No Room for Improvement: Too many hurdles doom South Side service district

"To change communities is a complex beast."

• by Lauren Daley

Amaro, an obscure Italian liquor, gains larger audience

"It's a really great way to add depth and character, and they're all so different."

• by Hal B. Klein

Penn's Corner Online Farmstand is an alternative to CSA boxes

Shop local farms from home, and for exactly what you want

• by Chris Potter

James Street Gastropub & Speakeasy

This North Side restaurant succeeds, riffing on the venue's storied past while hitting plenty of high notes of its own

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

On the Record with Jacques Greene

The Montreal-based producer had us all singing "Another Girl" for months on end last year.

• by Kate Magoc

Prom Night

Slices invites you to a magical night at Caliente

• by Andy Mulkerin

Former fIREHOSE frontman serves up FOOD

"I told the other two guys, give me a year or two and you can quit your day jobs."

• by Andy Mulkerin

Critics' Picks

Local shows by Comeback Kid, The Polyphonic Spree, David Krakauer and Sonny Vincent, plus a CD release show for Shark Tank.

Slices is still cruising, evolving

One has to assume that the members delight somewhat in playing aggressive music without necessarily looking the black-clothes-and-tattoos part.

• by Andy Mulkerin

Dark Shadows

Tim Burton and Johnny Depp put their studiously idiosyncratic spin of the 1960s soap, to no avail

• by Harry Kloman

The Dictator

Sacha Baron Cohen switches gears, delivering another button-pushing protagonist, but in a scripted fish-out-of-water comedy

• by Al Hoff

Crooked Arrows

A ragtag lacrosse team taps their Native American heritage

• by Al Hoff

Elles

A journalist working on a story about prostitution is the catalyst for exploring sex and power in this French drama

• by Al Hoff

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Good performances from stalwart British actors save this oddly old-fashioned dramedy

• by Al Hoff

Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview

In this 1995 interview, Jobs talks early Apple, what went wrong, and about the future

• by Al Hoff

At the Toonseum, a traveling exhibit honors comics pioneer Will Eisner.

Recognized as a great comic artist, Eisner was simply a first-rate artist.

• by Robert Raczka

Squirrel Hill

• Tags: Pieces of Pittsburgh, Squirrel Hill, wall, message

Making a Living Building

• by Bill O'Driscoll

Lynn Cullen Live 05/16/12

Audio & Video Archive

Lynn Cullen Live 05/17/12

Audio & Video Archive

Greenfield

• Tags: Pieces of Pittsburgh, Greenfield

Lynn Cullen Live 05/21/12

Audio & Video Archive

Lynn Cullen Live 05/22/12

Audio & Video Archive

2012 Urban Garden Party

Twelve Angry Men

At Stage 62, everybody gets a chance to shine

• by Michelle Pilecki

Poet Robert Gibb's exacting approach serves him well in a new collection

Sheet Music feels like a tour through local art, jazz and other touchstones

• by Fred Shaw

Local actor finds success with online puppet comedy

"Do I bust my butt at an audition and not get looked at, or do I do something that I feel is substantial?"

• by Bill O'Driscoll

Warhol musical POP! has bite

We are inside looking around rather than outsiders staring in

• by Ted Hoover

"Happy Ending" & "Day of Absence"

The plays are often funny, though none of the laughs is a comfortable chuckle

• by Michelle Pilecki

Short List: May 16 - 23