May 7-13, 2014

Vol. 24, No. 19

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Community Profile

In Architecture + Photography, the Carnegie asks how two art forms overlap and mold each other

We love some of these images so much that we can forget to wonder about the rest of the building

By Charles Rosenblum
May 7, 2014
Community Profile

Cynthia Cooley captures Pittsburgh then and now

Somehow the complexity of the landscape is rendered simple in these paintings

By David S. Berger
May 7, 2014
Community Profile

At Revision Space, two artists have fun with the dark side.

Courtney Cormier and Miss Dingo show why Art is Violent.

By Lissa Brennan
May 7, 2014
Community Profile

The Pyrotopia festival of fire arts is back

"It felt like we had created this great beast and we needed to feed it."

By Nick Keppler
May 7, 2014
News

Wolf at the Door: Polls have Tom Wolf running away with Democratic primary, but is he the right candidate to take down Corbett in November?

"Tom Wolf has a great story to tell and he's got the money to go out and tell it."

By Charlie Deitch
May 7, 2014
News

2014 Primary Election Guide

Four Dems share a progressive worldview ... and a desire to depose Gov. Tom Corbett. Follow the links below to see our head-to-head comparisons of the Governor's race, plus other Democrats running for the state legislature in the May 20 primary.

May 7, 2014
News

Pennsylvania Governor

The Kids are All Left

By Charlie Deitch
May 7, 2014
News

State House District 20

Boundary Dispute

By Chris Potter
May 7, 2014
News

State House District 36

Going South

By Chris Potter
May 7, 2014

Drink

At Cure, good things come to drinkers who wait

"I've been lucky to work at places that really let me explore what I want to do."

By Hal B. Klein
May 7, 2014
Food

Hartwood Restaurant

A restaurant that pulls off being both upscale and casual, with a fresh and original seasonal menu

By Angelique Bamberg and Jason Roth
May 7, 2014
Food

Pittsburgh Juice Company offers a variety of cold-pressed juices

"There are a lot of nutrients and enzymes available to us in raw foods."

By Rebecca Nuttall
May 7, 2014

Literary Arts

My Green Velvet Purse

May 7, 2014
Music

Mastodon returns with a metal triple-bill

"We're going to be pulling out some oldies that we haven't played in a long time, because basically we're in between records."

By Brian Conway
May 7, 2014
Music

Nevada Color releases its first full-length with a show at Dave's — and a protracted digital release schedule

"Think of your favorite TV series: You watch a season and think, ‘Wow, that was great, I can't wait to see the second one!'"

By Andy Mulkerin
May 7, 2014
Music

Tobacco returns with visionary third solo album

Despite Tobacco's best efforts to uglify the endeavor, Ultima II Massage features passages that are as infectious and danceable as the best pop

By Ian Thomas
May 7, 2014
Music

Chip DiMonick goes pop with Londona

"This project has taken us places, rather than us taking it places."

By Julia Cook
May 7, 2014
Music

Critics' Picks: May 7 - 13

Local show by Oneohtrix Point Never, Waajeed, ††† and French Horn Rebellion

May 7, 2014
Theater

Blithe Spirit at PICT

When it comes to drawing-room comedies, it's pretty hard to top Noël Coward.

By Ted Hoover
May 7, 2014
Theater

Off the Wall Productions' Inky

Inky is snarky, funny, rather ugly and right on the money.

By Michelle Pilecki
May 7, 2014
Theater

Amish Burlesque at McKeesport Little Theatre

Amish Burlesque is funny – but not quite funny enough for a show more than two hours long.

By F. J. Hartland
May 7, 2014
Screen

Jodorowsky's Dune

An entertaining and fascinating documentary about "the greatest movie never made"

By Al Hoff
May 7, 2014
Screen

Only Lovers Left Alive

Jim Jarmusch's latest film is a tender romantic tweak of the vampire genre

By Harry Kloman
May 7, 2014
Screen

Russian Film Symposium

This year's films examine two gender-related genres: romantic comedies and gritty dramas

By Al Hoff
May 7, 2014
Screen

Fading Gigolo

A small-scale story about human connection gets buried under a skeevy one about inexplicable male prostitutes

By Al Hoff
May 7, 2014
Screen

Neighbors

It's Animal House + The Hangover + Ridiculousness – Zac Efron's shirts = Same Stupid Jokes.

By Al Hoff
May 7, 2014
Screen

Watermark

A docu-essay that looks at how water and life are entwined, and what risks come with our poor stewardship

By Al Hoff
May 7, 2014
Screen

Monthly screening program Film Kitchen returns on May 13

Among the highlights: Edward Bursch's "Half Dead," another part of his comedic Somersault Waltz trilogy

By Bill O'Driscoll
May 7, 2014

Opinion

Savage Love

Someone can be "open to new things" without being "open to everything."

May 7, 2014

Lynn Cullen Live

Lynn Cullen Live 05/12/14

Audio & Video Archive

May 12, 2014

This Week's Top Events

Short List: May 7 - 13

Pittsburgh Center for the Arts presents its Artist of the Year; Kendra McLaughlin claims You Can't Have an Orgasm With Me; the Kelly-Strayhorn hosts the BlackStar Film Festival; the Pittsburgh International Children's Festival moves Downtown.

May 7, 2014