Vol. 20, No. 33
Unsmoke Artspace brings the woods to town.
By Robert Isenberg
Sick Transit
By Lauren Daley-Maurer
People on the Bus:
Shale Game
By Chris Potter
Job Placement
By Chris Young
New Deal
By Charlie Deitch
China Star
By Angelique Bamberg and Jason Roth
Mercurio's Mulberry Creamery
By Bill O'Driscoll
For Wildness and Anarchy
Hollywood psychotherapist, former screenwriter and Pittsburgh native Dennis Palumbo returns with his first crime novel.
R&B singer Margot B. records live album at the New Hazlett Theater
By Aaron Jentzen
Skull Fest celebrates underground punk and metal with three days of music and more
By Manny Theiner
Singer-songwriter Bonnie "Prince" Billy visits for two sold-out Warhol shows
Locals City Dwelling Nature Seekers offer a sophisticated take on roots and folk
Using structure and technique, Gina T. Cacalano hopes to rehabilitate the image of dance improv.
By Steve Sucato
The Room & Celebration
By Ted Hoover
Harps & Harmonicas
Fairest: The Black Tale of Snow White
By Michelle Pilecki
Eat Pray Love
Julia Roberts plays a vaguely dissatisfied woman in an explicitly unsatisfying movie.
By Harry Kloman
Let It Rain
The witty Let It Rain is warm, if a little soggy.
Extra Innings
Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo
A languid examination of the Japanese fascination with insects
Savage Love
By Dan Savage
This Just In: August 19 - 26
By Frances Sansig Monahan
Short List: Week of August 19 - 26
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
Affordable-ish Housing in Pittsburgh: density or destiny edition
By Michael Machosky
The cassette-tape comeback has reached Pittsburgh's record stores
By Ethan Beck