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ARTS / THEATER / COMEDY / SHOWS
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This is from Rebecca…
MAR 2, Friday – GAME NIGHT & THE & MINUTE
DANCE SERIES – 8:00PM - 412-394-3353. Attack Theater, 4805 Penn
Avenue, Downtown. 412-441-8444 Some good old-fashioned schoolyard fun and
games: Four-Square, backgammon, 3-D tic-tac-toe, vintage Atari games, darts and
Connect Four. Between games, enjoy Seven Minutes of Something at 9pm and 10pm
Nightcap Performance Series 11:00PM Join Choreographer Jeff Davis and local
musician Elliot Roth for a late-night extravaganza featuring two short films,
scantily clad women, a six-piece jug band, a little cross dressing and a lot of
men in leather; mix it up and you’ve got Sawdust and Diamonds - A world premiere
event.
This is from Lauren…
MAR 2, Friday – BEHIND THE CURTAIN SERIES
– 7:00PM - $5.00 412-363-4321 Dance Alloy Theater Studio, 5530 Penn
Avenue. Tony Award Nominee, DONALD BYRD, during an informal wine & cheese
studio showing of his new work-in-progress in the next installment of the Behind
The Curtains Series. Inspired by the senseless loss of countless young lives to
violence, war, careless mistakes and accidents, Byrd began the Interrupted
Narrative. A series of 4 "diaries" created for 4 different companies around the
country, each piece is a story cut short, mid-sentence; a path never fully
explored. The first "chapter," created specifically for DAT, is a visceral work
initially inspired by news coverage of a memorial service held for a young
Pittsburgh teenager killed in a bicycling accident. The impetus for the entire
national project, this moving first "chapter" speaks the words there are no
words for; those of the inconsolable whose loved one was taken too soon and
unexpectedly.
This is from Katrina…
MAR 2, Friday – 2nd URBAN FUSION
LIVE - 8:00PM - $5.00 - 412-363-4550 The Union Project, 801 N. Negley
Ave, Highland Park. Local singer/songwriters Clark Slater, Tony Lee, and Todd
Adleff will take the stage. A first Friday concert series centered on live
music, uniting people and restoring space. The three performers of the evening
have gained fans and acclaim both locally and nationally. Clark Slater, who was
with the popular regional band PUSH before going solo, has been praised
continually by local media over the last two years. “His rich and smoky vocals
and refreshingly rockin’ sound stand out amidst a bland singer-songwriter
uprising,” said Ashlee Green of the Post-Gazette. Song Writers Monthly describes
Todd Adleff as having “a crisp and rootsy sound that has an honest shot of
cracking radio in a big way!" Tony Lee has performed at the region’s finest
venues and opened for such diverse acts as Chicago, Marshall Tucker and The
Monkees.
This is from Linda...
MAR 3, Saturday - SURREALISTIC REALISM
Artist's Reception – 6:00PM - Planet Art Gallery, 632 Washington Rd, Mt.
Lebanon. 412-343-3808. John Hinderliter. John's lust for life is apparent in
a show of over 15 boldly colored oils. "No Returns" Oil on Canvas
MAR 3, Saturday – THE BOX SERIES
Opening Reception - 6:00PM 412-682-0348 Moxie DaDA gallery 1416 Arch St,
North Shore. "The Box Series" by E. Gibbons. Classically themed black & white
nude oil paintings by renown artist E. Gibbons
MAR 3, Saturday –
21st Annual I’LL TAKE MANHATTAN
– 6:30PM - $200.00 412-281-7244 x 229. Omni William Penn, 530 William Penn
Place, Downtown. “Soup Nazi” Larry Thomas to Return as Celebrity Host!! Events
begin with a champagne reception at 6:30 p.m. Dinner begins at 7:30. The evening
will include entertainment, an exciting New York-themed silent auction and a
cash raffle. Larry Thomas, the Emmy nominated actor who played the "Soup Nazi"
on the hit comedy series Seinfeld, will be back for his second year as celebrity
host. Benefits: Easter Seals Cotillion. Attire: Black Tie
MAR 3, Saturday –
PASSPORT ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS – 7:00PM -
$85.00. 412-831-2075 Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel, 101 Sixth Street, Downtown.
