Issue Archives

News

• News

  Bush League

  A Modest Roundup of (Im)pertinent Media about the Current Administration

  By Bill O'Driscoll

  Oct 14, 2004
• News

  International Flight

  For better and worse, the Carnegie International stays grounded

  By Chris Potter

  Oct 14, 2004
• News

  Red (Tape) Advisory

  Local Homeland Security director decries funding snafus

  By Bill O'Driscoll

  Oct 14, 2004
• News

  Curb Enthusiasm

  Busking fest planned Downtown Street-corner performers ... buskers ... have had their champions in the city, but never a festival or a film dedicated to their pursuit of spare change and stardom.

  By Marty Levine

  Oct 14, 2004
• News

  A conversation with Vanessa German

  Vanessa German, 28, of Monroeville, beat 15 other spoken-word artists in the national Slam Bush contest in Miami on Sept. 30, winning $5,000 for "Thank You, George Muthafucking Bush."

  By Brentin Mock

  Oct 14, 2004
• News

  Cash Left Behind

  Bush's No Child Left Behind is big government without big enough funding

  By Julie Mickens

  Oct 14, 2004
• News

  Correction

  Oct 14, 2004

Food+Drink

• Restaurant Reviews

  Indica Indian Bistro

  By Angelique Bamberg and Jason Roth

  Oct 14, 2004

Arts+Entertainment

• Literary Arts

  What's the Matter With Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America

  After being mistaken for WTO representatives, two artist-activists -- Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno -- tour the globe to speak on behalf of an organization they oppose, delightedly advocating bizarre positions. Capturing the pair in all their low-fi

  By Chris Potter

  Oct 14, 2004
• Music

  Tara Jane O'Neil

  You Sound, Reflect
  Touch and Go

  By Julie Mickens

  Oct 14, 2004
• Music

  Dem Franchize Boyz

  Dem Franchize Boyz
  Universal Records

  By Brentin Mock

  Oct 14, 2004
• Film

  Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism

  We Report; You Decide

  By Al Hoff

  Oct 14, 2004
• Film

  THE YES MEN

  By Al Hoff

  Oct 14, 2004
• Film

  A NEW ROUND OF GAY FILM

  Previewing the 19th Annual Pittsburgh International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival

  By Al Hoff

  Oct 14, 2004
• Film

  THE SEAGULL'S LAUGHTER

  By Al Hoff

  Oct 14, 2004
• Film

  Goldfish Memory

  Love to scale

  By Harry Kloman

  Oct 14, 2004
• Film

  SHALL WE DANCE

  By Al Hoff

  Oct 14, 2004

Views

• You Had to Ask

  Were Pittsburgh's original finished roads and streets paved with cobblestone, Belgian block or some other type of brick?

  Question submitted by: Deborah L. Murphy, Shadyside

  By Chris Potter

  Oct 14, 2004
• Local Vocal

  A conversation with Sister Althea Anne Spencer

  Sister Althea Anne Spencer, of the Sisters of St. Francis of the Providence of God in Whitehall, incorporates a clown act and massage therapy in her ministry. Since joining the Sisters 27 years ago, she has used the circus character to help those with AID

  By Marty Levine

  Oct 14, 2004
• Vox Pop

  Lying Down on the Job

  Does anyone even care about the truth in politics?

  By John McIntire

  Oct 14, 2004