Jun 5-11, 2013

Vol. 23, No. 23

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Gregory Barsamian's kinetic sculptures captivate at Wood Street.

At its best, Barsamian's work is as irrational and elusive as a Magritte painting.

By Robert Raczka
Jun 5, 2013
News

The Neverending Story: It's been 13 years since the state took over the failing Duquesne school system. So why haven't things gotten better?

"I don't know that the state has ever known what to do with Duquesne."

By AmyJo Brown
Jun 5, 2013
News

John Hanger wants to be the progressives' choice for governor; unfortunately for him, he's not alone

In 2010, such a platform would have put John Hanger on the fringe. Now, he's in danger of being lost in the crowd.

By Charlie Deitch
Jun 5, 2013

Drink

With new bar, Soba keeps pace with trends it helped establish

"Old-school bars were set up in a way that weren't conducive to cocktail culture."

By Hal B. Klein
Jun 5, 2013
Food

Getting Carded: Local farmers' markets again accepting food stamps

"If we want people to use their food stamps to get the best, most nutritious food for that dollar, farmers' markets are one of the best ways of doing that."

By AmyJo Brown
Jun 5, 2013
Food

Isis Café

Brookline has a new venue that that celebrates Egyptian's global crossroads cuisine

By Angelique Bamberg and Jason Roth
Jun 5, 2013
Food

An outpost of Meadows Frozen Custard opens in Cranberry

Made fresh every few hours, it's a great summertime treat

By Charlie Deitch
Jun 5, 2013

Literary Arts

Pittsburgh group hosts a rare gathering of exiled Chinese political dissidents.

Highlights include "An Illegal Conversation: What we would like to talk about together in China — but can't."

By Bill O'Driscoll
Jun 5, 2013
Music

Thunder Vest makes good old-fashioned punk rock

What else is there to do on Wednesday night but create great music and drink with your best friends?

By J.E. Rosenfeld
Jun 5, 2013
Music

Pittsburgh JazzLive International Festival brings more big names for free shows

Performers include Chaka Khan, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Allison Miller

By Mike Shanley
Jun 5, 2013
Music

Shadyside Nursery to host Sunday-night outdoor music series

"It's kind of like a Hartwood Acres-style series, but in the city."

By Andy Mulkerin
Jun 5, 2013
Music

Critics' Picks: June 5 - 11

Local shows by Bob Mould and Death Grips, plus Patrick Joseph returns to his hometown, and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros open the Three Rivers Arts Festival

Jun 5, 2013
Music

On the Record with Kevin Garrett of Noble Hunter

"Every once in a while in the songwriting, I'll think back to Point Breeze and try to incorporate it."

By Nicole Chynoweth
Jun 5, 2013
Theater

Stage Briefs

Pittsburgh Playwrights completes August Wilson's Pittsburgh Cycle; Unseam'd Shakespeare marks its 20^th anniversary with a curious Tempest

By Bill O'Driscoll
Jun 5, 2013
Theater

PICT's The Kreutzer Sonata

Martin Giles shines in this monologue based on the Tolstoy novella

By Michelle Pilecki
Jun 5, 2013
Theater

Man of La Mancha at The Company of Pittsburgh

Darrel R. Whitney really looks and sounds like he would try to wrestle a windmill.

By Robert Isenberg
Jun 5, 2013
Theater

42^nd Street at Pittsburgh CLO

Each number lifts you out of your seat

By Ted Hoover
Jun 5, 2013
Screen

France Ha

Noah Baumbach's new film is enjoyable, if a little too expected

By Harry Kloman
Jun 5, 2013
Screen

Now You See Me

No amount of cheesy light shows and villain switcheroos can make this bedazzled mess into awe-inspiring magic

By Al Hoff
Jun 5, 2013
Screen

Love Is All You Need

A somewhat contrived romance about an older couple meeting cute in Europe

By Harry Kloman
Jun 5, 2013
Screen

The Source Family

A documentary about am early 1970s Los Angeles cult that ate veggies and rocked

By Al Hoff
Jun 5, 2013

Opinion

Savage Love

If he brings up other men, go to the kitchen and have some ice cream.

Jun 5, 2013

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