Darkness is Spreading celebrates its two-year anniversary, back where it all started

Music | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh City Paper: Halloween might be artist/DJ sarah huny young’s favorite holiday, so it was disheartening when, two years after moving to Pittsburgh from Harlem, she had yet to find a Halloween party that she felt comfortable attending. Her cousin, the writer Damon Young, had the name recognition and connections to get an event started, and worked with huny, who had the event planning and graphic design experience, to throw a Halloween bash, Darkness is Spreading, in 2017.

The story behind Andy Warhol’s transformation into a zombie by Pittsburgh’s renowned makeup artist Tom Savini

Features | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh City Paper: When people think of Pittsburgh, two things often come to mind: Andy Warhol, born and raised in the Steel City before leaving for New York City after graduating from the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University); and zombies, because of the Night of the Living Dead movies, filmed just outside of the city and adopted by Pittsburghers as their own.

Life@CMU report finds campus is indeed stressed out

The Tartan: During the first-ever Tartan Community Day, students attended a presentation on the results of a multi-year study on personal well-being among the Carnegie Mellon student body, gathering together and enjoying ice cream sandwiches in the Rangos Ballroom. The presentation was given by David Creswell, a professor in Dietrich College’s psychology department and principal investigator for the project they call Life@CMU.

Meet Lucy Stewart: Associate Curator of Education, Carnegie Museum of Art

Backstage | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh City Paper: I connect people to what we have on view, give them inroads, meet them where they are, and bring them into our conversation. I also develop and facilitate programs for people with different kinds of abilities.

Inclusivity and connectivity are the goals of Hauntsville: A Higher Realm

Music | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh City Paper: Halloween is often associated with immaterial fears of hauntings, ghost stories, and things that go bump in the night. Anthony Resch, fka Royal Haunts, and Joshua Orange are instead doing the spooking themselves with their Halloween event, Hauntsville: A Higher Realm.

Most Haunted Places in America: Scariest Places to Visit in Every State

Thrillist: October’s the only time of year when people applaud you for showing up to a party with an ax in your head. It’s an entirely themed month, in which normally mousy drugstores fill with Dracula puppets shriek-laughing like the Count on an endless loop, and when fun-sized Snickers constitute legit breakfast. It’s also the best time of year to step beyond mere horror movies to try and scare yourself silly, just ‘cause you can.

Meyer Sound Supports Sonic Crystals Project At Roskilde Festival

ProSoundWeb: More than just another summer rock festival, Denmark’s Roskilde Festival is a broad meeting ground where music, visual arts and technology come together to form a dynamic creative community. As one example, during the 2019 event Meyer Sound partnered with the festival’s creative team and students at the Danish Technical University to design and construct an intriguing “Sonic Crystals” demonstration project.

Audio Design at the Heart of the Multi-Award-Winning Hadestown on Broadway

Stage Directions: Currently one of the hottest tickets on Broadway, the musical Hadestown has won no less than eight prestigious Tony Awards. One was for Nevin Steinberg and Jessica Paz’s sound design, which features 28 Alcons Audio V-series pro-ribbon monitors. The Tony was the icing on the cake for Steinberg and Paz, who also won a Drama Desk Award for the Hadestown sound design, as well as being nominated in the Outer Critics Circle Awards.

How to Strip Paint from Hardware

This Old House: Good painters remove or cover door hardware before they paint. The other kind of painter just slops it over any exposed metal and ruins the door's appearance. Fortunately, any knob, escutcheon plate, or hinge can easily be made to shine again without the need for noxious chemicals, expensive tools, or uncomfortable gear.

Lowe's: Pros Planning to Spend on Tools During the Holiday Season

Remodeling: The holiday season isn’t just a busy shopping time for consumers. Pros plan to shop heavily in November and December, according to a survey conducted on behalf of Lowe’s. Pros who are planning to participate in holiday sales shopping expect to make purchases in an average of eight product categories, according to Lowe's. Almost half of pro respondents are likely to purchase products from the drill, tool set, or cutting tool categories.

