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Saxophonists perform at the Fall Music Showcase in Bellefield Hall on Monday, Oct. 28.

Pitt’s Music Department hosted its annual fall showcase featuring many student performances

By Dylan Paradise, Staff Writer November 4, 2024

Student and faculty performers took the stage for Pitt’s Department of Music Fall Showcase at Bellefield Hall on Monday evening. The night consisted of five vocal performances, a saxophone quartet and...

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Review | ‘Saturday Night’ overwhelms and excites

By Wendy Moore, Staff Writer November 1, 2024

A stage light soars to the ground and bursts into flames. Two comedians flay insults at one another before lunging into a brawl. Illicit drugs are passed from person to person. To make matters worse, the...

Jake Shane speaks during “Therapuss Live!” at the Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall on Saturday, Oct. 26.

The doctor is in: Therapuss Live! with Jake Shane

By Maxine Van Nortwick, Staff Writer October 30, 2024

Though he’s not a licensed medical professional, Therapuss Jake Shane came to cure Pittsburgh on Saturday, Oct. 27, with “Therapuss Live!”  The event took place at the Carnegie Music Hall in...

Attendees watch Rocky Horror Picture Show with newspapers on their heads in Nordy’s Place on Friday, Oct. 25.

‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ closes out LGBTQIA+ history month

By Sage Rosenfeld, Staff Writer October 28, 2024

Pitt’s Department of Inclusion and Belonging hosted a showing of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show" on Oct. 25. This event was one of the last for the department’s LGBTQIA+ History Month celebration....

The Atlantic says some elite college students ‘can’t read books’ — can Pitt students?

The Atlantic says some elite college students ‘can’t read books’ — can Pitt students?

By Livia Daggett, Contributing Editor October 27, 2024

The kids can’t read. At least, that’s what reading just the headline of an Oct. 1 story by Rose Horowitch in The Atlantic would suggest. Titled “The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read...

Exploring queer horror and poetry with the Center for Creativity Workshop “Everybody Has A Secret Face”

Exploring queer horror and poetry with the Center for Creativity Workshop “Everybody Has A Secret Face”

By Maxine Van Nortwick, Staff Writer October 25, 2024

Queer horror has been a commonplace of the fall season for centuries, spanning from novels like “The Picture of Dorian Grey” to movies like “Jennifer’s Body” and TV shows like “Yellowjackets.”...

The Costco Guys pose in front of a Costco.

Big Boom: It’s a Costco world and we’re just living in it

By Aidan Kasner, Sports Editor October 23, 2024

Boom! Social media stars, Andrew “Big A.J.” Befumo and his 11- year-old son Eric “Big Justice” Befumo have risen to internet stardom and have recently expanded their range and entered the music...

The entrance to the Monster Pumpkin Festival on Saturday, Oct. 19.

A weekend of eating, launching and smashing pumpkins at Monster Pumpkins Pittsburgh

By Maxine Van Nortwick, Staff Writer October 21, 2024

Fall in Pittsburgh is synonymous with foliage, apples, rainy days and, now, enormous pumpkins. The Monster Pumpkins Festival came to Pittsburgh’s Strip District on Oct. 19-20, bringing local business...

Attendees of the Pink Warriors Breast Cancer Walk outside of the William Pitt Union on Saturday, Oct. 19.

Pitt Pink Warriors walk campus in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month

By Mollie Young, Staff Writer October 21, 2024

The William Pitt Union plaza was a sea of pink this Saturday afternoon as the Pitt Pink Warriors held their annual Breast Cancer Awareness Walk on campus. Pink Warriors is a Pitt student-run philanthropy...

A student uses spray paint on a large piece of plywood.

Spray Painting Joy at the Center for Creativity

By Maxine Van Nortwick, Staff Writer October 18, 2024

The basement of the Cathedral of Learning is home to a myriad of pipes, flickering lights and, for an hour this Wednesday, a colorful cloud of paint. On Oct. 16, the Center for Creativity hosted an event...

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