May 21-27, 2014

News

• Community Profile

  Tom Sarver's Occasional Market takes over 707 Penn

  Sarver again adapts the concept of "store," in this case riffing on art-gallery-as-store

  By Robert Raczka

  May 21, 2014

  
• Community Profile

  Eclectic Gallerie Chiz highlights work by Caroline Bagenal and Don Dugal.

  Bagenal's abstract sculptures and Dugal's sometimes-surreal drawings comprise Nature & the Metaphysical.

  By Nadine Wasserman

  May 21, 2014

  
• Environment

  John Stolz warns of danger when past, present drilling practices collide

  "Our goal is to help DEP do their job better."

  By Bill O'Driscoll

  May 21, 2014

  
• News

  Summer Guide 2014

  Living in a bubble: Our 2014 Summer Guide offers plenty to do, see and hear this summer.

  May 21, 2014

  
• News

  Summer Music

  May 21, 2014

  
• News

  Summer Films

  May 21, 2014

  
• News

  Summer Arts + Exhibits

  May 21, 2014

  
• News

  Summer Stage

  May 21, 2014

  
• News

  Summer Fairs, Festivals + Special Events

  May 21, 2014

  
• News

  Summer Kids

  May 21, 2014

  
• News

  Summer Outdoors

  May 21, 2014

  
• News

  In new exhibit of after-hours gay clubs, local historian unearths the city's LGBT legacy

  "It's a Pittsburgh history of gayness; you just can't separate the two."

  By Charlie Deitch

  May 21, 2014

  
• News

  Expert panel recommends technology, cultural changes at Port Authority

  "The customer must be the focus of the entire strategic plan. The riders here feel a little bit left out."

  By Alex Zimmerman

  May 21, 2014
• News

  The life and times of legendary local jazz sideman Lou Schreiber

  "There are very famous people — you only have to say their first name and everyone knows who they are. In Pittsburgh jazz circles, Lou is one of those."

  By Abby Mendelson

  May 21, 2014

  

Food+Drink

• Drink

  The Brew Gentlemen open their long-awaited Braddock brewery this week

  "I think we have everything dialed in right now."

  By Hal B. Klein

  May 21, 2014
• Food

  Kavsar

  The varied cuisine of the old Silk Road is available at this new Uzbekistan restaurant in Mount Washington

  By Angelique Bamberg and Jason Roth

  May 21, 2014

  
• Food

  Yovi's Hot Dogs in Market Square is your local source for Chicago-style Italian beef

  The roast-beef sandwich is dipped in jus and smothered in pickled hot peppers

  By Charlie Deitch

  May 21, 2014

  

Arts+Entertainment

• Literary Arts

  A new book on Rachel Carson illuminates her environmental foremothers, colleagues and heirs

  "I wanted to show that she stood on the shoulders of other women, starting with her mother."

  By Bill O'Driscoll

  May 21, 2014

  
• Literary Arts

  TO BE A WOMAN

  May 21, 2014
• Music

  T. Mitchell Bell mixes pop and environmental politics on new album

  Witness, however, mostly avoids preaching

  By Bill O'Driscoll

  May 21, 2014

  
• Music

  From Kellee Maize to Lady Gaga, artists find that brand deals can take the place of a label

  "What's the type of relationship? What's the philosophy behind the collaboration?"

  By Kate Magoc

  May 21, 2014

  
• Music

  Critics' Picks: May 22 - 25

  Local shows by Trans Am, Old Gray and Ingrid Michaelson, plus a festival of new music with pieces rarely performed in Pittsburgh

  May 21, 2014

  
• Music

  New Releases

  Recent music from Connect and Locks & Dams

  By Andy Mulkerin

  May 21, 2014

  
• Theater

  Pittsburgh Playwrights' Comfort Zone

  Playwright Youngblood is a good old-fashioned storyteller

  By Ted Hoover

  May 21, 2014

  
• Theater

  South Park Theatre's A Love Affair

  A romantic comedy looks back on four decades of marriage.

  By Gwendolyn Kiste

  May 21, 2014
• Screen

  Godzilla

  In this reboot, the monster looks great, but the story is a mess

  By Al Hoff

  May 21, 2014

  
• Screen

  Belle

  A period romantic drama that incorporates mildly provocative issues of gender and race

  By Al Hoff

  May 21, 2014

  
• Screen

  Blended

  Adam Sandler family-themed comedy is less vulgar , but only so-so funny

  By Al Hoff

  May 21, 2014

  
• Screen

  Ernest and Celestine

  Charming French-Belgian animated feature about two unlikely pals, a mouse and a bear

  By Al Hoff

  May 21, 2014

  

Columns

• Opinion

  Savage Love

  If you don't want to be the kind of person who cheats on his boyfriend, you'll have to find one who shares your kink or is willing to share you.

  May 21, 2014

Podcasts

• Lynn Cullen Live

  Lynn Cullen Live 05/21/14

  Audio & Video Archive

  May 21, 2014

Listings

• This Week's Top Events

  Short List: May 22 - 29

  Everything Is Terrible! visits the Melwood; fireWALL Dance stages its first full-length show; Box Heart Gallery goes modern+contemporary; and Jarmusch's Dead Man screens at the Hollywood.

  May 21, 2014