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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An unprecedented collaboration between the Frick Pittsburgh and New York's Frick Collection features the Pittsburgh premiere of works by Vermeer, Rembrandt and more.
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An axiom holds that explicitly political art is a tough sell. And such works can be heavy-handed. Yet artists who engage their material with open hearts can overcome such barriers. That’s what the folks at the National Council of Jewish Women Pittsburgh Section say they have in “The Abortion Monologues.”
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Check out "Unblurred Takeover by BOOM" along Penn Avenue, or watch the new contemporary dance production "The Show of 1,000 Tomorrows" — here's what to do in Pittsburgh this weekend.
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Ed Piskor, a Pittsburgh-based cartoonist known for his "Hip Hop Family Tree," was found dead Monday at age 41.
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David Montero's "The Stolen Wealth of Slavery" traces the stories of corporations and families including the Pittsburgh-based Hillman family.
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The Pittsburgh Humanities Festival hosts expert talks on "moral AI," the sociology of breasts, soul food and ASMR.
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Eight months ago, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh work crews took over Oakland’s nearly 130-year-old Carnegie Music Hall. They ripped out all 1,900 upholstered seats, tore up the floorboards, and lugged in a small building’s worth of scaffolding.
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Check out Margaret Cho's stand-up Downtown, watch the great stage comedy "The Importance of Being Earnest," or visit the Pittsburgh Humanities Festival — here's what to do in Pittsburgh this weekend.
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"A Woman's Place" explores how women have shaped Pittsburgh, from equal-rights struggles to business, politics, sports, the arts and more.
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For a stage play that premiered as a filmed production during the pandemic, “Fat Ham” has really made a name for itself. This largely comedic retelling of “Hamlet” through a Black, queer, contemporary lens went on to become a hit off-Broadway and on. It earned national press coverage and a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for playwright James Ijames.