"Gravity of Light," an installation by Brooklyn artists Doug and Mike Starn in the Pipe Building, a 10,000-square-foot industrial warehouse in the Strip District, includes large photographs on the walls hung around a 40,000 to 50,000-watt carbon arc lamp the brothers constructed.
By Mary Thomas Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A carbon arc lamp glows with fierce white fire in the midst of a cavernous abandoned industrial space. And we are the moths. (10/09/2008)
Okkervil River, which has built a reputation as a smart, guitar-driven, indie-rock band, plays Mr. Small's at 8 p.m. tonight. The Austin, Texas, band is touring on "The Stand Ins," its new record.
Texas-sized rock Okkervil River and The Old 97's both played memorable and well-attended shows here earlier this year -- Okkervil with the New Pornographers at the Carnegie Library in (10/09/2008)
South Park Theatre has just announced the retirement of executive director Audrey Castracane, effective at the end of the month. (10/09/2008)
Just as autumnal darkness has begun to linger at the beginning of the day and arrive earlier at the end, Pittsburgh is countering with an extravaganza of light. (10/08/2008)
20 images, 20 seconds each. That's six minutes, 40 seconds, and that's how much time 16 architects, painters, photographers, conceptual artists and sculptors will have to share their work ... (10/08/2008)