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NOV. 14-21, 2018 VOLUME 28 + ISSUE 46 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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FTER 28 YEARS in operation, the Beehive
Coffeehouse and Dessertery is preparing to close for good, putting an end to a Pittsburgh institution that long served as a refuge for local artists and a hip hangout spot for the city’s youth. But it’s not leaving without a bang. From Mon., Nov. 19 through Sun., Nov. 25, Beehive hosts a week of favorite activities, including chess and pinball tournaments, a weekend of retro dance nights and live performances, and, of course, coffee. “These are all things we’ve done over the years squeezed into a week,” Scott Kramer, Beehive coowner, says. Kramer and Steve Zumoff opened the Beehive in 1991 as one of the first coffeehouses in Pittsburgh. The business helped bring coffeehouse culture to the city years before it became the norm. “[Customers] didn’t know what a cappuccino was,” Kramer recalls about their early days. He says the business grew into a sort of community center for creative South Side denizens, many of them graduates of the Art Institute, who, at the time, seemed out of place in the then blue-collar family neighborhood. Kramer expects to see a lot of old faces at Beehive’s last big hurrah, including former employees who were invited to serve as guest “coffee slingers” for one last shift. “We hired a lot of really creative people,” says Kramer. “It really connected a lot of artsy people who went on to do more.” One of those people is Pittsburgh avant-garde jazz singer Phat Man Dee (real name Mandy KivowitzDelfaver). She started hanging out at the Beehive in 1992 during her high school days, then went on to work as a janitor at the South Side Beehive and its Oakland location before it shut down in 2002. CONTINUES ON PG. 8
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“Scott and Steve didn’t just make a place for artists and weirdoes to go, they made a place where we could work,” Kivowitz-Delfaver says. “They supported an entire community of ‘others’ who didn’t really fit in with anyone else.” She reflects fondly on how Beehive helped her career as a place for her to perform and mingle with other artists. Kivowitz-Delfaver met her husband, musician Tommy Amoeba, there, and in 2002, the two were married on Carson Street during the annual South Side Spring Spectacular in a grand ceremony that included a giant pink elephant float.
Ashley Corts, co-owner of Black Forge Coffee House, gravitated to the Beehive after moving to Pittsburgh for college in 2008. She remembers not feeling very comfortable in a lot of places as an 18-year-old “awkward art school kid” before finding the South Side spot. She credits the Beehive as an inspiration for Black Forge Coffee House, the Allentown business she opened with partner Nick Miller. Much like the Beehive, Black Forge welcomes a creative crowd with a regular lineup of all-ages shows. “I am really sad to see the Beehive close,” Corts says. “It was my home for
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opened as Trixie’s Game Room and later rebranded into its current form, the Super Happy Fun Time Bar & Arcade. Though they became a longtime hangout for local teens and college students, Kramer says the proliferation of Pittsburgh coffee places gave young patrons more options, including in their own neighborhoods. When the Beehive’s building went up for sale, Kramer says they decided to call it quits. Though they have yet to set an official final date, he foresees closing in January. Kivowitz-Delfaver says, “It was a beacon of weirdness, an artistic haven to so many. I credit it with my entire creative community, my love, and my career. And I am still a damn fine janitor.”
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Opioid overdoses of high-profile names like Mac Miller re-ignite national conversations about the epidemic. But what steps can actually be taken to stop this scourge? BY RYAN DETO // RYANDETO@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
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INCE 2008, Allegheny County has experienced more than 3,800 overdose deaths. Of those, opioids could be found in a majority of victims. In 2016, of counties with over a million residents, Allegheny County had the highest drug overdose death rate in the nation: 50 per 100,000 residents. On September 7, the region lost a favorite son to the overdose of rapper and Pittsburgh native Mac Miller. According to recently released reports, he was found dead in his Los Angeles home, overdosed on alcohol, cocaine, and fentanyl, a powerful opioid. Miller was 26 years old, and about to go on tour, including a November show in Pittsburgh. In the past, Miller had openly admitted to addiction problems with substances like the opioid codeine. His death shines yet another light on opioid-related substance abuse. The national epidemic is particularly stark in Allegheny County. With another highprofile death thrusting the problem to the forefront, advocates are renewing calls to take action to end the epidemic. What are the steps needed to stop the scourge?
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“We are not doing enough in Pennsylvania,” says Bell. “We know an effective medication is methadone, and it is still widely unavailable. If they are not offering the most effective treatment, they normally consider that malpractice.” Thom Duddy of pharmaceutical company Adapt Pharma is trying to do just that. His company, which is based in Delaware County, created a device resembling a nasal spray that makes it simple for anyone to administer naloxone. Duddy says Adapt’s device should be used on people overdosing from prescription opioids and illicit opioids. “We know a great deal of these overdoses are witnessed by laypeople and not in a medical setting,” says Duddy. “The reason why we are doing this is to empower people to be able to go get this if they are concerned about someone.” Without insurance, the device costs $100-200, but with many insurance providers, the devices can be acquired for free. According to an October press release, Adapt will be distributing its naloxone nasal-spray devices to 16,568 public libraries and 2,700 YMCAs for free. Needle-exchanges are another vital tool. These harm-reduction facilities, like Prevention Point, allow people access to clean needles, even to use illicit drugs. Bell says once users are in the facility, they have easy access to addiction treatment and other help. Bell thinks drug addicts should be treated more like patients and less like criminals. “We need a philosophical shift to look at this as a public-health issue and not a criminal-justice issue.”
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T FIRST GLANCE, Tana Ethiopian
Cuisine in East Liberty was fairly unassuming. It was quiet. Guests silently munched along to a soundtrack of calm, Ethiopian melodies. The decor reminded me of a sports bar mixed with my grandmother’s kitchen, a clash made more confusing by the flannel-lined vinyl tablecloths. Kitschy lights directed me to a dining room drenched in beige and sprinkled with small paintings, gigantic woven baskets, and other handcrafted art that acknowledged the Ethiopian connection. Despite the modest decor, the food packs a serious punch of flavor and personality that lingers long after you leave. I dove straight into the intimidating two-page menu, which left me with tons of questions. The server was patient as I frantically navigated the unfamiliar flavors. In the end, I split the tana sampler with a friend. I filled the platter with doro wot, a traditional Ethiopian chicken dish, minchet abish (ground beef), Tana’s lamb tibs (a stew-like dish), shiro wot (ground chickpeas), ye ater kik alicha (split peas), and fossolia (a dish of green beans and roasted carrots). I started with an order of sambusa, a thinly-wrapped Ethiopian iteration of samosa. The dish was swimming in oil, which overpowered the flavors inside. Instead of savory lentils, I could only taste oil and garlic. Thankfully, I was soon greeted by a family-size platter of food. The ornamental plate was covered with a piece
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of inerja, Ethiopia’s signature thin, sourdough flatbread, with the entrees artfully situated in a circle on top. Holding to tradition, I ate with my right hand, using pieces of inerja to pick up each bite. If you like to keep clear boundaries between your food, Tana is not for you. The injera base absorbed some of the other components’ saucy runoff, but eventually, everything mixes together. In
my eyes, it’s a brilliant combination. The flavors are delicious whether mixed or on their own. The split peas, doro wot, and green beans were table favorites. From the split peas, I expected an unappealing green color and flavor reminiscent of split-pea soup, but my assumption was way off. The peas were tangy and with a strong presence of garlic, not thin or soupy, with hints of citrus that landed at a bite’s end. Fossolia, the green beans and carrots stewed in tomato sauce, matched perfectly with the injera. Because injera is fermented, there’s a slight sourness added
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to each bite. I could go back to Tana again and again, just for the inerja. Doro wot is made with berbere, a classic spice combination of paprika, cumin, garlic, basil, and cardamom. The two chicken legs were tender, the two eggs mouth-burning hot and freshly hardboiled. But it was the stew-like sauce that I fell hardest for, with the berbere contributing a mellow heat. When I finally sat back, too full to take another bite, half of my meal was still in front of me, my hands desperately needed to be washed, and my breath reeked of onions. Bring some gum, a wet wipe, and an empty stomach to Tana.
