Bridging the Gaps

Urban spelunker Lindsey Scherloum finds lost traces of the city's past

• by Abby Mendelson

Standing on Ceremony: Same-sex couples can marry in New York, but what's in store once they return to Pennsylvania?

"For same-sex couples in Pennsylvania, marriage means legal uncertainty."

• by Lauren Daley

Fall Arts Guide: Visual Art

Several of fall art shows, big and small, have a Pittsburgh theme.

• by Nadine Wasserman

Reel Green: Local filmmakers bring global message in documentary

"There a lot of centered, grounded, caring, thoughtful people occupying what the media calls the environmental fringe."

• by Bill O'Driscoll

Fall Arts Guide: Dance

From bellydance and a black dance festival to a Peter Pan ballet and a hip-hop Pinocchio, the fall dance season has something for everyone.

• by Steve Sucato

Fall Arts Guide: Music

A guide to some notable rock, pop and jazz shows this fall, from Agnostic Front to Weird Paul.

• by Andy Mulkerin

Fall Arts Guide: Film

This fall, it really seems like old times at the movies.

• by Al Hoff

Fall Arts Guide: Theater

A host of local and even world premieres mark area stages this season.

• by Bill O'Driscoll

Fall Arts Guide: Literary

It's season's readings for everyone from big names like Jonathan Franzen to emerging local talent.

• by Bill O'Driscoll

Winghart's Burger and Whiskey Bar

Market Square welcomes a new spot for big burgers, wood-fired pizza and libations

• by Angelique Bamberg and Jason Roth

Famed local photographer Duane Rieder now makes wine, too

"We don't do anything the exact way any one of those California guys do it."

• by Hal B. Klein

Planet Smoothie

Gym-goers in Shadyside can now enjoy an appropriate post-workout refreshments: smoothies.

• by Chris Young

CD Reviews

New albums from Jeremy Beck and the IonSound Project, Jimmy Adler, and The Pointillists.

Something for Everyone

Indie-pop outfit Donora unveils its latest, for fans age five to 95

• by Rick Moslen

Silent No More

New Castle-born rapper Ensilence refuses to dwell on gender disparity

• by Patrick Bowman

Critics' Picks: Sept 15 - 20

Local shows from Tapes 'n Tapes, Why? and Mason Jennings, plus WYEP's annual Rock the Block party and a new local music-and-art event at Mexico City.

• by Andy Mulkerin and Kate Magoc

Everything's Under Control

Olivia Tremor Control tours behind the re-issue of a classic album

• by Mike Shanley

The Future

Miranda July's second feature is heartwarming, heartbreaking and often laugh-out-loud funny.

• by Harry Kloman

Contagion

Ponder the what-if of an entirely plausible global pandemic.

• by Al Hoff

In the Land of the Free

A new documentary examines injustice with the prison system

• by Matt Stroud

Drive

Ryan Gosling stars in this unsatisfying tale that's both moody and violent

• by Brendan Sullivan

Mozart's Sister

A languid but sumptuous speculative bio-pic about Mozart's talented sibling

• by Al Hoff

The Whistleblower

A docudrama exposes a cover-up of sex-trafficking in Bosnia

• by Al Hoff

Tennis, Anyone?

It wasn't Steelers football, but the U.S. Open wasn't half bad

• by Jim Shearer

Seymour Hersh talks "war on terror," Libya and Iran.

The legendary reporter speaks here Sept. 19.

• by Chris Potter

Helmet Head

A poem by Sheila Carter-Jones

Life coach Krishna Pendyala turns personal-growth author.

"I've been dumb and smart, so I thought I'd share both."

• by Robert Isenberg

A Child's Guide to Heresy

This "adult fairy tale" resembles a video game rather than something about real people.

• by Gordon Spencer

MOMIX visits with BOTANICA, its spectacular interpretation of nature.

BOTANICA is an exploration of my curiosity about the backyard and the garden translated into dance-theater form."

• by Steve Sucato

Race

The production sparkles, almost covering the holes in the script.

• by Michelle Pilecki

Five Course Love

Writer and composer Greg Coffin has created a big playground in which a director and actors can romp.

• by Ted Hoover

Short List: Week of September 15 - 22