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Arts
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Each
Wednesday the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council provides an updated
list of the arts and cultural events and programs happening
in our area over the next 14 days. The listings are available
both here on our website and via email. If you would like to
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July
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My Brother
Is an Only Child
Pittsburgh Filmmakers
7/2/2008 thru 7/3/2008 Call or visit the
website for showtimes
From the Italian screenwriters
of "The Best of Youth" "Ripe, ferociously acted
comic drama." – Boston Globe
Regent Square Theater, 1035 S. Braddock Av, Edgewood
412.682.4111; http://www.pghfilmmakers.org
See website
Mister
Lonely
Pittsburgh Filmmakers
7/2/2008 thru 7/3/2008
Visit the website for showtimes.
From Harmony Korine director
of "Gummo" and "Julien Donkey Boy" "Nearly
every frame is an image of arresting clarity and beauty."
-NY Times
Harris Theater, 809 Liberty Ave,
Downtown
412.682.4111; http://www.pghfilmmakers.org
See website
Life on Mars, the 2008 Carnegie International book club
Carnegie Museum of Art
Now thru 11/13/2008 2nd Thursday of each month, 6:30 pm
Delve into fascinating works
of fiction that tackle the complexities of the human condition.
Reading list is available on the website.
Meet in Carnegie
Museum of Art lobby,
Oakland
412.622.3288; http://blog.cmoa.org/CI08/the-exhibition/events-calendar.php#summerlectures
Free; advance registration required.
34th Annual Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival
Westmoreland Arts &
Heritage Festival
7/3/2008 thru 7/6/2008 11 am to 8 pm daily
Over 200 vendors, each specially
selected for their unique arts and crafts, will feature products
such as jewelry, leather goods, dried flowers, wooden furniture
and more.
Twin Lakes Park, Greensburg
724.834.7474; http://www.artsandheritage.com
Free; donation suggested
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
Pittsburgh Filmmakers
7/3/2008 begins
at dusk (9:15ish)
Pee-Wee's first big screen adventure
under the stars on the lawn at PCA.
Pittsburgh Center for the
Arts, 6300 Fifth Ave. at Shady Ave., Shadyside
412.361.0873; http://www.pghfilmmakers.org
Free
PNME celebrates July 4th with new American music!
PNME
7/4/2008 thru 7/5/2008
America's ingenuity is on display in new music by Puts, Francis, Heuser and Pulitzer
Prize winner Moravec. Theatrical video, lighting and sound accompany
PNME's virtuosos
City Theatre, South Side
412.431.CITY; www.pnme.org
$10-$25
Pittsburgh
Banjo Club plays the Ellwood
City Festival
Pittsburgh Banjo Club
7/5/2008 1:30
pm
The Pittsburgh Banjo Club plays
at this Big Arts, Crafts and Food Festival with Hundreds of
Booths All-Day Entertainment.
Ewing Park, Ellwood City, PA
724.758.3115; http://www.Ellwood-City-Festival.net
Free
JIMMY PONDER TRIO
Pittsburgh Jazz Society
7/6/2008 7
- 10 pm
The Pittsburgh Jazz Society's
Sunday Night Jazz concerts at the Rhythm House Café continue.
Rhythm House
Café, Bridgeville
412.343.9555; http://www.pittsburghjazz.org
No cover/ No minimum purchase.
JazzLive: Gerald Haymon / Tony Campbell
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
7/8/2008 5
- 11 pm
Local Jazz artists perform every
Tuesday in the Backstage Bar and Cabaret in Theater
Square. This Week: Gerald Haymon
/ Tony Campbell.
The Backstage Bar, 655 Penn Avenue, Downtown
412.456.6666; http://www.pgharts.org
Free
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Solar Concert Series: Steve Foxberry
Children's Museum
of Pittsburgh
7/9/2008 Noon
The summer sun will power Pittsburgh's first green concert series! See
live acoustic performances by local musicians in front of
the Children's Museum.
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh,
10 Children's Way, Allegheny Center, North Side
412.322.5058; www.pittsburghkids.org
Free
The Wonder Bread Years
City Theatre Company
7/10/2008 Ongoing
Seinfeld writer Pat Hazell’s
salute to the Baby Boomer generation is a hilarious one-man
show about being an American kid in the 1970s.
