Michelangelo. Van Gogh. Picasso. And Darger? Perhaps the last name is not one you would include in a category of the Ԧine artist.ԠBut outsider art ֠various labels include self-taught art, na෥ art, folk art, or what the 20th-century French painter Jean Dubuffet termed ԁrt BrutԠ֠has been gaining ... more

At the end of January, Janet Reno was photographed while singing karaoke at a fundraiser in Miami. Her song of choice was Aretha Franklinӳ classic, Ԓespect.ԍ The visual image of Reno belting out Ԓ-E-S-P-E-C-T/Find out what it means to me,Ԡsums up my attitude of the past few weeks. When driving ... more

WC: 890 Denouncing Wal-Martӳ cutthroat brand of free-market capitalism is pass鮠Every argument that could have possibly been made against the chain has been stated and regurgitated time and again by the media, countless pundits, and Joe Average You-nҭMe. YouӶe heard them all before: the ... more

The presidential election in 2000 was a mess. You remember hanging chads, partisan Secretaries of State, machine malfunctions, voter lines. We all agreed that it needed fixing and the federal government passed the Help America Vote Act. Among other things, the HAVA offers municipalities big money ... more

A few months ago, the Pittsburgh City Council voted 6-3 on an ordinance thatӳ got some local (and nearly local) folks annoyed. While the title reads, Ԑublic Safety at Health Care Facilities,Ԡand the text is very general about Ԩealth care facilities,Ԡitӳ really about what goes on in front of the ... more

Ok, I know this column is called ҂ack Alley Bar TourҠbut I must admit up front ֠this place is not on a back alley. But youӶe probably driven by it many times and missed it because itӳ located in that dead area on Carson Street next to Cuppleӳ Stadium between Station Square and the 10th Street ... more

On Friday, January twentieth, The Art Police (Charlie Brice and photographic artist Tim Fabian) raided the opening of, ӱ00% Centennial,Ԡthe alumni show at the Regina Gouger Miller Gallery at CMU. The exhibit celebrates the one-hundredth anniversary of CMUӳ College of Fine Arts and can be seen through ... more