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Category: Arts & Culture

  • FROZEN Oct. 27 – Nov. 13th

    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. (more…)

  • Nov. 12 11am-7pm Handmade Arcade – Unusual craft fair in Pittsburgh, PA

    Handmade Arcade — Unusual craft fair in Pittsburgh, PA

    Pittsburgh is a lucky to have Handmade Arcade. Brooklyn and Chicago were the leaders in these DIY (do it yourself fairs) and now Pittsburgh has its very own venue to buy local handmade goods.

    Visit the website http://www.handmadearcade.com
    and make sure to stop by Construction Juntion on Nov. 12! A huge thanks from I heart PGH to the great people that make Handmade Arcade a reality in Pittsburgh.
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  • SALVO Arts Festival

    SALVO Arts Festival
    Art meets sustainability. Construction Junction opens its doors for the annual festival of Salvage Arts.
    Artists will displace thier work and workshops in all sorts of things from mosaics to jewlery will be offered. Lots of entertainment and fun. Visit http://www.salvoarts.org for more info

  • Night at the Byham

    Tonight I went to see Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet at the Byham Theatre (the company does not reside Pittsburgh, but I’ll let it go.) There were numerous heart moments, so I shall consolidate:

    1) The doorman with the neat moustache and facial hair greeted me. He rocks it.
    2) I think I sat next to someone whom I knew in middle school. (If you are reading this, Person, forgive me for not saying anything. It’s just like, been a while.)
    3) The performance was inspiring, and Pittsburghers asked really great questions at the ‘talk back’ session with Mr. King afterwards.
    4) Downtown was hoppin’ after the show! The Pirates game had let out at the same time, there was a delightful throng of college kids with the cheap seats and old money crowding the streets.
    5) Later in the evening, I attended a friend’s birthday (downtown*, of course) and saw more faces I haven’t seen in over 2 years, and made some wonderful new acquaintances. Who needs Friendster when you have Pittsburgh?**
    6) I drove home listening to some wicked drum’n’bass on the late night public radio tip. (I forgot to mention in my WYEP that the music gets much more interesting after midnight.)

    * Downtown: the new Lawrenceville. Or the new Garfield. I don’t know, I can’t keep it straight.

    ** That said, I Heart PGH has a Friendster profile – you know you wanna get up in the action. Myspace and all that jazz coming soon.

  • Arts Greenhouse

    The Arts Greenhouse is an interdisciplinary project organized by the Center for Arts in Society at Carnegie Mellon’s College of Fine Arts. They recruit, train and actually record young musical and performing artists. Their 2005-2006 season is just starting, in fact, their first workshop starts this Saturday. Members of the community act as staff in the educational workshops. Students learn about recording their music, including production and marketing skills.

    If you know anyone who is interested in developing their hip hop or spoken word skills, call Kat Agres at 412.268.5279. The workshops will be held at ID Labs (5272 Butler Street) in Lawrenceville.