City Theatre Company, South
Side
412.431.2489; http://www.citytheatrecompany.org
$35 & $40
Monoprint: An Exploration in Technique - Works by Eric White
Modernformation Gallery
and Performance Space
7/11/2008 thru 7/25/2008 Opening Reception: Fri 7 - 10 pm
By mixing colored inks and
multiple layers, the artist employs different techniques such
as color gradations, stencils, and scraping methonds to create
dynamics in the print.
Modernformations Gallery and
Performance Space 4919 Penn Avenue Pittsburgh
Pa 15224
412-362-0274; www.modernformations.com
FREE
Tools for Travel
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
7/11/2008 thru 8/15/2008
An exciting exhibition of contemporary
paintings by Jairan Sadeghi.
707 Penn Gallery, Cultural
District
412.325.7017; www.pgharts.org
Free
Robot250 Programming
Children's Museum of
Pittsburgh
7/11/2008 thru 7/27/2008 Daily, During Regular Museum Hours
We are one of the many sites
participating in the Robot 250 program. Here you'll see BigBot:
Green Roof Roller Coaster or create flower petals in the Robotic
Flower Garden.
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh,
10 Children's Way, Allegheny Center, North Side
412.322.5058; www.pittsburghkids.org; www.robot250.org
Free with Museum Admission
Gallery Crawl in the Cultural District
Pittsburgh Cultural
Trust
7/11/2008 5:30
- 9 pm
A FREE showcase of arts and
culture thet will include 22 participating venues featuring
cutting edge artwork, music, dance, refreshments and more.
Various Venues, Downtown
412.456.6666; www.pgharts.org
Free
We're Holden Puppets Present Millennium Marionettes
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
7/11/2008 1 pm
2 pm & 3 pm
Enjoy Millennium Marionettes
and make your own junk puppet between shows.
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh,
10 Children's Way, Allegheny Center, North Side
412.322.5058; www.pittsburghkids.org
Free with Museum Admission
Meet the Made
Mattress Factory and
Robot 250
7/11/2008 thru OPENING RECEPTION: Friday,
July 11, 2008 | 6.00PM - 8.00PM
The 12th Installment in the
Gestures Exhibition Series
Mattress Factory, 1414 Monterey
Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15212
412.231.3169; http://www.mattress.org
FREE
South Side Works Exposed Art and Music Festival
Participating Market
Artist Rick Byerly
7/11/2008 thru 7/13/2008 Fri 5pm - 11pm ; Sat 11am - 11pm; Sun 12pm to 7pm
SouthSide Works Exposed is
an amazing mix of a music festival, artist market, and sidewalk
sales ... but most of all a celebration of art in life.
27th Street Strip,South Side,Pittsburgh,PA,15203
http://exposedartistsmarket.org
free
Second Saturday - Remix, Reuse, Recycle
The Pillow Project
7/12/2008 thru 7/12/2008 Sat 7pm - 12am
A multimedia arts happening
featuring visual art and dance performances by multiple Pittsburgh
artists, themed with innovative junk art and choreography
re-inventions.
The Space Upstairs at Construction
Junction, 214 N. Lexington St. Pittsburgh, PA 15208
412.225.9269; www.pillowproject.org
$5 suggested donation
Doo Dah Days (Stephen Foster Celebration)
Lawrenceville Historical
Society
7/12/2008 Noon
- 5 pm
Celebrate the life and works
of composer Stephen Foster with all day entertainment, tours
and rides.
Allegheny Cemetery, Lawrenceville
412.605.0966; http://www.doodahdays.com
Free
Make It Now Floats +Tour 10
Pittsburgh Glass Center
7/12/2008 Sat.,
10 am
PGC offers a guided tour of
our current exhibition and glass blowing demonstration.
Pittsburgh Glass Center, 5472
Penn Avenue, East End
412.365.2145 x201; http://www.pittsburghglasscenter.org
$10
Pittsburgh
Banjo Club Performance
Pittsburgh Banjo Club
7/12/2008 Sat,
1:30 pm
The Banjo Club plays at Doo
Dah Days (Stephen Foster Celebration).
