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EVENTS 3.21 – 2pm IN DISCUSSION: ART & SOCIAL CHANGE: MOVEMENT-MAKERS IN THE ARTS WITH DEANNA CUMMINGS, JASIRI X AND DR. JOYCE BELL Warhol theater Free with museum admission
Rob Mazurek and Black Cube SP 3.24 – 5pm TEACHER WORKSHOP This teacher workshop coincides with the exhibition Someday is Now: The Art of Corita Kent. FREE parking in The Warhol lot Ticket $34 / 3 ACT 48 credit hours are available for teachers.
4.10 – 8pm Warhol theater Tickets $15/$12 Members & students visit www.warhol.org or call 412.237.8300
The Warhol welcomes back composer and cornetist Rob Mazurek (voted musician of the year by Italian jazz magazine Musica Jazz), with his latest ensemble Black Cube SP, which features his long standing trio São Paulo Underground, with the addition of Thomas Rohrer.
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3.28 – 8pm CYNTHIA HOPKINS: A LIVING DOCUMENTARY Warhol theater This event is co-presented with The Pittsburgh Humanities Festival. Tickets $15 / $12 Members & students
An Evening with Madeleine Peyroux 4.23 – 8pm
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Beginning almost 20 years ago with her critically acclaimed debut album Dreamland, Peyroux’s work continues to exist uniquely and comfortably at the intersection of jazz, pop, and blues. This performance features songs from Peyroux’s recording of Keep Me In Your Heart for A While - The Best of Madeleine Peyroux. N E W S
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N THE FIRST warm and sunny day this March, cooped-up residents of Springdale emerged from their homes, ready for spring. In the otherwise unremarkable small town, two powerplant smoke stacks loom above, the defining characteristic of the place. You can hardly avoid seeing them against the clear, blue sky. Likewise, the plume of smoke that has come from the 82-acre Cheswick Generating Station since 1970 has helped define residents’ lives. “From what I’ve seen, it’s a lot cleaner than it used to be,” said Dave Cuiffi, who lives two miles away. Cuiffi was crouched on the ground, fixing a client’s winterworn front sidewalk. He says he was a heavy-equipment operator when the plant built its new scrubber — a technology that removes harmful sulfur-dioxide emissions before exhaust is blown through the stack. “It used to emit a lot of brown smoke out of the original stack. Now it’s a lot cleaner, white smoke out of the new stack.” His client, an older woman whose house overlooked the plant from the hill-
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side, had her own take on the pollution. She expressed disgust at having to repaint her home. “This house used to be white,” said the woman, who wouldn’t give her name. The NRG-owned plant’s emissions are also at the heart of a discussion over its operating permit, which expires in December. While the plant is satisfying its federal emissions requirements, activists say those limits are too high and need
to be tightened. “The stuff they’re emitting isn’t illegal, according to the permit,” says Randy Francisco, of the Sierra Club. “It’s atrocious.” THE COAL-FIRED Cheswick Generating Station, which employs 105 people, is located 16 miles northeast of Downtown Pittsburgh, in Springdale, but is named for its neighboring borough. The plant has the capacity to produce 565 megawatts, CONTINUES ON PG. 08
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enough to power more than 400,000 homes. NRG doesn’t specify exactly how often the plant operates — only that it doesn’t typically run at full capacity. It’s outfitted with “environmentally responsible” and “state-of-the-art” technology, according to, respectively, both NRG and environmentalists. Where those parties disagree is on whether the scrubber and another emissions-reducing technology — a Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) system, for nitrogen oxides — are running all of the time. NRG’s scrubber permit with the Allegheny County Health Department (which enforces federal emissions law) says that if the plant is operating, the scrubber must run. And NRG says that the way the scrubber is configured in the new stack, there’s no way to bypass it. But critics say the plant could be achieving better results. Based on recent trends, they wonder if all measures are being taken to reduce emissions.
Separate from its scrubber, the plant is free to either run its SCR or buy pollution allowances via a cap-and-trade-type system regulated by the state and the Environmental Protection Agency. But as it stands, the permit numbers themselves are “way too high,” says Tom Schuster, senior campaign rep for the Sierra Club in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Meanwhile, NRG’s Cheswick permit is part of a larger fight over air quality in the county and the region. The EPA targets sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) because of health risks they pose. Sulfur dioxide can form particulate matter, or soot, which can “penetrate deeply” into the lungs, and is implicated in lung and heart disease. Nitrogen oxides and nitrogen dioxide gasses, commonly referred to as NOx, form ozone compounds in the atmosphere and irritate the respiratory system, specifically inducing asthma complications.
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The pollutants are regulated by the Clean Air Act. Since the early 2000s, Allegheny County has been charged with enforcing the EPA’s permit for emissions standards every five years for major polluting sources. Currently, the Cheswick plant is permitted to emit more than 33,000 tons of SO2 per year, or nearly one-and-a-half pounds per mmBtu — a heat-input rate measurement (one million British thermal units) that allows big and small plants to be compared more equally. Since the scrubber was installed, the plant’s numbers have been well below that limit. But Schuster says that the plant’s limit is simply too high. “Basically, [the limit is] what you would see on a non-scrubber plant. We want to make sure we’re protecting the community,” Schuster says. Schuster and the Sierra Club are advocating for 0.07 pounds per mmBtu. “The plants with this equipment
should be going as low as they can,” Schuster says. Sulfur-dioxide emissions from the plant took a nose dive during 2011-2012 — from just over 9,000 tons (or 0.7 lbs/mmBtu) to just under 2,000 tons (0.15 lbs/mmBtu). This was the year the scrubber technology became fully operational — possibly why Cuiffi sees a different color “smoke” now. Pre-scrubber rates hovered in the 30,000-45,000-ton range. But the 2013-2014 numbers show an uptick, from 0.1144 lbs/mmBtu to 0.2902 lbs/mmBtu — not anywhere near prescrubber rates, but nearly double the lowest numbers achieved by the plant in 2013. Another pollutant from the plant on a slight upswing is nitrogen oxides — from just over 2,500 tons (0.2608 lbs/mmBtu) in 2010 to just over 6,000 tons (0.3821 lbs/mmBtu) in 2014. NRG says the higher sulfur-dioxide levels lately are due to the higher-sulfur coal they used in 2013 and that NOx levels have remained “pretty much flat.”
“FROM WHAT I’VE SEEN, IT’S A LOT CLEANER THAN IT USED TO BE.”
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But Schuster is worried about the in- Schuster says he worries about whether the trading rule works for people living crease since 2010 that EPA data show. Currently, NRG can buy emissions al- around the plant. “What [happened was] a lot of these lowances for certain pollutants, including NOx, under the Cross-State Air Pollu- plants installed this equipment because tion Rule, which manages more than 30 of the trading systems, and figured, ‘We Eastern states operating under one cap. can reduce our emissions and won’t have Pennsylvania divides its own cap allow- to buy allowances,’” Schuster says. “What ance between major polluting sources. they found in the last few years is that Sources emitting below the cap create allowances are dirt-cheap and they’re allowances for themselves, or buy, sell or just buying what they need. The problem is that it doesn’t help Allegheny County trade them. NOx is considered a “transported residents who have to breathe the air.” The DEP says that new EPA rules in 2015, emission,” meaning it can blow far from which NRG says it will begin comits source. EPA created this proplying with this April, will make vision because Northeastern it “more expensive to purstates were getting the m o chase allowances for combrunt of pollution that fr r a e H residents pliance demonstrations.” they didn’t even create. k ic sw e Ch der n u In 2013, the county’s NRG would not share fe li t abou plant r e air monitor upwind of the records of allowance w o p the Cheswick plant — about transactions. “Emissions at www. r ape 12 miles up the Allegheny trading is a commercial pghcityp m River in Harrison Townmatter and constitutes .co ship — recorded ozone levels proprietary information that above EPA standards. And for we cannot discuss for competithe six years preceding the health tive reasons,” an NRG spokesperson department’s 2013 air-quality report, the said via email. The Pennsylvania Department of En- Harrison monitor clocked the highest avvironmental Protection said that while erage ozone in Allegheny County. The health department notes that emissions data is a matter of public reNOx levels from the Cheswick plant and cord, SCR usage is not. “Generally, the more an SCR is used, ozone levels at the Harrison monitor are the lower the NOx emissions. The emis- two separate things. But NOx is “a presion rates observed from Cheswick cursor to the formation of ozone,” accordin 2014, as retrieved from EPA’s Clean ing to EPA. “Without NOx, you don’t have Air Markets database, would suggest ozone,” Schuster says. The county is in its own predicament that SCR was used less frequently,” the on ozone, as the EPA considers lowering DEP says. While NOx is a “transported pollut- the standards from 0.075 parts per milant,” EPA acknowledges that there are lion to 0.070 or less. That brings things back to the SCR. consequences for local populations.
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“When the new standard is promulgated, that requirement [of whether the plant must run its SCR] will be reviewed to see if it’s needed to run all the time in order to bring us into attainment,” says Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) deputy director Jim Thompson. Allegheny County is already out of compliance on a number of EPA standards, including fine particulate matter, SO2 and ozone levels. On fine particulate matter — solid particles smaller than 2.5 microns that can get into your lungs — the county faces a huge challenge. Because the monitor closest to the U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works registers non-compliant levels of PM2.5, the entire county has been declared as nonattainment by the EPA. The ACHD and the state’s DEP are now drafting plans to bring the county into attainment on SO2 and ozone standards. Thompson says the county is on track to be able to comply with fine particulate matter by the end of this year. Schuster says if the permit numbers for Cheswick aren’t brought into check, a similar situation could arise from its emitted pollutants — particularly SO2. “Their emissions from 2014 were almost double what they were in 2013. … [I]f that trend was to continue and their permit didn’t get tighter, it’s possible that they could be causing nonattainment,” says Schuster. The Sierra Club is not the only body organizing around the Cheswick plant’s emissions. Unrelated to the Sierra Club’s efforts, in 2012, two residents sued on behalf of every resident living within a mile of the plant on the grounds that particulate matter landing on residents’ property amounted to a nuisance and trespassing. While a lower court sided with the plant, a federal appeals court overturned the decision in 2013, stating that even if the plant complies with its permit, that doesn’t prevent residents from filing suit. The U.S. Supreme Court denied review of that decision. The case is still pending. Meanwhile, Schuster and others say they’re asking the health department to get the permit numbers lowered now while they have the opportunity. NRG has to submit an application for renewal in June, and the health department says it will hold a public-comment period before the permit is issued. “I think that it’s the coal plants that represent the lowest-hanging fruit, particularly Cheswick and other plants that already have the installed equipment,” Schuster says. “I think we need to have them pull their own weight with respect to lowering smog and protecting everyone’s health.”
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ONCE, IT SEEMED like a promising oppor- SUPRAFUTURES, had submitted the first tunity for Pittsburgh to get an avant-garde version of “Wind Nest” to the 2010 competipiece of public art that generates clean tion. It didn’t win, but Monoian and Ferry energy. Instead, a proposal by the Land believed it could be quickly realized in PittsArt Generator initiative has gotten bogged burgh. “Some of the winning projects [from other competitions] are 10 years of R&D down in city-government approvals. LAGI is the brainchild of Lawrenceville- away from construction,” says Monoian. based artist-and-architect couple Elizabeth SUPRAFUTURE’s design uses constructionMonoian and Robert Ferry. While they ready wind turbines and thinfilm solar have organized several widely praised in- panels. LAGI and SUPRAFUternational design competitions for such TURES’ collaboration with projects — in Dubai, Copenhagen, New engineers at Buro Happold, York City and elsewhere — they had hoped who are consultants on the that their first realized project would be Tower at PNC Plaza, is expein Pittsburgh. When they proposed a local diting the project. “Wind Nest” in its curinstallation, in 2013, they quickly secured the support of foundations including the rent iteration would be Heinz Endowments, the Hillman Founda- roughly 45 feet tall. It would have four ducted turbines, tion and the Horne Family Foundation. After considering such locations as enclosed by UV resistant The Andy Warhol Museum and Carnegie TENARA fibers, with photovoltaic film covering one-third of their surface. These Science Center, their quest brought lightweight elements would them to Schenley Plaza, where turn like weathervanes, to a 2006 master plan had desmaximize both solar and ignated a location along le fi o r wind power. The plan is to Forbes Avenue as a site for p a See s power the PNC Carousel. public art. The Pittsburgh of LAGI’ oian n o The LAGI competition Parks Conservancy was a M Elizabeth rt Ferry was well received in Cosupporter. “The Parks Cone b o and R 55 penhagen, where EU Comservancy is really thrilled e g a p n o missioner of Climate Action to be approached,” ConserConnie Hedgaard presented vancy curator Susan Rademawards to the winners. The acher commented at a public LAGI competitions have received meeting last December. Instead of holding another competition, positive coverage in Fast Company and The “we chose a designer and a design we felt New York Times, and Danish Minister of we could work with,” says Monoian. Trevor Climate, Energy and Building Martin LideLee and Clare Olsen, of Philadelphia-based gaard called them, collectively, “new and
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exciting proposals for the green transition.” Given such a reception, some in Pittsburgh will be eager to have their home LAGI project be the first completed. But there are still significant approvals to secure, and skeptics to convince. In December, the proposal got provisional approval from the City of Pittsburgh’s Public Art Commission. At its Jan. 28 meeting, the commission reasserted its provisional approval but, paradoxically, asked that the project be scaled down and placed in another location. Board members expressed concern with the proposed size of “Wind Nest” and also with the process, which did not include an open call for Pittsburgh artists. Monoian and Ferry have expressed tentative willingness to find another site for “Wind Nest,” though they wonder whether another location would match both the visibility and the wind performance of Schenley Plaza. A reduction in scale would also mean energy performance “would decline exponentially,” says Ferry, “and not meet our stated goals.” LAGI’s next competition, in Los Angeles in 2016, is on track, but Ferry and Monoian still want the first LAGI project to be in Pittsburgh. In February, they postponed what was to be yet another presentation before the Art Commission. Says Monoian, “We’re hoping to do more community outreach to see if the community really wants this project and what is the right site.”
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Police looking for the man who beat up a woman in Ambridge, Pa., and held her captive for 12 hours, found him trying to flee town by bus. An hour after the victim called 911, suspect Donald Harrison, 22, posted the Facebook message, “IT’S TIME TO LEAVE PA.” The next day, she told police she spotted Harrison’s selfie on Facebook, announcing, “OMW TO SPARTANSBURG SC.” The Spartanburg bus had just left, so officers caught up to it and arrested Harrison. “We like it when dumb criminals assist in our investigation,” police chief James Mann said, noting the Pittsburgh suburb has already been featured on World’s Dumbest Criminals for “a couple of things.” (Beaver County Times)
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family’s tried-and-true bar-and-grill concept and updated it for Pittsburgh’s current ground zero of hip, Lawrenceville. And among current trends is the desire for gluten-free dining. After debuting with a 100 percent gluten-free menu, Haritos has since added burgers and dogs on wheat-flour buns. But gluten-free options remain a focus of the menu, which seems designed not only to feed gluten
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CP APPROVED abstainers well, but to open the minds of gluten-adherents. Of course, most beer isn’t gluten free, but Gus’s full bar offers plenty of gluten-free cocktails to go with those “tachos” — tater tots served nacho-style — and gluten-free beer-battered fries. Tortilla chips don’t typically feature gluten, but Gus’s sidesteps the issue with its
innovative tachos, in which a tray of tater tots is drizzled with “spicy” house-made cheddar sauce, jalapeño salsa and diced tomatoes. Unfortunately, this great idea suffered from lackluster execution. The fried tater nuggets were nice and crispy, but the cheddar sauce lacked spice or sharpness, the salsa was bland, and the late-winter tomatoes were about as sad as they come. Gus’s also had an alternate approach to wings, serving enormous whole wings instead of the traditional segments separated at the joint. Traditional wings get enough crunch from the fryer to withstand thick saucing, but these were char-grilled for flavor and had plenty of plump meat that fell off the bone. We didn’t take advantage, but since Gus’s wings can be ordered by the piece, one could sample the extensive sauce menu one wing at a time. Hormone- and antibiotic-free “burgh’ers” and “dogz” make up the bulk of the menu, some served on pretty good regular buns, some on gluten-free substitutes like waffles or English muffins. Angelique sampled the latter option with
her Mexican-style “Jalapeño Salsa Muffin” burger, but ended up extracting the burger and leaving most of the bun; it was nearly flavorless and quickly became heavy with absorbed juices from the burger, lacking the airy yet crusty texture that is essential to English muffins. The burger itself, made with local grassfed beef, was a solid contender, however. We liked that Gus’s recognizes that one size does not fit all as far as patties are concerned. Some of the signature burgers weigh in at a quarter pound, others double that, and either way, the kitchen got the cooking right, leaving a little pink in the middle. Jason’s was French-dip style, with roast beef on top, tons of provolone and a side of jus, and it was brilliant. The double beef really worked, slightly distinct flavors and textures building on each other, while the jus — made “on the spot,” according to our server — was exceptional.