Harkens back to the days of grand European travel aboard the Orient Express.
Begin an evening of luxury and sophistication in Paris to shop a silent auction,
worthy of the grand boulevard, Champs-Elysées or try for an amazing basket
raffle. Next, travel to Monte Carlo, playground of the rich and famous, and this
evening's casino games of chance. Journey on to Venice to sample the region's
unforgettable cuisine and lively nightlife entertainment. Benefits: Mt. Lebanon
Junior Women's Club for Children's Institute. Crowd: 425
This is from James…
MAR 3, Saturday – THE DISAPPEARING EDENS
- $10.00 Carnegie Museum of Natural History,
4400 Forbes Avenue, Oakland. 412-622-3131. Marshes: The Disappearing
Edens by acclaimed nature photographer and writer William Burt. Burt’s photos
offer a glimpse into a secluded world filled with elusive creatures, rare flora,
and wild fauna. This striking forty-piece exhibit is filled with surprises and
beauty, just like the marsh itself. These photos reveal tiny sedge wrens
singing with unrelenting vigor, short-eared owls all but vanishing in the fog,
saucepan-sized lotus leaves floating in still pools, tufts of cord grass waving
in the wind and a kaleidoscope of lilies creating patterns in the water.
This is from Suzanne…
MAR 3, Saturday – READ ACROSS AMERICA
- $9.00 Noon – 3:00PM – 412-321-8022 Children’s Museum 10 Children's Way,
Allegheny Square, North Shore. Don’t miss this fourth annual celebration of
reading and Dr. Seuss’ birthday presented by Reading is FUNdamental Pittsburgh.
This year’s theme is Conserving the Environment with the help of the classic
Seuss book “The Lorax.” Activities include: Mayor Luke Ravenstahl reads
Dr. Seuss’ “I Can Read With My Eyes Shut” / Cartoon storytelling with Joe Wos of
Once Upon a Toon / Storytelling by The Cat In The Hat and State Representative
Jake Wheatley / Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium presents “The Choice Is Ours” on
conserving endangered species and natural resources. In addition, children can
make environmentally friendly crafts and RIF Pittsburgh will distribute 200
books to Museum visitors.
MAR 6, Tuesday – DRINK & DRAW - 6:00PM –
412-621-4900 Brillobox, 4104 Liberty Ave, Bloomfield. Live model figure drawing
session.
MAR 7, Wednesday – 21st Annual LIFE X 3
BENEFIT – 5:30PM - 412-242-2500 x 132 Pittsburgh Public Theater, 621
Penn Avenue, Downtown. Pittsburgh Aids Taskforce Party X 3! We will have 3
parties: VIP reception, General cocktail party, Encore dessert party following
the play at the “Starlight Lounge” Pittsburgh Public Theater. Play: Life X 3-
Play is a one-act comedy by acclaimed French author, Yasmina Reza. The play
enacts three different versions of the same set of circumstances. A couple is at
home trying to get their difficult child to go to sleep, when the father’s boss
(with wife in tow) shows up a day early for dinner. With no food to serve, the
couple and their guests munch on Cheeze-Its, pistachios, chocolate cookies and
other snack foods.
This is from Gene…
MAR 8, Thursday – ART CLOSING –
9:00PM - $2.00 –hKan Hookah Bar, 2210 E. Carson St., South Side. 412-381-1813.
Jason Sauer Party The bands on the second floor new stage will be: Grand
Snafu, The Long Road, Ayris.
Pick of the Week….
