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June Wearden holds a sign that reads "Stand with Palestine! End the occupation now!" during a protest and funeral march Downtown on Dec. 2, 2023.

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PITTSBURGHERS FOR PEACE As violence rocks a land sacred to many, some locals are taking personal and professional risks to call for longer-term peace.

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amas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel stunned the world and remains a crisis for hostages still in the Gaza Strip. What followed — a full-scale bombing campaign and ground invasion of Gaza with high civilian casualties — has been no less alarming for many, including some Jewish Pittsburghers and area elected officials. As the war drags on, these locals have been steadfast in calling for a durable peace.

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Protestors march down Grant Street during a funeral march for Palestine on Dec. 2, 2023.

“You can’t guarantee the safety of Jews [using] the dispossession of another people,” Alexandra Weiner, an instructor at the University of Pittsburgh and congregant at Tree of Life, tells Pittsburgh City Paper. She spent two years living in Israel and has friends with both Israeli and Palestinian passports. “It really pains me to see people attacking the movement for Palestinian lives and justice as antisemitic,” Weiner says.

She and others have called for an immediate end to the conflict and a longterm plan for stability. With hostilities resuming last week after a weeklong truce, those calls are poised to grow more urgent. (Full disclosure: I made my own stance clear in an op-ed last month. Advocating for a ceasefire was one way I was able to connect with several sources in this story.)

Weiner sympathizes with the clear stand U.S. Rep. Summer Lee (PA-12) has taken since the war with Hamas began in earnest. Lee has faced a wave of opposition to her calls for peace, with local rabbis and cantors, including Rabbi Hazzan Jeffrey Myers of Tree of Life, exhorting her to “exercise better leadership.” Meanwhile, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has announced plans to spend $100 million to unseat Lee, U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), and other “Squad” members who have questioned Israel’s policies.

Lee is frustrated by the flood of money but resolute in her position.

“I care about human rights everywhere,” she tells City Paper. “Even for so many of our neighbors who aren’t there on a ceasefire right now, I think that they are for human rights also. And I think that [we], through pain, through grief, are trying to find our way.”

As Lee has found since her election to the House of Representatives, to

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speak out is also to invite a certain level of consternation. Particularly within the Jewish community, Palestine can be a thorny subject, testing, as it does, the deep, complicated relationship between America’s Jewish community and Israel. The 2018 synagogue massacre and this year’s trial of the perpetrator have added further layers to an already tense local environment.

AGAINST THE GRAIN Disagreements within Pittsburgh’s Jewish community about how to resolve the situation in Gaza have spilled into the open in recent weeks. On Nov. 16, some 152 Jewish Pittsburghers published an open letter (some anonymously) calling for a ceasefire even as others advocate in favor of Hamas’ total destruction, regardless of what that means for Gazan civilians.

Harry Hochheiser, one of that open letter’s signatories, is a biomedical informatics professor at Pitt who’s been involved with groups such as Bend the Arc Pittsburgh. He’s long felt the tension between Jewish support for Israel and his own misgivings about that country’s spasms of violence. Hochheiser is also a congregant at Dor Hadash, which, he emotionally recalls, shared a building with Tree of Life at the time of the 2018 massacre. He says the congregation avoids the topic of Israel during official events because of a “history of ugliness” around such discussions.

“Over the past several years, there has been a much more conscious attempt on the part of many national organizations to really sort of link antisemitism and anti-Zionism,” he says, which has made open discussions harder. “I think that’s completely wrong and, frankly, dangerous to those of us who are here.”

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Harry Hochheiser, a biomedical research professor at the University of Pittsburgh, poses for a portrait in the Cathedral of Learning on Dec. 2, 2023.

Lee has remained steadfast in her push for an end to the conflict — and for decoupling the conflict from antisemitism and Islamophobia. She’s also keen to underscore the ways in which her calls for peace dovetail with Israeli and domestic Jewish dissatisfaction with Binyamin Netanyahu’s government, which has grown more pronounced the longer Hamas holds captive the people it abducted on Oct. 7.

“Whether or not we agree on a ceasefire,” she says, “we agree on [opposing] the policies of the Netanyahu government.” Lee says she deplores the “dehumanization” of Palestinians and others that the Israeli government and its allies have fostered and the ways it imperils community relations.

“EVEN FOR SO MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS WHO AREN’T THERE ON A CEASEFIRE RIGHT NOW, I THINK THAT THEY ARE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS.” “The humanity of our neighbors is non-negotiable,” she says.

