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Borough councilors Edward Alo and Anthony Saba

Recrafting Crafton How the small borough just west of Pittsburgh is changing, and its fight between progress and nostalgia

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AUGUST 12-19, 2020 VOLUME 29 + ISSUE 33 Editor-In-Chief LISA CUNNINGHAM Director of Advertising JASMINE HUGHES Director of Operations KEVIN SHEPHERD Managing Editor ALEX GORDON News Editor RYAN DETO Senior Writer AMANDA WALTZ Staff Writers HANNAH LYNN, JORDAN SNOWDEN Photographer/Videographer JARED WICKERHAM Editorial Designer ABBIE ADAMS Graphic Designers JOSIE NORTON, JEFF SCHRECKENGOST Senior Account Executive KAITLIN OLIVER Sales Representative ZACK DURKIN Operations Coordinator MAGGIE WEAVER Events and Marketing Coordinator BRYER BLUMENSCHEIN Circulation Manager JEFF ENGBARTH Featured Contributors REGE BEHE, LYNN CULLEN, TERENEH IDIA, CHARLES ROSENBLUM, JESSIE SAGE Intern JULIA MARUCA National Advertising Representative VMG ADVERTISING 1.888.278.9866 OR 1.212.475.2529 Publisher EAGLE MEDIA CORP.

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HE MOST PEACEFUL PLACE in Pittsburgh is

wherever Dannielle Brown is at the moment.

At this moment, she is on Forbes Avenue at the entrance to Duquesne University. It is the 38th day of her Hunger Strike. When you read this, it will be the 40th day. It has significance, which Ms. Brown tells me later in our conversation.

I remind her of our first meeting on day 20. Me, awkwardly handing her a chilled bottle of water, before realizing she was surrounded by cases of water, mumbling on about hoping she was well.

A shimmer of recognition lights up her eyes, she nods, “Oh yes, the glasses.” Referring to my vintage oversized eyeglasses she remembers from my last visit.

“I really didn’t know what to say,” I admit. She nods, she could tell.

But what I could tell, no, what I could feel, is how peaceful she is and how that energy permeates the space she occupies and beyond. When I ask her about this, she says: “It is the resolve you see … that’s my love message. To the citizens of Pittsburgh, to the community of Duquesne University, to my family, to my son. Both of my sons.”

Her resolve, she says, is that she is facing her mortality, the fact that she may die. That is the peace, I, anyone feels in her presence. The resolve is the faith in knowing what is right, what is justice. The resolve in seeing so many people in the Pittsburgh community, multicultural — Black, Brown, white — supporting her cause.

She pauses to talk about all who have supported her, including white allies. She is grateful and she considers what has happened over the past month. Ms. Brown explains the understanding of her fight through three generations in one person.

For example, the person playing chess with Ms. Brown under the canopy, who now begins to play trumpet beautifully as Ms. Brown and I talk, he is someone’s child. He is there supporting Ms. Brown,

honoring her work as a child, as a son. But he is also a future parent, perhaps. He is supporting the creation of a better university for his future child. And he is there celebrating the work of a woman, as a mother, he is honoring his mother, all mothers, through Dannielle Brown’s quest for justice.

This justice includes a Seat at the Table — a space, place, and voice heard in “partnership” with Duquesne University, instead of just being the “subject” of conversations. Not being another unlistened to Black woman.

Because while Ms. Brown’s work is singular in the fight to find the truth about Marquis Jaylen Brown, it is also about the work of creating a system where all universities can be a better place for all children, all parents, all people.

Ms. Brown said she wasn’t sure how spiritual I was, but she said that Jesus fasted for 40 days with only water. Right now, Ms. Brown is drinking different liquids, taking vitamins, and is also under medical care from medics who have reportedly written to Duquesne University stating their concerns for Ms. Brown’s health.

“I may have to do that, just water,” Ms. Brown says.

