Arts & Culture

•  Courtesy of Arcade Comedy Theater

  Comedy theater offers Pittsburgh’s first outdoor performance series during the pandemic

  For nearly five months, the coronavirus pandemic has confined Pittsburgh’s performing-arts groups almost exclusively to online programming.

  By Bill O’Driscoll/WESA August 4, 2020 | 3:17 PM

• WITF Music: Dandy

  The two brothers who make up Dandy talk goofy videos, martial arts and the discipline they practice in their musical career.

  By Joe Ulrich July 31, 2020 | 1:58 PM

• Farm to Table & Vineyard to Glass

  May 2021. Mark your calendars!

  By Staff July 28, 2020 | 11:15 AM

•  Joe Scarnici

  One-third of U.S. museums may not survive the year, survey finds

  “The reality is they get only a quarter of their funding from the government.”

  By Neda UIaby/NPR July 23, 2020 | 6:50 AM

•  Courtesy of Tobi Parks

  Independent venues face bleak future without aid

  While many businesses are suffering due to the coronavirus pandemic, there are some challenges that put small music venues in a particularly tough spot.

  By Andrew Limbong/NPR July 21, 2020 | 1:31 PM

•  Hank Davis

  ‘Sprout stinks’: Rare, giant corpse flower set to bloom at Longwood Gardens

  Longwood Gardens has a rancid-smelling flower to cure your quarantine boredom.

  By Maria Pulcinella/WHYY July 9, 2020 | 4:26 PM

• July pick of the month: “Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy” by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant

  By Staff July 8, 2020 | 2:38 PM

•  Gregorio Borgia

  Ennio Morricone, the sound of the American West, dies at 91

  Morricone compiled one of the most celebrated film-scoring careers of all time — including the soundtrack to The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

  By Rose Friedman/NPR July 6, 2020 | 8:08 AM

• In Central & Northern Pa., 3 big arts festivals go virtual

  “We will have a mixture of some live events, and some sort of private links to see entertainers that we would have normally had here at the festival.”

  By Kristine Allen/WPSU July 4, 2020 | 9:30 AM

•  Emma Lee

  So much for ‘please touch,’ after COVID-19, kids’ museums will be less hands-on

  It’s hard enough for any museum trying to reopen right now, but children’s museums face especially tough challenges.

  By Neda Ulaby/NPR July 3, 2020 | 5:00 AM

•  Matt Slocum

  Remembering the enslaved teenager who joined Jefferson in Philadelphia

  Robert Hemings, whose life and contributions to history — like so many of his status — are stories of what we don’t know.

  By Hillel Italie/The Associated Press July 1, 2020 | 12:31 PM

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