Vol. 26, No. 26
Three installation artists explore the spaces we inhabit
The Mattress Factory’s Factory Installed tackles ecology, learning environments … and drywall
By Bill O'Driscoll
Hebru Brantley’s Pittsburgh debut is a hopeful and haunting commentary on our times
In all of Brantley’s work, innocence comes at you from the position of strength.
By Natalie Spanner
This week in City Paper History
By CP Staff
Art Crawl showcases South Side as one of the city’s artsy neighborhoods, not just a mile-long bar
By Stephen Caruso
The popularity of food foraging in Pittsburgh and across the country spotlights the need for sustainable practices
“If it’s going to become popular, I think people need to understand how to respect the environment.”
By Rebecca Nuttall
Martin Esquivel-Hernandez has been a rock for Pittsburgh’s Latino community but with deportation looming, he’s the one in need of support
“He is our brother, our compañero, and we just won’t accept this.”
By Ryan Deto
Weird Pittsburgh
News of the weird from all over Western Pennsylvania
By Nick Keppler
Pittsburgh City Paper Booze Battles: The Commoner vs. Grapperia
Getting in the Perfect Last Word
By Celine Roberts
Piane de Maggio Rosé
By Deb Mortillaro
An ex-Marine turns full time to distilling
“People can buy their own water.”
Chris Frangiadis returns to Pittsburgh with Spork, a new small-plates venue
A menu of well-priced and well-executed fare — from charcuterie to pasta — allows for exploration
By Angelique Bamberg and Jason Roth
Cuban comfort food: plantains and black beans
“Every so often, we’d splurge on groceries and make a substantial dinner.”
By Caitlin Crawford
Troy Hill’s Pear & The Pickle combines a coffee shop with sandwiches and a small general store
“We wanted to bring it back to what corner markets used to be.”
By Alex Gordon
Buzzin’ around Pittsburgh’s beehives with BEEBOY Honey
A conversation with comedian Roy Wood Jr.
“Frustration has to be earned, it can’t be faked.”
By Cumi Ikeda
Reviews of chapbooks by Kelly Scarff and Eric M.R. Webb
Scarff’s Mother Russia is especially compelling
By Fred Shaw
Innovative composer and trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith joins pianist Vijay Iyer at the 2016 Pittsburgh JazzLive International Jazz Festival
“Nowadays, I think it’s probably easier to look at the work and call it creative music.”
By Mike Shanley
On her ethereal new record, Julianna Barwick checks a few items off her musical wishlist
The meanings of these songs remain ever inscrutable, even if the sounds become increasingly recognizable
By Shawn Cooke
More highlights of the Pittsburgh JazzLive International
Outside stages set up along Penn Avenue allow listeners to catch multiple performances all day
Critics’ Picks, June 23-29
Performances by Worriers, Eternal Sleep, The Clarks, Miramar and the divine Dolly Parton
By Meg Fair
New Releases
Reviews of records by Doors In The Labyrinth and Diego
Pittsburgh youth will be showcased alongside national talent at WYEP Summer Music Festival
“There’s a lot of really great talent here.”
New Dance Council head looks to push the envelope — eventually
Randal Miller learned the ropes under departed longtime executive director
By Steve Sucato
Light Up the Sky at Little Lake
It’s as much fun as You Can’t Take It With You
By Ted Hoover
Chicago at Pittsburgh CLO
Choreography wins the day in this Broadway favorite
By Danielle Levsky
Finding Dory
This sequel to Finding Nemo is good, but not great like its predecessor
By Al Hoff
Dark Horse
Engaging documentary tells feel-good story about a working-class race horse from a Welsh coal town
Born to Be Blue
Ethan Hawke portrays the jazz great Chet Baker during a difficult time in his life
Central Intelligence
Dwayne Johnson’s work as the goofy nerdy CIA assassin is the best part of this buddy comedy
The Phenom
A low-key drama about a baseball hot shot exploring the roots of his performance anxiety
Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Movie Ever Made
The backstory of how three kids made a shot-for-shot remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark
Need to spend a week celebrating with the Stanley Cup? Wysocki has some suggestions for the Pittsburgh Penguins
“The 35-pound trophy must be a nice conversation-starter.”
By Mike Wysocki
An undocumented immigrant has spent his time in Pittsburgh serving this community. As he faces deportation, it’s time to return the favor.
They say he’s not one of us because he’s from Mexico. They couldn’t be more wrong.
By Charlie Deitch
Stuff We Like
Savage Love
“We showed them — we showed those motherfuckers — that the fight in us was greater than the hate in them.”
By Dan Savage
This Just In: A look at local news online and on the tube.
The only difference between this post and her misguided Wilkinsburg post is that this time, she can’t get fired.
By Frances Sansig Rupp
Lynn Cullen Live 06/23/16
Audio & Video Archive
Lynn Cullen Live 06/24/16
Lynn Cullen Live 06/27/16
Lynn Cullen Live 06/22/15
Pittsburgh advocates and chefs host a picnic without bees
By Ashley Murray
City Paper Podcast - Episode 23
Word Cloud: Issue June 26-July 2, 2008
Word Cloud: June 22 Issue
Comment Cloud
Website Comments: June 18-24
Short List: June 24-28
John Riegert presents 250 portraits of one guy; comedian Jessica Kirson; Phipps’ Tropical Forest Congo Festival; Roving Art Cart continues its journey
By Mars Johnson
Pittsburgh’s street trees are free upon request. So why do they often go to the city’s wealthiest residents?
By James Paul
The mayor and the tenor: when Masloff met Pavarotti
By David S. Rotenstein
Affordable-ish Housing in Pittsburgh: density or destiny edition
By Michael Machosky
The cassette-tape comeback has reached Pittsburgh's record stores
By Ethan Beck