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Fresh herbs can really complement your liquor cabinet The sun is sticking around longer and the ground is getting softer, so it must nearly be time to return to the garden. Though your home garden might not be large enough to feed the family, it can certainly yield enough herbs and garnishes to enhance any liquor cabinet. Whether you’ve got several acres or several windowsills, you can plant a cocktail garden this year. A 19th-century poem declared the mint julep “the very dream of drinks.” I agree, and would add that it’s made all the dreamier by fresh garden mint. A generous measure of bourbon and a dose of sugar are elevated by a handful of gently muddled spearmint, one of the easiest herbs to grow at home. It grows so well, in fact, that it tends to take over the whole yard; plant it in a pot to keep it in check.
HARDIER HERBS, LIKE SAGE AND THYME, ARE GREAT FOR MUDDLING AND INFUSING. Gluten-free Belgian waffle topped with grass-fed beef patty and bacon
A bahn mi hot dog was topped with tangy pickled carrot and red onion, strips of jalapeño and sweet red-pepper aioli. It was balanced and complex, with the wiener butterflied for ease of eating. Beer batter was not really in evidence on the fries, but despite not being browned much, their flavor and texture were good. A dessert plate of gluten-free waffles dusted with powdered sugar tasted slightly (and oddly) of malt, but as a vehicle for Nutella (or chocolate, caramel or maple syrup), the waffles’ texture was perfectly acceptable. Come warm weather, dining outdoors on Gus’s appealing side patio will enhance the enjoyment of all its offerings, glutenfree or not.
Though mint has many possibilities (think mojitos and mai tais), it’s far from the only herb at home in a shaker. Hardier herbs, like sage and thyme, are great for muddling and infusing. And though it needs lots of heat and sun, basil plays well with clear spirits in all sorts of smashes and coolers. If you’ve got a bit more space, grow some tomatoes next to that basil. Making your own tomato juice demands a bit of work, but it takes your Bloody Mary game to a whole new level. Plant some dill or hot peppers for infused vodka, and start planning summer brunches now. Edible flowers are a great way to add color to cocktails. Nasturtiums, with their lovely hue and peppery bite, are welcome garnishes on a tart Tom Collins or a glass of sangria. Even a pint-sized Pittsburgh yard can support a few cocktail-friendly crops. Whether you stick to safe bets or get a bit more adventurous (gin and beet juice, perhaps?), summertime drinking is sure to get a lot more interesting.
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Lola Bistro {PHOTO BY HEATHER MULL} dishes rarely seen at other Italian restaurants — such as snails and penne stuffed with seafood — are traditional, not made up to satisfy eclectic contemporary tastes. The cannelloni alone merits a visit to one of Gran Canal’s cozy, familyfriendly dining rooms. KE GREEN FOREST. 655 Rodi Road, Penn Hills. 412-371-5560. Tucked into a nondescript office plaza is this churrascaria — a Brazilian all-you-can-eat restaurant. Servers pull barbequed meats right off the rotisserie grill and present them at your table, ready to carve off as much freshly cooked meat as you like. There are hot and cold buffets as well, but savvy diners load up on the juicy meats. KE
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JANICE’S SWEET HARMONY CAFÉ. 2820 Duss Ave., Ambridge. 724-266-8099. A musically themed diner offers triedand-true breakfast-and-lunch diner standards (with fun, musical names such as “Slide Trombone”). This is your stop for French toast, German apple pancake, fruit-filled pancakes, and savory options such as skillet fry-ups (eggs, home fries, cheese, sausage). J
JOHNNY’S. 112 Westinghouse Ave., Wilmerding. 412-824-6642. This Wilmerding institution offers well-prepared ItalianAmerican cuisine and a welcoming atmosphere around a horseshoe bar. The menu offers the expected standards in the pasta, veal, chicken, meat and seafood categories. But overall, the preparations are fairly upto-date: exceptionally bright and slightly chunky marinara, fluffily battered calamari and legitimately spicy arrabiatta. KE LOLA BISTRO. 1100 Galveston Ave., Allegheny West. 412-322-1106. This is a neighborhood bistro with an atmosphere you’d like to experience every night, and food good enough to do the same. The menu here offers “contemporary comfort cuisine” — it hews toward the familiar (meat and fish, pot pie, pasta Bolognese) while applying up-to-the-minute sensibilities to the details: house-cured meats, infused oils, coconut milk in the Moroccan vegetable stew. LF PALAZZO 1837 RISTORANTE. 1445 Washington Road, North Strabane. 724-223-1837. This restored mansion provides a charming setting for fine dining. The menu is primarily Italian, with traditional but thoughtfully considered dishes. The hearty, but refined, farfalle rustica pairs wild-boar sausage with wild mushrooms and a sherry sage cream sauce, while housemade crepes substitute for noodles in the crepe lasagna. LE THE PINES TAVERN. 5018 Bakerstown Road, Gibsonia. 724-625-3252. A longtime commitment to seasonal and locally sourced food (including on-site gardens and beehives)
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POOR RICHARD’S WEXFORD ALEHOUSE. 10501 Perry Highway, Wexford. 724-935-9870. This bar and restaurant delivers top-notch pub grub, plus a wellcurated beer menu. Among the offerings: the Buffalo, N.Y. classic sandwich, roast beef on weck, a Germanic roll with caraway seeds; and mac-and-cheese, made with Buffalo hot sauce. Well-prepared burgers, wings, fish and chips, and sandwiches round out the menu. KE THE PUB CHIP SHOP. 1830 E. Carson St., South Side. 412-381-2447. This storefront venue offers British-style quick fare, from fish and chips and meat pies, to doner kebabs and pasties. Pastry pies include traditional (meat, Stilton) but also more modern fillings like chicken curry and vegan vindaloo. Beer-battered haddock pairs well with housemade sauces and thick fresh-cut fries. JF
grilled octopus, beans and greens, and flatbreads, while the entrees (meat, pasta, fish) offer more sophisticated presentations. KE TABLES ON THE GREEN. 1299 Lane Ave., Natrona Heights. 724-226-0955. A golf course east of town may not be where one would expect to find refined Cajun and Creole cuisine, but that’s exactly what this clubhouse restaurant offers. The menu offers Louisiana bayou classics such as shrimp, grits, gumbo and blackened fish in an authentic and well-prepared manner. In a nod to Pittsburgh, steaks and Italian pasta dishes are also offered. LE
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Hip-hop artist Kai Roberts has been interested in music since childhood. But it wasn’t until he was faced with personal mental-health issues that he discovered how valuable music can be. The Beltzhoover native majored in engineering at Carnegie Mellon University in 2010, quickly switching to business administration, which better suited his growing desire to pursue music. Then, at the end of his sophomore year, he began to experience persistent panic attacks, forcing him to take a leave of absence. “I went to therapy, really tried to get my head straight,” he says. “It was a rough time, but I got deep into my music. It was the first time I had that sense of focus. I thought, ‘This is what music is for.’” A year later, back at school, he released an album called Carnegie Café, recorded with Herman Pearl of Tuff Sound Recording. With tracks like “Popular” and “Stressed Out” (“stomach hurting from stress / think it’s stomach cancer / migraine / is there something wrong with my brain”), Roberts — who sounds like Kendrick Lamar, and cites Kanye and Janelle Monet as influences — tells the story of his struggle with anxiety. While the intent is to offer hope to those who are dealing with similar disorders, Roberts’ candid lyrics resonate with anyone who has experienced the stresses particular to college life. Following a digital release of the record, the school helped fund a batch of physical copies, which Roberts handed out to other students for free. ”I wanted to provoke conversation,” he says. “It was well received on campus. A couple friends and even people I didn’t know came to me and said, ‘This really helped.’” Up next, Roberts — who graduates this spring — hopes to spread his music and his message further. He’s in the process of joining the speakers’ bureau of Active Minds, a mental-health advocacy group, which would allow him to perform and speak at colleges nationwide. “I want to empower people,” Roberts says, adding that this project has made him a more confident person. “I was at a point where I couldn’t look myself in the mirror. Anxiety has the power to make you think you’re something other than yourself.”
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leased until April, Waxahatchee’s Ivy Tripp comes across like a memory just out of reach, evoking that feeling that sometimes washes over one after waking up from a long nap. The dreams themselves may be forgotten, but the feeling can’t be shaken. And according to Katie Crutchfield, the singer and songwriter behind Waxahatchee, the process of identifying those moments of deep confusion or sadness, and remaining cognizant during them, is the running theme of the album. This is a mature shift from Waxahatchee’s breakthrough LP American Weekend. Released in 2011, American Weekend was written and recorded in just one week, at the Crutchfield family’s isolated lakeside vacation home near Waxahatchee Creek, Ala. It offers cathartic, straightforward lyrics about regret and redemption, love
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and loss — the classic, timeless themes of ballads. “And you drive all the way here to tell me ‘I’m OK’ / And I left and I didn’t say goodbye, / and I ran all the way home in the gray moonlight,” sighs the title track.
WAXAHATCHEE WITH SWEARIN’, NAKED SPIRIT 8 p.m. Fri., March 27. William Pitt Union, 3959 Fifth Ave., Oakland. $5-8. www.wptsradio.org
The album launched Waxahatchee internationally, but each album uses this melodic footprint as a base from which to jump, projecting Waxahatchee deeper into complexity. “My first album was written in a moment of desperation and is also experience-based,” explains Crutchfield. “This new album is more about being in
your own head. At times, it’s about depression. The first album, you know, was kind of just about some boy, so you’re there listening, and in that experience and going through the emotions with the music. This album is more in the head, less about any one situation.” This heady, experiential progression might be related to Crutchfield’s collaboration with Kyle Gilbride and Keith Spencer, both members of Swearin’, Crutchfield’s twin sister, Allison Crutchfield’s band. Each artist brought his own intelligence and talent to the creation of these songs, as well as to the recording studio. “Both have a lot of good ideas. I bring the barebone [ideas], the song structure and melody is all there. We work as a group to pull the rest of the song together and make it whole,” says Crutchfield. Both musicians also worked with CONTINUES ON PG. 26
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Crutchfield in the recording of 2013’s Cerulean Salt, but with this new album, they offered more creative input in the developmental stages of the music. With a fuller and more dynamic guitar sound, paired with a keyboard and drum machine, Ivy Tripp transcends the simpler song structures of American Weekend and Cerulean Salt. It does not, however, abandon Waxahatchee’s style: from simple, clear, vocal-driven folk songs to power-pop hits, pulled together with an occasional surf-esque riff and Crutchfield’s signature dreamlike vocals. Having parted ways, musically, with her sister and longtime collaborator — their most recent project, P.S. Eliot, disbanded in 2011 — Crutchfield found herself in a volatile space where she could control all aspects of creating music. It was also a time of emotional upheaval: In addition to no longer collaborating with her sister, she had experienced a few romantic breakups. That spark is what set Waxahatchee blazing, but with Ivy Tripp, the heat has moved to a controlled burn. “When I made the first album,” says Crutchfield, “I didn’t really know what Waxahatchee was yet. I had a moment of creative productivity. I didn’t expect or intend to make [American Weekend], it just happened. Now, as soon as I make a record, I move onto the next thing. It’s been over four years since that record, so I’m a different person, and my creative process is a bit different.” If American Weekend was an explosion, Ivy Tripp is sparkling, clear effervescence. Crutchfield herself described the album as “gaseous”; the title brings to mind an airy directionlessness felt by many caught in the awkward generation between the millennials and Generation X. As Waxahatchee’s sound has become more defined over the past four years, Crutchfield has toured extensively, including a nearly yearlong tour for Cerulean Salt. With the upcoming release of Ivy Tripp, the band has scheduled a four-month tour of North America and Europe, reaching Pittsburgh on Friday. “Waxahatchee is fortunate to be supported by two awesome labels who offer a lot of help with booking, promotions and stuff like that, because, yeah, things can get a bit overwhelming sometimes,” she says. Despite the welcome support of her labels — Merge, domestically, and Wichita, in the U.K. — “We all hold fast to the DIY ethics,” explains Crutchfield, who came up in a world of basement shows and punk values. “I’d hesitate to say we are a DIY band, because we do have this great support, but as far as control over our music and everything else, that’s still there and important to us.” INF O @PGH C IT YPAPE R . C O M
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DAVID BAVAS LIONS & LAMBS (SELF-RELEASED) WWW.DAVIDBAVAS.COM
An Oil City native, singer-songwriter David Bavas spent his formative years in the Appalachian foothills. These days, he lives in Nashville. For this record, he draws on romantic elements of both places, resulting in stripped-down Americana that feels familiar while specific to no place in particular. Sometimes it’s too cute (lyrics like “I don’t rent French films / I don’t read philosophy” are a tad cartoony), but thanks, in part, to producer Kevin Suggs — who has worked with The Shins and Cat Power — the feel of the record is spot-on: A couple tracks could pass for lost Townes Van Zandt songs. DAVID BAVAS with PAUL LABRISE. 7 p.m. Sat., March 21. Club Café, 56 S. 12th St., South Side. $8. 412-431-4950 or www.clubcafelive.com
BILL TOMS & HARD RAIN DEEP IN THE SHADOWS (TERRAPLANE RECORDS) WWW.BILLTOMS.COM
Bill Toms has been in the rock ’n’ roll game for a long time, going back to the late ’80s, when he was lead guitarist for Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers. And his newest record is what you would expect from someone who once had an album produced by Bruce Springsteen. No serious ground is broken here, but that isn’t a bad thing: From the bombastic horns of opening track, “I Got No Use (For What You’re Selling Me),” to the driving piano on “Treat Me Like a Man,” this rollicking collection does big, bluesy rock right. MWELSH@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
BILL TOMS & HARD RAIN CD RELEASE. 9 p.m. Sat., March 28. Club Café, 56 S. 12th St., South Side. $12. 412-431-4950 or www.clubcafelive.com
PLAYING POETRY {BY MIKE SHANLEY} A GOOD TEACHER presents ideas or disciplines that stay with students for years. Ben Goldberg understands this. Laying claim to a diverse set of recordings and projects, the clarinetist has blended traditional klezmer music with avantgarde jazz, and folk and bluegrass with chamber music. But while he’s talking about his own music, it becomes clear that the impact of two instructors has helped to shape the perspective he brings to his work. One mentor was the late soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy. A prolific musician in his own right, Lacy was equally comfortable paying tribute to Thelonious Monk and writing his own, wideranging music. He talked about “investigating the fundamentals of music, really looking for, in a sense, what are the molecules that music is made out of,” Goldberg says. “It wasn’t just a concept. It was hard work that I spent at least 10 years working on every day, trying to understand very basic things. [Lacy said to] play all the intervals on your instrument. Play your scales, really, really slowly.” Hard as it felt to maintain the discipline, Goldberg noticed the results. “Things begin to open up,” he says. “The notes come alive. The intervals come alive for you, and it leads you to a place that’s all your own. It sticks with you and it’s all yours because it has to do with what you yourself have discovered in the world of musical materials.”
