AltWeeklies Wire
Equal Justicenew
Law professor Anthony Infanti uses anecdotes and his own experiences to examine Everyday Law for Gays and Lesbians in new book.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Ali McNally |
02-25-2008 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Delegating Responsibilitynew
Just how super are the "superdelegates"? Superdelegate and Western Pennsylvania congressman Mike Doyle argues that they're not that super or duper.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
John McIntire |
02-25-2008 |
Commentary
The Mythology of Bob LaBobgahnew
Film Kitchen hosts the darkly playful surrealism of LaBobgah and a documentary titled Confederate Pennsylvania.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
02-11-2008 |
Reviews
Good Night, States Collaborate Across State Linesnew
It's not uncommon for a musician to have a day job to make ends meet, but Steve Gretz is a far cry from the office worker who waltzes down to the corner bar with a guitar on the weekend. His day job is SAT tutoring in New Jersey; his night gig involves fronting a band from Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Andy Mulkerin |
02-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Yves Jean Creates Exotic Rhythms on 'For Love and Desperation'new
Yves Jean's pretty hard to miss in Pittsburgh's music scene -- you can't walk into just any rock bar around here and see a 6-foot-5 Haitian-American who combines mainstream pop-rock vocals and hooks with his rippling bass and African and Caribbean rhythms.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
02-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Metamorphosisnew
For over a century, the Carnegie Museum's section of Invertebrate Zoology has saved examples of millions of insects. Now, they're trying to help save the world.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Justin Hopper |
02-11-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Director Gregory Hoblit Sick for Thinking We Want to Watchnew
The only remotely decent thing about this rote, icky thriller is Diane Lane, who manages to make her character appear competent, even as the plot collapses around her.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Al Hoff |
02-04-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Gregory Hoblit, Untraceable
John Sayles' Latest is Personal Outingnew
As hokey as Honeydripper's epiphany-of-the-axe scene is, it is rooted in reality. Somewhere, somehow, 50 or so years ago, audiences, especially teens, caught a new sound – and it was, in a word, electrifying.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Al Hoff |
02-04-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Honeydripper, John Sayles
Real World Experience Helping Band Succeednew
Ra Ra Riot graduated from being a college band to a real band in the world and are just trying to live up to that.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
02-04-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ra Ra Riot
Sensuality and Storytelling Rulenew
Sheryl St. Germain offers a kind of time-lapse of two decades of her life and art -- it's a passionate, sometimes wrenching compendium with a few notable weaknesses.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
02-04-2008 |
Poetry
Tackling the Diversity Issuenew
Sometimes a summit allows people to cooperate to find solutions to racial profiling and violence.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Ali McNally |
02-04-2008 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Jeffrey M. Robinson Deconstructs the Warhol Museumnew
If you've ever seen a guy loitering in a bustling museum with some stereo mics and a laptop, you may already be in Jeffrey M. Robinson's work.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
01-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jeffrey M. Robinson
Acclaimed Poet Ben Lerner Heads to Pittsburghnew
Lerner began teaching at Pitt this semester. In the classroom, he emphasizes his approach towards poetry as a craft. "My consistent focus is on how the structure of a work determines its sense and vice versa," he says.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Claire Donato |
01-28-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ben Lerner
Talk is Plentiful in 'Ohio River Dialogues'new
Anyone who's ever talked deep with a small group of friends and thought it might make for art should look into William Zink's experimental novel.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
01-14-2008 |
Fiction
David Urbanic Documents Grassroots Touringnew
Instead of presenting Zelazowa's experience solely as sold-out shows and non-stop partying, Urbanic highlights the mundane and even dismal aspects.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Aaron Jentzen |
01-14-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
