Vol. 28, No. 15
Worth checking out: local true-crime podcast Give Me Murder or Give Me Death
By Rebecca Addison
Top 5: Marijuana Films
By Charlie Deitch
Medical marijuana making a big difference in the lives of sick children and their families
“That makes all of the work we did worthwhile.”
Can medical marijuana help combat Pennsylvania’s opioid crisis?
Studies have shown marijuana can be an effective and safe drug to treat chronic pain, but getting doctors to recommend it over opioids is the next step
By Ryan Deto
How much tax revenue would recreational marijuana bring to Pennsylvania?
Pennsylvania auditor general says state could bring in $325 million in revenue annually if recreational marijuana was legalized and taxed
Pittsburgh City Paper’s curated schedule for this week’s medical-marijuana conference
An inside look at which talks and events to attend while you get high on some seriously sticky medical-marijuana knowledge
Millvale’s Draai Laag relaunches as Strange Roots Experimental Ales
“I love beer, and I’ll love beer till the day I die.”
By Drew Cranisky
Hilltop Urban Farm sets goals and launches volunteer days
“We’re just going to get down to kicking shovels into the ground and making the minute decisions.”
By Celine Roberts
The Healing Center partners with a chef to educate about edibles
“It might be easier for a child to eat a cookie than to take a medicine or try to spread a tincture under their tongue.”
Eat Me: The Mantis
NAMI Keystone Pennsylvania and City of Asylum launch mental-health series with author Jordan Corcoran
“I hope people feel inspired to accept themselves.”
Built to Spill performs with Afghan Whigs at Mr. Smalls Sat., April 14
“I still think of us as a band who’s still trying to figure out what we sound like.”
By Eli Enis
Alt-R&B artist Amir Miles signs distribution deal with Capitol Records
“Dude, it’s been awesome.”
Neon Swing X-Perience celebrates 20 years of music at the Hard Rock, Fri., April 13
“But no one ever thought in 20 years it’d still be going!”
By Meg Fair
Three local EPs to check out
From vicious punk to gothy new wave to bouncy punk, Pittsburgh artists are pumping it out
Attack Theatre’s If | Maybe | Then lets audiences choose their own adventure
“We wanted a large group viewing experience that would be individual as well as collective.”
By Steve Sucato
Recoil at University of Pittsburgh
Addressing gun violence in art is a tough task
By Alex Gordon
A Bright Room Called Day at Carnegie Mellon University has a timely message
American theater is resolutely non-political so it’s electrifying to grapple with such huge political ideas.
By Ted Hoover
What Else Is Playing Around Pittsburgh
Blockers, Beirut and more from the Pittsburgh Japanese Film Festival
By CP Staff
Isle of Dogs
Wes Anderson’s new film is a standard quest-and-redemption narrative, but rife with assorted trappings
By Al Hoff
Pittsburgh-produced TV show, Tomorrow’s World Today, comes to Science Channel in May
“If we empower the art of creation with our youth, they will out-innovate us.”
It can be difficult to look on the bright side, but it’s well worth it in the end
I’ve seen what can happen when hope pays off
Pennsylvania needs to let doctors decide what conditions can be best treated with medical marijuana
By Meg Fair and Celine Roberts
Savage Love
By Dan Savage
Free Will Astrology
By Rob Brezsny
Lynn Cullen Live - 4/16/18
Audio & Video Archive
By Lynn Cullen
Lynn Cullen Live - 4/11/18
Lynn Cullen Live - 4/17/18
Lynn Cullen Live - 4/12/18
Lynn Cullen Live - 4/13/18
By Mars Johnson
The choices are few but the stakes are high in Pa.'s upcoming primary
By Colin Williams
Dave and Andy's says goodbye, Construction Junction turns 25 with wine, and more Pittsburgh food news
By Rachel Wilkinson
Power-ranking the Pirates' 2024 walkup music
The cassette-tape comeback has reached Pittsburgh's record stores
By Ethan Beck
