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INCOMING Health Barrier: From insurance coverage to simply finding a doctor, health care presents challenges for the transgender community (June 12) “It’s about time the [world-class] medical city of Pittsburgh addresses this much-alienated population. The ‘T’ in LGBT is not silent — only ignored for far too long. Medical professionals please stand up. Metro and Persad can’t continue to do this alone!” — Web comment from “Janet”
Music therapists do a lot more than sing (June 12) “Our son has had the benefit of music therapists through Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh ... it is a wonderful thing and we are happy to be a part of it!” — Web comment from “Jamie Knox”
Arts Fest public works fail to fully exploit the rivers (June 12) “Burying ‘Floating Echo’ under the bridge … weakens the image and defeats the installation’s purpose. Furthermore it runs against the artist’s own statement: ‘Through the statue one can see the nature, landscape and architecture around the water. Its subtle presence embraces and reflects the surroundings, both natural and man-made.’” — Web comment from “Pennsylvasia”
Savage Love: What is it about lesbianism that renders a person incapable of taking yes for an answer? (June 12) “Savage is an idiot. Not just an asshole, but an idiot. Between his lesbian stereotyping and his woman-bodyshaming, I write him off.” — Comment on City Paper’s Facebook page from “Alicia NiTracy”
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T’S NOT UNUSUAL for the Timebomb Shop to pulsate from the bass and drums in the music playing throughout the clothing store. So when the other noise started in March — the drilling, the bulldozing, the scraping, the digging — owner Brian Brick naturally set those scenes to music, too. On Timebomb Shop’s Vine — a mobile video-creation software platform — Brick took video of the demolition of the South Highland Avenue Bridge, and set it to beats created by his friends. Drums during drilling; a bulldozer set to funky horns. “I just plugged the [beats] in,” says Brick. “I was bored because we’re on a dead end here.” South Highland Avenue, where Brick’s shop sits, isn’t normally a dead
end. Ordinarily it crosses the Martin Luther King East Busway, and a set of railroad tracks, to connect with East Liberty’s Penn Circle South. But until Sept. 10, the street is blocked off as construction
Business owners taking a hit during intrusive, but necessary, South Highland Bridge project {BY LAUREN DALEY} crews rebuild the bridge over the busway. From South Highland, a fence and orange signs overlook a pile of rubble and construction equipment. “We’re on the front lines here,” Brick
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“THE BRIDGE’S condition was beyond repairs and needed to be fully reconstructed,” according to city Public Works director Rob Kaczorowski. The construction started in March; since then, traffic between Shadyside and East Liberty has been detoured to Penn Avenue via Penn Circle and Shady Avenue. Ellsworth Avenue, meanwhile, is closed from Swope Street to Spahr Street while crews lower Ellsworth 18 inches to provide clearance beneath the bridge. Detours are posted, and community leaders say there was a year’s worth of advanced notice and planning to minimize impact to the businesses. Construction is taking place during the summer, Rattner says, because it’s slower for retail. Rattner says he hasn’t heard of any businesses closing as a result, and many interviewed by City Paper said that while they struggle, they should be able to make it through the construction. Dan Gilman, chief of staff for Pittsburgh City Councilor Bill Peduto, says the office hasn’t heard much negative about the project. “We’ve gotten less than five calls,” he says. “We did a very good job going through the public process ahead of time.” The necessity of the bridge
replacement, he says, “has been talked about for over a decade. It’s a project everyone’s been anticipating.” But business owners are paying a price. At Penn Circle gourmet-burger tavern BRGR, general manager Heather Perkins has noticed a drop-off in early weekday diners. On South Highland, meanwhile, there’s a collective pain. At The Gallery 4, director Joseph Veltri says opening receptions for artist exhibitions usually receive 100-150 visitors. “We’re seeing one-third of that,” says Veltri. The Gallery also relies on a flat-rate parking lot on the other side of the bridge, which is now inaccessible by foot. Veltri says the gallery is considering using more Internet marketing and sales, and possibly eBay. “It’s something as a fine-art gallery we shouldn’t be doing, but we’ve got back inventory and have to cover our costs,” says Veltri. At Smiley’s Pet Pad, meanwhile, owner Ginny Smiley estimates that there’s been a 40 percent drop in daily customer visits. At one point, Smiley says, it was so bad that she didn’t have the revenue to stock her shelves. “Should I shorten hours because I’m not getting the business or extend hours [to attract more business] but I can’t afford the payroll?” she asks. “I’m really stuck.”
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Smiley says her customers have been frustrated with detours, and that the dead-end on South Highland deters potential customers from venturing down to The Shadyside Plaza. “The sign says, ‘road closed’ and people don’t think they can continue down here when there is parking available,” Smiley says. Smiley reached out to her customers via an email blast, and they responded. One customer, Friendship resident Adrienne Jouver, designed a T-shirt with the help of Commonwealth Press to advertise the store, and generate some revenue. Jouver says she relies on the store for supplies for her three cats and 75-pound dog. And because it’s a small, independently owned shop, Jouver says, she’s received extra help — like allowing Jouver to come in for supplies on Easter, despite the store’s being closed. The staff even “helped me carry my bags to the car,” she says. Independent stores like Smiley’s offer “the kind of service you’re probably not going to get from a big box store.” The response from her customers, Smiley says, “has been huge.” And it should be enough to help her through the rest of construction. “My customers are really stepping up to the plate.” Further down Highland at Penhollows, a home-furnishing store, owner Roger Guzik says that a stop in parking-meter enforcement ate up parking
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LOST IN THE RESHUFFLE In the midst of redevelopment, East Liberty loses two more eclectic venues {BY AMYJO BROWN} THE IRONY does not escape Justin Strong, owner of AVA Bar & Lounge, who announced last week that he was closing up shop in East Liberty after a decade of waiting for the neighborhood’s revival. “We grabbed [AVA’s space] anticipating development,” he says. Strong is often credited as one of the pioneers who drew interest in the area with Shadow Lounge, a coffee shopturned-performing-arts-space that promoted an eclectic and diverse range of music acts. Just last summer, as developers jackhammered and worked on the facade while renovating the historic Highland Building across the street, he said he was eager to take advantage of the changes coming. But earlier this year, he closed Shadow Lounge. And now, AVA is moving — back to Oakland, where Strong says he got his start. He’s not alone: Another eclectic East Liberty performance venue, 6119, at 6119 Penn Ave., is also packing, announcing its pending closure last week as well. “We’re right at the peak of what we’ve all been waiting for. It’s finally here. Why would we make that decision?” Strong says. “I don’t know if it’s something in the air. I don’t know.” The loss of the spaces, which drew diverse crowds to the East End, is disappointing, says Chris Ivey, a local filmmaker who has produced several documentaries on the changes in East Liberty. Shadow Lounge, AVA and 6119 “symbolized what the new East Liberty was supposed to be about — a place for everybody,” he says. “We had these small gems.” Lauren Goshinski, co-director of 6119, says the space, which they began leasing in June 2012, was always meant to be temporary. East Liberty Development, Inc., which owned the 3,770-square-foot building, had been marketing it for development. It recently went under contract to the firm Alphabet City Company. 6119 will hold its closing party June 28. “We thought all along we would have a bit more time,” Goshinski says, but the sale itself isn’t a surprise. She says East Liberty has had a lot of appeal for those organizing live entertainment. Among its advantages were accessibility and the availability of large,
affordable spaces removed from the area’s residential pockets. But that time may be past. “It seems like such a gold-rush time in East Liberty,” Goshinski says. “I don’t know where we fit in.” Of her time in East Liberty, she says, “I loved being here. I’m really going to miss it.” She says 6119 will live on; a new location is being sought. “Nothing can discourage me from the concept,” she says. “I really think it belongs in Pittsburgh.” Strong says a number of factors led to his decision to move AVA — which will remain open at 126 S. Highland Ave. until the new lease is finalized and the work on the new location, at 304 Craig St. (the site of the former Luna Bar), is completed later this summer. East Liberty’s onceanticipated redevelopment, it turns out, is one factor in the move. Rent and the costs of renovating AVA — adding a bigger bar plus a commercial kitchen — started to add up. The space in Oakland, with its two floors and a kitchen already in place, seems to make more financial sense, Strong says. And there is parking. “As I circled twice looking for parking in front of my own place, I’m just like, “Yeah, it’s not getting better around here,’” he says. Eve Picker, Strong’s landlord, has seen a number of tenants moving out of the property, and new tenants moving in: The partners of the Strip District’s Bar Marco, for one, are renovating the spot at the corner of Baum Boulevard and Highland Avenue that once held the Waffle Shop. In a brief conversation with City Paper, she didn’t wax sentimental about the closure of the Shadow Lounge and AVA. “I think this is just a parting of the ways for us,” she said. “And that’s just how business is. There’s no drama here.” As for Strong, the new spot will also move him closer to the student population — and his roots, he says. “There are a lot of things that have reached our level or passed us up,” he says of the new scene in East Liberty. “We definitely had an impact. I think there’s not too much more impacting we can do.”
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blowing up mountains for their coal, or hastening climate change. At www.pennfuture.org, Penn Future denotes how suppliers generate their electricity. Half a dozen suppliers offer all-regional, all-renewable plans here — almost all from wind power, which boomed in Pennsylvania last year. One newcomer to the market, Washington, D.C.-based Ethical Electric, even donates a portion of its gross revenues to worthy groups like the League of Conservation Voters. But these days, renewable plans have a tougher sell than before. Two years ago, Duquesne Light’s price per kilowatt-hour was among the highest in the market. And for a time, local nonproďŹ t Citizen Power advertised its all-wind plan (in partnership with supplier TriEagle Energy) as the cheapest. However, the natural-gas glut has lowered prices for all suppliers of conventional electricity. And following its recent steep rate-drop, Duquesne Light is now among the cheaper suppliers of electricity. Meanwhile, market uctuations have raised the price of wind. All-wind plans by Citizen Power and Green Mountain Energy, for instance, now cost about $13 more per average monthly bill than does the very cheapest conventional supplier. (That differential shrinks, of course, the less electricity you use.) Prices rise and fall for fossil fuels and renewables alike. (You should also note whether a given plan has ďŹ xed or variable rates, or cancellation fees.) But absent serious government efforts to rein in climate change — by taxing carbon, say, or ending subsidies for fossil fuels — many conscientious consumers will act regardless of price. “We’re really connecting with consumers around our values,â€? says Richard Graves, of Ethical Electric. “We’re not just an energy company that’s racing to the bottom with the cheapest dirty energy.â€? Finally, beware of “100 percent greenâ€? electricity plans that include “Tier IIâ€? energy sources like waste coal and large-scale hydropower, which are also bad news for the environment. Stick with the cleanest stuff you can. Says Penn Future’s Lane, “It’s really wind and solar that will make the difference.â€?
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Orestes De La Paz’s exhibit at the Frost Art Museum in Miami, in May, recalled Chuck Palahniuk’s novel and film Fight Club, in which lead character Tyler Durden’s principal income source was making upscale soap using discarded liposuctioned fat fetched from the garbage of cosmetic surgeons (thus closing the loop of fat from rich ladies recycled back to rich ladies). De La Paz told his mentor at Florida International University that he wanted only to display his own liposuctioned fat provocatively, but decided to make soap when he realized that the fat would otherwise quickly rot. Some visitors to the exhibit were able to wash their hands with the engineered soap, which De La Paz offered for sale at $1,000 a bar.
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As recently as mid-May, people with disabilities had been earning hefty blackmarket fees by taking strangers into Disneyland and Disney World using the parks’ own liberal “disability” passes (which allow for up to five relatives or guests at a time to accompany the disabled person in skipping the sometimeshours-long lines and having immediate access to the rides). The pass-holding “guide,” according to NBC’s Today show, could charge as much as $200 through advertising on CraigsList and via word-of-mouth to some travel agents. Following reports in the New York Post and other outlets, Disney was said in late May to be warning disabled permit-holders not to abuse the privilege.
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Researchers writing recently in the journal PLoS ONE disclosed that they had found certain types of dirt that contain antimicrobial agents capable of killing E. coli and the antibiotic-resistant MRSA. According to the article, medical “texts” back to 3000 B.C. mentioned clays that, when rubbed on wounds, reduce inflammation and pain.
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Researchers writing in May in the journal Pediatrics found that some infants whose parents regularly sucked their babies’ pacifiers to clean them (rather than rinsing or boiling them) developed fewer allergies and cases of asthma. (On the other hand, parentalcleansing might make other maladies more likely, such as tooth decay.)
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Archeologists discovered in May that a construction company had bulldozed 2,300-year-old Mayan ruins in northern Belize — simply to mine the rocks for road-fill to build a highway. A researcher said it could hardly have been an accident, for the ruins were 100 feet high in an otherwise flat landscape, and a Tulane University anthropologist estimated that Mayan ruins are being mined for road fill an average of once a day in their ancient habitats. Said another, “[T]o realize” that Mayans created these structures using only stone tools and then “carried these materials on their heads” to build them — and then that bulldozers can almost instantly destroy them — is “mind-boggling.”
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A woman in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood reported to a local news blog in May that she had seen (and her husband briefly conversed with) a man who was operating a “drone” from a sidewalk, guiding the noisy device to a point just outside a third-floor window in a private home. The pilot said he was “doing research” and asserted that he was not violating anyone’s privacy because he, himself, was on a public sidewalk while the drone was in public airspace. The couple called for a police officer, but by the time one arrived, the pilot and his drone had departed, according to a report on the Capitol Hill Seattle blog.
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John Allison, 41, who was arrested inside a Hannaford’s grocery store in Massena, N.Y., in May, first aroused suspicion as an anticipated shoplifter, but it turns out that all he wanted to do was to remove a pepperoni from the meat case, rub it on his penis and put it back. He was charged with criminal mischief.
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Three men committed a home invasion of a Houston residence on May 14 and, although two escaped, one wound up in the hospital and under arrest. The three men kicked in a door and shut the resident in an upstairs closet while they ransacked the home, but they failed to inspect the closet first and thus did not realize that it was the resident’s handgunstorage closet. A few minutes later, the resident emerged, locked and loaded, and wounded one of the men in the shoulder and leg.
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Bryan Zuniga, 20, was (according to a deputy) weaving in traffic in his SUV in May near the St. Petersburg, Fla., city limit, but instead of submitting to the deputy, he fled on foot and eventually climbed a fence to a watertreatment plant — and apparently disturbed an alligator residing in a pond. Zuniga was treated at St. Petersburg General Hospital for bites to his face and arm.
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SAFE TO EAT {BY CHARLIE DEITCH} The Italian hoagie that I’m sharing with Mandy’s Pizza owner Steve Negri is fantastic, but it’s the crisped, golden-brown roll that deserves a special shout-out. The roll — made at a local bakery using Negri’s recipe — has been made for food-allergy sufferers. If you suffer from most allergies to foods like nuts, dairy, gluten and others, you can eat this sandwich, or the shop’s pizza, without worry. “I started making these products because my son, Brandon, has food allergies,” explains Negri, who has owned Mandy’s for about three years. He recounts how sad it was that Brandon could enjoy only the smell of pizza. So he worked with Brandon, now 11, developing recipes for the food he serves in his shop. Three weeks ago, he also released a line of allergen-free dessert mixes that are on sale at Mandy’s, and in area stores like Soergel’s, in Wexford, and Eden Market, in Mount Lebanon. Great care goes into making Mandy’s allergen-free menu items in a kitchen where standard pizza and sandwiches are also made. The crusts and rolls are taken directly from a vacuum-sealed bag and never touch countertops or areas where allergens might be. Mandy’s has an employee who cooks only the allergenfree food. “It’s a lot of work and we take it very seriously,” says Negri. “Because of my son, I know how important these safety issues are, but I also know how important it is that people suffering from allergies, especially kids, get to eat food that tastes good.” CDEITCH@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
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water and combined with other ingredients to prepare various dishes. The intermission show of dumpling fabrication adds another dimension of choreography among the roller, stuffer and pincher.
