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Headliner NLE Choppa performs at the 2024 Pitt Program Council Fall Fest on Sunday.

NLE Choppa performs at a hot and sunny Fall Fest 2024

By Sage Rosenfeld, Staff Writer October 8, 2024

Pitt hosted NLE Choppa at Fall Fest on Oct. 6. Organized by the Pitt Program Council’s Special Events Committee, Fall Fest 2024 welcomed Lil Tracy, Angry Blackmen and Yung $henron to the stage before...

Chloe Baierl guides participants through basic knitting techniques at a knitting event hosted by the Center for Creativity on Tuesday, Oct. 1.

Center for Creativity’s fiber arts event fosters creativity among Pitt community

By Jiya Narwal, Staff Writer October 6, 2024

The Center for Creativity hosted a knitting event in the understory of the Cathedral of Learning on Oct. 1. The event provided a welcoming space to anyone with an interest in fiber arts, knitting, crocheting...

University Art Gallery exhibitions depict the legacies of land and labor

University Art Gallery exhibitions depict the legacies of land and labor

By Amber Frantz, Staff Writer October 4, 2024

American folk hero and original Man of Steel Joe Magarac grins as he bends a molten rod of orange steel while his fellow workers gasp in awe beneath him. Housed in the Frick Fine Arts building, this 1947...

Review | ‘Megalopolis’ is Coppola at his most egotistical, narratively repugnant, creatively stimulating

Review | ‘Megalopolis’ is Coppola at his most egotistical, narratively repugnant, creatively stimulating

By Ore Fawole, Staff Writer October 3, 2024

“Megalopolis” is surely bold and daring — adjectives often used to describe director Francis Ford Coppola’s films. His attempts to revolutionize filmmaking are often critically schismatic. While...

Participants dance during the Indigenous Culture Festival.

Third annual Indigenous Cultural Festival commences in Oakland

By Mollie Young, Staff Writer October 1, 2024

On a rainy Wednesday afternoon in Schenley Plaza, the loud echoes of drums and intertribal song echoed around Oakland from the “mini powwow” taking place as a part of the third annual Indigenous Cultural...

Pitt Center for Latin American Studies hosts Brazilian rapper Emicida

Pitt Center for Latin American Studies hosts Brazilian rapper Emicida

By Sage Rosenfeld, Staff Writer September 30, 2024

The Center for Latin American Studies, a part of the University Center for International Studies, hosted Brazilian rapper and activist Emicida on Friday evening for a screening of his 2020 film, “AmarElo...

Review | Remi Wolf and Lava La Rue bring big energy to Pittsburgh on the ‘Big Ideas’ tour

Review | Remi Wolf and Lava La Rue bring big energy to Pittsburgh on the ‘Big Ideas’ tour

By Livia Daggett, Contributing Editor September 30, 2024

Remi Wolf kicked off her Pittsburgh show with a tribute to her name — by getting the whole crowd to howl to the sky. Wolf had a packed summer opening for Olivia Rodrigo’s Guts tour in Europe. Now...

Review | ‘Agatha All Along’ is a rare spark in the MCU

Review | ‘Agatha All Along’ is a rare spark in the MCU

By Ore Fawole, Staff Writer September 27, 2024

Despite my fears about a spin-off show born from a minute-long viral song, Marvel’s latest addition to its TV show lineup “Agatha All Along” shows promise in its initial two episodes.  Even though...

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...

Cafe 33, a Taiwanese restaurant located on Shady Avenue.

Review | Squirrel Hill’s Cafe 33 Taiwanese Bistro

By Irene Castillo, Staff Writer September 23, 2024

For me, rice is comfort. It’s a staple food in my house, made quick and easy. It only takes a pot, water, rice and oil — yes, I add olive oil to my rice, try it! — to create a cup of pure goodness....

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