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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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.
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Watch the Pittsburgh International Dance Film Festival, see a film about the Wall Street GameStop debacle or visit the new Heinz History Center exhibit "A Woman's Place: How Women Shaped Pittsburgh" — here's what to do in Pittsburgh this weekend.
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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.