EVERYDAY NOODLES 5875 Forbes Ave., Squirrel Hill. 412-421-6660 HOURS: Mon.-Thu. lunch 11:30 a.m.2:30 p.m., dinner 4-9:30 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. lunch11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., dinner 4-10 p.m.; Sun. 11:30 a.m.-9 p.m. PRICES: $4-11 LIQUOR: BYOB
CP APPROVED This activity would be an interesting sideshow if the food were indifferent, but Everyday Noodles’ offerings stand on their own. Seated at a table out of view of the dough work, we were won over by the products of the kitchen before we saw it in action. Not everything wowed us; of the eight or 10 dishes that our party ordered, some vanished faster than others, but this was a matter more of individual
taste than of quality. Freshness is the byword at Everyday Noodles, and those looking to broaden their palates will find plenty of opportunity on a menu that includes beef tendon, jellyfish salad and shrimp with loofah soup dumplings. Unfortunately, those last are available only on Sunday, so we contented ourselves with pork and crab soup dumplings. We’ve had soup dumplings — in which the soup is, improbably, contained within the dumplings rather than other way around — that tended toward a tongue-scalding stunt rather than satisfying dim sum. But these were simply extraordinary, with morsels of ground pork and sweet crabmeat in a broth that tasted of the very essence of umami, seemingly thickened by its contact with the dumpling dough. Pork and vegetable potstickers came in a sort of pack bound together with a thin, lacy sheet of dough. This gave every dumpling a crispy, browned outer layer that contrasted pleasantly with the softer texture of the unexposed wrapper and filling beneath. An appetizer of woodear mushrooms
and tofu skins provided a substantial vegetarian option. The woodear were crunchy and earthy, while the tofu skins — which are exactly what they sound like — possessed an intriguing, tender, wrinkly texture. Almost resembling a sort of noodle, the tofu skins were a reminder that texture frequently matters almost as much as flavor in many Asian dishes. Another vegetable dish, steamed baby bok choy, came in a savory-sweet oyster sauce with just enough body to cling to the tender leaves and crunchy stalks. A scallion pancake was surprisingly resilient. We like mustard greens, but the strong vinegary flavor of those in the pickledmustard-green noodle soup was unbalanced by the mild broth and relatively scanty shreds of pork. The best bites included bits of the flavorful meat and slightly sharp yet earthy daikon.
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A bowl of braised pork belly over rice featured the same greens, but the predominance of plenty of tender, fatty pork belly with a mere garnish-size portion of pickled daikon shifted the balance of flavors, making this dish much more successful. Cold Taiwanese-style sesame noodles, topped with matchsticked cucumbers and coated in a sesame paste, tasted bland at first. But once we realized there was a savory broth at the bottom of the bowl, we put our chopsticks to work mixing things up, which deepened the flavor considerably. Still, it was the hot Szechuan version of sesame noodles, dan dan, that made the biggest impression, with their perfect melding of sweet, spicy, salty and savory flavors. From making the noodles to eating them, Everyday Noodles offers a dining experience that belies its name. INFO@ PGHC ITY PAP ER.CO M
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EUROPEAN COMMUNITY Sharp Edge festival brings Old World beer back to Pittsburgh Beer trends come and go. Once-popular but comically over-hopped IPAs, for example, are now giving way to mellow, spicy-sour farmhouse ales. But the allure of European beer is timeless — at least according to Jeff Walewski, owner of the beer-focused Sharp p Edge group. Next week, the t original Sharp Edge location, locatio the Beer Emporium in East Liberty, hosts the mini-chain’s 17th annual mini-c European Beer Festival. Europ Years ago, Walewski Ye attended the Great attend American Beer Festival in Americ Colorado and left inspired. Colorad craft-beer movement The craf was just beginning to catch fire, but he decided to create festival more suited to his a festiva tastes. “I was always own tas interested in Belgian beers, interest figured, ‘Hey, let’s do so I figu European beers.’ Everyone else was jjust st E ropean beers focusing on the American theme,” he says. Walewski doesn’t have a beef with the American craft-beer movement. It’s simply that he thinks that the best beer is, at its root, European. “The European beers are the ones that got this started hundreds of years ago,” he says. “A lot of craft breweries base their style on European beers. There are more American styles now, but that’s still the trend, to be European.” The festival kicks off on Fri., June 28, with “The Ultimate Bier Dinner,” a fivecourse Belgian-themed meal welcoming Lionel Van der Haegen, the sixth-generation owner and brewer of Brasserie de Silly Brewery. There are three separate tasting sessions (two on June 29, one on June 30). For $60, revelers can enjoy three hours of uninterrupted sampling and taste more than 120 beers — all of which are European. The nearly 1,000 people who attended in previous years shouldn’t look for any major shakeups this year. Walewski says that, much like the Weihenstephan Brewery (Germany, 1040 AD) and the Brouweri Roman (Belgium, 1545 AD), some things are better when they remain consistent. “It’s been pretty successful, what we’re doing. So why change it?” INFO@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
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wrapped in a tortilla. For lunch, there are burgers, sandwiches and fresh pie. J JG’S TARENTUM STATION GRILLE. 101 Station Drive, Tarentum. 724-226-3301. An old-school continental menu and a well-restored train station make this restaurant a destination. The menu leans toward Italian fine dining, plus steaks and chops. But well-charred chicken Louisiana and dishes featuring habañero and poblano peppers denote some contemporary American updating. LE MEAT AND POTATOES. 649 Penn Ave., Downtown. 412-325-7007. This restaurant combines several current trends, including revisiting staples of the American pantry, the gastro-pub and nose-to-tail cooking, all in a lively Downtown space. Expect everything from marrow bones to burgers, flatbreads and chicken pot pie, as well as pots of rhubarb jam and hand-crafted cocktails. LE
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CAFÉ DES AMIS. 443 Division St., Sewickley. 412-741-2388. A genuine French café — with rustic wooden tables, chalkboard menus and display cases full of sophisticated salads, sandwiches and desserts. A perfect spot for that relaxed, multi-hour meal that is France’s greatest export: Thus, dinner can be anything from croque monsieur to shepherd’s pie or roulades of beef. J
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RED ORCHID. 5439 Babcock Blvd., West View. 412-837-2527. This cozy, family-run Thai restaurant offers a selection of mostly tried-and-true cuisine (salads, rice and noodle dishes, and curries), as well as chef’s specials, many involving tilapia filets. “Tulip dumplings” and Thai toast make for excellent starters, and the kitchen shows skill in balancing the flavors of more complex curries and meat entrees. KF
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SIMMIE’S RESTAURANT & LOUNGE. 8500 Frankstown Road, East Hills. 412-731-4689. Craving soul food and Maine lobster tails? A well-prepared selection of fresh fish tops this menu of Southern-style comfort food. Simmie’s also has a regular menu of seafood specialties, such as jumbo sea scallops and snow-crab leg clusters, as well as steaks, pork chops, sandwiches and burgers. KF STONEPEPPER’S GRILL. 1614 Washington Road, Upper St. Clair. 412-854-4264. Though seemingly calculated to be just another chain, StonePepper’s relies on good proportions and expert preparations to give some distinction to familiar fare like pizza, burgers and salads. Don’t miss the signature dessert: cinnamon-bun pizza. KE TIN FRONT CAFÉ. 216 E. Eighth Ave., Homestead. 412-461-4615. Though the menu is brief, inventive vegetarian meals push past the familiar at this charming Homestead café. The emphasis is on fresh, local and unexpected, such as asparagus slaw or beet risotto. In season, there’s a charming rear patio. JE
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From WRCT to Smirnoff: DJ JayCeeOh
He was born in Los Angeles and spends much of his time on the road these days, but Jake “JayCeeOh” Osher spent his middle and high school years living in Pittsburgh — and the nationally known DJ still thinks of the city as where he got his start. By the time he was in middle school at Sterrett, Osher was immersed in the local scene — on the radio as early as eighth grade with elder DJ and 720 Music co-owner DJ Selecta. “I used to sneak down to CMU’s radio station and [Selecta] was letting me in the studio to just chill while he did his show on WRCT,” he says. “I remember vividly, I was in there … he was like, ‘I’m gonna let you on the mic, but don’t swear.’” “And he let me on the mic and within the first four words I started swearing,” he adds with a laugh. After graduating in 2000 from Taylor Allderdice High School, Osher moved to Boston to attend Emerson University, where he became the urban-music director at the No. 1 college radio station in the country, WERS. He continued working with his Pittsburgh peers. “Artie Pitt and Benjy Grinberg from Rostrum [Records], all of us were kind of in the same circle,” he explains. “As I went on to college, I was doing radio and mixtapes and stuff. And they launched Rostrum and signed Wiz [Khalifa]. Whenever I had mixtape opportunities or was on the radio in Boston, I was giving Wiz spins and getting exclusives from him before the world really knew who he was.” Earlier this month, JayCeeOh was crowned champion of Smirnoff’s Master of the Mix DJ competition, which aired on VH1. He received a $250,000 prize and will be joining Smirnoff as the brand’s official DJ. He’ll be continuing his Super 7 mixtape series, which highlights mixes from seven of the world’s best DJs, with a release later this year. “I’m trying to make the leap from just being a great party-rocker to more of an artist/producer/DJ,” he says. “I want to get to the point where I can eventually make big records with artists and get booked for festival stages.” But he doesn’t forget about where he came from, stopping back to DJ here from time to time: “My whole career of being a DJ came about in Pittsburgh.”
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One thing that shaped the sound of Personal Record relates to the fact that Friedberger collaborated with novelist Wesley Stace on all the songs. If Stace’s name doesn’t ring a bell, his nom de musique might: John Wesley Harding.
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The two met at a Bob Dylan tribute show, hit it off and began turning each other on to different music. Stace set her onto obscure British songwriters like Duncan Browne and Patto. She sent him “crackly reggae covers” and songs by Donovan. “We never said, ‘Hey, do you want to write some songs together,’” Friedberger says, from her home in New York. “He wrote me something and then I turned it into a song and recorded it and sent it back. And it kept going from there. “We worked the 21st-century way, via email,” Friedberger says. “I would send him demos. And he sent me his demos back. It was a kind of back-and-forth process that happened over the course of a few months, really. … If it hadn’t happened easily and naturally, I can’t imagine trying to force something like that to happen.” (Stace, who has also collaborated with Pittsburgh expatriate rocker Ed Masley, plans to release his take on a few of the songs with his next album.) Friedberger’s songs have always been marked by storylines that combine the everyday with a somewhat absurd worldview. While they have a feeling that would indicate pre-planned story ideas or scenarios, Friedberger says her approach starts at a more basic level. “I think it’s
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more about emotion — whether it’s longing or anger or disappointment,” she explains. “And then you think of specific details to describe that. With my last album I was remembering and describing very specific events. I didn’t have to make up a story. Those were real stories.” Personal Record is, in fact, another set of personal stories, but this time they incorporate the experiences of both Friedberger and Stace. Things aren’t cut-and-dried either. “These songs are specific details that are very true, some are about me, some are about him,” she says. “It wasn’t the point to recount stories of our lives. It was more to create these narratives that anybody could insert themselves into.” Nor is the subject matter completely clear. “Echo or Encore” could be a love song to a significant other, but it could also be a love letter to a recording studio. The shared affection for things like music is part of what sparked the collaboration. “That was the way that Wes and I started working together, and it’s one of the magical things — forgive me for saying it that way — about making music,” she says. “You do form these relationships with people over music. And that’s a way to get close to someone. People who play music know that very well. People who don’t play music know that very well, too. It’s just that it’s easy to relay. It’s fun to try and describe that. Which is what we were trying to do.” Friedberger played a few solo shows, armed with just a guitar, when Last Summer was released, but prefers the comfort of a full band, which she’ll have with her on the current tour. “There is kind of a sick thrill to standing onstage alone with a guitar. But to me, it’s not musical,” she says. “It’s almost like I think of it as giving a speech or doing a talk instead of performing music. But it’s fun, it’s just something … different.” By the time of the Fiery Furnaces’ most recent album — I’m Going Away (2009) — the band had moved closer to hard rock, but it continued to rearrange songs in concert that sometimes varied drastically from the studio versions. After all that complexity and scores of lyrics to remember, Friedberger considers her own performances to be more relaxed. “The Fiery Furnaces shows felt like a race to me. It was very physical, which I liked and kind of got off on. These shows of mine don’t feel that way to me. It’s so much more about me — being on display,” she says with a laugh. “That’s kind of how it feels sometimes.” She and her brother Matthew have no immediate plans to reconvene, but she insists it will happen sometime. “As I like to say, it’s a relationship. The band will last until the relationship ends, and that relationship will end when we die,” she says. I N F O@ P G H C I T Y PA P E R. C OM
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A little bit of soul: Billy Price
New Jersey-born singer Billy Price relocated to Pittsburgh in the ’70s after a stint on the road with guitar virtuoso Roy Buchanan; he’s been a fixture on the soul and R&B scene here ever since. His new studio album, Strong, released by the French label DixieFrog, is his first in four years. YOU CHOSE THE SONG “GOTTA BE STRONG” TO BE THE TITLE TRACK OF THIS ALBUM — WHY THAT ONE? That’s the song that really sticks out to me, and it’s a little bit thematic. Maybe it reflects where I am in my life right now. Of all the songs, it seemed to make the most sense. IT SEEMS LIKE IT’S THE MOST MEANINGFUL. That was one that I really struggled with the lyrics for — I’d have a concept that I liked, then I’d listen the next day and throw it out. As opposed to the song “Let’s Go for a Ride”; I think I wrote that in 15 minutes. YOU PLAY LIVE ALL THE TIME, BUT ONLY GO INTO THE STUDIO EVERY FEW YEARS. HOW IS THAT EXPERIENCE DIFFERENT FOR YOU? For some reason, I’ve never been able to totally overcome this: My voice just doesn’t open up in the studio the way it does in front of an audience. And I don’t know quite what to do about that. It’s a totally different mindset: For a singer and a performer the way I am, there’s always been something a little antiseptic about a studio. Though I think I’m a better studio performer now than I was when I was younger. AMULKERIN@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
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QUALITY OVER QUANTITY {BY IAN THOMAS} IN CHEAP TIME, Jeffrey Novak fuses punkrock fuzz with glam-rock swagger. Since its inception, in 2006, and with a variety of line-ups, Novak has led Cheap Time on the road with bands like Yo La Tengo and now, on its biggest tour to date, Social Distortion. The band has a new full-length on the way from In the Red Records. The Nashvillebased singer and songwriter spoke with us about quality control and making the Tennessee garage scene under the tutelage of the late Jay Reatard.
AS THE STORY GOES, JAY REATARD TOLD YOU THAT YOUR INITIAL SOUND WOULD ONLY GET YOU SO FAR AND THAT YOUR EFFORTS TO EXPAND ON THAT SOUND EVOLVED INTO CHEAP TIME, IS THAT THE CASE? Yeah, that’s definitely the case. When Jay said that to me, I only made records on 4-tracks or 2-tracks, on cassette. He was just very encouraging that I try to do something more than I’d already done. I did start Cheap Time shortly after he told me that … those were definitely big words of wisdom at the time.
