Vol. 21, No. 34
Long Are the Days, Short Are the Nights
At Wood Street, Icelandic artists showcase their multimedia skill with light, sound and a contemplative pace.
By Justin Hopper
Monthly alt-culture party Sinferno/Hanging Garden turns 2
It's two floors of music, dancing, costuming and art at Cattivo
By Brendan Sullivan
Converge Left: Region's social-justice groups assembling to "level the playing field"
"Without coordinating and bringing people together, nothing is going to change."
By Lauren Daley-Maurer
Breaking Out
Six Steelers to watch in 2011
By Rocco Longo
Cage Match
Confronting fears at the Pittsburgh Zoo
By Lori Jakiela
On the Record with director of the Pittsburgh Film Office, Dawn Keezer
By Michael Macagnone
Field Test: The Steelers may be the AFC's team to beat, if they can stay out of their own way
"I'd be surprised if [Pittsburgh] didn't make the playoffs again."
D-Fanged: Will NFL rule changes take the bite from the Steelers' D?
"We have to play fast and aggressive."
By Charlie Deitch
Witch Flavor
A Beaver ice-cream shop offers a rotating selection from Penn State Creamery
1947 Tavern
This updated Shadyside venue offers a sophisticated take on simple, satisfying food.
By Angelique Bamberg and Jason Roth
Critics' Picks: August 26 - 31
Local shows by Vieux Farka Touré and The Weepies; a loft party; a new dance club; and a show in a barn
By Rory D. Webb and Andy Mulkerin
Damaged Pies' Steve Bodner celebrates 25 years of music and charity work
"I think it's something that isn't firing correctly in the brain. That's why we keep being musicians against all odds."
By Andy Mulkerin
Velocity of Sound Records does nothing but vinyl
"It's a medium where you can take a chance on just the band name or the album art and discover a band you might not otherwise have known."
On the Record with Jake Orral of JEFF the Brotherhood
"Shut up, Dad! You don't know anything about music."
By Margaret Welsh
Damaged Pies Day
County Executive Onorato honors Steve Bodner
Emma
Hats off to Michael Bloom for his adaptation of Austen's classic, premiering locally at Little Lake Theatre.
By Ted Hoover
Whose Wives Are They Anyway?
The title should be warning enough about poor judgment and the lack of taste to come.
By Michelle Pilecki
A group of recent CMU graduates take the New York International Fringe Festival by storm
Pigpen Theatre makes its second appearance at the fest with Mountain Song
By Dustin Fitzharris
Tabloid
A sex-and-religion scandal from the 1970s is revisited in this entertaining documentary
By Bill O'Driscoll
Sarah's Key
An intelligent Euro-drama explores another angle of the Holocaust.
By Harry Kloman
Savage Love
Bittersweet Lesson: We need foreign students to teach us a basic lesson of fairness?
"It's sad that these processes have come to dominate our business life."
By Chris Potter
Standard Bearer
Tomlin is the perfect coach for the Steelers and the city
By Jim Shearer
Short List: August 25 - September 1
By Mars Johnson
Both the Evergreen Cafe owner and his adversaries are calling authorities over the new loading zone
By Matt Petras
Is Pittsburgh headed for a Catholic renaissance?
By Colin Williams
Ed Piskor exhibition postponed over sexual misconduct allegations
Pittsburgh foods you can send to out-of-town friends, all of which can be ordered online
By Rachael Narins