Allegheny Cemetery Butler Street
Entrance, Lawrenceville
412.325.1300; http://www.thepittsburghbanjoclub.com
FREE
Ballroom dancing with Chris Roth from Steel City Ballroom
USA Dance Pittsburgh
Chapter
7/12/2008 8 -
10 pm (free dance lesson starts at 7 pm)
USA Dance Pittsburgh Chapter
has ballroom dancing with free lessons by Chris Roth from
Steel City Ballroom.
Chatham University
412.264.4555; www.usadancepgh.com
$8.00 for members and $12.00
for non members
Bach Beethoven, & Brunch - MCG Jazz presents "Bach,
Bolling,
MCG Jazz
7/13/2008 10
am
Bring your brunch picnic and
relax with this jazz-classical crossover concert in the beautiful
Mellon Park Rose Garden.
Mellon Park Rose Garden
412.255.8975; http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/parks/html/bach_beethoven_and_brunch.html
Free
Family Dance Party
Children's Museum of
Pittsburgh
7/13/2008 1 -
3 pm
Dance your heart out at a Family
Dance Party as we transform the Theater with a live DJ, lighting
effects and bubble machine!
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh,
10 Children's Way, Allegheny Center, North Side
412.322.5058; www.pittsburghkids.org
Free with Museum Admission
Sunday Night Jazz - DR. TOM DEGREGORY SEPTET
Pittsburgh Jazz Society
7/13/2008 Sun,
7 - 10 pm
The Pittsburgh Jazz Society's
Sunday Night Jazz concerts at the Rhythm House Café continue.
Rhythm House
Café, Bridgeville
412.343.9555; http://www.pittsburghjazz.org
No cover/ No minimum purchase.
Fall Class Registration
Pittsburgh Filmmakers
7/14/2008 Open
House 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Since 1971, Pittsburgh Filmmakers
has offered college-level classes in all phases of photography,
film and video. Classes next start the week of Sept 2.
Pittsburgh Filmmakers' School
of Film, Photography & Digital Media, 477 Melwood Avenue,
Oakland
412.681.5449; http://www.pghfilmmakers.org
See Website
Cartoon Storytelling with Joe Wos
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
7/14/2008 1 pm
Laugh along with the zany storytelling
with live cartoon illustrations of Joe Wos!
Children's Museum
of Pittsburgh, 10
Children's Way, Allegheny Center,
North Side
412.322.5058; www.pittsburghkids.org
Free with Museum Admission
Learn About Plumbing in Waterplay
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
7/15/2008 noon
- 3 pm
Join Thurmond and Sons Plumbing
in our Waterplay exhibit and learn about the skills behind
plumbing. Part of our Real Stuff Series.
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh,
10 Children's Way, Allegheny Center, North Side
412.322.5058; www.pittsburghkids.org
Free with Museum Admission
Artist Lecture: Ranjani Shettar
Carnegie Museum of Art
7/15/2008 Tue,
6:30 pm
Employing such materials as
mud, cotton, and wax, Shettar explores the symbolic and sacred
potential of the seemingly mundane in works that suggest a
range of organic forms.
Carnegie Lecture hall, Oakland
412.622.3131; www.cmoa.org/ci08lifeonmars
Free
JazzLive: Craig Davis / Jevon Rushton Group
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
7/15/2008 5 -
11 pm
Local Jazz artists perform
every Tuesday in the Backstage Bar and Cabaret in Theater
Square. This Week: Craig Davis
/ Jevon Rushton Group.
