Differing Opinions: Experts paint different pictures about what happened the night teen was beaten

"This case will turn on the credibility of the witnesses."

• by Chris Young

Card Games: Fake holiday donation mailer lampoons UPMC

"I think they sent it out because they hate UPMC, like all good Pittsburghers."

• by Lauren Daley

Occupy the Reassessment!

These days, the real anarchists are wearing suits

• by Chris Potter

Off-Season Acquisitions

Bargains for dispirited Steelers fans

• by Chris Potter

Brew on Broadway

A new coffee shop in Beechview doubles as a community meeting space

• by Lauren Daley

At Brix, the wine menu rewards exploration

"If you're stuck with something you just don't care for, it's no big deal."

• by Hal B. Klein

Saigon 88

A friendly Vietnamese restaurant offers some winning dishes — and some that need tweaking

• by Angelique Bamberg and Jason Roth

Big-time Hospitality

The Brooklyn band releases an unintentionally twee debut full-length

• by Margaret Welsh

Jeffrey Foucault makes his first trip to Pittsburgh

He's often toured partially to have a tax-deductible reason to go fishing in places like Montana and Alaska.

• by Nick Keppler

CD Reviews

New releases from Miracle Worker, Michael Yolch and Chalk Dinosaur

• by Andy Mulkerin

Tom Moran of The Five returns with oud in hand

"I sat in with a local band and all of a sudden there were belly dancers there, and I thought, ‘I get it now!'"

• by Mike Shanley

Critics' Picks: January 13 - 18

Local shows by Jandek, Keller Williams and Madi Diaz, plus the Pittsburgh Rock Music Awards

• by Andy Mulkerin

The Artist

A silent film about silent film proves more dull than illuminating

• by Harry Kloman

Joyful Noise

A musical comedy-melodrama that fails to engage on all points

• by Al Hoff

The Iron Lady

The public and private lives of Margaret Thatcher

• by Al Hoff

Battle for Brookyln

Documentary looks at recent David-vs.-Goliath property-rights fight in NYC

• by Al Hoff

Carnage

When adults can't play nice together

• by Al Hoff

The Devil Inside

The faithful are advised to reject this poorly executed exorcism thriller

• by Al Hoff

The Mill and the Cross

Take a cinematic journey inside a well-known 16^th-century painting

• by Al Hoff

Out of Rubble

An art exhibit asks what about what comes after war?

• by Christopher L. McGinnis

Emerging Artist of the Year John Peña documented every day for two years with pictures and words.

His autobiographical writings are as unguarded as any private diary.

• by Robert Isenberg

Lynn Cullen Live 01/11/12

Audio & Video Archive

Lynn Cullen Live 01/12/12

Audio & Video Archive

Lynn Cullen Live 01/13/12

Audio & Video Archive

South Side

• Tags: Pieces of Pittsburgh, South Side, Word, Wall

Lynn Cullen Live 01/16/12

Audio & Video Archive

Lynn Cullen Live 01/17/12

Audio & Video Archive

A new history of the Carnegie museums and library is more broad than deep.

Often, Palace feels less like the 106-year history of a cultural institution ... and more like reading 106 annual reports.

• by Chris Potter

Hot playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis gets his first Pittsburgh production.

Barebones productions stages the prison drama Jesus Hopped the A Train.

• by Bill O'Driscoll

Short List: January 13 - 19