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DID YOU HAVE A VISION WHEN CHEAP TIME STARTED OF WHAT THE BAND COULD OR COULDN’T BE? I feel like when I was starting the band, I had a lot more limited ideas [about] the kind of influences we wanted to have. I think it was more rooted in trash-culture ideas of, like, Alice Cooper and Redd Kross. Then, I felt pretty pigeonholed. After that,
it became about trying to pop that mold or challenge myself [to do something] outside of that. I don’t think I’ve always succeeded with every record … I’d say the Kinks are definitely one of my favorite bands, and how they expanded their sound just in the ’60s alone is pretty crazy. CAN YOU THINK OF A TIME WHEN YOU STARTED DOWN A CERTAIN PATH AND DECIDED, “THIS ISN’T OUR THING, THIS ISN’T WHAT IT’S ABOUT”? Many times. I just decided a week or two ago that I was going to stop working on this solo record that I’ve been working on. I throw away a lot of stuff. I don’t want to put out a lot of records, but I do work on music all the time. YOUR RECENT SOLO RECORD, BARON IN THE TREES, FELT LIKE A DEPARTURE FROM YOUR CHEAP TIME STUFF. DO YOU RESERVE YOUR POPPIER MATERIAL FOR YOUR SOLO RECORDS? I don’t know about that. I think they’re all pop songs, at least that’s what I aspire to … The solo records are more like experiments to me for how to figure out things for the Cheap Time records. … Making a solo record to me is like stepping back and being 16 again and just being in your bedroom and getting to just envision the record and dream about this record you want to make. DID YOU FEEL A NEED TO PROVE YOURSELF TO JAY? Definitely, yeah. He was like an older brother to me. I grew up with sisters. My relationship with my sisters has always been that you want to eclipse your sisters. You just want to outdo them [because] you don’t want to live in their shadow. There was definitely that with Jay, [he] was just so encouraging … but, he gave me a lot of bad advice, too. [Laughs] Everybody looked up to Jay, especially in Memphis, [where] there was nobody else like Jay. Everyone else was lazy compared to him. He was different. I N F O@ P G HC I T Y PA P E R. C OM
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[REGGAE] + FRI., JUNE 21 The Wailers were, of course, the backing band for the best-known reggae artist of all time, Bob Marley — and the group at one time included some other huge names, like Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh. These days, the band is held down by Aston “Family Man” Barrett, the bassist behind many of Marley’s hits, and is fronted by the young singer Koolant Brown. Tonight, The Wailers play South Park, so get ready for that if you live downwind in, say, Jefferson Hills. Andy Mulkerin 7:30 p.m. Brownsville Road at McCorkle, South Park. Free. All ages. 412-835-4810
[ALT-POP] + SAT., JUNE 22 Wordsmith Yoni Wolf, brother Josiah Wolf and guitarist Doug McDiarmid make up the three-man band Why? If you know anything about Why?’s work, you know the combination of the quasi-hip-hop/indie/ alternative mixture has been working for the band since its debut as a trio in 2005. On tour supporting its latest album, last year’s Mumps etc., Why? will make an appearance at Mr. Small’s with special guest Sarah Jaffe, who is known for her straightforward singersongwriter tunes. Kira Scammell 7 p.m. 400 Lincoln Ave., Millvale. $15. All ages. 412-821-4447 or www.mrsmalls.com
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stride with its latest, Diamond Time. The full-length has a little bit of something for everyone, from Southern rockers to fans of Police-style pop-reggae. Tonight, the band releases the album officially with a show at Club Café. Things That Aren’t There Anymore open. AM 10 p.m. 56 S. 12th St., South Side. $10. The Wheals 412-431-4950 or www.club cafelive.com
[INDIE ROCK] + TUE., JUNE 25 The mildly psychedelic, pleasantly pop and refreshingly worldlysounding Brooklyn foursome Yeasayer is on tour behind its third album, Fragrant World. The album retains the pop vibe we expect while incorporating new, light, electronic textures that are far from witch house or dubstep. You can catch Yeasayer (and maybe some synesthesia) tonight at Mr. Small’s with Reptar. KS 7 p.m. 400 Lincoln Ave., Millvale. $20. All ages. 412-8214447 or www.mrsmalls.com
[FOLK] + TUE., JUNE 25 San Francisco’s Two Gallants reputedly got their name from the short story of the same name in James Joyce’s Dubliners, not from the fact that neither of them is a Goofus. But there are indeed two of them, and they sing great harmonies together — and last year, they released their fourth album, a full five years after the previous release. The San Francisco band plays Brillobox tonight with Broncho. AM 9 p.m. 4104 Penn Ave., Bloomfield. $10. 412-621-4900 or www.brillobox.net
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{ALL LISTINGS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY 9 A.M. FRIDAY PRIOR TO PUBLICATION} ALTAR BAR. Nektar, Wishbone ST. CLAIR PARK. Marrakesh Express. SummerSounds Concert Ash. Strip District. 412-263-2877. Series. 724-838-4324. Greensburg. CIOPPINO SEAFOOD THUNDERBIRD CAFE. The Weber CHOPHOUSE BAR. Geen Stovall ATRIA’S RESTAURANT & Brothers, Andre Costello & the Trio. Strip District. 412-281-6593. TAVERN. Chuck Corby & The Quiet HEINZ HALL. Megan Hilty. Cool Minors. Lawrenceville. Storm. North Side. 412-322-1850. 412-682-0177. Luck Be a Lady: Sinatra & More. CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF W. NEW CASTLE ST. PLAZA. The Downtown. 412-392-4900. HOMESTEAD MUSIC HALL. Sara Satin Hearts. Butler. 724-256-5769. HOWLERS COYOTE CAFE. Keith Bareilles. Munhall. 412-368-5225. Kenny, Jeremy Caywood, David CIOPPINO SEAFOOD Bielewicz, the other Adam Levine. CHOPHOUSE BAR. Terrance 31ST STREET PUB. Midnight Bloomfield. 412-682-0320. Vaughn Trio. Strip District. Saints, Scattergun, Solarburn. INN-TERMISSION LOUNGE. The 412-281-6593. Strip District. 412-391-8334. Dirty Charms, Lize. South Side. CLUB CAFE. Willie Nile, Brad 99 BOTTLES. Geen 412-381-3497. Wagner. South Side. 412-431-4950. Stovall Trio. Carnegie. KENDREW’S. Jukebox CONSOL ENERGY CENTER. 412-279-1299. Band. Aliquippa. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. CIP’S. The Mike 724-375-5959. Uptown. 412-642-1800. Sheer Band. Dormont. LINCOLN PARK www. per HEINZ HALL. Megan Hilty. 412-668-2335. pa PERFORMING ARTS pghcitym Luck Be a Lady: Sinatra & More. .co CLUB CAFE. David CENTER. My Way: A Wilcox (Early) The Downtown. 412-392-4900. Musical Tribute to Frank Wheals, Things That HOWLERS COYOTE CAFE. Sinatra. Presented by Aren’t There Anymore (Late). The Christian Lopez & Joe Taxi. Liberty Theatre. Midland. Wheals CD release show. South Bloomfield. 412-682-0320. 724-643-9004 x 2. Side. 412-431-4950. MR. SMALLS THEATER. Jonathan MR. SMALLS THEATER. Son DOWNEY’S HOUSE. Blake & Richman. Millvale. 866-468-3401. Volt, Colonel Ford. Millvale. Dean. Robinson. 412-489-5631. 866-468-3401. HAMBONE’S. Baily Park. PARK HOUSE. The Dressed Frets. Lawrenceville. 412-681-4318. 31ST STREET PUB. Strutting North Side. 412-224-2273. HARD ROCK CAFE. The Chain. Cocks, Bottle Rat, Scratch & Sniffs THE SHOP. Shedding, Occupant, Fleetwood Mac Tribute. Station The Struttin’ Cocks, Bottle Rat, Lost Realms. Bloomfield. Square. 412-481-7625. Scratch n Sniffs. Strip District. 724-833-4537. HARVEY WILNER’S. 3 Car Garage. 412-391-8334. SMILING MOOSE. Morning West Mifflin. 412-466-1331. 99 BOTTLES. Total Package. Teleportation. South Side. HEINZ HALL. Megan Hilty. 412-431-4668. Carnegie. Luck Be a Lady: Sinatra & More. Downtown. 412-392-4900. HOWLERS COYOTE CAFE. SubGenius Devival w/ Rev. Ivan Stang, Amoeba Knievel, Phat Man Dee, tENTATIVELY a cONVENIENCE, Eric Singer, Andrew the Impaled. Bloomfield. 412-682-0320. THE KICKSTAND. The Dave Iglar Band. Elizabeth. 412-384-3080. LINCOLN PARK PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra. Presented by Liberty Theatre. Midland. 724-643-9004 x 2. MOONDOG’S. Norman Nardini. Blawnox. 412-828-2040. MR. SMALLS THEATER. Why?, Sarah Jaffe. Millvale. 866-468-3401. NIED’S HOTEL. Nied’s Hotel Band, Pittsburgh Pals. Lawrenceville. 412-781-9853. NORTH STRABANE PARK. The Bill Ali Band. Canonsburg. 724-745-8880. OLD TRAILS. Gone South. Washington. 724-225-0484. PARADISE BEACH. Jukebox Band. Neville Island. 412-264-6570. PARK HOUSE. The Mavens. Each week, we bring you a new MP3 from North Side. 412-224-2273. a local artist. This week’s offering comes PIZZA DADDIES. Lenny Smith & The Ramblers. Gibsonia. from Pittsburgh-turned-New-York MC Jack Wilson; 724-443-0066. download ROCKY’S ROUTE 8. De ja Vu. Shaler. 412-487-6259. for free on our music blog, FFW>>, at pghcitypaper.com.
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THUR, JUNE 20 • 9PM CLASSIC COUNTRY
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SMILING MOOSE. Cardiac Arrest, Abysme. South Side. 412-431-4668. SPEAL’S TAVERN. LLJ & Mia Zanotti. New Alexandria. 724-433-1322. THUNDERBIRD CAFE. Soulfarm, Preach Freedom & Connect. Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177.
SUN 23 6119 PENN AVE. Lower. East Liberty. ALTAR BAR. ZZ Ward. Strip District. 412-263-2877. CLUB CAFE. Rogue Wave, Caveman. South Side. 412-431-4950. COLLIER COMMUNITY PARK. Groove Merchant. Oakdale. 412-370-9621. HEINZ HALL. Chicago. Downtown. 412-392-4900. HOWLERS COYOTE CAFE. Make Out Vertigo. Bloomfield. 412-682-0320. IRWIN PARK AMPHITHEATRE. Dancing Queen. Irwin. 724-864-3100. LINCOLN PARK PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra. Presented by Liberty Theatre. Midland. 724-643-9004 x 2.
MON 24 GARFIELD ARTWORKS. Jason Anderson, Max Somerville. Garfield. 412-361-2262. HARD ROCK CAFE. Taproot. Station Square. 412-481-7625. KOPEC’S. Horsehand, Napoleon in Exile. Lawrenceville. 412-682-0892.
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31ST STREET PUB. The Isotopes, Lady & the Monsters, Latecomer. Strip District. 412-391-8334. ATRIA’S RESTAURANT & TAVERN. Sputzy. North Side. 412-322-1850. BRILLOBOX. Two Gallants, Broncho. Bloomfield. 412-621-4900. FRANKIE’S. The House Band. Squirrel Hill. 412-422-5027. GARFIELD ARTWORKS. Napoleon In Exile, New Vegas, The Smoke Tree. Garfield. 412-361-2262. HOWLERS COYOTE CAFE. Sink Tapes, Trapper’s Harp, Mariage Blanc, Girl Scout. Bloomfield. 412-682-0320. MANSIONS ON FIFTH. Bill Deasey. Shadyside. MR. SMALLS THEATER. Yeasayer, Reptar. Millvale. 866-468-3401. THE SHOP. Falter, Eternal Sleep, Breach, Meth Quarry, Osho. Bloomfield. 412-452-2054. SMILING MOOSE. Isle of Rhodes, Northern Vibe. South Side. 412-431-4668. STAGE AE. Say Anything, Eisley, HRVRD, I The Mighty. North Side.
WED 26 ATRIA’S RESTAURANT & TAVERN. Lenny Smith & The Ramblers. North Side. 412-322-1850. BRILLOBOX. Eleanor Friedberger, Teen, Cassandra Jenkins. Bloomfield. 412-621-4900. MR. SMALLS THEATER. Alesana,
The Color Morale, Upon This Dawning, Lions Lions, Megosh. Millvale. 866-468-3401. SCHENLEY PARK. Patti Spadaro Band. Flagstaff Hill. Oakland. 412-422-6426. SMILING MOOSE. SPRRWS, Destroy this Place, Glass Lungs, Breakfast. South Side. 412-431-4668. THUNDERBIRD CAFE. The Major Stars, Crazy Scorpion Group, Will Simmons & The Upholsterers. Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177.
DJS THU 20 BELVEDERE’S. Neon w/ DJ hatesyou. 80s Night. Lawrenceville. 412-687-2555. CLUB TABOO. DJ Matt & Gangsta Shak. Homewood. 412-969-0260. PARK HOUSE. Jx4. North Side. 412-224-2273.
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AVA BAR & LOUNGE. When Life Gives You Lemons.DANCE. East Liberty. 412-363-8277. BLOOMFIELD BRIDGE TAVERN. Fuzz! Drum & bass weekly. Bloomfield. 412-682-8611. CABARET AT THEATER SQUARE. Ritmo Wednesdays. DJ Juan Diego, DJ Carla. Downtown. 412-325-6769. SPOON. Spoon Fed. Hump day chill. House music. aDesusParty. East Liberty. 412-362-6001.
FRI 21 SMILING MOOSE. Kyd Kahlil. Heavyweight Mic Night. South Side. 412-431-4668.
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SAT 22 CAPRI PIZZA AND BAR. Saturday Night Meltdown. Top 40, Hip Hop, Club, R&B, Funk & Soul. East Liberty. 412-362-1250. DIESEL. DJ CK. South Side. 412-431-8800. THE NEW AMSTERDAM. DJ Vex. Lawrenceville. 412-904-2915. REDBEARDS. DJ Kayoss. Dance/ top 40 hits. Mt. Washington. 412-431-3730. ROWDY BUCK. Top 40 Dance. South Side. 412-431-2825. S BAR. Pete Butta. South Side. 412-481-7227.
SUN 23 RIVERS CASINO. DJs Bill Bara & Digital Dave. North Side. 412-231-7777. SMILING MOOSE. The Upstage Nation. DJ EzLou & N8theSk8. Electro, post punk, industrial, new wave, alternative dance. South Side. 412-431-4668.
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AVA BAR & LOUNGE. Summer Fling Fridays. East Liberty. 412-363-8277. BACKSTAGE BAR AT THEATRE SQUARE. Salsa Fridays. DJ Jeff Shirey, DJ Carlton, DJ Paul Mitchell. Downtown. 412-456-6666. CAPRI PIZZA AND BAR. Reggae Fridays. East Liberty. 412-362-1250. LAVA LOUNGE. 80’s New Wave Flashback. w/ DJ Electric. South Side. 412-431-5282. THE NEW AMSTERDAM. Anthony Suzan. Lawrenceville. 412-904-2915. ONE 10 LOUNGE. DJ Goodnight, DJ Rojo. Downtown. 412-874-4582. REDBEARDS. DJ Kayoss. Dance/ top 40 hits. Mt. Washington. 412-431-3730. ROWDY BUCK. Top 40 Dance. South Side. 412-431-2825. RUGGER’S PUB. 80s Night w/ DJ Connor. South Side. 412-381-1330.
TUE 25
Turntable Night. East Liberty. 412-363-8277.
SUN 23
SOLDIERS & SAILORS MEMORIAL HALL. Young Jeezy. Summer Hip Hop Jam. Oakland. 412-621-4253.
TUE 25 CLUB CAFE. Bushwalla, Jesse Ruben, Justin Endler. South Side. 412-431-4950.
BLUES THU 20 PALACE THEATRE. Bad Boy Blues Band. Greensburg. 724-836-1123.
FRI 21 CLUB CAFE. Billy Price Band. CD Release Show. South Side. 412-431-4950. EXCUSES BAR & GRILL. Don Hollowood’s Cobra Kings. South Side. 412-431-4090. MOONDOG’S. Walter Trout. Blawnox. 412-828-2040. ROCKY’S ROUTE 8. Jill West & Blues Attack. Shaler. 412-487-6259.
SAT 22 INN-TERMISSION LOUNGE. The Rhythm Aces. South Side. JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. Sweaty Betty. North Side. 412-904-3335. NOLA ON THE SQUARE. Olga Watkins Band. Downtown. 412-471-9100. PALACE THEATRE. Buddy Guy. Greensburg. 724-836-8000. THE R BAR. Mr. B & The Bad Boyz. Dormont. 412-942-0882.
SUN 23 BAJA BAR AND GRILL. Shot O’ Soul. Fox Chapel. 412-963-0640. BROOKLINE PUB. Yoho’s Yinzide Out. Brookline. 412-531-0899. RPM’S. Shari Richards, Jill West. Ms. Freddye, Stephani Wellons. Bridgeville. 412-221-7808.
WED 26 BOSTON WATERFRONT. Jill West & Blues Attack. McKeesport. 412-751-8112.