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While you’re uncomfortably far from Pittsburgh (anything more than 60 miles), embrace the day and treat yourself to some of the attractions the Laurel Highlands has to offer. You can eat, hike, camp, drive a car — all the best stuff. Here are some favorites: Ohiopyle is a stone’s throw from Fallingwater if you can throw a stone more than eight miles. There’s hiking, biking, rafting, camping, fishing, yoga, caves, a casino, and a zipline. 124 Main St., CP PHOTO: LISA CUNNINGHAM Ohiopyle. The sculpture garden Driving at Kentuck Knob down Mill Run Road on the way to Fallingwater, it’s hard to miss Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park, the only chain of camp resorts that offers hang sessions with Yogi Bear, Boo Boo, Cindy Bear, and Ranger Smith. There are water games, video games, tubing, and paintball. 839 Mill Run Road., Mill Run. jellystonemillrun.com Lastly, if Fallingwater just didn’t cut it and you’re jonesing for more Prairie School style architecture, head over to Kentuck Knob. Wright built it some 20 years after Fallingwater and while it’s lacking the waterfalls, it makes up for it with equally enthralling, flamboyant designs. The visit is worth it for the sculpture garden alone. 723 Kentuck Road, Dunbar. kentuckknob.com •
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visit Fallingwater, but the only one that matters is that it makes you feel like a kid. Built by Frank Lloyd Wright for department store mogul Edgar J. Kaufmann in the 1930s, the house has a surreal vibe that invites academic explanations, but really, it just looks like an elaborate treehouse built by a very intelligent, well-funded child. Beyond the ingenuity required to design a house around/in/on flowing water, the building is carved with an abundance of odd corners and nooks that make you want to play hide-and-seek. Walking the perimeter opens up angles and details that somehow refute what you saw from the other side. Every aspect of the house feels like an argument for the benefits of perching. The first time I saw it, I sputtered to my dad, “It’s fun to perch on shit, huh?” It really is.
It took less than five years to build Fallingwater (if you check in with the “history” page on the website, they credit the landscape with the collision of tectonic plates 300 million years ago, but no one has time for that). The Kaufmanns commissioned Wright to build the house with the intention of being able to see the falls, but the architect went all in and put the house right on top of them. It’s easy to get used to that fact, but visiting Fallingwater really drives the point home. It’s an insane idea.
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If you take the tour, you’ll learn about how Wright worked to integrate the design with its environment by relying on materials and colors that half
complemented/half clashed with its natural surroundings. There are a lot of earth tones and the building looks like it’s trying not to bother the neighboring trees, but there’s also something futuristic and indulgent in all the showiness and harsh right angles. The shelves of the balconies look like they could fold into the building and go incognito in the presence of an unwelcome visitor. Once again, it feels like a kid built it. Whether you’re a lifelong Pittsburgher, a transplant, or a tourist, it is worth the 70 minute-drive to visit Fallingwater. I lived here for 13 years before my first visit and have been kicking myself retroactively ever since. Don’t be like me. Take the tour, eat at the cafe (they have a pretty killer lunch menu and a Fallingwater chocolate bar), explore the trails, ask questions, marvel at the weirdness of the whole thing. Make a day of it.
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with your eyes closed, you would never guess that all the members are 19 or younger. They’re polished, sounding like professionals years older. But three years ago, when they first formed, the group was only able to play about five songs, which they would stretch out during performances. Now, member Winton Bell says, “Only playing five songs [is] like, ‘Oh, that’s it? We can’t play anymore?’” The group went from performing during local break sessions to opening for established jazz acts like Kenny G., Gerald Albright, Dave Koz, Bob James, and Con Funk Shun.
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Bell, 16, Henry Schultz, 16, Brandon Terry, 13, and Eric Dowdell Jr., 19, make up the band and play saxophone, keyboard, drums, and bass guitar, respectively. While each of the members was introduced to jazz in different ways – Bell and Dowdell through their fathers, Terry through a lesson, and Schultz through the band – it was the energy of playing live jazz music that got them hooked. “Out of all the genres, jazz just felt free,” Bell says. “I loved the way I could describe myself and paint a clearer picture of who I am through jazz.” “I’ve seen people react [when we start performing] and they get really excited when they see us play,” Shultz says.
While talking to the boys in “momager” Melita Terry’s pristine, white living room, they could have easily been mistaken for kids hanging out after school. Sitting on an L-shaped couch, dressed in tshirts, ball shorts, joggers, and sneakers, the group cracked jokes and played on their phones. Even the band name, Funky Fly Project, is a joke. “If there was a fly that didn’t put some deodorant on, you might as well call it funky fly,” Dowell started explaining, and the boys finished together, laughing. The name wasn’t their original choice, but during a gig, Bell was speaking to the audience and blanked on the name they had planned. Funky Fly was one of many they had come up with during
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band practice and it popped into his head on stage. So, the Funky Fly Project was born. They may look like teens hanging out, but the boys rarely have time to do so. Music takes up most of their free time. Between solo practice, band practice, gigs, or simply listening to tunes, chill time is an anomaly. “Balancing free time is hard,” Schultz says, “but we get through it.” Bell says jazz is in his blood, but the genre is shaping all of them at an impressionable time in their lives. And it’s only the beginning. “It’s our third year, and we just opened up for Kenny G.,” says Terry. “Just imagine what we can do in the next three years if we stay together. Maybe he’ll be opening for us. Or we’ll be the first young jazz
band to win a Grammy.” Funky Fly has a second album in the works, a follow-up to their debut, Déjà vu. The band says it’s still in its early stages but should be coming out soon. Possibly called Déjà vu 2, the album will be an example of how much they’ve changed.
