Bloomfield boasts eccentric music scene
By Charlotte Couch and Emma Maurice | Staff Writers
April 19, 2018
The eclectic, little neighborhood of Bloomfield holds a secret within it: an erupting music scene. Bloomfield’s booming music and arts culture has created a niche community of creators, bands and artists — all aiming for the scene to thrive. One of the most popular hubs in the neighborhood — kno...
Cassettes make a comeback in local music scene
By Zachary Donovan | Staff Writer
March 27, 2018
Popular trends tend to reappear every so often — and in the music world, this is especially true. Genres give way to post-genres, subgenres and genre fusion, and popular tropes of the past seem to pop up 20 years later with little explanation. This trend has taken shape recently in the form of cassette rele...
Soda Club creates their own genre
By Sarah Connor, Staff Writer
January 9, 2018
Filed under 2. Featured, Culture, Music
Jarrett Krause opened the doors to his classroom at Beth Shalom Early Learning Center in Squirrel Hill Friday morning. His prekindergarten students drew colorful, scribbly pictures and asked him about his long, curly hair. One day later, the 2015 Pitt alumnus was tossing that same curly hair onst...
Eerie ensembles: College students craft costumes at home
By Sarah Connor, Staff Writer
October 31, 2017
Filed under Culture, Top Stories
Students dressed up in outfits ranging from cartoon characters to sexy nuns walked to and from Sorrento’s and mingled in Oakland basements this weekend — but one student in particular stuck out from the group. Attracting attention with massive, floppy ears and a large trunk, Joey Valentino, a sophomo...
Riding the party wave with Surf Bored
By Luke Stambaugh / Staff Writer
September 11, 2017
Filed under 2. Featured, Culture
In an Oakland basement adorned with Christmas lights, a two-person “mosh-pop” outfit jams in front of a sweaty crowd of college students. The crowd moshes to the fast-paced, resounding tunes as the guitarist wipes beads of sweat from his forehead. Surf Bored, a prominent Do-It-Yourself band...
Society of Contemporary Craft not entirely ‘DIY’ approach to art
By Meghan Bray / For The Pitt News
October 28, 2014
In the emerging world of contemporary craft and do-it-yourself projects, schools focusing on crafts and non-traditional artistry like the Society for Contemporary Craft make a case for not always going it alone. Tucked away in Pittsburgh’s Strip District, it’s a hidden gem for crafters and art ...
Welcome Back: A step-by-step guide to fill an apartment the affordable way
By Britnee Meiser / Staff Writer
August 19, 2014
Filed under Culture, Specials, Specials / Welcomeback2014
Signing the lease on your first apartment can be a thrilling and completely new experience. But once the deed is done, you might be left wondering how to furnish an apartment on a college student’s meager budget.On a grand scale, furnishing an entire apartment requires a lot of time and even more mo...
For 3rd-straight year, Pittsburgh zine scene convenes
By Dylan Abbott / For The Pitt News
September 23, 2013
Filed under Archives
Pittsburgh is infested with “zinesters” — it’s an epidemic beyond imaginable proportions. There is a vast community of writers, comic artists, poets, designers and illustrators within the city, all of whom are self-publishing their creative conceptions and cutting out (and possibly pasting) t...