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May 12, 2004 - Penn Avenue Arts - A-list
Check what’s going on any day of the week at
www.pennavenuearts.org
<http://www.pennavenuearts.org/>
Were you at
Unblurred?
Thanks to all of you who attended last Friday’s Unblurred. The
skies cleared and it was perfect weather for walking around Penn Avenue.
Lots of great shows this month too, so if you missed Unblurred, be
sure to check out the galleries that participated and their hours and make
time to see the shows. All contact info and hours are on our website on the
Penn Avenue Corriodor Map and you can view the Schedule from last week by
clicking on the Unblurred Street sign on the home page of our
website.
Don’t miss this
year’s Arts Festival
We are less then a month away from the Penn Avenue Community Arts
Festival, Noon-6PM on Penn Avenue in front of the Pittsburgh Glass Center
(5472 Penn Avenue), June 5, 2004. At the Festival we will unveil major
projects including: New Commercial Storefronts and Senior Housing at the
Penn Fairmont Site, 3 New Artists Lofts, 4 renovated Buildings for Artists,
8 renovated houses, and PCTV relocating to Penn Avenue. For more information
or to volunteer on the day call 412-441-6147.
Welcome new
A-list recipients!
Once again, with
your help, we added 10 new people to the a-list in one week! Please help us
continue to get the word out about the Penn Avenue Corridor and grow our
a-list. Our goal is 200 new readers by the end of the 2004. Just have them
send an email to pennarts@friendship-pgh.org and we’ll add them to the list.
Only 165 to go!
This week.
Now here’s what’s
new for this week. Remember that ongoing news items will remain posted on
our website under marketing and promotions / a-list so you can go there any
time. This a-list emailer only updates you to what is new this week.
Jeffrey Dorsey
Arts District Manager, Penn Avenue Arts Initiative
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May 15, 2004 Deadline -
Call for Artist Vendors, Performers and Buskers for our Penn Avenue
Community Arts festival.
Friday, May 14th – Soma Mestizo w. Lexis Jumps @ Modern Formations
ARSENAL BANK BUILDING -
Artist Spaces Available
No new postings this
week.
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May 15, 2004
Deadline - Call for Artist Vendors, Performers and Buskers for our Penn
Avenue Community Arts festival.
Contact Lynn at
benson.rocks7@verizon.net
Artist Vendors contact Jeffrey Dorsey @
pennarts@freindship-pgh.org
Other vendors contact Dana Smith @
danas@friendship-pgh.org
Volunteers to assist with Youth Acitvities or to register your basketball
team call Jennifer @ 412-441-9833.
4931 Penn Ave
Wed May 12 - AM
Sunday, Eastern Seaboard Trio 8 pm
Thu May 13 - Transgressors, Curses!, Emily Rodgers 8 pm
Fri May 14 - Okkervil River, Rocky Votolato, Roy, Shearwater 7 pm
Sat May 15 - This Moment in Black History 8 pm
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7PM. Spinning Plate Community gallery, 5720 Friendship Avenue
Shadow Lounge :::
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Date Time
Event Cost Ages Genre
5.13 10p-1a Bop Fu:
Justin Bechak- Guitar, Darnel Anderson- Saxs, Steve Palko- Bass $6 All
Modern Jazz
5.14 10p-2a Hip-Hop Café Series: Open Mic with The Rain. Hosted by Hutch.
Special Ladies Night Ladies Free. Guys $8 Cover 18+ Hip-Hop/Soul
Collective
5.14 2a-4a Deep: Soulful House Music No Cover 18+ Deep House/Soul
5.15 10p-2a Blackrutz Inc. presents: CD Release Party!!!!! The Usual
Suspectz feturing Gretchen
1st 25 Ladies get a FREE CD Sampler a gift! $8 b4 11pm; $10 After 18+
Hip-Hop
5.15 2a-5a Element 5 After-After Party $5 21+ Dance/Soul
5.16 CLOSED
5.18 9p-11p Spoken Word Open Mic hosted by Nikki Allen + DJ Brewer $3 All
Spoken Word, Open Stage
5.20 7p-9p Adams Township (Atlanta) $6 All Jazz-Fusion, Jam Band
5.20 7p-9p Sexon Ming (United Kingdom) $6 All Crazy Shit
5.20 10p-1a Cross Current $6 All Jazz
5.21 10p-12a Hip-Hop Café Series: Sol $8 18+ R/Soul
5.21 12a-2a Hip-Hop Café Series: Open Mic with The Rain. Hosted by Hutch
$8 18+ Hip-Hop/Soul Collective
5.21 2a-4a Deep: Soulful House Music No Cover 21+ Deep House/Soul
5.22 10p-2a Family Affair Showcase TBA 18+ Hip-Hop
5.22 2a-4a Blue Room: Guest DJ's No Cover 21+ Hip-Hop/Soul Collective
Friday, May 14th -
SOMA MESTIZO W. LEXIS JUMPS @ Modern Formations
9:30pm, ALL AGES
4919 Penn Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15224 412-362-0274
INTERIM II CD RELEASE
PARTY - spread the word!!!!!
