged, however you can interpret this one. 9 p.m. 1306 E. Carson St., South Side. smiling-moose.com

WEDNESDAY OCT. 31

HALLOWEEN

Every Wednesday is bingo night at Couch Brewery, and it just so happens that this week Halloween falls on hump day. So, Couch is holding a special Halloween edition of Drag Queen Bingo. The holiday is already an excuse to dress up, but why not take a step in the non-spooky direction and strut it out as your favorite diva while playing a classic game of chance.

It’s free to participate with a purchase, and the grand prize is a $100 gift card.

Not bad for a night of ghoulish, sexy fun.

7:30 – 10 p.m. 1351 Washington Blvd., Larimer. couchbrewery.com •

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1. Mid-back muscle 4. Indian living abroad 8. Martial art discipline 14. “Hadn’t thought of it that way” 15. Court leg up 16. Raging full on 17. Trash collector 18. Hog’s office supplies?

20. Writer’s approach 22. Just peachy 23. “As a heads up here,” briefly 24. The world’s shortest relationship?

28. Compost heap material 29. Illinois city on the Fox River 33. Swell body 35. Gave to the church 40. Pretentious 41. Rent-a-mob practitioners?

44. Geometry problem 45. City Terrace and City Mar neighborhood, briefly 46. Approving word 47. Checks to see if it works 49. Cat call 51. Writer Charles’s nickname after he picked up a nasty morphine habit?

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PEEPSHOW A sex and social justice column

PUBLIC PORN

BY JESSIE SAGE // PEEPSHOWCAST@GMAIL.COM

L

AST YEAR, I held a workshop about dirty talk in phone sex work at a club in Canada. Given that it was a space designed for public enactments of sexuality, I wasn’t surprised to find my presentation competing with jumbo TV screens playing pornography. An amusing coincidence caused me to laugh mid presentation when I realized one video featured a friend of mine. An occupational hazard, to be sure.

I have been in a handful of other sex clubs like this one, and it is increasingly the norm for porn to play on a continuous loop. There is a certain logic to this.

Public porn consumption itself has been ghettoized, with theaters and booths first pushed to the margins in red light districts, then “beautified” out of cities altogether. These clubs serve as one of the few spaces left for public engagement with pornography (adult film festivals like Dan Savage’s travelling Hump! Festival, or the more local Smut Theater Shorts festivals put on by sexpositive collective Fair Moans this past summer being notable exceptions).

Clubs themselves are also ghettoized.

It is not uncommon for them to be located in warehouses off the beaten path. But this also opens up possibilities that can’t

be found in more mainstream establishments. The very point of both the clubs and pornography itself, is to express that which isn’t being expressed, and to do what is typically done privately, in public. For this reason, both are counter-cultural. In regards to pornography specifically, Dr. Laura Helen Marks says in her new book, Alice in Pornoland, “Pornography seeks to speak the unspoken, to lay it all out there sexually, in a culture that demonizes sex.” But clearly this also applies to sex clubs.

CURATORS HAVE TO BE CONSCIOUS OF WHAT THEY’RE SAYING WITH THEIR PORN. They say that actions speak louder than words, and, in the case of clubs and other public spaces that screen porn, I think it is worth asking what messages they’re sending with their curation choices. Though I will spare graphic details, the last several times I have been to sex clubs, they have exclusively featured pornography that catered to the straight

male gaze, where male sexual pleasure was central and women served as vehicles for it. Porn is powerful. Those choices say a lot about who the space is for, and whose desires are being catered to.

Despite what anti-porn critics would have us believe, porn is often produced that is more expansive and inclusive than this. Marks observes, “Porn is not a hermetically sealed male utopia, it spills out of the confines and refuses to remain neatly in its specially designated category.” Historically, there has been space for porn centered on women, the sexually marginalized, the gender non-conforming.

The goal of many of these sex clubs is to create a space, outside the mainstream, where a variety of sexual expressions can flourish. Porn can work nicely in conjunction with this project, but for that to be the case, curators have to be conscious of what they’re saying with their porn, what they are signaling about whose desires and identities belong, and whose are excluded. The inclusion of publicly consumed porn in these spaces has the potential to be radically inclusive and transgressive, but in order to do so, curators need to be open and thoughtful to a wide array of media.

Jessie Sage is co-host of the Peepshow Podcast, which addresses issues related to sex and social justice.

Her column Peepshow is exclusive to City Paper. Follow her on Twitter @peep_cast.

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Peepshow Podcast, Ep. 29 With Halloween approaching, I brace myself for yet another week of recycled articles bemoaning the over-sexualization of Halloween costumes. Listicles proudly recommend non-sexualized costumes.

Self-avowed feminists criticize costume producers and wearers alike. A moralistic panic around the “pornification” of Halloween inspires these authors.

Yet, even a cursory investigation into the history of pornography tells us that the connection between the spooky and the pornographic is no accident. In Episode 29 we speak with Dr. Laura Helen Marks about her new book exploring this history.

She traces the history of pornographic tropes, and their peculiar connection to Victorian culture and literature, demonstrating that our first visual pornographies were Victorian, and importantly, the monstrous that is characteristic of the Gothic era, is ripe for pornographic and sexual exploration. She says, “The complex sensations such creatures arouse are spaces for exploration and re-visioning of sexual identity.”

Halloween is a break from reality, where boundaries are crossed and the impossible becomes possible, the monstrous comes alive. As Marks points out, this is a characteristic of porn too.

She says, “Porn insistently goes to places mainstream world never dare, tastelessly sexualizing stories, people, and places that the mainstream handles with sanctimonious sobriety.”

For more on this connection, go to peepshowpodcast.com/peepshowpodcast-episode-29

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