Savage Love
I have a laptop at home. On occasion my best friend/roommate uses it to check her e-mail. On rare occasions her boyfriend uses it to check his e-mail — or so I thought. I have some naughty pics on my computer. They’re not on my desktop, so you can’t accidentally open one. I never felt…
Scatological noise artist Jean-Louis Costes and pals hit the Smiling Moose.
A three-act “opera pornosocial” in store, called Les Petits Oiseaux Chient (“Little Birds Shit”).
Filling the Bill
When Bill Peduto’s supporters walked into the Democratic Party endorsement gathering on March 4, they thought they had 350 committeepeople backing him for mayor. It might not be enough to win the party’s endorsement, they knew, but it would make their man look like a viable contender. Instead, Peduto got only 162 votes, losing the…
A Conversation With Deanna Hitchcock
If somebody tells me my cake tastes vegan, then I feel like I’ve failed
Giving the Devil Its Due
On Feb. 8, a press conference was organized by local black activists to address the fact that Pennsylvania has the highest black murder rate in the nation. It was inspiring to see leaders and citizens voicing their concern and expressing their desire for solutions. Surprisingly, however, many of those present stated that the “root cause”…
Poet Terrance Hayes addresses life during wartime in How to provoke with courtesy.
“I realize that when you said ‘Freedom,’ you were talking about the meat we kill for, the head of the enemy leaking in the bushes, how all of it makes peace possible.”
Advertising imagery sparks the photos of American Brain.
Raczka sees this work as collaboration with the media culture.
This Just In: March 7 – 14
All Systems No-Go Summary: A tale of red lights and red tape. Station: KDKA Channel 2 Reporter: Andy Sheehan When It Aired: March 1 Running Time: 2 minutes, 48 seconds Visuals: * A motorist passing the time while stuck in traffic by reading The Pennysaver. * Snarled traffic in the Golden Triangle. Highlights: * When…
Young artists drink in the Brew House’s new Distillery Program.
“I saw the postcard calling for applications and I thought, ‘I must be in this program,'” says Cahn.
Letters to the Editor: March 7 – 14
Feedback from our readers.
The Pittsburgh Jewish-Israeli Film Festival
The festival offers more than 20 films from Israel, Europe and North America representing Jewish experiences from the comic to the dramatic to the inspirational.
Ravenstahl refutes claims that he’s against birth control
Mayor Luke Ravenstahl makes no bones about his personal beliefs. He does, however, object to a rumor about those beliefs that’s been bouncing around Pittsburgh blogs and e-mail in-boxes.
Flannel Pajamas
Lipsky’s unadorned direction gives the sensation of intimacy and natural space, yet you can sense the contrivance in every handsomely framed shot.
Carlisle falling behind the pack in re-election bid
Embattled councilor Twanda Carlisle was the only city council incumbent not to receive the party’s support.
A mockumentary about a famous artist and the children he left behind highlights the next Film Kitchen.
The satiric indie feature is both a bio of the dubiously talented Happy Walter and the story of Walter IV’s struggle to know the father who failed to raise any of his children, despite naming them all after himself.
Federal bill would insure mental-health treatment
If you break your leg, you can usually count on your health insurance to pay for the treatment. But if you have depression or another mental-health problem, you often have to foot the bills for medication and therapy yourself.
Miss Potter
Don’t look for any darkness to be revealed: Miss Potter remains warm and cozy. (Capsule review)
A Little Red
Four of the five writers — James Michael Shoberg, Michael McGovern, Joseph Lyons and Alyssa Herron — have dirty minds.
The Ultimate Gift
The film presents familiar routes to being a better person but seems to take an eternity to get the obvious. (Capsule review.)
Breaking Down Defense Mechanisms
(Click here to read a companion piece to this story, Political Veteran.) When the first Carnegie Mellon University police officer arrived at CMU’s National Robotics Engineering Center in Lawrenceville at 5:12 a.m., two groups of anti-war protesters were already in place. It had taken just five minutes for Pittsburgh Organizing Group to set up their…
An Unreasonable Man
Ralph Nader’s story is the stuff of classical drama: the hero undone by his greatest strengths, tenacity and conviction. (Capsule review)
Political Veteran
John Soltz, the cofounder of VoteVets.org, is against the way the war in Iraq is being handled. Just don’t call him “anti-war.” “VoteVets is a pro-military organization, and if I see ‘anti-war’ even in a headline, I go ballistic,” exclaims Soltz, a 29-year-old Squirrel Hill native and Iraq war veteran. “What I have a problem…
Industrial Genius: The Working Life of Charles Michael Schwab
Like Schwab himself, Warren focuses on business details, so much so that the book’s significance is best appreciated by insiders.
If we can salvage the Convention Center, why not historic treasures?
It’s the result of enormous subsidies, and it’s the source of enormous troubles. Maybe we should just quit while we’re behind and tear it down.
Double Wide Grill
It’s one thing to meld the citified with the country-fried, but the question remained: How does the Double Wide handle roadside classics?
We take an Irishman to Tides, an exhibition of work by artists from Northern Ireland.
“It’s about towers, isn’t it? Maybe keeping some in and others out? Having different purposes: no more pirates in Ireland, bases without statues, that air tower without an airport …?”
Local rockers Life in Bed wake up to the Passed and Presents
“Back then, you weren’t writing a guitar part to impress someone or showcase your talent — you would play a riff because it fits.”
Vinyl’s hip allure reaches a new generation — through television?
“It’s the extra step to prove your worthiness.”
Frida Hyvönen
Her raw poetry and penchant for word games situate her as a figure more bookish than folky.
Just Checking
I admit it: Hockey fighting appeals to my primal side. But because the violence was always presented as an indicator of toughness, I thought of it as a harmless part of the game. Now I think it’s obsolete. It’s one thing to applaud grit and toughness, but at some point you have to wonder: How much…
Frank Bienkowski releases f’n mess
The local songwriter let the ideas for 16 songs gestate and grow over nearly 20 years.