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Goldberg explains. “But if you read his poems, in a way they’re not exactly like poems. They’re more like” — he pauses — “ we i rd s t at e m e n t s about the world. You get the feeling that he was someone who was able to talk matter-of-factly about levels of reality that most of us are not even aware of.” Orphic Machine combines “speculative poetics” from Grossman’s book Summa M a chin e with Goldberg’s music. An A-list group of musicians bring it to life, including Wilco’s Nels Cline on guitar, and Carla Kihlsteadt singing Grossman’s words and playing violin. When Goldberg comes to Pittsburgh, he’ll appear in a trio setting with drummer Hamir Atwal and pianist Michael Coleman. This unit has a sense of adventure akin to the Orphic Machine project. (Goldberg and Atwal recently recorded an album of drum and clarinet improvisations.) But they also have no qualms with playing music with a solid 4/4 groove. “I don’t think Hamir is capable of playing anything that doesn’t swing,” Goldberg says. “In a way, I think of the trio as starting from swing and looking out, or actually coming from somewhere else and gravitating toward swing. We’re not reverent about it, I’ll put it that way.”
“IF YOU READ HIS POEMS, IN A WAY, THEY’RE NOT EXACTLY LIKE POEMS.”
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The writings of another teacher helped shape Goldberg’s newest album, Orphic Machine. As a freshman at Brandeis University, Goldberg took a class with a poet named Allen Grossman. “He was very articulate, and he spent his life using his ability to communicate to translate between the voices that he heard in his head and the people around him: students, fellow poets, colleagues,”
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Today, Pittsburgh Musicians for Hunger Relief puts on two events to promote its new song and video, “The Lights on Grant.” And, by extension, it will help promote the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank and national anti-poverty organization WhyHunger. The video — which features scenic shots of the city, and music written by PMHR founder Steve Bodner (pictured) of the Damaged Pies — will premiere at the City-County Building at noon. The day will also be proclaimed WhyHunger Day by the mayor’s office. Then later, at Club Café, Pittsburgh music heavyweights Norm Nardini, Slim Forsythe & his Payday Loaners and The Damaged Pies will join forces for a benefit concert. You can buy your own copy of the DVD at either event, and rest assured that all of your money will help get food into hungry bellies. Margaret Welsh Video: Noon, 414 Grant St, Pittsburgh Downtown. Concert: Musicians 6:30 p.m. Club Café, 56 for Hunger S. 12th St., South Side. Relief $8. 412-431-4950 or www.clubcafelive.com
[CLASSIC ROCK] + SAT., MARCH 21 It’s been nearly 40 years since Blue Öyster Cult was at the height of its powers — which seems like an eternity to sustain relevance. But once your hit “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” has been immortalized by decades of classic-rock radio play and Will Ferrell’s bare midriff, people don’t forget about you easily. Blue Öyster Cult hardly maintained a steady lineup over the years — its “former members” space on Wikipedia jumps down the page to a 17-person list — but for the current tour, two of the
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principal members, Donald “Buck Dharma” Roeser and Eric Bloom, lead a newer crew of rockers. The band plays the Palace Theatre tonight. Shawn Cooke 8 p.m. 21 West Otterman St., Greensburg. $38-82. All ages. 724-836-8000 or www.thepalacetheatre.org
[TRIBUTE] + SUN., MARCH 22 After his death in 2013, a Lou Reed tribute show takes on a whole new weight. Instead of just giving fans a cheaper and semi-authentic alternative to the rare tour stop, A Pittsburgh Tribute to Lou Reed is now the closest thing we can get to a Lou Reed show in the city, or anywhere. Local artists Michael Nolan, Bill Nunz, Bettie Rage, Maura Mullen, Todd Porter and others will pay homage at Club Café tonight. SC 8 p.m. 56 S. 12th St., South Side. $5. 412-431-4950 or clubcafelive.com {PHOTO BY HEATHER MULL}
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[GARAGE ROCK] + WED., MARCH 25 If Best Coast ate its Wheaties, it might sound something like BOYTOY. The Brooklyn trio writes songs fit for the garage of a beach house — albeit one that’s always throwing keggers with the punks down the street. Last year’s eponymous debut EP featured some sunny melodies from Saara Untracht-Oakner and Glenn Van Dyke’s fuzzy guitars and smooth vocal delivery. Much like Mikal Cronin’s great MCII, it’s garage rock stripped of its urgency, and BOYTOY seems completely fine with takin’ it easy. The band plays Carnegie Mellon’s Underground tonight. SC 7 p.m. 1060 Morewood Ave., North Oakland. Free. All ages. www.facebook.com/activitiesboard
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ROCK/POP THU 19 ALTAR BAR. An Evening w/ Helmet. Strip District. 412-263-2877. CLUB CAFE. Wreck Loose, Good Thing, When Particles Collide. South Side. 866-468-3401. LAVA LOUNGE. Grand Bell. South Side. 412-431-5282. PITTSBURGH WINERY. Mouths of Babes w/ Julia Weldon. Strip District. 412-566-1000. REX THEATER. The Slackers. South Side. 412-381-6811. THUNDERBIRD CAFE. Jon Bindley. Lawrenceville. 412-719-2995.
FRI 20 ALTAR BAR. Bryen O’ Boyle & Friendz. Strip District. 412-263-2877. CLUB CAFE. Norman Nardini, Slim Forsythe & His New Payday Loaners, The Damaged Pies. Benefit for WhyHunger. South Side. 866-468-3401. EAST END BOOK EXCHANGE. Cold Weather w/ Fun Home & Sleep Experiments. CD release. Bloomfield. 412-224-2847. GOOSKI’S. Witch Mountain, Urns, Supervoid. Polish Hill. 412-681-1658. HAMBONE’S. Charlie Hustle & the Grifters. Lawrenceville. 412-681-4318. HARVEY WILNER’S. Random Play.
West Mifflin. 412-466-1331. Schureman (Late). South Side. 866-468-3401. HOWLERS COYOTE CAFE. DOWNEY’S HOUSE. The Lampshades, Bishops, Ricky Moslen James Claytor Band. Robinson. & Friends, Goodwolf. Bloomfield. 412-489-5631. 412-682-0320. HEY ANDY’S. The Satin Hearts. RAMADA INN HOTEL & Monogahala. 724-258-4755. CONFERENCE CENTER. Totally HOWLERS COYOTE CAFE. 80s. Greensburg. 724-552-0603. Gruber & Wes, Clay McCloud & SHELBY’S STATION. Dave & Megan Pennigton. Bloomfield. Andrea Iglar Duo. Bridgeville. 412-682-0320. 724-319-7938. KNUCKLEHEAD’S BAR. SMILING MOOSE. Camp The Dave Iglar Band. Element, Shrouded In Ross. 412-366-7468. Neglect, Disillusion MEADOWS CASINO. Effect. South Side. w. w w Walk of Shame. 412-431-4668. paper pghcitym Washington. .co 724-503-1200. MOONDOG’S. Nied’s Hotel 31ST STREET PUB. Lo Pan, Band. Blawnox. 412-828-2040. Against The Grain, Six Speed Kill, PALACE THEATRE. Blue Oyster Ravenna Arsenal. Strip District. Cult w/ Reb Beach Project. 412-391-8334. Greensburg. 724-836-8000. 565 LIVE. The Honey Riders. THE R BAR. King’s Ransom. Bellevue. 412-522-7556. Dormont. 412-942-0882. BLOOMFIELD BRIDGE REX THEATER. theCAUSE. TAVERN. The Park Plan, South Side. 412-381-6811. City Steps, By Light We Loom. SONNY’S TAVERN. Hard Money, Bloomfield. 412-682-8611. All Kinds of Wrong, A.M. Faces. CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF Bloomfield. 412-683-5844. HOMESTEAD MUSIC HALL. THUNDERBIRD CAFE. Boulevard Blackberry Smoke, Temperance Of The Allies. Lawrenceville. Movement, Leon Virgil Bowers. 412-682-0177. 412-368-5225. CLUB CAFE. David Bavas w/ Paul Labrise (Early). The Weathered CLUB CAFE. Michael Nolan, Bill Road, Henry Bachorski, Kayla Munz, Bettie Rage, Todd Porter, Sean Styles, Jeremy Creamer, Dirk Miller, Daniielle Dawgiello & Larry Dawgiello. A Pittsburgh Tribute to Lou Reed. South Side. 866-468-3401. HARD ROCK CAFE. Awake At Last, Cynimatics, Beneath The Current. Station Square. 412-481-7625. HOWLERS COYOTE CAFE. Hearing Things, Love Letters. Bloomfield. 412-682-0320. THE NEW BOHEMIAN. The Armadillos, Gift Horse, Col. Eagleburgers Goodtime Band. Weather Permitting: Winter Edition. North Side. 412-251-6058. PALACE THEATRE. Trace Adkins. Greensburg. 724-836-8000.
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Each week, we bring you a new track from a local artist. This week’s song comes from As Ladders; stream or download “Don’t Take Yr Love” from the new EP Yarns, for free on FFW>>, our music blog at pghcitypaper.com.
TUE 24 ALTAR BAR. Drowning Pool, Adrenaline Mob, Full Devil Jacket, Shrouded In Neglect. Strip District. 412-263-2877. HOWLERS COYOTE CAFE. Genome, Habatat & Memphis Hill. Bloomfield. 412-682-0320.
WED 25 CLUB CAFE. Penny & Sparrow, Mike Medved. South Side. 866-468-3401. LINDEN GROVE. Upbeat Entertainment. Castle Shannon. MR. SMALLS THEATER. Galactic, The Record Company. Millvale. 412-821-4447. CONTINUES ON PG. 32
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BELVEDERE’S. Neon w/ DJ hatesyou. 80s Night. Lawrenceville. 412-687-2555. CLUB TABOO. DJ Matt & Gangsta Shak. Homewood. 412-969-0260.
THE NEW AMSTERDAM. Desus. Lawrenceville. 412-682-6414. ONE 10 LOUNGE. DJ Goodnight, DJ Rojo. Downtown. 412-874-4582. ROWDY BUCK. Top 40 Dance. South Side. 412-431-2825. RUGGER’S PUB. 80s Night w/ DJ Connor. South Side. 412-381-1330.
BRILLOBOX. Pandemic w/ Bbrave & Strobe. Bloomfield. 412-621-4900. DIESEL. DJ CK. South Side. 412-431-8800. REMEDY. Push It!. DJ Huck Finn, DJ Kelly Fasterchild. Lawrenceville. 412-781-6771. ROWDY BUCK. Top 40 Dance. South Side. 412-431-2825. S BAR. Pete Butta. South Side. 412-481-7227.
WED 25 CABARET AT THEATER SQUARE. DJ Juan Diego, DJ Carla. Downtown. 412-325-6769. SPOON. Spoon Fed. East Liberty. 412-362-6001.
HIP HOP/R&B SAT 21 MR. SMALLS THEATER. Jesse Mader & The Urban Rock Project, Real Deal w/ DJ Climax, Goest Ryder. Millvale. 412-821-4447.
BLUES THU 19 SLOPPY JOE’S. Wil E. Tri & the Bluescasters. Mt. Washington. 412-381-4300.
Every Third Saturday February-June 2015 Doors: 6:45 • Show 8PM
FRI 20 MOONDOG’S. Billy Price. Blawnox. 412-828-2040. NOLA ON THE SQUARE. John Gresh’s Gris-Gris. Downtown. 412-471-9100.
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SUN 22 THE R BAR. The Midnite Horns. Dormont. 412-942-0882.
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Protomartyr Gooski’s, 3117 Brereton St., Polish Hill {WED., JUNE 03}
Tame Impala Stage AE, 400 North Shore Drive, North Side {SUN., JUNE 21}
Los Lonely Boys Altar Bar, 1620 Penn Ave., Strip District
(Ballroom). Salsamba (Speakeasy). North Side. 412-904-3335. LINDEN GROVE. Dr. Zoot. Castle Shannon. 412-882-8687. OMNI WILLIAM PENN. Joe Negri w/ Max Leake. Downtown. 412-553-5235.
SAT 21 BELLEFIELD HALL. Pitt Jazz Ensemble Big Band Festival. Oakland. 412-624-7529. GROWN & SEXY II. Eric Johnson & The Fabulous A Team. Strip District. 412-251-0615. JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. Emmett Goods. North Side. 412-904-3335. LEMONT. Judi Figel & Dave Crisci. Mt. Washington. 412-431-3100.
SUN 22 JAMES STREET GASTROPUB & SPEAKEASY. Rick Matt Quartet. North Side. 412-904-3335. OMNI WILLIAM PENN. Frank Cunimondo. Downtown. 412-281-7100. THUNDERBIRD CAFE. Ben Goldberg Trio. Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177.
MON 23 ECLIPSE LOUNGE. Open Jazz Night w/ the Howie Alexander Trio. Lawrenceville. 412-251-0097.
TUE 24 THUNDERBIRD CAFE. Space Exchange Series w/ Thoth Trio. Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177.
WED 25 NOLA ON THE SQUARE. Nik C & The Blue Tops. Downtown. 412-471-9100.
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HOWLERS COYOTE CAFE. Zach Schmidt, James Maple, Chet Vincent & Kayla Schureman. Bloomfield. 412-682-0320. THE ROOTS CELLAR. Harpeth Rising w/ Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion. Shadyside. 412-361-1915.
SAT 21 OLIVE OR TWIST. The Vagrants. Downtown. 412-255-0525.
WED 25 ALLEGHENY ELKS LODGE #339. Pittsburgh Banjo Club. Wednesdays. North Side. 412-321-1834.
REGGAE FRI 20 CAPRI PIZZA AND BAR. Bombo Claat w/ VYBZ Machine Intl Sound System. East Liberty. 412-362-1250.
COUNTRY THU 19 ELWOOD’S PUB. The Fiddlers. Rural Ridge. 724-265-1181.
FRI 20 HARD ROCK CAFE. Frank Vieira. Station Square. 412-481-7625. MEADOWS CASINO. Dallas Marks. Washington. 724-503-1200. THUNDERBIRD CAFE. Hillbilly Gypsies w/ Mickey & The Snake Oil Boys, The Hills & The Rivers. Lawrenceville. 412-682-0177.
SAT 21 ELWOOD’S PUB. The Agway Shoplifters. Rural Ridge. 724-265-1181.
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ACOUSTIC MUSIC WORKS. Brian Henke, Daryl Shawn, & Laura Boswell. Squirrel Hill. 412-422-0710.
REX THEATER. The Travelin’ McCourys w/ Billy Nershi. South Side. 412-381-6811.
AIDANA YNTYKBAYEVA W/ ANNA KOVALEVSKA. Kobyz & piano performing western classic music, Kahzakh traditional pieces & American melodies. Jewish Community Center, Squirrel Hill. 412-521-8010. PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. The 11th Annual Reading Session, nurturing new work & young composers, Xinyang Wang, Anthony Manfredonia, Richard Thomas & David Hertzberg. Heinz Hall, Downtown. 412-392-4900.
SUN 22 CHATHAM BAROQUE. Celebrate Bach’s 330th Birthday w/ music for organ, voices & Instruments, including reconstructed movements from Bach’s lost St Mark Passion. Church of the Redeemer, Squirrel Hill. 412-422-7909. THE MENDELSSOHN CHOIR OF PITTSBURGH. Performing Gioachino Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle. East Liberty Presbyterian Church, East Liberty. 412-926-2488. ORGANIST BARBARA BRUNS. Presented by Cathedral Concert Series. Co-sponsored by Organ Artists Series of Pittsburgh. St. Paul Cathedral, Oakland. 412-621-6082. PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. Bach’s Coffeehouse. Solo & duo performances. Heinz Hall, Downtown. 412-392-4900. ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHANCEL CHOIR & THE SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY CONCERT CHOIR. Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Mt. Lebanon. 412-531-7153.
WED 25 DAVID BENNETT & DANIEL MAY. Andys Wine Bar, Downtown. 412-773-8884.
OTHER MUSIC FRI 20 HAMBONE’S. The Cheer’ly Men. Lawrenceville. 412-681-4318.
MON 23 HAMBONE’S. Cabaret w/ Ian Kane. Lawrenceville. 412-681-4318.
WED 25 ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM. A Winged Victory for the Sullen w/ Loscil. North Side. 412-237-8300. CABARET AT THEATER SQUARE. Hello Donny. A showtunes singalong. Downtown. 412-325-6769.
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ALTAR BAR Strip District. 412-206-9719. All ages show. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 7:30p.m.
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BYHAM THEATER Downtown. 412-456-6666. Tickets: pittsburghplayhouse.com. Through March 22.
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Mr. GG's frontman Bryen O'Boyle & Friendz Full Band An Evening with Helmet-"Betty" 20th Reunion Party ALTAR BAR Strip District. Anniversary Show
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ALTAR BAR Strip District. 412-263-2877. All ages show. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 7:30p.m.