Backstage Bar, Cultural District
412.456.6666; www.pgharts.org
Free
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Saturdays
7:30 or 8 pm
Dancing
Bulgarian-Macedonian National
Educational & Cultural Center 412.461.6188
449/451 W. 8th Avenue, Homestead
The BMNECC hosts four dances each month that are open to the
public. 1st Saturday of each month, Cajun dance with local
bands Gran Bon Rien or Venez Au Bal; 2nd Saturday of each
month, Salsa dance with Jeff and Colleen Shirey; 3rd Saturday
of each month, the BMNECC Band plays the dance tunes for a
Vecherinka, an Eastern European Folk Dance. 4th Saturday of
each month, Zydeco with Zydeco Dogz or Country Swing dance
with the Mavens; All dances are held at the Bulgarian Cultural
Center and feature dance lessons for one hour prior to the
dancing. Salsa dances begin at 8pm, all other dances begin
at 7:30pm. Admission $7.
Saturdays 9 am - Noon; Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays,
10 am - Noon
Soup Sega!
Bulgarian-Macedonian
National Educational & Cultural Center 412.461.6188
449/451 W. 8th Avenue, Homestead
The BMNECC Soup Sega! Project is in its 9th consecutive season.
The project consists of a variety of 14 gourmet, home-made
soups native to various regions of Bulgaria - ten vegetarian
and 4 non-vegetarian. On the third Saturday of each month
a tasty soup from another culture is highlighted. Along with
th soups, certain foods such as Gyuvech (Bulgarian stew),
Pulneni Chushki (stuffed peppers), Banitza (cheese filled
dessert), Lamb Spinach & rice, and Apple Strudel are available.
Soup is available every Saturday morning from 9 am to noon,
and on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays from 10 am to noon
at the BMNECC. The special soup created by Chef Angel Roy
from another part of the world is also $6. Vegetarian
soups $5 and non-vegetarian soups $6.
Tuesdays,
9 pm
Acoustic Open Stage
Calliope: Pittsburgh's
Folk Music Society 412.361.1915
Bloomfield Bridge Tavern, Bloomfield
Tuesdays, 8 pm - Midnight
Bluegrass Jam
Calliope: Pittsburgh's
Folk Music Society 412.361.1915
Starlite Lounge, 364 Freeport Road
Sundays, 6 - 9 pm (except holidays & mid-semester break)
OPEN FIGURE DRAWING
Carnegie
Mellon University, College of Fine Arts
Room 308-9, CFA Building, CMU Campus
Free and open to the public. Spring Semester Dates:1/27/08;
2/3/08; 2/10/08; 2/17/08; 2/24/08; 3/2/08; 3/9/08; 3/23/08;
3/30/08; 4/6/08; 4/13/08; 4/27/08
June-November; Second Thursday of the month 6:30 pm
Life on Mars, the 2008 Carnegie International book club
Carnegie Museum
of Art 412.622.3288
Meet in Carnegie Museum of Art lobby, Oakland
Delve into fascinating works of fiction that tackle the complexities
of the human condition. Reading list is available on the website.
Register for one session or all six. Free; advance registration
required, 412.622.3288
Tuesdays,
6:30 pm & Saturdays 11 am
ZUMBA!!!
ModernFormations
412.362.0274
ModernFormations Gallery and Performance Space, 4919 Penn
Avenue
The fusion of Latin dance, aerobics, and international music!
The routines feature interval training sessions where fast
and slow rhythms and resistance training are combined to tone
and sculpt your body while burning fat. Add some Latin flavor
and International zest into the mix and you've got ZUMBA!
No prior dance experience needed! Email modernformations@hotmail.com
for more information! Wear comfortable clothes (you'll sweat!)
and comfortable shoes. Bringing a towel and some water wouldn't
hurt either! Don't let this scare you off...you are gonna
have a blast! Private lessons available!
Wednesdays, 8 pm
Pittsburgh Banjo Club Open Rehearsals
Pittsburgh
Banjo Club 412.321.1834
Allegheny Elks Lodge, 400 Cedar Avenue, North Side.
Ongoing rehearsal and sing-along. Free and open to the public.
Snacks and refreshments available. Free.
First Monday of Each Month, 8 pm
Poetry Workshops
Pittsburgh Poetry Exchange 412.481.POEM
City Books, 1111 E. Carson Street on the South Side
Ongoing poetry workshops are sponsored on the first Monday
of each month at 8 pm. Those wishing to present a poem are
encourage to bring multiple copies. For more information,
contact Michael Wurster at 412.481.POEM.
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