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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Visit the Hill District Arts Festival, enjoy the colorful characters of "Seussical the Musical" or see some art at the summer Gallery Crawl — here's what to do this weekend.
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Employees of Pittsburgh's Rivers Casino rallied Thursday for a bill that would end the casino exemption in the state's public smoking ban.
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David Mamet’s play “Oleanna” revolves around a young woman’s claim that her college professor sexually abused her during a meeting in his office.
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Watch some classic Frank Capra films (or a new documentary), catch an outdoor concert in Riverview or Mellon parks or celebrate pickles Downtown — here's what to do in Pittsburgh this weekend.
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Four Allegheny County parks are now home to the first permanent U.S. courts for blind and visually impaired players.
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The Carnegie Museum's landmark diplodocus fossil — known as Dippy marks — 125 years this month. The museum will mark the occasion with events throughout July.
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You scarcely need enter the Frick Pittsburgh galleries housing the exhibit “Vermeer, Monet, Rembrandt” to view what some might consider its most memorable work. Rembrandt’s “Self-Portrait,” from 1658, is life-sized, hung dead center on the first wall you see, and about as commanding as classic portraiture gets.
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Enjoy new works from local playwrights, celebrate the 125th birthday of "Dippy" the dinosaur or visit the Northside Music Festival — here's what to do in Pittsburgh this weekend.
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Pittsburgh City Council on Tuesday authorized creation of a fund to aid festivals hurt by the pandemic. However, the bill named no funding source for the program.
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Nonprofit groups Steel Smiling and Artist Talk Mental Health promote mental health in Pittsburgh's Black community with Black Therapy 101.