Vol. 21, No. 51
The Warhol's leg of the Pittsburgh Biennial spotlights provocative work by local female artists.
Everything from breastfeeding to a ventriloquist's dummy to the legacy of Gertrude Stein is explored in Gertrude's/LOT
By Nadine Wasserman
The Tides of Provincetown encapsulates a full century of American art.
From classical-realist portraiture to digital photography, as created at the tip of Cape Cod.
By Nick Keppler
Gas Attack: The head of the state DEP goes on the offensive ... against researchers
"Krancer's words often make it sound like the DEP is more aligned with the gas industry than with those who are trying to protect public health."
By Bill O'Driscoll
System Recheck: One final glimpse at the stories that made 2011
There was a nasty election and a new governor, and Hines Ward became the king of the dance
By Charlie Deitch
Greatest Gift
A poem by Jimmy Cvetic
Make Mine An Old Fashioned
Preservations use happy hour to celebrate history
By Hal B. Klein
Root174
An inventive use of fresh ingredients adds up to a satisfying and surprising dining experience
By Angelique Bamberg and Jason Roth
Wassail
The spiced alcoholic holiday drink is an alternative to egg nog
By Chris Young
The Day the Empire Fell is a veteran local peace activist's episodic memoir.
Vincent Eirene recalls protesting Vietnam, protesting at Carnegie Mellon ... and the day he just walked into Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Mega-Def mixes hip hop, metal and funk
The band samples, mimics, deconstructs and pays homage to the blues and to rock masters like Joe Perry, Slash and Bowie.
By Kate Magoc
CD Reviews
New releases from The Garment District, Action Camp and John O'Hallaron
By Andy Mulkerin and Margaret Welsh
The Long Time Darlings release first full-length
The band fits within a tradition of music that has done well in Pittsburgh: Some of these tunes could as easily be mistaken for ZZ Top, or George Thorogood.
By Andy Mulkerin
Critics' Picks: December 22 - 23
Local shows by Josh White, Now You See Them and White Wives, plus Manny's annual Festivus celebration
The Early November gets back together, comes to town in late December
The early-'00s band bridged some of the gaps in the emo game
War Horse
Handsomely filmed, but a manipulative and sentimental tale of a boy and his horse at war
By Al Hoff
El Bulli: Cooking in Progress
A doc looks behind the scenes at the influential avant-garde Spanish restaurant
The Adventures of Tintin
The Belgian reporter makes faithful, if glossy and a bit frantic, transition to the big screen
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
A journalist and a punkish hacker take on a decades-old crime in this moody thriller set in Sweden
Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol
Falling off a skyscraper has never looked so fun in this frothy actioner.
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
A sequel to this Holmes re-boot is less funny and more incoherent than the first
Preventive Medicine
Harrisburg moves to lance a boil
By Chris Potter
Savage Love
Pre-come can contain "viable, pregnancy-inducing sperm."
Lynn Cullen Live 12/19/11
Audio & Video Archive
Lynn Cullen Live 12/21/11 - PART 1
Lynn Cullen Live 12/21/11 - PART 2
Video Archive
Lynn Cullen Live 12/22/11
Lynn Cullen Live 12/23/11
Short List: December 22 - 29
By Mars Johnson
The cassette-tape comeback has reached Pittsburgh's record stores
By Ethan Beck
Affordable-ish Housing in Pittsburgh: The g-word edition
By Michael Machosky
AG candidate Keir Bradford-Grey wants to be "the People's Lawyer"
By Maia Williams
Pittsburgh loved its disco days, and Thomas Jayson packed the clubs
By Rachel Wilkinson
