A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Duquesne Red Masquers
A 1960s adaptation is still more funny than groovy The Duquesne Red Masquers’ adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by John Lane, is a comical dive into Shakespeare’s fairy-land. The stage...
View ArticleTurtle Creek’s mayor knows the damage heroin can inflict and she has a plan...
“You can make all the arrests you want, it’s not going to solve the problem.” Kelley Kelley was honest with voters when she campaigned three years ago for mayor of Turtle Creek, a Rust Belt town about...
View ArticleFamed drummer/composer Stewart Copeland comes to town to premiere his...
“I’ve discovered that the orchestra can do all kinds of very cool stuff.” “Well, it ain’t Mahler.” American composer Stewart Copeland is speaking over the phone from his home in California of his...
View ArticleNegotiations unclear on Penn Plaza residents’ relocation in East Liberty
“I don’t want to move. I am 75 years old, who would want move?” The residents of a soon-to-be vacated Penn Plaza building, in East Liberty, haven’t found a place to live. Last summer, LG Realty (run...
View ArticleHail, Caesar!
The Coen brothers latest work is a clever movie — more affectionate sendup than satire A quarter century after their acrid Barton Fink, Joel and Ethan Coen finally do Hollywood right — or wrong. …
View ArticleThe Pittsburgh sports franchises that were
The Pirates were hot, and the city figured all it needed now was some indoor lacrosse If at first you don’t succeed, cut your losses and move on. That’s a lesson learned by seven unsuccessful sports...
View ArticlePride and Prejudice and Zombies
An amusing mash-up of the undead and Jane Austen’s comedy of manners Today’s world feels overstuffed with zombie entertainment, but, gentle people, it was far worse in 19th-century England, when the...
View ArticleSaxophonist Hamiet Bluiett lends his distinct style to the Ethnic Heritage...
“Mingus said, ‘How do you do that?’ I said, ‘I worked on it! It’s very difficult.’” A handful of baritone saxophonists have liberated the large instrument from its heavy look and low register. Others...
View ArticleMembers of the Pittsburgh jazz community represent at this year’s Jazz...
“Expanding the audience for jazz, that’s always the true motif or theme.” Attracting a Younger Audience. The State of the Album in 2016.…
View ArticleThe Leaving
Here is the house erupting from my chest. I’ve crossed an ocean and taken it with me. Here is the eye blinking like a broken porch light.…
View ArticleWallace’s Tap Room
This gastropub in East Liberty’s Hotel Indigo succeeds by keeping its well-prepared fare simple Gastropubs offer the pleasing comforts of pub grub without the greasy regrets and food-service...
View ArticleThe Conservatory Dance Company’s Five
The work journeys from trauma to hopefulness For a dancer, a career-ending injury can be one of life’s most traumatic events, altering one’s perception of self and miring the future in uncertainty....
View ArticleFeeney’s Weenies in Beechview is not serving your run-of-the-mill hot dog
The best-selling Pittsburgh Dog is “loaded with fries, cheese, slaw n’at.” What happens when four guys are sick of working for the man? They open a hot-dog shop. Well, that doesn’t happen every time,...
View ArticleDeadpool
Self-aware snarky superhero makes a welcome change in this comic-book actioner The laughs started early at the Deadpool screening, with opening credits that promised: “some hot chick,” “a British...
View ArticleNorth Side’s War Streets Brewery Moves Forward
A mid-spring opening is planned for the nanobrewery housed in an old firehouse Childhood friends Jake Bier and Zach Ingoldsby took to the spirit of collaboration early. Now, they are co-owners of the...
View ArticleThe Cactus Blossoms’ fresh sound is planted in classic country
“People might not believe it, but we’re really not nostalgic.” You don’t have to listen to The Cactus Blossoms for very long to begin feeling nostalgic. Their sound is inspired by mid-20th-century...
View ArticleWhere to Invade Next
Michael Moore tours the world to show viewers how other countries do things better Michael Moore’s previous film essay was 2009’s Capitalism: A Love Story. He’s back with this new documentary that...
View ArticleSon of Saul
László Nemes’ drama looks at the Nazi death machine from the perspective of one its conscripted cogs Every machine is made up of smaller parts working together. László Nemes’ Son of Saul looks at the...
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