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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

Patrick Swain, Culture Editor

Patrick Swain is a junior economics major with a minor in Hispanic language and culture. He begrudgingly removes Oxford commas as the culture editor of The Pitt News. You can find him rooting for the Buffalo Bills, invoking the third amendment and remembering the Alamo. 

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A Pittsburgh staircase descending into a neighborhood.

New book ‘City Steps of Pittsburgh’ chronicles a hilly city’s hidden staircases

By Patrick Swain, Senior Staff Writer
September 8, 2024
Radio hosts Bill Kurtis and Peter Sagal participate in the comedy news quiz show “Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me!” presented by National Public Radio.

Review | ‘Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me!’ in Pittsburgh and a love letter to NPR

By Patrick Swain, Culture Editor
April 14, 2024
Alex Borg poses for a photo with an accordion on Soldiers and Sailors Lawn.

Alex Borg: Her accordion anchors a ‘no-man Jimmy Buffett band’

By Patrick Swain, Culture Editor
April 12, 2024
Amy Williams sits at a piano in their office.

Pitt music professor Amy Williams performs original compositions at Columbia, garners praise from the New York Times

By Patrick Swain, Culture Editor
March 27, 2024
Flynn Dymkowski crosses the finish line at the Ginger Run during SempleFest on Saturday afternoon.

Redheads race through Oakland for ‘Ginger Run’ at SempleFest

By Patrick Swain, Culture Editor
March 24, 2024
Local band Histrionic performs on stage.

Histrionic voted ‘Best Local Band’ in The Pitt News survey

By Patrick Swain, Culture Editor
March 19, 2024
J.I.D performs at the Mod Club Dec. 29, 2017.

Rapper JID will headline Bigelow Bash in April

By Patrick Swain, Culture Editor
March 6, 2024
Sam McLellan and company in “The Book of Mormon” North American tour.

Review | ‘The Book of Mormon’ brings side-splitting sacrilege to the Benedum Center

By Patrick Swain, Culture Editor
March 1, 2024
Greg Weston sits behind the broadcast desk at the WPTS studio in the William Pitt Union.

Greg Weston celebrates 20 years at WPTS Radio during winter marathon

By Patrick Swain, Culture Editor
February 19, 2024
Lead singer Tom Higgenson of Plain White T’s performs at the Thunderbird Cafe on Friday evening.

Plain White T’s perform at the Thunderbird in Lawrenceville

By Patrick Swain, Culture Editor
February 11, 2024
Gabbie Hanna poses for a selfie with a fan outside of Raising Cane's on Fifth Ave. Friday afternoon.

Pitt alum Gabbie Hanna makes a surprise visit to campus

By Patrick Swain, Culture Editor
February 9, 2024
Concerts coming to Pittsburgh in February

Concerts coming to Pittsburgh in February

By Patrick Swain, Culture Editor
January 23, 2024
Composite Mac Miller mural on Butler street.

The physical legacy keeping Mac Miller’s memory alive in Pittsburgh

By Patrick Swain, Culture Editor
January 19, 2024
Gianmarco Soresi in Netflix’s “Verified Stand-Ups.”

Review | Gianmarco Soresi delivers a stellar stand-up set at Pittsburgh Improv

By Patrick Swain, Culture Editor
December 8, 2023
Gianmarco Soresi during a stand-up show.

Q&A with comedian Gianmarco Soresi

By Patrick Swain, Culture Editor
December 1, 2023
Adam Kinzinger, a six-term Republican congressman and US Air Force veteran, speaks at Heinz Hall on Wednesday evening.

Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger delivers lecture at Heinz Hall

By Patrick Swain, Contributing Editor
November 17, 2023
Opinion | AI music is opening Pandora’s box

Opinion | AI music is opening Pandora’s box

By Patrick Swain, Contributing Editor
November 8, 2023
A portrait of Sam Morril.

Q&A with comedian Sam Morril ahead of his Pittsburgh show

By Patrick Swain, Culture Editor
October 22, 2023
Apteka on Penn Avenue in Bloomfield.

Diversify your palate with these Pittsburgh restaurants

By Patrick Swain, Culture Editor
October 16, 2023
Pitt Dance Marathon reveals a record-breaking total of $24,980.51 for their 12-hour fundraising push on Monday evening in Schenley Quadrangle.

‘It all adds up, dollar by dollar’: Pitt Dance Marathon exceeds 12-hour fundraising goal for UPMC Children’s Hospital

By Patrick Swain, Culture Editor
October 2, 2023
Cast members in “The Nightman Cometh” pose on the stage in the Frick Fine Arts auditorium on September 29.

Pitt students present an amateur stage adaptation of ‘The Nightman Cometh’

By Patrick Swain, Culture Editor
October 1, 2023
Ariana Starkman as River and Christopher Staley as Franz in a production of "Appropriate" by Pitt Stages in 2020.

