Vol. 27, No. 12
Checking in with Bassem Youssef, “the Jon Stewart of Egypt”
Satirist co-headlines Pittsburgh Humanities Festival
By Bill O'Driscoll
Jackie Hoysted explores belonging at BoxHeart
Hoysted simultaneously excites a detail-driven brain and massages a grief-stricken heart
By Natalie Spanner
Pittsburgh Humanities Festival runs March 24-26
Guests include writers from The Onion, rock critic Robert Christgau and local comics creators Ed Piskor and Yona Harvey
Many Pittsburghers oppose privatization of the city’s water system
“We don’t think any level of privatization, whether that’s full privatization or public-private partnership, are the answer to PWSA’s problems.”
By Rebecca Addison
Lincoln-Lemington brownfields present development challenges
“Before they do any development, it’s got to be clean.”
By Ryan Deto
Pittsburgh Retro Gaming Expo celebrates a renaissance of old-school video-game design
Independent game studios over the past few years have drawn the industry back toward old-school, traditional game play
By Alex Gordon
Wheel America
Some group of immigrants is always at the bottom of the wheel of hate
By Em DeMarco
The Bloody Mary, and variations on a theme
Celebrating a quirky and quintessential brunch cocktail
By Drew Cranisky
Pittsburgh City Paper Booze Battles: Ace Hotel vs. Smallman Galley
The I’m-fucking-sick-and-still-have-to-drink edition
By Celine Roberts
La Clarine Farm ‘Jambalaia Blanc,’ Sierra Foothills, Calif., 2015 (Viognier/Marsanne/Albariño/Petit Manseng)
$12/glass, $60/bottle
By CP Staff
Bruneaux, a fine-dining French restaurant, opens in Sewickley
The menu here is formal and traditional, but not mired in the past
By Angelique Bamberg and Jason Roth
The Best Tuna Salad (on a Salad)
Think of this tuna salad like it is the first Tinder message you send to a prospective date
By Kelly Andrews
Gluten Free Goat opens a storefront bakery and café in Garfield
Sweets stand ready to dispel concerns that gluten-free baked goods are bland or stodgy
By Al Hoff
Don’t Buy New, Just Swap (Seeds, That Is)
Every spring garden starts with just a tiny seed
Jane the Rat
By Katie Pagano
At 21, Pittsburgh’s Amir Miles is taking his music career into his own hands
“I think if you decide to drop out of college to be a musician, you need to be meticulous in your planning.”
By Charlie Deitch
Portugal. The Man Soundtracks the #Resistance
“It’s good to cause some kind of commotion.”
By Meg Fair
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s vast archive goes digital
Users can explore show posters, programs, performance details and audio recordings from its 120-plus-year history
The Guard at City Theatre
The Guard is a banquet for the eye as well as the mind
By Michelle Pilecki
Daddy Long Legs at Pittsburgh Public Theater
The production is a jaunty good time
By Gwendolyn Kiste
Beth Corning and dance legend Donald Byrd ask WHAT’S MISSING?
“We are allowing the audience to see what is happening from very different perspectives”
By Steve Sucato
A Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre collaboration with Dance Theatre of Harlem yields generally positive results
“Brahms Variations” proved a delightful showcase of DTH dancers’ classical pedigree and youthful energy
The 11th annual Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival: Faces of Identity opens in Pittsburgh
More than a dozen films screen through April 9
Raw
Julia Ducournau’s arty horror/coming-of-age film finds power and desire in a teenage girl’s cannibalism
The Sense of an Ending
A well-produced and well-acted British drama about revisiting one’s past
Wilson
Craig Johnson’s dark comedy is adapted from Daniel Clowes’ graphic novel
Pittsburgh Riverhounds are hungry to start a new season
“We are excited to play and we will be exciting to watch.”
Pittsburgh’s Alex Shabalov vies for his fifth U.S. Chess Championship on March 28 in St. Louis
The Latvian-born grandmaster won his first championship at 11
Ranking the best Pittsburgh Pirates relief pitchers of all time
Kent Tekulve looked more like an accountant or a dentist than a closer
By Mike Wysocki
Savage Love
“Is there any way I could lick your boots clean after the show?”
By Dan Savage
Lynn Cullen Live 03/27/17
Audio & Video Archive
Lynn Cullen Live 03/21/17
Lynn Cullen Live 03/22/17
Lynn Cullen Live 03/24/17
Lynn Cullen Live 03/28/17
Audio and Video Archive
Short List: March 23-29
Author Elena Passarello and Animals Strike Curious Poses; PICT Classic’s Oedipus Rex; art about homelessness; Pittsburgh Opera’s Turandot
By Mars Johnson
Affordable-ish Housing in Pittsburgh: density or destiny edition
By Michael Machosky
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
The cassette-tape comeback has reached Pittsburgh's record stores
By Ethan Beck
