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

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
• Tags: Dining Reviews, Slideshow

Any Given Sundae

A Wexford shop proves that ice cream and sports are a great mix

• by Charlie Deitch

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.'"

• by Andy Mulkerin

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!"

• by Andy Mulkerin

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

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

• by Al Hoff

Pittsburgh Re-Animated at Film Kitchen

Doug Cooper's short film "Pinburgh" highlights the monthly film-screening series

• by Bill O'Driscoll

Damsels in Distress

A stylized comedy set on a fictional college campus may charm or annoy

• by Al Hoff

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

Strip District

• Tags: Pieces of Pittsburgh, Strip District, message

Communication Breakdown

Listen to the voters? Why bother?

• by Chris Potter

Lynn Cullen Live 05/02/12

Audio & Video Archive

Downtown

• Tags: Pieces of Pittsburgh, Downtown, word, wall

Lynn Cullen Live 05/03/12

Audio & Video Archivev

Lynn Cullen Live 05/04/12

Audio & Video Archive

Oakland

• Tags: Pieces of Pittsburgh, Oakland, street art, sidewalk, animal

Lynn Cullen Live 05/07/12

Audio & Video Archive

Lynn Cullen Live 05/08/12

Audio & Video Archive

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."

• by Bill O'Driscoll

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

Short List: May 3 - 9