AltWeeklies Wire
Dick Dale Plays Through the Painnew
At 78 and in poor health Dick Dale is literally touring for his life.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Charlie Deitch |
07-30-2015 |
Music
Tags: Dick Dale
Pokey LaFarge Makes Something New From a Traditional Soundnew
Pokey LaFarge puts his mix of old-time country swing, ragtime and blues on display in a new album and world tour.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Charlie Deitch |
05-28-2015 |
Music
Old Schoolnew
Dale Watson wants to teach you a lesson about real country music.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Charlie Deitch |
01-15-2015 |
Music
Exhibit of After-Hours Gay Clubs Unearths Pittsburgh's LGBT Legacynew
"It's a Pittsburgh history of gayness; you just can't separate the two."
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Charlie Deitch |
05-27-2014 |
LGBT
'Revenge Porn' Larger Problem Than Proposed Laws Can Solvenew
"If people understood how much damage this can do to someone's life, I think we'd be able to get much stronger protections."
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Charlie Deitch |
02-14-2014 |
The War on Women
George Takei's Real Star Treknew
A civil-rights crusade enhanced by social-media celebrity — shows no signs of ending.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Charlie Deitch |
12-05-2013 |
Culture
Affront Officenew
You think Pirates fans have suffered at the hands of the Nuttings? Try working for them!
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Charlie Deitch |
04-11-2013 |
Sports
Numbers Gamenew
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett wants to bet on keno. Are your wallet and well-being worth the risk?
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Charlie Deitch |
01-09-2013 |
Policy Issues
Sowing the Seedsnew
Can Obama's grassroots campaign deliver like it did in '08?
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Charlie Deitch and Lauren Daley |
10-12-2012 |
Elections
Shaky Groundnew
Maggie Henry has spent 35 years growing her all natural farm in Northwest Pa. Now a nearby gas drilling operation in a field of old abandoned wells threaten to take it all away.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Charlie Deitch |
09-19-2012 |
Environment
Wealth and Welfarenew
As budget ax prepares to fall on social services in Pa., big business gets a hand up.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Charlie Deitch |
06-14-2012 |
Policy Issues
For-Profit Educator Gives Employees a Tough Lesson in Modern Businessnew
Education Management Corporation is one of Pittsburgh's most prominent employers. The for-profit educator, nearly half of which is owned by Goldman Sachs, laid off hundreds of workers last Thursday.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Charlie Deitch |
02-03-2012 |
Education
Heavyweight Championsnew
A Pittsburgh doctor and a lawyer may be World Wrestling Entertainment's real champions. But why do some people think the fix is in?
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Charlie Deitch |
12-02-2010 |
Sports
Permit Pulled: DEP Action Halts Construction of a Waste-Coal Plantnew
Plans for a power plant that would have operated by burning waste coal were scrapped when the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection invalidated its air-quality plan permit on January 20.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Charlie Deitch |
02-08-2010 |
Environment
Todd Smith's Shady Venturenew
If you asked Todd Smith seven or eight years ago what he'd be doing by 2010, the words "online sunglasses entrepreneur" probably would never have come out of his mouth. But after losing his job at Merrill Lynch, he decided to turn his fashionable hobby into a new online business venture.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Charlie Deitch |
01-11-2010 |
Fashion
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