When: Friday,
May 28th
Where: Club Café, 56-58th 12th Street, Southside
Time: 10:00pm
Cost: $ 7
Contact: Soy Sos, 412-371-4878
Christiane D, 412-487-4032. somamestizo@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.somamestizo.com
Members: Herman “Soy Sos” Pearl, Christiane D, Eric
“Boo Boo” Mason, Richard “Skilah” Gartner and new
member Greg Galbreath
Interim II - Remixes,
Dubb and B-sides.
One of the many eggs
Soma Mestizo has been sitting on,is hatching. Interim II, features remixes
by Pfaffomas and Mark Pfaff, guest musicians such as Mike Speranzo (of mr.
smalls funhouse), drummers Ping Ting and Andrew Pearl; and the comic
stylings of Kristophe Smith of Vortex Komix.
This great evening of
long awaited delight will showcase a new line up, featuring new member on
the keys, Greg Galbreath, truly fusing our signature sound of
electro-organic musings.
Greg Galbreath is a
life-long musician who now lives in Pittsburgh after spending the past 10
years in San Francisco, CA . He is an independent musician and producer who
created music using keyboards, turntables, samplers, drums, and bass. As a
keyboardist, he has
shared stages with members of Fishbone, Spearhead, Black Fish, Dubtronic
Science, MC Radioactive, Tommy Guererro, and many others. He was
also a creator of the
San Francisco group Fuzebox, which was an early fusion of live music, video
art, and dj's in an immersive visual and sonic space. Of the group's 1999
performances the San Francisco Bay Guardian said, "the advent of 21st
century psychadelic jazz is already on its way", and "imagine Sun Rajamming
with Grooverider, or Frank Zappa banging out tunes with Herbie Hancock". His
recent live work includes playing in Pittsburgh with the group Black Fish,
and creating improvisational sonic montage as DJ Translator and
w/percussionist Matt Montgomery in
Alphabeta .
There will also be
Special Guests, the debut of our Pink Lemur of Death drink and T-shirts. IR
# 2 release to be spread freely.
IR2 - Indigenous
Revolutions # 2 featuring Asian Dub Foundation, Chuck D, Producer Adrian
Sherwood, and members of Soma Mestizo. This Trans-Atlantic, cyber space,
magical collaboration will be dropping soon; free Cds at upcoming shows.
Check it @http://www.firethistime.com
Soma Mestizo, spreads
it creative wings and throws some jazzy, surfer mad cap sounds on the NEW
Glanz Productions website. http://www.daveglanzproductions.com
Life of a TOY and
Interim I to be reissued on Tunekey..
http://www.tunekey.com/
Join us for a dazzling
integration of the arts and the outdoors in a
single day. This urban
hike will take us from Lawrenceville's Design
Zone to the Penn Avenue Arts District. Along the way, we'll tour the
300-acre Allegheny
Cemetery, created in 1844. Our route will include
walking tours of galleries, studios and public art, a stop for lunch at
the Quiet Storm
Coffeehouse (average entrée $5), and glass blowing demos at the Pittsburgh
Glass Center. We'll cover about 4 miles total.
Sponsors for this
outing include the Western Pennsylvania Field
Institute, Greater
Pittsburgh Arts Alliance, the Penn Avenue Arts
Initiative, and the
Pittsburgh Glass Center.
Location:
Lawrenceville and Garfield (Penn Avenue Arts District)
Time: 10 AM - 4 PM
Cost: $25; Members $20; Kids $10
For those of you
interested in getting outside while being creative on the inside/outside,
here are some enjoyable Arts & the Outdoors treats happening this spring &
summer put together by Venture Outdoors, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, and
the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Alliance.