Lee also says much of the opposition, including AIPAC’s eye-popping spending, is mostly a cynical attempt to silence progressive women of color. When

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Protestors march down Grant Street during a funeral march for Palestine on Dec. 2, 2023.

the House moved to censure Tlaib, Lee was one of the few Congresspeople to stand with her. “Rashida is such a loving, compassionate person,” Lee says of Tlaib. “I think that a lot of people forget that she is a Palestinian American woman who is living through a trauma and a horror herself.” The two appeared together with other lawmakers and rabbis affiliated with the activist group Jewish Voices for Peace.

Weiner and Hochheiser say the resolve Lee and others have shown has been heartening.

“I’m really thankful that Summer has been consistent in speaking out,” Weiner tells CP. “And now there’s this letter showing that there is a large community [in support of a ceasefire].”

“I think most of what Summer’s said has been fantastic,” Hochheiser says.

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“She’s stumbled a bit, but I give her credit for taking the response that was not going to be an easy one to defend.”

A HOLY LAND FOR ALL Calls for peace, and gratitude for Lee’s stance, haven’t just come from Jewish locals. Some Muslim Pittsburghers have been speaking out despite the risks.

A few Christian churches have also joined calls for a ceasefire. Amera Khalil, a Syrian Orthodox Christian whose family has deep roots in Pittsburgh, says she is deeply distressed by the war, both because of the heavy civilian toll, and the ways it has exacerbated tensions in a land sacred to all practitioners of Abrahamic religions.

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frustrated by the conflation of opposition to Israel’s government with antisemitism. “We’re telling you to stop killing people because people want to have their dignity and their human rights. That’s not being an antisemite; that’s being a good person.”

Pastor Chad Collins of Valley View Presbyterian Church in Garfield agrees. He notes that the demonym “Palestinian” includes Christians, Muslims, Jews, Druze and others.

refugee life. But today, after almost two months, this war has killed almost 20,000 or more, and there are some [Palestinians] that are missing still,” he says. (The true death toll is debated, with some pro-Israeli factions disputing the Hamas-run Ministry of Health’s tally, while at least one Israeli security source has corroborated the figure of 20,000.)

Lee is likewise concerned about the swift mounting of casualties.

“WE’RE TELLING YOU TO STOP KILLING PEOPLE BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE THEIR DIGNITY AND THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS. THAT’S NOT BEING AN ANTISEMITE; THAT’S BEING A GOOD PERSON.” “The resistance is Palestinian, period, and their desire for freedom, equal rights, liberation is across the board” without regard to faith, he says.

Collins has been active both within his church and in the broader community, working nationally with Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA), a Christian organization focused on creating peace in the Levant. He says the current bloodshed threatens to exceed the 1948 Nakba (“catastrophe” in Arabic, a term widely used to describe displacement of Palestinians of all faiths during the creation of Israel).

“About 15,000 people were killed in [1948]. And about not quite a million people were forced into

Despite the complicated situation, “protecting civilian life is not complex,” she says.

Some of the loudest local calls for peace have come from student groups. Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and similar groups at Carnegie Mellon University have staged several protests and walkouts since the war in Gaza began.

The group protested last weekend and is organizing further demonstrations. Though SJP didn’t immediately respond to CP’s requests for comment, student leaders indicated they were organizing ahead of protests in and around Pittsburgh and a demonstration in Harrisburg on Dec. 10.

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Collins says he hopes Democratic politicians, in particular, heed calls for a ceasefire. He says he finds cause for optimism in current protests and urges officials to treat them seriously. “You can’t take our vote for granted anymore on this issue,” he warns.

Some Democrats are already getting blowback from their constituents. Weiner calls Sen. John Fetterman’s appearance at a proIsrael rally that featured controversial pastor John Hagee “a huge disappointment.”

Hochheiser likewise deplores the way Democratic politicians such as Fetterman have become strange bedfellows with religious extremists. “I’d like to be able to say, look, you know, we can criticize Israel as Jews from a Jewish perspective without making alliances with religious right folks who would … throw us under the bus,” he says.

go to the Holy Land freely, without feeling any kind of racism or being oppressed because I’m an Arab and I’m a Christian.”

Here in Allegheny County, local officials say they’re sensitive to the war’s implications for Jewish Pittsburghers, Muslim and Arab Pittsburghers, and others. County executive-elect Sara Innamorato is keenly aware of the ongoing threat antisemitism poses to the community and underscores the work she and her transition team are doing to make the county as inclusive as possible.

