Arts

Some required reading

By Stephanie Brea | September 9, 2020

A (non-comprehensive) list of (somewhat) recent books by Pittsburgh authors you should read this fall

Take a dance class in your living room

By Stephanie Brea | September 9, 2020

Take a Pittsburgh dance class in your living room.

Music meets movement at PearlArts Studios

By Amanda Reed | September 9, 2020

Herman and Staycee Pearl are proof that sound and dance go hand in hand

All the best Pittsburgh cookbooks for your kitchen

By Stephanie Brea | September 8, 2020

Don’t throw in the (dish) towel, these local cookbooks will inspire your neverending pandemic meal planning.

Ep. 43 – Artist Camerin “Camo” Nesbit of Camo Customz

By Stephanie Brea | September 1, 2020

From looking sweet on people’s feet to working tall on someone’s wall – there’s a good chance you’ve encountered the vibrant artwork of Camo Customz.

Powerful, political, on purpose: A Q&A with New Orleans artist Lionel Milton

By Sabrina Stone | August 19, 2020

If you live in New Orleans, you’ve seen Lionel Milton’s work. His moving and powerful art graces many a wall and canvas around the city. He is a man with clarity and purpose.

Local Artist Feck Made The Perfect Album For A Summer Spent Inside

By Alex Galbraith | August 6, 2020

Feck’s songs sound akin to our quarantine current situation: manic outbursts of energy being let out into empty rooms because it and you have nowhere else to go. The movement, and the confinement, are both a little more involuntary than we’re entirely comfortable with.

How a local artist is paying homage to Black New Orleans

By Mary Staes | August 5, 2020

Jacq Francoi$ is a local artist who pays homage to Black New Orleans culture with his limited runs of highly-collectible and buzzworthy art pieces.

Our list of some of the best movies set in New Orleans

By Matt Haines | July 20, 2020

We’re using social distancing as a chance to discover or rediscover how great New Orleans is in ways we don’t normally get to. These NOLA-centric movies are great ways to learn more about our city.

Tank & The Bangas, Galactic, Revivalists headline drive-in socially distant concert series at UNO Arena

By Angela Calonder | July 8, 2020

An innovative new concert series comes to New Orleans in July as we navigate a new socially distant normal in the world of concert-going.