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A memorial for Pittsburgh musician Mac Miller at Blue Slide Park in September 2018.

A Pittsburgh kid’s tribute to Mac Miller

By Isabella Colaianni, Staff Writer • September 9, 2019
My friends and I spent our free time bonding over our love of Mac's music. We rode our bikes while listening to “Knock Knock,” played basketball at the local playground with “Smile Back” and hung out on the front porch cracking jokes and making weekend plans to “Senior Skip Day.” His songs about being a kid in Pittsburgh were fun and relatable, and they made me feel free from the responsibilities and woes of growing up.
Pitt’s Musical Theater Club performs “Under the Sea” as a part of its 24 hour production of Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” Saturday evening at Stephen Foster Memorial Theater.

Under the sea with Musical Theatre Club’s 24 hour musical

By Siddhi Shockey, Staff Writer • September 9, 2019
With only 24 hours to cast, direct, choreograph and design a set for the full two-and-a-half-hour production, the cast and crew attempted to throw together a hilariously imperfect musical.
Bill Skarsgard as Pennywise in It Chapter Two.

Review: Like a bad clown, cheap tricks are all ‘It Chapter 2’ can muster

By Thomas Wick, Senior Staf Writer • September 9, 2019
Two years ago we received a fantastic adaptation of “It,” with great writing, wonderful child actors and good direction. But no amount of quality could save the sequel, “It Chapter 2,” from being a sloppy, drawn out, jump-scare-infested step down.
Senior communications major Andrew Dow is beginning his third and final season as host of Pitt Tonight.

Pitt Tonight and Andrew Dow: Year 3

By Maggie Young, Contributing Editor • September 5, 2019
Andrew Dow hosted the first episode of Pitt Tonight’s fifth season on Aug. 25, beginning his third and final year as show host. Dow and his fellow staff said they hope the new season comes with opportunities for more creative projects — and fun — during the show.
YouTuber Mike Chen spoke at the Pitt Asian Student Alliance’s event “ASA Presents: Mike Chen” on Tuesday evening.

Mike Chen talks food, YouTube and traveling the world

By Mary Rose O'Donnell, Contributing Editor • September 5, 2019
The Pitt Asian Student Alliance was responsible for bringing in Chen, a Chinese-American YouTuber specializing in food and travel vlogging known best for his channel, strictlydumpling. Strictlydumpling follows Chen’s journeys to different countries around the world and his explorations of the food scene in each respective place.
Student’s complete language-based puzzles at the Office of Less Commonly Taught Languages’ “Talk Your Way Out: Escape the Airport!” event in Hillman on Wednesday evening.

Escape the airport with less-commonly taught languages

By Vikram Sundar, Staff Writer • September 3, 2019
Escape the Airport was the theme of the LCTL departments’s first-ever escape room event, which took place in Hillman Library on Wednesday night.
Paisley Rekdal, Utah’s poet laureate, reads while on stage at City of Asylum’s “Poet Laureate Celebration” on Monday afternoon.

City of Asylum hosts poets laureate from across the country

By Maggie Young, Contributing Editor • September 3, 2019
More than 60 people attended a poets laureate celebration event hosted by City of Asylum in the North Shore Monday. The four poets laureate — Paisley Rekdal, Salas Rivera, Kim Shuck and Molly Fisk — each read from their own collections.
Chris Kilburg, a University employee of nearly a decade, recently released his first complete album entitled “Early August.”

Pitt’s Chris Kilburg crafts midsummer melodies

By Alex Dolinger, Staff Writer • September 3, 2019
Chris Kilburg is a man of few words and many talents. His songs, though they lack words, are still meant to tell stories.
Based on the comic book of the same name by Garth Ennis and Eric Kripke, “The Boys” is available on Amazon Prime Video.

Crack open a cold one with Amazon’s “The Boys”

By Thomas Wick, Staff Writer • August 28, 2019
It’s fair to call “superhero” its own genre. And, like any genre, there is always going to be a film or TV show that deconstructs it. This year we got one such deconstruction in the Amazon Prime exclusive show “The Boys."
The Balkan Babes ensemble performs Balkan music at Sunday afternoon’s Eurofest in Posvar Hall.

Eurofest creates cultural connections

By Amanda Giamalis, Staff Writer • August 27, 2019
Vendors from both Pitt and outside organizations lined the walls during Pitt’s Eurofest, a celebration of European heritage and cultures.
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