Our eyes meet, and the fear in my eyes are framed in those vintage glasses she noticed at our first meeting.

“When will you decide?” I ask, not wanting to hear her answer. Her words “Until my last breath,” repeating in my head as I wait for her reply.

“Day 40,” she says. “Around then, 40 days.” That is today, when you will be reading these words.

And while I have been a huge advocate for physical distancing — we both wore masks through this interview — as I prepare to leave, when Ms. Brown opens her arm for a hug, I lean, no, collapse right in.

Though she is two years younger than me, it is the first motherly hug I have had in years, and it is all I could do not to burst out crying right then and there.

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Dannielle Brown during her living eulogy in honor of her son, Marquis Jaylen Brown, on Thu., Aug. 6.

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Ed Alo (left), Vice President of Crafton council, and Anthony Saba (right), council member, pose for a portrait in front of the Crafton Borough building on Thu., Aug. 6.

THE BIG STORY

RECRAFTING CRAFTON The small borough west of Pittsburgh is transitioning to younger, more progressive leadership and it’s rankling Crafton’s old guard

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HEN ANTHONY SABA and Edward Alo moved to Crafton three years ago, they knew they wanted to settle down there. The two, a married couple living in the small borough just west of Pittsburgh, both wanted to be an integral part of the community, so they ran for borough council in 2019 and won.

It started out pretty good, says Saba, with him and Alo joining council majority and learning the ropes of local government. “A big reason why we ran was to get things done,” says Saba.

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But, eventually, contentious issues came to council.

Disagreements erupted over hiring a police officer, how to manage the borough’s sewage system, and development decisions. Last weekend, a councilor in the minority, who is a longtime Crafton resident and former borough police officer, organized a public protest against the council majority.

Saba and Alo say this protest against them and the two other members in the majority disturbed them.

They claim it has rekindled homophobic, nativist, and offensive attacks from some residents that were used against them when they ran for office.

Fred Amendola, the councilor who organized the protest, denied that residents who are supportive of his cause were being homophobic and says the protest was focused on how opinions of some longtime residents are being ignored.

The battle over Crafton depicts a small borough undergoing a transition. Many small towns around Pittsburgh have experienced a cycle of population decline for decades, usually being outcompeted by newer suburban development near the edges of Allegheny County. But Crafton is undergoing a rebirth. Its property values are going up and its

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population is getting younger. It also appears to be getting more liberal.

This is personified by contentions on council that pit young against old, progress versus nostalgia. And the coming months will determine which way Crafton wants to go.

Crafton borough has less than 6,000 residents, and it is still shrinking. Residential communities like Crafton were popular in the days before the automobile dominated Pittsburgh, since the borough was on a trolley line, which gave it easy access to the city, while still maintaining its small-town, mainstreet charm. By 1960, Crafton hit its peak population of more than 8,400 residents. Starting that decade, however, the borough started to shrink and that has continued today.

In 2019, 5,770 people lived in Crafton. In the Pittsburgh region, this usually means that young people raised in Crafton aren’t sticking around, leaving an older population to become the dominant cohort.

In 2010, this was the case in Crafton, when the most numerous cohort of residents were 45-54 year olds. But by 2018, demographic shifts were coming to the community. The borough is still overwhelmingly white, but by 2018, the age of its residents has shifted. Not only did the median age of its residents drop by two years, the most populous cohort in the borough was 25-34 year olds.

In the span of eight years, Crafton’s dominant voting block had shifted from baby boomers to millennials.

Alo and Saba were a part of that movement. The couple moved to Crafton three years ago and bought a house.

They fell in love with Crafton and decided to put down roots. Part of that meant the two, both Democrats, became involved in local government.

Saba says Crafton needs serious investment to capitalize on its potential.

He notes that even as municipal taxes have remained the same, the town’s revenue is increasing, which he believes is because of a growing housing market.