CJ’S. Rodger Humphries & The RH Factor. Strip District. 412-642-2377. DOWNTOWN IRWIN. Kenny Blake, Benny Benack III, Judi Figel. Irwin. 724-864-3100. LITTLE E’S. Jessica Lee & Friends. Entrepreneurial Thursdays. Downtown. 412-392-2217.
FRI 21 CLUB COLONY. Take Two. Scott. 412-668-0903. JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. The Boilermaker Jazz Band. Colter Harper. North Side. 412-904-3335. LA CASA NARCISI. Erin Burkett & Virgil Walters. Gibsonia. 724-444-4744. LITTLE E’S. Benny Benack III & Elevations. Downtown. 412-392-2217. OMNI WILLIAM PENN. Joe Negri w/ Jeff Lashway. Downtown. 412-553-5235. SCHENLEY HEIGHTS COMM DEVELOPMENT. Tony Campbell Quintet feat. Jerry Lucarelli, Harold Betters Quartet, Al Dowe & Etta Cox Quartet, Jimmy Ponder. Oakland. SUPPER CLUB RESTAURANT. RML Jazz. Greensburg. 412-370-9621.
SAT 22 CAFE NOTTE. Benny Benack III. Emsworth. 412-761-2233. CIOPPINO SEAFOOD CHOPHOUSE BAR. Moorehouse Jazz. Strip District. 412-281-6593. CJ’S. The Tubby Daniels Band, The Tony Campbell Saturday Jazz Jam Session. Strip District. 412-642-2377. CLUB COLONY. Groove Doctors. Scott. 412-668-0903. THE CORNER. Roger Barbour Jazz Trio. Oakland. 412-683-1400. ECHO. RML Jazz. Cranberry. 412-370-9621. JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. Erik Lawrence Quartet. North Side. 412-904-3335. LITTLE E’S. Eddie Brookshire Quartet. Downtown. 412-392-2217.
SUN 23 JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. Phoenix Jazz Project. North Side. 412-904-3335. JERGEL’S RHYTHM GRILLE. The Jazz Conspiracy Big Band. Warrendale. 412-256-8234. OMNI WILLIAM PENN. Frank Cunimondo. Downtown. 412-553-5235. SONOMA GRILLE. RML Jazz. Downtown. 412-370-9621. STONE VILLA WINE CELLARS. Erin Burkett & Virgil Walters. Acme. 724-423-5604.
MON 24 AVA BAR & LOUNGE. Interval Jazz Mondays. East Liberty. 412-363-8277. ROYAL PLACE. Jerry Lucarelli, Vince Taglieri, Sunny Sunseri. Castle Shannon. 412-882-8000. THUNDERBIRD CAFE. Ernest Dawkins New Horizons Trio. Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177.
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WOLCOTT PARK. Preach Freedom & Connect. Sewickley. 412-741-4405.
COUNTRY THU 20 ELWOOD’S PUB. The Fiddlers. Cheswick. 724-265-1181. ST. THOMAS MORE CHURCH. Steeltown. Bethel Park. 412-833-0031. THUNDERBIRD CAFE. Slim Forsythe’s Gospel Big Band, The Stillhouse Pickers. Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177.
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SAT 22 ELWOOD’S PUB. The Agway Shoplifters. Cheswick. 724-265-1181. HEY ANDY’S. Steeltown. Monongahela. 724-258-4755.
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Sigur Ros Stage AE, 400 North Shore Drive, North Side {TUE., OCT. 08}
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ACOUSTIC THU 20 ALLEGHENY WINE MIXER. The Grifters. Lawrenceville. 412-252-2337. BILLY’S ROADHOUSE BAR & GRILL. Mark Pipas. Wexford. 724-934-1177. DOWNEY’S HOUSE. Dave from The Jukebox Band. Robinson. 412-489-5631. MULLIGAN’S SPORTS BAR & GRILLE. Acoustic Night. West Mifflin. 412-461-8000. SEVICHE. Jason Kendall Acoustic Duo. Downtown. 412-697-3120.
FRI 21 BEER NUTZ PLAZA. Tim & John. Fox Chapel. 412-963-6882. BIDDLE’S ESCAPE. Ronni Weiss. Regent Square. 412-999-9009. CLUB COLONY. Gina Rendina Acoustic Duo. Scott. 412-668-0903. DOWNEY’S HOUSE. Mike Dunn.
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SAT 22 BIDDLE’S ESCAPE. Mike Strasser. Regent Square. 412-999-9009. OLIVE OR TWIST. The Vagrants. Downtown. 412-255-0525. PITTSBURGH PUBLIC MARKET. David Nemo & Friends. Strip District. 412-281-4505.
MON 24 HAMBONE’S. Monday Night Whiskey Rebellion Bluegrass Jam. Lawrenceville. 412-681-4318. NORTH COUNTRY BREWING. Bluegrass Night. Slippery Rock. 724-794-2337.
WED 26 ALLEGHENY ELKS LODGE #339. Pittsburgh Banjo Club. Weds. North Side. 412-321-1834. PARK HOUSE. Bluegrass Jam w/ The Shelf Life String Band. North Side. 412-224-2273. VERDE. Geen Stovall. Garfield. 412-404-8487.
WORLD TANA ETHIOPIAN CUISINE. Guaracha. East Liberty. 412-583-8815.
REGGAE FRI 21 NORTH SHORE SALOON. The Flow Band. North Side. 412-446-1638.
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FRI 21 LEMONT. Rebecca Kaufman. Mt. Washington. 412-431-3100.
SAT 22 ANDREW CARNEGIE FREE LIBRARY MUSIC HALL. Pittsburgh Historic Music Society. Performance of Battle Cry of Freedom. Part of the Annual Civil War Day event. Carnegie. 412-276-3456. LEMONT. Judi Figel. Mt. Washington. 412-431-3100. OLD ECONOMY VILLAGE. River City Brass. Ambridge. 724-266-4500.
SUN 23 MANSIONS ON FIFTH. Mark Flaherty. Shadyside.
MON 24 HAMBONE’S. Cabaret. Jazz Standards & Showtunes singalong. Lawrenceville. 412-681-4318.
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720 RECORDS. James Johnson, Paul Thompson, Cliff Barnes. Lawrenceville. 412-904-4592. AVONWORTH COMMUNITY PARK. Big Fat Jazz. Ohio Township. 412-766-1700. THE BLIND PIG SALOON. Erin Burkett & Virgil Walters. New Kensington. 724-337-7008. CARNEGIE LIBRARY, HOMEWOOD. Etta Cox, Al Dowe Band. Jazz On The Steps. Homewood. 412-441-2039.
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June 19 - 25 WEDNESDAY 19 Cute Is What We Aim For
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
CONSOL ENEGRY CENTER Downtown. With special guests ALTAR BAR Strip District. The Smithereens. Tickets: 412-263-2877. With special ticketmaster.com or guests The Dangerous Summer, 800-745-3000. 7:30p.m. Made Violent and The Sleeper Pick. All ages show. Tickets: Sara Bareilles ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. CARNEGIE LIBRARY MUSIC 7p.m. HALL Munhall. 412-368-5225. With special guests Ginny Summerland Tour 2013 Blackmore and Nick Marzock. STAGE AE North Side. Alternative Tickets: carnegieconcerts.com. Guitars starring Everclear, Live, 7:30p.m. Filter, and Sponge. All ages show. Tickets: ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000. Doors open at 6:30p.m. Urban Garden Party MATTRESS FACTORY North Side. Spiritual Rez 412-231-3169. For more info & THUNDERBIRD CAFÉ tickets visit mattress.org. 7p.m. Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177. Over 21 show. Tickets: Pixar in Concert greyareaprod.com. 11p.m. HEINZ HALL Downtown. 412-392-4900. Tickets: pittsburghsymphony.org. Northside Through June 22
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THURSDAY 20 Sandwich Sampler
ALLEGHENY ELKS LODGE North Side. For more info and tickets visit sandwichweek. pittsburghnorthside.com. 6p.m.
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UK Legends of Classic Rock Tour 2013 ALTAR BAR Strip District. 412263-2877. With special guest
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HEINZ HALL Downtown. 412-392-4900. All ages show. Tickets: pittsburghsymphony. org. 7:30p.m.
SUNDAY, JUNE 23 HEINZ HALL
MONDAY 24 Taproot
HARD ROCK CAFÉ Station Square. 412-481-ROCK. With special guests Dive, Patron Saint, Definitive Strike & more. Limited All Ages show. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 7:30p.m.
Black Ridge. Over 21 show. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 8:30p.m.
and Kacey Musgraves. Tickets: ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000. 5p.m.
SATURDAY 22
Wine Festival
The Zombies
STATE THEATRE Uniontown. Featuring Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone. All ages show. For ticket info call 724-439-1360. 8p.m.
Kenny Chesney’s No Shoes Nation HEINZ FIELD North Shore. With special guests Eric Church, Eli Young Band
TRAX FARMS Finleyville. 412835-3246. For more info & tickets visit traxfarms.com. 12p.m.
The Chain (Fleetwood Mac Tribute Band) HARD ROCK CAFÉ Station Square. 412-481-ROCK. With special guest The Sidewinder Band. Over 21 show. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 10:30p.m.
Why? MR. SMALLS THEATRE Millvale. 412-821-4447. With special guest Sarah Jaffe. All ages show. Tickets: 866-468-3401 or ticketweb.com/opusone. 8p.m.
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Say Anything
STAGE AE North Side. With special guests Eisley, HRVRD and I the Mighty. All ages show. Tickets: ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000. Doors open at 6p.m.
ZZ Ward
Yeasayer
ALTAR BAR Strip District. 412-263-2877. With special guests Swear and Shake & Chelsea Summers. All ages show. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 7p.m.
MR. SMALLS THEATRE Millvale. 412-821-4447. With special guest Reptar. All ages show. Tickets: 866-468-3401 or ticketweb.com/opusone. 8p.m.
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{BY HARRY KLOMAN} In the canon of William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing is probably the most difficult work — to mess up: It’s charming and familiar, a diptych love story with two happy endings, albeit with a slightly dark middle as conflicts play out. Joss Whedon’s new filming takes place in the California present, but the language is all Shakespeare. The story revolves around Benedick (Alexis Denisof), a playboy who vows never to marry, and Beatrice (Amy Acker), the independent woman who banters with him (Kate and Petruchio light). Their romance parallels that of the younger Claudio (a standout Fran Kranz) and Hero (Jillian Morgese).
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bad guy named Zod (Michael Shannon) gets defrosted and comes to Earth to beat some genetic material out of Superman and turn our planet into Krypton II. Superman fights back, and we get two hours or so of super-pumped-up, straight-outtaKrypton ass-kicking, while Earthlings look on in fright and dodge falling skyscrapers.
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Snyder, who gave us 300, delivers another CGI-palooza that, despite its many antecedents, lacks real characters or plot. I didn’t care about Superman, Lois Lane (poor Amy Adams), Kansas, Earth turning into a weird bouncy ball and so on. I just wanted all the non-stop hurtling and crashing and yelling to end before a Transformer showed up.
Superman doesn’t seem to care, either. He tackles his assignment, but with all the enthusiasm of a guy ordered to dig ditches. Cavill looks like a winning hero: He is appropriately square-jawed, and since he’s introduced shirtless, we see that he doesn’t need any fake muscles sewn into his spandex suit. But his performance is flat: Kent seems not-human, which I suppose is true, but he’s also not making an effort to fit in. Here on Earth, we like animated people with easy-to-read emotions. Also in our movies. The screening audience didn’t seem particularly into it, either: Nobody cheered, despite Superman’s various heroics; there was only one laugh; and the biggest crowd reaction was the disappointed muttering that arose when there was no bonus scene after the credits. (There, I just saved you five minutes.) Sadly, a sequel seems inevitable, or at least planned. Eagle eyes will spot a LexCorp logo, and frankly, much of the film feels like a prologue for a (hopefully) more interesting conflict. A H OF F @ P G HC I T Y PA P E R. C OM
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Monsters University MONSTERS UNIVERSITY. Learn how the gang of professional scarers came together in this prequel to the 2001 Pixar hit Monsters Inc. Short answer: They met in college. Billy Crystal and John Goodman once again provide voices for Mike and Sulley, respectively, in Dam Scanlon’s digitally animated comedy. Naturally, the two don’t get along — until they do — but their real adversaries are the Big Monsters on Campus, whom they face in a competition (shades of Hunger Games and Hogwarts). Disney’s acquisition of Pixar seems particularly evident here: the unnecessary second film; the more generic plotline; and the distinct feeling that many, many related toys are for sale. That said, this isn’t a bad film — the animation is top-notch, the balance of jokes-to-sentiment is about right, and who can’t help but root for a plucky green ball with one giant eye? Starts Fri., June 21. (AH)
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WE STEAL SECRETS: THE STORY OF WIKILEAKS. With the Snowden/NSA imbroglio on the front page, the timing is perfect for Alex Gibney’s latest doc, this one about the rise (and fall) of WikiLeaks, its star leaker, Pfc. Bradley Manning, and its telegenic
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REPERTORY CINEMA IN THE PARK. Men in Black 3, Wed., June 19 (Schenley), and Sat., June 22 (Riverview). Hook, Thu., June 20 (Brookline); Fri., June 21 (Arsenal); Sat., June 22 (Grandview); and Sun., June 23 (Schenley). Thunderstruck, Tue., June 25 (West End/Elliott), and Thu., June 27 (Brookline). Jack Reacher, Wed., June 26 (Schenley). Films begin at dusk. 412-422-6426 or www. citiparks.net. Free TOUCH OF EVIL. Orson Welles directed this baroque, south-of-the-border noir that plunges newlyweds
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Leviathan Mike Vargas (Charlton Heston) and his bride, Susan (Janet Leigh), into a shadowy nightmare of crime and degradation. 7:30 p.m. Wed., June 19; 9 p.m. Fri., June 21; and 4 p.m. Sun., June 23. Hollywood GASLAND 2. Filmmaker Josh Fox has made a sequel to his controversial 2010 documentary Gasland, which looked at some of the problems created by the rush to drill for natural gas, particularly through the use of hydrofracturing. His follow-up is set to premiere on HBO on July 8, but Fox will present a sneak preview here on June 20. To be followed by a Q&A. 7 p.m. Thu., June 20. Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall, 4141 Fifth Ave., Oakland. Free. www.gaslandthemovie. com/screenings
Catch, this isn’t your movie. But for an honest and captivating depiction of the industry, as well as its impact on man and nature, this is worth every one of its 87 minutes. Fri., June 21, through Sun., June 23. Melwood (Lauren Daley) MARTIN. George Romero’s 1977 horror flick is set in Braddock, where a teen-ager named Martin may or may not be a vampire. The screening is a benefit for Scares That Care. 6 p.m. Sat., June 22. Hollywood. $10 and $25; tickets at www.showclix.com DJANGO. Catch this classic spaghetti Western — Sergio Crobucci’s much-imitated 1966 revenge tale — with spaghetti. Event starts at 4:30 p.m. with live music; spaghetti and meatballs at 5 p.m.; and film at 6 p.m. Sun., June 23. Community Reel Arts Center (former Parkway Theater), 644 Broadway Ave., Stowe Rocks. 412-766-1668 or lincolnbabrber@yahoo.com. $8 (tickets are limited and reservations are required) DESK SET. Real-life lovers Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy spar in this workplace comedy about a librarian and an efficiency expert. Walter Lang directed this 1957 film, which continues a monthlong, Sunday-night series of films featuring legendary screen couples. 8 p.m. Sun., June 23. Regent Square
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DELIVERANCE. John Boorman’s 1972 backwoods thriller has been much mocked over the years, but despite the banjo jokes, this remains a disturbing film about privilege and power — and how easy it is to lose it. Also: worst canoe trip ever. Burt Reynolds and Jon Voight star. 7:30 p.m. Wed., June 26; 10 p.m. Fri., June 28; 10 p.m. Sat., June 29; and 4 p.m. Sun., June 30. Hollywood
THE GOOD SON. Jesse James Miller’s documentary looks at the life and career of Youngstown, Ohio, boxer Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini, with particular emphasis on the tragic 1982 bout between Mancini and Deuk-Koo Kim. Mancini is expected to attend and will lead a Q&A after the film. 7:30 p.m. Thu., June 20. Hollywood
THE SEVENTH SEAL. In Ingmar Bergman’s gorgeously photographed 1957 classic, a weary knight (Max von Sydow) returning from the Crusades is waylaid by a cloaked Death (Bengt Ekrot). Refusing to submit, the knight challenges Death to a chess game — if he wins, he lives. In Swedish with subtitles. 8 p.m. Wed., June 26. Melwood. $2 (AH)
SCREAM. Wes Craven’s 1996 horror film had its tongue firmly in cheek, riffing on the conventions of slasher films, while still sticking the knife in the back of its unsuspecting teen victims. 10 p.m. Fri., June 21, and 10 p.m. Sat., June 22. Oaks
WITH BABIES AND BANNERS: THE STORY OF THE WOMEN’S EMERGENCY BRIGADE. Lorraine Gray’s 1978 documentary tells the story of how women contributed to the 1937 General Motors strike in Flint, Mich. They provided food, but also picketed. The film screens as part of the Battle of Homestead Foundation’s monthly film series, featuring works related to labor and economic issues. 7:30 p.m. Thu., June 27. Pump House, Homestead. Free. 412-831-3871
LEVIATHAN. At times, this film about commercial fishing, by Véréna Paravel and Lucien CastaingTaylor, is haunting. There is no narrator, and dialogue is sparse. Instead, cameras — some attached to the fishermen themselves — go everywhere: from the bloodied side of a bait bin and the floor of the ship, to resting eye-to-eye with a fish head and traveling underwater. If you’re looking for a glossy documentary on commercial fishing, such as Deadliest
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POPS DOUBLES {BY CHARLIE DEITCH} Ask a baseball fan to name the greatest player ever to wear a Pittsburgh Pirates uniform, and you’ll likely get one of two names — Clemente or Stargell. Much has been written about Roberto Clemente, who died in a plane crash in 1972. Now, the man known affectionately as “Pops” gets his due in two new biographies. Pops: The Willie Stargell Story (Triumph), by baseball writer and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette contributor Richard “Pete” Peterson, and Willie Stargell: A Life in Baseball (McFarland), by Gannon University professor Frank Garland, tell the story of the larger-than-life Pirates captain whose legacy is honored in the Baseball Hall of Fame and with a giant bronze statue outside PNC Park. While the books contain a lot of the same information — both amply cover the 1979 World Series, when Stargell put the Buccos on his back and brought them back from a threegames-to-one deficit to win it — they are completely different reads. Peterson weaves a compelling story of Stargell’s 20-year career. Using interviews and contemporaneous news accounts, he builds drama and makes you turn the page even if you already know Stargell’s accomplishments well. In the book’s penultimate chapter, Peterson writes: “For the Pirates and their fans, 1979 became the season of Stargell Stars and ‘We are Family.’ It also, however, became the season when the player they called ‘Wil’ in the 1960s and ‘Starg’ in the 1970s had become the head of the Pirates family.” Garland’s book reads more like a textbook for a college course on Stargell. That’s not a bad thing — far from it. Garland’s book has as much baseball content as Peterson’s, but also explores his personal life — the good and the bad. Garland, for example, discusses Stargell’s stint following retirement as the narrator for a touring symphony show based on the writings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. But he also talks about the controversy. In 1985, Stargell’s former teammates Dale Berra and Dave Parker testified at the trial of soon-to-be-convicted drug-dealer Curtis Strong that Stargell gave players amphetamines in the locker room. Stargell denied the claim, and Major League Baseball ruled a year later that Pops was “wrongly accused.” The beauty of these two books is that they comprise a great mini-anthology of the life and times of Willie Stargell. Separately they are enjoyable, informative reads. But read together, they give you the complete picture of Stargell the player and the man.
