Mapping Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is home to art studios, galleries, independent museums, music venues, and a grassroots culture that is rapidly expanding and attracting out-of-towners...
CMU Fusion unites performances, performers
Last Sunday night, Rangos Hall was home to the culmination of a new endeavor among on-campus groups and activities. Ten groups spent over four months...
Pittsburgh tea party
There’s nothing like a good cup of tea to warm you on a cold morning, to soothe a sore throat, to energize you for a long day of class, or to accompany...
New head for the School of Music
Noel Zahler has been chosen to head the School of Music beginning July 1. Zahler, who has a strong background in both administration and composition,...
Dance Alloy Theater's Fragile
An important member of Pittsburgh’s cultural scene, Dance Alloy Theater (DAT) is well known for its flair and style in productions of contemporary dance...
When conductors compose
This weekend, Michael Christie will conduct the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO) in Esa-Pekka Salonen’s 2001 orchestral work “Foreign Bodies.” Salonen,...
David Sedaris
Carnegie Music Hall was packed last Monday night — a few bodies short of maximum capacity, the crowd neared 2000. Tickets for the event were selling on...
Dollar Movie
DisturbiaMonday, April 96 Disturbia, a re-imagining of the story of Hitchcock’s Rear Window, is about a teenager (Shia LaBeouf) under house arrest who...
On the hunt with Deerhunter
Arranged urbanely around a large gray van, each bearing a cool, devil-may-care gaze, three of the five members of Atlanta’s Deerhunter loiter, hours before...
Everything you need to know
Dear Janet, I don’t really have people on the weekends to go out with ... a lot of the people I hang out with during the week are busy on weekend nights....
Seinfeld on Saturday
What would you do if you were offered $5 million to make a 30-minute television episode? If you answered “Walk away,” then you and Jerry Seinfeld are...
Stephen Lynch
In the spirit of Easter, Pittsburgh is welcoming a musician whose parents were formerly a priest and nun. Although such an artist may seem like a saint-turned-entertainer,...
Paperhouse
Monday, March 19, Justin Timberlake performed to a near-capacity crowd at the Mellon Arena in downtown Pittsburgh. His act featured an array of dancers...
Did you know?
100 Years AgoApril 10, 1907 Tartan staffwriters poked fun at Princeton University this week in the paper. They wrote about the bedazzling Triangle Club...