“I’m checking in with folks in the Muslim community to ensure that they have what they need to feel safe, healthy, secure, connected, and I’m checking in with the Jewish community to make sure that they have what they need to do the same,” Innamorato tells CP. “Allegheny County is a place for all of us.”

Lee says she’s working to do like-

“WE CAN CRITICIZE ISRAEL AS JEWS FROM A JEWISH PERSPECTIVE WITHOUT MAKING ALLIANCES WITH RELIGIOUS RIGHT FOLKS WHO WOULD… THROW US UNDER THE BUS.” Whatever their positions vis-à-vis Israel, the war has taken a heavy psychological toll on many Pittsburghers.

Khalil says she has struggled with poor mental health since Oct. 7. “My heart is broken,” she says, noting that this tragedy comes on the heels of years of horror in her family’s ancestral home of Syria.

However, she believes peace is possible within her lifetime. She says it’s her “dream” to “be able to

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wise, especially as antisemitic vandalism adds to locals’ fears for their safety. “Our Jewish community is one community that has been harmed consistently,” she says, “and they need to know that we are not here to bring more harm onto them.” To that end, Lee and U.S. Sen. Bob Casey recently co-introduced legislation that would bar those convicted of hate crimes from obtaining firearms.

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Alexandra Weiner poses for a portrait outside of Thackeray Hall on Dec. 1, 2023.

signatory of the Ceasefire Now open letter, told CP in an emailed statement: “My Jewish upbringing taught me that ‘never again’ should [include] any people be[ing] dehumanized and targeted for who they are.” DayResnick said she was “proud that my Congresswoman Summer Lee has the moral character and clarity to speak up against the dehumanization and horrific mass murders of Palestinians and Israelis, and to condemn the dangerous and rampant Islamophobia and Antisemitism with rigor.”

Lee says key to all of this is members of the “beloved community” listening to one another as all parties seek an end to the conflict.

“We want to keep Israelis and innocent Palestinians and innocent people, wherever they are, safe,” Lee says. “We want to bring hostages home. We want them home safely.

And we know, and I, personally, just believe, that a ceasefire is the best way to do that. Working towards a just and lasting peace is how we do that.” •

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ittsburgh audiences will soon experience a one-two punch of operatic styles, all while learning about the issues Chinese immigrants face in the United States, especially in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

One-Log Bridge, a one-act opera by composer and Point Park University educator Yan Pang, will, as a press release puts it, “explore the notions of resilience, race, immigration, and home.” Pang, a native of Chengdu who earned her Ph.D. in music at the University of Minnesota and relocated to Pittsburgh in 2021, says the production “will be a fusion,” blending Eastern and Western operatic traditions, breakdancing, and theater.

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The new show runs from Thu., Dec. 7-Fri., Dec. 8 at the New Hazlett Theater — the venue supported the project through its CSA Performance Series, a program designed to bring works by “emerging and mid-career performing artists to the stage.”

Inspired by Pang’s journey as a first-generation immigrant, One-Log Bridge follows Yan, a musician who travels to the U.S. to study music.

Along the way, Yan “experiences hardships ranging from unmet family expectations to immigration difficulties to racism directed at Asian Americans during the COVID19 pandemic.”

The show exemplifies Pang’s mission to shed light on larger issues through her art.

“In the past, before I came to the U.S., I used chamber music or orchestra as my medium because there was less freedom of speech in China,” Pang says. “So I let my instrument tell the story. When I came to the U.S., I felt like there were a lot of opportunities for artists like me to speak up and tell our stories. So I transitioned from art for art’s sake to art for social justice.”

Chinese culture influences much

of the show, from the inclusion of traditional Sichuan opera to the title.

“In Chinese culture, walking on the one-log bridge requires courage and a singular capacity moving forward to find that self-liberation,” Pang says. “The imagery of a one-log bridge is presenting the character having to walk from one side of the bridge to the other side of the bridge to chase her dream.”

Pang says she started working on One-Log Bridge in 2019 after opera director David Walsh, a colleague at the University of Minnesota, listened to her songs and encouraged her to write an opera.

“After [one grant funding rejection after another], he still believed in me and said, ‘America needs to be reminded of what makes this country great. That person can be you,’” she says. “His kind words have kept me going to this day.”

The opera will showcase, to some extent, the differences and similarities between Chinese and Western operatic styles. Pang tells City Paper that Western classical opera “was born at the end of the 16th century,” while the origins of Chinese opera

can be traced back to A.D. 220.

“You will hear a lot of pentatonic scale and Chinese folk music elements in this show,” Pang explains.