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Bell says, “It will show people that we are growing, we are making some big waves, and we are possibly one of the best music scenes going on in Pittsburgh.”
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “The world is like a dropped pie most of the time,” writes author Elizabeth Gilbert. “Don’t kill yourself trying to put it back together. Just grab a fork and eat some of it off the floor. Then carry on.” From what I can tell about the state of your life, Sagittarius, the metaphorical pie has indeed fallen onto the metaphorical floor. But it hasn’t been there so long that it has spoiled. And the floor is fairly clean, so the pie won’t make you sick if you eat it. My advice is to sit down on the floor and eat as much as you want. Then carry on.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Novelist Anita Desai writes, “Isn’t it strange how life won’t flow, like a river, but moves in jumps, as if it were held back by locks that are opened now and then to let it jump forward in a kind of flood?” I bring this to your attention, Capricorn, because I suspect that the locks she refers to will soon open for you. Events may not exactly flow like a flood, but I’m guessing they will at least surge and billow and gush. That could turn out to be nerve-racking and strenuous or fun and interesting. Which way it goes will depend on your receptivity to transformation.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Miracles come to those who risk defeat in seeking them,” writes author Mark Helprin. “They come to those who have exhausted themselves completely in a struggle to accomplish the impossible.” Those descriptions could fit you well in the coming weeks, but with one caveat. You’ll have no need to take on the melodramatic, almost desperate mood Helprin seems to imply is essential. Just the opposite, in fact. Yes, risk defeat and be willing to exhaust yourself in the struggle to accomplish the impossible; but do so in a spirit of exuberance, motivated by the urge to play.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “Never invoke the gods unless you really want them to appear,” warned author G. K. Chesterton. “It annoys them very much.” My teachers have offered me related advice. Don’t ask the gods to intervene, they say, until you have done all you can through your own efforts. Furthermore, don’t ask the gods for help unless you are prepared to accept their help if it’s different from
(Oct. 23-Nov. 21): SCORPIO The U.S. is the world’s top exporter of food. In second place is the Netherlands, which has 0.4 percent as much land as the U.S. How do Dutch farmers accomplish this miraculous feat? In part because of their massive greenhouses, which occupy vast areas of non-urbanized space. Another key factor is their unprecedented productivity, which dovetails with a commitment to maximum sustainability. For instance, they produce 20 tons of potatoes per acre, compared with the global average of nine. And they do it using less water and pesticides. In my long-term outlook for you Scorpios, I see you as having a metaphorical similarity to Dutch farmers. During the next 12 months, you have the potential to make huge impacts with your focused and efficient efforts.
by his teammates. Paige’s success came in part because of his wide variety of tricky pitches, described by author Buck O’Neil as “the batdodger, the two-hump blooper, the four-day creeper, the dipsy-do, the Little Tom, the Long Tom, the bee ball, the wobbly ball, the hurryup ball and the nothin’ ball.” I bring this to your attention, Cancerian, because now is an excellent time for you to amp up your charisma and use all your tricky pitches.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):
what you thought it should be. I bring these considerations to your attention, Pisces, because you currently meet all these requirements. So I say go right ahead and seek the gods’ input and assistance.
one remembers where it started.” 5. “We shelter an angel within us. We must be the guardians of that angel.”
“Everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head,” writes fantasy author Patrick Rothfuss. “Always. All the time. We build ourselves out of that story.” So what’s your story, Leo? The imminent future will be an excellent time to get clear about the dramatic narrative you weave. Be especially alert for demoralizing elements in your tale that may not, in fact, be true, and that therefore you should purge. I think you’ll be able to draw on extra willpower and creative flair if you make an effort to reframe the story you tell yourself so that it’s more accurate and uplifting.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
ARIES (March 21-April 19):
Adolescence used to be defined as a phase that lasted from ages 13 to 19. But scientists writing in the journal The Lancet say that in modern culture, the current span is from ages 10 to 24. Puberty comes earlier now, in part because of shifts in eating habits and exposure to endocrinedisrupting chemicals. At the same time, people hold onto their youth longer because they wait a while before diving into events associated with the initiation into adulthood, like getting married, finishing education, and having children. Even if you’re well past 24, Gemini, I suggest you revisit and reignite your juvenile stage in the coming weeks. You need to reconnect with your wild innocence. You’ll benefit from immersing yourself in memories of coming of age. Be 17 or 18 again, but this time armed with all you have learned since.
Interior designer Dorothy Draper said she wished there was a single word that meant “exciting, frightfully important, irreplaceable, deeply satisfying, basic, and thrilling, all at once.” I wonder if such a word exists in the Chamicuro language spoken by a few Peruvians or the Sarsi tongue spoken by the Tsuu T’ina tribe in Alberta, Canada. In any case, I’m pleased to report that for the next few weeks, many of you Aries people will embody and express that rich blend of qualities. I have coined a new word to capture it: tremblissimo.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): According to my astrological intuition, you’re entering a phase when you will derive special benefit from these five observations by poet and filmmaker Jean Cocteau. 1. “There are truths that you can only say after having won the right to say them.” 2. “True realism consists in revealing the surprising things that habit keeps covered and prevents us from seeing.” 3. “What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you.” 4. “You should always talk well about yourself! The word spreads around, and in the end, no
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Cancerian baseball pitcher Satchel Paige had a colorful career characterized by creative showmanship. On some occasions, he commanded his infielders to loll on the grass behind him, whereupon he struck out three batters in a row — ensuring no balls were hit to the spots vacated
In describing a man she fell in love with, author Elizabeth Gilbert wrote that he was both “catnip and kryptonite to me.” If you’ve spent time around cats, you understand that catnip can be irresistible to them. As for kryptonite: it’s the one substance that weakens the fictional superhero Superman. Is there anything in your life that resembles Gilbert’s paramour? A place or situation or activity or person that’s both catnip and kryptonite? I suspect you now have more ability than usual to neutralize its obsessive and debilitating effects on you. That could empower you to make a good decision about the relationship you’ll have with it in the future.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “I had to learn very early not to limit myself due to others’ limited imaginations,” testifies Libran astronaut Mae Jemison. She adds, “I have learned these days never to limit anyone else due to my own limited imagination.” Are those projects on your radar, Libra? I hope so. You now have extra power to resist being shrunk or hobbled by others’ images of you. You also have extra power to help your friends and loved ones grow and thrive as you expand your images of them.
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On the move? New to town, or just a new neighborhood? If you haven’t tried transit before maybe now is the time. Port Authority has convenient and frequent service to and from the urban areas of Pittsburgh. East Liberty is the heart of the East End’s transit service. Many Port Authority bus routes use the East Busway to bypass local traffic including the P1 and P3 from East Liberty’s busway station which offer quick rides to Downtown and Oakland. Various other routes have stops on Penn Ave. and serve just about anywhere in the East End of the city. Living Downtown? You CAN get anywhere from here. You can catch a bus or T to almost anywhere in Allegheny County. Groceries in the Strip District, take the 88. For all the flavor of Lawrenceville the 91 works. Nearly all of Port Authority's 100 routes travel in and out of Downtown. For more neighborhoods go to onthemove.portauthority.org and make this town your own.