Excision
STAGE AE North Side. All ages show. Tickets: ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000. Doors open at 8p.m.
The Slackers
REX THEATER South Side. 412-381-6811. All ages show. Tickets: greyareaprod.com 8p.m.
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Comedian Grandma Lee (As Seen on America's Got Talent & HBO)
LATITUDE 360 Robinson Twp. 412-693-5555. Tickets: latitude360.com/pittsburgh-pa. Through March 21.
Bach's Coffeehouse
Blackberry Smoke MARCH 21 CARNEGIE OF HOMESTEAD MUSIC HALL
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ALTAR BAR Strip District. 412-263-2877. All ages show. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 7:30p.m.
HEINZ HALL Downtown. Blackberry Smoke: 412-392-4900. Tickets: pittsburghsymphony.org. Holding All the Roses Tour CARNEGIE OF HOMESTEAD Through March 22. MUSIC HALL Munhall. All ages show. Tickets: ticketfly. SATURDAY com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 8p.m.
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Say Ahh (A Tribute to Poison) / Steel City Crue (Motley Crue Tribute) HARD ROCK CAFE Station Square. 412-481-ROCK. Over 21 show. Tickets: ticketfly.com or 1-877-4-FLY-TIX. 10p.m.
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DIOR AND I IS A COMPELLING LOOK AT A SURPRISINGLY COLLABORATIVE CREATIVE PROCESS
{BY AL HOFF} A troubled — and occasionally giddy — relationship between a harried single mom, her angry teenage son and a shy neighbor is the focus of Mommy, the latest drama from the young Canadian writerdirector Xavier Dolan (I Killed My Mother).
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In suburban Montreal, Die (Anne Dorval) brings 15-year-old Steve (Antoine-Olivier Pilon) home from a juvenile psychiatric facility: He has ADHD and is prone to violent outbursts. Die vacillates between hectoring and coddling, while the burden of parenting someone so disruptive and dangerous becomes untenable. Then, Die and Steve find a friend in neighbor Kyla (Suzanne Clément), who has some success taming Steve, before everything — naturally, with these damaged souls — blows up badly. This is no inspirational, heart-warming Lifetime movie: The emotions are raw and ugly, and Dolan’s characters careen from likable to infuriating and back again. Despite their predilection for self-sabotage, their survival instincts are admirable, and there is a twisted beauty particularly in the co-dependency between mother and son. Dolan shoots in a unique aspect ratio that results in a nearly square screen image that is initially distracting. But late in the film, he switches to a wider format, and you can’t help but admire the visual impact of the tight box to which he has confined his characters. In French, with subtitles. Starts Fri., March 20. Harris AHOFF@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
Sword of Vengeance Stanley Weber and Annabelle Wallis star in Jim Weedon’s sword-centric actioner set in 11th-century England. Starts Fri., March 20. Parkway Theater, McKees Rocks
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Some recent films screening this week: A MASTER BUILDER. Jonathan Demme’s new film is an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s 1892 play about an elderly, well-regarded architect (Wallace Shawn). The unexpected arrival of a young female houseguest (Lisa Joyce) prompts the pair to recall — somewhat differently — a notable project from a decade earlier. Demme will attend the screening, which is followed by a reception. 7:15 p.m. Thu., March 19. Regent Square. $20 ($10 seniors/students) DIOR AND I. Frédéric Tcheng’s documentary goes behind the scenes at Christian Dior, as the haute-couture house incorporates a new artistic director, Raf Simons, and he has to quickly create a spring line. It’s easy to dismiss such rarefied clothing, but this is still a compelling look at a surprisingly collaborative creative process, including participation from the rarely seen tailors and seamstresses who construct and handsew these gorgeous garments. In English, and French, with subtitles. 7:15 p.m. Fri., March 20.
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sequel to his 2011 muckraking doc, You’ve Been Trumped, which found Scots pitted against Donald Trump over the construction of a luxury golf course in Aberdeen. That saga continues (and includes a sit-down with the adversarial Trump), and Baxter intercuts it with another community-vs.-developers golf-course deal in the historic Croatian city of Dubrovnik. Baxter also spends a bit of time asserting that golf courses, in general, are often an economic and ecological disaster — a topic likely worthy of its own film. In English, and Croatian, with subtitles. 6:30 p.m. Tue., March 24.
PLACEBO. After his brother, Kuldeep, injures himself by punching a window, jeopardizing his future at an exclusive Indian medical school, filmmaker Abhay Kumar begins a year tracking his brother and several other students there. It’s an intimate, sometimes harrowing portrait of these young men’s hopes and insecurities, and sometimes their fundamental immaturity. Scenes range from hazing rituals to existential crises. Kumar, shooting mostly on a handheld
camera, captures interesting visuals, with some expressionistic touches (including compelling animated sequences). It turns out that this incredibly competitive school has a suicide epidemic; is it from “depression,” or merely “academic stress”? Placebo is fascinating: cleareyed but shot with abundant sympathy. In English and Hindi, with subtitles. 7:15 p.m. Wed., March 25 (McConomy) and 4 p.m. Thu., March 26 (Carlow University) (Bill O’Driscoll)
BRONX OBAMA. In 2008, laid-off singledad Nuyorican Louis Ortiz discovered that his uncanny resemblance to Barack Obama could be a way to earn money. So he embarks on a curious journey, subbing for Obama in cheesy movies, music videos and on a comedy “presidential debate” tour, where he shares a motel room with “Romney” and “Clinton.” An intriguing look at the bizarre intersection of entertainment and politics, and what it’s like to be somebody else for a job. Director Murdock and Ortiz (as Obama) will attend the screening. 7 p.m. Thu., March 26. Also screening this week at McConomy: The Secret Sharer (7:15 p.m. Sat., March 21), a modern-day adaptation of the Joseph Conrad novella; Bad Hair (5 p.m. Sun., March 22), from Venezuela, about a young boy’s search for identity; and The Dabbawallas (9:15 p.m. Tue., March 24), the late Paul Goodman’s documentary about lunch-deliverymen in India. AHOFF@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
“The Musicbox.” Hosted by David Newll, a.k.a. Mr. McFeely. 3 p.m. Sun., March 22. Hollywood
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YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU. The 1938 screwball comedy about an eccentric family continues a month-long, Sunday-night series of digitally restored Frank Capra films. 8 p.m. Sun., March 22. Regent Square
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NEW THIS WEEK CINDERELLA. Kenneth Branagh directs this straightforward but lush adaptation of the classic fairy tale about the overworked girl granted a magical night at the ball. Downton Abbey’s Lily James (a.k.a. Lady Rose) plays Cinderella, and she’s perfectly sweet (and teeny-waisted) in this lightly written, passive role. Stealing every scene she’s in is Cate Blanchett, as the nasty step-mom who owns every stitch of her 1940s-inspired sculpted gowns. Besides the blessed absence of Radio Disney-ready songs, it’s the costumes (by Sandy Powell) that really are this film’s most winning feature — from the adorable cartoony matching outfits worn by Cinderella’s silly step-sisters to the Swarovski-and-spun-sugar confection that is Cinderella’s ball gown. The film wants you to believe that Cinderella’s value is her disposition, but let’s face it: It’s not her kindness to animals that knocks them speechless at the ball — it’s looking pretty in a fancy dress. (Al Hoff) DIVERGENT: INSURGENT. The tale of rebel teens struggling in a dystopic world riven by warring factions, continues. Robert Schwentke directs; Shailene Woodley and Theo James star. In 3-D, in select theaters. Starts Fri., March 20.
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THE GETT: THE TRIAL OF VIVIANE AMSALEM. This Israeli film from Ronit and Shlomi Elkabetz is the very essence of a courtroom drama: It takes place only in a bare municipal room, and is comprised only of testimony. The case: A woman, Viviane (Ronit Elkabetz), seeks a divorce (gett), a release from her loveless marriage, which can be granted only with the consent of the husband and the approval of rabbinical judges. (There is no civil divorce.) Since the husband (Simon Abkarian) refuses, witnesses are called, and the trial grinds on. On one hand, Gett is the dissection of a marriage, where incompatibility has bred contempt; on the other, it’s a searing indictment of a maledominated, religiousbased state institution that compromises the agency of women’s lives. As expected, Viviane rarely speaks in her defense, but as portrayed by Elkabetz, her contempt and anger is a constant silent scream. In Hebrew and French, with subtitles. Starts Fri., March 20. Manor (AH) THE GUNMAN. Pierre Morel directs this globetrotting action thriller about a professional sniper who, as a result of his kills, now finds himself a target. Sean Penn, Javier Bardem and Idris Elba star. Starts Fri., March 20. RUN ALL NIGHT. The best scene in this movie has Ed Harris and Liam Neeson, vets of the New York City criminal milieu, reminiscing over drinks, while trying not to kill each other. (“I am the only one who ever cared about you, and all that ended when you shot my son.”) Unfortunately, most of Jaume Collet-Serra’s thriller is simply these two and their proxies
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The Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem firing guns, interspersed with some running and soulful man-brooding. (For novelty, the final fight between these two silverbacks features flaming sticks.) The plot can be summed up as “kill him, or die trying,” and offers every hackneyed set-up from railyard by night and Irish bar to boxing gym and sprawling housing project. Seemingly unavailable for appearances: fruit stand and warehouse full of boxes. (AH) THE SALVATION. Westerns are rare these days, so fans might want to pony up for this Danishproduced, South African-shot revenge drama that tips its hat to the bleaker revisionist Westerns of the late 1960s and early ’70s. Set in frontier America in 1871, Kristian Levring’s Salvation doesn’t break any new ground, but it’s wholly serviceable for those seeking a no-nonsense killing-and-corruption exercise, led by a stony, chiseled-featured wronged man (Mads Mikkelsen). After killing the men who killed his wife and child, our hero finds himself the target of the town’s corrupt and violent overseer (Jeffrey Dean Morgan). More people are killed. At 90 minutes, Salvation doesn’t have the epic sprawl of its antecedents (or their cinematic glory), but that’s to be expected in this portrayal of a man who’s efficient in both homesteading and revenge-killing. The 7 p.m. Cinderella Thu., March 19, screening is part of the Spaghetti Western series, and includes movie and spaghetti dinner; reservations required at 412-7661668. In English, and Danish, with subtitles. Starts Thu., March 19. Parkway, McKees Rocks. www. parkwaytheater.org (AH)
REPERTORY ROW HOUSE CINEMA. Mel Brooks Retrospective. The Producers (the 1967 show-biz comedy about staging a Broadway flop), March 18. Blazing Saddles (1974 Western spoof starring Cleavon Little and beans), March 18-19. Young Frankenstein (Gene Wilder stars in this hilarious but deeply respectful 1974 Frankenstein re-boot), March 18-19. Spaceballs (Stars Wars and other sci-fi sagas get sent up in this 1987 comedy), March 19. Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. The Fellowship of the Ring (Frodo embarks; 2001),
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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Jean Cocteau’s haunting 1946 take on the beauty-and-the-beast fairy tale features innumerable gorgeous images. In French, with subtitles. 8 p.m. Wed., March 25. Melwood. $2 ASPIE SEEKS LOVE. Local filmmaker Julie Sokolow premieres her award-winning documentary that recounts the search for romance by David Matthews, a Pittsburgh outsider artist and writer who in his 40s was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome. 7 p.m. Thu., March 26. Regent Square THE MAFIA KILLS ONLY IN SUMMER. This 2013 black comedy from Pierfrancesco Diliberto follows a couple’s relationship from the 1970s to the 1990s against the backdrop of criminal activity in Sicily. The film opens this year’s Italian Film Festival, which screens recent films for free through April 18. In Italian, with subtitles. 7 p.m. Thu., March 26. Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Ave., Carnegie. Free. www.italianfilmfests.org JUMP. Tadeusz Konwicki’s 1965 film starts with a man jumping off a moving train to visit a small town he stayed in during the war. Continues a two-month series of digitally remastered Polish masterpieces, curated by Martin Scorsese. In Polish, with subtitles. 7:30 p.m. Thu., March 26, and 5:30 p.m. Sat., March 28. Harris. $5
Grey Gardens GOODFELLAS. Spend more time with The Family in Martin Scorsese’s 1990 drama, a searing, profanely funny account of real-life mobster (and FBI informant) Henry Hill. Starring Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci and Robert DeNiro. 8 p.m. Thu., March 19. Oaks BRIDE AND PREJUDICE. Gurinder Chadha’s 2004 romantic comedy is a contemporary Bollywood update on Pride and Prejudice. Screens in association with The Jane Austen Society of North America, Pittsburgh Region; a discussion will follow. 7:15 p.m. Fri., March 20. Hollywood. $10 IT’S A GIFT. A hen-pecked New Jersey husband (W.C Fields) buys an orange grove through the mail, and moves to California for what is sure to be easy living. Norman Z. McLeod directs this 1934 comedy. Also screening: the Laurel and Hardy short
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HOME AGAIN Of all Beth Corning’s dance-theater works, none in recent memory has been remounted more often than At Once There Was a House. Choreographed in 2004 for Cleveland’s GroundWorks Dancetheater, the piece was reworked twice for Corning’s former company, Dance Alloy Theatre (most recently in 2006), and is being revisited to celebrate her company CorningWorks’ fifth anniversary. A new, hour-long version of the critically acclaimed audience favorite will receive five performances as part of CorningWorks’ annual Glue Factory Project, at the New Hazlett Theater, March 25-29. This version retains much from the old work. But as with prior productions, its characters will be refashioned around the personalities of a multi-disciplinary cast that includes: Corning, Squonk Opera’s Jackie Dempsey, Attack Theatre’s Michele de la Reza, former Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre soloist Tamar Rochelle Tolentino, actor/ musician John Gresh and former Paul Taylor Dance Company dancer Yoav Kaddar. Why remount the work yet again? “I really wanted to see more mature performers take it on,” says Corning. “Of my works, this one really had the potential to be something more with seasoned bodies.” At Once There Was a House asks the question: What ever happened to Dick and Jane? Books featuring these idealized elementary-school icons taught children in the U.S. to read from the 1930s through the 1970s. Set to a collage of music from classical to Tom Waits, the somewhat dark work drops in characters who have gathered for a rather bizarre class reunion in which the audience is a participant of sorts. There’s the shy one, the self-important one, the cocky athlete and others. “Everyone is really just Dick and Jane, even though they have their own characters,” says Corning. Who they really are gets revealed in a series of funny, thought-provoking and poignant scenes choreographed by Corning. For much of the over-40 cast, House is a trip down memory lane, but also an adventure into the unknown. “The idea of dancing and being a character was a foreign idea to me,” says Dempsey, best known as Squonk’s keyboardist. Many in the House cast report that same fish-out-of-water feeling. But it’s a feeling that, in past productions, Corning has had a knack for turning into insightful, emotional and very human performances. INFO@PGHCITYPAPER.COM
CorningWorks presents AT ONCE THERE WAS A HOUSE Wed., March 25-Sun., March 29. New Hazlett Theater, 6 Allegheny Square East, North Side. $25-50 (March 29 show is pay-what-you-can). 888-718-4253 or www.newhazletttheater.org
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ceipt and interpretation of what’s been provided, and for the formation of a response. Still, taking in these works with this idea in mind enhances the experience, even if the experience disproves the show’s premise.
