Vol. 21, No. 24
Artists grapple with the uses and misuses of water.
"Among the most compelling works are those that achieve balance between the artistic, the informational and the political."
By Robert Raczka
Reviewing Eric Singer's mechanized visitors from the near future.
If there's a People's Choice Award for nerdy art gizmos, Singer is a serious contender.
By Robert Isenberg
Stripping Away: Will tighter rules make strip clubs safer, or extinct?
"There is always going to be a market for looking at beautiful, naked people."
By Lauren Daley-Maurer
Recent Transplant
By Abby Mendelson
Tiki standby Lemon Hart 151 due to hit Pennsylvania soon
"I'd liken it to grilling with gas versus charcoal."
By Brian Tierney
Summer Is For Blueberries
Now is the time to stock up
By Chris Potter
Duke's Station
Like the trains of yore, Duke's appeal is its atmosphere: causal and comfortable, yet utterly idiosyncratic.
Comic Davon Magwood, on the eve of a by-the-bootstraps national tour.
"Just being a black dude at a Renaissance fair is awkward."
By Bill O'Driscoll
Drinking the Guava
A poem by Joan E. Bauer
Website brings the Pittsburgh music scene more of everything -- except sniping.
The point of Burghsounds is pure information, not taste-making.
By Margaret Welsh
R. Stevie Moore leaves his bedroom after 40 years of musical diaries
"There’s nothing on the cutting-room floor and no outtakes. It’s a vanity project but it’s also that I'm a diarist of sound, and that's pretty much why it's 400 albums."
By Mike Shanley
Critics' Picks June 17 - 21
Those Darlins bring their Southern charm to Brillobox
"I may have girly parts," sings Jessi Darlin, "But I have a boy's heart / I wanna be your bro."
By Justin Jacobs
On the Record With Haley Bonar
When I talked to my sister about doing the artwork for the record, I thought, "You should paint my face, and make me have a gold grill!"
By Andy Mulkerin
Violet Sharp
The play's long interrogation scenes are riveting, because Theo Allyn and Sam Turich are such perfect sparring partners.
The Book of Liz
The play's sweet disposition and somewhat sappy ending are certainly not something I anticipated.
By Ted Hoover
Out of This Furnace
Despite sturdy, believable performances, the play has no power.
By Gordon Spencer
Super 8
An entertaining monster movie that ends in a hug
By Al Hoff
13 Assassins
A visual gorgeous samurai flick that's often sluggish
By Harry Kloman
The Art of Getting By
High school is for moping
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Filmmaker Werner Herzog visits Chauvet Cave
Hobo With a Shotgun
It's a non-stop bloodbath in this vigilante pic
The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls
Discover New Zealand's twin lesbian, yodeling, cross-dressing, sheep-, dog- and horse-loving singers-performers-activists
Savage Love
If it makes you uncomfortable to read what your daughter is reading online, stop reading it.
By Dan Savage
Raising the Bar: Friends, athletes pitch in for out-of-town Steelers fan
"I've got the best all-star team on my side."
By Jim Shearer
Short List: Week of June 16 - 23
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
The cassette-tape comeback has reached Pittsburgh's record stores
By Ethan Beck
Sophie Masloff seldom talked about her childhood. Were seedy family ties the reason?
