News+Features
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- News
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While PWSA and Veolia squabble over who’s to blame, some call for quicker action to address Pittsburgh’s lead crisis
“It seems to me that there’s so much we don’t know, but from everything I’ve reviewed it seems there’s culpability to be shared.”
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- News
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Etna and Sharpsburg believe a trail can bring economic revitalization to the riverfront towns
“I can see people in our business district all the time now. A trail can only enhance all of that.”
Food+Drink
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- Restaurant Reviews
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Mad Noodles, on the South Side, offers far more than Asian-American cliches
The menu is anchored by about a dozen noodle soups and plates, with some rice dishes and stir-fries
- Restaurant Reviews
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North Side’s Casellula café is offering monthly cheese classes
“We want to give people information so they are no longer intimidated by the idea of ordering a cheese plate.”
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- On The Rocks
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Hot Weather, Cold Drinks
We could all use a drink
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- Personal Chef
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Beet and Rainbow Carrot Slaw Salad
Convincing people to try a raw beet was the ultimate challenge.
Music
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- Music Features
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Heading to Pittsburgh’s Skull Fest? Our guide has got you covered
Bring a bunch of earplugs for you and your forgetful friends. Punks don’t let punks get tinnitus!
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- Music Features
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Blød Maud belies its own apparent nonchalance with a haunting, hook-filled EP
“It’s like a kid where, if you tell them to do something, they won’t do it.”
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- Music Features
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Soccer Mommy shoots and scores with new release, Collection; plays Pittsburgh Aug. 19
“If it’s scary, it usually turns out pretty good.”
Screen
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- Movie Reviews + Features
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Step
An engaging documentary about a Baltimore girls step team, working for both artistic and academic success
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- Movie Reviews + Features
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In This Corner of the World
This Japanese anime set during World War II offers a wistful and affecting depiction of quiet resilience
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- Movie Reviews + Features
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Wind River
A terse crime drama set on a Native American reservation
Arts
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- Art Reviews + Features
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Program matches local artists with immigrants and refugees
“There’s something incredibly valuable about inserting artists into communities in an in-depth way.”
Sports
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- Sports News
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Roller-derby playoffs hit Pittsburgh’s David L. Lawrence Convention Center
“Everyone has their reasons for playing and I can’t wait to share that with Pittsburgh.”
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- Sports News
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Not all of Pittsburgh’s historical sports venues have met the wrecking ball
If you’re looking to see Three Rivers Stadium, Pitt Stadium, Duquesne Gardens or the Civic Arena, they can be seen only in pictures on the internet
Views
- Green Light
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Critics say budget bill’s environmental provisions would gut the permitting process
“The agency that I left in 2003 bears no resemblance to the agency we have now”
- Lynn Cullen Live
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Lynn Cullen Live - 8/22/17
Audio & Video Archive
- Lynn Cullen Live
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Lynn Cullen Live 08/15/17
Audio & Video Archive
- Lynn Cullen Live
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Lynn Cullen Live - 8/16/17
Audio & Video Archive
- Lynn Cullen Live
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Lynn Cullen Live - 8/17/17
Audio & Video Archive
- Lynn Cullen Live
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Lynn Cullen Live - 8/18/17
Audio & Video Archive
- Lynn Cullen Live
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Lynn Cullen Live - 8/21/17
Audio & Video Archive
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- Pittsburgh Left
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Charlottesville victim Heather Heyer must be remembered by continuing her fight against hate
These people were wrong and their ideology is evil. Heather Heyer intended to be there to tell them that.
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Savage Love
I’m having an extremely difficult time getting intimate with my boyfriend of four years.
Stage
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- Theater Reviews + Features
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Cloud 9 at Throughline Theatre Co.
It’s like a strange collision between Gilbert and Sullivan and Eugene Ionesco
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- Dance + Live Performance
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Dancer-choreographers key to Pittsburgh Ballet’s annual free show
Hartwood Acres concert features original works and excerpts of classical favorites
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- Comedy
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Pittsburgh Comedy Festival features W. Kamau Bell and improv troupe North Coast
Fourth annual festival features some 45 acts over five days
Listings
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- Featured Events
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Short List: Aug. 17-24
Quantum Theatre world-premieres Red Hills; Style Week Pittsburgh; the PSO’s free send-off concert; solar-eclipse viewing