According to Zillow, the property values have gone up 6% in Crafton since last year, which is higher than the average increase for Allegheny County properties.

“We are on the busway, you can walk around the town,” says Saba. “We want the new growth.”

He acknowledges that the school district taxes have increased over the years, which is out of borough council’s control.

But he wants to make Crafton an even more attractive place to live to counter any school-district tax increases.

Alo says part of that is upgrading the borough’s sewer system. He says the upgrade will be part of a county-wide plan being spearheaded by ALCOSAN, the agency involved in sewage control, and that it’s needed to avoid sewage runoff.

“Whenever we have heavy rain, you will see raw sewage that goes into Chartiers Creek,” says Alo. “But there are some people who don’t want to participate.”

On top of that, Alo notes that this upgrade is required, according to a mandate from the EPA, and that council is applying for grants that will cover the vast majority of the costs of any upgrades.

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being made behind closed doors and don’t have the support of residents.

Amendola claims that the new council majority, which formed this year with help from Alo and Saba, turned over too much borough staff.

He says this is what led him to hold a protest on Aug. 1, accusing the council majority of corruption.

Amendola says that he was not specifically criticising Alo or Saba with the protest. But Saba says that after Amendola spoke, some people attending the protest started to complain about how Crafton held its first ever Pride parade this year, an idea spearheaded by Saba and Alo. Saba says that one protester called it a “fairy parade.”

Saba notes that residents approached the two councilors in June and requested they do something to celebrate Pride.

After deciding on a car parade to comply with coronavirus safety protocals and getting the OK from the fire chief, they held a small parade through the borough that included honking cars and celebratory posters. Saba says it was supported by borough residents.

The alleged criticism of Pride opened

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up recent wounds for Saba, and especially Alo, who faced intense homophobia when he was first elected to council. Alo says he received an anonymous letter after winning election that called him a homophobic slur and accused him of being a “disgust to Crafton.” Crafton council discussed the letter during a meeting and eventually turned it over to county police to investigate.

Alo says that Amendola is “not a fan of diversity.” Amendola rejects any assessment that he opposes diversity.

He says he agreed with the rest of the council that the letter targeting Alo was wrong. He says he didn’t hear anyone at the protest express homophobia.

At his protest, Amendola appeared to be appealing to residents’ nostalgia when currying favor, noting that he was a former police officer and that his dad owned many old buildings in town. He is worried that Crafton’s new council majority is ignoring some of the voices that have, like him, called the borough home for decades.

“They have lived here for 60 to 70

years, they have a lot of wisdom,” says Amendola. “The council needs to be brought together.”

However, Alo and Saba say that it’s Amedola who is driving the wedge between the council minority and majority. Alo says Amerndola has been known to scream during council meetings when he is in opposition, which Amendola admits he has done at times. And Saba believes Amendola’s actions are encouraging longtime residents to target and criticize him and his husband, which usually devolve into nativist attacks.

“We have been told we are not from Crafton or born and raised in Crafton, so we can’t understand the town,” says Saba. He adds that most of the time, six members of the seven-member council are supportive of initiatives supporting progressive policies, and that Amendola and Crafton Mayor James Bloom, who is not on council, are the only local elected officials opposed to the plans.

Additionally, any focus on older residents’ opinions being more important may be fading. Not only is Crafton getting

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younger, it’s getting more liberal. In 2012, Democrats across all ballots received 58% of the vote and in 2016, that increased to 61%. By 2018, Democratic candidates Gov. Tom Wolf and Sen. Bob Casey won the borough with 71% of Crafton’s vote.

Saba says it was disappointing to see the council majority, which is made of younger residents, have their vision for the borough cast in such a negative light by Amedola. He notes that many of their initiatives, like holding Crafton’s first Pride parade, have been popular with residents.

Saba says Amendola’s opposition is indicative of hurdles that places like Crafton must overcome as they progress, even as council is typically united on many issues, with the exception of Amendola.

