Vol. 22, No. 13
The Carnegie hosts a show by famed Vietnam Memorial designer Maya Linn.
Her landscape-inspired sculptures intrigue, but the better works reach out, rather than in.
By Charles Rosenblum
Chitra Ganesh offers a transgressive and powerful view of femininity.
Ultimately, Ganesh is interested in the mutability and fluidity of identity.
By Nadine Wasserman
On the Record with Port Authority of Allegheny County CEO Steve Bland
By Lauren Daley-Maurer
Standing for Trayvon: Crowd of 300 express outrage over Florida teen's death
"This young man should not be dead."
By Lauren Daley-Maurer and Chris Young
Your Millage May Vary, Part II
By Chris Potter
At Kelly's Bar, LUPEC seeks to revive nearly forgotten cocktails
"The idea behind LUPEC is that feminism is a form of celebration."
By Hal B. Klein
Little Bangkok in the Strip
A new Thai restaurant offers some hits and misses
By Angelique Bamberg and Jason Roth
Changing times at the Beehive coffee shop
Most of the East Carson Street venue morphs into a "rustic" bar and restaurant
By Bill O'Driscoll
Steel City Ukuleles keeps strummin'
They're focused mainly on teaching each other new songs and techniques, and having a good time.
By Margaret Welsh
J Bird Studios turns out quality local work — with the help of cupcakes and cats
"I can spend a lot of time working on a stray idea. [J. Vega can] tell almost immediately if it's going to work or not."
By Nick Keppler
On the Record with Dan Peluso of Falling Andes
"If you want to be successful, you have to know the business and work it."
By Andy Mulkerin
Critics' Picks: March 29 - April 3
Local shows by Genticorum, J*DaVeY, Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds, Balaclavas and Cloud Nothings
MIA
Many lines make you wonder whether Robinson can write only clichés ... or whether he's written characters who can speak only in clichés.
By Ted Hoover
Every Tongue Confess
Sometimes a tad heavy-handed, Every Tongue offers desperation, joy and some good laughs
Jesus Christ Superstar
The stand-out here (as in all good productions) is the actor portraying Judas.
By Alan W. Petrucelli
Attack Theatre takes the road home with Traveling
Dance troupe offers new work alongside reprises of old favorites
By Steve Sucato
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
A quixotic plan to bring fishing to the desert spurs this gentle comedy
By Al Hoff
Kill List
Two hit men find their job turning to horror in this British thriller
By Harry Kloman
Bullhead
The mobster element of this Belgian drama is largely a straightforward and rather convoluted crime drama
Goon
A comic celebration of hockey violence slips and slides
Hair Trigger
What will be the next target of gun-rights paranoia?
Savage Love
"Supportive" parents who stop parenting their gay kids — for fear of seeming homophobic — aren't doing their kids any favors.
Lynn Cullen Live 03/28/12
Audio & Video Archive
Lynn Cullen Live 03/29/12
Lynn Cullen Live 03/30/12
Lynn Cullen Live 04/02/12
Lynn Cullen Live 04/03/12
Short List: March 29 - April 5
By Mars Johnson
Pittsburgh’s street trees are free upon request. So why do they often go to the city’s wealthiest residents?
By James Paul
Sophie Masloff seldom talked about her childhood. Were seedy family ties the reason?
By David S. Rotenstein
Mrs. Soffel was a cougar who might still haunt The Shiloh Gastro, pining for her Biddle brothers boy toy
By Rachel Wilkinson
The cassette-tape comeback has reached Pittsburgh's record stores
By Ethan Beck