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explains that he is “taken with the spirit of change on the streets of Pittsburgh” and hopes his “selection of artworks suggests the region to be a place where new forms and ideas are not only welcome but sought out and celebrated.” While sculpture and ceramics are included in the exhibition, the major-
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ity of works are two-dimensional paintings, drawings, prints and photography. However, some of these are mixed media and collage that spill over into three dimensions. One example is Ron Copeland’s “Revival,” a large and exuberant mash-up of lettering and wallpaper that
resembles the 1990s work of Barry McGee and Margaret Kilgallen, but with a Rust Belt rather than a West Coast vibe. (Notably, another work of Copeland’s, “Sunday Night Blues,” is included in a concurrent AAP exhibition called 30:2, at the Pittsburgh Center For the Arts.) Another piece that breaks free from the two-dimensional plane is Erika Osborne’s “Homage to Converse Basin,” a charcoal drawing of a knotted tree root, rendered in realistic detail on a row of grape stakes that lean up against the wall. Whereas Osborne is interested in the way humans relate to the natural environment, several artists in the exhibition consider the built environment. Kara Skylling’s urban landscapes echo the repetitive pattern that Osborne elicits from processed wood. In “Street View V” and “Street View VI,” Skylling layers tiny slats of wood onto the sides of homes that sit side by side in her minimalist watercolor paintings, each differentiated by color and pattern. As a counterpoint, Seth
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Clark depicts homes that are neither orderly nor pristine. Instead, they are tragic heaps of decay, neglect or disaster. His densely layered portraits in “Pile VI” and “Collapse XII” project a mixture of pathos, abjection, obstinacy and rage. Aspects of architecture also figure prominently in the work of Mark Franchino, whose spare pencil drawings imagine humble objects, like Dumpsters and pallets, as fanciful and elegant structures. Like Skylling’s, his images are minimalist and rely on white space to accentuate fine details. Minimalism is also a technique employed by Nancy Kountz in her grid of blue/ gray paintings, which interpret the decorative details of a mosque. Her use of basic geometric shapes is echoed in other abstract works throughout the exhibition. William D. Wade’s “Darkness Creeps In” is a pigment print of squares and rectangles that is a study of blacks and grays. Jack Weiss’ “Deconstruction #1” and “Deconstruction #2” are paintings that use drafting notations and bright colors to underscore basic shapes on a flat plane. Deborah Hosking’s “Urban Albers” is a group of photographs of found square shapes on brick, paint and wood. The works pay tribute to influential Germanborn abstract painter Josef Albers, using a technique that recalls New York School abstract photographer Aaron Siskind. Another piece that explores geometry is George Roland’s computer animation “Quadpainter,” in which squares morph into new shapes and colors. The proximity of this piece to prints by Lenore Thomas and sculptures by Marjorie F. Shipe make for an interesting examination of the visual language of abstraction. While the majority of works in the AAP exhibition are abstract, numerous other styles, materials and techniques are represented. Don’t miss Madelyn Roehrig’s video “Figments: Andy’s Tombstone, edition II,” a compilation of images of Warhol’s gravesite (located in Bethel Park) throughout the seasons. Not only is it delightful to watch, but also it encapsulates a number of important themes, one of which is the essence of a location. Regional shows are often a mixed bag. But as the idea of the local becomes increasingly important in a globalized economy, such exhibitions demonstrate the vital role arts organizations play in keeping art scenes robust and productive.
A sidelong glance at the work of San Francisco-based artist Scott Hove might make your mouth water. Swirls and roses of pastel buttercream top what appear to be creations better suited to a bakery than a gallery. But Hove doesn’t construct in devil’s food and icing; this is acrylic paint and polyurethane foam. And a closer look reveals that what he’s cooked up isn’t so sweet. Visitors to Hove’s own gallery, Cakeland, perambulate though a space in which every inch has been re-imagined as an oversized confection. In Sweet Mortality, Hove’s solo exhibition at Gallery 4, the desserts appear in their standard dimensions. But while the measurements of the works are more typical, the scope is magnificent. Hove takes the hallmarks of candied temptation and adds unexpected ingredients. The simplest in design is also is the most obvious in implication. “Hubris Party” is a sheet cake, frosted brown with “Congratulations Bashar Al-Assad” streaming across in cursive. As the sham delicacies grow more ornate, Hove’s intentions become more complex, his execution more nuanced. “Dark Passenger,” “RX” and “Glamicide” morph the mold from an easy rectangle to the shape of an assault weapon, blinged with gold or inset with jewels. “Ice Cake” glistens with crystalline blue, the facade of a winter palace dripping with icicles. Stairs lead into a mirrored chamber promising never-ending depth within a shallow recess. There’s no apparent menace, but as in a dream fully unsettling though absent a definable threat, a sense of doom pervades. “Scream Cake” and “Baby Cake” stack layer upon layer with the illusion of goodness, offset by a wide-open animal mouth, fangs ready to clamp down. In “Self Slice,” the possessor of the chops shifts from predator to prey, knives stabbed into its sides, recalling the ritual dispatch of a sacrificial animal, jaws hinged open to scream as the first blade goes in. In “Snap,” the confection itself has become unhinged. Cleft down the middle, it crawls with black ants that track through the frosting and pad in and out of its maw. It’s unclear whether the insects are intruders venturing into the chocolate abyss, or offspring erupting out of it to raise hell in the world. Hove has crafted pieces viewers can easily sink their teeth into. But these treats bite us back.
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STRIVERS {BY MICHELLE PILECKI} RADIO GOLF, August Wilson’s final play — and the conclusion of his Century Cycle series — is perhaps his most complex. With its references to other characters in other plays (especially Gem of the Ocean, the “first” play of the series but the penultimate one written), the 2005 drama could use annotations. The moral conflicts are also more nuanced. Good, bad, right, wrong — all have shadings of meaning that some of the characters never do understand.
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It’s quite a task the Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Co. has undertaken (in the process becoming the first company to produce the Cycle in a decade, in the order of the New York productions). Veteran African-American director Eileen J. Morris, of the Ensemble Theatre in Houston, Texas, returns to town for a solid exposition of Wilson’s first and only portrait of the black middle class. It’s 1997. What does success mean for a prosperous, ambitious African American? Money? The prestige of political office? Acceptance on the golf course and in the board room? A rejection of the past and its painful memories? Harmond Wilks and Roosevelt Hicks begin as business partners
in a promising plan to reinvigorate the Hill District. But the former, predestined to be “in harm’s way,” discovers that finding himself and finding success are mutually exclusive. PPTCo’s artistic director Mark Clayton Southers takes center stage as the hero, an intrinsically powerful man who has always strived to do what’s “right.” And it’s his tragedy to find how necessary it is to define that concept and stick to it. Southers credibly portrays the confusion of Wilks’ mental and moral journey, and the triumph of realizing his core beliefs. Not exactly the villain of the piece, Art Terry’s smoothtalking, amoral Roosevelt is the suit-and-tie successor to a long line of Wilsonian slick con men. Chrystal Bates personifies the Ebony ideal as the polished professional and Harm’s much-tried wife. Doing serious scenery-chewing — even literally eating an orange — is Kevin Brown in the Wilsonian mystic/shaman role. Company stalwart Wali Jamal also gets in some good speeches, as well as a few digs at what “Negro” success and “progress” may mean. I N F O@ P G H C I T Y PA P E R. C OM
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— chronicling the decline of the Easternseaboard WASP — in 1995, A.R. Gurney wrote the bittersweet comedy Sylvia, now onstage at Little Lake Theatre Company. It’s set in the Manhattan apartment of empty-nester couple Greg and Kate, and the title character is an abandoned dog
Greg finds in a park. But Kate’s not feeling the love. Now that the kids are in college, she’s decided to take care of herself, not a pet. Greg, dealing with his own issues, doesn’t want to get rid of Sylvia, who, by being an adoring and unquestioning presence, provides Greg with emotional tranquility. Kate begins to feel, somewhat surprisingly, jealous of Sylvia … or rather, of the attention Greg lavishes on her. And, sure enough, there’s trouble afoot.
SYLVIA continues through June 29. Little Lake Theatre, 500 Lakeside Drive South (off Route 19), Canonsburg. $12-20. 724-745-6300 or www.littlelaketheatre.org
Gurney’s a favorite playwright of mine. Whatever problems the characters have in a Gurney play, thanks to their having been overbred and overeducated, they can talk intelligently and quite humorously about them. They may, perhaps, actually talk around their troubles, but Gurney’s a good enough writer that he can use their obfuscation to illuminate character. What he’s done very cleverly in Sylvia is to have the dog played by an actress. She speaks directly to Greg and Kate in a translation of what her barking might mean.
Gurney’s written the character as a smart, slightly batty young woman who easily makes herself the center of Greg and Kate’s life. Kate Neubert-Lechner embraces the character with a boundless physicality and a relentless, well, animal energy. Thanks to Sunny Disney Fitchett’s direction, NeubertLechner never condescends to the role, or plays the cutesy-wutesy angle; she gives a dimensional performance of a character who just happens to be a dog. Art DeConciliis does remarkable work allowing us to see the emotional cost of all the inchoate questions plaguing Greg regarding his purpose in the world. And Patricia Cena Fuchel’s turn as Kate is filled with the conflicting sense of concern and betrayal stirred up by Sylvia’s arrival. If you’re not familiar with the play, Sylvia may sound slight and, perhaps, silly; but thanks to Gurney’s talent, it’s a lot better than you’d think.
Tempest, or The Enchanted Isle. First, this isn’t Shakespeare, but Oregonian playwright Scott Palmer’s 2011 adaptation of John Dryden and William D’Avenant’s Restoration-era (1667) adaptation of the Bard’s less successful 1610 version. (And nobody’s sure where he stole, uh, adapted it from.) The second thing to note is Unseam’d’s unusual curtain time of 7:30 p.m., or you risk missing some of director Michael Hood’s gaudy froth of a comedic matryoshka. Think: less serious than The Forbidden Planet.
THE TEMPEST, OR THE ENCHANTED ISLE continues through June 29. Unseam’d Shakespeare Co. at the Studio Theatre, Cathedral of Learning, Forbes Avenue at Bigelow, Oakland. $12-25. www.unseamd.com
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In this version, the political and magical machinations of wizard Prospero (a staid Ron Siebert) yield center stage to the romantic doings and doodlings of an unlikely quartet of lovers, coyly played by Colleen Pulawski, Claire Chapelli, Nick Benninger and Nicholas Browne. The nonsense of the beauteous young lady
who has never seen a man is doubled — nay tripled. Prospero’s daughter Miranda now has an equally innocent sister, Dorinda, and both have blossomed into ripe maidenhood on the isle with Hippolito, the Youth who has never seen Woman. The dashing Ferdinand, he from the original Tempest, knows lots about men and women, and shares. Expect double entendres beyond the Bard. The large cast, nattily dressed by costume designer Katherine Garlick, gaily prances through Gordon Phetteplace’s cartoonish set pieces, led by Kevin Donohue’s graceful Ariel. The buffoonish antics of the “rustics” get a spirited (pun intended) workout with Brett Sullivan Santry, Michael Perrotta and Charles Beikert. They cavort with Thomas Constantine Moore’s piscine Caliban and his new sister, the apparently demoted Sycorax (the Bard’s wicked sorceress), lustily portrayed by the gutsy Jennifer Tober. And let us not neglect the overdressed, if under-appreciated, scurrilous noblemen, Andrew Miller, Marc Epstein and Connor McCanlus. Thanks to director Hood (who also staged the fights) and choreographer Joan E. Van Dyke, this Tempest is quick-moving if not so quick-witted, though the chuckles do overflow a teapot. I N F O@ P G H C I T Y PA P E R. C OM
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{WORDS & MUSIC} “My friends who aren’t from the Rust Belt think it’s weird that I grew up playing in industrial waste, but my friends from home understand,” writes Sarah Grey in “Under This Cloud: Life and Death in the Shadow of a Coal-Fired Power Plant.” Grey’s essay about her hometown, Springdale, is part of Rust Belt Rising Almanac, a new anthology of fiction, nonfiction, poems and more from Philadelphia-based The Head & The Hand Press. Styled after classic almanacs (complete with astrology charts), the book includes stories from Cleveland, Buffalo, Detroit and Philly — all former manufacturing hubs largely abandoned by industry. Press founder Nic Esposito is touring with a 45-minute set of storytelling and readings, plus original songs performed by Todd Henkin (of The Great Unknown). They stop twice in Pittsburgh, including tonight at the Big Idea Cooperative Bookstore & Café. Bill O’Driscoll 7 p.m. (4812 Liberty Ave., Bloomfield; 412-687-4323). Also June 28 (Irma Freeman Center, Bloomfield; www.irma freeman.org). Free.
