Late Edition

How I tried to save the Post-Gazette despite itself

• by Chris Young

Fighting Perception: Group wants you to forget what you think you know about Allentown

"This whole neighborhood is about taking a chance."

• by Lauren Daley

Past-Due Bill: Activists worry delays could hamper police-accountability measure

"If we're going to continue to want full consensus with the FOP and the law department, we'll be delaying this bill forever."

• by Chris Young

Barcelona at Rivers Edge

A fantastic location and Mediterranean flavors make this venue a worthy stop along Allegheny River Boulevard

• by Angelique Bamberg and Jason Roth

Bisou

A new Libyan storefront cafe offers new spins on familiar ingredients

• by Al Hoff

NOLA in the Square picks up where Embury leaves off

Embury's influence will endure, along with some of the vintage cocktails it revived.

• by Brian Tierney

Identity Festival brings big names in electronic music to First Niagara Pavilion

"Electronic music has been pushing more mainstream; tours like Identity are proving this."

• by Kate Magoc

Local record producer tells of working with Rollins, Kevorkian

"After [Kevorkian] would leave for the day, someone working at the hotel would come in and make sure that everyone who was checking in was also checking out."

• by Margaret Welsh

Critics' Picks: Aug 12 - 18

Local shows by Amon Amarth, Mr. Big and Justin Townes Earle, plus a Title Town soul night in Oakland, and Skull Fest

• by Andy Mulkerin

CD Reviews

New releases from Danila Gaji and Nancy McKeen Bluz Machine

• by Andy Mulkerin and Kate Magoc

Identity Festival Lineup in Short

Some of the acts worth checking out at the festival

• by Kate Magoc

Page One: Inside the New York Times

A documentary looks at the future of news in a world of new media

• by Al Hoff

Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest

An interesting if somewhat jumbled account of the influential hip-hop group

• by Andy Mulkerin

Rise of Planet of the Apes

This re-boot needs less talk and more ape-action

• by Al Hoff

Passione

A musical journey through the Italian city of Naples

• by Al Hoff

What's the story at Cyberpunk Apocalypse, Lawrenceville's "house-plus" art collective?

"There's this momentum that comes out of spaces where people are coming in and out and everybody cares about the same thing."

• by Brendan Sullivan

Drawn in A Day holds up even if you missed the "day."

A dozen local artists take directly to the walls of Space Gallery

• by Bill O'Driscoll

Bad Bargain

Mike Doyle sees ugly prospects ahead

• by Chris Potter

A book-signing at a venerable Squirrel Hill watering hole and a poet's book-launch.

Novelist Lee Skirboll returns to sign Cage Days; poet John Thomas Menesini offers endo

• by Bill O'Driscoll

The Importance of Being Earnest

It's difficult to know whether Conall Morrison, as director, merely allowed this production to happen or actually caused it.

• by Ted Hoover

Jesus Christ Superstar

Jesus comes off as a whiny spaz, and Judas spends his stage-time screaming into a microphone.

• by Robert Isenberg

Short List: Week of August 10 - 16