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Items collected in relation to the Tree of life shooting
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HE DAY OF the Tree of Life shooting was marked by shock, mourning, and sadness. Then came the vigils and prayers, followed by protests and calls to action. Despite substantial documentation of the event, it’s easy for pieces of the story to get lost. In order to not lose track of the community’s reactions to the attack, the Rauh Jewish History Program & Archives at the Heinz History Center started collecting materials related to the shooting, including digital and physical documents. The goal of the project is to capture the scope of reactions — both immediate and ongoing— and to create a long-term archive. “We know how history works and we know that there’s certain things that are hard to get in the record, and one of them is pain. It’s really hard to get pain and grief in the historic record,” says Eric Lidji, director of the Program & Archives. While he expects
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to collect items for years to come, there is an urgency to capturing the raw and immediate reactions, which fade over time. “You go to a memorial, and you feel it, but that feeling stays inside of your heart, and it doesn’t always come out again,” says Lidji. “It’s like trying to archive the ripples of a stone.” To share your documentation of events related to the Tree of Life shooting, visit www.heinzhistorycenter.org/collections
Archiving is typically a long and slow process that doesn’t necessarily react to current events. It’s not always clear what will be in need of archiving, but when an event as instantly significant as Tree of Life happens, documentation is necessary. Lidji began taking notes the day after the shooting and collected some
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material from the Sunday night vigil. On Monday, he received unsolicited but welcome consultation from an archivist in Orlando, Fla., who’d worked to archive the Pulse Nightclub shooting. The History Center modeled their digital collection website off of one created by the University of Virginia in the wake of the Charlottesville Unite the Right rally. The History Center created a page on its website where people can submit photos, videos, social media posts, and personal stories. The project is also accepting physical pieces. Some of the items already received include sermons from local synagogues, Stronger Than Hate voting stickers, a jacket worn by a news anchor on the scene, and a statement posted by the Pittsburgh Chinese Restaurant Association. Right now the collections have mostly been local, but as the link gets shared, the perimeter will spread, as did reactions to the shooting. “This is something we can do to
preserve the dignity of all of us now, in making sure that the intensity of our feelings, the sincerity of our feelings, is not forgotten, in addition to the lives that were lost,” says Lidji. Every mass shooting creates a similar sense of despondent grief, compounded by the fact that they are all entirely preventable if the government cared more about the right to safety than the right to weapons. After so many shootings, they all start to feel the same, but the pain of each is unique to its community. Newspapers will always have digital archives of their reporting, and Pittsburgh residents will never forget what happened, but by collecting memorabilia—factual and emotional—Lidji hopes the archive will both preserve and teach history. “This project is the beginning of an initiative that could last a century, and it will be something that we won’t even be around to see the end of, but we’re trying to set something in motion that outlives us.”
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Nicole Kidman and Lucas Hedges in Boy Erased
There is a part in Boy Erased where a “counselor” lines up the boys in a gay conversion therapy program and instructs them to stand with their feet splayed, fists at their waist, like Superman. “Triangles are the strongest shape,” he says, hoping this masculine pose might “cure” them. But the shape is powerful for other reasons. Pink triangles were used as a symbol in Nazi Germany to identify gay people in concentration camps, and now, the LGBTQ community wears the symbol as a badge of pride. Boy Erased, directed by Joel Edgerton and based on a memoir of the same name by Garrard Conley, BOY follows Jared (Lucas ERASED Hedges), a teenager opens in Arkansas who is outed to his parents. everywhere His father Marshall Fri., Nov. 16 (Russell Crowe), a Baptist preacher, is disgusted. His mother Nancy (Nicole Kidman) is gentler but doesn’t immediately stand up for her son. They send him to conversion therapy, believing that it will make him a better person. They also believe the conversion therapy is run by a certified professional. Instead, it’s run by Victor Sykes (Edgerton), a man with no qualifications who emotionally and physically abuses the kids in his care. Kidman is a standout, having solidified her niche as a doting, but not subdued, wife. Hedges has a blankness to his face that works in his favor, like he’s ready and open to feel any emotion. The movie is straightforward in its message and delivery, at times realistic to the point of rendering itself dull, not in topic but more because of Edgerton’s unimaginative directing. The scenes and dialogue aren’t particularly memorable, but the subject sticks. •
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nated by men, and that includes film critics. A 2016 study showed that 73 percent of the top critics on Rotten Tomatoes were men. Director Steve McQueen is aware of this fact to the point that he’s worried it’s harming the reception of Widows, an action-thriller co-written by McQueen and Gillian Flynn. The reception has been overwhelmingly positive, but McQueen worries that male film critics are enjoying it for the wrong reasons. “[M]en are a little bit tone deaf to certain aspects of feminism,” he said. Fortunately for him, this review was written by a woman. After her husband’s latest heist ends in a deadly explosion, Veronica (Viola Davis) must turn her grief into vengeance, as she is forced to pay off her late husband’s debts. To pull off her own heist, she enlists the wives of the other husbands killed in the crime, including Linda (Michelle Rodriguez), a dress shop owner with two young kids, and Alice (Elizabeth Debicki), who is abused and fed up. Later, Belle (Cynthia Erivo), a hairdresser and non-widow joins the team as the driver. The women’s plan is intertwined with a racially tense local Chicago election between dynastic hotshot Jack Mulligan (Colin Farrell, with
a questionable accent) and gang leader Jamal Manning (Brian Tyree Henry), whose dirty work is carried out by his terrifying brother Jatemme (Daniel Kaluuya). Viola Davis is great as usual, full of anger and passion, covered in a thick layer of composure. Debicki is swift and cunning, expertly using her presumed blonde naiveté to her advantage. Arguably the best shot of the movie is when she bites into a hot dog after buying guns. The biggest standout is Kaluuya as the enforcer, whose stare, let alone his maniacal grins, are bone-chilling.