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{OPERA} Carmen has all the makings of a classic rom-dram: seduction, violence, jealousy, even prison. When Bizet’s opera debuted, in 1875, the lead character’s sensuous aria “Habanera” raised some eyebrows. Generations of opera-goers have watched the wild, gorgeous Gypsy woman hypnotize Don Jose. Singing in English and accompanied by a full
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The Mattress Factory is closed for the weekend — and as busy as it gets. Tonight is the museum’s big annual Urban Garden Party. The fundraiser’s theme is Soul Factory: Motown at the Museum, so dress appropriately. VIPs get an early reception (featuring a drag show and “Soul Train” danceoff), but everyone can dance to the sounds of DJ Zimmie and Vancouver-based DJ The Gaff, and sample cuisine and drinks from more than 40 local restaurants and caterers. (The after-party’s at Penn Brewery.) Sunday, bring the family to the free Community Garden Party, featuring hands-on art activities and more music (including a dance party). BO Garden Party: 6-11 p.m. ($100-250). Community Garden Party: 1-5 p.m. Sun., June 23 (free). 500 Sampsonia Way, North Side. 412-231-3169 or www.mattress.org
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“All I ever needed to know, I learned in the mental hospital,” said Glennon Doyle Melton at a recent TEDx event. A recovering bulimic and alcoholic, this Florida-based author has made a career out of sharing her recovery revelations. She also anchors the blog Momastery, a platform for honest, and at times sacrilegious, perspectives on child-rearing. Doyle Melton reveals some of life’s “brutiful” truths in her bestselling book
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For the next few months, the roads of Arabia lead to Pittsburgh. Starting June 22, the Carnegie Museum of Natural History will become one of five North American venues to host Roads of Arabia: Archaeology and History of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. More than 200 ancient artifacts will be on display, objects that hadn’t traveled outside of Saudi Arabia until 2010. These relics — 7,000 years of recently excavated puzzle pieces — help tell the story of the earliest Arabian people. Viewers can study these unearthed clues, including the roughly 2,300-year-old sandstone statue head pictured at left, to follow the development of language, religion, culture and commerce in the Arabian Peninsula. Starting in 1200 BCE, camel caravans moved incense, spices and luxury goods along the web of roads stretching between the Horn of Africa, the southern shores of the Peninsula and the Mediterranean Empires. The trade in incense, a modern fixture in churches and head shops, once played a vital role in building ancient cities along this network … cities that eventually disappeared into the desert. The exhibition also explores the impact of Islam through pilgrimage routes to Mecca, and highlights the 1932 birth of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Olivia Lammel Exhibit continues through Nov. 3. 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland. $11.95-17.95 (free for children under 3). 412-622-3131 or www.carnegiemnh.org
Carry On, Warrior: Thoughts on Life Unarmed. Tonight, she reads and signs at Sewickley’s Penguin Bookshop. OL 7 p.m. 420 Beaver St., Sewickley. Free. 412-741-3838 or www.penguinbookshop.com
{PARTY} PGH Party for a Purpose is back, and this time the food, music and cocktails help out the Pittsburgh Hostel Project, a group working to establish budget travel accommodations in town. Since 2006, PGH Party has raised $40,000 for local nonprofits; tonight’s shindig, at Bar Marco, includes food trucks, live music by Lungs Face Feet and The Winter Brave, and even a specialty cocktail. BO 9 p.m.-2 a.m. 2216 Penn Ave., Strip District. $10. 412-3024284 or www.pghparty.org
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{PARTY} Hard to believe the Children’s Museum began in the basement of the old Allegheny Post Office. Having since expanded into a recreational and educational colossus, the museum’s celebrating its 30th anniversary with free admission and a day-long festival. As always, the fun’s hands-on: Make your own birthday hats and musical instruments, or join the hula-hooping program. Or enjoy live music by the likes of Elliot Sussman, Timbeleza and Soundwaves Steel Drum Band. Or catch Ben Sota of Zany Umbrella Circus. There’s also a puppet parade … and cupcakes. BO 10 a.m.5 p.m. 1 Children’s Way, North Side. Free. 412-322-5058 or www.pittsburghkids.org
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John Amplas, now a top local stage actor and director, is among the special guests at tonight’s Horror Realm screening benefiting cancer
{EXHIBIT} Come July, the nation marks the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. This bloodiest battle of the Civil War is the focus of the Heinz History Center exhibition Pennsylvania’s Civil War. Opening today, it features lifelike Civil War figures, replica military encampments, rare archival images and artifacts from muskets and letters to board games. (Pictured is the 149th Pennsylvania regiment, the “Bucktails.”) The exhibition includes items borrowed from the Smithsonian Institution, the State Museum of Pennsylvania and the National Civil War Museum. OL 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Exhibit continues through Jan. 5. 1212 Smallman St., Strip District. $6-15 (free for children under 6). 412-454-6000 or www.heinzhistorycenter.org
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people, rendezvous once a year. THE MUSIC MAN. Presented Thu-Sun. Thru June 22. South by Stagemasters. June 20-23. Park Theatre, Bethel Park. Grand Theatre, Elizabeth. 412-831-8552. 412-384-0504. SHAKESPEARE’S THE NUNSENSE. Presented by The TEMPEST. Presented by the Heritage Players. Fri-Sun. Thru Hobnob Theatre Company. June 30. Seton Center, Brookline. June 21-22. Succop Theater, 412-254-4633. Butler Community College, OTHER DESERT CITIES. The Butler. 412-736-1204. Palm Springs life of a movie SIDE BY SIDE BY star/politician & his wife SONDHEIM: A is upset by the arrival MUSICAL of unruly relatives. CELEBRATION. Presented by Collection of songs Pittsburgh Public www. per pa from Company, Follies, Theater. Tue-Sun. pghcitym .co A Little Night Music, A Thru June 30. O’Reilly Funny Thing Happened Theater, Downtown. on the Way to the Forum, 412-316-1600. more. Wed-Sun. Thru Aug. 18. RADIO GOLF. August Wilson’s Cabaret at Theater Square, play about Harmond Wilks, Downtown. 412-325-6769. an Ivy-League educated real SYLVIA. When a dog named estate developer who aspires Sylvia follows Greg home, he’s to redevelop the Hill District & instantly smitten. His wife is not. become the first Black mayor Thu-Sun. Thru June 29. Little of Pittsburgh. Wed-Sun. Thru Lake Theatre, Canonsburg. June 29. Pittsburgh Playwrights 724-745-6300. Theatre, Downtown. THE TEMPEST, OR THE SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR. Doris ENCHANTED ISLE. Presented by & George, each married to other
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FRI 21 BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL COMEDY SHOW. 10 p.m. Arcade Comedy Theater, Downtown. DINNER W/ THE NOLENS IMPROV. 8 p.m. Arcade Comedy Theater, Downtown. MATT WOHLFARTH. All-Star Comic Wars. 9 p.m. Latitude 40, North Fayette. 412-693-5555. PITTSBURGH COMEDY SHOWCASE W/ MIKE WYSOCKI. Fri, 9 p.m. Corner Cafe, South Side. 412-488-2995.
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SAT 22 ALONZO BODDEN. 9 p.m. Latitude 40, North Fayette. 412-693-5555. THE CELLAR DWELLERS IMPROV. 8 & 10 p.m. Arcade Comedy Theater, Downtown. THE DEATH SHOW: AN IMPROVISED FUNERAL. Sat, 9 p.m. Thru June 22 Steel City Improv Theater, Shadyside. 412-805-2130. THE LUPONES: MADE UP MUSICALS. Sat, 8 p.m. Thru July 27 Steel City Improv Theater, Shadyside. 323-401-0465. PITTSBURGH DAD, TOM MUSIAL, BILLY ELMER. 8 p.m. Seven Springs, Champion. 1-800-452-2223.
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ONGOING 707 PENN GALLERY. Talus. Paintings by Lindsay Merrill and Paul Rouphail. Downtown. 412-325-7017. 709 PENN GALLERY. Abstract Jazz Works. Abstract oil paintings created during live performances with Jesse Dandy, Art Blakey, Winton Marsalis, Jimmy Owens, & others. Downtown. 412-471-6070. ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM. All Through the Night. LGBQT photography by Caldwell Linker. S/HE IS HER/E. Feat. over 100 works by Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, dating from the mid 1970s to the present. The Patron Saint of White Guys
That Went Tribal & Other Works. Work by Nick Bubash. I Just Want to Watch: Warhol’s Film, Video and Television. Long-term exhibition of Warhol’s film & video work. Permanent collection. Artwork and artifacts by the famed Pop Artist. North Side. 412-237-8300. AUGUST WILSON CENTER FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE. SOLO Exhibits. Work by Leslie Ansley, Jo-Anne Bates & Tina Brewer. Downtown. 412-258-2700. BE GALLERIES. The Latest Works. Work by Vivian Fliegel. Lawrenceville. 412-687-2606. BLUE OLIVE GALLERIES. All Local Artists. Muli media, pottery, woods & jewelry. Frazier. 724-275-7001. BOULEVARD GALLERY. Richard P. Rauso, Leslie Sorg, Christina Roselle, Laura Tabakman. Watercolors, batiks & oils, designer handbags & jewelry design. Verona. 412-828-1031. BOXHEART GALLERY. Marshes, Mountains, & Fields. Paintings by Crista Pisano. Bloomfield. 412-687-8858. CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART. Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Annual Exhibition. The 102nd show from the oldest continuously exhibiting visual arts organization in the country. Japan is the Key: Collecting Prints & Ivories, 1900–1920. Collections from the early years of the Carnegie Institute. One &
the Same. Sound installation by Susan Philipsz. The Playground Project. A richly illustrated exhibition exploring the history of postwar playground design & highlighting important examples of playgrounds from the 20th century. Oakland. 412-622-3131. CHATHAM UNIVERSITY. Culture in Context. African Art from the Olkes Collection. Shadyside. 412-365-1232. CHRISTINE FRECHARD GALLERY. Melanie Werner Collection. Feat. 18th-Early 19th Century Fine European Antique Art as well as modern art pieces. Squirrel Hill. 412-421-8888. CRAZY MOCHA COFFEE COMPANY. Selected Works by Christian Wolfgang Breitkreutz. Bloomfield. 412-681-5225. EASTSIDE GALLERY. MCG Invitational Scholarship Winners. Work by Lauren Brown, Adam Linn, & Aaron Kandel. East Liberty. 412-465-0140. FRICK ART & HISTORICAL CENTER. Permanent collection of European Art. Point Breeze. 412-371-0600. GALERIE WERNER, THE MANSIONS ON FIFTH. RetroFRESH. Contemporary paintings by James Kennedy, Claire Hardy, Donald Deskey, Alexander Minewski, Louise Evans-Scott, Vladimir Naiditch, & Henri de Waroquier. Oakland. 412-716-1390. GALLERIE CHIZ. Passion. Work by Chris Visgitis &
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VISUAL ART Todd Sanders. Shadyside. 412-441-6005. THE GALLERY 4. Sweet Mortality. Recent works by Scott Hove. Shadyside. 412-363-5050. GLENN GREENE STAINED GLASS STUDIO INC. Original Glass Art by Glenn Greene. Exhibition of new work, recent work & older work. Regent Square. 412-243-2772. GREENSBURG GARDEN AND CIVIC CENTER. Norwin Art League Annual Membership Show. Greensburg. 724-836-1123. HOMESTEAD PUMP HOUSE. The Landscape of Steel. Photographs by Kevin Scanlon. Munhall. 412-464-4020. IRMA FREEMAN CENTER FOR IMAGINATION. Copper Foil Portraits 1940s-1970s. Work by Irma Freeman. Garfield. 412-924-0634. JAMES GALLERY. James Gallery Group Exhibition. West End. 412-922-9800. LA PRIMA ESPRESSO. Paintings/Prints of Italy. Prints of Vince Ornato’s oil paintings of Italy. Strip District. 412-281-1922. LAKEVUE ATHLETIC CLUB. Pop-Up Gallery. Work by a variety of artists. Valencia. 724-316-9326. LOCUS. Sustaining Systems. Work by Rose Clancy, Amara Getten, Constance & Thomas Merriman, Tom Sarver, more. Part of the Americans for the Arts Convention. Bloomfield. 412-688-0417. MAKE YOUR MARK ARTSPACE & COFFEEHOUSE. Steel City Medley. Photographs by Jay Ressler. Point Breeze. 412-365-2117. MATTRESS FACTORY. Ongoing Installations. Works
A Stitch in Jewish Time: Provocative Textiles. Group exhibition feat. contemporary artists from the United States & abroad. Squirrel Hill. 412-521-8010. ARTDFACT. Artdfact Gallery. An eclectic showroom of fine art sculpture & paintings from emerging artists. North Side. 724-797-3302. AUGUST WILSON CENTER FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE. Pittsburgh: Reclaim, Renew, Remix. Feat. imagery, film & oral history narratives to explore communities, cultures, & innovations. Downtown. 412-258-2700. BAYERNHOF MUSEUM. Large collection of automatic roll-played musical instruments and music boxes in a mansion setting. Call for appointment. O’Hara. 412-782-4231. CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART. The Playground Project. Survey exploring the history of post-war playground design & highlighting important examples of playgrounds from the 20th century. Oakland. 412-622-3131. CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. Garden of Light: Works by Paula Crevoshay. Feat. nearly 70 fine art jewelry pieces. BugWorks. Feat. beautiful photography of insects, amazing specimens, & live bugs! Tlingit Totem Pole. Carving & installation by Tommy Joseph. Ongoing: Earth Revealed, Dinosaurs In Their Time, more. Roads of Arabia: Archaeology & History of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Archaeological materials exploring the cultural history of the Arabian Peninsula. Oakland. 412-622-3131. CARNEGIE SCIENCE CENTER. BIKES: Science on Two Wheels. Feat. hands-on activities, demonstrations & a collection of historic, rare, Fame. Oakland. 412-648-7446. & peculiar bicycles. 21+ Night: DEPRECIATION LANDS June 22, 6-10 p.m. Ongoing: MUSEUM. Small living Buhl Digital Dome (planetarium), history museum celebrating the Miniature Railroad and settlement and history of the Village, USS Requin submarine, Depreciation Lands. Allison Park. and more. North Side. 412-486-0563. 412-237-3400. FALLINGWATER. Tour CARRIE FURNACE. Built the famed Frank in 1907, Carrie Furnaces Lloyd Wright 6 & 7 are extremely house. Ohiopyle. rare examples of 724-329-8501. pre World War II . w w w FIRST iron-making er hcitypap g p PRESBYTERIAN technology. Rankin. .com CHURCH. Tours of 412-464-4020 x.21. 13 Tiffany stained-glass COMPASS INN. Demos windows. Downtown. and tours with costumed 412-471-3436. guides featuring this restored FORT PITT MUSEUM. stagecoach stop. Ligonier. Reconstructed fort houses 724-238-4983. CONNEY M. KIMBO GALLERY. museum of Pittsburgh history University of Pittsburgh Jazz circa French & Indian War and Exhibit: Memorabilia & Awards American Revolution. Downtown. from the International Hall of 412-281-9285.
