Vol. 26, No. 31
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts’ half of Fiberart International is an expansive and often exciting show in itself
Some works surprise with traditional materials
By Bill O'Driscoll
Pittsburgh Go: Catch Pokémon and get healthy around Pittsburgh
Every true Pokémon trainer knows that the proper mode of transportation is a bicycle
By Billy Ludt and Rebecca Addison
Pittsburgh breast-milk bank provides aid to mothers in need
“I was thinking every baby should have the best beginning.”
By Ashley Murray
Explore Pittsburgh’s history with eight Olympic games
You’ll want to skip the near-drowning
By Alex Gordon
Pittsburgh offers hundreds of different fitness classes designed to take participants out of their comfort zone
New exercise trends seemingly emerge weekly across the city
By Rebecca Addison
CMU student developing magnetic malaria treatment
“I knew I wanted to work on something that would help people.”
By Kim Lyons
Weird Pittsburgh
By Nick Keppler
RNC protests didn’t burn so bright in Cleveland last week
“Protesters were just outnumbered.”
By Ryan Deto
Gin flavors run deeper than juniper
The range spans tastes from citrus to a range of botanicals
By Drew Cranisky
Pittsburgh City Paper Booze Battles: The Goldmark vs. Dorothy 6 Blast Furnace Café
The Cucumber Days of Summer
By CP Staff
Cherry Heering
By Celine Roberts
Check out The Abbey on Butler Street, in Pittsburgh’s trendy Lawrenceville
The shortish menu is in the au courant gastropub mode
By Angelique Bamberg and Jason Roth
Edgar’s Best Tacos moves to a bigger, better location in the Strip District
Growth has been driven by customers seeking the true flavors of south-of-the-border fare
Cooking spaghetti carbonara for one can quickly deliver a simple but decadent meal
“I don’t like spending hours in the kitchen.”
By Taylor Grieshober
Personal Chef: Brilliant Brownies by a Brainy Bicyclist
Unprocessed cacao is a superfood, and walnuts are brain food
By Mya Zeronis
Sound Bite sips coffee with D Stubblefield of Pittsburgh
“Now coffee is just as interesting and complex as wine, or tea or craft beer."
D Stubblefield explains the difference between first-, second- and third-wave coffee.
"The third wave is coffee as an art."
Two poets grapple with life-changing health issues
Jason Irwin’s A Blister of Stars examines life with birth defects; Ally Malinenko’s Better Luck Next Year looks at breast cancer
By Fred Shaw
Lemon Sun
By Jen Ashburn
On Paradise, the members of Vancouver’s White Lung refine their sound without losing their edge
“This mentality of making something sound vintage or old, I just don’t get it.”
By Jeff Terich
Muli-platinum-selling artist Josh Groban talks about bullying, the importance of arts education and how he developed his sense of humor
“Music absolutely saved me.”
By Caleb Murphy
Critics’ Picks, July 28-Aug. 3
Performances by Femi Kuti and the Positive Force, Esmé Patterson, See Through Dresses, Young Thug, Slipknot and Marilyn Manson
By Meg Fair
New Releases
Reviews of records by Nik Sea and Paul Labrise
By Margaret Welsh and Meg Fair
With SuperMonkey Recording Co., Christian Groblewski aims to put Pittsburgh music on the map
“I’m trying to find the next Foo Fighters, the band that’s going to sell out arenas.”
By Margaret Welsh
Julius Caesar at Throughline Theatre
A bare-bones set and cross-gender casting are very Elizabethan, yet make for wonderfully modern theater
By Stuart Sheppard
The Hound of the Baskervilles at Kinetic Theatre
It’s Sherlock for laughs
By Ted Hoover
Jesus Christ Superstar at Stage 62
It’s one of the most impeccably sung productions of Superstar I’ve seen
An American Idiot for the Black Lives Matter era
“The struggles are very similar in terms of feeling like you are in a system that seems to be against you.”
By Tyler Dague
Star Trek Beyond
Justin Lin’s film is all action, and somewhat less than even routine
By Harry Kloman
Café Society
Once again Allen ponders notions of life, death, love, success, happiness and Jews
A trio of female athletes will carry Pittsburgh’s hopes into the Summer Olympics
Once cornhole gets its Olympic credentials, we’ll quickly see more Western Pa. Olympians on this list.
By Mike Wysocki
Stuff We Like
You don’t have to like Ted Cruz to respect his snub of Donald Trump
It’s rare to find someone in American politics willing to take a stand against his own party because it’s the right thing to do
By Charlie Deitch
Savage Love
By Dan Savage
Lynn Cullen Live 07/25/16
Audio & Video Archive
Lynn Cullen Live 08/2/16
Lynn Cullen Live 07/27/16
Lynn Cullen Live 07/28/16
Lynn Cullen Live 07/29/16
Lynn Cullen Live 08/1/16
City Paper Podcast - Episode 26
A visit from Arlo Aldo's David Manchester (& guest)
Word Cloud: Comments in July 2016
Short List: July 27 - August 2
Pittsburgh VegFest returns; Werner Herzog’s new tech doc at the Regent Square; comic Sandra Valls; OpenStreets expands to the North Side
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 Thunderbirds are ready for their ninth season of pro ultimate frisbee
By Colin Williams