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Widows’ plot unfolds like most heist movies, full of unoriginal but shocking twists. It’s at times fun, gripping, and if you want, “empowering.” The movie is obvious in its attempts at equal representation with the general tone that “this time, the wives are in charge!” The women get to do everything typically done by powerful men, like make deals in a sauna, stroke a tiny pet, and shove a
gun down the front of their pants. When a member of the team questions why they’ll succeed, Veronica angrily says, “Because no one thinks we have the balls to pull this off.” Women doing things because men think they can’t is, I guess, feminism. But “having balls” is a corny and dated way to justify it. It’s an exciting action movie with shootouts and explosions plus ritzy decor and slick dialogue. But it also has a message, albeit a foggy one. Through all the scheming and heisting, McQueen and Flynn stuff as many contemporary issues as possible: sexism, racism, police brutality, political corruption, interracial marriage, gang violence, nepotism, immigration, and segregation. Most feel shoehorned in for the sake of statementmaking and only muddle a plot already filled with unanswered questions. Plot clutter aside, Widows’ twists are thrilling, unfolding at a slow enough pace to build palpable tension but fast enough for the audience to stay alert. The cinematography is dynamic and reminiscent of Hitchcock in its use of cool shots just for the sake of cool shots, panning the camera to irrational but more interesting places. Widows’ a valiant effort, but ultimately falls short.
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Christen Sewell Weimer returns with a new work “Mother’s Little Helper.” The six-minute piece for seven dancers is “an embodiment of the various physical expectations placed on women,” says Weimer. Set to an original score by Atlanta composer Paul Stevens, “the work is a satire, and depicts the dancers’ reactions to the expectations imposed upon them.” Bodiography Contemporary Ballet presents
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After a reprise of choreographer Andrea Levick’s duet “Retorque” (2018) from Bodiography’s September program, a trio of Bodiography’s dancers will take the stage in Caruso’s 2008 work “Journey,” set to music by Philip Glass. The program’s second half will lead with a reprise of Caruso’s “Really?!” performed by BCB Charlotte. With music by Kansas City’s Quixotic, the seven-minute piece was inspired by the frustrations felt by several of BCB Charlotte’s young working mothers in
navigating adulthood. Next, dancer/ choreographer Nicole Jamison’s new work “Curdle” is an eight-minute piece for 11 of Bodiography’s dancers. Set to music by Ezio Bosso, Nils Frahm, and Yann Tiersen, the work, says Jamison, “portrays the dissolution of an ideal.” BCB Charlotte’s dancers then return in another Caruso work, “Runaway Runway.” The eight-minute piece for four dancers set to a remix of Australian electronic music duo Empire of the Sun’s “Walking on a Dream” channels the fashion show runway experience. Set to music by Max Richter, Bodiography student company director Kristie Corso’s latest work for the main company, “Cliff’s Edge” is a six-minute quartet that looks at how life’s stresses and setbacks can adversely affect our relationships with those we care about most. Rounding out Multiplicity will be “Submerged,” Caruso’s 16-minute ballet for a dozen dancers. Inspired by a scene from the 2018 Academy Award Best Picture-winner The Shape of Water, Caruso says “Submerged,” set to music by Olafur Arnalds and Quixotic, seeks to impart a feeling of being underwater.
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is one of the reasons Carmi Soul Food restaurant moved to the South Side. While the neighborhood is often stereotyped as a place for college kids to get drunk and party, the section of Pittsburgh has more to offer than just weekend sidewalk throw-up. And Penigar wants everyone to know this and feel at home on Carson Street. “We are grateful to have [Penigar] as a neighbor,” says Carmi co-owner Carleen King. “He is one of our biggest cheerleaders and encourages his clientele to visit with us and offers tickets to our staff and customers. He certainly helped quiet any of the insecurities we had about moving into the South Side.” To put it bluntly, the South Side is not everyone’s first choice when deciding where to grab a drink or see a show. But by making the Rex an all-inclusive, enjoyable venue – and spreading this mentality to other businesses on Carson – Penigar hopes to uplift the community. “Our desire is for everyone to feel
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welcome at our shows, regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation, or selfidentification,” Penigar says. Scott Forsyth of Grey Area Productions has been booking performances for over nine years and says he only chooses facilities that he is comfortable being in, like the Rex, Spirit, and Cattivo.
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“What we’ve done [at the Rex] is try to create an environment where people can just come in and enjoy themselves,” says Forsyth. “It’s a bold comparison to make a connection to Disney World, but I think the same philosophies are in place, where you want to go, see a show, and leave the rest of the world at the door. If the security and box office personnel are friendly and everybody’s smiling and greeting you with warmth, then you’re going to enjoy your experience.”
Attending shows for Penigar and Forsyth is a spiritual sort of experience, one they believe everyone should be able to revel in. “For many of us, music is our religion,” Penigar says. “We treat music venues as our churches, where we come to cleanse our souls and recharge our spirits.” Penigar met most of his friends – including his girlfriend – going to concerts. Music brings people together that might not have met otherwise and is a common source of joy in an often dismal world. “We give a home to live music in an effort to facilitate a community of likeminded individuals. It’s a place where everyone should be able to feel comfortable to be themselves, where we get to feel that we are part of something bigger than ourselves and a community that matters to us.” Venues like Rex Theater and Carmi offer a reprieve from the debauchery of late-night Carson Street revelers. And they don’t want to be dismissed because of that other nonsense.
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for inspiration, and just create. Magically, it always works. It’s engaging, challenging, and funny. It’s the most urgently present experience I’ve ever been a part of. Also, Irony City is our opening act; they are a fantastic group that has been performing in Pittsburgh for 10-plus years. They are phenomenal. KRISTY: The show is the part the audience sees. We really do take our improv guests out to dinner before the curtain goes up to get to know them better and catch up over a meal. Downtown Pittsburgh’s restaurant scene is exploding with awesomeness, and we fully take advantage of what’s just a short walk from the theater. Grab dinner or a drink before the show … you may run into us!
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ETHRO AND Kristy Nolen are the Creative Directors at Arcade Comedy Theater. They perform as the improv duo “Dinner with the Nolens” and are a married couple IRL. Given said experience, I posed some questions to the Nolens about love and comedy.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BOTH BEEN DOING IMPROV? KRISTY: I started to take classes at the Second City in 1994. I started teaching improv in 1996. Since then I’ve mainly taught and performed in Chicago, L.A., Amsterdam, and now Pittsburgh. So, in 2019 it will be 25 years. JETHRO: 25 years. I started at college (Texas A&M) before moving to Chicago.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN MARRIED? KRISTY: We were married right here in Pittsburgh in 2002. JETHRO: Although it seems longer.
DID YOU MEET DOING IMPROV? KRISTY: We did. I was invited to come join an improv team by a woman who quit two weeks later. I could immediately tell it was a very talented group, so I just kept showing up, and luckily they didn’t kick me out. JETHRO: Actually, before that, Kristy was on another team with a college buddy of mine. We met at a bar after the show briefly. But our first regular contact was when she joined the team that I was on. KRISTY: He loves to remind me that I don’t remember meeting him at the bar. The bar, The Gingerman, is still around and so are we.