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FRICK ART & HISTORICAL CENTER. Ongoing: tours of Clayton, the Frick estate, with classes, car & carriage museum. Point Breeze. 412-371-0600. FUTURE TENANT. I N V E N T O R Y: The Orgone Archive, Pittsburgh 13 (2002-2013). Feat. a decade’s worth of promotion & propaganda in the form of posters, stickers & bits of paper created by The Orgone Archive. Downtown. 412-325-7037. HARTWOOD ACRES. Tour this Tudor mansion and stable complex, and enjoy hikes and outdoor activities in the surrounding park. Allison Park. 412-767-9200. KENTUCK KNOB. Tour the other Frank Lloyd Wright house. Chalk Hill. 724-329-8501. KERR MEMORIAL MUSEUM. Tours of a restored 19th-century,
SILVER EYE CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY. Continuum. Work by Doug DuBois & Aaron Blum. South Side. 412-431-1810. SOCIETY FOR CONTEMPORARY CRAFT SATELLITE GALLERY. Art Interprets Alzheimer’s. Work by George Roby & Herbert Ascherman, Jr. Downtown. 412-261-7003. SPACE. Thad Kellstadt: On the Glass Surf. Video, installation & sound create a haunted paradise on the border of fracture & utopia. Downtown. 412-325-7723. SWEETWATER CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Pittsburgh Tattoo Works III. A juried exhibition of new & innovative artwork from local tattoo artists. Sewickley. 412-741-4405. TRINITY GALLERY. Adrienne Borkowski: A Solo Exhibition. Lawrenceville. 412-687-2458. TRUNDLE MANOR. Serendipity! A Trundle Manor Art Event. New work by Donnie Toomer. Swissvale. 412-916-5544. U.S. POST OFFICE & COURTHOUSE. Whitehall Arts Courthouse Exhibit. Paintings by Whitehall Arts members. Downtown. 412-561-4000. WESTMORELAND MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART. Rustbelt Romanticism. An exhibit of paintings, drawings, & film by Mark & Dorion Barill. Born of Fire: The Valley Work. Greensburg. 724-837-1500. WILDCARD. Craft Hard: Art Inspired by Action Movies. Work by Andrew O. Ellis, Tara Goe, Elliot McNally, & Mario Zucca. Lawrenceville. 412-224-2651.
middle-class home. Oakmont. 412-826-9295. LAWRENCE HALL GALLERY. Silk Road. Photo exhibition of images taken along the Silk Road in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal & India in 1972 by Albin & Virginia Curtze. Downtown. 412-391-4100. MARIDON MUSEUM. Beautiful Birds. Display of art from the museum’s study storage facility. Collection includes jade and ivory statues from China and Japan, as well as Meissen porcelain. Butler. 724-282-0123. NATIONAL AVIARY. Home to more than 600 birds from over 200 species. With classes, lectures, demos and more. North Side. 412-323-7235. NATIONALITY ROOMS. 26 rooms helping to tell the story
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figures, more. From Slavery to Freedom. Highlight’s Pittsburgh’s role in the anti-slavery movement. Ongoing: Western PA Sports Museum, Clash of Empires, and exhibits on local history, more. Strip District. 412-454-6000. SEWICKLEY HEIGHTS HISTORY CENTER. Museum commemorates Pittsburgh industrialists, local history. Sewickley. 412-741-4487. SOLDIERS & SAILORS MEMORIAL HALL. Military museum dedicated to honoring military service members since the Civil War through artifacts & personal mementos. Oakland. 412-621-4253. ST. NICHOLAS CROATIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. Maxo Vanka Murals. Mid-20th century murals depicting war, social justice and the immigrant experience in America. Millvale. 421-681-0905.
Thru June 22 Most Holy Name of Jesus Parish, Troy Hill. 412-231-2994.
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8TH ANNUAL BACKYARD BARBEQUE. BBQ dinner, silent auction, raffle, entertainment, more. Benefits Providence Family Support Center. 5-9 p.m. Senator John Heinz History Center, Strip District. 412-766-3860. PGH PARTY FOR A PURPOSE: LET’S GET HOSTEL. Live music, cocktails, more. Benefits the Pittsburgh
THU 20 ART IN THE PARK. Food, music, vendors, more. Thu, 6-8:30 p.m. Thru Aug. 29 Penn Avenue Parklet, Wilkinsburg. 412-727-7855.
THU 20 - SAT 22 TROY HILL SUMMER FESTIVAL. Games, raffles, live music, more.
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Hostel Project. 9 p.m. Bar Marco, Strip District. 412-302-4284. URBAN GARDEN PARTY. Soul Town: Motown at the Museum feat. DJs, food & drink, more. 7 p.m. Mattress Factory, North Side. 412-231-3169.
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CAN’T STOP THE SERENITY. Raffles, games, movie screening, more. Benefits Equality Now & presented by The Rivers & Bridges Brigade of the Pennsylvania Browncoats. 5-11 p.m. Off the Wall Theater, Carnegie. 412-489-5840. GEORGE ROMERO’S MARTIN. Film screening, raffle, silent auction, & Q&A w/ actor John Amplas. Benefits Scares that Care. 6 p.m. Hollywood Theater, Dormont. 412-563-0368. SCHOLARSHIP GOLF OUTING. Benefits the Rudolph Bordogna Memorial Bowling Scholarship. Rolling Fields Golf Club, Murrysville. 412-418-0372.
SUN 23 BOOK ‘EM BOOKS TO PRISONERS WORK PARTY. Read & code letters, pick books, pack ‘em or database ‘em! Sundays 4-7 p.m. or by appt. Thomas Merton Center, Garfield. 412-361-3022. PEACE. LOVE. RUN 5K & HALF MARATHON. Benefits Catholic Hospice. 7:30 a.m. North Park Boathouse, Allison Park. 1-866-933-6221.
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Idea Bookstore & Cafe, Bloomfield. 412-687-4323. STEEL CITY SLAM. Poetry slam, feat. Paulie Lipman. 7-10 p.m. 720 Records, Lawrenceville. 412-904-4592. TRUE STORY PARTY. Reading of 10 true tales by local storytellers. Hosted by John Dick Winters. 7-9 p.m. East End Book Exchange, Bloomfield. 412-224-2847.
FRI 21 MYSTERY LOVERS BOOKSHOP SUMMER SOLSTICE SOIREE. Feat. Kathleen Shoop & friends. 7 p.m. Mystery Lovers Bookshop, Oakmont. 888-800-6078.
SAT 22 LITANALYSIS: READING FICTION W/ FREUD. Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. 2-3 p.m. Carnegie Library, Oakland. 412-661-4224.
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THU 20 THE JOSH & GAB SHOW. Anti-bullying musical comedy program. 5-7 p.m. Shady Side Academy Junior School, Point Breeze. 412-473-4400.
THU 20 - WED 26 ADVENTURES W/ CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG. 9-foot tall Clifford w/ tail slide, build a sandcastle on T-Bone’s beach, play instruments in the Musical Marina, more. Thru Sept. 1 Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, North Side. 412-322-5058. BACKYARD EXHIBIT. Musical swing set, sandbox, solar-powered instruments, more. Ongoing Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, North Side. 412-322-5058.
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Next week, help the Lupus Foundation and take in some pro golf at the PGA Constellation Senior Players Championship. The Lupus Foundation will be operating two concession tents at the event, which runs June 25-30 at the Fox Chapel Golf Club. Three volunteers are needed per tent for each seven-hour shift. Call 412-261-5886 or email mtonti@lupuspa.org.
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CHRIS ABANI, TOI DERRICOTTE, CORNELIUS EADY. Poetry reading. 7:30 p.m. City of Asylum, North Side. 412-321-2190. ENGLISH LEARNERS’ BOOK CLUB. For advanced ESL JAMES DEAHL, NORMA students. Presented in WEST LINDER, MICHAEL cooperation w/ the Greater WURSTER, SHEILA KELLY. Pittsburgh Literacy Council. 8 p.m. Hemingway’s Cafe, Thu, 1 p.m. Mount Lebanon Oakland. 412-621-4100. Public Library, Mt. Lebanon. LET’S SPEAK ENGLISH! 412-531-1912. Practice conversational HOMUNCULUS: A English. Tue, 6 p.m. Carnegie READING FOR THE LAB. Library, Squirrel Hill. Feat. Shelia Kelly, Kelly 412-422-9650. Scarff, Meghan Tutolo, & Bob Walicki. 7-9 p.m. Assemble, Garfield. CARNEGIE KNITS 773-425-1531. www. per & READS. Informal pa THE HOUR pghcitym knitting session. .co AFTER HAPPY Wed, 5 p.m. Carnegie HOUR WRITER’S Library, Oakland. WORKSHOP. Young writers 412-622-3116. & recent graduates looking CONVERSATION SALON. for additional feedback on Second Fri of every month, their work. thehourafter 2 p.m. and Fourth Wed of every happyhour.wordpress.com month, 1 p.m. Northland Third and First Thu of Public Library, McCandless. every month The Big Idea 412-366-8100. Bookstore & Cafe, Bloomfield. PITTSBURGH POETRY 412-687-4323. EXCHANGE. Discussing THE RUST BELT RISING David St. John’s The Auroras. ALMANAC TOUR. Story-telling 7:30 p.m. Coffee Tree Roasters, & music by Nic Esposito & Shadyside. 412-621-6880. Todd Henkin. 7 p.m. The Big
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THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER. Christopher Robin has decided to run away w/ his friends Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, & Tigger. Fri-Sun. Thru June 23 McKeesport Little Theater, McKeesport. 412-673-1100.
SAT 22 30TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION. Live music, hula hooping, create your own musical instruments & birthday hats, more. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, North Side. 412-322-5058. CHILDREN’S COMMUNITY FESTIVAL. Puppet show, bounce house, art & craft vendors, more. 12-3 p.m. Grandview Park, Mt. Washington. 412-431-2650.
SAT 22 - SUN 23 BODY BUILDING. Create your own movable body creation from paper, metal, & other materials. June 22-23, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, North Side. 412-322-5058.
SUN 23 PLAY W/ CLAY AT THE HANDBUILDING TABLE. Ages 3+. Sun, 12-2 p.m. Thru June 30 Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, North Side. 412-322-5058.
EVERYONE IS A CRITIC EVENT: Juried Visual Art Exhibition at the Trust Arts Education Center, Downtown
TUE 25 SUPER HEROES. Make mini heroes out of clay, play games about secret identities, more. Open to all middle & high school students. 1:30 p.m. Mount Lebanon Public Library, Mt. Lebanon. 412-531-1912.
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SAT 22 BEGINNER PADDLES W/ VENTURE OUTDOORS. Ages 12+. 9-11 a.m. Moraine State Park, Butler. 412-255-0564. FAMILY FISHING FESTIVAL. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Moraine State Park, Butler. 724-368-3612. FREE KAYAK & STAND-UP PADDLE BOARD DEMOS. Presented by L.L.Bean. Sat, 12-2 p.m. Thru July 27 North Park, Allison Park. 412-318-1200. STRAWBERRY MOON NIGHT HIKE. 9-10:30 p.m. Raccoon Creek State Park, Hookstown. 724-899-3611.
SAT 22 - SUN 23 KAYAKING DISCOVERY COURSE. Presented by L.L.Bean. Sat, Sun, 10-11:30 a.m. Thru Oct. 13 North Park, Allison Park. 412-318-1200.
TUE 25 SURVIVAL BASICS. Tue, 3-4:30 p.m. Schenley Park, Oakland. 412-477-4677.
WED 26 WEDNESDAY MORNING WALK. Naturalist-led, rain or shine. Wed Beechwood Farms, Fox Chapel. 412-963-6100.
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Baptist Church, Oakland. iwap.pittsburgh@gmail.com. POSITIVELY LIFE CHANGING SUMMER SERIES WORKSHOP. Thu. Thru June 27 Coach Monique, Ross. 412-400-2805. RENAISSANCE DANCE GUILD. Learn a variety of dances from the 15-17th centuries. Porter Hall, Room A18A. Thu, 8 p.m. Carnegie Mellon University, Oakland. 412-567-7512. TRADITIONAL CONFUCIANISM: THE CORE OF ASIAN CIVILIZATION. Lecture by Dr. Betty Anderson. 6:30 p.m. Maridon Museum, Butler. 724-282-0123. WELLNESS WORKSHOP. Learn about buying local, developing a healthy lifestyle, more. 8:30 a.m. East End Food Co-op, Point Breeze. 412-242-7726. WEST COAST SWING. Swing dance lessons for all levels. Thu, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh Dance Center, Bloomfield. 412-681-0111.
THU 20 - FRI 21 THE DUQUESNE DAYS OF SUMMER: TECHNOLOGY & GUITAR. Workshop feat. digital audio basics, guitar effect pedal techniques, more. Presented by The City Music Center & Pianos N’ Stuff. June 20-21 Duquesne University, Uptown. 412-396-5872.
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SAT 22 $10 RABIES CLINIC. Presented by the Butler County Humane Society. 2-4 p.m. Butler City Island Farmer’s Market, Butler. 724-789-1150. ANNUAL CIVIL WAR DAY. Feat. encampment stations, speakers, marketplace, live music, more. 10 a.m. Andrew Carnegie Free Library Music Hall, Carnegie. 412-276-3456. ANNUAL PET SHOW. 1 p.m. Mount Lebanon Public Library, Mt. Lebanon. 412-531-1912. DOWNTOWN HAUNTED WALKING TOUR. Begins at City
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County Building, Downtown. Sat. Thru Aug. 31 412-302-5223. HOW TO @ YOUR LIBRARY. Workshops at North Region libraries in Allegheny County. Locations at http://howtoatyourlibrary.com/ 10 a.m.-3 p.m. 412-741-6920. IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY FLEA MARKET. 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Immaculate Heart of Mary, Polish Hill. 412-621-5170. INCLINE HAUNTED WALKING TOUR. Begins at the bottom of the Monongahela Incline. Sat. Thru Oct. 26 412-302-5223. KOREAN FOR BEGINNERS. Korean grammar & basic conversation. Sat, 1 p.m. Carnegie Library, Oakland. 412-622-3151. KOREAN II. For those who already have a basic understanding of Korean & are interested in increasing proficiency. Sat Carnegie Library, Oakland. 412-622-3151. PLAYDATE. Game night for adults. 9 p.m. August Wilson Center for African American Culture, Downtown. 205-746-6539. SATURDAY NIGHT SALSA CRAZE. Free lessons, followed by dancing. Sat, 10 p.m. La Cucina Flegrea, Downtown. 412-708-8844. SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING. Lessons 7-8 p.m., social dancing follows. No partner needed. Mon, 7 p.m. and Sat, 7 p.m. Grace Episcopal Church, Mt. Washington. 412-683-5670. SOLITARY CONFINEMENT: A MATTER OF TORTURE. Panel discussion feat. Robert King, confined to solitary for 29 years for activism against the conditions at Angola Prison. 10:30 a.m. East Liberty Presbyterian Church, East Liberty. 412-315-7423. SPANISH CONVERSATION GROUP. Friendly, informal. At the Starbucks inside Target. Sat, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Target, East Liberty. 412-362-6108. SWING CITY. Learn & practice swing dancing skills. Sat, 8 p.m. Wightman School, Squirrel Hill. 412-759-1569. TECHSHOP/EAST END SUMMER KICKOFF. Craft workshops, vendors, live music, more. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Bakery Square, Unknown. 412-345-7182. WORLD REFUGEE DAY CELEBRATION. Feat. personal stories shared by area refugees, traditional musical & dance numbers, Bhutanese, Burmese & Middle Eastern foods, more. 12-4 p.m. CCAC Allegheny Campus, North Side. 412-422-7200.
