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Sweet Sweet Scott Baio comes to Pittsburgh in “The Bread My Sweet”

November 22, 2005 Lindsay 4 Comments

The Bread My Sweet is a delightful little film made right here in Pittsburgh starting SCOTT BAIO. First of all this is a nice little film, with beautiful shots of Pittsburgh. It was filmed at the Enrico Biscotto Co on Penn Ave in the Strip District. If you weren’t already a fan of Scott Baio from his “Charles in Charge Days” this movie will win you over.… Read the rest

Pittsburgh Hip-Hop Film Festival

November 19, 2005 Lindsay Leave a Comment

Pittsburgh Hip-Hop Film Festival runs Nov. 16-20th. Pittsburgh is awesome. I have not yet had the chance to make it to see the film fest yet but it is on the list for this weekend. Pittsburgh is so lucky to have great people organizing events like a Hip Hop Film Festival. Even if you don’t know what hip hop is I am sure this will be a fantastic collection of great films. Here are the films for Sat & Sun Saturday, November 19, 2005 – Kelly-Strayhorn-Theater 1:00 p.m. Hip Hop Colony A film by Michael Wanguhu Preceded by: Sling Shot… Read the rest

Congotronics

November 16, 2005 zipzap Leave a Comment

Konono No. 1, a 12-piece street band from Kinshasa, arrives in Pittsburgh TONIGHT!!!! at The Warhol Museum. The show starts at 8pm and tickets are $10. From this is happening: Using homemade “Congotronics”, electro effects, amplified thumb pianos, and makeshift percussion from pots, pans, and car parts, these unique musicians fuse traditional rhythms and homemade trance sounds in a mix that’s earned acclaim from both electronica and world music fans. Konono No. 1, led by the septuagenarian Mawangu Mingiedi, performs in outdoor cafes in Kinshasa, Congo. To make its traditional trance music heard above the roar of the traffic-choked streets,… Read the rest

Bar Art

November 13, 2005 Lindsay Leave a Comment

About a month ago the City Paper profiled Duncan Prahl – by day he works at a green building company, at night he can be found at local watering holes (often Kelly’s) setting up arrangements of plastic toys. Check out his website BarAnimals.com to see some of his arrangements. Click here to see the City Paper interview with Duncan – http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/archive.cfm?type=Local%20Vocal&action=getComplete&ref=5012… Read the rest

FROZEN Oct. 27 – Nov. 13th

October 30, 2005 Lindsay Leave a Comment

Barebones productions is a Pittsburgh theater company started in 2003 to bring more to the Pittsburgh theater community. barebones productions returns with its most challenging play to date… the Pittsburgh premier of the Tony Award winning FROZEN, by Bryony Lavery Frozen follows the stories of a murderer, his psychologist, and the mother of one of his victims in an effort to explore our capacity for forgiveness, remorse, and change– after acts that would seem to rule them out entirely.… Read the rest

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