Process Questions: Battle to unionize at UPMC heating up

"If the union comes, it comes. But please, let's just play fairly."

• by Charlie Deitch

Delays in Store: Despite setbacks and funding gap, officials say Hill grocery store will open — eventually

"I think we made some mistakes."

• by AmyJo Brown

Let Us Now Praise Famous Jagoffs

The latest chapter for a misunderstood word

• by Chris Potter

Bar Symon's new airport location may have you hoping for a flight delay

"We try to provide a level of comfort, but a level of adventure as well."

• by Hal B. Klein

Eden

A vegan-friendly restaurant with dishes inspired by the raw-food movement

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

Tipping the Scales with Marinated Fish

• by Chris Potter

The Pittsburgh Public Market is slated to move up the street

Market organizers are hopeful about the potential new space

• by AmyJo Brown

Jonathan Toubin Brings the Soul Clap Back

Last December, the DJ was nearly killed when a cab ran him over while he was sleeping.

• by Andy Mulkerin

Dev79 brings bass-heavy reworkings of hip hop to LazerCrunk

"I think when people hear the phrase ‘Street Bass,' they can kind of get a good idea of what they're in for without really even knowing exactly what it is."

• by Kate Magoc

Ormsby Unplugged

The Mount Oliver DIY space hosts its annual Acoustic Fest

• by Rick Moslen

CD Reviews

New releases from Silencio, Icarus Witch and Ralph Peterson

Critics' Picks: June 28 - July 3

Local shows by Poison Dartz, Turning Violet Violet, Mickey Avalon, Sofia Talvik and Roger Waters

Moonrise Kingdom

Wes Anderson delivers another eccentric film, one that resonates with an awkward humanity

• by Harry Kloman

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

If only 19^th-century American history had been taught like this — in action-packed 3-D, with lots of slow-motion ax attacks.

• by Al Hoff

Brave

This girl-hero adventure is a pretty good Disney movie, but a rather disappointing Pixar one

• by Al Hoff

Let the Bullets Fly

This hybridized Chinese film features action, gunplay and lots of rapid-fire dialogue

• by Al Hoff

Lola Versus

This rom-com recounts the familiar travails of the recently dumped

• by Al Hoff

Where Do We Go Now?

In this gentle comedy, the women of a Lebanese village keep the peace

• by Al Hoff

Silver Eye's Fellowship 12 showcases two strong but decidedly divergent approaches to photography.

Akihiko Miyoshi's playful near-abstractions stand alongside Isa Leshko's sensitive animal portraiture.

• by Robert Raczka

Friendship

• Tags: Pieces of Pittsburgh, Friendship, street art, sidewalk, message

Gospel of Wealth

When Catholic schools run afoul of Catholic teaching

• by Chris Potter

Lynn Cullen Live 06/27/12

Audio & Video Archive

Downtown

• Tags: Pieces of Pittsburgh, Downtown, random

Lynn Cullen Live 06/28/12

Audio & Video Archive

Lynn Cullen Live 06/29/12

Audio & Video Archive

Downtown

• Tags: Pieces of Pittsburgh, Downtown, doorway

Lynn Cullen Live 07/02/12

Audio & Video Archive

Lynn Cullen Live 07/03/12

Audio & Video Archive

A local English professor looks at portrayals of medicine in Victorian lit — and how they inform thought today.

"A lot of people want to claim there's a contrast between professionalism and quackery."

• by Andy Tybout

Suddenly I want your leftovers

Opera Theater of Pittsburgh reinvents itself as a 17-day summer festival

The Magic Flute and a flamenco Carmen flank new comic mini-operas, late-night cabaret and picnics on the lawn

• by Bill O'Driscoll

Next to Normal

I was in no way prepared for the first-rate, impeccably professional production this young company put together

• by Ted Hoover

Lettice and Lovage

Theater-craft, not straight story-telling, is the point of Peter Shaffer's comedy

• by Michelle Pilecki

The Last Romance

It's not easy, in our filmic, televised era, to write a crowd-pleasing stage comedy, yet Joe DiPietro has done it

• by Robert Isenberg

Short List: June 27 - July 3