2025 was a good year for book releases, with many popular, established authors releasing their newest works. Of all these books, here are our favorites: Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab: It is no secret that I love more or less every book that V.E. Schwab has ever published. And when…
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Best in Theater Movies of 2025
2025 was definitely a good year for franchises at movie theatres, featuring sequels and adaptations. Overall, there were countless good watches, stretching over genres such as horror, romance, comedy, and many more. Here are the top 6 best movies in the year 2025. In 6th place, produced by Warner Brothers we have Sinners. It was…
Best of PGH Concerts 2025
From old-school legends to new-generation icons, Pittsburgh was spoiled with great live music this year. Here’s our wrap-up: Lorde On October 3rd, the Petersen Event Center had the pleasure of hosting Lorde on her “Ultrasound World Tour.” This was a sold-out concert and her first Pittsburgh show; it received great reviews, and fans thoroughly enjoyed…
Best Albums of 2025
This year, numerous artists released albums that made noise worldwide. In no particular order, let’s take a look at some of the most popular: A Man’s Best Friend – Sabrina Carpenter This album, containing the hit song “Manchild”, had a total of 12 tracks. On its first day of release, it received 64.4 million streams…
Concert Review – “This Show is gonna Change Your Life” — Hozier’s “Unreal Unearth” Tour closes after 2+ Years
After over two years on the road, Hozier’s “Unreal Unearth” tour closed on October 14th, 2025. The show was beloved by fans worldwide, and many are already missing the tour immensely. In the past two years, I have been lucky enough to go four times: once in Virginia, Pittsburgh, Columbus, and Hershey (shoutout to my…
J2 Eats: 7-11 Cherry Slurpee Almonds
Celebrating the Seniors’ last day at school, Journalism 2 students paid homage to the Core News Values with unusual Blue Diamond 7-Eleven debut Cherry Slurpee Almonds. Is this a nonsense crossover or surprisingly good? Exclusively sold from 7 to 11, the limited-time slushie-flavored almonds caused some reactions among Journalism 2 students. Luckily, they fit into…
Jisoo Music Review – Amortage Continues Successful Solo Projects from BlackPink
In 2023, Jisoo decided to step out from K-pop girl group Blackpink and start a career solo to focus on a new goal, her first single album Me was released in March 2023 and became the best-selling album by a female soloist in South Korea and the first to sell over a million copies. Her…
Jenna Raine Music Review: Someone To Grow With
Jenna Raine is a 21-year-old artist from Texas who has taken TikTok by storm. She has acquired a following of 1.8 million on the platform and has had many songs go viral, whether they were used for nostalgic edits or for fun dances. You may have even heard her songs like see you later (ten…
Maddox Batson Music Review: Gen Alpha’s Justin Bieber?
As a teenager, if you’ve ever thought about writing a song and are unsure where to start, see Maddox Batson. At only 15 years old, he’s covering, writing, and singing his way into fame, having signed a record deal with big-time Universal Records and released country-pop songs “Girl in Green,” “X’s,” and “I Don’t Like…
BossMan DLow Show…parking lot review
So this Wednesday, I had concert tickets to Bossman Dlow, and as any teenage boy would do, I recruited my friend to come with me. We made it all the way to the Roxian in McKees Rocks(about a 20-minute drive) for the concert, just to come to the stark and brutal realization: I didn’t actually…