Oct 31 - Nov 6, 2012

Vol. 22, No. 44

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Community Profile

From "Super Mario Clouds" to cats playing Schoenberg, the singular digital art of Cory Arcangel

Artist famed for hacked video games gets a solo show at the Carnegie

By Bill O'Driscoll
Oct 31, 2012
Community Profile

John Moran's American Idols takes an irreverent look at U.S. presidents.

It is, in short, one of the most intelligent solo shows I have ever seen in Pittsburgh.

By Robert Isenberg
Oct 31, 2012
News

A Conversation with Medea Benjamin

The CODEPINK cofounder, and Thomas Merton Center honoree, speaks out on drone warfare

By Lauren Daley-Maurer
Oct 31, 2012
News

Grain of Truth

A local food blogger reaches out ... and within

By Abby Mendelson
Oct 31, 2012
News

Thinking Outside the Box

Oct 31, 2012

Drink

Wigle offers Dutch-inspired variation of traditional gin

This blend of unaged whiskey, quirky botanicals and applied history fits neatly into Wigle's MO.

By Hal B. Klein
Oct 31, 2012
Food

Higher Ground

Highland Park's Bryant Street benefits from a food-driven resurgence

By AmyJo Brown
Oct 31, 2012
Food

Gia Visto

On Monroeville's other main drag, a welcoming Italian restaurant with worthy cuisine

By Angelique Bamberg and Jason Roth
Oct 31, 2012
Food

Parents can benefit from tricks used to get reluctant kids to eat healthier

Try this macaroni-and-cheese secretly harboring cauliflower

By Chris Potter
Oct 31, 2012

Music

Majeure developments

A.E. Paterra's second solo full-length shows he's more than just half of a Zombi

By Patrick Bowman
Oct 31, 2012
Music

DJ ChaChee helps bolster Pittsburgh hip hop at WPTS

"I really feel as though we're a catapult for a lot of artists that come through here."

By Amanda Wishner
Oct 31, 2012
Music

Critics' Picks: October 31 - November 6

Local shows by Pierce the Veil and Passion Pit, plus ADD Fest returns, the Duquesne University Percussion Ensemble welcomes a new director and Dean and Britta bring 13 Most Beautiful ... home to Pittsburgh

Oct 31, 2012
Music

On the Record with Josh Weaver of Royal Thunder

"There definitely seems to be more women in heavier bands; it's almost one of those things where you can't explain why it's happening, but it's awesome."

By Margaret Welsh
Oct 31, 2012
Theater

Philadanco, August Wilson Center dance ensemble and more at the second annual Black Dance Festival.

Program features works choreographed by Rennie Harris and George Faison, as well as by emerging talents.

By Steve Sucato
Oct 31, 2012
Theater

Theatre Factory's The Glass Menagerie

It's a clear and uncluttered opportunity to experience what I consider the greatest play ever written.

By Ted Hoover
Oct 31, 2012
Theater

Little Lake's Time Stands Still

The intensity level stays high, transitions hit the right notes, and laughs come just when they should.

By Michelle Pilecki
Oct 31, 2012
Theater

Midnight Radio's Pittsburgh Ghost Stories

This most ephemeral form of theater conjures up special effects a CGI artist could only dream of.

By Michelle Pilecki
Oct 31, 2012
Screen

Cloud Atlas

Overly ambitious and not very deep mélange of interconnected lives

By Harry Kloman
Oct 31, 2012
Screen

Three Rivers Film Festival

More than 50 films are on the slate as the long-running local film festival kicks off

By Al Hoff
Oct 31, 2012
Screen

Nobody Walks

A houseguest creates quiet disorder in an arty Los Angeles home

By Al Hoff
Oct 31, 2012
Screen

The Other Son

Two young men in Israel – one Jewish, one Arab – discover they were switched at birth

By Al Hoff
Oct 31, 2012
Screen

Wreck-It Ralph

The secret world of video-arcade characters comes to live in this animated comedy

By Al Hoff
Oct 31, 2012

Opinion

Conservative Networking

A small-town cable operator may represent the future of big-league politics

By Chris Potter
Oct 31, 2012
Opinion

Savage Love

I have a problem with a guy I like and his porn habits. The problem is I used to be his porn.

Oct 31, 2012

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