DO YOU THINK YOUR NATURAL ROMANTIC CHEMISTRY GIVES YOU AN ADVANTAGE AS A COMEDY DUO? KRISTY: I think chemistry either on stage or on screen is about one person being “all in” for the other person, fully listening, fully supporting, fully engaging and not being so totally focused on themselves. If I wasn’t performing with my husband, I’d be in the front row
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cheering, because I’m his biggest fan. People really appreciate the comedy we are creating but the chemistry part is watching the delight in playing with your partner and vice versa. I’m entertained by his performance as much as the audience. I think that energy draws the watcher in. One of the things we talk about when teaching improv is the idea of group mind, being on the same page when you are performing, knowing what your partner is going to do before they do it. This kind of ensemble work can only be achieved when you’ve worked and played together for a long while and when you really care about your stage partner. It makes for great improv and great shows. And a great marriage.
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JETHRO: Everything Kristy said is right about chemistry, but for me it was our comedic chemistry that gave us an advantage as a romantic duo. We knew and performed together for a while before we ever started dating. After a while, it got more intimate. I think two people being into one another, whether from a comedic or romantic perspective, is generally a positive. It’s also way more fun being married to someone who can make you laugh every day.
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EXPLAIN “DINNER WITH THE NOLENS” FOR SOMEONE WHO’S NEVER HEARD OF IT. JETHRO: Four people jump off a cliff and build a plane on the way down. Four great comedic performers go out on stage with no idea about what will happen next, get a single word from the audience
JETHRO: Thanksgiving with The Nolens is at Arcade Comedy Theater on Wednesday, Nov. 21. It’s chock full of our favorite people to play with. You will want seconds. Plus, you can avoid your family by hanging out with ours. KRISTY: And we’d love to see you at two of the Arcade’s longest running and most loved improv shows: “Dinner with the Nolens” and “The Arcade Hootenanny.”
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shirt. Soft, well worn, the neckline stretched just enough, the sleeves tight to show off your muscles, or maybe it’s loose, flowing perfectly as you walk, strut, move down the catwalk of life. It is cool; you’re cool. But how did that shirt get to you? No, not where you bought it. Before that. It’s an important question to ask because fashion and the production of clothing is the second leading polluting industry in the world. How? Let’s tell the story of how your t-shirt came to be and what you can do to make a change. Traditional cotton requires pesticides and about 700 gallons of water to make one t-shirt. Those pesticides run off into the local water supplies, polluting the water for drinking, agricultural, livestock, and other uses. In fact, according to the World Bank, 20 percent of the global industrial water pollution came from the fashion industry in 2015. Now we have to make the fabric blue. Most clothing is made with cheaper toxic dyes. With synthetic fabrics like polyester, additives are included so that the color adheres better to the fabric.
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Rachel Rearick, Carin Mincemoyer, and Rachel Yonan swap clothes at Renee Piechocki’s Sixth Annual Clothes Swap.
And we are making so much of it. In an effort to feed what feels like an incurable desire for new clothes, since 2000, global production of clothing has doubled, creating those, “I got this a-maz-ing dress for $15!” moments. But someone has to pay for our “cheap clothes.” It is the environment and the people who make the clothes. Eighty percent of garment workers are women, and these often low-wage, low-safety, and low-security jobs are so tenuous, organizations like Human Rights Watch and Walk Free Foundation (Global Slavery Index) are advocating for progress. But we are not finished. Every time
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energy. 2. Get a microfiber laundry bag to capture fibers from synthetic materials — all those yoga pants and football jerseys, in the bag. 3. Choose your laundry detergent carefully. Check out EWG.org for options. • Shop Your Closet — Visit that lonely 80 percent of your wardrobe. Need inspiration? Open Instagram or Pinterest and search based on items in your closet, for example: “Burgundy tie, Grey suit.” In summary: reduce, buy less, and reuse. Think of how to slay with what you already own or fix up what needs repairing. Recycle: Clothing swaps, vintage stores, and you and your friends/ family’s closets.
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Size Fits All,” the Pittsburgh Shorts Festival showcases 93 films from 24 countries, with “an emphasis on films that promote cultural tolerance and innovative visual storytelling,” according to the press release. Short films are more accessible and affordable for budding filmmakers, making for a more diverse selection of stories. Film Pittsburgh executive director Kathryn Spitz Cohan says that while the films cover a variety of genres, themes, and backgrounds, the mission of the festival remains the same. “We do a lot of programs and we show a lot of films that are trying to bring people together and celebrate our common humanity,” says Cohan. Films are presented in blocks that last 90 to 100 minutes, about the run-time of a full-length feature movie. The festival – which takes place at the Kelly-Strayhorn Theater – opens with the Love and Laughter block, a collection of eight heartwarming films from the U.S., Argentina, France, and Germany. Other blocks include the horror-focused Thrills and Chills, and All-Ages, an early afternoon of kid-friendly titles like the charming Two Balloons, a story about a hot air balloon ride with two adventurous lemurs. Regardless of theme or, in most cases, lack of theme, Cohan says the audience should expect a carefully curated variety of films in each block. “They’re going to see narrative, they’re going to see animation, they’re going to see documentary,” says Cohan. One unique aspect of the festival is its commitment to highlighting female filmmakers. Around 42 percent of the
selected films were directed by women, among them Are We Good Parents? directed by Bola Ogun and Mariama Diallo’s Hair Wolf, a Sundance awardwinning short that uses comedy and horror to address cultural appropriation. Cohan believes that as a mostly woman-run nonprofit organization, Film Pittsburgh has a responsibility to provide opportunities to female filmmakers who lack the same level of representation as their male counterparts. A 2017 report by San Diego State’s Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film found that, of the top 250 films from the previous year, only 7 percent were directed by women.
With Halloween in 2018’s rearview mirror, it’s time for holiday PHOTO: HUGHSHOWS music to return. Screenshot from Clara Kent’s live performance of“Winter Song” on Hughshows Holiday But, before you start listening to the same old songs, let Clara Kent’s new “Winter Song” bless your ears. The R&B stylings of Kent’s smooth, sultry voice are warm and inviting. Halfway through, you will wish you were curled up with a partner, in the fuzziest of blankets, drinking hot chocolate, as snow falls outside the window. The lyrics, “Holidays aren’t meant to be spent alone,” and “Winter song keeps me company while you’re gone / snowy melodies, keep me warm,” immediately puts you in the holiday spirit with the question, “Is it late December already?” Because Kent sure makes it feel like it is. •
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Cohan adds that they also strived to include films made by people of color and LGBTQ people. While shorts fail to receive the same recognition as feature-length films, Cohan says they offer a less expensive, accessible way for budding filmmakers to appeal to producers and modern audiences, whose attention spans are wired for YouTube videos. In terms of the festival, they also provide an effective way to present a variety of perspectives in a single sitting. “Short films, if they’re good, are really appealing because you can learn so much and grow so much and feel so much in one block,” says Cohan. “I think it’s really valuable.”
