On Screen Feature
Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival
A slate of more than two dozen recent Asian and Asian-American films
Pittsburgh Dining
Parker's PGH
At this Dormont stop, it's all-day sandwiches made with care and locally sourced ingredients
A "wild beer" specialist expands production and adds a biergarten
"We have yet to push what we can do in this field."
Marshall-Shadeland chef starts neighborhood cafe
"My passion is to build my community"
Arts
With a new owner, and alterations under discussion, much-maligned Allegheny Center Mall faces the future
The question remains whether planned changes will improve the fate of the greater neighborhood
On Stage
Opera Theater's SummerFest features Rachel Carson-inspired work
A New Kind of Fallout launches a "music that matters" series
Swingtime Canteen at South Park Theatre
It's an enjoyable revue of 1940s pop music
Books
Reviews of new chapbooks by Ellen McGrath Smith and Kristofer Collins
"Forget you once had angles, let / your head engulf the rest of you"
Music
In its third year, the Deutschtown Music Festival continues to grow
"We're doing this for the love of local musicians and the North Side."
For Long Island's Mr Twin Sister, transition is the norm
"We're always saying, ‘This next one is going to be where we arrive at our destination.'"
On sophomore release After, Lady Lamb gains focus
As always, Spaltro proves herself a deft surgeon, peeling just enough flesh away to reveal the vividness of the viscera
Locally based SingerBots founder Eric Singer leads the way in the world of robotic instrumentation
In action, it looks like a haunted band room
Critics' Picks, July 9-15
Concerts by Liturgy, Talib Kweli and some Nickelback stand-ins
On Screen
Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival
A slate of more than two dozen recent Asian and Asian-American films
Amy
Asif Kapadia's heartbreaking documentary profile of Amy Winehouse lays bare the complicated life of the late singer
A Poem Is a Naked Person
The never-released Les Blank-Leon Russell musical and cultural journey is finally in theaters
Self/Less
Interesting ideas about the mind-body and bioethics devolve into boring chase thriller
Stung
What to do about 7-foot-tall wasps?
Terminator Genysis
The saga of man-vs.-machine just gets more ridiculous, and incoherent
Short List
Short List: July 8 - 11
Downtown Gallery Crawl and Cosmopolitan Pittsburgh; Sherlock's Last Case on stage; Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble season-opener; Stoop Is a Verb fetes the North Side
News+Features
Jessica Hawkins breaks the law every time she gives her child her medical cannabis in Pa. and she has no intention of stopping
"It comes down to either going to jail or a funeral."
Law changes will make urban farming easier in Pittsburgh city limits
"This isn't about people toying with their hobbies. This is about food. This is serious stuff."
Concert photos: Wiz Khalifa and Fall Out Boy
Pittsburgh's own Wiz Khalifa played to a packed house July 2 at the First Niagara Pavilion for the Boys of Zummer Tour with Fall Out Boy. Our summer photo intern Mike Schwarz was right up front to catch the action.
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