News
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99 Problems
What public records reveal about the city's unmarked police units
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Police records show "99 units" lack department-wide mission, regulation, oversight
"This is a police tactic that carries a very high risk of citizen harm."
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99 Problems: Run-in with Jordan Miles wasn't first controversial incident for three 99-car cops
"Unless the police brass begins punishing violators, the department will never be brought under control."
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City Paper staffers and readers pick some of their favorite bad holiday movies
They will make you laugh and provide a safe outlet for releasing any seasonal rage
Food+Drink
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- Restaurant Reviews
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Casa Rasta
The Beechview Mexican-Caribbean venue expands both its space and menu at a new East Liberty location
- Restaurant Reviews
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Eat'n Park's sister restaurant Hello Bistro opens a third venue Downtown
"Hello Bistro is inspired by taking the things that are most popular at Eat'n Park and designing it for the next generation."
- Drink
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Meet coffee-cocktail evangelist Sarah Walsh
Finding new ways to blend coffee and alcohol is her passion
Music
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Critics' Picks, Dec. 18-24
Local shows by Bubba Sparxxx and Chicago Afrobeat Project, plus hometown shows for Joe Grushecky and White Wives
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Ali Spagnola's Power Move
The local musician and Internet celeb heads for Los Angeles
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Punk pedigree precedes The Sicks
"What's missing in punk music these days is verse, chorus — actual songwriting."
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New Releases
Recent music from Coastal Remedy and Come Holy Spirit
Film
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Foxcatcher
Bennett Miller's account of an ill-fated relationship between an Olympic wrestler and his wealthy benefactor is finely crafted, if chilly and bleak
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Wild
Reese Witherspoon shoulders the task of bringing to life Cheryl Strayed's memoir about a very long walk
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Annie
The popular musical about the plucky orphan gets a more contemporary re-boot
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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Hurrah! Peter Jackson's bloated adaptation is finally over
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Top Five
Plenty of crowd-pleasing laughs and star cameos in a film that dabbles in sharpness
Arts+Entertainment
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- Features
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April Friges' show Spectator interrogates photography's limits
The exhibit is an aggressive, though oddly dainty at times, mass of tears, puckers, folds and impulses
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- Literary Arts
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Reviews of two new poetry collections by Chuck Kinder
The famed novelist and educator offers his first books of poetry
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- Literary Arts
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Karen Lillis' The Paul Simon Project, Karl Hendricks' Stan Getz Isn't Coming Back
Local poet pays homage to a famous songwriter; Hendricks' short-story chapbook is re-issued
Stage
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- Theater
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Christmas Star at Pittsburgh Playwrights
There's a lot to like in this drama about the scars of war
Views
- Green Light
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Pipe Schemes
Is Keystone XL "the linchpin for a continued expansion of the tar sands"?
- Lynn Cullen Live
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Lynn Cullen Live 12/17/14
Audio & Video Archive
- Lynn Cullen Live
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Lynn Cullen Live 12/18/14
Audio & Video Archive
- Lynn Cullen Live
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Lynn Cullen Live 12/19/14
Audio & Video Archive
- Lynn Cullen Live
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Lynn Cullen Live 12/23/14
Audio & Video Archive
- Opinion
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Savage Love
"Unless you have a diaphragm made of marble, you're in no danger"
Web Only
Listings
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- Featured Events
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Short List: December 17 - 23
Raunchy literary period comedy at Off the Wall; the Science Center's 21+ Holiday Party; country-rock group Marah mines Pennsy folklore; and a landscape architect's legacy in photos