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THURSDAY NOV. 15 EVENT
This past Sunday marked a century of Polish independence, and to celebrate its culture and unique story, the Polish Cultural Council is hosting six days of film screenings with the Polish Film Festival. Selections range from Warsaw 44, a dramatic depiction of the 1944 Warsaw uprising, to Breaking the Limits, an inspiring story of a man overcoming drug addiction to become a champion triathlete. Both Saturday screenings include a Q&A with the films’ directors. Falcons of Freedom is a new documentary on the role Polish-Americans played in Poland’s fight for independence 100 years
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ago, directed by Robert Wachowiak, screening at 4:30 p.m. The Butler studies a divided Europe and the people caught between the governmental struggles. The nine films will screen in English or in Polish with English subtitles. Continues through Wed., Nov. 21. Regent Square Theater, 1035 S. Braddock Ave., Regent Square. $10 per screening, $8 for students, $15 for the Saturday screening and reception. polishculturalcouncil.org
Robert Villamagna, and arts professional, Chris McGinnis. As one of the exhibiting artists in Contemporary Craft’s current Transformation 10 exhibition, Villamagna finds inspiration with found materials. McGinnis currently serves as the founding director and chief curator for Rivers of Steel Arts. Both will discuss their backgrounds and creative processes. 6 p.m. 2100 Smallman St., Strip District. Free. RSVP required. contemporarycraft.org
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Contemporary Craft’s salon-style speaker series The Space Between invites artists and arts leaders to discuss the role of creativity within their respective fields. This time, NEXTpittsburgh managing editor, Melissa Rayworth, moderates a conversation between West Virginia-based mixed-media artist,
Pittsburgh Arts and Lecture welcomes U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith to the Carnegie Library Lecture Hall for a reading and conversation. The African-American poet and educator secured a place among the country’s most important literary figures with works such as her 2015 coming-of-
age memoir Ordinary Light and her Pulitzer Prize-winning poetry collection Life on Mars. Her most recent work, Wade in the Water, ties our country’s current struggles with our fraught history by reflecting on 250 years of the American experience, with poems inspired by corporate pollution, Black Civil War soldiers, and the plight of refugees. 7 p.m., 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland. Free. Registration required. pittsburghlectures.org
FRIDAY NOV. 16 FILM
The artist Yayoi Kusama is recognizable for many things: her obsession with polka
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dots, her ability to bend space, her fire-engine red hair. Pittsburghers would be most familiar with her permanent installation at the Mattress Factory, Infinity Dots Mirrored Room, which is one of several of Kusama’s pieces that play with limits of space and the concept of infinity. Her work is colorful, surreal, disorienting, and memorable. The documentary Kusama: Infinity, showing at Row House Cinema, explores the artist’s childhood in Japan, how her mental health struggles reflect in her art, and her efforts to be taken as seriously as her male peers. Times vary. 4115 Butler St., Lawrenceville. $7-10. rowhousecinema.com
MUSIC
The Lighthouse Project is a super cool program started by the HomewoodBrushton YMCA that provides afterschool
resources for young people to learn about and explore careers in music, film, photography, art, and fashion. Its media center offers a recording studio, a photo/ video lab, performance space, and more where participants can cut their teeth. But those things don’t come cheap. The Second Annual Fall Ball helps bring in the funds to keep those resources flowing, with performances by Royce, The Buckle Downs, Castle of Ink, and Funky Fly Project (who you can learn more about on page 18). Head down to Mr. Smalls for a night of fabulous music while helping the next generation of Pittsburgh artists get their careers started. 7 p.m. 400 Lincoln Ave., Millvale. $10. 412-821-4447 or mrsmalls.com
COMEDY
Pittsburghers really love it when fellow
Pittsburghers make it big so they can say to strangers, “Did you know that person is from Pittsburgh?” Under that file you’ll find comedian Billy Gardell, best known as co-starring with Melissa McCarthy in the sitcom Mike & Molly as officer Mike Biggs, playing a security guard in Bad Santa, portraying an officer of the law in My Name Is Earl and many more. Catch his always lively hometown standup show at Benedum Center to get to know this funny, lovable Pittsburgher in the flesh. 7:30 p.m. Also Sat., Nov. 17. 237 Seventh Ave., Downtown. Tickets start at $44.25. trustarts.org
STORYTELLING
At Wordplay, the Bricolage Production Company’s mashup of music and narrative, poets, comedians, actors, or
complete strangers tell personal stories backed by a live DJ. Wordplay hit Pittsburgh four years ago, and is now a cornerstone of the city’s literary and theater scene. For the November show, Wordplay brings back favorite stories from performances past. The night begins with a happy half-hour full of free drinks and storytelling surprises. At 8 p.m., sit down and listen to stories set to Beyoncé and Brahms. 7:30 p.m. Bricolage Production Company. 937 Liberty Ave., Downtown. $35. bricolagepgh.org
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FRIDAY Yonder Mountain String Band 8 p.m. The Rex Theater, South Side. rextheater.net
SATURDAY Swiss Army & Friends 7 p.m. Cattivo, Lawrenceville. cattivopgh.com
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MONDAY Esmé Patterson 8 p.m. Club Café, South Side. clubcafelive.com
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charting musician are Pittsburgh local artists: advocate rapper Romance Nyogu, lo-fi singer/songwriter Swampwalk, and electronica band Kowloon Corp, or K-Corp. The event is free, but door donations are suggested, which will go to Gwen’s Girls, an Allegheny County based organization that aims to empower young women to have productive lives. 8:30 p.m. 120 S. Whitfield St., East Liberty. Donations suggested. acehotel.com
toddies piping hot. The charitable partner of the race is 412 Food Rescue, so it’s not just about running then drinking. But the race does start and end at Tequila Cowboy, so accomplishing both is a total breeze. Registration is required and can be completed online before or in person. 9:30 a.m. 380 N. Shore Drive, North Side. $40-50. hottoddyrace.com
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After an exhausting jog, nothing is more refreshing than a hot toddy, right? Right? Well, we’re about to find out at Pittsburgh’s first Jack Daniel’s Hot Toddy 5K. Participants who are 21 and older can jog along the river in the North Side, get some swag, and then enjoy a hot whiskey cocktail sweetened with honey and spices. Don’t worry, runners get a free insulated mug to keep those
^ Tue., Nov. 20: Miz Cracker hosts a Drag Queen Christmas
Looking for a place to find comic books, games, and geeky collectibles? The new buy-sell-trade business Universal Hobby Exchange kicks off with the Nerd and Hobby Flea Market at the Moon Run Volunteer Fire Company. The event features local vendors dealing in a broad array of favorites for any fandom, including Barbies card games like Magic the Gathering and Pokémon, and anime merchandise, as well as movies, music, and sports memorabilia. Universal will also be giving away over $400 worth of prizes throughout the day. 4-8 p.m. 5624 Steubenville Pike, McKees Rocks. Free.