She adds that Western classical operas “typically consist of arias, recitatives, ensembles, choruses, overtures, and interludes, among other components.”

“They both are a vibrant and culturally rich art form that has been cherished for centuries, encompassing a captivating blend of music, dance, and storytelling,” Pang says.

The show also incorporates the erhu and pipa, two instruments familiar to traditional Chinese music.

Rich Keitel, a theater professor at PPU, says Pang came to him about directing One-Log Bridge. “After reading the script and listening to the music, I was very attracted to bringing the story to life,” he tells Pittsburgh City Paper. “I loved the music and thought it would be a great opportunity for actors and musicians to perform this for a Pittsburgh audience.”

Keitel believes One-Log Bridge, which includes Mandarin dialogue with subtitles, was a perfect show to

stage in Pittsburgh, as the city boasts a large Asian population.

Keitel cites some highlights of the show, including a “wonderful” breakout performance from Amanda Sun, who plays Yan, and the song “Momma Tell Me How.” While the melding of seemingly disparate performance styles may seem ambitious, Keitel says the cast, choreographer, musicians, and designers “have been a delight to work with,” and sees One-Log Bridge as an opportunity to explore the possibilities of theater.

“I’m not a fan of art that has to fit in one tiny box,” he says.

Overall, Pang says that, while the show draws heavily from her own experiences, she believes it carries a more universal message to which anyone can relate. “ I want the audience to be reminded that we are who we are today, all thanks to the people in our life — our family, mentors, and friends,” she adds. “We build and walk along the bridge of life together.” •

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Still from Sprang's First Century

SPANG’S FIRST CENTURY A new silent film captures old Pittsburgh with help from local musicians

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urrent Pittsburgh residents probably have less firsthand experience with the steel industry than at any time in at least two centuries.

Recent numbers bear this out — U.S. Steel currently employs fewer than 4,000 people, a far cry from the 150,000 steelworkers toiling in furnaces and forges before Big Steel’s collapse in the ’70s and ’80s.

For those curious about the heyday of industry, a rediscovered silent film from Pittsburgh Sound + Image is a richly detailed look back at one company during the height of local manufacturing. Spang’s First Century tracks the growth and processes of Spang & Chalfant Co., once a major producer of iron and steel pipes with

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factories in Etna, Ambridge, and elsewhere. This carefully restored look back, accompanied by contemporary music from seven local musicians, conjures the past through the sounds of the present day.

in 2019, Regent Square Theatre, one of the independent movie theaters the organization oversaw, sat empty.

Hidden behind the screen was a collection of old reels and equipment.

Pittsburgh Sound + Image co-founder

“THE MOVIE OPENS WITH JANGLING PIANO AND A FLASHBACK TO SPANG’S FOUNDING BEFORE NOISIER AND MORE EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC USHERS IN SCENES OF THE FIERY PROCESSES BEHIND SPANG’S PRODUCTS.” The film only became available for viewing by happenstance. After the demise of Pittsburgh Filmmakers

Steven Haines, a film historian and archivist, was looking through the material before the cinema’s

conversion to an art gallery when he noticed several bulkier, older-looking cans. He would later learn they were from the 1920's.

“I could tell right away it was a silent film,” Haines tells Pittsburgh City Paper.

He pored over the reels — there were seven in all — and was surprised to discover the film was local. Haines’ initial research and outreach revealed little about the film’s origins and producers, though it clearly involved a substantial crew and resources.

“It looks very likely this is all that survives of this film,” he says.

After being made and presumably shown by Spang & Chalfant, the film sat for decades in a local warehouse.

It then passed through the hands of David Newell, whom locals more likely know as Mr. McFeely of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood fame. Newell bequeathed the reels to Pittsburgh Filmmakers, and they eventually landed in Regent Square.

Haines says the film’s reappearance was fortuitous and on-mission for Pittsburgh Sound + Image. “One of the core components of Pittsburgh Sound + Image is building an archive of Pittsburgh film,” he tells City Paper.

To get Spang’s First Century ready for that archive in both physical and digital formats, however, the organization needed money. The National Film Preser vation Foundation stepped in with $20,000, and a Kickstarter campaign held earlier this year provided the rest, eventually exceeding the $24,000 needed to conserve the movie — and giving Pittsburgh Sound + Image the funds necessary to provide a new soundtrack. After brainstorming a list of local musicians to contact, the nonprofit reached out to INEZ and other Pittsburgh-based artists.

