Bill O'Driscoll
Arts & Culture ReporterBill is a long-time Pittsburgh-based journalist specializing in arts and the environment. Prior to working at WESA, he spent 21 years at the weekly Pittsburgh City Paper, the last 14 as Arts & Entertainment editor. He is a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism and in 30-plus years as a journalist has freelanced for publications including In Pittsburgh, The Nation, E: The Environmental Magazine, American Theatre, and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Bill has earned numerous Golden Quill awards from the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania. He lives in the neighborhood of Manchester, and he once milked a goat.
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Patrick Moore, longtime head of The Andy Warhol Museum, will resign at the end of May.
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History can feel hard to comprehend while it’s happening and hard to remember when past. An exhibit of contemporary photography from the long-troubled nation of Serbia suggests potent ways art can help bridge the gap.
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Watch the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade, experience the iconic "La Traviata" at the Pittsburgh Opera or check out a Tina Turner Tribute Concert — here's what to do in Pittsburgh this weekend.
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Carnegie Museum of Natural History exhibit "The Stories We Keep" shows visitors how conservators work with ancient Egyptian artifacts
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Three decades of visitors to The Andy Warhol Museum notwithstanding, the average person outside Southwestern Pennsylvania still probably doesn’t much associate Warhol himself with Pittsburgh.
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Experience a magic show Downtown, check out three new installations at the Mattress Factory or listen to "Coming Home" by the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh — here's what to do in Pittsburgh this weekend.
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Most branches of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh will now stay open until 8 p.m. at least three nights a week.
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Poet Cameron Barnett discusses his second collection, "Murmur."
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A number of Downtown performing arts groups have recently received grants to help with their operations.
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Visit an exhibit called "Abolitionist Expressions" at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater, watch a play about two Holocaust survivors who were friends with Anne Frank or celebrate the beginning of gardening season — here's what to do in Pittsburgh this weekend.