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  • Art, Carp, Shakespeare and Oh! Susanna – Radio Round Up – April 23, 2010

    boca chica @ the Quiet Storm
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    Friday – Gallery Crawl in the Cultural District,

    • 5:30-9pm Galleries, exhibits and more,
    • check out wedding themed art at Salon Christine
    • Boca Chica at the Backstage Bar from 5:30-7:30

    Shakespeare Sonnet-a-thon / BYOB (Bring Your Own Bard)

    • Friday, April 23, 2010
    • Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks and Poets Corner co-host a sonnet and monologue contest to honor the Bard’s 446th birthday.
    • Actors and non-actors alike can take a crack at their favorite sonnets, songs and soliloquies

    Stephen Foster Symposium

    Stephen Foster
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    • April 23 and 24, 2010 @ University of Pittsburgh
    • Foster is know as the father of pop music and is the author of Oh! Susanna and Camptown Races is from Lawrenceville and is buried Allegheny Cemetery

    Urban Dare Pittsburgh

    • part double dare, part the amazing race – compete against other teams in a day long challenge that covers 5 miles around the city
    • Saturday April 24 @ Noon
    • Register online here

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  • Shakespere N'at – Sonnet-a-thon

    (The famous Droeshout portrait of William Shake...
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    If Shakespeare is your thing – check out this Sonnet-a-thon.  I have to say my first reaction to even the word Shakespeare is to run quickly in the other direction – it evokes memories of bad high school english papers.  Reading and writing were not my strength in high school days and I far preferred calculus and chemistry to anything literature related.  It is still amusing to me that I now spend many hours writing.   But event to a literary novice – this event looks pretty fun.

    Join other Shakespeare lovers at Te Cafe in Sq. Hill (we are very happy to see that Te Cafe has reopened too!) to celebrate Mr. Shakespeare’s 446th Birthday. (more…)