All About Tin Ceilings

This Old House: A plain white ceiling hardly rates a cursory glance. But cover it with richly patterned metal panels, and instantly it becomes an eye-catching feature. Tin ceilings originated in the 1880s as an affordable way for people to dress up a room's fifth wall. Tin was not only an aesthetic upgrade, meant to emulate high-end decorative plaster, it also offered a measure of fire protection—a big concern at a time when home cooking, lighting, and heating were largely done with open flames.

A Transgender Theatre Group Focuses on the Lives of Fellow Members Through a Play

The Theatre Times: Celebrity make-up artist Renju Renjimar believes that it takes both rain and sunshine to make a rainbow. Despite years of bias and marginalization the trans person has encountered, she has learned that life is not without its silver linings. Renju is now happy to have a platform to tell the world both the high points and the vicissitudes of her life.

Mazhavil Dhwani, the first transgender theatre group in the State, has been taking the stories of the community far and wide through the play Parayan Maranna Kadhakal in an attempt to wake up society’s conscience and help it see both sides of the coin.

Building Community in Artistic Processes

HowlRound Theatre Commons: Now in its third year, Company One Theatre’s 2019 PlayLab Bootcamp—a three-day intensive for people dedicated to making new plays—was held 27-29 September 2019. Thirty-seven participants attended sessions on the theme of Circles of Community, and the rigorous mix of panels, hands-on workshops, and participant-guided conversations was free for all registrants, thanks to the generous sponsorship of the Boston Public Library.

Carnegie Mellon University Announces Landmark $2 Billion Campaign

www.cmu.edu/news: Carnegie Mellon University today announced a $2 billion comprehensive campaign —the largest in its history — that will accelerate the institution's leadership at the critical intersection of technology and humanity. Make Possible: The Campaign for Carnegie Mellon University will build resources to address society's greatest challenges and support educational initiatives across the institution.

'Color Blind' Assessments of Grant Proposals Don’t Work. Here’s a Better Idea.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy: My organization, Nonprofit Finance Fund, has for decades urged grant makers to take financial analysis seriously when figuring out which grantees to support and how to support them. We believe that is still an imperative. But we also now recognize that colorblind financial analysis too often unintentionally exacerbates racial inequality and ends up hurting the nonprofits who can do the most good in advancing justice.

There’s Nothing Quite Like ‘CAGES’

No Proscenium: The Guide To Everything Immersive: Have you ever wondered how a two man band could feel like a rock ensemble backed by an orchestra? Ever longed to see music videos come to life? Do you lust after the state of the art in theatrical showmanship?

Well, come on down to The Chemist, just past the woods at the edge of Anhedonia (aka LA’s Arts District) and get yourself a ticket to CAGES, a rock opera that does all these things and serves up an immersive course at intermission for good measure.

Robe gets Operatic in Estonia

LightSoundJournal.com: A Robe moving light rig supplied by Tallinn-based rental company E&T was used for Estonia’s two highest-profile annual summer opera festivals, the Birgitta Festival organized by the Tallinn Philharmonic Society and Saaremaa Opera Days organized by Eesti Kontsert.

How to stay out of crisis mode at work

www.fastcompany.com: If you feel like you’re constantly flying by the seat of your pants, perhaps one (or more) of the following habits is the cause. If these sound familiar, don’t worry—I have some suggestions for how you can get back on track and breathe a little easier.

15 Home Office Organization Tips to Save Time and Get More Done

www.lifehack.org: The opportunity to work from home has become more common as the way we work shifts away from the traditional office to more flexible arrangements where companies can hire the best not just locally, but globally.

Did the world really need the 'Mona Lisa' in 3D VR?

www.fastcompany.com: As anyone who’s already taken the pilgrimage to the Louvre to see the Mona Lisa already knows, you can’t really see the Mona Lisa. Oh, it’s on display! But the diminutive painting is tucked behind annoyingly reflective bulletproof glass, itself surrounded by an omnipresent crowd that prevents you from getting close enough to really see it.