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Savage Love {BY DAN SAVAGE}
I’m a straight guy with an amazing girlfriend of two years. A few months ago, I felt open enough to share my taboo fantasy: father/daughter incest. My GF not only understands the fantasy but enjoys participating in it! I have ZERO interest in this kind of thing actually happening. I understand the damage that sexual abuse can do and has done. Now the problem: We’ve added the “wrinkle” of me talking to another man on the phone while my GF fellates me. The man — a stranger we found online — has been led to believe I am being fellated by my daughter. We do not lead these guys to believe that they have a chance to meet us, but we worry that we could be inadvertently encouraging someone to make their fantasies a reality. Any advice? NO ACRONYM SEEMS TO YODEL
The incest fetishists you meet in chat rooms and get on the phone? For all they know, you could be alone stirring a jar of mayonnaise with a slotted spoon. And for all you know, NASTY, the incest fetishists you’re meeting could be police officers looking to bust men who are actually raping their daughters. Just sayin’. As for your problem, most people with incest fantasies insist that they’re not turned on by the idea of having sex with their actual parents, siblings or children. That can’t be true for all incest fetishists, statistically speaking, but incest fetishists who’re turned on by the thought of actually fucking their sibs/parents/children would have a motive and/or the sense to lie. But let’s set your specific fantasy aside — which is an upsetting one for most people (because ick), particularly those who were sexually abused by family members (because rape) — and focus on the underlying question: Does exploring something taboo through fantasy make someone likelier to do that thing in real life? The evidence we’ve got about porn points to no. “Perhaps the most serious accusation against pornography is that it incites sexual aggression,” Melinda Wenner Moyer wrote in the July 2011 issue of Scientific American (“The Sunny Side of Smut”). “But not only do rape statistics suggest otherwise, some experts believe the consumption of pornography may actually reduce the desire to rape by offering a safe, private outlet for deviant sexual desires.” What you’re producing for the men on the phone is a kind of pornography, and the wider availability of Internet pornography has correlated strongly with falling rates of sexual violence — and incest between an adult and a minor is sexual violence. “Within the U.S., the states with the least Internet access between 1980 and 2000 — and therefore the least access to Internet pornography — experienced a 53 percent increase in rape incidence, whereas the states with the most access experienced a 27 percent drop in the number of reported rapes, according to a paper published in 2006 by Anthony D’Amato, a law professor at Northwestern University,” Moyer writes. “It is important to note that these as-
sociations are just that — associations. They do not prove that pornography is the cause of the observed crime reductions. Nevertheless, the trends ‘just don’t fit with the theory that rape and sexual assault are in part influenced by pornography,’ [Professor Christopher J.] Ferguson [of Texas A&M] explains. ‘At this point, I think we can say the evidence just isn’t there, and it is time to retire this belief.’” The complicating factor here is that you’re leading these men to believe that you’re actually doing it. So will the men you talk to want to rape their daughters in real life because you’ve led them to believe you’re raping your daughter? Hard to say … and even harder to get data on. But the people doing taboo shit in porn are actually doing it, and the data suggests that watching others do it — i.e. living vicariously through porn performers (who are sometimes faking it, but still) — leads to fewer people acting on taboo desires in real life, not more. I’m a 40-year-old gay man who has his life fairly together. But I’ve never had a LTR. I’ve dated this guy “D” three times, and I broke it off three times. I feel like such an ass. D is sweet, hot and funny, but he’s obviously gay. I worry that my mom might not like him — she has made snide comments about obviously gay guys “advertising it” — and I am very close to my mom. D and I have started hanging out again, and we are having fun. I just don’t know WTF I am doing. Should I just see how things go?
“THE CONSUMPTION OF PORNOGRAPHY MAY ACTUALLY REDUCE THE DESIRE TO RAPE BY OFFERING A SAFE, PRIVATE OUTLET FOR DEVIANT SEXUAL DESIRES.”
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Let me see if I’ve got this straight: You like D, and D is sweet and hot and funny. But you’ve dumped D three times because your mommy wouldn’t approve, and you’re really close to your mommy … and you’re worried that D is the gay stereotype in this relationship? I am a 23-year-old female devotee of disabled men. I mostly gravitate toward severe CP and quadriplegics. But my passions in life involve travel, sports, camping and other things that are difficult or impossible when you can’t walk. I have always dated able-bodied men as a result. I would feel guilty fucking a disabled guy — I would see an “expiration date” on our relationship. Would it be wrong to seek out disabled guys just for sex? SOME CHICK WHO LIKES WHEELS
Maybe you should let disabled men decide for themselves if they want to be used for sex. Some won’t mind, just as some gay guys don’t mind being used for sex by bisexual and/or closeted guys who aren’t interested in dating men. So long as you’re not misleading anyone to get into his pants and/or up on his wheels, you’re not doing anything wrong.
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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Pablo Casals was one of the greatest cello players who ever lived. Among his early inspirations was the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Casals discovered Bach’s six cello suites when he was 13 years old, and played them every day for the next 13 years. Have you ever done something similar, Gemini? Devoted yourself to a pleasurable discipline on a regular basis for a long time? I invite you to try it. The coming months will be an excellent time to seek mastery through a diligent attention to the details.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): “I know that I am not a category,” said philosopher Buckminster Fuller. “I am not a thing — a noun. I seem to be a verb, an evolutionary process.” Philosopher Norman O. Brown had a similar experience. “The human body is not a thing or substance, but a continuous creation,” he mused. “It is an energy system which is never a complete structure; never static; is in perpetual inner self-construction and self-destruction.” Now is an excellent time to imagine yourself in these terms, Cancerian. You’re not a finished product, and never will be! Celebrate your fluidity, your changeableness, your instinctual urge to reinvent yourself.
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Renowned 20 -century theologian Karl Barth worked on his book Church Dogmatics for 36 years. It was more than 9,000 pages long and contained more than six million words. And yet it was incomplete. He had more to say, and wanted to keep going. What’s your biggest undone project, Leo? The coming months will be a good time to concentrate on bringing it to a climax. Ideally, you will do so with a flourish, embracing the challenge of creating an artful ending with the same liveliness you had at the beginning of the process. But even if you have to culminate your work in a plodding, prosaic way, do it! Your next big project will be revealed within weeks after you’ve tied up the last loose end.
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Susannah Cibber was a popular 18 -century English contralto whose singing was expressive and moving. On one occasion, she performed Handel’s Messiah with such verve that an influential priest responded by making an extravagant guarantee. He told her that as a result of her glorious singing, any sins she had committed or would commit were forever forgiven. I’d like to see you perpetrate an equivalent amazement, Virgo: a good or beautiful or soulful deed that wins you a flood of enduring slack. The cosmic omens suggest that such an achievement is quite possible.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
Johnny Appleseed was a 19th-century folk hero renowned for planting apple trees in vast areas of rural America. During the 70 years this famous Libra was alive, he never got married. He believed that if he remained unwed during his time on earth, he would be blessed with two spirit-wives in the after-life. Have you ever done something like that yourself, Libra? Is there an adventure you’ve denied yourself in the here-and-now because you think that’s the only way you can get some bigger, better adventure at a later date? If so, now would be an excellent time to adjust your attitude.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “It is kind of fun to do the impossible,” said Walt
Disney, a pioneer animator whose cartoon innovations were remarkable. Judging from your current astrological omens, I think you Scorpios have every right to adopt his battle cry as your mantra. You’ve got an appointment with the frontier. You’re primed to perform experiments at the edge of your understanding. Great mysteries will be tempting you to come closer and lost secrets will be teasing you with juicy clues. As you explore and tinker with the unknown, you might also want to meditate on the graffiti I saw scrawled on a mirror in a public restroom: “Only those who attempt the absurd can achieve the impossible.”
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Astronauts on lunar expeditions have orbited the moon and seen its entire surface. But the rest of us have never seen more than 59 percent of it. As the moon revolves around the Earth, it always keeps one side turned away from our view. Isn’t that amazing and eerie? The second most important heavenly body, which is such a constant and intimate factor in our lives, is half-hidden. I’d like to propose that there is an analogous phenomenon in your inner world, Sagittarius: a part of you that forever conceals some of its true nature. But I’m pretty sure you will soon be offered an unprecedented chance to explore that mysterious realm.
tacular influences that make you feel at home in the world.
him, they’re covered with a 1,360-acre forest that harbors deer, birds, tigers, rhinos and elephants. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you could launch a comparable project in the next 12 months, Pisces — a labor of love that will require your persistent creativity and provide you with sanctuary for a long time.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I expect you will be called on to move fluidly between opposing camps or competing interests or different realities. Maybe you’ll volunteer to serve as an arbiter between the crabby good guys and the righteous bad guys. Perhaps you’ll try to decode one friend’s quirky behavior so that another friend can understand it. You might have to interpret my horoscopes for people who think astrology is bunk. You may even have to be a mediator between your own heart and head, or explain the motivations of your past self to your future self. You can’t be perfect, of course. There will be details lost in translation. But if you’re as patient as a saint and as tricky as a crow, you’ll succeed.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Maybe you’ve seen that meme circulating on the Internet: “My desire to be well-informed is at odds with my desire to remain sane.” If you feel that way now — and I suspect you might soon if you don’t already — you have cosmic permission, at least for a while, to emphasize sanity over being well-informed. Lose track of what Kim Jong-un and Kim Kardashian are up to, ignore the statements of every jerk on the planet, and maybe even go AWOL from the flood of data that relentlessly pours toward you. Instead, pay attention to every little thing your body has to tell you. Remember and marvel at your nightly dreams. Go slow. Lay low. Be soft. Have fun with unspec-
It’s a shame so many of us try to motivate ourselves through abusive self-criticism. Are you guilty of this sin? How so? What will you do to change? Write Freewillastrology.com.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Anglo-Irish novelist Laurence Sterne married his wife Elizabeth in 1741. Twenty-five years later he fell in love with another woman, Eliza. In composing love letters to his new infatuation, he lifted some of the same romantic passages he had originally written to Elizabeth when he was courting her. Try hard not to do anything remotely resembling that, Capricorn. Give your intimate allies your freshest stuff. Treat them as the unique creatures they are. Resist the temptation to use shticks that worked to create closeness in the past.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): It’s important that you not punish yourself or allow yourself to be punished for the sins that other people have committed. It’s also crucial that you not think nasty thoughts about yourself or put yourself in the presence of anyone who’s prone to thinking nasty thoughts about you. Self-doubt and self-criticism may be healthy for you to entertain about 10 days from now, and at that time you will probably benefit from receiving compassionate critique from others, too. But for the moment, please put the emphasis on self-protection and self-nurturing.
Tune in, log on, hear the music that matters to you.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): For more than three decades, a man in Assam, India, has worked to build a forest. When Jadav “Molai” Payeng started planting and tending seeds at the age of 16, the sandbars bordering the Brahmaputra River were barren. Today, almost entirely thanks to
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Premiere Outpatient Drug and Alcohol Treatment Family Owned and Operated Treating: Alcohol, Opiates, Heroin and More
Flexible Hours Including Mornings
• SUBOXONE
Health Services
• VIVITROL -
a new once a month injection for alcohol and opiate dependency
SUBOXONE
• NOW Treating Pregnant Women
We treat:
NO WAIT LIST
~ Opiate Addiction ~ Heroin Addiction ~ And Other Drug
Accepts all major insurances and medical assistance
MIND & BODY
412-401-4110 $40/hr DOWNTOWN 322 Fourth Ave. (1st Floor)
massage Therapy
Trigger point Deep tissue Swedish Reflexology BLOOMFIELD 412.683.2328
Aming’s Massage Therapy
STAR
TWO LOCATIONS 1190 Washington Pike, Bridgeville
BAD BACK OR NECK PAIN?
Superior Chinese Massage Free Table Shower w/60min Open 10-10 Daily
1310 E. Carson St. 412-488-3951
China Massage 1788 Golden Mile Hwy Monroeville, PA 15146 Call for more information
724-519-7896 Xie LiHong’s WELLNESS CENTER
Chinese Bodyworks Walk-Ins Welcome 412-561-1104
Addictions
(Lawrenceville)
Zhangs Wellness Center
$50/HR Free Table Shower
• Group and Individualized Therapy
Open 10-10 Daily 4309 Butler Street
SELF-ESTEEM WORKSHOPS selfesteemworkshops.com
No Start Up Fee
New Young Professional
412-621-3300
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3225 W. Liberty Ave. • Dormont
MIND & BODY
Free Table Shower w/60 min.
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Asian OPENRIANNGD ! Massage 4376 Murray Ave. Pgh, PA 15217
412-421-0800
(across from Eat n’ Park)
412-319-7530 4972 Library Road, Bethel Park
(in Hillcrest Shopping Center)
412-595-8077
www.metrospapgh.net
Xin Sui Bodyworks Grand Opening
Therapeutic Massage Therapy Relief is just a call away. Our licensed professional staff can assist with Fibromyalgia, Circulation, Low Back Pain, Muscle Spasms.
$49.99/ hour Free Vichy Shower with 1HR or more body work (Body shower and Body Scrub) Essential Oil used at no extra charge 2539 Monroeville Blvd Ste 200 Monroeville, Pa 15146 Next to Twin Fountain Plaza 412-335-6111
Shadyside Location
412-441-1185
LOCATIONS IN: Downtown Pgh, PA Bridgeville, PA ~ Butler, PA
IMMEDIATE OPENINGS
WE have been there. WE know your pain. Don’t Wait Any Longer!
412.434.6700
Now Hiring for LPC/LCSW
www.ThereToHelp.org We Accept: - UPMC for You - United Health And Many Others N E W S
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Suboxone Services
MONROEVILLE, PA
Pittsburgh- 412-281-1521 Beaver- 724-448-9116
412-380-0100 www.myjadewellness.com
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GRAND OPENING!
TIGER SPA
GRAND OPENING!!! Best of the Best in Town! 420 W. Market St., Warren, OH 44481 76 West, 11 North, 82 West to Market St. 6 lights and make a left. 1/4 mile on the left hand side.
Open 9am-12 midnight 7 days a week! Licensed Professionals Dry Sauna, Table Shower, Deep Tissue, Swedish
330-373-0303 Credit Cards Accepted
Judy’s Oriental Massage Appointments & Walk-ins are both welcome 10am to 10pm
FULL BODY MASSAGE $40/hr Now with Vichy Shower 4125 William Penn Hwy, Murrysville, PA 15668 Across the street from Howard Hanna’s
724-519-2950 Accepting All Major Cards
LIVE
SOUTH FOR RENT
MOVING SERVICES
ROOMMATES
ABC SELF STORAGE5x10 $45, 10x10 $65, 10x15 $95. (2) locations Mckees Rocks & South Side. 412-403-6069
ALL AREAS ROOMMATES.COM. Browse hundreds of online listings with photos and maps. Find your roommate with a click of the mouse! Visit: http://www. Roommates.com. (AAN CAN)
Looking to fill an open position? Advertise in City Paper’s “WORK” section and reach over 250,000 people who read CP classifieds!
Find a new place to “LIVE” in City Paper!
Immediate sublease available through November. 1br/ 1ba in the Flats @ SouthSide Works. $1,460/month, PARKING INCLUDED, credit check necessary. Contact: info@littlearth.com or (412) 471-0909
BUY and SELL
Get the most for your money in CP Classifieds. We get great results. Call 412.316.3342
“LIVE” section
your HOME all in the Same Place! Advertise here in the of the City Paper
REAL ESTATE & PUBLIC AUCTION!
338 Cherrydell Dr., 15220 • Saturday 6/22, 9am rain or shine • House & Lot sell at noon Artists Space Suburban Home. Thermal windows flooded with natural light. Perennial flowering and woodsy backyard. Artist-owner must sell parentsʼ house and ALL contents, 1955-present. 1683 sq.ft living space includes 391 sqr. ft rear 1st floor great room, 3 bdrms; all hardwood floors, big kitchen. NOT included in sqr.ft: front porch, rear deck, basement, 2 garages + shop. Ideal southern exposure for solar retrofit. Contents for auction include collectible and other
furniture, household items, books, movies, pirogue canoe, 7 Steiff puppets, frames and art, wood carvings, china, glassware, handmade quilts, woodworking & gardening tools, quilting frame & supplies, many vintage cotton fabrics, much more! Chartiers Valley Schools. 15 min. to Downtown Search “Arla Cherryoak for Info at http://www.flickr.com/photos/93308164@N03/ http://arlacherryoak.wordpress.com Auctioneer David Kearns, LIC # AU2464L www.auctionzip.com, 724-239-2050
get your yoga on!
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PITTSBURGH CITY PAPER 06.19/06.26.2013
PRIDE {PHOTOS BY JOHN COLOMBO}
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MORE PHOTOS OF PRIDE ACTIVITIES ARE ONLINE AT PGHCITYPAPER.COM
Although Pennsylvania doesn’t recognize same-sex marriage — yet — neither that fact nor Sunday’s rain dampened this weekend’s Pride events Downtown. This year’s theme was “I Wanna Marry You,” and while there was less overt political content this year, thousands of Pittsburghers let their relationships speak for themselves. There was also at least one engagement: Knotdance performer Maddy Landi proposed to partner Matt Bartko on stage, and Bartko said yes. So take THAT, Pennsylvania legislators!
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