Military struggles with rise in sexual-assault complaints

"I'm not convinced it's happening more, I think it's reported more."

• by Lauren Daley

On the Home Front: Vets of Iraq and Afghanistan take on political battles at home

• by Lauren Daley and Chris Potter

Pieces of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh Craft Beer Week celebrates city's increasing sophistication

"Pittsburgh has gone though a renaissance of taste in the last few years."

• by Hal B. Klein

Casa Rasta

A storefront venue in Beechview combines the tropical, sometimes spicy flavors of Caribbean and Mexican cuisines

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

Sumi's Cakery

A new bakery in Squirrel Hill offers sweets for both American and Korean palates

• by Lauren Daley

Triggers persevere through label troubles to release second full-length

"There were a lot of arguments about album artwork and restructuring contracts."

• by Andy Mulkerin

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Record Store Day is like Music-Nerd Christmas (or Music-Nerd Black Friday).

• by Andy Mulkerin

On the Record with Jill Barber

"It's pompous of me to think this, but every time I write a song, I try to write a song that carries on the tradition of the great standards."

• by Andy Mulkerin

Obvious makes bass-heavy music plain to hear

"We all wanted to educate on what music these kids could be listening to."

• by Kate Magoc

Critics' Picks: April 19 - 21

Local appearances by Good Old War, Quilt and Lambchop, plus Celtic harpists at PCA and Passion Pit headlining CMU's Carnival

• by Nicole Chynoweth and Andy Mulkerin

Marley

A new bio-doc zeroes in on legendary reggae performer Bob Marley

• by Al Hoff

In Darkness

This drama recounts the true story of a man who hides a group of Jews in the sewers beneath an occupied Polish town

• by Harry Kloman

Battle Royale

The much-culted 2000 Japanese film about a juvenile killing contest opens here

• by Al Hoff

The Forgiveness of Blood

A drama about a blood feud, set in modern Albania

• by Al Hoff

The Lucky One

A sun-dappled, highly improbable romance adapted from the Nicholas Sparks novel

• by Al Hoff

The Raid: Redemption

It's cops vs. killers in this Indonesian martial-arts actioner

• by Al Hoff

Think Like a Man

Steve Harvey's relationship guide hits the big screen

• by Al Hoff

The Bearden mural in the new T station is only the latest of Pittsburgh's recently restored public art works.

Projects in Mellon Park and at the convention center have also been revived or refurbished.

• by Nadine Wasserman

A mortuary job inspires an artist.

Skulls are the big motif in Mike Egan's The Day That Death Stayed Home.

• by Nick Keppler

The PCA's 10 Solo Exhibitions are an impressive array

Approximately half of the PCA exhibitions make you want to personally own them

• by Robert Isenberg

Foam Alone

By focusing on packaging rather than what's packaged, we miss the bigger waste.

• by Bill O'Driscoll

Lynn Cullen Live 04/18/12

Audio & Video Archive

Lynn Cullen Live 04/19/12

Audio & Video Archive

Downtown

• Tags: Pieces of Pittsburgh, Downtown, Street Art

South Side

• Tags: Pieces of Pittsburgh, South Side, building part, wall

Born To Be Wild: IMAX Trailer - CP TV

Blind Spot

Dark of the Moon

There's a pounding, bombastic light-and-sound show of such ferocious intensity that this slender script is obliterated.

• by Ted Hoover

Picnic

Playwright Inge says so many timeless things so well that seeing this anew could be a revelation.

• by Gordon Spencer

Short List: April 20 - 25