No Holds Barred

MMA fighting brings talent and characters to Mellon Arena

G-20 Forces

Activists start planning for economic summit

Jobs Unfair

Women, minorities being left out of city's top-paying jobs

South Side Out

Construction means obstruction for some East Carson businesses

Bismillah

A made-over suburban restaurant provides a new home for Pakistani cuisine

Liberty Avenue Deli & Smoothies

A New York-style deli seeks to offer healthy lunches.

Battle of the bands events usually suck, but Zombo's is the Worst

"The unfairness is right in the audience's hands, which I think it great."

CP Remixed returns, curated by Manny Theiner, with The Cynics, Karl Hendricks Trio, Endless Mike and Slim Cessna

"All have proven track records, significant discographies and national/international status in either the indie pop-rock or roots-rock fields."

Philadelphia's mewithoutYou tweaks its sound on fourth album

"Whenever we've wanted to make music, it's been because we need to get it out, to make it a reality."

Power trio Heartless Bastards opens for Jenny Lewis this Sunday at Mr. Small's

Not since Columbus, Ohio's revered female trio Scrawl has simplicity sounded so engaging.

L.A. duo Babyland offers a reminder of industrial music's gritty, punky roots

New dark Pharaohs arose that did not know Genesis P-Orridge, morphing industrial music into repetitive, bland, club-based fare.

Public Enemies

Not much bang for your buck with this period gangster flick

Whatever Works

Another comedy from Woody Allen justifying why young girls fall for him

Away We Go

Sam Mendes' new film is Juno for thirtysomethings.

Chéri

A pretty tale of love among the Belle Epoque's idle rich

My Sister's Keeper

A two-hanky film about a teen-age girl dying of cancer

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

This sequel is more of the same – and that's not good.

The Mattress Factory's exhibit of recent work by Thaddeus Mosley is a sculptural epic.

The atmosphere makes the show a living essay on the Pittsburgh-based artist's creative world.

Jonah Winter talks about writing books for kids on Gertrude Stein, Barack Obama and more.

"I've gotten accused of brainwashing."

Savage Love

Pittsburgh n'@

Dispatches from the blogosphere: Getting real about Andrew McCutchen

This Just In: July 2 - 9

Highlights from the local TV new: You don't know Jackson

'Til Death Do Us Part

'Till Death Do Us Part is a laugh-out-loud liturgy, a whirlwind of one-liners, zany humor and real theology as educational as it is entertaining.

8-Track: The Sounds of the 70's

The audience just wants to hear the songs, and Seeber and company intend to present them as entertainingly as possible.

Short List: Week of July 2 - 9