Back Inside: Being fired from the Department of Corrections isn't always permanent 

"They want to pretend that this never happened, but it did, and people remember."

• by Matt Stroud
• Tags: News, Department of Corrections, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh

Art Restoration: Project replaces blight with art, education

"It's just artwork, but it can hold a lot of power."

• by Chris Young
• Tags: News, Hill District, Pittsburgh, MLK Community Mural Project

Burgatory

Burgatory's burgers are unquestionably in the running for best in town

• Tags: Dining Reviews, Burgatory, Aspinwall, Food

Brighton Heights Java n' Crème House

A new coffee-and-sandwich shop offer West Coast flair

• by Lauren Daley

1, 2, 3 issues debut album on Frenchkiss

Ex-members of Takeover UK return with an un-Googleable name

• by Andy Mulkerin
• Tags: Local Beat, Release Show, Nic Snyder, Josh Sickels, UK

CD Reviews

New releases from Boilermaker Jazz Band, Discuss, and The Cynics

• by Gordon Spencer, Kate Magoc and Margaret Welsh
• Tags: CD Reviews, CD Reviews, Boilermaker Jazz Band, Discuss, The Cynics

Critics' Picks: July 1 - 6

Swing gets dirty at Belvedere's, hip hop takes over Sewickley, MSTRKRFT plays Stage AE and Liturgy plays Brillobox.

• Tags: Critics' Picks, The Neon Swing, DJ Zombo, E-dot, Taylor Gang, Mux Mool

The Ladybug Transistor headlines Sound Series at the Sculpture Court

The long-running Brooklyn indie pop band has some Pittsburgh connections

• by Mike Shanley

Bill Callahan brings his post-Smog output to Pittsburgh

Apocalypse, the third album he's released under his own name, might be the starkest one yet

• by Mike Shanley
• Tags: Music Features, Bill Callahan, New York Times, Recordings

Bad Teacher

Educators are up to no good in this vulgar comedy from Jake Kasdan

• by Al Hoff
• Tags: Movie Reviews + Features, Bad Techer Movie, Film, Jason Segel

Sync'd III

Annual event adds music to local short films

• by Bill O'Driscoll
• Tags: Movie Reviews + Features, Filmmaker, Sync'd, Shadyside

Queen to Play

A woman's life is reinvigorated by chess

• by Al Hoff

Three artists in three different media explore a variety of emotions in SCC’s Bridge 11

Both expressions and emotions are in abundant supply in the current Bridge 11 exhibition

• by Nadine Wasserman
• Tags: Art Reviews + Features, Bridge 11, Mariko Kusumoto, Anne Drew Potter

August Wilson Center makes big move from arts presenter to arts producer

New season to feature art by Romare Bearden, a world-premiere play and more

• by Bill O'Driscoll
• Tags: Art Reviews + Features, The Hill, August Wilson, Andre Kimo

Harsh Medicine 

Few winners in UPMC/Highmark battle

• by Chris Potter
• Tags: Potter's Field, UPMC, Highmark, Healthcare

Scott McClanahan's Stories V! and Angele Ellis's Spared

Works by a local fiction writer and local poet in brief review

• by Bill O'Driscoll
• Tags: Book Reviews + Features, McClanahan, Main street rag, Angele Ellis

Flesh

A poem by Michelle Maher

• Tags: Chapter and Verse, Flesh, Michelle Maher, Poetry

Stanton's Garage

People like corny, and it's precisely that crowd which will enjoy the sentimental ending … or endings.

• by Ted Hoover
• Tags: Theater Reviews + Features, Joan Ackerman, Little Lake Theatre, Canonsburg

The Ladies Man

Apple Hill Playhouse delivers the laughs

• by Michelle Pilecki

Short List: June 30 - July 7