A new coffee shop will swing open its doors and usher in caffeine-deprived residents of the North Side. Beleza Community Coffeehouse, on the corner of Jacksonia and Buena Vista Sts. will be operated by a group of seven Michigan college grads who moved to Pittsburgh and connected with The Pittsburgh Project, ...
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Every new Quantum Theatre production arouses interest. Founder/Artistic Director Karla Boos always comes up with fascinating productions of off-beat material. The latest is Ԕhe Human Chair,Ԡher stage adaptation of a 1925 short story by Japanese author Edogawa Rampo.
The bizarre, brief piece ...
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Topping the news today, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation is criticizing movie critic Gene Shalit for his negative review of Brokeback Mountain. Last month they criticized Roger Ebertӳ reviews for not having enough pizzaz.
The Islamic militant group Hamas have started their own TV ...
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This column is dedicated to the people who are always watching movies, but who are never quite satisfied. If thereӳ any justice in the world, this column might open your eyes to some films that are probably collecting dust in your local video store ֠not because theyӲe not great, but because there ...
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When Howard Bossen, a professor of journalism in Michigan, was appointed as a visiting, distinguished professor at Carnegie Mellon Universityӳ Center for the Arts in Society, he decided to approach the Carnegie Museum of Art in order to find an interesting project to curate. He was immediately intrigued ...
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Will Ԕhe Phantom of the OperaԠever die? The legendary musical take on the 96 year old novel has been flourishing and swirling non-stop now for 19 years, 17 of them on Broadway. So itӳ no surprise that another road company production has landed here to thrill the faithful and astonish the yet-unexposed. ...
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The Pittsburgh Center for the Arts is currently displaying seven small exhibitions of individual artists and artist groups, including Anderson B. English; Dai Morgan; a collaborative project by Pittsburghӳ Group A and Washington D.C.ӳ Gallery 10; Richard Hurst; Jill Larson; Ronald Nigro and William ...
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In the shadow of the mighty Penn Brewery on Pittsburghӳ North Side, resides a neighborhood gem of a bar called the BierHaus. Even the pronunciation is pure Pittsburgh-ese. Ԉaus!Ԡ
Dave and I paid a visit on a Thursday after work at about 5pm and were greeted by the barmaid Beth Ann who pleasantly ...
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In our top story, doctors in France have completed a partial face transplant. The surgery took only 6 hours, besting the previous face-transplant-record of 20 years by Michael Jackson.
President Bush was among 600 potential jurors summoned to report for jury duty in McLennan County, Texas where his ...
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