Arts

PHOTOS: COVID-19 can’t dim the lights of Luna Fete 2020

By Matthew Hinton | December 16, 2020

Yes, Luna fete is still happening, but it’s smaller and socially distant this year. 

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Yinzer Shopping Network: Pittsburgh Books & Games

By Boaz Frankel | December 10, 2020

Welcome back to the Yinzer Shopping Network, your go-to destination for Pittsburgh holiday gifts! In this installment, we’re recommending books and games that will make perfect gifts for all those literary and game-obsessed Pittsburghers in your life.

Ep. 56 – Maker Month with local artist Oreen Cohen 

By Stephanie Brea and Christian Snyder | December 8, 2020

She’s making large-scale metal sculptures that are infused with a sense of place and storytelling

Dirty Funq and feliine: An Artist Collaboration

By Sabrina Stone | December 3, 2020

Dirty Funq’s murals have been popping up all around town these past several months. He enjoys collaborating, more than needing to be front and center, so if you see some graffiti writing that says “Love” or a piece by Mr. Balloon Hands, keep your eyes open: there’s likely artwork by Dirty Funq nearby. The person Dirty Funq enjoys collabing with the most, luckily, is the person he enjoys being around the most, the extraordinarily talented tattoo artist, Danika Brooke, a.k.a. feliine. 

Looking for a thrilling read? Meet Pittsburgh author Zoje Stage

By Matt Petras | October 26, 2020

Stage’s novel Wonderland is one of the top horror novels for 2020 on Goodreads.

Virtua Mall is a colorful video game escape to the past fueled by two local musicians

By Alex Galbraith | October 13, 2020

The Virtua Mall video game is a neon temple dedicated to community, complete with the cornerstone businesses that brought in stragglers and strollers during the real-world mall boom. There’s a movie theater that plays local music videos. There’s the arcade where you can drop a few quarters and blast aliens. There’s a club that hosts hologram performances. In the game, it seems like a perfect place for cyberpunk mallrats of a cleaner, brighter future to come together.

Reel Q

Ep. 47 – Learn more about Reel Q, Pittsburgh’s LGBTQ+ film festival

By Stephanie Brea | September 29, 2020

TJ Murphy, executive director of Reel Q, shares highlights of the organization’s 35 years and some of this year’s virtual programming

Karla Lamb

Ep. 45 – Latinx & Proud! celebrates one-year anniversary this October

By Stephanie Brea | September 15, 2020

Karla Lamb speaks about the series and her own identity as a self-labeled Chicana and Latinx poet.

A Virtual Photography Exhibit; curated by Pat Hogan

By Aadam Soorma | September 10, 2020

As part of our visual arts focus for Back to School week, we asked a Pittsburgh-based photographer to curate the best of what he’s seeing locally on Instagram.

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Art-y Party at Home

By Stephanie Brea | September 10, 2020

We’ve rounded up a bunch of art classes you can take this fall. Get messy; get creative.