Vol. 25, No. 37
Slinging Satire skewers opponents, celebrates free speech
Conservatives and liberals alike will enjoy the ToonSeum’s clever take on censorship and civil rights
By Onastasia Youssef
Homicides might have dipped slightly, but gun violence is up across Pittsburgh this summer
“We have some portions of our city that are very volatile relative to gun violence.”
By Rebecca Nuttall
As Corizon exits, county-jail inmate claims he’s being denied treatment
“We are not fighting for luxurious medical care. We are fighting for basic human rights.”
By Ryan Deto
Inaugural Wizard World Comic Con will spotlight local artists
“Pittsburgh has a neat comics scene going on.”
By Charlie Deitch
Learning to Choose
Advocates debate over best way to choose new Pittsburgh Public Schools’ superintendent
Maggie’s Farm Rum’s winning streak continues
Russell’s dedication is reflected by the shiny copper of his brand-new still
By Celine Roberts
Café Zinho
This Shadyside stalwart of the Pittsburgh fine-dining scene offers a refined combination of Portuguese and Continental cuisines
By Angelique Bamberg and Jason Roth
Hello Hummus is a popular vendor at area farmers’ markets
Varieties include traditional flavors as well as sweet and seasonal options
A Conversation with Gilbert Gottfried
“What makes it tough is, everybody I want to talk to is dead or is dying.”
When I’m in a Garden, I Want to Hear its Story
By Joan E. Bauer
Lauded pianist and composer Vijay Iyer headlines City of Asylum’s Jazz Poetry Concert
“We try to keep the pulse grounded and still communicate. We try to keep it alive.”
By Mike Shanley
As Diane Coffee, Foxygen’s Shaun Fleming finds a new way of living
“We have a little house. I can sit by the fire. It’s perfect.”
By Nick Keppler
New Releases
Reviews of releases by Dream Phone and The Crew of the Half Moon
By Margaret Welsh
The art of the song lies at the heart of the new BurghSong concert series
“I liken it to a poetry reading where the attention is really on the story.”
Critics’ Picks, Sept. 10-16
Concerts by The Internet, Weekend Nachos, Thurston Moore and Ky-Mani Marley
By Margaret Welsh and Andrew Woehrel
Quantum’s got a brand-new take on The Winter’s Tale — as Baroque opera
Troupe sets Shakespeare to Handel, Vivaldi and more
By Bill O'Driscoll
The Country House at The REP
That the characters ironically admit they sound like clichés doesn’t make them less cliché.
By Ted Hoover
Educating Rita at PICT Classic
This contemporary classic on 1980s English life is just as relevant here and now
By Gerard Stanley Hornby
Steve Jobs: Man in the Machine
Alex Gibney looks at the career of the late Apple head Steve Jobs, and asks what it all means for us
By Al Hoff
Best of Enemies
A documentary looks at the 1968 televised debates between Buckley and Vidal, and what those contentious shows wrought
A Walk in the Woods
This somewhat silly adaptation of Bill Bryson’s book never engages the viewer, or the walker
Savage Love
“People still have a hard time understanding that some people just want to get tied up and not get a hand job, too.”
By Dan Savage
Stuff We Like
By CP Staff
Lynn Cullen Live 9/09/15
Audio & Video Archive
Lynn Cullen Live 9/10/15
CP Weekend Podcast - Sept. 11 - 13, 2015
By Celine Roberts and Aaron Warnick
Short List: September 10-17
Pittsburgh Ballet’s Dancers Trust show; comedian Jim Jefferies; City of Asylum’s Jazz Poetry; Constitution Day Pub Quiz
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
The cassette-tape comeback has reached Pittsburgh's record stores
By Ethan Beck
Sophie Masloff seldom talked about her childhood. Were seedy family ties the reason?
