Pitt bathroom policy surprises, outrages transgender faculty, students

Pitt's policy "assumes that people want to change their bodies, and that they can afford to."

• by Chris Young

Political controversies come and go, but anti-choice protesters aren't going anywhere

"We have an anti-choice governor, anti-choice House and an anti-choice Senate. So just making a bill not be voted on is epic."

• by Shane Bliss and Akasha Brandt

Harrisburg Republicans not giving up on anti-choice agenda

• by Lauren Daley

Hard Times

• by Chris Potter

Aged Liquor

North Side club mixes past and present

• by Hal B. Klein
• Tags: On The Rocks, Slideshow

Monterey Pub

A welcoming neighborhood bar with a menu of burgers and pub grub

• by Angelique Bamberg and Jason Roth
• Tags: Dining Reviews, Slideshow

A Garden Grows in Lawrenceville

Land within Allegheny Cemetery tended by volunteers provides vegetables

• by Chris Potter

Taking stock in the jazz world

A series of local jazz and improv shows highlight Jazz Appreciation Month

• by Mike Shanley

Diamond Terrifier and Chris Corsano put new faces on improv jazz

Both play Garfield Artworks this month

• by Mike Shanley

Good Night, States releases its third album with a grand party

The "Grand Release Gala," as the band is calling it, will pull out all the stops.

• by Andy Mulkerin

Spring Break Beat Party brings live percussion to the Rex

Don't expect that kind of breakbeat.

• by Nicole Chynoweth

Critics' Picks: April 5 - 12

Local shows by Honeyhoney, The Two Man Gentleman Band, a couple of famous offspring (Anoushka Shankar and Chuchito Valdes), plus a CD release from The Whiskey Holler

Mirror, Mirror

Overblown spectacle can't save this fairy-tale retread

• by Al Hoff

Wrath of the Titans

This man-vs.-demigods-vs.-gods-vs.-volcano donnybrook is boring and confusing

• by Al Hoff

The Salt of Life

There's little revealed in this contemplation of one middle-aged Italian man's life

• by Harry Kloman

Jiro Dreams of Sushi

An engaging documentary about sushi, work and attaining perfection

• by Al Hoff

Film Kitchen

The screening series spotlights the work of singular local filmmaker Brian Dean Richmond, as well as others

• by Bill O'Driscoll

Looking toward the future of the Rust Belt with help from an antique photographic process.

Christopher McGinnis's Greenhouse 1 blooms at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts.

• by Robert Raczka

The artists in Factory Installed reflect a new sensibility in installation art.

Mattress Factory show furthers the ongoing saga of Duchamp's famous urinal

• by Sarah Humphrey

Bloomfield

• Tags: Pieces of Pittsburgh, Bloomfield, street art

Lynn Cullen Live 04/04/12

Audio & Video Archive

Lynn Cullen Live 04/05/12

Audio & Video Archive

Lynn Cullen Live 04/06/12

Audio & Video Archive

Lynn Cullen Live 04/09/12

Audio & Video Archive

Jim Daniels

The Electric Baby

The intimate production dissolves the fourth wall and shares the magic of storytelling

• by Michelle Pilecki

Harvest

Harvest is a comedy and a horror story, and director Hutchinson handles both adeptly

• by Ted Hoover

Pittsburgh hosts U.S. premiere of work by renowned choreographers

Jiri Kylian and Michael Schumacher's Last Touch First creates a Chekhov-like narrative set in the late 19^th century

• by Steve Sucato

Short List: April 5 - 12