INEZ says “the Steves” (Haines and Pittsburgh Sound + Image executive director Steve Felix) emailed her shortly after the Kickstarter campaign concluded. She was both excited by the project’s potential and a little daunted. “This is the first time I’ve scored something of this caliber,” she tells CP. Haines and Felix assigned a reel each to INEZ and six

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other artists, with INEZ assigned the seventh of seven. “It was nerve-racking,” she says with a laugh.

The other artists scoring Spang’s First Century include Annie HuiHsin Hsieh, Bryce Rabideau, Bri Dominique, Hezreel Robertson, Trē Seguritan Abalos, and Margaret Cox. While INEZ’s portion of the soundtrack skews more toward movie tradition and the sonic palette of old news themes, each section is different. The movie opens with jangling piano and a flashback to Spang’s founding before noisier and more experimental music ushers in scenes of the fiery processes behind Spang’s products.

The ebb and flow of sound complements the film’s fluid imagery.

It’s clear from the outset that Spang & Chalfant spared no expense in making the movie, which features animated diagrams of pipes being forged, double-exposures of whirling machinery, on-site shots of steelworkers on factory floors, and the motion of trains and boats carrying Spang’s pipes and tubes to the world. For what amounts to essentially corporate propaganda, it’s lovingly crafted.

INEZ says she was captivated by the imagery and tailored her part of the soundtrack closely to the events on screen. “I leaned really heavily into

watching it, seeing what people are doing,” she says. “When I saw there was one part where the big steam carriers were moving through the water, I was like, I kind of want that section to feel strongly percussive.”

She also thought back to her family who’d worked in the industry, including her steelworker uncle. Even though the film presents a sanitized version of the company’s history — everyone shown on screen is white, and INEZ is Black — she tells CP that “watching, I can connect with what my uncle would have gone through.”

Haines says it’s probable that the film served an advertising purpose.

He speculates that it may once have been played at the company’s onsite cinema in Etna or shown at trade conventions, and doubts it presents a realistic view of safety. Given strikes at Spang & Chalfant in the 1930s, Haines says, it’s fair to second-guess the company’s intentions.

Even with this rose-colored vantage point, though, Haines hopes the film gets viewers to reflect on the steel industry and Pittsburgh history more broadly. “This is a really unique film; it’s not the usual Hollywood narrative,” he tells CP. He says early reactions have been positive. “I would really love to see other local folks connecting with it and their stories starting to come out.” • PITTSBURGH CITY PAPER DECEMBER 6 - 13, 2023

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DEFENDING CHOICE

A year and a half after Dobbs, local organizers are working to keep abortion legal, safe, and community-focused.

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he day after Roe fell, Sofia* called Allegheny Reproductive Health Center (ARHC). It wasn’t to make an appointment—it was to bring over food. “I’m Italian and I’m a mom so, you know, I love feeding people,” Sofia tells Pittsburgh City Paper. (*Several sources requested that City Paper use only their first names to protect anonymity).

Pittsburgh’s abortion organizing network is intergenerational and community-led — it consists of old and young volunteers, advocates, parents, educators, and artists. These supporters relieve some of the burdens for abortion clinic staff and allow them to focus on patient care.

Cooking was a way Sofia found she could support clinics. She’d occasionally drop off soup and even taught her Girl Scout troop how to bake homemade bread for the staff. “It doesn’t have to be a big, glamorous way that you help out — every little thing that people do is helping,” she says.

But during this particular call, the Director of Abortion Care told Sofia they needed volunteers.

ARHC, one of only two abortion clinics in the region, was facing an influx of patients from across Pennsylvania and surrounding states. They asked for help answering phones. Sofia contacted a group she had met at a recent protest — the Abortion Defense Committee.

The first few weeks were chaos as they tried to meet the clinic’s needs. “We started organizing volunteers, and it was just all these moving parts,” she says. Eventually, they were able to find a rhythm, arrange shifts, and create a process for community members who wanted to volunteer.

Her food delivery didn’t stop, either — over the past year and a half, she’s asked local cafes and restaurants to donate coffee and lunches to ARHC and Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania.

Sofia says that food is a way to care for people and a type of volunteering that means a lot to her.

“It’s a little highlight in someone’s day,” Sofia says. “We were already talking, before Roe fell,

about sustainability as activists, and it’s really important that we are doing volunteer work that we can actually sustain, and that is healthy for us, so that we can stay in it.”