Arts & the Outdoors
Programs with Venture Outdoors, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, and the
Greater Pittsburgh Arts Alliance.
*To sign up for an
activity, please call Venture Outdoors at
412-255-0564 or go to
www.VentureOutdoors.org <http://www.ventureoutdoors.org/>
Other tours
include:
Wednesday, May 19
Wednesday, June 23
<http://www.wpfi.org/activities-wpfi200406.shtml#yog23>
Yoga Outdoors
Location: Schenley Park Visitor Center
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Cost: $15 (Members $12)
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Sunday, May 23
Art, Bike & Brunch Tour
Location: Shadyside
Time: 10 AM - 4 PM
Cost: $25 (Members $20)
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Wednesday, June 9
Downtown Walkabout: Three Rivers Arts Festival
Location: Market Square, Clock
Time: Noon - 12:45 PM
Cost: Free!
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Sunday, June 13
Take a Bike on the Art Side
Location: Oakland / Nothside
Time: 10 AM - 4 PM
Cost: $20 (Members $15)
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Thursday, June 17
The Poetry of Birdwatching
Location: Frick Park
Time: 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Cost: $40 (Members $30)
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Saturday, June 19
Artbike Creations
Location: Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, 2-D Studio
Time: 9 AM - 1 PM
Cost: $35 (Members $25)
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Sean Brady
Program Director
Venture Outdoors
304 Forbes Avenue, 2nd Floor
Pittsburgh PA 15222
<http://www.VentureOutdoors.org>
www.VentureOutdoors.org
phone: 412.255.0564
fax: 412.255.0635
Try kayaking,
climbing, biking, fishing, in-line skating and much more
at our FREE Venture Outdoors Festival on Saturday May 22, 2004 on the
North Shore -- see
www.VentureOutdoors.org or call 412-255-0564 for more information!
7 women erotic dancers
2 women photographers
2 different views...
you are invited to
experience “stripped”photography
by mara rago & venus
saturday may 15
7-10 pm
blue ruin gallery
southside of pittsburgh
1019 East Carson St, Pittsburgh, PA 15203
please pass this on to
the open minded!!
412 853 7950 questions
or www. blueruingallery.com website will be updated soon with info.
Ongoing –Exhibits at Boxheart Gallery and Crazy _Mocha
When painting, Wodarek
experiences an internal balance and harmony. The process of creating art is
much like a process of self-discovery. All of his influences, every
defining moment in his life becomes part of that process. The work
Wodarek creates is a record of that time, that perfect moment of balance in
which he is the closest to the essence of who he truly is in this life.
External characteristics and stereotypes are replaced by ideals and
passion. The process of creating art is the purest form of communication
because it comes directly from the soul. For Wodarek, this is something
that transcends geography, social classes, finances or other earthly
boundaries.
Opening Reception:
Saturday, May 15th
6M - 9PM
Free and Open to the Public!
Box Heart Gallery
Hours:
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Sunday: 1PM - 5PM
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 11AM - 6PM
Wednesday - Saturday: 10AM - 6PM
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Crazy _Mocha Coffee
Company
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4525 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
(Next to Box Heart)
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May 11 - May 25, 2004
Senior Exhibition
Recent Work by Artist:
ANNA PANDOLFO
Artist and graphic designer, Anna Pandolfo, is a graduating senior from
Carlow College. Pandolfo was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and
plans on staying. An art lover since kindergarten, Pandolfo pursued art any
time she could. her senior show brings together many different types of
media, from oil paint to Photoshop, into visual splendor.
Opening Reception:
Saturday, May 15th
6M - 9PM
Free and Open to the Public!
In conjunction with "Images from Within" work by James Wodarek
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Crazy _Mocha Hours of Operation:
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Sunday: 10AM - 10PM
Monday - Thursday: 7AM - 11PM
Friday: 7AM - 12AM
Saturday: 8AM - 12AM
May 22 - Attack Theatre’s Grand Opening Soiree - Benefit and Performance
Tickets on Sale Now
Attack Theatre
Announces its Grand Opening Soiree - Benefit and Performance Party.
Saturday, May 22, 7-11 PM @ 4805 Penn Ave. (Bloomfield-Garfield). Tickets
are $25, contact ProArts 412-394-3353 or www.proartstickets.org. For more
information call 412.441.8444 or gina@attacktheatre.com.