“We aren’t even given a chance to promote this vision without being portrayed as corrupt. Not going to lie, it hurts,” says Saba. “It has been a very stressful 10 months. We have been working together, and we are actually very cohesive. But what seems to be the issue is we upset the old guard, and they don’t like what we are trying to do to progress Crafton.”

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The Cheats

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THAT ROCK N ROLL LIFE

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ODD PORTER IS unapologetically

frozen in time.

As the frontman of Pittsburgh punk rock band The Cheats, Porter (a.k.a.

“Todd Cheat”) is the quintessential old-school musician leftover from the heyday of the ’80s punk scene. He is, of course, decades older now than when he first began, but he still wears headto-toe black, all the expected accessories, and the standard snarl when it’s time to be photographed. And he’s not just covered in tattoos, he owns a tattoo gallery. His hair and beard are both as long as ever, they’re just a little grayer than when he was belting out tunes with his old bands Silver Tongued Devil and Eviction.

Porter was punk before it became pop. He was living a rock ‘n’ roll life before lots of bands in the city who identify as punk were even born.

“When I was growing up, there was just basically one punk scene,” Porter says. “Now, there’s so many splinters.

You got this punk, you got that punk ...”

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But Porter says he and his bandmates in The Cheats are still living a “Rock N Roll Life,” which happens to be the name of a track on the band’s newest album, Cussin’, Cryin ‘n’ Carrying On, available Fri., Aug. 14 on Screaming Crow Records.

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Formed in 2001, The Cheats’ current line-up includes Philty Phil on bass, Kyle Cheat on drums, and guitarists Rob Senomar (from Cleveland) and Devin Holiday (originally from Atlanta).

The band’s newest album stays true to that old-school classic punk style, too; a raw, energetic, power chord-driven album perfect for throwing on your record player when you want to bang

your head around a bit. Pretend it’s the ’90s and you’re trying to pick out the perfect album to pregame with before heading out to the now-shuttered 31st Street Pub, Porter’s all-time favorite place to play live in Pittsburgh.

There’s hints of Social Distortion on the album, a bit of Ramones … if Joey Ramone was dealing with a hangover. And the band is undeniably high on testosterone.

One of the album’s song titles is called “Hella 69,” and with song lyrics like, “Fight, drink, and fuck, pretty much sums it up,” this is clearly a boys’ club. But “FDF,” like so many on the album, is really f’n good. Two minutes and 46 seconds of classic guitar-driven, bass and drums hitting the notes at all the right beats, punk rock at its best.

(Yeah, yeah, the lyrics are kinda dumb, but not everything’s gotta be deep.)

One thing worth noting for those torn between purchasing the album on CD or vinyl: The bonus song on the CD

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is a gift for true yinzers, a badass cover of Joe Gruschecky and the Houserockers’ “Junior’s Bar.” In the almost 20 years since the band first formed, Porter says he has gone through nearly 30 bandmates.

Holiday, who has been with the band for two years, says he thinks it’s because Porter wants to actually play. “We like to practice, and we play out,” Holiday says. “A lot of people can’t handle practicing once a week.”

The pandemic has halted the band’s ability to play live shows, however, and both Porter and Holiday say they’re itching to get out. For now, fans can check out the band’s surprisingly fun video for “It’s Alright,” set up like a Zoom session and recorded in individual sessions by each member without each other knowing what the other was doing ahead of time. (Spoiler alert: Porter has multiple costume changes, and Holiday is in a bathtub and facemask, showing that even tough guys have a sense of humor.)

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through the Carnegie Science Center’s Rangos Giant Cinema, documents the 1958 Newport jazz festival which featured Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, Dinah Washington, Chuck Berry, and more. $10. carnegiesciencecenter.org/ rangos-giant-cinema

PINBALL PARTY If you’re bored of playing games with your housemates, head over to Kickback Pinball Cafe for Flip Out Thursday, a two-hour pinball tournament. Masks are required and pinball machines will be wiped down in between each game.

