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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Grab your black and yellow and head to Pittsburgh Yinzerfest, or check out a performance of "Andy Warhol in Iran" — here's what to do in Pittsburgh this weekend.
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Educators, events staff, cleaning staff and more at the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh voted Wednesday to join the United Steelworkers.
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"The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson," a play with music, honors the struggles of the Pittsburgh-based founder of the National Negro Opera Company.
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So what’s special about Sudden Little Thrills, the brand new festival that announced its inaugural lineup last week?
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Artist John Peña is seeking ideas for "What would your luggage say?," his work slated for the new Pittsburgh airport terminal.
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Celebrate Earth Day with the day-long Wild Earth Music, Art and Culture Festival, check out the Pittsburgh debut of Israel's Vertigo Dance Company or watch a new stage work with "science, puppetry and stagecraft" — here's what to do in Pittsburgh this weekend.
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Pittsburgh instinctively repurposes steel metaphors for pretty much everything, from actual heavy industry to sports teams and even restaurant menus. But with her new installation at the Carnegie Museum of Art, visiting artist Marie Watt thinks she has found a fresh way to revisit the city’s favorite alloy.
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Pittsburgh's big new music festival, Sudden Little Thrills, names SZA and The Killers as headliners.
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Why will folks still shell out to see their favorite bands — often at hundreds of dollars a pop — while many fans of theater, classical music and even musical theater are still staying away?
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Checking out art commenting on race, womanism and identity at “Where Did Your Christ Come From?”, watching a 45th-anniversary re-release screening of George Romero's 1979 hit “Dawn of the Dead” or seeing Bodiography, a dance troupe that blends classical and contemporary styles — here's what to do in Pittsburgh this weekend.