Enjoy dance, live
music, theatre and video performances by local and national performers in
their new studio space.
“Hi, I’ve got three
minutes” will include performances by dancers Michele de la Reza, Peter Kope
and Jil Stifel and NYC cellist Dave Eggar (Attack Theatre), Karla Boos
(Quantum Theater), Dina Finai (NYC singer/songwriter), Rob Rogers (Political
Cartoonist from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette), Joe Haughton (Opera Singer
from Philadelphia), Xpressions Contemporary Dance Company, Buzz Miller
(video artist), dancers Nicole Sasala and Mollie McClelland, and a surprise
ambassador from the Pittsburgh Symphony. The evening will also include
tours of Attack Theatre’s new space, a slide show, food, drink and lots of
Attack Theatre Antics.
For a full listings
of Buildings available along the Penn Avenue Corridor go to
pennavanuearts.org then go to marketing and promotions / a-list / for sale
for rent.
ARSENAL BANK BUILDING
- Artist Spaces
4300 Butler Street –
Central Lawrenceville
Artist community with
neighborhood retail stores
3 miles from City Center and Major Universities
Convenient bus service
5 Blocks from Allegheny River Walk
City parking lot and
street parking.
Guest Room
$200.00
a week
Co-op style shared facilities for visiting artists, lecturers,
researchers.
Available for short
stay visitors
1st flr. Studio
1,500 sqft. $650.00
includes all Utilities
Large open room 16'X
34' ceilings 11'
Second half of space divided into three 13'x10 rooms
utility sink, bathroom combination.
Basement work / storage space 500'sqft.
Potential live work.
Available June 1st
Corner Storefront – 2,500 sq ft
$1,600 includes all
Utilities
Except
electric
1,500 sq ft open retail space with 14ft ceilings.
500 sq ft Office and storage room
500sq ft. Additional finished basement
Marble floors and bank rail
Available January 1, 2005
Contact: Sandra Budd 412.621.2602 home budds@carnegiemuseums.org
No new postings
this week.
click on “moods for moderns” and/or “the princess and the pirate” at
http://www.pghcitypaper.com/
The PAAI A-list was
created for the purposes of promoting the Penn Avenue Corridor, changing the
perception of its adjacent neighborhoods to a positive one, making you aware
of its revitalization opportunity and accomplishments, and helping the
creative community here on Penn Avenue grow. The PAAI reserves the right to
promote whatever it sees as a healthy connection towards meeting this goal.
Priority for editing and posting the A-list is always reserved for the
promotion of Penn Avenue Corridor artists, people and groups who partner
with us, as well as friends who do things for us in return. If you sent us
something and didn’t see it included in our A-list, it is either because we
didn’t receive it, received it late, it was just way too long to read and
edit, or because it was not news in some way shape or form related to the
Penn Avenue Corridor. So please when you send us something, if it isn’t
obvious, tell us how it connects to Penn Avenue. If we miss a week, it’s
because we are too busy serving the customers mentioned above to send out
the events list. So please be patient.
If you really would
like to be on our A-list, you may want to consider moving to our community
and getting involved. Help us continue doing great work, and we will be
happy to promote you with a smile! Otherwise, there are numerous other
weekly email lists you can be part of. Don’t get us wrong . . . our intent
is in no way to create a closed community, a club, or an “in-crowd.” In
fact, the Penn Avenue Arts Initiative was created to do the opposite – to
bring together all our neighbors and to build on the diversity of the
corridor. We also want to do you a service by not replicating information
you get on others lists. That way, you don’t get tired or frustrated of
reading the same stuff over and over and stop reading the A-list all
together. Our hope is that you find the A-list a service and, in fact, help
us promote our little special arts-related niche in Pittsburgh, so that when
you think of Penn Avenue and the arts, you will choose the A-list to get the
latest news.
To post information
that is arts-related and relates to the Penn Avenue corridor on the A-list,
please email it to pennarts@friendship-pgh.org by Tuesday - 9AM of the week
you would like to see it posted. Please include the following information in
this order: the Date, Event Title, Event Location, Contact Info, and
Brief Description of Event.
“Resist the urge to separate everything in your life. Instead assume you are
in the right place, on the right path, that you are whole, temporarily
experiencing sensations that you can chose to act on or not, separate or
not. Observe. Try living in the whole of yourself and you might learn to
like it. Love it. Hang a mobile over your head..”
- Artnonymous