The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The Kimbo Art Gallery is currently hosting an installation on mental health.  Nikki Moriello | Visual Editor

Now hear this: ‘Stories Untold’ draws mental health awareness

By Jack Shelly / Staff Writer October 20, 2015

For ten more days, Pitt students are demanding conversation about mental illness through art. “Stories Untold,” a student art exhibition raising awareness for students’ mental health, features 45...

Taken by Duane Rieder; courtesy of Pittsburgh Ballet Theater

Triple play: Pittsburgh Ballet Theater debuts with decorated bill

By Yesh Patel / for The Pitt News October 20, 2015

The Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre will begin its season this weekend with an energized bill of three classic ballets spanning time and place. “Mixed Repertory #1,” which plays from Friday, Oct. 23 through...

Jerry Kraynick has operated his bike shop since 1976.  Jack Shelly  | Staff Writer

Good will biking: Garfield bike shop offers free self-help, cheap parts

By Jack Shelly / Staff Writer October 14, 2015

Imagine a bike shop that also acts as a community, where advice among customers and staff is as common as getting their gears fixed or wheels trued.   That vision is a reality at Kraynick’s Bike Shop...

The Greenfield Community Association will host “Rock Away the Blues Bridgefest” this Saturday to celebrate the bridges last few days.  Stephen Caruso | Contributing Editor

‘Bridgefest’ bittersweet goodbye

By Nick Mullen / Staff Writer October 14, 2015

After 94 years, the Greenfield Bridge will go out with a bang. The Greenfield Community Association will host “Rock Away the Blues Bridgefest” this Saturday to celebrate the bridge’s last day open...

Terrence Hayes book How to Be Drawn has been nominated for a National Book Award.  Heather Tennant | Staff Photographer

Pitt poets finalists for National Book Award

By Jack Trainor / Culture Editor October 14, 2015

Pitt is well represented in this year’s 20 National Book Award finalists. Pitt English professor Terrance Hayes was nominated Wednesday for his assortment of linguistic and investigative poems, “How...

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A walk to remember: Zemeckis baths tightrope stunt in beauty

By Ian Flanagan / Staff Writer October 14, 2015

If you didn’t see enough  of Philippe Petit’s tightrope walk between the World Trade Center towers in 2008’s documentary “Man on Wire,” Petit gets the grand-scale cinematic treatment  he deserves...

courtesy of Brett Shumaker

Supporting the scene: DIY music promoters showcase underground acts

By AJ Weber / for The Pitt News October 13, 2015

Most nights begin with the sound of a guitar tuning up, amplified feedback and the grin of a performer before strumming a chord. The routine is wonderfully common to Nate Dietrich and Brett Shumaker,...

Matt Damon in The Martian. (20th Century Fox)

Space oddity: ‘The Martian’ rewrites galactic genre

By Valkyrie Speaker / Staff Writer October 13, 2015

Space may be an empty void, but that doesn’t mean films about space have to be. “The Martian” launched into theatres with a staggering opening gross of over $54 million, and has been orbiting the...

Jeff Ahearn | Assistant Visual Editor

Roc-Star: the life of a college mascot

By Amanda Reed / for The Pitt News October 9, 2015

We see him everywhere. At football games, in ads, on social media and in front of the Cathedral. His image is synonymous with Pitt Athletics and school pride — we call him Roc the Panther — yet his...

Battle of the Bands gives student bands the opportunity to perform on the big stage. Christine Lim | Staff Photographer

Bands battle for spotlight

By Annabelle Hanflig / for The Pitt News October 9, 2015

O’Hara wasn’t a solid act when the group first auditioned for Battle of the Bands in 2013. “We were pretty disjointed at that point, as we only had three members,” O’Hara’s lead singer and...

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