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The exhibit is divided between the galleries’ second and third floors. Because the more complex pieces are on the lower level, it’s more fulfilling to begin on the third floor and work your way down. The least visually striking work is Bryndís Hrönn Ragnarsdót-
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tir’s “Buoy.” Prior to the show’s opening, the Icelandic artist danced boisterously through the room, armed with metal washers swung on cables, which banged into the walls, scuffing and denting them. What remains are the rough, unsanded smears of spackle that the artist applied to the dings and scrapes. Considering what’s on view as the consequence of actions previous and unseen, visitors might find this a compelling and personal method of transforming the space. Or they might just think about all the living rooms they janked up at house parties back in the hardcore days. Considering it aesthetically, there is nothing gained from considering it aesthetically. While in “Buoy” the viewer witnesses the aftermath of the artist’s experience, with
“Seeing With Eyes Closed,” Croatia- and Germany-based Ivana Franke’s contribution, the experience is a new territory in which each viewer plants her own flag. Seated on a pillow on the floor a few feet from an arc of LED lights, one visitor at a time closes her eyes as patterns strobe before her. While the result of the slightly more than threeminute sequence can be generalized as a quasi-hallucinatory series of pulses and throbs, the imagery will be unique to each person, creating a fully singular reaction. The visitor doesn’t simply view the work; she completes it, providing the last element required for its full realization. Both of those third-floor pieces are conceptual, sometimes overwhelmingly so. They’re reliant on additional data that elaborates on the creation of what we see now, whether it’s the artist wrecking a wall or programming electronic equipment. The second-floor pieces, both videobased, are richer and more rewarding. One of them allows us to observe the unfolding of a narrative, while the other includes us in the plotline. In “Possibility, Will, Decision, Action,” Mirjana Vodopija presents her story in three parts through three concurrently running video projections. The central one depicts the Croatian artist, her back to us, motionless but for her breathing, surrounded by snow in a featureless expanse. Another portrays a landscape of rocks and water, with an animated outline of the artist appearing and crossing through until no longer visible. The third shows the artist pushing forward resolutely through a field. The projections clearly transmit dream, inability, then finally, action. The most intriguing work in Absence of Self is Lauri Astala’s “On Disappearance.” The Finnish artist appears in the projected video in a small, shabby room, reciting segments of text from Paul Auster’s “The Invention of Solitude” and Leena Krohn’s “Tainaron.” This work is also experienced by one person at a time, with that person positioned specifically in the space in order to be captured in real time and inserted into the video he is watching. It’s done precisely, bringing the observer seamlessly into the work and recasting him as a participant. That first glimpse of yourself onscreen is jarring, especially if it’s unexpected. Yet well within the span of this six-minute work, there is the feeling of full integration, leading to a heightened engagement. It’s difficult to imagine how the self is even remotely absent from any of these pieces, all of which rely heavily on the interpretation of the viewer, all of which are rich with the presence of the creator. What’s easier to grasp is the connection established between the observer and what’s observed.
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“smart, sassy and rewarding.”— The NewYork Times
March 21 – April 26, 2015
AN IRREVERENT COMEDY FROM ONE OF THE WRITERS OF “WEEDS”
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Eugene Lee in How I Learned What I Learned, at the Pittsburgh Public Theater
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PERHAPS A MORE accurate title would be August Wilson’s How I Learned What I Learned. Originally a one-man autobiographical show starring Pittsburgh’s most famous playwright himself, the current production at the Pittsburgh Public Theater tries to capture Wilson’s voice and spirit.
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It doesn’t, not quite. While actor Eugene Lee deftly relays the stories and the humor and the heart of Wilson’s anger-fueled passion, he cannot suspend our belief that he is a narrator, not the poet. Long-time Wilson associate/dramaturg Todd Kreidler co-created and directed this production; he did the same for that first production (in 2003), and reworked it for a New York premiere last year. Learned is a tribute to and an examination of the life of Wilson (né Frederick August Kittel), who died too young at age 60 in 2005, shortly after the opening of Radio Golf, the final play of his Pittsburgh Cycle. Covering Wilson’s life from childhood to before his career took off, in the early 1980s, Learned covers a lot of familiar territory. I don’t mean just the anecdotes that often popped up in interviews (e.g. his self-education at the Carnegie Li-
brary of Pittsburgh), but also the indignities heaped on every person of color. His specifics might vary, but the experiences — being suspected as a thief on sight, hassled by the police, disdained by random white people — are sadly not uncommon, even for the most professional and proficient African-American. Need I mention the vitriol spewed at POTUS and FLOTUS? Oh, what August could make of that situation. And there are plenty of stories about Wilson’s life on the streets of the Hill, his friendships and mentors, his sometimes very hard lessons about life. (For me, the most surprising revelation was that we shared a math teacher, though at different schools in different decades.) Given recent events in Ferguson, Cleveland, Staten Island and elsewhere that belie the myth of “post-racial” America, How I Learned What I Learned is remarkably timely. There’s plenty for the rest of us to learn, too. I N F O@ P G H C I T Y PA P E R. C OM
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IN 1982, director Paul Mazursky filmed a modern-day adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest called, you’ll never guess, Tempest. Susan Sarandon was in it, and I’m a fan, so I went. I don’t remember much about it, but I vividly recall a glorious voice singing Rodgers and Hart’s “Manhattan” over the end credits. It was Dinah Washington, a vocalist I’d never heard of but whose impeccable musicianship and scorching sound had me swooning. It’s been a nonstop love affair ever since.
So you can imagine how excited I was to see Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Co.’s Dinah, written and directed by music and theater artist Ernest McCarty. Set in 1961, the first act is Dinah rehearsing for a Birdland appearance later that evening. A reporter interviews her and Dinah slips into memories about her early career and the seven men she married. (Or possibly eight … the record isn’t clear.) Act II is the concert we’ve watched her rehearse. There’s not much to say about the nonmusical elements; the characters, the dialogue and the plot don’t register, and the framing device McCarty provides is, like his direction, merely serviceable. Where Pittsburgh-based McCarty has soared is his musical direction, and his knock-out quartet: Lou Stellute on sax, Andrew Kirk on drums, bass player Miles Jackson and McCarty himself on keyboards. These four men swing through more than 20 numbers, and their sound is tight and absolutely on target. And at the center is Delana Flowers, as Dinah. She doesn’t attempt an impersonation — that would have been fatal — but she does employ Dinah’s legendary clipped phrasing and staccato style. Flowers is a rather splendid singer herself, and her per-
formance is a tribute to one of the greats. I’d also like to single out Les Howard’s entertaining turn as Brooks Benton on his duet with Dinah.
DINAH
continues through April 5. 937 Liberty Ave., Downtown. $22.50-35. 412-687-4686 or www.pghplaywrights.com
Some cranks might carp that Dinah isn’t really a play, just a musical revue. And it’s true that when the evening strays from the music, it hits some very rocky ground. But you know what? I don’t care. It’s great songs sung by a wonderful singer backed up by a terrific band. Believe me, it’s enough. I N F O @PGH C IT YPAPE R . C O M
phen King to Hellraiser. I’m a bit disappointed that 12 Peers Theater decided to stage this show in March rather than the Halloween season it seems to court — none of my friends were excited to see a spooky show over St. Patrick’s Day weekend, when the scariest story is usually the designated driver canceling. The show is by turns haunting and disarmingly funny. Crawford expertly sheds his own voice’s delightfully monstrous husk to take on the manner of a child while monologuing through Lovecraft’s own boyhood, walking us through the major points of his life until he becomes the hermetic starving racist who birthed modern horror.
THE SHOW IS BY TURNS HAUNTING AND DISARMINGLY FUNNY.
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continues through Sat., March 21. 12 Peers Theater at Maker Theater, 5950 Ellsworth Ave., Shadyside. $17. 412-496-2194 or www.12peerstheater.org
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written and performed by David Crawford, is a trip through the life of H.P. Lovecraft, the early 20th-century writer of cosmic horror popular among people who find Poe kind of dorky. You can’t really overstate Lovecraft’s influence on horror, from Ste-
dling of this latter part of his life: The show’s second half is given over largely to a live retelling of “The Shadow Over Innsmouth,” one of Lovecraft’s best stories, with narratively superficial pauses to remind us that, for many of his most creative years, Lovecraft was starving and lonely. The Maker Theater (which daylights as Steel City Improv Theater) is a good venue for the show, intimate and faceted, like a little cavern. The setting provides, perhaps, a microcosm of the horror experience: Multiple times, I jumped at sounds coming from behind us, which might have been water running or a floorboard settling, but which had me squeezing the arm of the friend beside me for security. Horror is a deeply personal sensation, dependent on our youths, our individual neuroses and obsessions, even things as frivolous as how much caffeine we’ve had in the past 12 hours. For some of us, the idea of growing into sickly, reclusive xenophobes produces gut-clenching fear; for others it only reminds us of Grandma. Me, I found Lovecraft’s Monsters a lot of fun.
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ADVENTURE BINGO! WITH HARVARD & HIGHLAND’S ALEXI MORRISSEY Artist and entertainer Alexi Morrissey leads a hilarious and hint-filled tour of CMOA's Sketch to Structure, followed by his own brand of old-school Bingo-meets-pub-quiz.
Thursday, March 19 7–10 p.m. $15 ($10 Members), includes 1 drink token!
Join us for a chance to win fabulous (and not-so-fabulous) prizes!
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FOR INFORMATION ON HOW TO SUBMIT LISTINGS AND PRESS RELEASES, CALL 412.316.3342 X161. play “Cupid’s Brand” takes the stage. The play reinvents Shakespeare’s sonnets to highlight the romance between three characters: the writer, the Dark Lady and “W.H.” The series concludes March 27-28 with Moriah Ella Mason’s Detritus, Vestige, and Dross, a performance-art piece that will transform Future Tenant’s storefront space into a geography of rubbish and ruin. ZM 8 p.m. Also 8 p.m. Sat., March 21. 819 Penn Ave., Downtown. $5. 412-325-7037 or www.futuretenant.org
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It’s just a quick little, uh, meditation. Tonight, the Orgasm Symposium celebrates all things orgasmic. The evening of potent 10-minute talks at the Alloy Studios aims to drive honest conversation about relationships, orgasm and intimacy. Speaking are Dr. Greg Siegle, a Pitt psychiatry researcher; Ruwan Meepagala (pictured), an orgasmic meditation instructor; author and orgasm coach Carolyn Elliot; and Joy KMT, an artist who explores orgasm, riots and revolutions. Zacchiaus McKee 7 p.m. 5530 Penn Ave., Friendship. $20. 412-363-3000 or www.turnedonliving.com
Future Tenant’s versatile performance space hosts another week of Trespass, its performing-arts residency series. Tonight and tomorrow, Andrew Huntley’s one-act
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Increasingly, the Oaks Theater is adding performance to its programming. The latest to exploit the venue’s stage and big screen together is David Kaye. The local comic offers Digitally Enhanced, a show blending standup and Google searches, and punchlines with projected stills and videos from the web. The one-man, one-screen show debuts tonight with a BYOB, 21and-over performance. Bill O’Driscoll 8 p.m. 310 Allegheny River Blvd.,
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Experience 60 minutes of hatha yoga flow, with Nicole Roberson of Verve
It’s maple-sugaring season, and you can learn about it all weekend long. Today, Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve hosts the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania’s Maple Madness, a 90-minute program including a guided walk through the maple-sugaring process and a catered pancake breakfast (multiple sessions; $6-10). And Allegheny County Parks host two sessions of “How Sweet It Is,” a free maple-syrupmaking demonstration at North Park’s Latodami Nature Center. On Sunday, Jennings Environmental Education Center, in Slippery Rock, hosts its own free indoor presentation on maple trees and guided outdoor walk to a working evaporator. BO Beechwood Farms: 10 a.m.1 p.m. (614 Dorseyville Road, Fox Chapel; register at www.aswp.org). North Park: 10-11:30 a.m. and 1-2:30 p.m. (575 Brown Road, Wexford; pre-register at 724-935-2170). Jennings: 2 p.m. Sun., March 22 (2951 Prospect Road, Slippery Rock; 724-794-6011).
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Each year, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra selects compositions by young, Pennsylvania-based talent to be performed by the full orchestra at Heinz Hall, offering professional critique and insight. This year, Xinyang
sp otlight Texture Contemporary Ballet wraps up its fourth season with Unleashed Emotion. The program in three acts at the New Hazlett Theater features five ballets that run the gamut of emotions, including the premiere of Texture associate artistic director Kelsey Bartman’s “Old Skin.” The 25-minute “earthy” ballet for five dancers, set to music by Olafur Arnalds, Patrick Wolf and others, explores the idea of rebirth. Says Bartman: “It comes from my realization that nothing is ever over, and you can always somehow start again.” Also premiering will be artistic director Alan Obuzor’s latest, “Eclipse.” The 35-minute multi-section ballet for seven dancers is about the ups and downs of life and is set to a suite of songs by the late American singer/guitarist Eva Cassidy. Also on the program are reprises of three repertory works choreographed by Bartman and Obuzor, including the pas de deuxs “Another Story” (2012), about the breakup of a romantic relationship told in reverse, and the bouncy “Hydroplaning Flower” (2012). Rounding out Unleashed Emotion is an expanded version of 2011’s funky and zany “Jabber Bubble.” Steve Sucato 8 p.m. Fri., March 20; 8 p.m. Sat., March 21; and 2 p.m., Sun., March 22. 6 Allegheny Square East, North Side. $20-25. 888-718-4253 or www.newhazletttheater.org
Wang (pictured), Anthony Manfredonia, Richard Thomas and David Hertzberg will present pieces selected by PSO Composer of the Year Mason Bates and adviser Patrick Burke. Conductors Fawzi Haimor and Lawrence Loh will lead this “reading session.” A panel and reception follow. ZM 11 a.m. 600 Penn Ave., Downtown. Free. 412-392-4900 or www.pittsburghsymphony.org
imagines the Das Kapital author resurrected from 150 years of afterlife into modern-day Manhattan, where he addresses his legacy, his socialist principles and the hyper-capitalist contemporary world. Actor and activist Brian Jones embodies Marx in this positively reviewed, nationally touring production. Tonight’s free performance is hosted
{STAGE} City Theatre stages the new comedy Oblivion. Written by Carly Mensch, whose credits include TV’s Weeds and Nurse Jackie, Oblivion centers on uber-hip Brooklynites Pam and Dixon and their progressive parenting. The play takes a humorous look at Nietzsche, film critic Pauline Kael and what it means to fight for your loved ones. City’s production, directed by Stuart Carden, features Christopher Larkin, Quentin Maré, Lisa Velten Smith and Julia Warner, all making their City debuts. The first performances are tonight. ZM 5:30 and 9 p.m. Continues through Sun., April 26. 1300 Bingham St., South Side. $15-61. 412-431-2489 or www.citytheatrecompany.org
“Don’t you wonder why it is necessary to declare me dead again and again?” asks Karl Marx in the oneman play Marx in Soho. The 1999 one-act, by historian Howard Zinn (A People’s History of the United States),
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Escamillo. Boasting such famed tunes as “Habanera” and the Toreador Song, this classic gets four performances at the Benedum Center. Songs are sung in French, with English texts projected above the stage. BO 8 p.m. Continues through March 29. 719 Liberty Ave., Downtown. $12.75-195.75. 412-456-6666 or www.pittsburghopera.org
In the year of its 140th anniversary, Carmen returns to Pittsburgh Opera tonight. Israeli mezzo-soprano Rinat Shaham, acclaimed for her turns as Bizet’s fiery heroine, reprises the role, with tenor A.J. Glueckert as Don José and baritone Morgan Smith as
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Essence, among others. ZM 7 p.m. 4905 Fifth Ave., Shadyside. Free. 412-621-6566 or www.rodefshalom.org
York-based author says that talking about religion, politics, sex, money and race can be both a wake-up call and a call to action. Tonight, at Rodef Shalom Congregation, Daniels speaks about her book, which encourages us to be fearless in discussing topics we would normally address only in hushed tones. The author of Ghettonation and Black Power Inc., Daniels has written for Fortune and
{TALK} Novelist Dennis Lehane visits tonight to discuss his latest book, World Gone By. The Boston-based author of mysteries like Shutter Island and Mystic River, River Lehane’s work has best-seller charted on best-selle adapted lists and been adapte into award-winning films. World Gone By follows former crime as kingpin Joe Coughlin a he navigates the Cuban underworld during World also War II. Lehane, who als writes for television shows like The Wire and Boardwalk Empire, speaks about his career and personal journey tonight in a Pittsburgh Arts & Lecturess event at Carnegie Music Hall. ZM
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MUSICAL. Based upon The Addams Family characters created by Charles Addams in his single-panel gag cartoons, which depict a ghoulish American family w/ an affinity for all things macabre. Presented by Spotlight Musical Theatre Company & Duquesne University. Thu-Sat, 8 p.m. Thru March 28. Peter Mills Theater ( Duquesne, Rockwell Hall ), Uptown. 412-396-6000. THE (ALMOST) TOTALLY TRUE STORY OF HANSEL AND GRETEL. Greensburg Civic Theatre’s Greasepaint Players present Steph DeFerie’s fantasy spoof. Fri., March 20, 7:30 p.m. and Sat., March 21, 4 p.m. Greensburg Garden and Civic Center, Greensburg. 724-836-8000. BOEING BOEING. A 60s farce feat. Bernard, a wannabe-Casanova, w/ Italian, German & American fiancées, each a beautiful airline hostess w/ frequent “layovers”. Sun, 2 p.m., Sat, 2 & 7:30 p.m. and Wed-Fri, 7:30 p.m. Thru April 26. Cabaret at Theater Square,
Downtown. 412-325-6769. DINAH. A play about the legendary blues singer Dinah Washington, by Ernest McCarty. Fri, Sat, 8 p.m., Sun, 3 p.m., Sun., March 29, 7 p.m. and Sun., April 5, 3 p.m. Thru March 22. Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre, Downtown. 412-377-7803. ELECTRA. A whimsical adaptation of the original by Jean Giraudoux, presented by the Heritage Players. Sun, 2 p.m. and Fri, Sat, 8 p.m. Thru March 22. Seton Center, Brookline. 412-254-4633. ELEMENO PEA. A have & have-nots comedy by Molly Smith Metzler. Thu, Fri, 8 p.m., Sat, 5:30 & 9 p.m. and Sun, 2 p.m. Thru March 22. City Theatre, South Side. 412-431-2489. THE FOX ON THE FAIRWAY. Quail Valley Country Club prepares to taken on archrival Crouching Squirrel Country Club in the Annual Inter-Club Golf Tournament. With a sizable wage at stake, the contest plays out amidst three love affairs, a disappearing diamond, objectionable sweaters & an exploding vase. Presented by the South Hills Players. Fri, Sat, 8 p.m.
