Vol. 26, No. 23
We preview the 57th annual Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival
Squonk Opera on bikes, a new performance-art showcase and more highlight the festival
By Bill O'Driscoll
At BoxHeart, Jennipher Satterly grapples with our legacy of plastic
“Will we allow it to consume us?”
By Ian Thomas
Pennsylvania advocates and health officials push for mandatory lead-level tests in children
“This is an issue of immediate importance.”
By Ashley Murray
Four totally unscientific reasons the Penguins will win the Stanley Cup
Fate has already bought Sam a drink, and got his dog one, too
By Charlie Deitch
This Week in City Paper History
By CP Staff
The cult-doc “Heavy Metal Parking Lot” stops by the Dormont Theater on its 30th-anniversary tour
The 17-minute work transcended its micro budget and easy laughs to become a meaningful piece of cinema
By Al Hoff
Weird Pittsburgh
News of the weird from all over Western Pennsylvania
By Nick Keppler
Rosé’s comeback continues
Two restaurants dedicate a full week to the pink drink
By Celine Roberts
Shadyside’s Highland Avenue has a new coffeeshop called Adda
The shop’s name means “friendly conversation”
Street foods from around the globe enliven the menu at Pittsburgh’s Streets on Carson
Never mind tacos: Try Turkish balik, Brazilian bolinho or Czech chiebicek
By Angelique Bamberg and Jason Roth
Accidental Love Note
By Stephanie M. Wytovich
Layer Cake Festival showcases Pittsburgh’s ambitious, artistic energy
“There’s a natural relationship between art and music, so I wanted to pull them together.”
By Meg Fair
Paddy the Wanderer stretches out on new full-length The Neighbors Are Listening
“We don’t want it to sound like 30 minutes of the same thing.
By Mike Shanley
A conversation with Chris Carrabba of Dashboard Confessional
The group will headline this summer’s Taste of Chaos tour
By Zach Brendza
Critics' Picks: June 1-8
The Spitfire Grill at Front Porch Theatricals
Front Porch has put together a cast of powerhouse voices
By Ted Hoover
The Old Settler at New Horizon
It’s is a lovely and loving portrayal of African-American life
By Michelle Pilecki
Enchanted April at Little Lake
It’s a bewitching dose of escapist joy
By Gwendolyn Kiste
slowdanger continues its memory series
“This one focuses a lot on traversing through your memoryscapes and seeking identity.”
By Steve Sucato
Alice Through the Looking Glass
James Bobin’s witless, CGI-heavy mess bears no relationship to its origins
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
This 2012 documentary about the Chinese artist screens all summer at the Andy Warhol Museum
Yeah, player, it’s time for the U.S. Open
Golf is a mental game that doesn’t need Jerry Springer-like enthusiasm to help it out
By Mike Wysocki
Stuff We Like
Savage Love
“A couple that met in a sex dungeon will say they met doing a team-building exercise at a work retreat.”
By Dan Savage
This Just In: A look at local news online and on the tube.
By Frances Sansig Monahan
Lynn Cullen Live 06/01/16
Audio & Video Archive
Lynn Cullen Live 06/02/16
Lynn Cullen Live 06/03/16
Lynn Cullen Live 06/06/16
Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh
City Paper Weekend Calendar - June 3 - 5
Short List: June 1 - 8
Venus in Fur at the Public; author Anastasia Higginbotham; free admission at Theatre Festival in Black and White; Carnegie Library Summer Reading Extravaganza
By Mars Johnson
Affordable-ish Housing in Pittsburgh: The g-word edition
By Michael Machosky
Pittsburgh loved its disco days, and Thomas Jayson packed the clubs
By Rachel Wilkinson
The cassette-tape comeback has reached Pittsburgh's record stores
By Ethan Beck
AG candidate Keir Bradford-Grey wants to be "the People's Lawyer"
By Maia Williams
