arts Featured Poetry Is Queer: A Phenomenological Exploration What can words do but link what we know to what we don't, and so form a shape? Mark Doty, "Difference" This spring, weighted by the spiritual malaise of the ongoing pandemic, I decided to write poetry again—a creative practice I have neglected for over
club music The Trouble with "Tribal" Protests against the continuous state-sanctioned police murders of Black, Brown, and Indigenous people in America haven’t only inspired a global dialogue about systemic racism, but they have also forced a reckoning with the legacy of White supremacy as it manifests across all facets of contemporary Western culture. Club culture
arts Artist 7D Is Working to Expand Access to Pittsburgh Music Music scenes are often defined by their inaccessibility. Consider the whisper networks sometimes required to find the venue’s address, the late hours that push against people’s circadian rhythms, and aesthetics that challenge mainstream concepts of sound and performance. But what happens when that inaccessibility abuts another kind of
