May 14-20, 2014

Vol. 24, No. 20

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Community Profile

Pittsburgh Artists Against Fracking sounds an alarm

Exhibit includes more than 100 works by 80-some artists

By Robert Raczka
May 14, 2014
News

Lost Bill: As a city councilor, Bill Peduto fired a shot for gun control. Was he shooting blanks?

"Nobody should be afraid of enforcing a law"

By Rebecca Nuttall
May 14, 2014
News

Transit Route: PAT looking for input on the agency's future direction

"This is the moment to decide, ‘Where do we want to go as a region?'"

By Alex Zimmerman
May 14, 2014

Drink

Mount Washington's The Summit popular with neighbors and pros alike

"On Fridays and Saturdays, we never know what's going to happen."

By Hal B. Klein
May 14, 2014
Food

Salud Cuban American Restaurant and Lounge

Pittsburgh now has a spot for easy, breezy Cuban fare

By Angelique Bamberg and Jason Roth
May 14, 2014
Food

The pop-up monthly Cornucopious market lets purveyors and eaters explore the local food scene

It's a chance for chefs to experiment with dishes that might not be ready for a prime-time dinner service, says organizer Kit Mueller

By Alex Zimmerman
May 14, 2014

Literary Arts

Reviews of recent poetry by Jessica Server and Robert Walicki

Sever the Braid and A Roomful of Trees both deal with filial trauma.

By Bill O'Driscoll
May 14, 2014
Music

James Jackson Toth wants you to think about the words

"It doesn't have to be political or especially personal, but say something that's gonna change somebody's day. Or their life."

By Brian Taylor
May 14, 2014
Music

Mandolin Orange brings Appalachian tradition into modern times

"Regardless of what era you're being inspired by, you can only really write about the times that you have to be living in."

By Julia Cook
May 14, 2014
Music

Bastard Bearded Irishmen keep it (mostly) Irish on new album

"We always feel like, ‘Man, we have to be doing just Irish music.'"

By Andy Mulkerin
May 14, 2014
Music

Critics' Picks: May 15 - 21

Local shows by John Prine and Angela Perley & the Howlin' Moons, plus The Ulysses Project interprets the Joyce book through free jazz, and the Pittsburgh Jewish Music Festival presents its annual production

May 14, 2014
Music

On the Record with Robert Pollard

Guided by Voices' frontman was in town earlier this month for an exhibit of his collage art

By Mike Shanley
May 14, 2014
Theater

Acclaimed actor Edwin Lee Gibson splits time between Pittsburgh and New York to help at-risk youth here

"I think about ... what these young people are able to do because they're so much smarter than we are."

By Angela Suico
May 14, 2014
Theater

City Theatre's Hope and Gravity

Michael Hollinger seasons the whole enterprise with intelligence, compassion and just good old-fashioned quality playwriting

By Ted Hoover
May 14, 2014
Theater

The Devil's Arithmetic at Prime Stage

A strong adaptation of a young-adult novel on the Holocaust

By Michelle Pilecki
May 14, 2014
Theater

Doubt, A Parable at Stage 62

An uneven production of the Pulitzer-winning play

By F. J. Hartland
May 14, 2014
Screen

God's Pocket

A good cast can't save this self-conscious, downbeat tale of working-class folks in trouble

By Al Hoff
May 14, 2014
Screen

Million Dollar Arm

Yet another underdog sports tale that hits every predictable base, but fails to score

By Al Hoff
May 14, 2014

Opinion

Class Warfare

Is campus protest a sign of things to come?

By Chris Potter
May 14, 2014
Opinion

Savage Love

The line between buzzed enough to go for it and too drunk to consent can be fuzzy and subjective.

May 14, 2014

Lynn Cullen Live

Lynn Cullen Live 05/20/14

Audio & Video Archive

May 20, 2014

This Week's Top Events

Short List: May 14 - 20

The Warhol turns 20 with a bash; Silver Eye's Here & Now maps the queer experience; The Butler author Wil Haygood speaks; and Peter and the Starcatcher hits town.

May 14, 2014