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A jazz musician plays at the Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival.

14th Annual Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival

By Sage Rosenfeld, Staff Writer September 25, 2024

The August Wilson African American Cultural Center held the 14th annual Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival from Sept. 19 to 22. The breezy, sunny weather complimented the upbeat tempo of live jazz...

NLE Choppa arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.

NLE Choppa set to headline Fall Fest 2024

By Jiya Narwal, Staff Writer September 10, 2024

Pitt Program Council has officially announced that NLE Choppa will headline Fall Fest, one of PPC’s most anticipated events of the semester. Students are invited to Schenley Drive on Sunday, Oct. 6,...

Review | Bando Stone and The New World, A Final Send-Off To Childish Gambino

Review | Bando Stone and The New World, A Final Send-Off To Childish Gambino

By Quinn Cilea, Culture Editor September 5, 2024

Donald Glover is one of the most talented people in the entertainment industry. He’s a seasoned actor, a decorated writer, director, producer and an extremely talented musical artist. But if one were...

Childish Gambino performs at PPG Arena as a part of his "New World Tour"

Childish Gambino brings his final tour to PPG Paints

By Gabriela Herring, Staff Writer August 28, 2024

Grammy Award-winning rapper Donald Glover, known by his project name Childish Gambino, took the stage last Tuesday at PPG Paints Arena for the Pittsburgh stop of “The New World Tour” in support of...

Clairo at The Roxy

Review | Clairo’s third album is sweet ‘like the sap from a cedar’

By Livia Daggett, Contributing Editor July 23, 2024

You might remember Clairo from a song that went viral in 2017, quintessential keyboard bedroom pop hit “Pretty Girl.” These days, she’s bringing a Wurlitzer and a mellotron to the studio.  “Charm,”...

“It’s Horny”: Brass and soul blow us away in Lawrence’s latest album “Family Business”

“It’s Horny”: Brass and soul blow us away in Lawrence’s latest album “Family Business”

By Livia LaMarca, Contributing Editor June 26, 2024

I bought Atlanta tickets to the “Family Business” tour long before the NYC-based, sibling-led soul, funk and pop band, Lawrence, released their “Family Business” album. But this past Friday, June...

Kendrick Lamar on stage at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival April 23, 2017. Lamar won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in Music for his album “DAMN.” (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Review | Drake and Kendrick Lamar Beef

By Quinn Cilea, Culture Editor May 21, 2024
Drake and Kendrick Lamar have become the most recent rap beef, with the pair trading punches and competing to see who can punch lower
Ross Lynch laughs while speaking in the William Pitt Union Assembly Room on Wednesday night.

Ross Lynch reignites childhood crushes at Pitt Program Council’s final event of the Year

By Amy Zhang, Staff Writer April 11, 2024
The Pitt Program Council hosted a 45-minute guided interview and a 15-minute audience Q&A, and the event was a full-circle moment for childhood fans and current fans to connect with the actor, musician and heartthrob.
Phi Sigma Rho, Sigma Phi Epsilon and Alpha Sigma Kappa perform a number based on the movie “Men in Black” during the Greek Sing competition on Bigelow Boulevard Saturday afternoon.

Photos: Greek Sing caps off Greek Week 2024

By Ethan Shulman, Visual Editor April 10, 2024

The University of Pittsburgh’s Greek life community showed in full force on Saturday afternoon to cheer on their brothers and sisters in the annual Greek Sing competition. Teams consisting of several...

JID performs at Bigelow Bash, hosted by Pitt Program Council, on Sunday afternoon on Schenley Drive.

JID and openers ring in the spring at a sunny Bigelow Bash

By Irene Castillo, Senior Staff Writer April 8, 2024

After days of rain, the sky over Pittsburgh cleared up for Bigelow Bash, the annual free music concert organized by the Pitt Program Council. By 1 p.m. on Sunday, the smell of fried rice, corn dogs and...

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