Enjoy a beautiful day in the neighborhood, attend Bach’s b-day bash, and don’t fear the reaper. Podcast goes live every Thursday at www.pghcitypaper.com
and Sun, 2 p.m. Thru March 29. Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Castle Shannon. 412-881-1002. HOW I LEARNED WHAT I LEARNED. A one-man play about the power of art & the power of possibility by August Wilson. Thu-Sat, 8 p.m., Sun, 2 & 7 p.m. and Tue, 7 p.m. Thru April 5. Pittsburgh Public Theater, Downtown. 412-316-1600. LOVECRAFT’S MONSTERS. A one-man show starring David Crawford about H.P. Lovecraft’s demons in his life & his art. Presented by 12 Peers Theater. Thu-Sat, 8 p.m. Thru March 22. The Maker Theater, Shadyside. 412-496-2194. LUNCH LADY CABARET. It’s 10pm Friday night in the North Hinterland High School cafeteria & lunch ladies Gladys, Agnes, Mavis & Doris are letting their hairnets down for an evening of song, dance & irreverent entertainment served up hot. Sun, 2 p.m. and Fri, Sat, 8 p.m. Thru March 22. McKeesport Little Theater, McKeesport. 412-673-1100.
MARX IN SOHO. Howard Zinn’s one-act play, in which long-dead socialist Karl Marx returning to a super-capitalist Earth after more than a 150 years of benevolent “incarceration” in Heaven performed by African American actor-activist Brian Jones, followed by discussion. Sat., March 21, 7:30 p.m. Frick Fine Arts Building, Oakland. PROFESSOR ELDRITCH’S ASYLUM FOR UNCANNY AND EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN. The Asylum is a site-specific work taking up residence at an undisclosed location somewhere in Pittsburgh. Small, intimate audiences will be invited to spend the evening observing its occupants -- seven real-life characters from history, women of a duplicitous nature who gambled against their society & lost. A joint project through Uncumber Theatrics & Devious Maid Productions. Thu-Sat, 8 p.m. and Sun, 2 & 7 p.m. Thru April 4. www.uncumbertheatrics.com
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The University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Latin American Studies hosts its 35th annual Latin American and Caribbean Festival this Saturday. Make a cultural escape to more southerly locales with music, food, dance, arts, crafts and children’s activities from Latin America and the Caribbean. This event is free. Noon-10 p.m. Sat., March 21. Wesley W. Posvar Hall, Galleria (first floor), Pitt campus, Oakland. For more information, call 412-648-7394 or visit www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas/festival.
COMEDY ROULETTE. “Drunken Comedy” ft. Andy Picarro, Tim Ross, Ray Zawooni, Gio Attisano, Hosted by John Dick Winters. 10 p.m. Club Cafe, South Side. 412-431-4950. DAVID KAYE DIGITALLY ENHANCED. 8 p.m. Oaks Theater, Oakmont. 412-828-6311. FULL TILT COMEDY SHOW. 10 p.m. Arcade Comedy Theater, Downtown. 412-339-0608. IMPROV MADNESS TOURNAMENT. A 3 part tournament of short form games & improv. BYOB. Fri, 8 p.m. Thru March 20 Arcade Comedy Theater, Downtown. 412-339-0608. MAGICIAN-COMEDIAN MICHAEL GIGLIOTTI. Magic & comedy. Fri, 5-7 p.m. Mullen’s Bar & Grill, North Side. 412-231-1112.
FRI 20 - SAT 21 GRANDMA LEE. 8 p.m. and Sat., March 21, 7 & 10 p.m. Latitude 360, North Fayette. 412-693-5555. CONTINUES ON PG. 43
Pacific 1941-1945. Feat. a collection museum of Pittsburgh history of military artifacts showcasing circa French & Indian War & photographs, uniforms, shells American Revolution. Downtown. & other related items. Military 412-281-9285. museum dedicated to honoring FRICK ART & HISTORICAL military service members since CENTER. Ongoing: tours of the Civil War through artifacts Clayton, the Frick estate, w/ & personal mementos. Oakland. classes & programs for all ages. 412-621-4253. Point Breeze. 412-371-0600. ST. ANTHONY’S CHAPEL. HARTWOOD ACRES. Tour this Features 5,000 relics of Catholic Tudor mansion & stable complex. saints. North Side. 412-323-9504. Enjoy hikes & outdoor activities in ST. NICHOLAS CROATIAN the surrounding park. Allison Park. CATHOLIC CHURCH. Maxo Vanka 412-767-9200. Murals. Mid-20th century murals KENTUCK KNOB. Tour the depicting war, social justice & the other Frank Lloyd Wright house. immigrant experience in America. 724-329-8501. Millvale. 412-407-2570. KERR MEMORIAL MUSEUM. WEST OVERTON MUSEUMS. Tours of a restored 19th-century, Learn about distilling & middle-class home. Oakmont. coke-making in this pre-Civil War 412-826-9295. industrial village. 724-887-7910. MCGINLEY HOUSE & MCCULLY LOG HOUSE. Historic homes open for tours, lectures & more. Monroeville. 412-373-7794. NATIONAL AVIARY. Home to BEAUTY & THE BEAST. Presented more than 600 birds from over 200 by Pittsburgh Ballet Theater. 7 species. W/ classes, lectures, demos p.m. Palace Theatre, Greensburg. & more. North Side. 412-323-7235. 724-836-8000. NATIONALITY ROOMS. 26 rooms helping to tell the story of Pittsburgh’s immigrant past. AT THE BYHAM. Features University of Pittsburgh. the talents of the Oakland. 412-624-6000. Conservatory Dance PHIPPS Company students w/ CONSERVATORY & an exciting array of BOTANICAL GARDEN. ww. r w dance legends & styles. Spring Flower Show. pe ghcitypa p Each has influenced Tulips, daffodils, .com the dance world’s past & hyacinths & other blooms inspires its future. 8 p.m., are the stars of Spring Sat., March 21, 2 & 8 p.m. and Sun., Flower Show, a celebration March 22, 2 p.m. Byham Theater, of sweet scents & colorful sights. Downtown. 412-392-8000. 14 indoor rooms & 3 outdoor MADELINE IN PARIS. Based on gardens feature exotic plants & the popular books by Ludwig floral displays from around the Bemelmans, Madeline is a world. Tropical Forest Congo. ballet based on the endearing An exhibit highlighting some adventures of a young girl in Paris. of Africa’s lushest landscapes. March 20-21, 8 p.m. and Sun., Oakland. 412-622-6914. March 22, 2 p.m. Carnegie Music PHOTO ANTIQUITIES. Hall, Oakland. 412-279-8887. Photographs & Jewerly. A UNLEASHED EMOTION. hundred years (1839-1939) of Texture Contemporary Ballet photographs that incorporated explores joy, desire, passion & jewelry. For guided tours, rebirth in both old & new works call 412- 231-7881. North Side. by choreographers Alan Obuzor PITTSBURGH ZOO & PPG & Kelsey Bartman. March 20-21, AQUARIUM. Home to 4,000 8 p.m. and Sun., March 22, 2 p.m. animals, including many New Hazlett Theater, North Side. endangered species. Highland Park. 412-665-3639. RACHEL CARSON HOMESTEAD. AT ONCE THERE WAS A HOUSE. A Reverence for Life. Photos A zany theatrical ride exploring the & artifacts of her life & work. question of “Whatever happened Springdale. 724-274-5459. to Dick & Jane?” Present by RIVERS OF STEEL NATIONAL CORNINGWORKS. 7 p.m., HERITAGE AREA. Exhibits on the March 26-28, 8 p.m. and Sun., Homestead Mill. Steel industry & March 29, 2 p.m. New Hazlett community artifacts from 1881Theater, North Side. 1-888-718-4253. 1986. Homestead. 412-464-4020. SENATOR JOHN HEINZ HISTORY CENTER. From Slavery to Freedom. Highlight’s Pittsburgh’s role in the anti-slavery movement. Ongoing: MIXER W/ SHAKERS. Live Western PA Sports Museum, entertainment, silent auction, Clash of Empires, & exhibits on cocktails that benefits Angel’s local history, more. Strip District. Place. 5-8 p.m. Four Points 412-454-6000. Sheraton Pittsburgh Airport, SEWICKLEY HEIGHTS HISTORY Coraopolis. 724-695-0002. CENTER. Museum commemorates THREE RIVERS ROWING Pittsburgh industrialists, local ASSOCIATION WINE GALA. history. Sewickley. 412-741-4487. Live entertainment, wine, SOLDIERS & SAILORS food, auction, more. Benefits MEMORIAL HALL. War in the
FRI 20 - SUN 22 BRUCE BRUCE. 7:30 & 9:45 p.m., Sat., March 21, 7 & 9:30 p.m. and Sun., March 22, 7 p.m. The Improv, Waterfront. 412-462-5233.
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NEW THIS WEEK HOYT INSTITUTE OF FINE ART. Annual Hoyt Regional Juried Exhibit. Showcasing Pittsburgh area artists. Opening reception March 22, 2-4pm. New Castle. 724-652-2882. HUNT INSTITUTE FOR BOTANICAL DOCUMENTATION. Elements. Drawings & watercolors of bird nests w/ a focus on the natural & man-made materials incorporated into these architectural structures. The featured artists are Sue Abramson, Wendy Brockman, David Morrison & Kate Nessler. Opening reception March 19, 5-7pm. Oakland. 412-268-2434. MONK’S. LUPEC + Art + Local. An exhibition of works created by some of Pittsburgh’s women artists, learn some women’s history & celebrate the first day of spring. All proceeds go to the artists. Lawrenceville. March 21, 6-11pm. 917-903-3759.
ONGOING 707 PENN GALLERY. Rebecca Lessner: Hunter Gatherer. A photography exhibition exploring living off the land. Downtown. 412-456-6666. 709 PENN GALLERY. Light & Landscape. A photography exhibition feat. a dozen printed canvases of urban landscapes & natural settings by artist Joey Kennedy. Downtown. 412-471-6070. ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM. Someday is Now: The Art of Corita Kent. A full-scale survey covering more than 30 years of work by American artist Corita
Kent; a designer, teacher, feminist, activist for civil rights & anti-war causes. Exposures. Works from Pittsburgh based artist, Cecilia Ebitz’s “Good Intentions”, inspired by the work & teachings of Corita Kent. Permanent collection. Artwork & artifacts by the famed Pop Artist. North Side. 412-237-8300. ARTDFACT. Artdfact Gallery. The works of Timothy Kelley & other regional & US artists on display. Sculpture, oil & acrylic paintings, mixed media, found objects, more. North Side. 724-797-3302. BACKSTAGE BAR AT THEATRE SQUARE. Artwork by Bonnie Gloris. March 11 thru April 15. Downtown. 412-325-6769. BE GALLERIES. Back & Forth. Works by Kenn Bass, Dana Ingham, Lenore Thomas & Janet Towbin. Lawrenceville. 412-687-2606. BOULEVARD GALLERY. Ed Rickus, Karen McKee, Claudia Salvatore. Multimedia, pottery & jewelry. Verona. 412-828-1031. CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART. Visiting Van Gogh: Still Life, Basket of Apples. Van Gogh’s “Still Life, Basket of Apples” (1887), ”Le Moulin de la Galette” (1886–1887), “Wheat Fields after the Rain” (1890), & Paul Signac’s “Place des Lices, St. Tropez”, visiting from the Saint Louis Art Museum. Sketch to Structure. Unfolding the architectural design process to show how buildings take shape. Will close temporarily on May 25 & reopen on June 6. Oakland. 412-622-3131.
CHATHAM UNIVERSITY. Culture in Context. African Art from the Olkes Collection. Shadyside. 412-365-1232. CHRISTINE FRECHARD GALLERY. Alchimie des Couleurs. Work by Annette Poitau. Susan Winicour. An expressionist whose art expresses meaning or emotional experience rather than physical reality. Squirrel Hill. 412- 421- 8888. EASTSIDE GALLERY. John Eastman & Josh Hogan. By appt. only. Forest Hills. 412-465-0140. ECLECTIC ART & OBJECTS GALLERY. 19th century American & European paintings combined w/ contemporary artists & their artwork. The Hidden Collection. Watercolors by Robert N. Blair (1912- 2003). Hiromi Traditional Japanese Oil Paintings The Lost Artists of the 1893 Chicago Exhibition. Collectors Showcase. Emsworth. 412-734-2099. FILMMAKERS GALLERIES. Pittsburgh Photo Section. Exhibit celebrating the 130th Anniversary of the Pittsburgh Photo Section. Oakland. 412-681-5449. FRICK ART & HISTORICAL CENTER. Impressionist to Modernist: Masterworks in Early Photography. Feat. photographs by major artists working in the circle of Alfred Stieglitz, capturing the international development of photography around turn of the 20th century. Permanent collection of European Art. Point Breeze. 412-371-0600. FRICK FINE ARTS BUILDING. Exhibition^3: Documenta 5, Harald Szeemann, The Artists. Szeemann’s artistic direction CONTINUES ON PG. 45
KURT BRAUNOHLER W/ GAB BONESSO & SEAN COLLIER. 8 p.m. Rex Theater, South Side. 412-381-6811. TENACITY & ONE EYE W/ TRE MATTHEWS, JAMES KENNEDY. 7 p.m. Club Cafe, South Side. 412-431-4950. TUESDAY NIGHT STAND-UP. Tue, 9 p.m. Hot Rod Cafe, Mt. Washington. 412-592-7869.
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BEERHIVE COMEDY. Stand up open mic hosted by Aaron Kleiber. Wed, 8 p.m. Thru March 25 The BeerHive, Strip District. 412-904-4502. COMEDY OPEN MIC. Hosted by Ronald Renwick. Wed, 9:30 p.m. Scarpaci’s Place, Mt. Washington. 412-431-9908. JOKING OFF. A weekly stand up show hosted by Dick Winters. Wed, 9 p.m. Thru April 29 Caliente Pizza & Bar, Bloomfield. 412-904-1744.