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Imagine a space built specifically for creative-minded people to collaborate, conduct workshops and host events in the heart of Downtown Pittsburgh. Dream no more: Beacon is opening its doors to the public for a soft opening that will feature live music from Longturn, a workshop for cocktail photography conducted by Cameron Brown, and refreshments. Longturn is a community of creators and fans of underground house and techno music, and Cameron Brown is a street photographer and organizes a weekly street photography outing called “Happy Hour.” The opening event is a celebration of the new space as well as a networking event for creatives of all ages. Beacon is located on the third floor of the Market Street Grocery in Market Square. 5-10 p.m. Beacon, 435 Market St., Downtown. Free. beaconpgh.com
GAME
Remember late nights, drinking Mountain Dew, and playing endless video games with friends? Well, those are about to pay off, and the rewards go to a good cause. The Parkway Theater in McKees Rocks is hosting a tournament of the classic Nintendo 64 video game GoldenEye 007. The James Bond-themed game is a first-person shooter, where the key is to survive in a series of Bond locations from the 1995 film. Matches will be played on the Parkway’s large theater screens. Winner receives $50 and a trophy to show off to your friends. All proceeds go to Superheroes Believe in Miracles, which provides for children suffering from chronic and mental illness. 8-11 p.m., 644 Broadway Ave., McKees Rocks. $10. Facebook search “Parkway Theater”
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Light Up Night is the offical kick-off of the holiday season in Pittsburgh, so Christmas fans, rejoice: With crowds pouring downtown for the annual festivities on Friday night, it’s finally OK to string up the holiday lights and wreaths. For inspiration, head to Upper St. Clair for a Symphony Splendor Holiday Home Tour, benefitting the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Pretend like you’re in a Lifetime Christmas movie as you soak in the holiday decor, while listening to PSO musicians at each stop. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Register at Upper St. Clair High School, 1825 McLaughlin Road, Upper St. Clair. $55 advance, $65 day of tour. Ages 12 and older. pittsburghsymphonyassociation.org
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GAME SHOW
Slime videos have taken over the internet: today’s youth are obsessed with making it, poking it, and watching videos of other people sticking weird things in it. But back in the 1980s, kids got their slime fix on Nickelodeon, squealing with joy when a contestant on Double Dare got green gook poured over their heads. On your mark, get set, go relive your childhood, Gen-Xers! Double Dare Live is bringing its fluorescent sets to the Benedum Center for a live version of the silly game show. Even original TV host Marc Summers returns, though he’s much, much grayer. If you want a chance to participate, wear sneakers and make sure you register before the show. 3 p.m. Seventh Street and Penn Avenue, Downtown. $34.25-54.25. trustarts.org
MUSIC
Come around Black Forge for a BYOB night of dark funk, chillwave and whatever else from Glo Phase and Neon Storm, plus one more DJ to be announced. Obviously, those genre-names are vague and cover a lot of ground,
so make sure to find out for yourself beforehand by listening to Glo Phase’s 2018 EP Marine Biology and Neon Storm’s We Wept and Saw Stars. Chances are you’ll find something you like. 6 p.m. 1206 Arlington Ave., Allentown. $7. blackforgecoffee.com
TUESDAY NOV. 20 DRAG
Halloween has passed and Thanksgiving is rapidly approaching, so that means the Christmas spirit is in full swing. Some get into the season with ugly sweaters, hot cocoa, and gingerbread. But nothing says Christmas cheer like an evening spent with Pittsburgh’s finest drag queens. A Drag Queen Christmas at Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall features a night of holiday-themed drag performances from nine renowned drag queens, including host Miz Cracker. Hear your favorite (and least favorite) holiday tunes, but with roughly eight times as much heart and pizzazz. As one
queen said in a promo for the event, “Ho ho ho, bitch.” 7 p.m. 510 East 10th Ave., Homestead. $22-152. All ages. librarymusichall.com
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PEEPSHOW A sex and social justice column
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with the question: What are you going to do when you aren’t young and hot anymore? We’re asked it by people critical of our jobs, and, in moments of doubt, we ask it of ourselves. For sex workers, this question is a source of irritation, both because it assumes that sex workers aren’t already doing other sorts of work and because it reinforces the very stigma that prevents us from getting jobs outside of the sex industry. More broadly, the question reveals a deep cultural assumption of equating sexuality with youth. This impacts all women, narrowing sexuality, beauty, and desirability to a very specific set of attributes associated with being young. In this regard, it is easy to understand why folks would then ask sex workers how they will “sell sex” when they are no longer youthful. They have been led to believe, like all of us, that only women who are young and conventionally attractive are sexually desirable. Yet, as a middle-aged woman who still continues to make money in the sex industry, this assumption
is striking. It seems to deeply misunderstand what people seek in sexual partners. One of the things that sex work has taught me is that human desire is so much more expansive than society would have us believe. While conventionally attractive young women are often successful in the
HUMAN DESIRE IS SO MUCH MORE EXPANSIVE THAN SOCIETY WOULD HAVE US BELIEVE. industry, there is space for people of all ages, body types, gender presentations, ability, and races. This diversity reflects the range of desires that most people have within themselves. While we are taught to believe that particular bodies are more attractive than others, this often doesn’t match
up with what we feel, or with what we want. I do not believe the only path to this perspective or body acceptance is through sex work. Indeed, sex work is not for everyone (and probably not for most people). Yet, my work in this industry has been integral to growing to where I am now. There are things I know now that I wish I’d known when I started. Mostly, I wish I had known that striving to reach standardized images of beauty, the ones that have been shoved down my throat since I was a little girl, was a waste of time. If I had known that, I would have also realized I am desirable the way I am, that we all are. Moreover, I wish I had known that aging, that this move from external expectations of “hotness,” is actually something to look forward to and embrace. Indeed, this week in The Peepshow Podcast, guest Christina Springer reminded me of this when she talked about her own experience with aging. She said, “On my 50th birthday I felt like there was this great lightning bolt that came down, and burned all the fucks out of my body.” May we all be so lucky, and quite frankly, so hot.
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Peepshow Podcast, Ep. 32 In Episode 32 of the Peepshow Podcast, we interview Pittsburghbased Alt.Black artist and spoken word poet Christina Springer. Her new book, The Splooge Factory, comes out on Freyed Edge Press this month. It is a collection of poetry exploring her experiences as a receptionist in an adult massage parlor in Pittsburgh. In a first for the podcast, we had Christina read from her book, a powerful experience that led to conversations that ranged from the structure of sex work in the parlor, to the way both she and the sex workers there negotiated boundaries with clients, to how they handled and made sense of difficult requests such as race play, and how the women worked together and supported each other. We also had the opportunity to speak about her career, her creative processes, and how these have changed over time. She reflected, “As I have grown older, my practice has grown more confident, and less about what I think people would like and more about what pleases me, or what I think spirits say do.” I am grateful that the spirit moved Christina to write The Splooge Factory, and that we had the opportunity to share our conversation about it here: peepshowpodcast.com/ peepshow-podcast-episode-32
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