That looks different for everyone. Beth, a local writer and artist, also got involved with Abortion Defense Committee the weekend that Roe fell. “One of my neighbors, an ADC member, recruited me to volunteer answering phones, and I’ve been at the clinic since,” Beth tells CP. At first, Beth just took down names and numbers as fast as possible to provide relief to intake staff.

But as the amount of calls slowed, she had more moments to connect with the people calling.

“Now, I take more time with people who call with questions about abortion or want to tell their story,” she says. “Even if a call lasts just a few minutes, it’s a sojourn, a chance for the caller to have nonjudgmental listening.”

Beth enjoys this kind of work so much that, over the summer, Beth started volunteering with a talkline for people struggling with pregnancy, abortion, adoption, and parenting. “Now I work as an advocate on that line as well as at the clinic,” she shares.

Abortion Defense Committee formed in late 2021 to canvass neighborhoods and spread awareness about crisis pregnancy centers, which they call “fake abortion clinics.” Soon after, they focused on the Dobbs v. Jackson case and began a demonstration movement to fight for Roe and reproductive justice for Black and brown people.

The committee has planned rallies, healing circles, and storytelling events for individuals to share their experiences with abortion, family planning, assault, and other issues. Sofia says that storytelling is a beautiful aspect of reproductive advocacy.

“If you’re ready to tell your story, it will help somebody,” she says. “Something that storytelling brought up was that I always feel that I’m either too much or that I’m not enough. And I think a lot of people who’ve been through trauma have this

in common.”

ADC collaborates with other local organizations such as Food Not Bombs and the Black Liberation Autonomous Collective to provide mutual aid. They also partner with Radical Reuse to sell wearable pro-abortion art that benefits regional abortion funds.

Since the Dobbs decision, the group has become part of a larger organizing network supporting

“IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE DOING VOLUNTEER WORK THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY SUSTAIN, AND THAT IS HEALTHY FOR US, SO THAT WE CAN STAY IN IT.” abortion access. Planned Parenthood Generation Action, a group of University of Pittsburgh students, makes care packages for patients and abortion providers. Steel City Access Network works with clinics to provide rides to appointments, and Western PA Fund for Choice collects donations to cover the costs of abortion.

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Some of the younger members of ADC have gone on to form the Pittsburgh Abortion Access Network, dedicated to helping college students access reproductive care by directly providing contraception and local resources. Katie Emmert, a PAAN cofounder and junior at the University of Pittsburgh, says the group is necessary because most college students are new to navigating healthcare on their own.

“PAAN hopes to make the process of connecting to providers much easier, and to empower students with the tools they need to comfortably seek services themselves,” she tells CP.

us are physically and emotionally exhausted, but we are committed to providing the best care we can in this tumultuous time — it’s more important now than ever,” Thompson says.

Although Thompson calls Pittsburgh a “reproductive haven” compared to other cities, they argue that there are still significant barriers to access, citing misinformation and CPCs, LGBTQIA+ care, and Black maternal mortality rates. “Pittsburgh certainly has a lot of work to do when it comes to reproductive justice.”

Sofia agrees that there is more to be done, and believes it can be achieved by working together. She

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Local clinic staff say they’ve been overwhelmed by the community’s efforts. “The outpouring of support since Dobbs has been incredible,” Allegheny Reproductive employee Noah Thompson tells CP. Thompson describes the past year and a half as “unpredictable.”

“Since the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, multiple states have fallen in and out of abortion limbo,” they share. “As a result, our patient load is constantly changing.”

Most of the clinic’s volunteers field phone calls, some help with medical intake, and others sit with post-procedure patients. “Many of

says organizing networks not only show up for clinics and patients — they show up for each other. When Sofia had surgery, friends from ADC checked in and even sent her Doordash. “The relationships you form as an organizer are amazing, and I’m so grateful for this community,” she says. “We’re in it for the long haul.” •

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FRI., 8 DEC. MUSIC • DOWNTOWN

Funk around and find out when the August Wilson African American Cultural Center welcomes a roster of legendary musicians.

We Want the Funk Festival returns to highlight what the event page describes as the “rhythm-driven musical genre that evolved from the R&B, soul, and jazz scenes of the 1960s” to the sounds of today. See acclaimed singer/songwriter Jeffrey Osborne, British R&B band Loose Ends, and Average White Band, a chart-topping group best known for the hit “Pick Up the Pieces.” 8 p.m.

Continues through Sat., Dec. 9.