EXHIBITS BAYERNHOF MUSEUM. Large collection of automatic roll-played musical instruments & music boxes in a mansion setting. Call for appt. O’Hara. 412-782-4231. CARNEGIE SCIENCE CENTER. H2Oh!. Experience kinetic water-driven motion & discover the relations between water, land & habitat. How do everyday decisions impact water supply & the environment? Ongoing: Buhl Digital Dome (planetarium), Miniature Railroad & Village, USS Requin submarine & more. North Side. 412-237-3400. CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH. Missing Links (The Rainbow Jumpy). Bounce, jump, roll, run & walk through a 30-foot inflatable “jumpy” art piece created by Felipe Dulzaides & on loan from The New Children’s Museum, in San Diego CA. North Side. 412-322-5058. CONNEY M. KIMBO GALLERY. University of Pittsburgh Jazz Exhibit: Memorabilia & Awards from the International Hall of Fame. Oakland. 412-648-7446. FALLINGWATER. Tour the famed Frank Lloyd Wright house. 724-329-8501. FORT PITT MUSEUM. Reconstructed fort houses
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DENIS THEATRE BOWLING FUNDRAISER. Bowling & 50/50 raffle. Benefits Denis Theatre. 1 p.m. Legacy Lanes. 412-668-0737. OUT OF HAND. The annual gala w/ hands-on art stations, silent auction items, music, food & libations. 7-11 p.m. The Society for Contemporary Craft, Strip District. 412-261-7003. PICTURE THIS!. Join Ward Home for an evening feat. original art by Ward Home teens, glass blowing demonstrations, entertainment, a silent auction & samples of Pittsburgh’s cuisines. 6-9 p.m. Pittsburgh Glass Center, Friendship. 412-722-1404 Ext. 236. SHAKE YOUR BOOTIES. Music & dancing, silent auction, raffles, more. Benefits The Children’s Home. 6 p.m. Stage AE, North Side. 412-441-4884.
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.
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GREAT FUTURES GALA. Dining, drinks, dancing & prizes from auctions & raffles donated by the local community & area businesses. Benefits the Boys & Girls Club. 6 p.m. Gateway Clipper Fleet, Station Square. 412-355-7980.
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Reality-TV show about competing graffiti artists. Part of the fun is seeing how the show finds legal ways to let these spray-can warriors do their thing. 9 p.m. Tuesdays, on Oxygen
Colangelo’s Meles Bite through the crispy, flaky, sugar-coated outside to find gooey, fruity goodness inside. Fillings include: apricot, apple, raspberry or almond filling. 207 21st St., Strip District
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POLITICS SAT 21 WORKER JUSTICE ACTION ACADEMY. A workshop providing a space for action planning, conversations & coordination. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Jeron X. Grayson Community Center, Hill District. 406-493-5333.
LITERARY THU 19 BOOKS IN THE AFTERNOON. Book discussion on “The Bees”. 1 & 6 p.m. Carnegie Library, Oakland. 412-622-3151. THE HOUR AFTER HAPPY HOUR WRITER’S WORKSHOP. Young writers & recent graduates looking for additional feedback on their work. thehourafterhappyhour. wordpress.com Thu, 7-9 p.m. Lot 17, Bloomfield. 412-687-8117.
FRI 20 RED HERRING BOOK CLUB. Discussion on Agatha Christie’s “The Mysterious Affair at Styles”. 1 p.m. Carnegie Library, Oakland. 412-622-3116.
SAT 21 JANE AUSTEN LITERARY FESTIVAL. On the Road with Jane Austen: Travel, Translation & Transformation. Regency vendors, an English Country Assembly
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Tenant, Downtown CRITIC: Liana Maneese, 30, a social-practice artist and entrepreneur from Highland Park WHEN: Fri., March 13 Anqwenique Wingfield pulled together all of the best things about many different genres and mediums of art into a fantastic multimedia display. [Events like this] are my favorite events in the entire city. It’s very futurethinking, and it’s bringing a little bit of what other cities have on such large levels. We deserve that in Pittsburgh, and we need to nurture it. They take the diversity very seriously. But even though they’re very diverse, they share [the] same pedagogy and understanding of the world. There was opera singing; there was jazz. The cello was fantastic. I loved the dancers and the music. I like to think that hip hop inspires everything in some type of way. It mashes up all these different sounds and instruments. I think that along with the poetry, everything together is just this display of what the African Diaspora really looks like. I always feel special when I leave these events. B Y Z AC CH I AU S M C K E E
Ball w/ live music, comestibles & speakers. 9 a.m.-11 p.m. Pittsburgh Athletic Association, Oakland. 412-624-5938. PENNWRITERS SPRINGDALE WRITERS GROUP. Third Sat of every month Springdale Free Public Library, Springdale. 724-274-9729. THE POETRY OF ROBERT FROST. Poet Sam Hazo will lead this twosession workshop that examines the life & works of Robert Frost. 1:30 p.m. and Sat., March 28, 1:30 p.m. Mount Lebanon Public Library, Mt. Lebanon. 412-531-1912.
TUE 24 MARIAN SZCZEPANSKI. Debut author Marian Szczepanski will be here to discuss her novel “Playing St. Barbara” & her research at Pittsburgh area archives. 6:30 p.m. Avalon Public Library, Avalon. 412-761-2288. STEEL CITY SLAM. Open mic poets & slam poets. 3 rounds of 3 minute poems. Tue, 7:45 p.m. Capri Pizza and Bar, East Liberty. 412-362-1250. STEWART O’NAN. Lecture by Pittsburgh-born author of “West of Sunset.” 7 p.m. Mellon Middle School, Castle Shannon. 412-531-1912.
WED 25 CARL WILSON. Talk w/ the author of “Let’s Talk About Love”. He writes for Slate. 8:30 p.m. Frick Fine
Arts Building, Oakland. POETRY BOOK DISCUSSION. Book discussion hosted by the Pittsburgh Poetry Exchange. This month’s meeting is about Yusef Komunyakaa’s “Warhorses”. Fourth Wed of every month, 7:30 p.m. Coffee Tree Roasters, Shadyside. 412-481-7636.
KIDSTUFF THU 19 - WED 25 BACKYARD EXHIBIT. Musical swing set, sandbox, solar-powered instruments, more. Ongoing Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, North Side. 412-322-5058.
FRI 20 FAMILY FUN & GAMES NIGHT. Play Chutes & Ladders, Candy Land, Pictionary, Twister, Connect Four w/ your family & other families while enjoying an old fashioned ice cream treat! Registration requested. 6:30 p.m. Baldwin Borough Public Library. 412-885-2255.
SAT 21 FAMILY FRIENDLY KIDS OPEN MIC. Sat, 6 p.m. Hambone’s, Lawrenceville. 412-681-4318. MARTY’S MARKET KIDS’ CORNER. Ages 5-11. Sat, 3-5 p.m. Marty’s Market, Strip District. 412-586-7177. YOUTH GROW: TERRARIUMS. Natasha Dean of Shadyside Nursery
will guide youth in making their own mini-terrarium. Tickets online. 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, North Side. 412-322-5058.
MON 23 MAKER STORY TIME. Explore tools, materials & processes inspired by books. Listen to stories read by librarian-turned-Teaching Artist Molly. Mon, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, North Side. 412-322-5058.
OUTSIDE SAT 21 MAPLE MADNESS. Learn all about maple sugaring & syrup while enjoying a pancake breakfast. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. and Sat., March 28, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Beechwood Farms, Fox Chapel. 412-963-6100.
OTHER STUFF THU 19 ADVENTURE BINGO! W/ HARVARD & HIGHLAND’S ALEXI MORRISSEY. Sketch to Structure tour w/ Alexi & Adventure Bingo! Drinks & prizes. 7-10 p.m. Carnegie Museum of Art, Oakland. 412-622-3131. ART NIGHTS AT THE SPACE UPSTAIRS. Bring your own medium for a communal creation night w/ music by King Friday. Third Thu of every month, 8 p.m. The Space Upstairs, Point Breeze. 412-225-9269. FARMERS MARKET WORKSHOP. Learn about opportunities for marketing support, branding, networking, & connection through PASA’s Buy Fresh Buy Local Partner program. 6 p.m. Office of Penn State Extension, Point Breeze. 412-473-2540. INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF PITTSBURGH. Social, cultural club of American/ international women. Thu First Baptist Church, Oakland. iwap. pittsburgh@gmail.com. SMALL BUSINESS COUNSELING FOR WOMEN. The Center for Women’s Entrepreneurship at Chatham University creates economic opportunities for women through entrepreneurial education & training, mentoring & networking. 12:15 p.m. Carnegie Library, Downtown. 412-281-7141. VOTING RIGHTS. Workshop led by Jessie Allen Esq. 11 a.m.12:30 p.m. Environment & Energy Community Outreach Center, Larimer. 412-661-0576. WISSAHICKON NATURE CLUB MEETING. Bob Allnock will present a program on Purple Martins. 7 p.m. Fern Hollow Nature Center, Sewickley. 412-741-6136. ZEN MEDITATION. Hosted by City Dharma. Thu, 6:30-8 p.m. and Sat, 7-8:30 a.m. Church of the Redeemer, Squirrel Hill. 412-965-9903.
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SAT 21 - SUN 22 ORCHID SHOW. Celebrating the 60th anniversary of OSWP w/ hundreds of orchids in full bloom in beautifully staged exhibits, free educational seminars, plant raffles & sales by vendors from all over the eastern United States. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sun., March 22, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Phipps Garden Center, Shadyside. 412-714-0263.
SUN 22 BUDDHA MIND, INTELLIGENCE, HOLY SPIRIT/CHRIST MIND. Presented by Theosophical Society. Speaker: Theodore Kneupper, Ph. D. Rm. 103, Woodland Hall. 1:30-3:30 p.m. Chatham University, Shadyside. 412-462-4200. THE DEMON OF BROWNSVILLE ROAD. Bob Cranmer, the author, will speak of his book & experiences that culminated in an exorcism of his home. 2 p.m. Shaler North Hills Library, Glenshaw. 412-486-0211. GREATER PITTSBURGH LITERACY COUNCIL TRIVIA BOWL. Games, prizes, food & trivia. 1:30 p.m. St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, Homestead. 412-393-7632. PRIDE BOWLING LEAGUE. Seeking bowlers of all levels. Every other Sunday. Every other Sun, 6:30 p.m. Forward Lanes, Squirrel Hill. 412-337-0701. RADICAL TRIVIA. Trivia game hosted by DJ Jared Evans. Come alone or bring a team. Sun,
7 p.m. Oaks Theater, Oakmont. 412-828-6322. SUNDAY MARKET. A gathering of local crafters & dealers selling unique items, from home made foodstuffs to art. Sun, 6-10 p.m. The Night Gallery, Lawrenceville. 724-417-0223.
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Warm weather is coming, and that means it’s time for spring cleaning at Arsenal Park, in Lawrenceville. Join Lawrenceville United and help tidy up a green space that everyone can enjoy. Volunteers are needed 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on the first Saturday of each month. If you would like to help out, send an email to info@lunited.org.
TATTOO MASTER CLASS. Lu Sky Walker & Lydia Bruno, presented in partnership with Wyld Chylde Tattoo Pittsburgh. Learn how to design your own tattoo. 6-8 p.m. Prime Stage Theatre Rehearsal Studio, West End.
MON 23 IMPOLITE CONVERSATIONS W/ CORA DANIELS. The awardwinning journalist & author will speak on her book “Impolite Conversations”. 7 p.m. Rodef Shalom Congregation, Oakland. 412-621-6566.
out weeds w/ ground covers, use of hardy natives plants & installing rain barrels or permeable pavement. Attendees should bring: graph paper, pencils, ruler, package of different colored pencils & some 18”- 24” tracing paper. Mon, 5:30 p.m. Thru March 23 Mount Lebanon Public Library, Mt. Lebanon. 412-531-1912. NATURAL SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE YOUR WELL-BEING WITH ESSENTIAL OILS. Wellness advocates Margaret DeLair & Lori Rothschild will share the lifeenhancing benefits of therapeuticgrade essential oils. 7 p.m. Mount Lebanon Public Library, Mt. Lebanon. 412-531-1912 ext 209. TRACING YOUR ROOTS IN THE EMERALD ISLE. The presenters will examine a multitude of historic records & electronic resources that will enrich your Irish genealogy research. This hands-on workshop will also include helpful tips on using the Detre Library & Archives & the Westmoreland County Historical Society to study your Irish family history. Registration required. 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Senator John Heinz History Center, Strip District. 412-454-6361.
TUE 24 ERIC SHINER. Lecture w/ the Director of Pittsburgh’s Andy Warhol Museum. 5 p.m. Kresge Theater, CMU, Oakland. 412-268-2409.
WED 25 BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP. For Widows/Widowers over 50. Second and Fourth Wed of every month, 1-2:30 p.m. St. Sebastian Church, Ross. 412-366-1300. COLD WEATHER VEGETABLES & HERBS. Bob Madden of Garden Dreams will arm you with the information you’ll need to start your garden. 412-242-3598 to reserve your spot. 6:30 p.m. Carnegie Library, Homewood, Homewood. DETROIT STYLE URBAN BALLROOM DANCE. 3rd floor. Wed, 6:30-8 p.m. Hosanna House, Wilkinsburg. 412-242-4345.
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INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES CONFERENCE. Speakers, including Keith Jones & Serena Lowe, discuss self-respect & acceptance, bullying, universal design for learning & more. Sponsored by The PEAL Center. Registration required. 8 a.m. DoubleTree Monroeville, Monroeville. 412-281-4404. THE PITTSBURGH SHOW OFFS. A meeting of jugglers & spinners. All levels welcome. Wed, 7:30 p.m. Union Project, Highland Park. 412-363-4550. THE REBELLIOUS LIFE OF MRS. ROSA PARKS. Lecture by Jeanne Theoharis. Baker Hall A51. 4:30 p.m. Carnegie Mellon University, Oakland. 412-268-2000.
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experience are not required. Audition by appt. 412-345-1722. Shadyside Presbyterian Church, Shadyside. 412-682-4300. SOUTH PARK THEATRE. Main Stage play auditions for 2015 Season.(Knickers, Making God Laugh, Pine, Exit Laughing, Bell, Book, & Candle). Cold readings from script. No appt. necessary. Headshot & resume. March 21, 12-5pm. Bethel Park. 412-831-8552. VALLEY PLAYERS OF LIGONIER. Seeking 5 men & 4 women to fill the roles for “Noises Off” Please have a 1 min comedic monologue prepared. There will be a cold reading from the script. Auditions March 21 & March 22, 1-4pm. Ligonier Theater. 724-689-2581.
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THEATER. Casting AEA, EMC & BLAST FURNACE VOLUME 5, Non-Equity actors for productions of ISSUE 1. Call for poems w/ the “Always..Patsy Cline”, theme of mistakes, as well as “Pinkalicious, the Musical”, & original poetry outside of this “Broadway in the Park”. For more theme. No more than 3 poems per information, visit http://www. poet that may not exceed three keystonestatemusictheater.org/. pages in length individually. For Auditions on March 18, 5-9pm. more guidelines, see the website. 724-480-1211. Deadline Mar. 20, 12pm. LOVE MUCH THESIS FILM. Actors THE GALLERY 4. A salon style may audition in person, by competition. Send image files of up appointment or electronically by to 5 finished pieces to thegallery4@ sending an audition packet to gmail.com or via the website. LoveMuchTheMovie@Gmail. Include title, dimensions, medium(s) com. The packet should include a & write SALON APPLICANT 2015 in headshot, resume, signed waiver & the subject line. Deadline Mar. 22. YouTube or Vimeo link to audition 412-363-5050. video (remember to slate your PITTSBURGH SOCIETY OF name, height, and the ARTISTS. New Member character(s) you are reading Screening. Submit 3 galleryfor). Thru April 2. ready art pieces that are Chatham University, exclusively created by Shadyside. 678-539-0441. the applicant & made THE MOUSETRAP. within the last two years. www. per Casting actors between Drop- off March 29, pa pghcitym the ages of 20 & 65 for .co 12:30-1:30pm. For further all roles. Please prepare a guidelines: http://www. 2 minute monologue using a pittsburghsocietyofartists.org/ British dialect. Headshot & resume. membr. Pittsburgh Center for the March 21 & 22, 1-4pm. Prime Stage Arts, Shadyside. 412-361-0873. Theatre Rehearsal Studio, West End. PITTSBURGH WATERCOLOR A PIRATE’S TALE. Seeking actors SOCIETY. New Member Screening. for “A Pirate’s Tale”. Prepare a 32Water colorists age 18+ invited to bar cut of a classic or modern submit. Bring 3 paintings, framed musical theatre selection & a 1-min & “exhibit ready”. No size limit. monologue. An accompianist will be Register at pittsburghwatercolor provided. Bring a stapled, updated society.com/event-1842889/ headshot & resume, as well as a Registration. March 22, 1:30-3pm. change of clothes for a fight/ SALON SHOW 2015. Submissions movement call. Sneakers or jazz for a juried group exhibition. Send shoes preferred. March 22 & 23, image files of up to 5 finished pieces 7-9pm. Visit www.piratestale to thegallery4@gmail.com. Please musical.com to schedule an include title, dimensions & medium(s) audition time. Gateway Clipper & write SALON APPLICANT 2015 in the Fleet, Station Square. 412-355-7980. subject line. Deadline March 21. The POOR YORICK’S PLAYERS. Gallery 4, Shadyside. 412-363-5050. Auditions for Shakespeare In SIDEWALL: A MURAL PROJECT. The Park productions of The Submissions requested for a Tempest & The Winter’s Tale. space dedicated to showing Prepare one classical monologue works by artists both local & of less than two minutes. Musicians abroad, creative collaborations, & singers, prepare a song of up to etc., w/ murals rotating the first one minute. Cold readings. Tall Friday of every month. Apply at Trees Amphitheater. April 11 & 12 sidewallproject.wordpress.com. by appt only. Call 412-277-2226. sidewall, Bloomfield. Monroeville Community Park, THE WRITERS’ PRESS POETRY Monroeville. CHAPBOOK COMPETITION. Open RENAISSANCE CITY CHOIR. The to new & emerging writers. No Renaissance City Choir celebrates theme restrictions. Prizes include LGBTQ identity through the publication w/ Createspace & unifying power of music. online distribution w/ Amazon & Professional training and/or Barnes & Noble. Thru May 30.
