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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

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All work, one play: Redeye Film Festival

By Noah Coco / Staff Writer April 18, 2016

Not all passion projects last 24 hours, but they do for students participating in Pitt’s Redeye Theatre Project. Twenty-nine students participated in the Redeye Theatre Project, a 24-hour theater festival...

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Parquet Courts get spirits high

By Sarah Schneider / Staff Writer April 18, 2016

The only audience member who could have been bored at Parquet Courts’ show in Spirit Hall Sunday night was the baby wearing noise-canceling headphones. Despite one of the band members, singer-guitarist...

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Culture staff interprets carbonated cameos

By Culture Staff April 15, 2016

If you are what you eat, movies are what they advertise. No matter how hard you groan or laugh, there’s no getting around product placement — but some movies do it better than others. In celebration...

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Warhol welcomes Mali rockers Songhoy Blues

By Matt Maielli / Staff Writer April 13, 2016

Despite escaping violent oppression in the band’s native Mali, Songhoy Blues doesn’t make mournful music. The Andy Warhol Museum hosted the Mali blues band, Songhoy Blues, Tuesday night as part of...

Glen Powell and Blake Jenner in Everybody Wants Some!! (Van Redin/Paramount Pictures)

Linklater’s latest his funniest yet

By Ian Flanagan / Staff Writer April 13, 2016

Not many films that demand serious thought have exclamation points in their titles, but “Everybody Wants Some!!” earns that right. Director Richard Linklater’s spiritual sequel to “Dazed and...

What not to miss on campus this week

By Jack Trainor / Culture Editor April 12, 2016

Donald Trump’s Wednesday visit may be grabbing all the local headlines, but his isn’t the only event worth noting this week. The second to last week of class doesn’t usually garner the same amount...

Billy Nye spoke at Carnegie Music Hall Friday night.  Jordan Mondell | Staff Photographer

Bill Nye charms student audience

By Lexi Kennell / Staff Writer April 12, 2016

Capping a lecture that transported audience members back to the third grade, Bill Nye tied his signature bow tie on stage, prompting a standing ovation from the audience. Nye rose to fame in elementary...

Unlikely allies: Spider-Man, Deadpool redefine a genre

Unlikely allies: ‘Spider-Man’, ‘Deadpool’ redefine a genre

By Jack Trainor / Culture Editor April 6, 2016

If "Deadpool" can see, it is because it stands on the shoulders of a web-head. It’s hard to think of anyone more deserving than Ryan Reynolds for delivering us this year’s massively successful “Deadpool.”...

Tales from Morocco: on the march

Tales from Morocco: on the march

By Elaina Zachos / Staff Writer April 6, 2016

“Tales from Morocco” is a reoccurring column on reporter Elaina Zachos’ semester studying culture, tradition and daily life in the North African nation.   Nothing wakes you up faster than...

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Weezer extends hot streak with ‘White Album’

By Matt Maielli / Staff Writer April 5, 2016

What Bob Dylan is to protest songs, Rivers Cuomo is to lovesick ballads. Weezer’s fourth self-titled album, nicknamed “The White Album,” is just as inspired as their first comeback, 2015’s “Everything...

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