This is from Norah…
MAR 9, Friday – 9th Annual HISTORY
UNCORKED: “Frozen in Time” – 6:00PM - $45.00 412-454-6324 Heinz
History Center, 1212 Smallman Street, Strip District. Join Pittsburgh’s finest
young professionals for a unique evening of socializing, networking, dancing and
fun. History Uncorked is unconventional, uncommon, unexpected – and unlike any
party you have ever attended. Enjoy themed cocktails, delicious food, live
music and terrific prizes at the silent auction. Admission includes four drink
tickets, unlimited food and access to all of the museum’s exhibits. Benefits:
the Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum. Crowd: 1,500 Attire: Business
Casual/Cocktail
This is from Gene…
MAR 9,
Friday – AID FOR AIDS - $10.00 - Amethyst
and friends host "Aid for AIDS: Multi-Cultural Performing Arts Fest"
412-225-3393. Rex Theatre, 1602 E. Carson Street, South Side. 2+ hours of
entertainment including bellydance by Amethyst (me), Astarte, Shanti, Aviva and
Inoor Dance Company. Also, Flamenco dance, Indian Classical Dance, Jazz/Blues,
Rock Bands, Acoustic Singer/Songwriters, Organic Tribal Electronica, Chair
Massage, a Vegan Bake Sale, raffles and sales!
This is from
Rebecca…
MAR 10, Saturday – 2nd Annual
DIRTY BALL - $45.00 – 8:00PM - 412-394-3353. Attack Theater, 121
Ninth Street, Downtown. 412-441-8444 features dirty martinis, dancing to
seductive sounds from DJ Justin Hopper of PANDEMIC, audacious interactive
installations, dirtylicious dishes and Attack Theatre performances.
MAR 14, Wednesday –
44th Annual NEED Benefit Dinner
- 412-258-2703. Hilton Hotel, 600 Commonwealth Place, Downtown. Host author
and educator Dr. Boyce Watkins at the present over 40 scholarships to the
regions brightest African American high school seniors who will be going on to
higher education.
This is from Ann…
MAR 17, Saturday – QUADRIGA CONSORT
- Renaissance & Baroque Society, 5530 Penn Avenue. 412-361-2048. The
Renaissance & Baroque Society has an alternative for Scots looking for a great
time! The Quadriga Consort, 7 musicians from Austria performing with voice,
recorders, viols, harpsichord, and percussion, on Saturday, March 17 at 8:00
p.m. in Synod Hall, Oakland. Their program, Rolling in the Isles, celebrates
the warm sounds and vibrant beats of Gaelic music. Seamlessly blending the
traditions of monastery and tavern hall, Quadriga Consort takes listeners on a
musical journey through the highlands and lowlands of Renaissance Scotland.
Jigs, reels, and strathspeys blur the boundaries between folk and art music.
This is from Tey…
MAR 22, Thursday – LUNCH & LEARN:
Japanese Printmaking Traditions – 10:00AM $44.00. 412-622-3288.
Carnegie Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Oakland 412-622-3131 Lunch provided
in the Carnegie Café. Participants board a bus at Carnegie Museum of Art and
travel to the Frick Art and Historical Center for a guided tour of The Prints of
Tsukioka Kôgyo (1869-1927), an exhibition featuring colorful works by this
master Japanese printmaker. Return to the museum for lunch in the Carnegie Café
before enjoying a presentation by Amanda Zehnder, exhibition curator of Modern
Japanese Prints.
This is from Linda…
MAR 24, Saturday - PHYLLIS KINDLER
Artist's Reception – 6:00PM - Planet Art Gallery, 632 Washington Rd, Mt.
Lebanon. 412-343-3808. "I start painting with almost no forethought…just
putting colors down and letting one color and brush stroke suggest the next and
carry me along.” Acrylic on Canvas
MAR 31, Saturday – OUT OF HAND - Society
for Contemporary Craft, 2100 Smallman Street, Strip District. 412-261-7003.
Each year several hundred patrons, artists and art aficionados gather to
celebrate the role of the hand in the creation of art. Silent and Live auctions
of works by nationally recognized artists are part of the excitement. Guests
also enjoy specialty martinis, fine wine, exquisite hors de oeuvres and dance to
live music throughout the evening. Regional artists are on hand all evening to
demonstrate their craft form and help revelers get their hands into a project.
Fires, ice, silk and wood are just a few of the mediums guests can sample.
Benefits: Society for Contemporary Craft's exhibitions and programs which are
free to the public.
This is from Linda…
APR 14, Saturday – BOOMERANG
Artist's Reception - 6:00PM - Planet Art Gallery, 632 Washington Rd, Mt.