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Savage Love {BY DAN SAVAGE}
I’m a straight guy in my 30s dating a woman in her mid-20s. We’ve been together for a year, and I’m crazy about her. In love, even. She’s gorgeous, sweet, kind, loving and very sexual. She’s perfect. In her late teens and early 20s, she had a wild sex life. She attended sex parties, had loads of NSA hookups, sexted with random guys she met online, etc. She revealed this to me slowly and carefully out of fear that I’d look down on her, but what she didn’t know is that I have an intense cuckold interest. I’ve asked her, ad nauseam, for every detail she can recall about these encounters. The ones centering on “alpha jocks” with extremely large cocks are the ones I enjoy most. I’m a nerdy guy, definitely not muscular or athletic. The idea of watching her have sex with one of them is exhilarating. But it’s also gut-wrenching. I haven’t told her how much I would like her to go through with an actual hookup. However, I’m certain this would not be well received on her part; she’s made it clear that she’s not proud of her wild past. To complicate this, my interest in cuckolding does not come from a healthy place. I experienced a series of rejections in my late teens and early 20s, all of which involved being outclassed by better guys. The first girl I was ever in love with, who kept stringing me along, had sex with another guy while talking to me on the phone. It was a terrible, traumatizing experience, but now it rules my sexual fantasies. Is it OK to indulge an interest that likely stems from a traumatic experience? (Assuming she’s willing.)
ence emerged in adulthood as a full-blown kink. There may be other boys out there who had the exact same experience — that girl could have had other victims — who don’t have any interest in being cuckolded. The alchemy of kinks isn’t fully understood. There’s only one way to find out whether you would enjoy being cuckolded, HURTME, and that’s to do it. But there are three questions (at least) that you need to ask yourself before you act: Have you built a firewall between your sense of your own sexual desirability and your kink, a kink that’s about your eroticized fear of sexual inadequacy and not your actual sexual inadequacy? Are you sure you won’t wind up in the fetal position on the floor after your girlfriend fucks some alpha stud? And if you do react badly, if being cuckolded in reality is painful, not sexy, can you process your feelings without lashing out at or slut-shaming your girlfriend? A few sessions with a kink-positive shrink might help you answer those questions. You can find one through the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (aasect.org).
“CHECKING IN WITH HER ABOUT HOW SHE’S FEELING WILL GIVE YOU A BETTER IDEA OF HOW RECEPTIVE SHE WOULD BE TO CUCKOLDING YOU.”
HARROWINGLY UPSETTING RECKLESS TENDENCIES MOSTLY EXCITE
First things first, HURTME: Your girlfriend can’t put this period of her life behind her — all those hung alpha jocks, all those NSA hookups — while she’s with a man who demands to have every last detail recounted ad nauseam. So you might wanna check in with your gorgeous, sweet, kind, etc. girlfriend before she decides to put you behind her, too. It’s possible she enjoys sharing her stories with you because your enjoyment makes her feel better about those experiences in retrospect; all those meaningless sexual encounters now mean something because they enhance the relationship she’s in. Checking in with her about how she’s feeling will give you a better idea of how receptive she would be to cuckolding you. If sharing stories about her past makes her feel sexy (because the encounters were hot) and it feels meaningful (because the stories enhance your sexual connection), then your girlfriend might be open to the idea of coming home with a brand-new story to tell you. Or she might not. Like I said, you need to check in with her. As for you, HURTME, your erotic imagination seized on that experience — that cruel girl on the phone — and through a mysterious process that sex researchers don’t quite understand, your mildly-to-wildly-traumatizing early sexual experi-
I’m a gay man married to a wonderful man. For most of our 12-year relationship, we’ve had a boring sexual script that is all about him getting blown. He just doesn’t seem interested in much else, and although we’ve talked about it over the years, nothing has really changed. He is selfish in bed. He’s a wonderful husband otherwise, and I love him deeply. Recently, he was out of town, and in a weak moment, I ended up meeting an experienced spanking Dom. We’ve met several times, and I’m counting the days until he whales on my butt again. Not in my wildest imagination could or would my husband EVER do something like this with me. I am more sexually fulfilled than I have been in a decade. I’m also lying and cheating. I’m deeply torn. If I tell my husband, my guess is that he won’t take it well. It could cause our marriage to unravel. If I keep lying, I bear the moral burden of the lie, and he could find out anyway. STILL PROFESSING A NORMAL KINK
We all have sexual limits, we’re all entitled to our sexual limits, but expecting your spouse to do nothing but blow you for 12 years isn’t a limit. It’s bullshit, SPANK. Your husband’s complete disregard for your feelings — for your sense of sexual fulfillment — tips over into the sexualabandonment category. His actions don’t excuse your affair, of course, but horniness, frustration and duress drove you to this, and your husband has to take his share of the responsibility. You say your marriage might unravel if you were to tell your husband about this spanking. But whatever the fallout might be — the end of your marriage or renegotiated terms that allow you to get some/most of your needs met elsewhere — is better than the status quo. Tell him.
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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Do you need a reason to think sharper and work smarter and try harder? I’ll give you four reasons. 1. Because you’re finally ready to get healing for the inner saboteur who in the past has undermined your confidence. 2. Because you’re finally ready to see the objective truth about one of your self-doubts, which is that it’s a delusion. 3. Because you’re finally ready to stop blaming an adversary for a certain obstacle you face, which means the obstacle will become easier to overcome. 4. Because you’re finally ready to understand that in order to nurture and hone your ample creativity, you have to use it to improve your life on a regular basis.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): You’re entering a time and space known as the Adlib Zone. In this territory, fertile chaos and inspirational uncertainty are freely available. Improvised formulas will generate stronger mojo than timeworn maxims. Creativity is de rigueur, and street smarts count for more than book-learning. May I offer some mottoes to live by when “common sense” is inadequate? 1. Don’t be a slave to necessity. 2. Be as slippery as you can be and still maintain your integrity. 3. Don’t just question authority; be thrilled about every chance you get to also question habit, tradition, fashion, trendiness, apathy and dogma.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): By 1993, rock band Guns N’ Roses had released five successful albums. But on the way to record its next masterpiece, there were numerous delays and diversions. Band members feuded. Some were fired and others departed. Eventually, only one original member remained to bring the task to conclusion with the help of new musicians. The
sixth album, Chinese Democracy, finally emerged in 2008. I’m seeing a similarity between Guns N’ Roses’ process and one of your ongoing projects, Taurus. The good news is that I think most of the hassles and delays are behind you, or will be if you act now. You’re primed to make a big push toward the finish line.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The anonymous blogger at Neurolove.me gives advice on how to love a Gemini: “Don’t get impatient with their distractibility. Always make time for great conversation. Be understanding when they’re moody. Help them move past their insecurities, and tell them it’s not their job to please everyone. Let them have space but never let them be lonely.” I endorse all that good counsel, and add this: “To love Geminis, listen to them attentively, and with expansive flexibility. Don’t try to force them to be consistent; encourage them to experiment at uniting their sometimes conflicting urges. As best as you can, express appreciation not just for the parts of them that are easy to love, but also
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for the parts that are not yet ripe or charming.” Now feel free, Gemini, to show this horoscope to those whose affection you want.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): You have recently been to the mountaintop, at least metaphorically. Right? You wandered out to the high frontier and ruminated on the state of your fate from the most expansive vista you could find. Right? You have questioned the limitations you had previously accepted, and you have weaned yourself from at least one of your devitalizing comforts, and you have explored certain possibilities that had been taboo. Right? So what comes next? Here’s what I suggest: Start building a new framework or structure or system that will incorporate all that you’ve learned during your break.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): According to the international code of food standards, there are 13 possible sizes for an olive. They include large, extra large, jumbo, extra jumbo, giant, colossal, super colossal, mammoth and super mammoth. If I had my way, Leo, you would apply this mind-set to everything you do in the coming weeks. It’s time for you to think very big. You will thrive as you expand your mind, stretch your boundaries, increase your territory, amplify your self-expression, magnify your focus and broaden your innocence.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Half the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough,” proclaimed humorist Josh Billings. That’s an exaggeration made for comic effect, of course. (And I think that some of life’s troubles also come from saying no too much and not saying yes enough.) But for you, Virgo, Billings’ advice will be especially pertinent in the coming weeks. In fact, my hypothesis is that you will be able to keep your troubles to a minimum and boost your progress to a maximum by being frugal with yes and ample with no.
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“Creating is not magic but work,” says Kevin Ashton, author of the book How to Fly a Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery. In other words, inspiration is a relatively small part of the creative process. Over the long haul, the more important factors are self-discipline, organized thinking, hard work and attention to detail. And yet inspiration isn’t irrelevant, either. Brainstorms and periodic leaps of insight can be highly useful. That’s a good reminder as you enter a phase when you’re likely to be more imaginative and original than usual. I expect creative excitement to be a regular visitor.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The fictional detective Sherlock Holmes was a good Capricorn, born Jan. 6, 1854. In the course of Arthur Conan Doyle’s 60 stories about his life, he revealed his exceptional talent as an analytical thinker. His attention to details was essential to his success, and so was his expertise at gathering information. He did have a problem with addictive drugs, however. Morphine tempted him now and then, and cocaine more often, usually when he wasn’t feeling sufficiently challenged. Let this serve as a gentle warning, Capricorn. In the coming weeks, seek more relaxation and downtime than usual. Focus on recharging your psychic batteries. But please be sure that doesn’t cause you to get bored and then dabble with selfsabotaging stimuli.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Without your wound where would your power be?” asked writer Thornton Wilder. “The very angels themselves cannot persuade the wretched and blundering children on earth as can one hu-
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Your mind says, “I need more room to move. I’ve got to feel free to experiment.” Your heart says, “I think maybe I need more commitment and certainty.” Your astrologer suggests, “Be a bit more skeptical about the dream lover who seems to be interfering with your efforts to bond with the Real Thing.” I’m not sure which of these three sources you should heed, Libra. Do you think it might somehow be possible to honor them all? I invite you to try.
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):
English is my first language. Years ago there was a time when I spoke a lot of French with my Parisian girlfriend, but my skill faded after we broke up. So I’m not bilingual in the usual sense. But I do have some mastery in the language of music, thanks to my career as a singer-songwriter. Having raised a daughter, I also learned to converse in the language of children. And I’ve remembered and worked with my nightly dreams every day for decades, so I speak the language of dreams. What about you, Aquarius? In the coming weeks, I bet you’ll be challenged to make more extensive use of one of your second languages. It’s time to be adaptable and resourceful in your approach to communication.
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a conspicuous local project. “Wind Nest” (designed by Philadelphia-based firm SUPRAFUTURES at LAGI’s direction) is a clean energy-producing structure combining wind turbines and thin-film solar cells and intended for a spot in Schenley Plaza. Yet the organization and its work are truly global in scope, vision and reputation. The organization effectively started in the United Arab Emirates. Artist Elizabeth Monoian and architect Robert Ferry, both of whom earned degrees at Carnegie Mellon University about 15 years ago and got married shortly thereafter, moved to Dubai in 2008. They were immediately inspired by the remarkable desert landscape and its possibilities for environmentally considered experiments in art and architecture.
With essentially no money at their disposal, Ferry and Monoian organized a design competition in which they asked architects, landscape architects, engineers and other designers to form teams and propose projects of the kind they wanted to see. “The starting brief was quite simple,” says Monoian. “We asked that the artwork capture energy from nature and cleanly convert it to electricity. We asked that teams consider the safety of the viewing public. And we asked that designs be constructible rather than theoretical. Our goal from day one has been to build them.” To their surprise, their first competition, for the three UAE sites, drew 120 entries from around the world. Outputs of electricity on the projects range from a modest 7.5 megawatt-hours per year to 2,000 mwh per year, enough to power some 200 homes. Because even the most level-headed proposals can require years of research and development, the first LAGI project has not yet been built. That is why the “Wind Nest” proposal is so tantalizing: Of all the projects, it would be the easiest to realize technically. (Also, LAGI is now based in Lawrenceville.) However, “Wind Nest” has reached an apparent impasse in the city’s Public Art Commission. (See “Out of Site,” page 16.) Meanwhile, LAGI’s competitions have become international biannual enterprises that have have elicited greater participation, sponsorship and enthusiasm. The 2012 competition targeted Fresh Kills, in New York City, a landfill reclaimed as a park. The U.S. Department of Energy signed on as a juror. Sponsors include Masdar City, a government-funded sustainable city in Abu Dhabi. “They very much fell in love with the project,” says Ferry. Now, too, there is prize money, with $15,000 going to the jury-selected winner. For the Fresh Kills site, that project was “Scene Sensor,” a translucent, box-like pedestrian bridge and viewing station with thousands of hinged flaps as piezo-electric generators (tiny generators able to convert very small mechanical movements into electricity). Though actual construction plans are slow to develop for some of the sites, outreach efforts continue. German publisher Prestel, known for its elegant and selective subjects in architecture and art, now produces a hard-backed catalogue with essays for each of the LAGI competitions; Regenerative Infrastructures, for the 2012 Fresh Kills competition, and New Energies, for 2014 in Copenhagen, are the two titles thus far. LAGI also provides three additional publications as free downloadable pdfs on its website. In the U.S., a number of schools of architecture and landscape architecture, at universities including Yale, the University of Pennsylvania and RPI, use LAGI competitions as assigned problems for their
“PEOPLE WILL SAY, ‘DON’T USE A TURBINE IN A PLACE WE WANT TO LOOK AT.’” “We found that there is a strong history of Emirati artists working in land art,” Monoian recalls, making comparisons to artists such as Robert Smithson and Maya Lin. They also saw in some avant-garde high-rise architecture of the Middle East “what one could even call sustainable expressionism,” says Ferry, where renewable-energy systems such as windmills and solar panels “start to define the expression of the building’s exterior.” Taking those influences one step further, they began to imagine public-art projects that would generate and export clean electricity to the power grid. It was crucial to conceive these as art, because often people don’t want to see sustainable energy infrastructure. “People will say, ‘Don’t use a turbine in a place we want to look at,’” explains Ferry. LAGI (pronounced “loggy”) set out to change the aesthetics and the attitude.
students. That has turned the competitions into a de facto university-level educational standard. And that built project will come. The 2016 competition is for a site in Los Angeles. Green Build, the annual conference of the U.S. Green Building Council, takes place that year. Monoian and Ferry say that the USGBC wants to build a demonstrator project, similar to “Wind Nest,” in Los Angeles in time for the convention. They will be realizing either what has already happened in Pittsburgh, or what Pittsburgh had a chance to do first but passed up. I N F O@ P G H C I T Y PA P E R. C OM
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