Vol. 22, No. 18
Future Tenant hosts the sharp and engaging Broken Slogan
For these artists, sourcing, alteration and recoding are a way of asserting oneself while navigating the words and images flooding our culture.
By Robert Raczka
Photographer Arne Svenson takes an imaginative tack to explore childhood autism.
If one symptom of autism is a flat expression and no eye contact, then why not try to connect the subject to an emotion?
By Robert Isenberg
The Greening of Larimer: Community's future depends on reusing remnants of its past
"I think the vision plan is very bold"
By Bill O'Driscoll
School Bust: PAT cuts will sharply impact student riders
"It's a double-edged sword: less routes and more money."
By Lauren Daley-Maurer
Ring Leader
Pro wrestling honors a local legend
By Charlie Deitch
JG's Tarentum Station Grille the place for local history ... and current events
"We've had a lot of political candidates have meetings here because of its character."
By Hal B. Klein
Union Pig and Chicken
East Liberty's latest dining hot-spot is expertly prepared barbecue
By Angelique Bamberg and Jason Roth
Any Given Sundae
A Wexford shop proves that ice cream and sports are a great mix
Sports Metaphors goes for the gold
Imagine Weezer dubbed onto a cassette, played on a tape deck that's out of calibration.
By Andy Mulkerin
Jenesis Magazine reps Pittsburgh while expanding into the national market
"When everybody thinks of Jenesis, they say, 'Oh, Jenesis, from Pittsburgh.'"
Critics' Picks: May 3 - 8
Local shows by Suckers, Kalob Griffin, The GrandMothers of Invention, St. Vincent and Angela Easterling
On the Record with Steve Sciulli
"Kraftwerk is my daddy!"
Space Exchange gives some local musicians a weekly workout
While the event allows each musician to experiment with his individual projects, they want to deviate from a jam-session vibe.
By Nicole Chynoweth
Dutchman
The characters are more archetypes than persons, the intertwining of racial and sexual politics in a series of riveting monologues.
By Michelle Pilecki
POP!, a surreal musical take on the shooting of Andy Warhol, comes to City Theatre
"This is what happens if someone turns other people into art, or if the only way they love other people is if they're art."
Bus Stop
Director Gregory Lehane has put together a very sharp and brisk production, but at its core, there's something missing.
By Ted Hoover
The Five-Year Engagement
A slim premise and uneven tone drag this romantic comedy into dullsville.
By Al Hoff
Boy
A slightly off-beat coming-of-age dramedy set in New Zealand
Pittsburgh Re-Animated at Film Kitchen
Doug Cooper's short film "Pinburgh" highlights the monthly film-screening series
Damsels in Distress
A stylized comedy set on a fictional college campus may charm or annoy
Communication Breakdown
Listen to the voters? Why bother?
By Chris Potter
Savage Love
We don't know why a person has this, that or the other kink. But it probably has to do with how your brain makes abstract and sometimes seemingly random connections.
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Short List: May 3 - 9
By PJ Patella-Rey
Pittsburgh’s top 420 events
By CP Staff
How to roll the perfect joint
Pittsburgh loved its disco days, and Thomas Jayson packed the clubs
By Rachel Wilkinson
When cannabis becomes "too much of a good thing," it might be time for a "T-break"
By Amanda Waltz