Vol. 22, No. 23
Missed Trial: In Pa. some insurers are keeping patients from experimental treatments
"I was absolutely devastated."
By Charlie Deitch
Extremely Challenging: Adventure racing is way more than a jog through the park
"It's about being an agile athlete and how much pain you can take."
By Lauren Daley-Maurer
Human Race
No triathlete is an island
Braddock's American Brasserie selects new cocktail – with public's help
A local blogger wins honors, and a spot on the drink list
By Hal B. Klein
Yuva India
An Oakland Indian restaurant gets a makeover but still needs some improvement
By Angelique Bamberg and Jason Roth
Eating Local
Beechview hosts first-ever Food Fest this weekend
The author of a new book says don't expect gene-based therapies to save your bacon just yet.
The genomic revolution "may be a miracle, but it's a miracle that it's going to take half a century to make."
By Bill O'Driscoll
Melissa Etheridge plays her first Pride festival here in Pittsburgh
"That's the challenge — writing as a woman on fire in love, whether with a man or a woman."
By Cassandra Quinn
Health-care Blues
Thirty-three percent of U.S. musicians are uninsured — nearly twice the national average.
By Aaron Jentzen
Hazelwood-born Sledgren makes a name as producer for Wiz
"I'm all self-taught. Everything I've picked up I didn't know how to use it before I started."
By Rory D. Webb
CD Reviews
New release from Carla Bianco and Grain
Critics' Picks: June 7 - 13
Local shows by the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Hume, tUnE-yArDs and Bowerbirds, plus an outdoor show by local hero Girl Talk
By Andy Mulkerin and Gregg Harrington
Squonk Opera's GO Roadshow is a musical street spectacle on wheels
The show premieres June 8, at the Three Rivers Arts Festival
The Pitmen Painters
Lee Hall's masterful new play digs deep
By Robert Isenberg
Gem of the Ocean
Gem may be the richest of all Wilson's plays
By Ted Hoover
Private Lives
Noël Coward's most beloved play is absurd, and an absurdly good time
PrideFest features a free Pittsburgh dance showcase.
It's the latest show curated by local dance super-fan Richard Parsakian.
By Steve Sucato
Snow White and the Huntsman
The latest cinematic fairy tale is a big digital mess.
By Harry Kloman
The Intouchables
A pleasingly superficial French drama about a quadriplegic and his caretaker is Driving Miss Daisy meets My Fair Lady.
The Fairy
A whimsical French comedic fairy tale about love and life
By Al Hoff
Headhunters
A victimless crimes turns bloody, in this Norwegian dark comedy-thriller
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Those madcap zoo animals are up to more (if similar) hijinks
By Andy Tybout
Reunited the Rubins
A dysfunctional family tries to pull it together for the holidays, in this English dramedy
Unhealthy Growth
Why aren't we more excited by UPMC-East?
By Chris Potter
Savage Love
Honest nerves are manlier than false bravado.
Lynn Cullen Live 06/06/12
Audio & Video Archive
Lynn Cullen Live 06/7/12
Lynn Cullen Live 06/11/12
Lynn Cullen Live 06/12/12
Short List: June 6 - 13
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
The mayor and the tenor: when Masloff met Pavarotti
By David S. Rotenstein
Pittsburgh’s Dawn Hartman is bringing a new lens to her LGBTQ-centered Intimacy Project
By Jessie Sage
The cassette-tape comeback has reached Pittsburgh's record stores
By Ethan Beck