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Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre presents The Nutcracker

THU., DEC. 7 COMEDY • ALLENTOWN

ART • SOUTH SIDE

Patrick’s Traveling Book Party with Patrick Hinds. 7 p.m. Bottlerocket Social Hall 1226 Arlington Ave., Allentown. $30-50. bottlerocketpgh.com

Buttery Spread. 2-7 p.m. Continues through Sat., Dec. 30. Brew House Arts.

711 South 21st St., South Side. Free. brewhousearts.org Pittsburgh Public Theater presents A Christmas Story: The Play. 8 p.m. Continues through Sat., Dec. 23. O’Reilly Theater.

621 Penn Ave., Downtown. $35-93. ppt.org

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Sew Pittsburgh Fabric Swap. 10:30 a.m.

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh-Lawrenceville.

279 Fisk St., Lawrenceville. $5 suggested donation. instagram.com/sewpgh

MARKET • GARFIELD

Roboto Punk Rock Flea Market. 12-5 p.m.

The Mr. Roboto Project. 5106 Penn Ave., Garfield. Free. therobotoproject.com

DANCE • EAST LIBERTY

THEATER • DOWNTOWN

Steel City Con. 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Continues through Sun., Dec. 10. Monroeville Convention Center. 209 Mall Blvd., Monroeville. $24-70. steelcitycon.com

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An innovative Pittsburgh performance duo returns with a new work described as exploring “the brewing, breaking, and fallout of a world-altering climate event that impacts the course of human existence.“ Kelly Strayhorn Theater will host the local premiere of slowdanger’s SUPERCELL, the latest installment of a trilogy that launched in 2018. Don’t miss what Dance Magazine listed as one of the top must-see shows of the 2023-2024 season. 7:30 p.m. Continues on Sat., Dec. 9. 5941 Penn Ave., East Liberty.

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MUSIC • UPTOWN

Travis Scott: Utopia Tour presents Circus Maximus. 8 p.m. PPG Paints Arena.

1001 Fifth Ave., Uptown. Tickets start at $58. ppgpaintsarena.com

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MUSIC/FILM • DOWNTOWN

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra presents The Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert.

2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. Heinz Hall. 600 Penn Ave., Downtown. $70-120. pittsburghsymphony.org

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FILM • OAKLAND

The Carnegie Museum of Art will showcase the modern Latino experience with two documentaries by filmmaker Amber Bemak.

100 Ways to Cross the Border focuses on Guillermo Gómez-Peña, a Mexican/Chicanx performance and multimedia artist who, for the last four decades, has created innovative work with his troupe La Pocha Nostra.

Also screening is Borderhole, a 14-minute experimental short in which Bemak, along with co-director Nadia Granados, investigates the relationships between North and South America. 3-5 p.m. 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland. $8-10. carnegieart.org

PARTY • ETNA

An Etna Carol: Library Fundraiser and Costume Ball. 6:30-10 p.m. All Saints Activities Building. 19 Wilson St., Etna. $10-25. etnacommunity.org

MUSIC • NORTH SIDE

Lakecia Benjamin and Phoenix. 7:30 p.m.

New Hazlett Theater. Six Allegheny Square East, North Side. $40. newhazletttheater.org

SUN., DEC. 10

MUSIC • WARRENDALE

Lez Zeppelin. 7 p.m. Doors at 6 p.m. Jergel’s Rhythm Grille. 103 Slade Lane, Warrendale. $25-38. jergels.com

MUSIC • NORTH SIDE

Pummeled, Red Temple Pray, Frame And Mantle, and One Hundred Year Ocean. 8 p.m.

The Government Center. 715 East St., North Side. $10. thegovernmentcenter.com

ROLLER DERBY • NEVILLE ISLAND Pittsburgh Roller Derby Meet n’ Greet. 7-9 p.m. Neville Roller Dome. 5109 Neville Road, Neville Island. Free. facebook.com/ pittsburghrollerderby

MUSIC • DOWNTOWN

Chamber Music Pittsburgh presents Junction Trio. 7:30 p.m. Pittsburgh Playhouse.

350 Forbes Ave., Downtown. $35-53. Virtual option available. chambermusicpittsburgh.org

TUE., DEC. 12 MUSIC • OAKLAND

KIDS • MUNHALL

WED., DEC. 13

The Magical Polar Experience. 12 p.m.

Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall. 510 E. 10th Ave., Munhall. $32-42. All ages. librarymusichall. com

DANCE • DOWNTOWN

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre presents The Nutcracker. 12 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. Continues through Thu., Dec. 28. Benedum Center. Seventh Street and Penn Avenue, Downtown. $29-144. pbt.culturaldistrict.org

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MARKET • WILKINSBURG

Holiday Indie Mart. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Workshop PGH. 700 S. Trenton Ave., Wilkinsburg. Free. instagram.com/workshoppgh

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Billy Strings. 7:30 p.m. Continues on Wed., Dec. 13. Petersen Events Center. 3719 Terrace St., Oakland. Tickets start at $39. peterseneventscenter.com

MUSIC • SOUTH SIDE

Pkew Pkew Pkew with Decent Criminal, Fuck Yeah, Dinosaurs!, and Latecomer. 7:30 p.m. Doors at 6:30 p.m. Hard Rock Cafe. 230 W. Station Square Drive, South Side. $12. druskyentertainment.com

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PGH. CONROY

PUBLIC AUCTION Public notice is hereby given that property placed in storage by the following persons at the following locations will be sold via public sale to satisfy Guardian Storage liens for unpaid rent and other charges. Bidding for property of persons renting space at the following locations will be held online at www.Storageauctions.com ending on December 19, 2023 at 10:00 am, and day to day thereafter until sold at which time a high bidder will be determined.

350 Old Haymaker Road, Monroeville, Pa 14146: Unit #3208 Kara Burkett, Unit #3314 Ashley Beley, Unit #3417 Tiquan Flowers, Unit #3506 Victor Montoya 1390 Old Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, Pa 15238: Unit #11702 Timothy McKay 14200 Route 30, North Huntingdon, Pa 15642: Unit #4046 Haley Stahl 4711 William Penn Highway, Monroeville, PA 15146: Zanset Botanica Store, Unit #12016 Brandon Beck, Unit #12020 Michael Veltre, Unit #12115 Will Wall, Unit #12911 Rebecca Tolliver, Unit #22502 David Abbott 4750 William Flynn Hwy, Allison Park, Pa 15101: Unit #31114 Anthony Griggs, Unit #32111 Joseph Dornetto, Unit #41105 Rosalind Sugarmann, Unit #41216 William Fitzgerald 1028 Ridge Road, Tarentum, Pa 15084: Unit #11204 Terri Sampson, Unit #31806 Ryan Bowen, Unit #41427 Matt Racioppo, Unit #41520 Elizabeth Sinchak 901 Brinton Road, Pittsburgh, Pa 15221: Unit #10114 Vittorio Williams, Unit #10201 Latonya Ray, Unit #11106 Shontal Austin, Unit #11211 Micah Dawkins, Unit #2319 Monique Moore, Unit #3103 Roseanna Ruiz, Unit # 3302 Amber Parker, Unit #8408 Erika Bowen, Unit #8416 Deonte Coker, Unit #9207 Ebony Farrar 5873 Centre Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15206: Unit #2523 Tahniece Gray, Unit #2962 Manuel Rivera, Unit #3507 Elliot Douglas, Unit #4209 Miah Thomas, Unit #7405 Amber Wright 2839 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222: Unit #6712 Cajaya Gordon 750 South Millvale Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213: Unit #1105C Barbara Ann Crumm 1002 East Waterfront Drive, Munhall, PA 15120: Unit #1421 Morgan Dawson, Unit #2308 Darlene Dukes, Unit #3501 Chara Payne, Unit #3617 Taechaun Sellers, Unit #3826 Pearl Price, Unit #3841 Paige Smith, Unit #3903 Kellee Turner 1300 Lebanon Church Road, West Mifflin, PA 15236: Unit #22319 LaRita Wilson, Unit #32111 Thoedore Miller, Unit #41324 Mirian Maletta 1599 Washington Pike, Bridgeville, PA 15017: Unit #2610 Hannah Waddell, Unit #6139 Tracy Hornak 1067 Milford Drive, Bethel Park, PA 15102: Unit #22001 Michael Hasco, Unit #22005 Michael Hasco, Unit #22007 Michael Hasco, Unit #23936 Nicole Crites 7452 McKnight Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15237: Unit #612 Jane Becinski, Unit #1218 Rick Quigley, Unit #1309 Charles Palermo, Unit #1514 Erin Rose, Unit #2203 Jerome Bankston 922 Brush Creek Road, Warrendale, PA 15086: Unit #131 Adam Rau, Unit #230 Adam Rau 2670 Washington Rd, Canonsburg, PA 15317: Unit #3602 Taylor Kehn, Unit #4306 Robert Reule Purchases must be made with cash and paid at the location at the above referenced facility to complete the transaction.

Guardian Storage has the right to refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

PITTSBURGH CITY PAPER DECEMBER 6 - 13, 2023

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