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{EDITORIAL} Editor CHARLIE DEITCH Arts & Entertainment Editor BILL O’DRISCOLL Music Editor MARGARET WELSH Associate Editor AL HOFF Multimedia Editor ASHLEY MURRAY Listings Editor CELINE ROBERTS Staff Writers REBECCA NUTTALL, ALEX ZIMMERMAN Staff Photographer HEATHER MULL Interns SHAWN COOKE, ZACCHIAUS MCKEE
{ART} Director of Operations KEVIN SHEPHERD Production Director JULIE SKIDMORE Art Director LISA CUNNINGHAM Graphic Designers SHEILA LETSON, JEFF SCHRECKENGOST, JENNIFER TRIVELLI
IT’S A JUNGLE IN HERE.
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[PULLOUT] picking out the perfect dress to 29 From finding the right vendors, City Paper’s 2015 Wedding Issue has you covered.
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of them are heroes of the AIDS 06 “Each epidemic.” — Ron Stall, director of Pitt’s Center for LGBT Health Research, on the work of four visiting HIV-health researchers
[TASTE] want to rescue every little bit of 16 “We food.”— Brazen Kitchen’s Leah Lizarondo, of 412 Food Rescue
[MUSIC] issue was that I was a classical 22 “The musician, and then I wanted to write music with words, but I had never done it.” — Kinetic bandleader Joe Sheehan on breaking into pop music
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is no substitute for four girls, 47 “There giddy on youth and new stolen dresses, singing along to Rihanna’s ‘Diamond.’” — Al Hoff reviews Girlhood
[ARTS] the wisdom of architects 49 “Itwhoexhibits respond rather than dictate.” — Charles Rosenblum on Rothschild Doyno’s award-winning building in Haiti
[LAST PAGE] it with padlocks: Lovers enshrine 71 Say their romance with “love locks” on Downtown bridges. — A photo essay by Lisa Cunningham
{REGULAR & SPECIAL FEATURES} NEWS QUIRKS BY ROLAND SWEET 14 EVENTS LISTINGS 54 SAVAGE LOVE BY DAN SAVAGE 64 FREE WILL ASTROLOGY BY ROB BREZSNY 65 CROSSWORD BY BRENDAN EMMETT QUIGLEY 68 N E W S
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TROPICAL FOREST CONGO • Opens February 7 The beauty of the tropics will flourish in Pittsburgh this winter as Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens unveils Tropical Forest Congo, a brand-new exhibit highlighting some of Africa’s most majestic landscapes. See varieties of plants never before showcased at Phipps, including the stunning blood lily and the African tulip tree, and discover how the region’s indigenous people use nature to sustain and enrich their lives. Join the adventure by planning your expedition today at phipps.conservatory.org.
{MARKETING+PROMOTIONS} Marketing Director DEANNA KRYMOWSKI Marketing Design Coordinator LINDSEY THOMPSON Advertising and Promotions Coordinator ASHLEY WALTER Radio Promotions Director VICKI CAPOCCIONI-WOLFE Radio Promotions Assistants ANDREW BILINSKY, NOAH FLEMING
{ADMINISTRATION} Business Manager LAURA ANTONIO Circulation Director JIM LAVRINC Office Administrator RODNEY REGAN Technical Director PAUL CARROLL Interactive Media Manager CARLO LEO
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