The science of spending
Carnegie Mellon professor George Lowenstein probably isn’t an all-knowing enemy, but he can certainly tell what you’re going to do next. He also knows...
Guessthics! takes a turn for the meta
AB Tech’s music boomed out of Rangos 1 on Thursday. The atmosphere was reminiscent of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?. Spotlights lit up the audience,...
Take it upstairs
Thursdays at brillobox are more or less like Thursdays at any other bar in Pittsburgh. Rowdy 20-somethings meet up after a long day at work or in class...
Avoiding the sophomore slump
It’s the end of 2004. You’re at a party, bumpin’ to “Drop it Like it’s Hot,” clicking your tongue to the beat, when a friend tells you about the absolute...
Dirty, rotten, and hilarious
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, presented by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, kicked off its national tour this past Tuesday at the Benedum Center in downtown...
Crawling with Art
Last Friday night, local artists and musicians turned downtown Pittsburgh into one enormous gallery. The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s Gallery Crawl performs...
Global ties at RGM Gallery
War, politics, and lily pads — Tides, the newest exhibit in the Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, has got it all. Consisting exclusively of artists from Northern...
Students are cooler than you think
Gliding, hitting, waving, popping. Sound familiar? These fresh techniques, in addition to general hip-hop education, are offered weekly in the UC Aerobics...
Big Al’s Metal Shop
It seems that March 6 will bring us the much-awaited, much-leaked, much-debated, and perhaps over-hyped release of Chinese Democracy. For a while, it...
Alcina takes a few modern twists
Over the weekend, the opera Alcina had almost everything a spectator could want: flashy costumes and scenery, a magical realm, sorcery, swashbuckling,...
More than just paintings on the wall
Oscar Wilde once said “Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.” This year, The Frame gallery tends to agree. Attempting...
Paperhouse
“Hey, what is this guy going to tell me that I don’t already know?” Okay, on some level, I’m not going to tell you anything — it’s just a reminder. I...
Dollar Movie
Wednesday, January 31 American Beauty 7:30 10 12:30 Kevin Spacey plays a surburban dad becoming increasingly disaffected with the life he lives, which...
Everything you need to know
Dear Janet, It’s horrible, but I don’t particularly like my sister. She wants to be a doctor and I “just” want to get married and have kids, and my parents...
Did you know?
100 years ago January 30, 1907 In a section entitled “Lady-like Geometry”, eight “humorous” lines about how women equate their mathematical abilities...