Winner gets a $10 gift card. 7 p.m.

4326 Butler St., Lawrenceville. kickbackpgh.com

MON., AUG. 17 FYI The last few months have been especially news-heavy, which can take a mental toll.

Join the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh for its virtual series, Navigating Information Fatigue. The series will teach “strategies to navigate the flood of information and deception to help make better decisions with better information.” 6 p.m. Free. carnegielibrary.org

FRI., AUG. 14 BAD DRAG Everyone has their favorite drag queen, but what about their least favorite? In the Kelly-Strayhorn Theater production The Diva Saga: The Legend of the Worst Drag Queen, John Musser stars as Veronica Bleaus, a self-proclaimed terrible drag queen. The show uses live and digital elements to touch on “the importance of camp and divas in queer processes of self-making.” 7 p.m. Free. alphabetcity.org/events

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FLOWER POWER Nothing brightens up a bleak summer like a colorful display of flowers. Check out Back in Bloom at Phipps Conservatory, which is full of begonias, celosias, strawflowers, petunias, and other beautiful plants. Due to limited capacity, tickets must be reserved in advance. Continues through Sun., Sept. 27. $11.95-19.95. One Schenley Park, Oakland. phipps.conservatory.org

SAT., AUG. 15 OUTDOOR ART Take a break from your usual quarantine activities and make some art. Join the Warhol Museum during its outdoor Pop Art Pop Up for artmaking, activities, and demonstrations. Masks are required and capacity is limited. 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

117 Sandusky St., North Side. warhol.org

WED., AUG. 19 VIRTUAL POETRY

SUN., AUG. 16 SUMMER JAZZ Remember going to concerts? If you’re starting to forget, Jazz on a Summer’s Day might help jog your memory. The newly restored film, available to stream at home

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Mahalia Jackson sings in Jazz on a Summer’s Day

These listings are curated by Pittsburgh City Paper writer Hannah Lynn.

Email your latest arts and entertainment happenings today to hlynn@pghcitypaper.com

Quarterly feminist journal Pretty Owl Poetry will host a virtual reading with White Whale Bookstore, featuring writers from its most recent issue, including Hannah Cajandig Taylor, Talia Gordon, and p. hodges adams. Register on Eventbrite beforehand. 7 p.m. $5 suggested donation. whitewhalebookstore.com/events

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FTER FIVE MONTHS in quarantine, anyone has the right to be annoyed by their family, partner, or roommates. That much time together can drive a rift into even a healthy relationship.

But for some, spending that much time at home can be dangerous.

Before lockdown in the U.S., experts predicted that the pandemic would cause domestic violence incidents to increase as shelter-in-place orders and other restrictions would add more stress to already volatile situations.

The Women’s Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh noticed an immediate drop in new clients when the lockdown started in March. Each month after, the number of calls were lower compared to the same months in 2019, not because there was a decrease in domestic violence, but because clients were unable to make calls due to lack of privacy and other factors, says the shelter. In total, the Women’s Center and Shelter served around 1,000 fewer new clients in the fiscal year 0f 2019/2020 than they did the year before.

Only in June and July did numbers start to go up and revert to prepandemic levels.

“The overall picture is that victims were impacted with their ability to reach out for services during the pandemic, and now that things have started to open up, we are seeing more and more people come for services,” says Nicole Molinaro, president/CEO of the Women’s Center. “We anticipate that continuing to increase.”

Molinaro says the organization immediately knew there would be a spike in domestic violence, both from seeing

what happened in countries where the virus hit first, like China, and understanding the statistics from previous pandemics like Ebola and Zika. In some parts of China, domestic violence reports tripled at the beginning of lockdown from the same period last year. During the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, Guinea reported a 4.5% increase in gender-based violence.

In April, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said there had been a “horrifying surge in domestic violence” globally.