Lebanon. 412-343-3808. Jane Ogren. FiberArts Return from Australia. Over 30
Fiberart Guild of Pittsburgh member's works. Mixed Media
ONGOING
thru MAR 2 - "DEEP WITHIN MY SOUL"
– 412-681-2404 Art Exhibit. Everyone An Artist Gallery, 4128 Butler
Street, Lawrenceville. An exhibit with artwork by Debbie Bobeck.
Come to Pittsburgh's only gallery devoted to artists with disabilities to view
extraordinary artwork.
This is from Rene…
thru MAR 4 - THE RED
SHOES – Opening & Press Night - $27.00 - 8:00pm- 412-394-3353 -
Allegheny Unitarian Universalist Church, 416 W. North Ave., North Shore.
Quantum Theatre. Created by Karla Boos and Carolina Loyola-Garcia. A flamenco
fable. Adapted from Hans Christian Andersen. Boos leads a humorous journey
through Hans Christian Andersen’s absurdly macabre cautionary tale, starring
Loyola-Garcia’s fierce flamenco as The Shoes. In the tradition of such music
and dance-based projects as Kafka’s Chimp, The Voluptuous Tango, La Tragedie de
Carmen, and even recent El Paso Blue, Quantum’s Artistic Director Karla Boos
again explores the musical side of theatrical language and the mixing of
cultural forms – this time co-opting the great art of flamenco. Even a Red
State dweller would admit The Red Shoes is a tale meant to stifle… uh, TEMPER…
little girls’ impulses toward individuality, pleasure, and that terrible,
attention-hogging sin: VANITY.
This is from Rick…
MAR 10, Saturday - 6 BILLION PERPS HELD
HOSTAGE! Artists Address Global Warming
Exhibition Related Programs - 6:00PM - $15.00 Cash bar and lite bites.
The Andy Warhol Museum, 117 Sandusky Street, North Shore. 412-237-8300. Artist
lecture with Margaret Wertheim, co-founder of The Institute For Figuring /
Reception with DJ Schrapnel / Artist Jay Critchley performs his song “Martucket
Eyel” showcases a diverse collection of art works, including textiles, videos,
paintings, drawings, inflatables, photography and music, all directing attention
to the topic of global warming. These works serve to raise awareness of our
current state of affairs, including U.S. policy, natural disasters, the
destructive power of corporations, and the harmful effects of carbon production
in the food industry as well as initiate public dialog about the issue.
This is from Jeff…
MAR 15, Thursday – CAP GUN QUARTET
– 7:00PM - $5.00 - Club Café 56-58 South 12th Street, South Side 412-431-4950.
This show is the first in a while without our recent guest poets, so we'll be
bringing the big amps. Opening up will be the Improv Project, featuring my good
friend and great bass player Eric Riebling. “When Pittsburgh’s erstwhile
defenders of the avant-jazz-rock keep, the Water Shed 5tet, called it quits, it
provided Pittsburgh’s cultural map with a shake-up of Soviet Union separation
proportions. It can be argued that none of the post-Water Shed groups that have
sprung up in recent times rival their parent in balancing somewhat wide appeal
with sheer musical inventiveness.
This is from Linda…
thru MAR 16 - SURREALISTIC REALISM
– Planet Art Gallery, 632 Washington Rd, Mt. Lebanon. 412-343-3808. John
Hinderliter. John's lust for life is apparent in a show of over 15 boldly
colored oils. "No Returns" Oil on Canvas
This is from Rick…
thru MAR 18 - CREATING THE MASTER RACE
- $12.00 The Andy Warhol Museum, 117 Sandusky Street, North Shore. 412-237-8300
Art, Science & Ethics Program Series with Deadly Medicine. A series of talks,
lectures and forums exploring the intersections of art, science and ethics in
the sometimes dangerous pursuit of perfection. The exhibition, organized by the
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, explores the Holocaust’s roots in
then-contemporary scientific and pseudo-scientific theory.
This is from Gene…
Thru MAR 30 Tues-Fri – OPEN WALL –
9:00AM - Indiana County Historical Museum, 621 Wayne Ave., Indiana. 724-388-1353
It's open season, it's open mike - no, it's
Open Wall at the Indiana County Historical Museum. Anyone is welcome to hang
your work on the wall. Bring 1-2 pieces on Friday, February 9, 9am-12pm (or
before), with your own nicely-made tag including: Name, Title, price (or NFS),
and phone number. Work must be wired for hanging, and appropriate for family
viewing.