Pitt Stages plans four productions for the 2023-24 season

By Patrick Swain, Culture Editor
September 28, 2023
A COIN concert.

COIN will headline this year’s Fall Fest

By Patrick Swain, Culture Editor
September 22, 2023
A showing of Rehana Maryam Noor in the auditorium of Alumni Hall as part of the Screenshot Asia film festival on Sept. 28, 2022.

Film festivals coming to Pittsburgh in October

By Patrick Swain, Culture Editor
September 21, 2023
Hermia, left, and Lysander wish each other good night in PSiP’s production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” in Westinghouse Park in Homewood Saturday.

The best Pittsburgh events and activities in September

By Patrick Swain, Culture Editor
September 4, 2023
Patrick Swain, culture editor.

Meet the editor: Culture

By Patrick Swain, Culture Editor
August 29, 2023
Kameron Langston, program coordinator of the Office of Veterans Services, stands near papier-mâché masks made by student veterans in the McCarl Center in Posvar Hall on Monday.

Pitt veterans paint masks, share stories to spotlight mental health

By Patrick Swain, Senior Staff Writer
November 9, 2022
Flowers, candles and chalk drawings placed outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in 2019.

Tree of Life documentary paints a soul-stirring portrait of a healing Pittsburgh

By Patrick Swain, Senior Staff Writer
November 1, 2022
Details on the Kelly Strayhorn Theater in East Liberty.

‘Owning our existence while we’re here’: Kelly-Strayhorn Theater keeps performance alive in a changing East Liberty

By Patrick Swain, Senior Staff Writer
October 11, 2022
A showing of Rehana Maryam Noor in the auditorium of Alumni Hall as part of the Screenshot Asia film festival on September 28, 2022.

Screenshot Asia film festival showcases Asian stories on screen

By Patrick Swain, Staff Writer
September 29, 2022
A Council of Three Rivers American Indian Center youth dancer watches as a crowd gathers to touch a totem pole and honor the earth together at a mini pow wow in Schenley Plaza on Wednesday.

‘We’re still here’: Pow wow in Oakland honors, celebrates Native American culture through dance

By Patrick Swain, Staff Writer
September 23, 2022
Pitt Global Ties mentors at first-year convocation in August.

‘A sense of belonging’: Global Ties welcomes international students to campus

By Patrick Swain, Staff Writer
September 7, 2022
Nick Cassano shows the crowd a children’s book at Pitt Tonight’s season eight premiere outside of Posvar Hall on Friday.

‘It’s showtime:’ Pitt Tonight premieres its eighth season with a new host

By Patrick Swain, Staff Writer
August 28, 2022
The Cathedral of Learning seen from Schenley Plaza.

Pitt seniors cautiously optimistic about post-graduation plans

By Patrick Swain, Staff Writer
April 19, 2022
Joy Ladin, professor of English at Yeshiva University, speaks at “In Our Own Write” hosted by the Center for Creativity on Tuesday.

Yeshiva professor Joy Ladin discusses poetry, gender transition and Judaism

By Patrick Swain, Staff Writer
April 14, 2022
A speaker introduces a showing during the Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival.

CMU International Film Festival unveils the ‘faces behind the masks’

By Patrick Swain, Staff Writer
April 6, 2022
Joe Slomowitz, Avi Moses and Oliver Yao, the co-founders of Potluck.

Pitt students develop Potluck app to connect people through food

By Patrick Swain, Staff Writer
March 29, 2022
Ali Stroker performs at the Greer Cabaret Theater as part of the Pittsburgh Humanities festival on Monday.

Speakers explore culture and history at the Pittsburgh Humanities Festival

By Patrick Swain, Staff Writer
March 24, 2022
The Global Hub in Posvar hosted a St. Patrick’s Day Pop-Up Gaeltact on Thursday.

Irish Club celebrates St. Patrick’s Day with pop-up Gaeltacht at Global Hub

By Patrick Swain, Staff Writer
March 17, 2022
Olivia Ivatts, junior sociology major and assistant station manager, left, and Elizabeth Sidelnikov, junior engineering major and student engineer, at WPTS Radio during the 24-hour winter marathon from Friday to Saturday.

Inside WPTS Radio’s 24-hour broadcast

By Patrick Swain, Staff Writer
February 28, 2022
Benjamin Asciutto, junior film and business major.

Student filmmaker Ben Asciutto highlights his hometown in documentary film “Next Stop”

By Patrick Swain, Staff Writer
February 24, 2022
A player holds an Xbox controller.

Experts discuss gender, the body in esports

By Patrick Swain, Staff Writer
February 10, 2022
Screenshot of Miguel A. Sarduy's Innocence

Film festival broadens horizons with European cinema

By Patrick Swain, Staff Writer
January 30, 2022
Saxophone players in Pitt’s student Jazz Ensemble during their Monday night performance.

Student Jazz Ensemble swings into Jazz Seminar week

By Patrick Swain, For The Pitt News
January 25, 2022
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