According to the Pittsburgh PostGazette, after the quarantine orders were issued in March, Pittsburgh Police said calls related to domestic violence increased by 20%, and verbal domestic incidents increased by 30%.

“It makes sense. Domestic violence isn’t just something that happens randomly.

Domestic violence specifically is a pattern of power and control used within a relationship,” says Molinaro. “When people feel that the world is out of control, which I think all of us do these days, you try to get back any control you can. So for somebody who uses abuse, or who is controlling, they’re very triggered by that.”

Molinaro adds that factors that can lead to an increase in domestic violence during the pandemic include the stress of unemployment, food insecurity, and being home 24/7. Additionally, abuse victims are more isolated from friends and family and are often unable to seek help easily.

Once lockdown hit, the Women’s Center and Shelter fast-tracked tools so that clients could contact them and get help in whatever method fit their situation. The organization has been delivering some of

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its services, like support groups and therapy, over the phone, by text, or through online chats. Other services, like its shelter and services for children, continue in-person with COVID-19 protocols in place.

Clients have also been using RUSafe, an app launched by the Women’s Center and Shelter a few years ago, which assesses a person’s danger level and provides resources.

Because buying food is one of the few tasks people still do regularly, the Women’s Center and Shelter and other local shelters and organizations have partnered with Giant Eagle and the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank to pass out flyers and postcards with information about contacting shelters, Pittsburgh Action Against Rape, gun storage safety tips, and other resources.

As the lockdown continues, albeit with looser restrictions than a few months ago, Molinaro expects calls will continue to rise, and hopes that people continue to support domestic violence victims and programs, despite quarantine fatigue.

“We want to encourage everybody to still continue to support the victims in their life, and continue or start to support your local domestic violence program in whatever way is needed because we will definitely continue to need the support,” says Molinaro. “That’s all that has gotten us through this.”

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Morningside’s newest coffee shop is a love letter to Thailand. The owner, Sujitra Taimmoungpan, is from Thailand and she opened the spot to infuse some Thai flavor into an American-style cafe. One of the best examples of this is the Freshpresso, a shot of espresso over fresh-squeezed orange juice.

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Epresso Tonic at De Fer Roastery & Cafe 2002 Smallman St., Strip District

This cutting-edge beverage invented in Sweden is taking the coffee world by storm. Coffee shops across the world are offering a shot of espresso floated on top of tonic water as a refreshing and unique tasting beverage. De Fer Roastery & Cafe in the Strip District adds some lemon juice and vanilla-rose syrup to theirs for a cocktail-like coffee beverage. •

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N 2017, SUSHI was an Instagram celebrity and top food trend, taking the form of anything but the classic maki roll; there were sushi donuts, sushi pizza, sushi burritos, the list goes on.

When I saw a sushi sandwich listed on the menu at Diners 2 + 1 in Squirrel Hill, I assumed it would look similar to other sushi-fied foods, more like a sandwich than actual sushi. I expected to receive a handheld, nori wrapped rectangle of sushi rice stacked with fish and vegetables.

But when I opened my takeout container, there weren’t two big halves of seaweed-covered rice. The roll — or in this case, stack — was cut into small triangles, like my mom would cut a grilled cheese for me when I was five.

It was layered like rainbow Jell-O, each line a new color, a new flavor.

It started not with nori, but with a pink soy wrapper. This layer was

followed by sushi rice, spicy tuna, and a few pieces of crab. The crab was layered by thinly sliced avocado and tamago, a thick piece of Japanese-style omelette.

(To me, the sushi was set up like a three-layer-sandwich and the tamago acted as the middle “bread” layer.) A thick layer of salmon was the final touch before each piece was capped by another round of the sushi rice and soy wrapper, the entire plate then drizzled with a creamy sauce.

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The roll was huge, to say the least; I was full after eating half of it. The stacked triangles were still small enough to be picked up with chopsticks, though it took at least two bites to finish off each piece.