This
is from John…
thru APR 7 – 3 SHOWS -
Digging Pitt Gallery,
4417 Butler
Street, Lawrenceville. 412-605-0450.
Lush Life / Regenesis:
David Grim / Visual Grammar: Five Approaches to Abstraction.
Digging Pitt Gallery,
4417 Butler
Street, Lawrenceville. 412-605-0450.
Lush Life is a show of
four artists whose work deals with physical temptation and desire. Regenesis:
David Grim explores abstract imagery with the eye of the camera, developing
patterns that reverberate across fields of muted greys. Visual Grammar: Five
Approaches to Abstraction.
thru APR 7 –
THE PRINTS OF TSUKIOKA Kôgyo
– Frick Art Museum, 7227 Reynolds Street, Oakland. 412-371-0600. Exhibition of
more than 70 woodblock prints by Japanese artist Tsukioka Kôgyo opens at The
Frick Art Museum. Tsukioka Kôgyo (1869–1927) was a master of the Japanese
woodblock print at the turn of the twentieth century and spent much of his
working life creating prints that documented the traditions of Noh, a form of
Japanese theater dating to the fourteenth century.
This is from Linda…
thru APR 11 - PHYLLIS KINDLER
- Planet Art Gallery, 632 Washington Rd, Mt. Lebanon. 412-343-3808. "I
start painting with almost no forethought…just putting colors down and letting
one color and brush stroke suggest the next and carry me along.” Acrylic on
Canvas
This is from Tey…
Thru APR 15 - EVOLVING ROLE OF JAPANESE
PRINTMAKING - Carnegie Museum of Art, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Oakland
412-622-3131 Three key trends in Japanese art history beginning with the advent
of the Meiji period in 1868 and extending through the 1980s are represented in
Modern Japanese Prints: 1868-1989. The exhibition of more than 230 master prints
from the collection of Carnegie Museum of Art and four Pittsburgh collectors
examines the decline of the ukiyo-e tradition in the late 19th century and the
subsequent rise of shin-hanga (“new prints”) and sōsaku-hanga (“creative
prints”) as competing movements in the 20th century.
This is from Linda…
thru MAY 4 – BOOMERANG
- Planet Art Gallery, 632 Washington Rd, Mt. Lebanon. 412-343-3808.
Jane Ogren. FiberArts Return from Australia. Over 30 Fiberart Guild of
Pittsburgh member's works. Mixed Media
This is from Rick…
thru JUN 17 - 6 BILLION PERPS HELD HOSTAGE!
Artists Address Global Warming Exhibition
Related Programs - The Andy Warhol Museum, 117 Sandusky Street, North
Shore. 412-237-8300. Artist lecture with Margaret Wertheim, co-founder of The
Institute For Figuring / Reception with DJ Schrapnel / Artist Jay Critchley
performs his song “Martucket Eyel” showcases a diverse collection of art works,
including textiles, videos, paintings, drawings, inflatables, photography and
music, all directing attention to the topic of global warming. These works
serve to raise awareness of our current state of affairs, including U.S. policy,
natural disasters, the destructive power of corporations, and the harmful
effects of carbon production in the food industry as well as initiate public
dialog about the issue.
This is from James…
thru JUN 17 – THE DISAPPEARING EDENS
- $10.00 Carnegie Museum of Natural History,
4400 Forbes Avenue, Oakland. 412-622-3131. Marshes: The Disappearing
Edens by acclaimed nature photographer and writer William Burt. Burt’s photos
offer a glimpse into a secluded world filled with elusive creatures, rare flora,
and wild fauna. This striking forty-piece exhibit is filled with surprises and
beauty, just like the marsh itself. These photos reveal tiny sedge wrens
singing with unrelenting vigor, short-eared owls all but vanishing in the fog,
saucepan-sized lotus leaves floating in still pools, tufts of cord grass waving
in the wind and a kaleidoscope of lilies creating patterns in the water.
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