With so much going on in the sandwich roll, I was afraid the flavors would clash or become lost in each other. But Diners 2+1 nailed the balance, putting space between the layers with stronger flavors. The spicy tuna added just enough zest to combat the lush, mild flavor of salmon and avocado without overpowering the delicate crab.

I did, however, wish that the sandwich roll was capped with nori instead of a soy wrapper. The creamy sauce on top made the roll a bit too rich; I missed the funky, briny seaweed flavor. Dipping the pieces in soy sauce helped, though a salty element would have been welcome.

My craving for nori aside, Diners 2+1 accomplished a true culinary feat with their sushi sandwich, blending an incredible number of flavors into one outrageous roll, a roll that’s too good for Instagram.

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next Sun., Aug. 23 is Brooke Annibale. If you miss the show on the CW, the full performance is available at Allegheny Country’s Facebook or YouTube channel starting at 8 p.m.

MON., AUG. 17 (MUSIC TO STREAM) Buku

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SEVEN DAYS OF MUSIC THU., AUG. 13 (IRL) SUBTRONICS, BUKU. 6 p.m. Starlight Drive-In, Butler. $139-$199. starlightdrive-in.com

If you and a carload of family members/ friends like electronic music, you’re in luck.

Pittsburgh’s Buku opens up for dubstep and riddim DJ Subtronics at Starlight Drive-In today. One ticket is good for up to four occupants in a vehicle and no tailgating is permitted.

BRIGHT SPOTS. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. pittsburghsymphony.org

At the onset of stay-at-home order in March, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra introduced its Bright Spots series, where PSO musicians and special guests submitted self-produced videos playing music outside and in their homes. PSO posted the videos every weekday morning for 16 weeks, the last of which was Bob Lauver on July 5 playing an arrangement of “Fanfare pour précéder La Péri” with his dogs.

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FRI., AUG. 14 (MUSIC TO STREAM) NEW MUSIC FRIDAY. Pittsburgh City Paper’s Spotify

Friday is the day that most artists and bands release their new music. Check out Pittsburgh City Paper’s New Music Friday playlist on Spotify to stay up-to-date with the latest local and national tunes.

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MARLEY. Rangos at Home. $12. carnegiesciencecenter.org

Today seems like a great day for an at-home music night. Carnegie Science Center is now offering MARLEY as part of its Rangos at Home rentable options.

In this documentary about Bob Marley, Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald combines unheard tracks, unseen footage, and intimate interviews to paint a portrait of the legendary artist.

SUN., AUG. 16 (LIVESTREAM) PITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE AND PITTSBURGH OPERA. 7 p.m. Pittsburgh’s CW

In lieu of their annual summer concert series at South Park, Allegheny County moved the series to Pittsburgh’s CW (Channel 11). Every Sunday at 7 p.m., a different performance from Pittsburgh bands and musicians will air. This week’s entertainment is a joint performance from Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre and Pittsburgh Opera. Last week was Punchline and

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TUE., AUG. 18 (MUSIC TO STREAM) WYEP’S REIMAGINATION 7. wyep.org Before getting into radio, WYEP’s station manager Mike Sauter played keyboard and guitar. His musical pursuits didn’t get very far, however, and he feels it’s because he didn’t have a mentor. That’s where WYEP’s Reimagination program comes in.

The station pairs teens interested in music with a mentor from the local music scene and together they create a song. Check out Pittsburgh’s next round of up and coming musicians with WYEP’s Reimagination 7.

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STATIONARY PEBBLES. 7 p.m. Zelienople Community Park, Zelienople. Free

Catch funk-reggae-rock band Stationary Pebbles at the amphitheater in Zelienople Community Park for a free show. They ask attendees to maintain social distancing while enjoying music and to wear a mask if within six feet of others.

These listings are curated by Pittsburgh City Paper music writer Jordan Snowden.

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